BEEP BEEP BEEP. slap. I am awake, "but maybe" I think to myself, "I could just lay my head down and rest a little more." So I do that, and wake up around 9:30 (real time).
The next morning's senario goes like this:
BEEP BEEP BEEP. slap. ohh just a little bit more sleep. and I reawake to see its 10:05am.
I am quite upset by this, because my vision is just going down the toilet. So I set my alarm clock once more.
And I wake up. I look at the clock, all ready to go, but its 11:30am. I never even heard the alarm clock.
Yesterday I was reading through something I had written and realized how negative it was. Earlier this year I had made it an issue to work on being positive more. I wanted to be the one who was always spurring people on to greatness, never had a bad thing to say about anyhting, or as my teacher would say, "I didnt want to define myself by the negative."
The Holy Spirit would frequently guide my thoughts and turn them around when I would be ready to speak crap.
But I guess I just started getting used to the Holy Spirit, maybe even brushing Him off because it was too hard. So everytime He would say something in my heart, I would just make excuses. "I will just work on being positive when things in my life are going better." "When school starts." "When I am at church." "Maybe later."
And reading what I had written was like waking up at 11:30. I never even heard the alarm. I had gotten so used to ignoring the Holy Spirit with that issue, that I DIDN'T even hear him anymore when dealing with my negativity.
What Im trying to get off to you is not how bad I am at waking up in the morning (arent we all? lol), or how negative I have been lately in my words in general. I want to tell you that you should not get used to the Holy Spirits guiding. Or maybe I should say that you shouldn't get used to ignoring it. Because you will ignore it just a little bit once, and it will snow ball from there. One day you will wake up and realize you dont even hear it anymore. Thats bad.
Practical Help:
-Read Gods word often. This is a good way to check yourself. (a highly important way actually)
-Obediance is key...is the H.S. tells you to do something...do it.
if he tells you not to do it....dont do it
-Have conversations with God. Dont just talk the whole time...listen.
-If you think you have become ignorant of the H.S. in an area of your life, do something that will push you harder and get you our of your little safety net of excuses. (if you are too negative=go on a mouth fast. Write bible verses on flash cards and put them all over your house, your car. Listen to positive music. .....If you have slowly declined into sexual activities= totally stay away from the places where you meet your partners, get an accountability partner of the same gender, blow up the computer.)
-Talk to your senior pastor, youth pastor, associate pastor, lay pastor, discipleship group leader, bible studies teacher. These people want to help and will be willing to pray for you and give you further advice.
-Keep a journal and daily record your growth in this area.
-God Bless everyone and have a delightful day-
-alissa-
..btw- I moved my alarm clock across the room, so now when it goes off I have to WALK across the room, and about this negativity thing...I deleted all the negative parts of my writting piece. and wrote positive ones...Im working on it.
-Keep a journal and daily record your growth in this area.
-God Bless everyone and have a delightful day-
-alissa-
..btw- I moved my alarm clock across the room, so now when it goes off I have to WALK across the room, and about this negativity thing...I deleted all the negative parts of my writting piece. and wrote positive ones...Im working on it.
