I'm sure you've asked someone to do something for you then finished the request with, "Please and thank you." 😁 Lately, I've been trying to remind myself, when I'm praying and asking God for aaaall the things on my goals list, to start with "Thank you" before I add the "Please." Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever. Put your favorite "Thank you!" emoji below!

I confess, one of the mindsets that I must confront in myself very often is focusing on the so-called "urgent" things on my to-do list, rather than the "important" things. In fact, I'm in the habit of creating new urgent things often...SQUIRREL! 🐿️ How's a girl supposed to accomplish her big goals if she keeps creating new little goals? 🤦🏻‍♀️ But, I'm very thankful for God and my husband, who both remind me when they see me doing this very thing. ☺️ In fact today, Holy Spirit spoke in my heart, right in the middle of a mundane daily activity, "There is nothing more important than the important things." Oh, I know exactly which "important things" He was referring to. So, this is me, making a renewed commitment to get those important things taken care of. (Journal entry reminder. ✔️ ) "And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left." Isaiah 30:21 Soooo...do you ever find yourself facing that same struggle? 🫣

Happy Tuesday! 🌞 One of the most important components of our goals achieving process is what we say to ourselves on a regular basis. You may be familiar with the popular book series, Eat This, Not That! Well, the Bible has a popular scripture series that basically tells us, Say This, Not That! And the big daddy of them all? This one: Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it. Proverbs 18:21. Think of one negative thing you may have said to yourself about yourself or one of your current goals recently. How can you turn it around to speak life into that situation? Put your favorite “happy dance” GIF below when this clicks for you!

I know it's April 1, but I'm just terrible at keeping a straight face when I try to play a joke on someone. How about you? Can you pull off a good April Fool's joke? Joking aside for a moment, I have this awesome daily devotion book that is a compilation of Smith Wigglesworth's teachings. It is dated and has a specific devotion for each day of the year. I haven't used it in a while, so I decided this morning to open it up to April 1 to see what my Word for the day would be. I was so surprised and delighted because the recommended scripture reading (2 Chronicles 20:15-30) contained a repeat of the scripture I shared yesterday. 😱 In the post titled, Thank you & Please, I mentioned Psalm 107:1 "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." Well, in 2 Chronicles 20:21, King Jehoshaphat is preparing his army to go out against a much larger army on its way to annihilate Judah and Jerusalem. (They knew they were no match for that huge army and they were skeered!) 😬 God told him through the prophet in verse 17, "You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you." Then King Jehoshaphat ordered a group of singers to go out in front of his army and sing, 🎶 "Give thanks to the Lord, for His love endures forever." (There it is again!) I don't know about you, but I've been fighting some battles that have proven difficult to win. I believe God is telling you and me both that He's been working behind the scenes all along ⚔️ and we just need to stand firm see His great deliverance! 🙌🏼 Each one of our dreams and goals is going to come with some kind of resistance, and God is reminding us that He's always working behind the scenes on our behalf. And that's what this group is all about... growing together into our Holy Spirit inspired greatness and staying reminded that God is with us in it all! Tell us in comments below, 👇🏼 are you facing a battle that you're ready to watch the Lord win for you? 🤺

📖 Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV): There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 🎯 Each goal we have already achieved was accomplished through a season of growth, change, and embracing a particular mindset. 📌 Each new goal will require new growth and specific changes in our mindset and habits in order to accomplish them. 🧠 Look at one goal on your list. What is a specific mindset or habit that you need to embrace or change to accomplish that goal?