Posted: 01/22/2013 at 4:31am | IP Logged

Word submitted for your discernment
by Yolanda Ballard

YOU DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE

Do you sometimes wonder why everything doesn't always go the way you expected or would love for it to go?  Well, I am here to tell you that in order to get into My kingdom you must go through much tribulation, but I also promised that you would live abundantly.  You probably wonder how does that all fit together?

It is all according to your attitude towards what you go through that determines whether you live or die, are blessed or cursed, have abundance in prosperity effecting every area of your life, or having a life of poverty.  Yes, it is all according to your attitude.

One person could be a blessing in their pain to others, and one could be a pain to others in their blessing.  Yes, you could allow your circumstances dictate your life, or you could have your life dictate your circumstances.  Many allow the blessings I have given them to be robbed by the enemy just by the way they live their life.  Do you remember reading in My word in Proverbs, Proverbs 26:24, that a man would be more blessed on his roof top with a crust of bread than to be in the house having a fine dinner with a brawling woman?

Many allow their blessings of the present robbed by just worrying about the future.  Didn't I say to take no thought for tomorrow for today has enough of its own to deal with?  Maybe not in those exact words written in scripture, but I want to make it clear to you that your attitude towards your circumstances can make a world of difference in what the outcome would be.

What you think in your heart you will become.  What you confess with your mouth determines what you will become.  Yes, life and death are in the power of your tongue so speak blessings over your situation.  Be thankful in all things for this is My will for your life.  Be merry, have a cheerful heart, and you can effect many lives.

Allow My love to flow no matter what, and you could win your enemy.  Let bitterness flee or it will poison your heart.  Allow every situation to become a challenge for you for the more you die out to your will the more My will for your life will take over.  And that is the promise of a hope and a future for all of you.

So catch yourself before you fall into the snare of wanting your own way.  Take what you've learned in My word and apply it to your life.  Count your blessings, and you will end up with much more to share with others.  Allow My love to flow and not bitterness.

Count each trial as an opportunity to grow into the maturity of a full son.  Let My life flow, and you will soon know that all things I allow does work for your good if you keep your eyes on Me, trust Me, and do not listen when the enemy says to look at how bad everything is becoming.

Tell him to flee, that he is a liar, and that you have the victory over sin, hell and the grave, because you do if your life is truly hidden in Me!