Power Thoughts {WEEK 15}

READ: This month we will focus on pages 142-156 of Power Thoughts by Joyce Meyer .

As you read, Highlight the passages that jump out to you, the ones that grab your attention or tug on your heart strings. What is God revealing to you through these pages? Write down your thoughts in your book or journal.

I LOVE PEOPLE AND I ENJOY HELPING THEM- Power Thought #5
John 13:34  I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another.  Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.

(pages 142-146)

True love is more than a warm, fuzzy feeling....  Real love is an action.  Real love is a commitment.  Real love is a choice.  In order to purposefully love, your mind must be filled with thoughts of generosity for others. 

Take "me" out of the equation.... Real love has nothing to do with me, myself, or I and what I want.  It has everything to do with sacrificing self to do for others...even when we don't feel like it, even when we feel others don't deserve it. 
Many people live in unhappiness and waver over into depression from time to time, if not consumed with depression.  Many times, when we get to the root of unhappiness and depression, we find the root centered around self.  Roots do deep in expectation of what others will do for us that we sink into disappointment often...because the truth is, people will always let us down.  LET GO OF EXPECTATIONS AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED! 
A life rooted in God and serving Him will lead to happiness.  He will never disappoint.  His plan for you is one of hope, one that laughs in the face of depression. 

ACTION:  Make it a point to do one nice thing for one person daily.  Ask God each morning to show you whom you can bless today. 
If you battle with depression, or general unhappiness, seek out the root of your disappointments in life.  God will reveal them to you.  You may have to face some hard truth about yourself, but once you do, you can begin to recover and build a New life rooted in Christ. 

PRAY: Dear Lord,  Thank you that you loved us so that we may love others.  Show me each and every day a person in need, a person I can bless, even if its just by loving them.  I ask for your blessings in my life so that I may be a blessing to others. 

Lord, if there is anything hindering my blessings please reveal them to me.  Help me to be all that you want me to be.  AMEN

Pinterest Recipe Review - Baked Pork Chops

Pinterest is your personal, online pin board. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all thing you find while browsing the world wide web. You can browse other people's pin boards and follow boards and people who share your same interests. People are using Pinterest to plan their weddings, parties, weekly menus, and simply to find solutions and how to's... and new ideas!

You can follow our Pinterest boards here: Corey & Misty
just click the name to be taken to our individual boards

We've given many a "pinned" recipe a try in our kitchens...some with rave reviews, some forever deleted from our food boards. Now, we share our thoughts with you, letting you decide, to pin or not to pin.

The Pin:

Baked Porkchops

Find Original Post here:

Pinned from TricksChefs

Misty's Review:

They were very tender!  Stan, actually like them which was a plus!  ( he's quite the picky eater and I wasn't so sure he'd go for the mushroom thing) 

Downside: this dish creates a lot of dirty dishes

Misty's Tips: 

The recipe said bake for an hour and then top with sauce and bake for another 30 min, but since my pork chops were on the thin side I baked them for 30 min then topped them with sauce and baked for another 5 min.

Linking up:

  

Chick-fil-A Cow Appreciation Day

Cow Appreciation Day®

Join us Today (July 13, 2012) at your favorite
Chick-fil-A Restaurant!

For one day only, black and white spots, cow bells and furry ears will be appropriate attire at Chick-fil-A restaurants all across the nation. In celebration of July 13, Cow Appreciation Day (an unofficial yet nationally recognized holiday), Chick-fil-A will award a FREE Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner) to any customer who comes to one of our 1,600+ restaurants fully dressed as a cow.

Chick-Fil-A does lots of fun events and on 7/13 they are celebrating “Cow Appreciation Day” by giving away free food to customers dressed like cows! If you wear just a cow accessory, you’ll receive a free entree. Full cow attire entitles you to a free meal.

Chick-Fil-A also has “Cow Starter Kits” that will help you to make your own accessory or full cow costume.

Thanks http://www.southernsavers.com/ !

Fashion Meets Faith: Shari Braendel

We recently experienced a Faith & Fashion show put on by Shari Braendel.  We learned our body shapes and found out our "color"... the colors that look best on us, and those that we should steer clear of.  We also learned that the way we dress says a lot about our faith.  First impressions are important, and how you dress on the outside, reflects who you are on the inside... at least at first glance!

Shari Braendel's message is this: whatever we highlight (cleavage, bra straps, bellies, butts, etc) attention will be driven there. However, if we choose clothing that highlights our entire being, then who we are and what we have to say will shine.  For example, wearing colors around your face that brighten your skintone, will draw attention to your face and people will see your great smile first!

I was excited to see an article by Shari in Coastal Christian Family Magazine (June 2012) ! In the article there are 10 B's of Fashion.  What to do and what NOT to do!  Shari gives great advice that I think we have to strive to follow in order to become the Proverbs 31 Woman God has called us to be.  In allowing our faith to monitor the way we dress, we set standards for the younger generation, our daughters, granddaughters, neices, etc. 

We also have a duty to our brothers in Christ.  We must not be the cause of their temptation.  Dressing with modesty shows we respect ourselves and seek respect from men as well.  Unless a guy has trained his mind to look elsewhere, he just cannot help but look at what you show him.  Guys are visual creatures.  Shari asks girls and women to look at their outfit and ask "would this trip up a guy?"  If you wear short skirts or shorts, you are going to get the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of guy.  The good guys, have trained themselves to not look, buy you wouldn't want to tempt the good guy right?

About Shari Braendel:Shari Braendel has become the nation's most sought-after Christian speaker on the topic of fashion, beauty and modesty. As a successful image consultant, she saw firsthand that women didn't recognize the beauty that God gave them and lacked the knowledge of how to dress themselves with confidence so their outside appearance represented who they were on the inside.

In the summer of 2010, Zondervan released Shari's newest book, Good Girls don't have to Dress Bad which is a full color style guide for every woman. Not only will you learn about the best haircut and makeup for you, but you'll discover the most flattering jeans and swimsuit. All this and your very own shopping guide leading you to the right stores and brands just for you, based on your specific body type.