Seismic Shifts: The Little Changes That Make a Big Difference in Your Life | 
so-soI enjoyed the journey it was to read through this book, especially finding out fellow Littens were being impacted by the messages in its pages along the way. That was cool to see happen being that I don‘t know any of y‘all in real life.
That said, the book was chalked full of many “gems of God wisdom” moments that will stick with me and I‘ll refer back to. The book itself seemed a little too “Bible thumper-ish” for my liking, however. 🤷🏻♀️
In my top five favorite movies of all time!!! Anybody else? Raise your hand!!! 🙋🏻♀️
Jesus‘ life stands as a model for all who call themselves His followers. We are to love people as He did. We should not see them as obstacles or projects. Through the eyes of Jesus, we need to see people as valuable, important, and worthy of God‘s love and ours.
Okay, so I know I am still going to fail miserably at getting to 24 hours, but I‘m still proud that these stats helped me finish this book!!
While it would be amazing to be able to read 8 hours in one day, I‘m not sure I could do it. Maybe there is more of a method to this than I applied for participating in my first readathon....It was also cool to connect with so many Littens who had tidbits of this book that resonated with them. #24b4Monday
It is not the message of God‘s love that most people resist; it is the way many followers of Jesus try to administer it.
Jesus left the glory of heaven, took on human flesh, suffered on the cross, died, and rose again. He did all of this to make a way for lost and sinful people to come back home to their Heavenly Father. He calls us to care so much about people that we will pray,work, and sacrifice so others can hear the same amazing news that has changed our lives. It is time to make the seismic shift from us to them.
Every day there are people around us with dirty feet, broken hearts, heavy burdens, and needs we can help meet. It is time to get a basin and a towel and start serving like Jesus.
This is VERY good news!!! 💯 News that I need to daily work on deeply planting inside my heart, soul, and mind. 💜
Our souls, bodies and minds should be refreshed and our lives filled with health and strength. God does not promise a life free from sickness and stress. But he does show the road to peace in the midst of all the complexities we face.
God promises to provide bread for the day. When the next day dawns, we come with our needs and trust God to provide again. Each day, we come before our Heavenly Father and tell him what we need. These needs can be monetary, physical, relational, emotional, or of any kind. When we live with the understanding that our daily bread is provided by God, we learn contentment and gratitude.
How have you experienced the Bible as each of the following:
✝️A lamp
✝️A taste of honey
✝️A training manual
✝️A surgeons scalpel
✝️A sword
This is from the pages of this book, but I really would like to know and for my fellow Litten believers to share!!!!
Love love loving this explanation that we need not open God‘s word with the expectation that the message will be the same or even similar to the time before or the time before that. Serving a big God means we have something new to learn from Him each passing day!!!
Worship is a condition of our heart. We can‘t confine worship to a set time of the week in a certain place. We are God‘s worshipers at all times and in all places.
The best thing we can do is hold on to our Father and keep our eyes riveted on Him. This is the essence of faith. When we focus on ourselves or on the things that cause us fear, the trip will always be bumpy and fear-filled. But when our eyes shift from ourselves to God, though the journey night still have bumps and fearful experiences, we have a whole new perspective.
God wants every one of us to experience the seismic shift from somberness to celebration. We don‘t have to walk through life dominated by sorrow. If we make some adjustments in our hearts and lives, joy will be our constant companion.
How is it possible for a person to undergo high levels of physical and emotional pain and still live with an authentically joyful heart?
When I think about my life and what makes me feel valued and worthwhile, whose eyes am I looking through?
What standards or criteria do I use to determine my personal value?
My church ropes me in with all the opportunities they give to get new, sometimes free, reading material!!
