Spiritual Highlights for Our Souls: Book 2

By DIANE RAINEY

Spiritual Highlights For Our Souls Book 2, was written to encourage us in fulfilling the calling on our lives. These highlights reflect Gods forever awareness, presence and power.

Have you ever ask God the following questions:

1. God, did you see that?
2. God, did you plan for it to happen that way?.
3. God, was it really necessary for me to go through all that?

The answers to the above questions have not changed. God sees all, knows all and He has a master plan.

When God created His master plan He knew that we would face challenges, but regardless of the challenges He expects for us to fulfill the calling on our lives. He expects for us to lean and depend upon Him only, to put all our trust in Him, for us to use our gifts/talents to help others and for us to advance His kingdom.

Let us not just be hearers of the word, Let us also be doers!!!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491823897

DIANE RAINEY

Diane accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in 1992, at Victory Christian Family Center in Sarasota Florida, under the leadership of Pastor Sherman and Mary Owens. It was several years later before Diane became a servant of the Lord because when she surrendered her life over to Him she was broken, needed healing and deliverance. As the Lord was restoring Diane He spoke to some of the ministers about getting her busy in the ministry. At VCFC, Diane assisted in several ministries within the church. She participated in outreaches and for many years she was a Life Group Leader for a children’s ministry in her home. Diane is now a member at Church On The Rock in Sarasota Florida, under the leadership of Pastor Tad Mathews and Pastor Joseph Schroeder. At COTR, Diane is assisting in the Greeting Ministry and in the Altar Ministry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Welfare, from Adelphi University, Garden City New York and she is presently the Director of Social Services, at Springwood Center in Sarasota Florida. Also, five days a week Diane leads a Devotional Service for the residents at Springwood. Diane has written two books. Her first book is titled, “Book 1 Spiritual Highlights For Our Souls”. Both of these books are available at Amazon. Com

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PERSEVERANCE

(CONTINUING TO DO SOMETHING IN SPITE OF DIFFICULTIES/OBSTACLES)

S ometimes in life we are confronted with difficulties/obstacles and it is up to us as to how we decide to handle them. We can decide to let them get the best of us or we can decide to let God help us through them.

Our first line of defense is in our minds. As Joyce Meyers puts it, our minds are the battle field and if we can win there we can win the war. In Proverbs 23: 7 it says For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. In other words, whatever we decide will determine our outcome.

Every person would like to have good outcomes, but in order for that to happen their hearts and minds must be in accordance with the word of God. Our obstacles may be about facts, but the truth is that God can move them all. You see, we can all agree that life does have its difficulties/obstacles, but we do not have to allow them to stop us. God has equipped each of us with the ability to go around them, over them or through them. What do you really want today? If it is to win then you must start at the first line of defense (your mind).

Below are a few scriptures to get you started and to keep you equipped:

1.   Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (learning what God is saying), that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

2.   2 Corinthians 10:4-5 For the weapons (word of God) of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

3.   Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (This highlight is dedicated to Jimmy Colbert).

WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO QUIT?

L ife is not easy and sometimes it seems unfair, but before you quit read the following highlight.

As a Social Worker, I have had many opportunities to hear about some of life’s worst tragedies and on many of those occasions I would hear the person say that they wanted to quit because of their suffering (suffering