Lessons for Today: Flourish Where You Are Planted

By Monica Hernandez

Lessons For Today is a collection of 15 Scripture-based vignettes that motivate, encourage and inspire. This book is the first of a series of ebooksthat address common everyday difficulties such as fear, lack of discipline and assertiveness, instability, the breaking of faulty habits,discovering inner peace and much more.

Life is full of complexities. However, in order that we achieve a more harmonious life, it is necessary that we make adjustments in our thinking, feeling and actions, and with God's help, we can be triumphant.

At the end of each of the 15 vignettes there are helps, for example:Question Helps, Where to Turn... (for those who want to delve deeper into the Scriptures), Personal Reflections and Timeless Gems, which are quotes either from famous persons, the Scriptures or the myself.

I am in counselling ministry for more than 23 years and this book is written from a Christian Counsellor's perspective.

Are you in need of a more harmonious life? Lessons For Todaycan be helpful to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483648880

Monica Hernandez

Monica Hernandez graduated from Canada Christian College with an earned doctorate in Theology, and is also an ordained minister. As well, she holds a D-C.P.C. (Diplomate-Certified Psychotherapist and Counsellor) certificate in Christian Counselling and a Ph.D in Pastoral Counselling. Dr. Hernandez also hosts the Bible-teaching radio broadcast The Revealing Word on JOY 1250 AM in Canada, heard every Sunday morning at 8:30 since 1998. These radio messages offer hope, spiritual insights and practical, biblical principles for our lives and can be heard on the Internet at www.joy1250.ca at 8:30 (Toronto time) on Sunday mornings. Dr. Hernandez is available for speaking engagements at Bible conferences, churches, para-church groups, and women’s groups, locally and abroad. Visit her website at: www.newvisionministry.org Blogsite at: www.thoughtsselected.blogspot.com Email: [e-mail]

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Copyright © 2013 by Monica Hernandez. 137081-HERN

ISBN: Ebook 978-1-4836-4888-0

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Contents

Lesson One: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Lesson Two: The Power of Belief

Lesson Three: What Have You In the House?

Lesson Four: Diamonds In the Rough

Lesson Five: Discipline and Temperance

Lesson Six: Finding Wisdom and Getting Understanding

Lesson Seven: Write Yourself a Vision Plan

Lesson Eight: To Thine Own Self Be True

Lesson Nine: Break The Hurrying Habit

Lesson Ten: Flourish Where You Are Planted

Lesson Eleven: Dealing With Decisions

Lesson Twelve: True Giving and Receiving

Lesson Thirteen: Become Your Brother’s Keeper

Lesson Fourteen: Settle Your Differences Quickly

Lesson Fifteen: Discover Inner Peace

Preface

Welcome to Lessons For Today, a series of ebooks written for those who seek spiritual triumph over life’s everyday challenges. Each ebook is a collection of 15 Scripture-based vignettes filled with motivation, encouragement, inspiration and practical teachings that are meant to enrich your everyday living.

In this, the First Series, you will find lessons that address various everyday challenges, and show how they can be overcome by using practical and biblical principles.

For example, lessons on breaking destructive habits, developing assertiveness, stability, spiritual discipline, prosperity, discovering inner peace and reaching other spiritual goals are addressed.

Our purpose is to share with you a way of life that would enhance your everyday experience, therefore at the end of each lesson, five Question Helps and relevant Scriptural helps are given in Where To Turn…. These helps reflect the topics in the lesson; also, Personal Reflections and Timeless Gems are given.

It is our hope that as you make use of these teachings and their various helps, you will find hope and encouragement in your everyday life and be blessed with insights and impartations from God. And we encourage you to journal these spiritual revelations as they come.

This material is also presented as an audio book, read to you by its author, Monica Hernandez of New-Vision Ministry of Mount Carmel, an independent institution for spiritual education.

All Scriptures are quoted from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible except where noted otherwise.

Monica Hernandez, Ph.D., D-C.P.C.

New-Vision Ministry of Mount Carmel

Introduction

The Scriptures reveal that God exists and His nature is to continually renew His creation. His thoughts for us are good and He wants to give us life more abundantly. He sees and knows all things and can take our unfavourable experiences and use them as instruments for good in our lives. All of this is good news.

Further good news is that nothing is impossible with God and there is hope for anyone willing for a change in his or her way of life through communion with Him. The power of God can change an individual’s personality and character but only after that person has sought God’s counsel through meditation and prayer, and made the effort to follow through on God’s leading.

We have seen that the human experience is filled with barren places and crooked paths. However, the Scriptures indicate that God is in the exchange business. He is willing to take the fallen state of His children and give His beauty in exchange, which is restoration, peace of mind, love, truth and orderliness.

In other words, God is offering His abundance and freedom for our lack and limitations.

Many of us are dealing with life-dominating problems, and some question God’s providence and mercy, wondering why they should have to undergo their challenges. However, prayer and meditation on Scripture will give some insight into God’s ways, while a change of attitudes and mindsets could be of added help towards a sense of balance and better living.

And though God does not provide us with all the answers about His ways, yet a blessed way of living is being steadfast in God, never questioning His motives, but continually seeking His intervention in our lives, and walking by faith. Those who walk by faith know that in God’s timing, they will reap His rewards.

I have seen the wonder-working power of God heal the sick, transform persons addicted to false appetites into fervent followers of Him, and turned around unpleasant circumstances. These have all taken place through seeking God’s counsel, with fervent prayer and meditation.

The practice of meditation, prayer, and seeking God’s counsel are still the most profound ways of creating change into one’s life.Those who practice fervent prayer and communion with God know the touch of His guidance, direction, healing, wholeness and harmony into the human experience.

This ebook goes out with the hope that its lessons will be instruments, with