Day 5

Day 5: 

I want able to get my run in at the gorge yesterday, but I did get a good 30 min in today.  If I didn’t hurt so much I would feel good!  

1^st set back of the fast yesterday, I left my lunch and snacks at home.  I had my regular breakfast at home, Fiber one and almond milk, I has an apple for my 10 o’clock snack ( I left it at school the day before)  then lunch rolls around.  I ate ½ a chicken finger  and 6 tater wedges I figured better to each a little something that get a headache the last part of the day.  Then I came home….oooo not good. I ate my lunch I had fixed for that day, my snack I had fixed for that day  all while fixing supper. Then I ate supper. On an unrelated note, I gained 3 lbs. 

I stumbled and fell, but I got up with more resolve to be better organized with my lunch and snacks. 

Day 5 Devotion

"Our battles are not of the physical world but spritual"

Worldly problems must be solved through the Word! What does Gods Word say about our problem?  The world will cause fearful thoughts to enter our minds. The world will tell us we are no good, we are defeated. The world will tell us we are a failure.  For every situation, God has an answer to the lies the world tells us! Great, but where are the answers? How do I find them?  Easy, with the oldest of ways……Goggle. I don’t know the Bible well enough to know where to start to look, but I googled the problem in the Bible and I will find scripture to begin with.  As I do this study, I struggle to find strength. Yesterday, I goggled and found my 5 stones. I now have them to use when I falter.

One of my main struggles in this fast is keeping my focus, controlling my thoughts during my quite time. All the stuff from my upcoming day just screams for my attention.  I am trying to give God the first fruits of each day. I want them to be pure.  If during these 40 days I can purify my quite time, I believe God will help me keep my thoughts captive during the day.

As I continue, I want to be able to compare every thought that comes through my head to Gods Word. When a problem comes into my life, I am going to ask 3 Questions: 1) What does the Word say about the probem? 2) What does the world say about the problem? 3) What will I say about the problem?

Our thoughts control our actions. Pure thoughts = Pure Actions. Paul tells us in Phil 4:5 to meditate on pure and noble things. Media promotes anything but pure and noble things.  Everything we are bombarded with from radio, TV, magazines and the internet is a challenge to deal with.  All those things are the “l” that gets us out of the Word.

My prayer for the day: Lord, help me keep only pure thoughts in my head and heart Amen.