Shanelle Ann

Changing God’s Family by one Feature [11-19]

Quote (Nov. 19, 2020): "You change the world by being yourself." (Yoko Ono)
Romans 12:6"We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.If your gift is prophesying, then prophecy in accordance with your faith..." 

Choices hold weight to Character [11-18]

Quote (Nov. 18, 2020): "It is choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." (J.K, Rowling)
Matt. 7:13, 14"Enter by the narrow gate. 
For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

Light one Candle rather than Cursing Everyone and Everything [11-16/17]

Quote (Nov. 16/17, 2020): "Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." (Chinese Proverb)
1 Thess. 5:1-6, 8The day of the LORD will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
But you, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
Heb. 12:2Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the JOY set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

In Christ we are set Free: Set to Liberty [11-15]

Quote (Nov. 15, 2020): "As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." (Marianne Williamson)
Gal. 5:13"For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another."
Gal. 5:1"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."
2 Pet. 2:19"They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever comes a person, to that he is enslaved." 

Choosing the Right Path [11-14]

Quote (Nov. 14, 2020): "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Matt. 7:13 "Enter through the Narrow Gate."
John 14:6 "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"
Psa. 16:11He will make known to us the Path of LIFE.
Psa. 119:105"Your word is a light for my feet, a lamp for my path."

Prayer of Gratitude [11-13]

Quote (Nov. 13, 2020): "Grow Gratitude"
Col. 1:12"Giving JOYFUL thanks to the Father... who has qualified us to share inheritance with holy people in the Kingdom of LIGHT."
James 1:17"Every good and perfect figt is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
Psa. 79:13We, His People, the Sheep of his Pasture, will praise Him FOREVER; from generation to generation we will provlaim His Praise.
Psa. 106:1"Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."

Discouragement is a Test of the Meek [11-12]

Quote (Nov. 12, 2020): "Don't get discouraged; it's usually the last key in the bunch that opens the lock." (Abraham Lincoln)
Psa. 25:9, 13"He guides the humble in what's right and teaches them his way.All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful."
Gal. 6:1"If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."

Creative Emotion is Essential to JOY [11-11]

Quote (Nov. 11, 2020): "Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose." (Charles Du Bos)
Romans 15:13"May the God of hope FILL you with all JOY and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with Hope."
Neh. 8:10"Do not grieve, for the JOY of the Lord is your Strength."
John 15:10-12"If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my JOY may be in you and that your JOY may be complete. 
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

The Greatness of a Shepherd [11-09/10]

Quote (Nov. 9/10, 2020): "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." (Robert F. Kennedy)
John 10:3-4"To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice."

Should we be a Lion or Sheep? *Discussion* [11-08]

Quote (Nov. 8, 2020): "It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life." (Elizabeth Kenny)
Matt. 10:16"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." 
1 Sam. 17:34-36David said to Saul, "...When a lion or a bear came after it (a sheep), I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 
I, your servant, have killed both lion and bear; this cirumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God."
1 Pet. 5:8"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."