Saturday, January 1, 2011

GIVEAWAYS & Boss Your Heart: It's Designed for God to Fill


Happy New Year!

Make it a Boss Your Heart New Year
and a Boss Your Heart New You!
Join the Boss Your Heart Bible Challenge 2011 in memory of Princess Chrissie!  Click HERE!

Let's see if we can get 1,111 people to join the Facebook Boss Your Heart Bible Challenge 2011 Group on 1.1.11...TODAY!  Click HERE!

We now have TWO GIVEAWAYS!!!
1.  A sterling silver Boss Your Heart necklace hand-made and donated by Rachael Scott of The Vintage Lane.

2.  A limited edition Boss Your Heart book signed by Lorraine.

If you want to be entered in the GIVEAWAYS (a copy of the limited edition Boss Your Heart book), be sure to do one (or more) of the following things by midnight TONIGHT, 1.1.11:
On January 1 at 11:59PM, one person will win a Boss Your Heart book (the limited edition) and one person will win the Boss Your Heart necklace donated by Rachael.  You'll get one entry in each giveway for doing any of the following things (one entry for each "share" you make):
  • Leave a comment here (go to the linked post and leave a comment there) to let me know you're joining the Boss Your Heart Bible Challenge 2011!
  • Join the Facebook Boss Your Heart Bible Challenge 2011 group.  Click HERE.
  • Share, SHARE, SHaRe!!!  Encourage others to join the Boss Your Heart Bible reading challenge by sharing this on your blog/facebook/twitter/email, etc.  You'll get 1 entry for each method you share!  (Tell me how many times you shared it by leaving a comment on this post.)  Let's work together to invite people around the world to "Boss Their Hearts" in 2011!!!
  • Place the Boss Your Heart button/badge on your blog!  (You'll find the button and codes by clicking HERE.)
Remember, the first day of Bible reading begins TODAY, but it's never too late to Boss Your Heart! 
 Join up anytime, but you only have until tonight at 11:59PM to be eligible for the drawings to win a necklace or book!






I took this entry from Daily Hope Devotionals by Pastor Rick Warren, author of Purpose Driven Life.  I hope this devo will encourage you to make a commitment to boss your heart in 2011 by committing to reading God's Word daily.
Your Heart is Designed for God to Fill


Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis. 1 Corinthians 2:14 (TEV)
"You can be serving God and working for God and still miss God."


The Bible tells us that there is a God-shaped vacuum in our hearts. There is a hole in our hearts that only God can fill. We were made to be connected to our Creator. We were made to know Him and to be plugged into His power.


Your heart is designed to contain God. God wants to live inside of you but when your life is filled with other things, there's no room in your heart for God. This means you're not plugged into God's power and that's why you're tired all the time. And that's why you're stressed out all the time and that's why you worry all the time.


And that's why the Bible says the unspiritual person has no room for the gifts that come from God's Spirit. It's not that God doesn't want to give them to you; it's that you can't handle the gifts because your heart is filled with so many other things.


It's like this: How many people do you know who cannot park a car in their garage? Garages are made for cars. That's how they are designed. That's what gives the garage its purpose. But we fill them up with all kinds of other stuff that they were never designed to hold.


The same thing is true in our hearts. Your heart was made to contain God, but when you fill it with worry and stress and guilt, you have no room for God.


Your heart may be crowded with good things, work or sports or hobbies, but they were never designed to take first place in your heart. In fact, you can be serving God and working for God and still miss God. Even good things do not have the power to hold your life together when the heat is on. And that's why your life starts falling apart.


As we enter this New Year, now is the time to de-clutter your life. What things have a greater priority than God in your life? Let me help you get started - What do you think about the most? The answer to that reveals who or what has first place in your heart.

Remember to make 2011 a Boss Your Heart New Year and a Boss Your Heart New You by reading God's Word daily in memory of Princess Chrissie!

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