JULY2012 NEWSLETTER ENVY IS ROTTENESS TO THE BONES PILATESBREATHECONNECTGROW | Transform Your Heart…..Transform Your Health “A tranquil heart is life to the body…” from Proverbs 14:30 KNOW YOU ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE- KNOW THE BEAUTIFUL THE BEAUTIFUL CARRIES THE HEART THE HEART TRANSFORMED IS A TRANQUIL HEART A TRANQUIL HEART IS A HEART FILLED WITH LOVE LOVE COMES FROM A PURE HEART-GODLINESS GUARDED BY ENDURANCE CLEAR CONSCIENCE-KNOWLEDGE APPLIED THRU SELF-CONTROL SINCERE FAITH- GOODNESS ROOTED IN FAITH THE RESULT IS FRUITS OF LOVE FOR GOD, OTHERS, AND YOURSELF Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 |
WK 1: YOUR HEART- HOLDS THE POWER TO TRANSFORMATION “A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones” Proverbs 14: 30 WK 2: BREATHE- BE MINDFUL OF YOUR HABITS “For, where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.” James 3:16 WK 3: CONNECT – TO YOUR CENTER “Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” 1 Cor. 13:4 WK 4: GROW- OPEN AND LIFT YOUR HEART “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.” James 3:17 | ENVY.. From the online dictionary.com, “to envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved.” Envy left untreated can destroy friendships, families, lead to war… and ultimately will destroy the physical and spiritual life of the carrier. Not to mention the spread of the disease to the next victims. Proverbs 14:30 says, “A tranquil heart is life to the body, but ENVY is ROTTENESS to the BONES” It grows from discontentment and pride…, “why not me”, To ENVY, “why you”…. It will distort the truth causing “confusion” in the heart… to “justify” rotten actions… To protect ourselves from ENVY, we must strive keep discontentment and pride out of our heart by living with a Heart filled with LOVE..a TRANQUIL HEART! To have this kind of heart, we must first humble ourselves to see the Truth… understanding that this life is but for a moment and without the grace of God we are without hope… If we accept God’s Grace by following Him with sincere faith… we should then be filled with GRATITUDE at the great gift we are given! With gratitude then we will ask “WHY ME?” …an undeserving sinner… ”WHY NOT YOU?”…God’s grace is offered to all, …resulting in life from a heart filled with LOVE… a TRANQUIL HEART Love Angie |
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