Linda Newton: BLOG

I had the privilege of speaking to some awesome ladies from all over California this weekend in the snow-covered mountains, and we talked about how we “Fight With God” instead of trusting Him! We looked at how to WIN life’s battles by surrendering to God! 
 
In my last Blog post, we started to spell WIN with the W being Wait on God. I believe that the I in WIN is to -INVEST IN THE ETERNAL. We have to choose every minute to make God the main thing in our lives.  
 
That point is so powerfully portrayed in the story of Daniel. He was taken from Israel to a foreign nation to be trained for three years for the king’s service. During training he was offered the best food and wine from the king’s table. But Daniel believed the Babylonian diet was not in keeping with his Jewish ideals.  He wanted fruits and vegetables not the king’s rich menu.  So the Scripture says, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile [...]

 Since hot mess, Charlie Sheen coined the term “winning” as the public feasted on his instability, we see that word used everywhere. I want to look at what it really means WIN for keeps. Here’s our formula, starting with the first step. The W--Wait on the Lord.  The Psalmist said, “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and he heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and the mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  He put a new song in my mouth and a hymn of praise to our God” (Psalm 40: 1-3a).  This scripture tells us to wait on God for strength and answers, and He will lift us out of our mess and plant us in a position of strength. But the answers and the strength don’t come without the wait. 
 
Whenever I think of WAITING on the LORD, I can’t help but think of Mary and Martha. The Lord had come to their home. Luke 10:39 tells us, “And Mary…sat [...]

~Thanks to all of you who posted on my Blog for the past month as we focused on relationships! I promised to put your name in a drawing for the Communication Drive CD set that Bruce and I put together. The winner of that 4 CD set is MIKE LAGOW! Congratulations, Mike. Thanks for posting. Email me and I’ll get your chocolate and teaching CDs to you!