Charissee Jones's Blog (48)

If you chase happiness, it will run away faster than you can catch up with it. Why is that?



Because when you strive to create happiness, that very act of striving pushes the happiness away. The more you want it, the less you have of it.



Happiness is not something you can go out and get. Real happiness does not have to depend on creating a certain set of circumstances.



Happiness is a way you can choose to be. And you can simply choose it at any time, in any… Continue

When you are prepared to find fault, you will. When you are prepared to find goodness and value, you will.



What you are looking for determines what you find. What you are expecting determines what you experience.



Expectations don't magically change reality. Expectations do something even more powerful -- they change the way you deal with reality.



Is this going to be a positive, productive day or a disappointing, frustrating one? What do you… Continue

What do you really need? What if some of the things you think you need, you do not need at all?



Do you really need the approval of others? Do you really need to be offended by things that don't even affect you?



Do you really need that order of fries or that fourth cocktail? Do you really need to speed through the light that's already turned yellow?



Imagine being free of the burden of so much self-imposed and useless need. Instead of being boxed in by your… Continue

Prayer is a powerful weapon. Prayer produces results and unleashes supernatural power for victory. Prayer is a force that crosses the borders of time and invites the eternal power of God into your life and the lives of your loved ones!!

Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. — Hebrews 9:28 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Who are you waiting for? Can you think of anything more exciting than to wait for Jesus to come take us home in his glory!

God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.— John 3:17 (NIV)



Thoughts on Today's Verse...



How do you view God? Is he someone looking for a way to condemn you? Is he an out of touch old man who doesn't really know what it's like in our modern world? Is he too holy to soil himself with the concerns of mere mortals and has left it up to us to work everything out for ourselves? No. NO. NO! God chose to enter our world and… Continue

If your thoughts could cause things to instantly happen, what kind of thoughts would you think? If your values and priorities were to be continually manifested in the world around you, what values and priorities would you choose?



The fact is, your thoughts, your values, and your priorities most certainly have a major influence on the quality of your world and your life. Though you cannot instantly make something appear just by thinking about it, the things that do end up appearing in… Continue

Peace has no boundaries. To be truly at peace with anything is to be fully at peace with everything.



But how can you be at peace when the world is so relentlessly demanding and complicated? How can you offer peace when you get none in return?



Understand that peace is not a transaction. It is a choice.



Peace is the way you can choose to be, whatever the situation. Peace is a choice that gives you great power in any situation.



You can be peaceful while… Continue