I've been enjoying spending more time with the Lord, reminding myself of what He said, pressing in, and going deeper...

You don't need to be super-spiritual to do that... God is delighted when you take steps to draw near to Him. He meets you where you are, and gently leads you into the more that He has for you.

Today's issue of the 5 Minute Life Coach is focused on living out of the HOPE you have in Jesus. Friendship with Jesus is the key to all the answers you've been looking for.

My prayer is that you'll be inspired to pursue a closer walk with God, take focused action, and be blessed to be a blessing.

Key to the answers you've been looking for

The answer to your problems isn't always what you think it is. Among other things, the answer lies in making better choices.

Choices have consequences... when you make a choice, whether you're aware of it or not, you're choosing the consequences of your choice... so I encourage you to think before you make choices, think about the likely results of your choices, and choose wisely.

If you've made some bad choices and are living out the consequences, please know that you are NOT your mistakes.

Don't let your mistakes define you.

FORGIVE YOURSELF as your Heavenly Father forgives you, and let what HE says about you be the truth you live from.

God's plans for you FAR exceed your circumstances...

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14

We’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.

These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 MSG

Worrying about things gets you nowhere and makes things far worse than they need to be... Jesus tells us not to worry about things, "Who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?"

God knows what you need. Talk to Him, ask Him to help you, and trust Him to supply what you need.

Distance yourself from ANYTHING that might take God's place in your heart. God tells us to guard our heart for a reason. Scripture tells us to seek God with our whole heart, to earnestly pursue Him. Revelation reminds us to return to our first love.

What do you need to do more of, or stop doing so that you can recapture your first love?

You were never meant to try to live life WITHOUT God... It's not just food that keeps you alive; your life depends on friendship with God Himself.

Stop, and ask yourself...

• Is what I'm doing taking me CLOSER to God or further away?

• What ONE thing can I start doing today to make sure that I walk more closely with God?

Whatever is going on in your life, one things you can be absolutely sure of is that God IS with you, and that HE is in control...

God IS with you, HE KNOWS, He's taking care of things in the way that only He can.

God is inviting you into a deeper encounter with Him.

"God doesn't want us to spend our lives searching out His will; He wants us to spend that time seeing His face! Our goal is to get as deep into the presence of God as we possibly can. "Further up and further in," as C.S. Lewis put it in The Last Battle. God is responsible for guiding us, and we are responsible for our relationship with Him." Graham Cooke

If you let Him, the LORD will show you how to live ABOVE your circumstances, and how to use the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. It is written... DECLARE His living Word to your situation for He has promised that His Word will not return void! It WILL accomplish that for which He sent it.

But be aware that while faith makes things POSSIBLE... that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be easy... look for God in the midst of the storm He IS with you.

Sometimes God closes doors because it's time to move on. He knows you'll carry on doing more of the same unless circumstances force you to let go of what's familiar and step into the next chapter.

Sometimes all you need to do is do something DIFFERENTLY... to get a FRESH perspective.

That could be something as simple as taking a different route to work, listening to an uplifting song, sitting in a different position...

Try doing something differently today and ask the Lord to help you see things from HIS perspective. Try reframing things in terms of possibilities and see what a difference it makes.

And, remember to talk things over with God... He's always available.

Maybe now would be a good time to equip yourself with coaching strategies that will

• Lead to a whole new world of breakthrough for yourself and other people.

• Help you to deepen your relationship with God as you stop and reflect and invite Him to show you what He's highlighting and what He wants you to see.

• Open your eyes to possibilities you haven't seen before.

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Seriously consider taking a leap of faith and joining us. God has gathered an amazing community of wonderful, supportive people.

If you're

• Sensing that it's time to do something different
• Feel like you're going through the motions and not getting very far
• Seriously hoping there's more to life than you're experiencing right now but don't know what it is...

This free training will help you to get clear about what God put you on earth to do and design your life in a way that enables you to fulfil God's calling on your life.

You'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Phil 4:8 MSG

Be blessed to be a blessing,

Lynne

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Lynne Lee is a life breakthrough coach, spiritual mentor and writer who partners with people just like you to help them to develop a closer walk with God and design their life around what matters most to them.