Sanctified.

Sanctify (verb): set apart as holy, purify, FREE from sin.

Salvation is a choice. Sometimes a hard choice at first but well than worth it once achieved. Personally, I struggled with my first couple of months of being saved. I had been attending a solid bible teaching church which helped tremendously in my journey to be closer to God. Definitely a major key.

Major Keys to staying saved:

1. Buy a KJV (King James Version) bible and a study bible (mines is a devotional NIV(New International Version). 
2. Join a bible based church.
3. Set yourself apart from those that are not living saved.

The latter is why I struggled with staying sanctified. I couldn't set myself apart because I was still dwelling in my old ways with people who weren't living for God. Some friends were welcoming to the fact that I decided to give my life to the Lord and even attended bible study with me when invited. Others resorted to peer pressure making salvation harder to grasp. At that point, I had to make a decision.  Fortunately, my decision was God. 

"Ye are of God, little children and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world" (1 John 4:4)

I knew I belonged to God and only my flesh is tied to this world that we live in. I became victorious over obstacles holding me from Christ. According to the bible, I am greater with God than without. Now that I am almost 2 years into my faith I have not only become greater in God but the distractions of this world and society we live in no longer have a hold on my life. I am free from personal anger, lies, drinking, etc. and have never felt better. 

My starting point was becoming saved, next step was sanctification with lots of prayer to stay sanctified. Exodus 20: 1-17 is where I started my journey and 1 Peter 1:15 is where my journey continues. What path will you take today?

Will you ignore the fact that God sacrificed his only son to die for the sins of the whole world? OUR sins? Or do you have faith that there is a Heaven for all those seeking to live right before the Lord. If the latter option is what you are choosing... Seek first the Kingdom of God, live righteous and the Lord will give you everything you need.

Saved: February 22, 2015

Save: (verb) saved, saving; to rescue from danger, to keep safe and intact. SALVATION

Total prosperity begins with salvation. Jesus sacrificed HIS life so that we may have life more abundantly (John 10:10). I gave my life to the Lord (for the second and final time) on February 22, 2015. I had to add "for the second and final time" because 1. Not everyone is perfect and 2. I don't plan on going back.

Let's elaborate:

1. Not everyone is perfect (but God): I say this because the first time I sought salvation was June 30, 2014. I knew I wanted to go to Heaven but I didn't know that I had to sacrifice my old life and become new in the Lord in order to do so. 

2. I don't plan on going back: Now that I have given up my old ways of sin and have renewed my life in the Lord, I don't see a reason to go back. I have truly been blessed in more ways than one since the day of my salvation on that cold Sunday afternoon. 

Don't get me wrong, the Lord is still working with me, through me and around me but I now have learned to work with the Lord as well. I have learned to not only read his word (The Bible) but also to FOLLOW it. In that following, I have a discovered myself, obtained a wonderful career and a Godly Husband. 

Speaking of my wonderful husband. :) He accepted his calling into the ministry on October 16, 2016. His trial sermon was yesterday and the Lord was truly moving through the entire service. I am blessed to have such an amazing Man of God and blessed to be able to support him in the journey. He is part of the reason (the other part being God) I decided to start blogging again in the hopes that as a team we will be able to reach out and save lives. 

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever." (1 Chronicles 16:34)

It truly is a great day to save lives. 

Do you want to be saved?