Keeping it Personal with Amy

About Amy Alves

Amy lives in the great state of Maine along with her family on 14 acres. She is a wife, mother of 3, writer, Life Coach, ice cream addict, and a passionate God seeker! She loves uncovering God's purpose for her and His abundant life each day.
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New Year, New You

We’re living proof of our future selves.  How well we’re learning to embrace today will determine what our lives look like tomorrow.  The new year can be a very exciting place to find ourselves, when we choose to take the time to evaluate our lives and…

…take action to move forward!

But, the truth is after a few weeks or months the excitement of trying on our resolutions can begin to dwindle a little.  And we discover that new year goals and wishes don’t amount to much if we don’t go deeper into ourselves for lasting change.

We have no need for rash decisions… because we believe in a God, who is providing every thing we need — moment by moment.

Stop to ask the hard questions, the ones you’ve always been too scared to ask,  and choose to live life more aware this time around.   Ask to know Him better and you may learn about yourself in return.

What does new life look like?

Now, is the perfect time to write out a wish list for the new year, things you’d like to do and places you’d like to go.  But most of all, who you really want to be?  Here waits the health of our hearts and minds.

The world is a beautifully complex place that we get to share our personal journey with every day.  Only you can live your life.  Be someone different starting today.  Because now isn’t too late…Live like you were made in the image of God!  Because you were…

…and still are.

Take the moments, make the choices.  Ask the questions… Live the answers.  Make this year the best one yet because you’re forever changing! There are 101 choices in a day that will add up to millions before this new year comes to an end…

Which ones will you choose, friend?  Choices shape our hearts.  And the beating doesn’t last forever.  Make the choice to move forward now.  Every thing makes a difference.

Take the days to their fullest.  These are your future memories.  Don’t you want them to be good?

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”

Capturing Thoughts

It’s either take captive every thought or be taken captive by it. 

These are our options.  This is the conclusion I’ve reached thus far,  friends.  Our minds, they’re important.  We live with working minds that take in and put out all the time.  Are we stuck in slavery to our thoughts, or are our thoughts adding good to ourselves and the world around us?  God knows, this is where everything starts.

I’ve seen God do miracles and transform lives from the inside out.  I know because I’m one of them.

Thoughts don’t have power over me any longer because I believe my God is greater.  I used to be scared to speak, make friends, or try anything new.  I feared failure and unloved thoughts would become real.  He’s changed me from the inside out and still is.

Miracles every day still in modern days are happening now.
When minds change, life changes.

So, here we go friends.  Jumping into life that’s deep, real, and sometimes raw.  Here we come asking the hard questions in the privacy of our minds and in the times when we can say “yes,” to sharing this journey together.  And live out what we learn.  We’re made by a Creator to praise Him.  We release all thoughts to Him now in whatever capacity we’re capable.  And in these moments we see more of who we are right here, right now.
We are His.  His daughters, His sons, if we say, “yes” to His thoughts.

Our thoughts start traveling down a new path.  This path is walking the promise of eternal life and a full life offered here today.  He replaces old ways of thinking by capturing new ways of seeing people, places, and things.  And changing our own minds so personally.

So, we turn our thoughts to Him and who we are with Him.

Do you need to surrender and recapture God’s good thoughts today, friends?

We break down every thought and proud thing that puts itself up against the wisdom of God.  We take hold of every thought and make it obey Christ”.  2 Corinthians 10:5 NLV

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