when I feel bad about going to bed early..

I feel like I have to have reasons to do things that would be considered a normal self-care thing, but because of anxiety, I have the need to speak it out as if I have to validate things like they are excuses. 

reasons why I go to bed early every night. 

1. I do get tired

2. Either I need to have the quiet or just relax away from the noise of the day and wind down.

3. I need time to myself. 

4. A lot of the day I'm vertical and my back and neck need to have horizontal time. I figure what better way to do that than lay in bed. 

5. It helps me get some more physical rest. 

6. I don't watch tv with my husband before bed anymore, and I'm kind of okay with that, because I'm not really into that much tv anymore. 

7. Sometimes when I get in bed I'm not tired anymore, so I'm wide awake, and that sucks health wise, because my body makes extra adrenaline and I can't help it. 

8. It does help me be awake and ready in the morning, I feel more rested when I go to bed soon after the kids. 

What's the difference between beliefs and worldview?

A belief system is the set of interrelated beliefs held by an individual or society. 

A belief system is similar to a worldview but is based on conscious beliefs. 

Worldviews are sets of beliefs and assumptions that express how cultures interpret their experience. 

Worldviews are essential for humans to make sense of their life but can be skewed by bias, stereotype, and prejudice. 

A worldview connects us with the inner workings of meaning. 

Our belief systems help us find a lens with which to view the world. 

So in a sense, our belief system and worldview are one and the same, or at least compliment/effect each other. 

(basic information found by using www.google.com to search the topic)

Listening to God's word and what happens when we do

Deuteronomy 28:1

If you will LISTEN DILIGENTLY TO THE VOICE of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments which I command you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

How do you know that's it's Gods voice?

https://www.prayerandpossibilities.com/5-ways-to-know-if-god-is-speaking-to-you/

Does it line up with God's word?

Do you have to trust Him? 

What are the commandments they are commanding?

10 commandments - 

1. I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other God's before me. 

2. You shall not make any graven images/idols.

3. You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. 

4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

5. Honor your Father and Mother.

6. You shall not kill.

7. You shall not commit adultery.

8. You shall not steal.

9. You shall not lie to anybody.

10. You shall not covet other people's things. 

God set you high above all earthly nations - this is talking about at the end when it's the difference between heaven or hell. When we listen to Him and do His work, when he tells us "well done, good and faithful servant", we are lifted up into heaven, above where we live physically into the realm of the perfect and spiritual.

When our lives line up with what God is calling us to do, we will have VERY hard time, but we will also thrive in grace and peace.. a peace that doesn't feel like any other peace. It's a soul peace, that leads to joy. So much better than the happiness everything else offers. 

oh heck no... "speak and it shall happen"

I saw this conversation while going through my Facebook feed.. meaning this is someone I know.. someone I'm close to. 

"I just blocked someone cuz she told me I must not be a Christian if I had a double mastectomy and did not allow God to be my healer: I allowed the western Drs to do it and that's of the devil.. 

what the what?!?!?"

AND THE RESPONSE

"I despise the people who claim one doesn't have enough faith to 'cure' their ailments... What a disservice and horrid representation of true Christianity. I'm so sorry.. "

This is NOT of God. 

Science is the learning of what God made. 

Medicine is found from using what earth gives us.

One of God's gifts is the gift of healing, and our minds are meant to learn and to share with others. 

Modern medicine, when used correctly, is an amazing thing to take care of the bodies that fall apart because of SIN. 

DO NOT tell people they don't have enough faith because they ask for help from medical professionals, instead of dying by themselves from something that could have been helped. 

How dare you. 

This is like the whole prophetic word of "you can speak it into existence". Just because you have the capability of saying a word doesn't give you any power to make it happen. 

I can say "I'll be healed by next month", stop taking my meds, stop taking care of myself, and IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 

Romans 8:3.. the flesh is weak, this is why THE GOSPEL!

Because we, as people, can not do what is needed for salvation on our own, God sent Jesus to be the perfect sacrifice.

He came down as a human being to be who we are, but without flaw (like the sacrifices in the Old Testament - flawless and sinless) because we are born sinful since Adam and Eve. Now there is grace through the blood that was spilled to redeem us (like the blood that was painted over the homes during passover). 

Instead of sending us to hell where we belong, He sees the blood over the doorway, the blood on the altar, the blood of His son.. covering all of it. If we believe that He did this for us, realize WHY he did this for us, know that we can never be perfect on our own because we are sinful, repent and lay those sins down at his feet, and turn to live the way He calls us to live.. THIS is the way. 

THIS is the gospel. 

and THIS is why we cannot get to heaven with Him.

Who or what is "the world" in Christian terms?

The biblical definition of "the world" is

anyone (person) who lives on earth and does not know God

or know of God

or choose to have a relationship with God. 

Because they do not know Him. 

Knowing OF Him doesn't count. 

Anyone can know there is a God.

But unless they have a relationship with Him, they are not counted in His family,

therefore they are outside of the "family of God".

If you are not a believer in Christianity (the gospel of Jesus and His life and sacrifice),

you are not part of the family of God.

That means you are part of the world outside of Him.

If two people are not believing the same thing, they cannot know each other fully

because they do not share the same core beliefs. They are not family, in that sense.

a different way to look at Conviction

I always thought 

conviction 

was this huge word that meant "oh my gosh, huge moment where I feel terribly wrong about

everything bad I've done and now I know what I need to change."

But I never felt that.

So I've always been confused about the word.

What does it mean?

Well, I've noticed recently during conversations and real-life experiences that I have conviction

when it comes to how I live.

I am convicted every day that I should be about my heavenly Fathers' work, and not worry about the human response.

I am convicted often that I'm looking in the wrong places for my answers when I should be listening to the Holy Spirit. 

It shouldn't matter what I share with people or tell people, as long as I'm following the path that God has laid out for me. (This means living like Jesus did/would and respecting and loving, yes, that means with judgment and grace. They are both valid and necessary.)

Conviction isn't always this big moment where you realize everything you ever needed to change,

which your response is to fall on your face and then go upheave your whole life.

Conviction is a daily thing.

As it should be.