PalmTreeMin

 Over the last several years, I have significantly distanced myself from "pop radio" and I have learned to become a better steward over my eye and ear gates. Instead, I have chosen a new musical path to enjoy. I have rediscovered my enjoyment of classical music and gained a new appreciation for the southern gospel I was raised on, thanks to my daddy. It may come as a surprise to you that a millennial is disembarking on a new musical influential journey based on my independent thought and reasoning. I am no longer accepting what society, the infamous "they" or a demonic marketing team is trying to shove down my throat, convince me to buy and be influenced by the result. It's become such a soul-searching, CD-throwing out, and, most importantly, freeing paradigm-shift. Here is a list of what I found to make my heart joyful and honor God in the process. I hope it will free up your heart to discover what is pleasant and endearing to your own life and soul. J.S. Bach ...

 What is your response in times of trouble? Do you let the Lord help you? Do you seek Him first? Or do you go straight to your phone can repeat everything bad to all your friends and take their advice? I say this in love, but before you are willing to take another person’s advice on any situation you need to first ask of and seek the Lord. If someone is trying to give you advice, before you listen to what it is, you need to respectfully ask them when was the last time you read your bible? If the answer isn't “today” you need to seriously reconsider if you should be taking their advice at all. You need Godly advice, wisdom, leadership, and discernment. You don’t need a mixture of worldly and biblical advice, that will only lead to death, destruction, and your downfall. Always first, seek and ask the Lord. Psalm 28:7 "The Lord is my strength and my impenetrable Shield; my heart trust in, relies on and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped, therefore my heart greatly rejoices...

  Proverbs 3:5 “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your insight or understanding.” God is saying your confidence needs to solely be in Him; not in yourself, your family, or your past. You cannot find confidence in the bottom of a bottle or a bag of chips. Nor will you find it in any type of sexual experience. You can’t find it on a shopping spree and most certainly won’t find it having an affair.  When we are putting our trust, confidence, sense of relief, or understanding in anything other than the Lord we are having an affair on God. The Bible states that God is a jealous God who wants to be on the throne of our hearts. That is the only way He can help you or me.  You must and need to allow God to be God because relying on anything other than Him will only lead to catastrophic results. It will lead to emptiness and sin.  God has called us to a life of joy, abundance in all good areas, and health and Godli...

Bible says Judas kissed Jesus with fakeness. Are there people you hug upon greeting as a real friend that you are not sincere about? Do you greet people at work with a smile and then proceed to talk about them behind their backs? Do you routinely take credit for someone else's work to get that promotion but act like you are best friends with the person you just stole from? Do you greet people with an empty and selfish heart at church? And you say hi to people with a fake smile? Have you ever told someone you'd pray for them on social media but just muddled under your breath about them instead? Have you ever pretended to give warmth to someone purely because you wanted to get something from them? All of these are examples of being a Judas. No one wants a Judas in their friendship circle even though most of us have experienced it. If you are the Judas, you must realize that in the end, Judas felt so much remorse for what he did, he hung himself. It was all for money. That is not ...