Do You Want A New Life?

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I am sure that we all wish we could have a new life at some point. Are you aware of the fact that you can be born again? God wants a relationship with you. Do you want the same thing? You might know in your heart that you need a new life, but the question is, “What are you willing to let go of to receive it?” It makes me laugh and also be thankful that, looking back that I used to love drinking and doing drugs, getting tattoos, smoking cigarettes, and now all those things turn me off!

 

Today, I am actively trying to help others quit those destructive habits, from one extreme to another! I learned that life is not all about me and what I want or like. Instead, it is about doing God’s will and loving one another. God had a plan for me to start a new life. I believe God wanted me to understand that plan before He put inspiration into motion. ~ Bill Greguska

 

2 Corinthians 5:17   Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

 

 

 

 

 

Want A New Life? Remember That Life Is Short!

 

Start A New Life – Love God, And Your Neighbor!

The old is gone, the new has come. The things that I used to love, such as loud rock n roll music, changed. First, I started listening to Reggae music in 1982, and Christian music mixed in with some light rock that was much more peaceful. More peaceful than I grew up with when I was using drugs and alcohol. There were many marked differences in my life, from the length of my hair to the clothes I wore to how I talked and acted. I was ready for a new life but did not realize that back then. But the most significant difference was that God gave me a new heart to start seeing life differently in His way rather than my own.
John 3:3  Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

 

 

Do You Realize That God Knows Our Hearts?

I heard and knew about God while I was growing up. But it was not until I began living for God in 1986 that He started working in my life. I wish I could have done some parts of my life differently. My life has not been a total waste by any means. God knew ahead of time what I would do and not do in my life, and He has given me free will, and God knows each of our hearts since He created and sustained us! 2 Timothy 1:9  He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
God has shown me many things along the way, as He has worked to put them back together with my life.  Jesus has been my shepherd on this journey. I have learned that just because something like basketball, drugs, or alcohol feels good doesn’t make it right. I am thankful my basketball testimony eventually turned from a nightmare into a good story because of God!

 

 

Your New Life Has Been Bought With A Price!

 

More Things To Consider When Starting A New Life:

  1. Forgive everyone for everything.
  2. Time heals almost everything. Give time some time.
  3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
  4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
  5. Belief in miracles.
  6. Always choose life.
  7. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
  8. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
  9. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful, or joyful.
  10. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
  11. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
  12. Show appreciation for others.
  13. Do not embarrass a person publicly with an error they made.
  14. Mention your mistakes before criticizing others.
  15. Ask more questions instead of giving direct orders.
  16. Jesus came to this world to serve, not to serve.
  17. Let the other person save their face when they make a mistake.
  18. Share compliments freely. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  19. If you do not have something good to say, don’t say anything at all.
  20. Make people feel comfortable around you.
  21. Practice what you preach.

 

 

 

Start Your New Life!

Do you want a new start in your life? Being inspired and motivated by what God did in my life, in 2007, I started the website, Needencouragement.com during a sad time in my life after my separation and divorce. I had a lot of time to reflect on what was going on and my life, which resulted in my writing a book about my life story and how God can use both right and wrong and have things turn out right for those who trust and follow Him. Pastor Ron Sauer and his wife, Sue, encouraged me through a difficult marriage and divorce.

Life Got Better

Lord, it was hard to believe I could actually give up alcohol and drugs and the problems that came with them after all those years of addiction. It was like my life was uprooted and replanted into good soil. I thought I was going to die a drug addict and alcoholic, but you had different plans for my life.

Lord, I believe that help from my mom, counselors, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and even my training in basketball had some effect on my life and recovery. In basketball, I learned to battle against the odds, and to dig in and not give in. But ultimately, it was you, Lord, who set me free. I thank you for doing that good work in me, and that I was willing to accept the help I badly needed.

Lord, when I played basketball, I played my best to win. I believe I transferred some of that attitude to my recovery and my relationship with you. Lord, you and I worked things out for good. It was two more years before I could give up cigarettes, but with your help, I did that, too. All my problems did not go away just because I stopped drinking and using drugs, but I was now able to deal with my difficulties with a clear mind for the first time.

Matthew 26:41  Jesus said, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

I am simply trying to struggle through life, trying to do God’s bidding. ~ George Lucas, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.

NeedEncouragement.com/temptation

 

Life Got Better

(This is part of The Book I wrote) 

Lord, it was hard to believe I could actually give up alcohol and drugs and the problems that came with them after all those years of addiction. It was like my life was uprooted and replanted into good soil. I thought I was going to die a drug addict and alcoholic, but you had different plans for my life.

Lord, I believe that help from my mom, counselors, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and even my training in basketball had some effect on my life and recovery. In basketball, I learned to battle against the odds, and to dig in and not give in. But ultimately, it was you, Lord, who set me free. I thank you for doing that good work in me, and that I was willing to accept the help I badly needed.

Lord, when I played basketball, I played my best to win. I believe I transferred some of that attitude to my recovery and my relationship with you. Lord, you and I worked things out for good. It was two more years before I could give up cigarettes, but with your help, I did that, too. All my problems did not go away just because I stopped drinking and using drugs, but I was now able to deal with my difficulties with a clear mind for the first time.

Matthew 26:41 ~ Jesus said, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

I am simply trying to struggle through life, trying to do God’s bidding. ~ George Lucas, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.

NeedEncouragement.com/temptation

 

 

 

 

Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ephesians 4:22-24 ESV 

To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

John 3:16 ESV 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 21:5 ESV 

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

Romans 6:23 ESV 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ezekiel 11:19 ESV 

And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.

 

 

 

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