I listened to a recording of Joyce Meyer this morning. She hit the hammer "right on the nail"-- with regard to the reason for my outbursts when frustrated. I have known for some time now its an area where I need to change. It fits right in with being careful with what we fill our minds with. I have taken good precautions at guarding myself from certain books and TV shows. The step I have failed to take, is purposely filling my mind with God's word and "setting" my mind on the goal to bring glory to God in everything. I mean really setting my mind with perseverance, I half heartedly worked on it "mind" you. I need to do it everyday because otherwise all too soon I forget what I am supposed to be doing again--ugh. This is the goal that I am going to focus on until the whole process comes into my heart with complete understanding and I am "living it out", to the glory of God. Joyce also stated something to the effect that so often we go from book to book, video to video, concept to concept, without spending quality time on just the one idea until it is embedded into our hearts. There was a challenge given to go through the Proverbs and find anything about the words from our mouths. I took up the challenge and typed up some scripture and thoughts from her message, recording while reading it, and added some background music. There is a "Right Speaking" recording for you to the right of the page. You can apply this same concept of setting your mind-- with regards to anything you struggle with. Have you been trying to lose weight and get healthy. Maybe you just want to build up your faith and become a person that trusts God no matter what. She has more recordings on speaking and our minds that I plan to view throughout the rest of this week into the next. You can do so too right here. If you are successful in setting your mind on an issue I find victory in that area through Christ. Please share your story in the comments.
I am going to share with you how I made these recordings-- in case you would like to do this for yourself, making them custom to fit your needs. It is really quite simple if you know your way around the computer.
1. First, I start with the sound recorder that came with my computer and I have a headset and microphone hooked up. This makes a wma file| save it where you know you will find it.
2. Next I convert the recording to a mp3 file using NCH's Switch Audio Converter and its free as you only need the basic. Just click add file and browse to find your wma file. Below that is save to folder: click the browse button to save the file where you want it. Set the output format: to Mp3 and click convert button to the right.
3. Now its time to add the background music if you would like....otherwise if just the sound recording will suffice you are good to go. I use another free program called Audacity . When I first open the program I go to file/open and I find the mp3 file I created and open it. Then I go to project|import audio and find a music file I want to use.Below is a picture of the settings that I use:
Once all is set and sounds good I click file| export as mp3 and save it with a different name of my recording by itself.
4. I find the file and save it so my desktop so whenever I want to listen to it I just double click and Windows Media (or whatever program you set as default) opens up and plays the file.
Please feel free to comment if you have any questions or are confused with the instructions.
