The Inspirational Life

Welcome to the Inspirational-Prayers Newsletter/Magazine

Also called

The Inspirational Life.

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This is the JANUARY 2017 edition.

This edition contains:

WHAT'S NEW on the Website

BIBLE DEVOTIONAL - Thoughts for a Bright Future

WHAT IS - 118.89

SECRETS FOR SPOUSES - Marriage Thoughts

IDEAS FOR PARENTS - Winter Fun

DISC INSIGHTS - Music to my Ears!

We send out a newsletter/magazine about 12 times a year.

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What's New

What's New on the website since the last newsletter?

New Pages:

Happy New Year Prayer and Reflection

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Prayer for Teachers to pray

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Why do the Wicked Prosper?

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Psalm 62 an easy psalm page

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- Take Note -

We have lots of

New Year pages.

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Here are a couple of highlighted ones:

New Year Prayer

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Prayer of Jabez

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All the new pages have links on our page called

"Info on New Pages"

found in the top right of each page.

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If you haven't been to the website lately, click the link below.

Inspirational Prayers

Thoughts for a Bright Future

Here we are

entering

2017.

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How can we experience a brighter future?

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How can we position ourselves for a

GREAT YEAR?

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How can we have

an

AMAZING

YEAR

in

2017?

We are going to need...

More

WISDOM

We are going to need...

More

MOTIVATION

God wants to help us achieve an

AMAZING YEAR

with lots of

VICTORY

God is trying to teach us

to

become a

Champion for Christ.

This year

Inspirational-Prayers

will present pages on

BECOMING A CHAMPION FOR CHRIST!

This newsletter article is just the beginning.

I hope you will let

HOPE

rise inside you!

I'm going to get excited.

I'm going to let hope rise in me.

I'm going to get fired up to have a

GREAT YEAR!

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Will you

Join Me?

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Will you join me in a POWER PRAYER?

Dear Lord,

I want a better year this year.

I want a POWERFUL and VICTORIOUS YEAR this year.

I want to gain

more WISDOM

and

more MOTIVATION

this year than ever before!

God,

I want to find myself astonished

this year!

Lord,

I am dedicating myself to you this year.

I am going to seek to follow you closely.

I am going to read your Word.

I am going to allow you

to teach me how

to be a

CHAMPION for CHRIST!

In Jesus' name I pray,

AMEN!

Copyright © 2016 Beth McLendon of Inspirational – Prayers.com

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A TIME FOR

VICTORIES

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What is... 118.89?

$ 118.89

is the total monetary donations given to this ministry

in 2016

from visitors to our site.

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There were eleven e-book "At Home in God's Sweater" $ 8.99 donations

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Zero "Praying for your Child" book donations

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And one monetary donation of $ 20.00.

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They total $ 118.89.

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We are so thankful to the people who donated.

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We ask that each one reading this would consider a

$ 5.00 donation

- or less -

for 2017.

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Note that we have several bills to pay in January

in order to continue this website - including

$ 299.00 every January to Sitesell (our internet host)

in order to have a visible site

on the internet.

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You can see that this internet ministry is not being sustained by our visitors.

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If $ 5.00 is too much right now, we would be very thankful for a lesser amount.

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Thank you for your prayerful consideration.

Beth and the Inspirational-Prayers Team

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The following is a link to donate: Our Donation Page

Secrets for Spouses

January 2017

Marriage Thoughts

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This month I have a few words for you to consider.

* Lack of Fun

* Lack of Prayer

* Lack of Tenderness

* Lack of making our marriage a priority

* Lack of Sincerely Apologizing when wrong

* Lack of Growing Spiritually

Those will

Obstruct our View

of what our marriage can be.

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Those were

"Simple Thoughts"

to help inspire

a

BETTER

Marriage

in 2017

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Please consider

visiting this

Romance

Page:

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Winter and Valentine Romance Ideas

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Thoughts for Parents

This month this section is about

having FUN!

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Don't let the winter fly by without making sure you create some

Wonderful Winter

Memories!

Find out what your children think would be fun activities and then DO a couple of them!!

Maybe you could make one Friday a month - FREE FRIDAY!

Perhaps your children would want to:

Build a snowman together

Pop Popcorn together

Play basketball together

Make a craft together

Read a book together

Bake a cake together

Act out a story together

Write a silly poem together

Take a trip to the park together

Children grow up fast!

Don't forget to plan

FUN!

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Let's fill this

Winter Season

with Great Family Memories!

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Music to my Ears

Each month

this section of the newsletter

focuses on

the DISC

Four Basic Personality Styles.

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This month we will focus on

gaining understanding

of ourselves and others

by

examining what each of the four styles

might consider

MUSIC to their EARS!

A Quick Introduction:

There are 4 basic DISC personality styles.

They are:

The "D" style which is outgoing and task-oriented.

The "I" style which is outgoing and people-oriented.

The "S" style which is reserved and people-oriented.

The "C" style which is reserved and task-oriented.

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We are a blend of traits from each of the four personality styles.

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Note that the style that contains most of our traits tends to powerfully pull our thoughts in certain directions.

Each style has a tendency to see life in a different way.

So each style approaches tasks with a different mindset, different thoughts, and different goals.

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We are all unique,

nevertheless,

the following information is generally true

for children and adults.

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Also take note that for DISC Personality Styles:

Green stands for the "D" style.

Red stands for the "I" style.

Blue stands for the "S" style.

Yellow stands for the "C" style.

MUSIC to MY EARS!

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A couple of days ago, I was talking to a friend

on the phone.

It was early in the morning.

As we concluded our conversation, she said:

“I pray that you have a productive day!”

I heard myself say, “That is music to my ears!”

You may wonder why I said that.

I said that because my DISC personality profile is highest in the “C” and the “D” styles.

In fact, I have almost as much “D” as I have “C” traits.

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Let me share about the "D" style with you.

The "D" Personality Style

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The “D” style naturally loves to get things done.

They love to be busy DOING things.

They love to see measurable results.

They are results-oriented.

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My friend knows me very well.

She knows that when I have a productive day -

I have a satisfying day!

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Most "D" style people,

would hear the following

as music to their ears:

"I hope that you will have a productive day!"

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Be careful, some "Ds" are rather insensitive

to chipper, cheerful comments in the morning.

What music does the

"I" Personality Style

like to hear?

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The "I" style is outgoing and people-oriented.

They like to socialize.

The “I” style has traits such as enthusiastic, inspiring, motivating, and energetic.

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The word "FUN" is music to their ears!

The “I” style would love to hear,

"I pray that you will have a FUN day!"

Or

"I hope that you have a FUN day!"

What music does the

"S" Personality Style

like to hear?

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The "S" style is reserved and people-oriented.

They like a conflict-free environment.

The “S” style has traits such as supportive, stable, steady, easygoing, and kind.

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The word "PEACE" is music to their ears!

The “S” style would like to hear,

"I pray that you will have a PEACEFUL day!"

Or

"I hope that you have a PEACEFUL day!"

What music does the

"C" Personality Style

like to hear?

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The "C" style is reserved and task-oriented.

They like to do things right.

The “C” style has traits such as cautious, careful, consistent, correct, organized, and analytical.

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The word "PERFECT" is music to their ears!

The “C” style would like to hear,

"I pray that you will have a PERFECT day!"

Or

"I hope that you have a PERFECT day!"

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As a "C" style person

(who has a lot of "D")

I can tell you that

"Cs" do need to work on

modifying what they think is a

perfect day!

But that is for a different article!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

to

EVERY

PERSONALITY

STYLE!

Every month I share some insights into

The Four Personality Styles.

I do this because

understanding ourselves and others

creates

Better Relationships!

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Each month it is my hope and prayer

that you will gain insights from this newsletter

that will bless your life.

Life comes together

better

when we

understand ourselves

and

understand others!

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If you would like to learn more about personality styles, click the link that follows:

DISC Personality Insights