In the life of struggles, stress, and strain along with facing the positives and negatives of everyday life, Dr. Hayes, author of "If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up" believes in a positive everyday daily walk using principles for keeping victory in the form of scriptorial knowledge and wisdom principles in overcoming the cares of life. So reading this book will not only change your very life, but it will also give you the courage to conquer what life throws at you.

If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up

Daily Principles for Keeping Victory Each Day of Your LifeBy Byron C. Hayes

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Copyright © 2010 Byron C. Hayes, Ph. D.
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-6957-5

Chapter One

Your best days are ahead

Your best days are ahead the moment you begin to read this book. This is your day for the victory that you have been waiting for. Your sun is peaking over the clouds of your life. Your rain is drying up from your latest storm. You are starting to wake up! Even now your tears of pain will start turning into tears of joy. For Psalms 118:24 reads, "This is the day that the Lord has made."

How many people have stolen your victory? How many people have stolen your testimony, your joy, your praise, your miracles, your faith, your dreams, your freedom, your esteem, your decision making, your character, your personality, and your identity? Well, now is the time to break free from the robbers of your past. We must learn to press pass pressure. Faith says:

Let that worry go and live

Worry is a dreadful disease

Worry is a slow eating cancer

Worry will make you sick and weakly

Worry is a waste of energy

Worry will wear you out

Worry will take your sleep

Worry will steal your joy

Don't worry about anything; pray about everything. Keep your eyes off the problem and fixed on GOD.

In the body of Christ, so many are losing the faith. Satan has become a deadly force bringing worry all over the nation. Worry is a lie from the enemy. Worry ties GOD's hands. Worry raises the blood pressure and stress level. Worry causes heart problems.

Jesus said in St. John 10:10, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." This is the time that we must wax stronger and stronger in our level of faith. The Bible reads in I John 4:4, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." We are faced with all types of terrorism and fear. But, don't panic in the problem, don't faint in adversity, don't surrender in the flood, don't give up in the storm. Get past the pains of the past and stop crying over yesterday's disappointments. Be a warrior, not a whiner. GOD is on your side. You can choose to be pitiful or powerful. Stop mourning over things you cannot change. When the going gets tough, the tough should get going. Do what it takes to revive your faith. Stop allowing people to beat you down mentally. Develop some backbone. Avoid the catastrophe of negative conversation. Pick your self up from where you put yourself down. Stop allowing your mind to run away with negative thoughts. Learn how to overcome life's disappointments. Letting go of the past is a must in this last hour. Release it and let it go, whatever it is. Who wants self-pity? All that does is keep a chip on your shoulder.

Don't get stuck where you are. Always know that when one door closes, two doors open. Stop being hard and critical of yourself. Stop trying to fix something that you know cannot be fixed. This is the necessity of, "If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up!" This book is designed to help change your life and set you back on target with a life of "victory."

One thing about GOD is that He always has a bigger plan. Jeremiah 29:11 reads, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." The more you dwell on the past, the more you block your future. Until you let go of the old, you will never receive the new. It is time to start trusting GOD in times of trouble. Jesus says in St. John 16:33, "In the world ye shall have tribulation: But be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Don't allow your present trouble to turn you away from GOD or the church. The church is a haven of rest. Shepherds are designed to watch over your soul. Everybody, everywhere, every age and every color faces life's troubles. You are either on your way into trouble, in the middle of trouble, or coming out of trouble. No one is exempted from trouble, but "Trouble don't last always!"

In Philippians 4:7 the Bible reads, "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." The Bible reads in Romans 8:35, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" The Bible reads in St. John 16:24, "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive that your joy may be full." The Bible reads in Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."

So, as you can see, we all face hot spots in life. Noah faced mocking when he was told to build the Ark. Abraham faced mocking when he was told to offer his only son Isaac as an offering to GOD. Joseph faced prison. Moses faced the Red Sea. David faced Saul's attempts to kill him 21 times. Job faced great loss. Daniel faced the Lion's den. The Hebrew boys faced the fiery furnace. Stephen faced stoning. Paul faced shipwreck. Jesus faced the cross. So, what makes you and I any different?

When facing troubles of any kind, make sure you are not the cause. Many people are the cause of their own hardship through that foul spirit of disobedience to GOD, our Creator. When we disobey GOD, we set ourselves up for shipwreck. We must be aware of the "Jonah" spirit. We must follow GOD and quit questioning Him. Don't forget when we face trouble it does not mean we are out of GOD's will. Remember, GOD is always on our side in good times and bad.

Life gives lemons at times, but let GOD's power show through you in the midst of sour situations. Let GOD's power show through you in the midst of good or bad times, no matter what you face. Know that the storms are in our lives and they are there to meet the needs of other people. Many of the storms we face in our lives are only a test to be able to rescue them that face the same opposition. Turn what you face totally into the hands of GOD. Develop an unshakable confidence in GOD. Don't worry about anything. PRAY about everything. It's good to prepare for conflict but know that the victory comes from GOD. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:10-11, "Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."

This is your day for victory. Get your praise "on." Know that the praise burns the ears of the devil!!! Begin to turn your obstacles into opportunities, and know that your tomorrow is better than your today!!!

In your spare time I would like for you to read Romans 8:28, I John 4:4, St. Luke 10:19, Isaiah 54:17, Daniel 11:32, and St. John 10:10. These scriptures will begin to enlarge your vision in testing time. When we equip ourselves with the word of GOD, we put on the whole armor of GOD, and we develop the mentality of the warrior's mind set. See yourself breaking down barriers in your life. See yourself over the top. See yourself overcoming past failures. See yourself overcoming breakdowns. See yourself debt free. See yourself healed. See yourself prospering. See yourself renewing your...