Father in the name of Jesus, I come before You today giving You praise and thanking You for being my God. For Your help, protection, blessing, mercy and grace. Without You I am nothing and I thank You for never leaving or forsaking me. Lord I ask that You forgive sin and iniquity in my life, known and unknown. I ask that You bless the people that come across this post, that You help them in the way they need help. Only You know what we all truly need and I submit my will to Your will right now.
Lord help us all to know You better, to quiet the voices that tell us no, that say we won't be anything, that speak against our purpose, teach us to war in the spirit instead of the flesh. Teach us to speak life into our situations and to shun evil. Above all draw us closer to You, let us have the like mindset of Christ, let us love what You love, and hate what You hate. Let us be anxious for nothing, but by all things in prayer let our request be made known unto You. In your mighty Son Jesus Name, Thank you Father, -Amen.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Friday, October 6, 2017
Still Keeping On
Over the last six months I’ve contemplated deleting this page, but I could not bring myself to do it. So I just decided to let it sit for a while. I am working on not giving up, to keep fighting, to keep the faith. The funny thing is nobody will probably read this, but this is what we in leader ship go through sometimes. High highs, and low lows. Praying that what we are doing matters, that we are hitting our target, and bringing glory to the Kingdom. I finally feel like I’m back in a space where I can write, let my creativity flow, so i’m Asking God to fill me up so that I can pour out. Stay tuned.
God bless you all
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The God of the Do-Overs
Are you in need of a do-over?
How about a do-over of the do-over???
Well thank goodness we have an advocate with the Father that knows we not gonna get it right 100% of the time. He knows we won't get it right not even 75% of the time. So our Father, the God that loves us as His own, gives us renewed mercies and a second chance. Sometimes a third, and fourth chance too!
I found myself in need of a do-over and to be honest it wasn't my first. The enemy tried to make me feel bad, like a failure, like God would be too disappointed in me to help me. But Satan is a liar, the bible calls him the father of lies. The God that we serve is faithful. He knows that we won't get it right all the times, its one of the reasons we get a new mercy every morning (Lamentations 3:23). I have to admit I let the devil talk for a while, so much so that I started to feel physically sick. Then I was reminded of Ephesians 6, where it tells us to take on the whole armor of God. Our Father has given us provisions to help protect us from the lies and darts of the enemy, we have to use them.
When life starts screaming at you, we have to learn not to scream back, but to take the authority we have in Jesus and make it sit down and get it together. If you need a second chance to do it right, take it. God didn't renew mercy in the morning for nothing. He is not the out of luck God. He is not the too bad, so sad God. And he's definitely not the too little too late God. He is Merciful, Compassionate, our Helper! He is the abundance God. Everything about Him is abundance and all that are in Him enjoy abundance. So I encourage you to take your inheritance. Live the life God has planned for you, and if you loose your way remember there is no condemnation in Christ. All you have to do is repent, ask for forgiveness (1 John 1:9) and that grace and mercy is sure to come your way.
How about a do-over of the do-over???
Well thank goodness we have an advocate with the Father that knows we not gonna get it right 100% of the time. He knows we won't get it right not even 75% of the time. So our Father, the God that loves us as His own, gives us renewed mercies and a second chance. Sometimes a third, and fourth chance too!
I found myself in need of a do-over and to be honest it wasn't my first. The enemy tried to make me feel bad, like a failure, like God would be too disappointed in me to help me. But Satan is a liar, the bible calls him the father of lies. The God that we serve is faithful. He knows that we won't get it right all the times, its one of the reasons we get a new mercy every morning (Lamentations 3:23). I have to admit I let the devil talk for a while, so much so that I started to feel physically sick. Then I was reminded of Ephesians 6, where it tells us to take on the whole armor of God. Our Father has given us provisions to help protect us from the lies and darts of the enemy, we have to use them.
When life starts screaming at you, we have to learn not to scream back, but to take the authority we have in Jesus and make it sit down and get it together. If you need a second chance to do it right, take it. God didn't renew mercy in the morning for nothing. He is not the out of luck God. He is not the too bad, so sad God. And he's definitely not the too little too late God. He is Merciful, Compassionate, our Helper! He is the abundance God. Everything about Him is abundance and all that are in Him enjoy abundance. So I encourage you to take your inheritance. Live the life God has planned for you, and if you loose your way remember there is no condemnation in Christ. All you have to do is repent, ask for forgiveness (1 John 1:9) and that grace and mercy is sure to come your way.
God Bless U
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
A Can Do Attitude feeds a Can Do Spirit
Hi all, I came on my blog today only to realize that every post I had for the month of February is gone. I was perplexed that this could happen and started to get frustrated and upset. I sat and started to think about it a while, and decided it was no big deal. After all what an I do about it right at this very moment anyway. I learned a valuable lesson about backing up my blog and any other thing that I write or do. I decided to forge ahead instead of wallowing in defeat.
What I know is that God ordained this blog so it's going to prosper and flourish no matter what issues may come up. I can do all that He has for me to do despite the roadblocks. Over the past couple of weeks God has been showing me how my attitude towards things can affect my Spirit. It's important that we speak life, positive affirmations, so that we can receive the portion of strength God has for us to carry out the assignment. Negative thinking, depression, defeat it comes from the devil not from God. So remember that your attitude has a direct link to your Spirit, feed it the good things of God!
God Bless U
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Work your Negative into a Postive
In this everyday life we are surrounded by circumstances and issues. So how do we keep a good attitude, a right mind, and a joyous spirit??? It's about your attitude. Before you ever go through something you need to figure out what your approach will be to get through it.
I used to be a super negative person. Not because I wanted to be, but it was a predisposition to my own life circumstances. As a result of previous experiences, I always looked for the bad. Even when I was on "Great Street" I continually looks for "Terrible Alley". In my mind, nothing good could last for long, especially not to me.
As I have gotten more familiar with God and His word, He started showing me my own behavior for what it was. Negativity, with no Hope.
Being negative is a tool the enemy gives us to keep us down. To keep us from living our purpose, and most importantly to keep us from living the life God desires for us to live with hope of goodness and abundant life. Notice I said the enemy gives it to us. Once we accept the negativity there is no need to hang around because it's solely at our discretion whether we carry it with us or discard it immediately. There is a spirit of self doubt, low self esteem, and anger that can come with negativity. So we have to be fully prepared to deal with it and not let it linger.
Notice I did not write "turn" your negative into a positive. From experience I know that it's not that easy. I know that retraining your thought process is hard work. I know that you have to work everyday not to let negativity creep in. I today, still work extra hard to remain positive in tough times, and not to allow myself to fall down the rabbit hole of negative thoughts. If you were like me, sometimes I wasn't happy until I shared my negative thoughts. I would be at work and something would change in procedure, and it was my greatest joy to get with my coworkers and complain, then call my mom and complain, then get home to my husband and complain some more. But, where did it get me??? I was the only one feeling like crap, and of course the people that allowed me to come dump my madness on to them felt bad too.
As I started living out God's word and drawing closed to Him, I realized just how like people attract each other. I was ready to live in the promises of God, but those around me had set up residence in Terrible Alley. It made me realize what a deficit I was when I was like that. So I started taking baby steps, the negativity did not just go away, I had to work the bad into good.
Reciting scripture is powerful. Even if you don't get it all the way. Even if you are not feeling it. Speak that scripture into the atmosphere and you will feel a chance. Then I started writing down my negative thoughts as they occurred. When I wrote them down I would then think of an alternative to combat it. Once I did that, I would actively and symbolically throw them away. Yes, there were times I had a trash can full by the middle of the day. What that help me do is not to internalize what I was feeling. Most importantly when the negative would come and get in the way, and I could not scripture it away, nor write it away, I would pray. I would pray until I felt better. I would tell and still do say to God over and over again, "this is not how I want to think, please give me the mind of Christ. It was not, and has not been easy, but it works. I find myself on the positive side of things now. I don't look for the bad, I expect the good. Why, because scripture tells me that "all things work for the good of those that love God" (Rom 8:28). And I do love Him, with all my heart I love Him.
Pray to God, tell Him you love Him and that you want to change your mindset, that you are in need of a renewed mind. Purpose within yourself that you will work your negative into a positive with the strength of God on your side and go ahead and walk it out starting today. I promise this change is for the better!
I used to be a super negative person. Not because I wanted to be, but it was a predisposition to my own life circumstances. As a result of previous experiences, I always looked for the bad. Even when I was on "Great Street" I continually looks for "Terrible Alley". In my mind, nothing good could last for long, especially not to me.
As I have gotten more familiar with God and His word, He started showing me my own behavior for what it was. Negativity, with no Hope.
Being negative is a tool the enemy gives us to keep us down. To keep us from living our purpose, and most importantly to keep us from living the life God desires for us to live with hope of goodness and abundant life. Notice I said the enemy gives it to us. Once we accept the negativity there is no need to hang around because it's solely at our discretion whether we carry it with us or discard it immediately. There is a spirit of self doubt, low self esteem, and anger that can come with negativity. So we have to be fully prepared to deal with it and not let it linger.
Notice I did not write "turn" your negative into a positive. From experience I know that it's not that easy. I know that retraining your thought process is hard work. I know that you have to work everyday not to let negativity creep in. I today, still work extra hard to remain positive in tough times, and not to allow myself to fall down the rabbit hole of negative thoughts. If you were like me, sometimes I wasn't happy until I shared my negative thoughts. I would be at work and something would change in procedure, and it was my greatest joy to get with my coworkers and complain, then call my mom and complain, then get home to my husband and complain some more. But, where did it get me??? I was the only one feeling like crap, and of course the people that allowed me to come dump my madness on to them felt bad too.
As I started living out God's word and drawing closed to Him, I realized just how like people attract each other. I was ready to live in the promises of God, but those around me had set up residence in Terrible Alley. It made me realize what a deficit I was when I was like that. So I started taking baby steps, the negativity did not just go away, I had to work the bad into good.
Reciting scripture is powerful. Even if you don't get it all the way. Even if you are not feeling it. Speak that scripture into the atmosphere and you will feel a chance. Then I started writing down my negative thoughts as they occurred. When I wrote them down I would then think of an alternative to combat it. Once I did that, I would actively and symbolically throw them away. Yes, there were times I had a trash can full by the middle of the day. What that help me do is not to internalize what I was feeling. Most importantly when the negative would come and get in the way, and I could not scripture it away, nor write it away, I would pray. I would pray until I felt better. I would tell and still do say to God over and over again, "this is not how I want to think, please give me the mind of Christ. It was not, and has not been easy, but it works. I find myself on the positive side of things now. I don't look for the bad, I expect the good. Why, because scripture tells me that "all things work for the good of those that love God" (Rom 8:28). And I do love Him, with all my heart I love Him.
Pray to God, tell Him you love Him and that you want to change your mindset, that you are in need of a renewed mind. Purpose within yourself that you will work your negative into a positive with the strength of God on your side and go ahead and walk it out starting today. I promise this change is for the better!
~God Bless U
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