Safe In The Will of God!

There is no safer place than to be in the Will of God! As long as you are asking and allowing God to direct your path and to teach you His ways you will be safe! Many times I tried doing things my way and because they were my will and not the will of our Heavenly Father they did not always work out for me.

Patience is a virtue!

For so long I have been doing things my way not realizing that God has been here for me all along. I thought I had it all figured out I was going to make things happen. I was wrong! God has His own way of doing things, our thoughts are not His thoughts and our ways are not His ways He knows what is best for us and when it is best for us to have what He has for us. Often times we get in such a hurry that we move ahead of God. Scripture tells us that as long as we believe and ask for what we want in Jesus name it shall be given to us. This is true but we also have to remember that just because we ask for it today doesn't mean we are going to receive today.

God say's come as you are!

This is very true God does want us to come in as we are. In church a lot of us come in well- dressed, wearing expensive suits with hats to match, stockings and jewelry that sparkle like the stars up in the sky, this is good in fact we are to wear our blessings well. You see when you are in Christ Jesus old things are passed away and all things become new. Our minds become renewed, we learn that we have to read the Word of God to be Christ-like and how to live the life of abundance that God promises us. However some of us are there but others are not, others are coming in broken in spirit, confused, abused and wounded by the world and maybe even other Christians.

Encouragement!!!

I am here as a part of the body of Christ to help encourage, edify, uplift and to empower you to know that you do not have to settle, you do not have to live your life in bondage nor fear.  John 10:10 states “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” KJV

 The enemy (the devil) wants us to live in bondage, fear and doubt which causes depression which can possibly lead to (natural and or spiritual) death.
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Change your Response!

In life there will always be challenges, trials, and hurdles to jump over to win the race. The race is not given to the swift but to who endures it. In other words, life is a journey not a contest, we go from level to level by faith to faith. With each level we go through we attain a little more faith but how many of us are giving up before the race is done? How many of us are complaining and mumuring instead of looking at things in a positive light? Some people are quick to see the negative instead of the positive because it's what they are used to. I encourage you all to try something  new and different by changing your response!

Learn how to Pray! The Lord's Prayer!

But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  Matthew 6:6

 9. After this manner pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hollowed be thy name. 10 Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11. Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6:9-13

 This is how we ought to pray we are saved by God’s good grace and His mercies not by our actions or good deeds Glory to God!

Rejection does not feel good!

How many of you have experienced some form of rejection at one time or another? If this applies to you then you know it doesn’t feel good to be rejected when all you really want is to be accepted. I have experienced many forms of rejection, from people, trying to fit in and just not really reaching the level of acceptance I really wanted. Rejection can really do a number on one’s self-esteem. Because of the fear of being rejected I found myself falling into the people pleasing pattern (pleasing others even if I hurt myself to do it). 

Breast Cancer...

Breast Cancer is defined as being Cancer that forms in the tissue of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple).

When one hears the words breast cancer there is a certain stigma associated with it often times it’s the fear of dying.  But with advanced technology, early detection and personal monthly breast exams this doesn’t have to be a death sentence. This is a disease mostly found in women and men but very rarely men. Doctors recommend self-breast exams at least once a month and advise women to get yearly mammograms by the time they reach 50 for early detection, the quicker it’s found, the quicker it can be addressed and combated.

Warning: Negativity is like a Disease! It's very Contagious! Run!

Negative people are like crab in a bucket they don’t want you to get out so they will pull you down and in a lot of cases keep you down. It is much more beneficial to be optimistic as opposed to pessimistic. If you go through life always expecting the worse that’s exactly what you will get but if you just step out on faith and turn that negative into a positive you will create hope for yourself and with hope skies the limit.

Optimism is a must!

 In order to live an effective and positive life we need to be optimistic. Optimism is a positive verb. A verb is an action, a word that requires foot work and in this case it calls for faith to be activated. Optimism and faith go hand and hand in order to be optimistic you have to have faith to believe what you can’t see. Even though a situation may look cloudy like it’s not going to clear up storms are not designed to last. The meaning of optimism as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary is defined as having hopefulness and confidence about the future or successful outcome of something: a tendency to take a favorable or hopeful view”. Basically optimism means to expect the best no matter the situation or issue it’s about turning a negative into a positive.

Lift your shame by exposing it!!!

Secrets can make you sick, they can also keep you sick if you don't find some way to address them and deal with them or have someone you can trust to talk to about them. I encourage you all to get free today. The more you expose is the more free you will become. We have all experienced some amount of shame at one time or another but now is the time for you to get delivered. If you are in fact battling issues in your mind as a result of a secret or something that you have done that was so shameful I urge you to expose it.

Overcoming Sexual Abuse...

Sitting there not having a clue why this man was touching me, what did this mean? Did I bring this on myself? Is this my fault? I wonder if he is going to hurt me worse later. He threatened to hurt my family and he told me that this was our little secret. He promised me gifts if I stayed. These are all questions and things that go through a child’s mind when they are being sexually molested at a young age I know because it happened to me.

Domestic Violence

What glitters is not always gold and what looks good to you is not always good for you, though these are cliché they are true. This is the same as “beware of the wolfe in sheep’s clothing.” Well my first long-term relationship I thought in the beginning was a perfect one. I'd been in a relationship with a guy who I believed loved me and cared for me more than anything else in the world. He was cute, fair in complexion, tall and we were compatible in spite of our age difference, he was 19 and I was 15. I can't recall him rejecting me in any way in the beginning things were great, he took me everywhere with him, where you saw him you saw me, we were inseperable. Then things changed we began to do things other than just hanging out. He introduced me to (powder) cocaine and because I thought he loved me I used with him to please him, I allowed him to be my mind, he would make decisions for me quite often unfortunately this was a bad one. It felt good to feel loved, to be in love and to love however this was all wrong “love doesn’t hurt.” At first I didn’t think anything of the drugs I saw it as recreational and it wasn’t going to harm anyone let alone me. I was wrong to make a long story short the drug use started with this relationship and the drug addiction ended several years later.

Marijuana is a Drug!

Many people are under the impression that marijuana is not a drug.  Anything you consume that cause’s physical or mental impairment is considered a drug. It may not be as intense or as serious to some as cocaine and other drugs but the fact still remains it is a drug. You don’t normally hear or see people fighting and stealing for it but it can get to that level.
Marijuana is a gateway drug to other drugs such as cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamines, acid, speed and more that was just to name a few. One will never achieve the same intensity of high they received when they first tried marijuana, this is where the addiction can potentially take place. The more someone uses is the more higher they want to get and so after a while the marijuana will not be enough...

What is Salvation?

 God is rich in grace and mercy. He loves us unconditionally. John 3:16 states, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” Can you imagine giving birth to a newborn baby then giving it to be sacrificed for people who didn’t deserve it; this is a great love that can only come from God Almighty. God has given us a choice to be saved or to be condemned, what will you choose today?

Forgiveness

It doesn’t feel good to get hurt not physically, mentally, nor emotionally, in fact sometimes we may not even realize that we are being hurt until after the fact and at this point this will cause us to build up anger, resentment and animosity in our hearts creating bondage. When we as human beings hurt we in turn hurt other people as well. We have to forgive so we will be forgiven by our Heavenly Father. It doesn’t help to harbor ill feelings in our heart toward anyone because the only people we end up hurting is ourselves, let’s break the cycle and forgive and love one another. Forgiveness is an option one best associated with healing.

"Getting Sober By Being Delivered"

The road has been rough and tough to say the least, but by the grace of God I am alive and living a drug free life and most importantly living for Christ Jesus. He is the Head of my life. While growing up no one ever thinks they could or would become addicted to drugs, it very well does happen, and to be honest with you  being addicted to anything other than God is a mistake. God is my way maker and He is the reason I'm able to tell my story with all truth and honesty and in my right mind. Being bound by drugs was no fun in fact I didn’t start out addicted, it first started with me hanging out with my then boyfriend who experimented with drugs and alcohol then I was 15 he was 19 there was a bit of an age difference however that was the beginning to the end. I thought it was fun being around him because he didn’t reject me, I figured as long as I gave in and did what he wanted he would always accept me. This is where low self-esteem played a part,  I should have walked away from that unhealthy relationship after I found out he was using drugs unfortunately I stayed. That was the start of the drug use. The point where I began to notice where things were getting bad is when I realized that my ex-boyfriend was no longer in the room with me I was all alone.