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God Is Up To Something

Since the beginning of time God has been up to something. God doesn’t sleep nor slumber, he’s always doing something. In the beginning God created heaven and earth. In the end he speaks about the New Jerusalem in all it’s slender and glory. Even when you can’t feel God or sense his presence, he’s doing something in your life. When he allows trials to come in your life, he’s drawing you closer to him. When he allows blessings to come in your life, he’s teaching you how to be grateful. When he spares your life, he’s teaching you about grace and mercy. Never think that God isn’t doing anything; he has the whole world in his hands. Keep in mind that we serve an awesome God, an omnipotent God, and an omnipresent God. He’s alpha and omega and he’s working on your behalf.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Compassion

As Christians, we are suppose to have compassion on each other and those that do not profess our faith. We always talk about the people that are not coming church, but we never talk about the lack of compassion we show them. The bible says; with love and kindness have I drawn thee. We are not going to draw the sinner in by always talking about their sin. People know when they are living wrong and have messed up. No one likes for their mistakes and wrongdoings to be illuminated. We don’t have to condone wrongdoing to love on someone. We don’t have to agree with other people lifestyles to be kind to them. When we were in sin; someone showed us love and kindness. Someone prayed for us without condoning our sin. That’s how we came to Christ. If they didn’t show us love and kindness, we would have never stepped foot in a church. We need to stop forgetting where we came from. We came from sin and we enjoyed sinning. We were born into sin and shaped in iniquity.  If God was patient with us and waited for us to make an intelligent decision to serve him; why can’t we have that same patience with the people we are trying to draw to Christ? We never know what it is going to take to draw someone to Christ, but we can do our part and start by having compassion on them.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Fake Friends & Real Enemies

Psalm 55:12-14 The Message (MSG) says; This isn’t the neighborhood bully mocking me—I could take that. This isn’t a foreign devil spitting invective—I could tune that out. It’s you! We grew up together! You! My best friend! Those long hours of leisure as we walked arm in arm, God a third party to our conversation. Many of us are dealing with fake friends and real enemies and it hurts because the person that hurt us isn’t someone we just met. If we be honest with ourselves, we really want hurt, harm, and danger to come upon them, but we’re too scared to pray that prayer. Before we become so self-righteous, we need to see if we are the fake friend, or the real enemy. Sometimes it’s not the other person, it’s us. Sometimes, we are the one’s that people want to pray hurt, harm, and danger on, because we ran our mouths too much, or became disrespectful in some way. Have you ever realized that fake friends are meant to distract you and enemies are meant to draw you closer to God? When dealing with something like this, you need to seek God and ask him for clarity in the situation. When God answers you, don’t tune him out if he reveals that you are the fake friend or the real enemy.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Let Everything That Have Breath Praise The Lord

Don’t let this day pass by without giving God some praise. If you are alive that’s enough to tell God thank you. If you didn’t need help to go to the bathroom or have someone give you a bath, that’s enough to tell God thank you. Praise him for not letting you get caught in your sins. Praise him for letting you get caught by grace and not the law. Praise him because you are in your right mind, have the activity of your limbs, and you still have hope. Everything that God created does it’s job except for us. Birds sing, dogs bark, cats meow; but us, we’re stubborn, we want something for nothing, we can’t praise if it’s not about a house, money or car. If you profess to be a child of God and you’re not willing to praise God, maybe you should check your relationship with God.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Will We Be Missed

The other day my grandson didn’t want to go to school because he didn’t feel good. He asked me if he didn’t go to school would his friends miss him. I replied yes they would; he said alright I’m getting up and getting ready for school. Would we be missed if we didn’t show up for an occasion or even died? Would people rejoice over us being gone or would they be distraught? What type of life do we live that makes people want to be around us or leave us alone? These are just some questions that I began to ponder when my grandson asked me if he’d be missed. I try my best to be good to people on purpose. I try my best not to hold grudges because at the end of the day it means nothing. When I see myself falling short, I do my best to go and get it right, because ultimately I want to be pleasing to the Lord. When we treat each other right and with respect and love, we are being pleasing to God.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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The Lord Knows

What you are going through did not take God by surprise it took you by surprise. God knows just how much you can handle so he is going to press you and stretch you. Stop saying you can’t take it; you can take it, that’s why God allowed it. He is showing you what he’s placed on the inside of you. If you’re ever going to go to the next level, you have to go through a series of test. The Lord knows how you feel, but he’s not concerned about your feelings, he’s concerned about your destiny. The Lord is not going to bring you out one second before time, because if he does, you will be undone. So, stop trying to explain to people what’s going on with you and stop trying to figure out what God is doing,  just say; the Lord knows.

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I’m Rich

When people talk about riches the majority of the time they are speaking about money. When I woke up this morning it dawned on me that I’m rich. I’m rich in love, family, relationships, morals, character, and health. I have a relationship with God, a prayer life, and children that are healthy and always keep me on my toes. I have a grandson that’s funny as all get out and I have church families all over the world. To me, that’s being rich. There are people in this world that have tons of money, but no character. They have tons of money, but people only tell them what they want to hear. They have tons of money, but they are lonely. They have tons of money, but are in poor health. They can buy the best doctor’s but they can’t find a match for their heart, liver, kidneys, etc… When you look over your life and not your bank account, you will also find that you are rich. You have to decide if being rich is a state of mind or a number in the bank account. 

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing. 

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40 Is The New 40

On Sunday I will turn 40, but I celebrated my birthday today with a huge 40 & Fabulous bash. I danced from the time I entered the place until the party was over four hours later. Every bone in my body hurts. Whoever said 40 is the new 30 or 20 lied. I can’t run two miles in 15:30 like I use to when I was 20. I can’t stay up all night long like when I was 20. When I was 30  my eyesight was much better than 40. My metabolism was much better in my 20’s and 30’s. Now if I look at food I gain weight. I got aches in places I didn’t know existed in the body. Nevertheless, I love being 40. I’m ecstatic that God allowed me to see 40yrs old. When I was 37yrs old I was writing my obituary because of a bad heart. Now I’m 40 and I’m coming out with my 4th book and things are well. So here’s to 40 and the joys and aches that it will bring. I will embrace them both, for someone wished they could see such a milestone.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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You Don’t Know My Story

Before we put our mouth on another person we need to know their story. People look at each other and try to size them up, without knowing anything about them. Unless we were raised with that other person, we really don’t know their story; we only know what they tell us. Does putting our mouth on people really make us feel that good? It’s funny how we can talk about other people, but when the tables are turned we want to fight and the first thing we say is; they don’t know anything about me. This should help us to keep our mouths shut. The bible says; touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm. When we put our mouths on people, do we know if they are God’s anointed or his prophets? If they are are, then we have to go against God, and that’s a fight we can’t win. So, it’s best to get to know someone; instead of talking about someone.

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Always Learning

Many of us are out of school, yet God keeps teaching us lessons. It’s up to us whether or not we’re willing to learn what he’s teaching. Life is a classroom and success or failure is up to us. Some of us may act like the disciples and not grasp anything that God is trying to tell us, yet we are in his presence daily. We need to pray and ask God for knowledge and understanding of everything he wants us to learn. So, the day you want to stop learning, that’s the day you die, the day you stop being a productive citizen, and the day yo are of no use to the people around you, yourself or the kingdom of God.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing. 

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