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When You Don’t Want What You Begged God For

Have you ever begged God for something? You just had to have it and you became consumed with this thing or person, and although God knew what was best for you, he allowed you to have that very thing or person. Now that you have what you’ve begged God, do you  for you he said no?

You begged for that job, now you hate waking up and going to it every day. You hate your boss, you can’t stand your co-workers and you constantly complain about the pay. You begged for that man or that woman and now you’re homicidal because you can’t trust them. You’re up all day and night wondering what they are doing, praying that you catch them messing up. You’ve become border line psychotic thinking of ways to get them back for hurting you. You begged for that car when you really needed a house, and now you’re robbing Peter to pay Paul to keep up the payments. Oh, how you wish you didn’t have to deal with these things or these people.

We say we trust God, but when God rules out of our favor we begin to beg him for things that mean us no good. At the time we can’t see it, but God knows all. So, it is in those times that God will give us a very expensive lesson that none of us are really ready, willing, or can afford to pay. Then our prayers become; Lord if you get me out of this job, out of this relationship, out of these payments, I will never go back. So, now we’re lying to God, because as soon as he gets us out, we go right back into a similar or sometimes the same situation.

Will God get us out of what we begged for? Yes, but in his time. Meanwhile, we have to learn to take God at his word and accept the answers that we don’t like.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Everybody Want What They Don’t Have

We all think the grass is greener on the other side, so many of us try to get to the other side. We often look at someone else’s life and think; wow, I wish I had their life. Often times we look at other people’s gifts and start coveting their gifts and forget about the gifts God gave us.

When we start wanting what everybody else got and start complaining about everything we don’t have; we show how ungrateful to God we really are. We show how disrespectful we can really be. What we are really doing when we start complaining about what we don’t have is, we’re telling God he made a mistake, he’s not worthy, he really isn’t the King of Kings or the Lord of Lords, and we could be better off if we just had what we don’t have. 

So, instead of looking at what everybody else got, let’s focus on what God gave us and make it work. Let’s use what we got to inspire someone else. Let’s use what we got and worship God. Let’s show God how grateful and thankful we are that he chose to bless us the way he has. And, let’s repent and tell God how sorry we are for acting like spoiled, ungrateful brats.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing. 

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Don’t Get Upset

Dont get upset when you want someone to succeed more than they want to succeed.

Don’t get upset when you warn someone of the destruction ahead and they still walk in that direction.

Don’t get upset when you minister to someone and they still don’t accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.

Don’t get upset when no one else will do something in the church because you’re on every auxiliary the church has.

Don’t get upset because you helped someone out and now that you need help they haven’t offered any.

Stop expecting people to act the way you act and respond the way you want them to respond. We are all created differently and we all think differently. Besides, we were not always the way we are right now. There were times we acted just like the people that are making us upset. There were times we didn’t want more for ourselves. There were times we needed help, received help and never said thank you. Before we accepted Christ, there were times people ministered to us, and we looked at them like they were crazy. 

Getting upset doesn’t change anything but our character. Instead, let’s pray for the people and watch God change things. 

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Free Your Mind

Is life getting the best of you and you you’re worried about everything? When you pray, are you praying unbelieving that God will fix the situation? Does the enemy have you on the run and you have nowhere to hide? Free your mind.

When you are a child of God you don’t have to worry about a thing. I know it’s easier said than done, but it’s true. I can remember when times were hard financially and I had more month than check; my nerves would get so bad because everything couldn’t get paid. But, one day around payday I sat on my bed and held my checkbook up to God and said; Lord here is my check and here is my bills. I’m going to pay my tithes and offering and you are going to have to do the rest. I then prayed Lord you said; you’d never have your seed beg bread, if you want me to beg bread tell me who to beg from.

After that, I didn’t worry what was going to happen. I continued to faithfully pay my tithes and offering and not worry about the rest and God did it. He blew on my check and blessed it. Eventually, he blessed me with better paying jobs and allowed me to get promoted three times between 2009-2013. With each promotion came more money and benefits, with more money came better tithes and offering. You’re issue may not be financial, but whatever it is, free your mind of it. Give it to God and let him work it out. Let him solve it and you start getting you a good nights rest. Stop losing sleep, hair, and weight because you are worried about something you can’t solve.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Friends

Growing up we never heard of parents being their child’s friend, but nowadays thats all you hear. Many of us don’t agree with it. I certainly don’t believe in being friends with my children. We may laugh and joke, but by no means are we friends. I never give them the impression that we’re cool like that. Furthermore, we don’t hang together. We have family time and I support them at their events, and most of all; I tell them and show them that I love them.

Now that’s my way of doing things. But, Jesus way of doing things is quite different. His ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not our thoughts. He is our spiritual father, yet he calls us friend. He hangs with us. If we party, he’s at the party. If we work, he’s at the job. He’s a friend that sticks closer than a brother. He’s a friend that knows all about us; the good and the bad. He always has our back even when we deserve to go down. The mere fact that he calls us friend, should make us respect our friendship even the more. We should guard it at all cost. We should have a ride or die attitude when it comes to our friend.

Sadly, many people do not value their friendship with Jesus. They don’t care if they stay friends or not. Once they get all they can from him, they no longer see any use to continue being friends. We should never have ulterior motives when it comes to any of our friends especially Jesus. Now we know Jesus is a true friend, but can we say the same for ourselves. Honestly, I can’t. There have been times that I hadn’t been much of a friend to Jesus. I treated him, like I treat my kids. Sometimes I would spend time with him but I would show him that we weren’t cool like that. And, yet he pursued our friendship. He didn’t go and talk about me. He just waited patiently until I came to my senses.

What a friend we have in Jesus.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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I’ve Never Knew Love Like This Before

We should all have the testimony that I’ve never knew love like this before until we came to Christ. Jesus is the only man we can cheat on and he still loves us and forget about it. Jesus is the only man that we can lie to and he still loves us inspite of. Jesus is the only man that will see us act like we don’t know him, and still stand at the door and knock. Jesus is the only man that will tell us; though your sins be as scarlet, I will make you whiter than snow.

I’ve never knew love like this before. I never knew unconditional love where my sins are never thrown back in my face. I never knew I could say I’m sorry and all really is forgiven. I’ve never known a love that makes you want to do right, even when it’s so easy to do wrong. This kind of love just don’t happen. This love took sacrifice. This love took a beat down for me. This love have no boundaries. When I was sinking deep in sin, it was this love that lifted me. When nothing else could help me, it was this love that lifted me. 

Now that I’ve tasted and seen that the Lord is good, an ordinary love just won’t do.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Make Up Your Mind

How many of us have wishwashy friends or have dated wishwashy people? They never knew what they wanted from day to day. Their character changed with the wind and you didn’t know who you were dealing with. They could never makeup their minds on what they wanted. One minute you were friends or dating, the next minute y’all couldn’t stand each other or y’all was giving each space. Quite frankly, they got on your last nerves, so you decided to make the decision to end the friendship or relationship because it was too hard trying to preserve whatever it was.

In the bible Jesus says; I rather you be cold or hot because if you’re lukewarm I will spew you out of my mouth. In other words, Jesus wants you to make up your mind. If you’re going to serve him, go all out. If you’re not going to serve him, go all out. But, don’t serve him today and act like you don’t know him tomorrow. Sometimes, we tend to treat Jesus like that crazy friendship or relationship we were in. I call it the on again, off again relationship. However, Jesus is saying, if you want me then be with me, if not then don’t, because if you don’t makeup your mind, I will make it up for you. We never want to get Jesus to the point where we make him sick of us. Where he just can’t stand us, because that’s what lukewarm people do, they make you sick. So we need to makeup our minds and take a stand today.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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A Good Steward

Many of us continue to ask God to bless us financially but, what are we doing with the finances? Are we shopping till we drop? Are we getting the newest purse, shoes, cars, rims? Why do we really want God to bless us financially? Is it because cash rules everything around us? Or has society told us that we’re nothing if we don’t have money? It’s nothing wrong with asking God to bless us financially, however, there is a responsibility that comes along with the blessing.

The bible says, to much is given much is required. God doesn’t bless us financially just for us. He intends for us to help somebody else. He intends for us to sow into the kingdom. He intends for us to pay our tithes and offering. He intends for us to be good stewards over everything he’s given us and not swindle it away. Now if you’re not paying your tithes and offering now, why should God bless you with more money? If you are being stingy with what you have now, why should God bless you with more? If you’re not being a good steward now, why should God bless you with more? What are your motives for wanting more?

Here’s a test. Many of us are going to get a tax refund. Is it already spent before it hits the bank? Do we have some big plans for it? Everybody is not going to pay their bills with it. Just like everybody is not going to give some back to God. Remember, everything you have is because of God and the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

I’m not telling you what to do with your money. I just want you to be conscious about how you spend it then go to God like he’s the ATM. That’s not being a good steward. And, just a little advice for the ladies; if you pay hundreds of dollars for a purse and can’t keep that same amount of money in that purse at all times, what sense is it to have the purse? And, fellas, if you pay a lot of money to style and profile with your clothes and your cars but can’t keep that much money in the bank, then why do it to impress other broke people?

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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Stay In Your Lane

If you don’t stay in your lane while driving you will cause an accident. If the police see you swerving in and out of  your lane they will pull you over and give you a ticket, because you are acting dangerously on the road. When we decide to drive in two lanes that wreckless endangerment and people lives are at stake because of us. 

The same thing happens when we don’t stay in our lanes in church and in the spirit realm. When we don’t stay in our lanes at church, we cause confusion and people tend to get hurt and leave the church. We cause spiritual wreckless with people souls and endanger them, by leaving them wide open for the enemy to overtake them. When we get in the lane of the pastor we reak havoc on the church. God gives the vision and order to the pastor, not the people. You may think you can do the job better than the person that’s doing it, and you probably can. But, did God choose you to do it? Many all called but few are chosen. And, sadly some just go and are not sent. When God sees you getting into someone else’s lane, watch out. 

Surely, you don’t think he will allow you to cause confusion, kill someone spiritually, jump and shout all over the church like you’ve done nothing wrong, act like you’re the pastor and don’t do nothing about it. The bible says and open rebuke is better than a secret love. You may have done some of these things privately, but God is going to expose you publicly. It’s so the people will see and fear the Lord. 

It’s not hard to stay in your lane. It’s not hard to mind your own business. It’s not even hard to live saved. You have to want to do it. 

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing. 

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Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

Yesterday I picked up my 3yr old grandson from daycare  as usual and began driving home. All of a sudden he started singing “When Jesus say yes, nobody can say no”.  Mind you, no church music was playing. I didn’t say anything, and then he said; mom do you hear me? Do you know people can’t say no to you when Jesus says yes. Instantly, God said listen to him, listen to what he’s telling you. 

Many of us are looking for a word from God, but we think it’s coming through a prophet, preacher or pastor. My word came out of the mouth of a babe. Many times if the word doesn’t come packaged the way think it should come, we don’t receive it and we miss out on what God has for us. No matter, how the word comes or who it comes through, thank God that he still talks to us and that he gives us multiple chances to hear his voice.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing.

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