Fight. Pray. Believe.

My encouragement to you is to TRUST God will never leave us so FIGHT the good fight of faith. Our circumstances will tell us to have no hope in God or in ourselves. Trust in God. Believe in yourself.You are powerful, not helpless! Stay in PRAYER. Believe that God is able in EVERYTHING.

Fight the good fight of faith. Yes, I said fight. Because for some of us that's exactly what it is. And most of the time the opponent is ourselves. Sadly. We are fighting with our mind half of the time not totally trusting God. Saying all the right things to others but our words mean very little to ourselves. Saints, you are going to have to fight. You have to push yourself to trust God and believe that His grace and mercy are everlasting. They endure forever. Why does God always have to prove to us His existence? How many times must God reveal himself to us for us to think, " God that wasn't good enough." You may not say it like that but check if your actions don't reflect that. There is a good fight of faith we have to fight to ALWAYS believe in God and what He can do for us despite what the circumstance is for us. God says he will show up at all times and He will if we trust God to be God. Don't tempt God into acting faster for us. No! God always steps in on time. Always. Be faithful. Look over your life and you know you have all reason to trust God. He has shown up again and again and again. Just for you.
Don't let your circumstances tell you that your situation is a lost cause. Trust you aren't the only one to have been in a tough spot before. God has pulled through A LOT of people before your time, during your time, and will continue after you leave this earth. Don't let your hard times dictate your faith. You have to be all in all the time. When you feel the weight on you, recall the burdens He has lifted and immediately start thanking Him for that. Immediately. It will help you realize, if the Lord has heard you before, He is still listening to you now. Don't let a thing about your problem influence you to quit on yourself or quit on the Lord.
You have power. You have prayer. If you truly believe in the power of prayer, you know that you have power beyond measure. Believe. Believe. Believe. God will not fail you. God is able to do it all. It takes full-time faith in God. Full-time that God is there in good and bad. Period. Let's start anew and reach for God daily. Chase after him. Believe that you have power. Believe that God is truly faithful and amazing....Be Blessed...

God is Able, You are Able...Believe!

<p>My encouragement to you this week is to be positive about yourself &amp; your circumstances. You're an amazing person created by a faithful, loving God. Nothing is impossible using the strength of God. Trust him. Believe in you. Be positive and keep going forward knowing you have the GREATEST support.

How much belief do you have in yourself? How well do feel about yourself? I hope you feel good about both of these things. You need incredible belief in yourself and to feel good about the person you. You are special and blessed with many gifts and talents. You should be positive about yourself. Realize the beauty in yourself. Realize the greatness in you because it is all there. You may be going through tough times. We all do. This is where you must be your biggest fan. You have to tell yourself that you can do this. You can take this on knowing that your efforts will return with a good result. If that voice of motivation in your head isn't one of the first thing to get you going, don't expect the words of others to mean that much more. You have to believe in self and that you can overcome your problems. I'm sure it's hard and it hurts but kicking yourself and losing faith yourself is not the answer. Loving yourself and pushing yourself will always be the answer.

But the biggest reason to be positive: God. Again, you are an amazing person created by God. God doesn't want you to fail. God doesn't want you to be unhappy. Every good thing a parent wants for their child is what God wants for you. He is faithful and loving. Turn to him. Call to God to help you get where you best effort is falling short. Not to say it's not good enough but God has a key to open all the doors needing to be opened n our lives. Stay prayerful. Stay in prayer. E. M. Bounds says " We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and gains its ends in the face of invincible hindrances." That is powerful truth. God is our greatest support. Our shield and strength. Go on and tackle your problems. Exert patience and be confident. Be confident in God and in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect to be successful? Wipe your tears. It's fine to cry but you have to remember who you are and remember that you are watched by the Lord. He wants you to be happy. It takes full-time faith in God and self. Don't lose it...Be Blessed...

Let God be Seen Through You!

My encouragement to you is to appreciate and praise God for His grace. God will give us many, many blessings. Pray God give you wisdom to use what He's given you. Thank & appreciate God for His grace. Tell the world how God is working in your life!

I really mean this. God's grace is something I think gets overlooked so so often because we take our daily routines for granted more than we should. We are expected to wake up, go to work/school, etc. There are people who envy where you are in your life. Praise God for all the grace He has given to you in your life. I'm sure your life is far, far from perfect. Not even half the way you may even like it. But praise God for the evidence of His grace in your life. God is an awesome Provider. Whether He is showing up big or small at the time, He is STILL and ALWAYS worthy of some praise!
God will bless us so much in our life. Make sure we use the blessings with some wisdom. Some people get a new job, spouse, or some opportunity and have no clue how to properly use what God has given to you. Pray to God that you use the blessings given to you wisely AND in a way that you can help another person. Don't squander or take for granted the gifts and blessings God has entrusted you with. Some blessings may not show themselves initially too but God will do something to shake your foundation for your good and the good of the Lord.
God has given you tremendous grace. Shout it out for the world to KNOW who you serve and why do you serve Him! Let the world know the fruit of His grace in your life. Let the world know how He has delivered you! The world needs to see and know God and they can see God through you if you are willing to shout out His name. Not only when a good things happens. Talk about God when you're hurting. Talk about God in your confusion. Talk about God at all times. It helps you see God and others see God in you!

Take Action! God will Guide You!

My encouragement to you this week is to be great on purpose! Give your visions to God, keep praying, and GET TO WORK! You WILL stumble. It's OK. You WILL cry. It's OK. Be courageous. STOP living in your dreams and START changing your reality!

 Be great on purpose. There is no need to tip toe about all that you really want to accomplish in your life. You are an amazing person. You are a great person full of amazing potential. Amazing potential that is inside of you that all of us have a tendency to limit. We limit ourselves out of fear, self-doubt, and various other personal reasons. Take the limits off and get to work! You have a vision for yourself. You have a vision on the change that you would like to see manifested. I'm asking you and pleading with you to take it to God. Let it all out to God the vision that you have for yourself! Cry, scream, and be open with the Lord because He already knows it causes you trouble. Now it is your turn to trust Him with your vision! Trust Him to make a way for you! Pray about it daily. Some days will seem more progressive than others but that doesn't mean God isn't leading you! He's there!

Get to work! Anything that you want to see changed in your life will not just happen. If you have a vision to raise your bank account, get a new job, lose weight, or grow with God, etc will not just happen without you doing something about it! You have to act! You have to move! You have to shift some things around, all the way around at times, and get set out on this mission. You can't receive your blessings without action. You don't fall backwards into success unless you're just that lucky. And even then you have to move to fall backwards! So you need to get to work!

I want to warn you though than this is going to be a struggle. You WILL stumble. It's OK to stumble along the way. You just get back up and keep going at it. Adversity is there to form strength in us. It helps us become more resilient. God is with you too. He won't let you fail. He has never failed so you won't fail! It may not come exactly how YOU want it but expect it to come. And yes your adversity will cause you some tears. It hurts sometimes to go through these tough situations and our obstacles seem insurmountable.It's OK to cry. We all have cried once in our life from pain. That's fine. It doesn't mean you're weak. You're human. Don't get discouraged. Keep going and I promise you'll make it where you need to be. Stop chasing these dreams in our minds of how we hope our lives should be and start changing the things that you can change about your life. Have some courage. "Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action." So it's natural to have dreams for your life but why not make them real to you? You have the ability in you because you are an amazing person full of so much potential. You got this!...Be Blessed..

Make it your Mission to be Healed!

My encouragement to you is to stop focusing in on the pain and put all your energy in the healing. I know it hurts but I know your pain can be healed! Make it your mission to be healed. PRAY for direction! PRAY for empowerment! Cling on to your vision and WORK at it no matter what it costs you!

I know what it feels like to be in pain. I know what it feels like to have a feeling of despair like your situation seems unchangeable and there seems there is no way out. I know that pain and still in some areas am still suffering from that pain. But at what point do I become so tired of the pain that I do what I MUST to end this feeling? I have to end this feeling! I have to change some things and shift areas in my life to begin the process of healing. That is something we ALL have to do to begin the process of healing. We will have to shift areas in our life and prepare to become very, very uncomfortable. I know that is not a great feeling but why live in the comfort of misery? That is no way to live. We can get upset at ourselves and how our life is but look inside yourself and ask, am I so tired of it that I'm ready for change? Ask do I like the makes me feel about myself and my life? If you know the answer is no, instead of allowing yourself to become disappointed in yourself, commit to healing this pain. when you are healed from pains, it adds another aspect of freedom and peace to your life. Freedom from that hurt, guilt, and misery. Peace from that uneasiness and sadness in your life. But you HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE. You will not get the most out of your life sitting on the sideline watching your pain beat you down. Make it a mission to be healed! A mission! It is not a mission impossible either!
PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! Pray for the direction to go because when you truly resolve your mind to change the pain, you need direction. Ask God to direct your paths. God has a way already prepared! The way he has may make you very uncomfortable but it is all for your betterment! When you learn to stand strong in the midst of a storm, not being blown in every direction, you can drive forward. The storm may slow you down but don't let it stop you for a minute. You may have a setback but you keep going forward. Keep praying. keep talking to the Lord. I promise you, that he planned for this and He will get you through! Without a doubt! Pray for empowerment! Pray that you get the strength you need! You will have it. God has sustained you. Now it is time to get up and push forward!
Cling on to your vision. If your goal is to be free in this amount of time or just making steps to your healing, yo hold on to that vision! Hold on and don't let go! This has to be at the top of your priority list! This can't just fit in somewhere in the goals for your life. this has to be at the top. Is it going to cost you some time, some more pain, and energy. But what will happen in the end is so worth it! To walk around with confidence, joy, and a new song on your mouth will be such a rewarding feeling!..Be Blessed...

Live with Vision, Walk with God..

Happy New Year. My encouragement to you is to LIVE this New Year with vision and purpose! Set goals and don't stop going for them. Place God first getting there and follow Him! He will never fail you! Don't quit because God won't quit on anything you take to Him in prayer!!

Proverbs 3:5-6: ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶acknowledge Him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. Acknowledge Him in ALL YOUR WAYS. Not just some but all your ways! This is the New Year and a lot of us are going to make a lot of resolutions to change our lives for the better. We are going to think of ways that we really want to grow in some form or fashion. The thing I encourage you to do is to LIVE this new year with vision and purpose. Think by the end of 2012, you want to see this situation change or to be at a plateau that you have set for yourself. Now I want you to live with purpose. DEVOTE your time and energy to make this a reality for yourself. we are going to have to sweat hard to make some of our dreams into a reality and this time is no different. Go out and make your dreams a reality. Stop sitting around waiting for things to happen. More than likely it's waiting on you to do something. Set your goals and don't stop going for them no matter what is happening in your life. Don't quit at all. It is not worth it to quit on your dreams when you probably aren't as far away as you would think. Now the first and last thing I want you to do is to put God first. Place God first! God will make a way for you. Cry out to God to make your dreams a reality. Ask God to make your heart's desire come into fruition! Be direct. No need to beast around the bush! Be direct with the Lord. If you don't know what to do or how it's going to happen ask god to make a way! God is able to do just what He said He will do! Do not place the same limitations on God that we have a tendency to place on ourselves. Remember, if we are calling God to make something happen we are already acknowledging that He is the only one able to do this because we know we can't. The strength that we need to bear our burdens, the answers to questions we don't know how they'll be answered, etc. I have never seen the righteous forsaken and YOU WILL NOT BE THE FIRST!! I REPEAT: YOU WILL NOT BE THE FIRST. God will not quit on anything that you take to Him in prayer so you had better not stop yourself! God is a good and faithful God. He will make it happen! You live with purpose like everyday was meant to happen! You live with purpose that you believe today will be the change in your life that you want to see. Will you encounter some days where you won't feel as inspired knowing you've endured for so long? I guarantee you will. But Saint, don't give in. I am asking you to hold on just a little while longer and watch the Lord work with you. When God shows up, He is going to blow your mind with all the He is going to do!...Be Blessed...

My Encouragement to You...: God will Establish You!

My Encouragement to You...: God will Establish You!: My encouragement this week is to remember God establishes a faithful person. As we go through hard times, God is there with us. You're n...

God will Establish You!

My encouragement this week is to remember God establishes a faithful person. As we go through hard times, God is there with us. You're never alone. He PROMISED to take care of you. God KEEPS a promise. KEEP PRAYING! Praise Him good and bad! God will ALWAYS be there. He is a Provider! He is a Deliverer!

God will establish you as his faithful servant. Do you believe that? Do you trust God to provide for you and establish the plans of your life? I hope so. God will establish the work of your hands because you are the work of God's hands. God will not abandon his work! God leaves no job unfinished. God will establish you as His faithful servant because of your faithfulness to God. Be faithful to God in all of your works. Be faithful to God not when things are just looking promising for us. We have to lay our requests at God's feet at all times. We have to believe in the impossible for us is NOT impossible for God to change. Don't place the same restrictions on God that we have on ourselves. God all powerful, all gracious, all wonderful. God promised to be our Father, our Healer, our Everything we need! God will fulfill his promises! God has fulfilled them before and He will continue to fulfill his promises in your life. 

God KEEPS a promise. He did it for Abraham. He did it for those waiting on Christ. He did it for Noah. Keep praying at all times. Prayer connects us with God. Prayer keeps us very close to God and it keeps us on the right track in our lives. Our prayer leads us to live a life of integrity. Our prayer leads us to live a life in true faithfulness. Faithfulness which help us trust that God will keep a promise to us when he declares it. God will bless us beyond measure. He always does! 

Praise God good and bad. Why even in the bad? When we praise God for what he has done for us before it will help us focus in our minds that if God has saved you before, he will surely save you again! Praising Him at all times will affirm your faith! Affirm that God is more than able to make OUR IMPOSSIBLE....POSSIBLE!! God will always be there. When we can praise the Lord in our despair, it affirms that we are truly faithful and trust God will establish His faithful!

God is a Provider and a Deliverer! God will deliver you from all of the things that afflicts you! God will provide all of the help that we need to be a success in this life. God is a good God. God is a more than gracious God. Expect the most from God because He has the best plans for our life..Be Blessed..

God Keeps a Promise...

My encouragement to you this week is to remember God KEEPS His promises. God is Good. God is Faithful. KEEP PRAYING! God WILL keep his promises to take care of you. He may not calm the storm right away but He WILL hold your hand through it. Stay in hope! God is your Provider today and forever!!

God keeps his promises! I guarantee you that. There is no friend like the one we have in the Lord. What friend is that faithful to love us when we are at our best and especially at our worst? Romans 10:13 is a promise from God to save ANYONE who calls upon the name of Jesus Christ... "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." God didn't say "Maybe," He said SHALL! I've witnessed the Gospel to many people who sincerely didn't know if they were going to Heaven, but they wouldn't get saved either. God is good to us even when we are terrible to Him. God sees the best in us and God wants the BEST for us. He will remain faithful to us because God wants us to be happy. God will do it for your good and His glory. He wants you to shout out what He has done for you and God has done so much for you! God is not man who lies. If He said He will do it, count on it. (Num 23:19)

Keep praying. Do not stop praying. Believe in your prayer! Stop just mouthing words and say it with some power and belief. We can't just say it in blind hope. Pray with affirmation. KEEP PRAYING UNTIL GOD MAKES IT HAPPEN!! Don't lose belief that God will respond because God hasn't answered it in YOUR time! God will answer your prayer with an affirmation to let you know it was His grace that was shared with you. God knows each thought we have, so why not go to HIM and talk with him as you would if you were to meet him on the street. Meet god in prayer. But I tell you this prayer with belief will not go very far. Either you believe in the power of God, or you don't. "The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!" (J. Hudson Taylor) Call to God and EXPECT Him to answer your prayers! I understand it's hard to keep it up when you're not sure when that will happen but EXPECT God to make it happen. Prayer is the root of your blessings! Don't miss out.

Lastly, trust God as your Provider. He will give you all you need in the midst of your turmoil and pain. He will do that for you! God knows how hard you struggle and sometimes He won't remove the struggle right away. But I guarantee if you call to God, He will make provisions for you until the day of delivery. He will provide hope that affirm YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS through Him. God will hold your hand the whole way and even after you have been delivered. He is the mighty Provider. Ps 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. Like a mother that keeps one eye always on her child at play, so He provides two watchful eyes over our life at all times! In Psalm 84, it says God DOES NOT withhold good. God is a gracious Provider who wants to take care of our every need today and forever. Turn to God. Trust in God wholeheartedly. Trust in your PRAYER! God KEEPS his promises. You don't have to worry about the things ahead. Live right and believe in what He says!!! Be Blessed..

In God We MUST Trust!! Our Provider!!!

My encouragement to you this week is to RECOGNIZE and BE GRATEFUL to God as an AWESOME PROVIDER. God is the Possible to our Impossible!! God can do it!! KEEP PRAYING!! NEVER STOP!! God will always provide. Believe in Him!! Be GRATEFUL and PRAISE God for all He will do for you and ALL He's Done so far!

Give us our daily bread. This is a line from one of the most powerful prayers in the Bible, if not the most, given to us by Jesus. He is saying that in our prayer we are to ask God for our daily bread. It is a recognition that God is the provider for our daily needs. God is the provider for all our our inquiries. God is the provider for all that gives us unrest and we must ask for God daily! It may be the same prayer daily, so what? In Matthew 7:7 it says, "Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you." That means you must keep looking from this provision from God all the time with earnestness, diligence and perseverance. We must recognize God as the powerful and unique provider that he has shown himself to be. No one can do what God has been doing for us. No one can make the miracles that has happened in our lives happen but the Lord who we pray to and has provided time and time again.

You may find yourself "stuck" in a situation that seems like it will never end. No, it will pass. It has to cease! God is the possible to our impossible. KEEP PRAYING!! DON'T STOP!! God may need to see that you are committed to Him and his ability. Maybe God is working it out now in a way that hasn't been revealed to you yet. But I tell you this with great assurance: No prayer from the heart of the faithful goes unanswered by the Lord! The Lord is faithful. The Lord is amazing in deed and in sovereignty. The Lord will always provide what you need. Don't think that God won't or can't do it! Believe in God. believe in God's ability. Believe that your situation is not an impossible one for God. Why would God forsake you? God will not gain. God will not be happy to see your demise mentally, spiritually, and sometimes physically. Remember God is our father. He loves us. We are in a relationship with God. He is our Savior. He is our Father. If you are in a relationship with someone and you don’t continuously nurture that relationship, it dies. We are in a daily walk with our Father who provides for us. That is why He hears us when we pray. Not because of anything in us that makes us worthy—rather it is because He adopted us and we are dear to His heart.

As we allow God to provide our daily bread, praise Him! If you are waiting on God to change one aspect of your life before you praise God with all of your heart, you are wrong. You are wrong. Praise God for what he has done thus far in your life and that is A LOT! God has done so much for you. Praise lets you draw near to God. Praising God means that you DON'T buy into the fear and doubt. It shows you TRUST Him. It shows that you BELIEVE His promises to carry you through. I tell you this, if we focus on the problems, we can make ourselves as miserable as we choose to be. Seriously. We allow ourselves to remove hope from our situations. We make our burden grow into something we no longer is able to be lifted. Remember 1 Peter 6:10, "God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast." Remember this. Praise God for this promise to us! Praise God because you are sure that God is more than able! Praise God because He is more than able to work it out for you!!! Our situation can be affected by praise and be our faithfulness to our Provider!...Be Blessed...