Place TOTAL hope where it belongs..in GOD!!

My encouragement to you this week is simple: Place TOTAL HOPE in God no matter what it costs you. You WILL fall, God WILL lift you. You WILL cry, God WILL comfort. You WILL lose a little of something BUT God WILL WIN so much more on your behalf just because he knows what it means to you!

This is going to sound crazy, far-fetched, and unrealistic to some of you but I am TELLING & BEGGING you to put TOTAL faith in God no matter what you may have to lose. I know that is not what we may want to hear but that is a big encouragement to you and to myself. It is a task to put faith in something knowing we may have to lose something. But when it comes to God, don't you think that he would have something that much better for you? God will handle the problem accordingly but all to the benefit of you and the GLORY of his name. He will do it to serve as a reminder that he is awesome and he is trustworthy. You may stumble, God will hold you up. You may cry, God is a God of comfort. David even says it in the Psalms, " My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life." (Ps. 119: 50) God wants us to come to him and lay ALL of our burdens on God. He is a God of comfort. As any loving parent, they hate to see their child in pain and will move a mountain just to see them at peace. God is no different. God is faithful to us in a way even our parents aren't. God has mean to move those mountains that your parents don't possess. God has no limits and God has no limits on what he can do for our lives. Place TOTAL hope in the Lord, TOTAL hope. God can make things turn around in our lives. He wants us to live in peace. he wants us to be able to sing to his name with a joy in our heart. He wants us to have a testimony to tell others about the goodness of our Father in heaven. The one who calls you is faithful!!! God is faithful. You may have to wait some time for the breakthrough BUT that doesn't mean you don't have a breakthrough ahead!! Because what God will do for you is always worth the wait!! Faithfulness is one of the glorious perfections of His being. He is as if He was clothed with it..that's what God is. Hope in Him and do your best not to wander off the path God is placing you on! Stay consistent! Live in hope!! As we hope, we will find gifts that God is waiting for us to claim: patience, resilience, peace, and true love!...Be Blessed...

Do For God As You Ask From God...

My encouragement to you this week is to keep in mind as we make requests of God, make sure we are seeking and living God's way. His ways are Good. God is Good.

Lord you are mighty. Lord you are good. Lord you are the one who is full of awesome grace. You are the one who is full of abundant mercy. You are full of all of the things that I need to live a life of happiness and in peace. Will I be afflicted? Yes. Will I cry? Yes. But I will do all of those things with you. I will do all of these things with you. You will turn my affliction into goodness. You will turn my tears into laughs. I will call your name because I know you can do so much to enhance my life. But...as much as I call for you, am I living for you? Am I living in your ways. As merciful as you are to all of us in this world, we must know it is a necessity for us to live for you. Living for God is not a part time thing. Living fr God takes commitment and consistency. It takes both of these things. Living for God doesn't mean walking away from him when things are looking tough. Living for God is a full time job!! As you live for God, which is no easy or small feat, make requests of him to help yo along the way. God wants you to be happy just like he lives in happiness. God wants peace in your life so you can focus on what he has done for you AND praise his name for what he has done to keep your peace...Be Blessed..

One Mind, One Heart

My encouragement to you this week is to open your hearts to the love God has to give. Open your mind to the wisdom you need from the Lord. And lastly, to share those blessings with others so that we may all live in the unity of Christ.

Speak to my heart Lord. Speak to my heart so that I may find courage. Speak to my heart to save me from despair. Speak to my heart that I may be filled with joy. Lord we need you. Every minute, every hour. We need to open our hearts to the good things God offers to keep us going forward daily. We need to keep our minds fresh to get the wisdom of God to know which way to go when facing crisis or just to build a better life for ourselves. We all want to make sound decisions. Do what's right. I understand. We need the voice of God to do that. We need to open our minds. When we receive these gifts from God, share them with others. Tell them about the wonders of the Lord and what the Lord can do for anyone who puts their trust in him. Then we can all live in so much unity praising the name of the Lord and extending his ministry to the ends of the earth. Let the Glory of the Lord rise among us. Let's run our race together. It is such a blessing to see an assembly glorifying the name of the Lord. Keep praying God work in your hearts and minds to build you up into a beautiful creature. Pray that you can be a true blessing to another. May the name of the Lord reign forever....Be Blessed...

Christ will provide...

My encouragement for you this week is to remember in Christ you are everything even when you feel like nothing. All that we are and ever hope to be lies in Christ. There is peace and strength to be found in the name of Jesus.

There are many days where we feel like we are really at our whits end or we are really struggling to even live for another day. Everyday begins to turn into the same day. We live in the monotony of our sorrows, our setbacks, and our hangups. My question to myself and to you is do you have Christ? Do you believe in the power of his name? Do you believe in all of his promises. I do and I hope/know you do too. If this is so, we have everything we need to push us to strive and not just to live. We are everything in Christ. We will be victorious. Christ will give us the power to overcome. Christ will give us the tools we need to make the steps to gaining our peace. We may have to realize at times, this won't be easy and won't happen overnight. But in the name of Christ, strength will be granted to us. It says in the Bible to acknowledge the Lord in ALL OUR WAYS. That wasn't a recommendation. That is a necessity. A necessity needed to acquire so many of the necessary things that God has for our lives. Christ has an.irreplaceable role in our lives. Let him play his role. We are EVERYTHING IN CHRIST. We have so many gifts that are waiting to be afforded to us. Keep your eyes towards Heaven at all moments to ensure you walk in your faith when the road looks a bit dark. In unity of Christ, all is possible ....Be Blessed....

Realize God is a Full-Time God

My encouragement to you this week is to live KNOWING God has the ability to move mountains in your life for your happiness and will battle everyday for you!

A lot of us get caught up in being "aware" how good God is and how good he can be for us. We are " aware" that he is the one that is supposed to be all of our help. We at times just tend to forget to live that way at all times. God is not a part time God in our lives. Neither should our faith be part time. Live knowing God can do so much to add to our lives. he can do so much with even so little. Our ability is painfully limited especially when we can't think straight. God is always thinking clearly and is always of righteous judgment. He can discern all the great things for our lives.God knows we will have hard times AND YOU SHOULD TOO. LIFE WILL NOT ALWAYS BE GOLDEN!!! You need to know this!! BUT that doesn't mean God will not work towards giving us happiness. there are times we are just so blind that we won't pay attention to the blessings that come along the way. We want our blessings the way we want it but fail to see what God has worked in the midst of your situation. We all do it. I was concerned last year about being broke with no job last summer. How will I pay bills? Well, I didn't pay all of them but i was able to pay the ones I needed to. Then a few months later God provided a steady gig along the way. Little things like that I neglected because I didn't have what I wanted how I wanted it. But God was working with me along the way and has blessed me soooo much. God will move mountains for us. Every day felt like an emotional tug of war but God won the battle for me which I know he can do the same for you but it our responsibility to live in the promise for God in our life!! WE HAVE TO STOP PAYING LIP SERVICE. If you are going to believe in God and his ability, that should never change when something happens. Seriously...Be Blessed...

....Stick With God...

Rest your assurance on God’s love in your heart—not on the fear in your mind. It is a must in life. We get so caught up in our fears and in our anger that we totally lose sight of God and what he has been to us. We feel so alone when God has always promised us three things. He has promised to give us all that we need. God has promised to give us the victory over our battles. God has promised us his presence in our lives at all times. The fear for our futures can be such an overwhelming thought especially when we know that our situation can go into the future. I know it's much easier to live in doubt than it is in faith but just keep trying to live in the promises of God. Live in those promises.God may take his time with you at times but that doesn't mean he his not furnishing a way for you. That doesn't mean he is not furnishing you in the situation. Because if we come out the situation without truly understanding who is our Help, what good does it do the Lord? The Lord needs to be acknowledged and we need to acknowledge the Lord. Live in hope for your life. Live in faith. take courage. Push your faith ahead of your fears and live that way. Stop living in fear for your life when you are promised God's presence. I KNOW NONE OF THIS EASY. I am human too and I can't lie and say I do react in fear from time to time but I know that I feel much better living in the hope that God will change my life in the way it needs to be changed. I'm very sure you would too. When you see a goal, know that it's attainable, have the resources to get there, we attack it!! God id the ultimate resource!! Attack your goal. Our goal is always attainable when we invite God in it. I don't care how daunting it is. God will make a way!!...Be Blessed...

With Jesus I Can Take It....

My encouragement to you this week is to press forward in faith even in hard circumstances. It's ok to cry. It's ok to get mad. But never forget in due time your faith will be rewarded. God will never forsake his promises for our life.

How hard is it at times to take that leap of faith? Forget leap, just even that very next step in your faith. It can be so hard when time after time you are being hit with something new in your life that just makes you feel so overwhelmed. I know the feeling. last year, I was trying to be so strong for everyone else when inside I was dying. I was trying to be a pillar for others and in my own life, I just was being blitzed on all sides with a newer set of troubles. Everyone who would call me or talk to me, I was always firm about living by faith and pushing forward when I was having a hard time passing GO myself. One day, I broke down, cried and got so upset. I stopped and realized that would do nothing for me. I got down on my hands and knees and cried out to God and asked him to simply order my steps where I should go. If you lead me Lord, I will follow. I started really just living out the same faith that I exhort to others. It took some time but I truly saw the changes God had made for my life. God started blessing me with open doors and bigger opportunities that I am still benefiting from today. The road hasn't been all smooth but with God it has been much better. I live in more hope for my paths ahead of me. I get overwhelmed at times with things but the hope I have in God to grant me peace is the voice that comes through in the midst of my hard times. I know God can make some changes in my life. he is more than capable. I have to live in that faith and the optimism that he can do all that I am asking of him and I know he can. He has been doing things for me even when I turned my back on him intentionally or unintentionally. When I look towards the ways of the Lord and live in my faith actively, I know My Father will hear me and come down to help his child. But this hope that i have which leads me to my perseverance comes from and overpowering faith that I have in the ability of God and his love for me...press forward in your faith and watch God reaffirm your faith..Be Blessed..

New problems...Same Faithful God....Call Him Up!!!

My encouragement for you this week is to renew yourself in Christ daily. No two days are the same. We grow weary. But don't grow weary too call on Christ. Christ will refresh you. We've seen his work in our lives before and we will everyday we call to him.


Everyday is not the same day. period. We may carry some of yesterday's burdens into tomorrow but no days are the same. Yesterday's burden may not be a burden tomorrow or the day after that. We don't know if it will. We may be riding on a high for life. But that doesn't mean that it will last too. We need God daily. That will never change. NEVER. That will always last. We grow weary in life. Very weary. We need a renewed strength everyday to tackle on the new onset of challenges that may arise daily. Some may say life is good for me now, so I'm good. That's ok. But pray God continue the good work he is doing in your life at this moment. The prosperity that you enjoy is only because of the goodness of our Lord and Savior. the peace that you have is through the goodness and grace of the Lord. Then there are some of us who grow ever so weary. We grow tired with our day to day struggles or the new ones which arise. Call unto God and ask him to give you a renewed strength and a renewed mind to take on the onset of troubles which may present themselves. God will help you at all times. Take time and reflect on all that God has done for you thus far. Your current trouble is no different. If God was faithful then, he will be ever so faithful now. If God was with you when you stood tall, God will truly be with you as you are humbled to your knees by constant troubles. Remember who God is and that he has no limits on what he can do for you. It may take some time but the hope you build in God will grow perseverance and perseverance will grow your character. Then at the very end, he will take away the pain which afflicts you. God is an awesome God. Never lose faith in the ability of out Father...Be Blessed...

Order My Steps...Your Plans For Me are Perfect...

My encouragement to you this week is to let God's way be your ways. The path may be unknown but God will never take you to a destination to fail.

"Your plans for me are perfect,I never need to fear,For though at times I feel alone
I know that you are near,My heart just longs to follow, I'm willing to obey, Take my hand and lead me, I follow all the way." I love these lyrics. They are from the Brooklyn Tabernacle choir from a song called Lead Me Lord. I love the 1st lyric. Your plans for me are perfect. More often than not, I feel that we forget that. we see bad things happening to us even when we are trying our hardest to be our best for the Lord. we get discouraged and we try to make some things happen. THEN WE COME BACK TO THE LORD when our way has failed. We feel, this can't be God's plan for me. Yes, it is if you are acknowledging him along the way. God may take you through trial to test and reaffirm your faith in him. God's plan for us are perfect. It is hard to see that at times. But trust God who took you to the mountain top to remain with you when you are in the valley low. He is faithful!!! He is understanding. He is willing to leave the throne and move mountains for his children.
Does your heart long to follow? I pray it does. If not, ask yourself what is the problem? Ask yourself what is making you hesitant. It is very hard to take the first step, but it is worth it. When our steps are ordered by the Lord, we take steps all in the best direction. Please trust and understand that. God has given us the promise he would never leave us and that is a true promise. Psalms 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts and follow your ways" Let's meditate on God's goodness in our lives to this point and let him take control. This is a prayer for myself as well. I am not perfect. I want to continue to grow with the Lord and I pray that is your heart's desire too...Be Blessed...

Meet the Lord where He is...

My encouragement for you this week is to remember God knows who you are. He knows your joy, hurts, strengths, and weaknesses. Go meet the Lord and put it all at his feet. God knows what to do with it all.

The greatest part about being a child of God is that our father knows us. Even if we don't speak to him that often he knows us. He knows the affliction of our hearts. he knows the things that bring joy to our hearts. We tend to at times think God doesn't really know us well enough to fix what afflicts us. God knows us all too well. When those tears come to your eyes. God is there. When the sadness hits your heart, God is there. But ask yourself, have you tried to meet God where he is at? Have you tried to to go find the Lord so that you can hear him minister to your soul and ease the burdens of your heart? We get so caught up in our lives and trying to do so much for others that we have too much of a tendency to put ourselves in last place. We are encouraging everyone else to meet the Lord but we have not even taken minutes for ourselves to meet the Lord. Go meet the Lord where he is presently. Get away from EVERYONE to see the face of Christ FOR YOURSELF!!! Give all of your desires and needs to the Lord. God knows exactly what to do with it all. Trust in his ways for your life. Do not be ashamed or sacred to lay your desires at the feet of the Lord...Be Blessed...