Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Who is occupying your body?
Like a beautiful perfume bottle, it always looks good on the outside and yet we never know what kind of scent it holds, just because the bottle is well crafted does not mean the scent it produces is sweet and great smelling……this analogy pertains to our bodies, who is occupying your body? The thing with sin is the fact that we cannot hate the person that commits sin, but we can hate the sin they commit, because in that moment of sin their body is being used as a vessel for evil, God wants us to be vessels for Him, as beautiful as His crafted our bodies our inside must match the outside meaning our inside should be occupied with God and holiness, your body is the temple in which the Lord wants to dwell in rent free as His son paid the dues and God wants to room in your body with His son and the Holy Ghost and no one else….such as evil, create your vessel for God’s purpose so that the Lord can dwell in it in peace, Hate sin and love God and love godliness .
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Resurrection Sunday- Forgive, Love on them and Forget!
Resurrection Sunday has shed a new light in my life.....not only is it a day I celebrate the resurrection of Christ but God gave me a thought in a deeper sense.....one that left me yearning to be more and more like Christ! Jesus carried His own cross down a street of non-believers and mockers (symbolic to: the world today as a Christian you are carrying the word and sharing it whilst people mock and sometimes even laugh at us), He was hung on the cross, crucified and tormented by on lookers and even ridiculed (symbolic to: the Christians that are persecuted today because of their belief and even tested for reaction to see how much of a Christian they are)......only to utter the words "Father! Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing" now this is the powerful epiphany I had..... Am I asking God to forgive all that have betrayed me, mocked me, back stabbed me, talked about me, hated me, slandered me, wronged me, judged me, accused me, disappointed me, hurt me, caused me pain, heartache......I AM ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE THEM AND FOR MY LOVE FOR THEM TO REMAIN INTACT?....this was the powerful thought that came to mind as Christ went through all the above and all He asked was for their forgiveness.....genuinely…this exemplifies a true LOVE, brothers and sisters God is not asking us to get even, despiteful, vindictive, rather to embrace those that have caused wrong doing in our lives and to forgive them as Christ did, to love on them and to forget, this was a powerful thought as I felt that it took me time in prayer asking God to heal my hurt because of people's wrong doing and my forgiveness for people came with a wager of justification....well they have to apologize first, or......I forgive them but did not feel it in Spirit only because I wanted to go in prayer, or I completely forgave and did not love on them.... I urge us to be more and more like Christ, there is nothing in life that we have under gone that Jesus has not felt, except His was more intense, if Jesus can forgive and love on the wrong doers so can we!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
God is so Faithful
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
It has been an amazing journey, creating the book, publishing the book and now selling the book, I sometimes feel less deserving of God's greatness, I do not consider myself inferior but when I look at the faithfulness of God, I am in awe, I never in a million years would have ever imagined my life this way, later-alone the title of "Author", I planned a California trip to just relax.......(so I thought) packed up all of my clothes and left all of my books and materials in the Midwest and headed to California, that very same day that I arrived I went with my mom that evening to the intercessory room in which we prayed for a good hour and we prayed for my book with the other prayer warriors, when I was leaving the room one of the members asked if I was going to sell my book at their church and funny enough I had not planned for it because in my mind I had left the "Author" in the Mid west and "Memory" just wanted to spend time with family but instantaneously I suggested if the Pastor allowed for me to I would sell some copies, so my relaxation in "California" was short lived, it was back to business-God's business, before I left St Louis, I had received different quotations from publicists, and I tell you none of the price quotes where cheap and at that point I really felt like I needed a publicist, but this is how faithful God is:
I bought my airline ticket in the summer with no intentions of promoting my book but all the intentions of hanging out with the family because at that time the book was not published, usually I spend two weeks on average with the family in December as our company shuts down for 2 weeks, this time around, I did something I had never done before, I did not take any time off during the year, so before I bought my ticket I added my vacation time onto the last two weeks of December that we are off which meant that I got a whole month! bare with me now on God's work!, I spent $350 on a round trip ticket, that money I spent on the ticket has also added my value of being in California as a published Author, even though I had not planned on being an Author for the month of December-God had other plans, I can not began to explain to you the doors that have opened up since I have been here, the opportunities of presenting my book, signing and selling it! funny thing was, I was not even aware that it will happen like this, I am being invited to banquets, churches and events to talk about my book.....when I actually received money for the first copy I sold, my face was priceless!! I was just that much in shock, that it is really happening!!!
The moral of the story is: I realized that God has had a purpose of writing over my life, the fact was I tried to give myself a break for the month of December without consulting God, God still had work for us to do and where else but California!!!, I am always in tears of everything that is happening because I know for a fact this has always been God's vision for me, when I started to write God kept reminding me that He will never forsake me and when all said and done He will bring people my way that will help me out, all my stress of searching for a publicist were out numbered by my main publicist which is God!, God has brought more people into my life to help with the vision than money could buy, if I begin to tell you the kind of people I have been in contact with- you would not even believe it!, that is how I know it is God.
Brothers and sisters, God is doing a great and marvelous thing in our life, understand it is always going to be His time over our time and when His time comes, He rewards faithfully, love you and be blessed!
P.S. I received great news today, my recipe book has won its official Gourmand Award for the section it was representing which was Zimbabwe in the African portion I officially get my stickers of international approval and certificate, now it will be moving to the "world best" category....God is faithful
It has been an amazing journey, creating the book, publishing the book and now selling the book, I sometimes feel less deserving of God's greatness, I do not consider myself inferior but when I look at the faithfulness of God, I am in awe, I never in a million years would have ever imagined my life this way, later-alone the title of "Author", I planned a California trip to just relax.......(so I thought) packed up all of my clothes and left all of my books and materials in the Midwest and headed to California, that very same day that I arrived I went with my mom that evening to the intercessory room in which we prayed for a good hour and we prayed for my book with the other prayer warriors, when I was leaving the room one of the members asked if I was going to sell my book at their church and funny enough I had not planned for it because in my mind I had left the "Author" in the Mid west and "Memory" just wanted to spend time with family but instantaneously I suggested if the Pastor allowed for me to I would sell some copies, so my relaxation in "California" was short lived, it was back to business-God's business, before I left St Louis, I had received different quotations from publicists, and I tell you none of the price quotes where cheap and at that point I really felt like I needed a publicist, but this is how faithful God is:
I bought my airline ticket in the summer with no intentions of promoting my book but all the intentions of hanging out with the family because at that time the book was not published, usually I spend two weeks on average with the family in December as our company shuts down for 2 weeks, this time around, I did something I had never done before, I did not take any time off during the year, so before I bought my ticket I added my vacation time onto the last two weeks of December that we are off which meant that I got a whole month! bare with me now on God's work!, I spent $350 on a round trip ticket, that money I spent on the ticket has also added my value of being in California as a published Author, even though I had not planned on being an Author for the month of December-God had other plans, I can not began to explain to you the doors that have opened up since I have been here, the opportunities of presenting my book, signing and selling it! funny thing was, I was not even aware that it will happen like this, I am being invited to banquets, churches and events to talk about my book.....when I actually received money for the first copy I sold, my face was priceless!! I was just that much in shock, that it is really happening!!!
The moral of the story is: I realized that God has had a purpose of writing over my life, the fact was I tried to give myself a break for the month of December without consulting God, God still had work for us to do and where else but California!!!, I am always in tears of everything that is happening because I know for a fact this has always been God's vision for me, when I started to write God kept reminding me that He will never forsake me and when all said and done He will bring people my way that will help me out, all my stress of searching for a publicist were out numbered by my main publicist which is God!, God has brought more people into my life to help with the vision than money could buy, if I begin to tell you the kind of people I have been in contact with- you would not even believe it!, that is how I know it is God.
Brothers and sisters, God is doing a great and marvelous thing in our life, understand it is always going to be His time over our time and when His time comes, He rewards faithfully, love you and be blessed!
P.S. I received great news today, my recipe book has won its official Gourmand Award for the section it was representing which was Zimbabwe in the African portion I officially get my stickers of international approval and certificate, now it will be moving to the "world best" category....God is faithful
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