ITS TIME TO STAND UP...

While we as Christians are sitting around
waiting for things to happen; instead of
going out & spreading the Gospel; things like this are
getting people's attention & for those of you who think the
Bible isnt true. why would they want to take it away from you
so bad; to the point where they're desperate.
willing to whatever they can to make sure you
dont hold the truth; STAND; & when you do, STAND FIRM...
LETS GO !!!! NO GAMES..

the things of the world are WORTHLESS...

For some reason God has put in my
HEART to share my devotions...
so here is another...

(Phillipians 3:1-11)

The sacrafice Christ made when he came down to
earth to save me from Eternal Death. is exactly
what keeps me going each and every day
because i know what he's promised me.
Love, Peace, Joy, Wisdom, Protection, Happiness
that will never end, and the best of them all
Eternal Life In Heaven With Him =)

fact: i am free and liberated through Christ. I am no
longer in bondage. No longer captured by sin.

i remember a minister from my church (p4cm.com)
using this analogy...so ill kindof put it into my own words

"Like a monkey with his hand stuck in a bottle because
he wont let go of whats inside, only later to be captured"
(if only he would of just let go; he would've got away)

in my case; i LET GO of EVERYTHING sinful
EVERYTHING holding me back. even the "secret sins"
that we think no one know's about... pride, hate in our hearts, etc
forgetting that God is all seeing, all knowing...HE KNOWS what we
can HIDE from others..."IM FREE"

i may have lost all the things i valued or i thought
i couldnt live without. but compared to Christ and what
he done for me (and is still doing in my life) those THINGS
are nothing more than lint on black that can easily be
removed with a lint brush/roller and discarded into the garbage can.
never to be worried about again. so i guess you can say Christ
became my ling brush/roller. he removed every piece of lint (sin)
that was inappropriate for the person he has created me to become.

He's continuing to change my outlook on the things of this world
i thought i needed. i no longer go by what i think OR what i think
i know. but i go by every word God has spoken and still speaks to me.
i dont "just" follow instructions. but i have a personal relationship
with God, so i follow HIM. i have faith in the things God has done,
doing, and is going to do in the future. so im ready for whatever
satan/world throws my way, because God is almights and powerful
and he's on my side; so ive already WON...

(personal prayer...)
dear God i thank you for being just in everything you do.
i know that what you have promised those who know, trust, love, and follow you
is just you being modest. Lord i pray that you continue to show me who you are
and that you continue to show me myself (even when i dont like what i see;
especially when i dont like what i see) i ask that you continue to change me, that
you continue to give me an open heart to recieve the change. i ask that i fall inlove
with you again everday; make knowing you NEW to me every day/ each time
im in your word. help me to stay focused on you God. in Jesus name AMEN

PRAISE BREAK!

• I decided to make a list of the Top 10 songs a person should not listen to at work unless they are ready for a PRAISE BREAK…. I wish someone would have warned me…I was at work about to lift my hands and cry out to the LORD lol real spit
  
  Thirsty: Marvin Sapp
  Chasing After You: Tye Tribbett
  Worshiper: Marvin Sapp
  No Greater Love: Fred Hammond
  All I Have To Give: Mali Music
  It Would Take All Day: Kirk Franklin
  Hurricane : Jimmy Needham
  True Love: Phil Wickham
  Throne Room: Cece Winans
  Anything sang by Angelo and Veronica !!!!
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HELP...

i recently did a devotion on HELP
so i thought i would share it with you guys

most people i know struggle with Helping Others;
but i some how struggle with accepting the Help
God sends my way; when i need it...

(2Chronicles 32: 24-33)

You can have all the "things" in the world
but one day you may need a helping hand.
in this story Hezekiah was to Proud to except
the help God sent to him. In this case i am Hezekiah
i was so use to being the Helper; that when i needed
the Help i was to Proud to admit it, except it, and
rest in Gods word; knowing that he would provide and
Help me. it says in (James 4:6; God opposes the Proud
but gives Grace to the Humble)
Oppose- to act against or provide resistance to (verb)
Grace- the freely given, unmerited favor and Love of God
Humble- "NOT Proud" or Arrogant

i was so caught up in that "I'm independent" mindset
and i don't need anyone's Help.
that i allowed Pride to consume my actions.

i remember reading a quote from C.S. Lewis and one thing
that stuck out to me was "PRIDE leads to every other vice;
it is the complete ANTI-GOD state of mind"
we can walk around saying we Love God. but with even
a SPEC of Pride in our hearts. we are Totally 100%
AGAINST GOD !!

Contentment

Last night while reading Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh Demoss I realized that one of the lies I believe about God is that he alone isn’t enough. I recently did a study on what it meant to be content in Christ, and although I came across some amazing scriptures that stressed the importance of Christians trusting solely in the lord… my life style didn’t show that I understood what the scriptures expressed. As I read Lies Women Believe I started thinking about my mother and how painful it would be if she were to die. I know this is a touchy subject for most… I mean no one wants to think about a loved dieing…but it made me feel uneasy because I realized how much trust and dependency I put in my mom to guide and comfort me. I thought if God did see fit to call her home I would be alone…this isn’t true… if I am a child of God…God will ALWAYS be there…Even when my earthy mother isn’t…It will be painful, but I don’t have to feel alone because God my father said he will NEVER leave nor forsake me…Shelley(my mother) never promised me that…and although I grew up believing she did…that’s something she could never live up to…But Jesus Christ can and will be there to sustain me even in the mist of great lost…The idea of my mother dieing hunts me and is the scariest reality… but even scarier then that is professing that I am a Christian and not fully depending on him…I realized that a benefit of being in a relationship with Christ is that its ETERNAL… I had as dream last night and all though it was a tad bit strange (like most of my dreams) one thing in the dream really spoke to my spirit…in my dream I was being attacked …my life was in serious danger…it was dark…I began to cry out for help…my S.O.S cry filled the atmosphere …but no one… not one person responded…no one was in sight…I then began to cry out to the Lord… JESUS …JESUS…JESUS… then instantly I was shielded… This morning I realized that that’s how life is…I cry out for people and no one comes to my aide…anyone is in sight… But if I believe that Jesus is alive and the same spirit that rose Jesus from the dead on the third day lives in me…I AM NEVER ALONE… and when it seems there is no way out of trials, temptation, heart ache, pain, sickness, loneliness, self condemnation, darkness, I can simply call out to him and he will protect me… I can TRUST that GOD will never leave me…This is a dieing world and all that’s in it is dying…my friends, my family, my career, my plans, myself, but God is LIFE…and if I hold on to that truth regardless of how lonely I feel I can firmly stand!!!! And I can be CONTENT in my GOD and GOD alone…
(Jeremiah 17:5-7)

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EX-SALESMAN

I have shared my testimony so many times in the past 5 months that now it almost feels like a routine sales pitch and the product is salvation....and that's exactly what i didn't want to happen...its amazing how iv managed to turn something that God has done in my life from mind boggling to cliche...I mean not only did he purchase my debt with his his blood he also took my place suffered the wrath of God... all while i the guilty walks away guiltless...amazing right? no its ATONEMENT...Gods grace and mercy...TRUE LOVE that saw fit to break the chains of homosexuality and hypocrisy in my life... all while building me up and and fulfilling scripture...but somewhere between me coming to Christ and purchasing my first ex shirt i lost sight of just how wonderful and truly honorable what took place on the cross really is...it took me a while to notice it of course ...i mean with all the church services and notes... the edifying fellowship... my band against secular music... i was fully convinced that i truly understood what the cross meant...but after several missed devotions and a recent convicting sermon on dedication i realized that my christian walk has become a sales pitch...see like a salesman i am familiar with the product... but i am so focused on trying to convince others to purchase... i never allow myself time to appreciate what the product can do for me in my life... and because its just a job and not a lifestyle and i still have to pay bills i have managed to pledge allegiance to other products in my personal life that i feel could do the same thing but be cheaper....have i lost you yet? i hope not but its like the fact that Jesus Christ has delivered me from so much is only thought about when I'm about to go witness and I'm sure not only did he deliver me from self destruction and eternal damnation so i can be a living testimony of his wondrous glory to others but he also did it so that i could remember who he is and how through him all things are made new....and lately i have been so consumed and focus on sharing my testimony with others I myself am no longer moved by it...i allowed my Testimony and all its power be drowned out by a few " God is greats" and " Girl let me tell you how God delivered me" that i was no longer moved by my own deliverance... and that's a harsh reality i didn't want to face until now... iv realized i was more dedicated to sharing my testimony then i was praising the one who gave me a testimony... true Pharisee... i guess now i can rock my EX-PHARISEE with all truth... its just crazy how i became more like a Pharisee after i bought my Ex-Pharisee shirt... the dope thing is even this is a testimony!!!! GOD IS SO DOPE!!!!

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