January 20, 2011
Due Season
01 20 11 Thursday
Tired of being frustrated and irritated with your life? Tired of always being on the outside looking in? Tired of thinking about what could have been or should have been? Then this is your day.
If we are honest with ourselves and others, we would all say we have been in this place at one time or another. You may be in that place right now. I have to really guard my mind against getting in that place. I walked to of the gym the other day, it was rainy and overcast and I just said to God; “I am tired of being a nobody, a wannabe, average, unnoticed and unappreciated for what I do.” Now you may never feel this way or say that, but I do at times. It’s not about being in the center of attention or the star, but just knowing that what you do is helping others. I want to see some good fruit from my work. I am ready for ‘what goes around comes around’ to be a good thing. I want to enjoy the reaping what I sow. I know all in due season. Frustration and impatience on my part is a sign of pride that has to go. I want to encourage you today by telling you; you are not unnoticed or unappreciated. In due season you will see the fruit of what you are doing. God has an awesome plan and purpose for your life. Give Him His time with you to prepare you. Be patience; be still, listen and wait on God. He hans’t forgotten about you. You are in the forefront of His mind. He is thinking about you all the time. Your best and greatest days are yet ahead. Enjoy this season for what it is doing in you. You are full of awesome, wonderful, marvelous destiny!
January 18, 2011
Season of Change
01 18 11 Tuesday
Today is a great day to do inventory. Let’s look inside our heart to see if there is anything that needs to be taken out. As we move into the last part of the first month of the our discovering our destiny year; let’s make sure we don’t just go through the motions.
For us to have the greatest year ever we have to make changes along the way. We need to check ourselves and make sure we aren’t going to do a repeat of the years past. Many people will say that want to make changes but they don’t ever go through with it. It is not easy to make changes, that is the sad reason why many folk never live in their destiny. I see people all the time talk about they need to make some changes in their life, but as time goes by, they are right back where they were. We get comfortable in our mess, in our stuff. Even while we are talking about how bad it is and how much we don’t like it; we stay right in the middle of it. Let’s go for it today! Begin taking the inventory process today and see what needs to change. Together we can make the changes need and live our destiny!
January 16, 2011
Peace and Joy
01 16 11 Sunday
Many of us have been hurt, wounded, disappointed and broken hearted in our lives. Some of you may be in that place right now. Today; allow forgiveness, restoration, reconciliation, hope, and love heal you.
We all have been in that place, but we don’t have to stay there. Today is the day to receive what we need. We need to have peace and joy no matter what has or is happening in our life. We can’t control so much what happens to us, but we have full control of what happens in us. I know from my own life that I need healing in areas. So today, I stand with you as we break out of the place we have been in and move toward peace and joy. There is a peace and a joy that we can have even in the worst of times. Nothing can replace it. Don’t go another day without the peace and joy you so deserve. For some we have to humble ourselves and ask others to forgive us. For some we have to forgive those that have hurt us so deeply. Today is your day. I proclaim it! Healing is yours, peace is yours, and joy is yours. Accept it! Hold on to it with all your heart. I stand in agreement with you right now! Together we can walk in our destiny with peace and joy.
January 15, 2011
Today is Your Day
01 15 11 Saturday
Here we are at the half way point of the month. Can you believe it? We just celebrated New Year’s and month one is half gone. We started strong this year. I hope you haven’t lost your momentum.
I have talked to so many folk that have lost their faith, their focus, their perspective on their future. They don’t believe anything great and awesome will ever happen to them. Some of you may be thinking that maybe someday in the far off future something good might happen to me. The thing is this; today could be the day that something great, wonderful, and awesome happens in your life. You have to be expecting it, believing for it, speaking it into existence. We have to do our part in our destiny. Your super breakthrough day is right here! Don’t doubt it or say stuff that causes it to be delayed another day. You have seen it happen for others, but not for you. Do you believe that it could happen today? Are you ready and prepared for it to happen today? Have you made preparation in your life to handle the fullness of your destiny? Get your expectation and hopes up for your day is so close. Get everything that is holding you back out of your life. Remove all the unnecessary weights and get ready! Be of good courage, faith, and strength because it will take it. Today is your day to believe in your destiny without any restraints.
January 14, 2011
Perspective
The times in life that we are frustrated with life is when we are not living our destiny. It is not as difficult as it sometimes seems, but it can look complex and complicated when our perspective is out of line.
To say to someone; “You can do anything or be anything you want to be,” is not exactly a good thing. If they believe they have a destiny designed for them by God then that is what they should do and be. It may just be semantics, but we have been given a gift and should use that gift for our destiny. It’s not what we want so much as what God wants for us. To not want to follow that plan would be saying that God was wrong or He should change. Again, this thinking is for the person that believes that God has prepared a destiny for them. I believe He has prepared a destiny for every person. I guess it goes to the point of do you God’s perfect will or His permissive will for your life? Some would say there is only His perfect will or not in His will at all. So it’s really our choice what we do. Just giving you my thoughts about it today. I believe each of you that read this is living in your destiny. It’s an exciting time to be alive. Don’t let anything or anyone discourage you. Know that God has got your back!
January 13, 2011
Grace for the Race
01 13 11 Thursday
Grace enables us to find our place; so we can run the race and not fall on our face. Ah, I am a poet and didn’t know it. I rhyme all the time. OK, ok sorry about that. We have been given grace to live our destiny.
Before we were born our route or plan had already been designed. How we go about it or the most part I believe is up to us. Grace is what protects us as we find our way toward our destiny. To say you can be or do anything you want to be or do is not exactly correct. Follow me here, if we are created by God, which I believe we all were, then He has a plan for us. So if we decide to go against that plan we are going against God. Granted that is our choice, just saying if we want to live our destiny to the fullest then we will do what He created us to do. I am not saying we don’t have choice in our lives, we have complete choice. However, if we don’t want to have frustration and confusion in our live then we will do what we were put here to do. Sounds complicated a little bit, but it’s really not. If it is your destiny to be an actress or a football coach then be an actress or football coach. If you are supposed to be an electrician you will never be happy as a brain surgeon. That’s my point. Be what you were created to be. Do what you were created to do. That grace I mentioned earlier will make a way for you. You have an awesome destiny and life yet to live. Your best days are yet to come!
January 9, 2011
No Man Is an Island
01 09 11 Sunday
John Donne wrote, “No man is an island.” How true this statement is in our lives. It is a trick of the enemy to make you think you are all alone. You are not alone in your life.
One of the major weapons of the enemy, and my enemy I mean Satan, is to isolate you from everyone. If he can make you think you are all alone in your situation; he has you beat. He will tell you that no one cares, no one understands, no one wants you around. All of that is a lie. You are not alone in your life, your destiny, or your situation. There are folk in your life that will stand with you no matter what. Never think you are on an island. Never believe you are all alone and no one is there with you. Open your eyes and look around, you will see the person God has placed in your life. We were not created to be alone, we were created for one another. Even though we hurt each other at times, relationships are still the most important thing in life. So look around your island and you will realize that you are not alone.
January 8, 2011
Don't Look Back
01 08 11 Saturday
There was a song that had the line; “Don’t look back,” in it. Satchel Paige, a baseball player, used to say;”Don’t look back, something may be gaining on you.” Both of these lines are good advice.
There is an enemy to our destiny and for most it is called ‘our past.” When we get caught up in our past mistakes and wrong decisions we can easily lose sight of our destiny. If our past can keep us focused on it, rather than our destiny, then we will never live our destiny. When we are stressed out and worried about what was; rather than exciting and pumped about what is coming; we have lost. Our past is just that; past. It is gone; whether good, bad or ugly; it is all in the past. Get your focus on today and what is coming. Prepare by learning from the past, it is useful for something, but don’t dwell there. Just like with Moses and the Israelis, when the cloud or the pillar of fire moved; they moved with it. It is time to leave all the past in the dust and move on. Our destiny is ahead and waiting for us to get a move on. You are awesome and that includes your past. You are still in the game. Don’’t take yourself out. See you at the finish!
January 7, 2011
Power of Love
01 07 11 Friday
There is a place that we all desire deep down inside. The place where we are loved, accepted, forgiven, appreciated and respected. We all want these things in some form or fashion.
I want you to know that a place does exist. There can be peace in the middle of the situation you are going through. On your worst day ever, you can know that you are loved. No matter what you have done in your past; whether it was last night or 12 years ago; there is a place of forgiveness for you. You are not a cast off or cast out. There is a place where you are accepted for who you are and your gift. All of this comes from the love of God. The love of Jesus, it creates this place in us. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world; there is a place for you. Remember, He created you just the way you are. We may have done some things we aren’t proud of, but that never changes the fact that Jesus loves us. His love accepts us, forgives us, appreciates us, and respects us. It is all and all. Never doubt the power of love.
January 6, 2011
Destiny Robbers
01 06 11 Thursday
Let me ask you this; “Do you believe you have a destiny”? I have been surprised at the number of folk that have told me that they don’t believe they have a destiny. Now hear this; “Yes, you do have a destiny and it’s an awesome destiny.”
The catch, if there is one, is this; you have to do your part. God has created you with a gift and a destiny. He has a plan for your life and it’s to see you succeed at your destiny. However, if we choose not to walk it out then it will not happen. We are given the gift of choice as well as destiny. That’s why insecurities are such a horrible thing. They rob us of what is rightfully ours. When you are robbed of your destiny then the world too is robbed of something great. You have awesomeness inside of you. It does take work, everyday work, to get that awesomeness out and working, but you can do it. Don’t sell yourself short, don’t tell yourself you can’t do it, don’t say you aren’t good enough, don’t confess you have made too many mistakes. We all have come up short at some point in our lives. I have missed it countless times, but yet I continue to walk it out. I know I have a destiny and you too. Let’s put aside the issues, the insecurities, the unforgiveness, and pride. Let’s walk this out together.