February 8, 2011

Time to Get Back Up

02 08 11 Tuesday

“It’s time to get back up,” was something my pastor said Sunday.  I agree totally with this statement.  Let’s add just a little to it.

“It’s time to get back up and help someone else up too.” If you are down and out, it’s time to get back up today. If life has been knocking you down, stomping on you, jumping up and down on you, putting you in the chicken wing; then it’s time to get back up.  Today is your day to get back up and while you’re at it; help someone else up too.  There is strength in partnership; especially when we are getting back up.  Those that want to stay down are not good partners.  The primary thing today though is while getting back up; look around at others that have been knocked down and help them back on their feet.  There is nothing that can keep you down unless you allow it too.  It’s not what happens to us, but what happens in us that makes the difference.  Today is your day to get back up and help someone in the process.

February 6, 2011

Mercy and Forgivness

02 06 11 Sunday

When we take time to evaluate where we have come from in our life; it is important to do so from a merciful and forgiving mindset.  Having mercy and forgiving ourselves is a major step toward a healthy life.

I have many regrets about my past, but I have been able to forgive myself for the mistakes and wrong choices I have made.  You may find it easy to forgive yourself, but I seemed to have difficulty with it for a long time.  I would bring up past issues and let them beat me down time and time again.  It wasn’t until I was able to forgive myself and take the power from them that I was able to life a healthy, destiny minded life.  We should learn from our past, but we shouldn’t allow it to hold us down.  Make the decision today to not allow your past to hold you hostage any longer.  Even when someone else brings it up to you, don’t let it stick.  Like the saying goes, “Water off a ducks back.”  That is how we have to be when it comes to memories that have haunted us and harmed us.  Take the power away from the hurtful past.  Learn from the stuff you have been through and then don’t go back there again.  Also, don’t make the same mistakes repeatedly.  Looking back can be productive when we look back with the proper mindset.

February 5, 2011

Reflection of Hope

02 05 11 Saturday

From time to time it’s good to take step back and see where you have come from, where you are and where you are heading.  First, we look at where we come from. That can be a loaded question for some of us.

I took such a look back in my life not long ago.  I focused mainly on the past couple of years.  I was not happy with what I saw, but nevertheless it was there.  Many of you don’t know a lot about my past.  As this blog grows that number grows even larger.  The one word that really sums up my past and especially the past few years would be selfishness.  I was one of the most selfish people you would ever meet.  That selfishness would manifest itself in many different ways.  I had a very addictive personality or spirit alive and well inside me.  The selfishness I had fed on the addictive nature I had during that time.  That addictive spirit did everything it could to destroy me, my family and everyone else in my life.  It came mighty close to succeeding too.  I was 36 hours away from divorce at one point.  However, there was one thing I held on to; that was hope.  I knew there was hope for me, my family and my destiny.  God has worked a miracle in my life during the past two years.  I can honestly saw that I am not the same person I was then.  I still have changes to make and will never stop growing.  I hope this has given you some hope of your own.  There is hope for you too.  No matter what your past, your right now and your future holds; there is hope.  Hope will keep you alive when nothing else or no one else is there.  Hope will keep you company when everyone has left you.  Hope is a wonderful companion now as is was then.  Never give up! Hope is in your corner

January 31, 2011

Roadmap to Your Destiny

01 31 11 Monday

I am putting together a program, Roadmap to Your Destiny.  It is a year long program that will help you discover and live your destiny.  I am keeping the number of partners to 15 so that we can do this right.

If you are serious about wanting to discover and live your destiny then this may just be what you have been looking for.  There is no cost for this program but you will be required to do your part.  If you really want to see personal growth, change, improvement and changes in your life then this is for you.  We will work on different areas of your life; relationships, your walk with God, your physical well being, your mental state and other areas.

Roadmap to Your Destiny will take you to the next level, but only if you are willing to commit to walking it out and then actually walking it out.  You will have weekly emails, podcasts, Ebook, conference calls, and other awesome materials to see to it you have every advantage possible.

If you are interested then let me know by emailing me at [email protected] and we will take it from there.  Thank you and here’s to discovering and living your destiny.

January 29, 2011

Not Disqualified

01 29 11 Saturday

In spite of all the past mistakes we have made in our life; God still has a plan for us.  Don’t be discouraged by your past; be encouraged by your destiny.  We have not been disqualified.

For some of us we have thought that because of past mistakes and wrong decisions; we have been disqualified from our destiny.  This is not true.  Many times it is our mistakes and failures that qualify us for our purpose and destiny.  I have dealt with this in my own life.  There have been several periods in my life that I felt like God had put me on out of the way and forgotten about me.  When I would go through difficult times; I would think that my ever having a purpose or destiny was over.  I know this is not true, but the feeling can be hard to over come at times.  The enemy knows where we are weakest and will try to attack our mind in that area.  Stay focused on what God has said about your future and destiny.  I promise you that you have not been forgotten about or disqualified.  Folk may even try to make you feel that you have been, but it’s not true.  Get back up, learn from your past, and move forward.  I believe in you, standing with you, and counting on you.

January 22, 2011

Even when…

01 22 11 Saturday

I was reading the other day and came across something that really has me thinking.  It was about the love that God has for us and how wonderful that love is.  Folk all time ask, if God is so loving why did this or that happen.

I honestly don’t know.  Sometimes we blame God for stuff that He had nothing to do with though.  If we never included Him in our plan or in what we were doing or even in our life. Then how can we blame Him for what goes on in our life? Again, I don’t know or even pretend to know all the why’s of life.  I am still trying get understanding about God loving me.  It should be simple, but for some reason I guess I am making it more difficult than it is.  He loves us enough to correct and discipline us.  He loves us enough to let us make our own decisions.  All that is well and good, but the thing that gets me is this; He loved me even when I turned my back on Him.  He loved me even when I was doing everything I could to hurt those that I said I loved.  He loves us even when…  To me that says it all.  When I didn’t deserve it the most; He loved me the most.  Not that I deserve it now, but He says I do; so I do.  Please don’t think that I am super spiritual, Christian.  I am just like you in that I make mistakes and make wrong choices.  I fall and I miss it, but now I know that God isn’t mad or punishing me.  He loves me so He corrects me and loves on me. That makes giving up not an option. His love will keep me getting me up every time I mess up.  God does love us so!

January 21, 2011

Correcting Love

01 21 11 Friday

Guilt and shame are not ways that God corrects us.  If that is what you feel then dump that and receive the correction God offers; His love.

I asked God to show me His love and the next thing I know He is correcting me and showing me things in my life that needed changing.  However, I realized that the guilt and shame that used to accompany correction was not present.  Then I realized that His love comes through correction and discipline.  Not the beat down, beat up, cut up and punishment I was so used to.  I had lived for so long outside the protection of His love that I just thought it was a way a life to have one disaster after another and feel so bad, so down, depressed and no good for anything.  I felt anything but loved.  No more! I am beginning to experience His love in a way I haven’t before; not at home, church, or anywhere else.  Not to say it wasn’t there and available, because it was, I just didn’t have my heart tuned in.  I had allowed Satan to tear me up for so long and call it Jesus.  He is a liar and the father of lies.  I see the truth of my life and it isn’t in condemnation and punishment.  Rather it is in the correction and discipline of a loving God.

I hope that this helps you in some way.  I could keep going but I really don’t like just talking about me, but today was different.  This has totally engulfed me and know there is yet more to come.  What are you feeling in your life today? Is it a loving God or a lying devil?

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 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 3, 2011

Coming Together

01 03 11 Monday

There is healing waiting for you and your relationships.  A broken heart can be the hardest thing to recover from in our life.  This year is going to be a time of healing for broken hearts.

Your best friend, spouse, or family may have broken your heart.  I really believe this year there are going to be many relationships restored and reconciled.  Our part is to make sure we have a clean, pure heart toward that person.  In other words, we must let love be our guide.  If relationships are going to be restored there has to be love.  When we have unconditional love then there will be no selfishness or pride blocking the reconciling of relationships.  If you really want to live your destiny; then relationships are vital. Allow the love in you to bring back those friendships.  Let love bring you together.