A Sense Of Purpose

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!.

2010-10-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

MAY THE LORD GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU REAL GOOD!

IT HAS BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE I HAVE LAST BLOGGED. PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH THE THE FLOW OF LIFE. HOWEVER THE THOUGHT OF YOU HAS NOT LEFT ME.

AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITHIN THE FIBER OF OUR EXISTENCE. OUR FAMILIES REQUIRE OUR ATTENTION. OUR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT REQUIRE AT LEAST 7 TO 9 HOURS OF OUR TIME. OUR MINISTRIES WILL ALWAYS REQUIRE OBEDIENCE AND STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE HAND THAT IT WAS ASSIGNED TO. WE OFTEN WONDER WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO DO THIS? WHEN WILL WE HAVE TIME TO DO THAT? WE WE OFTEN "OVER OBLIGATE OURSELVES AND AS A RESULT WE BECOME STRESSED OUT AND NON-PRODUCTIVE FOR PURPOSE.
EVEN AS WE SLUMBER BY NIGHT, OUR MINDS ARE STILL RACING UNCONSCIOUSLY. WE THEN WAKE UP FEELING UNRESTED.
IS THIS THE WAY OF THE LORD? NOT AT ALL!
WE MUST LEARN TO ASK GOD TO TAKE CONTROL OF ALL OUR AFFAIRS. OUR TIME, OUR RESOURCES, AND ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES.
THE BIBLE SAYS AT 1ST PETER 5 VERSE 7....CAST YOUR CARES ON THE LORD FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.

THIS MEANS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR AFFAIRS. GOD OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS IS WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU IF YOU ALLOW HIM TO. HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THING THAT AFFECT YOU. HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE AND RESCUE US. HE WILL REGULATE YOUR TIME. HE WILL ANOINT YOUR MINISTRY AND CAUSE IT TO FLOURISH. HE WILL GRANT TO YOU PEACE OF MIND. HE WILL SOOTHE YOUR MIND AND TOUCH YOUR BODY AND GRANT YOU PERFECT REST. WE SERVE A PERFECT GOD.! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DIFFICULT FOR OUR GOD.

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING BUT IN ALL THINE WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.

2010-08-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

To God Be the Glory for He alone is worthy of all the praise. Grace and Peace to you .
Thank you for visiting my blog today. My heart is so full. My mind is extraordinarily intuitive.
My body is under some type of physical attack, but oh How I love Jesus....I can't lose my praise!
Its through my praise I shall be renewed, rejuvenated, restored, refreshed, re-energized, rededicated, re-focused, and resurrected to finish this course.

Its imperative that you keep pressing towards the mark of the High call of Jesus Christ.
Sometimes I feel like I am fighting to live. In a sense we are. The enemy has a plan to assassinate you.
Whether it be mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, socially, economically, or undoubtedly......he wants you to fail and he wants you to suffer and eventually give up on God.

The only way to combat the enemy is in the word of God. Affirm the word of God in your heart and in your mind. YOU SERVE A LIVING GOD. HE IS VERY MUCH REAL AND HE IS READY TO COME TO YOUR DEFENSE.
Affirm that I am more than a conqueror
Affirm that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Affirm that the Lord God is your healer.
Affirm that no weapon formed against you shall prosper.
Affirm that He is the Great I am.
Affirm that morning by morning.....new mercies I see!
Affirm that the Lord is my Shepherd.....I shall not want.
Affirm that Jesus is your personal Savior.
You see your deliverance is in your praise. Your destiny is in your faith and it is also what flows from your speech. What a man thinks...so is He.

Today I fasted for the first time in a while. I am honest and I can't pretend to be perfect because I am not. But surely, I DO SERVE A PERFECT GOD. I am so glad He knows me for who I am.
As I fasted, I was calm for the most part. Later on as the fast progressed, I became a bit cranky and irritable. After all, I was hungry and just a bit fatigued.
As I began nearing the end of my fast......I heard a word in my spirit. R E S O L V E.

I got a quickening in my spirit. The Lord says that it is RESOLVED!
Resolve means to clear away or dispel
I stopped by to tell someone.....

Loneliness is resolved.
Financial difficulties are resolved.
Brokeness shall be made whole and it will be resolved.
Low self esteem shall be resolved.
Sickness shall be resolved.
Addiction shall be resolved.
Watch the Master resolve those things that are hindering you.
THE LORD SAID THAT IT IS RESOLVED!

Are'nt you thankful that God is more than able to resolve those things we no longer need...

We serve a mighty God......
Don't stop praising Him.......Praise accompanied with Worship will give you the resolve from every hindrance!!!!!!

There is nothing to hard for Our God......

WATCH WHAT YOU SAY OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!!!!!

2010-08-11T10:23:00.000-07:00

WHEN I RISE IN THE MORNING, THE FIRST THING I DO IS SAY THANK YOU GOD! I INVITE HIM TO ACCOMPANY ME ALL THROUGHOUT MY DAY. WALK WITH ME LORD, TALK TO ME LORD AND JUST BLESS MY GOING OUT AND BLESS MY COMING IN.

GOD IS FAITHFUL! HE KEEPS ON KEEPING HIS PEOPLE.

AS I PREPARE FOR MY DAY, I AM OFTEN REFLECTIVE. TODAY ENTERS MY MIND THE THOUGHT OF WHAT WORDS WE SPEAK FROM OUR MOUTHS. THE CHILDHOOD ADAGE SAYS "STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES, BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HARM ME."

THE REALITY IS THAT WORDS CAN BLESS YOU AND EDIFY YOU OR THEY CAN CRIPPLE YOU AND HURT YOU.
WHAT WE SPEAK CAN BE SO POWERFUL OR SO DAMAGING. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE SAY. MANY FAIL TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS LIFE AND DEATH IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT IF YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY SPEAKING NEGATIVE, YOU ARE FEEDING INVISIBLE DARKNESS. YOU ARE INADVERTENTLY INVITING DEATH, SICKNESS, PAIN AND ADVERSITY INTO YOUR OWN LIFE. WORDS COME ALIVE WHEN YOU RELEASE THEM,
WHEN YOU SPEAK POSITIVELY, YOU INVITE LIFE INTO YOUR LIFE. HEALING INTO YOUR EXISTENCE, JOY BEGINS TO FOLLOW YOU, AND IT IS EVEN MANIFESTED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WELL BEING! POWER IS INVOKED ACCORDING TO HOW YOU SPEAK.
WATCH WHAT YOU SAY OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!

WE MUST SPEAK WHAT GOD SAYS.
I AM THE RIGHTEOUS OF GOD.
I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
I BELONG TO A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.
I AM BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD.
I HAVE BIG, BRIGHT EYES.
I AM A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.
SPEAK LIFE TO THOSE DEAD THINGS!
DON'T SAY, MY FEET ARE KILLING ME BECAUSE EVENTUALLY BY THE WORDS YOU SPEAK, YOU WILL IGNITE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR FEET.
STOP MURMURING AND COMPLAINING. EACH TIME YOU DO SO, YOU LOSE STRENGTH, YOU SUBTRACT BLESSINGS FROM YOURSELF AND IT PROFITS NOTHING!
STOP CURSING BECAUSE EACH TIME YOU DO SO, YOU EMERGE YOURSELF IN A PLACE OF NEGATIVENESS AND LOSS. THE WORDS WE SAY HAVE POWER TO BUILD OR TO TEAR DOWN.

WORLD RENOWNED AUTHOR, AUTOBIOGRAPHER, POET, EDUCATOR, DR. MAYA ANGELOU SAID SOMETHING IN A CANDID INTERVIEW THAT CAPTURED MY FULL ATTENTIVENESS.

FOR SIX YEARS AS A CHILD SHE DID NOT SPEAK A WORD TO ANYONE BUT HER BROTHER. MANY HAD CATEGORIZED HER AS STUPID, DUMB AND JUST PLAINLY DEFINED HER AS SOMETHING BEING WRONG WITH HER. HER GRANDMOTHER SPOKE TO MAYA ANGELOU. SHE TOLD HER THAT I DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE STUPID OR DUMB. I DON'T CARE IF THEY PERCEIVE SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY. HER GRANDMOTHER SPOKE THESE POWERFUL WORDS......I DON'T CARE WHAT NOBODY SAYS ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE GOING TO BE A TEACHER!
THESE SAME WORDS SPOKEN IN FAITH AND POWER IMPACTED THE LIFE OF MAYA ANGELOU. SHE DID BECOME A TEACHER AND SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT!
WORDS HAVE POWER AND THE TONGUE IS A SMALL BUT POWERFUL TOOL.

LEARN TO SPEAK WISELY, CONFIDENTLY, ASSURINGLY AND IN THE NAME OF FAITH. SPEAK OVER YOURSELF AND ENCOURAGE YOURSELF.
MOST OF ALL WATCH WHAT YOU SAY OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.

TALES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2010-08-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

I am a native New Yorker. My parents migrated to New York City from Florence, South Carolina in the early sixties.

I was born and raised in a town called Harlem.
Trust and believe me when I say that there is nothing like it! Presently this town has changed its face. However, there was a time when I could just rejoice over and over again because of the flavor of my neighborhood.
I grew up in the Harlem River Houses and soooooo many memories remain in the margins of my mind.

It was a time when everyone knew everyone. The neighbors were friendly and they looked out for you. Across the street there was a luncheonette, the neighborhood cleaners, and the little mini-grocery store.
Italian icee was only 10 cents. A bag of cheese popcorn was only 10 cents. Candy was just a penney!
The bus stop was right there. The post office was over there. The neighborhood supermarket was just two blocks away.
There was the park and the tennis courts. But most of all, it was a neighborhood where love lived.

I played here. I mean I really played. You name it, we did it!
Hopscotch, loadies, double dutch, hot peas and butter, and red light, green light, 123, stoop ball. Duck Duck goose. I mean we had fun. We laughed , we fought, we played and we had fun!
I rode my first bike in this neighborhood. I had my first fight in this neighborhood. I kissed my first boy in this neighborhood. I even preached my first sermon in this neighborhood.
As I walk through the neighborhood, all I can say is that I am so proud of where I come from and how I grew up against the odds in this neighborhood.

I can still see the neighbors and see their smiles. I can still hear the laughter. I could never despise my beginnings.....my neighborhood.

I received the news that one of the neighbors went home to be with the Lord today. It seems like I just saw her not too long ago.
I reflect on her memory.
She was a true matriarch. A woman of elegance and she radiated love. Every time I saw her she said "hello dahling". Her eyes twinkled and she walked with the strut of authority.

As time would have it, I watched her age but she never stopped radiating love, friendliness, a hug from time to time and through her eyes I was still able to see her twinkling eyes.

Mrs. Dena Bibby McCray fought the good fight of faith. She will forever be a memory in my heart and my mind.
She was one of many people who consisted of the neighborhood.

I have been blessed now to move from the old neighborhood, but the memories, the laughter, and the taste of Harlem will NEVER leave my heart.

YOU CAN BE RESTORED!

2010-08-08T15:34:00.000-07:00

THERE IS A STORY FOUND IN THE BIBLE, ABOUT A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD, HIS NAME IS MEPHIBOSHETH.
HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF A KING. NAMED SAUL. HIS FATHER WAS NAMED JONATHAN AND HE WAS AN HEIR TO THE THRONE.THIS LITTLE BOY WAS BORN INTO ROYALTY.

HE IS ALSO A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY. HIS FEET ARE DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE AS LAME.

AS HE IS BEING CARED FOR BY HIS NURSE, THERE WAS A CONSTANT BLOODY WAR THAT WAS GOING FORTH. MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THIS WAR.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT HUMANITY WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE DESTROYED IN SUCH A MANNER.

HOWEVER THE WAR WAS IN HEAVY OPERATION. THE LIVES OF MEPHIBOSHETH'S UNCLES, HIS FATHER AND HIS GRANDFATHER. WERE SNUFFED OUT. THE FAMILY WAS SLOWLY FADING AWAY. THE NEWS HAD TRAVELLED BACK TO WHERE MEPIBOSHETH WAS RESIDING.
HIS NURSE WAS STRICKEN WITH PANIC. SHE KNEW THAT SOONER OR LATER WHERE MEPHIBOSHETH LIVED WOULD BE TARGETED. SHE TOOK MEPHIBOSHETH AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN AWAY. AS SHE FLED, SHE TRIPPED AND SHE FELL. SHE DROPPED MEPHIBOSHETH. HE THEN BECAME CRIPPLED.

THE LIFE OF THIS BOY DRAMATICALLY CHANGES. HE LOSES HIS FAMILY AND HE BECOMES CRIPPLED. HE SPENDS THE NEXT 20 YEARS DRIFTING AND FEELING NO SENSE OF PURPOSE.
HE THEN COMES TO LIVE IN A TOWN CALLED LO-DEBAR,
INTERESTING ENOUGH THE NAME OF THIS PLACE MEANS. BARREN, OR PLACE OF NO BED..

THERE ARE SO MANY OF US WHO FEEL LIKE MEPHIBOSHETH FELT. NO SENSE OF PURPOSE, DROPPED AND DISCARDED, REJECTED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT.

BUT DESPITE OF WHAT OCCURRED IN MEPHIBOSHETH'S LIFE, THERE WAS A HAPPY ENDING.
YOU SEE AFTER KING SAUL AND JONATHAN WERE KILLED, ANOTHER MAN BECOME KING.
HIS NAME WAS DAVID. DAVID AND JONATHAN WERE GOOD FRIENDS. DAVID PROMISED HE WOULD "LOOK AFTER" MEPHIBOSHETH.
IT WAS TWENTY YEARS LATER, BUT DAVID LOOKED FOR MEPHIBOSHETH.
DAVID GAVE MEPHIBOSHETH DIVINE FAVOR BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER.
HE WAS PERMITTED TO LIVE IN THE ROYAL PALACE. HE WAS GIVEN ROOM AT THE TABLE OF THE KING. HE WAS PROVIDED FOR!
HIS ENTIRE LIFE WAS CHANGED BECAUSE DAVID PROMISED MEPHIBOSHETH'S FATHER JONATHAN HE WOULD SHOW HIS SON KINDNESS.

YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE TOO BECAUSE GOD TOLD ME TO REMIND YOU THAT HE DESIRES TO SHOW YOU KINDNESS. HE WANTS TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER BY BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

WE ARE OFTEN CRIPPLED BY PAIN. WE ARE CRIPPLED BY REJECTION. WE HURT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DROPPED. OUR EMOTIONAL STATE OF BEING HAS BECOME CRIPPLED BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO PRESS FORWARD.WE MAYBE CRIPPLED IN OUR FINANCES.
THERE IS ONE THING FOR SURE....GOD IS THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO IS MORE THAN ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF OUR NEEDS....HOW AWESOME IS THAT....I DARE YOU TO TRY GOD!

I WANT SOMEONE TO KNOW THAT IN YOUR REJECTION, IN YOUR PAIN, IN YOU BEING DROPPED, INSIDE OF BEING FORGOTTEN ABOUT BY SOME, GOD IS A PROMISE KEEPER.
HE WILL RESTORE YOU AND GIVE YOUR LIFE PURPOSE. HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN..
AS YOU ARE REJECTED BY SOME, GOD CAN AND HE WILL TAKE YOU PLACES YOU COULD NEVER IMAGINE.
HE WILL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU AT THE TABLE!
GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU DESPITE OF BEING CRIPPLED.
WHY NOT TRY THE MOST HIGH PROMISE KEEPER. THE TRUE AND LIVING ONE WHO CAN RESTORE YOUR SOUL......
I ASSURE YOU, YOU ARE BORN TO WIN! YOU HAVE A PLACE IN THE KINGDOM. THERE IS A SEAT FOR YOU AT THE TABLE.

GOD DESIRES THAT YOU BE RESTORED INTO A SENSE OF PURPOSE.
I DARE YOU TO BELIEVE!!!!!!

To God Be The Glory!

2010-08-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

I always had a deep desire to write. I believe this is my season of a new beginning. As you know with anything new, there comes a challenge. So now its imperative to seek the power of God to expedite what He is orchestrating in my life in this season.

I bring you greetings in the matchless, awesome name of Jesus Christ who is the head of my life. To Him, I shall always be thankful. When I look over my life, I can say I am humbled because I have the love of God exuding in my life. I learned that I was favored in God and He knows the plans He has for me!

In knowing that I find delight! I won't pretend that everything is always so smooth and easy....but I will say in my new spiritual walk in God.........He makes my road tolerable!

So here I am. I am hopeful that the beginning of this blog will be a blessing to someone. I am asking the Holy Spirit to breath on me and help me to reach the masses henceforth now. We all need a refreshing, a revitalization, a renewing, an uplifting, and a sense of purpose. As we sojourn, you must understand that you are NEVER alone. After all you could be in a crowd and still have an overwhelming feeling of "lonesomeness". One day as I looked at the word ALONE, I saw something quite different....AL-ONE.......I realized at that precise moment, I am All One in God. A sudden peace enveloped me.
I want someone to know that you are AL-ONE in God and there is nothing in which you encounter must you face as a single entity. God has a plan for your life and by no means are you alone. He has begun a work in you and He will confidently bring forth what He has already ordained for you.

This is the beginning.....let us write together.....