When the blues comes on your psyche like a creeping vine, I suggest sending some praises up to God. I have this very sensitive soul. However, I can't allow my flesh to rise up and take control of my emotions. If you allow your feelings to rule you, then you will live life on a roller coaster with the world at the switch.
No more blue Mondays. You know, we need a reality check. Perhaps we should write a check list of all of the blessings or some of the blessings your list would probably be too long. I mean there are blessings around us that are tangible and not airy. If you are reading this, then you have access to the web. You can see. You may be sitting in a chair. You are probably under a roof. Let's thank God for all of that too. I mean you are alive. You still have another day to love and praise Him and love your family, friends and neighbors.
If you are drawing breath and conscience, then you can pray for healing. You can pray for healing for your family. You can go to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to change your today and your tomorrow.
Let's make Monday, a day to praise Him for the beginning of the work week. (If you are looking for some guidance on praise take a look at Psalms 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 just as a start.) A clean do the right thing slate so to speak. I mean last weeks issues and problems are already done, and you should have already prayed on them. You should expect those to be handled by God--move on. So on Monday, you have a new chance to give Him glory through your love for others, your hard work and your reading and meditating on His word--and your worship and praise of course.
Refuse to allow Mondays to be blue, make them Blue Skies and blessed days ahead.
Final thoughts: I think that you should know that the price has already been paid for your sins. If you can't think of anything else, thank God that He sent His son to die for you and I. Thank God that our eternity is secure and paid for.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Covenant Blessings--You and God go a long way back
Let me start out saying that we have been neglecting the Old Testament to long as Christians. I was at a bible study yesterday, and I was seriously gaining knowledge from a sister that is being called out as God's prophet. God brings us around people we need to do His will and I love that about God. He hasn't forgot about anyone. Nevertheless, I must move into the covenant between Abraham and God. As Christians, we are adopted into this covenant.
If you go to Genesis 17:2-27, you can read the covenant yourself. Read it before you go on.
Your first thought may be to rebel and say I just read the new testament. However, Jesus said that He did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Now when Jesus fulfilled the law, He took the punishment for all of our sins. Hold up, are you getting this? Jesus took the punishment for the sins you committed in the past and the ones you will commit throughout your lifetime. Now, don't get lost in that statement. Go back to the covenant, where God makes promises to Abraham. He said that He will establish the covenant between Abraham's descendents. Now we are Abraham's descendents through the blood of Christ. In other words before Jesus was born we couldn't hold up our end of the bargain. However, Jesus came and fulfilled what we could not.
Through this covenant we will multiply and be fruitful. This isn't a prosperity message. It is a message about the stature and place that God HAS GIVEN the descendents of Abraham which we are. Now, we have work to do for the kingdom. We can't do the work of the kingdom if we are worried about trivial things of this world like money, food and clothes. So my message today is to CLAIM the covenants and blessings. He has already given it to us. Don't think that they aren't there, they are simply waiting for you to recognize who you are and whose you are and what HE has already promised in His word.
My point is that you don't need to despair and worry about money, bills and worldly issues. You give those to the Lord. The Lord is not going to contradict His word and His word never returns void. You need to take your rightful place in this earthly realm as a SON or DAUGHTER and stop acting like an outcast, especially my brothers and sisters who grew up in poverty. You found Christ and you are now adopted into royaltly. Forget about the UK royals, the hotel, oil and shipping heirs. You are heir to Abraham and to Jesus. We are adopted sons and daughters. Claim your spot and raise your head up. God made you. He knew you were coming into HIS family before you did. You shouldn't be arrogant about yourself, but you should be proud to be a part of God's family. Because brother and sister, you and God go a long way back.
If you go to Genesis 17:2-27, you can read the covenant yourself. Read it before you go on.
Your first thought may be to rebel and say I just read the new testament. However, Jesus said that He did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. Now when Jesus fulfilled the law, He took the punishment for all of our sins. Hold up, are you getting this? Jesus took the punishment for the sins you committed in the past and the ones you will commit throughout your lifetime. Now, don't get lost in that statement. Go back to the covenant, where God makes promises to Abraham. He said that He will establish the covenant between Abraham's descendents. Now we are Abraham's descendents through the blood of Christ. In other words before Jesus was born we couldn't hold up our end of the bargain. However, Jesus came and fulfilled what we could not.
Through this covenant we will multiply and be fruitful. This isn't a prosperity message. It is a message about the stature and place that God HAS GIVEN the descendents of Abraham which we are. Now, we have work to do for the kingdom. We can't do the work of the kingdom if we are worried about trivial things of this world like money, food and clothes. So my message today is to CLAIM the covenants and blessings. He has already given it to us. Don't think that they aren't there, they are simply waiting for you to recognize who you are and whose you are and what HE has already promised in His word.
My point is that you don't need to despair and worry about money, bills and worldly issues. You give those to the Lord. The Lord is not going to contradict His word and His word never returns void. You need to take your rightful place in this earthly realm as a SON or DAUGHTER and stop acting like an outcast, especially my brothers and sisters who grew up in poverty. You found Christ and you are now adopted into royaltly. Forget about the UK royals, the hotel, oil and shipping heirs. You are heir to Abraham and to Jesus. We are adopted sons and daughters. Claim your spot and raise your head up. God made you. He knew you were coming into HIS family before you did. You shouldn't be arrogant about yourself, but you should be proud to be a part of God's family. Because brother and sister, you and God go a long way back.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thank You God, from your daughter Monique
Thank you Almighty Father. You have restored my soul. You have brought hope to the hopeless. You have given faith on wings to your child. Oh Great One, You have adopted a girl. You have taught her in the way she should go. You have nutured her with Your love. You have made a plan to be with her forever.
Oh Lord, you have looked on your daughter with loving eyes. You have never left me or forsaken me. You have heard my cries and answered every one of my prayers. You will never allow me to fall. You will gather me up and protect me. You will never fail me. My prayers are answered. I am righteous because of the blood of the lamb.
As your daughter, I will never go hungry or be put to shame.. If God be for me, who can be against me. I love wisdom and am the apple of my Father's eye. His love has made me whole. By faith I am healed. My faith in my Father moves mountains into the sea.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.
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We all have reasons to thank God. We need to make a point of it. Gratitude is the right attitude. Okay, that was a little corny, but my point remains the same.
Oh, and yes, we are adopted children of God. Realize that we are sons and daughters of the most high God.
If God stepped back today and said he'd done enough, we'd still have so many things from the past to thank him for doing for us--like sending his son to die for us. I don't think that we should stop thanking him for that one. But there are so many other things that we have to be thankful for in this day and age.
If you reading this you obviously have access to a computer and the Internet so that is something to be thankful for in your life. If you can see it, be thankful. If you are hearing it via a machine for the blind, be greatful that you can hear it. If you can do both, thank God twice. I mean it. The list is infinite.
Write your own thank you letter to your Father. Read it aloud.
Oh Lord, you have looked on your daughter with loving eyes. You have never left me or forsaken me. You have heard my cries and answered every one of my prayers. You will never allow me to fall. You will gather me up and protect me. You will never fail me. My prayers are answered. I am righteous because of the blood of the lamb.
As your daughter, I will never go hungry or be put to shame.. If God be for me, who can be against me. I love wisdom and am the apple of my Father's eye. His love has made me whole. By faith I am healed. My faith in my Father moves mountains into the sea.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.
_________
We all have reasons to thank God. We need to make a point of it. Gratitude is the right attitude. Okay, that was a little corny, but my point remains the same.
Oh, and yes, we are adopted children of God. Realize that we are sons and daughters of the most high God.
If God stepped back today and said he'd done enough, we'd still have so many things from the past to thank him for doing for us--like sending his son to die for us. I don't think that we should stop thanking him for that one. But there are so many other things that we have to be thankful for in this day and age.
If you reading this you obviously have access to a computer and the Internet so that is something to be thankful for in your life. If you can see it, be thankful. If you are hearing it via a machine for the blind, be greatful that you can hear it. If you can do both, thank God twice. I mean it. The list is infinite.
Write your own thank you letter to your Father. Read it aloud.
Monday, February 18, 2008
I Want to Give a Shout Out to Jesus
I want to give a shout out to Jesus for dying for me and giving me the chance to spend eternity with God. I want to also give Jesus a shout out for being my best friend. I also want to give Jesus a thank you for direct access to the Father, Father God that is. I claim the blood of Jesus on my life, my family, my writing and my success. I couldn't begin this blog without my best friend, Jesus. I realize that I am not His only best friend. I hope that before this whole thing called life is over that everyone will realize that He is the "true" best friend.
Jesus has listened to my prayers and heard me cry out. He has come through for me so many times in my life that it is crazy. Trust me; He is a true, blue friend. I guess I started to know about Jesus early on as a teen. No, I wasn't perfect, holy or sanctified.
As a matter of fact, I was angry and bitter. I mean at the tender age of 13 my mother left me with a hateful alcoholic, also known as my father. I was the victim of verbal abuse. I hated me, I hated her and I really hated my father who made me feel inadequate as a hobby. My father went out of his way to let me know that I was ugly, my hair was nappy, my skin was too dark, and I was a bitter disappointment to him. When my mother left, he told me that I was the reason. He also told me that I couldn't go with her because I couldn't pass. In another post, I will tell that ugly story. The story is an ugly one and not the focus of today's post. I digress.
The post today is about giving props to Jesus. I am telling you that I was 13 and He came into my life. I started to read my Bible and He started to talk to me. He has always been by my side as I've gone through life's trials and tribulations. With my feelings of self loathing I really could have turned to drugs but I didn't. I can only give God credit for this blessing. He even touched the heart of my Aunt and Uncle to adopt me and take me away from my biological. Me and bio Dad are cool now, but it is only through the grace of God.
I know that Jesus is my advocate with the Father. I thank Jesus so much for being on my side. It is so wonderful to know that I can even communicate with God because Jesus gave me a way to the Father, a Father that doesn't tear me down. Father God builds me up and nurtures me.
Today, I am going through a phase in my walk where I have to patient. I don't mean wait a few days patient either. Over the years, I have seen so many miracles in my life. After my victory, I throw my hands up in the air and shout praises and I feel like the queen of faith. The miracles come fast and furious. But what happens when the miracles happen in God's time, not ours? What happens is; I wait... But, I still say thank you and I want to give a shout out to Jesus who is standing with me and sending messengers in human form to cheer my on as I wait for the manifestation of my prayers to be visible to me. Jesus tells me that it is already done and encourages me as doubt knocks on my door. I won't answer because I know who it is.
I want to give a shout out to Jesus for advising me to start this blog. He always knows what I need. I needed to communicate and share wisdom about God for myself and for you, His child and loved one.
Jesus has listened to my prayers and heard me cry out. He has come through for me so many times in my life that it is crazy. Trust me; He is a true, blue friend. I guess I started to know about Jesus early on as a teen. No, I wasn't perfect, holy or sanctified.
As a matter of fact, I was angry and bitter. I mean at the tender age of 13 my mother left me with a hateful alcoholic, also known as my father. I was the victim of verbal abuse. I hated me, I hated her and I really hated my father who made me feel inadequate as a hobby. My father went out of his way to let me know that I was ugly, my hair was nappy, my skin was too dark, and I was a bitter disappointment to him. When my mother left, he told me that I was the reason. He also told me that I couldn't go with her because I couldn't pass. In another post, I will tell that ugly story. The story is an ugly one and not the focus of today's post. I digress.
The post today is about giving props to Jesus. I am telling you that I was 13 and He came into my life. I started to read my Bible and He started to talk to me. He has always been by my side as I've gone through life's trials and tribulations. With my feelings of self loathing I really could have turned to drugs but I didn't. I can only give God credit for this blessing. He even touched the heart of my Aunt and Uncle to adopt me and take me away from my biological. Me and bio Dad are cool now, but it is only through the grace of God.
I know that Jesus is my advocate with the Father. I thank Jesus so much for being on my side. It is so wonderful to know that I can even communicate with God because Jesus gave me a way to the Father, a Father that doesn't tear me down. Father God builds me up and nurtures me.
Today, I am going through a phase in my walk where I have to patient. I don't mean wait a few days patient either. Over the years, I have seen so many miracles in my life. After my victory, I throw my hands up in the air and shout praises and I feel like the queen of faith. The miracles come fast and furious. But what happens when the miracles happen in God's time, not ours? What happens is; I wait... But, I still say thank you and I want to give a shout out to Jesus who is standing with me and sending messengers in human form to cheer my on as I wait for the manifestation of my prayers to be visible to me. Jesus tells me that it is already done and encourages me as doubt knocks on my door. I won't answer because I know who it is.
I want to give a shout out to Jesus for advising me to start this blog. He always knows what I need. I needed to communicate and share wisdom about God for myself and for you, His child and loved one.
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