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The Road To Recovery

Last week I had a cup of coffee with a friend and this person stated, “The process toward wholeness looks different for everyone.” I sifted through the conversation carefully and listened intently as my friend with tears in their eyes poured out their guts and trusted me with the broken fragments of their heart. Respect the process. Without going into details if you find yourself in a situation…

Managing Big Dreams with Little Time

#Goals What do your goals look like? Are they driven by purely a arithmetic set of numbers printed onto a paycheck? Are your goals supposed to bring you a life of happiness? What are your goals? Are they big dreams, life commitments, plans to adventure the world some day? It is safe to say we all have goals to some degree, some are small, and some are as big as dreams. How do you know when your…

Tools for Church Planters

So you’ve decided to start a church. Good luck!! Churches don’t grow overnight. If you want to have a growing healthy church that invests their time and money into your church, then your going to have to invest time, and your money into their lives. Your church your planning on launching is going to be in a community, does your community know that you are there to help? Have you built…

Even When It Hurts

Todays christian view of homosexuality

My command is this: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.(John 15:22) This was one of the first things I learned growing up in a Christian home, but yet this has been one of the most challenging commandments to live by. We are all built with the same capacity of loving others like Jesus. But yet some how we chose to love others at a different standard of grace. Jesus didn’t put…

  Why is all of this bad stuff happening to me. When paul spoke about the old has passed the new has come. Yeah i read that but honestly I don’t FEEL any different. I still have the same job, I’m still financial broke. Im still tempted to watch porn, and i still am lying. Yeah i know thats what Paul wrote but is this really whats taken place? I’m still well ME..

 Here are 3 things you can do as a new believer to help you stay on the right path.

1.See it coming, so you never end up running. “In this world there will be trials and tribulations, but take heart i have overcome the world. (john 16:33) If you spend 15 mins every day in the morning with God, 5 mins praying, 5 mins reading the word, and 5 mins listening to worship, your gonna be prepared because you met God that day, before the world met you. You’ll be more prepared for whats to come.

2.See it through, cause you have no idea what God is going to do. Maybe you’ve lost your job, maybe you marriage isn’t what you expected it to be, Maybe your co-workers are pulling you away from God, Dont give up, God is working in you so that he can work through you!  Remember no matter what curve ball the world throws at you one thing will never change and that is our God is faithful. If you lost your Job, "my God is working even when i cannot see, he is my Ephesians 3:23”  If your marriage is crumbling down, take your eyes off the mountain and start focusing on the mountain mover. But don’t give up you have to see it through, because you have no idea what God is gonna do. In todays world we focus so much of our energy and resourceful time on whats mine, my I-phone my I-pad, my Job, My church, my money. We often don’t even involve God in the equation until after we feel like all hells broke loose. The term christian means CHRIST-IN-ME. If you remember to 1. see it coming, so that you never end up running, and 2. see it through cause you have no idea what Gods gonna do, you be ready for 3.

3.Shake it off, so you can keep on saying, BRING IT ON.

Often times Christians when thrown in the fire just sit there. They feel like theres no escaping this. Have you ever messed up so bad you just thought, I’m going to have to move and change my last name and never talk to anyone i know ever again.That would be exhibit A (me). 

We often don’t see the future, we focus on the past regret and the present outcome. But the word of God says, "I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

the enemy would want nothing more than to discourage you, and rob you of your joy you can have with God. Jeremiah over 30 times talks about how the lord will protect you. here are some examples.

Jeremiah 1:8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 1:19 They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. Jeremiah 15:21 "I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel.”

Now that your a Christian. (CHRIST-IN-ME) You can stand firm in this new exciting life and Relationship with Jesus Christ. And when challenges an troubles come your way, you'll know just how to handle them. Greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 Remember those three points.

see it coming, so you never end up running

see it through, cause you never know what God is gonna do

A blessed life is one that understands success, Not failure. Some people think success can be granted in a bargaining prayer. ‘If i do this, God has to do that.’ Joshua 1:8 speaks about living by the principals of his word everyday and then you will see prosperity and success.

People often get discouraged when they don’t see breakthrough immediately. They feel like 'I’ve been overlooked,’ "like God have you forgotten me?” It is a dark journey many of us have been down. See exhibit A (me) The word of God says,imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (Hebrews 6:12)

When you've been marked by God, You don't have to be marketed by man. You don't have to get your self out there, because God will get you there! I believe Promotion does not come from North South East or West. Promotion comes from God. God can open doors no man can shut. And he can just as easily shut doors that man doesn’t see. (Hebrews 4:13) Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Your walk in this journey must be a everyday principal.

For those who are appointed, God will shut down the party you weren't invited too. And he will send those who gossip and stand against you, and they will come to you for help. He will bless your life with Harvest of blessings. But you have to let God work first in your heart. This will not come to pass in your timing, but in his time. Where ever you are serving, it is not a waste! Do not get discouraged! There is no formula in this world for promotion or success faster. God is testing you, and he is working IN YOU, so that he can work THROUGH YOU. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (Psalms 23:5) When David wrote this, he was referring to in the old days, when a servant was in the company of a host you were aloud to sit and stay as long as the host kept pouring you wine into your cup. But when you’d hold out your cup and the host would stop serving you, it was time for you to Leave. You see David had figured out that as long as he was a servant in the Lord of host house his anointing would increase, and his cup would always overflow.