What Belongs to Him

All the glory belongs to God. Remember in everything you do to give the glory to God. It is because of Him that we were created. It was because of Him that we were given a second chance. We can never forget who makes it all possible. As in 1 Corinthians 1:31 says, “that, as it is written, “He who glorifies, let him glory in the Lord.” Instead of boasting in ourselves, let ‘s boast in God. The Bible says man’s glory is as the flower of the grass, the grass withers and the flower falls away. (1 Peter 1:24) Understand what lasts, God’s Word last, God is the Word. Know who you’re living for. We’re not living to shine for ourselves, we’re living to shine for God. This is a God thing. It’s about letting Christ shine through you so people will know who God is. Before you initiate something, come to the truth that you’re doing  it to please God. In Romans 16: 27 Apostle Paul ends the letter to the church in Rome by saying, “to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.” Apostle Paul understood who gave him insight, he understood who makes all things possible, he understood as he walked his life out for Christ it gave Glory to God. Apostle Paul was careful to inform others who gave Him the ability to make things happen and we should as well. King Herod is an example of why we can’t take God’s glory, in Acts 12:23 it says, “Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.” We can never forget who places us in high places and what we‘re placed there for. God gives us breath, he gives us provision, he gives us favor, he gives love, he gives us hope, he gives us the ability to do all things. Without him we are nothing and can do nothing. (John 15:5). So let humility lead you and keep God in his proper place by giving Him the glory. As we honor God he’ll bring us to where we need to be. We know that whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12). God will exalt you in due time if you stay humble. (1 Peter 5:6). If we took just a moment to realize what we couldn’t do without God, we’d be quick to give Him what belongs to Him. Let's thank God on a daily for His grace and mercy. We know no one is perfect and we've all fallen short of His glory (Romans 3:23) but let's not allow our lack of perfection to keep us from doing better. Start your day with the mindset that it’s because of Him I’m able to see another day and keep God first. Enjoy your day.

Don't Give it Away!

Don’t give away what belongs to you! Don’t give up on what God’s given you. Never let a person or thing take away your joy or peace, God gave you that. Never be tricked out of your inheritance. Shut down deception with truth, take the blinders off and see what God's already placed in your life. Protect your heart, dreams, visions, ministry, and family. Learn to stay under God’s covering. Learn to plead the blood of Jesus over your life to put everything on notice that you’re covered! Don’t let things be taken away from you illegally, don’t let the devil operate in your life, shut him down. Luke 10:19 says, we have power over all the power of the enemy. I’m reiterating what we have not to boast about it but so that you learn to stay in your rightful place as a child of God. When you truly understand the power God’s given you and you truly understand that there’s more with you then against you, you’d begin to take your place of authority, you wouldn‘t let your belongings be snatched away. (2Kings 6:16).  Don’t be fooled , know the truth. The truth will always be the last thing standing so hold onto it, don’t be deceived!  Begin to decree and declare the Word of God(Truth) over your life on a daily. Make known what It says out in the atmosphere and command it established. It’s up to us to believe the Word and walk it out by faith. Revelation 3:11 says, "I am coming soon.[d] Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown." Regardless of what happens in life, regardless of how you feel, never give way your inheritance. Never give up on God, keep trusting him, keep Him first. He’ll never change his mind about you, he loves you. Remember, God remains faithful, Stay in the race.

Focus & Finish

Hey everyone, I just wanted to send a short blog to encourage you all to focus and finish. Don’t be distracted by daily struggles but be focused on the Word of God and finish what he placed in your heart. Know that everything God placed in your heart was for a reason and wasn’t placed there by accident. God doesn’t make mistakes so trust the plan God paved out for your life. There’s a reason why you like certain things, there’s a reason why you have certain gifts, there’s a reason why you look the way you look, embrace it you were created just as God wanted you to be. If you have a strong desire to be an entrepreneur or whatever else and the desire won’t go away it’s something you need to look into pursuing. God places longings in us to be fulfilled. If you’ve started a new venture and it seems like things are getting a little rocky don’t give up, keep working and keep believing what God placed in you will prosper. Don’t be afraid to go after what you’re passionate about. Speak the Word of God over your dreams and visions God’s given you, keep seeing yourself prosper in those things. Don’t allow negativity to surround you or come out of you but stay positive and keep speaking out what you want to see. Focus until you finish, no excuses. Know that God will back you  up and provision will be made when you carry out a vision or dream he’s given you. So refuse to give up. I pray your strength and joy is renewed. I pray you have a new excitement about what God placed in you and the desire to fulfill the things God’s placed in you strengthens. As Jeremiah 29:11 says, “ For I know the plans I have for you” so trust God and keep moving forward, He knows all. Time for more results. Stay in the race.

Pride

Pride and fear can be very dangerous and can keep you from getting what God has for you. Pride will tell you that people will look at you differently just because you need help. Pride will cause you live life isolated because you don’t want people to know you’re struggling with something. Pride will cause you to live life in need. Understand that we can’t isolate ourselves from others because God can use someone else to help us out of a situation. Love your well-being more than your self-image and be willing to get help when needed. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up" (James 4:10), let God help you. So many prayers can be answered if we’d just be willing to let pride go and accept help. Many think getting help is a sign of weakness. I think getting help is a sign of strength because you’re willing to do what’s necessary to better yourself. It always amazes me how God will send the exact people to help at the right time. Everybody needs some type of help at some point in life and that’s ok, that‘s life. We weren't meant to do it all alone. God loves you and will continue to show love by meeting your need. So keep moving forward. Regardless of how God meets your needs, accept the help God sends and stay encouraged. Let pride go. Stay in the race.

What Makes You Different?

In order to be a world changer you must first be changed by the Word. The world is looking for something different they're looking for what they don't have, they're looking for God. You can't be like the world and expect to make a difference. You can't do things the same way they're doing them and expect to get different results. If you're like the world you'll blend in but you have to be like Christ and show the world the love of Christ. You have to be willing to stand out. You have to let the Word of God transform you before becoming a changer for anyone. As Romans 12:2 says, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." You must be changed first. You can't be ashamed of who you serve, you can't be ashamed to share the Gospel, you can't be ashamed to show the love of God. We were chosen by God to show the love of God to others. We were chosen by God to do His work not what we want to do but what he wants to do through us, not my will but Your Will be done God. If we live life selfishly we've missed the whole point of life. Life is bigger than just you, it's about someone else. You can't be so caught up in self that you can't see another person hurting. You've been through things in life and learned about things to help others. You'll never get very far in life if all you think about is yourself. I say this often but Jesus himself came for us not to save himself! We needed Him! He was the Word made Flesh! God in earth. He seen the bigger picture that if he gave his life everyone else could have eternal life. He seen the bigger picture. But do you see the bigger picture? Do you see that your helping another person can save their life, it can give them hope, it can show them what God is all about. Helping someone else can give them the desire to help another person. Life is not about how many cars you can get or how many diamonds you can have, it's about what you can give that will make the difference. You can't get caught up on only wanting material things so bad that you forget your purpose in life. You have to understand that as you do the work of the Lord he'll do work on your behalf and you'll have material things. The bible says in Matthew 6:33, seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all things shall be added to you. This is bigger than just you. The Kingdom of God is God's way of doing things. The bible says the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost(Romans 14:17). The only way to attain any of those things is through God. You can't have his Spirit if you don't know him. You can't have unshakable peace without God, you can't know what real joy is without God. You are not the righteousness of God without God. It's because of Jesus seeing beyond himself that allows us to have all these things including the Spirit of God which makes all things happen. You have to be willing to see beyond yourself to make a bigger difference. You don't have to go across the world to make a difference you can make a difference in your community. Don't get me wrong, there are people who are called overseas but many are called to their own backyards, own communities. You have to be willing to do God's work where you're at. The only way to do God's work is to know what God's about and be transformed by His word. His word makes you a world changer, not the world. Be willing to let the Word of God change you first before thinking you're going to change another. Being changed by God allows you to lead people in the right direction. It allows people to see the light and life of God. Let's be positive world changers, they're looking for someone like you. So let God transform you so you can help transform the world. Know the truth and stay free. Stay in the race.

The Basics

Make sure you know the Word of God. You have to spend time in the Bible to get to know what God says about you. You must spend time with God in prayer to commune with him. Learn to feed your spirit often. Your spirit needs food just like your natural body needs food. If you starve your spirit you will become malnourished and won’t be able to stand the tests of life. We fight with the Word. As in Ephesians 6: 17 it speaks that the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. The Word of God gives you substance, it sustains you  throughout life. You can never forget the basics, the Word of God and prayer. As in Philippians 4:6  it says don’t worry about anything but pray about everything. In the Bible it also says pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17) It also says this kind comes out only by fasting and praying (Matthew 17:21). Prayer is mentioned many times in the Bible to show it’s importance. It’s not something you can live without. In your prayer time God can really speak. In your prayer time things become clear. In your prayer time you get strengthen. We also know that John 1:1 says the Word is God. When you know the Word, you know God. The only way to get to know someone is to spend time with them. The only way to get to know God is to spend time with Him. God desires a relationship with us but do we desire the same thing? It can be so easy to make excuses throughout life as to why we don’t have time to spend with God. But if we realized that it’s because of Him we’re still breathing and moving we’d get a different revelation about prayer and getting in the Word. Let this thing become personal to you, become intimate with this thing. It’s your life line, it truly is. I pray you all have a hunger and thirst to get into God’s Word more and pray more. I pray the same for myself too, we can all get better. When you understand the benefits of what prayer does and that the most effective way to fight the devil is with the Word, you’d do it all the time. Don’t forget the basics. Stay in the race.

Remember

Do things in excellence, do it God's way. Don't rush the plan of God but let it flow. Let God develop the finishing touches in you before he brings you to this next place in life. Be patient but keep moving. Stay prepared and encouraged. Seasons are changing and you can’t lose focus when things start to unfold. Keep God in proper place as he takes you higher, it's because of Him that we're promoted. Without God we're nothing so remember in the positions he allows you to be in to give him the glory. Know that our names are made known on earth for God's sake. It's for his purpose that we're favored beyond measure. It's for the plan of God that we're brought to great places. Know that you didn’t get to where you are alone, God orchestrated it. You can never forget who is good and where good comes from, God. We have to stay humble in our places of elevation because it's God that keeps us there. So be patient and let God reveal what you’ve been preparing for because once it's all unveiled it's going to blow your mind. God's plans for us were always for good. (Jeremiah 29:11). You're going to be glad you did things God's way and that you waited. So stay humble, stay in His word, keep praying, things are about to change.  Stay in the race. #KeepGod1st