Selfish Praise

One day this man asked me , "why do you praise God? I said to him, "if you only knew what "I" been through. My hurt, My pain, My stress, My lose, My mistakes, My troubles you would understand why. When I was sick God was there. When I was tired God was there. When I ran away from Him, God stayed by my side. So you see I have to praise God because He has never left me. Not my mother, not my father, not my family but God. He promised to never me or forsake me and He has kept that promise. No one can replace my God." Your relationship with God has to be personal. Selfish. When your life is over on this earth, it will be you standing there at those gates. Don't allow nothing or no one to take away your God......

Suited Up.....

You ever feel attacked, beat up. Not only physically but mentally and emotionally. One day I felt like I was hit with a boulder. Nothing was going my way. My car was broken into, I lost my job, I lost my mom, I began to feel sharp pains in my body like some body took shots at me with a chopper. I just knew I was defeated. God spoke to me and said, "nothing can stop you." Confused on the meaning I continued to lay in my s**t. God spoke to me again and said, "get up and continue towards the fire." With a little hesitation, I got up drained from this day i did what I was told. I started to drive with no destination. I ended up at the library. I sat down at the computer and applied for a job I wasn't qualified for and had no chance of getting. I went home, opened the mail box and there was a coupon for free window repair. I laughed in disbelief. I got a call , it was the job to bring me in for an interview. They hired me. I asked God, "what are you trying to prove." He said, "son the devil was attacking you today but you were suited up with my armour. If you weren't suited you would've died but you trusted me." See the level of battle you face is an indication of the blessings you stand to receive. If you are being attacked keep your armour ready. The greater the blessings, the greater the battle. The devil attacks those who are standing on the edge of a blessing. Ephesians 6:11-12 says,"put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the attacks of the devil." So be suited up in the full armour of God so you can stand against anything. Strap on your boots, buckle up that belt of truth, with that chestplate of rightousness, the helmet of salvation and grab that shield of faith so you stand in the face of enemies strongest attack.

Prayer:
Father God, I am asking you to strengthen me to be patient and to endure my trials. In doing this, I know tomorrow will be a better day. Lord continue provide your armour so I can withstand any attack on me and mines. Once again Lord, thank for your mercy, strength and power; for your mercy endure forever. Thanking you for your blessings and all you have done. In Jesus name, Amen.

Faith Rehab......

There was a man who was an addict. He battled with drug addiction for many years. There were many attempts to get sober and many failures. One day God spoke to him, "Faith is the substance." That was all the man heard. He heard this while he was in rehab the first time. Once he got out of rehab he went back to using drugs. Everyday he would ask God to speak to him and for many years he heard nothing. This caused more pressure on the man. One day he was so frustrated with God, he overdosed and passed out on the floor. His family found him an hour later and called emergency. The doctor told the family if they would have got there 10 minutes later, the man would have died. The family placed him in rehab. As the man layed in the the facility, he asked God, "why didn't you let me die?" God said, "The journey isn't over. Get up and bathe." The man was confused, but he ate. God said, "Today is the first day of your faith recovery, eat." The man ate. God said, " I waited until you were at your lowest to speak so you can hear me. Leave the yesterdays behind and be great. I fed you because you were weak, i bathed you because you weren't clean, i didn't allow you to die because i placed greatness on your life, you are meant to be king of kings and lord of lords. For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Today you will stand up and walk into your destiny." One-day-at-a-time you can rehab your faith. The bible says,"Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me." So no matter what you have done or been through God will restore you to who you are and not who or where you were. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. you can't change the things that happened yesterday, and tomorrow is still an unknown. All you have is today that you can actually do anything about. One day at a time.