Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Word of the Day (11-30-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Wednesday November 30, 2011

The word of the day comes a little different today. I woke up this morning with this song in my spirit..."your Glory, I need your Glory, I need your Glory..."

I can't speak for anyone else but I know me. I know I can't make it without Jesus. Everyday and I mean everyday I need Him. I need Him to keep my spirit, to keep my mind, to keep my heart, to keep me joyful, to keep me at peace, to keep me loving, to keep me faithful, to keep me kind, to keep me good, to keep period. There is absolutely nothing that I can do without Jesus. Nothing. If you think you can, you are fooling yourself.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Word of the Day (11-28-11)

Mindset- Reevaluating How We View a New Day

Scriptures:

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus
Romans 12:2 (a) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…

Message:

Good morning to everyone. I know that Monday mornings for most people normally is the worst day of the week. You have Tuesday which is an ok day, Wednesday which is hump day (or the week is almost over day), Thursday which is one more day until Friday, Friday which excites you for the weekend, Saturday which allows you to get done the things you want to, and Sunday which you are torn between enjoying the Lord’s Day and knowing it also marks the end of the weekend/the day before you have to go back to work. Unfortunately, we lose sight of one of the most important days of the week, Monday because it signifies new beginnings…if you let it.

You see, it really depends on how you to choose to see it. Mondays for most is the realization that the weekend is over and that you have to go back to the job that you hate, with the boss you dislike and coworkers you can’t stand. Mondays is where you haven’t quite settled back into work mode, still dwelling on yesterday. Mondays can symbolically be viewed as a person who looks back on their life and realizes they haven’t accomplished everything they planned to up until this point. Every Friday you look and say this weekend I am going to do this, this and this. Then Sunday night rolls around and you think the weekend was too short, I didn’t accomplish everything I wanted. Monday can seem like a mirror that reflects all that we didn’t accomplish that we set out to. Similar to how birthdays for some reflect the time of year when we realize that the dreams and aspirations we have, we have yet to attain/achieve.

As a result, I have realized that for most people, Monday is their least favorite day. For me, it is the opposite. I actually find Mondays to be my favorite of the work week. Why, because it reminds that whatever I didn’t get to finish the prior week, whatever work was undone the prior week, whatever task/goal/duty/assignment that I didn’t get to finish last week, this marks a new week to get that goal accomplished.

I have a new opportunity to complete the same task/goal/duty/assignment that I didn’t finish prior. What I like to do Sunday night (for home) and Monday morning (for work) is write a new to do list for the week and begin to cross off things on the list as I do them. Why, because everyone loves to feel like they are accomplishing and finishing a task so writing it out and seeing it allows us tangibly see what we are finishing. Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Secondly, having the mindset that Mondays is a new beginning, allows us to never feel like we are too late, too old, too far removed to accomplish the task at hand. My Bishop got really caught up in the Spirit one Sunday when he read Numbers 23:19-20 “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

It was if the word became rema unto him at the very moment he was preaching. All he could muster before the Spirit overwhelmed him was “the deal is still on.” You know what I think of when I think the deal is still on, it reminds me of two things: One in order for the thought to cross my mind that the deal is still on, it must mean that I didn’t accomplish what I was supposed to prior. I left something undone. I didn’t complete something. Because I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain, I assumed the contract was null and void. I assumed that God would move on. Yet God is saying, I haven’t moved on, I still have need of you. Change your mind set. Stop thinking that because you messed up, this is it. There is no way that you can still be used, still be effective, still get done what I need you to get done. God is asking us, when did I ever say that you only get one try to complete the task? I simply said complete the task! I knew you would mess up prior to completing which is why I left you 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Two, if the deal is still on, we no longer have to dwell on the should’ve, could’ve, would’ve in life, thus hindering what we could be doing in the here and now. We have right here and right now to accomplish the task that God has given us, so why do we remain so focused on what we didn’t accomplish? I didn’t finish school whether it be GED, high school diploma, associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree and now I have kids who are going through it. So what, get out there and get that degree! I had this idea the Lord gave me to start this business but this was 5-10 years ago. By now either the idea has been done by somebody else or it’s probably outdated. No, the deal is still on. If you decide to trust God in doing it, He will make it happen.
We have to get to the place where we are willing to change our mindset towards the situation at hand. If we are willing to change our mindset, I promise you God will be willing to change your Mondays (reevaluating how we view the new day) into continual Saturdays of being able to accomplish that in which He purposed and planned in your life. 


Have a wonderful, blessed, productive, stress free day!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Word of the Day (11-21-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Monday November 21, 2011

As we do yearly, I like to take this time to reflect on God’s grace and mercy and the many reasons we have to be thankful. Now as Christians we should be giving God the glory with thankful hearts everyday because we realize He is our strength, our deliverer, our redeemer, our covering, our provider, our sanctifier, our banner, our protector, our friend, our healer, our Father, our Savior, our Helper, our cleansing, our first love, our everything. Jesus tells us that we can do all things with Him and nothing without Him. I don’t know what has been going on in your life lately. I don’t know what you have struggled with. I don’t know what has you depressed, has you down, has you sulking, has you envious, has you jealous, and has you covetous but STOP IT! God has been TOO GOOD to you. Yes to you! In spite of how things have looked of late in your life: marriage, kids, job, health, finances or whatever else you want to throw in there. He has kept you. You know how I know because He is a keeper.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Word of the Day (11-18-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Friday November 18, 2011

The word of the day comes from Joshua 1:16-18 New Living Translation (NLT)
 16 They answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us. 17 We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Anyone who rebels against your orders and does not obey your words and everything you command will be put to death. So be strong and courageous!”

Monday, November 14, 2011

Word of the Day (11-14-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Monday November 14, 2011

The word of the day comes from Joshua 24:15 KJV

15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Word of the Day (11-4-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Friday November 4, 2011

The word of the day comes from

Isaiah 54:17

New King James Version (NKJV)
17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
    And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
    You shall condemn.
    This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
    And their righteousness is from Me,”
    Says the LORD.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Word of the Day (11-2-11)

Good Morning Everyone

Today is Wednesday November 2nd 2011

The word of the day comes from

Joshua 1:16-18

English Standard Version (ESV)
 16And they answered Joshua, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses! 18Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous."