Shake It Off…Continued

Don’t let it latch to your soul. The betrayal, the heartache, the sickness, lack of finances, and friends that have walked away from you, it didn’t turn out like you thought it should. When we are in the heat of things, it can be overwhelming, painful, humbling, numbing, and disappointing. When it's up close,  personal, attacks from those you least expect and it makes us uncomfortable. It becomes our responsibility to not let it not cause harm to where we lose faith, fall back or we are hard on ourselves. Stop believing the lies of the enemy. There’s no hope, there is no use, it won’t get any better, I can’t do it and it won’t work.  “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you”. I Peter 4:13 A trial comes to try you. The word lets us to know that the trial is coming. We are shocked when things happen but it’s a part of this Christian journey. It is not strange. We have been called out to catch it. When it comes your way what are you going to do about it?

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Shake It Off

Whatever you may be going through shake it off. Don’t let it get in your mind. “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” 2 Corinthians 10:5 You have to cast down those thoughts. They don’t like me, they don’t love me, they don’t appreciate me, they have rejected me. You meditate on the hurt; then it gets in your heart. Now you treat them differently. When you become offended and allow it to latch on to your soul. Now you have a problem with them, your behavior has changed towards the person. It’s your problem and not theirs. They don’t even know they have offended you. So who is wrong in that? The other person has gone on with their life. You have to rise up and shake it off.

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HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

If His eye is on the sparrow, why are we feeling discouraged? Why are we feeling lonely? Why are many of us walking around here saying I don’t know what I will do. How am I going to make it? How can I pay the mortgage? How am I going to pay the bills? How am I going to fix my marriage? What stands out in those statements is “I”. What am “I” going to do? If His eye is on the sparrow, then what are you worried about? His eye is on the sparrow.

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7 Ways a Married Couple Can Steward Their Finances to Avoid Conflict

All too often, married couples have passionate conversations about their finances. I use the word passionate instead of argument if you get what I am saying. Whether these discussions are about the budget, a planned expense, or an emergency expense, it is necessary to be assertive in talking it out regularly. 

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“MAKING IT ON BROKEN PIECES”

You are in the middle of the sea, and the ship that represents your life is being tossed and turned. You are going through a turbulent storm. The storm could be your marriage. The storm could be losing your job. The storm could be financial struggles. The storm could be that child that is not acting right. The storm could be grief, you just lost a loved one. Whatever your storm is, God is saying I got you. Just grab hold of one of the broken pieces. I will pull you safely to shore.

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