Blessed From Beginning to the End!

I'm just going to put this out there just to inform you on exactly how I was blessed.

In all of my wrongness, God was still looking out for me. Times were hard and my money situations was not what it was supposed to be. I dropped my car insurance. I simply couldn't afford it. Without it, I would be able to afford the remainder of my bills. So it was 5 months of not paying my car insurance and without being pulled over. Situations in my life were becoming better, I began catching up on unpaid bills and had intentions of getting car insurance back. Lo, and behold, I get pulled over, for making a seemingly correct but wrong right hand turn, the week I declared to get the insurance on my car! I found out that My license was suspended, along with my registration, and I didn't have car insurance! I was screwed! They coulda took me in, towed my car, and God knows what else! That night, I was blessed and allowed to drive away! I got tickets for no insurance, license and registration! He didn't even give me a ticket for the turn!

I'm getting my documents right at the moment and calling numbers and paying parking tickets. I found out that my license was never suspended. I paid a fee to restore my registration. I got cheaper insurance than my last policy. When i went to court, he threw out all the tickets and violations I was charged with and gave me a fine for not having my insurance card with me, which is a lesser charge! I was faced with possible jail time, more than 500 in fines plus more! I tell you I walked outta that courtroom with my license and only having to pay $173! The goodness of God!

I'm not condoning what I did, I'm only thanking God for his outstanding grace and mercy for allowing the situation to overcome me and be unbearable!

He worked it out for me! I believe he can work just as greatly on your behalf! I dare you to trust God!

Rising From Ashes!

Some one very close to me, told me about how he likes the phoenix. While the phoenix is mythological, the story behind it is what intrigued me. This amazing bird is said to set itself on fire in a bed of twigs and then is reduced to ashed. Then, a new phoenix is reborn! From nothing but ash comes something so beautiful!

Some of us are in something that is wearing you down. Some are about to go through something that will try them. Others have gone through and are there to give you hope for a better tomorrow! Some things will reduce you to nothing, literally nothing at all! Loss of money, possessions, health, emotions and more! There is nothing left to you but that faith you have gives you hope.

God can heal. God can deliver. He can mend your brokenness! God just can, if only we trust him we could see these things come to pass. You can rise from your depression. You can rise from whatever sickness you may have. You can be set free. You can have the victory over your situations. You can do more than what you even know you can do! You can rise from the ashes, looking more beautiful than ever! Remember who enabled you to be reborn. Remember who lifted you from those ashes. Remember God gets the Glory!

Isaiah 58:1-8

1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.

Its A Mind Thing

It used to be a time when you would be able to tell the difference between an ordinary Christian and an unbeliever. You still should be able to tell in this current day! Can you really tell? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

"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." Romans 12:2

We have to stand out from what the world views as a normal person. We are anointed by God. Whether you just accepted Jesus as your savior or you're the head of the church or anyone else for that matter, you are anointed by god to do the best you can do in that position! In order to do the best you can do, you have to be the best that you can be.

This starts by getting your mind right! You have to loose yourself of the sin that holds you down. Repent and be renewed. You need to have a clean plate to start with and repenting for your sins does this. Now, you have to have a mind fixed on God. Fixed on what would please him. Focused on doing all you can do to live a holy life, which is only living as Jesus lived. Isaiah 26:3 Once you do that, you will receive peace of mind. That peace is a marker and can be seen in your face, speech and actions. This is the beginning of the visible evidence.

The fowl words that come from our mouths make us the same as everyone else. Not to mention them being very demeaning! This includes racial slurs as well. We have got to be better than that! We are different! We are a peculiar people and we need to start acting like it and being an example! 1 Peter 2:9 This includes everything that unbelievers do! If we do everything that the unbelievers do, how can we be told apart? How can we effectively witness to people that need it if we can't even be spotted?

I know, that limits many things. Some will say we can't do this and we can't do that, but look at it like this. When you're picked out from a group and you are that example of positivity, representing Jesus, that soul you've just saved will make it all worth it!

If we are Christians, we represent Christ Jesus. As you go along with your day, just think about some of the things you do. Do you think Jesus would be thrilled? Its a mind thing, get your mind right and the rest will follow.