Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 8/24/16 “Tested because you can be trusted!

You’re going through something right now that you may not understand. You’re facing something, at this very moment, you can’t make sense of no matter how much you try. It seems like the more you pray the confusing it get. The more you talk to God, the harder your test. And you’re almost to the point of saying forget it. However, beloved I stopped by today to tell you this … God only test those He trust! Yes! So you see, that test isn’t meant to kill, steal nor destroy (you or your life) but it was sent because God knew He could trust you with it. Think about the biblical days. When God allowed the enemy to test Job, it didn’t make sense to Job yet God trusted him enough to know that he’d handle it. When God told Hosea to marry the prostitute Gomer, it didn’t make sense to him but God trusted Hosea enough to know that he’d be obedient. And this is why God is using you. He knew you wouldn’t lose hope when sickness showed up to attack your body and He knew you wouldn’t crumble under the pressure of the passing away of your family member. Why? Well because God trust you enough to know that you’d still trust Him even when you can’t explain it. This is why God tested you with the job change/loss and that repossession/foreclosure, He knew you’d trust Him to provide. This is why God tested you with an assignment that seemed too hard for anyone else, He knew you’d trust Him enough to stay until it’s done.

Yes, I get it, it doesn’t make sense to you but I’ve lived long enough and walked a many miles on this journey to know that God will give us some strange orders. However, when they don’t make sense to us, it’s even more reason for us to trust God. See, I’ve shared this with you, a few times and it’s worth sharing again … The things we go through isn’t about us! God uses us in order for His glory to be manifested. See, somebody, somewhere once said you weren’t capable of handling that church that has a turnover in preachers year after year yet God trust you with the assignment because He trust in you! Folks are talking behind your back now, saying you can’t handle that position but God trust you or He wouldn’t have allowed it. Somebody, in your circle, said you shouldn’t be preaching because you have female body parts yet God trust you enough to send you into the midst of wolves knowing you can handle it. Chile, there are folks who sit in the midst of your celebration praying this day will be the day you fold under pressure yet God trust you enough to know you’d never throw in the towel. Baby, God isn’t testing you because He has nothing else to do but He’s testing you because He trust you! That ought to be enough to make you shout!

“But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, “You are my God.”” – Psalm 31:14

One of the reasons I write …

I received the following message from a new reader of my series Ms. Nice Nasty and I LOVE IT! This is what writing is about for me! See, I’ve said before … Writing is my God given gift and I use it, not for sales (because it still pays as a hobby), but because it’s my passion. I write to build relationships, to help and to encourage.

You have to understand, I’ve had many of prayer sessions with God asking if this is what I should continue and each time He shows me that I have no choice but to do it! Yes, I am a preacher of God’s word and yes I write about sex however it doesn’t change my assignment! God equipped me for this and this is the reason I DON’T listen to naysayers.

I write because God planted the seed inside of me at my creation!

Anyway, here’s the message I received …

Chile!!! This is why you need to get your hands on Ms. Nice Nasty. You can download your copy HERE!

Happy Reading!
— Lakisha

Daily Devotional – 8/23/16 “Breaking traditions!”

We are living in perilous times and this means, there is no more time to waste pacifying and babysitting traditions especially when there’s more serious work to be done. Haven’t you seen the news, read the reports and tallied the number of children dying? Have you noticed the number of ministries where the glory of the Lord no longer prevails? Have you seen the many pastors and preachers who are depressed and stressed out? Did you notice the death toll rising of police killings, black on black crime and murder suicides? Can’t you see there are more pressing issues than whether or not the pastor is married, why you can’t keep the leadership position you’ve had for 15 years with no leadership or if it’s feasible for a woman to preach and prophecy? Baby, you ought to be trying to get into the realm of an anointed person (male or female) so that some of God’s glory can flow into your cup. This is not the time for you to hold on to traditions that aren’t even scriptural. No baby, you can’t keep the same 37-year-old program that’s not reaching the masses. Yes, I get they are your traditions but where does God fit? When will we get back to teaching the real deal from the real bible? I don’t know if you realize this but we’ve got to break these ‘traditional’ strongholds.

There are too many homes, of Saints, in disarray because we don’t teach how to cast out demons, we don’t teach men and women how to effectively love nor do we offer confidential help to those in need. Yea, I know you say ‘resist the enemy’ but it’s hard and I need help. You say, ‘speak and it shall be’ but what do I say? Can I come to you for help or do I have to wait until the next deacon board meeting? Can I talk to the pastor or do I need an appointment? Understand, some things have to be done properly and in order but sometimes the traditional service won’t go as planned. I may be in the worst storm of my life and don’t have time to wait until “tradition” says I can petition the church for help. There are marriages on the brink of divorce, children on the edge of give up, sisters on suicide watch, brothers who are broken physically and spiritually, grandparents at their wit’s end, bishops who drink their sorrows away, teachers abusing our children, pastors on the verge of a mental breakdown and ministers still in the closet so they destroy a woman’s self-esteem and tradition can’t fix it. Beloved, when the traditions are suffocating the Holy Spirit out the church and the people, they need to be broken. This is why the bible says in Colossians 2:8, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.”

Daily Devotional – 8/19/16 “Turbulence”

Baby, that shaking you’re feeling; yea, the one you can’t understand … That’s just turbulence! I know you feel the rocking and thought all hell was breaking loose but that’s just God getting ready to shift you higher. You’re probably asking, why does it have to hurt so bad but did you think this journey would be easy? Did you really think there’d be a physical bridge over your troubles, a faucet to fill your valley of circumstances or a rope to climb out of your despair? Beloved, if it were that easy, you wouldn’t appreciate the sacrifice. Look, you need to understand that this moment in your life isn’t really about you. Of course, you’re the one going through but that’s because God has use of you and keeping you on this level won’t do it! And in order to anoint you with the oil of true sanctification, He has to first elevate you and that comes with turbulence.

And guess what? It hurts like a __________ (insert your word)! However, if you are lucky enough to experience turbulence, (a sudden change of conditions, an unexplained change in the way things are happening in your home, all hell breaking loose, children acting crazy, folk on the job talking foolish, spirit seems unsettled, etc.,) that means God has chosen you from among millions for such a time as this! Don’t you dare fall for the schemes of the enemy when all he’s trying to do is get you to miss your flight, fight on! Because when it’s over you’ll realize that everything you experienced through turbulence; from the knock downs, the names you’ve been called, the wanting to give up moments, the heartaches, the closed doors, the sickness, the let downs, the addictions, the could haves, the should haves and even the woe is me moments made it all worthwhile once you hear the captain say you’ve reached your destination at destiny!

“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.” —1 Peter 4:12-13

Daily Devotional – 8/18/16 “The time is now!”

I don’t have a full devotional today, I simply stopped by to tell somebody … The time is now! All you have to do is believe it and it shall be. Trust God and He’ll make the provision. Take God at His word and it’ll never return void.

For whomever you are, reading this; whether it was forwarded to you or you follow this blog, know this … the time is NOW for you to move. My God! You’ve been sitting still too long, stagnant in a comfortable place that has been everything but comfortable, shifting to make it work, covering up for what’s not working and hiding out of fear! Baby, the time is NOW for you to take up your bed and walk.

Dear God,

Thank you for opening my eyes, for I now know I’ve been walking blind. God, I thank you for saving because I now know I’ve been wandering lost all this time. God, I thank you for saving me because it has made me realize all the time I wasted in bondage. God, I thank you for shielding me from what I thought I needed. Oh God, I simply thank you for sparing this ole life of mine, one more time and for snatching my ignorant behind from the hands of those I thought were good for me. Thank you Father for shaking me when I started to get comfortable in my mess. Lord God, I just thank you for it all! And after this … I’ll get the chance to write my testimony for the world to witness.

Amen!

Give it to God