This New Year … HUSH

Beloved, I’m just going to come right out and say this (well, type it but you get my point) …

Consistently speaking against the blessings of others hinders yours.

You don’t have to believe me, but BIBLE (I put it in caps for ya) says  in Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Are, verb, 3rd person present tense is used to indicate something due to happen. You can’t expect God to bless you with the very thing you’re speaking against. Well, technically you can but it won’t work. Why not? Because the negative you’re speaking for someone else is due to happen to you. See, you can’t expect your business to flourish, by the hand of God, when all you ever do is speak harmfully against the blessings of everyone else.

Proverbs 13:2, “A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.” Transgressors Biblically means to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, or offend.

If you notice, I like to break down words because they give deeper meaning to the message, I’m trying to convey. Sister/Brother, all I’m sharing is this, HUSH! It’s a little harsh, right? It should be because some of you should be praying, “God, if you must hush me to stop me from messing up the blessings of you, do it.” Truth is that a lot of you should have hushed a long time ago. Maybe then you’d come out of agreement with the negative, bitter, spiteful, jealous, and manipulative spirits you’ve been playing house with. It’s the only way to truly pray, see and receive the blessings of God meant for you. Sure, you can’t understand why everybody else seems to be prospering when you aren’t. But how do you know they are? You only see what they want you to see and you’ve allowed that to change the posture of your heart.

God has plans for all of His children, including you. Although most times it’s us that messes up and/or delays them, God’s plans are still God’s plans FOR YOU. Don’t block or delay them any longer by what you allow to come out of your heart and mouth.

This New Year … HUSH and mind your business, blessings, benefits, bank accounts, beliefs, belongings, body, and baby hair. (I threw that in for my sisters.)

Dear God,

Forgive me. Forgive me for the negativity I’ve allowed to fester within my heart. Forgive me for speaking on the blessings of others. Forgive me for blocking access to the power of you in my life. Forgive me for not forgiving, holding grudges and being inwardly jealous of others although I may not have publicly said it. Father forgive me because I now know I need to come out of agreement with everything that hinders me from getting to you. Father, in this new year, I will do better to receive better and to be better. I may have messed up times before, but I’m ready now to get everything that’s mine and if that means dealing with me, so be it. God, if you have to hush me to help me, I’m willing. From this point on, let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

This New Year, May…

As we prepare to go into this New Year, allow me to speak over your life by the power of God who abides in me. I’m using the word may expressing hope that what you ask will come to pass. Ending with Amen signifying so be it!

Jesus says in Mark 11:24-25, “I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.” — Mark‬ ‭11:24-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬

May you pray, believe, and receive all God has for you. Amen.

May you forgive all those you’ve been holding a grudge against, even yourself, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

May God do what you need in His time! Amen

May you leave everything that doesn’t have the potential to grow in 2021. Amen

May you have peace. Amen

May you find the joy that was dimmed when you buried a parent, sibling, child, and/or friend. Amen

May you get back everything that was lost and/or stolen. Amen

May you find the hope to try again after the failed business or relationship. Amen.

May your family be blessed. Amen

May you be released from the bondage of your abuser. Amen

May your cancer, lupus, and multiple sclerosis go into remission. Amen

May you get relief for your sinus trouble, migraines, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, depression, and any other disease. Amen

May the addiction you’ve been hiding be revealed and healed. Amen

May a match be found for your kidney, liver, lung, or bone marrow transplant. Amen

May your womb be open to bring forth the child you’ve been praying for. Amen

May your finances increase in such a way you lack for nothing or live paycheck to paycheck again. Amen

May your tuition be covered in full. Amen

May you get the job you’ve been preparing for. Amen

May you lose weight. Amen

May you find a therapist or take the anxiety meds. Amen

May you meet the man or woman for you. Amen

May your church membership be increased. Amen

May you baptize more this new year than any year before. Amen

May the anointing upon your life take you places you’ve only dreamed of. Amen

May your business thrive. Amen

May your books reach the bestseller list, you get over a million pages read in KU and bypass every goal set. Amen

May you walk in your purpose. Amen

May you be connected to a person heavily drenched with the Holy Spirit that it runs over to you. Amen

May your marriage be healed. Amen

May your child come home restored and healed. Amen

May you connect and become faithful to a place of worship. Amen

May you tithe and trust God with your finances. Amen

May you believe more in yourself and face your fears. Amen

May you stop sabotaging the plans God has for your life. Amen

May you trust God with you. Amen

Here’s to the best of 2022 for each of you who believe.

Lakisha 💚

Will you have time?

I share this every year because sometimes you need the reminder to TAKE THE TIME!!

She had the house, the finest car, and the custom-made clothes. She was top of her graduating class and her business was booming. She vowed to never go back to the place she was raised because it had nothing for her. Sure, she sent money home to her parents, but all the siblings had to know it. Sure, she made the occasional calls to brag, never to ask about them. When her mom got sick, she sent flowers. When her sister was losing her house, she sent a check with conditions. She never made time for anybody or anything unless it benefited her, even God. Yes, she joined a church, but not to serve, she liked the honorable mentions of being the biggest tithe payer.

Then a stroke knocked and it crippled her. The people at the church didn’t show up and neither did her employees, but her family did. The same parents she hollered at whenever they asked her to come home. The same brother she “didn’t fool with” because of prior drug use. The sister she called a slut for having two babies out of wedlock. They were there wiping the mouth that had been so foul and helping her learn to walk again even though she used to walk all over them. They even helped with speech therapy, although she never had anything good to say.

One night as she lay in the bedroom she grew up in, trying to find the strength to make her left arm move, she cried. Not because of the stroke but because of the space she’d allowed to grow between her and her family. She wanted to hug them but it was hard to do now. So she cried, realizing the money she made didn’t mean anything because all they wanted was her. She cried because the bragging she did couldn’t bless her, the hating couldn’t heal her and the fancy stuff couldn’t free her. And now, the bible she never read lay stretched open on her nightstand, and the God she’d forsaken, she now prayed to. Thanking Him for the chance to make things right.

See, sis had time because this story isn’t real but what about you? Do you have the time to forgive, forget and make things right before your clock runs out? Will you have the time to say, “I forgive me,” “I forgive you,” “I love you,” “I’m sorry,” or will your ego keep you from evolving and your pride hinders you from offering peace? Will you have the time before 2021 closes? Will you have the time to make it right before you’re holding a body that can’t speak back or weeping at a casket that’ll soon close?

“Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” – James 4:14

Merry Christmas

I don’t know what this Christmas has been like for you. Maybe all is well. Maybe life is good. However, with the uncertainty and ever-changing pandemic, sickness, pain, grief, and loss these things can overshadow the life, love, and laughter of the holiday season.

Will you do me a favor? Will you pray (for guidance and strength), get up (because you’re alive), put on some clothes (because there’s hope), eat (for strength), worship (to change your atmosphere), and enjoy your day? Will you lay aside every weight, if only for today? Will you believe things won’t always be like this?

Merry Christmas!

Lakisha

It’s the grace for me

Somebody is facing a tough situation right now. You don’t know why it showed up at your house or how it got your name and number, but it did. You’ve tried to figure out why the enemy has shown up looking, talking, and dressing like your cousin, why the lies being spread are coming from somebody you considered a friend, why a rock was thrown from your sibling’s hand, or why no one is willing to defend you, this time, not even your parent.

Now, it’s playing with your emotional and mental well-being because you’re angry and on the verge of revenge. Surely, they deserve it right? Yep, they might, but you aren’t the one to give it.

Look beloved, this may be hard to read and harder to digest but sometimes you have to extend grace to folk, you feel don’t deserve it. Why? Because God has given you grace when you didn’t. You have to understand, well you don’t but you should, people are who they are. You can’t force people to treat you like YOU treat them. You can’t expect a YOU from folk because well, they aren’t you.

Yes, some will treat you right, don’t get it twisted. However, some won’t. Stop trying to force people to be on the level you are when they aren’t. Stop trying to get people to react the way you would, they aren’t you. Stop applying your expectations to a situation or person because this is when you will get your feelings hurt.

What you do instead, extend grace. What do you mean by extending grace? Not treating folk how they deserve. Understand, you don’t have to deal with them anymore, but you also don’t have to hate them, wish bad on their life or seek revenge. God got it like He has you.

“And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” — Romans 11:6

It’s the grace for me!