Lakisha, the Author

Christmas Special

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! I wish for each of you, this Christmas Eve; an enjoyable time with your family. I pray that whatever caused you distance, earlier in the year, is forgotten AND forgiven.

Find peace on today! Don’t wait until the New Year, do it today.

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Again, I wish for each of you blessed Holiday season!

Be blessed and Happy Reading

-Lakisha

Daily Devotional – 12/24/15 “It’s okay to quit!”

It’s okay to quit! Yep, you read what I typed … it’s okay to quit! Now, please understand; I’m only talking about the things that mean you no good. Things like the alcohol, the drugs, the jealousy, the anger, the bitterness, the backbiting; QUIT! Baby, you know it’s time to write a ‘Dear Boo, it ain’t working no mo,’ letter to some folk and some things. You’ve been holding on to stuff for far too long and it’s time you let it go. You can’t concern yourself with the person who hurt you, forgive them and let yourself go. Aren’t you tired? If you’re in a relationship that isn’t working, it may be time to put in your two-week notice (This is my two-week notice that either things change or we let each other go). If the folk you’re hanging around can’t get on board with who you are now, it’s time to pass out resignation letters (I regret to inform you that we are on different levels). If you’re in a place of worship that isn’t about God’s business, it may be time for you to put in a statement of notification (I, with all respect, am informing you of my decision to find somewhere else to worship).

Beloved, it’s okay to quit and then be okay with doing it. Quit talking so much, quit lying all the time, quit posting all your business on social media, quit spending all your money when you’re already in debt, quit giving your joy to folk, quit acting like folk owe you something, quit blaming folk for the position you’re in, quit drinking and smoking, quit losing all your money gambling, quit cheating, quit throwing a pity party, quit with the woe is me, quit acting like you all that, quit putting your mouth on folk, quit harboring feelings of hurt, quit allowing your past to hold you and quit taking God for granted. Oh, I’m sure there is some more stuff you can add to the list. Look, I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but time isn’t standing still for you to get yourself together. You aren’t promised to see tomorrow. Quit acting like you got time. Quit making this season about you. Yea, it’s okay to quit but quit the right things that are wrong in your life. It’s time to do better. Quit making resolutions and make changes. Don’t wait until the New Year; start now while you have time.

“So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.” Colossians 3:5

Daily Devotional – 12/23/15 – When it doesn’t make sense …

Beloved, God can blow your mind; if you let Him. Yea, I know He’s sent you some places you’re unfamiliar with, told you to help somebody you don’t like, had you ministering in an unknown territory, sent you a spouse you never thought you’d had but I’m a living witness that sometimes God will do some things that don’t make sense to us. Yea, God will speak some things over our lives that will mess us up, all because it’s not in our natural mind to understand it. Every time I think about how He saved a wretched like me, it doesn’t make sense. Every time I think about how He bought Grandma back from the brink of death, it doesn’t make sense. When I think on how His healing manifested in my sister, it doesn’t make sense. Each time I think about the blessings of my family and friends, it doesn’t make sense! But get this … it doesn’t have to make sense to me as long as God is the one doing it. See, I may not understand but I know, for a fact; God has a plan and I trust Him.

It didn’t make sense when God told you to grab that umbrella, when the forecast didn’t call for rain, until it started raining. It didn’t make sense when God told you to quit your job until you saw the new door open that allowed you to start your own business. It didn’t make sense when God told you to leave the only church you’ve been a member of until you realized you weren’t being spiritually fed. It didn’t make sense when God told you to speak to the person next to you until you understood, that person needed encouragement. It didn’t make sense when God told you to turn at the light until you did and realized your life was just spared. It didn’t make sense when God told you to go to that worship service on Sunday instead of your own but it was where you needed to be. It didn’t make sense when God told you to let that person go until you understood they were the one holding your joy. It didn’t make sense why God kept putting you in a certain place until His blessing was manifested there. Do you get what I’m sharing with you? Not everything God does make sense to us but it’s for our good. We don’t have to understand it as long as we believe in Him, the one doing it.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.” Jeremiah 17:7

Daily Devotional – 12/22/15 “Can God trust you?”

It’s the holiday season; can God trust you to do what’s right? What do I mean? Can God trust you not to overspend? Can God trust you to pay your tithes instead of buying gifts? Can God trust you to go to worship instead of being hung over? Can God trust you with the blessings you keep asking for? Can God trust you with the overflow and elevation you stand in the need of? Can God trust you to fulfill your assignment? Can God trust you with the spouse you’ve been seeking? Can God trust you with your healing? Can God trust you to praise Him? Can God trust you with the little before the lot? Can God trust you?

See, I am declaring on today your breakthrough but God has to be able to trust you with it. I’m praying on today for your deliverance but you have to be trustworthy. Is that you? Oh, I’m glad God doesn’t check our credit but He will check our devotion. No, God doesn’t check references but He will check our serving. God doesn’t need to do a background check but He will check our present. Can we be trusted? You can’t expect God to bless you when He doesn’t even recognize your voice. That’s like me shouting “hey” in a busy restaurant, only the one who knows my voice will turn around. All I’m asking is this … Can you be trusted with what you’re asking God for? You can’t ask God for a car when He can’t trust you to pay the car note or keep it up. You can’t keep asking God to show you the way if He can’t trust you to look. You can’t ask God to get you out if He can’t trust you to get out when He opens the door. You can’t expect God to abundantly bless you if He can’t trust you to trust in Him. Can God trust you?

“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.” John 15:16

Daily Devotional – 12/21/15 “Acceptance Speech”

Oh my God! I cannot believe it! To God who is the head of my life, to family and friends and all those who support me; I am truly grateful to be standing here today. Wow! I’m in amazement as I stand here to give my acceptance speech.

What am I accepting? Chile, I am accepting back everything the enemy has ever taken from me. I am rehearsing my acceptance speech for the time that is about to come when I’ll get everything I’ve prayed for. I’m practicing my acceptance speech for when sickness is cured. I’m putting the final touches on my acceptance speech for when my deliverance happens. I’m in the mirror daily, preparing my acceptance speech for the new house that I’ve yet to have built and for the debt that’s about to be erased. I’m reviewing my acceptance speech for the doors that are about to open in my favor. I’m getting ready for the places my talents are about to take me. Oh, I’m anticipating the great things that God is about to do; so I’m getting my acceptance speech together. I’m making sure my throat is ready for the shout of praise that will happen and I’m getting my feet ready for the dance that’s about to come forth. Oh, I’m standing on God’s promise and He’s about to loose everything the naysayers thought they could keep of mine. It don’t matter about what I wear, the acceptance speech is the most valuable part.

What about you? Have you started on your acceptance speech yet? You know for the blessing that’s headed in your direction, for that breakthrough that’s peeking in, for the deliverance that has your name on, for that healing that’s about to be manifested in you and for the peace you’re about to receive. Have you started yet? Have you gotten the words together for your acceptance speech yet because the enemy is about to give you back everything he has taken. Are you ready? God is about to loose chains of circumstance, break down the walls of bondage, pluck up the negative seeds that were planted in your name and snatch out sorrow. Do you have your speech prepared? I don’t know about you but I’ve been practicing mine and I’m ready for the victory party! I don’t know about you but my speech is ready, I’m simply waiting on God to say go! I don’t know about you but the enemy has had my stuff way too long and I’m about to get it back. What about you? Have you written your acceptance speech yet?

“The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.” Psalm 94:21-22