Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 11/19/15 “Trust God at all times!”

Don’t just trust God while you’re in your storm; trust Him before it comes and then when you come out. See, I’ve found that when you praise God before the storm, you are storing up prayers needed to help you through your storm. When you praise God while in your storm, you are storing up prayers for when you come out. And when you praise God after you get out, you are letting Him know you are still grateful that He allowed the storm to come but it didn’t kill you! Please understand, your storm can be sickness but it wasn’t until death. Your storm can be addiction but it didn’t claim your family or your life. Your storm can be job loss but it shouldn’t take your joy. Your storm can be financial hardship but it shouldn’t negate the fact that God is your provider. I get it; your storm may be hard, the wind is picking up, the clouds are starting to turn dark and the rain is starting to pour but then what? I ask this question because, when it’s physically raining, your day-to-day operations don’t stop so why should your praise stop during your spiritual storm?

Still don’t get it? On the other day, here in the city, we were under a tornado watch. The winds were heavy, it was so dark outside you could hardly see and when the rain started, it poured; yet folk stayed at work, folk went to the nail shop (I did), folk continued their grocery shopping, folk went out to eat, folk went to the movies; their day didn’t stop because the storm was raging outside. Why? Because they had on their rain gear to protect them, they felt safe where they were and they trusted God through it. It’s the same when it comes to your spiritual storm. You’ve got to have your rain gear on (that comes from knowing whose you are and studying God’s word); you’ve got to believe you are in a safe place and you’ve got to trust God through it. Beloved, God isn’t going to place you into anything He hasn’t already equipped you for but you know this already, right? Then where is your praise? Where is your strength? Where is your joy? Don’t just praise God when you come out of your storm but praise God before you even go in (Lord, I trust you)! Praise God during your storm (Lord, I still trust you)! Then praise God when you come out (Lord, I trust you even more)! Praise God at all times that way when you call Him, He’ll know your voice. Don’t wait until the battle is over …

“And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10

Daily Devotional – 11/18/15 “Keep it real!”

Rejoice in the face of those that claim to not like you because they are watching your every move. What they are really doing is trying to see if you will slip up and make a mistake. Yea, they are trying to see if you are as holy as you portray on social media. (Are you?) See, the last thing you should do as a Saint of God is claim to be holy when you’re really hellish, a praise giver when in actuality you’re petty, a messenger of God’s word when you actually pass mess and gossip or an encourager when you know your words are empty. Baby, the last thing you should be, if you claim to be a Saint, is anything less than that. Please understand; I’m in no way saying you have to be perfect (I’m not) but don’t chastise me for cursing when that’s all that comes out of your mouth. Don’t criticize me for getting pregnant out-of-wedlock, just because you’re a season Saint, when you’ve never been married and have five children. Don’t turn your nose up at me when my skirt is shorter than you think it ought to be when the truth of the matter is, you have one just like but you can’t wear it anymore. All I’m saying is keep it real in this thang!

God has enough phony Saints on the roll, He doesn’t need anymore. He needs some folk who are who they say they are. God is looking for those who can own up to their mistakes and not make them again. God needs some folks who don’t mind sharing about the times they’ve been without. God needs some folks who will share their testimony from addict to abundance. God needs some folk who will stand in the pulpits, on the sidewalks, in the middle of the grocery store, on their jobs and on social media and keep it real. Yes, I am a preacher of God’s word and I still struggle. I’d be lying if I said I had it all together. I sometimes struggle with paying my tithes or a bill. I sometimes have moments when it gets real and I don’t feel like praying for folk. I have times when I need encouragement and times when I might not know the answer to your question; I’m just keeping it real. Are you? Can God count on you to keep it real? See, if we, as Saints of God, always try to act like we never struggle then we are setting up the newly converted to think that once they accept Christ, all their problems cease. It doesn’t work like that. We’ve got to keep it real because then we are being who God has called us to be. This is why 2 Timothy 2:15 says, “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”

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Synopsis:: Didn’t your mother teach you that actions have consequences?

Camille’s life seems to be going downhill fast and she can’t put her foot on the brake. After being nominated for judge; she’s looking to celebrate a silver lining in the chaos she calls her life however, walking into her hotel room, she finds a mystery person lying in wait. Now she is forced to come face to face with a gun and the last person she’d ever expect to be holding it, all with the media and a ballroom full of people waiting.

On top of that, her already shaky marriage is starting to crumble before her eyes. With the media digging in every aspect of her life, she has to keep up appearances but it’s hard with all the skeletons in her closet. Will she be able to keep it up with her husband’s pregnant side chick and her secret life of sex and lies about to hit the fan?

What’s a girl to do? Can she fix the mess she’s in before it takes away everything she has? Did therapy crack the wall she has up and allow her to give up being nasty and try being nice? Or will her actions leave her with more consequences than she can conquer?

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Daily Devotional – 11/17/15 “God’s investment in us!”

God has made an investment in us, will it pay off? Yea, will the investment God made in us be worth anything to Him or will He lose big? I’m not speaking of God’s investment like you think of investing money but I’m thinking along the lines of this definition … time, energy, or matter spent in the hope of future benefits actualized within a specified date or time frame. Let me explain what I mean. If God has invested a gift in you, will anything manifest from it before you die? If God has invested a calling on your life, will it pay-off while you have time? If God has invested an anointing on you to help folk, will you do it before you are buried in a dusty grave? If God has invested the time in you to repair your broken heart, will you allow it to love again before it stops beating? If God has invested energy into making you brand new, will you convert back to your old self? If God has invested so much into us, will it pay off before the death angel stops by our house? I’m only asking the question, do you have an answer?

I’ve come to realize that worrying makes me frown so I’m taking the strength and the power of prayer that has been invested in me to spiritually fight instead. I’ve come to know that complaining makes me nag so I’m taking the blessings of everyday and turning them into edible fruit to be able to help somebody else. Yea, see being rude makes me ugly so I’m taking the love that God has invested in me and loving the hell out of folk. I’m taking the investment of favor and forgiving. I’m taking the investment of mercy and moving on. I’m taking the investment of grace and glorifying God. I refuse to allow the investment that has been made in me go to waste. I refuse to allow God’s investment in me to come back void. 1 Peter 4:10-11 says this, “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.” Don’t allow your investment to be invalid!

Ms. Nice Nasty 2 – Synopsis

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Didn’t your mother teach you that actions have consequences?

Camille’s life seems to be going downhill fast and she can’t put her foot on the brake. After being nominated for judge, she’s looking to celebrate a silver lining in the chaos she calls her life however, walking into her hotel room, she finds a mystery person lying in wait. She is forced to come face to face with a gun and the last person she’d ever expect to be holding it, all with the media and a ballroom full of people waiting.

Find out in Ms. Nice Nasty part 2!