Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 8/27/15 “Struggling but not stranded!”

It’s Thursday, almost the end of yet another month and someone is still struggling from the beginning of the month but I stopped by to tell you that although you’re struggling, you aren’t stranded. What does that mean? Well, that means … you may be struggling in your storm but God won’t leave you for He is your umbrella of protection. You may be struggling in your finances but you shall not be without for God is your provider. You may be struggling with sickness but you shall not die for God is your healer. You may be going through a momentary weakness of wandering lost yet you shall not be stranded for God is your guide. Yea, the devil thinks he has you but baby, he only has the illusion of you for God won’t allow you to suffer and die at the hands of your enemy.

I get it; thangs going wrong and it has you shook up. You come out of your circumstance stumbling and mumbling like you’ve lost your mind but God hasn’t left you. Yea, you’re looking around trying to figure out where you are but just stand still and let your eyes focus and you’re see that you are right where you need to be. Beloved, God hasn’t forsaken you. He won’t leave you stranded over on Situation Blvd. He won’t allow you to be shipwrecked off of Suicide Way. God won’t leave you high and dry at High and Drugged Out Lane. God won’t let His children suffer alone. Oh and get this … God is like TDOT (only greater); He’s always roaming and He knows when His children are in trouble and He shows up in the nick of time with what you need to get you back on the road. Yea, you may be struggling but if you’re of the Lord, He won’t leave you stranded. Don’t leave Him!

“The LORD will not let the godly go hungry, but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.” Proverbs 10:3

Daily Devotional – 8/26/15 “I declare!”

I declare that whatever God’s will for my life shall be done today! Whatever it is! I am declaring His miracles and blessings to be released in the atmosphere and my name to be attached. I am declaring healing over my body. I am declaring increase in my finances. I am declaring protection over my family. I am declaring strength in the places I am weak. I am declaring that I will no longer be a prisoner to the you can’t, you won’t, you will not and don’ts. I am declaring that strongholds will be destroyed. I am declaring that whatever obstacles I face today, I shall be able to overcome. I am declaring that whatever purpose God has for my life, He sets my feet upon the path towards them. And I declare that I am greater than my grievance, calmer than my circumstance, stronger than my situation, worthier than my weakness and mightier than my misery. I declare that I shall be victorious!

Now, please understand … I wrote this saying I so that you can read this and make it personal. Declare on today what you need God to do. Declare what you need release from. Declare what you need peace from. Make a declaration of faith on today and so shall it be for the bible says in Mark 11:23-24, “I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.” What are you declaring? Do you believe it to be done? Don’t declare it unless you have the faith that it shall be first! For James 1:6 says, “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” I declare on today that what I’ve asked the Lord for shall be! What are you declaring?

Daily Devotional – 8/25/15 “Your monopoly board!”

I was talking to a coworker today. She is one I’ve never met but we talk through email because she sends me reports I need on a weekly basis. Well, this morning the email got personal (you never know what a person is dealing with). Yet at the end of our conversation she said something that went all over me. She said, she is treating her new assignment at work like Monopoly and she wants all the buildings. Now, of course I see God working because I’m thinking, here this woman is, someone I don’t know personally but she’s struggling in her personal and work life yet she is looking at the situation from a different perspective. Not from the perspective of buying up all the properties and leaving folk bankrupt but she was speaking in regards to learning what she can and then using the knowledge to push her into something greater. Yea, she’s dealing with sickness in her body and then taking care of a sick parent yet she doesn’t miss work because she’s trying to buy all the buildings.

Here I am thinking … As Saints of God, what are we doing? As we are walking along the monopoly board called life, taking the chance of getting caught up in the traps that are being set by the enemy, rolling the dice and landing on other folk’s property, ending up in jail, crossing obstacles that knock us down (railroad tracks), being uninvolved in the community chest of our city’s suffering so we act like we don’t care about the unrest, consistently passing GO so it’s like we’re wandering lost; what are we reaching for? What are we doing with the assignment that God has given us? Are we going to just sit back and allow the enemy to buy up all the property and then we pay him every time we land on it? Are we going to continually wander lost without trying to figure out what our purpose is? What are we doing? Are we taking a chance? The bible tells us in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” But we have to first put our present in the Lord. He won’t steer you wrong. Step up your faith game!

Daily Devotional -8/24/15 “Social media status!”

Why do I have to type amen on a social media site to be blessed? Why do I have to share a picture of money in order for God to send me a financial blessing? Why do I have to type yes under a picture of TD Jakes in order to understand that whatever I asked God for, He’ll do it? Why are we, as Saints of God, getting so wrapped up in the disguise of that crap? Baby, God isn’t monitoring Facebook to know if you typed amen yet He’ll hear you if you come to Him in prayer. Chile, God isn’t concerned about the many of times a picture has been forwarded but He is concerned with the souls you’ve invited to worship. God isn’t counting the likes on your post but He is counting the times you’ve helped folk. Stop getting wrapped up in these posts that promise you a quick blessing from God if you type amen, yes, I’m blessed and all that. Or those that say, “If you believe in God, type amen.” Who are you trying to prove it too? Who’s keeping roll?

Your status on social media shouldn’t prove if you’re a Saint of God, your living should. Your comment on a post shouldn’t have to verify the validity of your anointing; it should show when you open your mouth. The evidence of whose you are should be witnessed by your walk and the content of your character. And if there has to be a question when someone looks at your page, typing amen on a post won’t make a bit of difference. This is why, everything you do; you should do it in a way to please the Lord. Stop trying to please man or woman when it’s only for a moment anyway. This is why social media shouldn’t determine your spiritual status, your spirit should. Live your life; physically to please God at all times! And then on social media, use it in a way that if God had a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or whatever else; He’d want to request to be your friend after viewing your page.

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