Daily Devotional – 5/12/15 “Your season change!”

Sometimes in our lives, people and things have to come to end and as Christians, we have to get to a point where we recognize when their season is up and are alright with it. There are seasons for relationships (not marriages), for jobs, for sickness, for that battle you’re fighting and even for the tears you’re shedding. There are seasons when things have to come to an end but you have to be willing to see the season change and then be willing to accept the change. Yes, I know you’ve been trying to make that relationship work but baby if you’ve yet to move past boyfriend and girlfriend status and it’s been over 10 years now and there are still trust issues; the season may be up. If you’ve been on that job giving them more dedication that you do your home life and they’ve passed you over for yet another promotion, the season may be up. I get it; that’s the church you grew up in, grandma is still a member there, everybody knows your name but if you aren’t growing spiritually; your season may be up. Beloved, stop thinking that you won’t get well; that sickness will end because it too has a season. My brother, you won’t always be down and out because what you are facing, it has a season and it’s coming to an end but you’ve got to hold on. My sister, your tears won’t always be tears of hurt and sorrow because they too have a season but you’ve got to increase your faith. Dear family who is grieving, grief too has a season and you won’t always feel the anger, bitterness and emptiness you feel now because it’ll be replaced with the memories and joy of your loved one who is now resting in peace but you’ve got to find the comfort in God through His word. Oh pastor; the negativity, pushback, no commitment and back biting you’re getting to the plans of your vision won’t always be there because those folk who mean you no good have a season which is coming to an end; wait it out.

You, whose faith is wavering in this battle, hold on because your battle has a season, it’s about to end. You, whose hope is dwindling down, push through because whatever has you burdened down, it has a season and it’s about to end. You who is depressed, your season is about to change. You who is without a job, car, house, or those of you who have all of these things and still struggling to make ends meet even though you’re working every day; hold on to your rope, your season is about to change but you’ve got to be willing to change with your season. How strong is your faith? How committed are you to God? How willing are you to walk into your new season? See, you can’t go into spring dressed for winter and you can’t go into winter dressed for summer. You have to be ready for your season change, are you? Will you notice when the change comes? For the bible says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Are you ready and prepared for your season change?

Daily Devotional – 5/7/15 “Never stop praying!”

On this “National Day of Prayer,” are you praying? On the day before the “National Day of Prayer,” did you pray? On the days, weeks or months before the “National Day of Prayer,” did you pray? You do know that prayer is simply a personal conversation with your Father, don’t you? Yea, you don’t have to babble on (God knows) or go all kinds of details about what your problems are (God knows) because all you need to do is talk to your Father. This is why 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, “Never stop praying.” Or in the King James Translation it says, “Pray without ceasing.” See, we ought to have God so embedded in our spirit that prayer resonates from within us without us even mumbling a word. We ought, as children of God, to have Him so in us that prayer should continually be a part of us and not just on a day that man has deemed a National Day of Prayer. We ought to have God so in us that prayer should be as natural as breathing. In Ephesians 6:18, Paul says, “Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.” Baby, it doesn’t matter that you don’t know what to pray for, open your mouth. It doesn’t matter that you don’t know every scripture in the bible, go before the Lord in prayer. The bible says in Romans 8:26, “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” It’s not about how you pray as long as you pray.

And if you’re still having problems figuring out how to pray, I’ll tell you where to start; begin in the word of God; for the bible says in Matthew 6:9:13, “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” See, it doesn’t take much to pray to our Father. Have a simple conversation and allow the Holy Spirit to intercede on your behalf. God will do the rest when you come before Him with a clean heart. Pray without ceasing. Don’t take for granted the chances you’ve been given to pray because you might not be granted another chance!

Daily Devotional – 5/6/15 “Who are you hooked too?”

When your car battery is dead, you hook it up to another battery that is full of life for a charge. When your electronic device dies or is dying, you plug it into an electrical outlet to recharge its battery – it gets hooked back up. When your tire is low, you hook an air hose onto the tire to re-pump it full of air. When man is on the verge of death, life saving measures is sometimes taken in the form of them being hooked up to machines that breathes for them. When you’re in heart surgery, you’re hooked up to a heart bypass machine that keeps your body alive while your heart is being worked on. When you’re addicted to something, you’re hooked on it. When you can’t get enough of someone, you’re hooked on them. When you go fishing and you catch a fish, it takes the bait; it’s caught on your hook … What am I trying to say? Well, you need to be careful who and what you hook up too. Yea, Psalm 1:1 says, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.” See, not only are you blessed by what you do but you’re also blessed by the company you keep. You need to be careful who you hook up with! Who are you hooking up with? 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?”

Yea, I know you’re trying to show yourself friendly but baby; you’ve got to be careful who you hook up with. It’s like buying a cheap charger for your expensive phone, they won’t all work. Haven’t you seen the warning that comes up on the iPhone when you plug just any charger into it? It’ll say, “This accessory may not be supported,” well that’s how some folk and things are to our spirit, “They may not be supported!” This is why you have to be careful who you allow to hook up to your spirit. Yea, I know you want everybody to go with you but beloved, everybody won’t make the cut, everybody can’t handle your elevation, everybody can’t take it – they may not support your spirit! My God! You’ve got to be able to unplug before it overloads you and then you’ve got to be alright with it. What’s the sense of constantly having something plugged in that’s draining your spirit? What’s the sense of consistently having something hooked up to you that’s not replenishing your power? Chile, you’d better learn who you need to be hooked up with. The greatest power source there is to have is God. He, who can recharge, refreshes, restores and renews you all in one sitting. For Isaiah 40:29 says, “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” Be careful who you hook up with!

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Daily Devotional – 5/5/15 “The enemy of confusion!”

The enemy got you so confused this morning. Yea, he has you thinking that nothing you are doing will succeed, that nothing you set out to do will prosper, he has your mind playing tricks on you, got you going through your spouse’s stuff and he even has you thinking crazy thoughts; that’s his job. You got up this morning messy as hell and that’s because you laid down last night with the enemy attached to your back. You got to the job with your attitude on ten because you’ve allowed the enemy to ride shotgun. You posting all your business on Facebook because the enemy is on your shoulder beckoning you to do it and like a fish, you took the bait! Baby, God doesn’t work in confusion; He doesn’t even abide in confusion so why are you allowing the enemy to confuse your life? The enemy needs you to sabotage your relationship, he needs you to fail at your job, he needs you to flunk out of class, he needs you to take that drink after you’ve been sober 30 days, he needs you to smoke that weed after you’ve been clean for 3 months, he needs you to shut your bible after you’ve been committed to studying the word, he needs you to buy those shoes after you’ve been faithfully paying your tithes, he needs you to bad mouth the pastor, he needs you to turn folk away from the church, he needs you to cause hell in the church and he needs you working for him – that’s his job! The enemy’s job is to cause hell and confusion in our lives, daily.

Oh but wait, hold on because there is good news; great news actually for the bible tells us there are ways to get the enemy to leave us the hell alone. Yea! For the bible says in James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” – This means we must submit our entire being to God, not part but every part of us. We can’t have part of ourselves in the world and part of ourselves in God because then the part of us that is in the world, the enemy will then think belongs to him. Ephesians 6:11 says, “Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.” Now, please understand, this doesn’t mean physical armor but this is spiritual armor because our battle isn’t physical. God’s word says we need the belt of truth (your word) around your waist, breastplate of righteousness (honesty) on your chest, feet ready to go at all times, a shield of faith (that’s trust), a helmet of salvation (that’s deliverance) and a sword of the Spirit (that’s God’s word). (Ephesians 6:14-17). Baby, we have to have God’s word so embedded in us that every time we get ready to fight the enemy it knocks him out before he even gets close enough to do us harm. We have to be so ready for the enemy that it makes him cringe when you turn over in the middle of the night. This is why we need to get back to studying God’s word y’all because Ephesians 6:12 says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms,” – this is the enemy! The enemy is confusion and he is running rampant in our minds at this very moment and if we don’t do something about it we will lose every time. We need spiritual boot camp – you ready?