Daily Devotional – 3/3/15 “It could be worse!”

Just when you think you are doing badly, look around someone is doing worse. When you thought you were hungry because you didn’t eat last night, talk to someone on the street that hasn’t eaten in days and you’ll realize they are doing worse. When you thought you didn’t sleep well on last night, talk to someone who had to sleep on the street and you’ll soon realize they had it worse. When you thought the pain in your body was bad, talk to someone (like my sister) who has a debilitating disease that’s labeled the suicide disease, with no cure, and you’ll realize someone is far worse than you. You think you got a problem because your husband won’t put the toilet seat down, well talk to the woman who just made funeral plans for her husband. You think you got a problem because your wife doesn’t cook the chicken like your momma, well talk to the husband who just found the suicide note left by his wife who was depressed and he couldn’t see it. You think you got problems, talk to the parent who has to bury a child killed by a drunk driver or a stray bullet and all you got is one who won’t clean a room. – Your problems could be worse!

You complain about the church, so you don’t go but then you complain because God doesn’t hear your prayers yet He still allows you to be in your right mind day after day, night after night – your problems could be worse. You complain because God doesn’t bless you like you think you ought to be but you won’t even bless Him by paying your tithes because you got an issue with that too yet He still allows you to go to the job He blessed you with to get a paycheck every pay-day – your problems could be worse. Yea, you could be a tore up mess! You could be a jacked up fool! You could be out of your mind, wandering lost, walking among your people and not know anybody. You could be in a pit of hell right here on earth feeling alone even though you live in a house full of people. You could feel like nobody loves you although you get a hug every morning from somebody. All I’m saying is … your living could be worse! Stop taking your life for granted. Give God EVERYTHING He’s due from us whether it be money, time, praise and worship! Give it to Him! It ain’t ours anyway because everything under the sun belongs to God. Increase everything we give to God and see if He won’t increase His rewards to us.

Daily Devotional – 3/2/15 “What are you doing?”

A new month, how you doing on those resolutions? Seen any changes or should I ask, have you made any changes? Been to church any this year? Lost any weight? Wrote any visions? Made any plans? Stepped out on faith at all? It’s just the 3rd month of the New Year, what are you waiting on and what have you been doing? You do know that time waits for no man or woman, right? Or have you not realized that death doesn’t care that you’ve yet to start your business, get your affairs in order, apologize for the wrong you’ve done, repent for the sins you’ve committed or even left a legacy behind? No, death doesn’t stop to ask if you’re ready; it just shows up. Sickness doesn’t care that you need to work; it shows up. Depression doesn’t care that you have a family to take care of, it’ll show up. Suicidal thoughts doesn’t care about the pain you’ll leave behind, they’ll still invade your space … If you aren’t prepared ahead of time to deal with it. This is why you have to be prayed up! What have you been doing? Keep thinking you got time to get it right. Keep thinking you got time to get it together. Just stay in the hell you’re in, thinking you got time to get out until it’s too late and the doors shut.

Let me drop this in your spirit … Being in the world isn’t as easy as you think it is. You feel like all the hell will begin the moment you give your life to Christ but baby, you were already living in hell before. The only reason you couldn’t see the enemy anymore is because you all had become friends. See, when you are in the world, the enemy no longer has to fight you because he gives you everything you need to be his and you’ll give him everything of yours to be his. It’s like a person with an addiction, they will sell the close off of their backs to feed their habit and when you are a part of the enemy’s team; he is your addiction and he’ll keep dangling your “habit” over your head and you’ll keep coming back to feed your habit. Why does he need to fight you? You’re paying for it with your life. When will you stop? What are you doing? You’re wondering why your home is full of hell, keep staying at home on Sunday morning. You’re wondering why your heart keeps getting hurt, keep giving it to the wrong person. You’re wondering why you can’t forgive, keep staying away from God. It’s just the 3rd month of the New Year, when will you start making this your year? That is what you said at the end of 2014, isn’t it? What are you doing? Time isn’t dependent upon you for the bible says in James 4:14, “How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog–it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.”

Daily Devotional – 2/28/15 “Your source!”

When a person is on the brink of death, they’re hooked up to a life support machine – it helps them.

When a car battery needs a boost, you hook it up to another battery that works – it gives it a new charge.

When your electronic device’s battery is low, you plug it into a power source – it refills the battery.

When your heart stops, a defibrillator is attached – it can start the heart back to beating.

My point is … If you’re hooked up to the right thing at the right time, it’ll do you some good. So, what are you hooked up too? Or should I ask, who are you hooked up too?

Happy Saturday! Be blessed!

Daily Devotional – 2/27/15 “God is there!”

Somebody woke up on this Friday feeling like a failure, wiping tears of woe, holding their chest because the enemy has been walking through your dreams, overwhelmed by your burdens and heavy laden by your hurts because fear got you thinking that God isn’t hearing your prayers. Yea, you’re thinking that you’re in this thang alone, that God couldn’t possibly hear your voice from the valley you’re in, He wouldn’t dispatch angels to come to save you one more time, that He wouldn’t knock the dust off of you this time after pulling you out of that pit or even that He wouldn’t forgive for backsliding to the place you said you’d never go again … oh but … Baby, God is only allowing you to dwell in your dark place so that you can practice your war cry. (I can’t hear you!) God is only allowing you to wander in the wilderness so that you can get used to the space you’ll have when He enlarges your territory. (Are you walking?) God is only allowing you to see what the bottom looks like so that you’ll never want to go back there. (Have you seen enough?) God allowed you to go into the pit because couldn’t nobody else go with you in order for you to get used to going by yourself sometime. (That’s what it’ll feel like when folk walk off, you ready now?)

Beloved, God hasn’t left you; He may be quiet but He hasn’t left, keep walking. Haven’t you noticed that when you use your GPS to get to an unknown destination, it’s quiet unless you veer off course; God is the same way. As long as you’re doing what you need to do; keep walking, keep praying and add fasting; God will be there as your guide. Stop allowing the enemy, the naysayers, the sideline hecklers, the unholy and even those that act like they are Holier than thou to have you second guessing your place. God is right there for you and He’ll be there each and every time!

Daily Devotional – 2/26/15 “Get out of your complacency!”

Are you content with your current condition? Are you satisfied with the surviving state of your spiritual status? Are you happy with the happenings in your home? Are you pleased with the present proceedings you’re participating in? Are you joyous on your job? Are you rejoicing in your relationship? Are you content? I’m simply asking if you are happy. You do know that being content is a reward within itself, don’t you? For the bible says in 1 Timothy 6:6 “Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.” Oh, but you’ve probably become so comfortable in conforming that now you’ve become complacent and in your logic of thinking, you’re happy and can no longer see the difference in you being content and complacent but let me tell you! See, being content means to be happy and although being complacent means happy too, it also means to be comfortable in a situation. Oh but get this … Being complacent means that you get so comfortable that you no longer think you can get caught or caught up! Yea, it’s like you being comfortable and happy in your sin that now you’ve forgotten that the act you’re performing is actually a sin until you get caught up. You’ve gotten so complacent walking into the mall, stealing them folks stuff that it’s second nature to you until you’re the feature star in Just Busted on Tuesday. Get out of your complacency!

I know that’s your family church but baby it may be time for you to go. I know you’ve been trying to hold on to that relationship out in public but behind closed doors it’s a war zone, it’s time to let it go. Philippians 4:11 says this, “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” This didn’t say to be complacent, this says in every situation to be content… HAPPY! Stop putting on a show for folk when God is still waiting on you to show up for Him. Stop staying in a comfortable place because your fears have subsided there, step outside of your comfort zone, God has a new position waiting for you over there. Your happiness is over there, your contentment is over there, your piece of mind is over there, your joy is over there, your healing is over there and that breakthrough is over there! Get out of your complacency and get your contentment! Get out of your comfort and get your happiness. I know your boo has made it comfortable and you’re complacent but baby if he can’t wife you, stop letting him take your life! (He who finds a wife …) I know you’ve been trying to make the marriage work but if she can’t have your back, why are you waiting to pack. (God made woman to be a helpmate …) My God! Somebody needs to be hoped today! Get out of your complacency in order to get your happiness back.