Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 2/20/15 “Be careful who you invite!”

Let me say this or shall I say, let me type this for someone who has yet to get this in their spirit … Stop trying to take everybody with you! Some folk aren’t meant to go where you are going, period! I get it, you want to invite everybody to the celebration but baby haven’t you peeped out the fact that not everybody is celebrating with you? Yea, you want to snap a picture with everybody in attendance but not everybody is wearing a smile. Don’t get it twisted; some of those folk just came for the free food and gift bag. This is why you have to be careful who you invite. Listen beloved, God is trying to take you somewhere and you are too busy trying to take the entire crew; it ain’t their time yet. You can’t get all of what God has for you because you keep pinching off of it giving it to others, it ain’t their time yet. You’re scared to even step off of the elevator to your elevation because there is one somebody in the crew who is still having doubts and now you’ve allowed the door to shut, again because you’ve got to pacify them again; it ain’t their time. This is why you have to be careful who you invite.

Please understand, I am not saying you can’t help folk but there is a time and a place. However, I am saying this … Be careful who you invite. All I am saying is, if you know Uncle Low Down is the one to ruin every party, why are you still inviting him to all the parties? Why is doubt the DJ at your dance? Why does pity have an invitation to your praise? Why is there jacked up junk jiggling with your joy? Why is rage RSVP’ing to your rejoicing? Why is fear catering the food and guilt mingling with guests? Don’t you have a say so at all who is on the invitation list? Isn’t this supposed to be a praise party? Aren’t you ready to get your elevation? Aren’t you tired of playing with this thang yet? You need to let go of some people, places and some things and watch how your life change. Everybody isn’t ready to celebrate with you, that’s ok; but you’ve got to prepare yourself for that. You’ve got to know who is for you and who is against you but you will only know that by getting yourself right. You test the spirit by the spirit. That’s bible. Be careful who you invite, some aren’t ready for the change in you and some just shouldn’t be there!

Daily Devotional – 2/19/15 “Stop conforming!”

We’ve found it so easy to emulate reality television when the reality is, it isn’t real. Yea, sure; the writers and producers take everyday life and write it into the script but the glitz and the glamour that you see is all an act that quickly ends when they yell CUT! What they don’t show you is the behind the scenes stuff it takes to make the final scene, the final scene. So, why do we as a people try to conform to what we see? Why can’t we be who God has made us? God didn’t make a mistake when He chose your gender because God doesn’t make mistakes. Please understand, I am in no way judging you for you “doing you” but why not do the real you? Why do you have to act like them to fit in and then get mad when folk won’t accept the change you’ve made? Who are you? The bible says in 1 Peter 1:14-16, “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” But in order for you to abide by this scripture, you have to first be obedient to God’s word! This in lies the problem.

It makes no difference how many Sundays out of the month you go to church, if you are still living in sin – it outweighs your obedience. It makes no difference how many times you shout on Sunday, if your praise doesn’t match your living – it’s just a show. It makes no difference how many times you kneel at the altar, if your heart is dirty – your prayer is in vain. My God! When will we see that this spiritual thing is real? Romans 12:2 says, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” When God change your mind, He changes your meaning. When God change your position, He changes your people. When God change your heart, He changes your habits. And when God change your situation, He changes your shout. All you have to do is allow Him too. Stop conforming to people, places and things and let God transform you! It’ll be a change worth making.

New Series … Ms. Nice Nasty by Lakisha Johnson

I am so excited to announce that I have a new series coming out next month!! Aren’t you excited?? If you’ve read A Secret Worth Keeping, then you should be familiar with Camille, or Cam; well she’s back and in her own series titled Ms. Nice Nasty. And baby, she’s still the same … That Damn Cam (#TDC). Get ready, buckle up because you are about to be taken on a ride!

Synopsis::

Camille Holden-Shannon has always been who she says she is, a woman who can command a courtroom and bedroom without opening her mouth! She’s sexy, confident and not afraid; her credentials speak for themselves. She loves her family and her career but she cannot deny the fact that she loves sex and lots of it. She doesn’t break up homes; she simply gets what she needs and she’s gone!

Her career suddenly takes a turn in the right direction and she is thrown into the public’s eye and all hell breaks loose! A secret adds more fuel to the fire already burning inside her chaotic home and to make matters worse she finds herself being tormented by a ghost from her past! Can she hold it all together or will she break under the pressure? Will Ms. Nice Nasty hang up her stilettos or can she come out on top like she’s known to do.

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Lakisha

Daily Devotional – 2/18/15 “Be careful who you listen too!”

You have to be mindful of whom you hook up with and you also have to be mindful of whom you’re listening to. I mean, how can you allow yourself to be thrown off track by someone shouting from the sideline? How can you allow someone to defer your dreams when they’ve yet to create their vision? How can you allow someone to sidetrack you when they haven’t bothered to step on their own path to walk? How can you allow them to determine your value when they can’t tell you their worth? How can they tell you how to master your craft when they aren’t a master at it? You need to be careful who you listen to? It’s like me listening to the ear doctor about my heart or the eye doctor about my teeth or get this … the enemy about my God! It doesn’t make sense.

Woman, how are you listening to someone who has been divorced six times tell you how to keep your marriage? Man, how are you listening to your friend who can’t keep a woman tell you how to find a wife? How are you listening to someone who only goes to church on holidays tell you how to pray? How can you listen to someone tell you how to get over if you’ve yet to see them struggle? Be careful who you listen too? Yea, Pastor can sho whoop on Sunday but is there any sustenance in his message? Deacon can pray you under the pew but can that prayer get past the ceiling? Momma and Daddy may tell you but are they right? Stop listening to folk because you like what they say because you ought to be at a point now where you should want the truth and if they are your true friends they’d tell you for the bible say in Ephesians 4:25, “So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.” All I am saying is, it’s not only important about who you are hooked up with and attached too but it’s as equally important for who you are listening too. Folk will have you driving off the cliff because you’re too busy listening to their voice and not your GPS. Be careful who you’re listening too, their voice may sound good but turning up their volume ain’t worth it!

Daily Devotional – 2/17/15 “Who are you hooking up with? “

People often time ask my husband what it’s like living in the house with me now that I’ve accepted my calling into ministry, “what is it like living with a minister”? I don’t know what people think changed in our household because I am still the same person; I just have a different path, purpose and position now, yet I didn’t accept it without my husband being fully aware of it. Truth is God knows our destiny because He created it which means, He knows who our spouse will be to handle it (if we allow Him to lead us to the one we are destined to be with). This is why we have to be careful who we attach our spirits too. This is why we have to be mindful who we hook up with. Everybody isn’t capable to walk this spiritual walk with us and we can’t expect them to. Being spiritual, being a Christian, a Saint of God is a day-to-day thing that we have to prepare for daily and it isn’t easy when we have to fight against spiritual evil that tries to destroy us. Now, imagine having to fight against spiritual wickedness and somebody in your own home. You shouldn’t! This is why you have to make sure the person you are hooked up with is hooked up to the right source which is God. You need to make sure that when you can’t get a prayer through, your spouse can. You have to be sure that when you don’t know who to call, they can call Jesus louder than you can.

Baby, listen (I don’t know who this is for) but you can’t be a Christian and your fiancé/spouse/significant other doesn’t believe in God; it won’t work. That’s like buying a car that runs off gas but you don’t believe in gas; it doesn’t make sense. You have to be equally yoked with a person in order for your physical and spiritual relationship to survive. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:14, “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 thought you could change them but baby it took God to change you; you can’t change nobody, you don’t have that power! Yes, this spiritual thang is hard and I get frustrated sometimes and even though my husband isn’t the chairman of the deacon board, he understands but it was God’s doing, not mine. This is why you’ve got to be careful who you hook up with because they’ll start putting stuff in your spirit that’ll have you second guessing your purpose, questioning your vision, and rethinking your path. Be careful who you attach yourself too because they’ll have you getting fed from the wrong bed of nourishment. Be careful who you hook up with, they may not be getting the same watts of power as you!