Daily Devotional – 10/17/13 “After the pain”

After you’ve gone through the pain and been delivered your living is different. Yea, after you’ve been through the pain you realize that God is a man of His word and now you start to actually walk in your destiny. (Now, this is only to those who truly believe in the power of God.) See, after you’ve come through the pain you finally see things and people for what and who they really are and you stop falling for anything. After the pain, you realize that this life may just be worth living and so you do. After the pain, you find out who your true friends are. After the pain, you find out who can be trusted enough to pray for you. Yea, after the pain a lot of things change. So, you see pain isn’t punishment yet its preparation. Pain isn’t permanent yet it’s provisional (that’s temporary). Pain isn’t your persecution yet it’s your purpose. Pain isn’t for pity but it’s for your promotion. Simply summing it up; God has a purpose for your pain. Oh, I know that you’re the one dealing with it, you’re the one going through it and I’m just somebody on the outside looking in but if my prayers could heal you, you’d be restored by now. If my arms could take away the pain, I’d let you have them. If I could share it with you, I would however, God is using your pain for a purpose and I can guarantee that He hasn’t forgotten you for His word says in Deuteronomy 20:4, “For the LORD your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!” God is only allowing you to struggle to be strengthened, endure pain to proclaim your praise and go through to get to your testimony.

So, go on through this storm but don’t let it shake your spirit. Go on and finish this fight but don’t let it forfeit your faith. Yea, this round is almost over so just hold on a little while longer because you have a shield of protection and it’ll never allow you to fall although you may stumble. God has a purpose for your pain but you’ve got to believe it. Your purpose is bigger than your problem, so believe in yourself to come through it. I’ll share this again, “Although your problems come with pain, the pain is proving that you’re not perfect but yet a person who God has picked to be placed at this point and through prayer you’ll be prescribed a promise of praise that allows you to be purified and through this purification process you’ll prosper and through your prosperity you’ll get power and with this power you get God’s protection that allows you to prevail and once you prevail, you’ll have the patience, peace and perseverance to proudly pursue your purpose!” Oh, somebody needed to know today that although that pain makes it seems like your good days are all gone, they aren’t and God is allowing this to happen because soon you’ll be able to say, remember when I used to …. Oh, that’s enough to shout about!

Daily Devotional – 10/16/13 “No pain, no gain?”

Why do we have to endure pain in order to gain something? Why do we have to be hurt before we finally realize something is wrong? Why does pain have to be so bad? Why does it have to hurt like it does? I mean, I sit and watch my sister in agonizing pain with a condition that is so uncommon in someone her age that even the doctors act like they are scared to treat it and I wonder what she is suffering for. Then I read in my bible Psalm 41:2-3 that says, “The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, and he shall be called blessed upon the earth; and do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; in his illness, you restore him to health;” and I realize that this pain is simply showing that no matter the situation, you’re strong because you have been slipped in saving solution that secured your soul for this shut down in order to start you back up with your spirit sprinkled with sanctification that significantly steadies you and stops you from stumbling but subscribes for you, support that sustains you even in the midst of this storm. See, I realize that most people would have accidentally overdosed by now with all the medicine she’s on, yet God is sustaining her because she is being called blessed! I realize that most folk have even committed suicide with this same disease yet God is sustaining her even on her sickbed because she is called blessed. I even realize that somebody reading this is in pain trying to figure out what their gain will be yet God is sustaining you too because just like her you are also called blessed. Yea, after this pain you’ll have a testimony that will make unbelievers believe, sinners repent, backsliders come home and workers more willing. Yea, after this pain comes gain!

So, when you ask if there is something to gain from your pain, let me tell you; YES for 1 Peter 4:13 says, “But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” and 2 Corinthians 1:5 that says, “For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.” See, in suffering you gain a Savior and in pain you gain your purpose. In suffering you gain spirituality and in pain you gain perseverance. In suffering you gain the Holy Spirit and in pain you gain peace. After the pain of losing a loved one, you gain comfort from knowing they’re at rest. After the pain of going through hell, you gain your train fare to Heaven. After the pain of sickness and disease, you gain healing. After the pain of losing a job, you gain a career. After the pain of being rejected, you gain the open doors that God has for you. So, you see there is something to gain from your pain, so hold on. Even I will have something to gain from this pain that my sister is dealing with and I shall wait patiently to see what it shall be. There is pain but afterwards you shall gain all that God has for you!

Daily Devotional – 10/15/13 “I wonder…”

I wonder how much better you’d be if you prayed for me as much as you talked about me? I wonder how many more blessings you’d receive if you would help me instead of always hurting me? I wonder how many more doors you’ll close because you’d rather tear me down instead of building me up. I wonder how many more times you’ll sacrifice your gift because you choose to talk about mine? I wonder how many more days you’ll hinder your life because you’re wishing bad over mine? I just wonder! I mean you always got your mouth on everybody else when you should be talking to God. Don’t you know that John 13:34 says “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” Then why is this so hard? When you hear folk gossiping about me, pray for them! Yea, I said pray for them because I don’t mind them speaking my name. When you see folk struggling, be there for them instead of ignoring their call. When you see folk wandering lost and having a hard time finding their way, guide them instead of turning your head. When you see folk crying and hurting, love them instead of laughing. When you see folk hungry and cold, feed and clothe them instead of posting it on Facebook.

Baby, this walk is hard enough without having to fight off or with folks who are supposed to prop you up when you lean, wrap their arms around you when you need comforting and encourage you when all hope is slipping away. Oh, but you find happiness in other folk’s hurt, pleasure in their pain, delight in their dilemma and enjoyment in their enduring. Yea, you smile while they’re in their storm, laugh when they lose and rejoice when they run. However, remember this … Your time is coming! And I wonder how you will be when your storm begins. I wonder how you’ll be when your sick time shows up. I wonder how you’ll be when your journey becomes jacked up, your eyesight blurred with tears, your smile is no longer showing, your circumstance becomes common and your knock down becomes known. I just wonder how you’ll be.

Daily Devotional – 10/10/13 “It’s hard out here for a PIMP!”


Yea, it’s hard out here for a Person In My Position. See, you look at me and see my smile but you don’t see the tears I just dried. You look at me and see my blessing but you’d never guess about all the things that has me stressing. You look at me and see God’s glory yet you never even stop to ask my story! Oh, it’s hard out here for a person in my position.


In Romans 7:17-23, it says (me paraphrasing) every time I try to do good, bad appears. Every time I try to walk right, left appears looking better. Every time I say I’m going, something holds me back. Every time I try to walk through the door, it closes and then locks. I try but it’s hard. I believe but it’s harder. I even keep my faith but that makes this the hardest. Verse 24 (The Message Bible) says, “I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?” Then Romans 7:25 says, “The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does.” Oh, it’s hard out here for a person in my position but I’m in the best position to be in because I’m in God’s army. As the pastor said on last night, it may be hard out here for a person in my position but there’s a reason for it because with my position there’s purpose in my pain, passion in my prayers and power in my praise! Yes, it’s hard out here for a person in my position but with my position comes hope, joy, an abundance of love, forgiveness, repentance for my sins and best of all; God who is my shield and protection, my provider, my pain reliever, my mind regulator, my heart fixer, my sleep aid, my midnight rocker, my early morning prayer partner, my mid praise praise giver, my yes man, my burden easer and my load carrying partner. Yes, this position may come with a few trials, tribulations, storms, restless nights, more enemies than you care to have, some hurt to your heart, some knock down moments and tears but it’s all worth it when you’ve completed your task and your retirement comes with a payoff that no man can count and an eternal living that surpasses the hell you’ve been through here on earth. Yea, its hard out here for a person in my position but no one can fill it like me!