Daily Devotional – 10/4/13 “Get up!”

You’re sitting around waiting for stuff to happen and then get mad when they don’t. You want stuff to drop in your lap and then get an attitude when nothing falls. You expect God to come and see about you yet you won’t go when He sends you somewhere. At what point will you get up to get your blessing? When will you get up to get exactly what you’ve been asking for? You’re begging, in prayer, for a job yet you haven’t filled out one application. You keep asking God to heal you yet you won’t take the medicine the doctor prescribed. You keep asking for deliverance from your addiction yet you’re still swallowing pills or alcohol, filling your veins with poison, shopping, seeking out those who you can devour (adultery) or whatever else you’re addicted too. When will you do your part? When will you get up? When will you release all the things that you’ve been tied too and get up? When will you get up and let go of that woman’s husband, that man’s wife, that car or house you can’t afford, that abusive spouse, that stressful job, that child that’s sucking you dry, that woe is me attitude or that hate that’s making you bitter? Oh, please note; it is your choice because you can sit back and allow things to pass you by but don’t hinder me. Don’t try to trip me up from walking into my destiny, don’t try to pull me down on the way up to my elevation and don’t try to talk me out of my blessing because you’re mad. The only difference between you and I, I got up!

Yea, see the bible says in Romans 12:6, “Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them,” which means you have to get up. This scripture goes on to say in verses 7-8, “If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.” To sum it up, if you have a talent or gift, use it and if you’re capable of doing it, do it! All you have to do is believe it for yourself, have faith that it can be done, ask for it and then get up to get it! This is why 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight,” because if we used only our sight to take us into places or to meet folk, we would probably miss out on a lot of things. So today, I stopped by to tell you that in order to get your healing, your blessing, your gift, your tears dried, your bank account increased, your territory enlarged, your heart mended, your mind regulated, your situation changed, your obstacles moved, your husband or your wife, your career, your home, your car, your happiness back, your sleep back, comfort and sun after your storm; you need to have some faith that can’t be shaken by the storm, moved by the wind, knocked down by folk, stepped on by your enemies and counted out by you; you need to GET UP, grab your faith and get to work! With even a mustard seed type of faith and God’s promise ALL things are possible.

Daily Devotional – 10/2/13 “That attitude!”

You got the nerve to blame your stanky attitude on waking up on the wrong side of the bed when it isn’t the bed’s fault but it’s yours because if the truth shall be told here, you get up on the same side of the bed every morning. You want to blame the world because you’re in debt but it isn’t the world’s fault because no one told you to get yet another credit card, that high car loan or that big house. You’re mad because your baby’s daddy is a deadbeat but wasn’t he trifling when you laid down with him? You had to know there was a chance you could make a baby when you weren’t using protection, right? If he was a horrible boyfriend, then chances are he will be a horrible father. If you couldn’t count on him to come and change a flat tire when you were stranded then you should know that the chances of getting those pampers he promised are slim to none. So why are you mad? You’re mad because your sister, brother, mom, dad or uncle wouldn’t let you borrow the money you asked for; when actually it is not borrowing because you probably don’t have it to give back so it’s giving. Have you ever called to ask them how they are instead of always begging? Maybe they are having a bad day or really don’t have it to give. Oh but hold up, they really don’t have to give you anything but love because it’s free, everything else is a blessing so be grateful. You’re still mad at daddy because he wasn’t there for you growing up and you are now over 30. Get over it! Daddy is the one that has missed out on your life. What have you missed? Didn’t mom still provide for you, wipe your nose when you were sick, attend school functions when she could, raise you with morals and character? Daddy is the one that has to answer to God on being an absentee father so why are you trying to condemn him too? Let go of the anger and resentment that you have in your heart for him because it’s blocking your path to God. Let it go baby and move on because God has blessings and work for you to do but He can’t reach you with all this other stuff built around you. Tear down the walls and stop treating every man that comes along like your daddy. Just because he left doesn’t mean every man will leave. You need to break the curse and start today!

Stop with all the foolishness! Stop being an angry female or male! If you didn’t get that job that you claimed, it wasn’t yours. If you’re spouse chooses to leave, he or she wasn’t yours. If you lose your house or car, it wasn’t yours because God won’t give you anything He won’t give you the means to keep. If you asked God to get you out of debt and they repossessed your car or foreclosed on your house, why are you mad? If you asked God to bind your enemies and folk left, why are you mad? If you asked God to release the strongholds that have you bound and stressed and you got laid off, why are you mad? If you asked God for confirmation in a decision and then you receive an email, phone call or text, why are you doubting or skeptical? Didn’t you ask? Stop asking for stuff you’re not ready to handle and stop acting like God is punishing you because you’re having it hard right now. I can guarantee that everyone you know has been, is about to, or is coming out of a storm because it’s just a test that we, as Christians, have to endure to get through. It isn’t about you, it’s about God’s work through you but that attitude, we can all do without!

Proverbs 14:29 says “People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness” or John 1:19 “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.”

A Sneak Peak

A Secret Worth Keeping by Lakisha Johnson

Shelby is a career woman turned housewife who enjoys the friendships that have been built with her 5 best friends; Camille, Lynesha, Raylin, Kerri and Chloe. They are all career women with different businesses or careers, husbands and even children but something is missing, something they can’t find at home, in a store or even in a book. So, they search for this missing piece in the beds, arms, cars, offices and even in storage rooms of other men who don’t mind paying for what Dem Dam Divas can offer. They enjoy the thrill of sneaking, creeping and even vacationing on someone else’s dime but what happens when it all becomes too much? From being found guilty with no evidence, secretly wanting someone who doesn’t want you, loving only to not be loved back, caught up in a dream that you’re about to be awaken from; will it be worth it in the end? Will their secret lives be revealed and will it become too much to handle? Will they regret their actions or stand by them? Will they finally question whether this secret is really worth keeping?

Excerpt:

Ray

“Good morning, Ray; Mr. Johnson is waiting to see you in his office.”

Thanks Ashley, I said. I knocked on the door that was already slightly open. “Hey, you wanted to see me?” He motioned for me to come in while he finished up a call. Once he hung up, he looked at me with the slight hint of an attitude and said, “Yea, since I didn’t hear from you this weekend!”

“Oh, do I detect an attitude? Seeing that I am not your wife, I don’t have to check in.”

He said, “You may not be my wife but I pay you like you are!”

“Yea, you pay because it’s worth every dollar and I do the things your wife doesn’t. Now, if you don’t want anything I have some work to do.”

He grabbed me by the arm before I could move and pushed me up against his desk. He pushed the intercom, “Yes, Mr. Johnson;” said Ashley.

“Ray and I will be busy for the next 30 minutes, no interruptions!” he barked.

“Yes sir,” she said.

He pushed up my pencil skirt and ran his fingers between my legs, surprised that I had no panties on as he hurriedly tried to undo his pants.

“Slow down baby, she ain’t going nowhere.”

“I know but dam, she’s so hot and wet!” he said.

“Yea I know but remember we are at work and I don’t need you screaming like a girl!”

He laughed and said, “Then put something in my mouth to shut me up.” I, of course obliged.

I pulled my skirt the rest of the way up, pushed myself back on his desk and spread my legs wide enough for his head to nestle right in between them. I wanted him to get all the glory of my freshly shaved candy box and his tongue hit the bull’s eye on the first try and I was in Heaven. He parted my lips and sucked like he was trying to find how many licks until he got to the tootsie roll center!

“Oh my God!” is all I could say as I grabbed this man by the head. As I begin to have an orgasm out of this world, he stood and I took every inch of his long, thick cock as I wrapped my legs around his back. I put my hands on his ass and I pushed until I made sure I had it all.

“Dam girl!” he said as I laid back a little further to make sure he was feeling every bit of me. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I love this sex but I won’t let him see it. I grabbed his arms and rocked with him until we both came together.

“Baby, you will make a man sign over his company for that shit!”

“Yea, I know. Consider that a thank you for our trip this weekend,” I said as I walked out passed Ashley smiling before he even had a chance to respond.

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LaKisha Johnson is a girl after God’s own heart; doing what she believes to be her purpose..writing. In addition to being a self-publised author, she’s also a wife of 15 years, mother of 2 and native of Memphis, TN. She comes from a huge family and has always been the go to girl whenever someone needed a poem written or read, an acknowledgement that would convey just what they were thinking or even an occassion written for that special day. She’s an all-around talented lady that makes everything she touch turn to gold. She has 2 degrees from Southwest TN Community College both in Information Technology and has worked in the corporate field for over 15 years. She is also a dedicated blogger, delivering a devotional blog 5 days per week entitled “Kisha’s Daily Devotionals.”

LaKisha wants readers of her books to step outside the box and read with imagination. She wants them reeled in from the front cover to the last word, enjoying every second in between, asking for more. She doesn’t proclaim to be the best writer or even author in the world..she just proclaims to be blessed because her motto is “God’s purpose is bigger than any problem!”

Get to know Lakisha:

1. Who is Lakisha Johnson?

I am a 36 year old young lady, who is married with 2 children. I am the product of a large crazy family and I was born and raised in Memphis, TN. I am always on the go but I find time to write and read, which are 2 hobbies I love.

2. What made you want to become an author?

Writing or becoming an author isn’t something I set out to do but it is something that I’ve now found, I am destined to do. Writing is a passion and a gift that God has blessed me with and because of that it has become something greater than I could have ever imagined which is why I can now call myself an author.

3. Is this your first book and do you see yourself writing anymore?

No, this isn’t my first book but it is my first published book. My first book is a self-published book that is entitled, “Doses of Devotion” and it’s simply a book of encouragement. Yes, I do see myself writing many more books because this is only the beginning for me.

4. Why did you choose to write a fiction after a devotional?

It was actually a spur of the moment thing. I was sitting at home one night looking at some recent pictures from a sleepover with my sisters and aunt and this idea popped in my head. So, I grabbed my computer and began writing and it was fairly easy because I took some of the personality traits from my sisters, aunt and friends and the words just begin to flow.

5. Why did you choose the name, “A Secret Worth Keeping?”

I chose this title because everyone is always eager to hear a secret. I know it may be hard to believe but if you want to grab anyone’s attention; call, text or email them and tell them you have a secret to share and they will drop everything to hear it.

6. Is this book based on real life events?

No, everything that is in this book is my imagination. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am sure there are a lot of women who can relate, who have probably been in one of these situations or know someone who has but no, this isn’t based on real life.

7. What do you want your readers to get out of this book?

That a secret can bring complete chaos in any situation so choose your secrets or even the secrets you want to keep wisely because at any given time, they can blow up in your face.

Find the author:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ASWKeeping

Twitter – https://twitter.com/_lakishajohnson

Instagram – http://instagram.com/kishajohnson

Author Site – https://authorlakishajohnson.wordpress.com/

Email address – authorlakisha@gmail.com

Daily Devotional – 10/1/13 “It’s just your time!”

You might be standing on the edge of your dilemma and it feels as if you’re about to tumble over because when you look around all you see is darkness and you can’t really tell if it is day or night. You’ve prayed and paced about the situation and it seems like your answer won’t come. Yea, you’ve heard that “Weeping might endure for a night but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5)”, but you’re wondering where your morning is. You can’t eat because you are full from drinking your tears and you keep asking will they ever stop or will your tear stain face bear witness to the pain you are feeling inside? Well, let me share with you Psalm 126:5 that states, “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.” Oh, but hold on, that’s not all, because I simply stopped by to bother you for just a minute to let you know that it’s just your time. It’s just your time to go through your storm. It’s just your time to go through your sickness. It’s just your time to suffer for a little while. It’s just your time to cry. It’s just your time.

Yea, the storm may get hard and it may even knock you down but as long as you stay rooted in God, you’ll regrow. It’s like a house that is blown away in a tornado yet what remains after the storm is the foundation because it’s solid and unbreakable. Well, when you’re attached to God’s tree of life, you may swing like a branch in the wind but you won’t break. Your leaves may drop off but as long as you hold on, you won’t. You may get knocked against some things that cause you to have a few scars on your branch but that’s just evidence that you’ve been through but came out. Oh, you may shed tears but they are simply watering the harvest that you shall soon reap. So go on and cry for when harvest time comes, you won’t shed anymore because you’ve sown enough to last you through that season. So, hold on; it’s just your time for when you come out you can say, my eyes have been swollen from crying and tear stains on my face but I’m stronger. Yes, my back has been bent and sometimes I can hardly stand but I’m not out! Yes, sometimes my shoulders are bogged down with the burdens of this world, but I’m still walking. Yes, I’ve been knocked down but not knocked out so I’m wiser. Yes, I’ve been lied on and I got scars on my knees from being dragged through the mud but it made me stronger. Yes, I’ve got a scar on my back from being stabbed from so-called friends, but I’m not bitter. Yes, my heart has been broke but it’s being repaired by Dr. Jesus so I’ll love again. Yea, you counted me out but God counts me in. You may call me names but God simply calls me. I may have been an addict but then God saved me and made me anointed. I may have been depressed but God filled me and now I’m delivered and devoted. You may have even called me unworthy but God simply calls me qualified. So, don’t give up; it’s just your time.

There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit! Romans 5:3-5 (The Message Bible)