Today's Inspiration 🌟☀️

When was the last time you told someone what Jesus has done for you?

Luke 8:39 (NLT)

“No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.

How will people know about Jesus if we don't tell them about Jesus? Churches are typically attended by those that know the Lord or are seeking the Lord. We must witness to those outside of church walls. 

When was the last time we went all through town proclaiming the great things Jesus has done? We encounter lost souls everyday. When was the last time we witnessed to a lost soul? 

You do not have to be a minister to share God's love. You only need your story. If Jesus has brought you out of anything, tell someone. 

The world is hurting and people are in need of hope and love. Your testimony could be the difference between life, or someone taking their life. You don't have to know the ending of the story to be a part of the story.  

My Testimony of provision and salvation:

I was a single, teenage parent. I was on my own trying to go to school and care for my daughter. I would cry in the closet so my daughter would not see or hear me. I wanted to end my life because I couldn't see a way out of poverty. 

I made $4.25 hr but I was never late on rent or utilities. We didn't even have furniture in my apartment. I worked at McDonalds and one day God sent a mover into McDonalds. He had furniture he just removed from someone's home and he gave it to me. 

I eventually graduated and I now have two Master degrees. I also married a wonderful man and had two more children. It doesn't matter how hard it seems God is greater. 

Salvation:

God saved me one day when I visited Atlanta. I wanted aunt jemima butter syrup but it was only sold in the big bottle. I did not want to buy the big bottle of syrup for only a weekend trip. God sent a woman that overheard me and she purchased the syrup. She gave it to my sister friend as she knew I would likely reject it.  She told my friend: "Tell her Jesus wants her to have this syrup and Jesus loves her". 

I had never encountered that kind of love. I felt no one ever cared about me. I wanted to know more about Jesus. Jesus cared enough about me to want me to have Aunt Jemima Butter syrup😳! I just couldn't believe it. That day my heart was opened and Jesus began to fill it with His love. Her act of love and courage saved my life. I was saved with Jesus syrup! 

Jesus loves you. My story is filled with struggle and perseverance. Through it all God helped me to stand tall. Don't give up. Victory is yours!

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞you!

Today's Inspiration ☀️🌟

A closed hand is a closed heart. An open hand is an open heart. 

Luke 6:38 (NLT)

Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

We serve a God of abundance. That abundance is dependent on our faith. We have to have faith to give. Giving is a gift. We should always give from our hearts. 

When we give we never lose. When we give we open ourselves up to receive in ways we never imagined. 

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (NLT)

Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.

We can never beat God giving. God knows our needs and Jesus will never leave us or forget us. Open your hands and give from your heart. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞 you!

Today's Inspiration ☀️🤗

When your faith is tested hold on to faith. Trust and believe God is God. If your faith begins to fade. Speak and rebuke your unbelief. Know that it is just a test. Our walk prepares us to be tested. If we trust God the circumstances shouldn't matter. Speak the word when doubt creeps in. Do not allow your mind to wander into darkness. Speak God's truth and condition your mind to believe. 

1 Peter 1:6-7 (NLT)

So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Trust God and rebuke anything contrary to the word of God. When doubt creeps in, say and believe "I rebuke all unbelief in the name of Jesus". The same way we pray and believe God for everything else, we have to pray against doubt in our hearts. We have to condition our mind to believe the truth. The truth is God will never leave us or forget us. The truth is, God is our Strong Tower. The truth is, God is our Provider. 

Regardless of where we find ourselves we must believe the truth. The truth is in God's word. We will endure trials but we must be steadfast and unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞 you!

Today's Inspiration 🌟☀️

Psalms 146:1-2 (NLT)

Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

We have to make a declaration with our soul to praise God. 

Our praise should not be dependent upon our circumstances. The only criteria we should consider when determining if we are going to praise God is....are we breathing? If we are, we should vow as long as we are breathing we will praise God!

When praises go up, blessings come down. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞 you!

Today's Inspiration ☀️🌼🌟

In Jesus we are strong. Our strength comes from God. God has given us His light and even in adversity we are able to shine bright. 

2 Corinthians 4:7-10 (NLT)

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 

Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

Know that in your struggle you are sharing the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus can be seen in you!

We are God's hands and feet in the earth. It is through us that people will see Jesus. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞 you!

Today's Inspiration 🙌☀️

God revealed to Joseph his destiny before he was betrayed (Gen 37:5-8). When we know where we are going we should not be moved by where we are! Betrayal is sometimes a necessary accessory. 

Our current circumstances sometimes distract us when we fail to remember our purpose. 

Jesus was betrayed. His betrayal was needed for His purpose to be fulfilled to save mankind from sin.

Joseph was betrayed. His betrayal was needed to fulfill his purpose to become second in command in Egypt and save the land from famine.

Your betrayal was needed to fulfill your purpose. Don’t discount your journey, your story is still being written.

Don't become distracted by your betrayal stay focused on your purpose 💯. 

It doesn't feel good but God's timing is perfect. There are multiple people connected to your purpose. Your betrayal was not to kill you but to move you into the next level in your walk. 

We have to look for the wisdom in it and not the pain from it. 

Small Poem……..

Forgive 🙏 the offender and know that the betrayal was a necessary accessory, disguised as treachery.  A needed chapter in your beautiful story.  Crafted to remove all ambiguity and give God an opportunity to show you His glory and power.  

To let you know He is the only Strong Tower. 

Your destiny is greater than you and me. 

Its greater than your eyes will ever see.

The lives you touch will go down in someone’s history and that is a part of your ministry.

If only you could see God’s 🎨 artistry, you would believe all things are working together in 🎶 harmony. 

You would know you are in His hands and play a significant role in His master plan. 

Then you would never be bitter because you would recognize those are traits of a sinner. 

Jesus hands were on you even when the enemy tried to destroy you. 

We know God will never leave you or forget you (Deut 31:6). 

So sit back and relax…. and let God do what only he can do, and that is make your enemies be at peace with you (Pro 16:7). 

Then there will be no mystery when Jesus grants you the ultimate victory!

Be blessed and know that Jesus 💞 loves you!

Today's Prayer🙏

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Father God, you are wonderful and magnificent in every way. Your mercy is from everlasting to everlasting to everlasting. You clothe the grass and you laid the foundations of the earth. You command the morning & the evening, and cause the dawn to know its place. 

You have walked the depths of the sea, and know the treasures of snow and hail. You are the giver of wisdom to the mind, and the provider of understanding to the heart. 

You send rain to the wilderness to satisfy the desolate areas. You set the limits to the sea, and place darkness in its place. There is no one greater than you. You are our great and mighty King. You are the door to eternal salvation. 

We are presenting ourselves humbly, praying, seeking your face, and turning from our wicked ways, asking you to hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal the land.  

Lord Jesus, we are in need of you today. The world is in need of you today. Help us to display the fruits of the Spirit. Giver of fruits, plant more love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance in us. Help us to be bountiful fruit trees for your glory and refrain from vain glory.

Lead us oh Lord, in your righteousness, and make our paths straight. We pray for those that are loss or in a backslidden state. That they would no longer wander, or debate, but would allow you to restore them, and turn their crooked ways straight. 

Help us to know it is not about a feeling it is about belief and faith. In Jesus name we pray.

Amen

Be blessed and know that Jesus Loves 💞you!

Today's Inspiration 🙌🙌🏾☀️

God's 📖 word is life. If we seek God first and always there wouldn't be anything or anyone that could break us. We would be unstoppable, immovable, and unshakable!

We should declare:

Psalms 18:1-2 KJV

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

We should begin our day reading, believing and declaring the good news. It will set the tone for a God filled day.  

Psalms 18:2 Message

God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God––the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.

Meditating on the word of God allows us to turn “on” our Jesus news feeds. When our Jesus news feeds are on we are flooded with wisdom and understanding throughout our day. 

Then our circumstances would not dictate our mood or our responses. The enemy would try but would always fail. We would walk in our victory. We would conquer our fears and pursue our God given dreams. We would walk by faith and not by sight. Our feet would be planted knowing that we stand on the solid Rock of Jesus Christ . 

Psalms 18:30-32 Message

What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God –direction is road–tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. Is there any god like God? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me, then aimed me in the right direction.

God arms us and aims us in the right direction when we read & believe! We are now armed and aimed in the right direction. Thank you Jesus!! 

Be blessed and know that Jesus 💞 loves you!

Today's Inspiration 🙌

In God’s presence there is fullness of 😆 Joy. How much time in our day do we spend in God’s presence? How much pure joy do we experience everyday? In God’s presence doesn’t mean the time we spend asking God for our wish list. In God’s presence means delighting in Jesus and in his word. How much time do we spend in Jesus?

Psalms 16:11 NKJV

You will show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Many of us search for joy and pleasure that is unsustainable. We make special plans for temporary joy. We should make daily plans for sustainable joy. In God’s presence there isn’t just joy but fullness of joy. Fullness of joy is and abundance of joy. It is satisfying joy. 

Psalms 16:8 The NKJV

I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

When God is before us we are following Jesus. When God is before us Jesus is directing us. When God is before us our steps are ordered. When God is at our right hand he is protecting, strengthening and advising us in our daily affairs. 

Proverbs 3:6 AMP: In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.

We have the formula for joy! Be joyful in the Lord. 

Be blessed and know that Jesus 💞 loves you!

Today's Inspiration 🙌

Mark 3:23 KJV: ......How can Satan cast out Satan?

We are either going to serve God or the enemy. Satan is not going to cast himself out. We cannot change ourselves.

As long as we are in agreement with the ways of the world, we are NOT in agreement with Jesus. If we are not in agreement with Jesus we are in agreement with Satan. 

Only Jesus can take away the desires of the world and replace them with heavenly desires, but we have to seek him. 

We become spiritually strong when we spend time feeding our spirit with the word of God. We become spiritually weak when we feed ourselves with an abundance of TV, gossip, and other media, that promotes the enemy’s agenda. 

Mark 3:27 NLT “Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like Satan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house”.

We need Jesus to come into our homes and take away anything that is contrary to his will. Jesus is the only one that can come into our minds and our homes, and bind up the work of the enemy. 

When we know the word, we can call on it in time of trouble. When we love the Lord and spend time with The Lord, we can hear God's voice, and follow his direction. 

If we rarely spend time with The Lord, we will rely on advice from others, the media , or our imagination.

Joshua 1:8-9 (NLT)

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Be blessed and know that Jesus Loves💞 you!

Today's Inspiration 🙌🙏

Who is God to you?

Exodus 6:2-3 (KJV)

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

What names have you known God to be in your life. 

Jehovah Jireh: The Lord will provide (Gen 22:14). Has God ever been a provider?

Jehovah Shalom: The Lord is Peace. (Judges 6:24). Has God ever given you peace in the midst of chaos?

Jehovah Rapha: The Lord who Heals  (Exo 15:26) Have you ever been healed?

El Elyon: The Most High God (Gen 14:18). Have you ever experienced miracles? 

Has God been Merciful, Mighty, or Righteous in your life?

We are blessed that God is not in an Ark. we know Him as Emmanuel, God is with us. We know Him as Jesus, YHWH saves. 

God has revealed Himself to us. God has shown us who He is in our weakness. 

God is Everlasting to Everlasting (Neh 9:5). God gave us access to Him. Access His Word and access to His Spirit. 

God has given us everything we need for success. We just need to activate the access by saying yes!

Be blessed and know that Jesus loves 💞you!