Category Archives: Encouragement

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Burned Out?

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Becoming burned out does not happen overnight but overtime. The causes of drainage can come from investing or pouring so much time and energy into people, jobs, tasks and daily routines that it becomes exhausting. It can also be a manifestation of giving your all; only not to receive any results or appreciation for your efforts. No matter how hard you try to do the right thing, it just seems that evil is always present. So what do you do when you feel like you cannot take anymore? What do you do when it feels like your best isn’t enough? What do you do when it nothing is going the way you plan nor expected? Continue reading →

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Keep it Together….Don’t Collapse

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Keep it all together when everything is fallen apart. This is a test of how much courage, strength, growth and wisdom that you have gained along the way. There will be things that will come from all corners and directions that will attack you. (Sometimes out of no where). It is written in Ephesians 6:12: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Behind every negative force of energy and attack is something that is spiritual. Even when you have every reason to quit or give up, remain standing. Do not give anyone or anything your power. You are much stronger than you think you are, especially with God’s strength. Don’t fall apart. Keep your mind together, for you are more than a conqueror. Pass the test during the trial. Everything happens for a reason. When it’s all over, you will be standing victorious. The blessings will outweigh the pain, stress, rejection, loneliness, frustration and anger. Always go to your secret place and allow him to guard and protect you. There is greater and more on the way for you! Allow God to be the band that holds you together. Don’t collapse.

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Dependable?

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The word dependable means trustworthy and reliable. It’s difficult in this time and age to put your trust into something or someone without being let down. Trust God as your rock and safety. If you are place in a situation in where others can mostly rely on you and not the other way around at times, it just means that God can trust you to handle more. It may appear as unfair or as a burden, but his plan is bigger than your emotions. He always prepares you for where you’re going. There is someone who is depending on you to survive, just as Joseph preserved his family and the land of Egypt from famine. Jesus came so that we may have life more abundantly.

It is written in Matthew 2:16: “Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men”.

Mankind needed his survival in order to live. Your assignment will require for someone to depend on your survival. Someone is counting on you to make it. You shall live and not die. He preserved Moses, Joshua, and David for his assignment; as so he will with you. That’s why you cannot become tired and weary. There is someone who is depending on your story to bring them out of their famine, bondage and persecution. He will give you power and strength to handle the pressure. All things come from him that is above.

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The Power of No

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The word no can be bold, direct and even uncomfortable. God’s no is protection. No matter how frustrated or impatient you are, look at it as an honor. You’re so special in his sight that he will run the risk of your pain to protect you. Believe or not, some people don’t have that privilege or that form of favor. For example, he will answer yes to some people’s prayer just to show them that it’s not what they wanted or thought. Why go through any unnecessary stress, pressure, or work? He loves you so much that he doesn’t want you to experience that. Think about a child who wants too much candy. Out of love, care and responsibility, their parents will tell them no, despite how much their feelings are hurt. God is the same way. It’s better to just listen and obey the voice of the LORD no matter what his answer is at the moment. His ways are higher than our ways and his thinking is better than our ways. A closed door is better than an open door that leads to destruction. His no’s are just as important as the yes. See it as no harm or strange thing. You are favored beyond measure! ♥

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Cast All Cares Upon Him!

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In this day and hour, it is important to cast ALL cares upon him. 1 Peter 5:7 says “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you”. (That means every single thing that’s bothering you or weighing you down). You must place all of your burdens and worries on him. It can be challenging when you’re not sure how God will handle it, but in due time he will! Don’t follow your flesh, it just will create more turmoil and chaos. The problem will escalate instead of it being resolved. Can you obey his voice and follow instructions when he tells you not to move or speak? Can you lean not to your own understanding when it looks like God’s way doesn’t make sense? Trust in him and in due season he will vindicate you. It can be extremely draining and exhausting to put your cares upon something or someone else. Cast even the smallest things upon him, for he knows your needs before you pray about them. Your smallest worries matters to God. Worrying does not add to anything, it only makes things worse. Remember there’s a word for every situation you go through. Cast all cares upon him and again he will give you rest.

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He Will Make A Way Out of No Way!

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Just as he made a way for the children of Israel, so shall he make it for you. God never goes back on his word. His promises are true. His plans are mysterious and his strategies are beyond human comprehension. No one can truly figure out God. There is nothing predictable about him. He blesses us in different ways. You may be looking for him to do something he did before, when he is going to bless you in another way. He shall do a new thing in you. Everything that crashed and burned shall be restored. It may have been impossible with man, but with God all things shall be possible. Every fail attempt will become a story that is a part of your success. Remember that God is going to do everything he has said he’s going to do. You may not have receive what you wanted during the time you expected, but he will always come on time. No matter how impossible things may seem, feel or look, remember that he shall make a way out of no way. He shall multiply and expand what little offering that you have left.

It is written in 1 Kings 17:12-16 that:

And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

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More than Enough

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You are more than enough. There is nothing that you need to change about who you are. Grow to love yourself the way that God does. If you have been beaten down from the words of other people all of your life, then it is easy to feel < instead of >. If people have under estimated you and counted you out, again you are tempted to feel less than. There are some people who did their best in everything they knew, but it still wasn’t enough. Rejection can also take a toll on how you see yourself. It’s important to know that you are more than enough :). No one can place a label on you but God. No one can know your full potential and all that you have to offer but God. Don’t give people no power to determine what or who you are. It’s easier spoken than said however, with God’s power you can do anything! Don’t count yourself out, because God hasn’t. He will prepare a table in front of your enemies. No need to explain or prove anything to anyone. You have a job to do here on this earth before you perish. The higher his expectations are, the higher the level of responsibility and discipline that is required.

It is written in Luke 12:48  For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required:

You are not a burden or any other name that anyone has spoken about you. You are a child of God, and you are more than enough! Be strong and courageous ♥.

*(I have a writing bug in me tonight, maybe I should write a book lol)*

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Speak Those Things As though They Were

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Speak those things as though they were. Your words should be a reflection of your future. It’s important to speak what you want into existence. Your words have power and they even have the ability to determine what you will attract. The wrong words can terminate the blessing that’s ahead. Don’t block your blessings with the wrong words. We must walk by faith and not by sight. It is written in Proverbs 15:4 that “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit”. Your words have the ability to tear down or lift up. Don’t talk yourself out of your own blessing. You have come too far to allow the wrong thinking, attitude or words to hinder you. Your vision and words should be aligned together. Keep speaking it, until you see it. There is a reason why you are in a particular season in your life. The best is on the way, for with God nothing shall be impossible!

 

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He’s Saving You for Someone Better

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When you are on a certain level, you cannot have what everyone else has. If he has called you to be more, your standard has to be different. Allow God to do a new thing in you. Stop questioning how and when God wants to bless you. There are certain sacrifices that you must endure.

It is written in Romans 12:1: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service”.

It doesn’t take much do to what everyone’s doing. Set your self a part to receive more. Everything that’s fast is not always good. Delayed gratification is better than instant gratification. Instant coffee and food are not as good as the coffee and food that takes time to make and prepare. Do not get caught up in what everyone’s doing at the moment. It is only a distraction to throw you off your path. When it’s all said and done and when the smokes clears, you will be the one standing. Raise your expectations instead of lowering them. What looks extraordinary to everyone else should only look ordinary to you. There is a reason why you are in the season that you are in. He has so much in store for you. His plans are bigger for you. God just doesn’t hand his best to anybody. There are higher qualifications and requirements that one has to meet when it comes to who you are. He removes some people in your life because they are not going where you are going. Sometimes God will protect you from the wrong one, so you can receive something better along the way. He always saves the best for last. See yourself the way he sees you. He’s saving you for someone better 🙂