Family Is Important

Family is a very important component of our life's journey. I've heard the saying before that "you cannot choose the family that you've been born to!"  Wow, I thought to myself...this means that God has planned every moment of our lives, every aspect of our lives, including and right down to the family to which we are born.


So that led me to believe that it is important to whom I was birthed to.  I felt obligated to take an intense look at the parents that took part in bringing me to be.  God had so ordained it that these two people had what it took to shape my life into what He wanted me to be.


I have the impatience of my mother and the social skills of my father.  I see the familiarity of myself in my siblings and I see the differences in our we've used the characteristics of our parents differently.


With the truth being told, we fuss, dislike, argue, storm out but at the end of the day, we are family and whatever the issue at hand is we are obligated to remain so.


Family is a place that anchors you!  No matter how distance separates us we recognize when its time that we must make a commitment to physical get in each other presence.  Family cements memories and events.  It is a common bond of reality that we share.


Each of us may have a different take on what family is, what it looks like, and who may and may not be included but family consists of those of like nature and thoughts and most of all love.


Family is a reminder that we are not in this journey alone.  That there is someone along the journey to encourage, correct, and direct us in love.

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What's Your Desire?

There I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. (Mark 11:24 NKJV)

But their prayers don’t get answered because they don’t have anything of faith to them. The Bible says, “Without faith, it is impossible to please Him” (Hebrews 11:6). God hears faith—and His desire is aroused by it. But whining doesn’t even get His attention.

Remember the man in John 5, who had had an infirmity for thirty-eight years, and he was waiting for the troubling of the waters by the pool of Bethesda? Jesus came to him and asked him, very directly, “Do you want to be made well?” (v. 6).

But the man was actually confused about what he really wanted. So he began to complain, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me” (v.7).
Can’t you just hear him whine? He lost sight of the solution and focused on the problem, and the problem about getting the problem taken care of.

The Answer was literally staring him in the face and asking, “What do you want?”
Now consider what happened with two blind men Jesus met as He was passing from the old city of Jericho to the new. It is found in Matthew 20:29-34. These two men cried out to Jesus, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David.” Even when the crowd tried to hush them up, they just cried out louder, “Have mercy on us.”

So Jesus stopped and asked them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And what do you suppose they answered? Just this: “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” No whining. No complaining. But a simple, faith-filled request. They spoke their desire.
Faithpoint: Whenever you pray, understand the difference between speaking your desire to God and simply complaining. God can do tons with the former and nothing with the latter. Don’t focus on the problem, focus on the answer. Have faith in God’s Word concerning it and believe that you receive what you are believing Him for, then you will see it come to pass.

Inevitable Change

Change is the inevitable thing!

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Partial Obedience is FULL Disobedience!

Being human, we automatically fall prey to vices and shortcomings of the flesh.  This causes us to view the "call" on our lives sometimes as an inconvenience or a charge that we are, at the present time, able to fill!


We've become a Burger King society which has even carried over into our spiritual lives.  We are willing to warm the seats in our beautiful churches but cannot make the commitment to study and prove ourselves in order that we might fulfill the destiny of teaching, ministering, and mentoring.


We concede that we are not "ready" or someone else can do it better than we can.  God understands that I would but my plate is already full!  I don't have the time, now.  I will next year, next month, or next week!  I already do my best with what I have.  I'm faithful in my church attendance, paying my tithes, and attending Bible Study!  I make myself available for special church projects and services.  I am a GOOD Christian!  


The excuses are many!  The summation of the matter is God understands!  He is willing to "accept" what I am "willing" to give Him! We lose sight of what if God responded to us in that manner!  Our perception of His "willingness" to resolve our issues would be hit or miss!  We are blessed in many ways of knowing that He does ALL things well and desires to give us the KINGDOM!  Let us commit to "allowing" Him to break through our boxes, walls, and fears. Allowing us to participate in His providential will for our lives!

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Change

Change is the inevitable thing!  Everyday will offer a new opportunity, thought, situation whether we embrace it or not!

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