I was in a meeting this past weekend and the pastor said something that "pinched me". "Why are you desperately looking for man's approval for God's instructions?" Honestly that stopped me in my tracks, coz yooh!! Many are the times I have put obedience on hold just to CONFIRM what God said and not from Him - from others!! One time I found myself in my pastor's office, fuming cause I felt God was taking too long to respond and blatantly told him to go ask his God exactly what He wants cause I was done. "Mr. Pastor, you are 'closer' to God so maybe you will get a response faster that I would. LOOOL!!☺☺☺☺ Oh the folly of a desperate soul. I know better Since I know better, I want to encourage you to stay with God until you hear Him clearly. In the quietness and stillness of your soul, you will hear Him. God can be trusted. Isaiah 30:21 "And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying 'this is the way, walk in it, when you tur...
Welcome to 2024 I hope you have been well and that you got off to an amazing start of 2024. Yes, I know I'm saying Happy New Year in February but, as long as I have not said it even if it is June....best believe I'm gonna say Happy New Year ☺☺☺☺. As tradition would have it, the very first post every New Year is declarations to set the year rolling. Job 22:28 "You will also decree a thing and it will be established for you". Psalms 37:23-24 "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the Lord upholds him with His hand". I decree and declare that in 2024 my steps are ordered by the Lord. Though I fall, I shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord will uphold me with His hand. Psalms 91:1-2 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand] I will say of the Lord, '...