Greetings!

If you have been following me, you know that I have been battling with procrastination. So, this week, I’m back on my mission. I know that God is leading me, because He is putting me in situations where I have to face it. At Bible Study this week my pastor taught on fear. It wasn’t so much that he was teaching anything new as it just seemed to come at the perfect time. I know that fear plays a huge part in why I feel the way I do.

Fear is our enemy’s greatest weapon. He knows that every time we don’t step out, reach back, or get up…he wins. Well, I am sick of it…and I’m sick of him. I’m sick of watching people letting their dreams die…including me. I refuse to get to the end of my life, and regret not taking a chance...to not know if I could have made it. I want to achieve everything that God has for me, and I want to see others achieve theirs too. The only way for that to happen is if we keep reminding ourselves that we belong to God. He has a plan for us, and it doesn’t include being afraid.

The Bible says that God did not give us a spirit of fear, so if we have it in any form…it didn’t come from Him, so it doesn’t belong to us. We don’t have to accept it, and I no longer want it to be a part of my life. We have to be willing to take a stand…to trust God in all things. Learning how to do that is what will help us get back to that place where we can believe in our dreams again.

One of the ways I am finding is to claim God’s promises. We have to find those scriptures that speak to us and then say them out loud. Put them on our mirrors. Write them on sticky notes and put them in places where we can see them. That’s how we fight—and that’s how we win.

“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 (NLT)

Until next time…

Be blessed!

Greetings!

 

Today, I went to a tea at a friend of a friend’s church. Actually, I feel like she’s my friend too. I have been to two retreats that she has hosted, and this is my second tea at her church, so I think it’s safe to say that she is at least a very good associate.

 

We were determined to make it on time…especially since last year, we were a little late and they were well into their third or fourth cup of tea by the time we got there. Let me tell you…using a GPS, although useful when you don’t know where you’re going, is not the easiest method of finding a destination. It’s hard to keep following the GPS when you know that you are going in the opposite direction of where you want to go, but not knowing enough to go against what the little voice in the box is telling you. I think we probably went about 15 minutes out of the way before finally arriving pretty close to being on time…at least we got there before our friend.

The woman who spoke was…refreshing. She didn’t give a sermon per se, but she definitely used scripture, and the things she said encouraged me to keep letting God’s light shine through me. We ate scones, sandwiches, cookies, and all kinds of tea. It was nice having tea, meeting new people, and just enjoying a really beautiful afternoon. I left there feeling really glad I went…just thankful to God for allowing me to spend time with Him.

I even received confirmation of a message I have been working on…awesome.

Until next time…

Be blessed!

 

                                                                

Greetings!

This week, I am back on my mission to find out why I have been procrastinating. I am determined to find out why I am living a life that vacillates between being motionless and pressing forward in God. In my study time, God led me to read the book of Romans...especially Chapter 12.

At first, I couldn’t understand how this could tie into my issue with procrastination. Then, I went to noon day prayer at my church and one of the associate ministers spoke on how we have to watch the words we speak, and how we claim things that really don’t belong to us. For instance, she spoke about how we will say things like, “my diabetes,” or “my high blood pressure.” She said we claim these things as if we have to have them…like we have no choice in the matter. That started me to thinking about how I have been claiming “my procrastination.” I say it as if it is a part of me…like I don’t have a choice. That was a huge breakthrough for me. I have been speaking that over myself, and wondering why I have been stuck not only in my ministry, but in my life. If I want to live a life that is prosperous and fruitful, then I have to first be renewed in my thinking…and that’s where the book of Romans comes in.

In Romans 12:1-2 it says, “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. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (KJV).

What a revelation! This feels like the beginning of the end of something. Maybe for the first time, I am really ready to let go of that thing that has been holding me hostage, because I have read this scripture   many times, and never looked at it this way before. In this moment, I feel God’s spirit speaking to me, and He is saying that I can choose to live a life of defeat, believing that I am at the mercy of my circumstance, or I could be empowered through the spirit of God that lives inside me. I love how God’s word reaches out to us. How it speaks to us and gives us exactly what we need at the exact moment we need it.

Our God is bigger than any situation or circumstance…and even though I know that. Every now and then, I need to be reminded.

Until next time…

Be blessed!