What's This Prayer Stuff?

09/26/2024

I wrote this last year for Rosh Hashanah. The year 5784 has DEFINITELY been a year of exposure! Like the Lord said then, "the doors swing both ways..." As we prepare for a new year in October, be aware: THIS YEAR AIN'T OVER YET!! There is still time to be humble and there is still time to be righteous!! There is still time to walk through the open door of restoration and renewal. There is time for repentance and forgiveness. There is still time!

"Doors swing both ways this new year. Where the humble and righteous will be elevated, the proud and haughty will be exposed and dethroned. Doors will be firmly closed to them, doors that have been opened for years. People who seemed to be on their side will suddenly ignore their calls. The judgment of God will be evident, as the doors to Satan they opened in the past will be fully kicked in. They will receive the fruit of the diseased plants they’ve been nurturing. Many false prophets and teachers will fall dead in the Presence of the Spirit of the Living God. Those who know the truth will not celebrate but mourn for their deaths. Those who refuse to repent will choose to ignore the conviction of Holy Spirit and fall victim to the same temptations…"

09/25/2024

Everybody's talking about Diddy. How about we start talking about:
Voting
Personal Accountability
SA Abusers you DO know (statistically you know at least 2-3)
Missing Black boys and girls in Chicago increasing (I think there's a serial killer and they're not telling us YET)
Project 2025 is just the beginning
and a thousand other things that need our attention and prayers.

09/24/2024

"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met."
Matthew 6:30-33 The Message

09/05/2024

Truthful Thursday:
Name an area where you aren't "saved, SAVED" yet.
Mine is in the comments

06/06/2024

Some of y'all getting ready to get real mad at me for tell you the truth:
You love, admire, and hype your passor, MOG/WOG, 'postle, profit more than you do Jesus. No ifs, ands, or buts.

And it shows.

In your speech,
In your posts,
In your actions.

If Jesus walked into the same room as your pastor at the same time, you would most DEF go see about your pastor before you would Jesus.

I'm just sayin'.

Stop putting people on a pedestal. Trust. Idols will be torn down. All of 'em. I mean ALL OF 'THEM!!

Jesus is worthy of ALL YOUR PRAISE. PERIOD.

ps. Stop using "give honor where honor is due" as your excuse to praise your leader more than you GOD!
pps. There is absolutely nothing wrong with honoring leaders in a healthy way. After all, the Word says we are to favor one another. But when you start putting their word over the Word, esteeming them higher in your heart than God, trusting only the sermons, deeds, and activities that they do, and rebuking others because your leader didn't say it, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. If you are falling all over yourself to serve them, but reserving that attention and favor only for them and not the people around you or them, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. Check your heart. Are you in love with Jesus or with them??

04/02/2024

What's with "Christians" thinking or behaving as if they are superior because they are saved? Being saved doesn't mean you are morally or literally superior to anyone. In fact, you should be one of the most HUMBLE people on the planet. Why? Because one who has been saved by God's grace knows that His mercy is unmerited.
We didn't deserve it in the first place, so how can we claim to be better than anyone else in the second place??
The standard as believers should not and cannot be perceived as the be-all and end-all of morality. I know people who claim to be atheists who are the sweetest, most kind, and morally correct people I know. And I know people who practice Islam and Buddhism who live by ethics and morals that would make some "Christians" look like the Tasmanian devil.
We have to do better. You and I are not superior in any shape, form, or fashion because we are saved. Take your so-called sanctified, saintly self and sit down somewhere! God did not call you to be a bully and despot. He called us to love. Love. Love. Love. And I don't see how you can call yourself loving someone and look down your sanctified nose at someone because they don't believe what you think they should believe...
HUMPH!

04/01/2024

Whew.
March was an up and (sometimes wayyyy) down month. But nevertheless, I made it!
These monthly posts are not so much a flex as it is receipts. I really tend to do much better when I have public accountability. Plus, I’m showing others that it’s not bragging when you list your achievements and accomplishments. It’s more of a “Look what God has done in my life” type of acknowledgment of His Grace and Mercy.
With that being said, what were your March flexes?? What did you set out to accomplish? How did victory show up in your life? FLEX!!
1. Attended my first Travel Leader Network event.
2. Nearly completed a whole book edit for a client (only 1 more bit to finish).
3. Started cleaning, sorting and giving away old and unused clothing in my drawers and closets.
4. Made the bomb spring salad and created a new recipe for lemon vinaigrette for Resurrection Sunday dinner.
5. Tried and mostly succeeded in making an amazing key lime pie.
6. Attended the memorial of a classmate from high school. (If you know our past, you know that was a flex for me.)
7. Wrote more pages for my new books.

03/31/2024

03/19/2024

Listen!!!!!
When God puts somebody on your mind out the blue,
PRAY FOR THEM. It could be life or death in the balance!

03/07/2024

It’s a “On top of all this, I burnt my pizza!!!”, kinda day.

Just because I’m a believer doesn’t mean I won’t have an if-anything-could-go-wrong-all-of-it-will type of day.

But in all things give thanks. God is still on the Throne and He’s still good. Especially when it hurts. And you burn the darn pizza!!

Yes. I’m still gonna eat it.
CP. I got you.