The secret to our success in life is keeping our eyes on God. Although success can look different for each of us, God hold the secret to our success. We see this theme over and over again in the Bible. Once we take our eyes off God, it is a matter of time it leads to our downfalls.
King Uzziah loved the Lord. When he took his eyes off God it caused his destruction. He puffed himself up in pride. He forgot about God and thought it was all about him. It is definitely a cautionary tell for all of us.
God hates pride. This is because He know it destroys us in the long run. It is why He warns us over and over and over again to stay away from pride. Even a prideful or proud look is something God shuns (Proverbs 21:2). Undoubtedly, it gives Satan an opportunity to wreak havoc in our lives… Keep your eyes on God. Love & Blessings!
Psalm 71:8 declares we should be praising and honoring God throughout the day. How do you do that? How do we praise and honor God throughout the day? There are several things we can do that will bring honor to God and praise Him.
One of the ways we can honor God is include Him in our conversations. Acknowledge God for ALL that He does for YOU, which is much. As I write this post, I am waiting for my car to be inspected. The people here said you are in luck today because normally in the afternoons we are busy. I responded, “Well praise God! He is always looking out for ME!” They were able to get me in and out in no time.
Another way we can praise God and honor Him is sing songs of praise to Him throughout the day. Additionally, you can also do this by humming a tune, a song of praise, to our God. This is our way of loving on Him as He loves on us all the time.
In 2024, let God be first and foremost in words, thoughts, and deeds, throughout the day. Undoubtedly. it is a way to not only praise and honor Him throughout the day, but it keeps us in the right frame of mind of knowing where ALL of our help comes from. Amen! Love & Blessings!
I contend God speaks to us every day. Certainly, it is up to us if we are paying attention. God was speaking to Samuel in Samuel 3. Undoubtedly, Samuel had a difficult time recognizing God’s voice. Without question, this happens to us, too. God speaks to us in so many ways throughout the day. Primarily, God’s main way to speak to us is through His word, the Bible. However, He speaks through us in other ways as well.
God calls us into an intimate relationship with Him. Most importantly, Jesus died to give us that intimacy with our Father God. Again, it is up to us how intimate we want to be with God. The beauty is the more we get to know God the more we want to be close to Him.
Imagine enjoying your relationship with God like you enjoy your relationship with your best friend on earth. This is to say, this is how our relationship can be with God. We can vent, laugh, and cry with Him. He can love on us with His presence in our spirit. In turn, we can love on Him by sing songs to Him and reading Psalms of praise to Him. Sometimes, we can just sit back and be in each other’s presence in silence where we have a blessed assurance.
Exercise your listening ears in 2024. Turn up the volume in your spirit to hear Him. Have a servant heart and humbleness to welcome God’s voice. I am confident God has much to say to YOU! Love & Blessings!
In reflecting on the year in review, I like to count my blessings! Without reservation, I had phenomenal blessings in 2023. That is to say, these blessings were unexpected, but God knew they were in my future. This is the beauty of letting God order our steps and keeping our eyes on Him. What’s more, He has AMAZING things in stored for us!
Here are some highlights of the AMAZING things that happened in 2023. This year Where Is God Now Ministries, Inc. became a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Although I had been operating in missions and community outreach, I wanted God’s blessings before I officially moved into an official ministry. I asked God how I was to fund the ministry. Assuredly, He has provided the repellent in which I had no clue on how to register and label in Virginia. Unequivocally, He sent me the co-owner of P.F. Harris Manufacturing Company, who happens to be the oldest registered EPA Company in America with its root in the 1920s White House to help me. Now, the repellent is with the state awaiting approval.
The jail ministry has been an AMAZING experience watching the Holy Spirit’s presence for the 42 weeks I spent with the lady inmates. It is humbling and sometimes exciting hearing and seeing the Holy Spirit does His work. Often, I remind the ladies I am only the vessel. Unquestionably, I have no idea of ALL of their needs, but the Holy Spirit does. With certainty, He tailors what I say to them to fit their specific situation. That is a BEAUTIFUL thing.
Lastly, I could not have done any of this without YOU! Generously, you have given your time, talent, and treasure. Kindly, you have loved and supported me with your material and monetary donations and encouragement. Unitedly, together we have touched lives and changed lives for our troops, veterans, homeless, incarcerated, and people who are struggling to try to make ends meet. Thank YOU for helping the ministry to be the hands, mouth, and feet of Jesus on the Earth! YOU, in turn, are the hands, mouth, and feet of Jesus, too, on the Earth! God has already given the ministry our assignments for 2024… Stay tuned! Happy New Year!
Christmas is here! Therefore, Jesus is the reason for the season. Even today, wise men still seek him. How profound is that? Men, women, boys, and girls, are wise in the sight of God, if they continue to seek our Lord and Savior. This reminds me of what Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-29. Those who hear the Word and put it into practice are considered wise!
Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12). He is God in the flesh (Colosians 1:19). Another profound mystery to embrace God coming to earth as a baby named Jesus. Jesus is our everything!
As we celebrate Jesus’ birth and ALL that He has done for us, let us take the time to reflect what that really means. It is why we have Christmas. Amen. Love & Blessings!
For those of you who love the whimsical feel of Christmas, enjoy these pictures from the White House. Recently, we took a tour of the White House to see ALL of the Christmas decorations. This year’s theme, “Magic, Wonder, and Joy”, encourages you to embrace your inner child. I tried to capture this in the pictures on the website, www.whereisgodnow.org. It is this week’s blog entry. Click on any picture on the website and it will open up the photo gallery for you to SEE up close!
If you are interested in joining me to tour the White House next Christmas, let me know and I will add your name to the list. Planning will begin soon! Thank you for your love and support in helping Where Is God Now Ministries, Inc. become a 501c3 nonprofit in 2023! God has great plans for the ministry in 2024 so stay tuned…
If you would like to make an end of the year tax deductible donation to the ministry, click the donate button on the website or you may send me your donation.
Have you ever been in a situation where you thought you were right? Then later you realize you were so wrong! I personally believe God allows those situations and experiences in our lives. I believe he uses it as a teaching tool on many levels.
This teaching tool God uses is an attention getter. It is an attention getter to remind us of how utterly dependent we are on God. Pride so easily creeps in our lives especially in situations like this. Two things will happen when we realize we were wrong in a situation. We either apologize or admit our mistake. Or, prideful, we sweep it under the rug and dismiss it.
For those of us who are thirsty for God, we want to get that pride out of our lives quickly so God can continue to use us. For those who want to dismiss it, God will sometimes, figuratively, drop a boulder on us to get our attention to remove the pride… Ouch! Love & Blessings!
Jesus is a miracle worker! We see in the New Testament how He healed many. One notable healing was the healing of the seven demons from Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9, Luke 8:1-3). These miraculous healings are available to us TODAY! Jesus died so He could fulfil the promise of the abundant victorious life God offers us (John 10, 1 Corinthians 17:7).
When Jesus died He left the Holy Spirit to lead, guide and comfort us. Wrapped up in the Holy Spirit is our healing TODAY! It is AMAZING the many ways God provides healing for us through Jesus; the Holy Spirit that is available to us TODAY!
Recently, I had someone to apologize to me from something in the past. As the person was talking to me, initially, I was not familiar with what was being said. However, the more that was shared, I remembered some friction, tension between the two of us, but nothing more. The Holy Spirit had HEALED that situation from my mind that I could not recall the details of all that had been involved in the situation… PRAISE GOD! Jesus is able to cast that hurt out of minds as to not allow it to kill, steal, destroy the abundant victorious life God promises us. Amen! Love & Blessings!
Ephesians 4:2-3 admonishes us to walk in the Spirit continually. Therefore, in this holiday season of hustle and bustle there will be plenty of opportunity to put this into practice. Consequently, coming off the heels of Thanksgiving, I had plenty of things that just did not go right!
Technology can be great when it is working properly. However, when it goes awry, we all know what a headache it can be. Here comes the test to put our Spiritual tools into action. This is how we treat ourselves and others. We have to be gentle and patient with ourselves and others showing love and humility. We demonstrate this with our attitudes and with what we say and how we say it. Usually, when we have problems with our technology if we cannot figure it out we have to talk to another human on the phone or in person who will try to help us, if we let them. Remember, they are precious to God as we are, too. This is just one of many examples of things not quite going our way.
I have learned to recognize these tests, disguised as frustrations and irritations. Immediately, I allow the Holy Spirit to help me display these Fruit that are sometimes difficult to do in our own strength. Many times I start talking to God and try to find some humor in the situation. It is a BEAUTIFUL experience when the Spirit of the LIVING GOD, which dwells within each of us, provides the help we need to get through any situation or circumstance, if we allow Him. Love & Blessings!
