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Showing posts with label #growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #growth. Show all posts

Friday, October 09, 2020

Where are you at?

October 09, 2020 0 Comments






 It is only 83 days left in the year of 2020 and my question to you is,  Where are you at?  Are you still in January going over all the New York resolutions/ promise you made  for this year but did not do yet?  Maybe you are in March when the coronavirus came on the scene and take us on a roller coaster ride of emotions and/or  illness. Maybe you are in July where you move pass all of that stuff that happened before  but you are stuck hurting from the trauma of what left behind.  Wherever you are, OWE IT.  Yes,  I said OWE IT.  You need to owe your feeling about what has or hasn't happened for you this year. There is nothing wrong with say am happy or that God has blessed me. Are maybe you are am not happy and I felt alone. These are feelings and that are yours.  

We all go through this and I can prove it.  In the bible there is a chapter that expresses this very thing. In Ecclesiastes the 3 chapter it talks about seasons. 





We all have seasons and times . We can be in a time of harvest where we are receive the blessings of God from every directions even the ones we did not know we were going to receive. We also can be in a time of tear down where we lose possessions ,a job, a married or worse a love one.  We may be in a time of mending. You need to talk to people that have hurt you and you have hurt and mend those fences.  Maybe you are at war. Well, put on your armor of God and fight the devil  and just so you know you win. These seasons and times come to us all. We all have to walk through them. Some may feel good like a sun shiny day or feel bad like  a snow storm that last for days .  

The seasons may change but god does not. Our feelings during our  seasons and  times does not change the ways of the God we served. He is with us through it all. He will never leave us alone or wanting. The scripture below says it best:



You are his people. He was pleased to make us a part of his family. We come from a royalty and so we lack nothing. God will always supply for his people. 

I want you to know that as we close into the end of 2020 please don't look back . Look forward and live in the season you are in. Trust that God has you and is working to make every crooked path straight, every broken heart healed and all spirit to rejoice in him and his blessings. Don't give up but given into the Holy Spirit and allow him to guided you into the perfect will of God in your life. 


Be Healed and Be Blessed
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Acceptance requires change

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This week I will talk about a familiar prayer. Serenity Prayer. This prayer is used by People in AA. The prayer is short but profound. The three sentences convey three messages that work together. They sum up what we should pray daily. I will use this prayer for us to learn acceptance requires change.

The first sentence says 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change".  I love the place of this sentence in the prayer. The first sentence the author asks God to grant him something. He asked for serenity. Serenity means, the state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. That is deep. I mean you ask God to allow you to be calm, peaceful and untroubled. But from what? To accept the things I cannot change. He didn't ask God for money, fame or for God to hurt the people that hurt him. No, he wants to be untroubled about accepting change.

The word accept means to consent to receive. We must be calm to consent to receive the things we can't change (alter). We can't change others. Our families, the neighbourhood in which we grow up in, the elementary and high school we went to. The Ministers or Pastors that guided our former years in the church. The Co-workers and managers we worked with. These people are things we couldn't change because they were placed in your lives. These people opinions of us at the times may be harsh. It may not just be verbal but also physical. As this may be true we can't change those situations or circumstances. We need to be calm, peaceful and untroubled to accept (consent to receive) what we can't change (alter). We can't change the past behaviour of others in our lives. All we can do is accept that it has happened and not allow it to be our future. 

The second sentences say "Courage to change the things I can". Now the second sentences he places the responsibility on himself for his change. He asks for courage to change the things he can. We all need courage (brave) and begin the process of changing (altering) ourselves. We must change. In the word of God, it tells us we are to be transformed Romans 12:2. Transformation only happens when we are ready.  We must give up your old self for a new and improve version.  

If you want to change you, first change the way you feel, talk and see yourself. The person who hurts us the most is us. We feel bad about things we did or didn't do and instead of taking responsibility we make excuses why nothing is working out. Change requires accepting responsibility.   We see ourselves as overweight but continue to eat our feelings of past hurts and pains and expect to lose weight. It will not happen. We must accept the pain of our past, receive change (alter) to live the life we want.

The last sentences say "Wisdom to know the difference". This is three sentences and so important. If we lack wisdom (experience) we are in trouble. We need to be clear on the difference between their stuff and our stuff. Without this wisdom, we will repeat  the same cycle.
Wisdom means the quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgement, the quality of being wise. The wisdom factor looks like this. Your stuff is the things you think about ourselves that we don't tell their people. Example " I need to shed a few pounds so I can look better in my clothes.  Their stuff is their opinion about who you are or have been or will be.  Example, " I notice you have put on some weight lately. Don't get mad about it you were always chunky. Being big isnt so bad plus you have a pretty face  "

As we accept the things we can't change and the things we can our lives will get better. Like the people in AA that are learning to live in sobriety, we must do the same. We must stop being intoxicated with pass hurts and pains and work to be alert to see our future. We can live a calm life just accept it.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The ABC's of moving forward

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In order for you to move ahead in your life's purpose, you have found what that entails. I mean can you move forward without a plan. What about having goals? What about being accountable to yourself or have someone else do it for you? No CEO of a major corporation, a General from any of the armed forces or mom will go out into the world without at least a plan for their daily, or weekly tasks. We must have our ABC together. 

                                                   Moving

 The first word is moving. Moving means as in motion. I know some of you are saying, Well Duh but are you moving? Are you operating in your gift or just waiting? Gifts come without repents. Our gifts are given at birth and how and when we use them are up to us. To operate or move requires knowing the basics. 
Cynthia's ABC of moving  are:





A) Trust  God - the scriptures that most represent Trusting God are my all-time favourite is Proverbs 3:5-6. When we trust God for the big and the little in your lives and not in what we think we can get more accomplished. Trusting God is establishing your faith in him. If we don't trust (rely, depend on) God we will continue to miss the mark. We will repeat the tasks again. When we think we know what to do we need to pray and make sure it lines up with the will of God. Are you going to be the navigator, the driver or a passenger in Gods car? Which one are you?

 B) Motion- Once you establish trust you can now get in motion. Move into the areas of where your gift is needed. There is always a need. Let's say you are a seamstress but you haven't figured out how to use your gift.  Go to the local high school or a nursing home and give a free lesson. You will help others that may want to learn and grow their gifts.  Get up and not wait for someone else to tell you what to do. God is already directing you so get in motion.



C) Faith to Faith -While in motion you go from faith to faith. Faith to faith is you become faithful on one level with God and you then move to the next level. Your faith is growing closer to your God-given purpose and away from your personal agenda. Faith can't be changed to what we want. Faith is our learning and living God's will so we can give the best to the world. 
Most of us would like to hit the ground running but it takes time to move ahead on purpose. Beware of the pitfall of rushing. If you move too swiftly, you can fall or cause someone else to fall.  Doubt and worry are others tools that will try to stop you. Reminded yourself of your foundation, Trust God. 

                                                 Forward
Now we are moving let's make sure we are going in the right direction, Forward. We may get tempted to go back and seat down but onward my Christian sister's soldiers. 

 A) Onward - meaning to be in a continuing forward direction. While you are going onward it is only one way.  To live a life in purpose, you have to be onward in everything you do. You can't be on the sidelines expecting greatness.  You have to keep going. The path is before you and your feet must be on it.





B) Make Progress- You need to show progress along the way. To do this, you should make goals and plans. One of the newest goal setters or planners is a vision board. That is a great idea. You will need to collect magazines and newspapers. Then get a large piece of construction paper. Cut out pictures and words that represent the things you want to achieve and how you see yourself in the short and long term. Paste them on the board. Hang it up somewhere you will see it daily. This will motivate you to keep making progress. Most people hold vision board parties but you can do it on your own.

   I also would suggest that you write out the goals you want to achieve on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. You should have goals of reading at least 30 minutes a day. Whether that on business, inspiration or just for fun. Take time away from the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Get away from the television and give your mind a good surge of knowledge.  

    Make quarterly and yearly action steps. Make yourself accountable to  God. If you need another person to help you with accountability, find a strong friend willing to pray and watch your progress. Someone that will not pat you on the back but will push you. If you don't have that then look into a life coach or mentor.

C) Successful Conclusion- the successful conclusion is not at your death. Your success is when you complete your goals or plans. When you have helped transformed someone life and you get a thank you. When you are moving forward in the will of God. Success will not always come in a monetary form. It will show up as a grateful child realizing that you were not mean but loving. It comes when the people at your job respects your choices and will not disrespect you. 

   When people see you as who you are now and not when you were back then, that is a success. Trust God that as you move forward in faith, you will grow. You will walk onward and not look back. Progress will be seen and you will have success in all areas of your life. 

I hope that these ABC'S will be a roadmap for you. Will it be easy? Well, that counts on You. 
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Do your ground work

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The last blog I talked about moving forward. I was referring the eagle and soaring as us completing our purposes. My last thought was if you are a chicken there was groundwork to do. To do any work in the kingdom, we must know our position. Without that knowledge failure is definite. 





Once you ask God what it is, you are to do, and he tells you, now you can begin your work. Your groundwork is the daily preparation you do to get ready for our purpose.  To do work, you first must be grounded in the word of God. 








How can you say you represent him and you don't know him? 


The word of God has to become your source of everything. No word no power. The devil and his minions will beat you down if you don't have the power of a word. That power is the word of God backed up with the Holy Spirit. Don't believe go read in Acts 1:13-17 about the sevens sons of Sceva. Power of the word is deliverance and victory. You will not be about to succeed in your position with power and pray.



Please do not take prayer lightly. Prayer establishes of your faith. Reach heaven for yourself. Your prayer life has to be just as important as the word. Prayer is your gateway to God and his way of asking you. Jesus was clear on what we need to do. In, Matthew 7:7-8 he says. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."Jesus did not tell us to call the Pastor or the head of the intercessory ministry, no you ask. 







Once the word is in use, you can walk out your purpose. Now to walk in purpose is not always calling attention to it or tell anyone. Most of the time it is you learning what your purpose is. Learn what is and what is not for you. Everyone calling on the name of Jesus doesn't need or should be apart from your purpose. You will learn what works for you. Trust the process. Seek the guiding voice of God. The process will not be quick. Grow into it. No one in the Bible grown and walked purpose in a day. It takes time. Sometimes it less than a year. Others it can take many years. I mean like at David. He was anointed to be king at 13 but did not become King until he was  33. Don't rush. Stay in the process, learn from the process and grow through the process learn.
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