The Walk of Faith (Pt. 4) - The Conclusion

The conclusion of my "Walk of Faith" Series will be about faith that can move mountains. "Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says," (Mark 11:22-23). The mountain in this scripture can symbolize a stronghold, a situation, a circumstance, or an obstacle that is trying to hinder and twist your faith in God, which is what the devil wants. The devils come to kill, steal, and destroy our hope, faith and trust in God.

Without faith it's impossible to please God. "But without faith [it is] impossible to please [Him], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and [that] He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him," (Hebrews 11:6). Without faith it's inpossible to speak to that mountain in your life and tell it to be removed. Without faith it's impossible to have eternal (everlasting) life. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes (have faith) in Him should not perish but have everlasting life," (John 3:16).

Your mountain can be anything like a financial need, marriage on the brink of divorce, children becoming unbearable, a mean and disrespectful boss, getting laid off, and etc. But when you first encounter your mountain, you may be caught off-guard or even become overwhelmed, which is perfectly normal. However, before you react to your current situation, take your eyes off your mountain for a brief moment and pray to God for help and to erase every ounce of fear and doubt in your heart.

Fear and doubt can throw a monkey wrench in your faith. Fear is your faith being distorted. It's not God will for us to fear our mountains in our lives. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind," (2 Timothy 1:7). He wants us to stand up and speak to our mountains and to be removed and cast it out into the sea. As for doubt is concern, you cannot be unsure of God's Word and the faith you have in Him to make a way out no way.



Your walk of faith in God can take you many places and open up many doors that you thought was impossible to open. Remember, it doesn't take a lot of faith, but a little bit. "...if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you'," (Matthew 17:20). Just like the old cliche' says....A little bit goes a long way.

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Father in Jesus' name, I pray that our walk of faith in You will increase. If there is any doubt or fear in our hearts, please remove it. We know that it's impossible to please you without faith and we want to be pleasing in your sight. We have faith in you. We trust you. No longer will we lean to our own understanding, but acknowledge you, so that, you will direct our paths. We walk by faith and not by sight. All praises and all glory belongs to you. Great is thy faithfulness. Amen!!!

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Your Sister in Christ,

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The Walk of Faith (Pt. 3)

"So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20)

It's amazing how a little bit of faith can make things happen. Even if you just have a small amount of faith (the size of a mustard seed), that's better than exercising no faith. Jesus was letting His disciples know that even a little bit of faith can move mountains. There is great and miraculous power in little faith, especially when you believe in God to make a way. If nothing is impossible for us, when we put our little faith into action., imagine if we put a large amount of faith into action. The devil will be in trouble for sure. He'll probably be shaking in his boots.


But the key thing is that (small or large), we must put our faith into action. If you are in need of a job and believe in God to make provision for one, you don't sit home all day and not go out and apply for a job as if you're waiting for a job to fall in your lap. After you pray and believe in God to give you a job, then you put your faith into action by going out to look for one. In addition to that, God will prepare the way for you. Again, you must put your faith into action. "...Faith without works is dead...," (James 2:26).

Look at it this way. A mustard seed is just a seed if you don't do anything with it. A seed cannot produce a harvest, if you don't put it into action. When you take a seed and sow it into good ground, God takes that seed and transform it into a plant. Of course with some watering and nurturing, in time that plant (which was once a seed) produces a great harvest. It's almost like cause and effect. Because you plant a seed, the effect is that you reap a harvest.

When you take your faith and sow it deep into your heart, you are putting it into action. As a result, your faith will grow and come very much alive in you. All the while you must remember to nurture your faith seed through prayer, fasting, reading God's Word,....."this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting," (Matthew 17:21).

Then at the appointed time set by God, you will reap the harvest from your seed faith. "And let us not grow weary while doing good (exercising our faith), for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart (if we do not nurture our faith) ....." (Galatians 6:9; with emphasis added mine)


If you believe in God for something, start putting your faith into action. Call it forth. Speak it into existence right now. Activate your faith in the name of Jesus!! Search God's word for scriptures that will line up with your requests or desires of your heart and begin the growing process of your faith. Because in due season you shall reap if do not lose sight of your faith.


To be continued.......

Blessings to you always!!

Your Sister in Christ and

The Walk of Faith (Pt. 2)

The walk of faith is a glorious process of becoming increasingly hopeful and confident in Christ. "NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]," (Hebrews 11:1, amp).

From reading this scripture, I understand faith to be my title deed (ownership) and confirmation of everything God has promised me. And faith is my evidence of so much more to come; blessings from God that has yet to be manifested. Furthermore my faith is about not seeing in order to believe.

The greek word for faith in Hebrews 11:1 is pistis (#4102), which means conviction, confidence, trust, belief, reliance, trustworthiness, and persuasion. All these words in this definition represent faith. If you rely on God, you are walking in faith. If you are fully persuaded that God will do just what He said He would do, then you are walking in faith. If your belief in God is strong, meaning that you don't have to see anything tanglible, in order to believe the intangible, then you are walking in faith.

"Blessed [are] those who have not seen and [yet] have believed," (John 20:29). When you walk in your faith, you walk closer and closer towards your blessings from God with Jesus is interceding on your behalf. This promise is one of many promises He has in store for you and me. And one of the ways to tap into God's many blessings and promises is to take ownership and confirm your blessings before they are manifested.

In a nutshell, faith is believing not seeing. "For we walk by faith, not by sight," (2 Corinthians 5:7).

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It's time to take a pause for a moment. Process what you read.

Until then.....To be continued.......



Your Sister in Christ,

The Walk of Faith (Pt. 1)

Walking in faith gives us the opportunity to trust God to fulfill His Word, to trust in His Character and to believe what the bible teaches. Following God is an exciting journey of faith. When you walk in faith you are believing without a shadow of doubt that if you don't have the strength to walk Jesus will carry you the rest of the way.

"And those who know your name will put your trust in You. For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you," (Psalm 9:10). In other words, trust and confidently believe in the Lord that He will never leave you or abandon you. Faith is believing.

According to the Webster's Dictionary, faith means belief and trust in and loyalty to God. So, let's break this down a little bit more.

What is belief?

Belief is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. Your belief in God depends on your state of mind. When it in comes to trusting in (walking in faith with) God, you cannot do it with any ol' mindset. You must have a renewed and transformed mind. Otherwise, satan can easily try to eaves-drop in your thoughts to distort your mindset in Christ, which in turn will distort your faith. "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God," (Romans 12:2). One of God's will for us is to walk in faith and have a state of mind in which our trust and confidence is placed 100% in Him.

What is trust?

Trust is assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone. Whose character should we rely on? Whose ability to make a way out of no way should we rely on? Whose strength should we rely on? Whose truth should we rely on? And the answer is...........nobody but God's.

"For the word of the LORD holds true, and everything He does is worthy of our trust," (Psalm 33:4).

"It is better to trust the LORD than to put confidence in people," (Psalm 118:8).

In other words, it is better to have assured reliance on God's character, ability, strength, and truth than anyone else's.


What is loyalty?

Loyalty is the state of or being loyal, which is unswerving in allegiance; as a faithful in allegiance to one's lawful sovereign. Walking in Faith is not being move by your siutations or circumstances and is being faithful and standing on God's Word. When you exercise your loyalty in God, you showing that you are not double-minded. You not swerving from God's Word and His promises. You are steadfast and immovable. Most importantly, you do not compromise your relationship with God to fit your standards.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord," (1 Cor 15:58).

"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong," (1 Cor 16:13).

To add some emphasis: Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong, and be loyal.

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I pray what you read so far is a blessing to your spirit. I will continue on this series (The Walk of Faith). Just allow what I have posted at this time marinate into your spirit. Until then.....



Your Sister in Christ,

Commit Everything To The Lord

"Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established." (Proverbs 16:3)

Commit - [Hebrew-galal; #1556] - To roll, roll down, roll away, remove, roll your works in God care

"Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed." (Proverbs 16:3) amplified

When you roll over or commit your works to the Lord, they will succeed and come to realization. "Commit your work to the Lord and then your plans will succeed," (Proverbs 16:3;NLT).

God wants us to succeed in everything we do as long as it give Him glory and edify His Kingdom. We cannot do anything without God's help, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the authority of Jesus' name. Also, we have to make sure our plans or works are God's will.

However, there are so many times that we want to go on our own will and understanding. When that happens, nothing seems to work and all our plans crumble right before our eyes. Then, during our cry of frustration, is when we decide to pray to God for help. But, not realizing we never committed our work to Him or prayed for His will in the first place. God cannot bless what we have not ask permission to do or committed to Him.

There are few ways that we fail to commit our works to the Lord.

*Commit superficially - You may say out loud the work being done is for the Lord, but deep down inside, it's being done for your benefit.

*Temporary Control - You give God full control at first. But the moment things are going great (just the way you planned), you're ready to take over and do your own thing.

*No effort - This is where we commit our work 100% to the Lord, but expect Him to do all the work. No effort or work is put forth. Then at the same time wonder why things are not working out.

Looking at this list, I realize majority of us don't intentionally mean to treat God that way. Sometimes we can caught up in the hype (or lack there of) of a new endeavor. However, the great thing about is that we can repent and communicate with God in the way He would want us to go. Once we get a clear word on His plan (His work) that He has for us, we can then commit every work of our hands and heart to Him.

If there is any plan (i.e. new business, new career, new ministry), roll it over to God. "No good [thing] will He withhold From those who walk uprightly," (Psalm 84:11).

Fellowship...........Doing Life together!!

This past weekend was my church's 22nd anniversary. It was awesome!! It was amazing how God moved, the atmosphere of praise and worship, God's word that came forth, and the fellowship. God's presence was very evident. Words really can't describe it.

I really love to fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I love getting connected. There are no hidden agendas in true fellowship. There are no big i's and little you's. Everybody are one with the same game plan......to give God all the praise and glory, edifying one another, sharing God's word and/or testimonies, bearing each other's infirmities, and so much more.

According to the Webster-Merriam Dictionary, fellowship means to join in fellowship especially with a church member. There is power in fellowshipping with your brothers and sisters, mommies and daddys in Christ. God loves it when we gather together as one body ushering in His majestic and glorious presence. "For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them," (Matthew 18:20).

Gather means to bring together. When we fellowship, we gather or bring together our faith, our minds, our joy, our hurts and pains, our insecurities, our hope, our love, our hearts.......so that healing, miracles, blessings, restoration, transformation can take place.

Fellowship is the one thing that the devil doesn't want us to have. He knows that we are very powerful in numbers. Even if we gather in groups of 2's and 3's, we are too powerful for satan to overtake our joy, peace, love, hope, etc. and etc. "You'll chase out your enemies and defeat them: Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand and do away with them," (Lev. 26:8)

To fellowship with one another is to do life together. It's communion. It's being a family. Even what we do in cyber-space, is fellowshipping. We encourage, inspire, and pray for each other through our blogs and/or emails. I am thankful and so bless to have people at my church and even you to call my family, to fellowship with, and do life together.

"Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near," (Hebrews 10:24-25).

Your Sister (Always) in Christ and........

Walk, Walk, Walk

Just the other morning, I had to take my little girl's lunch to school because she accidentally left it home. But anyway, as I pull up to school, it seems the parking lot was still crowded from the morning rush traffic. I was trying to find a parking spot in front, but then the Holy Spirit prompted me to park in a spot where I had to walk a few feet in order to go through the front entrance of the school. It was a beautiful brisk morning. I wasn't in a rush or anything so I had no problem walking.

As I began to walk towards the front of the school, that's when God spoke to me and help me realize that a lot of us don't want to walk anymore. We just want to dash in and dash out. God was not referring to a physical walk (like a walk around the park), but spiritually walking with Him. We don't want to take the time to walk with Him and get to know Him, like you would do on a first date when you are getting to know each other for the first time.

God wants us to walk with Him; to take the time out of our busy schedule to talk, get to know Him, and build a relationship with Him. According to the Webster's Dictionary to walk means to pursue a course of action or way of life : conduct oneself. When you walk with God, you are pursuing Him, His way of life, which is a life of praise, worship, abundance, joy, hope, peace, love, and etc.

"Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him." (Deut. 8:6)

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deut. 10:12)


In the bible, there's a lot of scriptures telling us to walk in one form or another. In my opinion, I think it's because walking allows you to stroll instead of running or rushing so that you will have time to stop and ponder, to hear the voice of God and take heed to what He is saying.


Just as walking can be effective to your body, when it comes to exercising; walking with God (instead of running) can be very effective in increasing and building your relationship with God. As your relationship increases with God, your love and the idea of knowing Him increases. When I talk about knowing God, I'm not talking about knowing Him as if God is a mere aquaintance, but knowing God (experiencing Him, His presence and all He has to offer).

The greek word for "know" is "ginosko." The Strong's Concordance number is 1097. In the W.E. Vines dictionary, ginosko means to be taking in knowledge, to come to know, recognize, understand," or "to understand completely." Knowing is about understanding God completely, the knowledge of His Truth and the importance of it.

If haven't already, try walking with God. He's already walking with us. He just waiting for some of us to acknowledge His presence. God knows us already. "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world." He loved us since day one," (Jer. 1:5). And the love He has for us go far and beyond any love a person can give. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life," (John 3:16).

After reading this, I pray that you will take time to walk with God, hold His Hand, get to know Him, experience Him and His beautiful and majestic presence. Here are a few scripture in reference "to walk":


"For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good [thing] will He withhold From those who walk uprightly." - (Psalm 84:11)

"Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name." (Psalm 86:11)

"Blessed [are] the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance." - (Psalm 89:15)

"Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!" - (Psalm 119:1)

"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." - (Galatian 5:16)

"This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it." (2 John1:6)