Saturday, November 28, 2009



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"Now may the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace in believing,
that you may abound in hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit."
(Romans 15:13)




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Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

I had a great Thanksgiving. We did not do a lot, but the idea of spending time with my family eating a gourmet meal and enjoying a funny movie or two is good enough for me. As far as my children are concerned, they love eating food, especially when they have a delicious feast spread out right in front of their eyes. I wanted to share my menu (what I cooked) from yesterday with you. I should have taken pictures. I might still do that, since it's plenty of food left over.

Yesterday's Thanksgiving Menu

Sweet Potato Corn Pudding (recipe from Foodnetwork.com)
Homemade Stuffin'
Green Bean Casserole w/Parmesan Cheese
Candy Yams
White Rice w/Turkey Gravy
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Yellow Rice
Cabbage
Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
Deep Fried Turkey (Courtesy of my DH)
Apple Butter Sweet Potato Pie
Peach Cobbler
Regular Sweet Potato Pie


My children and hubby had a favorite from the menu.
Ketirah - loved the cranberry sauce, macaroni cheese, and dessert
Michael - loved the turkey, macaroni cheese, and green bean casserole
Jonathan - loved the corn pudding, stuffin', and green bean casserole
Hubby - corn pudding (which he now prefers over the stuffin) and the apple butter sweet potato pie
Mine (of course) was the cranberry sauce w/the turkey. Love my turkey fried!!!


If any of the food on my menu interest you, please let me know. I'll be happy to share the recipe with you. I pray that everyone's Thanksgiving was a happy and (belly-filled one). :) Also, I would like hear about your Thanksgiving feast and your favorite thing to eat yesterday.




Blessings to you all!!!


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Monday, November 9, 2009

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.






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!!!






Your Sister in Christ,

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Friday, November 6, 2009

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

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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).








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

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



Your Sister in Christ,

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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.




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,
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

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).







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