None of us wants to give up control. We don’t want to surrender.

Whatever it is we decide we don’t want to give God control of in our lives, we are saying; “I’m not yielding, and I’m holding the reservations for this”. But we fail to realize that we will continue to go through whatever that is, until we surrender it to God. Understand, the reason we hold on to it is because, we doubt God.

Our Father said, He will supply all your needs, and will give you the desires of your heart.

Let go of going through the same thing over and over again. Give up your right to yourself, have faith in God, and be prepared to a great and super blessing.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Psalm 37:4 (KJV) – delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Mark 11:22 (KJV) – and Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

Some would say, living the life as an believer, a follower of Jesus Christ, is living a shallow life. But it’s not – it’s deep!

The world says; an eye for an eye – you do it to me, I’ll do it to you. If you believe and trust in God, you will do it His way, which is totally opposite.

Trial and tribulations come on the believer and the unbeliever. The unbeliever has to suffer the consequences for his actions. But, when you’re being obedient to God, He accepts the consequences for your actions.

So you see, you suffering for your consequences is shallow. God accepting the consequences for your actions is deep – very deep.

Matthew 5:38-39 (KJV) – ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right check, turn to him the other also.

Deuteronomy 3:22 (KJV) – ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) – be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Are you, or do you know Mr. or Mrs. Know-It-All? That someone that’s always cutting in the middle of someone’s sentences, trying to finish or answer it, before they get a chance to hear it?

Do you know it is a shame, and lack of good sense to that person?

Let’s try to be quick to listen, and slow to speak. We don’t know it all.

Proverbs 18:13 (KJV) – he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

James 1:19 (KJV) – wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

We have no reason to be anxious or fearful, but we torture and allow ourselves to do so, because we don’t have the courage to relinquish it.

Our Heavenly Father knows the end results before anything ever starts. Therefore, why not trust him from the beginning.

He said, not to be afraid, He will hold your hand. He got you!

Isaiah 41:10,13 (KJV) – fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help,thee; yea, I will uphold he with the right hand of my righteousness. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

SAVE THE DATE!! Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.

Detroit Book City 4th Annual African-American Family Book Expo 2020! Fellowship Chapel Banquet & Conference Center, 7707 West Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48235

Friends and family come out and meet your favorite authors! Hear authors speak from the Author’s Boardroom! Get your books autographed and enjoy the atmosphere!

Hear me speak on how God turned my stumbling blocks into stepping stones, my ashes into beauty, and how I now live a life of victory!

Hope to see you there!

Isaiah 61:3 (KJV) – to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

If you were asked; do you love God?, what would your answer be?

Well, our Father said, if you love me, keep my commandments.

So, I ask you. . . Do you love God?

John 14:16 (KJV) – if ye love me, keep my commandments.

We spend so much of our time trying to please man. So much more than trying to please God.

Man does not know all, nor see all. Man cannot offer you, nor give you eternal life. Man will perish . . . just like you.

Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) – servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasures; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

The things of this world are non fulfilling and never enough. Whatever it is we have, we crave more.

Crave the Holy Spirit and the word of God, and know that you will always have what you need, and more than enough.

I John 2:15-17 (KJV) – love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Psalm 42:1 (KJV) – as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Worrying about things of today, tomorrow, or yesterday, takes away our joy for today.

When it’s time to talk about the joys of yesterday, we can’t, because we wasted them on worrying.

God cares for you, therefore cast your cares upon Him. Count everything all joy, and rejoice in the day!

Matthew 6:34 (KJV) – take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

I Peter 5:7 (KJV) – casting all your care upon him; for he care that for you.

James 1:3 (KJV) – my brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptation.

Technology is so advanced that there’s practically nothing we don’t use it for.

One in particular is, we photoshop our pictures because we don’t like the way they look by making things blurring, adding things in, or taking things out.

Most of our Christian walk is the same way. Instead of us trusting God and His word, we believe what we want. We blur out the truth when we are wrong, we add things in, and take things out for our advantage, because we don’t want to know the truth about ourselves.

Stop photoshopping your Christian walk, and let God reveal to you the truth about his word.

Psalm 18:30 (KJV) – as for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

John 8:32 (KJV) – and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.