It has been over a year since I blogged on this page.  I don't know what will come of it, I just know that I am feeling a little down.  I see and understand so many things as I cross the threshold of forty.  I see that at my age, wisdom finally set in, however, no one has time to listen.  We all move so fast in this fast-paced life and become jealous of those who move slow.  We call them lazy and unmotivated.  However, friends, they are the ones who have taken the time to savor every moment of this gift we call life.  A meal is not enjoyed when it is too much, when it is scarfed down at lighting speed, or when it is over-spiced with flavor.  Let's slow down. Let's enjoy every bite of the dish we call life.

-and the church said amen

Motivation: Broken

Your Motivation for this Monday:

You are absolutely

Good Enough to

Tell your Story

I wanted to give you the motivation straight forward because this is going to be one of those sad post.  One of those long post, full of insight, venting, and passionate expression of what I believe as true.  I am in one of my moods that creative people often get into. ..

I am a broken person.  Sometimes I cry uncontrollably in the dark of the night. Silently and alone, with the sobs of hopelessness bringing me a pounding in the frontal lobes of my mind.

Wait, that's not it

There used to be a hole in my soul

There used to be a hole in my soul and I couldn't quite get what was going to satisfy the yearning for better.  It lingered inside of me like a squirmy tadpole growing into something jumpy and hard to catch . . . Let me say this, I think if we all were a little better at communicating our feelings we would be able to help each other cope a little bit better in this life.  I can feel the hurt souls, the suffering, the pain, and the sadness that lives in this world.  I have found something that helps fill the void in my soul.  I want to tell you about the person I found that saved my life.

No, It is not the white guy in the video!

Don't watch that yet, let me tell you a little more. . .

"We are all very smart and astute, but we are ignorant when comes to issues of life."

-Lisa Bevere

I had a really hard time this morning after driving my mom to the airport.  First of all, I over slept.  My alarm didn't go off at 4:45am and I was late.  No problem, we figured it out, she drove the car over, met me at my house so that we could get on the road faster.  When I dropped her off at the airport, I didn't know that something was going to hit me so hard.  I cried, because my mommy was leaving as we approached the one year anniversary of my dad's struggle for survival and his eventual death from cardiac failure.

As I pulled back up to my house, my mom's car was parked in the driveway directly in front of me.  The black Volkswagen Passat was really my dad's car that he would often drive to my house.  As I parked,  I noticed a head moving in the little black car in front of me.  I saw a head moving in the driver's seat.  I closed my eyes and opened them again and spoke to myself "It can not be."  It was my dad with his black leather hat, moving his head like he was talking to someone in the passenger seat.  Again, "This cannot be!"  I got excited for a moment, then knew that if I approached the scene with a tad more inquiry, the vision would disappear.  I closed my eyes once more, and as I opened them I propped my self up a little to see exactly who was in the car.  But as I did, they were gone, and I started to cry uncontrollably.

Our mind often sees what it wants to see.  Our eyes send a message to our brain of what we rationalize we see.  The Holy Spirit shows us exactly what is going on in our soul.  That can be hard to make sense of sometimes.

I couldn't push myself to go into work today because I had to write.  I had to try to pull myself together. This is how I care for my soul. I used to have a lot of unhealthy habits that weren't apart of my purpose.  If  I were to go down the empty paths of darkness again, I know that it would be harder to get out.  Instead, I write.  It is my creative outlet. This is how I fill the emptiness that I have inside.  I am realizing that this is the God in me.  This is how he wants me to communicate with him and for him.  This is what I was created for and this is why it helps me in this world of chaos and disfunction.

Tell you story and understand that you must share it for your survival.  This blog is my survival.  

 We are always searching for what will make us feel better or be better.  The thing is, we are already good enough.  This is why I have to keep writing and telling everyone about the awesomeness of what I have found.  I found Jesus.  Not only have I found Jesus, but I have found a closer relationship with him.  There is something greater about the awesomeness of God that they don't teach you in school, or church, or any other organization that claims they know Jesus.  Jesus desires a closer relationship with you so that he could walk this journey with you.  He wants to help you through your trouble and your brokenness.  This is what he told me today:

"Don't you realize that I have you. I will never leave you nor forsake you.  You were made for a purpose and a reason.  You are special exactly how you are and for exactly who your are.  Don't be distracted by the things of this world.  Everything that I have for you, it is for you.  You don't have to try harder or try to be better.  Be exactly who you are.  I already died for the evil that are in the minds of men. Those who are not with me, seek to fulfill their own desires and lusts.  I have already fixed that problem.  Keep your eyes straight forward.  Do what I ask you to do.   I have started a work in you and I will complete it until the very end.  Put your trust in me.  Know that I got you.  You will go to the next place that I have prepared for you.  You can rest there, it will be ok.  I will prepare you for your next journey."

-Jesus


The world would love to glamorize the Journey, but the journey is not all glitter and gold.  To work for the things of this world is only a temptation of the enemy. Be careful of the road you take.  Be careful of the way you go.


The Lord shows me books.  Right before I started writing this blog this morning, God told me to write that I am broken.  I was like "This is supposed to be Motivation Monday, not Mow Me Down Monday."  But I paid attention.  He told me to look up the book, and I was like "I'm going to use 'Unashamed' and this will be a great post for BOOKS4PURPOSE. . ."  However, this was not what the Lord wanted me to share.  He told me to look the story up on You Tube, and it is here that the Lord started to minister to my weeping soul.  I pray that it will help you as well.

This is a story about a man who thought it was over for him.  He suffered from addiction, he was in recovery for three years, but something triggered him that made him fall into a spiral that would have eventually killed him.  He tells his story below.  He also wrote a book called "Broken."  You can click the video to listen to his story. . .

William Cope Moyers

The Lord is made stronger in our weakness.  Why?  Because we are able to share our story with others and help them in our communication. We speak so that others can see that NO ONE has it all figured out.  NO ONE can self sustain.  The world needs a savior.  We all need someone to save us because each and every one of us is broken.

God showed me that I was broken when, while on my personal Journey to find my purpose, he led me to attend a mental health seminar.  I was going for a Mental Health First Aid certification in order to help "other" people who battle with mental illness.  Little did I know, through the explanation of what a cry for help looked like, I was experiencing a lot of the symptoms:

Giving things away/massively

Preparing my family for a life with out me

Becoming isolated

quitting things I was once passionate about 

Saying Good bye to people 

and thanking them like I wasn't going to see them again

asking questions about life:

What is the meaning of life?

Why am I here?

Extreme Fatigue

Depression

Anxiety

I was having a mental breakdown, but I didn't know it!  The Spirit of God directed me to writing because he knew that this was the only way I would make it.  The Holy Spirit was keeping me in perfect peace.  He showed me that I, like everyone else, am broken.  The worse thing that you can do to a broken person is to keep beating them over the head with the fact that they are broken. This is the issue I have with the church format.  Broken people are calling other people broken and making people feel bad about who they are.  People are dying.  People are not finding the peace that the Holy spirit really has to offer. This is the same thing with the condition of the world. The best thing that we can do, is be patient and understanding until the world can also see that they are indeed broken. We teach in gentleness and in truth. We all are addicted to something.  Jesus gave us another chance at survival.  It's a choice to accept the gift of life.

 "This disease effects everyone."

-William Cope Moyers

We are all living in our disfunction.  We tend to operate and put on our masks in front of people.  What is really going on in the inside of man?  What is going on?  Why do we cry our silent tears and claim that no one understands because everyone else has it so together.  No one has it all together.  The world would like you to think so.  Hollywood would like you to think so.  The music industry wants to show you all the shine of the glimmer and glam, but it is all a false reality.  People only see what they want to see.  People are not happy. What is the answer?  The answer is and will always be Jesus.

William Cope Moyers

Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death-and how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself to changing America's politics of addiction.

"William Cope Moyers's lucid, measured tale of his own plunge into crack-addled hell [is] frightening in its very realism." -USA Today

-from a description on Amazon

You are always ok, until you are not.



My writing is how I tell my story.  William writes and gives speeches to tell his story.  How will you tell yours?  You are absolutely good enough to tell your story.  


-until next time
Tamorra

2 Corinthians 12:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁹ And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Motivation for Monday: God Knows You

 I want to encourage you this Monday to not be afraid to reach out and seek help when you get stuck.

We must know that our help comes from the Lord and the Lord uses his people to help us. . .

We all get stuck sometimes.  We find ourselves in a situation where it seems like the people around us are doing well, making moves, and getting promoted.  While, in the mean time, we are stuck in the same place, trying our hardest just to keep trudging through the deep muck in the swamp of life.

I know the feeling.

Sometimes I ask God, why isn't it happening for me?

The answer always is that the good stuff takes patience to receive.
The best food takes time to prepare
The best promotion takes experience to be appreciated
The best kind of love is that long lasting simmering love

Be Patient

That is what I want to say to you today.  Be patient.  Wait on the Lord and he will bless you tremendously.  Our God is not an instant gratification God.  He knows us.  He knows what really will satisfy us.  It is only the spirit that needs to be fed in order to survive the next journey into life everlasting.  This physical body will go back to where it came.  Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  Let us change perspective and start living our lives purposely.  Let us start living our lives for the spirit and not the flesh.  In this instance, we will walk away from those things that gives us the sensation of fulfillment in the flesh, and instead begin to walk in the spirit.

Let us gain the mind of Christ and not live to the lust of the flesh but to the will of God; helping each other navigate through this life.

I know a lot of the above sounds like spiritual talk, so let me say this;  the life that God has given us right now is important and it is for a reason.  We are here to learn about who we are and gain a relationship with the Lord.  We are here to help each other grow.  We should not take it for granted but we should use it for what it was meant to be.  This life can be beautiful, this life can be marvelous, this life can be enjoyable if we live it the right way.  We have to help each other live it the right way.

Let's help each other

I received an email that was helpful to me.  It gave me more insight into the process of waiting.  The email linked me to a blog post entitled:

"3 Reasons to Trust God When He Says, 'Not Yet'"

It basically was reconfirming in me that we are all in a process of growth.  God is in control of our growth plan.  Therefore, we are in the right place, at the right time, for the right reasons.  We are exactly where we are supposed to be so that we can learn the necessary lessons to learn.  We were placed in a particular space of time for our own good.  We either learn the lesson, or we repeat the test.  Having the relationship with God is understanding and acknowledging that we are his workmanship.  He is molding us into who we need to become.  We can't worry about what it looks like for other people, but instead we have to look at what it looks like for us, in the right now.  We are still growing, still learning, and still becoming.

Kathryn Writes:

"Yet is the acknowledgment you are still becoming and there is work still to be done in this season.

When you feel stuck and unable to move forward, maybe you need to acknowledge there is still work to be done here. More healing, more learning, more experience, more dreaming. God may have a reason for keeping you where you are, so figure out why you’re in this place and make the most of it."

I suggest you check out the entire article for your learning at

https://www.kathrynshirey.com/a-life-that-answers-to-the-call-of-yet/

I'm glad that the Holy Spirit sends me confirmation in what he is teaching me.  My hope for you is that you have this same experience.  I pray that you are there, or growing to the point where you have a true relationship with the Lord.  Everyone's relationship with the Lord is different, but I want to guarantee you that he thinks no less or no more of his children.  He loves each and everyone of us for who he made us to be.  He sees the potential in each of us.  He will make every opportunity for us to be successful in who he has designed us to be.  We just have to get out of the mindset that it will all happen in this life alone.  I am living for the promise of the everlasting life.  How about you?

Here is your Motivation for Monday

God knows you.  

He loves you and has plans for you.

Keep living this life and find out all of the glorious thoughts he has towards you!

You, my friend are wonderfully made.

Your time is not yet, but it is coming.  Live Your Life on Purpose.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

You Have Searched Me and Know Me

1 {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139

Day 40: Live Life Devotional

Day 40

The Process of Purpose

Every intricate part of your development takes time, planning, vision, and revision.

God is the artist and he has chosen our spirits to be his medium. He understands the intricacies of us. He has formed each and everyone of us to be a tool to paint his masterpiece. God has made and specifically designed the tools to create the marks that he wants to see in this world. God is painting Heaven in this world. But Heaven cannot stay in a dying world. We are the manifestation of the thoughts of our God. Trouble and blurred vision comes when the inexperienced come to add or take away from God’s vision; God’s purpose. Trouble comes when the tools which God is using have a mind of their own and start messing up all of the beautiful strokes he has already made. Lines get crossed, colors are dulled, and the picture becomes unclear because of ignorance and opinions that don’t line up with the original vision.

We notice that in God’s artistry, he has decided to make us individual artist as well as tools to create his vision. There is always levels with God, always a deeper meaning. Let us keep looking at and studying to get a better understanding of what God’s purpose is for us.

Your purpose will always have something to do with what you are doing now. The things that you have been through, the things you have seen, the people you lost, and the people that you have met. An intricate woven tapestry of situations and events have lead you to this exact place. You are special. You are awesome. You have purpose.

When you do receive your Vision from God. Write it down. Become very familiar with the word of God to make sure it aligns with God’s purpose. Sometimes we can receive mixed messages if we are not consistent in our walk. Sometimes we can run off course when we fail to consider God’s advice. As you work towards your Vision, it will become simplified and revised. This is necessary for the vision to come into fruition.

It takes time to receive your vision and to reach your vision. It will take planning on your part and hard work. Have faith and press forward, believing that everything that God has shown you in the vision will come to pass. God will elevate you and increase your knowledge. God will make you influential so that you can spread his word.

What is that thing that you love to do? The thing that you will spend money on and lose sleep over. This is the thing that you do to the glory of God. This is the thing that you do to advance the Kingdom of God. This is the gift that God has given you to develop in order to provide a service to the world. This is the thing that you use to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the purpose of your life. All you have to do is ask for the opportunity to start.

Now go out and shake this world up!

Live your Life on Purpose.

26Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”d

Corinthians 1:26-31 

Day 39: Live Life Devotional

Day 39

Don’t let the World Distract You from Your Purpose

I see a blatant movement of sympathy for Satan. It is so bold that it does bring great sorrow to my heart.  It is sad to know that so many minds sleep because they choose not to see who they really are. They choose to believe a lie rather than the truth of a new country. A promised land flowing with milk and honey. How glorious to know that my purpose has a place at home. We no longer have to try to be successful in a foreign country. Our father is waiting for us, and he will rejoice at our home coming. . .


The story of the prodigal son always intrigued me. Perhaps you have heard it before:


Their were two sons that lived with their father who had a great estate, with servants, land, and wealth. One son ask his father for his inheritance and went out to a foreign land to make a way for himself. In his youth and ignorance he spent his inheritance and had to start working to support himself. The life that he chose was not easy and it seemed like no one cared to help him out. Near death and starving the son thought about how foolish he was and made up his mind to go back to his father’s house. The son was convinced that if he was sorry enough, and begged for forgiveness that his father would at least feed him and make him like one of his servants.  The son was willing to work to have shelter at his father's house.

Before that son could even make it down the long road to his father’s estate, the father saw him from afar off. Jumping with excitement he made an announcement to prepare a feast for the return of his son. He was so very happy that he decided to throw the most magnificent party! (Read Luke 15 11-32)



There are three points that I want you to meditate on:


#1- There are no amount of works that you can do that is going to make your father love you more or less.  Your father is happy that you have decided to come back home.  There is no deed too unrighteous that your father would not forgive you for.  He sees you on your way back and he is preparing to have a party in your honor.

#2- We must not get distracted by the promises of this world. We must not get caught up with the idea of success, wealth, pursuit of happiness, or even world peace. These are not purposes of God. Do not think that you are supposed to be successful in a foreign land without the support of your father’s resources. Live well, live responsibly, with wisdom, and with understanding.


#3- There will be some of us who don’t experience the burdens that the world places on us. Why? Because you may represent the second son in the story. You may have been the one always with God, walking with him and being obedient to his purpose. You have been working in the field and you know the work. Do not become angry at your brother who has returned home. Instead, let us rejoice for all of our brothers and sisters who will soon find their way back home.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:1-17

Day 38: Live Life Devotional

Day38

Your place in the Kingdom

There are two main Kingdoms that we concern ourselves about; The heavenly Kingdom, and the World Kingdom. Let me rephrase, there is one Kingdom to be concerned about and the other we just need to be made aware of.


First, the heavenly Kingdom is where God resides. It is operating already, the way that a Kingdom should. God is the King and he has business. He thinks, strategies, makes decrees, laws, and gives out orders. He is a planning King and a creative King. He has advisors, ambassadors, knights, a royal court, and servants. He has everything that a King should have. His Kingdom is unified and strong. He rules justly, with love, with grace, and with mercy.


The adversary, (also known as Satan, Lucifer, or that lying serpent the Devil) also has a kingdom. His kingdom is the World. He will not be a just ruler, and he does not love you like God loves you. His Kingdom goal is to get spirits to worship him forever on this earth. His ultimate goal is to reign with us as his servants and to keep us away from our kingdom inheritance. Why? Because he became very jealous when he found out what God’s plan for us really were. He was very jealous and did not agree with the Master artist’s painting strategy.


Remember, there will always be those people who stand behind you and say “I don’t like it!, I don’t get it!”   But know and understand this: anything that goes against God’s plan is considered to be evil.  I know that our definition of evil warrants images of witches flying on brooms or stirring cauldrons, however, evil means it is not for God’s purpose.  If something is not for God’s purpose, then it is good for nothing.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor; wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Matthew 5:13

The world is not for God’s purpose. It uses man’s selfish nature to bring worship to the love of wealth. This love of money then enslaves the mind to work for it all the days of man’s life. Instead of man working for God’s purpose, he advances the world agenda. This is evil.


God is telling me right now that there are levels in heaven. It is a city of different planes. What you do on earth today is going to determine your access to the different levels of heaven. You will also be completed in heaven. You will still need to grow in your eternal purpose. We are learning in this age the mindset, the currency, the language, the laws, and the culture of the Kingdom. We don’t want to stick out like sore thumbs for eternity. We must get ourselves together in order to learn our place in the kingdom.

Imagine what the heavenly Kingdom looks like?  Imagine what it smells like?  What will your service be in the Kingdom?  What will you be in charge of?  What can God trust you with? Meditate on this all day long.  Have faith that what you imagine will come to pass.

Day 37: Live Life Devotional

Day 37

Your Place in the Mission

There has been an assignment given to us.  We were told to teach all nations. We must prepare ourselves with knowledge, and we should develop our gifts to spread this word.

This is where your personal vision comes in. God has been training you your whole life for your assignment. It is because of the position the world is in today that you had to go through what you had to go through. You had to develop the necessary perspective to reach those who need to be reached. It is a job that only you can do in the territory you were meant to be over. It is your mission to teach others about Jesus.  It is your mission to teach about Jesus through your story.

What is your story?

The more we can get each other to see the need for one another, can we become stronger as a whole. Unity will keep us moving forward in this great mission to get people to realize who they are and where they came from. God will win.  God’s win is our win. Therefore you must always evaluate and ask yourself which side are you working for? What purpose are you working for? Are you using your gifts, talents, and abilities to advance the Kingdom, or are you working to advance the World Kingdom?


We all live this life with the thoughts that we are doing well or that we are doing the best that we can under the circumstances. Sometimes we do not realize that our lives look to be aiding the World mission instead of God’s mission.



In order to find your place in the mission, God will give you a vision. He will place in front of you test to complete and levels to advance in. It is your job to be obedient to everything that he says. It will get harder as you go along because you will feel the resistance of the world against you. But resistance builds muscle.


You will find your place in the mission. You will be called. You will receive your vision. You will receive more directions to follow. Have faith, be obedient, and have patience.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;

the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”c

20Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

I Corinthians 1:18-25

 

Day 36: Live Life Devotional

Day 36

We were made for a Mission.

Let us meditate on this verse today:

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 28:19

Brothers and Sisters, (I feel like we can now address each other in this way) . . .


So, Brothers and Sisters we should feel safe and secure in all the good things that has been done by our brother for us. God has allowed these things to unfold for our benefit. It is by his love and sacrifice that we know love. It is by the completion of Jesus’s mission that we now have a connection back to the heavenly father. This is the message that everyone should know. Our purpose is to share this message with every spirit that is separated from the heavenly father.


Here it is again for clarification:

God loved the people in the world so much, that he gave his only son that was without sin, to die here in this earth. Which gave all people the chance to change their minds about who they are and then accept the gift of eternal life.

(see John 3:16)

God did not send Jesus here to point the finger and make people feel bad about the way they were living. Instead, he pointed out that we feel bad, because of the way we are living.


We should feel peace in our understanding. We can keep this peace if we stay focused on obeying the word of God. During our growth, however, we will find that this wisdom brings great sorrow. Why? Because there is a feeling of urgency to spread the message and a burden of not having enough time to complete the mission.


This is completely normal.


This is why we simply keep calm and trust God. We then learn how to grow our patience. We operate in time, but God does not. So the process will be complete when the process is complete. No one knows this time, but the father who is in heaven and the only begotten son who has gained access to all wisdom and understanding.

Day 35: Live Life Devotional

Day 35

You were created to provide a service

This is key.  We must lose the selfishness

If we are truly supposed to be like Christ, then we must take up our cross daily and follow him. This means that we should be studying his life very closely and working hard reap the harvest that has been growing up since his death.  We need to be laborers in the field.  This takes much sacrifice. This is a great service.

Sometimes we are called out of something that we are used to, or comfortable with. We probably found ourselves transitioning into new experiences and new arenas of growth What ever it is that God has called you to do, do it.  Do it with all your might.  Do it with such great faith, that the kings of this world feel threatened by you.  When you are called by God to do something, your purpose will shake this world.  Your purpose will rattle the foundation of lies that this world was built on.  This is how you know you are going in the right direction.

Your calling will be to serve people.  Whatever field you are in, what ever change you are supposed to make will not make your life easier.  You will meet resistance.  You just have to know that God is with you.  You must affirm to yourself:

I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

 

Yes, I told you before you need this one memorized!

The difference between you and the world is that your purpose is going to line up with God’s purpose.  Your goals will be God’s goals.  Your hope will be God’s hope.  Your vision will be God’s vision.  You must lose the idea that this is about you.  No, it is not about you.  And even in knowing this, we still rejoice because God’s win is our win!!

We must always seek after the light of truth.  We must keep looking forward and not behind.

Someone once explained it to me this way:  If a person seeks and follows the light, then his shadow will always follow close behind, but if a person is always chasing his shadow, he will never catch it but constantly be in darkness.

Meditate on this verse:

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13

We are not living this life because of what we want.  We are not finding our purpose and our vision because of what we want.  It will always be about what God wants. We have to be like Jesus and deny ourselves in order to do the will of our father.

Day 34: Live Life Devotional

Day 34

We were created to be like Christ

Do you understand who Jesus is?

Do you understand that he also had to go through a process to receive his assignment, his purpose, his vision, and his destiny.

When we are born again, we are met with the same challenges that Jesus had.  We are to take on the same mind as Christ.  We are to focus on what God has for us to to.  We must follow through on our assignment.  God wants to give us our assignment in full but we have to show ourselves worthy.  We must be consistent.  We must look at the life of Christ as an example.

We were created to become like Christ.  All of God’s planning is not happenstance.  He planned all of this for the building up of Christ body and the perfecting of the saints.  God planned the end and he understood where we would mess up.  God already provided the solution before the question was even asked.  Remember, he is the master artist and his masterpiece is yet to be revealed.

I encourage you to read through the new testament this year.  Study the life of Christ so that you can model his ways.  You may not understand why you are doing the things that Jesus did, but you should have faith that it is going to get you where Jesus is.

These are just somethings that Jesus did to become closer to God:

He talked to God

He spent alone time with God

He woke up early to pray

He gave God Glory and Credit

He loved and taught love

He taught in the Temple (Church)

He prayed continually

He fasted

He memorized scripture

He referred back to the old testament when teaching

He gave up his trade to start his ministry

He traveled around to teach about the Kingdom

He collected followers

He urged people to change their thinking patterns

He served others

He sacrificed himself to save others

Jesus did all of this because he knew who he was.  He didn’t do it to try to earn a position.  We must change our minds about why we do things.  Meditate on this thought:  What is it that I am doing in my life today that looks like the life that Jesus lived two thousand years ago?

We were created to be like Jesus