"I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours." Mark 11:24 NLT The book of Mark is slowly becoming my favorite book in the bible. This book is all about believing. If you don't believe, how can you accomplish anything? Praying works wonders but when you pray and believe, that becomes one of the most powerful combinations that God has stored in us. If I haven't helped you at all with these daily messages, let today be a change!! I want you to BELIEVE!! Believing is hard sometimes but believing and praying can work wonders. It's in his word... If you pray and believe, you will receive it! But the key to success is believing. I challenge you today to PRAY & BELIEVE!! "All things are possible, if you believe" Mark 9:23
"This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him." Psalms 91:2 Without trust, how can you accomplish anything!? Not only do you have to trust yourself with the decisions that you make but you also have to trust the man upstairs. The man upstairs is a man who I like to call God lol. If He is the maker of all things and can do soooo many great things, why not trust him with every decision that you make?! I want you to simply repeat this line and declare God as your refuge. I want you to let God know that you trust him!! Repeat this, "I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my god, and I trust in Him!" If you repeated this line, you just let God know that you trust him with whatever decisions you make. You are putting your trust in Him and showing God that he is the one that is in control of all things. Let God control your situation and don't let the situation control you. Be Blessed!
BTW.... SHOUTS OUT TO THEM COWBOYS, THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND THE SOCCER TEAM FOR PICKING UP WINS TODAY!! MUCH LOVE lol "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts, says the Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9 Honestly, this verse gives me hope. It gives me hope that whatever my future is, it will be far more greater than what it is now! God has his hands over the ones that are righteous and who call on his name! His plans are far more greater than the plans that we all dream of! He is an amazing God that hangs in heaven that is located higher than earth!! If you can imagine all the great things in life like going to the beach, winning a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP or even meeting that special someone! All of these are amazing things but God's thoughts are even greater! His plans for our lives are much more greater than what we even dream of! We just have to keep dreaming and believing! "All things are possible, if you believe" Mark 9:23.
"You, too, must keep watch! For you don't know when the master of the household will return - in the evening, midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak. Don't let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning." Mark 13:35-36 If you deny the King now, how can you accept His goodness that comes later? Have you ever tried denying someone or something? Whatever you deny becomes jealous or distraught! I live with two dogs and when I show more affection and attention to one of them, the other one becomes jealous. You see, we serve a jealous God! A God that puts us through certain situations so that we will spend more time with Him. We choose everything over God and ethically that's not right. We have to make a change and devote time to God! If we don't make a change, God will not be happy! He's too great of a God for us NOT to show love and affection towards him! I love my God!
"The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?" Psalms 27:1 If God tells us that he the light and my salvation why should I have to worry about being alone through those dark times? If the one who created us was able to PUT us through the situation, He is strong enough to PULL us through the situation. We all like to use this thing called Carmex lol. Now Carmex is lip balm that is designed to protect your lips from cold sores and soothe dry/chapped lips lol. Ahh I like that! We all rely on some type of lip balm that protects our lips from being chapped. This simple and little device is strong enough to keep the lips from being chapped and protect them from cold sores, what do you think a God can protect us from when we do not know where to go! What do you think God can do, when we are at our lowest points. God is the answer to everything! We have to put our faith and trust in Him just like we do with other things like Carmex. Put our trust in Him and we will ultimately achieve that victory!
"Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full - pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." Luke 6:38 Giving doesn't require a whole lot. It doesn't mean you have to give gifts or items. Giving can simply be expressed by devoting your time to someone who needs it. That's giving your time to someone else or even giving someone a hug! It's not hard to give. Showing simple gestures like these, is what God instilled into us, and its called love. We can all give!! God gave us Jesus so that He could die for us... He gave his only begotten son... God doesn't ask us to sacrifice our family members for others just to show we can give! The more you give the more you will receive. The Lord loves a cheerful giver.
"The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?" Psalms 27:1 Many people stress about everything!! They stress about picking out clothes, driving because they are late, or for that certain test that we have that is coming up. I would just like to say... stop stressing. It's not worth it. If it's all in God's hands, what's the purpose of stressing? Everything happens for a reason. Have you ever tried logging into facebook, twitter or instagram and you can't remember your password? You're stressing and don't even know what to do because you just want to see who messaged you... Often times it will frustrate you and just make you upset. Think of our lives as that social media site. We can't get on it, unless we know the password. Let God have your password to your own lives so he can direct it to the right place! God can connect you to the right people on your social media (our own lives) sites and make your whole life better. God is so awesome!
"No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." Philippians 3:13 How can you focus on what is ahead of you, if you continue to look back. There is one thing certain, you can't change the past but you can change the future. Focusing on success and virtue is what God is trying to tell us. Nicole Soban, from Program 13 once said, "Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over." Our lives are like big, historical novels. The actions we do, tell a story. We have our own theme, characters, setting and everything else that goes with a novel. We don't physically write it, but it is stored and kept safe by God. God has already read and has passed the tests that are in our stories. That's why he wants us to go to Him. We have to learn when to go on to that next chapter in our lives and use what we have learned in our past, to create a better future for our amazing stories. The best is yet to come. Keep believing.
"All things are possible if you believe" Mark 9:23 To be honest, I needed this as the verse today. My big little sis Summer Morgan and her dad, my brothers Jarrion Lawson and Mike Nero, my lil sis Halley Hill and my boy Luke Schildknecht all texted me and reminded me that I need to keep believing and not give up on what I am doing. I felt like I was coming up short with everything. But these people literally texted me and let me know I have to keep my faith and believe. That was truly inspiring... I thank God for everything and thank Him for his people. He's working through us all. I know he is. My boy Rod Harris told me that someone at UALR (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) was wearing one of my bands. The crazy thing is I didn't even know the guy Rod was talking to. God is working so powerfully through us and we don't even know it. God is good y'all.
"No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead," Philippians 3:13 NLT Have y'all ever tried running up hill and then tried to look back? Is it tough to achieve something so high and grand but looking back slowed you down? Try that out ya self. I asked my homie Summer Morgan the same question and she said, "When you run up a hill & look back it slows you down & you start swerving. You don't continue to run straight. Yeah it is tough to achieve something so high but you have to conquer the impossible." Y'all remember, "All things are possible, if you believe" Mark 9:23. Just believe and don't look back.
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