Blessings In Me!

The enemy has a way of trying to intimidate us. I allowed him to get into my mind for a very long time. Afraid to be me, afraid to be who God has called me to be. God has reminded me that I am his and that he loves me, just like he loves each of you. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of who we are in Christ. For a long time, I was embarrassed to show the world that I had found Christ. I wasn’t embarrassed by God but embarrassed of my own past. I had sinned so much that I allowed that to be my excuse for keeping quiet about God. I thought who would listen to me after all the things I had done? How can I be a witness of Christ after the sins I have committed? I thought people would always reflect on the bad and not the good.  Then I realized those were all seeds planted by the enemy. He knew that my testimony would touch others. He knew that my life would be an example no matter what I had done. It’s not too late to live for Christ. God has been good to me on countless occasi...

 Sometimes the very thing that breaks us will help push us closer to God. I have found myself so broken by past relationships. All God ever wanted was for me to put him first. I struggled with dating from a worldly view. It never worked for me. I realized that my relationships would always fail because they weren’t of God. I first needed to learn to love God as well as love myself. I needed to believe everything that God said about me. I had to stop settling for less. I increased my prayer life. I didn’t need to tell God what I wanted because he already knew what I needed. “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 prophet to the nations.”Jeremiah‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭NLT ‬‬. I stopped focusing on my relationship with men and directed that energy to God.  I prayed “Lord when you feel I am ready you know the type of man I need.” I decided that I didn’t want to just ”date”, but that I wanted to “court” with ...

I was a single mother who struggled with low self-esteem.  I didn’t love  myself. Seeking  attention from men by wearing  provocative clothing is what I did.  I had daddy issues!  Yes ,  I was blessed with a stepfather, but I have to admit I was envious of my siblings for having a biological father who loved them.  Having an absent father made me question “how can I trust God when I can’t trust my father here on earth? ”  Trying to fill that void of my “father’s love” I fell for any man who blinked my way.   Proverb 31:10 “A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies .” That scripture spoke volumes to me. Understanding how much God values and loves us changed me.  God looks at us to be more precious than rubies, how could we ever think less of ourselves? 1 Corinthians 6:19 -20  “Don’t you realize that your body  is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You d...

Do you know what your spiritual gift(s) are? God has instilled in each of us a spiritual gift. “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12:7‬. It took me a while to learn what my spiritual gifts were. It wasn’t until I gave God full access to my life that I learned. I was given the gift of exhortation, which is part of the reason I started this blog page. God showed me Luke 1:1-4 in a dream, which reads “Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us. They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples. Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.” God was saying to me “your testimonies are your own eye witness report. Share your testimonies to draw people unto me.” I wanted women to find a connectio...