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Un.Wavering (Be Still)

Kris Joi

Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Psalm 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

Mark 4:39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Prayer:  Father God in the name of Jesus. Thank you for who you are. Thank you that as we become more aware of who you are and how you are we are changed into the image we see. Let us behold you daily through prayer and meditation. You’re good, all the time. Help us to encounter and receive your goodness & grace in Jesus name. Amen. 

Dearly Beloveds,

I pray this finds you well. And I just want to encourage you that God’s got us whole heartly. Maybe you’ve experienced a lot of disappointments, setbacks, slip & falls, struggles, and hardships. But I want to encourage you and I to fear not, God is in control. And guess what He can be trusted. He sees all, knows all, understands, and already has provided a way of escape. All he requires of us is to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him (see Micah 6:8). And what a joy it is. Sometimes we carry the weight of so many things but God doesn’t want that for us. He says cast your cares. Yes we will suffer on this side of glory. For various reasons. But we can count it all joy because we are redeemed through Jesus Christ.

As humans with bodies we are often searching for something we can see, taste, hear, feel/touch with our natural senses to satisfy & secure us. But there comes a time when God will require us to completely trust in Him and Him alone. Take our eyes off everything, deny ourselves the pleasures of this world, and take complete delight in Him. Life is filled with distractions. Things that come to take our focus off of God and draw us away from Him. The enemy of our soul works overtime to distract us from our purpose (worshipping God in love). The whole bible is summed up into two commandments. Love God and Others as Ourself. 

We talked about love in the last post. Let’s read the scripture in 1 Corinthians 13 about love and jump in. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.8 Love never fails.

In this season of my life I’ve been working on my love walk by drawing closer to God. What about you? The bible says we love because He first loved us. When we spend quality time with God He loves us. And from this we can pour out as He fills us up. In seeking (SEE KING) Him He reveals His nature, character, and thoughts toward us. It’s up to us to meditate on that versus the noise inside & out. God wants to and will quiet the noise if we let Him.

Once the noise is quieted we can hear. Sound interpreted correctly will give us an image or mental picture/perception. The bible says we are changed into the image we see. This is why the word of God is so important. The only thing faster than sound is light. When the light is on, darkness is eliminated. Darkness is defined as evil but it’s also defined as ignorance. Ignorance means to not know something or someone. This could be intentionally or unintentionally. God wants us to know Him and understand His ways the more we know Good the more we are aware of what’s evil (See Hebrew 5:14). My friend we need wisdom, understanding, and knowledge (spiritually & naturally). And guess what God gives us access to them all if we ask with a poor spirit (a humble desire to know for the reason of becoming better). 

This is why we must learn to guard our gates and hearts. We do this by allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal to us who or what we need to take our natural eyes & ears off so we won’t be tossed to and fro. For instance things/people that provoke us to sin (miss the mark). Ask God for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of the who, what, when, where, why, and how. Remember small disciplines and adjustments lead to big change. He may say remove this from your diet, talk to this person, listen to this, don’t watch that or go there, etc. (See Ephesians 4:14-16) The key is to walk/talk with God daily, read/rehearse His word, sow into our spirit, and be led by Him. 

He knows us! Trust & Obey Him! Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord His God. Psalm 146:5

Peace & Love,

K. Joi

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Why Do Fools Fall? In Love. (wavering pt2)

Kris Joi

🙏🏽Father God in the name of Jesus thank you for your goodness, mercy, lovingkindness, and favor. You are amazing and we stand in 🙌🏽awe of your glory. I am at a loss for words gazing upon the beauty and grace of who you are. 

Hey Ya’ll,

As I’m sitting here in worship, i’m so caught up. Have you ever had a moment with Abba where you don’t wanna leave but you know you have to move lol. Well that moment for me is right now as I write now. You guys being present in the presence of God is better than any other person, place, or thing in the world 🌍 🌠. I was sitting in worship one morning and all of a sudden all the weights of everything going on around me just lifted. At that moment I realized even more the power of proximity, presence, and perception. These three can truly make or break us. 

This is true in so many ways. I’m learning to be more aware of my surroundings. The who, what, when, where, why, and how. So every year or so I have to go to visit my optometrist, and during my visit they give me a series of tests to examine the health of my eyes. 👀 One of the tests they give me is called a visual acuity exam. During this exam they have me cover one eye at a time to see what the smallest line of print is I can read from a distance on their chart. 👓Acuity deals with sharpness of thought, vision, or hearing. It measures how precise these skills work under different circumstances & positioning. 

Y’all pray for me because my glasses are thick lbs. But anyways, it had me thinking about spiritual sight. I love natural and spiritual correlations. It just shows how intentional and deliberate God is in His creation/design. 📏We see it all throughout the bible. Math and science are so fun. We use metrics to determine if something is measuring up to be a good fit for use in a particular place. If God is intentional and deliberate in what He does the so should we be.

In a previous post I used the example of a puzzle piece. Each one fits together jointly to create a beautiful image. Imagine taking a piece from a butterfly puzzle and trying to jam it into place in a puzzle of a lion. Those images are two different species, colors, shapes, sizes, etc. right? 🧩It won’t fit, noticeably. But let’s say you have images that are similar but still cut for a different puzzle. The similar piece still won’t fit, but it will be less detectable to the eye. It got me thinking about counterfeits. They look like the real thing but to someone with a trained eye theirs a distinction. 

I’ve been on this journey of studying religion vs. relationship. Both how they are connected and how they are different. Globally there are thousands of religions known to mankind. Each one has its own set of rules and traditions that make up the foundation of what those in it believe. This is what we call a belief system. Do you know right in the midst of the word belief is the word lie. I was taught that we as people are so prone to believing that it makes us vulnerable to be open to lies. Don’t get me wrong, belief is important. The bible states we believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord in order to be saved (Romans 10:9). This is GREAT! This is an entryway into relationship.

But then after we are to walk with God to really get to know Him through relationship (conversation, closeness, etc.). The more we know Him the more we experience freedom inside and out (see John 8:32). This transformation is reflected through our words to a certain extent but more so through our actions. ♥️Remember God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son (John 3:16). Love is an action word based on our perception/understanding of who He is. The Bible says we are changed into the image we see. But what if the image we have of who God is becomes skewed. That’s going to be reflected in our speech and actions. As the youngsters say it’s giving….vibes.

Think about a distorted image. 🫤It’s harder to see and understand right? 🤔It’s the same with sound: the more background noise we have the harder it is to hear clearly. This is why the bible tells us to guard our hearts/minds. 🛑Let’s stop here and examine how we see the persons, places, things around us based on our proximity and perceptions. Remember clarity is key. And this is obtained through the eyes of love. God is love. 😍 See 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 for a love acuity test. We will talk about the truth in love (ephesians 4) next time.

Peace & Love…

P.S. Coming Soon!

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Wave-ring Pt. 1

Kris Joi

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For He that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

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Prayer:  Father God in the name of Jesus, thank you. As we enter into your gates with thanksgiving and your courts with praise we bless your name. For you alone are worthy of worship. All of the other gods are works of men but You Lord are the Most High, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Elohim, El Shaddai, El Elyon. Who can stand before you and what can stand against you? And if God be for us who can stand against us? NOBODY/ NO THING is greater than you. Amen.

Hey Kings 👑Kids,

I pray this finds you well. 🙏🏽Be reminded all is well. In spite of what we face in this world Jesus said to take heart He overcame the world. He is our blessed assurance. When something is assured it’s guaranteed and certified. The bible says this about God’s word (See Isaiah 55:11). In this we put our confident hope. He cannot lie nor fail, 🙌🏽 even when we do. I’m realizing because GOD is so BIG that we in our limited thinking and temporal frame can’t fully imagine just how big He is. 🤯And even this He is aware of, as He made us from clay. Clay has no form or shape, it’s lifeless, and in itself is nothing but dirt/soil.

I think sometimes it’s easy for us to forget this because we have been given so many wonderful gifts. 🎁 Our natural abilities sometimes get in the way of what God really wants to do in our lives. It is not until we surrender everything we think we know, have, and are that we tap into the fullness of who God created us to be. 🪞The word says we were created in His likeness and image (resemblance). Just as a child favors their parents in the natural, God wants us to be like Him in appearance, word, and actions. Contrary to popular belief this is done from the inside out. No outward performance can compare to true inward change.

The bible says be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds. 🧠We are born into this world with all kinds of bad ways/habits, and as we grow older we often pick up even more. This is until we are trained in righteousness, I talked about what this looks like in my last post towards the end. In which we talked about learning, serving, and seeking 👀♥️the Fathers heart. A disciple is a learner, pupil, or student. This is what God desires from us. God gave us discipleship as a means of our growth and development.  God gives us teachers after His heart to walk us through this process. 👩🏽‍🏫👨‍🏫Have you found a good church home yet? If so great and if not don’t wait, do it like your life is dependent upon it (it is!). 

We are living during evil times and there is safety from ⛔️hurt, harm, and danger inside the will of God. God gave us this as one of his many promises. When we abide in Him, He is with us and for us. On the contrary there are enemies who desire to steal, kill, and destroy this and all the other promises that God has given us. 👁️We need to be watchful (woke, alert), prayerful, and connected to other people who are also alert and praying. ⚠️Caution: all prayer is not created equal. Just because someone prays something doesn’t mean God will answer it, it has to be aligned. We can talk about this later. 

The first thing required for alignment is faith. ✝️The bible says we are saved through faith by grace. We talked about grace in previous posts also. Remember He gives grace to the humble. Humility is the prerequisite for every good thing from God. 🙇🏽‍♀️🙇Humility says it doesn’t matter what I want or think. I want to know who God is, what He wants, and what He thinks. And do it. The bible says if we lift God up He will draw us close to Him. This is what He ultimately wants from us all. 🧎🏽🧎🏽‍♀️

Now let’s get back to faith. Faith is trust, confidence, and assurance. The word says that faith comes by hearing 👂🏽and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:7). This is another reason why going to church to hear the word of God is important.  If we believe in our heart and confess 🗣️with our mouth that Jesus is Lord we will be saved (see Romans 10:9). As we are going through our salvation journey no matter where we are, the word of God takes us from glory to glory and faith to faith. 🛑Let’s stop here and think it over. 💭

✋🏽Selah: Pause and reflect on where you are in your journey of life. Where have you come from? Where do you want to be? What has God shown you concerning your future? Are you on track (walking & talking with God daily)? Have you heard God’s voice? In what ways?

XOXO 😘

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E. Go (Ripe Harvest pt.3)

Kris Joi

Hey Ya’ll,

Let's Pray. 🙏🏽 Father God in the name of Jesus thank you for a new day, another chance to give you glory, and for being everything we could ever need. Keep your hand of favor upon us. And in seasons where we find ourselves outside your good graces thank you for a way of return. Thank you for unconditional ♥️love, ever enduring mercy, and sufficient grace. In Jesus name Amen.

Ehhh. Have you ever had a moment where you have so much to say that you don’t know what to say or where to start? Well that’s where i’m at right now in this moment. I’m reminded of a post I did before where I talked about Holy Spirit making groanings 😩for us (see bible Romans 8:26). So after a women carries a child for 9 months she goes into labor, and it’s not only hard, but painful. You may be wondering, sis what does that have to do with anything you’re talking about? Well natural birth and spiritual birthing are a lot alike. 🗣️Let’s talk a little about spiritual birthing.

When God gives you an 💡idea, assignment, word, and purpose it’s liken to a seed. He places it in your heart/mind to receive water and nutrients so that it grows. And depending on the type of seed it is it will grow and produce after its own kind (when tended to properly). This is the same process in natural birthing. Basic biology says cows produce cows, chickens produce chickens, and a 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒man & women produce a boy or girl. This process is called the reproduction process. In order that offspring would be brought forth.

For the sake of time & space I just want to focus on offspring (Read all Colossians 1 w/ focus on verses 10-20). 📖 Because God is VERY concerned with what we produce. In fact He has entrusted us to take care of that/those which He has given us. Contrary to popular belief we are not self made. Our life really isn’t our own, and neither are the things we own. You may think how is that? That’s my car, my house, my children, my money. Just as the saying goes my, my, my. 😨That’s exactly how I feel about anyone who believes and trusts in themself as self made. Wake up call. If God decided to not wake you up today, you would be as they say now a days unalived.

But so many of us do what we want to, say what we want to, go where we want to. This generation is a DIY (do it yourself) kind of culture/society. Well friend that’s ok for an arts & craft project but not for your life. It’s really not a game, playing russian roulette and uno with your life is crazy. 😵‍💫I don’t say this to scare anyone, but it’s dangerous out here in these streets ya’ll and the bible says it’s going to get worse. Now is high time. Get in church, get in God, read your bible, build a relationship with God. Come as you are (He does not care about your bad ways) just don’t stay as you are. Let God help you!🙌🏽

I’m speaking from experience. I tried living life my way long enough to know. IT DOES NOT LEAD TO LIFE. 🛑Being stubborn, mean, disobedient, arrogant, high, and mighty will lead to destruction, disaster, and death. We don’t get to live how we want and think that everything is going to be ok. 🚷No. That’s not how this works. We follow God and then everything is going to be ok. I speak this way because I care about your life and future. Whatever’s blocking YOU from God LET IT GO!

I always hear 👂🏽 people talk about Grace. Well His grace is sufficient but not unlimited. Remember He gives grace to the humble. If we are lifted up in pride (what we want) we won’t receive grace (unmerited favor). The only requirement is humility. No ego’s allowed. You will be surprised sometimes it takes a good test/trial to reveal just how out of alignment we are. Think of it this way. 🦴If your bone is out of place it may be painful to pop it back in place initially. But short term pain beats long term pain. Imagine walking around like that forever and never taking the necessary steps to recover. OUCH. Let’s end in scripture.

Hebrews 12:11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening– it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. (New Living Translation)

Peace & Love

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E.leven 8… Up 🆙 & Ate 🍽️

Kris Joi

Matthew 16:8 Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? 11 How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (BSB)

Mark 8:15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod (ESV)

Matthew 13:33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” (ESV)

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Greetings Kings Kids, 👑

Grace & Peace multiplied unto you. Let’s Pray. 🙏🏽 Father God in the name of Jesus, thank you. For your goodness, mercy, and lovingkindness is better than life itself. There is no way we could do this thing called life without You! Bear minimum we can merely exist. Continue to lead us and guide us into all truth that we would live a life that’s pleasing unto you. You need nothing, yet we give you ALL. In Jesus name, Amen. ✝️

So the last time we “spoke” was early November of last year (a little over 2 months ago). Little did I know that my life would be flipped 🔃right side up, yet God is STILL faithful. I’m still processing everything that took place but we will talk about that later. Right now let’s dive in 🌊to today’s word. Over the last few months i’ve been hearing the word diet. Which i’m sure you know means what we eat. Have you ever heard the saying “you are what you eat”. Well i’m finding that to be truer than I realized. 🧠

There are hundreds (if not more) of diet plans in the natural. 🥗All created with the goal of optimal health. I mean who doesn’t want to be healthy right? If you ask anyone would they rather be sick or healthy, I can guarantee you they will choose health. Sickness can affect every part of the body and even lead to death if unchecked. 🌡️In December I lost one of the persons I love the most to cancer and if I can be honest my heart hurts every time I think about it. I was so sure he would fight through and make it on the other side healed. Well he actually did, just not the way I desired. 💔

❓Have you ever wanted or craved something so bad that no one could tell you it wasn’t going to happen that way? Appetite is a powerful thing, that could lead to our detriment or benefit. I’ve read that sometimes our bodies crave certain things because of imbalances in the body. This could be 💊vitamins, nutrients, etc. For example, I recently bought iron supplements because I was cold all the time. Yet, I always found myself craving ice (go figure right). I later found that this was due to a disorder called anemia, that affects the red blood cells. 🩸One of the causes of this is iron defeciency (amongst other things).

Being a teacher 👩🏽‍🏫 I couldn’t help but correlate this with the spirit. I’m going to do a more in depth study on this but think about all the times appetites led to the fall of those we read about in history. In fact lets make it personal. 💭Think about all the times our own appetite/desires led us to do or not do something. Now consider the consequences. I can go down the list of things we as humans crave. After the fall of man and the coats of flesh being added (see Genesis 3) mans desires were continuously evil. In fact right after this we see the first murder. 😨

God gave us desire. He’s ok with us desiring things, as long as those things don’t take us away from ✝️Him or His Way. Some ways to tell if things are taking us away from God include; distraction, disobedience, delay (which we can talk about another day). Remember in the bible 📖where Israel took 40 years to accomplish something that was only supposed to take days ( See Deuteronomy 1 & Numbers 14)? Do you know when you were born God had a predetermined plan for your life, with lots of good things He wanted for you to accomplish on Earth? 🌍 But let’s be real, how many of us are living that life? And how many of us are living a life opposite of His goodness? I highlight His goodness because sometimes we settle for man made goodness.

This is what the pharisees and saducees were doing in the verses above. Let me break the news to you. 🚫IN OUR FLESH DWELLS NO GOOD THING! This is why the bible tells us to do away it. How do I do that you may ask? Well first give your life to Jesus (I have a previous post about this and invite/celebrate you to search salvation prayer). Next, find a bible believing, teaching, and living ⛪️church home (we can help with that too if you like). Attend church services, learn all you can, take notes, go back and read over them, praise & worship, pray & fast, serve others, READ YOUR BIBLE, 🗣️ask God to help you understand it over time, and PLEASE do what it says (with Gods help). I promise the more we do these things the more we grow!

That was a lot to take in so let’s Selah (pause &ponder) 🤔and practice right 🚶🏽‍♀️🚶there. FYI, all these things are essential if we want to grow in God and experience a real good life. Of course we can choose not to. 🤷🏽‍♀️But just know all choices have consequences, some good, some not the best, others terrible. Choose wisely!

PART 3 & P.S. Coming Soon! ♥️

P.S. Want an accountability partner or partners? Reach out so we can connect you with one that fits your needs.

Peace & Love, K.Joi XOXO 😘

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Cry Now, Laugh Later. Laugh Now, Cry Later.

Kris Joi

Psalm 34:17-19 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Revelation 21:8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” 

Psalm 10:13-14 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Greetings In Grace ❤️ Beloved Ones,

I pray this post finds you well. Today’s post is a little impromptu as I didn’t realize it was the 5th of the month. It’s been a very eventful past couple of weeks & days, and I am still “grasping my bearings” ⚖️ per se. So just a few updates, I attended a live recording a few days ago that was AWEsome. I’m still gathering myself from what took place that night. I will soon be incorporating more music posts on my blog, this will include my personal creations and the creations of others that I know will be a blessing to you. 🎶 With that being said, as soon as the recordings from that night are released I will be sharing it! Also our ministry is doing a 24 hour emergency fast until this evening AND Y’ALL IT’S BEEN QUICK & POWERFUL. ⚔️ Looking forward to finishing strong and joining the saints in prayer & the word in a few hours. We’d love for you to be apart, it’s a collaborative Kingdom effort, so ALL are welcome (message me or comment below for more details).

As many of you know today is also a very important day in history, as our new commander in chief or president 🇺🇸 will be selected this evening. With that being said there is a lot of activity going on right now in the spirit realm, and I encourage everyone to be prayerful 🙏🏽& watchful/vigilant👀. I just reached out to my loved ones to make sure everyone will be settled and safe as things are unfolding both spiritually and naturally. I encourage you to do the same, check on your loved ones and BE safe.

So God was impressing upon my heart ❤️ a few scriptures over these past weeks (see scriptures above). As I was pondering on them I heard today’s title. And I admit this time I had mixed emotions 🥹 about what God was putting down. I was excited because I’m saved, but I know and love several others who are not. The bible says God DOES NOT want anyone to perish, but for all to be changed/saved (see 2 Peter 3:9). And beloved as God’s daughter & friend I feel the same. I’ve heard and seen stories 😱 about hell and it’s heart wrenching to think of that being anyone’s ending. Non-stop pain, suffering, torture, and eternal death is not the way to go. The bible says it will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (see Matthew 13:47-50).

See the enemy, the Devil, is always up to no good. He roams about the earth seeking whom he can devour (see 1 Peter 5:8). He does not fight fair! He lies and schemes to trick people into believing that if they serve him and live any kind of way (indulging in pleasure/flesh) they will be happy. And yes this may be somewhat “true”, but as the old saying goes it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. 😢 And beloved someone ALWAYS GETS HURT! You get strung along on this quick & easy magical fantasy ride until next thing you know it all comes crashing down/disaster. No matter to what extent we allow the enemy to have room in our hearts/minds and lives, it never ends well. For this reason I made up my mind 🧠that he can’t and won’t 🚫have any place in me or mine.

On the contrary God promises us just the opposite. He says that if you deny yourself now and suffer with HIM ✝️ you will have an everlasting abundant life (See 2 Timothy 2:12 & John 10:10). One may ask well why does God want us to suffer? The thing is friends, suffering is inevitable. We will either suffer with God or suffer without Him. But with Him 🙌🏽 it is so much better. We will suffer for various reasons including: choices/decisions we & others make, living in a sinful fallen world, doing what’s right, doing what’s wrong, etc. But in the end it all comes down to who we suffer with and why we are suffering. Are we suffering for good or for bad? 🤔Perspective is everything!

It’s important as we are going through the trials of life we ask God what it is He wants us to get from what we are going through. ⁉️There are always lessons to be learned in every test, trial, and tribulation. The thing is sometimes because we don’t ask or seek God as to what that lesson is we can often find ourselves going through the same troubles again and again. 🏫 Think of it like we are in school, when we fail a significant test that’s required for our next level, we have to keep taking it until we pass. The good news is our teacher (God/Jesus/Holy Spirit) wants us to pass. In fact the bible 📖 says His divine power has given us everything we need as it pertains to LIFE and GODLINESS (see 2 Peter 1:3).

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My leader says it like this: God wants us to LIVE LONG and LIVE WELL! Unfortunately our adversary the devil doesn’t want us to have either, but on the contrary his desire is for us to die prematurely and die full of sin/sickness. BUT NEVERTHELESS GOD IS FAITHFUL and provides us with a way of escape (see 1 Corinthians 10:13). And let me admonish you that any one who does not want you to live long and live well IS NOT INSPIRED BY GOD but by the devil. 🛑 Stay Away. Transparent moment: it was really hard for me along my journey to think that I had anything in common with the enemy. It wasn’t until I had a wake up call that some of my behaviors were proving contrary. See beloved, our flesh/carnal mind is an enemy of God! This is why God says we must be transformed by the renewing of our minds (see Romans 12:2). We are all sinners in need of God’s grace to save us from evil, including the evil right within our hearts.

But I’m so glad, God again, gives us a way of escape. He says repent, change your mind and actions. Yet, again He doesn’t want us to even try to do this alone. He says that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us of ALL 🙇🙇🏽‍♀️🙇‍♂️ unrighteousness (see 1 John 1:9). All we have to do is be honest and humble enough to come before God and say Lord I NEED YOUR HELP! And in our humble cry He will hear and answer! PRAISE GOD!

Let’s 🙏🏽 Pray: Father thank you for loving us unconditionally. Thank you for giving us a way of escape through your Son Jesus. Who came to suffer, die, and be resurrected in power so that we could do the same. Forgive us for every sin, known and unknown. Wash us and purge us with hyssop until we become whiter than snow. We don’t mind laying down our life so that we can receive a greater one. And we acknowledge we need and want your help.

 In Jesus Name We Pray, Amen.

XOXO 💋 Grace, Love, and Mercy, Signed K. Joi