Donnie McClurkin (Lyrics) Stand

Sometimes we struggle…

If you are struggling with something today and it feels like you’re losing the fight, don’t give up! Continue to pray, press and push through it.
Sometimes it may seem like your back is up against a wall and no one in this
world cares and you’re all alone. You’re not alone and God loves you in spite
of your mistakes, and more than you'll ever know. I just want to encourage at
least one person today (myself included) to not give up but hold on. Even when
the pain is unbearable, or your down to your last, just continue to stand and
God will work things out in due time.

After you've done all you can, just stand...

In Jesus' name - Abracadabra!

In Jesus Name! Is a phrase that resounds at the end of every prayer, pronouncement and declaration that is made by Christians worldwide. I asked the question, why do some pray in Jesus name and stuff happens and others pray and... What does praying in Jesus' name really mean? How should we pray in Jesus' name? Praying in Jesus’ (I believe) name does not mean that we merely have a passcode needed to solve a problem or enter into a program, Praying in the name of Jesus means praying as Jesus would have prayed, with His authority and backed by His power. Coming to the realization this fact gave me incredible insight as to why a lot of prayers are not answered! The reason may be that we often bring our petitions and prayers, like a person who has been given a credit card or debit card and then use Jesus’ name as a PIN to get cash (or in this case blessing) from the dispenser, and some us cash advances! But praying in Jesus name is not meant to place a child of God in the position of the one holding the debit card, it is meant to place him in the position of the CEO of the bank. One who administers, and has full cognizance about the workings and resources of his organization, and is in contact with and or knows the COO on such a personal basis that he knows what the COO (Jesus) would do in a given situation. He then speaks out, acts, administers and dispenses resources in His name i.e. on His behalf, backed by His authority and power.  Mark my words the PIN will work and resources will flow to the extent that has been determined, but the question I ask myself today is this… Am I content being Kingdom debit cardholder and PIN user? Certainly not! I, by His grace through the way made for me; want to step up to the plate as the CEO. I will act as the COO would, with the resources of the whole company at my disposal, having spent time and having been so trained by Him that He can trust me to ask (whatever He would ask, being and knowing the will of The Father) in His name, and so doing would back me up with His resources 110% in JESUS name, Amen!

I'm blessed and highly favored!

Sometimes favor may not at all look like favor... Favor may sometimes paradoxically seem like a nightmare of epic proportions! Picture this: A young girl is engaged to be married. She is going about quietly minding her business. Something happens, and this young lady suddenly has to tell her fiancé a stupendous story... I put myself in her shoes and I am sure I would be freaking out and asking myself is this what favor looks like?
I am a person of integrity
I see a vision (or hallucination some may say)
I make an unbelievably grandiose claim and state that I have been singled out for favor???
Favor brings to mind a picture of honor, riches, joy, plenty and abundance, not disgrace, scorn, pity and derision... Or does it? Hmm...
As you may have guessed, this is Mary's story and though we highly esteem her today, Her path must have been a pretty hard and rough one in the beginning, but God stood by His Word to her and Jesus Christ rose from the dead! So when we ask for God's favor on our lives we must ask ask ourselves "Can I really handle God's favor?", "can I really stand firm believing ALL that He has told me risking public scorn and disgrace?"
Hmmm how are you my brother/sister? Oh! I'm blessed and highly favored... Selah.

ZEITGEIST! - The 'spirit' of the times!

Zeitgeist : interesting word this is, meaning: ‘The spirit of the times’ - Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era. The sons of Issachar had Zeitgeist:

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of the sons of Issachar who had an understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

The child of God who catches the zeitgeist of the times, can feel the pulse of the universe and the heart of God, feels the direction of the flow of the blood and the Spirit and can move in that flow… Thy are not afraid of it, neither do they distrust it, for the beat echoes in their hearts and the same blood flows through their veins…

Let your prayer, my prayer, our prayer today, be to catch the Zeitgeist of our times and seasons, and the heart of God for the ‘now season’. But he who will catch the Zeitgeist must be well acquainted with the originator of the spirit and must be able to discern the direction and dimensions of His breath…. The ‘Ruach'…

Oh how my heart yearns to catch the wave of His Spirit, for surely He is here, and I MUST know Him!

In Him, through Him, and by Him, I MUST catch the zeitgeist of my time, my kairos, my ‘now’ moment...

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When you're tempted to hide, curl up or have a pity party, lift up praise, put on your sunglasses and hat, singing... It's gonna be a bright bri-iiiiight sunshiny day... !

A child is not he who is merely born...

A child is not he who is merely born, but is he who indeed is birthed.

Being born is of an action, but the progression of birth is a process that spans the life breadth of conception, implantation, nesting, nurturing, protection, nourishing, growth and differentiation, preparation and equipping for the journey ahead.

Birth – Glimpse of the future filtered through the past, unsurpassed in its’ simplicity, yet compositely complex.

From Braxton Hicks to first twinge; Low backache to body clenching uterine spasms made only slightly more bearable variously outsourced through whimpers to screams not so silent…

Waters broken, passage constrained, resultantly bursting forth emitting and emoting, Pneuma! Imparted inspiration!!

Sleepless nights, midnight feeds, diaper changes, stinky poo…

Falling in love, loving to fall; first grazed knees, second witness to kiss stolen on darkened porch…

KG, HS, summa cum laude, ALL noteworthy in the Symphony of life's beats.

Hanging on, letting go, dreams fulfilled, visions deferred... Sobs and laughter, disappointments and appointments all swaddled tight in pure and unconditional love.

To describe entry into this realm as merely being born would be to commonize the most awe-inspiring of God given impartations – the ability to reproduce after one's kind… For a child is not merely he who is born into the world, but is of certainty he who is birthed into his destiny - I was birthed...