Happy Tuesday, Children of God!!! I pray goodness and mercy shall follow you all the rest of your days. During my time of meditation last night, "Lord, pull on my heartstrings" manifested in my spirit. Curious to know the concept behind this statement, I questioned the significance of its meaning. So I thought about guitar strings (chords) and the angelic instrument, the harp. Both are capable and powerful in allowing us to experience a nostalgic effect caused by its melodious sounds. But ask yourself, who's doing the work? Is it the strings or is it the person playing the music?
Brothers and Sisters, I have to attest that it's my God who continues to pull me through the many valleys and abysses of life challenges. Daily remind yourselves on how WONDERFUL and how GREAT our God is to consider you as one of His own. He is the POTTER and we are the clay!! Allow Him to make beautiful music in and out of your life! Allow HIM to AWE you in your daily walk! And when people ask, "why are you so happy?" Just respond and say, "God is playing my favorite music and all credit belongs to Him".
Heavenly Father, we come boldly before your throne of grace, with a heart of gratitude. Because of You we are able to live. Father, we ask that you forgive us of our sins and wash us from any act of inquity or wickedness. We are your vessels seeking and desiring to be used by you. Lord, help us to cast our concerns on you so that we may continue to walk with boldness and righetousness. Father, please guard our hearts and emotions so we may not defraud ourselves in the face of the enemy. Help us to discern spirits of lust, trickery and decpetion. Father bring the word to our memory to help us fight off those things that are not from you. Father, please continue to cover our pastors, pastors' wives and the entire body of Christ. Father, we love you and adore you. We offer our hearts unto you and ask that you make the most beautiful music ever played and contagious enough to win over lost souls in this world. Jesus, we know you are able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all we can ask or think according to your riches and glory. In your son Jesus name, we pray and give thanks, Amen!
Love,
Chaquita
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Be Thankful
Good Morning, Brothers and Sisters! Please recall a prayer request for our sister, Renee, who was battling cancer. Sadly, I'm sorry to report that she died this morning at 5am. The flesh may not ever be able to comprehend it but our spiritual natures should be thanking God that our sister no longer has to suffer in pain anymore. So I ask that you keep her family in your prayers and remember others during your time of meditation. As always, may God continue to shield and protect you and your loved ones. Be blessed is my prayer!
Love,
Chaquita
Love,
Chaquita
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Jesus Is Risen!!!
Matt 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Happy Tuesday, Brothers & Sisters!!! How great is our God?!! For HE has risen!!! Easter is vastly approaching us so let us all be reminded that our God is not dead, but very much alive. If you're in a season of wilderness or in the pits of a drought, remember that God has you exactly where he wants you. This is not the time to give up or throw in the towel. We serve a God who is all knowing, all powerful, ever present and faithful. Enjoy today. Live through this day. Shower others with love, attention and support. Forget about your problems; Forget about how "you" think the day is going to end; Forget about what happened yesterday and give God all the glory, honor and praise. HE HAS RISEN!!!
I pray God will continue to cover each and every one of you until we meet again. Praise God for the blessings he has given you. Praise God for HE is good. Praise God for seeing another day. Praise God for health and strength. Praise God throughout your trials and tribulations. Praise God for his mercy endureth forever. Praise God through your hurts, your pains, your frustrations. Praise God, Praise God and lastly, Praise God!!!
May the love and presence of God dwell in your conversations and fellowships with others as you live day to day. Remember that you are blessed and highly favored in the eyes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Peace and Blessings,
Chaquita
Happy Tuesday, Brothers & Sisters!!! How great is our God?!! For HE has risen!!! Easter is vastly approaching us so let us all be reminded that our God is not dead, but very much alive. If you're in a season of wilderness or in the pits of a drought, remember that God has you exactly where he wants you. This is not the time to give up or throw in the towel. We serve a God who is all knowing, all powerful, ever present and faithful. Enjoy today. Live through this day. Shower others with love, attention and support. Forget about your problems; Forget about how "you" think the day is going to end; Forget about what happened yesterday and give God all the glory, honor and praise. HE HAS RISEN!!!
I pray God will continue to cover each and every one of you until we meet again. Praise God for the blessings he has given you. Praise God for HE is good. Praise God for seeing another day. Praise God for health and strength. Praise God throughout your trials and tribulations. Praise God for his mercy endureth forever. Praise God through your hurts, your pains, your frustrations. Praise God, Praise God and lastly, Praise God!!!
May the love and presence of God dwell in your conversations and fellowships with others as you live day to day. Remember that you are blessed and highly favored in the eyes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Peace and Blessings,
Chaquita
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
"I SEE LIGHT ALL AROUND ME"
God Bless You on this morning, Brothers and Sisters! Hoping your week has started off on the right track and if not, still PRAISE GOD, anyhow; you still have a few more days left!!! Have you ever wondered about the importance of "light"? One of the essential functions of light is to make SEEING possible! WOW!!!
I would like to share this personal testimony to you all: in just a matter of days, I've received phone calls, text messages, etc from my spiritual family who are dealing with health issues, inability to walk, ongoing pain, and so much more. It's difficult, at first, when trying to encourage someone when you yourself are in need of encouragement as well but when I think about Romans 12:15 "rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep", I know that I to have to remain strong for my family in hopes that their faith will not waver but be steadfast in the name of the Lord. We all have to be mindful and sensitive to God's Holy Spirit. Allow Him to do his work in us and through us. We have to trust that God is not slack concerning his promises to His people. So although the journey may seem tiresome and even stressful, trust in the LIGHT and watch how he will safely guide you throughout any periods of drought or darkness. Believe in God...Watch and Pray...Trust in the Light...
Be blessed,
Chaquita
I would like to share this personal testimony to you all: in just a matter of days, I've received phone calls, text messages, etc from my spiritual family who are dealing with health issues, inability to walk, ongoing pain, and so much more. It's difficult, at first, when trying to encourage someone when you yourself are in need of encouragement as well but when I think about Romans 12:15 "rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep", I know that I to have to remain strong for my family in hopes that their faith will not waver but be steadfast in the name of the Lord. We all have to be mindful and sensitive to God's Holy Spirit. Allow Him to do his work in us and through us. We have to trust that God is not slack concerning his promises to His people. So although the journey may seem tiresome and even stressful, trust in the LIGHT and watch how he will safely guide you throughout any periods of drought or darkness. Believe in God...Watch and Pray...Trust in the Light...
Be blessed,
Chaquita
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Everything Will Be Alright
BILLS...LOANS...FINANCES...UNEMPLOYMENT...UNRULY CHILDREN...UNRULY COWORKERS..DECISIONS...DECISIONS....DECISIONS...I'm almost 99.9% certain that many of you are experiencing some type of "head crisis" that tends to pull on your mental and spiritual strings. You may also question how much longer or when will it all end?!? Well dear friends, I'm here to tell you that it's not going to end anytime soon. As long as we're here on this earth, there will always be obstacles facing us ahead but we do not have to succumb to these troubles. It's a MIND thing!!! God has already informed us that we were more than conquerors. So guess what?!? You have been presdestined to win!!! Remember that whatever you may be facing or worrying about, just know that according to Romans 8: 35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Believers, delight yourself in the Lord and watch Him give you the desires of your heart. Trust in the Lord today! Father in heaven, we come humbly before you and acknowledge you as being the light and salvation in our lives. Father, forgive us of our transgressions and any sins we have committed. Father, help us to delight ourselves in you and to have a thirst just like the deer panteth for water. Lord, receive glory out of our lives. In spite of what we go through on a daily basis, we affirm for our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Father, we love you and trust that you are working it out for our good. Father, bless each and every reader, doer and hearer of your Holy Word. In Jesus name, Amen!
Have a blessed week,
Chaquita
Believers, delight yourself in the Lord and watch Him give you the desires of your heart. Trust in the Lord today! Father in heaven, we come humbly before you and acknowledge you as being the light and salvation in our lives. Father, forgive us of our transgressions and any sins we have committed. Father, help us to delight ourselves in you and to have a thirst just like the deer panteth for water. Lord, receive glory out of our lives. In spite of what we go through on a daily basis, we affirm for our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Father, we love you and trust that you are working it out for our good. Father, bless each and every reader, doer and hearer of your Holy Word. In Jesus name, Amen!
Have a blessed week,
Chaquita
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Don't Get Tired Yet, My Response
Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to jump on the blog right quick and give a BIG thank you to Chaquita for her post on yesterday. If you have not read it please do so.
She had know idea about this, last night I was ready to trough in the towel on EVERYTHING! Yes even pull the plug on the blog and just do my 9 to 5 job. When you feel overwhelmed and under prepared then Satan will throw everything at you to make you feel like you need to let it go and just sit down. But thank God for friends who bring God's word back to your mind when you can't for yourself. Thank you Chaquita for listen to God and writing what He gave you.
So although my initial thought was to say good bye to you all today, instead I say Hello! :)
Have a great day!
Be Blessed,
Jamison
Just wanted to jump on the blog right quick and give a BIG thank you to Chaquita for her post on yesterday. If you have not read it please do so.
She had know idea about this, last night I was ready to trough in the towel on EVERYTHING! Yes even pull the plug on the blog and just do my 9 to 5 job. When you feel overwhelmed and under prepared then Satan will throw everything at you to make you feel like you need to let it go and just sit down. But thank God for friends who bring God's word back to your mind when you can't for yourself. Thank you Chaquita for listen to God and writing what He gave you.
So although my initial thought was to say good bye to you all today, instead I say Hello! :)
Have a great day!
Be Blessed,
Jamison
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Don't Get Tired Yet
Good Morning!
Many of us are juggling alot of responsibilities on a day to day basis. Some of these duties include family, friends, church ministries and relationships/friendships. We tend to think/feel no matter how much work or energy is projected into these areas, we wonder, will there ever be an end result? According to Galatians 6:9, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not". HALLELUJAH!!! Children of God, rediscover the reason in why you do the things you do and ask God to guide you in all your ways! Have joy in the area(s) you might have been called or volunteered in to do. You never know what God is getting ready to do in your life and those around you. Although we're not trying to perform good deeds in order to receive something from God as if HE owes us something in return but just stay on the path of righteousness. To the mother, father, sister, brother, friend, counselor, usher, choir member, lay member, rediscover the joy you once had when you were first called to serve. Trust God will make a way for you when you call upon Him; He's near! So don't get tired, don't you dare give up! I challenge you to meditate on Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us".
Children of God, it's my prayer that each of you will have a blessed week in the Lord. So if you happen to encounter a friend, colleague or coworker experiencing hardship, consider it an opportunity for you to minister to that young man or woman and watch how God will move into that person's life and those around you. In all that you do, magnify the Lord!
Love,
Chaquita
Many of us are juggling alot of responsibilities on a day to day basis. Some of these duties include family, friends, church ministries and relationships/friendships. We tend to think/feel no matter how much work or energy is projected into these areas, we wonder, will there ever be an end result? According to Galatians 6:9, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not". HALLELUJAH!!! Children of God, rediscover the reason in why you do the things you do and ask God to guide you in all your ways! Have joy in the area(s) you might have been called or volunteered in to do. You never know what God is getting ready to do in your life and those around you. Although we're not trying to perform good deeds in order to receive something from God as if HE owes us something in return but just stay on the path of righteousness. To the mother, father, sister, brother, friend, counselor, usher, choir member, lay member, rediscover the joy you once had when you were first called to serve. Trust God will make a way for you when you call upon Him; He's near! So don't get tired, don't you dare give up! I challenge you to meditate on Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us".
Children of God, it's my prayer that each of you will have a blessed week in the Lord. So if you happen to encounter a friend, colleague or coworker experiencing hardship, consider it an opportunity for you to minister to that young man or woman and watch how God will move into that person's life and those around you. In all that you do, magnify the Lord!
Love,
Chaquita
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