I'm Ready

Early this year I had a thought so sure, so profound that this year will be my year of perfection and as I continued to ponder on it, the thought began to grow and grow...

"I will live this year on purpose to my fullest potential, this year will mark the beginning of a major change for excellence in my life for the rest of my many years on the earth, this year my focus is clear and consistent......"

The more I pondered the more I realized the enormity of the dream/thought and it just dawned on me that, that was Gods will and desire for me. He was putting it in my heart to bring it to pass in my life. I'm sure of it because as far as I've studied and known, God usually gives us dreams way bigger than out wildest imagination.. I guess because He is a Great God.

I spent the whole of the month wrapping my mind around the thought, trying to get familiar with it and how to go about it. THIS WAS HUGE!!! It was a promise made to me from eternity past before I was even born...  and I was humbled to be a recipient.

From experience I know that promises require effort to materialize. I know God has done his part concerning this promise, giving me all I need to make the dream come true (and even putting the dream in my consciousness)... now it's all up to me to play my part and birth this dream into reality... and after all the pondering and wondering, I'm ready 


PRAYER
Dear Lord, I'm humbled by your love for me that you promised wonderful things to me even before I was born. What an awesome, loving God you are. Thank you.
And now oh Lord I receive your grace through the help of your Spirit to birth this dream into reality. I understand the part I have to play and I am willing and ready for this higher calling, for this level of excellence. I am ready to be ALL you have called me to be. I receive strength for every area of weakness, focus for every distraction and discipline in Jesus mighty name. Amen.  

 

The Way, The Truth and The Life

 Before I went to bed at night I made up my mind wake up and have quiet time. I made sure it was the last thing I thought about before I slept so that it would be the first thing on my mind when I woke up.

Thank God, it was. I noticed as I read the word ready to receive everything He had to offer me this morning/day, I had this awareness, like an overwhelming assurance that; as I have looked and continue to look into the Book of Life, I am guaranteed Life and not just life but an Abundance of Life. What an awareness! What an assurance!! What a blessing!!!

 It was in this consciousness that I got up to actually write about this experience; perhaps so as to grave it upon my memory, to encourage myself to always fix my eyes on Him knowing that it's possible to have an abundance of life as long as I live in Him.

You see the truth is I get distracted by the excitement and sensation of my environment because of this, I take my eyes off "The Life" and as a result, it's only a matter of time before I find myself lost, empty, vulnerable and spent. I want an exceptional life. A life lived to it's full potential, a life lived on purpose to fulfill what God created me to be. It occurred to me that I not only have to be mindful where I look for inspiration and excitement consciously or otherwise but I cannot make it without God. Yes, this has been proven time and time and again in my life. 


I decided this year was going to be my best year ever, a year that would mark the beginning of me living to my maximum potential, a year where God is not just part of the plan but is the primary focus. A year of focus and excellence the year I venture out of mediocrity. A year where I obtain ALL the blessings God has laid for me knowing that I can loose this blessings by not being in His presence to actually know what the blessings are to actually receive them. This is the year of great achievements and giant strides a year I shed my old habits for new ones a year of great potential and I am certain I can't do it without Him.

I would not let tardiness get in my way. I have to be strong and focused. Focused on The Life.

PRAYER
Dear Father please keep me rooted in you for I cannot do without you. Strengthen me through your Spirit so that I become who I need to become to achieve all that you have placed in my heart to accomplish this year. Thank you father for the assurance of your guidance and presence for you promised "you will never leave me of forsake me" it is with this understanding I thank you with all my heart. In Jesus name I pray.

Time wasting

Hello Dairy, 

It's been long, I know, a lot has happened I wish I wrote down.... I haven't been on fire for Christ that much lately to say the truth but that doesn't go without saying that I know He is always with me. 

Today I want to talk about time wasting. I woke up this morning at 3.45am and I picked up my phone which has now become a habit and I began to scroll through social media. I had more important things to do.. And just like that one solid hour went by...

I've wasted much more time than that in the past but this particular hour wasted felt like days wasted. Maybe because these days, time for me has all of a sudden become so precious. 

Yesterday, I was upset and destabilized for hours. Someone hurt my feelings. And when I think of it, it felt like I really lost a lot. 

So right here right now, I want to make conscious efforts not to allow myself waste time. There's so much to achieve and time keeps ticking. I want to invest my time on what really matters the most- Fellowship with God, reading, studying and most of all building up myself.  

It's refreshing being back and I'll like to end today's entry with a little prayer from my heart. 

PRAYER. 

Dear Father, 

there's no one like you. I appreciate you because you are awesome and mighty and nothing is impossible with you. That's so awesome!!! I bless your name. Dear Father I need your help, teach me to use my time wisely, rightly and carefully knowing time is so precious.

Help me put you first, please everyday come into my heart and refresh me. For every disappointment, please encourage me. Instead of hate fill me with love, where my mind is filthy with the ugliness of bitterness fill me with purity of heart. But above all may I continue to please you and find favor in your sight. 

Let me not walk out of my room without your covering favor and grace. Use me to bless others today and strengthen me for today's work. Begin a new work in me  for I pray in the name of your precious Son, Jesus Christ. 

Amen. 

You are my hiding place

Sometimes, when I consider all my faults and shortcomings I feel so sad and depressed. My limitations and constant repetition of the same old mistakes, honestly I get so depressed. 

But, when I also consider the one who is perfect in every way, mighty, powerful, glorious and  great. The one who cannot be defined by words because of His awesome largesse. To think that he is here for me and with me and He loves me dearly, I can trust in and depend on Him because He is faithful. 

I just run and I hide myself in Him. I hide my faults, failures and shortcomings. I hide myself early in the morning. I hide in His glory and grace and in the fidelity of His character. I hide myself in Him. 

When I am in Him I am safe, strong and confident. I know I can do ALL THINGS because His Spirit doesn't give fear. I hide in Him. 

The days I strayed away, I remember the fear, loneliness confusion and vulnerability that consumed me! Oh how I thank Him for His love that calls me back. It brings me back time and time and again setting my feet on solid rock and steadying me as I go. 

Today I hide myself in You Lord. I pray that tomorrow when I wake I'll do the same again, and HIDE MYSELF IN YOU!!!

I AM WILLING

"Lord if you are willing you can heal me and make me clean" Jesus reached out and touched him. "I am willing" he said "Be Healed" Luke 5v12-13. 

Sometimes I feel like God is just tired of me, because I don't always get things right. I couldn't be more wrong!!! 

"Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I will never forget you! Isaiah49v15.  

I woke up feeling like God can't possibly care for me. But I thank Him for His word. It lifted me and filled me. No matter what God can Never leave or forsake me. 

What a wonderful feeling. Thank you Father. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. 

Searched all over....

I've always wanted a best friend, someone with whom I could share my time and love, my strengths and weaknesses, in whom I could trust, rely and confide in. Someone I could be completely honest and comfortable with. 

I go the extra mile to be nice, generous and friendly but then I realized that what I was searching for was more than a best friend. My heart was searching for Christ. 

I guess I was searching in the wrong places, I don't know. I guess I felt I needed physical companionship. Maybe I didn't even know what I wanted... 

But one thing is for sure there was an emptiness that needed to be filled. I searched and searched till I lost track of my God. Used, abused, taken advantage of, disappointed, disgusted with my self, sad, tired confused and defeated I decided to invest some time in his presence. 

I'm glad that no matter how many times I fail or fall He is always ready to pick me up, and show me His love. 

It's true I was lost. But now I'm found. 

PRAYER 

Than you Father for keeping me and protecting me and accepting me just the way I am. Most importantly for your arms that are always open and ready to receive me. 

Dear Lord please keep me hidden in You I pray. And please give me the strength to focus only on you I pray in Jesus mighty name. Amen 

Godfidence ....

...Godfidence, how can l explain it, it's better experienced than explained. It's like when an innocent child launches from the sofa into his fathers arms without even considering if he will fall. He just knows "daddy will catch me"

The level of Godfidence (confidence in God) depends on how well we know Him. The more time we stay connected the more assured we are of His sovereignty. Like Daniel said "those that know their God shall be strong and do exploits." Daniel 11v32. 

I want to know Him, I want to be close to Him, I want to be more aware and conscious of His presence. I want to please Him. I'm confident I will, because He said "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7v7. 

PRAYER

Dear Father, come into my heart, condition it to keep on seeking after you. Grant unto me Dear Lord the grace to know you. Hide not yourself from me that I may be able to boldly say I know my God. Help me to seek you daily and draw close to you. Thank you for promising to never leave me or forsake me. I ask In Jesus mighty name. Amen.