The Come Up Season

In 2014, one Sunday morning, my life changed forever. I was 21, single, heartbroken, and filled with daddy wounds.  Yet, I wanted to be free. I didn’t want to spend another minute carrying traumas, past hurt, and stale relationships. I wanted to heal and the ONLY way I knew I could do so was if I gave myself away. So, I stood up with tears strolling down my face and stumbled my way to the altar. It was there I surrendered my life back to Christ. Seven years later, I’m still pushing forward. But this time, Jesus Christ is leading the way. Now, I wish I could tell you this journey has been smooth sailing with no issues at all, but I cannot.  Life is still taking place with its crazy twist and turns, however, since I made the conscious decision to connect with God, my load is a lot lighter.   Back in the day… During the end of my junior year in college, God began to move and uproot people out of my life that was detrimental to my soul. Physically, it was a hard process because when I love, I love hard. However, God knew what He was doing and provided me with clear signs as to why certain relationships didn’t work out.   It wasn’t long after they left, God began to work in me and have me want nothing but Him.  By going through that experience, I finally decided to move forward and take God seriously. In return, He made room for new people to enter into my life who uplifted and encouraged me in my flaws and all. He allowed me to seek His Word for myself and truly discover His plan and purpose for my life. If you are on the fence about your relationship with God, yet you feel an urge to take it to the next level you are likely experiencing the come-up season. It’s Time to Come Up, Sis  Simply put, the come-up season is a moment in your life when you make the conscious decision to take God seriously. No longer do you want to sit on the sidelines and see everyone get blessed around you, but you want to become a part of the family. You want to see and find out what ALL the hype is about and why so many people believe, trust, and follow Him. I will say this decision is life-changing and will cause a huge shift in your life. Nevertheless, if you are ready to move deeper in Christ and see ALL He has for you, take on this season wholeheartedly because your breakthrough will come. Below are four things you can do to move forward during your come up season: Surrender Yourself to God By surrendering your life to God you make the bold decision to believe and state aloud that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and rose again on the third day. Romans  10:9-10 Seek God for Yourself If you’re like me and grew up in the church, it is very easy to become complacent with God. It is easy to follow set routines and patterns. Nevertheless, as you grow, He wants you to step out of normality and flow with HIm. This means it’s time to take things a little further and seek God for yourself. Write out things you don’t understand in the Bible. Cry out to God what is hurting your heart. As you begin to open up to Him He will pour out His love to you!   Connect with like-minded people As you began to grow in Christ allow Him to connect you with like-minded people. Ask Him to bring people in your life who will accept you for who you are and not judge you by your past.  Give Yourself Grace You’ve made a HUGE decision to follow God. But, let’s be honest– our flesh is weak and we are human. So, mistakes will happen. Issues will arise and doubt will come, but our God is STILL faithful and He cares for us. That is why it is important to give yourself grace because God gives you grace.  This process is no stroll in the park, but if you truly give your ALL to God I promise you HE will not fail you. Hi friend! Did you enjoy this message? Comment below your main takeaway and how you plan to implement it in this season. I’d love to hear from you! Also, are you ready to take your relationship to the next level with God click here to get started!  

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The Grace Strategy Needed to Finish What You Started

Do you often question God? Does the thought “Why me?” come to mind more than once? Guilt! I know I have and I want you to know you’re not alone if you have to. For years, I moved around in cycles questioning God: “When will I get out of this rut?” ” What’s wrong with me?”  “Why Me Lord?” When life wasn’t going the way I hoped, I created a mountain out of a molehill. I doubted myself, downgraded my call, and spoke death on the very Word God gave me. Only to discover–I was my own holdup! It wasn’t until I was at my lowest peek in life when I saw God continuously move on my behalf. It helped me to realize He wanted me to succeed and see my SOUL prosper. In this post, I will share with you four ways you can stop blaming Him for your problems and discover how to give yourself the grace needed to finish what you started! The Grace Strategy 1.) Highlight Your Weaknesses Highlight areas in your life when you start to feel negative, write them down, and be honest with yourself. Prime example you may feel a  hint of jealously when you stroll on a social media site or when you FINALLY start the assignment God placed in your heart to complete NOBODY seems to care. The enemy loves for us to get into our emotions, waddle in sadness, and –let’s talk about it OVERTHINK! Nevertheless, God our Father never graced us with fear, but with LOVE, JOY, and a SOUND mind and He wants you to be honest and open with Him   2.) Believe It’s time to believe. It’s important that you take out those old notes, review your vision board, look at your list of goals, sit down, and have a little chat with Jesus. During this segment DO NOT question if this motive will work or what’s the purpose. If you do, that will plant doubt in your mind. Instead, TRUST God will sustain you and provide you with the tools you need to succeed. All you need to do is believe.   3.) Give Yourself Grace It’s obvious, but still should be recognized, when finishing what you started it’s important to give yourself grace. You and I both know we are NOT perfect and we NEVER will be. God created us and He’s aware of our flaws. He knows when we make mistakes. Yet, He’s given us the stability and strength to get back up again.   4.) Spend With God Set time aside to spend with God. Think about all the time you have in the day and what you do with it. You make have classes you take throughout the day or a 9 to 5 job. Whatever your case may be carve out some time with God. By doing so, you are able to step away from your flesh and step into your spiritual being. God has sooo much He wants to reveal to you. He wants to see you flourish. However, you must be willing to take on the grace strategy to finish what you’ve started. And, my friend if you’ve made it to the end of this post I truly believe you can do so! Hey sis, do like what you’ve read? What was your greatest takeaway? I can’t wait to read your comments below!

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Revelation: Daughter, Just Show Up

It was just last month, I sat on the patio of a cabin in North Carolina  staring out into the mountains. Once again I was having another coming to Jesus moment. The atmosphere was quiet. Real quiet. But, then again it was loud. Real loud. Flies buzzed. Crickets chirped. The sun shined and I waited. I waited for His presence, His voice, His instruction. Yet, I knew I had it. I had the confirmation I’d been seeking for, asking, and crying about. It was just time for me to move forward and take action. But how? Have you experienced the same dilemma? You’re aware of what God wants you to do, but afraid of how your outcome will be? So, in return you stall. You find excuses to get around the assignment God has given you. During my time of hesitation, I felt like prophet Jeremiah and thought: “Lord, I can’t speak for you, I’m too young! I’m not worthy. I don’t know enough Word and I haven’t read the whole Bible from cover to cover. Surely, Abba you can’t be talking to me.” Rambling on about my issues and why I felt I wasn’t qualified for His assignment, immediately I felt His presence. Abba’s Response: Right on queue, spiritually, I saw Abba. He smirked at me, shook His head, and responded similarly as He did to Jeremiah: “Don’t say I’m too young. My child this isn’t a request, it’s an order. You must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.” Before I could find another reason to protest, Abba read my mind and continued. “Did you get that?” He asked. “I will do the job for you, I just need you step out of the way and allow me to move in you. I will give you ALL you need to write and speak, just trust in me.” The Revelation: Taking in a deep breathe, I meditated on the Word He’d given me. Within an manner of minutes, I couldn’t help but reverence in His presence and surrender my ALL to Him because I finally grasped the bigger picture. All I needed to do was show up and He would handle the rest. Talk about a major relief and sis, I want you to know that same revelation applies to you too! As you continue to move forward in the assignment God has given you know that you are  not alone. All Abba request of you is to show up and He’ll take it from there. The journeys we experience don’t have to be as gruesome as we make them, all we have to do is give them to Abba and allow Him to lead the way. Hey sis, did you enjoy what you read? Share with me your greatest takeaway in the comments below! I can’t wait to read it!

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The #1 Key to Success

“I want the money, money and the cars,  cars and the clothes… I suppose, I just wanna be, I just wanna be successful.” -Drake ft. Trey Songz & Lil Wayne- Successful Sitting on the school bus, mp3 player in hand, Drake’s hit song, “Successful” blasts in my ears. Agreeing, with his lyrics, I nodded my head to the beat and smiled because that’s exactly what I wanted to be. Successful.  At the time, my vision of success consisted of: My high school crush falling madly in love with me. Passing my geometry class with a B. Making it to Graduation Day. What can I  say,  my hormones were raging, I was 16 and I had a massive fan crush on Drake. Back then, Drake was a great inspiration to me. He’d recently left the highly-ranked Canadian teen drama series, “Degrassi: The Next Generation” to pursue his rapping career– and I was all for it.   Twelve years later, my motives have changed. My vision too. Yet, success still ranks high on my list. Now, what about you? What are your motives? When it comes to success what thoughts come to mind?  Money?  People?  Yourself?  If any of these do, no need to be bashful. We’ve all been there, so trust me when I say you’re not alone. During our journey to success, our motives will crave those things, but we must remember they are not the number one key to success. In fact, the number one key to success isn’t tangible, but it’s something we should operate in daily.   FAITH That’s the key!    Simply put, Apostle Paul is sharing with us that faith is our currency. It’s a mindset we carry of great hope and assurance that whatever we envision and command, WILL take place when God is our number one priority. Following that verse, Paul goes on to say that God was the first to demonstrate faith when He created the entire universe before seeing it by simply commanding it. This is why WORDS are so powerful and we must be mindful of what we say because life and death lie in the power of the tongue.  As we swing into a new season and start this new month, I encourage you to be intentional about what you want. Speak aloud your heart’s desires and take them to God in prayer. Declare to Him what you want. Sure enough, you’ll begin to see them manifest right before your eyes! I’m excited for you and I cannot wait to hear your testimony!   Hey sis, did you enjoy what you read? Share with me your greatest takeaway in the comments below! I can’t wait to read it!  

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