Hello hello there! When I first heard this song early in the summer, I LOVED it! It took a while for the first few verses to grow on me and then as the singer tied it all together...GLORY...TO...GOD!!! Please take a listen.
It can be so easy to want to take the lead in our own lives. That's what our sin-nature drives us to do. But the Lord, in His awesome splendor, the One who knows it ALL, and who knows what's best for us and for ALL...it is HIM that we should allow to lead us.
Hello there. Check out this real' smooth pic of this dude:
His name is Willie C. Frazier, III and I'm told that he's a really busy guy in his senior year at Virginia Tech preparing for medical school. Wow, right? Well, Girl Wit a Church Hat tips her hat to this guy!
Anyway, while everyone cannot look this fly on the outside, they can still be fly on the inside. How? By accepting Christ and living for Him. Once we accept Him we receive eternal life, bay-bay! Giving us what we need to "fly." Maybe the imagery is a little corny but I think you get it. Are you fly?!
Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life.Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live' – John 11:25-26 ESV.
For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life – John 3:16 ESV.
Hello there people. So, I'm angry. I don't really care what they say. At least, that's how I feel. You ever felt like this? Lecrae's song "Anger Management" describes this so well to me. Working in urban ministry, one can run into many young people (and adults) who carry anger, hurt, bitterness, resentment, and a host of other things on themselves like a chip on their shoulder. Situations in this life can take place that cause us to feel these ways...well, that all depends on how we handle the situations...how we deal with them...or rather, how we choose to deal. People can do and say things to us that have negative effects and results on our hearts, minds, and bodies for years, and even lifetimes, that damage us. Being raped; lied to; lied on; cheated on; hurt; talked about; robbed; beat up; mistreated; etc. Sometimes we hurt ourselves. Sometimes we cause the hurt. Maybe yours is similar to another problem of mine - you keep doing and saying things you don't want to do or say and that just makes you more angry. I'm reminded of Paul saying:
For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
-Romans 7:15-20 (ESV)
But he also said in verses 24-25: "Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Yes. Thank God for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who can and will help us through all of our struggles - including anger and resentment. Giving it all to Him and telling Him how we feel is extremely helpful. He's the ultimate Counselor. Sometimes it is helpful and downright necessary to talk to someone - a trusted friend, counselor/therapist, etc. - to help us during these times. It's very helpful to talk to one who is a Christian and has been walking with the Lord for a while; one who has wisdom.
It's inenvitable - we will get angry, but we don't have to sin when we get angry. "Be angry,and do not sin;
ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah" (Psalm 4:4). As long as we live on this earth in this flesh with other people made of clay...we will get angry. Let's choose to have the Lord help us to do da right thang. We can't help what other people do or say to us but we can pray for them and (as much as depends on us) avoid situations and people that we know will make us angry. Let's make sure that the Lord's name is made great in the way we handle our anger, people.
Go to the throne Thursday! Ever heard this song? If not, listen to it! No matter what you're going through...keep the faith...don't give up...it's only a test! 'Nough said...
Hello there! This song by one of the fabulous Clark sisters, Dorinda, has me groovin’ and wondering whether I should be clappin' or choutin’ or doin’ the Electric Slide or somethin’. Is that ok? *Picks up a tambourine instead.* I like this song, ok?
Over the years the Clark sisters have been queens of praise in the Gospel music industry with deep roots from their mother, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. Thank God for blessing them to sing for Him!
I gotta give it back to Him. Everything. He’s so worthy of it all. Everything He’s blessed me with should be used to make Him famous. My life. The gifts and talents He’s given me. The home He’s blessed me with. My relationship and frienships. The food. My car. My bike. My money. My computer (*wink wink*). My time. Even my thoughts. My hopes. My dreams. I gotta share all these with others in ways that show Him to others. I just want Him to be exalted in every area of my life.
I even want Him to be exalted in the way I handle things. If He places me in a certain situation – whether it’s a conflict with someone, in the midst of a tough decision, financial situation, or WHATEVER! – I want to give it to Him so that His Holy Spirit can work in and through me to ensure that the way I handle it brings Him glory so that people will say and ask things such as, “Wow. She gave God all the credit.” “What is it about God that makes her give Him the credit?” “Tell me more about this Jesus you speak of.” “God did what?! You think He can do that for me?” Then I can give them the Gospel and He can be exalted EVEN MORE! YA-ESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello there! Ever felt a little...how you say...blue? Aka "down"..."heavy"..."low"...? All of those? Well, it happens to the best of us! Sometimes one can feel so overwhelmed and feel like no one understands or can help us. Sometimes we cause ourselves to feel this way because of extra pressures/stresses we add to our own lives. Sometimes we gotta cut some things out of our lives. I was feelin' a lil' down because of some things going on in my life, and I was at the brink of tears. Low points are hard on us. As I looked up from the "miry clay" (I actually felt like I was so low that I had to remove the dirt that buried me to look up...NOW THAT'S LOW!) the Holy Spirit reminded me that these "light afflictions" are only temporary. Just like the entry before this one. And God is all I need! He IS gonna work things out! So ya know...I'm gonna rest in Him. Yeah...gonna chill wit my Dude. My Savior. The Almighty Supreme who owns da BIZNESSSS!!!! No matter what it looks like I'm gon' trust HIM! That's a good place to chout right der'!
I also found this lil' diddy that had me rockin' to da left wit it ayyyy! It's kinda cute. For your listening pleasure...
On a better note, look up to HIM who strengthens us!
I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
-Psalm 40:1-5 (NKJV)
