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Courageous Beauty Podcast S6:E2 Just Keep TRI-ING with James "JIM" Logan #ironman #cancer #triathlon #jesuschrist #christian In a world where it would seemly be ok to throw in the towel, to cave in, to give up, this man stepped up and stared cancer in the face, a stage 4 terminal diagnoses as he says, "with two minute warning on the clock with no more timeouts". He used it as fuel to ignite his fire for life instead of being beaten down by cancer. He used it to take on his lifelong dream of being an Ironman! From striving for his dreams, to surrendering to God. James J Logan, Just Keep TRI-ING: The Faith-Fueled Formula to Push Through Pain, Face Your Fears, and Finish Your Race!!! Full episode premieres Monday 8/24/26 https://youtu.be/3HRc4SDJBgQ?is=4HHX2H7-9x7_kPq- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1971949264?psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ct_1X9BEQPPR63MBZP09NSA https://www.facebook.com/jim.logan.462536 https://www.instagram.com/stage42025/ https://ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/participants/4148

Psalm 51 Have you ever lost your way and sinned so badly that you felt like you needed to plead your case to the LORD, but in a way that wasn't making excuses for yourself—being truthful, naked, and honest with yourself, but more importantly, being honest with God? Well, David, who was king, anointed by God, chosen and destined for royalty—the youngest, smallest, and a shepherd boy chosen for kingship—messed up really badly by lusting after a married woman. He himself was married and committed adultery, idolatry, and murder all at the same time. "Sometimes the ill-gotten fruit must not remain if life will ever flow there again." In God's mercy, as a loving Father, we can't truly understand God's love if we have never been a part of His chastisement, because He will correct those whom He loves, just as any good father would. So if you fell, repent. And if something got sick or started to fail as a result of it, in faith pray, fast, and mourn. But if it died or failed completely, repent, get up, wash yourself, and go worship. Because if you didn't die with it, God has more for you to do. He will restore you, lift you up, and, as such a good, good Father, give you hope for a future! Psalm 51 2 Samuel 12

A stumbling block but a Chief cornerstone 1Peter 2:7-10 KJV 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. I'm here to say I'm not a fan with injustices of God's people. Especially black people because I'm black but the situations of this current world is yet at a state of emergency across the board. How can we truly be mad at another race of people when we cause confusion in our own house, in our own back yards, in our own camps, neighbors, in our cities, in our own states, in our own country!!! Not just the world alone but the very body of Christ has seen so much confusion and division. It ought not to be so, as believers, kingdom citizens, children of the Most High God we are supposed to be the light of the world not living in the dark with the world. Yet we stop to fix our lips to ask God why bad things happen. We can't forget that Jesus said they hated him and would hate us too. No matter black, white, right, wrong or indifferent we ALL are God's children and we should learn to leave in love and harmony. Instead from what I've seen Christianity is one of the most construed, and criticized belief systems because the bottom line is to cause division and cause folks to deny what Jesus has done for us. It makes me lean in even more to God because he already foretold us what would come and now that we see things unfold before our eyes we all act surprised. He actually told us... Matthew 24 KJV Destruction of the Temple 1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.  2. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3.And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.  9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.  10.And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.  11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.  12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  14. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. I think sometimes people only think what the Bible says literally only applies to the folks of that time. Well im here to tell you that the Word of God is timeless, alive and will live on forever. We have to keep in mind in this life God never promised us that we wouldn't face hard times. Even with us being his children he covers us through the hard times not necessarily eliminate them. Our c

You are not dead, God is not done!!! Jesus died so we can live and have life more abundantly. He said he wouldnt leave us comfortless because he knew there would be times we would need a comfort. In order for great things to come about we must tread high waters, and step over serpents. But God made a promise to us in Isaiah... Isaiah 43 KJV Isa 43:1-2 KJV 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. So even in the mist of our trails and tribulations Jesus, Whom is the very Word of God said greater works will we do! He said wait! and you after the Holy Ghost is come you shall be endowed with power from on high! Power to overcome the world as Jesus has already obtained the victory! So now that Holy Ghost is on the inside of us we know that Greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world! Jesus was in the world and now is risen and sitted at the right hand of his Majesty on high and his Holy Spirit at the moment of our confession of him being our Savor have been saved from our sin and equipped with power at the same time!!! we have the power Beloved I pray that above all else that you be in good health and prosper even as your soul prospers! As long as we have breath in our bodies God is yet giving us another chance to align our lives to his will. Isaiah 43 3-21 KJv 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in

Don't let your passion for something turn into pressure that could crush someone instead of influence them. You are the light of the world, a city that cannot be hid. Who would hide their light under a bushel instead you would put it in a lampstand for all to see. The Bible says we are living epistles read by men. So we ought to live our life accordingly. We need to let our light so shine that men(mankind) will see our Good works and glorify our Father in heaven. So when we find ourselves so passionate about something we don't need to pressure others we just need to live by example and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us and the power of influence which is also the Love of God will cause others to be lead to Christ. John 12:32 KJV 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. He was the seed that had to die under the pressure so we could have the promise of abundant life!! The thing is we don't have to force-feed any of the gospel. We also don't have to force our hearts desires and passions on others. We want others to worship God out of their own desires not ours. We also want folks to support us and be in our corner when we are going for something but that doesn't have to look like a screaming match to get support. That doesn't have to end up in offense because someone doesn't want to partake in what you are doing. Sometimes we must walk alone for a season and if we know that we know in our knower(spirit) that God has called us to do something he might just send you first. It doesn't mean your loved ones don't or won't support YOU, it means this is the vocation God has for YOU as an individual. Now if others are influenced by the way you live your life for Christ by walking in your truth, trusting the Lord all the way through your journey, while exemplifying the love of Christ, then let it happen organically. There has been times in my life that I have been so passionate about sharing the love of Christ to people and some receive what I'm saying and some don't. That's OK. It really is ok because as long as I'm being obedient to the call that God put in me it doesn't matter who won't follow, and or heed sound doctrine, advice or the very Word of God. It only matters that I planted the seed, God will water it. We are not Jesus Jrs he is the one whom can save anyone he is the only one that died for our sins and bought us with a price and rose again and is our savour!!! So with all of that in mind be a firey one for Christ be passionate and courageous but you don't have to have this spiritual chip on your shoulders walking around like a holy ghost bully just looking for offenses and opposition to come. Trust me you will have enough opposition as a believer as it is, you don't need to create opportunities to offend folks or to get offended. Let folks believe what they want to believe. Our Job if God gives us a task is to deliver in love and let the chips fall where they may. Trust me I've come a long way. I used to be so stressed out trying to save people and telling people about the word of God and getting angry if they don't listen. Listen honey it's a hard and long fall to the ground are emotions and ego can go to if we are not careful. Whatever you believe God might be saying to others you have to eat that word first! So don't allow your passions to turn into pressure, it will only crush someone not influence them. If someone needs to be crushed God will do it. He might use us to speak a word that will pull back a layer or two but it's never our job to force feed anything to anyone. God is such a loving father he doesn't force himself on us. He says what needs to be said and gives us a choice to follow what he commands. Now there are consequences for disobedience also but he still gives us the chance to get right. Deuteronomy 30:19 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou

Jesus was the ultimate wounded warrior!!! Isaiah 9:5-7 KJV 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isaiah 53:1-12 KJV 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. The chastisement of our peace was upon him. All the while he didn't stop pressing. Knowing his end even before his beginning in that he was literally born to die, stepped out of his rest in heavenly home; he thought it not robbery to trade in his glory for an earth suit in pursuit of his most prized possession, Us!!! Jesus was wounded for ours transgressions waging war on anything and everything that suffered the kingdom violence, so violent took it by force with his own life. He laid down his life for his friends. Jesus not only suffered physically for us but mentally as he was tempted on all points of life but without sin! Even in Garden of Gethsemane he sweat blood from what he knew what was coming upon him! But yet he said nevertheless and forged on!!! Mark 14:32-36 King James Version 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, A

I will do Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isaiah 43:19 King James Bible Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isiah 43:19 Amplified Bible “Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. The earth operates within the realm of seasons and we follow and track the seasons because it gives us revelation of the times we are in. Therefore after the leaves have fallen  then the ground is cold and hard we call it fall then winter. Everything that once bloomed has now fallen away and is now laying dominant for a time but even though it appears to be buried under the leafy rubbish, cold wet grass, mud, and some times snow it's really the roots are being nourished by the once bloomed but now fallen leaves, fruit, and triggs. It takes time for a plant/tree to bloom because the roots need time to grow deep and if the budding was exposes to the elements it would die out. So everything that has appeared to have fallen by the waste side in the winter time is really fuel to a fixed harvest that is coming in the spring time! Even our time springs forth!!! So I say man and woman of God to spring forth!!! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! Your winter, your seemingly buried life is over! In fact you were not buried you were planted for a season for such a time as this!!! You were being nourished by everything that seem like it didn't work out. Every cold eye, every cold shoulder God was allowing your roots in him to grow-growing your character so that in him you can spring forth that you can be all new in Christ!!! Therefore God says he is doing a new thing but in order to accept the new season you must first shed the old!!! You can't put new wine an old wine skin because it would burst because what God is doing in you is a new thing and the old no fits you. No longer is made to hold what you once knew, what you once believed,  who you are now, what you experienced is fuel for your spring time so spring forth!!! Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink." So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. The thing is sometimes it takes for us to strike the rock of our trials and tribulations as appearing as obstacles in our way to access the living waters that are on the inside of us in the mighty name of Jesus!!! All the while when we felt like we were buried under cold hard circumstances the rain began and the ground begins to soften again and now our budding breaks through! God reveals new ideas from our suffering,  our peace is less and less snatched, we are less distracted because we know we have a purpose to fulfill, a call to answer, and duty to pursue! So spring forth a new,  refreshed and following in the Love of Christ! Spring forth brand new and allow the light of this season to penetrate your frustrations and bloom baby bloom!!! Spring forth as rivers of living water pour out of you and allow yourself to step into your newness! All your faith to sprout like a fresh leaf on a tree that has just seen the sunshine and belongs there. You belong here, God woke you up this morning no longer buried by missed chances and broken opportunities. God has planted you in this season to be fruitful and not allow what was to contine to be, spring forth!!! Even time has to obey God the night appears longer in this season as we have stepped into daylight savings time. What that means to me is that he is allowing the sun to take it's time to show up  so that it will seemingly appear our days are lighter and lo

Ephesians 4:2 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. I had a situation where a co-worker was really petty, rude and offensive to me. Especially if a make a mistake and it really started to way on me because this person trained me and it feels like sometimes this person's word is bond and it's almost like one minute we are cool but the moment I don't do something this person doesn't like it's a problem. Instead of just saying plainly what the problem is- it turns into passive aggression! We got really cool talking on our phones now all of a sudden it's back to zoom we go. I confronted the elephant in the room very kindly because I don't like Confrontation but more than that I don't like tension and uneasy work environment. My co-worker said everything was fine. However, you can tell in short answered responses and ego trips that it's not. So I decided to do what the scripture says and kill that person with kindness. I'm praying to be genuine as possible because I don't want to come off fake because I'm not fake. I'm annoyed but we are all human and have emotions and have outliner things going on in our lives that can unfortunately sometimes spill over to other areas of our lives. So with that being said I will pray for my peace, temperance, and ask the Holy Spirit to help me to control my emotions and I will do what Matthew says to do.... Matthew 5:37-48 KJV 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. They key scripture in this passage is Matthew 39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. In other words Jesus wants us to forgo retaliation especially personal offenses. We dont have to entertain pacifism our go so far as to not get ourselves out of danger but as followers of Christ he will avenge our honor. So in other words, Jesus is my lawyer and will go to bat for me and plead my case. Remember if God has the heart of kings in his hand how much more can he handle little meaningless disputes. There were and unfortunately still times when folks would wage war to protect his own honor with swords modern-day guns over what someone said and it would and stills ends in blood baths. This ought not to be so. The Bible says In Espesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: but the problem becomes when we try to step in the place that Jesus said he would set into to avenge us and wr take matters into our own hands. We don't need to worry about invasions of character we are to tolerate it, thus turning the other cheek. In fact... Rom 12:17-21 KJV 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be p

The sun still shines through the clouds! The rays of sun exposes the night. Gives proof of a new day. Even when the clouds try to dictate your day, smile anyway oh smile anyway!!! Joy comes and turns your midnight into day. Just stand in light of the sun!!! Psalm 30:5 kjv 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Meaning our troubles won't last always joy will come again if we just put our trust in the Lord! Jesus is the son that cascades light from the inside of us out into the world, he pours into our empty spaces, out into our situations, if we let him. When you find yourself low and you find no where to go, stand in light of his Glory and allow God's Word filter out what doesnt belong. He encourages us to be strong and to be of good courage. He didn't say we wouldn't have cloudy days. There will always be a sign of hope peeking through every trial, and every dark place that might seem to find you. We must stand still and see the Salvation of God! Exodus 14:3 Amplified Bible 14. Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again. Egypt was bondage for God's people, symbolic to dark clouds hanging down over your life. You might expect rain but it doesn't come to wash away the dirt of your situations but because we trust in the Lord his light will continue to shine through and give us freedom from our Egypt and hope for a land that flows with milk and honey! Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? Must stand still and allow God's Word to be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path! We must not be afraid to forge on even when we can't precieve a clear path and trust that God will see us through. The Son still shines through the clouds of heaviness, emptiness, bitterness, unforgiviness and he will fill you with The Joy of the LORD again !!! John 14:27 27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. Psalm 56:3-4 3. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.   4. In God, whose word I praise— in God, I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? 2 Timothy 1:7 7. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. Joshua 1:9-11 9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”   10. So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:   11. “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.” God will send people in your to help led and guide you where you should go when you are not able to see and or hear him clearly. Even though God speaks to us and we don't always hear him how we should. If we can't hear we don't follow directions correctly. So, being a loving Father he will send someone whom can hear and help us although the way until we can hear God ourselves! Respect those God sends to be your ears and eyes especially in dark times. Isaiah 41:10-13 10. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 11.  “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.   12. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. 13. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.  For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and sa

You are not your own 1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? We make all these plans for our life but where did the desire come from? We need to check our desires and make sure they align with God's plan for us? My sister and I are reading a Dr Miles Monroe book and he said something so profound, if you want to know about something don't ask the creation, ask the creator. So simple but so profound. We spend time making purchases and we try to build things without first taking the time to even read the manual that came with all the parts that provide instructions and even how to care for your new product. Well.l it's the same with God; he is our creator you didn't create yourself and I know you have heard this old adage from your parents; I brought you in this world I can take you out. That's so far from the truth because even our parents were chosen by God to meet and to procreate but God knew us before we were in our mothers womb. Remember he created our spirit first and theirs and so forth and so on. So no one created themselves therefore you are not your own!!! What does this mean? Well to be quite honest I'm still learning everyday. God created a finished product meaning he created us with our purpose already aligned to us. He never would have created us if there wasn't a purpose he had for us but, most times we neglect to communicate to him to find out what our life's purpose is. I'm convinced that at this point in my life I can't make it without God, yet I struggle to do right. You know what the beauty about that is? Is God is merciful, and so loving, kind, and gracious towards us. He know we will make mistakes and bad choices and or decisions and be tempted by our own desires according to the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life yet he gives us chance after chance to try and get this right. So we have to remember we are not our own.and once we do we go to the manufacturer, whom is Our heavenly Father whom said we are fearfully and wonderfully made after his own image and likeness. God said it himself that what he made was good and very good. Therefore there is not question that he loves us and will always keeps his promises to us so the least we can do is present our bodies as living sacrifice to him! Our bodies are not our own they are the TEMPLE of the Holy Ghost whom dwells and lives on the inside of us to be a guide, a comfort, and our correction. God wants us to live Holy and be Holy after his Word because we are a reflection of him. “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:20-24 KJV 20. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 21.There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 22. The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 23. The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. Proverbs 19:20-24 NIV 20. Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. 21. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. 22What a man desires is unfailing love [2] ; better to be poor than a liar. 23The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble. 24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth! In other words, the whole key is to consult God for his plans for your life and don't try to make it on your own as it will not profit you well. At some point allowing our own desires to guide us without God's direction will lead us to fall. We then have to accept accountability for what happens to us. Not saying Satan doesn't

Revival is here!!! What is revival? Revival is a unstoppable movement of God's power bringing about renewal and or awakening of God's people coming to him humbly, open hearted in true repentance asking God for forgiveness and meaning it and changing one's mindset and heart posture towards God!!! It is impossible to revive something or someone that wasn't spiritual dead! We need God's power to restore unto us the joy of our salvation in Christ Jesus who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. We need to worship God with our whole being and everything in us with a pure and sincere heart!!! Those who worship God must worship in spirit and truth!!! Just like in the days of Pentecost as the book of Acts tells us!!! God is pouring out his spirit all over!! The Holy Spirit is moving on God's people. Don't miss the move of God because we are wrapped in too much of what the world says how things of God should go. God will show up anywhere, anyway, and at any time he wants. All it takes is for a willing spirit to accept the call and be obedient to move in the way God wants them to. God can move on our behalf, or he can move us out the way. Which would you prefer? Which would you rather God do? It's time to pick a side and stick with it. Matthew 6:24 Amplified Bible 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You can not serve God and mammon [money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord]. In other words, you can't straddle the fence of your faith any longer. You can't remain halt between two opinions. You are going to have choose ye this day whom you are going to serve. You can't serve two masters. You will love one and hate the other.  Choose life and walk with Christ! God is calling for his raminet (his set apart) of God to stand up and worship him like never before and  praise never before done. It's gonna look like Pentecost, but it's gonna be a new thing  that God is going to do. He is doing a new thing in the earth and just like who Jesus said to suffer the Littles ones to come unto him it is so with the wave of Revival going on at the schools it's breaking out with the babies and us adults better follow suit!!! Trust that God will have his way in this world with or without you.I suggest that you get in order and join in. There is an appointed time ,an Jesus will come back and set things in order and tear down and destroy all the kingdoms of the world as you know and establish his kingdom!!! Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand!!! It's time of Revival it's time for the children of God to stand up as the kingdom of God suffered violence the violent will take it by force what the emeny has stole!!! Pull up your boot straps,baby, stand up in the kingdom of God, and worship God with the gifts he has laid on your heart to worship him with. Don't be ashamed as our Father in Heaven is not ashamed of you!!! Lord send a Revival like never before to each one your people that we will lay at your feet and repent of our sins and turn from our wickedness and that your Holy Spirit will spread like wild fires and there will be folks on fire for Christ everywhere in every corner of the world. We thought we saw a movement with how fast and violently the pandemic and with BLM happened; just wait until you continue to see the Revival of our Lord and Jesus Christ continue to spring forth like rivers of living water!! I tell you, the water you drink of you will remain thirsty, Jesus. says, In John 4:14 Amplified Bible But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.” If you take a drink from him,you will have everlasting water and you will never thirst again from anything of thi world!!! You will be filled with

There was a little girl born February 15th 1985. Today is the day that God saw fit to bless her parents to conceive and 9months later here she came. Not a worry in sight. Her parents were best friends because their parents were best friends and here is this beautiful little girl that sealed two families together. Here is this little girl that as she grew up was special had many gifts and talents. Could sing, and was very energetic and brave, shy, bold and caring all at the same time. This little girl had the love of God in her heart at a young age and always shared that love of Christ with everyone she knew. Not knowing what her life would bring just lived life according to her own tune and grew up with many hopes and dreams and even came up with inventions that lie and wait for the right time and right resources but never came to past. You can't choose who God grants to he your family right. This little girl was blessed to have a loving family that did the best they could do. This little girl always knew there was more to this life but just never really knew how to do what needed to be done. This little girl grew up overweight and with low self-esteem and teased and sadden a little about life's issues within the family and also outside the family but always managed to have some joy and never allowed the world to consume her! It's me im her. Today is my birthday I'm 38yrs old! I'm that little girl who still has some hopes and dreams of what I envisioned for myself and some I accomplished like getting a job, helping out my grandma, graduating highschool and college, having a nice paying job, falling in love and getting my hurt torn to shreds and then God sending and angel and mended my heart strings and falling in real love and being a wife and learning myself all over again. I woke up grateful but emotional on my birthday and I got tired of my womb being empty. I've had 4 miscarriages in the natural but a million more in the spirit by way of allowing opportunities to pull myself together out of the ruts life threw at me. I was told I was resilient because I always bounce back after I've been knocked down and you know what I am. Thank you Jesus!!! I will always bounce back because that's how God made me!!! I've held up some of my own dreams because I wasn't feeling confident about how I look physically and I know it's really time to change that. It's been hard and if I may say so sometimes I've given up but not completely but literally just stopped caring sometimes if I'm honest but yet still having a glimmer of hope because I'm believing God for a miracle to yet again burn the weight off again like he did before but I messed it up y'all! I didn't change my eating habits and gained the weight back and now I have the weight on my shoulders and burden on my heart to become a natural mother as I wait for my flesh to catch up with my spirit to reignite this fire that I know burns within me to get up and do something about it. Well I decided today that I will take my life back and that starts now!!! No longer will I sit around feeling sorry for myself. I will enjoy this life that God's so graciously given me and I will fight for my life!!! I will stop self-sabatoge and live on purpose again. I can hear that little girl on the inside of me saying live! For the first time in a long time I will!! Are you tired of being barren not full of the life God has promised you? Not filled with your destiny? It's time to fill our wombs. A womb is a incubator, a life preserver, a life reservoir! Life Springs up out the womb! If you have ever been pregnant in the natural you know what it feels like to have life stirring on the inside and you can't wait to meet your baby. Well what if I told you everyone has been, is and will be pregnant with ideas, visions and answers to life's problems! God is not done with you yet if you are alive. We have to be tired of a mediocre life! I decided that today I will fill my womb with life and stir up those ideas

Jesus is the only true house fixer and flipper A wise builder first sits down to add up the cost of his build. God consulted with Jesus and Holy Spirit and said let us make a man after our image and likeness. But before he did that God created the earth that was with out form and void so that man he would create would have someone to grow. Just like God took time to tell the waters after he separated the firmament the sky from dry land he put life into the waters. God saw that it was good. God make vegetation and caused a mist to come up from the earth so it would grow. God create other beast and creepy crawling things to help the ecosystem grow. So after he created man male and female after his image and likeness which is a Spirit well the man needed a body so he formed man out of his original creation the dust of the ground. Then he breathed life into that dust body and it gave us life! God created everything to create after it's own kind but he did it first and after seeing that even after creating all the animals, beast and such he saw there wasn't one fit for Adam the man he first created so he caused Adam to go into a deep sleep (side bar get sleep God heals us the most there where there are no distractions from our faith on when it will happen, why, how, what, and who. He allows our bodies to regenerate faster, burn calories, and will even speak to us and show us things while we are sleeping) nevertheless while Adam was sleeping took a rib and created woman and when Adam saw her called her Eve and he took her as his wife. So you see God knew what all of this would cost and he knew that Satan and his emps, demons, or fallen angels were already down on earth because he cast them down into darkness and now God disrupted Satan's Kingdom by putting us here and made life on it and knew what the cost would be so he gave stipulations to Adam and Eve regarding what to eat because God knew that what one consumes would be what they are. Once you consume something that is in disobedience to God or something not like God you can soon become aware that there are other forces beside God in operation and can diminish your faith in what you once knew if you let it. Had Adam and Eve been obedient to God and not allowed the serpent influenced by Satan trick them life as we even know it would be much different. However, I'm sure God already knew all scenarios on how things would play out because he is a wise master builder and already had a plan to fix things because some how sin would enter the world. God knew it could happen because he commanded them from eating that fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and of evil. So evil already existed it was just that God created Adam and Eve without the need to know about it. So since sin happened I believe God's plan was already in motion for Jesus then because the Word was and so was Jesus because he is the Word of God. So after the fall of Adam and Eve, and the first murder of their son by his brother, the fallen angels mating with woman from earth creating giants and so much more sin, folks trying to build towers to heaven which is God's throne and much more sinful acts God was repented that he ever created man so he found one faithful man Noah and his family and scrapped the whole creation he created because of their sinful nature and he populated the whole earth again with Noah and his family!. Now let's take a step back as the title of this message is Jesus is the only true fixer and flipper of houses. Who would seeing a dilapidated, run down house that had some good bones and great locations wouldn't still survey the land and see what could come of it. If you were interested in something already broken you might have a vision on what the finished product will look like and that gives you joy and strength to press on to the finish line. But you also need a plan to figure out how things should start. Do you remove the walls all at once and start over from the foundation as long as

You have more power on your knees! I saw a video of a ram fighting a rhino and it was amazing that the ram was able to out power this large animal and it was only one ram and at least 4 rhinos. I saw the ram back up get on it's knees and have more stabilizing power to ram ahead and defeat the rhinos and they ran off. When we are facing opposition it would seem likely to want to always put up a fight and there is a time and season for all of that. But when we get on our knees and surrender to God he fights for us! We don't even have to defend ourselves! We have to acknowledge God in all our ways and he will direct our path! First seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to us. What things? Anything you need that lines up with God's will for your life; peace in a storm, power to overcome, joy for mourning, comfort from sorrow, healing from pain, provision in the wilderness and protection in battles. We must remember we serve a God that is all powerfully and he will leave the 99 to go get the one. Therefore, if we seek him with our whole heart and have a relationship him God as our heavenly Father he will give us the desires of our heart. God puts his investment in us therefore he will protect his investment. Just like you put money our what you would consider your most prized possession into something and expect a return so does God! When he gave his only begotten Son Jesus to die for our sins we were bought with that price in exchange for our sins he cleansed us and made us whole. Therefore the return on that investment that God expects is really our reasonable service; for us to present our bodies a living sacrifice and whatever area that looks like for his name sake. Remember the wages of sin is death and since we were spared the least we can do is tell other folks about how God saved you, cleaned you up and set you free. You can also tell folks how God came to your rescue everyone has a story that could have went a different way but God's grace, mercy and protection saw fit for it not to be so!!! Glory to God I thank you Jesus for your sacrifice and for fighting for me, for bridging the gap! Jesus himself prayed all the time. He would go off by himself away from the disciples and the multitudes to pray and that will strengthen him. He taught the disciples how to pray given a model in how to pray and to a Model prayer! Not to say only pray this but how to pray and prayer is a constant and consistent and if we desire to be able to stand in the mist of adversity we have to have a solid foundation. A wise builder sits down and costs the cost of whatever is getting built right? Therefore we need God to be at the foundation of our lives so we can build wise. Our time in Prayer is what it cost to dif our foundation. As tall as a builder wants to make the building is how far he must dig down to be able to support the weight! Jesus prayed to God 3 times in the garden because he knew his time had come to fulfil his passion in not only having the burden of caring his cross but taking his last breath on it. So his time in prayer gave him the power he needed to endure!!! The Lord's Prayer!!! Mat 6:5-15 KJV 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in

What God has on Tap!!! Access to God anytime, anyplace, anywhere, always and forever!!! Once you accept him, he is available to you always! The thing is, God was, is, and will always be available and near to us,but he stood at the door of your heart and knocked and has been waiting for you to invite him in. God knows every scenario our life choices will take us to with or with him. Which is why he wants to be our God, our guide, and our father! He also will allow us to be given to our own demise if we are too hard-headed! Revelations 3:15-22 KJV 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21. To him, that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. The truth is most of us are content in our mess and what we think to be the key to this life; wealth, and goods and think we are not lacking anything as long as the check clears. As long as I get the newest pair Jordan shoes that ar coming out. As long as I get the latest handbag, get my nails and my hair done or keep a fresh fade. A lot of us are fixated and fascinated with the tangable things that we can see. A lot of us will sell our soul just to be accepted in the sense of being a follower of man when we ought to be followers of Christ! So ,he cure to this mindset is getting access to God! Seeking and finding what God has on Tap! Tap definition: is to exploit or draw a supply from (a resource). a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled. What we need to realize is that we can tap into God and draw from him because he is our source. Whatever you lack is what God has on tap. Whatever you need will flow from God to you,but you have to tap into him via having a relationship to have access to his riches and Ggloryin this life! We also need to remember that we have the power of life and death in our tougue,so we need to tap in God to gain life and speak life. We literally become new creatures in Christ and no longer are subject to the world but Nnowthe Kingdom of God. So our whole attitude, walk, thought patterns, and the way we talk must also change and line up with God Word and will for our lives. James 3:10-12 AMP Out of the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. These things, my brothers, should not be this way [for we have a moral obligation to speak in a manner that reflects our fear of God and profound respect for His precepts]. Does a spring send out from the same opening ,oth fresh and bitter water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh. Jesus' blood is a  filtration system for our sins, for our brokenness, our emptiness, loneliness, heartache,and dispar. Jesus' blood is cleansing and making new all the places in our lives that we missed the mark on. Giving us a refreshing and renewed way of thinking, speaking, and perceiving life differently. Jesus' blood is a covering hedge of protection literally a living fence like you would have around you yard of bushes, shrubs and/or trees Such is Jesus for our life and ou