Michael Johnson Ministries

The Lamp of the Body

2008-08-13T08:50:00.000-04:00

In the Bible Matthew 6:22 reads: "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is single (good), your whole body will be full of light".

I have been like a nomad as of late wondering around coming across all kinds of characters, personalities, and perspectives. Along this season of what seems to be a journey into the unexpected and unanticipated I have seen all sorts of different things I never thought I would. I have noticed that most everyone I meet is focused on what appears to me to be the wrong things…it seems that their eye is tuned into what will not help them reach their desired ending…Their Destiny.

For our life to be infused with light it seems to me that we need to stop looking at our past and what has happened to us and stop trying to find out how we are going to get to our future but focus on what we are doing today. Is what we are doing right now bringing light into our body…our inner life? Do people know who we are for real or do they know who we used to be? Or are we acting as if we have arrived at our dreamed place. I am not really sure but one thing is for sure not very many people are shining.

The lamp within us is flickering and for some it is out completely. We need to reset our sights on the horizon and move forward not looking back for it is never too late to see your horizon again.

The more I gaze into the eyes of society it seems there is only the heart to achieve so level of financial success. Finances are a necessity but so many of us are trying to give off a false appearance of riches that is has stolen our humility and replaced it with pride. Our vanity has become our humanity. We are no longer caring about each other but just caring about how we appear to one another. If we look the part we must be it right? Wrong. Most of the people out there that we see walking the streets in there $350 dollar jeans and $220 dollar shirts are in debut over their heads all for the reason to give off the appearance that they are somebody…well they’re nobodies just like everyone else except they have credit card debut they’ll be paying back until they are dead.

The more I keep living the more I understand that simplicity is a huge key to happiness. The more I work on being okay who I am the more see how simplistic I really am and the more I desire to be there.

Take Care Friends…Talk To You Soon…

A Comment Worth Posting

2008-07-06T16:26:00.002-04:00

You have so much inside of you to give... God has given you a testimony!!! This is your passion.. this is your heart!!! Don't get sidetracked!!! There are people waiting, needing to hear what God has placed in your heart!! Walk in your Destiny!!!

Thank You Mr./Mrs. Anonymous

Cardboard Testimonies

2008-07-04T15:27:00.001-04:00

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A Miraculous Deliverance /// Michael's Testimony ///

2008-07-03T12:42:00.005-04:00

Here I am guys I hope that this testimony will open your eyes to see the greatness of our Lord as well as the roots that I come from. I was born November 21, 1976 in Miami Florida my parents moved us to Orlando a week after I was born. I grew up in a small 3 bedroom 2 bath house where we lived until I was 20. During the early years I was a happy kid loved playing outside with the kids on my street. My family attended a Catholic Church about a mile down the road where I was the alter boy for many years (I had to do something due to the fact that I was bored out of my mind sitting in the pews). At about the age of 13 we had a decision to make if we wanted to keep going to church we could or we didn't have to if we didn't want to except for holidays...and my answer was very easy to that question "heck no I am not going any more". I was actually so happy I was thanking God. Well after that is when I started my decent into the world and I lived there for 10 years.

It was at the age of 13 in middle school I started to get hooked up with the friends every parent now-a-days tells you to stay away from. We formed a little posse and did what ever we wanted and lied about everything. It was at that ripe age of 13 when I got my next door neighbor friend which was much older then I was to buy us boys some alcohol. Every weekend we stayed the night at one of our friends houses whose parents didn't care what we where doing or how late we wandered the streets at night. Needless to say we drank our little hearts out there on the streets in that prestige neighborhood. The summer of my 13th year of life some of the posse wanted to try something new...smoking some weed and of course I was in. So that summer I got wasted and as high as I wanted to and to keep this blog as short as possible we found some girls who where as risky as us and we all would hook up and do all sorts of sexual experimentations.

Now moving on to High School...this is where it gets really hairy. My first two years were okay I got into playing basketball and made the high school JV team and played really well. I kind of left my old posse from middle school even though we kind of kept in touch but we went our separate ways for the most part. I partied a little bit my first two years and skipped school every now and then. It was that junior year that the devil really got me. I made the varsity basketball team as a practice player and was so disappointed that I didn't even go to one practice. It was then I said to myself if I can't play basket ball then partying is what I am going to do! So through that year I made it a must to know all the people who where the partiers and I did some younger some older but nonetheless they partied so I wanted to know them. I got in and because I have a very extreme personality I went all out drinking, smoking, and smoking dope. Then I was lead to LSD and that became my drug of choice. I loved to trip and I wanted everyone to do it with me so I found the guys who where as extreme as me and we did as much LSD as we could along with mushrooms. If it made you hallucinate I wanted it. So for the last two years of high school I went to every keg party, smoked as much dope as possible and ate as much LSD as I could find. Some how through all this I graduated thank God.

Now after high school I went on to Community College where I lasted a semester passing only my public speaking class (imagine that one...God are you telling me something...). During the next five years or so I went to the bars with my fake ID and bought a cool car to show off in. I met tons of women and had countless encounters with them (if you know what I mean). I also discovered cocaine and became very fond of that drug. Why? Because it gave me so much false confidence that I would talk about anything to anyone with out an ounce of insecurity and fear. I came to a place where inside I knew there was more to life then all this. I was driving home one night wanted of course and I passed that old church where I used to be an alter boy something inside of me said turn around go back...so I did. I went to over to then little culvert where some statues of Jesus where as a little boy and I remembered play around them as a child I looked a Jesus and I put my hands on his shoulders and said to him as tears fell down my face "If there is any way to get me out of this please get me out...I don't want to live like this anymore" and I sat there crying for a little while...mind you this is at about 3am. I left there that night and didn't even remember that event happening...it didn't even come back to my memory until after I was saved and I was on a missions trip in South Africa...okay on with the story. I went on partying for three more months until I blew up at work where I was stealing from to buy by drugs...I said out load...I HATE MY LIFE... and a young Christian girl heard me and said why do you hate your life and I responded because I have no purpose all I do it party I am doing nothing with myself. She then invited me to hang out with her after work and so I did and there she invite my to a youth group where I was like I don't know I am 23 not a high schooler and she reassured me that is was for my age as well...so that next Wednesday night we went. It was that night at Xstream Youth Church where God delivered me from all my drug addictions and drinking I smoked cigarettes for 3 more weeks and then stopped that. It was October 23rd, 1999 when I got saved and from then on I was in ministry finding ways to grow and to share this amazing love and power that came to me. Even now as I write I feel the spirit of the Lord touching me reminding me of all that he protected me from in those dark days. . . Thank you Lord I Love You with all my heart.

I hope to find you touched by god right now and I also hope for the opportunity to come and enjoy and evening with your youth and/or your congregation there is so much more to this then a short story. I just want everyone to know how blessed I was and I am to have survived this to talk about it. I now have a beautiful wife who I love so much along with two amazing boys Elijah & Zion who inspire me daily.

Email me or Contact me today so we can talk and create relationship within this amazing body we call Christ.

Also if you are struggling with these issues I would love to help you contact me so we can talk and see God deliver you from these devises as well...Much Love...In Him,

Your Kids Are Not Your Crutch

2008-06-09T18:35:00.004-04:00

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about how sometimes I use my kids as a crutch. I use them as an excuse to not give God my everything. What are you saying Michael? Well I work very hard through the week keeping up with my 2 year old and my 6 month old and I tend to fall into this free time dilemma...when I have it I want it all to myself to do something I want to do and a lot of the time praying and reading the Word are not up there on my free time priority list...sad huh? I would say so too...I came to this conclusion that I need to reinvent my love for prayer and the Word and stop using my kids as a crutch to do that. I will be honest I am tired, cranky, and unmotivated when it is all said and done at the end of the day but the reason I am those things is because I have not got the supernatural strength within me from the Lord to help me complete my day with peace, happiest, joy, love, and so on.

I believe we all have a lot to do during the day and making time to enter into the presence of God should very well be a priority not a chore or job. When we look at our kids we should see the Lord looking right back at us. As for our free time we really should use it to enjoy things we like but we need to like spending time with the Lord as much of if not more then watching that new movie or playing that new video game or making that extravagant dinner...to be honest some times we need to eat rice and beans a few nights to save some time for the Lord we don't always need that spread each night...a short 30 minute meal will buy us some time for an infilling of true nourishment and if you think about it you don’t have to worry about God’s food being anything less then organic and you don’t need to spend 10 minutes reading nutrition facts to see if what we are ingesting is healthy it is 100% all natural, organic goodness for the spirit and soul.

Just a little side note…I am all about eating healthy taking care of the temple is very important (not that I don’t splurge sometimes and eat a little something a shouldn’t) but if I am spending more time reading about nutrition facts and the next new “green” thing then hanging out with the Lord I would be somewhat out of balance wouldn’t I? I think so…now some of you might not agree and that’s okay you don’t have to that is the cool thing about opinions just take the nuggets that help you…but what is the point of eating healthy and thinking green if my spirit is in the gutter being marinated with my leftovers and waist that trickles off of me each day…what happened to that intimate hour with the Lord?

Instead of saving the world one piece of toilet paper at a time why not think about saving the world one soul at a time.

What happened to being “Kingdom Minded”? Oh it has been run over with “Think Green”. I am not saying don’t do your part in the green movement but do your part in the Kingdom movement as well.

Enjoy…

The Diffrence Between Pencil And Pen

2008-04-23T22:51:00.017-04:00

You know I got a sort of revelation the other day when I was thinking about my wife (yes I actually think about the woman of my dreams and I do it daily okay so shoot me...I can spend a few checkin out my hottie within my thoughts). I have noticed that there are two different kinds of people out there in the world today (I know there are more then just two kinds of people but when I break it down into two this is what I got) we have the PENS...which the pens are people that are high class, proper, very "Maintained" or you could say "High Maintenance" Mr. and Mrs. we appear have everything together...but really don't...and when they make mistakes they will not go back and fix it because something inside of them makes it impossible to do so...WOW! And then there are the PENCILS now the pencils are people that are simple people...they can "wear" down and need a little help to get sharp again, they are a bit lower within the minds eye of society, they like to keep things real and simple and if they make a mistake they are equipped with the ability to go back and correct their wrongs...WOW!

Is that not awesome to think about? One thing I can say I see as I look out into the vast world around me is that there are too many people trying to be the proper PENS and not enough understanding that they are PENCILS. The truth is we all started out as Pencils but when something NEW came out we decided along the way to abandon our foundation and change from who we really are into something we are not. Pens rule the world yes but pencils have something within them that when exposed is so much greater then power, dominance, manipulation and deception. Pencils are okay with who they are, they understand that they are not right all the time and can go back if needed erase and rewrite sorry but pens cannot do that.

I could get into more detail with this but I'll let you think about it and comment me back on this...take care extended family.

Only Just Beginning

2008-03-11T08:37:00.011-04:00

As I sit here and thumb through my journal I see the inked goodness of words that have been captured by my heart either through an anointed mans lips or through the still small voice of the Lord. I want to share with you today something that has been confirmed through the preaching of my pastor that shares agreement within my spirit...

I have been through a lot as a man of God. I have stood atop of the peeks and I have drudged through the valleys, I have seen for mails and I have not been able to see two feet in front of me, I have enjoyed success and fallen on my face in failure. I can sit here today and say with all confidence that His plan for me is not over...but only just beginning. This walk unfolds itself in stages as we follow the cry of our heart. Our promise land is out there and it is up to us to start to understand that we can get there. We need to know that every moment is a stage that is being opened, written, and stored in the completion of our promise. The amazing thing is that the story of you is an amazing epic adventure into the unknown. Now some of us might not think so but it is very true. Our story is being captured and if we are full of faith seeing into the tomorrows with a heart full of expectations and faith we will see amazing things. If we are just going through motions and not ever trying anything new we will end up dead and regretting every moment we ever had breathed because we never lived. It's all a process and just because you are not doing your dream right now doesn't mean you aren't proceeding to center stage to do so.

Enjoy the adventure and take in every moment given to you with everyone that crosses your path. There is so much more out there to do and to see. Proceed into your promise by not giving up.

Timing

2008-02-15T17:48:00.011-05:00

Timing...is it everything...in a sense it sure is. If we are too quick to make a decision we might regret what we have chosen but if we are too slow we might miss everything in front of us. If we are in touch with the Spirit of the Lord within us we can make right choices. Now will we ever make wrong ones? Of course, but that is because the Lord is using that to teach us something. I have found out that I am not the wisest man on the face of the planet I have made tons of wrong choices but over the last year I can say I have matured in this area. It has taken a lot of failures and I have faced obstacles with emotional pain like I have never felt before. I have made wrong choices with my finances, with my friendships, family, and ministry. Today I understand that God's timing is amazing...if we are patient and can wait until the Lord moves we will see some amazing things happen. There are times we want something so bad we lose control and try to obtain it by any means necessary. Wrong choice! If we took what we wanted into the prayer closet and asked the Lord to show us if we are meant to have it or if it is the right time to have it He will guide us and let us know. I have been in line before getting ready to buy something and the Lord speaks to my heart right before I get to the casher and says..."Michael, you don't need that right now" and once I hear that it's enough I put back the item however small and follow the Lord. There also have been times when the Lord has been telling me the same thing over and over and I just don't do it because I don't want to loose the thing He is asking me to give up...take my house for example, I love my house it "is" and soon will be "was" my first house. The Lord spoke to my heart the first week we where in and He said..."you will not be here as long as you think"...when i heard that I was like okay Lord right! And come to find out here I am close to three years later and I am selling my house to obey the Spirit of the Lord. I can honestly say He was telling me a long time ago to sell the house and I wouldn't listen. I had to ask all my friends if I was suppose to sell my house getting ether approval or conformation to ease my own mind but the truth is all I needed to do was listen to the Spirit the first time and do what He was asking and I would find myself closer to my destiny then I am right now but, no...I needed the approval of man to ease my own mind and spirit. I am not saying run with everything you "feel" like you need to do. Sometimes we do need to seek wise council but not all the time. If you know it is from the Lord then run with it and don't look back move forward for the sake of your destiny in the Kingdom. I hope all of us become more sensitive to the direction of the Spirit.

One thing for you believers out there, Sometimes we can get to a place where we are abusing the term "the Lord Said to me or the Lord told me to do this or that" and once you pull out the card of "the Lord told me to" then no one can challenge that and it is healthy to have friends challenge what it is that the Lord might be telling you. So many people abuse the name of the Lord to gain personal self centered agendas and as a body we need to be there to help each other by having honest conversations that will help us see our direction. I love you guys and my prayer for us this week is that we might gain wisdom to help us make right choices.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

Love

2008-02-12T15:50:00.002-05:00

In this month of LOVE we need to examine our hearts to see if we have gotten forgetful, lazy, and comfortable, or just plain selfish about our love for others most of all our love for our family and our spouse. I know through the years we can get "use to" the love of our lives and forget to give them the proper time they need to see our true love for them. Loving is more then mere words...it is action and I know that sometimes we get into a mode of not following our love for our spouse, significant other by not doing anything for them because we know that they love us and we love them so it is okay to not do anything...well we're totally wrong if we think that. Also if you are one of those that says "oh I don't need anything it's okay" you are wrong too...do not listen to these words people if your "better half" ever says them...they're not true.

I am truly excited about 2008 because I want to love more...love my wife, my kids, my family, and my friends. In the past I have forgotten to carry all my relationships to the next level but this year I am determined to love everyone I know more and follow through with my commitment as a husband, father, and friend.

Challenge yourself this year to Love Beyond Your Sight

1 Corinthians 13

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Alone

2008-02-10T00:27:00.000-05:00

Do you ever feel alone, forgotten, rejected, hated, stuck...or just that feeling of wondering if where you are is where you are suppose to be? You know sometimes in our walk we tend to start to question our faith and if God is really still there with us. I can't tell you how many times I have said...are You still there Lord? Also sitting there wondering if I am still in the will of God for my life. I have faced so much in my life already I can see sometimes why people hurt so much. There are times as I mature in the Lord that I have waited years to see something come to pass...not days or months. I can say today that we are going to have to stick it out if we want to see victory in our lives. We need to be in this thing for the long hall...not giving up. Is it easy, heck no it isn't! It’s very hard and very difficult and we will face even more trials as we continue to walk on the path less traveled.

In these "alone years" we feel all these crazy emotions of being alone, forgotten, rejected, hated, stuck. It is in this time that God is dealing with the inner most parts of you. In these times our King purges us removing self and the ways that have been embedded into our soul from childhood, also other soul snatchers that have been entangled in our soul from wrong relationships, bad teachings, misleading authorities and so on. We need these alone years to go into the deep with God. He has not forgotten us He has not forsaken us He is developing us to our full potential. Most of the time at this point people give up and turn religious attending church because they know they need to but not going expecting anything anymore because they say to themselves "I hear the same stuff year after year but nothing ever happens"...their prayer life dwindles down to nothing and they turn to friends and "good times" to get their fulfillment. We need to come together and hold true to our convictions and to our confession. It is so important to have healthy relationships with like minded people...once we travel away from those people and follow the ones that are doing whatever they want because they can't seem to hold true to their confession anymore and give into the appetite of the flesh (sinful lusts) we are now missing out on the fulfillment of our destiny. We may have occasional victories but we will never fulfill our purpose.

Let's look at Hebrews 13:5 in the Amplified Bible one of my favorite verses.

Let your character or moral disposition be free from the love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your preset [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you with out support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake you nor let you down (relax My hold on you) Assuredly not!

Much love for all of you out there and if you need anything feel free to email me...we're almost there don't give up!

Don't Wrestle Worship

2008-02-07T18:53:00.000-05:00

Probably the greatest war we wage is one we wage with ourselves about ourselves, struggling with where we are spiritually compared to where we see we need to be. It is so funny how we target ourselves and literally pick away at our imperfections to the point we end up seeing ourselves as a disgrace to the Kingdom. We need to come against such thoughts and realize that we are imperfect people walking under grace and mercy (thank God). Besides we won’t change anything by being frustrated and struggling. We are not going to get any where worrying about how much we suck at being us. The reality is we don't suck...we are really good at being us...look at all we have overcome so far so why are we scared? There are so many Christians out there that are not enjoying their life they might make it to heaven but because their focus is on all the faults about themselves and about life there is never any true happiness. Our deficiencies shouldn’t be our focus...the truth is the Word says that God is shown through our weaknesses so what are we worried about? We shouldn't be worried about anything.

The funniest thing is we are always talking about our many trials, but often our greatest trial is with ourselves. We have more trouble with us than we do with the devil or any person on earth. I can tell you that I hear over a hundred complaints a day...why people feel like they need to tell me everything I do not know but they do and I listen to see if I can encourage them at all. But in all that I see that it's not the world around us that is our biggest issue...we are.

Take a look at this verse:

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We are changing from glory to glory...some of us are in between glories right now but none the less we are ever changing and if we aren't we might as well be dead because our purpose here is null. We need to start to get over ourselves and our deficiencies we need to start to raise our hands to heaven and worship the King of Glory and let Him complete us. That wrestling match that has been going on for years inside of us needs to be tapped out and finished.

I can't tell you how important it is to worship. As we worship God, we are released from frustration. All those pent-up, weird, emotional things that need to go begin to vanish. As we worship, God’s character is released into our lives and begins to manifest. Whatever we worship Him for will begin to be manifested in our own character.

When we are willing to pay the price and suffer to be in God’s will, it is a type of suffering that leads to glorious victory, a type that eventually goes away. But if we remain out of God’s will, we will endure a type of misery and suffering that never goes away.

Let us forget about what lies behind and press on to obtain the prize...running the race with consistency and virtue...all the while Worshiping the King who has protected us when we never even knew He was there. Forget our self centered view and selfish ways...instead of thinking what can I get out of this let's think what can I give while doing this.

Make Adjustments

2008-02-05T15:12:00.000-05:00

When I got up this morning my wife said to me Michael, you need to read today’s reading in Joyce Meyer's book "Starting Your Day Right" so I did and the amazing thing is that it was speaking right to me. It's funny how sometimes we go through some really hard times in life and in those times (which in my life I call them seasons) we learn so much and when we come into a new season which my family is in right now we see just how amazing God really is. It is thoughts hard seasons that we are purged and molded into what God wants us to be...it hurts and is tiring but when we get through it we are a better person. Below is what I read today I hope you guys enjoy it.

Adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence).

2 Peter 1:5 (amp)

Sometimes we have to make a few adjustments in our lifestyle to follow wisdom. We may have to say no to too much activity. Hebrews 11:1 teaches that faith is the assurance of things we do not yet see now. But, like God, we can call "those things that be not, as though they are" (see Romans 4:17). This spiritual principle applies in the negative realm as well as in the positive realm. So we may need to make some adjustments to the things we say.

If you feel that it is hard to get up in the morning, don't say "I am too tired." Get all the weak, tired, wimpy, quitter, give-up talk out of your vocabulary. Instead say, "Because the Lord is my strength, I can do whatever I need to do today."

Way To Go Giants

2008-02-03T23:13:00.000-05:00

Wow what can I say...Super Bowl XLII was one of the most amazing games I have ever watched! I am not a fan of ether team but the Giants painted a picture for all of us to take a look at. A team that has been scrutinize all season and it's leader has been thrown under the bus his whole career. But now look at them...the team and it's leader have a super bowl victory and a nice ring to show they are more then average. Way to go Giants you're history makers.

On Top Of The Mountian

2008-02-02T20:20:00.000-05:00

No mountain can defeat us! The funny thing is we let them all the time. Instead of looking at the obstacles that stand in front of us and saying "we will become victorious this day" we say "man that is going to be a lot of work". The fact of the matter is yes it will be work and it most likely will hurt some how or in some way but if we can fight and take our faith to the frontlines then we will become victors. We need to be FRONTLINE SOLDERS that unite and conquer the obstacles in front of us. Forward is the way that I am moving...I have always said that if anyone get in my way of reaching the place where God has prepared for me I will run them over...not because I don't love them but because they are blocking my path to the promises of God for my life. The one thing I want to do is fulfill my purpose and receive the promises God has spoken of in His word. The mountains that I face daily are huge and I know that I can't cross over them with out a heart full of faith and a clear understanding that God is working within me to help me overcome these obstacles. There are so many different things that can be mountains/obstacles in our life, family, friends, jobs, addictions, failures, pride, the list is endless. But when we get to the place where we know God not just know about Him or for the Christians not just the sermons we hear but truly know God by spending quality time with Him then we will see that we can do anything. The truth is the mountains won't move by our attendance record in church or by mere knowledge of the bible but by receiving personal revelation for ourselves in our personal time with God. By having a REAL revelation of the scriptures it is one thing to quote a scripture but it is totally another thing to have the revelation about the scriptures we read. The mountains WILL crumble into the sea...but first we must see that fact within our heart (spirit).

One more thing before I go, don't let anything stop you from reaching your full potential in God...not money, family, friends...not anything! If we must sacrifice everything we own to follow the Lord then let us do so and not look back. If I know one thing it is that nothing in this world means more to me then my relationship with the Lord...not my house, not my friends (I love you guys truly but I love God more), not money...too much can cause problems and too little well that can cause problems as well but just the right amount well that is what I desire...that's a simple life.

I love you guys and I hope you all have an amazing weekend...be praying for us (my family) we are dedicating our kids this Sunday in St. Petersburg at New Destiny International Church check them out on the links to the right. We want to see the Holy Spirit move on our kids lives this Sunday.

Roads Change

2008-01-30T15:22:00.000-05:00

You never know when God is watching out for you...so many times our reaction to a sudden change throws us into a frantic mess. We get emotional and anxious wondering how we are going to get through this or get out of it. Our minds race a million miles a second trying to find a way to stay comfortable. The truth is every time change enters into our lives is a time for us to see that opportunity is at our door. Sometimes our sudden change is an exit to the thing that is holding us back. We get so comfortable in one thing we never realize that we are missing out on or divine purpose. You see, even the most frustrating event could change your everything for the better...but no,no,no please don't screw up our routine if you do my life will suck. No it wont it will only make you stronger and smarter.

I hope all of you that have taken the time to read my babblings are enjoying them...I believe in all of you and hope and pray you all are well.

I need to share one more small thing....if we spend our life chasing down money, money will always evade us...but if we spend our life doing something and not focusing on the payout we will soon see that the payout will come and all our needs are met.

Enjoy...ttyl

Healthy Compromise

2008-01-29T06:03:00.000-05:00

Issues suck don't they? Of course they do and sometimes even if we think we know how to handle them we really don't. Let's take a relationship it could be a marriage, friendship, family...whatever. Sometimes when things happen and we go through a tough time with a...lets use friend and we have a disagreement of some sort. Let me ask you, do you fight with your friend until you "prove your point" or do you quickly stop and apologize fifteen times putting your tail between your lags and hide under your invisible rock? Which one is the right thing to do? Well...truthfully nether. You see if there is one thing you want in a relationship it is peace and to be a peacemaker is better then to be a prideful point prover. I am not saying that we need to apologize fifteen times but sometimes we need to "bight the bullet" and swallow are pride and let our friend know "hey, I know we are seeing things different right now but I love you and I am sorry if I came across mean and arrogant lets put this behind us and move forward". The truth is the one who asked forgiveness first and is willing to not be right even though they know they are a stronger person then one who is unwilling to budge. If no one in this situation never "bights the bullet" then a friendship might be lost forever...so I ask you what is more important to be right or to keep a friend? I'll leave that one up to you to answer...

What Do You See

2008-01-28T11:39:00.000-05:00

In Jeremiah 1:11 God asks the prophet this very important question: "What do you see?" Jeremiah's answer satisfied God. The Holy spirit challenges us with the same question today, and our answer is very important to God.

What is it that we are looking at, focused on, or seeing for our life? Are we looking at something that doesn't really matter, are we focused on the irrelevant, do we see our vision? You know it blows my mind sometimes to see just how many people have no direction in life...no dream or vision for themselves. I have worked very hard through out my life...more so in the last 10 years to find out what it is that I am doing here and fulfill that purpose. I can say that looking at the issues around me, focusing on the things that don't matter and seeing my life as hopeless are sure ways of getting no where and getting there fast. The truth is if I take the issues and learn from them, respond to them properly and focus on what it is I am to do while I am here all the while seeing my vision and knowing that every step I take is a step closer to my destiny I will enjoy my life and fulfill my purpose. I encourage all of us today to see things deeper don't take everything as face value because what we might be doing is something that can very well be apart of our path to our destiny.

Let me leave you with a few quotes:

"Vision is not mere ideas of the mind, but real pictures of the eyes"

"Those who do not share your vision cannot walk the same road with you"

"You can be multi-talented, sing like an angle, and posses a file full of prophetic words spoken over you, but if you cannot see and move in the Spirit, you will not reach the heights God has destined for you"