"Let me begin at once to be more like God in my thinking, speaking and acting.  True, I shall fail often, but at least I can offer Him the loyalty of trying over and over again.  In spite of a million failures each day, I hope to prove my sincere desire by BEGINNING AGAIN AFTER EACH FAILURE!"

Proverbs 24:16 KJV

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch Donnie McClurkin " We Fall Down"

https://youtu.be/3A5s2feN6Yk

"WHAT IS HOPE DEFERRED?"

 Simply put, this means to put off, delay or LOSE hope. Lose hope means to fail to retain what is wanted or can be had. So if WE lose hope, that means WE failed to retain it! Often, we fail to RETAIN it is because it's MISPLACED! We place ETERNAL hope in people and things but TEMPORARILY place hope in GOD! Even though people and things are TEMPORARY and ONLY GOD is ETERNAL! ONLY He can FULFILL the promise to NEVER leave or forsake us! It's time to PLACE hope BACK in God, TRUST Him and KEEP the faith! 

"FOR FAITH IN GOD INCLUDES FAITH IN HIS TIMING AND HIS WILL!"

Lamentations 3:21-26 KJV

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. [22] It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. [23] They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. [24] The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. [25] The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. [26] It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord .

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Worth Fighting 

https://youtu.be/tSD81hFaIjo

"DON'T LET F.E.A.R HINDER YOUR L.E.A.P.!"

 This is the year of L.E.A.P [Learning Exponential Application of Prayer] and the enemy is trying to build walls to instill F.E.A.R [False Evidence Appearing Real]. We must know that GREATER is He that's WITHIN me than he that's in the world and that God's NOT one dimensional! His thoughts are NOT our thoughts NOR His ways our ways and He doesn't ALWAYS have to open a DOOR for you to get your blessing. ... He can give you the ability to LEAP! LEAP over any obstacle the enemy has placed in your path, that he himself CAN'T EVEN SURPASS! PRAYER is your weapon and the POWER is ALREADY within you! Don't try to STOP the MOMENTUM God has you on JUST to look for a door to escape, when God is trying to ELEVATE you! Just keep going and don't look back. And seek Godly wisdom to defeat the enemy instead just praying for his removal.  

"FOR THE ENEMY WAS ALLOWED TO ATTACK YOU ....TO TEACH YOU TO FLY!"

James 5:16 KJV

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

SONG FOR THE DAY :

https://youtu.be/LrIoGg3TL-A

"GUARD YOUR HEART!"

 Often we think this mean to protect yourself from PEOPLE. However, it means so much MORE! YES, we must be mindful of the company we keep, BUT we must also take heed to those things lurking, entering in virtually undetected! We mustn't be fooled into thinking we're UNTOUCHABLE and the enemy CAN'T enter in! Quite the contrary! He doesn't NEED to enter in a place where he's ALREADY at! The Bible says our hearts are DESPERATELY wicked and WE don't even know its contents! All the enemy has to do is to ENTICE us with our ALREADY hidden desires! This is why we must DAILY seek God to cleanse our hearts and place HIS desires within us! But the choice is YOURS! 

"FOR EITHER WAY. .. YOU WILL REAP ACCORDING TO WHAT'S SOWN INTO YOUR HEART!"

Jeremiah 17:9-10 KJV

The heart is deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked: who can know it? [10] I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

"GOD DESIRES AUTHENTICITY!"

 Authentic Christians DON'T have to make a SHOW of their Christianity to APPEAR to be Christian. A TRUE measure of their Christianity is NOT in what they say, do or HAVE, but by HOW MUCH of them does GOD HAVE! God instructs us to NOT conform but to be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our mind so we can PROVE the PREFECT Will of God! We mustn't get caught up in the CONFORMITY of being a Christian while our hearts lie privy to the enemy! God wants us to be LIVING sacrifices and to change from the INSIDE... OUT for HIS acceptance....NOT man's! We must DAILY ALLOW the Holy Ghost Fire to CONSUME us! 

"FOR WHAT'S IN YOU WILL COME OUT!"

Romans 12:1-2 KJV

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. [2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may PROVE what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "All of me "Christian Remix"" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/AbhGDENVm_g

 HEAR YE HEAR YE! Attention ALL of my Family and Friends. ... PLEASE purchase your tickets and come out to support and cheer on Christian Jackson as he competes in Puttin' On The Ritz Amateur Night THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST @ 7:30PM! We NEED your face in the PLACE!

Tickets are $10 each, $6 for children and they should be available now. You can go online to ritzjacksonville.com or I advise go to the box office and purchase that way you want incur the fee.

☆"No Fear Productions, LLC"

"GIVE THANKS AND NOT COMPLAINTS!"

 It's ALL TOO EASY to complain about EVERYTHING! Nothing's EVER good enough! We pray for a home and then COMPLAIN we have to clean it! We pray for God to remove a person out of our lives and then COMPLAIN about being alone! We must remember that God HEARS and that LIFE and DEATH lies in the power of our TONGUE! We have the ability to speak LIFE into any DEAD situation! BUT we must read God's Word, fast, STAY prayerful and exchange COMPLAINTS with THANKS! So START praising Him in ADVANCE, because God WILL move based on what you do! 

"FOR YOU CAN'T BE UPSET WITH THE RESULTS YOU DON'T GET WITH THE WORK YOU DIDN'T DO!"

[NIV] Numbers 14:28 So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Praise Him In Advance - Marvin Sapp" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/PvganA6nrf0

"USE ME LORD!"

 Many of us LOVE the song "I Give Myself Away" but do we REALLY mean that?! In the presence of the Lord, it feels RIGHT, BUT when He begins to USE YOU, you murmur, complain and REFUSE to do that which HE called YOU to do! We must remember that EVERYTHING we do unto others, we're doing unto GOD... for HIM to get the glory! And when we give Him FULL AUTHORITY, He WILL use us according to HIS WILL! The ONLY thing we need to do is BE AVAILABLE for HIS use! We must lay down our pride and FULLY trust God! 

"FOR WHEN DOES A TOOL EVER HAVE A CHOICE IN HOW IT'S USED?!"

Isaiah 6:8 KJV

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "I'm available" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/tJznj1a8I1w

"HE FOUND YOU IN YOUR MESS. .. BUT DON'T STAY THERE!"

 Often when we're in our mess, we cry out to God for help, only to RETURN to what He saved us from! OR, when He finds us in OUR MESS, we find joy in JUST feeling His presence, but NEVER compelled enough to get OUT our mess and wonder why our prayers don't get answered! God found us in mess, BUT He DOESN'T WANT our mess! YES, nothing can separate us from the LOVE of God, BUT your SIN can separate YOU from Him! He's completely capable of loving you from afar! It's time to stop giving God POLLUTED praise and servitude and ALLOW Him to cleanse us DAILY! And to NOT to replace the shackles that God removed! 

"FOR WHAT'S THE USE OF SALVATION IF YOU'RE NOT FIT FOR CONSUMPTION?!"

Isaiah 59:1-2 KJV

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: [2] But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he WILL NOT HEAR.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "My Mess" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/dKQ36kNay-I

"GOD WANTS TO CHANGE YOU BEYOND RECOGNITION!"

 Often we RESIST the change GOD is trying to do in us because we're desperately grasping at attributes of our FORMER selves! When we became saved, we became NEW creatures. .. so WHY do we CONTINUALLY try to LOOK the same?! Is it for the comfort of others? Is it due to fear of losing control over your life? Or is it because we HAVEN'T realized that our IDENTITY can ONLY be found in Christ Jesus?! God DOESN'T want the world to see us... but wants it to see the GOD in us! ONLY then can others be led to Christ! It's NOT predicated on our abilities or Bible knowledge! 

"FOR HOW CAN YOU CONVINCE OTHERS TO CHANGE, WHEN YOU REFUSE TO LET GOD CHANGE YOU?!"

John 3:30 KJV

He must increase, but I must decrease.

SONG FOR THE DAY :

Watch "Change Me (2012)" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/3HPMWO8oEWs

"THERE'S NOBODY LIKE JESUS!"

 I'm soooooooo glad that He's NOT like man! He is the ONLY one who will CONTINUALLY do what He says! Who will NEVER leave you NOR forsake you! Who ALWAYS have your BEST interest at heart! Who provides for you BEFORE you knew you needed provisions! Who answers prayers that were NEVER uttered! Who can make ALL things work together for your GOOD! Who's the EPITOME of LOVE because He IS LOVE! Who WOULDN'T serve a God like this?! We could search high and low and NEVER come CLOSE to a credible replacement! We must put ALL TRUST and FAITH in His hands and STOP searching for what was NEVER hidden! 

"FOR FAILURE IS ALWAYS INEVITABLE WHEN SEEKING COUNTERFEITS OF THE ORIGINAL!"

1 Samuel 2:2 KJV

There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

SONG FOR THE DAY :

Watch "Darwin Hobbs   Shirley Murdock   Nobody Like Jesus BY EYDELY GOSPEL CHANNEL" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/-CYvUYXhi8c

"VANQUISH THE ENEMY BY DESTROYING THE INNER ME!"

 It's easy for us to locate and cast out devils in your ENEMIES. .. BUT what about the ones working THRU YOU?! The devil can only tempt you with what's ALREADY in you! All of those sinful, yet hidden, desires that we feel we can SUPPRESS, always find a way of taking control and taking you further than you want to go and keeping you longer than you want to be kept! It's time for us to start destroying the yokes of bondage off of OURSELVES and allow the Lord FREE REIGN to search AND remove ANYTHING that's NOT of Him! We must realize that the battle STARTS from WITHIN! 

"FOR YOUR BIGGEST ENEMY. ..... IS YOU!"

Psalm 139:23-24 KJV

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: [24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Donnie Mcclurkin Search me Lord" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/KUh2mI8BGq8

"DON'T BE CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT!"

 We're ALL guilty of abandoning things, situations, people and goals PREMATURELY! We want a MICROWAVE GOD! And if He doesn't move when WE want Him to, we lose hope and REVERT BACK to our previous state of doubt, complaining and lack of FAITH! HOWEVER, the Bible says that the EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS AVAILETH MUCH! NOT one prayer, one scripture, one altar call or one fast! We MUST be CONSISTENT at praying, reading God's Word and fasting! As well as,  speak LIFE in dead situations and WAIT for manefestations! And most importantly, NOT get mad at what WE allowed! God ALREADY gave us authority and promised to HONOR what we DECREE AND DECLARE... BUT we must have FAITH and be CONSISTENT in our Christian walk! 

"FOR WHAT WE DO, DETERMINES HOW GOD MOVES!"

Romans 14:22 KJV

Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Micah Stampley - Fervent Prayer" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/LN6-mPeRU10

"REMAIN IN THE EYE OF THE STORM!"

 Many of us FLEE as soon as a storm arrives, only to run INTO destruction! NEVER realizing that we were SAFER if we just STAYED STILL! Just like there's PEACE in the eye of a tornado, there's PEACE in the eye of our storms because God IS PEACE and is ALWAYS in the center! Whether the storm is self inflicted or not. .. God is ALWAYS with us making a way for us to come out better than before so that HE will be exalted! BUT we must TRUST and STAY with Him! Once we're outside the eye, we're faced with desolation that was NEVER intended for US! God NEVER told us to FIGHT a storm but to SPEAK to the storm! He's ALREADY given us power and authority which is the Holy Spirit! We must STAY in prayer and STAND on God's Word! 

"FOR WITH GOD, YOUR WORDS WILL ALWAYS BE MIGHTIER THAN YOUR FISTS!"

Psalm 46:10 KJV

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

SONG FOR THE DAY :

Watch "I Told The Storm - Greg O'Quin 'N Joyful Noize" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/Ghvo32n7Tgc

"WHERE TO FIND PEACE?!"

 Just like love, we look for peace in ALL of the wrong places! We search in material things, in friends, in family and even within ourselves. But PERMANENT peace is NEVER found! Yet the more dead ends we find, the deeper we search for peace. We must realize that these things ONLY can offer temporary satisfaction which ultimately ends in tribulation! WHY is that you ask? ... It's because God PREDESTINED that you will ONLY find PEACE in Him and find TRIBULATIONS in this world! This is so that HE will be your ONLY option for TRANQUILITY! It's time to REDIRECT our search from DOWNWARD to UPWARD and place our FAITH in God! 

"FOR WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR BURIED TREASURE THAT ISN'T BURIED?!"

John 16:33 KJV

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Vicki Yohe - I'm at Peace" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/XgboHdURmIk

"DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT YOUR DISCONNECT!"

 We're all guilty of connecting with things, people and situations that WE feel are MORE powerful in order to gain power! HOWEVER, in doing so we DISCONNECT from the MOST POWERFUL source. ... GOD! Things in this earth are intended to be TEMPORARY sources that facilitates our CONNECTION with God! As with your cellphone service provider, charging your phone means NOTHING without service! And even still, your battery MUST be charged DAILY in order to be functional! So why do we think that JUST Sunday morning service and/or knowing how to ACT saved can get us where we need to be?! We must DISCONNECT from ANY distractions in order to RECONNECT our DISCONNECTION from God! 

"FOR WHAT USE IS A FANCY PHONE IF YOU CAN'T USE IT?!"

Isaiah 40:31 KJV

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

"FAITH DIS-PLACEMENT!"

 We have ALL been guilty of faith displacement one time or another! We had MORE confidence in man, or even OURSELVES, more so than GOD! We began to rely MORE so on tangible things, as oppose to having faith in what we CAN'T see! Foolishly thinking that things will happen ONLY if WE make them happen. Ultimately taking God OFF the throne and becoming OUR OWN God! However, when things are out of our reach and begin to crumble, we frantically run BACK to God! Man will ALWAYS FAIL, but God NEVER FAILS! It's time we place Faith in GOD FIRST and LEAVE it there! TRUST His Will and His Way and NEVER be afraid to LET GO! And realize that EVERYTHING concerning us is because of GOD and we're NOT the author and finisher of our Faith! 

"FOR IF IT'S WITHIN OUR CAPABILITIES..... IT'S NOT FAITH!"

Psalm 118:8 KJV

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Where Is Your Faith In God Rev. James Cleveland" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/m3PRwwRythI

"CAN GOD TRUST YOU?!"

 Trust means to be CONFIDENT in expectation! Is God CONFIDENT in YOUR expectations? Yes, we're human and will make mistakes, BUT God judges the INTENT of the heart! What do we INTEND to do with what He's ENTRUSTED in us? When placed in REPETITIVE situations, do our REACTIONS remain the same?  Perhaps we're NOT trustworthy because we DON'T TRUST GOD! We continue to seek God for INCREASE, but neglect to oversee what's ALREADY given to us because we don't TRUST that God had given us enough! Neglecting the fact that whom MUCH is given, MUCH is required! It's time for our trust in God to SURPASS our human abilities and to be good stewards of what's ALREADY given to us! 

"FOR WE MUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK OURSELVES. .. WOULD I TRUST ME?!"

1 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

SONG FOR THE DAY :

Watch "Donnie McClurkin- I'll Trust You" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/_xcEX4aP8Sk

"BE UN-ANXIOUS!!!!"

 Don't be anxious for NOTHING! Anxious means mental distress due to FEAR! Even if you're anxious for a positive outcome, FEAR is STILL its derivative! Especially when waiting for your goals to materialize! By eliminating FEAR, we ELIMINATE ANXIETY which causes us to react AGAINST God's Will! Remember FEAR is of the devil! God DID NOT give us the spirit of FEAR, but of LOVE, POWER & A SOUND MIND! So give the devil BACK his fear, take BACK your power and be PATIENT in GOD'S timing! 

"FOR WE CAN'T HURRY GOD, WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT!"

[NIV] Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

SONG FOR THE DAY:

Watch "Kirk Franklin - Hello Fear" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/rHf6b8LUYCw

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