I’m going to be personal with my blog today. I’ve experienced hopelessness, sadness, depression, uncertainty, helplessness, and thoughts of giving up. I’m going to share how God helped me in those moments of my life. Psalm 94: 18-19 says, “When I said, my foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.” This is one of the verses I always go too. God brings me out every time.

I remember feeling like I’ve failed in life, my children, death, and lost relationships. We all know know that dealing with failure is hard. All of the what ifs, or I could’ve done this/that, and the I wish, everyday life takes a toll on us. I recall waking up one day, and I no longer wanted to live. I was having a hard time dealing with that fact. I honestly thought that dying would be easier than living. My depression got so bad that I stopped eating. I no longer had an appetite. I would get up every morning and go through the motions of pretending everything was okay. One night, I decided that I was done with everything. I had no one to talk to, no one I could trust or feel comfortable enough to share my feelings with. I was tired of it all. I remember laying in bed that night, I cried and said “God I need you to please help me. I don’t want to feel like this anymore.” I remember that my sleep was peaceful that night. When I woke up the next morning, I was in my bathroom getting ready for work. I heard God say look up and as I looked up in the mirror. I spoke the words, “I’m coming out of this.” At that moment, that heavy spirit was lifted. I no longer felt heavy, sad, burdened, and depressed. I WANTED TO LIVE. No one can ever tell me that God doesn’t hear me when I pray. Psalm 118: 17 states, ” I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the lord.” God hears us when we’re coming from a place of honesty, realness, and good intentions.

I felt like I had no one to talk to. It’s okay to talk to someone about your feelings. God created people for us to talk too. You’re not alone. God wants us to talk to him about everything. Even the things we won’t say outloud. God is here for us. He will never leave us. Deuteronomy 31:8 states, “And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” If you feel down, don’t stay there. Come out of those negative thoughts about yourself, life, and other people. There’s no mistake or problem that God won’t fix. Our thoughts and words affect our everyday lives. You have a choice and how your life goes. Cast down wrong thoughts, think about where those thoughts are coming from. Whatever state of mind you’re in, God will bring you out of it. Philippians 2:5 tells us, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” God wants our minds to be strong and confident in him. Ask God to order and guide your thoughts. There’s quietness and peace when we allow God to be in control.

Always remember 2 Timothy 1:7 states, “For God hath not giving us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of A SOUND MIND.” I pray this helps you. Be the light. May God bless and keep you.

The word of God is powerful. His words are true. We can stand firm in his words. We can trust in his words. Isaiah 55:11 tells us, “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” We can trust that whatever God says, he’ll do it. God’s word is life changing. It gives us the strength to stand firm.

When we believe God’s word, it gives us the strength to stand firm. His word gives us positive expectations. We can look forward to what God is doing for us. His words give us confidence, courage, victory, and a firm foundation to stand on. We have hope to get through our day. Matthew 4:4 states, “But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” His word alone gives us life, spiritual food, peace, guidance, and encouragement. God’s word is a light. It guides us in all things right and holy. Paslm 119:105 states, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Always seek and read his word for guidance. His word leads us down a prosperous path in him. His word protects us. Proverbs 30:5 tells us, “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” God loves us and doesn’t want us without his protection.

God’s word is forever. What he says he’s going to do. No matter what we face, we can always depend on him. God’s word is for us. Be the light. May God bless and keep you.

It’s so easy to complain. Sometimes, life seems hard and unfair. We get tired of the challenges we sometimes face. We just want to complain or have something to complain about. God wants us to know that we don’t have to complain. There’s hope and answers through prayer. God wants us to come to him in prayer. Psalm 55:17 states, “Evening, and morning, and at noon, I will pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”

When we complain, it has a negative impact on our day. It causes mood changes, depression, and isolation. A lot of the time, we complain when things don’t go our way. We complain when we’re miserable and unhappy. We complain when we’re comparing our life struggles with someone else life struggles. We become bitter when we complain. Focusing on the negative things is distracting us from seeing the blessings we have in our lives. God doesn’t want us to be miserable and unhappy. He wants us to give him our full attention. Giving God our voice, thoughts, time, and prayers will change our complaints into prayers, faith, praise, hope, happiness, gratitude, and worship. We have to have positive conversations and be content. Hebrews 13:5 tells us to ” Let our conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” God will never leave us alone. He wants us to come to him with our problems. Through prayer and guarding our words, we can change our lives. Proverbs 18:21 states, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Instead of complaining, choose to speak life in whatever state you’re in. God wants us to align our words with his words.

God loves us and wants us to come to him for EVERYTHING. He’s the only one who can help us with our complaints. He wants us to know that trouble doesn’t last. Situations change for the better. God is bigger than our problems. We can’t receive the things we pray for if we’re too busy complaining. Pray in faith and believe God’s word. Be the light. May God bless and keep you.

There are times times we need to remember God’s words about us. His words of love, peace and praise. The Bible teaches us that God loves us. Jeremiah 31:3 states, “The Lord hath appeared of old unto me until me, saying yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with love and kindness have a drawn thee.” God told us that he loves us with a lasting love. He loves us so much that he pulls us close to him with love and kindness. It matters to God that we believe his word concerning us.

God’s word tell us that he wants us healed, whole and peaceful. Our thoughts toward ourselves can be negative at time. Let’s face it, we’re our hardest critic. We sometimes don’t feel worthy of anything good. We beat ourselves up for past mistakes. We’re afraid to of what ifs. We worry about things that we have no control over. We doubt ourselves. We give up our peace. God doesn’t want us to be weighed down by our negative thoughts. He wants us to have peace and assurance in him. In John 14:27 he tells us, “My Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” God gives us peace. God says, we don’t have to be troubled in our mind because we have his peace.

God loves us with an everlasting love. God gives us peace that passes all understanding. We can feel and keep his love and peace at all times. All we have to do is bless his name. Tell him how good he is to us. Tell him how much we love him. When we wake up God, thank you. God, I bless your name. God, you are holy. God, you are worthy. God, you are good. God, you are merciful. God, there’s no one like you. God, you are the Alpha and Omega. You are Jehovah Raphe because you heal me. You are Jehovah Jireh because you provide for me. You are Jehovah Nissi because you fight for me. You are Jehovah Shalom because you are my peace. God inhabit our praise. Psalm 34:1 tells “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” The more we praise, the more he lifts us.

God loves and gives us peace. God is for us. Be the light. May God bless and keep you.

Sometimes life gets hard. We find ourselves depressed, bitter, lost, miserable, hopeless and unhappy. We don’t have to feel like there’s no help for us. We are not hopeless and there’s help for us. Roman 10:13 tells us “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Jesus is our hope.

We’re going to face hardship in our lives. We sometimes make decisions that cause us pain. There are times when our pain comes from the people around us. We feel so heavy and weighed down. But, there is hope for us. We can have and experience peace through every situation. In John 14:27 Jesus tells us, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid.” We don’t have to let anything bring us down. We are children of God. We can call on him. God will lift any cast down spirit and give hope to us.

We don’t have to be elaborate when we call on Jesus. All we have to do is believe when we speak his name. When we’re hurting, Jesus. When we’re sad, Jesus. When we feel hopeless, Jesus. When we need help, Jesus. When our emotions are everywhere, Jesus. When we’re lost, Jesus. When we’re depressed, Jesus. When we’re bitter about life, Jesus. When we don’t know what to say, Jesus. When we need to be healed, Jesus. We can change our lives and situations by speaking his name. There is power in the name of Jesus. John 14:14 “If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.” God wants to show us his glory. He wants us to call upon him. God is I Am. He looked down through our years, he looked upon us. He knew we would need him today. He’s already made a way for us. All we have to do is call his name, Jesus. If we believe he’ll show us his face. We’ll know without any doubt that Jesus is real.

I want to encourage you to don’t be afraid or ashamed to be a follower of Jesus. He is our hope, peace, joy, happiness and love. Speak and believe in the name of Jesus. We are called to be different. Be the light. May God bless and keep you.

Healing for some of us can mean many different things. Some of us need healing from emotional abuse, physical abuse, sickness in our bodies and mental illnesses. We all pray and ask God to heal us but do we really believe that he can? Mark 9:23 “Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believe.” Jesus is simply saying believe without any doubt and it shall come to pass.

A lot of us are dealing with emotional problems. We feel depressed, our mental health is failing us, worthless, heartbroken, lost and damaged from certain relationships. Psalm 147:3 tells us that “God healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” He’s there to bind up every emotional and mental illness wound that we have. God is the healer. We need only to believe and know that he is “the great I am.” It is God that lifts our heavy hearts. It is God that heal our bodies when we believe and trust him. James 5:14-15 “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of Jesus: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and God shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins they shall be forgiven him.” God is letting us know that its ok to ask for prayer. We don’t have to go through sickness alone. There are people that will pray with and for us. He also let’s us know that, he’s a forgiving God full of grace and mercy. There’s no other like him. He’s marvelous. He’s wonderful. He’s called the way maker. He works miracles when we don’t see a way. He’s the strong tower when we need emotional support. He’s always there for us. So we should take the time and say God, I thank you and bless your holy name.

No matter what we may face, we do have a mighty God. Our God heals us. There’s nothing to hard for him to fix. Believe on Jesus and watch him turn things around on your behalf. Be the light. God is for us. May God bless and keep you.

Giving up seems like one of the easiest things we can do. It’s easier to quit than to keep going. Don’t give up. Keep working and moving towards your goals. Things do get better. 2 Chronicles 15:7 tells us, “Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.” God’s word let us know that there are rewards for our faithfulness.

When things get hard or uncertain for us. We feel like we don’t know how we’re going to make it through this. We don’t know if starting this business was the right thing to do. We don’t know if we should end our relationships. We don’t know if we should finish school right now. We don’t know if we should stay on our job or find a new one. Let’s face it giving up seems a like a great idea when, our problems are bigger than our faith. Don’t give up. Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” God wants us to know that if we push through our hards times, we’re going to reap the benefits of our hard work.

The benefits of not giving up. Your business will be successful. Your relationship or marriage will become stronger. You’re going to graduate from school. You’re going to move up on your job. Be consistent. You’re going to be prosperous in whatever you do, when you keep working on it. These are all good things. If you do good God will help you. We learn and grow when things are hard. In the midst of it all, God is with us. Don’t give up. Before we start or after we start anything, we should pray and commit our work to God. Proverbs 16:3 says, “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall established.” God wants us to commit to him first and he’ll bless our thoughts. We’ll know what to do and when to do it. He’ll give us peace in the midst of our circumstances. Whatever we do, we should always do it for God.

Giving up isn’t an option. We’re closer to our breakthrough. Hope in God and our ability to be steadfast. Do good and God will help us. Commit our work to him and we’ll always be successful. Be the light. God is for us. May God bless and keep you.

We all want to be emotionally stable. Emotions are feelings that come from our relationships with others and our environment. Emotions are fickle because they change with our circumstances. That’s not a peaceful way to live. God wants us to be emotionally stable in everything we go through.

James 1:8 tells us that “A double minded man is unstable in ALL of his ways.” Being double minded means we are always uncertain, two-faced and have misplaced loyalties. One minute we’re happy and in the same minute we’re sad, angry, depressed or mean. This isn’t just one day but it’s every single day. That is called being emotionally unstable. Living without being able to control your feelings is hard. It also means that we can be easily controlled by others and our circumstances. God loves us and wants us to have control over our emotions. He doesn’t like for us to be all over the place. He wants us to be stable and grounded in him. Ephesians 3:17-19 tells us “That christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length and depth and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Being grounded in Christ gives us full access to his fullness. The fulness of God is stability in all we experience through our life.

With God we have full control over our emotions. In his word he tells us that we are able to overcome anything we face. He lets us know that we don’t have to be wavering in our hearts or thoughts because, he has already given us the victory. 2 Timothy 1:7 states, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” With our faith, hope and trust in God, we have a sound mind. We will make decisions and stick with them. We will do exactly what we’ve said we’re going to do. We will have peace in midst of our circumstances. We will not be controlled by others. We will not be afraid after we’ve made a decision. We will have a made up mind. will walk in the authority of a sound mind. We are children of God.

Don’t be double minded. Go to God and he will make us stable in all of our ways. Only God can give us the peace we seek in our mind. God loves us. He is for us. May God bless and keep you.

We sometimes make promises that we don’t keep. As humans we make mistakes and broken promises. We don’t always keep our word. Psalm 118:8 says, “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” God always keeps his promises to us. He will never let us down. His words are true and we can count on him.

There are many promises in God’s word to us. 2 Corinthians 1:20 tells us, “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” When God makes promises we don’t have to worry about him changing his mind. We don’t have to worry about him, not feeling like keeping his word. We don’t have to worry about him getting angry or going back on his word. It pleases God to keep his word concerning us. Jeremiah 1:12 states,”Then said the Lord unto me, thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.” God is saying that he watches over his word. He knows what he’s spoken into our lives. Everything that he promised us, he will bring it to pass.

We should strive to be more like God in our daily lives. We should read and learn about the promises he made to us. By reading his word we’ll know his promises for ourselves. God’s words spoken over us increases our faith. His word tells us to believe in him. His word says to trust him. His words says to hold on to him and all of his promises in the bible. Hebrews 10:23 tells us, “Let hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, for he is faithful that promised.” God lets us know that his promises are worth it, follow him and be patient because he will bless you. His word tells us that there is an end to our pain and suffering. There are blessings beyond anything we could ever imagine for ourselves. There is peace and hope for us. God hasten to perform his word which are promises to us.

Don’t put faith in man but trust God. His word is full of grace, wisdom, hope, happiness, joy and peace. These are promises from God to us. Hope in him. God is for us. May God bless and keep you.

You are special and it’s time for you to start believing it. Don’t be down because you think look different. Don’t be down because of the negative feelings you have about yourself. God loves you. He want you to know how special you are to him. Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” God thought so much of you that he created you to be a visual representation of him.

You have to change the negative feelings about yourself. There are more good things about you than negative things. You have to immediately cast down, those negative thoughts when they enter your mind. Don’t be in bondage to your past mistakes. You can’t change the past. Let those thoughts of the past go. Don’t compare yourself to others. Don’t accept negative words from others about you. Don’t speak those negative thoughts out loud. Anytime you have a negative thought speak something positive about yourself. Speak good things out loud so that your spirit can hear them. More so speak the word of God outloud. You don’t have to allow whatever negative feelings you have, become your reality. Romans 12:3 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” God is letting you know that you don’t have to accept the standards of the world. You can change the way you think by discerning his will will for you. You have to decide everyday and each moment to have positive thoughts. God thinks highly of you. He wants your thoughts to be peaceful, loving and kind.

You were created in his image. You are unique. It’s okay to stand out and be different. As a child of God, you were created to be the light. Develop a relationship with God. Once you enter into a relationship with him, you’ll learn about who you are in him. His word will began to change your thoughts about yourself. You will be sure of yourself. You will love yourself. You will be more patient with yourself. You won’t count yourself out. You will know you are qualified. You will know how beautiful you are. You will know how handsome you are. You will be confident. You will be happy. You will be kind to yourself. You will be filled with joy. You will have peace. You will be thankful. You will praise him because he made you. Psalm 139:14 says, “I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” You will know what God thinks of you. You are his treasure. You will know without any doubt that you are special.

Cast down negative thoughts about yourself. Read your Bible and learn what God thinks of you. Chin up because you are a child of God. Choose to believe the best of yourself. God created you to look like him. You are loved. Be the light. God is for you. May God bless and keep you.