Kevin Terry: How I feel

Hey guys. I was online a couple of weeks ago, googling for some information. And I saw that this one website was talking about a gospel artist named Kevin Terry. And the information that they displayed on their website shocked me a bit because it was an allegedly Christian website. I was in shock about what was being wrote about this brother. At first, I didn't believe it because I know how "us" can be. But then people were saying that everything was true. Okay, fine. But here is the thing: those of us who called ourselves Christians were and are acting extremely unChrist like. Well, what do you mean by that? Glad you asked. When a brother of ours falls, the Word says that we are to be there to pick him up. By no means should we condone the sin but we are to be there to cover our brother and help him. I am not saying turn a blind eye. Not at all. But don't beat our brother down. The world was already doing that. So why should we do it? Okay, he made a mistake. He made a mistake. But guess what? Who hasn't? It breaks my heart to see people who love the title of Christian but never living it. And for some reason, we got this thing in our heads that if we insult, bully and scrutinize people, they will come out of their sin. Guess what? They won't. As a matter of fact, the spirit or spirits that come out of your mouth will strengthen the spirit or spirits already on them. Since people need scripture, go check out James 3: 1-12. You think that people don't already feel awful for what they have done? Sure, they do. Never let no one fool you. They maybe saying that what you say don't hurt them but it does. You may never see it but it does. Am I saying that we should sit back and condone sin? Absolutely not! That's our problem now! But I am saying we need to learn how to handle things with tact because looking at what church folks have said about this brother we clearly don't know how to do that. Whenever you devote time and energy to kill another person whether by website, blog or YouTube, something is wrong with your spirit. I won't say your Holy Ghost because the Holy Ghost don't act like that. We know that! We all know that! I don't care what you church folk say. Lift Kevin up in prayer and stop talking about Him like he is lower than dirt. You know what church folks(Saints, this ain't for y'all. Y'all good.)? You will be judged by God for what you did to Kevin and what you did not. Watch your mouth and your step. This man may have to end up laying before God for your very soul. So watch how treat him and anybody else like him.

Mr. Kevin Terry....you keep your head up, brother. Let church folk say what they say. Us Saints are praying for you. You know what...this is what God gave me concerning your situation. Whenever you make a decision to totally live for God, everybody is not going to like it. People, as you can tell, get down right malicious. People lose their minds because they can no longer be your God. As long as you did what they did, said what they said, acted how they acted, they were all right with you. But when God starts to call you out of your situation and heed His call, they want to keep you a clone. Following the masses like they are. But God be thanked that you chose not to do that. And to me, it's evident that you chose not to do that. Because the persecution. Yes, it's embarrassing. Shamful and shaming. But God is refining you. He's making you the man that He says that you are. You are in transition and process right now. You are going to come out as pure gold though. And even your choir has got to go through. If not, they are going to have to leave. Because on this next go round, there won't be any hiding or fluff. The anointing is going to come forth for real and not just the gift. Paul said "it was good that I was afflicted". It's good, Kevin. It's good. You are now even more qualified to be the choir director, singer and songwriter that you are because you have gone through. You are going to be all right. You're going to be alright. We're praying for you, bro. And us Saints love you.

Jesus is for EVERYBODY!

Hey everybody. With this month being all about love and such, I think I want to deal with love in another way. And the way I want to deal with it is by talking about our personal testimonies. We all know that through God's love and grace that He has saved us. Right? Well, if you don't, now you do.  :) Jesus paid the price for all of our sins by dying on the cross. You get it? Okay. So why then do we who have been redeemed by His blood act like we have never done nothing wrong? Or why do we throw our noses up in the air when someone else gets saved? Let me explain. I saw a video on YouTube saying that Tonex has come back to God after leading a homosexual lifestyle. He rededicated his life back to God at Dorinda Clark-Cole's Singers, Musicians, and Arts Conference in August of 2013. Now for those that found out about it such as myself were ecstatic about his deliverance. We had been praying that God would bring him back home. And praise God He did. But then you have the people I like to call "The Others". The Others are mad that he has given his life back to God. Actually upset that he wants to be the vessel God has called him to be. THEY ARE MAD ABOUT THIS! Now mind you, these were the same people who were allegedly praying withe rest of us for his deliverance. How you get upset when somebody that you have been praying for gets saved, finally does get saved? Is there something I'm missing here? Am I wrong? Y'all, the same love the Jesus used to bring you into Himself should be the same love that we extend to other people. Jesus' love is not limited to just one group of people. It is for everybody! Not just us! Ja Rule got saved during the filming of "I Fell In Love With A Church Girl" and some people are mad about that! Really people? Really? The ones we say need Jesus, they get him and we mad about it? Jesus is not a toy! The Word declares we are to share this gospel with the world. The world, y'all. Let us truly start loving the people Jesus saves and welcome them with open arms. And stop trippin'! I have been hollerin' all over the place but this subject has gotten on my nerves and needed to address it. :) Whew....I think I am done now.  :) Talk to you guys soon.

The Plan

Hello, everyone! I hope that your new year started out great. And if it did not, there is something you can do about it. You can plan for what you want to happen for the rest of the  year. That's right. Plan what you want to happen for the rest of the year. The Bible says to write the vision and make it plain. What are your dreams? What do you want out of life this year? What is it that you like to do? What is it that you like to do? For the year, make a list that is feasible for you to do this year. Don't put down nothing crazy, just something you know can actually be accomplished. This is going to be a great year for all of us. Follow God's orders and watch what will be accomplished this year for you. Keep your hand in His. He won't lead you wrong.

Forward

Hello, beautiful people. We have come to the close of another year. By God's grace and mercy, we have come this far. And only by that same grace and mercy being renewed everyday, we shall go farther. I know that many of you have face many a challenge in this soon-to-be past year. No doubt there were tears, fear, doubt crept in, anger and anguish, hate even. But with God's loving power He pulled you through. It did not matter what the situation was He was always right there. He will continue to be right there. You put your hand in His this coming year. Let Him guide and lead you. He is not going to take you somewhere that you won't come out of it. He will bring you through the valleys and the storms. He knows that you will have to go through these things because He has a destiny to bring you to. He has given you a future, a hope, an expected end. He knows what lies ahead of you. But the thing that you must do to make sure that you get to your destiny is to move forward. Hanging on to things of the past thinking that somehow it will help you in the end is not going to help you move forward. Holding on to anger, hurt, unforgiveness, hatred and anything else ungodly will hinder your destiny. Never allow any of those things to keep you from the future that God has for you. The person or people that hurt you are more than likely not even thinking about you. So why allow yourself to carry on such bitterness? If they are in the wrong, please understand everybody has to answer for their own lives. Everybody got a day coming. Everybody. You included. So let go and really let God have His way in your life. What if God held a grudge against you? And what if that grudge was so strong that He even refused to send our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to this Earth? Now He would have every right to but He loved us so much in spite of ourselves that He gave His only begotten Son. Let His love surge through you this year. And don't let not one demon in hell keep you from loving people and loving yourself the way God loves you. Move forward. God bless you and Happy New Year.

What I have learned

Hey babies! Guess what? Yesterday was my birthday. Yep, I'm 35. That's right. 3 & 5. There is alot that I have learned in my 35 years of being on this Earth. I have experienced much. Have seen much. And done much. Some of it was good and some of it was bad. But God kept me through it all. It has made the woman that I am and am becoming. I used to beat myself up all the time about the mistakes that I have made. I had to learn that all I really needed to do was learn from them and move on past the hurt and the shame. I got myself into some situations that I came really close to almost not getting out of. But God....His power, grace and mercy is unquestionable. No matter what we do, He is still right there. He doesn't like every decision we make yet He knows how to get us back on track. That is what He is doing in my life. Putting everything back on track. And you know whay He is doing it?Because I asked Him to. That's all it really takes. Just ask Him. And He will do it. You want to be delivered from something or even someone? Just ask Him. Need some help with bills? Just ask Him. Feeling lonely and needing companionship? Just ask Him and He will send somebody. But be specific though.  :) He will do whatever you need Him to do if it is according to His will. I pray that you will allow His will to be done in you today. And for the rest of your life.

He will provide.

Hey everybody. I do apologize for not writing in the last month. Blame my head and not my heart. Please? But you guys, I want to encourage you. I want to let you guys know that whatever you need God will provide. I don't care if the government is shutdown. That does not stop God from feeding and providing for His people. If you are without a job right now, keep consecrating yourself to God on a daily basis and watch Him provide for you ways that you could not imagine. I know because I am walking in that right now. God has shown Himself strong in the last 12 years of my life. I was in college when I worked for a grocery store called Cub Foods. Well, Cub Foods closed in 2001. I was able to get unemployment for about 8 months. Ever since then I have been looking for a steady job. On top of that I was unable to finish school. I sunk into a very deep depression. BUT......in the midst of all that God made a way for me. I kept going to church and reading my Bible. I did not develop a love for God's Word until December 31, 2002. I had asked God to give me a love for reading and studying His word that night and He did. I started to have a really consistent prayer life which has helped me alot. As fas a depression goes, I did not know how depressed I was until after I came out of it. I would sleep until noon or three o'clock and would just sit and watch TV. Then I was meeting guys on the Net (I will do a blog about that later). And He brought me out of it all. Our God is so good. I have never gone hungry. Never been put out the house. He has had people to give me clothes. Through different websites, I have won $10 dollar gift cards and some people even gave me money. What an awesome God! Listen, never give up! I am still looking for a job and I am still determined to get back in school. I am making sure that God directs the show now and not me. Keep looking up. The best is truly yet to come.

Thought Slave

Hey all. You know what? I have been learning more and more about having thoughts and thought processing. With me being a former psychology major, I had to learn about the brain, how it works, what fluids keep it running, what side of the brain did what, amongst other things. But I had to learn about the spiritual side, too. I learned from the Word that an idle mind is the devil's workshop. If we are not careful about what we think about, the enemy will use what we think about to try to bring it to fruition. If the enemy tries to bring negativity to your mind about anything, you don't have to accept it. Especially it is about your past. God has placed His power in you to cast down anything that the enemy tries to bring to you. The Word says that we have the power over enemy and his minions. We are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ. In order for us to use this power, we have to use His Word. And we have to use it daily. We have to meditate on His Word to keep our minds focused on Him and what He says about us. Even the Lord Himself said, "The thoughts I HAVE toward you are good and not evil." The Lord Himself thinks. He is constantly thinking about how He loves us, how He cares for us and how He wants the best for us. All the time. We can be the same way. We just have to want to practice wanting to be that same way. Be no slave to the evil thoughts that the enemy or yourself brings. Be a slave to what God has spoken over you. And to what He thinks about you.