Learning From Gentle Giants

“ I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou

 

 

      Life is a journey we are all on.  It is a “everyday Lesson.”  Take the time today to smile, take the time today to laugh.  Take the time today to love.  Take the time today to forgive. Take the time today to enjoy life and the people you share it with.  Sometimes we make mistakes and sometimes we make the wrong decisions but we must never stop loving and we must never stop forgiving. We must never stop thriving to be better.  We  should thrive to be better spouses.  We should thrive to be better parents.  We should thrive to be better friends, neighbors and co workers because we are all on the journey of life and the quality of it is based on your ability to thrive!

 

You are a major contributor to life.  What are you sharing  and what are you giving?

 

      I believe Maya Angelou tapped into her purpose and began to share that purpose with love and passion with us.  Life did not defeat her but she used her life experiences positive and negative to inspire and be a catalyst for change and she did it with style, class and dignity.  She inspired our nation and touched our souls. On  yesterday our nation and  and city lost people who were major contributors.

Truthfully, “ Aren’t we all here to do the same thing?

 

 

A True Thought this morning……

Brother Clarence

 

Grace For Life

Matthew 18:1

¹⁸ “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

 

     I was really saddened by the stories of the three young boys that lost their lives in swimming accidents over the Memorial Weekend holiday.  It just reminded me how much we need the Lord for life.  We need Him involved in our everyday activity.  We need the Lord.

    This is an evil world we live in.  I do believe that the enemy will do anything to kill, steal, and destroy.  Jesus did  not pray to take us out of the world but to keep us from the evils of this world.  The scripture today tells the believer that He or She can bind (forbid) and loose (give permission) to things that pertain to the believer.   This is not a message just for Christians, this is a message to us who believe the Word of God. 

    “ Right now I bind the spirit of tragedy, accidents, killings, shootings and every evil work of the enemy that will try to destroy, kill, or steal from my family.  I loose My angels of Protection that are assigned to me  and my family today to guide a clear path free from accidents and tragedies over my life and my family.  I thank you Lord for divine protection according to Your  word in Psalm 91.”

I just had to get personal!

    It is time out for allowing satan to run wild.  Use the authority that we have In Christ!  I believe God’s grace is sufficient. We must stand on the Word of God and bind and loose things into the atmosphere personally, professionally, and cooperatively. I believe there is a grace to help us live  and a grace to help us use Our God given authority.

Be Blessed

Brother Clarence

www.godlykings.blogspot.com

 

Prayer for Our City, Leaders, Officers, and Citizens

James 5:16
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much

     This weekend our city suffered more senseless acts of violence.  Unfortunately, it has been happening and will continue to happen around us.  The issue I am really disturbed about is the blatant disregard for life.  Life is a gift and we all should  all appreciate the time we have here on this earth.

     Nothing will change if we don't.  People of God it is time to pray specifically for our city, leaders, officers and fellow neighbors.  The Christian community needs to intercede in prayer.  I believe the scriptures. "The effective, fervent prayer of the righteous avails much."

     I believe that we should pray for our city.  I believe we should pray for our leaders.  I believe we should pray for our officers.  I believe we should pray for our communities, neighbors, friends and families.  It is our responsibility!   No one else will do it if we don't .
     This is not the time to be in fear.  This is not the time to start acting afraid and timid.  This is the time to boldly approach the Throne of God in petition of where we work, live and play.  I refuse to let fear take over.  We cannot let fear, crime and violence win.  We must pray!
    All I know is I feel the unction to pray.  I know that prayer is our way of inviting God into our situations and life.  I know that prayer works and  changes things.  I know that we must walk by faith and nor by sight. 
     This week, lets take our morning thoughts, lunch breaks and pray all week. 
                                  
Today 

I am asking all of God's people who are at City Hall to meet me in prayer in the break room on the ground floor of City Hall  at 11:00 am today to pray and intercede for our city, our leaders, officers  and  citizens.  Let's pray together and bind the forces of evil today and loose God's Protection, provision, and deliverance over this City today!
    If you are not at City Hall , get with your co workers of faith and pray with us today at 11:00 am wherever you are. If you cannot take your break at this time, please pray at your desk or wherever you can. We are not trying to stop all work activities but to pray when you can.(Check with your supervisors if this is not your scheduled break time)  Saints it's time to pray!  

                                                  Prayer For City ( For those who can make it)
                                                  11:00 am Ground Floor Break room (City Hall) and anywhere else


Brother Clarence
www.godlykings.blogspot.com

Praise Is Your Breakthrough"He is Waiting"

Matthew 28

New King James Version (NKJV)

He Is Risen

28 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ² And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door,^[a] and sat on it. ³ His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁵ But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

⁸ So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word.

 

  All this week,  We have talked about the power of Praise and its importance in our relationship with Christ.  This weekend, Christians celebrate Easter or as I refer to it as Resurrection Sunday.  There is no better time to give God the Praise for Jesus than now.  Every sin that you committed in the past and every sin that you will commit in the future, was placed upon Jesus on the Cross.  Jesus was beat, nailed to the cross, humiliated, wore a crown of thorns, and crucified for all of us so we could have fellowship with the Father , Our God.  He did it all for us.

    Today, my thought is simply this: God is waiting on You.  He has extended an invitation for all of us to get in His presence.  Isn’t He worthy of our praise? Oh, yes He is!  I can’t think of a better time to praise God because this weekend is a celebration of what HE did for us.  He died and rose for us to live and have a life more abundantly. Praise God from whom All blessings Flow!  Have a great weekend In the Lord.

 

Brother Clarence

www.godlykings.blogspot.com

    

Praise Is Your Breakthrough "Sacred Connection"

Definition of sacred- made or declared holy; deserving great respect

definition of connection-

a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.

 What  is the only thing that we can  give God and He receives it personally?  It is our Praise and Worship to God the father.  

 There have been times in my life where I have been down.   I struggled for years with condemnation and rejection.  I  always knew that God loved me but I did not believe that God loved me because of my sin.  The devil always made me feel like I was not worthy of God's love because I liked the sin I was in.  So, if I liked the sin; I must be the sin.  That is the lie the devil told me for years and I believed that lie.

 
Although I smiled at people, I was internally ashamed. I was ashamed of the man I really was.  Sin will beat you up.  Sin will tell your not worthy.  Sin will lie and tell you that you can never rise above it.    Sin will tell you that you are an addict. Sin will tell you that you will never be free. That was my past.
 

If you want to break cycles of depression, guilt, and condemnation,  start really praising God.  Start Praising God when you feel like how I just described.  Supernaturally, God will change you and lift your countenance.  It is something that is so sacred when it is just you and God.  When you are  in His Presence you no longer can feel down and depressed.  The more we are In God's Presence we can actually start accepting that He loves us. Just as I am.  That assurance of love makes you want to change.  I realized that God loved me at my lowest points.  He loved me when I was so far away in sin from Him.  He was just waiting on me..

 

There is a sacred connection when we Praise God.  There is a lifting up because He is the giver of everything good.  God is the answer.  God is my Healer.  God is My Peace.  God is my Protector. God is my Refuge.  I  personally found these things out when I entered into a sacred connection through Praise and Worship to Our God.

 

Brother Clarence

www.godlykings.blogspot.com

 

Psalm 150

New King James Version (NKJV)

Let All Things Praise the Lord

150 Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament!

² Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!

³ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
⁵ Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

Praise Is Your Breakthrough-"In His Presence"

Genesis 3:8
⁸ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

     It amazes me that from the very beginning, God wanted to commune  and fellowship with us daily.   The scripture today talks about God walking in the  garden in the cool of the day. It does not imply that Adam and Eve were surprised or even shocked that God's presence was there.  It appears to me that God walked and talked with them all the time.  In His Presence, they had everything they needed.  In His Presence they were content, happy, peaceful, and joyful before they ate and sin entered.
     Is your life chaotic?  Are things really a mess?  Is your personal life struggling?   God is saying today , "Get In My Presence." How wonderful it would be to be In God's Presence that you could hear Him walking and not be startled or shocked? That is the kind of relationship Adam and Eve had with God. That is what God wants for all of us, to be In His Presence and experience fullness of joy.

   For every question, God has the answer. "Get In My Presence" 

If you are hurting, "Get In My Presence"

Dealing with sin, "Get In My Presence"

In need of restoration, "Get In My Presence."

Experiencing lack and depression, "Get In My Presence"

     Praising God is a way to be In the Presence of God.  In His Presence there is fullness of Joy!  I feel very strongly the Holy Spirit urging and leading us to do this.  In God's Presence, there is a power and a sacred connection between you and the Lord we serve .Praise is your breakthrough! 

Brother Clarence
www.godlykings.blogspot.com
    

Praise Is Your Breakthrough

Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

² Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

     Is your day, week, month or year going the way you want it to?  Are there more obstacles in your way than opportunities?  However you answer these questions, you still have the advantage.  Yes, you have the advantage.  Christians have an advantage because we are equipped to win in everything.  Even in apparent defeat, we win.  Everything about you is made to win.  You are made to endure and you are made to make it.  If you are giving up, you are focusing too much on what you see and how you feel.  Feelings can be an enemy to your faith if we are led by them.  The scripture today tells us that Praise will silence the enemy.  Praise is your breakthrough!

     When your praise is genuine and is concentrated on Our God, when you began to focus on His goodness instead of your need, Your  praise halts the enemy.  The enemy can’t understand why someone would praise when their in ‘trouble” or crisis.  The enemy wants you to concentrate on your lack, your hurt, your insecurities because that is where he, the devil; has control and power.  When Christians praise in spite of their feelings or situation, Praise snatches you from the grip of the enemy and places you in the Presence of the Most High God.  In His Presence there is fullness of joy.  Praise is Your Breakthrough!!

     Praise when you feel depressed.  Praise when it appears that your losing.  Praise when all hope seems gone.  Praise when you experience lost  Praise God when you get the promotion.  Praise God when your bills are paid. Praise God!  It is our power to win.  Praise Is Your Breakthrough!

Brother Clarence

www.godlykings.blogspot.com