I know it seems like I have abandoned this blog... I know... Forgive me.
Now, we have moved to bigger and better things! Praise God! :D
I have started a new blog on Tumblr, that I am VERY excited about! Tumblr is just much easier for me to manage, and gives me the ability to minister and express myself in an easier way.
With that being said, you can follow me there!
My Life, in a Different World... 1john412.tumblr.com
You all Be Blessed!
Till next time... ;)
-Jamila
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Trust.
During one of our Midnight Prayer meetings, our pastor gave us a prophetic word that this would be a time of contradiction. A time for the testing and trying of our faith...
In my prayer time, I began to think about certain bills that needed to be paid, and things I want to do with my life... and I said "God, I trust You, I just don't see how this whole thing is gonna happen..."
Then God began to reveal to me what it really means to trust God, or anybody for that matter. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said "When you trust someone to do something, you don't need to know how they're gonna do it. You just believe that they will." So if you can't see how a person is gonna do something, and that hinders your believing then you don't really trust that person. Same rules apply to trusting God.
I believe God gave me an AWESOME example: Let's say that Saks 5th Ave put in the paper that they're gonna have a sale on Saturday. Unless you're worked in retail before, you don't know how much work goes into preparing for a sale. To be honest, most of you probably don't care (I know I don't!) All I know is, when I show up Saturday Morning, them prices better be marked at 80% OFF! LOL
Same goes with fast food, when you order a burger, most of us don't know the process that they go through when making the burger! All you know is, I better get what I paid for in less than 5 min.!
It seems like when it comes to the natural we know it's gonna happen, no questions asked. But when it comes to believing God, we want to know Every. Single. Detail.
The Almighty God that I serve has the ability to reveal all things to us. So what happens when He doesn't?
Trust.
Just how trust Saks to have a sale, and Burger King to bring out your burger, trust God--minus the details. It wouldn't be faith if you knew exactly how everything was going to come to pass.
Even when the contradictions come, let God be true, and every man be a liar! If God gave you a dream, an idea, or if you have something you're believing for, trust that God will bring it to pass!
There are SOOOOO many scriptures that come to mind that support what I'm saying, but I'll leave you with this:
Just as rain and snow descend from the skies
and don't go back until they've watered the earth,
Doing their work of making things grow and blossom,
producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry,
So will the words that come out of My mouth
not come back empty-handed.
They'll do the work I sent them to do,
they'll complete the assignment I gave them.
- Isaiah 55:10-11 Message Translation
Trust in God. He will do what He said.
Stay Hungry!
- Jamila
In my prayer time, I began to think about certain bills that needed to be paid, and things I want to do with my life... and I said "God, I trust You, I just don't see how this whole thing is gonna happen..."
Then God began to reveal to me what it really means to trust God, or anybody for that matter. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said "When you trust someone to do something, you don't need to know how they're gonna do it. You just believe that they will." So if you can't see how a person is gonna do something, and that hinders your believing then you don't really trust that person. Same rules apply to trusting God.
I believe God gave me an AWESOME example: Let's say that Saks 5th Ave put in the paper that they're gonna have a sale on Saturday. Unless you're worked in retail before, you don't know how much work goes into preparing for a sale. To be honest, most of you probably don't care (I know I don't!) All I know is, when I show up Saturday Morning, them prices better be marked at 80% OFF! LOL
Same goes with fast food, when you order a burger, most of us don't know the process that they go through when making the burger! All you know is, I better get what I paid for in less than 5 min.!
It seems like when it comes to the natural we know it's gonna happen, no questions asked. But when it comes to believing God, we want to know Every. Single. Detail.
The Almighty God that I serve has the ability to reveal all things to us. So what happens when He doesn't?
Trust.
Just how trust Saks to have a sale, and Burger King to bring out your burger, trust God--minus the details. It wouldn't be faith if you knew exactly how everything was going to come to pass.
Even when the contradictions come, let God be true, and every man be a liar! If God gave you a dream, an idea, or if you have something you're believing for, trust that God will bring it to pass!
There are SOOOOO many scriptures that come to mind that support what I'm saying, but I'll leave you with this:
Just as rain and snow descend from the skies
and don't go back until they've watered the earth,
Doing their work of making things grow and blossom,
producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry,
So will the words that come out of My mouth
not come back empty-handed.
They'll do the work I sent them to do,
they'll complete the assignment I gave them.
- Isaiah 55:10-11 Message Translation
Trust in God. He will do what He said.
Stay Hungry!
- Jamila
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Untitled.
I'd say, that about 80 percent of my day consists of reading. Whether it is a book, my Bible, Facebook, Twitter... I am constantly reading. I'm constantly learning something.
He chose me, and I know He chose you to do something great.
I know this is gonna bless SOMEBODY out there! LOL! Hope this helps.
Stay hungry! ;)
Jamila
Every chance I get, I'm researching something... Either on the internet, or at the library.
I got like 4 books checked out now, and some on hold that I gotta pick up...
OK Jamila, WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
LOL!
God is showing me that the more I learn new things... the more I realize how much i don't know.
The more I strive for perfection, the more I realize how imperfect I am...
WOW.
So what does that mean? Do I sit here in wallow in depression because I realize that no matter how hard I try, I'll never be "perfect" in my own strength ?
No. Absolutely not.
Whatever pride that was in my heart that made me think I "knew it all..." has to come out.
Funny thing is: subconsciously I believe that part of the reason I was reading some of those books was so that the author could confirm that I was right LOL! (Sad, I know)
The reason I can type these things out so boldly is because, I know I'm not the only one.
Search you heart. If there's any pride there, deal with it, get it out of your heart, and move forward. It's in a place of brokenness where God can speak to you...
Listen. And be Encouraged.
This scripture's on my heart, and I wanted to share it before I GO!
God deliberately chose what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. And God also deliberately chose what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, So that no mortal can boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians1:27-29.
He chose me, and I know He chose you to do something great.
I know this is gonna bless SOMEBODY out there! LOL! Hope this helps.
Stay hungry! ;)
Jamila
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
But, I Don't FEEL Like it... :/
The other day, I was having a SERIOUS faith fight. Serious. Faith. Fight. I did not feel like doing ANYTHING. Seriously! It was EARLY Sunday Morning, and I am NOT a morning person. I didn't feel like talking to God or anybody. I'm in ministry, and it was Sunday... So that means I have to deal with people. I didn't want to do that either. I was extremely tired, I mean I had to HOLD my eyelids open. Everything in me wanted to shout: "WHY CANT I JUST GO TO SLEEP?! LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED! NOT TODAY!"
I know, I know. Some of yall can't relate. I know there are some people who just stepped out of Heaven just in time to read this blog post.
But I also know that there are some people out there who have moments like this, such as myself, and are trying to overcome. I know some of yall feel like this EVERY DAY!
Do you know what I did in this moment? Did I choose to stay in bed? Did I get up with a stank attitude? Did I go cuss everybody out just for looking at me? No.
I had a REAL TALK session with God. I said "God, I don't feel like doing this today. I am extremely tired, God I need some help." Then I was reminded of the lesson I learned at church that is posted above.
Despite how I was feeling at the time, I MADE myself Praise God, I did that intentionally! I didn't even have the strength to sing to God, so I wrote the songs down. I had faith that if I operated the principle, I would receive what I needed from God, and guess what... I DID!
God gave me the strength I needed because Praised Him intentionally and with a pure heart. I needed God at that moment, and He helped me out! AND I enjoyed the rest of my day and kept a positive attitde.
Being a successful Christian or being successful at anything is NOT about being perfect. Its about winning. This is how you win in life.
Do things God's way, and you will have GOOD success. Now that's #winning!
-Jamila
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Moving Forward.
One night during one of our Midnight Prayer meetings, God showed me a vision that would change the course of my life forever...
In the vision, I saw myself walking outside on the sidewalk just outside of the apartment complex that I stay in. I don’t know exactly where I was headed, but I was definitely on my way somewhere. Then all of a sudden, I felt sense of overwhelming fear, and I stopped... I began to look around, and there seemed to be no reason to feel afraid. It was a bright and sunny day outside. Not a cloud in the sky. The wind was gently blowing. there were trees and beautiful flowers everywhere. It seemed to be the prefect day, yet I felt afraid to take the next step.
Puzzled by what I was seeing, God spoke to me and said, "If you are afraid to take the next step, you will never move forward."
I thought to myself, WOW. There had been SOOOOO MANY TIMES in my life where I started projects, and didn’t finish. Or I intended to do great things, but I didn’t go through with it. I have actually invested MY MONEY into materials for business ideas that I had a passion for at the time, yet I allowed the fear of rejection, and the fear of failure stop me from taking the next step. All these years I have allowed fear to bring to a halt my dreams, which ultimately resulted in one unfinished project after another.
Never again. Yall get inside access as I passionately pursue my dreams of being a SUCCESSFUL business woman, and a GREAT woman of God.
Do not allow fear to keep you from taking your next step to being successful in life. Don’t even allow the emotion of feeling afraid stop you. Do it afraid. God has not given you a spirit of fear. With God, there are LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES because there is NOTHING that He can’t do. Don’t even let your past failures stop you. You can do ALL THINGS through Christ, who strengthens you!
So don’t be afraid. Be encouraged. Keep Moving FORWARD!
- Jamila
In the vision, I saw myself walking outside on the sidewalk just outside of the apartment complex that I stay in. I don’t know exactly where I was headed, but I was definitely on my way somewhere. Then all of a sudden, I felt sense of overwhelming fear, and I stopped... I began to look around, and there seemed to be no reason to feel afraid. It was a bright and sunny day outside. Not a cloud in the sky. The wind was gently blowing. there were trees and beautiful flowers everywhere. It seemed to be the prefect day, yet I felt afraid to take the next step.
Puzzled by what I was seeing, God spoke to me and said, "If you are afraid to take the next step, you will never move forward."
I thought to myself, WOW. There had been SOOOOO MANY TIMES in my life where I started projects, and didn’t finish. Or I intended to do great things, but I didn’t go through with it. I have actually invested MY MONEY into materials for business ideas that I had a passion for at the time, yet I allowed the fear of rejection, and the fear of failure stop me from taking the next step. All these years I have allowed fear to bring to a halt my dreams, which ultimately resulted in one unfinished project after another.
Never again. Yall get inside access as I passionately pursue my dreams of being a SUCCESSFUL business woman, and a GREAT woman of God.
Do not allow fear to keep you from taking your next step to being successful in life. Don’t even allow the emotion of feeling afraid stop you. Do it afraid. God has not given you a spirit of fear. With God, there are LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES because there is NOTHING that He can’t do. Don’t even let your past failures stop you. You can do ALL THINGS through Christ, who strengthens you!
So don’t be afraid. Be encouraged. Keep Moving FORWARD!
- Jamila
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