30Mar
Excerpt from the March 2014 Women Empowering Women Conference...
If you have been given the extraordinary opportunity to enter the realm of the natural to exist in a place called "Earth", you are here for one fundamental reason. Dominion! Your purpose or reason for being here is to live out the mandate that has been inbuilt into your spirit as a hu-man being and as detailed in your manual for living; "Be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it, and rule." (Genesis 1:28).
How? It begins by discovering who you really are (your identity); finding out why you are really here (purpose); determining what you can do and what you are truly passionate about (potentials); establishing where you want to arrive at (destiny/future); and, executing (putting your game plan to work).
Unfortunately, absolutely none of these things are possible until you re-connect to the Source of your life, Your Master Manufacturer, Who has already established, by design, your true identity, your original purpose, your potentials, your destiny, and the guarantee that if you put together your game plan and present it to Him, He will make it happen His way and in His time. What are you waiting for?
26Mar
Remember when we were kids growing up how we
would love to rehearse those cliches; "Sticks and stones will break my
bones but words could never hurt me", "Ignorance is bliss",
"What you don't know won't hurt you"? It's amazing how much in
hindsight we often realize how absolutely wrong we were about many of these
assumptions. How much that what we were saying was more
wishful thinking than truth.
If you are willing enough to admit it today, as
an adult, words do have the propensity to do way more damage than sticks and
stones. What a person does not know often results in failure, loss, missed
opportunities, unrecoverable moments, violation, broken relationships, divorce,
dysfunctional homes, even death, and that there is absolutely nothing blissful
about being ignorant!
How
many times have you found yourself in a place saying, "If only I
knew", or wishing you had a second chance and if you had it, how much you
would do things differently? How many times have you suffered because you
simply didn't know and how many times a little bit of information just at the
right time, became a major game changer?
Real change demands exposure to new knowledge.
You cannot keep using the same old methodology or strategy with the hope of having a
new outcome.
18Mar
Has disappointment ever brought you
to your knees? Has it ever brought you to the door of absolute despair and
hopelessness? Have you ever suffered a colossal failure or disappointment that
recovery seemed almost impossible? Most importantly, has God ever given you the 'green-light' to proceed but disappointment or failure came just the same?
Maybe there is something more that
God is requiring or even demanding of you. Maybe failure and disappointment are
apart of the process itself, apart of your journey. Maybe God is wanting to
prove what is in your heart. Maybe God is wanting to bring you to a place of
complete understanding that without His involvement, your ability to secure the
victory is null and void.
Maybe
God is wanting to ensure that the praise and glory will be directed to Him and
Him alone when you finally get there. Maybe He wants you to rely on Him even
more. It could be any number of reasons. The only way you are going to know
what do to next, when the decision to move on a confirmation of "yes"
still leads to failure, is to go back to your Source. Go back to God.
11Mar
The word ambassador means, "An official
envoy. This person is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a State and
is usually accredited to another sovereign State (country), or to an
international organization as the resident representative of his or her own
government or sovereign".
When you come to God and you give yourself
completely over to Him, your opinions no longer hold weight. Instead, His
opinions, culture, values, customs, language, disposition, and ways of doing
things become your own. You take on His nature and you walk as His
representative in the earth.
Wherever
you go, in whatever setting you find yourself, you represent His interests.
This is what it means to be a Kingdom Ambassador. It means that you represent
His government wherever you are.
You as a Kingdom Ambassador live in this world,
but you should never subscribe to the world's opinions or the world's ways of
doing things. You should never be influenced by it's culture, it's language,
it's practices, or it's social constructs. Your obligation and allegiance is
always to the government that you represent, that is, the Kingdom of God.
3Mar
In this "informal" segment I wanted to take the time to share with you the latest developments concerning the organization, including details of the recent launching of the Building According To Pattern website (finally!). My intentions for speaking from the heart this time around served to convey two things:
1. A deep sense of gratitude I have for you, particularly the loyal listeners, and your continued support since the podcast's launching in September of 2013, and
2. To invite you to share with me concerning how I can assist you in helping to make your visions come to pass.
Please take the time to leave me some feedback or send me comments concerning particular topics you would like to have me address from time to time during the podcast segments, and let me know whether what I have been sharing with you on a weekly basis has been helpful, or if I may need to provide more information.
I am here to serve you. Help me provide you with the best possible service. Remember to visit the newly launched website at buildingaccordingtopattern.com.
