You cannot go where everyone else gets to go. You cannot do what everybody else gets to do. You cannot have what everybody else gets to have. You have to get to a place in your life where you can be okay with that. I know that sometimes you feel left out, looked at strangely, questioned, or even laughed out when you make a decision to deny your flesh and to daily follow Christ. God knows what you are feeling because He’s been there. When He walked the Earth as Jesus in the flesh, He was discounted, disqualified, mocked, rejected, and ostracized because of his determination and obedience to wanting…

God speaks and uses His people in many ways. This time around, God wants to use you. He wants you to be a light in this dark world. He can use anybody but God is choosing to use you to touch the lives of so many people. He’s not looking at your friend. Not your family members. Nor your colleagues. He’s looking at YOU. Your past and even current circumstance(s) is what will bring forth an awesome testimony. It is what will draw people to Christ. God gave you a promise on how He wants to use you to speak to this lost and dying world, and He wants you…

I remember getting prayed over in March of 2019 by the associate pastor of my church during altar call. When he got to me, with my head bowed eyes closed, he touched my forehead and began to pray. Tears filled my eyes because he prayed what I needed to hear to continue on this journey. He gave me the scripture, “They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength…” He stated that I need to wait and to trust God. He told me to look at him but I couldn’t because I felt so ashamed and so unworthy. When I finally looked at him through the tears, he told…