This Is Not A Traditional Thanksgiving Message

What does it mean to give thanks?

Does it mean that on one day, this day, we gather with our family and friends to eat until we are stuffed and be merry on wine, and spirits?

No, GOD forbid.

What do most people do for the rest of the year? They complain. They live in lack. They live in hunger. They live without acknowledging the LORD in all their getting. Not you, right?

Today, and every day, I say thank you Father, thank you Jesus, thank you Holy Spirit for another day to get it done on your terms. I read the contract (Holy Bible). I signed it. It’s notarized by the impartation of the Holy Spirit. Yes, Amen!

So many today, are out feeding and clothing the homeless as they do routinely, not just today. I thank them for their service for the LORD, they read the contract. For some, I’m pretty sure the first time may have been uncomfortable. The surroundings were not what they were used too. It’s not Beverly Hills, CA, for sure but they pressed through for the greater good. 

What is making you uncomfortable about people? 

So, you are married to a black man, you are married to a white woman, you are married to a Mexican, and if they are proud of their race and ethnicity (no self-hate), how is it that you, yes you, continue to hide behind this myth that you are not a racist, or prejudice when you have no joy, no love, no compassion, no mercy, no good thoughts, no fellowship with others who look like your spouse?

Well, you all are gathering around the table today, visiting each other’s houses, talking about how you are so blessed. 

Are you really?

You wouldn't prepare a meal with spoil meat, and say eat, be fulfilled. So how can your heart and mind be filled with hate and thanksgiving and praise unto the LORD at the same time? 

It can not.

For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart. -Hebrews 4:12

So, I hope you did not think that my message today was going to be a traditional one, of love your family and friends, enjoy them, because we are not promised. Not this year. Yet, I say all that is true, and all that is necessary, but so is civility towards others. 

Civility towards others that do not look like you, talk like you, dress like you, come from the same upper side, or south side as you. We are different, but we are all necessary.

Give thanks today, because this can be a turning point for you, your family, friends and community to break the fellowship with racism, bigotry, prejudices, and unwarranted hatred that has been the centerpiece on so many tables year after year. As well as, the side dish that brings anonymity as it is placed down to be sampled by all.

Come together, pray to GOD, ask Jesus to set you free, and be thankful that you are.

Friend,
The same LORD that made you, created me too, and are we not fearfully and wonderfully made?

May this be a Happy Thanksgiving that is rich in Living Color!

Agape

Got Compassion?

Friends,

I'm thankful for the ability to have compassion.

I have had so many awful things done to me, said to me, and acted upon me, yet through the LORD'S compassion that resides on the inside of me, I stretch out my love through prayer, or a WORD of encouragement if HE opens the door.

I believe that when people work overtime, like it's a job for them to personally harass you, provoke you, give the appearance that you are doing wrong, fabricate, and exaggerate situations, and then recruit other people; then you must be in season, right where you're suppose to be, and they want you to fulfill their prophesy, and not the one the LORD spoke into your life before the foundation of this world. So don't complain. Everyone has their part to play in our stories, our testimonies, our 

autobiographies, but they're not the AUTHOR.

Hallelujah! 

The LORD has already called you to dust your feet, and they're so afraid that when you come out of your hidden place that El Shaddai provided for you that those demons living in them will say, "What have we to do with thee?" . YOU ARE the KING's KID, with JESUS LIVING on the inside of you. 

Whom shall you fear?

Agape

Dust Yourself Off

Friends,

 I'm grateful that I know who my provider is, my protector, my source, and my constant encourager, who gives me the "Courage" to continue to fight, the "GOOD FIGHT' of FAITH.

Beloved,

Fight and PRAY without ceasing. When you're looked at sideways. When you're provoked by petty acts against you, talked about, ostracized, counted out and down for the count.

You better know without a shadow of a doubt that Your Father loves you. You Father is your shield and camped about on every side. That there is no situation, no person, nothing too big for GOD. Just wait and see, humble yourself before the LORD, and watch him do it.

Now RISE!

Agape