IAMDRIVENFORSUCCESS: May 2014

Peace and Blessings to you all in the mighty name of Jesus.

As we go through our lives on a daily basis we must understand the importance of honoring the God we serve. Everything we do and say should be preceded with thoughts of honoring Him. In this message are a few areas in which we must honor God in daily.

Honor God In Conversation: As believers we must understand that our words not only carry power but also are representation of God in which we have become a spokesperson of the Kingdom of God. We have to be careful of every word that we speak because we will have to give an account for every word (Matthew 12:36). We must not engaged in foolish talk, arguments, debates, and nor should we use foul language of any kind (Titus 3:9). Once we have experienced God and truly are serious about serving him then he will teach us how to talk just as he does according to Isaiah 50:4. Our words should be those of God because things we speak as believers are tied to seasons in our lives and others. People should hear wisdom in your conversation because of what God is saying through you at that moment. There is a difference in Godly wisdom being spoken and someone just wanting to show their intellectual ability about the word of God (Colossians 2:8). Godly wisdom is learning the word of God and the application of the word of God. Remember a wise man teaches his mouth according to Proverbs 16:23.

Honor God In Daily Living: Each day of your life as a believer you should live to represent God through your daily living. Once you repented, believed, and proclaimed Christ as your savior then it’s no longer you who lives but Christ within you (Galatians 2:20). Therefore God should be teaching and directing your life daily in representation as well as fulfilling his agenda through you. Your daily living should bring pleasure to the eyes of God because of how sincere you are about honoring Him. We can’t say we are believers in God while still entertaining the things of the world such as clubs and etc. The way you use to live life should be gone because the word of God says light and darkness can’t dwell together (2 Corinthians 6:14). Sometimes we tend to fool ourselves saying well I haven’t been out in a while or I’m just going to go every blue moon. What if there is someone who’s assigned to you watching but hasn’t come forth yet? If you are saying one thing and doing another this could be damaging to your witness as well as giving the wrong impression as if this is acceptable. We are called to be imitators of Christ therefore we should maintain a disciplined and committed life for Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).

Honor In Presentation: Many times we miss the importance of this but how we represent God is important. Many people first encounter with Christ will be through you. Some will have experienced the wrong image of who God is because of believers who are straddling the fence or the things learned through traditional religion. However God is a King who oversees a Kingdom in which we are heirs of this Kingdom. As a believer it is your responsibility to make sure you represent God in a manner that truly reveals who he is as well as his Kingdom. Even how we present ourselves as representative of God must be to a level of excellence.

Let’s give God excellence in these areas of our lives so that he may find it pleasant and worthy of all he has done for us.

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Peace and Blessings to you all in the mighty name of Jesus.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I know it has been a while since I have written to you but the Holy Spirit has released some awesome things for me to share with you. In this message I want you to understand the importance of your purpose/calling upon your life. I’m sure you’ve heard this saying before which is “you are here for a reason”. Well this is a very true statement and it isn’t a coincidence that you were born. God had something specific in mind that he wanted you to accomplish and he commissioned you to do it (Jeremiah 1:5). Your purpose/calling is so important that God actually tied other people to it that you are designated to help. Your gifts (1 Corinthians 12:7-10) assist you in accomplishing your purpose, which will never be taken away from you according to Romans 11:29. This means that no matter what the purpose is of your very existence and the gifts that you have will remain there dormant until you submit to the will of God for your life. However many of us are concerned with other things of God. We even go so far as to doing the things we love to do, working every chance we get, and etc. Sometimes we do stop and hear the voice of God prompting us to do something. Most of the time we respond saying “I will do it later” or we allow the enemy to convince us we need to be perfect before we are obedient to the voice of God. We fail to realize it is the true experience and relationship with Christ that will perfect us. Therefore the real struggle isn’t in perfection but it lies in the subjection to the will of Christ for our lives in which most people never take that first step. We must understand the dangers that lie in disobedience, living without purpose, and never answering the calling God has place on our lives. Let’s take a look at the dangers so that you can really get a visual of how much exposure you allow yourself to be in with enemy on a daily basis. First off you if you were are father/mother it is your responsibility to protect your kids. Well not only is protection required in the natural but also in the spiritual realm. The best time for the enemy to attack is during childhood in which the enemy desire is to inject as many demonic spirits as possible. So the father/mother is the barrier between the demonic forces and the child. You must be in your spiritual position in order to see spiritual things because natural eyesight will not comprehend these things. Therefore you must be in a committed and serious relationship with God so that he can release things to you concerning spiritual things. God will warn you of things before they happen and he will also tell you what the solution is to something you may be unaware and aware of spiritually. This only comes through being in line with the will of God for your life. Now I want to give you another prospective of this from a husband/wife point of view. The enemy loves nothing more than to destroy a marriage. When you are married it opens up favor with God because of how precious the covenant of marriage is to God. If the husband isn’t in position (purpose) he leaves the door open for the enemy to attack his home. It allows the enemy to ease in causing division in several ways which can lead to feelings of divorce. He will even begin to make you look at past situation of old acquaintances which engages you in the spirit of lust trying to get you to commit adultery. If the head (husband) isn’t in place then how does the tail follow? The head has to give direction so the tail will follow. As long as the husband is out of place the more exposure to his marriage is to the attacks of the enemy. Now here is another viewpoint for you that God has tied to our purpose. God has commissioned you to go out and preach about his Kingdom (Luke 9:2) (Matthew 10:7). There are people who will experience Christ when they encounter you. God has assigned you to witness to them on his behalf. He has also given you power to overcome principalities, rulers of darkness, and against spiritual wickedness (Ephesians 6:12). There are people wanting to turn their life around, some are in need of healing and deliverance, and some are in need of encouragement. God has designated you to fulfill this task for him. Therefore the longer you continue to please your flesh then you delay these individuals. Spiritual warfare is at an all-time high and many are watching the news asking themselves if the world is going crazy. Let me share with you what the problem is, to many of us who should be engaged in this spiritual warfare are watching it instead being involved in the warfare. Ask yourself a few questions today for me:

Were you assigned to cast out the spirit of murder in an individual whom just committed a senseless murder?

Were you assigned to lay healing hands on the body of a person suffering from some form of illness?

Were you the spiritual barrier for a child who just got molested or has a spirit of rejection and maybe a spirit of rebellion?

Are you taking a spiritual stand to protect your family?

Are you standing against the wickedness of this world?