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Listen

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  There’s been a main theme that God has been making clear to me in 2024. I realize that the more I ignore it, the more it’s evident in everyday interactions. I try to avoid it, but God is like, “I’m gonna put it in your face until you can’t ignore it anymore”. The other day, a co-worker handed me a gift and shared a sweet encouraging message with me. I immediately heard the song by Marvin Sapp, although I hadn’t heard it in a while, “God’s tryna tell you something…listen”. That song played over and over in my mind. I was driving home that day and I was like “okay God, I’m listening. You got my attention.” I won’t tell you what it is for now but you will know when it happens. Today, I searched for the lyrics and these lines grabbed my attention: “Yes, He is, He’s trying to get your attention right now (God’s tryna tell you something)   I know you got your own plan, but God’s got a better one, ooh (God’s tryna tell you something) Shh, listen” How many times do we do wha...

Cast Off, Behold, and Put On!

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  Dear Friends, As you enter this new year, my wish for you is to have a year where you CAST OFF, BEHOLD, and PUT ON. Many of you are probably making new year's resolutions and such goals for the year 2024 but would you take some time to CAST OFF, BEHOLD, and PUT ON. Bear with me as I walk you through this. Some of us might have experienced difficulties, challenges, significant events/losses in 2023 leaving us wondering "why?" We did not ask for these things to happen and none of us wished for them to happen but regardless they happened. Did you ever wish that they would have never happened or should have been resolved quickly? I know I did! I want all of us to start this new year with a different perspective. CAST OFF, BEHOLD, and PUT ON. What do these words have in common??  One of the definitions for "cast off" from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary: "to get rid of something because you no longer want or need it". Wow. Go back and read th...