You Wrote Me Off

There's no ring.
Belly expanded.
Noses turned up, eyes looked down.
It's a hard life for the condemned. the end.

Hair like that.
Clothes like this.
He or she, I'm not sure...shim maybe?
It's a hard life for the condemned. the end.

Did you hear?
No, girl, I saw!
They know their wrong, home wreckers.
It's a hard life for the condemned. the end.

You saw out of wedlock.
God saw grace.
It's a blessed life for the redeemed.
New beginnings.

You saw gay.
God saw grace.
It's a blessed life for the redeemed.
New beginnings.

You saw adulterer.
God saw grace.
It's a blessed life for the redeemed.
New beginnings.

God saw GRACE.
He gave LOVE.
that sparked to REPENTANCE
shredding your LABELS
He made me WHOLE
I am REDEEMED.

I pray you see the new work within
And stop condemning God's own
Because they wear the scars of sin.

Those labels are bad habits, your sin.
Yet you still don't repent.
You still try to make them stick.
But this time they wear different.

You stuck pregnant.
It reads pregnant with a vision, birthing the promise.

You stuck "in love with a man"...
It reads in love with a man, Christ.

You stuck "stepping out"
It reads stepping out on faith.

I'm glad my God sees the final copy
because Christ paid my ransom
the blood writes a new ending

Through Christ we are FREE from the past! We are born again, meaning whatever you did, or who ever you were before is no more.  Happy Free Friday!

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Kita

Repent!

Repent for the kingdom of God is near. Matthew 3:2

God gives forgiveness but you choose to repent.

re·pent - to  turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life; to change ones mind

Repenting is not saying "God forgive me."  You have to STOP committing the sin after you are forgiven!

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Christ came...you missed it because you planned on grace and refused to repent.

LIVE HOLY. Keep your heart pure of sin.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!

 Matthew 5:8.

Repent for the kingdom of God is near.

 Matthew3:2

Be blessed and be a blessing,

Kita

Love 2 Love

He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward than he who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 28:23

I make it a priority to speak encouraging words. I am blessed to have people in my life that bless me with their words. Recently, I asked my dearests to look over a couple of projects I was working on and as usual they gave me positive feedback, however I really desired some tough love criticism.  I wanted to be "rebuked" because I wanted to grow and improve. They gave me their praises instead. (I wouldn't call it flattery because to me flattery is empty words of praise spoken to later manipulate.) In conclusion, their responses were different from each other and different from what I desired however I treasured the honesty and tone of love in which it was presented.

Honesty and love should be our priority during communication. However it was just a short while ago, I had an issue with this. I would rather turn a blind eye to others falling short by encouraging what they were doing right and ignoring what they were doing wrong. (gasp)

I know the world would be quick to support this practice because they jump on the "only God can judge aka mind your business because I will do what I please bandwagon", but as a Christian omission is a form of deceit, which is manipulation, which is witchcraft and everyone can identify that as a sin. After thinking on the matter for a while, I came to the conclusion that the lie (by omission) wasn't the root of my problem but again it was fear. I feared upsetting others, being rejected by others more than I feared God. That's a BIG problem!

So to deal with this problem, I had to turn back to the Word. The word says:

There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection].19  We love Him, because He first loved us.20  If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen.21  And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother [believer] also. 

1 John 4:18-21

Resolving my problem boiled down to love. 

1. Loving God. The Bible clearly says if you love God you will keep his commandments. I have to choose not to lie because I'm doing what is right according to God's Word then I should not fear rejection or offending others. That isn't to say that it will not happen but I should trust God that even if or when it does...ALL things are working for my good.

2. Loving others. I have to love others enough to tell them the truth in love. If I see my brother or sister in Christ falling short or struggling with sin, I am obligated to go to them in love and tell them. I am not going to stand judgement over them and I am not going to act as if I don't sin, but I will bring it to their attention. (maybe they don't know) I share with them the truth: to conquer sin we have to stand on the word of God.

Again I ask you, what is your confession? One of my confessions for conquering gluttony is "You satisfy me more than the richest foods." Speak the Word in to your fight for victory. The Bible says, In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God. We can inject God into your situations simply by speaking His words!

So family, I leave you with this: through Christ we are made righteous but we have to chose to be holy. As always God doesn't command something of us and leaves us to fend for ourselves. We are conquerors through Christ! Moment by moment we must rely on Him to direct our thoughts, feelings, actions so that we can live holy and see God. Do not be deceived in to thinking that rebuke from those that love you is judgement or condescending. They let you know because they love you and desires God's best for your life.  Be blessed and be a blessing... in love.

It All Started With a Little Gossip.

Today is the final installment of the clean heart portion of "The Heart of the Matter." I pray that you found  something to be applicable to you life.(Here are the links to 1 2 3 4)

Wrapping up here is:

10. Testimony. In the Psalm after the renewing of his spirit he said he will teach transgressors God's ways. I think this is a challenge for many Christians because often times we like to keep our sins a secret or site them as personal. However when you open up to others and share your struggles and triumph through Christ you can change lives. All to often the world view Christians as this group of people that are plastic because we don't allow them to see our flaws. It is sad because through our weaknesses and shortcomings Christ strength shines brightest. We don't share these things to boast that we live like the world and get away with it but we share to show that anyone can come to Christ" as is" and be made righteous through Him.

11. Praise. Open my my lips and my mouth will show forth Your praise. I've come to learn that praising God does more for me than I thought. Through praise guilt and strongholds can be shattered. I also know that singing songs of praise and worship, filled with the scriptures is another way of keeping His words in our mouth and our hearts. How often do you bless the Lord while committing a sin? I hope not ever, but the point being, sustaining praise on our lips provides the atmosphere for holiness to manifest in our lives.

12. True Sacrifice. My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. God is so loving. He doesn't delight in what we can give financially. He doesn't delight in material sacrifices. He delights in our intimacy. He will not despise our brokenness. The very thing we try to hide and ignore is the very thing He will accept. We have to understand that we cannot buy God, what is there he doesn't have? We cannot win him over with the Ultimate To Do List of Good Deeds.  The only thing we can really give Him is ourselves, our heart, our spirit. Our sinful, broken self is the only sacrifice we can bring before him. And then from our gratitude we can give of our materials. 


Well, enjoy all God has for you this weekend. I love you. Be blessed and be a blessing.