a beautiful morning

The alarm rings for the umpteenth time… this time instead of pressing the snooze button I lazily drag myself out of bed, albeit mumbled protesting. I sit up in bed and take time to remind myself why I am getting out of bed to begin with.

It takes a while for my sleepy head to validate the reason, but I finally cave in to my better judgment and with a kick on my bedding I get up.

So I’m guessing you are curious why I was waking up, I’ll tell you, I was waking up to pray.

I say that with a smile on my face but not a self-righteous attitude, because I woke up to pray for my own reasons… I’ll tell which:

Ø      I woke up to chat with a dear friend. A dad like no other, a worthy partner in everything.

Ø      I woke up to gain power to face the day. Prayerlessness is powerlessness, and having fought the fight one to many times without power one gets to understand what I mean that we need power each new day.

Ø      I woke up cause I had an ear to listen to me as I rumbled off about my problems and someone who could offer a perfect solution to a totally messed up situation.

Ø      I woke up to claim the blessings and good fortune for the day and all my life from the Maker of it all.

Ø      I woke up to appreciate my Benefactor for His amazing generosity even though I know for a fact I don’t deserve it.

Ø      I woke up to sing Love songs to my amazing Lover and to hear Him tell me He loves me too.

Ø      I woke up to drink of the fountain of Love.

Ø      I woke up to strengthen the cords of Love and Faith that hold everything in my life together.

If u ask me, that was a morning well spent, and I look forward to the same tomorrow and the day afterwards, care to join me? J

NO MORE

A youth such as me, young, educated to a point, not having had the relevant life experience required to guide and advice, being too young to command respect from the people around me, how can I be a leader?

A young believer such as myself, with little knowledge to be drawn out of him, and a shallow depth of the word of the living God, how can I stand and proclaim that I will do this and that, or that my decision to follow God is the best decision in this world?

Many have asked these questions, and many have felt inadequate to stand and confess Jesus as the Lord and Savior in their hearts.

I too, have fallen in this trap, I too have accepted that mine is to stand back and watch as the Leaders, the evangelists, prophets, pastors, apostles and saints do the work of preaching and spreading the gospel, but no more!

No more will I continue to ignore the call of the Almighty!

No more will I give excuses when the Lord of Hosts commands me to do something!

No more will I hide behind the scenes as my God Orders me to stand up and be recognized as His,

I have been called,

I have been anointed,

I have been set apart,

As a vessel, for noble purposes,

It is time to accept the call!

I believe that I am not the only one,

And so to all God’s people,

Time has come.

No excuses

No hiding

No fear.

NO MORE!

RISE UP AND BE COUNTED AS HIS OWN,

A HOLY VESSEL, SET APART FOR NOBLE PURPOSES,

A WARRIOR READY AND WILLING TO STAND FOR HIS MASTER,

A SERVANT OF THE LIVING GOD

YAHWEH

JEHOVAH

JESUS

THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION

Lord, I stand ready to be deployed,

Armed and ready,

At your service,

IN JESUS NAME,

AMEN.