Month: January 2026

God’s Highlights

God’s Highlights

God’s Highlights

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Throughout the scriptures we see Gods highlights through punctuation marks. Think about it friends: period, comma, question, and exclamation marks. These are all ways meant to help us understand where God is coming from. Keep in mind that any choices the Good Lord makes for His children are to help us.

If we would only listen with a period on the end. I have been guilty of not listening, I am guilty of doing the Jonah, thinking I know better and going my own way only to hit the wall. Friends I have learned that instead of getting on that hamster wheel going nowhere fast, to just let God do the talking and leading and I do the walking, where he wants me to go.

Let’s look at a few punctuation highlights:

In the book of Genesis, the word tells us that the world was without shape and void, and God moved upon the face of the deep and he said, let there be light, and guess what there was light. (that’s comma, comma, period)

Moses was called to lead the children out of Israel. Was given a command to take his sandals off because the place he was standing was holy ground. (that’s a exclamation point)

Did you ever notice that when God ask a question, He already knows the answer? He asked Adam in the garden where he was, and He asked Cain where his brother Able was.

Jesus told a certain man to rise, take up your bed and walk. He told the woman with the issue of blood that her faith has made her whole. And what about Jesus’ moms brother Lazarus who was had been dead for four days, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Jesus who was full of the spirit was led up to be tempted by the devil when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. Satan came to him thinking he had the upper hand on Jesus, imagine that. But he soon learned that Jesus, the God on earth responded to his foolishness with both power and authority. And yes, he knew it.

We don’t have the capacity to understand God’s ways, that why we must trust in him, that he knows the way for you, me, and all of us. Get off the hamster wheel of my way or the highway, TRUST GOD! He Got YOU COVERED! Amen!

Remember friends, we are each other’s keeper and the only time we should be looking down on someone is when we are helping them up.

He Knows Me

He Knows Me

He Knows Me

“The Lord who created you…says…I have called you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 The Living Bible

The scripture I shared today, is a reminder to us all that God knows us personally. Our deepest thoughts, secret motivations, past, present, and future, including our strengths, weaknesses, sins, and dreams. He knows you and I not just as a member of humanity, but as a unique and valued individual.

We are never alone or forgotten. There’s nothing we can hide from the Good Lord.  He is aware of our every move. Even before you think it, he knows. He knows why you feel the way you do.  This deep awareness forms the basis for a profound, intimate relationship, where we can experience being truly understood and loved unconditionally by Jesus. Let’s not forget that he lived among us, experiencing much of what we experienced.

Friends, let us fosters a desire to know Him back, moving beyond just knowing about Jesus Christ to a personal relationship with Him.

Remember friends, we are each other’s keeper and the only time we should be looking down on someone is when we are helping them up.

Speed Bump

Speed Bump

Speed Bump

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,” James 1:19 NIV

So, what is a speed bump anyway? It is a raised traffic calming device in the road, designed to force vehicles to slow down significantly around 5-10 miles for improved pedestrian safety in areas like parking lots, campuses, and residential zones.

In the slang it means, any minor obstacle, delay, or temporary problem that slows progress but doesn’t stop it entirely.

What does a speed bump look like from a Christian prospective? Sometimes, with the distractions and busyness of life, we don’t always realize we need to slow down, but our loving God who keeps an eye on us, has a way of stepping in to slow us down.

Remember Friends, we are each other’s keeper and the only time we should be looking down on someone is when we are helping them up.

Reset

Reset

Reset

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,    for I have put my trust in you.Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8 NIV

 As we jump into this new year, we do so with the desire to rise to all kinds of challenges, both internally and externally, professionally, personally, and spiritually. The truth is, whether you’re knee-deep in laundry, wrestling through anxious thoughts or feeling spiritually dry, your heart might be whispering: “I need a reset.

The beautiful truth is that God, in His grace, specializes in renewal. Throughout Scripture, we see stories of people who encountered the grace of a divine reset not because they had it all together, but because they turned back to Him with weary hearts.

What does it mean to RESET? This involves setting something again, it can be an often original or a new starting position, encompassing actions like restoring, repositioning, a personal fresh start, and a new beginning. In Hebrew the word reset means to go back to zero.

Now keep in mind that the enemy is busy, just like he was last year, but we have a choice about listening to his rhetoric and foolishness. That’s it friends, put your helmet on! Cause we are not listening to his this and that! Amen!

The Reset Mindset:

  • Focus Forward: Sets goals and moves toward them.
  • Action-Oriented: Implements solutions and completes tasks.
  • Resilient: Grows from new knowledge and overcomes obstacles.
  • Empowered: Believes in their ability to overcome.

Remember friends, we are each others keeper, and the only time we are looking down on someone is when we are helping them up.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”  Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV

From Out of the Belly Podcast, Happy New Year! Thanks be to God; we made it friends. It’s a new year, many didn’t make it, but the Good Lord saw fit to bless us with this New Year Day. A day we’ve never seen. Ain’t He Good?

Here are a few reminders as you get this New Year Started:

  • Don’t forget to eat your 9 blackeye peas.
  • Prepare to take down the Christmas tree and put away the decorations so the seasonal police won’t get you.
  • Look at all of you have accomplished this past year. You are amazing!!
  • Create, even when you don’t think anyone cares.
  • Read something every day.
  • Smile and say, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made by the hand of God, He made me just right!”
  • Remind yourself that God is working everything out for your good.
  • Say what you are thankful for, out loud every day.
  • Give yourself a big hug.
  • Drop off dead weight, stuff you can’t use and don’t need. This is to include both people and things. It’s not welcome in your new season.
  • Trust God with your who, what, when, why, and how.
  • Keep the faith and believe in God’s Holy Word.
  • Stay in touch with friends and family, there is no excuses with all this technology we got. Take the time to say Hello.
  • Take care of yourself: body, mind, and soul
  • Its been un-ten years, let it go and get on with your life.
  • Make time for yourself.
  • Let your light shine everywhere you go.
  • Let love rule in your heart.
  • Show kindness
  • Take everything to God in prayer.
  • We are peculiar people, pay attention to your surroundings, Stay Woke.

Remember friends, we are each other’s keeper and the only time we should be looking down on someone is when we are helping them up.