Satisfying The Crowd


“Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.”

‭‭Mark‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

There are always consequences in satisfying the crowd. We see in many accounts of the Gospel that Pontious Pilate knew Jesus was innocent. But because he cared more about what the crowd thought than adhering to his inner conscious, he let Jesus be crucified rather than Barrabas whom was actually a murderer.

You see satisfying the crowd will make you do some crazy things. It led Pontious Pilate to release a murderer and have a person who was sinless killed. We can take this as a lesson for all of us. Where in your life are you satisfying the crowd even though you know God is not calling you to do it? Are you satisfying the crowd or God? Maybe you feel pressured by your friends, parents or even co workers to commit an action or act a certain way but that’s not what God calls us to do.

In the book of Galatians, apostle Paul said:

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭1‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Are your actions rooted out of human approval or Godly approval? If you chose God, you will win every time. Even if people might be mad at your or frustrated at you because your not doing what they want, all that matters is that you do what God wants. That’s a true walk of a follower of Jesus. Jesus said “if they reject you they will reject me” (Luke 10:16)

Many times people want people approval because they don’t know how God approves of them already and don’t understand the beautiful plan he has for them. We have to live this walk by faith not by sight. That’s where the challenge is. Many times we have succumbed to human approval because we can see humans in the flesh but we have never seen God in the flesh. The disciples were with Jesus for 3 years and still denied him! So please give yourself grace. God just wants you to take the higher road today.

Many times we want validation because maybe we didn’t get it as children. I know that was one of my root causes of why I was obsessed with getting as many followers as possible so I can be “cool and accepted” while all I needed to know is one person sees me and that God. Once I got that revelation, I deleted my account. But at that time I liked human praise way more than praise from God. As it says in the book of John:

“Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.” (John 12:42)

Do you want human praise or praise from God? Don’t get me wrong sometimes you can have both but many times there will be situations where you have to chose God’s ways vs the worlds. Live an audience of 1 life today.

Action: what actions or area of your life you need to change from human approval to Godly approval?

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your grace and mercy. There is truly no one like you. Help me make decision based out of what you think of me and what you want out of my life not based on what the public or others think of me. Help me Lord be like you today. Thank you Jesus for making bold and confident and to walk the path you have set for me. I praise you in advance for the testimonies to come. In Jesus name I pray amen.

Jesus Understands

JESUS UNDERSTANDS 

“Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.””

Matthew 26:39 NIV

As we see here, Jesus was praying to stop his suffering but he knew the calling on his life. He knew that if he didn’t go through with it then humanity would not be saved. 

In life, there are things that might feel painful today but later on will produce much fruit. As it says in Hebrews 

“In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” Hebrews 12:4 NIV

Jesus was literally shedding blood in the garden for what he was about to face. But he knew he had to face it. What is it in your life God is asking you to face today? 

It might not feel pleasant now but later on:

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

Hebrews 12:11 NIV 

In this walk with Christ there will be many temptations to quit your calling or quit something God is telling you to do. We can be honest with God, let him know how we feel like Jesus did but at the end of the day we have to tell the Lord, not my will but your will be done. 

If it’s not God’s will then it won’t be fruitful.

Jesus understands and empathizes because he was also human: 

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” Hebrews 4:15 NIV

Don’t ever feel like you can’t bring your real thoughts and feelings to God. Anyone who tells you otherwise is being super religious. Jesus knows where you are and he wants to help you where God wants you to go. And remember it’s not so much about you it’s about the people connected to your obedience.

Imagine if Jesus didn’t die on the cross? Then where would we be or deserve? Who would have paid the ultimate price for our sins?  Imagine if you quit or stop what God calls you to do, where would all the people that are counting on you be? 

Action:

What is one thing God is asking you to do even though you don’t want to do it? Pray to the father and ask him let his will be done not yours. 

Jesus understands

Prayer: Lord, I magnify your name today. Thank you for all that you have done in my life. You are great. Lord you know what I want to do in my heart. You know my dreams, desires and visions. But Lord I pray your will be done in my life. I pray your will be done in my life in perfect timing. Even the things I want to set out to do or the things that I actually don’t want to do but I know are good for me and the people I lead, I pray you help me do them and keep walking in my God given purpose. I pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen

Always here if you have any questions kb@kevinbenejam.com

Much love, KB

The Gospel

Hey y’all I just wanted to make this super short and simple so you can understand the gospel.

There are 6 part of the gospel

  1. Jesus - Son of God

  2. Jesus - his crucifixion

  3. Jesus - his resurrection

  4. Grace - not works

  5. Repentence

  6. Believing

For God so loved the world that he gave his only son so that you won’t perish and could have everlasting life. (John 3:16) So in the beginning  of time sin came into the world from the Devil and disrupted humanity. Imagine sin like a virus in a computer, that’s what sin is. That’s where we get killing, diseases cancer and all of those bad things. Sin basically means missing the mark of perfection. Because God is perfect.

This is why God provided the Law to show us that we couldn’t live up to it and that we needed a savior. This is why God sent his son Jesus into the world to RESTORE humanity. Since humanity is broken, Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. He dies for our past, future and current sin.

Because the wages of sin is death. Our sins is something we deserve death for it but because of God’s forgiveness our sins wont lead us into death for eternity. All we have to do is put our faith in Jesus. Not by our works. It’s by faith alone because of what he did on the cross. (Ephesians 2:8)

The great exchange happened on the cross. Jesus gave us his righteousness in exchange for our sin. He became all that you were so that you can become all that your not.

In the Old Testament they had to-sacrifice animals to get forgiveness (atonement) but Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice on the cross so all we have to do is repent (meaning to turn away, feeling sorrow and to change our minds) for our sins and believe in him. If it’s by our works then we can get full credit for going to heaven but God gets all the credit.

Jesus died on the cross and on the 3rd day after he rose from the dead. If you accept Jesus today, the power that rose Jesus from the dead lives directly inside of you (Romans 8:11 ).This means you have resurrection power, there is nothing impossible with God. Through him you can do all things and apart from him you can’t do nothing that bears fruit.

We either have two choices to go after we die, heaven with God or punishment with the Devil. God is sending us a free gift. Choose God today. He loves you. There is truly nothing to lose but everything to gain. Just like a father who wants a relationship with a son and daughter. He wants a relationship with you.

God bless you.

Prayer for Salvation 

If you are reading this and haven’t made Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior, I would like to give you an opportunity to do that now. Don’t wait, tomorrow is never promised as He gave us this day our daily bread. He wants you to spend eternity with Him. 

In John 3:16 -18 it says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only son.”

You didn’t read this whole post or get to this point by chance. All your steps are ordained by the Lord. God doesn’t want you to go to the lake of fire or punishment with the devil. He wants you to live with him.

Repeat after me in your heart or out loud:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins on a cross and rose from the dead. I turn and repent from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. Take me and make me what you want me to be. Make me what you want me to be. I believe that I am born again. I believe you love me and I’m on my way to heaven and will enjoy the journey. I put my trust in you as my Lord and Savior.. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Congratulations! Today is a new day! You are a new creation in Christ Jesus. You might have felt something or you might have felt nothing, but what was planted in you is a seed of faith that will grow into a strong tree if you let it. 

The next step for you is to get a Bible. Read the Book of John and the Gospels and get plugged into a local church and a bible study. 

I’m always here if you have any questions. Contact me at kb@kevinbenejam.com 

KB

Raised Back To Life

“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.””

‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭43‬-‭44‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is the famous story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This speaks to any dead situation in your life. God can truly make a dead situation come back to life. You’re probably wondering if God has so much power why did he let Lazarus die? As it says in John:

“But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?””

‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭37‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Jesus waited to heal Lazarus to show the glory of God. After 3 days Jewish people truly believed the soul was truly gone out of the body. This is why Jesus waited and rose him from the dead on the 4th day. You may think God is late but he is always on time. As it says in the book of Peter: One day is 1,000 years for the Lord and 1,000 years is one day.

Jesus wanted to show the people how God can take anything that world says it’s impossible and make it possible through him. Is there a situation or obstacle in your life that seems impossible? Does it seem like you have been waiting so long that something good will never happen from it? I’m here to tell you if you wait on the Lord , trust in him, follow his ways, keep asking and praying, he will never fail you. And even if you don’t do everything right or perfect he still won’t fail you. He’s an awesome God.

Now in these situations we have two choices to do it our way or God’s way. Let’s keep asking God for boldness and faith so we can do it his way and allow that resurrection power to flow through our lives today. Note, when God does do this for you, do not look back, and take off your graves clothes. Your past is the past, it’s all history. It’s time to move forward. When do you get this testimony, give all the glory to God.

Action: what is a situation you need God to bring back to life? Ask him for his help today

Prayer: Lord God, thank you for everything. We magnify and glorify your name today. Lord you see my situation and my problem I am putting before you today. I pray right now in the mighty name of Jesus that you bring everything that is dead back to life. Lord if there is something dead in my life that needs to be remained dead keep is dead but if there is something that needs to be revived, I pray you bring it back to life. Thank you Jesus for all the testimonies in advance. We pray all these things in Jesus mighty name. Amen

God bless you

KB

The election was crazy ...

Hey family,

This is not a political or sexist message, just something on my heart. After last nights election, seeing the huge turnout in voters amongst men really stuck with me. 

As we know, the spiritual state of someone shows up in physical manifestations. Men taking the time and effort to vote confirm that men truly want change in their lives. We are tired of the cultural lies we are being fed. Men know deep down inside that porn, video games, drugs, feminism, depression, dating apps and living life below God’s best for you is not God’s design. 

Now it’s a time more than ever we as men of God need to rise up in our homes, communities and workplaces to truly make change wherever God has us. Even though we are not perfect, we need to keep being an example of what a Godly man is. An ambassador for Christ. The future is not female. The future is not male. The future is male and female under God’s leadership. Let’s keep leading, providing and protecting. Let’s remain in prayer so God can restore his land and restore his men on how he originally designed us to live. Amen

“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭7‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV

For more resources on how to become a Godly man, these are my two favorite books: Kingdom Man by Tony Evans and Disciplines of Godly man by R.Kent Hughes

Peace and love,

KB

Don't Just Think About It

Instead of focusing on how to stay on the defense because of the enemy. Think about how stay on the offense because of God.

The word is the sword of the Spirit. You counteract any negative thoughts or fiery darts the enemy throws at you with your faith.

One thing I have learned about fear is that they are all lies. If you ask yourself how come you haven’t done a thing you told yourself you were going to do, it boils down to fear. But all lies are irrational and false. That’s why they call fear “False Evidence Appearing Real”.

Bible verses to counteract certain type of fears:

Fear of failure:

For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

Proverbs 24:16-18

Fear of losing money:

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Matthew 6:24

Fear of pain:

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

Fear of what other people think:

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

In other words, there is a word for anything you are facing today. One thing I have learned through my own life experience and reading countless books on spirituality, biology, psychology, neurology and autobiographies is that you can’t just think or pray your way out of fear. You have to act. The more times you do it, the less fearful it becomes.

Courage is a muscle. And courage is doing something in spite of fear not doing something when you don’t feel the fear.

In other words, feel the fear and do it anyway.

Do it trembling,

Do it shaking

Do it sacred

Do it insecure

Do it overweight

Do it not feeling ready

Do it not having all the answers

Nike was genius when they created the term “just do it” Because it’s true, when you just do it, God has your back. When you just do it, God has favors your. There is this quote, “fortune favors the brave” it’s so true. You see people that are not qualified for their position but they are there because they stepped out. I always say, step out to find out, you never know.

We can look at apostle Peter, when he stepped out of the boat, he had no idea that he was going to walk on water, all he did was follow Jesus commands. And that is what God wants us to do today: Follow his lead and no matter what he will catch us.

God does not want us to be cowards. Cowards let fear rule their life and not faith. Letting fear rule is actually a sin. In the last page of the Bible. Jesus says the cowardly will be left out. Fear is a sin it may not send you to hell but I will tell you this, if you let fear rule your life you won’t life the life you were called to live here on earth. But the great part is that God commands you to be strong and courageous. Why? Because he fights your battles and he is always with you and he will never leave or forsake you.

Action: what is one fear God is asking you to overcome today? Like Nike, just do it. I have used the “5 Second Rule” many times. All you do it count down from 5 and commit the action. This disrupts your prefrontal cortex (the front part of your brain)

Prayer: Father I pray right now in the name of Jesus that every knee shall bow, that every young confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. I pray Lord you guide us into all truth and you help up won against the battle of fear. There is truly nothing to fear because you are always

“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.””

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Live In The Deep Poem

Most people live shallow 

I live in the deep 

Some people stay the price is too steep 

I say the price is too steep if you ain’t in the deep 

I say if you ain’t in The the deep then it will make Jesus weep 

Your not hot nor cold your lukewarm I spit you out my mouth! 

No lukewarm here, ain’t no time for doubt 

Jesus, give me that faith for that heavyweight bout 

I preach the gospel ain’t no body gonna close my mouth 

I have access to the father he always hears me out 

Hit the enemy and now he’s down for the count 

Jesus that QB he always gives me that route. 

I’m doing this for the kingdom, ain’t doing this for the clout 

Billionaire in Christ, do you know what this about?

He said be good with the little, do you know the amount?

He gave me the abundance, too much to count 

Get ready and stay ready because on the last day you will give an account.

Peace

KB

Spiritual Stylist

What does your internal style look like? 

I used to be a fashion stylist but during the pandemic God called me to be a spiritual stylist to help people style their whole life not just what you wear on the outside but what you wear on the inside. What we choose to wear on the inside will eventually show on the outside. It will show in our relationships, finances, workplace and our health. When you choose the right internal outfit you will bear good fruit.

When you choose what outfit you want to wear in the morning, the clothes don’t just jump on your back, you have to purposely choose them and put them on. God calls us to live on purpose with everything we do and choose. 

What are you going to put on today? 

Will you put on the robe of righteousness? 

Will you put on the mind of Christ? 

Will you put on the shoes of peace? 

Will you put on the garment of praise? 

You have a choice today. 

You have a choice about what to feel, what to think, what to wear, what to eat, what to speak, where to go, who to spend your time with, how to spend your time, how to spend your money. 

Will you be a gambler or will you be an investor? 

A gambler chooses to make risky decisions hoping to get by and getting the pleasure upfront while the investor pays the price upfront for a future return. God is an investor. 

Your future life is made of the decisions you choose today and your current life is the culmination of the decisions you made in the past. If God didn’t give us free will, we would just be robots. Choose God every time and I promise you will succeed in everything you do. 

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Action: What is one mindset need to change today? Is it complaining? Comparing? Judging? Not believing God can work through you? What is it? Write it in your journal or say it in my mind and give it to God

Remember: How we think ends up showing up in how we act

Prayer: Father God thank you for today. I pray you show me how to organize my day, you lead me along the right paths, you. Show me how to use my finances and time wisely. I also pray you protect me from any attacks of the enemy. I pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen

This ain't just a history book ...


Good morning fam, you know if we just read the Bible as if God can’t do those same miracles through us then we are just reading a history book. If we don’t believe that God can do the same miracles or greater then we are limiting our God. As Jesus said we can do greater works.

”Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The SAME God that delivered Daniel from the lion den
The SAME God that delivered David from Goliath
The SAME God that parted the waters
That SAME GOD lives in us!

At my job my manager nicknamed me “earthquake” because he said I shake up the room, all glory to God! But let me ask you this, are you shaking up the room or are you letting the room shake you?! Are you influencing culture or are you letting culture infect you?! Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?! We are called by God to be a Thermostat. A thermostat changes and regulates the environment, a thermometer reads and tells you temperature in the room. For many people and Christian’s all they do is read the room, read what’s going on in the world, read what’s going on in the environment of their job and community but never make a plan or take action to change it. We are called by God to be the light of world, we are not called to dim our light nor are we called to be 007 secret agent followers of Christ. We are called to be out there. We all have a ministry and all are called to be bold, we are called to lead.

Action: Think about how God can use you to make change. Can you make changes in your workplace? In your home? In your community? Your church? 1 on 1? Calling a friend to inspire and encouragement? Start small and you will be surprised what happens next.

Praise God

Prayer:
Father thank you for todays bread Lord. Thank you in advance for doing a miracle in my life today. I pray right now you use me as a light everywhere I go Lord. Use me to inspire the masses for you Lord. Use me to encourage and help people that need help today Lord. I pray they will see the God in me. Thank you Jesus for everything. I pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen.

The Word is Your Weapon

The Word Is Your Weapon

Hey fam!!

This week I felt like God has been asking and challenging me to go higher in the memorization of his scripture even though I memorize many verse, God wants me to go higher as he wants for all of us.

In Psalms it’s says

”How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my HEART; do not let me stray from your commands. I have HIDDEN your word in my HEART that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees. With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.“

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

David hid the word in his heart. What’s funny is the definition of memorize is:

“Commit to memory, learn by HEART”

As we see the connection here, when we remember something it’s in our heart, so when we remember a Bible verse it’s becomes part of us and how we think and act because everything you do flows from your heart. Your heart is the very center of your being, your emotions, your mind, your thoughts, your actions.

”Above all else, guard your heart, for EVERYTHING you do flows from it.“

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is why following Jesus is not a religion or legalism it’s a TRANSFORMATION of the? HEART. When your heart changes you change. It’s not behavior motivation. It’s HEART TRANSFORMATION.

That’s why seeking God’s daily bread is so powerful, because we have to read God’s word daily. Renew our mind daily, in order to see TRANSFORMATION. Once your mind is renewed then you can test what is God’s will for you. If you don’t read the word, then you will be blinded and callused by the world.

”Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.“

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is how transformation happens, when we know the word and the word is in us, it will come out exactly when we need it.

Before Jesus started his ministry, he was challenged by the enemy with the word.

The devil said “if you are the son of God turn this stone intro bread” even though Jesus was very hungry and tempted. Jesus said “man can’t live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4)

You see when we know the word, it becomes our weapon. The devil knows the word and so should we. This is how we fight our battles with the word. It says we don’t fight with flesh and blood but with but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12)

When we know the word, the word becomes our sword. And when we have the sword we can’t defeat anything

”Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.“

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

When we know the word, it becomes our battle armor. This is why every morning it’s important to put on the armor of God, to resist and stand firm against the enemy. When we know the word, we know more about God and when we know more about God we know more about how he designed us to live. And when we know our design then we can make decisions according to our design.

The word is our weapon because Jesus is the word of God. And when he comes back he will be defeating the enemies with his double edged sword in his mouth because he will be speaking the word because he is the word.

”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.“

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.“

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.“

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Words in our lives our so powerful, this is why you can still remember what your parents or someone said to you either negatively or positively and that can shape the way you see yourself and form your identity.

But if you learn God’s word, and what he actually says about you, then you will be forming the right identity not a false identity that needs to be propped up with materialistic things or worldly results but your identity will be held up with a solid foundation that is built on the rock!

”“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭24‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I hope this helped you and encourages you to read, memorize and seek God’s word daily because if everything fails you have the word. Which can make you thrive in any season. But if everything is going good you have the word to keep you going even higher.

”For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.“

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭35‬ ‭NIV‬‬

When you have the word as your weapon you can OVERCOME anything! You can overcome any temptation and any trial. This is your will for you in Christ Jesus.

It says:

”No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.“

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

No matter how hungry, how thirsty, how much you want something you don’t have to fulfill or go for it because you have the Sprit of power, love and self control living inside of you. You can overcome anything. You never have to fulfill sin, it’s a lie! Sin leads to death but choosing the spirit gives life!

”Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.“

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Don’t Be Deceived


”Jesus answered, “At that time deception will run rampant. So beware that you are not fooled!“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

The devil has been lying to me my whole life and he has for you too. When I started really doing things for the kingdom and pressing past my limiting beliefs I started to realize how many lies I had to press through. And things I thought were true weren’t actually true. Things I thought would break me did not. Things I thought would embarrass me did not. Things I thought would fail me did not. All the fears I had never came true!! There is a statistic that says 85% of the things you worry about never actually happen! This is so true.

This is why deception is dangerous and can only be overcome by prayer. When we are deceived we do not know we are deceived! That’s the problem. This is why we have to encourage each other daily. And pray that we are not deceived by our limiting beliefs and the deceitfulness of sin. Once we start living a life of sin the flesh can truly blind your thinking and our senses.

”See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.“

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

One of the biggest reasons we enter sin is because of our unbelief or because we are deceived thinking “oh if I just do this one time”. But many times that one time can be a big mistake. Look at the story of Adam and Eve. That one bite caused the fall for all of humanity.

The reason why we have to encourage others daily is because it’s a command from God and also the enemy likes to try to attack us daily so we need to have courage daily in order to move forward in what God has called us to do. And believe what he wants us to believe.

In the word it says in the end times the deception wil be so rampant Jesus would need to come back. Now every generation said Jesus was coming back in their generation but what if our generation is right.

Action: pray to God that you will not be deceived and you will live the truth and believe the truth

Prayer: Father, thank you Lord for all you have done. I pray you give me the strength guidance and peace I need to carry out the calling you have planned for me before you created the earth. Lord I pray that you take the scales from my eyes, and the eyes of my family and friends. Help us know the right way and the truth so we can believe in it and walk in it.

I pray all this in Jesus name. Amen

Kingdom Men


My kingdom men!!

You know I truly didn’t know what a kingdom man was until I actually started reading and living  the Gospel. And also when I read Kingdom Man by Tony Evans. Such an amazing book and I always go back to it. Now I am not perfect but I am making progress, all glory to God 🙏🏽

It reminds me how much of a privilege it is that God has given us to be men and lead.

During the pandemic God really gave me a heart for fatherless men and boys. Why? Because I was trying to figure out why society’s morals has decreased and God pin pointed to the lack of leadership of men in our society. Through research, when boys don’t have fathers the chances of incarceration, school drop out and suicide increase dramatically.

A quote from Kingdom men by Tony Evans

“Roughly 70 percent of all prisoners come from fatherless homes. Approximately 80 percent of all rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes. The statistics on fatherlessness outside of the prison population are just as alarming. Seventy-one percent of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes; 63 percent of all teen suicides occur in homes where the father was either abusive or absent”

This culture and the enemy wants to attack our men, because he knows if he hits men he hits the biggest building block of our society. The enemy is using culture to distort what a man is and the role he should even play in society. You see men shouting and cheering at football games but we don’t hear them cheering for Jesus.

What is a kingdom man? In Tony Evans Book he states:

“A kingdom man, therefore, is one who visibly demonstrates the comprehensive rule of God underneath the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of his life.”

When I think of kingdom men I think of 4 P’s

Provide

Protect

Produce

Pray

Provide - we are called to provide for our families

”Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.“

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Protect - we are called to protect our families.

”In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.“

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Produce- we are called to produce great results in our workplace, communities and at home. Not just financially but morally and ethically. Who you are will be shown by the fruit you produce

”But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”“

‭‭Luke‬ ‭7‬:‭35‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Pray- we are called to spiritual lead our home and the territories God has given us

”And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.“

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

A quote I love from Kingdom Men by Tony Evans

“As a kingdom man, you have been commissioned by heaven to rule on Earth while wearing a different kind of stripe. You have been cut from a different kind of cloth because you represent a different kind of kingdom in this battle.”

I know when people look at me because of the way I look or dress I might seem like very unconventional man. But we all come in different shapes, sizes and colors and it’s on my heart to empower men to be who they are called to be in their own unique way.

Anyways this was on my heart for today and I’m looking to do just a men’s group in the next couple of months but just planting seeds here.

God bless you all today.

KB

”Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.“

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.“

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.“

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬-‭29‬, ‭31‬-‭33‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels. Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.“

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭7‬, ‭9‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬

Again! The power of the RE- UP

AGAIN AND AGAIN

The power of the Re- Up

”Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!“

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬

We always hear REJOICE!! Ok but what does that even mean?! Well if you see the word has RE. Re in Latin means “again”. This walk with Jesus is not a one time thing and your done. It’s a daily thing. It’s an again thing. All throughout the Bible, the prophets, disciples and Jesus talk about it. They say such things as RE- Joice, RE - Pent, RE- New. You can’t just joice once and your done. You will have no joices left! Ha! You have to re-do it everyday- again and again. It’s a daily transformation!

I remember not knowing this and wondering why one day I had so much joy one day and the next day I was completely lacking joy and peace. Paul and Jesus talks about how we have to put his words into practice. What is practice? It’s a continual process to achieve a certain goal. That’s why the best athletes are the ones who practice the most. It’s training, but remember we don’t train for just earthy things we train for the eternal. Paul talks about renewing your mind daily:

RE-New

RE- Joice

RE- Pent

Give us THIS DAY our DAILY bread

In life we can’t just do things once and expect our lives to change. It’s like Bruce Lee said” I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times” You know why? Because that’s habitual, its discipline, it’s a lifestyle. Renewing your mind is a lifestyle. God’s nature is consistency. He wants us to be like him and be consistent In our growth and progress in him and in the responsibilities he has called us to on this earth. You can’t fight tomorrows battle with todays strength. Today’s strength is for only for today. Dont be like the Israelites trying to store up the Manna. The great thing is when you continue to do it you become stronger and stronger. The more you do it, the better you become!! Let’s rejoice today! 💪🏾🔥

Action: Is there something in your life you need help in? Ask God for his wisdom and strength to overcome it today.

Renew your mind practice: Get with God into prayer, read the word and listen to some worship music.

Prayer:

Father God, you are glorious. thank you for all you have done in my life . I pray you give me the Bread I need today to be victorious today. We pray from victory today. Lord renew my mind to how you think, speak and act. Let everything I do today be for you. I pray all this in Jesus name. Amen 🙏🏽

Supporting Scriptures

”“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”“

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭24‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.“

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118‬:‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.“

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.“

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It starts with ONE.

”“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?“

‭‭Luke‬ ‭16‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I was in the supermarket and I bought this item I usually by for $2.99. The cashier asked me, do you want your penny? I told her yes I do actually. This definitely wasn’t the case a couple of years ago. You might be thinking, a penny Kevin? Really? Yes really ha!. Let me tell you why. If I buy that item 5x a week that is 5 cents per week. 20 cents per month. Which equals to $2.40 per year. Now I know that is a very small number amount but here is what God cares about the most. It’s not about the money amount, it’s about the principle and the heart behind it. How you do one thing is how you do everything. If you won’t give 10 cents of a dollar to God. You won’t give $100 out of a thousand to God. It all starts with one. That one blog post, that one call, that one try, that one workout, that one thing. God is a God of multiplication and he wants to multiply everything in your life.

Now this isn’t just in money, this is also with our time, talents and effort. God has called us to do good with the little. If you don’t do your best at your position in your job right now, then how will you get promoted? You might say well, I don’t get paid enough or I’m not going to do more than what I get paid for. I understand, I was there as well, but having that mindset will keep you where you are. Maybe your church has entrusted you will a small group of 5 people, you might say well I want like 20 people! Well if you don’t  steward those 5 people then it will be hard for you to steward 20 people. God has spiritual lessons he wants us to learn along the way. God wants you to invest in your talents. Everything in our life starts small, whether that be being fit or overweight, being broke or having a lot of money in the bank. It all started with one workout or that one time overeating. That one time of investing or overspending. We have to make sure our one time doesn’t become a 2 or 3 times because then it becomes a habit. But the good news is, with the spirit of God, we can truly overcome anything. He gave us a spirit of power, love and self control.

You see God loves habits and if you are already in the habit and have a mindset in place of doing good with what you have already then he will give you more, because he can TRUST you with it. This has nothing to do with his love, because he won’t love you more or less on what you do today BUT God will give you according to your ability to handle. God is the God of more than enough but he also calls us to be obedient before the blessing. God grace is sufficient for us, no matter how much you messed up in the past, you can start fresh today.

Don’t underestimate the power that God has given you. Dont underestimate the power of one person. One person can truly change the world. Just like there is power in one action there is also power in one person. Sin came through Adam, righteousness  and freedom came through Jesus! It’s like what Steve Jobs said “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do”. God has given you His spirit so you can change the world. You can be the first one to change your family, you can be the first one to change the environment in your job. You can be the first one to overturn a law in congress, you can be the one who paves the way for millions to follow in your footsteps. Anything is truly possible with Christ. Remember He who is in YOU, is GREATER THAN he who is in the world.(1 John 4:4) Truly greater than any force. He gave you authority to overcome the power of the enemy.

What is God asking you to do better with today? What is that one thing?

Write it here:

Prayer:

Father God I want to thank you today for your bread. I want to thank you for giving me the ability to do whatever you have entrusted me to do today. Lord I pray that you keep giving me the courage, revelation and discipline I need in order to be a better steward of the relationships, talents and resources you have given me today. Let me be great with one that one thing.

I pray all these things in Jesus name. 

Amen 

KB

In Christ We Overcome


In Christ we are over-comers. This is part of our Kingdom identity. Anything thrown at us can be overcome by the power of God that lives in us. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John‬ ‭16‬:‭33‬ ‭

There is nothing we can’t do because the same power that rose Christ from the dead lives inside of us. Christ said when he goes to the father we can do even greater things! Hello.   (John 14:12-28)

Through God’s power we can raise people from the dead, we can make blind people see, we can heal cancer, if we only believe! He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world. So don’t say you can’t overcome that sink full of dishes :)

We were created in him, for him and by him.  In him we have access to heavenly riches because God gave it all to Jesus and through Jesus we can have it if we BELIEVE and RECEIVE.

So whatever you’re going through or facing is not a problem for Christ. Like he said there will be trouble but take heart because he has overcome the world! Lean on God, trust in God and know that whatever is in front of you is not too big for you to handle. He will never give you more than you can bear but he also did not anoint you to do easy things, he anointed you to do hard things!! This is how we grow! This is how we get better! This is how we step into our new dimension of faith! I pray you GO BOLD today and know that all your enemies have been defeated but you have to BELIEVE it! Today, let’s receive God’s power, love and blessings. In Jesus name. Amen!“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you”

Luke 10:19 

Today: Ask God to give you more strength, more resilience, more power, and a renewed mind to live a victorious life in the face of adversity. 

Prayer: Father God, I want to thank you today for today’s bread. I pray you strengthen me, I pray you give me joy because the joy of the Lord is my strength. I pray you anoint me to do the hard and great things for the kingdom! Thank you Lord for everything you have given me and thank you for the victory in advance. I pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen. 

Supporting scriptures 

1 John 4:4

You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world

1 John 5:5

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬

“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.

Revelation 2:26

He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations;

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death

Ephesians 1:13

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise

2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

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YOU ALREADY GOT IT



No one can teach you

It’s already in you.

This year one of the biggest things I had to  learn was to trust in myself, my abilities and rest in how God made me. 

Let me explain:

I wanted to be a preacher so I became i thought I needed seminary. God blocked me from that. I wanted to finish my book writing so I took a writing class, God blocked me from that. I wanted to finish my sneaker design so I signed up for a sneaker design course. God blocked me from that. None of these courses worked for me, because God told me THE WAY I DESIGNED YOU NO ONE CAN TEACH YOU. 

You see the picture of Mariano Rivera above. He is the best closing pitcher in baseball history. That is out of millions of people who tried to make a baseball team and thousands who were in the league he is the #1. Why was he number one? Well because he has this one pitch called the cutter. He developed this pitched by accident. According to a source “ during warm ups one day, Rivera noticed his fastball was moving uncontrollably, for a month he struggled to control his fastball until he decided to EMBRACE the movement and develop his legendary CUTTER” 



He developed this by accident! This “movement” was already inside of him. You see he even tried to control it, I’m sure the experts and pitching staff were like “hey you have to cut this out of your pitching rotation” but guess what HE EMBRACED IT.  I remember on a interview one day he said it was directly from God. 


What has God given you to embrace? 


For me there were so many things I was scared to embrace and even sometimes feel like it wasn’t even that good. All my life I truly thought everyone knew had to dress and it came easy to them until I realized it didn’t. I don’t know why every time I am in a room and get up in the morning I just put things together and it just “fits”. It’s directly from God. Gifts are from God.


The true heart and motivation behind this post is when I took this writing course it actually confused me and stunted my writing! I actually never have “writers block” but then when I took this course I actually started to get writers block because I was trying to write in a way that was unnatural to me and it wasn’t the way God designed me to write. 


What put the icing on the cake was when I heard a sermon by one of my favorite preachers Joyce Meyer she said she never went to college, never took a writing course and when her friends asked her how to write a book she said “I couldn’t even teach them, I just sit down and write. It just comes from the my spirit” 


See, that’s exactly how I felt! I truly believe if God has equipped you to write a book you will already have the tools. Okay yes we need to have grammar, punctuations and know how to put together a sentence but once you have the fundamentals down, you can do ANYTHING. 


In baseball, Mariano Rivera had the fundamentals down, he knew how to throw, he knew the mechanics but his signature pitch no one could teach him. 

NO ONE CAN TEACH YOU YOUR SIGNATURE. 

The root meaning for signature is “a distinguishing mark of any kind” you see this is where believing God and the Bible comes into play. 

God said before he formed us in our mothers womb, he set us apart.

““Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.””

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

A signature mean “a distinguishing mark” well we were marked before time.

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were MARKED in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

God created us before time and we are his masterpiece! 

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬


All the works that is ahead of us, whether in our jobs, our dreams our desires. If he put it there that means he already put something inside of us to solve that solution! That is the way the KINGDOM works not the world. The world will tell you that you need a masters, PHD and some other certification in order to fulfill your destiny but that’s not always true. 


ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SPEND TIME WITH JESUS. You want proof? Look what happened to Peter who was the rock that Jesus built god church on and John who was “the disciple Jesus loved”


“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were UNSCHOOLED, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬


In other words YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED INSIDE OF YOU! 


STOP SECOND GUESSING YOURSELF AND HESITATING. LET IT COME OUT AND LET IF FLOW. JUST BE YOU.


So how do you operate in your signature? 


Well example if you want to write, just write, and don’t judge yourself. Just write, anything goes. And make sure to do it at least everyday. When you do this practice nothing is right or wrong. Some days you won’t be motivated but just show up and get yourself to the pen and paper, iPhone, or keyboard anyway. And something great will show up. The keyword is “show up” all you have to do it show up and God will take care of the rest. And eventually you will get better and better and better. 


Now there are case where maybe you might need a book on a subject or a class or something. But always take what someone says with a grain of salt because it should never override your signature of how you do it. Don’t ever try to be like someone else.


Did someone teach Michael Jackson to wear one glove? No. Teach someone teach Michael Jordan how to do those high flying dunks? No. Did someone teach Derek Jeter how to do his flying throw? No. These are called LEARNED ON THE JOB SIGNATURES. Ahhhh! You see if you’re not moving you will never find your signature. You can’t be sitting still and find it. It’s only when you step out that you will find out. 


What is a desire in your heart that you can want to try? Create a sneaker? Try it drawing one. Make a YouTube video? Get your camera out and talk. Just step out and try it, like the old saying goes. “You might be a poet and may not even know it” which is very true. 

Have FAITH that God will always provide the answer and the way after each step. 


Prayer:

Father God, I want to thank you for giving us a all a unique signature. I pray that you give us the boldness and the audacity to step into it. To let us know we don’t need to do it the way the world does it or copy how someone else does it but we need to step out and do it how you designed us to do it. I pray for increase of creativity and increase of discipline so we can do what you have called us to do. Thank you for doing everything on the cross already. Thank you for thinking of us before time and knitting us in our mothers womb. Thank you for letting us know to keep it simple, the world always wants to complicate things but you keep it simple. You said loving one another as yourself sums up the whole law. That’s all we need.  I pray you give us the audacity and spirit  to operate in love today and not in fear. Thank you Jesus! And we pray all these amazing things in Jesus mighty powerful name AMEN! 



PS: I wrote this in one shot after I woke up from a nap .All front the spirit. All the glory goes to God

Amen.

God Bless,

KB







Prepared In Advance.

Purpose

What are y’all cooking today??

What are you cooking? Kevin, I thought this was a blog post, not a cooking class, well that’s why you thought!

Kidding.

Have you read Ephesians?

Is anyone reading this still trying to find their purpose in life?

If God prepared works for us that means we have to cook them.

Let’s read:

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So it says by grace we are saved. So it wasn’t our choice! It wasn’t by anything we have done to be chosen by God! But it is through God’s grace and mercy that we are saved. It’s through the blood of Jesus! It’s through the Cross! I don’t know why I was chosen. You don’t know why you were chosen. But we know it’s by God’s LOVE. Imagine where you would be right now if it weren’t for God! Imagine where you would be if it weren’t for the word. Imagine where you would be if it weren’t for his love and truth!

But then it says for we are’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works. The amplified Bible says we are his workmanship, his own masterwork, his work of art. Imagine that! God made you just exactly who you are! That’s why we have to love our personality, we have to love the way we look, uh oh, I’m setting someone free today! You don’t have to want someone’s else life, or someone else’s looks because God made you with the exact talents and gifts you need in order to do the work he prepared for you! In order to live in your purpose!

I WAS NOT GOOD AT RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING GIFTS. And it took me so long to accept God’s love for me. It took me so long to accept that God made me set apart. It took me so long to accept that God gave me specific talents and gifts to use for his purpose. It took me so long to believe and accept that he loves me no matter what. It took me so long to accept that he has an exact plan for my life and wants me to prosper.

Yes he predestined us.

Yes he knitted us before the creation of the earth.

But he gives us free will to choose our will over our fleshly desires

And like he says to his son (the brother of the prodigal son) All of mine is yours

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:31‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So everything that is God is ours.

We just have to claim it.

Everything that is God is ours we just have to work for it

There is a difference between works of flesh and works of spirit but obviously, God gave us a brain hands, and feet. He wants us to go get it and get after it.

In order for Jacob to get his blessing, the father told him to go “hunt” some game for him. Before David was prepared for the battle of Goliath he had to kill the lion and the bear. Before Noah got his blessing he had to make the ark. Before Rehab was put in the faith hall of fame she had to hide the spies. Before the lady with blood for 10 years was healed she had to reach for Jesus’ cloak. Before Moses parted the Red Sea God said to Moses why are you praying and crying to me just raise your staff!!

“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭14:15-16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

We won’t live an all-star Christian life just by praying. Living a life of legacy will include being courageous, taking on fear, taking on action, being disciplined, being diligent, working hard, and a lot of God’s grace.

He gave us everything we need in order to run the race he prepared for us.

If a father told his son on Saturday “I want to sleep in a little bit in the morning but there is breakfast in the cabinet and fridge you just have to make it”. And then the sons on Saturday morning pray and cry saying why Father have you forsaken me, please I want breakfast. (This is how some Christians are) well in reality God put everything in front of us. It’s already in our cabinet. He already prepared it. All we have to do is cook it.

What are you cooking today?