The MIGHTY Calusa Warrior

Yesterday was Veronicas 4th grade trip to Pan's Garden... Needless to say... She loved it... She became an honorary member of the Calusa Warrior Indians.

Bible Verses That Got Me Through ALL School Exams

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Your Season of Sacrifice... Is now...

sacrifice... The way to get it in this season...

Isaiah 62

✔GOD sets his name UNDER HIS word

✔God already put it inside of me... I am a walking testimony and victory of what thus saith the Lord...

✔Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it?
Lamentations 3:37 AMPC

✔GOD speak HIS word in you... And then you speak it out of you

✔You are in a glorious position to SPEAK FORTH YOUR destiny

✔Your mind needs to be open to GOD...

✔✔✔Can you speak what GOD says?

God has you out of your comfort zone...

What is GOD saying to his people...

÷1st÷there is an attack on the body of Christ... ON EMOTIONS
-Be still
-Be obedient
-Get in my word
-Remain in the spirit
-Pray for EACH OTHER

÷2nd÷luke 5:1thru7
-Jesus taught from the ship
-he got in the ship and seperated himself from the people a lil distance...
-the ⛵ had to be empty for JESUS
-to have room for JESUS to take over
-after the teaching... Cast out your nets... THEN the boat was filled
-God 👀 👉me

÷3rd÷ GOD knows what is going on... GOD is there/here... Speak into the atmosphere

÷4th÷ Jesus taught them... Expounded on all things... Gave them... Things happen for the words' sake... Be confident in the word GOD gave you. Those things that you know and have learned of me... DO.

÷5th÷ I have it ALL in control... Says the Lord. It's not what it looks like. Get in position for GOD to work. Examine yourself...◄ 2 Corinthians 13:5 ► Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?

÷6th÷stand fast and be unmoveable always abounding...

÷me÷devil wants to divert you attention and time from your priorities

Mammagram... Auntie Atneat...us... She EMBODIED God's Word

Herald and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching. For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold, And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions. As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully perform all the duties of your ministry. For I am already about to be sacrificed [my life is about to be poured out as a drink offering]; the time of my [spirit's] release [from the body] is at hand and I will soon go free. I have fought the good (worthy, honorable, and noble) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept (firmly held) the faith. [As to what remains] henceforth there is laid up for me the [victor's] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and recompense me on that [great] day–and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing (His return).

2 Timothy 4:1‭-‬8 AMPC
http://bible.com/8/2ti.4.1-8.AMPC

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Father Abraham

Remember the song when you were little father Abraham I'm a nice eyes and many sometime father in there and I am one of them and so are you so let's just pray still owe praise the Lord

Father Abraham had many sons and many sons had father Abraham I am one of them and so are you so let's just praise the Lord

Why is this so important?

Abraham was Gods friend... Is you? I wanna be... I will be... I'm is

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God is my helper... With EVERYTHING!!

I am in awe of how God has opened my mind to understand and apply the concepts in my classes... My physics foundations are not a hinderance at all.. It is an asset and exquisite expensive accessory. Thank you LORD.

ALSO... There are 2 interviews lined up for me in this upcoming week... Thank you God for the opportunity.

God STILL Faithful

I am definitely one of the most trifling and lazy thangs under the sun at times... it's a wonder GOD even wants to be bothered by my li'l silly self... but he loves me in spite of this and he is loving the HELL out of me and he doesn't stop because I'm not feeling my best. Thank goodness for that. I aced my computer test today and all I can say is... GOD DID IT!!! He causes me to do what I need to do... when I need to do it. Thank you GOD. ...for real for real... I need you... but you probably already knew that =)

Again...

Remember Janet Jackson's song back in the day?? Well, I fell of the truck and onto something else... pun intended... practice purity versus be pure... sermon yesterday was way more helpful than I initially perceived but I endeavor to always remain greatly open to the Holy Spirit and to how GOD chooses to talk to and through me.

"Separate Yourself."

God's message for me in a nutshell. All the things that I don't want to do and be tempted by... I need to separate from those things... I am not going to get all overly churchy and preachy and talky... just separate yourself... Separate NOT isolate.

Isaiah 40:27 to the end...

Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?
28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
    and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

This was the scripture from the sermon yesterday... but as I look back over the preceding verses... I feel tears in my eyes when I realize I tried to make my difficulties impossibilities that GOD can’t even reach.

Remember this ShaTina: Isaiah 40:21-24"

Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
    and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
23 He brings princes to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
24 No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root in the ground,
than he blows on them and they wither,
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

God used me yesterday… in spite of my sins and recent almost fresh adultery again OUR covenant relationship. God has a covenant relationship with me, individually, I am Gomer. Even though I want to be an Esther or a Dorcas... I relate to Gomer and Rahab... but GOD loves ME!! In Spite of and in the mist of all of my mess... I am so glad that GOD ALONE can use my acts of stupidity to redeem others and to comfort them. We don't know why Gomer did what she did... but we DO know she was loved. GOD I want and desire to be truly right with you. You have made me righteous through the life, death and resurrection of your Son. Thank you for seeing me. The real me. Flaws, insecurities, anger, jealous, spiteful, stingy, hateful, cursing and uncaring as I am... and still use me for your glory. Thank you Lord. 

Revelations 5:5
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Refinement Assignment - from 5 qualities of women who DON'T quit

Refinement!
1. Improve
2. Touch-Up

What are those quit quitting verses?

🎤Help...🎶

Lord, I need your help... I, right now, am not consistently nor trying to get up in the morning... Nor am I being consistent with my daughter's, study, life schedule.

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Who cares if they see me?
God SEES me.
Who cares if they notice me?
God NOTICES me.
Who cares if they think I'm beautiful?
God KNOWS I'm beautiful.

What do I need to do for Veronica?

(1) Pray
(2) Persevere

Do what you PRAY is best!!!

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I need my KNEES!!

Rippe recommends low-impact activities, like swimming, brisk walking, or cycling, and considering taking health supplements that provide glucosamine and chondroitin to strengthen and lubricate knees.

Here, Williams shares six of the best (and simplest) moves that target all those muscle groups. Try to do these stretches after every workout to keep your knees healthy now and in the future.

1. Wall Calf Stretch

Calf muscles often get neglected during our stretching efforts. However, for those who run, do high-impact workouts, or spend a lot of time on their feet, calf stretches are very necessary, Williams says. Calves can get extremely tight from impact and need to be stretched to relieve any pain that might travel up the knee.

Find a wall you can lean against. Facing the wall, flex your right foot and position your heel right where the floor meets the vertical surface. Your toes should be elevated, while your heel remains on the floor. Keeping your heel on the ground and your leg as straight as possible, lean toward your front leg, holding the stretch at its deepest point. Lean in for five seconds at a time before releasing, working to deepen the stretch. Repeat the same stretch with your left leg. Aim for 10 to 15 reps on each leg—or more, if you’re still experiencing tightness.

2. Calf Smash With Lacrosse Ball

This move allows you to work out tension in both your calf and your hamstring, Williams says.

Sit on the ground and pull your right foot close to your butt so your knee is bent. Wedge a lacrosse ball (or yoga/massage ball) below your right knee, sandwiching it between your calf and hamstring. Create a “compression force” by pulling your shin toward you, then rotate your foot in alternating circular movements to help create space in your knee joint. Continue until you feel tightness in these areas being relieved, then switch legs.

3. Half-Kneel Hip and Quad Stretch

This stretch not only feels amazing, but it also works double-duty for your hip and quad muscles, Williams explains.

Kneel on one knee (feel free to put down a towel or mat) with your other foot planted flat on the ground in front of you. Make close to a 90-degree angle with both of your legs. Lean forward toward your front leg, stretching the front of your hip downward. Next, grab the ankle of your leg planted on the ground, and pull it toward your rear for a deep hamstring and hip stretch down the front leg, all the way to your knee. Move in and out of this stretch for 10 to 15 reps or more, depending on your level of tightness.

4. Quad Foam Roller Stretch

Stretching your quads is vital, as they get adaptively short from all the sitting most of us do every day and are often under constant tension. To get this large muscle group back to functioning at its best, Williams suggests using a foam roller.

Lie facedown and with a foam roller under your right leg, right under your quad. Put the majority of your bodyweight on your leg, and roll slowly. Instead of simply rolling up and down, roll your leg from side to side too, focusing pressure on the tighter spots of your muscles. Switch legs. Continue rolling until this feeling is no longer painful. If that’s impossible (as it might be for some runners!), do it for at least five minutes.

5. Wall Hamstring Stretch

Our hamstring muscles affect the knee more than we think and can be the source of discomfort or pain.

Lie faceup with your left leg flat on the ground, foot flexed. Take your right leg and prop it up on a wall or table, or use a resistance band. This stretch should radiate down the back of your leg, beginning in your knee. Once you find the deepest point of the stretch, alternate in five-second sequences between contracting and relaxing the foot of your right leg. If you have greater flexibility, hold the ankle of your right leg and pull it toward you. Aim for 10 to 15 rounds of five-second holds, and continue if you still feel tight. Repeat with your left leg.

6. Straight-Leg Raise

Easy strengthening exercises, like leg raises, put little to no strain on your knee but also activate and strengthen quadriceps.

Lie faceup with one knee bent and the other leg the ground in front of you. Lift your straight leg up approximately one foot, rotating your leg outward (the entire leg rotates outward, so toes point on a diagonal instead of straight up to the ceiling). Do 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps, alternating legs. As you get stronger, add ankle weights up to 10 pounds.

http://greatist.com/move/knee-pain-relief

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7 Biblical Reasons Why Singing Matters

1.  When you sing, you obey.

Singing isn’t an option in Scripture. It’s a command.

Colossians 3:16: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Ephesians 5:18-19: “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart…”

God’s people are more than just invited to sing – we are commanded to sing. When we sing, we’re doing what God asks of us!

2. When you sing, you dig deep roots in the Word.

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly…singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…” Colossians 3:16

The Apostle Paul lays out this exhortation to let God’s Word dwell in us richly, and then, he tells us how to live out that command. The first, of course, is teaching. But the second, is singing!

Singing is one of the two chief ways that the Word of God dwells in us richly.

Our singing is more than a warm-up for the sermon or a filler in the service.

Colossians 3:16 is clearly laying out for us that: Singing stands alongside of preaching as one of the two great ways that God has ordained for His Word to dwell RICHLY in each one of us!

3. When you sing, you build up others.

First, you build up fellow believers when you sing:

Ephesians 5:19: Note specifically here that it says: “addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…”We see the same thing in Colossians 3:13-16: the exhortation to sing comes on the heels of bearing with one another (13a), forgiving one another (13b), putting on love (14), being at peace as one united body of Christ (15), and teaching God’s Word to one another (16).

Also know that as you sing, you’re helping unbelievers. In Psalm 105:1-2, the Lord is calling the Israelites to be a light unto the nations, and to do this He tells them: “Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all his wondrous works!”

Think of the impact on someone who doesn’t know Christ to hear those hundreds of testimonies, those hundreds of confessions of faith as we sing together! This is why Pastor Tim Keller says:  “Good corporate worship will naturally be evangelistic” (219).

4. When you sing, you make war.

Chances are you didn’t connect singing and warfare together, but it’s a theme visible in Scripture. In Colossians 3, Paul is challenging the Colossians to literally put sin to death in their lives – to kill sin.  And so all the commands to love and peace and forgiveness and teaching and SINGING, are therefore, the Bible is teaching, attitudes and habits of the believer that will kill sin!

We see the same thing in Ephesians 5, the command to address one another in song comes right on the heels of “[make] the best use of the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16).

And the more you think about this, it makes total sense: What posture must be more hated by the evil one than the posture of a believer who is singing?  I can’t think of many stances you can take that identifies you with Christ and against Satan more than eyes, heart, mind and voice lifted to heaven in song!

It’s very hard to lie, be greedy or to look at something inappropriate when, you’re “singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart” (Ephesians 5:19). Simply, a heart that’s doing that will not easily give in to temptation.

A singing heart is a heart at war with the work of the evil one and the power of sin.

5. When you sing, you are spiritually strengthened for trial.

Often times, we think only of singing when we’re happy and times are good, but singing bringing strength for trial comes out in Acts 16. Paul and Silas are unjustly imprisoned for the sake of the Gospel, and what do they do while they’re in prison? Sing! (Acts 16:25)

And this truth is confirmed in the lives of persecuted believers throughout history. Hear the words of one pastor recently imprisoned for his faith:

“…When we were in prison we sang almost every day because Christ was alive in us…they put chains on our hands and feet. They chained us to add to our grief. Yet we discovered that chains are splendid musical instruments!When we clanged them together in rhythm, we could sing, ‘This is the day (clink, clank), this is the day (clink, clank), which the Lord has made (clink, clank), which the Lord has made (clink, clank).” (Source)

Our persecuted brothers are showing us the truth we see in Acts 16 with Paul & Silas. Singing strengthens you and helps you persevere in the face of trial. If it can strengthen them in the face of these trials – what can it do for you?

Even in suffering, SING!

6. When you sing, you walk a God-designed pathway to joy.

Here is a sample of what the Psalms say about singing:

Psalms 5:11: “Let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.”Psalms 9:2: “I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”Psalms 51:14: “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.”Psalms 59:16: “I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.”Psalms 63:7: “For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.”

If you still don’t believe me, here’s a clincher from James 5:13:  “Is anyone cheerful?  Let him sing praise.”

And as you study Scripture on this point you’ll notice that sometimes singing gives birth to joy and sometimes joy gives birth to singing. But persistently in Scripture, joy and singing are bound together. You can’t study one of those two biblical themes without encountering the other.

If you struggle for joy – SING!
If you are joyful – SING!
In God’s perfect design and in His perfect understanding of the human condition He has bound joy and singing together for His people.

The first 6 reasons get summed up with this:

7. When you sing, you glorify God.

Truly obedience, deep roots in the Word, building up others, making war against Satan and sin, persevering, finding joy in God – all of these things bring glory to God – each person’s chief goal and chief purpose in life.

Colossians 3 & Ephesians 5

Singing has such a unique way of bringing your heart, soul, mind, and strength together to focus entirely and completely on God. 

In an age of distraction – singing grabs the attention of all our senses and focuses us on God.

http://unlockingthebible.org/why-singing-matters/

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People always talking about you need to let this go... let that go... all I want to know is where in the Bible does God say "let it go and you'll be all right" where does that happen...

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More indirect observations...

Not a thing new under the sun...

Hmmm... Love you one day next day hate... Die for you one day... Next day caint... Call it tough love and it really be hate... Duality rules the opinions of the fake...

I ready let's go... Boo sorry but I cain't
had the money yesterday... Lost it at the bank
I'ma ride or die for ya... When I get a new shank
I really thought about doing it... Just a lie from the ranks

Of All the foolish fake friends who around you all the time... When you got yo own money and can always spare a dime... Til you get real down and the weight of your mind
starts dragging you down til you chokin' bleeding' cryin'...

they say I'll call you right back... in yo soul you know they lyin'... Taking all them steps backward while they teeth is fake smiling...

Only thing to do now is to tell them stop yo lying. Been Me, myself and I since birth only God can stop this trial.

Is in the  BIBLE!!!

Organized Chaos... The pursuit of entropy

I will write a book of prose/poetry entitled ORGANIZED CHAOS... Ain't I a woman??

All of my sayings and euphemisms... I would rap but my swag invisible... Smh...

Day after Deep Conditioning - April 2016

Happy and Ultra Curly!! I love my hair and I am going to grow it out!! I want to be able to wear my hair in kinky twists... With just my hair!

My goal:
I want waist length (healthy with awesome ends...thank BeBe Michelle) when stretched. I ain't mad at any shrinkage Cuz... That's what my hair does. 💯💯💯

Professor

Caught up with Professor X last weekend... 🎤 so amazinnnnnnnn' honest all work... No vacationnnnnnn🎶

I had not seen him since around March of last year (2015) ...and the same thing happened again. He makes me want to swear off all other men... And I'm kinda gonna do it... Well... Not kinda... Being with him made everyone else seem so shallow and futile...

I spent time with him on three separate occasions and the second time I saw him... He really broke me down.  Not anything negative or physical... He pointed out one if his pet peeves... Basically... Children around during adult recreation. This convicted me so bad. I cried for a whole day. This amazed me because I don't cry or pay too too much attention to what people say outside of my parents... And maybe a few sermons... As I think about it now... Tears are threatening to swim in the 🎤wells, the wells of my eyes. You helped me. You helllllllped.🎶

I pay attention when words resonate in my mind and spirit so powerfully.

"Don't ever put a man over your child. Promise me you won't do that. That's your best friend right there. For real, that's your best friend."

Those words tore me apart inside. I don't think he even knows how powerful his words are and will be to me.

I have been selling myself so so so so cheap, believing that I will never be loved by a man that I can fully respect. I gave up on myself ever being in a relationship. I didn't think that I was pretty or attractive.

The simple and genuine complements he gave/gives build me up so much that I really want to leave him alone and run before he changes his mind and says the hell with me. (That's that unhealthy mindset... Run from good stuff Cuz it won't last... Leave on yo own terms before they can hurt you.)

Real does recognize real and he genuinely is a breath of ultra fresh air in my cluttered self-hate/doubt/loathing apathetic psyche.

I want freedom. I can have it. I really believe that. The man I need and want does exist. Thanks Prof. X.

Happy Birthday Sweetie!!

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