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I am a sinner saved by God’s grace. I do not profess to be anything more. My purpose in life is to “Empowering People To Get From Where They Are To Where They’re DESTINED.” There is no other way but through Jesus Christ, the shedding of His blood for us. I am moved to encourage people to want to use God’s Word as their instruction manual in life. As I grow in the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of His Divine plan for my life, I pray I can be a blessing to you. Peace and Blessings, Erica Nelson Pastor, Passion4People Ministries Inc.
  • Pivot, Shift but Don’t Give Up! When your plans fail you, remember GOD never fails!

    Pivot, Shift but Don’t Give Up! When your plans fail you, remember GOD never fails!

    Completely transparent, as usual. I’ve been studying for about 6 months on preparing to take the Georgia Real Estate exam. I’ve taken the exam 3 times and have failed. I’ve missed it by 11,7, and now 6 points. I’ve put in over $700 for this ordeal. I’ve been completely bummed because I’m like, “wow, I have 2 Masters Degrees that were very hard programs to complete, I’ve done several exams and have passed them all but this one, this has stomped me. I’ve been told that many take the exam several times before passing it; Real Estate Professionals aren’t the ones writing the exam, it’s created by persons who don’t practice Real Estate. This has completely frustrated and depressed me.

    I’ve been beating myself up. I’ve been second-guessing myself, my goals. I’ve even been to the point where I need to pray but just couldn’t muster the words to put together. Then, I remembered an old song, “If I couldn’t say anything, I’d just wave my hands.” Another song came to mind, by the Williams Brothers, called “Just to say thank You.” The lyrics really hit me and resonated, “and if you don’t do nothing else just let me humble myself, and take this moment out just to say thank You.” I started to just tell GOD my truth: GOD, I’m tired of this, what in the world am I doing wrong, is this not what you want me to be doing? I’ve said, “GOD, I’m angry with You: why does this keep happening when You know my endeavors.”

    Then, GOD said to me, “I make your path straight. I know your pain and I know you’re upset with me but I have a plan to prosper you, to bring your life to an expected end, to cause you good and not evil,” Jeremiah 29:11. He reminded me that it’s time to pivot. To come back to it but for now, to focus on the other tasks that He’s given me, in Ministry, to minister, encourage, uplift, empower, motivate, and inspire His People.

    He reminded me of my “sure” purpose, which is to present GOD as our true Deliverer, our true help: very present help in times of trouble (Psalm 46:1). I’m reminded to endure hardship as a good soldier, to endure, to persevere, to keep holding onto His almighty and powerful Hands. There’s absolutely nothing He’ll restrain from giving those who walk upright, Psalm 84:11. He’s promised to work all things out for my good, our good, because we love Him and are called according to His purpose. He’s chosen us, we’re royal priesthood, “God’s special possession,” 1 Peter 2:9, Romans 8:28.

    “We’re more than conquerors through Him who loved us,” Romans 8:37. Let’s take our failures as a means to refocus, to realign, to gain further hope in Christ. Let’s no grow weary in trying to do the right things because we shall reap a harvest if we don’t give up, Galations 6:9.

    So, if you’re at this very place that I’m at right now, shift and pivot! Focus on that which you know, without doubt, that GOD’s called you to do! GOD’s plans, His thoughts are not our thoughts. He’s promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He’s promised to prosper the work of our hands. Sometimes, we’re going the wrong direction and GOD has to allow something to happen to push us to our victory, our destined place in Him.

    This message is very vital for those who’ve wanted to just give up, to quit, to lose hope and become depressed, anxious, angry, and frustrated. Know that GOD is pushing you into where He wants you to be, for He’s setting you up for divine victory! Overwhelming victory shall be yours! Ask GOD to direct your path, to guide your ways, your thoughts, so that they align with His victory movement, in your life.

    What shall we do since we’ve had to pivot? We get more focused on growing in-tune with GOD. We study, more. Pray, more. Fast, more. Praise and worship, more. We amplify our communication with GOD and He will answer us and give us our next steps. We must remain hopeful, optimistic, delighted in Christ and as the Psalm 37:4-5 tells us that He will give us the desires of our hearts if we commit our ways unto Him and trust Him, it shall come to pass! GOD’s Will prevails in our lives.

    We may have to pivot, we may be hard-pressed, but we must remain in faith and exercise it, coupled with hope and pure certainty that Our GOD will not fail nor forsake us. Our destiny is set, no matter how many wrong turns we make, be it because of disobedience or not discerning what GOD really wants for us. He always brings us into full fruition of the manifestation of His Holy and Divine providence.

    Hang in there! It’s only going to get better from here!

    Thank You GOD for refreshing my Spirit, my mind! Thank You that when life beats us down, we can run into you, where we are safe and you hide us. Thank You for being merciful, forgiving, and faithful, allowing us to share with you our hearts’ issues. You’ve rejuvenated me. I no longer feel defeated. I feel revived, ready for the shift.

    Everything will work out for your good when you love GOD, living according to His Word & His Will for your life. It’s when you’re completely reliant upon GOD to be your guide, to direct your path, to order your steps, that He will come through for you. Even when we fall short, He’s faithful. His love, compassion, concern, and faithfulness endures forever.

    Today’s Scriptures:

    James 1:3-4 KJV |King James Version

    3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

    4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

    Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT | New Living Translation

    5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
        do not depend on your own understanding.
    6 Seek his will in all you do,
        and he will show you which path to take

    2 Timothy 2:3-5 KJV |King James Version

    3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

    4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

    5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

    Hebrews 12:3 NIV | New International Version

    Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

  • 2025: Give, Gratefully & Graciously so that GOD will show His Grace Towards You: The Blessing of Your Barns

    2025: Give, Gratefully & Graciously so that GOD will show His Grace Towards You: The Blessing of Your Barns

    Giving is one of the commands that THE LORD requires of us. Like other commandments, GOD rewards us when we act in obedience towards Him. Giving requires us to not try to figure out ways to get around it, but rather, to embrace it and do as He has commanded.

    Why? THE LORD always sets us up to receive from Him, more than we could ever get from our own desires, our own plans. Luke 6:38 is a familiar passage of Scripture that reminds us to give, but not only for others, but so that we are fulfilled.

    GOD always doubles (even triples, quadruples) the blessing HE gives for giving to others. It’s really interesting how GOD accepted Abel’s offering and cursed Cain for his (Genesis 4). GOD wants our first fruits. He desires that we give, from our total being, a sacrifice unto Him so that He can turn around and give back to us. Really? Yes, GOD desires us to give, without pretenses (wrong motives, intentions) just so that He can give back to us.

    There are examples throughout The Bible of GOD doing just that, remember Abraham sacrificed Isaac, his only son, just so that GOD could provide the ram for sacrifice, Genesis 22. It wasn’t about Isaac so much as it was meant for Abraham to show GOD that he believed in Him, through faith. It’s the same faith that blessed not only Abraham, but Abraham’s whole generation after him (verses 17-18).

    Another measure of faith was done by Job. Job’s story was so heart-wrenching; Job got deathly ill to the point that his own wife told him to curse GOD and just die. Job refused to let his circumstances, all that he lost (children, house, livestock) keep him from holding fast to his faith that GOD would deliver him. The end result: Job become healthy, even healthier than he was before the trials and tribulations and he regained everything that was lost.

    The Prophet Elijah’s sacrifice wasn’t even for him, it was for the People of Israel who had been worshipping a false god, Baal. Because of his obedience unto GOD, GOD shew Himself by burning up the altar, the bull, and dried up the water in the trench, to save them, so that they could return unto GOD from serving idols, 1 Kings 18:39.

    GOD sets us up to be blessed and He keeps doing this, as long as we declare that He’s GOD, worship Him only, serve Him only, keeping His commandments, which includes giving. Giving requires a genuine sacrifice. He won’t beg us to give. He won’t guilt us into giving. He requires giving so that we can show, through our faith, that we believe in His Holy Word. We believe in His promises, that they are true and they He will perform them, for us and through us, Jeremiah 1:12.

    In 2025, I challenge you to truly trust GOD and give to others. Giving isn’t just about giving money, it’s about giving our time, too. He blesses us in accordance to His riches in glory (Philippians 4:19) and gives us all that we need, to bless us and to bless others, thus, making all grace abound towards us (2 Corinthians 9:8-10). In fact, no good thing does He withhold from those who walk upright (Psalm 84:11). Of course, we’ve been made “righteous” by the shedding of The Blood of JESUS CHRIST, which through our faith, we believe (Philippians 3:9).

    Don’t be victim of just “quoting” Scriptures, not being doers of His Holy Word (Deuteronomy 30:14, James 1:22-25). Being a Follower of GOD means being a Giver, so give. Give so that people can see GOD in you. Give so that souls are caused to find GOD and want to serve, follow, and trust in Him. Give so that your life, your children’s children’s lives will be safe and secure, having the abundance of Our Father, in all things, lacking nothing.

    Today’s Scriptures:

    Job 42:10 GW | GOD’S WORD Translation

    After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored Job’s prosperity and gave him twice as much as he had before.

    2 Kings 18:38-39 NIV | New International Version

    38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

    2 Corinthians 9:8-10 AMP | Amplified Bible

    8 And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity. 9 As it is written and forever remains written, “He [the benevolent and generous person] scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, His righteousness endures forever!” 10 Now He who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed for sowing [that is, your resources] and increase the harvest of your righteousness [which shows itself in active goodness, kindness, and love].

    Deuteronomy 28:7-9 AMP | Amplified Bible

    7 “The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way, but flee before you seven ways. 8 The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in [a]all that you undertake, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. 9 The Lord will establish you as a people holy [and set apart] to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk [that is, live your life each and every day] in His ways.

  • Keeping Your Mouth to Yourself: Knowing When to Shut Up

    Keeping Your Mouth to Yourself: Knowing When to Shut Up

    Greetings, YAHWEH’s People!

    Taking a deeper dive into Romans 2, Apostle Paul teaches about looking at our own lives, not judging others, but paying attention to what we do (our own actions/reactions) versus what we say that we believe (we say we believe GOD but aren’t willing to do what He says). He poses many thoughts about self-evaluation and even self-improvement.

    Apostle Paul focuses on teaching the Romans about restraining from looking at others’ faults, thus, judging others’ mistakes, sins. It’s interesting that he speaks about how God doesn’t show favorites (Romans 2:11). This world chooses “favorites,” we even go as far as to create cliques within our circles and talk about each other, backstabbing, and creating chaos with our mouths.

    It’s important to keep our mouths off of each other. Instead, James 5:16, teaches us that when one sins, we should uplift them in prayer. The issue is that we cannot “confess” our sins to one another without someone going outside our bond and sharing our sins with others instead of helping us, through prayer and application of GOD’s WORD. 

    Instead, we’re too focused on their sin, not our own sin.  We should be focused on helping them abstain from it, helping them with a solution, not judgement and ridicule! We’re so quick to point out others’ flaws, without notice of our own. Yet, we want God to forgive our sin(s) or do we? Do we even want to get closer to GOD (John 15:4)? They only way we can become closer, creating a more intimate relationship with Christ, is to obey His commands and follow His instructions, His directions; this pleases GOD when we obey Him (John 15:15). He wants to see our efforts to come closer to Him. He doesn’t want us to continue in sin; He wants us to learn from our mistakes and take measures to remove sin from our lives.

    Will we ever be sin-free? No. We will always sin as long as we’re in these physical, Earthly bodies. But, can we do better? Can we be better? Yes, through obeying God’s Laws.

    How do we get to know what God requires? We must read His Holy Word, study it, mediate on it, day and night. Our minds are constantly roaming. We’re always hit with dilemmas on do we do what God wants OR do we do what we want? The devil is always scheming, trying to find a way to trip us up. He’s steadily seeking whom he may devour, that is, whom he can steal from, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).

    The Good News is that God destroyed the yoke of bondage to sin by allowing Jesus Christ to die for our sins. He’s resurrected! The sting of death by sin is gone! Therefore, we now have hope. We now can be forgiven of our sins, cleansed, constantly, and made whole (complete), in GOD, if we ask for forgiveness from a sincere place.

    What’s the takeaway? Pay attention to your character flaws. When you’re honest with GOD, He reveals to you your flaws and shows us means to correct our behaviors. When we’re honest with GOD, He’s THE ONLY ONE that will truly forgive us and cause us to see an escape from the enemy’s traps. The Holy Spirit leads and guides us and shows us things to come (John 16:13). When you’re saved, you’re equipped with The Holy Spirit; it’s your conscience. When we obey GOD, we’re more alert & aware of the conniving ways of the enemy and we can avoid taking the enemy’s bait.

    It’s all about how much we want to become more like Christ. It’s about how much we’re willing to sacrifice unto GOD to be better, to get better, and to live better. Don’t get caught up in stupidity because we’re not ignorant of the enemy’s devices when we’re saved by GOD (2 Corinthians 2:11). His saving power does just that, it rescues us and keeps us from the enemy! We’re safe when we’re close to GOD. We’re protected. We’re covered. Be careful as to stay in His Arms. Don’t be fooled by earthly pleasures, earthly (fleshly) desires that are opposite of GOD’s Will for our lives.

    Stay focused and keep your mind stayed on Christ. For if we keep our minds on Him, we’ll keep ourselves from sins that easily beset us (Hebrews 12:1). Finally, Romans 12:1-2, urges us to present our bodies as a “living sacrifice” that’s Holy & acceptable unto GOD (our reasonable service). The reason we live, move, and have our being is because of GOD’s grace and unmerited favor (mercy) on our lives.

    When we understand that our lives are dependent upon GOD’s desire to allow us to “live,” we’d understand that our purpose is to please Him. Our purpose is to give GOD glory, to praise & worship Him, in Spirit and in Truth (John 4:24). Who’s truth? GOD’s Truth, not man’s truth, not the enemy’s truth.

    “Circumcision is spiritual,” Romans 2:29. What’s circumcision? Are you circumcised? It’s the cutting away of the sin that is covering our hearts and minds. It’s about crucifying our flesh, dying to sins that used to hinder us but instead following Christ’s Divine providence for our lives. When we understand that we are Spirits having a human experience, we grow to further understand the depths in which we’re ingrained and rooted in God, good and not evil.

    Those that are saved are NOT evil! Question your own behavior and work to clear your own house of deadly debris. If you cannot help a person, don’t say anything about them. Keep your mouth to yourself (Proverbs 13:3) and realize that we, as Christians, should help each other, building each other in the things of GOD (“loving our neighbors as ourselves” Galatians 5:14b. Helping each other and when others’ fall, be there to help pick them up and guide them back to Christ. Your own mouth will condemn you! Your own behavior will keep you from GOD. Your own actions will create turmoil for your life. Live a life that’s pleasing unto GOD.

    Stop trying to meet others’ expectations of you. Instead, focus on bringing glory unto GOD through obedience. To have faith in GOD is to obey His commands and become “righteous” before Him (Galatians 5:5). Change your perception of GOD. We cannot serve two masters (Matthew 6:24). We must choose (Joshua 24:15).

    Today’s Scriptures:

    Psalm 124:1(a), 6-8 KJV | King James Version

    If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

    Romans 2:7-11 GW | GOD’s WORD Translation

    7 He will give everlasting life to those who search for glory, honor, and immortality by persisting in doing what is good. But he will bring 8 anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong. 9 There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well. 10 But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every person who does what is good, for Jews first and Greeks as well. 11 God does not play favorites.

    Romans 2:13, 16, 29 NLT | New Living Translation

    For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. And this is the message I proclaim – that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.

    Galatians 5:1, 16-18, 24-26 KJV | King James Version

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: are these are contrary the one to the other: so they ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

    Matthew 26:41 GW | GOD’S WORD Translation

    Stay awake, and pray that you won’t be tempted. You want to do what’s right, but you’re weak.

  • What’s Your Aroma?

    What’s Your Aroma?

    People of GOD,
    When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church of Corinth, in this particular passage of Scripture, 2 Corinthians 2, we see that when you’re in God, He will keep us from Satan’s schemes and trying to take advantage of us (verse 11). When we keep our minds stayed on Him, Isaiah 26:3, from the Common English Bible, states, “those with sound thoughts you will keep in peace, in peace because they trust in you, verse 4 goes to say, “trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD is a rock of all ages.”

    Furthermore, Apostle Paul writes to the Church in Ephesus, Ephesians 6:11 (KJV), “put on the whole armour of GOD, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,” so if we are diligent in Christ, if we stay connected to “The True Vine,” we’ll be in the safest place that we could enter, that is safest amongst the Earth and The Spirit Realm.

    How do we stay connected? We pray, fast, study His WORD, listen to Him speak, praise, and worship.

    It’s interesting how Apostle Paul uses the analogy of GOD’s aroma, on us, who aren’t afraid to stand on GOD’s WORD, those of us who really believe that GOD is the only true and living GOD, who don’t play about trying to live as best we can, for His glory to be revealed in us. He likens it to a sweet aroma. This sweet aroma is one that attracts both the saved and the unsaved.

    What am I saying? You attract light but the darkness can follow you if you so choose to deal with people that are headed towards a place we cannot send them, those that are perishing because they choose to perish. This means that we should protect the company that we keep.

    We know that “bad company corrupts good character,” 1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV). We know that GOD’s sweet aroma is one that is to be savored, honored and the very essence of Him causes LIGHT to enter dark places. We know that we are “Children of The Light,” 1 Thessalonians 5:5-11 (KJV), and “children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night…”

    So, we see that we ought to live a life that brings about the sweetness of GOD’s Aroma, all over our life so much so that our posture represents the fullness of The Holy Spirit that dwells in us. “Be not deceived, GOD is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap,” Galatians 6:7 (KJV).

    If you’re on the fence, come off and choose Christ! People perish (are destroyed) because of lack of knowledge, Hosea 4:6 (KJV).

    Don’t fall subject to the enemy’s schemes because you’re walking around smelling like a perishable fragrance.

    Also, don’t be fooled by those who profess to know GOD but are perishing because they don’t truly believe, for their odor smells of “death” and destruction. Some people will never come unto Christ. Know when to walk away. Know when to bow out. You don’t want that odor fumigating your atmosphere, where The Lord resides, there is freedom, 2 Corinthians 3:17. Those who want to be free, have every opportunity given unto Man. Work on your Soul’s Salvation. Stay in the Aroma of GOD.

    Let His fragrance perfume your space and illuminate your soul, heart, mind, and body. Beware of the enemy’s odor. The only way to steer clear of the enemy’s foul odor, his schemes, plots to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10) is to reside under the Shadow of The Almighty, Psalm 91:1.

    Today’s Scriptures:

    2 Corinthians 2:11,14-16 AMP | Amplified Bible

    11 to keep Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

    14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him. 15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is adequate and sufficiently qualified for these things? 17 For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.

    2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV | English Standard Version

    21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

  • Finding Hope in Darkness: A Message to the Broken

    Finding Hope in Darkness: A Message to the Broken

    GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE, so many of us are walking around, dead inside. It’s showing up all over some faces. Defeat seems to be pressing down so hard on them that it’s changing the way that they see life and its lack of offerings for them. They’re bogged down with life’s struggles; they cannot rest or hold a conversation about anything other than what they’re currently experiencing.

    They have a hard time listening to God, in fact, they’re wondering if God really exists; the question arises in their minds, “where are you, God?” and “why haven’t you fixed my situation yet?” to “is there really a God or am I just talking to myself without someone to respond?” They’re spinning circles, a never-ending continuum of self-doubt, guilt, disdain, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and they have unstable minds, James 1:8. These people that I’m referencing are around us, daily. They’ve tried to put on a joyful face but inside they’re really broken, crushed and feel hopeless.

    The enemy has a stronghold on them and they’re unable to break the curse of suicidal thoughts and hopelessness because they’ve forgotten WHO their Maker is and WHAT He’s capable of: He’s able to do the impossible! He’s able to break the curse and cause us to live in freedom!

    THIS MESSAGE today is for those who are in distress and need some answers. I’m writing to those who’ve questioned their purpose, their calling, their mission on this Earth. Those who are suicidal, at death’s door, I want to tell you to STOP. PAUSE. Pray a prayer of forgiveness for thinking that you’ve earned the ability to destroy yourself. Repent unto God for the thought. At the same time, pray that Our God opens up your heart and fills your mind with a breath of peace and tranquility amidst the stormy weather in your life. I want you to fall before God, laying out in front of Him, only. Tell Him exactly how you feel. Expose all of you to Your Maker.

    Yes, He knows you and has known you before you were created, but, there’s something about true confession, Jeremiah 1:5.

    See, true confession offers relief and strength. True confession opens the door to seeing life in a totally different light. When we say it aloud, we hear ourselves, which opens our mouth and our ears that pour directly into our heart and mind. It’s the “real raw you” that God’s after.

    He wants you just as you are: broken, bruised, battered, hopeless, distressed and perplexed. When you confess before God, aloud, you start the journey of allowing God to enter every portion of your life. You allow God space whereas before there was none because it was over casted with denial, guilt, regret, instability and wavering of your faith.

    It’s not even that you dismiss God but it’s like you cannot see anything but darkness because that’s all that you’ve allowed yourself to accept. What you feed your mind with thoughts like these, you put a lock on your heart. It becomes hardened before God, Hebrews 3:5. Your ears become clogged. Your eyes have scales so deep that you cannot see as God designed for you to hear, see, feel, and have your being. Instead of speaking life into yourself, you’ve created a barrier between you and God. God’s there but you cannot see or hear Him because these problems have bombarded your ability to feel His Holy Spirit.

    How do you overcome this? How do you fight to see God’s Light when you feel surrounded by darkness? How do you pick your head up, hold on, amidst the trials and tribulations you’re in? What will it take to turn your situation around, your outlook?

    You can be free, today! STOP. PAUSE. Stop feeding your soul, death! START LIVING THIS DAY FORWARD!

    Cry out to God, just start the conversation, Psalm 120:1. Pause and allow God room to speak. How do you hear Him? Well, since you’ve confessed and you’ve laid prostrate before God, naked and exposed, you’ve now opened your mouth, ears, heart and mind. You’ve unlocked the chamber where your Soul dwells. Just start talking to God. After you’ve shared everything with Him that you could possibly pour out, let God fill you back up again.

    In my distress, I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psalm 120:1 KJV

    I sought the Lord and he answered me.
        He delivered me from all my fears.
    5 Those who look to God will shine;
        their faces are never ashamed. Psalm 34:4-5 CEB

    Take your Bible or use an online Bible and start to open the Book of Life. Ask God to give you the location of The Scriptures to read and ask God to give you wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the texts so that it starts to fill you up with THE LIGHT. Reading The Scriptures will allow you to see God, differently, Proverbs 2:6 & James 1:5-8. Also, reading about God’s work will make you remember the many times that God has rescued you before.

    REFLECTION is necessary to the breaking of the curse.

    You’ll start to see your past victories.  Travel to the Books of Psalms and Proverbs. Journey through Acts, Romans and Ephesians. Let God lead your heart and mind so that your ears, mouth, and eyes fall before Him in praise and adoration for His lovingkindness and faithfulness towards you, even when you weren’t faithful unto Him, God remained the very same God that He was, loving and compassionate, waiting with His Arms open to embrace you.

    If you continue prayer, reading The Scriptures, and praising God, you will be inclined to worship Him. Worshipping God is a more intimate place, sacrament, that allows you to truly reverence God’s sovereignty, His deity, Psalms 29:2. You’ll learn that worship is an act of humble, total submission, bowing unto Him, to appreciate His great being. You’ll feel His embrace. The Holy Spirit will rescue you with a warm and welcoming embrace. The Holy Spirit will comfort you and give you what you need to survive and then thrive while you’re waiting on God to resolve your issues.

    Because God is light and you’re doing the actions that showcase His Light, you’ll enter into an atmosphere of perfect peace. A peace that says to yourself, “no matter how long it takes, God, I will trust you, with everything in me.” “God, I know it’s rough for me right now but I believe that You will rescue me, in due time.” “God, your timing is right and your will is what I desire, so waiting for you in expectation of the manifestation of The Word of God in my life, will be a waiting I have with much peace and tranquility.”

    God’s WORD brings hope. Your lifelessness will disappear when you start to reach for God, to truly seek Him, because of your desperation but also because of your devotion and diligence unto God.

    Waiting for God to move is the most difficult when you have no hope, no zeal, no desire to believe. However, waiting for God, with jubilation and everlasting joy, you learn that the wait is worth it! Waiting on God is worth it! Trusting God despite what you’re facing is pivotal to your life’s success. You shall live and not die, Psalm 118:17! You’ll be able to say that this suffering isn’t worthy to be compared to the joy coming, Romans 8:18. You’ll learn endurance, perseverance, patience, 2 Timothy 2:3-4, Romans 5:3-4.

    I encourage you to use Bible Study tools like Bible.com and Biblegateway. I advise you to get a Bible (choose a version that explains things in a way in which you can grasp) like the New Living Translation, The Message Bible, GOD’s WORD Translation, Common English Bible, etc. and keep it around you, read it, study it, meditate on His Words.

    There’s no way suicide or brokenness can keep you bound because Your GOD, Our GOD, Himself, is coming in like a rushing wind, to rescue you, to keep you safe in His arms, Psalms 91:1,4. Keep asking and keep seeking, Matthew 7:7-8. Keep knocking at God’s door because He will open and answer. He means you good and not evil, Jeremiah 29:11. Rest in His safety, Proverbs 21:31.

    You’ve been DELIVERED before you were destroyed!

    Welcome to living and living life more abundantly, John 10:10!

    I hope that this letter has inspired and encouraged you to hang in there and don’t give up! I hope that you’ve been touched by God’s Holy Spirit, that your Soul has been penetrated to understand that LIFE is your calling, IT IS YOUR PORTION, Psalm 16:5-9.

    Be encouraged because your breakthrough is coming to bomb rush you into victory! Stay the course. You shall live and not die, Pastor E. Nelson

    The Scriptures are food for our souls (inner man) and nourishment for our outer man.

    Today’s Scriptures:

    Ezekiel 34:7 KJV | King James Bible

    So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

    Philippians 4:10-12 AMP | Amplified Bible

    10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, that now at last you have renewed your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned about me before, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have learned to be content [and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneasy] regardless of my circumstances. 12 I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times], and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret [of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether having an abundance or being in need.

    2 Corinthians 2:14-15 AMP | Amplified Bible

    14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him. 15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;

  • God Who is Perfect, Perfecting Us: Tools for Spiritual Growth & Maturity

    God Who is Perfect, Perfecting Us: Tools for Spiritual Growth & Maturity

    PEOPLE OF GOD,

    God sees the perfected you! What does this mean? Everything that you need and everything that you’ve thought you needed, GOD is working to see to it that your life is BLESSED, according to how He blesses us, not man.

    I’m so glad that God doesn’t inquire of others concerning us. He is sovereign (rules all by Himself) and always works by Himself to bring Himself Glory that’s revealed to us and through us, from within us.

    God preserves His WORD, [Psalm 12:6-7] and He watches over His Word to perform it, [Jeremiah 1:12]. In order for us to exercise God’s WORD, we must know it enough, in our soul, so that it resonates through your entire being: mind, body and soul, [John 7:38]. Our bellies must be full with God’s Spirit and His Holy WORD so that in the time of trouble, we find His WORD both comforting and assuring.

    Background Reality: We’re able to use His Holy WORD to our advantage against the evil one and his fortress. We, as Christians, are in Spiritual Warfare. The battle is within us. There’s a war between Spirit & Man. We win the war that’s waged against us when we use God’s Weapons, His Armory that He’s vested, in us and to us, to use to fight against Spirits in the Unseen World that show themselves in the Seen World.

    GOD’s WORD will rescue, relieve and revive us! We must have a FAITH that assures us, without doubt, that God is working everything out for our good, why? Because He loves us and we are CALLED according to His Purpose [Romans 8:28].

    Work The WORD so that The WORD Works in Your Life!

    We must put God in remembrance of His Word, [Isaiah 43:26].

    Don’t let doubt enter your heart because then it enters your mind, therefore contaminating you, placing defeat in your frontal view, as opposed to seeing that you’re more than a CONQUEROR through Jesus Christ, [Romans 8:37]. Do NOT be blind to the fact that We are OVERCOMERS! [Revelation 2:26] God has given us the authority to trample over every obstacle [Luke 10:19, Mark 11:23].

    This post is to remind you that God is here: JEHOVAH SHAMMAH! He’s our shield of protection when we hide in His shadow, [Psalm 91]. The Bible commands us to “dwell” in The Lord’s presence. In other words, it means to “remain for a time, to live as a resident,” according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

    We cannot walk in and out of God’s shadow and expect protection. We must remain under His Divine Protection in order to even resist the devil, [James 5:14], causing him to flee from amongst us.

    Walking Towards Christ requires true, humble and pure submission unto Our Father.

    Let GOD direct your path and make your path straight [Proverbs 3:6]. Honor God in all that you do!

    Submit your will to Him and take on His Will for your life.

    How do we do this?

    THE FAITH APPLICATION

    1. We accept that without God, we cannot make it, it’s impossible! We understand that we must grow, Spiritually, thereby craving the Word of God “as sincere milk” [1 Peter 2:2].
    2. We must communicate with God through prayer, meditation and fasting [Hebrews 4:16, Joel 2:12].
    3. We must worship GOD, in Spirit and in His Truth [John 4:23-24]. In other words, we cannot live contrary to Christ and cry out to God for help, simultaneously. God expects our obedience, our praise and our adoration [Psalm 22:3].
    4. God requires us to lead a disciplined, Holy & sanctified life. [Exodus 28:41, Leviticus 8:12]
    5. We not only read but we STUDY His Holy Scriptures for HIS WISDOM to be revealed to us. The Lord will teach us how to obey [2 Timothy 2:15].
    6. We must be willing to pour out our oil onto His feet, which shows God our humility. Through pouring out of ourselves in order for God to fill us up with His WORD [Luke 7:38] so that it saturates our lives, gives strength to our Spiritual & Physical being. We understand the power of giving to others as God graciously gives to us [Luke 6:38].
    7. We acknowledge that God is the ONE and ONLY Sovereign God whom we shall obey. No other god(s) before Him [Exodus 20:3].
    8. It’s an understanding that God’s way, His plan for our lives is meant to bring us to an expected end, green pastures, smooth hills that keeps us from all dangers, seen and unseen [Jeremiah 29:11].
    9. Therefore, it’s only because of Our Father that we even breathe another day, due to HIS GREAT GRACE and WONDERFUL MERCIES towards us [Acts 17:28, James 4:6].
    10. We’re compelled by the belief that ONLY GOD can resolve all of our issues if we cast our cares upon Him [1 Peter 5:7].
    11. Our faith in God determines our ALTITUDE in Him; we cannot go higher, ascend to higher elevations, until we are ready to assume the responsibility that comes with being a Follower of Christ. What we do now impacts the next dimension’s pace in our lives! It’s faith that breaks the obstacle of disbelief! It’s faith that causes our hearts and minds to agree to full submission unto God, not to people, places or things [Matthew 16:24-26].
    12. Finally, we understand that we need the WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD [Ephesians 6:10-18]. We’re then equipped with the necessary Elements of The Spirit to fight this war that’s waged against us. It’s by wearing The Whole Armor of God that we can STAND against anything that tries to exalt itself above GOD in our lives [2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Ephesians 6:13].

    Today’s Scriptures:

    Psalm 138:8 KJV | King James Version

    The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
    Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
    Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

    Psalm 12:6-7 NKJV | New King James Version

    The words of the Lord are pure words,
    Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
    Purified seven times.
    7 You shall keep them, O Lord,
    You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

    Jeremiah 1:12 NKJV

    12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [a]ready to perform My word.”

  • HOLD ON>

    HOLD ON>

    People of GOD,

    God is making all things work for in your favor! I know it seems like your breakthrough won’t come. I know it feels like you’re alone, in this. I know it’s frightening sometimes. This is the humanity in us. God is here: Jehovah Shammah. God remains. No matter what you’re facing, no matter the difficulty, YOU WILL OVERCOME ALL!

    Our God promises to never leave us nor forsake us, His will is perfect for our lives. In fact, your breakthrough is so close, that’s why ALL HELL has broken out in your life.  Things have been happening and you cannot seem to find the reason – that’s the enemy shaking it up but with God’s authority to PUSH you into your PROMISE!

    Great is God’s faithfulness towards us! Remain faithful unto GOD and I promise that He’s working all things out for your good, He’s perfecting you!

    What do you need to do now? You need to increase your prayers, worship, praise, meditation. You’re right there at the door of your NEXT! You must stay consistent but amplify your praise and worship! God inhabits the praises of His People. WE ARE HIS PEOPLE. Since He loves to hear our praise, what more do you think He will do as a result of your praise and worship?

    Glorifying The LORD brings continuous overflow of miracles, signs, and wonders.

    Since God is faithful toward you, will you return the faithfulness towards Him? Are you willing to PRESS your way into your Divine Destination, your deliverance? HOW DESPERATE ARE YOU? What are you doing, in your desperation other than seeking God with everything you have? Are you preoccupied with shuffling things that you will not give GOD the time-of-day, yet you want GOD to come in like a mighty rushing wind and make it alright for you? Are you seeking GOD, intimately, or are you a Seasonal Believer?

    You know the definition of a Seasonal Believer: they never really seek God until tragedy hits their home. They never pray unless something has gone wrong and they use GOD as the last resort instead of the first resort. Their faith is conditional (seasonal). They do not exercise fasting, laying prostrate before GOD unless there is a significant strain on their life; this behavior causes your breakthroughs to be on back order! Hear me, People of GOD, GOD is a jealous GOD!

    If you place people, places and things before Him, HE will be upset. He may not take you out but HE WILL DELAY YOUR BREAKTHROUGH because you won’t acknowledge Him in all you do. You won’t honor Him unless He does something for you instead of realizing that even if He never does another thing for you, HE STILL IS EMMANUEL, THE GREAT I AM, ELOHIM, EL SHADDAI, ABBA, ALPHA & OMEGA, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE LILY OF THE VALLEY, THE ROSE OF SHARON, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST, OUR REDEEMER, OUR SAVIOR, OUR DWELLING PLACE, OUR FAITHFUL FATHER! He will be glorified, whether it’s through of sufferings or through or risings.

    GOD WILL GET HIS GLORY OUT OF YOU! Why don’t you give it to Him, freely?

    GOD is looking for a People that will BELIEVE Him when the battle has beat you down, but you look to Him to vindicate you (Jehovah Saboath) and He comes in and works EVERY SINGLE THING, that you were looking for and in need of, He provides, gracefully. God wants us to believe Him in all areas of our life.

    How do you believe GOD, unconditionally?

    You reflect on the goodness of Our Father in your past experiences. If it had not been for The Lord on my side! You do intense pray, praise, worship, mediation, fasting, so you are more adapted to hear the Voice of GOD. You condition yourself through these Spiritual Exercises. You discipline yourself and live according to His Will, the best as you can.

    Remember some of the GREAT PRECEDENTS OF GOD:

    • God will bless the work of your hands, Deuteronomy 28:12
    • God never fails us, Deuteronomy 31:6
    • His promises are Yes & Amen for you, 2 Corinthians 1:20
    • He will protect you under His shelter, Psalm 91
    • He is faithful, 2 Thessalonians 3:3

    AMP UP!

    GOD BLESS. GOD BE THE GLORY!

    Today’s Scriptures

    Psalm 138:8 KJV

    The Lord will perfect that which concernth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

    Hebrews 13:5(b) KJV

    for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

    Psalm 22:3 KJV

    But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

    Romans 8:28 KJV

    28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • The Mustard Tree: My Faith’s Increasing

    The Mustard Tree: My Faith’s Increasing

    God’s People, today we will look at the mustard tree. We’ll examine facts about the mustard tree and the mustard seed, relative to what God says to us.

    We’ll be exercising the practical application of The Word of God, which is what God vested in me through Passion4People Ministries. The purpose of this post is to edify us.

    Let’s talk a deep-dive into this concept:

    Matthew 13:31-32 KJV | King James Version

    31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

    32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

    Matthew 17:20 KJV  

    20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

    Did you know?

    • A mustard tree can grow up to a height of 30 feet and is one of the smallest seeds: God says that we need “the faith of a mustard seed” because of the very fact that it grows into such a large (tree) faith. Wow! Before studying this, I had no idea of how the true significance of the mustard tree, relative to the mustard seed.
    • They start off as dark green and change to yellow-green over time which signifies the watering or growth of our faith: the more we have faith as a mustard seed, the larger our faith grows to immeasurable heights 
    • Mustard seeds grow in hot climates – this signifies that when the pressure is on in our lives, this is the time our faith strengthens. Our faith grows. I’m reminded of the fiery furnace that King Nebuchadnezzar put Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into Daniel 3:16-28, which we see that Jesus Christ was in the furnace with them. It’s because Jesus was with them that they were not consumed by the fire nor did they come out of the furnace smelling like where they’d been.
      • What is God saying? As God’s Children, we are never alone. He promised never to leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6) and in fact, those that abide in Him, He shall abide in them (John 15:4-7). You should also know that God doesn’t lie to us: If He said it, He sealed it! (Numbers 23:19)
    • Planting mustard seedlings has to be done without the presence of weeds and bushes: this signifies to the Believer of the Trinity that in order for our faith to increase, we must rid our hearts and minds of doubt, disbelief. We must exercise faith. Where we lack faith, we must pray that God forgives our unbelief (Mark 9:24).
    • Mustard seeds, like other seeds, must be watered:
      • How do we do this in our Christian experience? We study God’s Word, we listen to God’s voice, we develop an ear to hear what The Lord is saying by spending time in prayer, fasting, praise and worship.
    • It’s said that the mustard seeds must be watered weekly.
      • This means to us that we need to constantly (consistently) seek Our Father. Those that diligently seek God will receive the desires of our hearts: (Hebrews 11:6)
    • Mustard seeds have stages of growth: germination, leaf development, stem elongation, inflorescence emergence, flowering, fruit development, ripening and senescence.
      • The different stages of growth represent to us the stages in which our faith grows, develops, into the stage where “inflorescence emergence” happens, that is, where every stem part of the flower emerges.
        • Every part of our faith grows through constant communication with Christ. It’s the seeking of Christ, through our many experiences where “faith” has to be present and applied, that we are strengthened, thus, the increase of faith.
        • The ripening of our faith is cultivated by our experiences. All stages of the mustard seed, from germination to senescence, is relative to how our faith grows, in sequence with our many life experiences. 
          • For example: if I had never been broke before, I wouldn’t have known that God supplies all of my needs in accordance to what He has, His riches: Philippians 4:19.
            • If I’d never been brokenhearted, I wouldn’t know that God is close to me (Psalms 34:18).
    • Mustard seeds are one of the fastest growing trees!
      • What does this say to us? Our faith increases so fast that the same situations that used to depress us, making us anxious (Philippians 4:6) and concerned about the outcome, changes into certainty that Our GOD will resolve it, work it out for our good, because we love Him and are called according to His purpose: (Romans 8:38).
        • The same things that used to hinder your faith now strengthen your faith because you’ve learned, through it and developed faith over it, over the fear that it will not work in your favor, all due to the very fact that in past experiences of the same manner, GOD had provided.
        • Therefore, God will now provide for us, in this situation again, when it arises. Faith develops faith.
    • Finally, mustard seeds have vital nutrients for our bodies. You can eat them raw; they do not need to be cooked.
      • What does this infer? The more you grow the mustard seeds of faith that you possess, the more you give nutrients to your Spirit Man. You feed your Spirit Man through faith.
      • Your faith then grows and matures you; this is why the same things that used to stress you out should no longer stress you out because you’ve reached a maturity that says to the situation: “Since GOD brought me out the last time, He’s willing and able to bring me out this time!”
    • Be encouraged. Grow your mustard seeds of faith so that you can be nourished, inside out.

    A Prayer of Faith

    God, Our Father, I come to you today to say thank you for all of your many blessings: the ones that I am aware of and the ones that I am not but that you’ve divinely created for me. Thank you for never giving up on me! Thank you for sustaining me! Even when I didn’t believe you as much as I should, you held onto me. Forgive my sins so that my prayers aren’t hindered to you.

    God, I need you to help me see that you’ve always been there for me. When trouble rises, help me to lean on the fact that you’ve always come and rescued me, every single time and in every single situation.

    God, help my unbelief. Grow me, in you. Cleanse me and make me better. You’re my only hope! I have faith and my faith is steadily increasing in you!

    Now that I know the significance of the mustard tree, I’m even more aware of just how strong my faith can be and should be, in you. Guide me and mature me. This prayer is signed, sealed and delivered to you through Jesus Christ, Amen.