Thanksgiving Recovery…

I’m finally recovering from Thanksgiving.  Every year, I eat entirely too much and then ask myself why did I do that.  I’m sure I’m not the only one.  More importantly, I hope that people who do celebrate Thanksgiving actually took the time to give thanks.  Really, those of us who are saved should be giving thanks daily, because he (God) brings us through so much every day.  This time of year though, we should really reflect on the grace of God and how good he has been to us.  I know he has been good to me.  I thank God that my children are healthy.  I thank him for giving me a sane mind and full motion of my limbs.  I thank him for placing me in a career where I am happy and wanted.  I thank him for shelter, food and transportation.  I’ve been trying to look over the material things I’ve accumulated through God’s blessings and thank him for the necessities of everyday life that I have when there are lots of people who don’t have them.  Lord, continue to show grace and have mercy on me, my family and my peers.  In Jesus name…Amen.  Peace and Blessings…ya dig!

Say…So

This past Saturday, I went to support a few local gospel hip hop artist I know at a Youth Explosion at First Mount Carmel in 5th Ward. There was also a guest minister named Pastor P, from this church in Sunnyside (I forgot the name of the church). I writing this because over the past few years I’ve been doing Holy Hip Hop, people who know me and know my past tend to question how or even why I do it. In the past, in particularly junior high, high school and college, while I went to church everyday, the church wasn’t in me. I knew the word of God, right from wrong, etc… but I continued to participate in activities that I shouldn’t have. I won’t go into depth about those but I will say, I was far from a saint. These days, when I’m out ministering and trying to walk the straight and narrow, I always run into people I’ve known for years. I’ve come to find out that people will label you by what you’ve done in the past, regardless of what you’re presently doing.

Stay Prayed Up!

Have you ever went days, weeks or even months without praying? I have. It is easy to get caught up in the day to day issues of your life, the good and bad, and try to handle these issues yourself, rather than “take them to God”. Then, what eventually happens is, you hear a word or God speaks to you through someone else or even gives you some sort of sign that he is still in control and you realize that you’ve been slacking in your communication with him. Right then, you make a conscious decision that you are going to pray more often. For me, that first prayer is tough. It’s kinda like when you call someone you haven’t spoke to in a while, you catch up on what’s been happening since last time you spoke.

Work in the church

What is work in the church? Why should you work in the church? How do you benefit from work in the church? Why do I have to go to church? These are several questions people saved and unsaved have asked me. I personally believe that just as much as the church is a place to find strength, love, worship, praise, a message from the Lord and basically learn and practice your religion, it is also a business.