Can you see like Jesus?

I remembered years ago, I was in a McDonalds in downtown Chicago and I was watching this lady order herself and her small daughter a meal.  The lady was swinging on the little girl and cursing her out.  So many people began to focus on her and the child, although it was crowded.  I received my food before her and went to find a seat.  I proceeded to put a few French fries in my mouth and went to swallow.  The lady sat down and the little girl went to snatch her food from her mother and ran as fast as she could so she could eat.  As I got ready to swallow my food, my throat began to close as the love of God swelled up in my heart so strongly, that I almost choked. I was compelled to spit my food out and went to pray for her.

I immediately got up and sat next to her.  I told her what had just happened to me and how concerned the Lord was about her and her situation.  I asked her what was wrong.  She told me her son had been falsely accused and just put in prison and she could not get him out. Here I was sitting next to a big stocky, strong black woman but when I shared the love of God with her and told her how God interrupted me she broke down crying and allowed me to pray for her.  

Can Jesus interrupt you? Can you hear him when he speaks to you? Can you see like Jesus? How would most have seen that lady? So many were judging in their hearts but couldn’t see what they couldn’t see? Do you have eyes but cant see?

I will never forget that encounter as long as I live. I will always be grateful that I obeyed the Lord. I am grateful I didn’t judge her in my heart. I saw passed her anger and saw her pain. God wants us to share his love with the world. When someone is acting out, can you cover them and can you see like Jesus?

God wants to separate us

You may be asking what is God trying to separate us from.  God wants to separate us from our past to bring us into our future.  In the words of Pastor Keion Henderson in his message Built to Last, he said, our future wants to have an exclusive relationship with us.  He said, when we cheat on our past with our future, it results in a bad breakup.  For this to occur, we must allow God to separate us by placing enough distance between our past and our future. God wants us to break up with our past.  The only reason it becomes a bad break up is if there are things in our past, we are trying to bring into our future.  We must guard our future.

Let’s check out how God did this in the bible with the children of Israel.  When God got ready to bring them out of Egypt, it took miracle after miracle to bring them out.  They finally reached the Red Sea that looked impossible to crossover and the Egyptian’s changed their mind.  They decided they weren’t going to let them go after all. You may be thinking you thought you had made it through the worst parts already.  Now on your way to your promised land, you have run into an obstacle that feels impossible to overcome. How many of us have cheated with our past with our future?  

 A lot of us. My greatest struggle was me transitioning from my past into my future with the foreknowledge that God had better for me.  I had to learn to love myself in the in between places while allowing God to love me broken, mistakes and all.  I remember a time in my past I would take 5 steps forward and then feel like I took 10 steps backwards.  God brought me into a place of stability now a little shy of almost 7 years ago.  I decided I wanted everything he had for me more than what I wanted for myself.  I aligned myself back up with his dream---- so take hope.  Don’t allow your feelings to get in the way of what God has promised.  Don’t give up. Crossover, because God is about to drown your enemies into the red sea.  God is about to drown destruction, fear, and abuse. Let them be drowned.

Pastor Keion said in his message we have been anointed for Forward.  God told the children of Israel to go forward.  It required them to take the necessary steps into what appeared could drown and destroy them but as they moved forward, God then made a way out of no way.

You are anointed for Forward.

He needed them to obey and go forward so he could separate them enough from their past that he would be able to drown their enemies without them also being drowned.

Exodus 14: 26 Then the Lord told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea and the water will come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their horsemen.” 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its normal depth at daybreak. The Egyptians tried to retreat in front of the advancing water, but the Lord destroyed the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. 28 The water returned, covering the chariots and the horsemen of Pharaoh’s entire army that had pursued the Israelis into the sea. Not even one of them remained.

It’s in that forward movement you will see that God has already gone before you.  God will not allow us to be drowned emotionally, physically, financially in anyway.  But he does want to drown our enemies.  This year I’ve grown and enjoyed some of the most profound podcasts on relationships.  I’ve heard a lot of statements surrounding showing up and becoming our best version of ourselves.  However, I discovered that it is not just necessary to become a better version of ourselves for us. It is equally as important not to come into agreement with the enemy as our future spouse transforms from their past and becomes who God said they will be.  God’s love transforms us into who we are born to become, but it is a process.   That process starts with allowing God to separate us from our past so we can have an exclusive relationship with our future.  Love covers a multitude of faults.  Love is waiting in our future.

 Exodus 14:15-16 And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go Forward. But lift your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

You are somebody's rainbow

🌈 You Are Somebody’s Rainbow🌈

Today, one of my dear nieces and her husband celebrated their 9th wedding anniversary. As I scrolled through her post, something she wrote gripped my heart. She said, “This year was filled with rainbows, and you only get rainbows after a storm.”

That simple statement carried such prophetic weight. It reminded me of how God uses storms to produce beauty — how every flood, every trial, every moment that feels like it might break us actually births something sacred on the other side.

When I read her words, I responded with what flowed from my spirit:

“Your union is so important to our family’s tapestry. May God’s love and grace continue to sustain you through every flood. May He give you wisdom to build and understanding to establish His purposes. And after you both have obeyed Him like Noah, who built an ark for his family, may the Lord Himself shut you both in — securing your union from destruction. I love you both to the moon and back! Your ability to overcome in marriage is a prayer answered and a rainbow in my sky after all my teary years of praying that God would restore honor and marriages in our bloodline.”

After I wrote those words, the Spirit of God began to stir within me. I found myself in tears of gratitude and worship. Then I heard the Lord speak so clearly:

“I came to remind you that I haven’t forgotten your sacrifice.”

In that moment, He showed me something — their marriage was more than a celebration; it was a sign. A rainbow. Just as He promised Noah, the rainbow was a reminder of His covenant — His promise that after the flood, life and restoration would follow.

Genesis 9:12–16 says:

“This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature… I have set my rainbow in the clouds… Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant.”

God reminded me that the rainbow isn’t just a symbol of beauty — it’s a sign of remembrance. A declaration that the storm didn’t win. That the flood didn’t destroy you. That His promises still stand.

You, too, are somebody’s rainbow.

You may not see it right now, but your endurance, your obedience, and your faith are signs of God’s covenant to someone watching your life. Somebody is waiting for you to come through your storm because when you do, your victory will be the confirmation that God still remembers His promises.

Don’t give up in your flood. Don’t curse your storm. Let God reveal the rainbows He has placed around you. He is not finished with your family, your purpose, or your story.

Apostle Dr. Matthew Stevenson once prophesied to me that God would begin to avenge my tears and that He would start in the lives of my nieces. And I’m seeing it now — God keeping His word, generation by generation.

Just like Noah, you’ve got to keep building. Keep obeying. And when you’ve done your part, trust that God Himself will shut you in and secure everything you’ve built.

Genesis 7:16 says, “Then the Lord shut him in.”

That means what God seals, no storm can destroy.

There’s a rainbow waiting on the other side of your obedience. 🌈

Perception is our reality

So many times, in relationships we don’t see the way God sees the situation and that’s because our perception is our reality.  We should ask God to show us how he sees a situation in our lives. When God got ready to judge King David, listen to how starkly different he describes the situation from his perception and the way King David perceived it.  It was so different how King David saw it that he pronounced death on the man, and he was the man.

2 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.

This is King David the man after God’s heart.  King David was so far removed from what he did that he couldn’t see what he did the same way God did.  All of us have blind spots. God sent the prophet to tell him exactly how inconsistent he was with his perception of his reality. David didn’t understand the value Basheba held in Uriah’s life to God. Sometimes we mishandle people in relationships without knowing the work God has done in that persons life. The prophet goes on to address the real issue of David’s heart.  He reminds him of all God had done for him and would have given him.

Then he tells him that because he despised the commandment of the Lord to do evil in the Lord’s sight and caused great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, he would be judged.  We must be mindful of our ways and submit our hearts to the Lord and ask HIM to reveal how he sees our actions and whether they are pure and right in his sight.

God dealt with the core reason of what made King David take Basheba and have her husband positioned so he would be killed on the battlefield. He told him he despised his commandment and because of his actions, it gave the enemies of the Lord great occasion to blaspheme.  There are things that we can do that will cause sinners and believers to blaspheme because of our actions. 

Are we abstaining from all appearances of evil, so we are not giving the enemies of the Lord an occasion to blaspheme? It doesn’t matter how small or great our actions are on social media on display as believers in Christ.  We must be mindful because perception is our reality, even though it may not be the truth. We must see it how God sees it.

The benefits of Abraham’s covenant

Sometimes we read the bible like a fairytale, but we absolutely should not. This was not a suspense thriller action packed movie; this was Lot’s life and his family, and they were the only ones about to be saved.  The city of Sodom and Gomorrah sin had come up before God as an abomination.  God was about to destroy the entire city with fire and brimstone.  The only reason Lot and his family were spared was because of the benefits of Abraham’s covenant with God.

You may say, does God honor our obedience?  God not only honors our obedience but because of our yes to him, he promises to make a covenant with us to a thousand generations.  Did you know that some of the blessings you are receiving are because they did not get theirs?  Somebody made a covenant years ago in your bloodline.  God is not only honoring your acts of obedience; they are watching from the balcony of heaven now a part of the cloud of witnesses watching their promises also be fulfilled in your life.

In Hebrews 11:39-40

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

They did not receive their promises because God had something better for us, that they without us would not be made perfect. God has been waiting generations for you to step into this next place of purpose.  He has things for you that your generations never received.  Have you ever asked God what those better things are he has for you that they never received?  Are you willing to fight for them? So many only ask for the things God has for them but God has things your ancestors never received that he has reserved for you.

I asked God to give me what my great grandmother, grandmother and mother never received.  I labored for it and entered generational warfare to get them. God wants to reveal to you and unlock his eternal secrets. Will you seek him for those better things and receive the benefits of Abraham’s covenant and your generational blessings?  

God was so committed to Abraham that even when Lot hesitated to leave, God sent angels to come down and lead them away from destruction.  God is sending angels to bring my family and your family out.  It may look like they are going to be destroyed and it is too late, but I encourage you to continue to trust God for the deliverance of your loved ones. If God went out of his way for Lot and his family for Abraham, he would do the same for us. 

Genesis 19:16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

All is well

I rushed frantically into the emergency room, holding my limp 2-year-old in my arms.  The lady at the desk tells me to fill out the small sheet on the desk, so I did and to have a seat.  Surely, I’m thinking they will call him soon.  The lady at the desk casually gets up to get her a bag of chips as if nothing else is important.  While my toddlers’ lips are turning more blue by the second.  Suddenly, he lets out this loud gasp for air.  Immediately, I run up to the desk, now disturbing her chip break to demand that he be seen.

 My baby is not breathing well as I explained.  He was rushed back into the emergency room. I heard a loud announcement over the intercom system:  CODE BLUE, CODE BLUE.  I watched the curtains be pulled.

That’s right…Jeremy had gone into cardiac arrest, while I was patiently waiting for the tech to call me while she ate her chips.   This really happened but in the face of adversity at twenty-two years old; I was able to say, all is well.

God promised us that his peace would guard our hearts beyond our understanding. I remained calm.  No tears.  No anxiety attacks.  I was just looking for answers and praying for Gods best.  God did not fail me and he will never fail you either.

The bible says if we faint in the day of adversity, then our strength is small.  I knew he would be alright.  He had lost oxygen to his brain and laid in intensive care for 5 days before being stabilized but I still was able to say, all is well.  This reminds me of the Shunamite woman whose son died, that was able to say, all is well.  God wants us to be able in the face of death, to still be able to say, all is well.   

Some may never have a testimony like this but even on the brink of your diagnosis, God wants you to come to him and trust him so you also can say, all is well.  Whether you are facing foreclosure, the loss of your job, death of a child unexpectedly or the loss of a spouse.  God is able to bring you out of that place of grief and loss and allow you to have a testimony of: all is well. The prophet Elijah raised her son from the dead but she had to bring him to him. Have you brought that dead thing to God to be resurrected?

This is what she did to ensure that nothing and no one would interfere with what she needed from God.  She kept her mouth closed.  Are you in a situation that you need God to move miraculously?  She knew where to get the help she needed. She didn’t even stop to tell his father when he asked her was everything ok.

Do you run to your spouse or others for things you should be running to God to in prayer? God wants us to depend on him and trust him no matter how bad our situation is and know that he is in control aa our testimony can also be, all is well.

2 Kings 4:22 Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.” 23 And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.” 24 Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.

When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite. 26 Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” And she answered, “All is well.” 27 And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.

Negatives

There we were framed in a moment of time. We were mounted by a prophetic promise and vow that was holding it all in place. The nails that it hung on, were the same ones that held Jesus to the Cross-love. It began to lean to the side and the picture was now suspended in air. I didn't know if the love was strong enough to keep us in place. The image was no longer clear. I couldn't see him anymore in the picture with the kids and me. I thought mine would be different from all the other marriages that ended up destroyed and torn by adultery. The picture was ripped.

I was suddenly thrown in a dark room.

But in my spirit I had negatives that needed to be developed. I could see us together; we were called to the multitudes. My tears became the solution that allowed me to see the images that were still hid to the naked eye. I was interceding in the dark and even when it didn’t looked like anything; I still kept praying.

1 Corinthians 7:1616 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

When I wanted to stop praying, I couldn't. I was compelled. I was driven to this dark place where only God could help me see what no one else could. He was sharing his eternal secrets and causing the passions of Christ to be developed from the negatives in me.

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

It was in this place, that I would discover the beauty of who he had created me to be. Why did I have to go through this? Why me? I was torn, split and I desperately wanted to quit. I didn't even know why I still wanted to be married anymore. But other things began to appear in the negatives as I kept weeping. The solution for the images was producing a clearer picture. It was no longer about what he was or wasn't doing, if he loved me or not, how angry and bitter I had become. I had finally gotten passed me, passed us. I began to see my great-grandmother, Clara Muhammad. I was close enough now to the negatives, that I could hear her cries and her cries became mine.

Get God's attention

“Get God’s Attention and Recover All”

I love King David. The Word says he was a man after God’s own heart. Did he make mistakes? Of course—BIG ones. He committed adultery, orchestrated murder, and his baby died as a result. He paid a heavy price for his sins. Later, he numbered the people to see how many were following him, and because of his pride, thousands died. Yet even through all his failures, David still belonged to God. He understood something most people never learn—he knew it was better to fall into the hands of God than the hands of man.

David had problems—family issues, betrayal, loss, heartbreak. He faced situations that could have broken anyone else. Yet he was still the King. And he knew how to get God’s attention.

David understood the power of posture. He knew when to fall on his face before God, when to cry out, and when to worship through the pain. He didn’t just ask for deliverance; he sought divine strategy. He inquired of the Lord for direction before every major move. David was a man of war—so much so that his son Solomon never had to fight a single battle. Why? Because his father fought enough wars and prayed enough prayers for his bloodline to live in peace.

That’s the kind of legacy I want to leave behind—one where my children walk in victories that my prayers secured.

One of my favorite moments in David’s story is at Ziklag. Everything had been burned. His family and the families of his men were taken captive. His own soldiers, the very ones who fought beside him, turned on him. They were ready to stone him. Can you imagine? Betrayed, broken, grieving—and yet, David encouraged himself in the Lord.

He didn’t look for validation. He didn’t wait for someone else to lift him up. He went straight to God. He got heaven’s attention and asked, “Shall I pursue?” And God responded, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”

That’s the word for somebody right now—it’s time to encourage yourself, get God’s attention, and recover all. Even when you don’t know which direction to go, trust that God will order your steps.

When David and his men reached the brook Besor, two hundred of them were too exhausted to go any further. They stayed behind while the others went into battle. And after David recovered everything, some of the men didn’t want to share the spoils with those who had stayed behind. But David’s heart revealed his true kingship. He said, “As his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarries by the stuff; they shall part alike.”

What a reflection of the heart of God!

Don’t be angry at those who couldn’t help you fight, or the ones who didn’t believe in you. Everyone can’t go with you. Everyone doesn’t have the strength to battle beside you. But when you return with the spoils, make sure your heart is right. God is a righteous judge, and He sees how you handle your victories.

This is why God called David a man after His own heart. Not because he was perfect—but because he knew how to repent, recover, and return with the right spirit.

So, in this season, posture yourself like David. Get on your face before God. Ask Him for the strategy. And then pursue, overtake, and recover all. Every promise, every dream, every relationship, every bit of peace and purpose that belongs to you—it’s time to get it back!

Tomorrow about this time

You have received prophesies and are believing God to fulfill them in this season. Yet you have people around you just like Elisha’s servant did that have challenged you what God showed you is impossible. Yet, you know you have heard from God like Elisha did.

Elisha was not moved.

 Neither should you be. 

Don’t let the past season make you believe that God cannot fulfill his promises. God is going to do it. God’s ways are not our ways. His thoughts are higher than ours! You know what you have asked God for, and no man can give it to you.  Your right to it is found in your ability to have faith to receive it! 

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria!

There had been a famine in the land and no rain for three years.  The famine was so bad they were selling bird poop and eating their babies!  You may be thinking it can’t get any worse than this! Out of the blue the man of God releases the word of the Lord and this happens next!

 3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So, let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”

Notice Elijah didn’t prophesy to the lepers.  You may be saying, I haven’t received a prophetic word to confirm this season. They didn’t get the prophetic word either. He said this was going to specifically happen tomorrow---the next day. What if the lepers decided that they were going to stay where they were longer with no sense of discerning of the time and season? They said, if they stayed where they were that they were going to die.  Do you know that you must decide to move forward? It’s not even an issue of going backward anymore, you can’t stay where you are anymore!!!

Your season of drought and famine is OVER!!! You may not know how or who God is going to use, but it is going to happen if you move forward.

 Do you not know that although you may be the least to think you could affect a city, a nation or your own family, your ability to discern the time and your season to OBEY is critical. 

It is critical for everyone around you to receive the fulfillment of their prophetic word and for your own deliverance and prosperity for you to obey!

The obedience of the four lepers was completely hinged on the prophetic word coming to pass and they never got the prophetic word. They just recognized in their own personal lives, they needed to move forward.

Some of you have decided to camp out longer because of the fear of the unknown. They had no idea that God had angels that were with them, and that the enemy would hear them as a mighty army. You are not alone. God has sent his angels on assignment to help you accomplish this assignment. It’s time to receive the spoils that God has promised you, about this time tomorrow. God is holding our prophetic tomorrow in his hand.

The still small voice

We live in a time where we need to know and hear the voice of God.  However, some don’t believe he is still talking.  I wouldn’t serve a God that couldn’t hear and respond back to me.  Maybe you fall into the category of those that do believe he is still talking but you have trouble deciphering his voice. 

In life we find ourselves in many different situations, each day, needing the mind and counsel of God but we look for him to answer sometimes, the way he did in the past.  Maybe when we are going through the hard, trying times, we feel like we can clearly hear God stirring us another way.  But we need to learn to hear him outside of the the winds, the earthquakes and the fires. In trouble sometimes we can hear God so clearly but not in God’s whisper.  

Don’t miss his voice because you are looking for him in the drama. Can you hear him when it’s quite?  Do we allow the situation to dictate how we hear him?  In this season, consider that perhaps, he may want to speak to you a different way.  The father has allowed so many of the things that we were previously accustomed too, to be brought to an abrupt halt due to Covid and other economic hardships, as if the world has been silenced.  

 In the Prophet Elijah’s day, he taught Elijah a lesson and we can learn from it as well. 

This is what happened.

1 Kings 19:11-13King James Version (KJV)

11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

I remember several years ago, I asked the Lord to teach me to hear him more clearly in the details of my life. There would be times, I would hear this still small voice that sounded much like my own. For example, I was taking off the safety pins from the skirt that I was going to wear that was attached to the coat hanger from the cleaners. The still small voice said, “Take one of the safety pins with you today because someone is going to ask you for one”.  The Lord later on let me know he was teaching me to trust his voice in everyday life.

Now, I could have argued with my rational as to why and ruled out that it wasn’t going to happen but instead I put one in my purse.  It was some hours into my day and one of my employees came in my office and out of the blue asked me did I have a safety pin.  I was thrilled to give it to her without explanation.  It is the still small voice of the Lord that guides us beyond our own understanding that often we discredit and never learn to follow.  It’s not “something told me to do that as we so often say.  It is the still small voice of the Lord that is trying to let you know he is with you. 

If you learn to listen in the small things than you will be able to trust him when he tells you about the big things in your life.  I want to challenge and encourage you as you are prompted by the Lord to begin to listen for his voice not so much how you may have heard him in the past but the still small voice so that you will know that he is concerned about the details of your life. 

Stay Here

“Don’t Stay Here—Keep Going!”

There comes a time when even what once led you must release you to grow. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”

What in your life is trying to tell you to stay here?

If you stay where you are, you’ll miss what God is trying to give you. The enemy will always try to convince you that comfort is confirmation—but sometimes, comfort is captivity. Elisha could’ve easily obeyed the familiar voice of his mentor, but deep within, he discerned that his next level was attached to his continued pursuit.

God is calling some of you to move beyond the place where you’ve settled. That “stay here” might look like fear, fatigue, heartbreak, or even advice from someone you once trusted. But you cannot stay where God’s glory used to be—you must follow where it is now.

The prophets at Bethel came out and said to Elisha, “Do you know the Lord is going to take your master today?” Elisha said, “Yes, I know—be quiet.”

There will be moments when people around you question your discernment, your timing, or your faith. They may think you’ve lost your edge or missed your moment. Elisha’s peers were prophets too—they had gifts, but they lacked persistence. They knew what was coming, but only Elisha refused to be talked out of his pursuit.

Sometimes, you have to silence the noise. You can’t afford to entertain every conversation when you’re on the brink of transition. Elisha’s response was consistent: “Be quiet.”

That’s what you must tell your fear, your doubt, and your weariness. Be quiet. You’ve come too far to stop here. Don’t let your situation confine you to a box, while the world passing you by.

Then Elijah said to him again, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But Elisha refused again. He was determined. Each new level required greater separation, and Elisha wouldn’t let go until he got what God had promised.

So I ask you: what in your life is challenging you to “stay here”?

Is it the email that said you didn’t get the job?

The diagnosis that tried to seal your fate?

The divorce papers that whispered it’s over?

The financial statement that made you think it’s too late to dream again?

Don’t stay there. Keep going.

At every stop, the prophets questioned him again. And Elisha replied again, “Yes, I know—be quiet.” His consistency positioned him for inheritance. His persistence was the proof of his faith.

Finally, when they crossed the Jordan, Elijah asked, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken?”

Elisha didn’t ask for money, a title, or fame. He asked for a double portion of his spirit. And Elijah said, “You’ve asked a difficult thing—but if you see me when I am taken, it will be yours.”

That’s it—if you can see it, you can receive it.

This is the season to pursue what looks difficult. Stay in position. Keep following God’s voice even when others fall away. Don’t settle where it’s safe. Don’t let fear tell you to “stay here.” The double portion is waiting on the other side of your obedience.

You are closer than you think. Keep walking. Keep believing. Keep pressing.

If you can see it, you can have it.

Don’t stay here—keep going.

Offenses will come

Standing for Truth, Even When It Costs You

What do you do when the truth and a lie collide like two football players crashing into each other at full speed? Years ago, I watched the movie Concussion, and it left a lasting impression on me for several reasons. I was moved by the passion and commitment Dr. Bennet Omalu showed as he examined his patients—men whose voices were silenced by death, yet whose bodies held the stories of their lives. He became their voice.

Have you ever felt called to be a voice for the voiceless? Have you been placed in a position where you must speak truth even when it’s inconvenient, unpopular, or costly? That is exactly what God calls us to do.

There was another moment in the movie that resonated deeply with me—the integrity and honor Dr. Omalu maintained. He risked his career, his finances, his reputation, yet he stayed faithful to the truth. Offenses came, and opposition arose, but he did not waver. Jesus told us that offenses will come in this world. How we respond to them is the true test of faith.

God wants us to remain faithful to the truth and the message He has given us, no matter the opposition or offense. Even when those closest to us may not understand, even when family or community may reject our words, we are called to be steadfast. For me, despite my father’s family being Islamic, I continue to share my Christian beliefs. I share my story. I share the Word of God. And I pray that those who hear will be delivered and saved, even if my words are seen as offensive.

Dr. Omalu’s discoveries came at a great cost. The truth he revealed changed lives, but it also put him in the center of controversy. His purpose required sacrifice. Have you ever had to suffer for standing up for what is right? I have. And watching Dr. Omalu reminded me of the power and weight of obedience, of courage in the face of opposition.

Even though millions of people still love football, his work brought awareness to a painful reality that otherwise would have remained hidden. Similarly, even if millions choose to follow false teachings, including those of the Nation of Islam or other religions, I will speak the truth of God’s Word. I will proclaim Christ. I will continue to testify of the love of Jesus, regardless of rejection, misunderstanding, or offense.

Even when it feels like your sacrifices go unnoticed, do it for the glory of God. Even when the world does not honor your obedience, do it for the glory of God. God is looking for faithfulness, not applause.

Dr. Omalu’s work exposed a hidden truth that saved countless lives from pain and injury. God desires to reveal a similar truth through us—revelation, light, and understanding that pierces through deception and lies. He wants the world to know that He so loved it that He gave His only begotten Son so that none would be lost. Jesus is Lord!

Stand for truth. Speak your story. Remain faithful. Your obedience may cost you something, but it will bless generations and glorify God. Just as Dr. Omalu became a voice for those who could no longer speak, God wants you to be a voice for those who need to hear Him.

Push

Sometimes in life we all need a good PUSH!  As a child begins to learn how to ride a bicycle without their training wheels, we can all learn some valuable lessons in our personal and spiritual development.

  Sometimes we want to rush things and we are not yet able to navigate the winds of life that come to sway us away from our path.

 Sometimes we think we are strong enough to balance our own weights and want to ride independently.

And sometimes there are those of us that just need a PUSH…………

No matter where you find yourself in your career, your ministry, your education, or even your relationship with God; we will all find at times we need a push. Even after a woman has carried a baby nine complete months, she can not deliver that baby without a PUSH. Whatever God has even placed in your spiritual womb will require your ability to PUSH. You will have to push pass your own disbelief because maybe it is taking longer than you expected. It’s a journey that without the loving guidance of our heavenly father, we would all end up on the side of the road.  I can remember when I graduated from high school, I was under the silly notion that I didn’t need to go back to school because Jesus was coming soon.  I had been out of school a year and wasn’t doing anything to develop myself personally.  It wasn’t until a friend said you need to go to college and I registered the next day.  All it took was just a PUSH.   

However, when it was time for me to go back to school to get my Master’s degree, it took many, many years of consistent pushes from many different people.  I just didn’t get it over night that it was time for me to go to the next level of my education. I had a good paying job but this next degree would place me on a new path at my job.  It was time for me to let go of what was familiar and safe.

 I thought I was strong enough and ready for my next level of promotion but I had a lot of development and training that I needed to get there.  Sometimes, it’s not about getting another degree.  It’s about being seated at the table with the right people at the right time that God has called you to reach so that you will have the authority and access you need to have a voice. 

Maybe you lost your job and you have wanted to develop your own business/organization or step out in full time ministry for years but didn’t have the time.  Now you have more than enough time and with the help and strength of your heavenly father you now have the PUSH you need. God is going to open that door and surround you will the people you need that are going to PUSH you into your NEXT!

Audacity to Hope

   We were born for the times that we were needed the most.  When God sent us in the earth, he sent us as an answer. What have you been called to die for? King David asked, Is there not a cause?  What makes you weep? What takes your breath away? What would you do every day without being paid if you could afford it? God made Abram and Sarai a promise of having a son.  All they asked for was a son but Gods plan from their ability to believe him for a son would affect every generation that ever lived after them. 

What desire has God given you, but you don’t even understand how much bigger Gods plan is attached to that dream?  Nevertheless, to have that child, he would have to have the audacity to hope against hope.  He was 99 years old, and Sari was 90 years old.  Their bodies naturally were dead.  Their strength and even their desire was truly challenged after so many years of hoping and not receiving the promise. I’m going to be perfectly honest; I would have told God never mind.  You took too long and I don’t want a child anymore at that age.

What are you believing God for, and you feel like it is taking too long? Don’t be like Abram and Sarai and try and make it happen without God.

Then God comes and tells him he is going to give him this promise son, Isaac. The word declares God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  When he gives us a promise it’s for our generations not just us, but it will take the audacity to hope against hope.

There will be times, it will look dead.

There will be times, it will feel dead.

There will be times others will mock you for even daring to believe God.

There will be times we even hinder our own promise until we become the man or woman God made the promise too. God gave them the promise as Abram and Sarai but it would take them all those years to receive it until they became Abraham and Sarah.

Most people believe they were waiting on God.  God was waiting on them to BECOME.  It will take you allowing God to make you the person he gave the promise too! Believe God for your expected end and have the audacity to hope in the face of adversity.

126 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. God is challenging us in this season to allow him during our own captivity to allow him to cause us to dream again.

Meet Ruth

Who is Ruth?

Please indulge me, as I take a few minutes to share about someone very near and dear to me. My sister, Ruth Muhammad.

If you have wanted a baby girl, Ruth was born that beautiful brown eyed, curly head, healthy baby girl. She was a dream of every mother at birth. Ruth was a big sister, a loving daughter, a kindhearted friend and a mother that loved her children in spite of her flaws, insecurities and troubles.

One of the things I admired most about my sister was her artistic abilities. She was so talented. We all ran to her as children to draw all of our art projects. Ruth was my first teacher in some places in my childhood.

I did not learn how to tie my shoe from her or my ABC's, but I learned how to choose my friends. I learned that doing drugs was not the answer to my problems. I learned the importance of finishing school. I learned that the streets would never be my friend. I learned to never trust in my natural beauty. I learned to value people every day because you never know when a loved one will be gone.

Some of our last moments were the most special to me. Ruth came to visit me and on this particular day, I was doing my homework and she bent down and kissed my hands, and told me how proud she was of me for finishing school. She was killed the semester before I graduated from college.

Another moment, I had before her passing, I saw her on the street on a cold night. I was going to the store. There I was 24 years old, she was 28, and the only thing she asked of me, was to hold my hand as we walked through the store. I did it without hesitation.

The last day, she came to visit before she was violently taken was 3 days before she was murdered. I had gotten a sore throat. She was sitting in the hallway on the stairs outside my apartment door. I asked her what made her come and I kept saying, I am not normally home at this time. I left school early that day.

She told me Jeremy, my three, soon to be four year old, had asked her for a Barney tape for his birthday. She insisted that she had to get him the money. She handed me a wad of change, running in and out the door several times to gather more, until it totaled $10 dollars. She was crying so hard. I asked her what was wrong. I'll never forget her last words to me, I'm tired now. I am tired of the streets and she knelt in the floor and just wept. She had a heaviness on her, I will never forget.

She let me know before she left that she was concerned about her children. Jeremy often asked for them, which would cause her to cry harder. See, Ruth had gotten on drugs as a very young teenager. This door was the slow demise of her life that was a constant struggle that lead to many other paths of destruction.

Ruth died a death that was every mother's nightmare. Ruth struggled with a lack of support. I believe proper support would have helped her end to be different. It is through these support systems that I am hoping to help other young single moms to overcome. I pray that through Ruth's Vineyard, my sister will find a place of honor on this side of heaven, through every woman that receives what she needed the most. Support.

What's in your cup?

Sometimes we become thirsty but the drink that we end up getting from God is not the drink we thought we would get. What’s in your cup?  Only God knows. God has prepared a drink for you with a cup prepared especially just for you.  That cup that has been prepared for you has everything to do with what you will suffer for in this life for Christ to rule and reign in his kingdom both now and in eternity.

One of the most fascinating stories in the bible illustrates this story from a request for both her two sons. 

Think about this for a moment.  Her two sons weren’t even chosen disciples.    However, Jesus didn’t rebuke her for asking but instead allows her question and his answers to be put in the bible so we can learn several things.

Lets read the scriptures first from Matthew 20: 20-23

20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

21“What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

22“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink THE cup I am going to drink?”

“We can,” they answered.

23Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

1.    Jesus lets them know that they don’t understand the magnitude of their request. Sometimes we ask God for things but don’t really understand what it will cost us to get it.

2.    Jesus wants us all to know that our cup of suffering now has everything to do with our eternal positioning in the kingdom of God.

3.    Jesus ask her could they drink THE cup but then goes on to let them know  that they would indeed drink FROM that cup.

4.    And lastly, he lets them know that our heavenly father has the final say in the positioning in the kingdom of heaven.

God wants us to settle in our hearts that we will suffer to reign with him in this earth and in eternity, if we are willing to drink from that same cup.  Just like Christ asked in the garden of Gethsemane for that cup to pass from him, he totally understands the pain and suffering of the trials and tribulation, peril and persecution knowing that he drank THE entire cup.  We need to resolve in our hearts that because he overcame all these things that we too can overcome as well.  We cant reign if we aren’t willing to suffer for Christ. We must drink the whole cup that he has prepared for each of us.

The Fingerprints of God

“Whose Fingerprints Are on You?”

Before we were ever created or knit together in our mother’s womb, the Bible says that God knew us (Jeremiah 1:5). That means before our first breath, before the world ever saw our face, we were already known. Every hair on our head is numbered—not just counted. God doesn’t simply know how many we have; He knows exactly which strand falls, and every detail of our life is recorded.

One of the greatest ways God has built my self-esteem is through His nurturing love, forgiveness, and grace. His patience with me has healed wounds that no affirmation, relationship, or earthly validation ever could. The Bible says, “Freely you have received, freely give.” That doesn’t just mean money—it means love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness.

As a young girl, by the time I was twelve, I didn’t feel special at all. I was born on June 13th, and my “golden birthday” was approaching. But instead of excitement, I felt empty. I made the same mistake so many of us do—I compared myself to others. I began to measure my worth through the eyes of people. To me, I was just another light-skinned, long-haired, brown-eyed girl—nothing special.

At that age, I remember thinking, If my own mother, who had four children, couldn’t love me the way I needed—how could God love me when He has billions of children? That question followed me for years.

Maybe you’ve asked yourself something similar. Maybe life, rejection, or how you were handled as a child caused you to question your value or what makes you unique. But the Word of God says you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). That means your existence was crafted with holy reverence. Every fingerprint is different—no two the same. So, what was on the mind of God when He created you?

Psalm 139:2 says God knows our thoughts from afar, and verses 17–18 remind us that His thoughts toward us are more numerous than the sand on the sea. Imagine that—God thinks about you constantly. You are not forgotten, overlooked, or replaceable. You were hand-sculpted by the Creator Himself.

When God began to reveal Himself to me at seventeen, He went out of His way to show me how special I was to Him. Through prophetic words and divine encounters, He began to unlock my heart. He affirmed me. He confirmed me. He revealed His plans for my life. Slowly, He began removing the lies and replacing them with His truth.

Exodus 20:4 warns us not to make or worship graven images—and yet, many of us have unknowingly done just that. We have created false images of God based on how we’ve been handled by others. I didn’t realize as a child that I was viewing God through the lens of my pain. Because I had been mishandled, abandoned, or overlooked, I began to project those same attributes onto Him.

But God came after those graven images. He wanted to heal the distorted picture I had painted of Him in my heart.

So, I ask you today: Who has mishandled you and caused you to question your value? Whose fingerprints have been left on your soul?

Sometimes, we can’t even hear the cry of our own children or spouses because the child within us is still screaming for love, safety, and validation. But the Father desires to heal that part of you. He wants to remove every fingerprint that doesn’t belong—and leave His own divine imprint upon your heart.

Let Him touch the places that still ache. Let Him show you that you were never forgotten, never a mistake, and never ordinary. You are His masterpiece—and His fingerprints are all over your life.

Guarding God's Perspective

Let’s exam another man’s life that understood the guarding God’s perspective during adversity.  Let’s peek into the life of Joseph. When he shared his dream with his brothers, they hated him even more (Genesis 37:8 )“They asked these questions when they heard his dream: “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So, they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.” Not even his father understood Joseph’s dream and he rebuked him for it.  There will be times in your life that when God reveals his dream to you for you that there will be those around you that will not understand.

Joseph’s dream set him apart from his family. Your dream will set you apart.  You must understand to fulfill that dream, you will have to learn to guard God’s perspective prophetically to see it come to pass.

Shortly after he shared his dreams, Joseph’s whole life was never the same.  His brothers not only sold him into slavery, but they were also going to kill him.  He went from being his father’s favorite son to a slave. Joseph was forsaken by his family, betrayed by his master’s wife, and forgotten by the chief butler while in prison. 

He was suffering. Life didn’t seem fair. It even felt like God himself had forsaken, betrayed, and forgotten him. 

The bible doesn’t tell us the nights Joseph wept before the Lord. 

It doesn’t tell us how many nights he asked to see his father face one more time.

It doesn’t tell us how many times he wished he could have given up and died.

 But I’m convinced because God gave him a dream; it kept him alive. If you are experiencing things in your life and you have not done anything to deserve the suffering, maybe you are asking God, why you?  God is asking you, why not you.  We are not greater than our Lord.  It pleased the father to bruise Jesus. Do we not think we will not be bruised as well?

 How many of us would have never done anything for them after what they did? For him to fulfill his dream, he had to guard his “why”.  I’m convinced that God didn’t bring Joseph out until he could look down and see that he learned to see it from his perspective. This was Joseph’s response after revealing himself to his brothers: “Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45

7 And God sent me before you to preserve your posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of his entire house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

What happened to you and what is God’s perspective in your adversity?

God will make the difference

How many of us have gifts, talents, and ideas everyday?  Yet, we never pursue them because we underestimate our own value and significance. I’m reminded of a story in the bible when the people in the bible that had followed Jesus listening to him preach became hungry.  Are you hungry? Are there people around you hungry?  Maybe not for natural food but for what God has placed on the inside of you. 

In John 6: 1-4 it reads 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Listen to what the disciple asked. In other words, how is that enough to feed the crowds. That is not enough.  How do you perceive what God has given you?

God made up the difference when Jesus offered it up, broke it, blessed and gave it.  God wants you to offer yourself and what he has given you up to him.  He has taken you through a process and when he is finished, he is going to give you to feed the multitudes.  You must not allow your own opinion of yourself to limit what God wants to do through your life. Get ready to be given to the multitudes!

You Matter

“You matter.”

Those two simple words echoed in my spirit as I listened to Iyanla Vanzant share her spotlight moment on Oprah’s SuperSoul.TV. Her voice carried more than wisdom that day — it carried a generational cry. You could feel it. Her story wasn’t just told through her words; it was revealed through her scars. Scars that weren’t even originally hers, but her grandmother’s.

Iyanla shared how her grandmother grew up on farmland with invisible lines drawn in the dirt — lines she was never supposed to cross. Yet at nine years old, her grandmother crossed those lines and was raped by the sharecropper’s son. The most painful part wasn’t just the assault; it was her father’s reaction. Instead of protecting her, he beat her — worried more about losing his job than his daughter’s innocence.

That moment communicated a message that was louder than words: You don’t matter.

And that lie was passed down through generations, quietly replayed in patterns, choices, and self-worth.

That same message has echoed in many of our lives, hasn’t it?

I’ve had to face that same question myself. What were the lines drawn in the sands of my own generations? What boundaries did pain and shame create before I even knew they existed? What was I robbed of — not physically, but emotionally, spiritually — that shaped how I saw myself and how I believed others saw me?

For me, that message came early.

My mother had four children. By the time I was nine years old, I believed my mother didn’t love me — because she never wanted four children. And I was the fourth. That seed of rejection took root so deeply that it started shaping how I saw God. I thought, If my mother couldn’t love me because she had too many children, how could God love me when He has the whole world to take care of?

That was the question of my little heart. And it was a question I carried quietly for years.

But I’ve learned something since then — something the enemy never wanted me to discover: the truth that I matter.

Every scar, every tear, every “why me” moment — God was using it to rewrite the message that had been passed down to me. What the enemy meant to use as rejection, God turned into redirection. The same lines that were meant to define my limits became the place where I met His grace.

And that’s what I want you to hear today: You matter.

You matter even if your beginnings were broken.

You matter even if your story started in pain.

You matter even if you were made to believe you were unwanted, unseen, or unloved.

Don’t carry the wounds that were never yours to hold. Don’t let generational pain define who you are. Let God show you how to cross those lines in the sand and step into the place where His love meets your healing.

Someone is waiting on the other side of your testimony to hear that same message — from your voice, from your healing, from your deliverance.

Tell them the truth:

You matter.