Unexpected

Receiving unexpected news can really throw a person off. You get a phone call, text, email that expresses something that leaves you with your mouth wide open while thinking, "why this & why now." You were going through life and things seemed to be getting better. Then all of a sudden this happens. I'm not talking about real extreme matters although they can be included. Yet, everyday encounters that could just happen. Example: Your transmission or engine dies (I know nothing about cars so I hope they do that, lol). Unless you're ballin' I'm sure you think "why this & why now." Maybe your flight has been delayed and it will cause you to miss a very special occasion, work or appointment. Depending on the importance of this occasion I'm sure you think "why this & why now." Lastly, maybe just maybe you were waiting on some funds (check) and it didn't hit your account on time. I know once you get over being mad you think, "why this & why now."

No matter what the unexpected new may be. We have the power to control how we react. Yes, the news can make you upset, hurt and so forth. However, we must mentally gain control over our thoughts and our actions. Cussing somebody out or going off still won't change the situation at hand. We must change the way we think and stay focused. Realizing the devil wants you to become so distracted that you lose sight of reality. Reality being yes things (good & bad) will happen BUT with Jesus you can make it through. Don't diss Jesus because of a temporary circumstance. When something bad or "unexpected" happens that doesn't mean God isn't with you. Choose happiness in the midst of a crisis. Allow God to perform His perfect will in you. He will always have your back. No matter what may come against you in Jesus you already have the VICTORY.

When unexpected things happen remember this: Unexpected Miracles & Blessing Do Too!!!

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac

Word Up Wednesday

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that God corrects; a father's delight is behind all this. 

Proverbs 3:6 (Message)

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--AshMac

Music Monday - Song of the Week

Kirk Franklin

Hello Fear

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Friday Favorites

bad turbulence on the flight. everyone was afriad except a little girl. when asked why she wasn't she said "my daddy is the pilot"...=when your "daddy" is the pilot the shaking doesn't bother you. Hello Fear. @kirkfranklin

My friend, you're in the RECOVERY process, and this moment is even more critical than what you've endured. Doubt will make you a casualty! @HollaWalla

 

Single doesn't always mean lonely and Relationship doesn't always mean happy. @TonyGaskins

 

Sometimes what you want isn't always what you get, but in the end what you get is so much better than what you wanted. @TheNoteboook

 

The poorest person is he whose only wealth is money. @jplumpkin

 

Good people go to hell. Saved people don't. I know that's not a TYPICAL message but its a BIBLICAL message. @teracarissa

 

If medicine bottles have warning labels, your sin should have warning labels: Warning, THIS will send you to hell. @teracarissa

 

My faith in God make the unknown possible # Never giving up on Faith :) (Facebook - Taheerah Brown)

 

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac

Confidence

What happens when the very thing you feared happening, happens? You know the "thing" you say God, I can handle this & probably that & but ________, Lord, I can't do it! What do you do? Do you spas out... Panic... Give up... Shut down... Go back to old habits (drinking, smoking, stripping, gambling, etc.)...

I started off this week remembering/celebrating my dads (deceased) birthday. While every year I will face this time my original question came to mind. Reality is; Death is real! Job loss is real! Foreclosure is real! No financial aid is real! Yea I coud get drunk to only realize after I vomit and deal with a hangover my issue is still there. Still sitting heavy in my heart & eyesight for me to deal with. When the unthinkable or what may seem unbearable happens, don't make decisoins based on a temporary circumstance.

My song of the week suggest to have "Confidence" is Jesus. Many of us know the word, go to church on Sunday's but are WEAK in our faith. When these times hit, that's not the time to waiver but to stand strong on what you already know to be true. If you proclaim His word when things are 100 then claim it louder when your down to what seems to be nothing. Have confidence that His Word is real. Have confidence that even when you mess up, He can make all things straight. We all have to go through a process. This will only make you stonger and develop Godly characterastics in you. Show the devil & your enemies that you may get knocked down but you because you have confidence in God & His Word; It won't knock you out.Go through with your head up & a smile. Yes it may hurt & your tears may form your own little river... Yet, at the same time pray and ask God for strength to make it through. Man, if you only knew how much God cares and wants to see you win. God's got you! Have confidence in Him...

Changing the world one blog at at time...
--AshMac

Word Up Wednesday

And they did all eat, and were filled.

Mark 6:42 (KJV)

Jesus got them all to sit down in groups of fifty or a hundred—they looked like a patchwork quilt of wildflowers spread out on the green grass! He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples in turn gave it to the people. He did the same with the fish. They all ate their fill. The disciples gathered twelve baskets of leftovers. More than five thousand were at the supper.

Mark 6:42 (Message)

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--AshMac

Music Monday - Song of the Week

Tasha Cobbs

Confidence

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--AshMac

Friday Favorites

Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can't deal with the stress of the moment! @BishopBronner

 

DO NOT tell me I was born this way. I was born being able to do A WHOLE LOT of things 2, that's why we MUST be BORN AGAIN. @teracarissa

 

Worship doesn't have 2 be a feminine expression! Men can praise God & not lose their masculine bearing.#ManPraise @hartramsey

 

#Relationships If God is in it... DON'T GET OUT OF IT! if God is not in it... Why are you? @PastorYPJ

 

NEVER name your future out of your present! Never make the temporary the rest of your life. ~Pastor Jentezen Franklin @teracarissa

 

Fires are designed to consume. If the fire doesn't consume you, it means the fire didn't come for you but for the things around you. @teracarissa

 

...The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. - Psalms 84:11-12 @JoelOsteen

 

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac

5 Seconds

I like to get my praise & worship on but I also LOVE getting crunk. Back when I was in high school & in college I clubbed frequently. Besides getting fly to go out I knew just the right songs to play to get me hype while getting ready. This wasn't the time for slow music. I needed some rap and a good beat. You know the ones that make you move, bounce & get wild. Have you on 10 before you even arrive. The ones that have the whole club rocking. So when I heard this song it took me back (in a good way).

My song of the week pick which is Canton Jones - 5 seconds. This song suggest in 5 seconds one will go crazy giving God praise. You know you just can't contain yourself because God is sooooooo GRAND!Reason being is because you trust & believe that God is going to do what He said. Even if it hasn't occurred yet, you trust & believe your miracle, blessing, breakthrough, etc. is on its way. Giving God a yet praise.

When I first heard this song it was at "CoCo Brothers" Stand Rally at the Georgia Dome here in Atlanta, GA. When I tell you the thosands went crazy I mean... bout to shoot the roof of the place. Young and old all the way live for Jesus. I went hard in the clubs so I'm definitely going harder for Jesus! Its ok to get wild and rep who you live for. We know Jesus is the only way so let's be bold and show it. Just cause you're saved doesn't mean you have to sit there with your armed raised saying, "Hallelujah-er"... Yet you can get hype. This is why I love to see those who minister through rap, hip-hop dance, stepping & all those other out the box gifts & talents God had giving us which we can use to up build His Kingdom. I'm not old so I won't act like it. If you haven't heard the song I urge you to take a listen and get crunk for Jesus. It was posted on Monday. Now let's get crunk for Jesus baby!

5... 4... 3... 2... 1

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--AshMac

Word Wednesday

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James 4:8 (KJV)

So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.

James 4:8 (Message)

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac

Music Monday - Song of the Week

Canton Jones

5 Seconds

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--AshMac

Friday Favorites

#WhenIGotForRealWithGod The enemy sent me a memo that said I don't like you. I sent him 1 back that said I don't like you either. @teracarissa

Some people are Late for work, on their rent, for church, and to all appointments, but they want God to show up on time. @PastorYPJ

Whatever your Gift is, let God get the Glory out of it! @Keetwit

You are... More than a conqueror (Rom 8:37) Victorious (Rev 21:7) God's workmanship (Eph 2:10) Chosen (Eph 1:4) Always triumphant 2 Cor 2:14 @Paula_White

don't second guess your future because of your past. MOVE NOW! @HollaWalla

The battlefield is a teaching field. With God, you don't die; you get developed. @teracarissa

SMILE it will make you look better. PRAY it will keep you strong. LOVE, it will make you enjoy life. #TLS @TheLoveStories

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac

PUSH

Have you ever been sick with something as small as a cold? During this time all you feel like doing is laying down and not doing to much of nothing. Yet, when you get up, shower & get going you notice you feel a whole lot better. Not saying your not coughing, sneezing or having body aches. Yet, you find a way to push through the pain and accomplish what needs to be done that day. It may be just going to work because you don't have any vacation days or you need the money; going to school because missing one day is really like missing a week; or maybe just  not letting your pain interfere with your child(ren) after school activity schedule. The point is on many occasions we find ourselves taking one for the team and pushing our way through our pain.

Well in the same we do that we also need to push through pain we experience spiritually. There are life situations that make us weak (physically, mentally or spiritually) where we want to lay down and do nothing. That is not the answer!!! We must fight our way through. Now, when I say fight I mean spiritual warfare is real. Not you taking it to streets and physically fighting  someone who is getting on your nerves, lol. Get up, take a shower, brush your teeth, read your Bible & pray (gaining strength) and let your day begin. Now in no way am I saying it will be easy. Just as when your sick it may hurt to blow your nose or cough. But guess what? You still do it because it has to come out. So yes, you may cry, scream and/or holla but key is you can do it. Just try! Take it one day at a time. No need to worry about how you will make it through the next day because it will take care of itself. Focus on Today! Once you make it though, you will smile because what you've been afraid of doing (trying) you accomplished. Realizing God has your back, pushing through your pain was beyond worth it, your another day closer to your destiny and your faith in God has heightened. You can make it! Now it's time for you to believe it too.

PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens

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AshMac

Word Wednesday

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying,"God has lost track of me. He doesn't care what happens to me"? Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? God doesn't come and go. God lasts. He's Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.They spread their wings and soar like eagles,They run and don't get tired, they walk and don't lag behind.

Isaiah 40:31 (Message)

Changing the world one blog at a time...

--AshMac