Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.31.18

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Scripture

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33 NIV

Reflection

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No matter what life brings or how others treat you, seek God first and always. Push past the feelings of doubt, hesitation, fear, frustration, and anger—and reach inside for the goodness that only God can create, provide, and replenish. This has nothing to do with others, and everything to do with you.

The most important part of healing is adjusting your thinking first, believing you are whole and complete, and that as God’s child you are free from any sickness or disease. Your mind is more powerful than your body ever could be—the next step is to watch as the part of you that wasn’t aligned properly, begins to heal and become whole. You control your mind and your body. You are the child of God. You are directly linked to the Source, your Creator.

We either believe in God or we don’t. I believe and I seek Him.

How about you?

Prayer

Father thank You for today, for my gift of life and health. Today I pray for more patience and understanding. I pray that I am slow to anger or get frustrated, and that I carry myself with dignity and grace in all circumstances.

I strive to do better, be better, to get better, and pray that as a result I am blessed more. I seek You and I pray to seek You always. Amen.

Love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer and Reflection for 7.30.18

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Scripture

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11, 12 NIV

Reflection

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Some people live their entire lives in limbo and chaos, not quite sure what to believe and stand for. Some people don’t make a decision until on their death bed. Some never make a decision at all. Either you believe or you don’t.

Either you believe in eternal life through God and Jesus Christ, or you don’t. You either believe that God is the only God that can create, remove, re-imagine, heal, complete, birth, and protect—or you don’t.

When I was very young my parents instilled in me the importance of my relationship with my Heavenly Father and His Son. My dad used to be a Sunday School teacher and leader within our church, and I enjoyed taking part in Bible study with him. He was a believer and follower. Yes, he was human and had faults—but his heart was warm and his intentions were good. Sometimes his transparency and vulnerability allowed others to take advantage of him and our family, but my dad never stopped believing in God’s power and Jesus’s footsteps to make things right.

As my dad predicted a short human life span for himself, God made sure that my dad made a huge impact on every life he encountered—and a testament to this fact was not just the large number of people who came to his funeral (even the paramedics and firefighters who came to his home the day he passed were at his funeral) but the words of appreciation that were shared then and now.

A testament to this fact were the people who apologized or showed remorse, because they either harmed my dad in someway or felt they were harmed by him and now saw things in a different light. When the veil is removed you see things clearly.

We have a choice to either accept and embrace God’s Truth or the enemy’s lie.

I truly believe that my dad’s belief in and strong understanding of God and Jesus not only blessed him with eternal life, but also the opportunity to still be a blessing to others even today. His loving presence is still felt by all those who knew him, respected him, appreciated him, and loved him.

It’s been 17 years today since he passed and no one has stopped sharing their memories about my father, dad, and friend. We miss him yet you can’t help but smile when you think of the good he continues to do, and how great it will be to reunite with him one day and hear all of his stories and experiences. I believe this, I don’t just wish or hope. I believe.

I believe that life does not end when I take my last human breath. For I know I am a spiritual being here in human form, experiencing life in a different way so that I can be prepared and learn to appreciate my planned life on the next level.

Our life here on Earth is about lessons, love, embracing and expressing God, our humbleness in our blessings, taking care of the least of God’s children, making decisions, learning from our experiences, touching lives, utilizing our talents and strengths, being receptive and open to others, connecting the dots between the old and wise and the young and wise, and turning knowledge into wisdom that can be passed down generationally. It’s about seeking and knowing the Truth, and being free in this Truth.

God is Father. Jesus is Son.

We are the sons and daughters of the Father.

Prayer

Father thank You for this day. Thank You for the light I see and feel. Thank You for my beating heart and other healthy organs. Thank You for my family and friends, and for my spiritual family around the world.

Most importantly, thank You for Your Son Jesus who has walked with me and shown me the way to You. I know that Jesus is the wayshower and Your Truth.

I pray for those who have gone to the next level of existence knowing Jesus as their Savior, and You as their Father-Mother. I pray for those still here on earth living each day confused. I pray that they turn to You and Jesus, and embrace Your blessings.

I know Who’s child I am. I know Who my leader is. I praise You and Jesus each and every day. Amen.

Love always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.27.18

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Scripture

“Brothers and sisters, if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual should restore someone like this with a spirit of gentleness. Watch out for yourselves so you won’t be tempted too.”

Galatians‬ ‭6:1‬ ‭CEB‬‬

Reflection

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Pray for those who can’t or won’t pray for themselves. Pray for those who won’t forgive themselves. Pray for those who won’t forgive others. Pray for those who won’t forgive you.

Pray for yourself, that you learn to forgive those who have hurt and betrayed you.

Pray that you can stop what you’re doing right now, and have the weight of guilt, anger, shame, pride, ego, arrogance, hate, jealousy, envy, and fear removed from your shoulders; removed from your life.

Pray that at this very moment you can say aloud or think silently the name(s) of those people who wronged you, and you can begin forgiving them.

Pray for the strength to ask for forgiveness from those individuals you have hurt. Even if they don’t accept your apology or you can’t locate them, be free in knowing that you tried and took the steps towards healing, and then inhale the fresh air of God’s peace—- and be healed!

You can’t control what someone else does, says or thinks, but you can control your thoughts, actions, and speech. You can determine the kind of relationship you will have with Jesus and God.

You can either continue walking around in pain or free yourself and live.

What do you want for your life?

Prayer

Father, thank You for giving me a forgiving spirit because I know in order for me to receive my blessings I must forgive those whom have trespassed against me.

Thank You Father for peace, harmony, love, family and good friendships that surround me. I know that in order to receive I must be a giver.

May I pour into others what You have poured into me; may I give to others what I receive from You—even to those who seem undeserving, please touch my heart to give anyway.

Thank You for life, and another day to praise and worship You Father. In Jesus’ name I let go and turn to You. Amen.

I love you all in Christ!

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.26.18

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Scripture

“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”

Acts 13:38

Reflection

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Forgive if you hope to be given.

We should strive to forgive immediately after we have been wronged. Let’s work on it.

What do you think? Share your thoughts, struggles, and prayers about forgiveness in the comment section below.

Prayer

Father as I grow and mature I am learning to forgive more, as I know that through my forgiveness of others You smile upon me and forgive me of my sins without hesitation.

I can’t make someone forgive me, I can’t make someone forgive themselves, and I can’t make someone see the importance of forgiveness and how it impacts their life and future. It is not about their forgiveness, but mine. I can’t

change their mind and heart, only You can Father.

I pray that You always see my heart and keep it warmed and softened by Your love. I pray for the strength to overcome temptation to lash out, hold grudges, and move slow to forgiveness.

Father mold me to forgive instantly after the transgression against me, as I believe You forgive me instantly after I have sinned and repented.

In the name of Your Son, Jesus, the ultimate servant-leader, I pray, Amen.

Love always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.25.18

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Scripture

Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Reflection

To whom much is given, much is required….time to step up and get the job done!

Prayer

Father I know that I must prove my love, devotion, commitment and faith to You; it is not for man, but for You that I must prove myself.

Thank You for creating opportunities for me Lord. Thank You for trusting and believing in me.

Now I must prove my worth; prove myself— overcoming fear along the way. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Love always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.24.18

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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”

Jonah 2:8, 9 NIV

Reflection

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Jonah was in the mouth of a whale declaring God’s strength, power, and glory. He did not give up and accept defeat, but rather, he knew that only God could determine his fate. He prayed for God’s will to be done.

His faith and commitment during the darkest of moments showed Jonah’s true character, and because of this God released Jonah from the whale.

How many of us can say that if we were in the same situation we would think, respond, and pray as Jonah did that day?

Jonah was less focused on himself and totally focused on God.

[Please listen to my audio message, above, as I elaborate more on this and examine the comparison between the physical whale and the spiritual whale that we face.]

There is an amazing quote by Beth Moore that truly highlights this relationship that Jonah had with God, and the type of relationship that we should all strive to have, “Spiritual worship is focusing all we are on all He is.”

Think about that—if we only focused on our connection to and with God, and saw ourselves only as He sees us—how would our lives change for the better?

What types of obstacles could we overcome when our vision is never limited?

We should all pray for this type of focus.

Prayer

When I turn to anyone or anything else other than You and Jesus, I have chosen to have a conditional relationship with You Father.

I pray for a relationship with You that honors You always. I pray to always put You first and to always seek Your Light.

As You mold my clay, squeeze out those things that displease You. In Your Son’s holy name I pray to You. Amen.

See your blessings, embrace them, and be a blessing to others.

Love always your sister in Christ,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.23.18

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Scripture

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

Psalm 103:8

Reflection

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We come off all holier than thou but fall short by lightyears. We claim we want to be more like Jesus, but we must be speaking about the Spanish guy with the name spelled the exact same way, just pronounced differently, who lives down the street, and his wife is a teacher and he owns the realty company several blocks away. Because we can’t possibly be speaking about Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah, our Savior. We can’t be.

We can’t possibly want to be more like Jesus because we have the mindset that “It’s all about me, my feelings, my wants and needs, my desires, my body, my house, my car, my material possessions, my sexuality and sensuality, my…my…my…my” and Jesus was and is about the “we” and the “us”, and about serving and representing God, our heavenly Father-Mother.

Jesus could have gone off and started slapping, punching, and kicking his disciples whenever they got out of line, disrespected him, and when they betrayed him. He could have gone off and started tearing up things when the Jews tried to put reigns on him to control when he healed the sick, wounded, and diseased. He could have slapped the first soldier who walked up to him to take him into custody for his crucifixion. But he didn’t.

Yes, he knew he was disrespected, betrayed, and treated worse than a stray, rabid dog; but instead of cursing those people he lovingly gave his life to save theirs, and to prove in his resurrection God’s realness and power…and that there is no death, only a shedding of our human bodies and a transition to another level of existence.

Yes, Jesus was hurt; yes he cried, but revenge was not in his heart or on his mind. So why should it be on ours? If we’re to be more like Jesus then we need to stay prayed up, rested, and ready to spread God’s love and Word around the world to anyone willing to receive it.

We should smile more even when someone’s frowning at us. We should laugh more because it soothes the soul. We should dance more because it’s a way of rejoicing and praising God through movement. We should take care of our health and our bodies because they are gifts from God, and only ours temporarily; and if we aren’t taking care of ourselves then we can’t possibly do the work God has planned for us.

We need to stop living as victims and start living as ambassadors for Christ. We need to start forgiving more because we want forgiveness; and if we can’t give we can’t receive. We need to stop being so self-absorbed about what did, didn’t, has, hasn’t, is, or isn’t happening in our lives; and start living as though we’re glad to be alive, and grateful that God wakes us and protects us each day. We should be grateful each day for our family and loved ones, and for the things we take for granted like the ability to blink our eyes.

These past few days I have learned a great deal about myself, how I deal with pain, rejection, and betrayal; and how hypocritical I can be in my judgment of others. I had to put myself in check HARD, and although it was a painful realization, it was one that I’m glad I discovered (with the loving help of my mother) now and not before taking my last human breath. I didn’t like what I saw in myself and I declared I would be quick to change for the better.

Let’s start anew beginning today, right now this very moment. Push out the negativity and let in God’s gentle light.

I’m ready, are you?

Prayer

Father I want to be more like You. I want to be more like Your Son, Jesus.

I want to show compassion and grace always. I want to be slow to anger, and filled with love. I want to learn to forgive instantly, and not keep track of those who wronged me and their indiscretions. I want to be more patient and understanding.

I want to stop being so quick to place blame because I am not blameless. I want to leave my judgments to Your discretion as that is not my role and purpose in life. I want to live my life as You see fit. In Your Son Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

I love you all!

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.20.18

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“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms…”

Ephesians 1:18-20

Reflection

If we say we have faith, then we have to roll with the crashing waves and just focus on not falling off the boat.

Jesus slept during the storm while his disciples freaked out watching the waves crash into their boat. Jesus knew that God would always see them through; that God could calm the waves and make things right, and has empowered all of us through love, hope, and faith to see past the storm and see it as fear and what it is… nothingness.

So to prove this fact, Jesus stood and silenced the fearful men by commanding the storm to stop the madness and be still.

God has equipped us with the power to stop our own madness that bubbles up within. God has equipped us with the power to overcome fear by putting our trust in Him.

Reflecting back on this day, 7 years ago, it was the second day in a row where I had only four hours of sleep because I was overwhelmed with things that were going on in my life and blindsiding me; but unlike the day before (July 19th), on July 20, 2011, I woke up with a sense of peace.

After receiving sound counsel (on those two days) from a wise person, I had resolved to the understanding that we can’t say we have faith and are faithful but then want to pick and choose when our faith is tested—there is no convenient time to walk into a storm.

We must be mentally and emotionally prepared at all times like disciplined soldiers to face the test whenever it comes and for as long as it lasts, no matter how intense and no matter how tired we get—we must keep marching on.

Today I’m suited in my military uniform and I have my helmet, safety gear, and supplies. Let’s roll.

Prayer

Father I smile today as I praise Your holy name.

My faith is being tested as I say this prayer to You, and I rejoice in knowing that I am only going through this so that I may be strengthened and restored in Your light and presence.

I know You have called on me to serve You faithfully, to never place a person or thing above You, and to remember that it is because of You that I have all of the blessings in my life.

You are all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-seeing; there is nothing going on in or around my life that You aren’t aware of and haven’t handled long before they became my issue of concern.

I release to You Father; I surrender and focus on being obedient instead of a meddler in Your business. I pray to You in Your Son Jesus’ holy name. Amen.

Note: My audio message has more content than what is written above, to include parting words to inspire and empower you as soldiers of Christ. Please listen to the message so you can receive a double dose of love and light, to be energized on your march!

Love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.19.18

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Scripture

“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”

Leviticus 19:18 NIV

Reflection

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Let God handle the dirty work.

Prayer

Father I pray that You will handle my issues for me, take care of my burdens, and deal with those who have wronged me.

Free me from the anger of betrayal; calm my heart, calm my hurt, that feels so exposed and battered; cast my fears away Lord.

In Your son Jesus’ name I humbly and confidently pray. Amen.

Love always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.18.18

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Scripture

Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.

Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.

Psalm 25:17, 18, 21 NIV

Reflection

We all backslide from time to time; that’s what keeps us from truly demonstrating our perfection in God and separates us from leading beautifully spiritual lives in complete peace and harmony.

Ask God to lift you up out of your situation and place you into the realm of joy, accepting with that all of the responsibilities expected of you.

To be upright your head must be up and your eyes open, your heart must be warm and softened, your shoulders must be erect and strong enough to carry the load that will come; your thoughts must be clean, and the words that come out of your mouth must be said in love and respect.

Your actions must be aligned with your thoughts and words.

Ask and you shall receive.

Hold on to hope!

Prayer

Father forgive me, help me, cleanse me, heal me, hold me, comfort me, protect me, uplift me.

Save me from myself. Save me from those who would do me harm. Save me from my fears. Save me from the negative influence of others. Save me from my ego and pride.

In Your Son Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Love Always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.17.18

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On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

John 20:19 NIV

Reflection

There is always a calm before the storm; and even during the storm you should find comfort in knowing that God and Jesus are there with you.

There may be days when you feel so overwhelmed that it’s difficult to breathe, to function, to think…those are the moments you need to pray for peace in your heart, mind, spirit, and soul; peace in your home and work place; peace in your personal life and in your career.

When you’re going through a rough time, keep going and just pray a little more intently.

Prayer

Today I declare that I will not be consumed by fear.

Father I know You are here with me, helping, watching, waiting, and directing. I may not see the solution to my problem right at this very moment, but I trust that my eyes and mind will connect and see clearly the blessing that You have waiting for me.

Father fill me with the peace Your son Jesus lived, and shared with others. Show me the way Father. In Jesus’ name I humbly pray, today and each day. Amen.

God bless you all and may He keep You encircled in His grace.

Love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.13.18

Scripture

They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.

Judges 8:35

Reflection

Pray for discernment. Pray for the truth. Pray for strength. Pray for wisdom. Pray for peace. Pray for freedom from fear and pain. Then let go and let God.

Prayer

Father I pray that You always reveal the truth to me no matter how much it pains me. I pray that You always reveal who in my life can be trusted and who is loyal.

Father please lovingly remove from my life any person that is disloyal and untrustworthy. Free me from the grief of being manipulated and lied to; bless me with discernment so that I can see clearly the selfish and wicked.

Bless me with the strength to walk away from those who selfishly deceive me. In Your son Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Lovingly,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.12.18

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Scripture

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV

Reflection

Even when we have doubts and fears, and our faith and hope in life’s situations flickers on and off, one thing is constant and that’s God’s love; this is the one thing that should remain a constant for us also…our love for Him, our love for ourselves, and our love for other people…despite their faults.

Love your family, love your friends, love your neighbors, love your associates, love complete strangers, love your service providers, love your bill collectors, and love your enemies. Then watch as the world begins to look different as you begin looking through a different lens.

I love you all.

Prayer

Father I am so thankful and grateful for Your love, for it is like no other. I can rely upon Your love remaining constant for eternity.

Your love is infinite, unlike anything a human can give because You give freely without keeping track of my wrongs, without expectations, without ultimatums, and without game playing; Your love is simply an “Is” without explanation.

I have faith in You that You will always provide for me, and that You will protect me from harm. I have faith in You that You will place the right people in my life at the right time, and You will remove those individuals that don’t belong in my life now or in the future.

I have hope, and I continue to hope for the best. I hope for an enduring, loving, respectful, caring, honest, faithful, faith-filled, committed and monogamous relationship with a person who also loves and has faith in You, and never loses hope in You or mankind.

My faith and my hope may be tested, and I may sometimes waver- but one thing You know Father is that my love never leaves and is never rattled or swayed. I love You Lord.

If I didn’t love You I couldn’t possibly love myself- for You created and care for me.

Thank You for Your love Father. In Your son Jesus’ name I pray to You with an abundance of love, hope and faith. Amen.

Love always,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.11.18

Scripture

I am glad I can have complete confidence in you.

2 Corinthians 7:16

Reflection

This is a strong declaration. Do you truly have complete confidence in God?

Do you trust 100% that He has a solution to every one of your problems?

Do you believe that He can make a way out of no way?

Let’s see.

Prayer

Father keep working on me. I believe. I want to believe. I trust. I want to trust fully and without question. I am confident that You will make a way. You always do. Help me to stay out of the way. Help me to let go and allow You to do what only You can do.

I believe that my deadlines and obligations will be met through Your will and grace. I just need to stop thinking that I can control outcomes better than You. I need to trust You Father. Wrangle and remove my fears. I humbly pray to You in Your Son, Jesus’ name. Amen.

Love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.10.13

Scripture

For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts. Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

1 Corinthians 1:19-21 HCSB

Reflection

It doesn’t matter how smart you think you are, or others claim you to be, God’s wisdom is greater. So it is wise to turn to Him for guidance. It is wise to pray to Him for the knowledge you need to navigate through obstacles.

Your intelligence, knowledge, and wisdom comes from Him. Praise Him. Acknowledge Him. Give credit to Him.

Prayer

Father I seek to learn only from You and the sources that You place before me. Open my eyes to see, recognize, and embrace all that You desire. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Let me wrap this up by saying happy birthday to my aunt Valerie and my cousin Kambria. I love you both!

Sending love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.9.18

Scripture

The Lord approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

Proverbs 12:2 NLT

Reflection

You are not responsible for others actions or lack thereof, but you are responsible for yourself, what you do, how you behave, and how you speak to yourself and others.

You have a choice to rise above situations or lower yourself to sling mud like a wild animal. You have a choice to do the right thing or give into the enemy’s plan.

You have a choice to help others and be an asset, or you can be a liability through your selfishness, self-centeredness, and pride.

You can use your intelligence for the greater good or to plant and cultivate the seeds of evil. When you plan to do harm either through action or inaction, you are working as a servant of the enemy, not for God.

You have a choice, that’s the beauty and blessing of being God’s creation. We can choose. We also must deal with the consequences of our choice.

Prayer

Father protect me from myself when I turn inwards and don’t reflect Your goodness. Protect me from those moments when I don’t speak up but should, and as a result I am hurt. Protect me from others who plot and plan against me. Protect Your other children so that they do no harm to others and receive no harm in return.

Prepare and protect those coming into this world through birth, and prepare and protect those leaving this world to go to the next level of existence. Let us all see, gravitate towards, and choose to embrace and reflect Your light rather than dig our heads inside holes of darkness.

Forgive me for my sins, and forgive those who have sinned against me. Amen.

Love,

Natasha

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.3.18

Scripture

…Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Mark 5:36 NIV

Reflection

Let me first start off by wishing my late, great father, Robert Foreman, a very happy 65th birthday. Seventeen years ago this month he passed away abruptly and without warning.

The last several years I have done better coping and managing my grief, reminding myself that my dad always said never to mourn those who have passed–that it’s our selfishness and not our obedience to God and respect to those who have gone on to the next level of existence, that we hold on to and harbor these depressing feelings about that person leaving.

My spiritual side gets it; my human side wants my dad here to sit down and chat with me, get my sister aligned, and encourage my mom to reach out and grab those dreams.

My human side wants my dad here to walk me down the wedding aisle, to hold his grandchildren, to trash-talk me through my gym workouts, and to help me see clearly through business deals to see past my fears.

My spiritual side knows that he is definitely in a better place with God and our loved ones. My human side misses him and cries out from time to time.

This is where my faith needs strengthening. This is where my human side must align with my spiritual side if I am going to make that next step on my journey as an ambassador for Christ. I must walk the walk.

I must face and overcome my fear of loss, failure, too much success, death, not becoming a wife and mother, and not thriving on every level of my life.

I must face my fears and overcome them if I truly want to live. I must rise each day with conviction, purpose, and a plan—and then run like crazy to make things happen each and every day.

If I don’t face my fears then they will hunt me down and turn my nightmare into a reality. My fears will lead to my demise. How ironic is that? A fear of death leading to death. Wow!

What are your fears?

Where are you in your life at facing down those fears? Are you sick and tired of coming up short in so many areas of your life? Do you know this is only happening because of your lack of faith in God?

Are you ready to take that first step towards stomping on one of your fears?

Then let’s do this!

I want to live a long, loving, joyful, healthy, rewarding, successful, wise, and prosperous life, how about you?

So let’s open our eyes and take that first step today!

Prayer

Father I have to believe that You will protect me from harm, that You will guide me down the right paths, prepare me for what’s ahead, and that You will always make a way out of no way.

I have to believe that if I have the knowledge then I can jump into any waters and come up unharmed. I have to believe that if I face any real or psychological storms, that You will calm them just as You did through Jesus during the storm in Galilee.

Father I’m praying for my release from fear. I’m praying for the ability to not be afraid even when facing death, and I have to admit that I’m no where close to being there. Day by day please help me to overcome and remove my fears so that I can, through You, replace them with complete faith in You.

I pray these things with the deepest of sincerity. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Love,

Natasha

P.S. Happy birthday Dad. I promise I will get this right and make both of us proud! 

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Natasha’s Daily Scripture, Prayer, and Reflection for 7.2.18

Scripture

… while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign lord came on me there. I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal….

The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.

Then he brought me to the entrance to the court….And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here….”

He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The lord does not see us; the lord has forsaken the land.’”

Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz…He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the lord, and there… were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.

Ezekiel 8:1-3, 5-7, 9, 12, 14, 16

Reflection

If we have been told and shown examples of what God expects of us and disapproves of, then why are we still continuing the cycle of hardheadedness the Israelites demonstrated thousands of years ago?

Why is our struggle with the flesh so difficult to overcome? Why is it that when times get tough we turn to idols, man, spirits, charts, and dead gods for comfort? Why don’t we seek out God’s Love, God’s Spirit, God’s Light?

Would we still be fixated on needing to trust and believe in something we can ‘see’ and ‘hear’ if our sight was removed and sense of hearing were gone?

If you were unable to see and hear would you still rely on your faith in statues, pendants, cards, signs and symbols, or someone behind a pulpit or inside a confessional? Or would your faith be restored in the Supreme Spirit—the only Problem Solver, our Father? Ponder that.

Prayer

Father thank You. Thank You for showing me through examples those things You detest and disapprove of as well as those things that are pleasing to You.

Thank You for giving me the opportunity to do right and correct my steps. Thank You for equipping me with the knowledge to make the right decisions and be comforted in knowing that there is no better way than Yours; there is no better justice than what You deliver, and there is nothing I would rather do than to worship and serve You Father.

I know You see me Father, I know You have not forsaken me, and I know that You will answer my prayers and deliver me at a time and place that You see fit. Thank You Father. Amen.

Love you always,

Natasha

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