Matthew 6:33

Jesus is so awesome! I hear him speaking to me. And I want more of Christ. I believe that I am right where Jesus wants me. He wants me to be hungry and thirst after Him. Some things dont make sense to me, but they dont need to. As long as my eyes stay on Jesus He will lead me along the waters of my life. In Matthew 6:33 the Word says: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. That is what I attempt to do everyday. I asked God to show me Him in everything. I want to see God in everything. I met a man named Mike today who really wowed me. He was a homeless man and I gave him some change and some resources on the Love of Jesus and such. As I was talking to him it was amazing how he said that he was fine and he began telling me he is at the spot everyday. He told me that he does believe in Jesus and that he prays often. He said that God meets his needs, he said that he cannot complain because God provides for him. This is a man who is homeless! Sits out of stores everyday with his dog. So I ask him if any churches have helped him and he tells me about his bad experiences with churches and that all they give is food and clothing. He shared that alot of churches dont help the homeless and there not welcoming. He did have a dog so he wanted the dog to be able to go in the church, but the churches (understandable) didnt allow dogs to enter. So he seemed upset with that. Then I thought...how can I help the homeless in a way that will truly make a difference. Food only last a day and then what? That homeless person then goes back to live on the streets. He shared that his two issues with being homeless is weather and police. I just dont understand the lack of help out here in a world filled with "so much help." We all have to do better. We have to work together to come up with programs that will REALLY help the homeless get off the streets. I know its alot! I know that they have issues! But we have issues! What if Jesus, our friends, our families gave up on us. What if they just gave us some food and clothing when that isnt what we need. It may temporarily make us feel better, but in the long run the issues arise. I want to do better. My heart is sad right now because as I sleep in my bed tonight, Mike is outside in the cold. My God..God please help your people. I often ask God why does the world have to be the way it is? How can I help your people? Can I even help your people? I know that Gods answer would be I created You. He created YOU and ME to solve issues and help people WITH Him. SO allow God to use you. Connect with others who are serving where you want to serve. Share your visions with someone and ask God for understanding and guidance. Write down all your visions, dreams, ideas, thoughts...and come back to them when the time comes. Seek God and you will find Him. Seek Him in everything you do.#Havetodobetter#itsnotaboutme#someonelifedependsonmydecisions#JESUSILOVEYOU#Worship#Praise#Amen Because of God, Jasmine Nicole

Trusting Jesus Without Borders

God is Amazing! God is Awesome! And He LOVES us so much!! He knows what's best for us. He sees for us. He covers us. Im just in awe of my King Jesus! I am grateful that I know Jesus! I am filled with joy and peace that I am His daughter and His bride. Jesus wants us to desire Him more than anything. He wants us to LOVE and want Him more than anything. He desperately wants us to return to our first Love...Him. I want more than anything for others to know the Jesus that I know. I want people to know they are worthy and valuable in Christ. I want people to know the Love that I know. The Love that keeps on revealing itself to me. The Love that loves me when I don't acknowledge my Love to it... He Loves You SOOOOO Much!!! His love is literally unfathomable. You cannot look upon Jesus with your own standards, because your standards cannot even stand amongst His. We have a tendency of putting Jesus in a box, but we can no longer do that. He is bigger than your issues, He is bigger than the vision He gave you!!! He is bigger than your bank account, He is bigger than your job, He is bigger than your ministry!! Jesus is so much bigger! So be encouraged that what He is preparing you for is BIGGER than YOU!! Whooo! Yes it is! So when you feel like you cannot go on, hold on, stay on, press on, push on, stand on...when you feel that, KEEP PRESSING!!! You are one step closer to where He wants you and the closer you get, the more lives you save! The more lives the person you save will save and so on. Keep Pushing!!! NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER!!! That's right Nothing, in the name of Jesus! YOU ARE MORE SPIRIT THAN FLESH!! Thats right! That means you do not lead by the flesh, but by the Spirit! So Rise Spirit Man Rise!!! THE GOOD WORK HE HAS BEGAN IN YOU, HE SHALL FINISH IT THROUGH! I believe in you...I'm praying for you. The person who is living in a box needs you. That person selling his body for money/drugs/whatever need you. That child that is neglected needs you. That elder who is lonely needs you. The adulterer needs you. The alcoholic needs. The crack addict needs you. That liar needs. The murderer needs you. We are to be like Jesus. The racist needs you. We are made in His image and likeness. As we strive to be like Jesus we must do what He did when He was being persecuted and crucified. We must PUSH on carrying the cross in which we are all to bear. Trust him. Believe in Him. He loves you like crazy and so do I. The Bible Is . . . Your Source of Strength Daniel 10:17, 19 (NCV) 17 Master, how can I, your servant, talk with you? My strength is gone, and it is hard for me to breathe.” 19 He said, “Daniel, don’t be afraid. God loves you very much. Peace be with you. Be strong now; be courageous.” When he spoke to me, I became stronger and said, “Master, speak, since you have given me strength.” Trusting Jesus Without Borders, Jasmine Nicole

Press

A month or so ago I was sharing with my Pastor that I feel a shift coming on and I was excited! I couldnt explain it but in my spirit that is how I could explain it...that a shift in me was about to take place. Now a month or so later I am struggling, lol. I have been through some trials, test, difficult times and that initial excitement has passed away. I was asking God what is wrong with me? Why do I feel discontent. I could see my blessings but I feel so out of it. So I have been UNCOMFORTABLE...but I know that being in that state is good. Being uncomfortable means that God is brewing something up. I may not like where I am but God has got me and He wont let me go. I may have let Him go but He wont let me go. So these past few weeks God has been saying press in my presence, push on, keep going, dont stop!! From the message, praise & worship, call to worship on Sunday mornings, radio shows, talking to others, encouraging others...He has been telling me to press. I also have a journal that says "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly." So that spoke to my spirit, because Im undergoing a metamorphosis. Who I was is not who I am going to be. God is transfroming and transfiguring me to look, think, speak, walk, love, walk, give, share...like Him. I was reading my Sister in Christ's blog , Ms. Tiara and it ministered to my spirit so much. The pruning process is what I am in. God is working out the kinks! He is preparing me, my character, my strength, my power, my knowledge, my relationship with Him, He is working "ME" out! Literally! He is working "Me" out and Him in me!! Yes it hurts. Yes it's painful. Yes the truth hurts. Yes you may discover wounds you thought were healed. Yes you may discover holes you thought were whole. Yes you may cry. But the process like my sister, Tiara said, "That pain will be the very thing needed to produce the type of character you will be required to have in the places He will take you." So press on Sisters & Brothers. Stand strong. Love like Jesus. God;s has got you. XOXO, Jasmine Nicole

Purpose is Bigger than You

Family can be so difficult, frustrating and just make you want to scream sometimes. I suppose God knew exactly what He was doing upon creating the families in which we have. Why he places us there is an answer that can only come along the journey. At times I wish that my family could just sit down and deal with all the things that cause the individual pain, the bitterness, anger, resentment and division. If we could just peel back the layers, take off the mask and cut the facades im sure we could really get to the root of what keeps families dysfunctional. The sad thing is, is that dysfunction becomes "healthy" and "healthy" seems dysfunctional. It is a matrix of false realities and the one who gets out the matrix are then obligated to go back and get those who remain stuck. The obligated ones, the ones that are deemed the "glue" because they are the variable to keeping the family together...those ones that carry the load for the entire family. To those ones I know how it feels. But God, He knows what he has equipped and made us capable of. It seems crazy to think the youngest in the family, the quiet one...could be the one variable to saving a family thus in turn saving generations to come. What if Jesus gave up? What if Jesus decided these people arent really worth it? What if Jesus said the pain was too much and the burden too heavy? What if Jesus chose the easy route? What if Jesus threw in the towel? What is Jesus said that ain't my problem? What if Jesus said im too tired? What if Jesus said the pain is too great? What if? What if?! What if?!!! Then today known of us would be saved. We would all be dead, tortured by our sins, decaying in our own self caused pain. The world as we know it would not be. It would probably have perished by now because of the corruptness of man. Lucifer would be roaming the earth as if it was disneyland, but the attractions would be those ones souls being tormented turn after turn. I say all this to encourage you and me to stand tall in our walk with Jesus. The devil is always seeking an opportunity to creep in and set something back. But thank God for Jesus! The setbacks are set up's for what God is about to birth in your life. I believe that you have the power to speak life to dead situations in your families. Speak death to the division, hatred, resentment, bitterness, curses...and speak life to LOVE, renewal, regeneration, rebirth. As I have been studying the book of John, I see how Jesus valued the family and loved His family so much. When Jesus was on the cross He made sure that His mother would be taken care of. That reminded me of the importance of leaving a legacy behind and unconditional love. Due to unconditional love you desire to want to leave things behind for your family and not just physical but love, morals and values. The disciples and Jesus were a family. Jesus loved them and he cared and protected them. Jesus knew the importance of keeping the family unit together. Jesus did not leave this earth without making sure that His mother was taken care of: John 19:25-30 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. The Death of Jesus 28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Family is important. God wouldnt have created it to be so if it wouldnt benefit Him or His people. So when the load gets heavy call in the troops (prayer warriors, elders, accountability partners, mentors, pastors) to help you to keep pressing toward the mark of the high calling. Your purpose is bigger than you. Your purpose is bigger than your vision. Keep pressing in Jesus' presence... XOXO Jasmine Nicole

Tired

Have you ever been tired? So tired that you just cannot help but to close your eyes. So tired that you cannot help but to shut your eyelids. Nothing you do will keep you awake because your body cannot do anything else but sleep...Have you? Well I'm tired...I'm sleepy and nothing I do is keeping me awake. But what Im tired of has nothing to do with sleep in the physical sense. I'm tired of seeing women sell there bodies to make ends meat. I'm tired of someone's home being a box from someones' 250 inch tv. I'm tired of the desensitization that takes place every single day. Im tired of seeing those who are blind to the hardships of others and doing nothing about it. Im tired of seeing families ask for money on the side of the freeway. Im tired of people having to go to the trash can to eat a meal. Im tired with the fact that there are people who can help but wont. I'm tired of people not knowing what the love of Jesus is and feels like. I'm tired of knowing that someone could be contemplating suicide and I may have walked right pass them. I'm tired of not being able to help. So to show you how tired I am I used the illustration in the beginning. That's how tired I am. It's time to do more. This purpose is so much bigger than me! God help me...God help us all to fulfill, complete, accept the call.

A rainbow in there cloud.

"Prepare yourself to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."

-Maya Angelou

The World Is An Empty Canvas Waiting On New Thoughts To Think

Challenges. Trials. Setbacks. Depression. Complacency have set in. Okay! So shake it off! I'm praying, serving, reading, studying but nothing seems to be breaking the seams of these attacks that are trying to distract me. Every Sunday it seems like the message is just and especially for me. What did I do now? Where did I fall short now? My disobediance is warping how I see myself. Deformation and wholeness cannot reside in the same place. I want to be whole...the deformities seem to have a stronger hold. So then I PRESS! I Press! I press in His presence. I can hardly see His light. Its flickering to a dim gleam of light. Yes its frightening but Ive come too far to let darkness overtake my heart. I claim victory! No I dont feel victorious. But I claim victory! I will speak as if it were so til it becomes a manifestation within my soul and cannot help but to protrude out toward others you are not yet whole. So as Im on facebook yesterday. I had been giving divine confirmation that my uncomfortabilities are right-eous were God wants me. So thank you for the No's! Thank you for the evil looks! Thank you for talking behind my back! Thank you for your lack of support! Thank you for calling me fake! Thank you for not believing in me! Thank you for your doubts! Thank you for putting your insecurities on me! Thank you for trying to make me something that im not! Rejection has already visited this friend. So lets go! Lets grind! Rejection cannot have me another time. I'm right-eous where my Jesus wants me! Watch out! Get ready! Claim victory! It's mine! So as God ministered to Tyrese and he in turn ministered to the soul of many, including mine he said, "The world is an empty canvas waiting on new thoughts to think." Today I am the painter! I am the artist working on my masterpiece! Create! Design! Think! Configure! Invent!Discover! Uncover!Envision! Empower!Dream up! Fashion! Grind! Make! Produce!Originate! Author! Intersect! Coin! Initiate!Devise! Conceive! EVERYTHING YOU NEED LIES WITHIN YOU ALREADY! Those hunger pains are from your soul! It's time to awaken the beast within. Rise Up & Grind, Jasmine Nicole

It is in...

"It is in my belief and obediance that I will gain understanding. It is not in understanding that I will gain belief and obediance. It is child-like faith that Jesus desires."

Your perceived Strengths may be your downfall...

This morning I was reading the Word and I was led to read Obadiah 1. Obadiah 1 gives description of Edom's Destruction. I read through the chapter and then I read through the commentary of each verse in the NIV bible I have. Something that stood out to me was that the strengths of the Edomites became the very weaknesses that caused their fall. And I began to think, what are the strengths that I have that will cause me to fall. The commentary section listed 5 different reasons of why they fell, but that one stood out to me the most. I've learned that you should never take your goodness for granted, because the moment you do is the moment you just may fall. We must all Check our Hearts daily. That is all. Truth, Jasmine Nicole