Category: Devotions

The Power of Words

Good Morning! I’m back on the east coast (ugh because of the humidity) and already Satan has started! He actually started 2:27 am this morning by waking me up and not allowing me to fall back to sleep until after 5 am(mind you I woke up at 6:30)… And yet even more character attacks when I got to work… But I won’t be a quitter and I will wait until God’s plan is revealed even though I know even more clearly that it’s time for me to go. But I thought about this last night before I went to sleep and on my plane back from Atlanta. Have you ever noticed that if you said “I hate broccoli” that every time you saw them you felt “hatred” for the broccoli even more? Maybe broccoli in this case is a person…I have a few pieces of broccoli that if…let me stop!

Well if you constantly say “I can’t do this” or “I’m not going to do this well” or “I hate her/him” or anything negative you are giving life to those very words. As the saying goes you go looking for something you just might find it… When you speak negativity into your own life, those negative seeds take root and grow in the fertile soil of your mind and your heart. If you replace the situations you are concerned about with positive reinforcement from God’s word you are sure to change that situation! Proverbs 4:3-4 says that “When I was a boy in my father’s house, still tender, and an only child of my mother, 4 he taught me and said, “Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live. Verse 5 is also important: “Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.” Proverbs 4:20-22 also tells us to keep the word in our hearts because the are life to us and bring us health! Taking that into consideration, don’t you think that the Word if meditated on and spoken on a regular basis can change our thinking, our habits and our decisions?

Remember, we do not fight a physical battle as Christians. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Ephesians 6) You can win the battle over control of your mind by putting good words in it, mainly the word of God! I have like at least 10-12 index cards that I carry with me with key scriptures to reinforce what I pray for each day. I read them out loud many times a day and many I know by heart. Don’t give up and remember the very things you say shape your thoughts and ultimately your life. I’m going to post my little mantra up later when I find it. Pastor Dollar at World Changers said it during a series He preached and I’ve had it posted in my room ever since!

Be blessed!
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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

Marquita B. Priester

In the midst of it all, Just TRUST HIM!

I’m sitting here in the airport ready to finally be at home away from it all, where it’s just me and God, thinking about my future. I have been getting away from thinking and planning for the future so much because we don’t know what turns our lives may take. I can tell you one thing and everybody knows, I want to move away from Charleston and back to Atlanta. For many reasons–most importantly the “planned” course I want my life to take. But in my most current reflectionary moment I had to take a step back and listen to the things that are going thru my head. In this I realized my plan may not be God’s plan ever or for now. For some crazy reason unknown to me, God still has me in SC. He wants me to be there for an undetermined period for something I haven’t figured out. Maybe He’s still refining me, prepping me for the next trial that I am still unsure of.

When you get to that point, whether it’s your career, your relationship, your future, I ask you to take a step back, remove yourself from the equation and just trust God. The Bible says in Isaiah 55:8 that “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.” I venture forward to say maybe our plans are not His plans…

One of my favorite scriptures is Romans 8:28–And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. It clearly says His purpose and not ours. God has your life planned out for you even before you were born-Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;… Trusting God is not just when you want to, but all the time! Even if you don’t like it–like me–trust that this is all a part of God’s ultimate plan for your life. Seek wisdom and believe that this will ultimately work out for your good.

Love you and be blessed! Heading home in five…

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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

Marquita B. Priester