Typically, this phrase warns us that we should carefully consider what we pray for as the answered prayer may yield unexpected circumstances. When we pray, we are typically praying for a change within our current circumstances or for a pleasing future. We are typically expecting this positive shift to occur within a short time frame. We don’t truly consider how our petitions may manifest. We don’t truly consider God’s timing versus our timing. Let’s Talk!

Prayer is a form of communication with Jesus, the Mediator between us and God (1 Timothy 2:5). When we pray, we are supposed to: go before the throne of grace with boldness (Hebrews 4:16); be persistent (Matthew 7: 7-8); have faith (Mark 11:24 and 1 John 5: 14-15); pray continually (1 Thessalonians 5:17); be without anxiety and exhibit thanksgiving (Philippians 4: 6-7). But there is more to just praying. We have to be striving to be one with Jesus. According to James 5:16, the prayer of a righteous person is effectual and fervent; this means that the prayers are powerful, impactful and very likely to be answered by God because He is listening intently to those who live upright. This brings me to the point of today’s posting.

Recently, I began going through a season in my life that caught me off guard. I didn’t understand what Jesus was attempting to show me so I begin to quiet the noise around me. I began to slow down. I began to take time for myself. In doing so, Jesus revealed to me a portion of what was occurring. He brought to my remembrance a certain prayer that I had prayed. I remembered praying the prayer at least twice with the first time being approximately 6 months ago. During that time, I had cried out to Him because I was uncomfortable, confused and desired to give up. So in His revelation, He showed me how that prayer had been fulfilled. I felt both relieved and upset. Relieved because He had answered my prayer but upset because I had not considered how it would manifest. I did not expect grief, hurt, or pain to be associated with the manifestation of that prayer. But truth be told, I should have expected those things as the prayer involved a separation, more dying of my flesh, more loss of control, more of God’s will being fulfilled… And just like I was, you may be living within an answered prayer and missing it because it does not look like what you envisioned.

Today, I desire for you to take a survey of your current season. Are you potentially living in answered prayers that did not manifest as you envisioned for them to? Are you missing God’s move because of the grit associated with the answered prayers? I desire to encourage you to be more attentive to your prayers especially those lifted up during trying times. Lastly, remember, we are not in control of the how, when, where, or timing of what God performs for us. Stay encouraged!

Read, dissect, and meditate of the above mentioned scriptures.

Last night, in preparation for this morning, I selected my workout location. When I woke up this morning, it was cloudy so I felt as if the location would be perfect. I performed my morning routine and drove to the location. When I got close, it began to sprinkle. I parked my truck and waited. The more I waited, the harder it began to rain. I was hesitant about leaving so I continued to sit there with hopes that the rain would stop. Needless to say, it didn’t. I looked at the forecast for the rest of the day and noticed the afternoon would be a better time for me to try again. In that moment, God said, “Wrong timing”. Imagine you have prepared your mind and body to perform, but the timing is wrong. Imagine getting somewhere to perform, but the environment isn’t conducive or beneficial. Imagine arriving somewhere prematurely and realizing how unprepared you are for the occasion. Let’s Talk!

God made me wait 2 years after receiving my NP licensure before He allowed me to work as a NP. He had spoken to me regarding the promises that He had for me; but those promises depended upon the condition of my heart. To be honest, I knew what God was referring to. I needed my character, ways, attitude, work ethic, and all other parts of my mind, heart, and soul to be transformed, sanctified, pruned, and refined. After God spoke to me, I stopped applying for NP positions and began searching for a position as a RN. I saw a RN case manager position for a hospice company, but I was unsure if the company was the same one my dear friend, Stephanie, worked at. I gave her a call only to find out that the position was with another hospice company, but the one that she worked for had an opening. I applied for and accepted that position which came with a pay cut, but I was at home and would be more available for my children. I told God that I wouldn’t move until He gave me instructions and opened the door for me. I also told Him to make it obvious when it was time for me to transition into my NP career. I worked that position while God began to work on my heart. I settled into the waiting.

At that time, God had aligned me into the right position, and I didn’t even realize it. A little over a year passed, before He saw that the timing was right for my promotion. The young lady that was in the NP position decided she would move back home which would leave the position vacant. AND GUESS WHO WAS IN THE PROPER POSITION? ME! The director knew how great of a RN I was. She had witnessed my growth and development within my attitude, character, and work ethic. SHE CAME TO ME and told me if I wanted the position, I could have it. THE NP POSITION CAME TO ME! I didn’t have to do anything but be led by GOD!

I want to encourage someone on today to not jump the gun. God knows when the timing is perfect and when the environment is conducive for a release. Do not get discouraged because that thing that you’ve been praying for hasn’t arrived yet. Do not get weary while serving Him. Do not focus on the thing, instead focus on Him. Right after you begin to focus on God, He will show you the ways in which you need to focus on yourself. Make sure that you are submitted to God’s preparation for the thing that you are petitioning Him for. God hears you! God sees you! If that thing is within His will, it will come to pass. If He promised you that thing, He will fulfill His promise. Make sure that you are in the proper position to receive that thing. When the timing is right, God will perform. You do not want God to release anything that you are not prepared for. Today I want to encourage you to focus on God’s preparation process. Focus on getting ready. Focus on getting into the right position. Don’t allow those thoughts and feelings associated with the wrong timing to halt your preparation for God’s promises. Be encouraged on today!

Read, dissect and meditate on 2 Peter 3:8-9, Habakkuk 2:3, Galatians 6:9, Isaiah 40:31, and Psalm 27:14.

Between our work schedules, school schedules, children’s schedules, church’s schedules, families’ schedules, and friends’ schedules, we have more than enough events to keep us busy. Busyness has become a social norm in today’s society. We feel the need to continue to show up and perform due to our desire to fulfill the social pressures and our lack of boundaries. Unfortunately, we end up showing up emotionally exhausted, physically exhausted, and mentally exhausted; we are merely performing instead of being productive and truly present. Let’s Talk about Rest!

According to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, the seven types of rest include physical rest, mental rest, spiritual rest, emotional rest, sensory rest, social rest and creative rest. Physical rest promotes recovery and repair within the body. Mental rest involves declutterring the mind via prayer, meditation, or enjoying hobbies. Spiritual rest involves turning inward to connect with your purpose through religion. Emotional rest includes sitting in and expressing your emotions as well as detaching from emotionally draining situations. Sensory rest involves stimulating your senses via listening to calming music, use of aromatherapy, and spending time in nature. Social rest emphasizes taking time away from social interactions and embracing solidarity. Creative rest involves engaging in activities which ignite creativity and allows for self-expression which can be done via writing, painting, or music therapy.

Since November 2024, the one word that has been repetitive from God to me is “rest”. Considering the types of rest mentioned above, God wasn’t merely telling me to sit down and put my feet up. He was telling me to stop performing according to social pressures. He desired for me to realize that I needed to take a step back from all of the noise and look inward. He desired for me to take care of myself. He desired for me to become more productive instead of just showing up. God desires for our bodies, minds, emotions, senses, and spirits to be in a state of rest. Through our resting, He performs. Through our being still and knowing (Psalm 46:10), He fulfills every word He speaks to us. Through our willingness to take the backseat, He takes control of the “will” and directs us where He desires for us to go. Within the rest, we are exercising our faith while God provides us with peace in the unknown (Philippians 4:7). Within the rest, we are encouraged and allowed to take care of ourselves while God takes care of everything else. Within the rest, God works His will through us via Holy Spirit-led instructions. Friend, resting in Jesus is essential for your next season. You must believe that everything within His will for your life will happen no matter what it looks like, feels like, or sounds like! YOU MUST BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT! Rest in Jesus, my friend, as He will do exceedingly, abundantly more than you can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20)!

I want to encourage you today to stop performing and simply REST for God desires willing, yielding VESSELS not performers (Romans 12:1)!

Read, dissect, and meditate on Ephesians 2: 8-10 (you can’t “work for” anything God has for you), Mark 6:31-32 (take some time for you), Hebrews 4: 9-11 (enter into God’s rest), and Matthew 11:28 (God will give you rest).

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, doubt can be defined as a lack of confidence or an inclination not to believe. How many of us can be real and say that we have had instances where we doubted God’s Words that He spoke to us? I can admit that there have been instances where I have doubted God’s Words to me. The primary reasoning included me entertaining negative thoughts that I had allowed the enemy to plant into my mind. These thoughts typically lead me to a place where my emotions became bigger than God’s Words spoken to me or to a place where my focus shifted from God’s Words to the circumstances around me. I recently had a moment where I had to say, “Lord, help my unbelief”. Let’s Talk!

In Mark 9: 17-27, you can read in detail about a father who sought to have his son delivered from a dumb spirit. I’m not going to leave you hanging so I’m going to give you a summary. In verse 18, the father encountered Jesus and described how the spirit had affected his son. He told Jesus that he attempted to have His disciples to cast the spirit out, but they could not cast it out. In verse 19, Jesus calls the people an unbelieving generation and told the father to bring his son to Him. In verse 21, Jesus proceeded to ask the father how long the spirit had inhabited his son to which the father replied since he was a child. In verse 22, the father told Jesus that the spirit had attempted to kill the boy on multiple occasions before proceeding to tell Jesus that if He could do anything, to have pity on them and help them. In verse 23, Jesus replied, “What do you mean, ‘If I can?’; Anything is possible if a person believes.” In verse 24, the father cried out and said, “Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief!” Jesus did cast the spirit out of the son (verses 25-27).

Let’s get into a few key points within those scriptures! In verse 21, the father reveals that the spirit had attempted to kill the boy by throwing him into the fire and the water. Isn’t that the enemy’s agenda when it comes to us as well? Doesn’t he seek to kill, steal and destroy our focus, mindset, future, plans, progress, walk with Jesus, vision, direction, families, relationships, etc? Yes, he does according to John 10:10. Do you think the enemy wants you to believe that God can do exceedingly abundantly more than you can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20)? No, he does not. He desires for us to doubt God and His capabilities. In verse 22, the father says “if”. This made me wonder if the father actually knew what Jesus was capable of doing. In verse 23, Jesus lets the father know that if he believed, all things would be possible. This verse solidifies the need for us to believe or in other words, HAVE FAITH. In order for us to receive what God has already spoken and continues to speak to us, we must first believe that those things can and will happen. How do you think it will look if God blesses you with a 4 bedroom house when you can’t even imagine yourself living within a 4 bedroom house? How do you think it would look if God blesses you with a loving spouse when you don’t think you deserve love from another person? How do you think it would look if God blesses your business with overflow but you can’t see beyond the amount you are currently making? How do you think God will give you exceedingly abundantly more when you only desire “enough”?

Do you think the father truly doubted what Jesus was capable of doing? He had to have heard about the signs, miracles and wonders that Jesus had been performing. We know that Jesus’ name rang amongst many conversations between the Jews, Scribes and Pharisees while they were attempting to identify who He was. Remember that the father had described what this dumb spirit had done to his son and informed Jesus that it had inhabited the son since he was a child. Hear me out. Imagine how witnessing this spirit control his son affected the father. Imagine how helpless he felt when attempting to protect and save his son but couldn’t. Just imagine. So maybe his focus was on the situation and circumstances instead of on believing that his son could be delivered. ORRR maybe he was so exhausted and hopeless that he allowed his emotions to override his belief. After all, he had dealt with this situation for years. He had believed that the disciples could help him and his son, but they were not able to cast the spirit out. Could that have affected his belief? Maybe so. And even then, Jesus was so gracious, merciful, and kind enough to fulfill the father’s request. And He will do the very same for us, but we must have faith!

I want to encourage you today to do a faith checkup. It is essential for us to continue to walk by faith despite our circumstances and emotions. I would like to leave you with two verses to wrap this post up. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. In other words, you have to believe it before you see it and receive it. And as mentioned above, Mark 9:23, says anything is possible if a person believes. You must believe that God is capable of doing anything. You must believe that whatever He has told you will come to past. You must believe.

Read, dissect, and meditate on the above mentioned scriptures.

Have you ever read a social media post that contained complete nonsense? Have you ever been triggered by a post and went to the comments to reply? Have you ever engaged in a disagreement regarding a topic that you KNEW information about while the other person DID NOT KNOW any factual information? Have you ever felt the need to “clear the air” regarding false information? Let’s talk!

Earlier this week, I encountered a woman who told me she had suffered from a stroke in 2022 which led to her physician finding a brain aneurysm on her brain scan. She proceeded to tell me that she requested a follow up brain scan this year, and the aneurysm has disappeared. She asked me if I believed that a brain aneurysm could disappear spontaneously, and I told her I did. She proceeded to tell me how her chiropractor had given her two substances and instructed her to take them for one year after she had her stroke. She expressed how she believed taking those two substances had healed her. When she was done speaking, I instantly asked her if she believed in God to which she responded “yes” before following up with a lengthy explanation. This grieved my spirit and brought me to tears as I am sure that this woman had told so many people how those substances had healed her instead of the God that she claimed to know, love, and serve.

Being a healthcare professional, I desire for you to know 4 things: a brain aneurysm is a weakening of a blood vessel wall within the brain; brain aneurysms rarely resolve spontaneously; chiropractors focus on the treatment of musculoskeletal system disorders; neurologists and neurosurgeons specialize in the treatment of the central nervous system disorders which include the brain. With that information, you can infer that the woman’s statements regarding the two substances “healing” her were not factual. In her explanation regarding knowing God, she stated, “God sends things through people. So those medications were sent from God to my doctor to me.”. This statement grieved my spirit even more as this woman truly thought that God needed to use a man and substances to heal her. I did not negate anything she said, but I did shift the focus off of the man and onto God. Imagine the all powerful God not receiving credit for a miracle He had performed for someone who claimed to know Him. Just imagine! I prayed about this incident as I began to wind down that night, and God simply said, “My people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). As I studied that verse, God provided me with revelation that I desire to share with you. Let’s get into it!

According to Oxford Languages, knowledge is defined as “facts, information, and skills acquired by a person via experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject”. Simply put, knowledge is the understanding of a subject matter. According to Proverbs 2:6, the Lord gives wisdom and from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:7 states that the Lord hides away sound godly wisdom and stores it up for the righteous. Proverbs 18:15 states the heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. Colossians 2:3 informs us that all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and hidden in Jesus. From these verses alone, one can conclude that knowledge, understanding, and wisdom are divine treasures of Jesus and abide within Jesus; these treasures are reserved for those who live upright before Jesus and are revealed to the upright through relationship with Jesus. Matter of fact, we can conclude that Jesus is knowledge. So when Hosea 4:6 states “People perish for lack of knowledge”, one can also say that people are destroyed due to lack of Jesus. When I received the revelation, I began to laugh. I laughed because it was sort of a “duh” type of moment. Anyone can claim to know God, love God, and serve God. Anyone can attempt to portray an image as if they are righteous and living for God (form of godliness mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:5). But if you are in relationship with Jesus and Holy Spirit abides within you, you will be able to distinguish when someone is operating in a form of godliness. I know God to be a HEALER and MIRACLE working God (Exodus 15:26; Psalm 77:14). I know that God is God ALL BY HIMSELF; there is no one like Him (Isaiah 45:5-6). I know that God uses man, but He is self-sufficient (Acts 17:25). I know God! And from what this woman said during our conversation, it would be safe for me to assume that although she claims to know God, she lacks knowledge due to a lack of relationship with Jesus.

In these types of conversations when we know the Truth, we must keep in mind 2 Timothy 2:23-26 which states, “Don’t get involved in foolish ignorant arguments that only start fights. A servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts,and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.” I was proud when I read this scripture that night because I did feel the need to “defend” God. It is not our responsibility to “defend” God or “prove a point”. It is our responsibility to either plant or water a seed (God’s Word) because only God can make it grow (1 Corinthians 3:6-9).

I encourage you on today to get to know Jesus intimately. I encourage you to live an upright life before Him. I encourage you to study your Bible as Paul advised in 2 Timothy 2:15.

Read, dissect, and meditate on the above mentioned verses.

It’s been some time ago that I entered a space where I began praying, “Not my will, but Your will be done”. I felt as if I had finally reached a place where I was genuinely ready to lay down any and every thing to fulfill God’s purpose and will for my life. That was until He called me out. Let’s Talk!

In 2022, after obtaining my licensure to practice as a FNP and months of completing applications, I was unsuccessful in obtaining a job. I was praying and expressing to God how I knew He hadn’t brought me through schooling and allowed me to pass my licensure examination just for me to never work as a FNP. God spoke to me and said, “I did not require for you to go to school and become a nurse or a nurse practitioner. I do not need for you to have any of those credentials to fulfill your purpose within My kingdom. I allowed your continued success because it was a desire of your heart.” After getting over the initial emotions of thinking I had wasted time and money pursuing my desires, I began repeating the prayer, “Not my will, but Your will be done”. At that time, I did not truly mean that phrase, but it was a way for me to speak it on the way to believing it. In hindsight, the scriptures regarding what God had said to me that come to mind are Romans 8:29-30, where Paul tells us that God foreknew and predestined us to be molded into the image of Jesus; God also called His people who were foreordained, made us righteous, justified us, and glorified us. According to these scriptures, there are no prerequisites that we must possess in order to be used by God. God has the plan for us before we are even conceived (as He told us in Jeremiah 1:5). After having that encounter with God, I entered a waiting season where I thought that God was preparing me to be the best NP a patient could encounter. But in all actuality, God had thrust me into a pruning and sanctification season where He was preparing me to go out into the world and teach His words (manifested via Real Talk with Keve, LLC). In hindsight, I see how He had been preparing me to fulfill His purpose and will throughout my life beginning when He planted a desire to teach within me as a little girl.

Let’s Talk about the meat of this post. Last month, one of the best physicians I’ve ever known passed away. Her impact was significant, and she had believed in me when I did not believe in myself. While I was working with her in a RN position, she trained me to be one of the best Hospice NPs anyone could ever encounter. Last year, she had agreed to establish a collaborative agreement with me so that I could begin to prescribe medications. Needless to say, I procrastinated and even in that God was being intentional. On Thursday, March 27, 2025, I finally sat down to gather the information I needed from her to establish the agreement; I planned to meet with her on Friday, April 4, 2025. On Saturday, March 29, 2025, she abruptly passed away; the next day, as I went throughout my day grieving, I told God that I would be absolutely fine if I never wrote a prescription a day in my life. That evening when I finally got home where I could be as emotional as I desired to be, I did just that. I cried and prayed and prayed and cried. God brought back to my remembrance what He had told me in 2022 which I detailed earlier in this post. Despite God telling me that back then, I always thought that His will and my will would coincide. To be honest, gaining that collaborative agreement would have allowed me to fulfill my will to establish a successful business solely related to my career field and not taking into consideration the kingdom of God. God revealed that it was His desire for my business to benefit His kingdom first and me afterwards. And this is exactly why He had to call me out!

In Luke 22:42, Jesus went into the garden of Gethsemane and prayed. Verse 42 states, “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine”. Jesus desired to fulfill God’s will, but it appears as if He did not desire the suffering associated with God’s will. In Luke 22:43, we read that an angel came to strengthen Jesus. It is in this verse that we can see that in Jesus’ weakness, when the suffering seemed overbearing and He desired to give up, God sent Him the strength that He needed to carry on. I will admit that along this walk with God I have been in a space where I desired to give up but knew I had to press on to fulfill God’s will. I can attest to this as the year 2024 was the hardest year of my spiritual journey. But even in those sufferings, just as God sent an angel to strengthen Jesus, He provided me with strength to continue to fulfill His will. Now I can say and truly mean, “Not my will, but Your will be done”. As I embark upon this new era, I know that God’s will shall be done, and His presence will remain with me.

You may be at a crossroad where you feel the pressure that God is putting on you to make a specific, faith-filled decision. You may have received God’s instructions to leave your job and establish a business. You may be feeling the call of God greater in this season of your life and know that you need to forsake your will and take His up. I encourage you to envision this blog post as God calling you out and encourage you to take that step of faith.

Read, dissect and meditate on the above mentioned verses.

What do you do when situations and circumstances do not appear to be going the way that you planned for them to go? What do you do when situations and circumstances appear to be going the way that you planned for them to go? When you receive good or bad news, who do you call? When you desire to vent about life, who do you run to? When you are battling within yourself regarding a decision that you must make, who do you seek guidance from? When you are angry and feel your old self arising, who do you seek out to calm you down? When you are low in spirit and need comfort and strength, who do you reach out to? When your life is chaotic and you need some peace, what do you do? If you are anything like the old version of myself, your answers would be similar to: I tend to figure out a plan B when plan A is not going well; I call my bestfriend because he knows my deepest darkest secrets and never openly judges me; I call two or three people to get their advice when I am unsure of the correct decision; I take a few shots in an attempt to get out of my feelings; I seek out coping mechanisms to help me cover up the pain; I have to call my calm friend when I’m about to cut up because he knows just the right words to say; I usually stay to myself when I’m low because I do not want to be seen as weak and I do not want anyone’s sympathy; I usually go on vacation or schedule a self-care day to recenter myself. Friend, having people to rely on is great because it shows you have support within your community. But just as I had to come to know for myself, I am here to assist you in knowing that the best thing to do in these types of situations is PRAY, and the best person to call on is JESUS. Let’s Talk!

In my post titled “Everybody Can’t Go”, I told you about a friend that God had made me walk away from during a certain season of my growth in Him. Well, I have an update. In my prayer time one morning, God revealed to me that the friend and I relied too heavily on one another’s opinions and advice when we needed to be relying on Him and His guidance. I knew that to be true because I loveddddd to call this one friend no matter what was going on. The truth of the matter was, I had unintentionally allowed that friend to become my god. I did not seek God as much as I sought an answer from her. Can you see how that is a problem especially within someone who identifies as a follower of Christ? How could I be proclaiming to love and serve Jesus when I wasn’t even seeking to communicate with Him before communicating with people? Why wasn’t I seeking guidance from the One who knows His plans for my life (Jeremiah 29:11)? Why wasn’t I crying out to the One who was able to heal my broken heart and comfort me during my times of trouble (Psalm 147:3; Psalm 23:4)? Why wasn’t I seeking God before man?

According to Oxford Languages, prayer is a form of communication in which a person connects with a higher power to offer a sincere request for help, an expression of thanks, or an act of worship. When you communicate with your bestfriend, do you tend to be nervous or attempt to talk a certain way or find the right words to say? The answer should be “no”. When you are speaking with your bestfriend: you are allowed to be yourself; you express yourself in your own unique language; you are able to be vulnerable and emotional even to the point of crying; you are rarely nervous; you even have inside lingo and jokes that you use. When comparing communication with your bestfriend to communication with Jesus, there should not be too much of a difference. Of course, it is essential that we exercise reverence for Jesus when communicating with Him, but we should also be as intimate with Him as we are with our bestfriends. After praying in a few different public settings, I have had many people to ask me to teach them how to pray. Although I wish that I had a manual to give to them, I do not. When I first started praying, I did not know what to say, and I did not know how to say it. I just began talking to Jesus as if He were a friend of mine. As I grew in my relationship with Him, I began to include these words in my prayers, “Lord, teach me how to pray”. I did not stop there though. I continued to set a certain time to pray every morning, and I continued to just talk to Him as best as I knew how. One day, I was praying, and the presence of God swept through my room. Friend, from that day forward, I did not have to think about what I wanted to say or how I wanted to say it. I just began each prayer by saying “Thank you Father”. After giving thanks and reverence to God, the Holy Spirit begins to place certain people, world events, situations and anything else on my heart. So friend, do not get caught up on what to say or how to say it, JUST SAY SOMETHING! Reference Matthew 6:5-13 and pray the words in Matthew 6:9-13 until you have your own words to say.

I want you to know that prayer is a weapon. I want to encourage you to begin or continue to pray daily. Pray as many times as you can throughout the day even if it’s simply, “Lord, I thank you”. Jesus never gets tired of hearing from us. Actually, 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 17 instructs us to pray continually. There is no such thing as a small prayer or a big prayer. But there is a such thing as an effectual, fervent prayer; this type of prayer is a heartfelt, powerful prayer that comes from a righteous person (James 5:16). So friend, strive to be righteous in Christ by having faith in Him and living according to His principles and will. And don’t forget to PRAY!

Read, dissect and meditate on Matthew 6:5-13, Psalm 100:4, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 8:26, and Ephesians 6:18.

According to Oxford Languages, one of the definitions of trust is “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something”. I have to admit that trusting God did not come easily, and it was something that I had to be really intentional and prayerful about when developing my relationship with Him. Friend, can I be honest with you? Let’s Talk!

I once read a book titled, Let God Love You: Why We Don’t; How We Can by Wendy Ulrich. Mrs. Ulrich is a psychologist, and it is in this book that I learned that our relationship with people is reflected in our relationship with God. This made complete sense in my head because if I did not trust people, how could I possibly trust God? After all, people that I felt were dear to me had broken so many promises and let me down numerous times. I had counted on people to show up for me, but they had, oftentimes. never arrived. Needless to say, I didn’t trust many people, and I didn’t have faith in them either. Those same negative feelings I felt towards people, I felt towards God as well. Because to be forreal, I had prayed for certain things out of states of desperation, and God did not show up for me just like those people hadn’t.

Over the last two to three years, God has given me instructions regarding my future. To be completely honest with you, I was nervous regarding following those instructions due to not knowing how, when, where and what time things would play out. I was also nervous because of the minimal amount of trust that I had in God. You see, I was the type of person that loved control and thrived the most when I relied on myself to get the job done. Wellll, I’m here to tell you that those characteristics do not work when serving God; you truly have to trust and have faith in God to complete His Words. Here recently, God has given me so many instructions to the point where I felt an urgency within my spirit to act quickly. Today, I noticed that I had began to feel anxious regarding the process of fulfilling the instructions. I was thinking about what I needed to do in conjunction with God for His words to come to pass. For a moment, I thought that my trust and faith in God were wavering until I realized that my emotions just needed to be regulated by God. It is normal for us to have those types of emotions; but as I mentioned in “Get out of Your Feelings”, it is essential to allow God to regulate them. So I went straight into my prayer closet to lay at His feet. After praying, one of my friends sent me a text message which provided me with so much reassurance. That message reminded me of a prayer that God had answered for me. That prayer was backed by trust and faith ALONE. I did not have to perform an action, control the situation, or rely on myself to fulfill it. And in that moment, God said, “I will provide for you”. Friend, tell me why I got emotional because of the way God spoke that phrase to me. The way He said it made me know He is going to do what He said He would do… that I can trust Him to perform it. It made me feel a sense of peace knowing that I won’t have to perform an action, control the situation, or rely on myself to fulfill it. All I need to do is trust Him and continue to have faith in Him. According to God’s will, way, and timing, all of God’s words to me will be fulfilled. It serves me no good to be caught up in wondering how, when, where, why and what time the instructions and promises will unfold. I can rest in knowing that God is in control, and all things will work out according to His will for my life.

Thank you for listening to me vent friend! I appreciate you!