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RESPECT Trailer: Find Out What It Means to Aretha Franklin

By
Kim Brightness
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RESPECT Movie: It Starts in the Church and Ends in the Church

respect movieThey say good things come to those who wait. The MGM Aretha Franklin biopic, RESPECT, has certainly done its fair share of waiting.

After almost a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RESPECT, starring Jennifer Hudson as the Queen of Soul herself, hits the theatres in August 2021.

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice.

RESPECT Trailer Debut

Yesterday, Team Jesus Magazine, along with other media outlets, had the honor of watching the unveiling of the new, official RESPECT trailer with the amazing Jennifer Hudson and RESPECT Director, Liesl Tommy.

“This is a movie of a woman with the most brilliant voice in the world… trying to find her voice“, said Tommy, who was intentional about not only presenting Aretha Franklin’s icon or legend status, but most importantly her story as a human being. Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with RESPECT. Tommy is the first Black woman ever nominated for a Tony Award® for Best Direction of a Play in 2016 for Eclipsed, and is an Associate Artist at the Berkeley Rep and an Artist Trustee with the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees.

After being handpicked by Aretha Franklin to portray her in a biopic, Jennifer Hudson immersed herself in the experience and the training. On learning how to play the piano for the role, Hudson joked, “Aretha sent me back to music school!” Yet, Franklin’s musical influence wasn’t the only thing Jennifer Hudson learned, as she shared, “Aretha Franklin taught me more about life while schooling me on how to play her life.”

Find out what respect really means when RESPECT hits the theaters August 13, 2021!

About RESPECT Movie

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Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Heather Headley, Skye Dakota Turner, and Mary J. Blige

DIRECTOR: Liesl Tommy

WRITTEN BY: Tracey Scott Wilson

PRODUCERS: Scott Bernstein, Harvey Mason Jr.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Stacy Sher, Sue Baden-Powell, Aaron L. Gilbert, and Jason Cloth

Instagram: @RespectMovie

Twitter: @RespectMovie

Facebook: @RespectFilm

3 Reasons Not to Quiet Your Bold, Loud Gifts from God

By
Alecia M. White
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gifts from god

So, I have this bell attached to my keyring. I bought it at Dollar Tree. I only got it because it says, “Ring for coffee!” and coffee is my favorite. Anyhoo, as you can probably imagine, it’s pretty loud when I walk because the keys rattle, well, now they jingle.

During Christmas time, people at the grocery store would look at me because, I’m sure, it sounded like the Salvation Army donation bell. They were probably trying to figure out why the bell person was following them through the store. Honestly, I don’t enjoy drawing attention to myself so I decided I’d soon get rid of it.

As I was leaving work one day, a lady from my building jokingly yelled out, “Is that Santa?” before seeing that it was me. After explaining that Santa had not visited our building, but rather, it was my loud dollar store bell, she told me it was pretty cool and convinced me not to get rid of it. So, I’m still walking around jingling loud keys, going into all the grocery stores. 

Honor Your Loud Gifts from God

Well, my bell situation got me thinking about how we sometimes decide to quiet ourselves because we feel we’re “too loud”. Often, we don’t like to draw attention to ourselves, so we try to hide what makes us stand out in a crowd.

The thing about that is, God gifted us in ways that the world needs to see and hear. When you allow Him to lead you, the way that you stand out will bring Him glory.

So, What’s the Play Call?

I know it can feel like your gifts from God are as loud as that Salvation Army bell, but use them anyway. It can seem inconvenient to be the one who is always different but remember that differences are what make the world go round. You were created to be a world-changer and a difference-maker. Here are a few things to remember when you’d rather get rid of your bell:

  1. We are to be set apart. Yep, God planned for us to be that way. “And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;” Deuteronomy 26:18
  1. God specifically chose you for what you are gifted to do. “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16 KJV
  1. God intended for others to notice your differences. If you’re anything like me, you try to disappear into the background, but that isn’t how it’s supposed to be. We are to be the light that others notice so that they notice our God. “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.” Matthews 5:14

So team, don’t ever get rid of your “bell”. It is a direct connection to the blessings that God wants to bestow upon you. Go ahead and be the light, the salt, the peculiar one. 

 

Prayer Under the Microscope: How Much Does Prayer Weigh?

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Christianity Today
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prayer

Praying can be easy. A prayer can be a thought, a word, a heavenward plea from someone in need, a few lines said spontaneously or recited from a book, or even just a groan. Understanding what a prayer does after it leaves your lips is a little more difficult. Christian theologians have long debated how prayer works, and what it means to say it “works.”

So have scientists.

Psychologist Kevin L. Ladd, a professor at Indiana University South Bend, recently examined some of the extensive recent research on prayer for the John Templeton Foundation. Looking at more than 40 psychological studies finished in the past few years on the impact of prayer on intimate relationships, Ladd found there is some evidence of positive correlations between prayer and improved relationships. “It may,” he writes, “be useful to encourage people to engage some forms of prayer as coping tools.”

But in study after study, Ladd, author of The Psychology of Prayer: A Scientific Approach, also found that researchers hadn’t thought very carefully about what prayer is. In a sense, they kept pointing their telescopes in the wrong direction.

Ladd spoke to CT about the limits of prayer research.

Why is it hard to study prayer scientifically?

prayer requestsIf you’re not familiar with the practice of prayer and why people pray, it’s very easy to look at it as though somebody is making a definitive statement or doing something over which they would claim to have full control. The twist with prayer is that you can be saying things that sound very active and assertive about what you want to happen in the world and also at the same moment you are relinquishing control. You’re saying, “I am surrendering this concern.”

The metaphysical core of prayer—what God does—is not accessible to science. That’s out of the ballpark. But what we can study effectively as scientists is how people act as a result of prayer. What drives them to prayer? What do they do when they pray? And after, how do they behave?

If I pray for my neighbor, are you saying you could study the effects of that prayer on me but not on my neighbor?

Yes. This goes right into the idea of “thoughts and prayers,” which has been attacked so much. If I direct thoughts and prayers to my neighbor, I can’t see what the prayer itself is doing, but I can see what I do.

If I’m praying for my neighbor, does that change my behavior toward that neighbor? Maybe, as the old saying goes, “My heart is to God and my hand is to work.” We can see if those two things go together. One person prays for…

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The Ten Commandments: Which One Sets the Tone for Right and Wrong?

By
Keiston France
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bible verses

What is the first of the Ten Commandments?

It might seem like an odd question, but it’s not! Jews and Christians give different answers. The reason is that what we know as the ten commandments is in the original Hebrew, “The Ten Statements.” And, since the Hebrew is the original, we begin with the first statement on which all religions agree upon:

“I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” – Exodus 20:2

This statement is so important that none of the other commandments make sense without it. First, it asserts that God is giving these commandments, not Moses or any other human being. Second, God is the one that delivered you from slavery. Again, no human being did this, not even Moses. Therefore, you have an obligation to God, and what is that obligation? That you live by the following nine commandments. This is the beginning of what is known as ethical monotheism, the greatest world-changing innovation of the Hebrew Bible.

Ethical Monotheism means that the one God (Monotheism) is the source of ethics or morality. Morality, an objective code of right and wrong, does not emanate from human opinion, it emanates from God which transcends human opinion.

The other meaning of ethical monotheism is that what God most wants from us is that we treat other human beings morally. None of the ten commandments concerns what humans must do “for” God. Pre-ten commandment religions all believe that people must do a lot “for” their gods, for example, feed them, and even sacrifice people to them. But now, thanks to the ten commandments, mankind learned that God wants to be good to our fellow human beings.

Even the commandments concerning not having false gods and not carrying God’s name in vain are ultimately about morality. The thing we can do “for” God is to treat all mankind decently. Every parent can relate to the fact that they have joy when they see their children act lovingly towards one another, and feel indescribable pain when they see their children hurt one another. So, God who is likened to our Father in Heaven cares most about how we treat other human beings all of whom are His creation.

The Ten Commandments Highlight Freedom

prayers for pastorsThe third critical teaching of the first statement, “I am the Lord your God who took you out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” is the importance and the meaning of freedom!

Note that God is not saying in this introduction to the ten commandments that He created the world. It surely would have made a lot of sense for God to introduce the ten commandments with this statement, “I am the Lord your God who created the world.” That is, after all, pretty impressive and would make sense! “I created the world, you better listen to Me.”

But no, the one thing that God declares is that He took the children of Israel out of slavery and into freedom. That’s how much God hates slavery, and how important God considers freedom. Ironically, The Founders of America based their entire view of America on this belief that God wants us to be free. That is why the most iconic symbol of the American Revolution, “The Liberty Bell,” has only one sentence inscribed on it, a verse from the Hebrew Bible. “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.”

But there is one other equally important lesson about freedom mentioned by the opening statement of the ten commandments – what freedom means. The Giver of the Ten Commandments is in effect saying, “I took you out of slavery and into freedom, and these ten commandments are the way to make a free society. You cannot be a free people if you do whatever you want. Freedom comes from moral self-control. There is no other way to achieve it.”

And fourth, by telling us that He liberated the Hebrew slaves, God made clear that He cares deeply about human beings. It is impressive to create the world, but what most matters is not only is there a Creator but that the creator cares about His creation. All of that is in the one statement with which the ten commandments begin. Think about it.

So, What’s The Play Call?

  1. Are you living your life according to the Ten Commandments?
  2. Is God your ONLY source in life?
  3. Are you fully aware of your own freedom?

 

Praying Mothers Matter: MONSTER on Netflix, Fri May 7th!

By
Kim Brightness
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There’s Nothing Like a Praying Mother

Remember all those times when the worse could have happened… the worse should have happened – but it didn’t?

And even when the worse did happen, and we thought it was the end of the world, there was one constant source of unwavering faith and encouragement that kept us going.

A praying Mother.

In this clip from MONSTER on Netflix, Mrs. Harmon (Jennifer Hudson) continues to inspire hope, encouragement, and faith in her son Steve (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.), reminding him that no matter what happens in life, the Lord will be his refuge and strength (Psalm 28:7):

The Lord is my strength and my shield;
    my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
    and with my song I praise him.

Give Thanks for Praying Mothers

This Mother’s Day weekend, be sure to give thanks for all of the prayers, encouraging words, and tears from our mothers – prayers that God answered covering us from dangers seen and unseen.

Thanks, Mom!

About MONSTER

monster netflixMonster tells the story of Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) a seventeen-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder. The film follows his dramatic journey from a smart, likable film student from Harlem attending an elite high school through a complex legal battle that could leave him spending the rest of his life in prison.

Learn more at http://netflix.com/monster.

Study: Trauma-Informed Bible Reading Reduces Depression, Anger, and Anxiety

By
Christianity Today
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One day soon the pandemic may be past, and COVID-19, a memory. But the trauma—from the isolation, seeing people die, facing financial stress, and living with loss and the anxiety of the unknown—will continue for a long time to come.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of American adults with recent symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders increased more than 5 points between the summer of 2020 and the spring of 2021. One out of every 10 people reports having an unmet mental health care need.

“We’re going to see this level of trauma for many years,” said Nicole Martin, executive director of trauma healing at the American Bible Society (ABS). “It’s not just going to go away when everyone is vaccinated and everyone is allowed inside.”

prayersMartin and the American Bible Society want to meet that need with trauma-informed Bible reading, teaching people about healing from trauma using Scripture.

A recent ABS-commissioned study by Baylor University researchers found that combining education about mental health best practices with Bible reading can have a significant benefit. In their study, this reduced the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and increased forgiveness, compassion, and sense of purpose.

“As America experiences a mental health crisis, this study shows the potential benefits of faith-sensitive care for traumatized people,” said Robert L. Briggs, ABS president, and CEO. “The Bible has been shown to be a vital source for emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental healing.”

The study looked at the effectiveness of the ABS curriculum Healing the Wounds of Trauma, taught inside Riverside …

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Waiting When Weary: God is Worth the Wait

By
Christy Mercer Forbes
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waiting on god

The Best Things in Life are Worth Waiting For

We live in a world where we want what we want when we want it.  Some people refer to this as a “microwave society”.  Yes, I know it’s hard.

You’ve prayed to God to heal you, to open up an opportunity, to bless your finances, to bring true love your way. You may have even asked the Lord, “Why hasn’t it happened for me yet? Because frankly…

I Deserve it!

waiting on godWait a second. How many people do you know who actually wait to purchase a high-priced item by saving for it?  Many people just buy, buy, buy, and think about the costs later – i.e. the consequences of making a hasty decision.

It feels so good to be satisfied immediately instead of really appreciating the very thing you had to wait for. Just walk down the street, and you’ll notice adults and young people walking around with a smartphone in their face. Now, we don’t know if they’re on Facebook, watching a TV show, or a music video. But, it confirms that most people are accustomed to satisfying that need to surf or watch their favorite show now, instead of waiting until they’re comfortable on the couch after work or school.

I can understand this mentality.  I was born into Generation X, but just on the brink of being a Millennial. So, while I grew up to be independent and worked hard for the things I desire (the Generation X in me), I sometimes live like I’m entitled to receive any and everything I want (the Millennial in me).

Sometimes that entitlement gene kicks in for all of us, and we have to remind ourselves to really think about the bigger picture…

The Why!

Why Do I Have to Wait on God?

Waiting.

It’s absolutely one of the hardest things to do.

Keying in the shortest route on the GPS to avoid traffic – I don’t want to wait.  Finding the shortest line at Walmart – I don’t want to wait.  Carpooling with someone to a meeting – I don’t want to wait.  I don’t like being on other people’s time. When I’m ready to go, I’m ready to go.  Waiting for marriage…the list goes on and on.

The Creator and Keeper of Time

Here’s the funny thing about time – there’s always a Master Timekeeper.

Even in the world of football, if the game clock is off by a few ticks, the “Official Timekeeper” has the last word on how to reset the clock.

In our lives, we tend to grow weary while waiting when we confuse who’s managing the clock – us or God? When we think we’ve waited long enough, there’s more time on God’s clock. When we feel like giving up, suddenly the miracle appears.

God already knows this about us. He is the omniscient, all-knowing God!

He knows your very thoughts, your feelings, all of your desires and all of your needs – and when to deal with them.  He knows we don’t like to wait, which is why He places lessons inside every circumstance to teach us something.

So, I have started to change my confession – and my life has changed forever.

The truth is:  I can wait.

God, investigate my life;
get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
then up ahead and you’re there, too—
your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
I can’t take it all in! (Psalms 139: 1-6)

This psalm is so reassuring!  It’s a constant reminder that even through life’s journey and all of the unknowns we encounter with our personal timeline, God already knows everything!

In other words, when we operate like our prayers should be rushed to accommodate our timing, it’s a disappointment waiting to happen.  Know who you’re working with here – the Omnipotent God!

Jeremiah 29:11 says “I know the plans I have for you”.  God specializes in perfect timing.  It may take a little faith and patience, but it is well worth the wait.  Everything you need, He is aware. God will take care of you. Remain faithful and trust Him.

So, What’s the Play Call?

Focus on the bigger picture:  God knows what is best for you.

The wait is worth it! 

 

Be Still, Log Off and Know that I Am God

By
Christianity Today
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bible and social media

If an alien life form visited Earth to learn about the American church and only read so-called Christian Twitter, I’m not sure they would have any idea that we believe in something called the Incarnation, or the Resurrection, or the Ascension. They would, however, know a lot about evangelical voting tendencies, the women’s ordination debate, abortion politics, and whatever controversy is currently trending.

Our habitual online discourse often trains us to undervalue the vast mystery of God—with all the wonder and worship it inspires—by immersing ourselves in sociological and theological commentary and debate. These conversations matter, of course. But we are in peril of replacing transcendence with immanence. We miss the deeper things of God for the Christian controversy du jour.

There’s a term for this temptation that I’ve only heard among priests: “altar burn.” It refers to a particular hazard of our trade. Pastors regularly handle sacred things—chalices and consecrated bread, but also the Scriptures and the tender moments of people’s lives.

There is an inherent danger in this frequent exposure. We come to treat sacred things profanely. We regard holy things too cavalierly. Amid the noise of a mundane workweek, we forget the complete miracle we are proclaiming.

Resisting altar burn used to be the special struggle of people who regularly preach, teach, and lead congregations. But now, anyone with a keyboard can speak, teach, or argue about God every day, sunup to sundown.

With this newfound ability, we’re all at risk of collective altar burn. The transcendent and utterly overwhelming triune God becomes flattened to a sociological or theological abstraction. Many …

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Free Indeed: Why Settle for Anything Less Than What Jesus Promised?

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Kim Brightness
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free indeed

Free Indeed is a Promise Delivered

free indeedEveryone loves a good sale, right? Especially a BOGO – buy one get one free. Getting an item of equal or lesser value than the item you paid full price for is the name of the “saving” game.

Imagine taking your BOGO shoes, tools, grocery item – whatever it is – to the cash register, and the cashier tells you that your “free” BOGO item is only going to cost you a tiny bit, say, 10%. Now, you’re still getting a steal of a deal, right? You’re getting something of value for 90% off – shouldn’t we be happy?

No! Why?

Because free is free. A BOGO is a BOGO. A merchant can’t advertise “buy one get one free” and it’s really “by one get one at little to nothing”. Those two scenarios are not the same.

Or, what about a BOGO that actually turns out to be a BOGOHO at the register – “Buy One Get One Half Off”. Most of us would raise holy hell, ask to speak to the manager, and demand that we receive what was advertised.

There’s No False Advertising with Jesus, Free Indeed is Just That

spiritual warfareTeammates, aren’t we glad that when Jesus makes us a promise, He is faithful to perform it? There’s such a peace and relief that we experience because it is impossible for God to lie (Hebrews 6:18). He will always keep His word; Jesus, who is one with the Father, would never tell us something that wasn’t so (John 14:2).

Now, if you’re nodding your head in agreement, that Jesus Christ is our Savior and King who always keeps His word – why do we often short-change ourselves on the promises He has made.

Jesus said, “If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

So, said another way, why are we paying more in life – be it in stress, in bondage, in doubt, in fear – when Jesus has already given us a BOGO coupon?

How Jesus’ BOGO Offer Works

You see, Jesus bought our sin debt – a debt that we didn’t have the means to pay even if we had all the money and gold in the world. He bought each one of our debts at full price, paid in full by dying once for our sins (1 Corinthians 6:20, Romans 6:10).

This was Jesus’ “Buy one“.

Now, the “get one” part of Jesus’ offer – this is where things get sweeeet!

Because Jesus bought our life’s debt, we get a life in return! Oh but not just a life of equal or lesser value than the life Jesus bought – He offers us a rich, abundant life in which we are free indeed!

This is Jesus’ “Get one“. We get this beautiful life in exchange for Jesus’ “buy”.

Glory to God!

Isn’t that just like a God – who takes us from glory to glory, always pushing us higher, never keeping us on the same level He found us?

So, What’s the Play Call?

Choose Free Indeed vs. Kinda Free

We’ve established that Jesus is a promise keeper. We know that Jesus Himself promised to give us abundant life and that if He makes us free – we are free indeed.

So, the questions remain for us:

  • Are we fully honoring Jesus’ offer?
  • Are we foregoing God’s “saving plan” by letting rightfully available discounts slip through our fingers?
  • Our we cheating ourselves – and God – by not fully accepting His promises that were paid-in-full with Jesus’ rich blood?
  • Is God at the checkout counter offering His savings, and we’re demanding to pay more for a debt with a zero balance?

I would offer that if we are living “sometimes, kinda free and abundant” lives, it saddens God’s heart. We are often like the children of Israel, where God is standing by to love us and give us everything we need – but we are still settling for less, no matter how many times God proves His faithfulness.

Can we do better, teammates? Yes, we can!

Where have you been paying more in life with Jesus’ BOGO offer right in your hand? Have you settled for a life of fear, doubt, anxiety, defeat – when free indeed was promised to you?

May we all ask God to search our hearts and reveal places in our lives where His saving grace is available to us. Then, with all that is within you, march to the checkout counter with Jesus’ BOGO and accept your abundantly free life! It’s yours through Jesus Christ.

God bless.

Wait on the Lord: If God Promised It, It Shall Come to Pass

By
Alecia M. White
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wait on the lord

So, I’m not one to stress about much, but we all have our moments. When my dad’s illness began to worsen back in 2018, I stressed out a lot. I even had this problem spot in the middle of my head where I had hair breakage.

Now, I hadn’t had anything like this happen since I was a senior in college, for obvious reasons. My hair was so damaged in this one spot that it spread to about the size of the palm of my hand and became so short that I had to try covering it by getting my hair braided in styles that could hide it.

When my dad passed, that section of my hair got so short that it looked as if someone had taken clippers to it. I was embarrassed because I couldn’t style my hair and embarrassed for feeling embarrassed. I only told a few people, but everyone had suggestions that didn’t work. “

“Just cut your hair, it’ll grow back.”
“Massage your scalp with oils every night.”
“Just leave it be, it will be fine.”

Well, it wasn’t fine, but they all meant well, and I appreciated their suggestions. It got to the point that all I could do was wear my hair in a bun. I had to gel it up real tight and add my $2.99 bundle of hair. You know what? I hated that bun. While everyone else assumed it was my favorite go-to, I was hurt inside because it was all I could do to maintain.

Wait on the Lord, His Promises are Sure.

I began to pray that God would allow my hair to grow back. Not only did He promise to answer my prayer, but He promised that each strand in the middle of my head would grow the length of the rest. Now, how that was going to happen, I don’t know, because there was nothing there to start from. But just like He said, it grew back. Now, I thought of this story the other day as I was trimming my ends and noticed that my hair is pretty much all the same length, and it’s grown longer. See what happens when we wait on the Lord?

So, no, this is not about losing my dad, or a new hair growth method, although if it’s been too long, you may be due for a trim. What this is about is the promises that God made to you.

Just like my hair follicles, you may be worried that something won’t quite grow the way you need it to – even though God said He’d handle it. It’s probably looking pretty bleak over there behind that smile and it may feel like you’ve lost too much to get back what you’re due.

Let me tell you something… God keeps His promises! My hair growing back may seem trivial, vain even, but it was important to me. God used this moment of remembrance as a reminder that He did not forget about this seemingly small matter, and He hasn’t forgotten about my bigger prayers, either.

So, What’s the Play Call?

I know it might seem as though things aren’t coming in the way you prayed for them to, but God has got you covered. Here are a few things to remember when you are suffering from damage and waiting for growth, change, or healing:

  1. Ask for it. I asked for God to allow my hair to grow. It is okay for you to ask for what you need from the Lord. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” Matthew 7:7
  1. Seek to please God. When you desire to please God, the prayers you pray may change in order to align with His will. So yes, ask for what you want, but allow Him to align you with His will. “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
  1. You must be patient. Whew, this is a tough one because I know we all get anxious when we are waiting on something that we’re not sure will ever come. But, being patient helps us to hear God and stay in His will. “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36
  1. Trust God. Your patience will pay off if you put your faith and trust in Him. Others may mean well, but all of their advice and suggestions will never compare to God’s. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5

When we wait on the Lord for results, it can be painful and embarrassing. But with God, it will always be worth it. God always keeps His promises.

 

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