Put on your Boxing Gloves: Praise HIM In ADVANCE!

LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH! PRAISE YE THE LORD!!

I don't know about anybody else, but that's all I know how to do! Sometimes things happen in this life that catch you up like a twig in a tornado, all you can do is call on the name of Jesus. And that's all HE wants.

We were not designed to carry the troubles and weight of this life on our shoulders, that's why we praise the Lord, not because things are perfect, but because we need HIS power to renew our strength.

One thing I am learning to do is Praise God in Advance. It doesn't LOOK like HE is coming, but that's where your measure of faith kicks in at! It looks like God has forgotten about you and the devil has won and the rest of the world is laughing, but if you allow the devil to defeat you, HE WILL. This I KNOW. If you allow Him to tell you that God ain't gone do nun for you (sorry for all the ebonics, but this is real talk lol) that is EXACTLY what will happen. The bible says "As a man thinketh, so is he"..

So in this life you're gonna have to build some tough skin as I have learned to do. You're gonna have to understand that things not gone always go your way, people are just flesh, and God aint gone always come when you say right when you say, Lord Come on! Sorry. He doesn't work like that. He is there for you, but this is HIS ball game. He never promised you it would be easy, but HE did promise it will be worth. He already gave you the gift of faith. It's up to you to use the ENTIRE measure. That's how you activate God's power, you have to have faith in HIS plan. Put aside how you think things should go (lean not unto your own understanding, but in all thy ways acknowledge HIM and HE shall direct thy path) and understand that HE knows what is best!

It's God's will for me to suffer? No, but it is HIS will that you build up endurance, patience, and faith in HIM. He does all of these things in the "furnace"..when you feel like God is just stomping on you, stand still. He's just making you, and gettin you into shape for another level. Embrace it and praise your way through.

I love you and be encouraged :)