Lisa 6:3 - Phil. 2:12-13- "Get a Salvation Pedometer and track your Walk"

Good morning, good morning, good morning, Lisa here, this is Lisa 6:3, and here is God's strength for you this day. Our scripture reading is coming from Phil. 2:12-13 "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."

In this verse of scripture, Paul is reminding the church that they have to work (be active) out their own salvation (to be set apart) with fear and trembling. Yes, Jesus died on the cross for our sin, but it doesn't stop at His dying. We too must die. Paul also said we die daily to the things of the world, therefore, we take on the same suffering as Christ. Dying has never been easy for anyone.

How's your salvation walk routine? How many salvation steps will you take today? What walking trails will you take toward building up salvation strength?

Today's strength, get yourself a spiritual pedometer (it tracks your steps) and start tracking the number of steps you're taking towards being that light of salvation that world so desperately need. Someone needs to see you walking.

Share the word with someone today, perhaps they don't even understand what salvation means. You be the one to take them on a trail that will actually lead them to a better way of life.

This has been Lisa, with Lisa 6:3, now you go and make it a wonderful day and I will see you in the morning, Be Blessed.

Remember to Find Peace Within,

Ms. Lisa D.

Don't Play With Me! - "When Soul and Destiny Meets"

Lisa 6:3 - "Don't Play With Me!" 2 Kings 4:8,14-17. The Shunamite Woman. Sometimes we look at a situation and say there is no way what you're saying is going to happen. ---- sooo we don't even put forth the effort to try. But how will you ever know it can happen if you don't try? The Shunamite woman was told by the Prophet Elisha, she would conceive a son by HER HUSBAND who was OLD. She said, "Don't Play With Me"... do you not see I'm married to an old man!" Yes, Elisha saw that, but Elisha also knew what God said.

The Shunamite Woman had enough faith in the word of God and in the man of God, she opened herself to her husband and conceived. This is God's strength for you today. Yes, the promise came years ago, but are you willing to open yourself up to the person who has the seed and conceived the promises God has for you? You're never too old to conceive and bring forth the promises from God. This has been Lisa with Lisa 6:3, you go make it a great day and I will see you in the morning. Be Blessed.

Be Blessed, Ms. Lisa

The Lord Remembers You in the Time of Famine - When Soul and Restoration Meets

Lisa 6:3 - God Remembers You in the Time of Famine - When Soul and Restoration Meets- The Shunamite Woman's Recovery!

Good morning, Good morning, Good morning, Lisa here. This is Lisa 6:3 and this is God's strength for you this day.

Our scripture reading is coming from 2 Kings 8: 5-6. "Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” The king asked the woman about it, and she told him. Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, “Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.”

Yesterday I introduced you to the Shunamite woman who believed the Prophet Elisha and trusted God, believing she and her husband would have a son. And, yes, she did have a son, AND, that son's life was restored by the hands of the prophet Elisha.

Today I want to talk about her a little more. There was a famine in the land, in which Elisha remembered the Shunamite woman, her husband and her son. Elisha called for her and told her to take her family and leave the land because the famine would last seven years. Because of her faith in the man of God, she did as he said.

After the seven year famine ended, Gehazi, Elisha's servant, saw her and remembered she was the woman whom Elisha prophesied to and raised her son from the dead. And because of what the prophet did for her the king assigned a special council to hear her case. After her case was reviewed, the king ordered them to give back everything that belonged to her INCLUDING all the income she would have made from her land from the past seven years.

Can you imagine God restoring everything you lost from the past seven years or even from the last year during this COVID-19 Pandemic? Wow. What a blessing that would be.

Just like the Shunamite Woman, we too can be restored because of the words that were spoken over our lives. Sometimes, it's the help who reminds the ones in power about your character. We cannot go about this life alone. God assigns special council to your case and everything you think has been taken away from you can and will be restored. It may take seven years or it may take longer, but when you're found faithful, obedient, and adhering to the words of the prophet, your blessings will find you.

This is God's strength for you today, just like it says in 2 Chronicles 20:20 “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”

God is still speaking the same word, Have faith in the word of God, and His prophets. Special council will be assigned to your case and you will be blessed beyond measure.

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That's some good word. Share it with a friend who may feel like all is lost. Remind them of the word from the prophets... have faith and be restored. This has been Lisa with Lisa 6:3, you go make it a wonderful day and I will see you in the morning. Be Blessed #womanpower #meditation #blessings

Be Blessed

Remember to Smile Show Up Succeed Everyday

A Centered Soul is a Centered Mind

Ms. Lisa D.

Grits, Ketchup, and Hot Sauce A meal fit for a king-When Soul and Legacy Meets

 January 18, 2021, the family group text went out "hello family, dad was rushed to the hospital and the prognosis does not look good!" We all begin to pray. January 22, 2020, the family group text went out "hello family, it's with a sad heart I must report at 10:30 am Dad has taken his wings to heaven and has passed on to glory!" :( 

To everything there is a season so Ecclesiastes 3:2 "A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted." Ecclesiastes 3:20 "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again." These two verses of scripture are more real to me to day than it has ever been. It's something when it happens to other people, but it's something ELSE when it happens to you.

Yes, my awesome father and dad has gone on to be with the Lord. But the craziest thing is this, I knew in my heart he wouldn't be with us much longer. I went home the weekend before dad went to the hospital to do some cleaning for mom. Mom is 83 and can't quit clean the way she used to. I enjoy cleaning so I do it for them. As I watched my dad walk slowly from his bedroom to the den I was saying to myself; it's not going to be long now. Dad told me that he was tired. When the seniors say they are tired, that means they are tired of suffering and they are ready to go on to heaven.

My mom prepared his breakfast, grits with hot sauce and ketchup, eggs and sausage. He sat at the head of his table like he always does and enjoyed his meal. While eating breakfast, he had a conference call with the church leadership. I listened to my dad as he spoke with the deacons and trustees at his church. Deacon Douglas asked him if he there was something he wanted to say. Of course my dad had something to say, he always does. This is what he said.

"I am sitting here at the head of my table, looking out the window. I'm not sure how many more days I'm gonna have like this, but I thank The good Lord for letting me sit at my table and I don't know how many more calls like this I'll be on. Now, I want you men to learn how to work together and be about our Father's business." That really stuck with me. Again, I knew it wouldn't be long before he would be gone.

As I prepared to go back home, my dad says this to me, "tell your husband I said thank you for letting you come and take care of me and your mom!" I was like okay dad... not really understanding why he would say that as I've come home many times to clean and run errands for them. But this time, there was something different in his voice. I kissed my dad, told him I loved him and he said the same. Two weeks later, he was gone. 

My daddy loved his grits with ketchup and hot sauce. LOL. AND so does all the children. We all put hot sauce and ketchup on our grits. I'm not sure why he did it, but if it was good enough for my daddy, then it's good enough for me. That meal is one of the many legacies my dad left with us. All eleven of us! 

One thing I know for sure, my dad along with all his ways will be a part of our lives forever. Live like it's your last day, love like you'll never have it again, forgive the way Christ forgives, and like in peace with all men.

Learn to enjoy the simple things in life, much like my dad...have your grits and eggs with some hot sauce and ketchup. 

Remember to Smile, Show up and Succeed Everyday

Find Peace Within,

Be Blessed, 

Ms. Lisa D. 

Uncle Frank - When Ma'ma Knows All

Why do you hate me so much? What have I done so terrible that would cause you to not want to be in my presence? What is it so hard for you to say my name or even acknowledge that I exist? 

Recently I watched the movie "Uncle Frank" on Amazon Prime. If you haven't seen the movie or don't have access to Amazon Prime, you should think about investing in it, even if it's just to watch this movie. I was curious about the movie "Uncle Frank", because it spoke of a relationship between an uncle and his niece. Uncle Frank was different than the rest of the family. He was smart, intelligent, quiet spirited, and a professor at a college in New York City. That alone, made him interesting to his niece, Beth. 

Uncle Frank encouraged Beth to do good in school which would be an opened door for her to attend any college she liked. And she did just that. So, Beth gets accepted at the New York University where her uncle teaches. But what she didn't know was that her favorite Uncle Frank was living a double life and so was his partner. 

You see, it wasn't popular to have an opened gay relationship during this time; which lead Uncle Frank to hide his true identity and his relationship. Not until the death of his father. While reading the will of Frank's father, the attorney read what Frank's father thought of him as a gay man. His father was ashamed of him and his lifestyle. His father caught him having an intimate moment with a boy when he was 16. His father, who was supposed to be a devout Christian. He told him he was to never see that boy again and that he and the boy were going to hell. That moment, was the beginning of Uncle Frank's arrested development. He hid his feeing for the same sex for years until he moved away to New York.

Uncle Frank was devastated and felt no one loved him any more. When Uncle Frank hears his mother call his name, the little boy Frank walks into the room and sits on the chair across from him mom. His mother begins to explain to him how his father was afraid of his lifestyle because he didn't know anything about it. In his father's world, that was not acceptable behavior. Frank goes and lays in his mother's lap, much like a child would whose in pain. Hi mommy told him that she loved him and spoke the most profound word, "Ma'ma's always knows!" That was the moment Uncle Frank was waiting for and needed. 

He needed to know he was still loved by his mother regardless. Many of us, like Uncle Frank, are hiding because of our lifestyle and the choices we've made. Many of us are ashamed of the decisions we've made and have created a story in our minds that the world will not accept me as I am. But, have we given the world a chance? Much like ma'am. They will still love you. 

My message today is this... even if you are scared of being who you are and standing in your truth...give the world a chance. and if the world rejects you.. that's okay too.. if they accept you, that's okay too. At least you're not lying nor are you hiding anymore.

When the truth is revealed, all fear and shame is gone.

• Remember to always be truthful in your truth
• Don't lie to yourself about how you think other people feel
• And remember, you're not alone. As my granny would say, "You're not the first and you want be the last."

Remember to Find Peace Within

Blessings to you,

Ms. Lisa 

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Write IT Seven Times - When Soul and Vision Meets

 I know many of us have read the scripture, "Write the vision, make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie, Though it tarries, wait for it. Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.- Habakkuk 2:2-3.

I've read this scripture I don't know how many times and have heard in church hundreds of times, BUT, I never paid attention to the number of times the word IT was used; until this morning. I read it twice and the word IT is used SEVEN times. Now, the number Seven is said to be God's complete number. The number of completion. God created the world in SEVEN days... He saw what he wanted and did it in SEVEN days.

Here's my charge to you today. Identify what it is you want, writ it out SEVEN times on your vision wall. If you don't have a vision wall and or board, get one. Remember when you were in trouble at school and you had to write on the board what you did, saying that you wouldn't do that IT again??? Well, now is your time to WRITE on the wall... but this time it want to say what you want do again, but to say what you will do again.

Keep your eyes on the wall and walk it out.

Remember to Smile Show Up Succeed Everyday. Find Peace WithiN

Be blessed,

Ms. Lisa