"we define our own 

happiness by identifying 

those

moments we spend

smiling out wide like

retards, 

feeling that wave of

genuine joy and delight." 

-@Ole_Motshegoa

"
I wasn't born to be a passive pundit, tossed like a tiny ship on the stormy seas of evil schemes. Nor was I conceived to be a weatherman, predicting the next deadly assault on the shores of humanity. NO! I was purposely born behind enemy lines as a force to be reckoned with. I was commissioned with a mandate to destroy the works of the devil. I was given power and authority to set captives free, release prisoners, rebuild ruined cities, and make disciples of all nations.
I have been assaulted, slandered and hated. I have known depression so deep that I've despaired of life itself, and anxiety so horrific that I could scarcely function.
I spent 20 years building businesses, sweating payrolls, scraping and clawing my way through life to compete with ruthless competitors who would stop at nothing to destroy their opponents. I was celebrated as one of the top entrepreneurs in my field. Yet when the dust cleared and the moving vans were gone, I was left sitting in the rubble of a once thriving enterprise with a $1.6 million debt as a memorial to my hard work…my house and most of my possessions gone.
My soul has known the pain of heartbreak and betrayal. I have staggered my way through years of abandonment and abuse. I've experienced the humiliation of poverty, and the intense pain of being the only kid on the field with no one cheering for him. I have pleaded for attention, only to be locked outside all by myself. I have hid for hours while my stepfather was on another drunken violent rampage with my mother, locked in a room as he beat her. I grew up in a culture of intense fear.
I understand what it's like to be unable to read in high school, and to be called stupid by my leaders. I have felt the pain of being the untalented little boy who no one wants to play on their team…standing on the sidelines, raising my hand, hoping to somehow be chosen. Many times I have stood by silently as my peers argued over who had to put me on their team.
Yet I refuse to be crushed by the circumstances of life, or be deterred by the opinions of the "experts". I won't wallow in self-pity, or waste my days hating the people who abused me. I reject the spirit of regret, and I will not drive my life by being fixated on the rearview mirror of the past. I have decided that feeling sorry for myself is taking up valuable time that could be used to rescue cities. My past pain will not dictate my future victories. I was born to win, equipped to shape history, empowered to extend the borders of the Kingdom, and redeemed to display the unreasonable love of my King to a desperate and lost world.
This mandate has become my mission, and with the help of God, I intend to accomplish it!!!!!"

"My mandate" by Kris Vallotton, via Kris' blog http://www.kvministries.com/blog/11

"Change comes in a little box called patience"

- LoveGlori 

Listening to God's voice through Kris Vallotton...

One does not need to be very observant to see how depression and anxiety are slowly destroying our people. Both unbelievers and believers suffer from this cruel monster that black people believe to be a “white thing”. Depression is real, and you most probably have steered in that direction in some point of your life. We all have those days when we feel fear and hopelessness. It is unfortunate that for some of us it becomes medical, even more unfortunate that it is spiritual for all of us. (Ephesians 6:12) 

Kris Vallotton is a senior associate leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He also co-founded KV Ministries, together with his wife Kathy. He and Danny Silk flew in for the “Invasion” conference, and on April 10th he spoke at UJ. This is a man who has gone through some real struggles in life, but those struggles are what lead him to serve and touch the lives of people through his testimony (for you cannot lead a people to a place you have not been to or experienced before). For 3 years he church-hopped just for an encounter with Christ, right after he had said to God: “if you heal my mother I will serve you for the rest of my life”. God indeed healed her, and he started to diligently seek the face of God. One day while taking a bath a thought settled in him. He believed he was going to die soon, and there he started to suffer from a panic attack that became worse and lasted for many years after.

I remember him describing it as fear. He became fearful and totally hopeless. A person who had come to know the goodness of Christ Jesus suffered from fear and hopelessness. These are the tricks of the enemy, and you need to know that fear is faith in the wrong god. Angels and demons travel at the speed of thought, so the thought you entertain is the one you give the authority to govern your mind. An old Cherokee legend put it this way: It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil and the other is good. The same fight is going on inside every person, and the wolf that wins is the one you feed.

“Feeling bad about yourself is an open door to demonic activity”- K.V

All this boils down do identity. See, you have got to know who you are and whose you are. You cannot be a child of the King and feel like you are a loser. “God is the artist, Jesus is the model, and you are the painting”. You were made in the image of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Surely you know that by now, but the Christ you believe in is also the prince of peace. Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace. Every time you feel fear, shameful, confused and hopeless something in you has been broken, but that does not define you. The name of Jesus breaks chains that have kept you in bondage and condemnation, depression and anxiety.

The environment you create within you is the environment you create around you. If you have the Kingdom of Light within you it matters not where you are put, you will change the place. Kris makes a comparison between a prince and a pauper. Place a pauper in a palace and he will turn it into a mess because that is all he knows and that’s the kind of environment he has inside of him. Being a prince (princess) means you carry the Kingdom with you wherever you go. You impact the lives of those around you, and give hope to the hopeless. You impart the spirit of light that is within you. Kris Vallotton continues to do just that, and I believe he spoke to the hearts of many that night. He sure did speak to mine, even though he didn’t prophesy over me:(

You can take the Prince and Pauper test here>> http://kvministries.com/prince-pauper-test   and see the kind of environment that is within you.

Be blessed:)

Scandal of Grace... Hillsong

This has been my song for the week. Do enjoy:)

10 LAWS OF EMBRACING CHANGE…

 

On Good Friday my family and I went to church, and the attendance that day was really impressive. Our CEO’s had graced us with their presence yet once more. Christmas-Easter-Occasionaly’s… you know those? hehe. Guest Pastor Bheki Twala was on the podium that morning, and along with his sermon on embracing change, he gave out interesting ways on how to go about doing this change thing. The following are the 10 laws of embracing change, according to Bheki Twala:

 

1.    Make sure your future is bigger then your past.

2.    Make sure that your learning is bigger than your experience.

 

3.    Make sure that your contribution is bigger than your reward...

Be more motivated by what you are going to contribute, more than what your are going to gain

 

4.    let your performance be bigger than your applause.

 

5.    make sure your gratitude Is bigger than your  success...

your thanksgiving should always be greater than your success

 

6.    make your enjoyment greater than your effort.

 

7.    always make your cooperation greater than your status.

8.    make your confidence greater than your comfort.

9.    always make sure your purpose greater than your money.

 

10. make your questions be more than your answers.

 

 I personally find these "laws" to be interesting.We all know that the only constant thing about life is change, and you really cannot run away from it. So, instead of avoiding change, just embrace it:)

Later!