LEADING WITH POWER

Ephesians 6:9-11 (AMP)

9 You MASTERS, ACT on THE SAME [principle] TOWARD THEM AND GIVE UP THREATENING AND USING VIOLET AND ABUSIVE WORDS, KNOWING that HE Who IS BOTH THEIR MASTER AND YOURS is in heaven, and that there is NO RESPECT OF PERSONS (no partiality) WITH HIM.

10 In conclusion, BE STRONG IN THE LORD [be EMPOWERED THROUGH your UNION WITH HIM]; DRAW YOUR STRENGTH FROM HIM [that strength which His Boundless Might Provides].

11 PUT ON GOD'S WHOLE ARMOR [the armor of a HEAVY-ARMED soldier which God supplies], that YOU MAY BE ABLE SUCCESSFULLY to STAND UP against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

As Single Moms, we can sometimes be short on time and end up being IMPATIENT with our children. Just because WE WANT something done NOW, does NOT mean our children understand it. In the process of TRYING to GET IT DONE when WE WANT, God still wants us to ACT in a way that is LOVING to our children and PLEASING to Him!

We may resort to tactics that are NOT KIND, that are THREATENING & ABUSIVE in nature, just to make our children MOVE towards what we want in the moment but are NOT BEST from God's Perspective!

We as LEADERS of our homes must LEARN to BE STRONG IN THE LORD and IN the POWER of HIS MIGHT...by CONTINUALLY PRAYING and TRUSTING GOD to MOVE our children in their HEARTS as we CONTINUE BEING GOOD EXAMPLES of God in front of them until HE CHANGES them.

Are YOU WILLING to WAIT for GOD to MOVE or will YOU TRY to MOVE them through your threats/abusive words SET UP by the enemy of your soul? CHOOSE THIS DAY WHO YOU WILL SERVE! ~ALH, Always LOVING HIM/Her

MOVE TOWARD BETTER HEALTH

Luke 17:19
And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. YOUR FAITH (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) HAS RESTORED you to health.

Mark 5:34
And He said to her, Daughter, YOUR FAITH (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and BE continually HEALED AND FREED from your [distressing bodily] disease.

If you have noticed, I haven't been on the Single Moms Move Mountains Facebook page as often as I used to be. My duties have changed and in HONORING my commitment to the work that I've been given, I must FOLLOW the LAW of the land, during my WORK HOURS, and NOT be on Facebook. I've been on ASSIGNMENT for the last couple of months getting to know FIRST HAND about the Chronic HEALTH issues that are plaguing our communities. I'm WORKING to help EDUCATE and EMPOWER our communities to RISE to a BETTER way of doing things towards their HEALTH. 

I've noticed a few things during this time that I hope will bring some ENLIGHTENMENT for many to MOVE towards better HEALTH in your lives... 

- Many patients CHOOSE NOT to change...even though their HEALTH is telling them differently.

- Many patients BELIEVE that the doctor and their medications will SAVE them...over BELIEVING what the GREAT DOCTOR has to say about their HEALTH.

- Many want the PERKS of a GOOD HEALTHY LIFE but refuse to put in the WORK that is required to have it.

- Many know they have CHRONIC HEALTH issues and WILL NOT do themselves a favor and keep up with at least their routine doctor appointments.

I pray if you have CHRONIC HEALTH issues, that this is NOT your current state of thinking/acting. However, if you fall under any of these observations, recognize TODAY you can MAKE a NEW CHOICE and do something different...so that you CAN HAVE DIFFERENT results than you've been having in the past. Sickness and Infirmity is NOT God's Will for our lives but if we make CHOICES that OPEN the door to these plagues in our lives, we have an ALL-POWERFUL God to help us get back on track by helping us DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

I believe PROBLEMS/ISSUES ARISE in our lives so that we TOO will RISE to the place where we will get WISDOM on the situation to then OVERCOME it with God's Help. I LOVE YOU too much not to TRY to ENLIGHTEN you to MOVE towards the BEAUTIFUL Life God intends for you to have. But it will REQUIRE you to DO the practical WORK along with the FAITH WORK to get there. I'm just HOPING and PRAYING you LOVE yourself enough to MOVE TOWARD BETTER...and CHANGE your HEALTH for the better!

STAY IN FAITH for your HEALTH!

- ALH, Always Loving Him/HerDonald Lawrence – Healed

The STORMS of LIFE

"Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you!" James 4:8

The effects of Hurricane Sandy came through Philadelphia, PA and left us in a windy, rainy, and power outage state. The warnings never really prepare you for the actuality. I'm one who is an overall SAVER...Literally and Spiritually...always putting away for a rainy day...so most of what I needed for the storm I already had on hand...just needed to have it READILY AVAILABLE.

After two power outages and a scramble for all the candles and battery operated flood/flashlights, I realized how much we DEPEND on things...things that really do not amount to a hill of beans in the Kingdom of God. While my household & I sat in the candlelit room trying to FIND the unusual things to do with our now forced QUIET time together, I realized even with the simple things in life, we have all that we need when we STOP and take a moment to reflect on it. 

The time that we usually would be watching TV, surfing the internet, playing with some type of an electronic gadget or on the phone, could be better spent reflecting and talking to God through these storms. We really don't need much for Time with God just the WILLINGNESS to draw closer to Him by READING His Word, the WILLINGNESS to PRAY about what strikes our HEART, the WILLINGNESS to WAIT and LISTEN to what He has to say about it, and the WILLINGNESS to OBEY what He has to say about it.

The Storms of Life have their purpose...they are meant to keep us CLOSE to the One who can get us PREPARED for, AWAY from, or THROUGH the Storms of Life! So I ask you...How much are you DEPENDING on Him Who is Able, Ruler of All Things, and The One Who Never Leaves Nor Forsakes Us? Why not SIT STILL and try it for yourself? I know He will make Himself KNOWN to you when you commit to do it!