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A callous hearted person is one the world has disappointed and abused, causing pain and anguish. Then repeatedly, from one thing to another, their heart was trampled. Over and over, in the same spot, they endured the pain of rejection, suffering, exploitation, harm, racism, and put downs. With every pain, the once-innocent child born with a soft, trusting heart became hardened and insensitive (almost non-human except for the blood in their veins and the breath in their lungs). Their pain and affliction is obvious to everyone except them. It wasn’t until recently after a conversation with my wife that I asked God to remove any callouses that has inadvertently developed in my heart. I surrendered, I raised the white flag, and the peace that I am now experiencing is phenomenal. So today, I encourage you to surrender everything to God. Ask God to remove any callouses and open your hearts to receive that which God has already purposed for your life.

A callous hearted person is one the world has disappointed and abused, causing pain and anguish. Then repeatedly, from one thing to another, their heart was trampled. Over and over, in the same spot, they endured the pain of rejection, suffering, exploitation, harm, racism, and put downs. With every pain, the once-innocent child born with a soft, trusting heart became hardened and insensitive (almost non-human except for the blood in their veins and the breath in their lungs). Their pain and affliction is obvious to everyone except them. It wasn’t until recently after a conversation with my wife that I asked God to remove any callouses that has inadvertently developed in my heart. I surrendered, I raised the white flag, and the peace that I am now experiencing is phenomenal. So today, I encourage you to surrender everything to God. Ask God to remove any callouses and open your hearts to receive that which God has already purposed for your life.

Love is the sharpest tool in the shed and it is also the greatest gift one could ever posses! Be doers of God’s word today and tell someone or somebody that you love them and that God loves them more than they could ever imagine!!!!

#LOVEconquersALL

Professional and amateur Golfers know the higher the handicap of a player, the poorer the player is relative to those with lower handicaps however; Apostle Paul deduction regarding his personal handicap was quite different. Check out 2 Corinthians 12:9 from the Message.

“Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,

My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.

Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.”

#whatsurHANDICAP

God ain’t a liar, if He promised to bless you He will bless you. Don’t allow man, this world, your own flesh, and/or Satan to distract, deter, or discourage you. Your blessings is a lot closer than you think. Therefore, keep pressing forward and remember that you don’t have to look for your blessings; your blessings will be looking for you.

#HeisFAITHFUL

Change isn’t always easy however; change is sometimes and in most cases necessary. Change open new doors of opportunities both in the natural and the supernatural. Change is the first step to authentic repentance. Metanoeó (repentance) in the Greek is broken down as follows (metá [changed after being with] and noiéō [think]) – after a change of mind we literally think differently afterwards. So today know that change is not your enemy. Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus, not on fighting the old, but building on the new.”  Change leads to mind transformation, heart transformation and then lastly life transformation.

Walking by faith and not by sight can be challenging at times; mainly because faith involves our life, not just our lips. Yes, I know, trusting God isn’t easy but the reward is far more greater!!

“And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who diligently  seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6

When you expect great things; great things will happen. Don’t allow your mind, the world, or Satan to deter you from expecting only the best from God. So today removed when God is your partner, you can make your plans large!

As God’s children it behooves us to see each other through the eyes of Christ. Did you know when Jesus sees the world, His eyes transcend time and space? According to I Samuel 16:7 the bible says, “God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” So how do you see others through Christ’s eyes?  In order to see with the Eyes of Christ, we first have to see  Christ. It is when we understand how Christ sees us, we can look at our neighbor and fully understand what Christ sees in each and everyone us…… a PRECIOUS SOUL!