I decided to take a long look at myself today and
Back This Thang Up. When I did I understood that I am
Naughty By Nature and it is
My Prerogative to do what I want to do and live how I want to live. I also found that it took me so long to begin to change my life because
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday. It was so hard that each day I begin to realize that
Trying To Love Two Is Hard To Do. Many days of trying to love two left me
Totally Crossed. Each time I thought I had my life going in the right direction I would have to tell God
Oooops I've Done It Again. As I look at myself, I realize that for many years I was
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places. However, when I met Jesus and I mean really met him to the point that my heart longed to be better,
He Took Me From Pain To Joy - unspeakable joy. For me it was
A Taste Of Honey. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. The bible became my best friend and in it I found that when satan gets in my way or when I desire something from the Father, Jesus says to
Say My Name Say My Name and
I'll Be There. Each time I have ever called He has been
An On Time God and He will always
Stand By Me. Before I met Jesus, I always wondered if there was
Any More Room for Me In Those Genes. I also wondered a many night about satan and
What Had He Done For Me Lately. The only thing that satan had done for me was to make me the
Number One Stunner. Nevertheless, I was looking for a
Solid Rock - stability - and that was something I never had as long as I lived my way.
I am so glad that
Jesus Is On The Mainline because my mother went down in a
Sweet Hour Of Prayer and told Him what she wanted. I am so glad
Somebody Prayed For Me. Her prayers
Kept Me Near The Cross and now
Jesus Is The Center Of My Joy.
I Know It Was The Blood that saved me and
That Blood Will Never Loose It's Power. The best thing about it all is that Jesus said to come
Just As I Am. From that point on God has been
Ordering My Steps - baby steps is all I could take but the main thing is that I was stepping in
A New Direction.
Now that
My Soul Has Been Anchored and I am
Falling In Love With Jesus, I can't help but
Give Thanks Unto The Lord.
I'm So Excited about getting to sing praises and I do my best not to stop until I
Raise Da Roof. He gave me all of him and in return I want to give him
All Of Me.
His Amazing Grace and
Blessed Assurance makes me
2 Legit 2 Quit.
God Has Smiled On Me so much so that I have become a part of a
Chosen Generation and all I had to do is
Come To Jesus. Now I just
Hold To God's Unchanging Hand and try all I can to straighten out my life according to the scriptures
Just In Case The Lord Shall Come.
Bless Be The Tie That Binds me to my new family.
Now that
I Got Da Hook-Up, I Gotta Represent!!!!!!!!!!!
Just in case my viewers should forward this to unsaved brothers and sisters, I urge you to
Come Unto Jesus while there is still time. I promise you there is
No Greater Love.
Jesus Is Real! I am not saying that things will be easy because sometimes I wonder
Who Let The Dogs Out? However, I do know that
God Is An Awesome God and
His Grace Is Amazing. I also know that
We Need Him To Survive.
Without Him we will always wonder
Which Way Is Up? For those who may be in prison, whether it is a state, or federal prison or if it is just the prison of your own sinful decisions, God will
Stir Up The Gift of praise within you that will make your
Jailhouse Rock and you will never be the same again. When troubles come just
Lean On The Everlasting Arms of a
Mighty God and rest in Him. Admit that you are a sinner and that you want Him to please come into your life, take control and clean up the mess you've made of the precious life that has been given you. Tell God that you are sorry and then ask him "
Lead Me Oh Lord". "
Lord, Make Me Over". Once you have taken your burdens to the Lord, do yourself a favor and
Leave It There. When satan comes at you with your former life, say
Whoa! That was
An Imitation Of Life but now
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag. If you should fall in your trying, just get up and know that it was only
Bloopers and Blunders. Now
Thank God for giving you a
Second Chance. The more you turn satan down the more you will find that your sins will be
Gone With The Wind.
In Times Like These, there are many temptations but we must be mindful to
Yield Not To Temptation. At the beginning of your walk you will fall until you are strong enough to
Stand but just remember
We Fall Down (all people). The difference between saint and sinners is that the sinners stay in their
Fallen state but saints get up again. There are many of us that started with Christ many years ago and you may ask
Are We There Yet? The answer is "No" we will never be perfect so we will always have something to work on. That will not end until
Moving Day. It is true that
We've Come A Long Way but in all reality
We've Only Just Begun!
When you give Christ your life, He will teach you and train you for a
Mission Impossible. It is impossible because you will not be able to do it without Him. Not only that, when you allow God to
Come Make You Over, you become
M.I.A. to the world. To the saints that know you to be a trouble maker, the Lord can place you in their midst and ask them to
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
I urge you this day to come off of the
Night Shift, stop
Slipping In The Darkness and
Walk In The Light. Then you will be able to
Sing Your Praise To The Lord and we seasoned saints can
Celebrate your
New Life with you. Once you have confessed with your mouth the Lord Jesus and say
I Believe that God has raised Jesus from the dead, you are then
Saved.
Hallelujah! Now you will begin to be
Changed! You will then say in the words of the late Martin Luther King "
Free At Last", free at last! Thank God Almighty I'm free at last! Each time you get
Just A Closer Walk With Thee, you will find that
No Weapon formed against you shall prosper. You will begin to understand what it means to go from
Glory To Glory and you will notice that others recognize the
Sweet, Sweet Spirit that you bring to a place. You can begin to shout
Victory Is Mine because you will know that
God Cares and
Jesus Can Work It Out if you allow him to.
So I ask you.....
Is Your All On The Altar? If not,
Bring It To Jesus. He'll trade your
Beauty For Ashes.
All You Gotta Do Is Say Yes. He saw the
Best In Me and He will see the best in you also. Give Him a Try.
Have You Tried Jesus Lately? If not, try Him today.
Remember, in order for God to change who you are, He must destroy who you were. AND THAT'S THE REAL TRUTH.
Minister Yolanda Brown-Gunner (c) 2008
