Gifts From Heaven

 

“God’s grace doesn’t require any effort to be obtained, but it does need to be received.” Karen Maloy

What matters most…

“What matters most is how you feel about you; so stop worrying about what they are saying about you!”  Karen Maloy

HELP WANTED

help wanted

HELP WANTED:  someone to be the face, voice and scribe for a family-based business. Looking for the downtrodden, broken and hurt to be the mouthpiece for our cause.  Murderers, liars, thieves, prostitutes, swindlers, drug dealers, etc., are all encouraged to apply.

Gift and responsibility

Your life is truly a gift from God, but what you do with that gift is your responsibility.

Change Progression

Now that you have determined what it that you would change in your life if you didn’t have to worry about obstacles, what have you been doing about it?

God is …ABBA FATHER

I don’t know where I got this but I thought it was worth sharing.

“A – He is our ABBA Father. No matter what kind of natural father you had or maybe you didn’t have one, it is comforting to know that God is our Abba Father and He loves us with a perfect love. Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Be Blessed – Min. Karen

Rotten Fruit

rotten fruit

“You can dress it up all you want to but, if if the core is rotten it will soon wreak.”  Karen Maloy

Mistakes – Your Road to Success?

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Mistakes are an uncomfortable and yet necessary fact of life.  If we do not make any mistakes, we fail to accept our imperfections.  While no one on this earth is perfect, we do often need to strive for perfection in our quest for excellence.   In those moments of striving is when we must be the most careful as we cannot forget to allow ourselves to make those mistakes.  Our mistakes can be the only thing which will be the difference between our successes and our failures.  A mistake is only a failure if we fail to learn from them.   So make your mistakes, learn from them, and continue to grow.

Be blessed – Min. Karen

Healthy Gardens

Your garden will remain healthy, as long as you rip out the weeds – often!

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee… 2 Cor. 2:9

“Mommy, I have a present for you!” she said with a smile across her face that could only come from a child, “Aren’t they beautiful?”  There she was, standing there with a bouquet of beautiful flowers – dandelions.  I couldn’t help but smile at the look of satisfaction that she had on her face.  Now, anyone who knows anything about gardens, also know that dandelions are also weeds.  They grow faster than plants, and being the parasites that they are, will sap the life out of them as well.

I couldn’t help but think of the correlation between sin and dandelions.  Sin works in pretty much the same way as those dandelions.  It comes to us disguised as something good and pleasurable, and yet in the long run is very harmful to you.  We have to be careful that we are not allowing things into our lives that are sapping the very life out of us, and realize that everything that looks good for someone else – isn’t necessarily good for us!

We have all been given a measure of grace but, we have only been given the grace to handle that which we have been called to do.  Doing something that you have not been called to do, will only rob you of what you need in order to handle “your ministry” – grace.  For starters, you have to know what you have been called to do, focus, and then rip out anything from your life that is pulling your away from your call.  And if you are carrying someone else’s cross with your grace – It is time to see it for what it is – a weed.  Pull up your weeds that your garden may grow, and be all that God has created you to be.   And remember that checking for weeds is a lifelong process – make it a point to check out your garden – often..

A Call to Maturity for Christian Leaders

May is the month of graduation for many schools – elementary, middle, high, and college.  It is a milestone which measures accomplishment, achievement, and also transition into the next phase of life.  Most parents look forward to these transitions, as it also reveals their child’s abilities, and often coincides with more responsibilities.  The same is true for spiritual growth.  Each individual is expected to transgress beyond salvation which is synonymous with birth, into early childhood (preschool), later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.  Unfortunately, the modern church has been hindered by leaders who have failed to pass that information onto their followers.

Maturity has less to do with physical age then it does with mental and emotional age.  In other words, there are many people based on their chronological age would appear to be adults, but their lives are a mere reflection of their immaturity.   These individuals may be crippled emotionally, lack life management skills, or fail to assume responsibilities for their actions.  This immaturity however, does not exonerate them from expectations.  Given the proper knowledge and the opportunity, they can be positioned for success.  Christian leaders, it is not beneficial for us to do the work for them.

The American educational system was originally established for the purpose of establishing religious independence.  Our forefathers believed that this independence was necessary so that people could learn to read and learn from the bible themselves.  However, the modern church has reverted back to doing the work for believers once again.  If we continue to study the word and present them with our revelations, this serves to keep believers hindered and handicap them even further.  This is a call (and a challenge) for Christian leaders to stop crippling their local body, and to focus on empowering them instead.   Our assignment is not to do the work for them but, to teach them how to do the work for themselves.  Much like teenagers, we must encourage them to assume some responsibilities, and allow them opportunities to make some mistakes for we often learn from those mistakes.  An example of a hindered believer is one who is afraid to take risks.

The goal of leadership is to instruct believers to become mature so they may be vital to the kingdom of God.  While the local church may be their training ground, it is their God-ordained destiny to be vital to the local ministry.  It is only when we adopt this principles can we see the glory of God revealed in our communities. If you want to make an impact in your community, start with empowering people.  According to Hosea 4:6 God’s people are destroyed by their lack of knowledge (NIV).  We have a responsibility to examine ourselves regularly to ensure that we are part of the solution and are not the problem.

Be blessed – Karen