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     The most successful relationship is the one that you have with yourself. If you are the best version of yourself, you can add more value to the other person that you are in a friendship with, as a co-worker, as clergy, and as a spouse. You rob the people of receiving someone who is healthy, whole, and well. Trauma causes subtraction and division; wellness causes addition and multiplication! We don’t have to be perfect, however let’s strive for mastery. If you do not enjoy your own company, why would others enjoy it! If self-care is the BEST care, then why don’t you care about yourself?

     An unhealed person can become a menace to society to any circle that they are present in. Do not allow marriage to be a cover-up to what you’re covering up! We’ve often heard the saying, treat others the way you want to be treated, however, I don’t know how you were treated in your past! If we don’t answer the right questions, then we shall get the wrong reaction from the other party! Effective communication starts with identifying your emotions through verbalization. Perhaps the medroom is a answer for what the bedroom cannot fix.

     Let us not devour one another as a means of communication. Season your words with salt and not with guile. Do not become critical, condescending, judgemental, and religious in your worldview towards the other party. Sometimes, effective communication is SILENCE! FAITH PLUS THE WORKS of you sitting on the couch for counseling can assist you in not only understanding your trauma, but overcoming it!  Openness and the right attitude will help you overcome the drama of your T.R.A.U.M.A!

The T.R.A.U.M.A of TRIBULATION can stunt our growth and places our lives in D, R, N or P. DRIVE is to move forward in life. We are reminded to press towards the mark of the higher calling and to forget those things that are behind us (Phillipians 3:14). REVERSE means to revert back to our old thoughts, people, places, things, situations, habits, and behaviors. If we put our hands to the plow and look back, we are not fit for the Kingdom (Luke 9:62). NEUTRAL symbolizes that you are unsure if you want to change. You are neither hot, nor cold, but lukewarm (Revelations 3:16). Jesus spits us out of His mouth! You know what to do, but fail to do it! PARK represents waiting on the Lord with courage so that the Lord can strengthen our heart (Psalms 27:14)!

     We must deal with life on life terms. We must not be afraid to ask and seek the help that we need and deserve to reach our full potential. Use your voice as a Cange Agent, as an Advocate, as an Influencer. Sometimes, the worst fears are what we believe about ourselves! When you can overcome yourself, you can change the world. Start with the one whose reflection is looking back at you in the mirror. Asking, Seeking, and Knocking to receive help is spiritual and not religious.

 You are a strong person to know that your weakness can destroy you. Jesus said, "My STRENGTH is made PERFECT in YOUR WEAKNESS!" Let the weak, say I'm STRONG. The glory of God can rest upon you much stronger, much sooner, if you know your limitations. Knowing your limitations can keep not only you from sinking, but others too! When you know that you need Christ you are strong, because you are weak without Him! I am strong enough to know I am weak, yet weak enough to know I am strong!

When you name something, that means you have authority over it. Until a person is aware that they have a problem, they cannot specifically name the problem in order to solve it! Awareness is known consciousness and no change will ever occur, unless we are conscious about our challenges. Confession and faith not makes it known to Him and allows the Lord the legal right to operate. Pride covers and confession exposes. Pride cometh before destruction, and a hearty spirit before the fall! God hates pride because it is the root to many of our problems. For examples, have you ever struggles admitting that you were wrong? What about apologizing? What about I don't need any help or your help? 1 John 1:9 communicates, "If you confess your sins, He is just to forgive you and cleanse you of unrighteousness. God cannot forgive and cleanse until you confess! Remember, name your problem (confess), repent, forgive, and receive in Jesus name!

I’m sitting in one of my spots, that the Lord God speaks to me. As I’m sitting here, the Lord reminds me, how I’ve seen some people working out, and then there would be others that would leave their station, to start a conversation with the one who continues to workout. Now here’s the issue. While the other individual in consistently working at their station, the other person has stopped, to see what the other individual has going on! Come on here!

Instead of remaining at their station, they wanted to be nosey!! By being nosey, they’re missing out on their gain!! I said, “by being NOSEY, they’re missing out on their GAIN!! Can I say this? We have some nosey saints! Nosey church folk!! If you’re over at someone else’s station, how can you get your gain, that’s going to come from your designated station!! I wish I had a witness!! Stop being NOSEY! Stop being ENVIOUS!! Listen, there’s “GAIN”, at your station as well!! Hallelujah!!! #curriethecrosschurch #KingdomAmbassador #IsThisMicOn

John 21
21 Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”
22 Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

Isaiah 43

26 Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case to prove your innocence.

There will be evidence presented on your behalf.

Acquitted: Free

Condemned: sentenced to a particular punishment,

In a courtroom atmosphere, you have the Judge, Defendant, Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, and the evidence. The evidence is the main piece to the trial. The evidence held against you, will determine the outcome. This will determine if you are acquitted or condemned. Come on here! The evidence, that’s presented on your behalf, will determine if you will be acquitted or condemned! How many of us are aware that, there will be evidence, used to give the verdict? Let’s turn to the book of Matthew 7. We are going to focus on verses 21 thru 23.

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.

Matthew 7:22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’

Matthew 7:23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’

In these passages we are shown how the defendants attempted to plead their case, with words. Who caught that? They we’re trying to plead their case, without any hard evidence, supporting their plea. The evidence that we are all building, will determine if we hear, “job well done or depart from me”. What type of evidence are you building? While we are in these tents, we are building our case. Blessings!

     Oftentimes, we fail to realize or even fathom that Jesus walked the earth in a physical body. Although He was Yah in the flesh, He experienced fleshly things. His flesh was not omnipotent; He was subject to time and space. He experienced every human emotions possible, yet obtained mastery over them. Because of His example, we can do the same...in Him! Jesus walked, slept when He was tired in the bottom of the boat, had dinner and hung out with friends (Mary, Martha, and Lazarus), got angry in the temple with the money changers, worshipped in church (synogogue), went to a fish fry, etc. Jesus lives an ABUNDANT LIFE! More importantly, LOVE loved!

     The man who I served under said it best: " It's not that people cannot handle your anointing, they can't handle your commonality! Yes, I like women, yes I like basketball, yes I laugh, yes I listen to music, yes I like to dress nice, etc. All natural things are not devilish, however, although all things may be lawful, they are not beneficial to participate or engage in! The Holy Spirit is within us to provide healthy boundaries while having a natural experience! I learned in Grief Counseling: "Experience the experience when the experience is experienced!" In other words, when you laugh, love, and live, you will enjoy your life!

     In this season, God may expose things in your life be it the past or in the present that continues to haunt and hurt you. No this is not the devil. Instead of repressing and suppression, allow it to surface and deal with emotions surrounding the T.R.A.U.M.A! There is a difference between being SILENT versus becoming SILENCED! Silent is a temporary moment of quiet introspection, self-reflection in order to comprise progressive strategies to find solutions to move forward. Silent is a form of self-care.

     On the other hand, SILENCED means to lose your voice, witness, and testimony. The objective is to become mute so that you will implode to destroy yourself. A nervous breakdown is brain overload that can provoke us to internalize, compromise, and in extreme cases, suicide! We must tear down our alter of  T.R.A.U.M.A to prevent us from creating a memorial. We have enshrined our T.R.A.U.M.A and turned it into an idol of worship! Let us ANNIHILATE the shrine and build an alter where Jesus is  erected. Jesus Saud, "If I be lifted up, I'll draw ALL men unto me! In faith, we have the responsibility to do the lifting, If we lift, then Jesus will sift! 

That caller id is something else. I mean it gives you the ability to know, who’s calling you, before you pick up the call. The only way to get tricked is, if you do not have, that caller id option. With this feature, you have the ability to deny or accept, who and what you allow into your ear gates. See, discernment is that spiritual caller id. It allows you to know what and who is trying to get into the gates! Sadly, many of us do not have this option, due to the fact of who, we have as a provider! Come on here! As the Lord God, being our provider, He gives us the package, that comes with discernment. Listen, stop letting any and everyone have access to you! Before you run to everyone’s beck and call, check that caller id (Discernment)!  Blessings!

🕊️ As the sun sets, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins—a 25-hour period of reflection, prayer, and fasting. May this sacred time grant you the opportunity to seek forgiveness, find inner peace, and embark on a path of renewal. G'mar Hatimah Tovah to all who observe. 🌅🙏 #YomKippur #DayOfAtonement #ReflectionAndRenewal

We will be fasting for 25 hours beginning Sundown on Sunday, September 24, 2023 to around 8:00 PM EST on Monday, September 25, 2023. This is a time to repent, forgive others, abstain from electronics, sex, and focus on repentance.

Some of us have been been in trauma for so long that we become nervous when there is no chaos! We have been born in and indoctrinated in trauma that when peace knocks on our door, we don’t and won’t answer. Jesus is the trauma breaker and when He knocks at our door, let Him in. He wants to come in and clean our "House of T.R.A.U.M.A and without leaving any residue. His cleaning is not abrasive, nor will it creat any more chaos. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I will gladly trade in my hard yoke and heavy burden.

We are grieving the loss of our trauma when we should be joyous in releasing it. Trauma is a thief because it steals our identity and prevents us from knowing who we are. We must learn to not grieve over what has tried to destroy us and find peace in releasing it! Open the door to peace by releasing your T.R.A.U.M.A!

What’s Beneath The Surface?!? 

Joshua 7:12(b)

I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction.

If you are hoarding anything that’s not pleasing to the Lord God beneath the surface, it will keep you from receiving your blessings!! Many of us have things hoarded beneath the surface, that’s weighing us down! We often think, just because they’re beneath the surface, no one will know that they’re there. But we serve an omniscience God!! Omnipresent God!! There’s no such thing as a secret, when it comes to the Lord God!! Come on somebody!! The word tells us, that the Lord God is mostly concerned with your heart. He’s mostly concerned with your inner you. Come on here. What type of luggage is your inner you packing? What’s beneath the surface? We are not going to be judged for what’s on the surface (your outer appearance), we will be looked upon for our inner person!! Come on here!! Self examine yourself church. If you have some things that are beneath the surface, that you know will keep you out of the will, it’s time to address those things, so you won’t be held back!!

In the book of Matthew 15:19;

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. The word tells us, that we may indeed have some of these things hidden beneath the surface. Things that we refuse to address, because we think that we are ok. See, we will see the symptoms of these things that aren’t pleasing to the Lord God, but we will refuse to go get the medication that we need. Now in doing this, we are allowing the infection to spread. If we never repent for the things that are indeed beneath the surface, we will sadly be hindered from all the wonderful blessings, that has already been stored up for us!! Look here, you can have your swag on a hundred on the outside, but you inner swag, is negative 100. Come on here!!! What’s beneath the surface?!?

I use to have a car, when I was in college. A car that I never maintained. I mean I never got an oil change or anything. I just use to ride and ride. It looked nice on the outside, but under the hood was terrible! Because I refused to fix what was beneath the surface (under the hood), it started causing me all type of problems. Problems that could’ve been avoided, if only I would’ve addressed the issues, that were beneath the surface!! Hallelujah!! Choosing not to fix the issues that were beneath the surface, caused my reliable source, to stop being my transportation!! Come on here!! The Lord God, is everyone’s reliable transportation, but if we refuse to go beneath our surface, and address the issues, we will no longer be able to be in His presence!

This was a powerful documentary. It sheds light on his behavior as evidence of him experiencing rejection. He did not meet his biological father until 53 years old! When you don't know who your are and who you belong to, you struggle with who you are and where you are going! We place on different masks and long for affirmation from others. We long for the applause if others, however, when the light go out, when the smoke clears, and when the dust settles, we still long for acceptance! We can become private successes, but private failures! I am excited about Kirk's journey of healing of finding his father, yet healing from his mother denial two DNA tests to confirm the legitimizing of his father! We must all heal from our rejection of people, places, things, and situations! Congratulations Mr. Franklin on finding your origin of existence so you can thrive! Congratulations to those that are reading this in your journey to health, wholeness, and wellness!

I want everyone to watch this documentary and respond.

https://youtu.be/49SCqvyZM7Q?si=3lSDyxXmHLL8-ceA

Philippians 4

11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.

How can I make it through every situation that I may face? in the book of Philippians 4:12(B), Apostle Paul writes, “I have found the secret to living. What is the secret of living in every situation? The answer to that is, being content in the Lord God. When you are content in the Lord God, you have establish the type of faith, that will allow you to make it through whatever you’re facing. When you are content in the Lord God, you have now establish the belief and the trust, that he’s going to always walk with you in the furnace! That he’s always gonna be with you in the den, and that  he’s always going to, protect you from the storms and the floods!   This comes from a place of CONTENTMENT in the Lord God!!

Before we get to the blessings in the Kingdom of God, what really sets us apart is our suffering for Christ! Before we reign, we must suffer. Suffering has become a curse 🤬 word in the Body of Christ! We are delusional to believe that the Kingdom of darkness will allow us to "score" so to speak. The mission statement of the enemy is to steal, kill, and destroy! If you know the mission statement of the enemy, then you should not be surprise! He may offer you the kingdoms of the world, however, he desires your soul in exchange for it! Suffering allows us to become obedient and to come up higher. Christ learned obedience from the things that He suffered. Suffering exposes the motives in our hearts. We must walk in obedience and integrity! In closing, if we suffer with Him, we shall reign with Him!

Future blessings are contingent upon present obedience. Never forget, "Obedience is better than sacrifice."

Ephesians 4:29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

The Lord said in his word Power is in the tongue. We can tear down or build up. When we use foul or abusive language it's not the way of the Lord. When Jesus came to show us how to lead by example he never used foul talk.