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When God Uses What You Broke

“Then they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.” — Genesis 37:25 (NKJV)

If Abraham and Sarah had trusted God’s timing, there would have been no Ishmael. But they got impatient, they tried to help God out and what they birthed in haste ended up haunting generations. Ishmael was not God’s plan, but God is still God, even in our missteps. One of His names is Redeemer and the Redeemer does not discard your story, He rewrites it.

Fast forward three generations. Joseph is sitting in a pit, betrayed by his brothers, stripped of his robe, and sold out for silver. And who shows up in that exact moment? “A company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead… on their way to carry them down to Egypt.” (Genesis 37:25 NKJV) Did you catch that? The descendants of Abraham’s mistake became the transportation for Joseph’s destiny. The very thing that was born out of impatience became the vehicle to move Joseph into position. Not just for survival, but for purpose, promotion and preservation. God turned the mess Abraham made into the miracle Joseph needed.

So hear this: it’s not over. Not because of what you did, what went wrong or how far off course you feel. Your mistake isn’t bigger than God’s plan and your detour isn’t stronger than His direction. What you thought disqualified you might be the very thing He uses to deliver others.

Joseph didn’t just survive Egypt, he ruled it. He didn’t just make it out, he made a way for others to make it through… his brothers, his father, his entire bloodline. The ones who threw him in the pit were the ones he later saved from the famine. That is how redemption works and what grace looks like when God is in full control.

So lift your eyes, look again. That caravan of Ishmaelites? That might be the hand of God using your past to deliver you into your future. He’s not done with you and He’s not intimidated by what you messed up. He is the God who redeems broken plans and turns them into unstoppable purposes. And when He does it, you won’t be the only one who benefits. Your family will eat because you didn’t quit, your legacy will rise because you stayed faithful, your pain will have purpose because you trusted Him in the pit.

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He can fix anything. I believe it!

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some books find you when you need them most.

I recently read A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum — and it completely stayed with me.

it’s a story about women, silence, survival, and finding your voice when everything around you tells you to stay quiet.

a few lines that broke something open inside me:

“Sometimes I wish I could’ve been born a man, just to see how it feels. It would’ve spared me a lot of grief in life.”

“Learn this now, dear. If you live your life waiting for a man’s love, you’ll be disappointed.”

set between Brooklyn in the 1990s and early 2000s, the story follows Isra and her daughter Deya as they navigate family, culture, and dreams in a world that often tells them they are “too much” or “not enough.”

and somewhere between the silence and the fight for a different life, you realize:

• your voice matters.

• your dreams are worth fighting for.

• you are already enough.

if you’re looking for a book that will leave you thinking about it long after you close the last page, I can’t recommend this one enough.

“A woman is no man, but she is everything the world tries to silence.”

Have you read anything recently that made you feel seen?

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It's my 5 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Came back after a long break. I may have sort of decided on what I want to do here.

Stay tuned for more deets😮‍💨😂💃🏻💃🏻

Note to self: I’m a book lover😊

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Felt it, been there. It’s real cool and lovely. Has a homely feeling to it😂❤️‍🔥

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Just because…🙃

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Paul Washer

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Happens all the time

It can happen to anyone

Find God yourself, read the Bible yourself 🙂😌

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Right !! Back again with my thoughts exactly😂😂😂😂. There are some things I just don’t get and keeps me thinking… 🤔

Bleaching…🥵🥵

why bleach and come back out to say « Black is Beauty? I meannn👀👀

Everyone does it, yep not just a group of people. I would think the ‘elders’ would know better but it kinda looks like this started with them?? I guess…. Anyway, right from nursery to senior high everyone including yourself know you’re dark then out of the blue during your time in Uni you’re fair 😳???? Where did all that come from? It’s shocking.

Respecting your skin colour brings respect to you. People don’t throw that away 🥺

Being fair is not everything, I know it has been said many times but it really isn’t.

Trust me on that.

These are just my thoughts though🤗

Lemme hear yours😉

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Still a great God🙌🏽💃🏻💃🏻❤

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Just thought I'll post😊😍

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Not feeling fly at the moment....😬😬

I left my room to where I'm to have class today to find out the class is an hour and 30 minutes late. Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong in getting to class early but when you rush out of your room hungry to join a shuttle.....with no money to buy food🤧🤧🤧😰..that is quite something.... I'm cool though..it's all cool.

My roomie had a laugh when I shared with her. I know this could be and everyday thing or normal for some people but I just thought i'd share🤗

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😁so this year has been kind of really exhausting; my kind of exhausting, that is,😂😂 I found ways to go around it though. I learnt some one or two things, read a few books, watched movies. It's been hard😪 but I sailed through.

This is my first time posting a little something and I actually don't know what to say. 😂😂😂😂

Hey, you ever felt like you really wanted to do something, you researched about it only to find out when interviewed that you know nothing 🤯🤯🤯. I dunno know 'bout you but it's..... well...

Share with me how this year has been for you. I'd really like to know😎

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ANOINTED VESSEL

16th November, 2020

READ: Mark 6:1-6

Is not this the carpenter, the Son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?…

Mark 6:3

Is that not interesting? After interacting with a man of God for so long, you can still receive him as an anointed vessel of God!

This is what the people of Jesus’ home town were not able to do. Jesus came into his own country and preached the same type of message. He came with the same anointing and the same spiritual gifts. But the first response to Jesus was to question his background.

You should hear how people talk. Is the man educated? Is he from the right family? Does he have the right accent? By the way, how old is he? Which tribe is he from? Is he tall?

What does he look like? What kind of personality does he have? Is he choleric or phlegmatic? I hear the minister is a woman! Can a woman deliver the goods? Surely a woman can never be as anointed as a man! Please stop it right now! As they say in Ghana ‘stop dat roff derr’!

The most anointed healing minister I have ever known about was a woman — Kathryn Kuhlman. That woman carried a very strong healing anointing (yet she was not a man!).

If the sex of the minister is so important to you, you may end up excluding yourself from much of God’s blessing. God may desire to bless you through a woman.

The essential difference between a man and a woman is found deep within the genes. Women have ‘XX’ genes and men have ‘XY’ genes. This is a very tiny difference.

Why should that little gene within, prevent you from receiving a life changing impartation?

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Preparation for Praise

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HONOURING FATHERS

6th November, 2020

READ: Ephesians 6:1-3

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour?

Malachi 1:6

People find it difficult to honour fathers because they feel a father must earn their honour by being honourable. Unfortunately, many sons and daughters are disappointed in the lives of their fathers and mothers.

Many sons think they will do better than their parents have done with money, relationships and other opportunities of life. It is true that most parents fall short of the ideal father and mother. Every parent is a phantom of what he could be.

It is also true that an “imperfect” father may bring a “perfect” man into the world and a good person may bring an evil person into the world. For instance, Hitler and Stalin had mothers who took them to church. Both Hitler and Stalin were members of the choirs in their churches. Stalin even attended a Bible school for a period. Obviously, the parents of these mass murderers were Christians and churchgoers. Somehow they brought forth men who would cause the deaths of millions of people.

God knows that many of the parents of “good” people are not “good”. And yet, He gave a blanket instruction that fathers and mothers should be honoured. The obvious moral, financial and marital failings of fathers have nothing to do with the honour that God has commanded us to give to them. If God wants to punish the fathers for their financial, moral and marital sins, He will. That has nothing to do with the honour a child is expected to give to his father. Every father, no matter who he is, is due the honour commanded by God for him.

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Give Your Worries To God

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#God #Christ #bible #trust #faith ❤❤🎉💃

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God Is Working In You

“It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” Php 2:13 NIV

 When it comes to doing what pleases God, there are two major hurdles you need to overcome—the “want to” and the “able to.”

Relinquishing your own plans and embracing God’s will doesn’t come easily. Your old fleshly nature wants what it wants, not what God wants. And even when God’s will is clear, and you want what He wants, you lack the necessary ability to do it. Fortunately, that’s where God steps into your dilemma by working in you to give you the “want to” and the “ability to.” But the willingness and the capability both come from Him, not you.

You ask, “Since God is working in me, why is there such a struggle to know and to do His will?” The problem is, your natural mind is self-centered and tends to resist God’s will. So what’s the answer? (1) Surrender your body and its appetites to God. “Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice” (Ro 12:1 NIV). (2) Renew your mind. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Ro 12:2 NIV).

In the original Greek, “renewal” means to be “inwardly renovated” by aligning your thoughts with God’s—to intentionally think like He thinks. In other words, God initiates the “want to” and the “ability to,” and you cooperate by aligning your mind with His. When that happens, you can be confident “that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion” (Php 1:6 NIV).

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