But what about your Foundation?

Hey, hey, hey good people!

I pray you have had a joyous week that was prosperous and productive. How do those keys feel in your hands? I pray they have a little weight to them. You know folks believe the “good stuff” holds weight. Today I want to discuss the importance of our foundations. I realized that in the last blog we discussed choosing which door we would walk through without even checking the foundation that the door was standing on.

So hopefully you chose the door that would lead to life. Which means you are intentionally choosing to die to your old self and consciously choosing to build your new self in Christ. If you’re still on the fence concerning where you will build I pray at the end of this blog you will have better clarity on the foundation on which you will stand.

I will be referencing scripture from Matthew 7:24-27.

In this chunk of scripture we see Jesus speaking and he is highlighting the importance of not only building our house upon a rock but the wisdom that comes with it. In vs 24 Jesus states that the person who hears his sayings and doeth them has built his house on a rock and is likened to a wise man. He then follows it thru in vs 25 by highlighting that even the storms that are bound to come will have no impact on the house that was built upon the rock. For it will be able to withstand the storm.

Now there are some folks who willingly choose to build their house upon the sand. If you were like me…I’m sure you read that and thought “who would choose sand to build their house on?” Sadly, you’d be surprised. Some of your favorite world known prophets, pastors, bishops, preachers, gospel artist, politicians, entertainers and the likes have built their house upon the sand. You’re probably looking like….”the folks living in mansions, with excessive wealth and nice cars?” YEP, them folks.

See when you choose to build your house upon the sand and the storm hits you are unable to withstand the blows it delivers. When you read vs 26-27, you see that those who hear Jesus sayings and still chose not do them are likened to foolish men; Who suffer great falls!

Jesus provided us with everything that we need to build a strong foundation. Yet he leaves us with the choice concerning the foundation we will build upon. The two options we have are the rock or sand. Choosing wisely is detrimental in this current climate of the world. I don’t want any of us, myself included, to do all of this work to build and establish a beautiful house. Just to realize it was built on the wrong foundation.

See we can believe or even appear as if we are doing the works of Christ just to realize that on that great day where we are to meet him that he never even knew us. (Mt 7:23) That’s the sinking sand! The great fall.

I pray ye chose to build your house on a solid rock. Where the storms of life can’t break you. Where the storm isn’t even significant when it passes through. You’ll have to check out Episode 03 for that word.

Welp gotta run again! I’ll catch y’all later. Stay prayed up!

Love ya later.

So now that you have the keys…

So you made it back? I knew you were ready to elevate. So tell me…..what did you take away from Ephesians 4? Hopefully you were able to obtain some solid key information. You wrote it down in your journal right? If you need a new journal check out the shop and purchase you one of the Reflective journals or the Overflow Spiral Notebooks. Any-who, back to our conversation about the keys.

I’m going to wait for a few of you to share what you gathered here, then I’ll give you more concerning some key points I took away from Ephesians 4 concerning the major key : renewing our mind! I can give you what’s helped me but I can’t do the work for you. We all have to study to show ourselves approved. (2 Tim 2:15) Which is why I am encouraging you to take your notes as you study and share what you’ve learned. Believe me when I tell you, we will never be void of study when it comes to the word of God and navigating this life. Which excites me, cause that means we should always have plenty to talk about and plenty to work on.

Now that you have the keys. How have you applied them to your life? Have you seen any changes in your daily habits or interactions amongst your peers? Have you felt any different within yourself?

Next big thing for you to ponder on…which door will you choose to walk through? The door to life or destruction? Having the key is great but daily we must pick up our cross and die to our old selves to live in the new. Choosing your old self is choosing destruction. Life is found in the death of our past ways.

I have to run. But, I’ll be back after a little while.

Stay prayed up. Love ya later.

Let Me Give U the Keys Upfront

Hey y’all hey! Listen, if we’re going to kick this elevation thing off right. I have to give you the keys to the door upfront. I know, I know, most folks like to gate keep all the keys to your next opportunity but not here. See, I realize if you are here to tag along on this journey then you are desiring to be set free and to reach heights that only GOD can elevate us to.

In order for us to reach those heights though, the key is to renew our minds.

Yes, that’s it. We must renew our minds. In the Bible in Ephesians 4:23 it states “And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;”.

See we can not elevate to new heights without first releasing the things of old we have become so accustom to holding on to. Trust me! It is by no means a simple task. You will be tested greatly, you will not only lose loved ones, friends and opportunities, your old self would have naturally jumped at, you will also eventually lose the desire for those things as well. Which is ultimately part of the goal in elevation.

If who you have been was getting the job done; I love that for you. For those of us who have looked in the mirror and realized who we have been is not who we wish to continue to be. Take some time and read through Ephesians 4. Grab a journal and a good pen and take down some notes on what you learned about renewing your mind and the attributes that signify your mind has been renewed.

Trust, I don’t get them right all the time but I do strive to daily. This journey we are on is one step at a time.

Step #1 : Elevate our mind.

Task to complete - Read Ephesians 4 take notes! I want to hear what you learned. If you need a journal check out our shop.