I wanted something different, so I did something different. Simple right? Is life always like that? It is. I’m pretty sure I had a mini-quarter life crisis in my room last night and I went, painted a picture…got a lil calm and then I laid down to read. I’m currently re-tackling Eat. Pray. Love and [...]
November 10, 2009
Categories: Reflection, Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . Tags: eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, God, peace, spirtual enlightenment . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
My church notes…yeah they’re mighty long today but MMMMM *closes eyes and rocks* the word was so good lol enjoy!! (BTW this is from Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth MBC)
Being Present
Scriptures: Philippians 4: 6-9, Hebrews 11, Deuteronomy 30:19 Supplemental Scriptures: Philippians 3:13, Hebrews 13:5-6
Notes:
“God does not judge your past to decide [...]
October 11, 2009
Categories: Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . Tags: being present, bishop eddie long, God, Lord, new birth missionary baptist church, peace . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
I was talking to a friend of mine this weekend, about where she is in life and how astounding it is; by the age of 25 she will have her MD. Thats pretty amazing. So we were talking about how despite circumstance or probablility, what is meant for you shall be. She was destined to [...]
September 28, 2009
Categories: Reflection, The Future, Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . . Author: jessj . Comments: 1 Comment
God said it. I believe it. That settles it.
Here are my notes from church this sunday…if you can’t tell I was touched!
Transitioning
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Zechariah 4:10
Notes:
We hold on to expired things. God has already changed our situation but we have yet to change our mindset to accept those blessings. We [...]
September 20, 2009
Categories: Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . Tags: bishop eddie long, ecclesiastes, faith, God, new birth missionary baptist church, transitioning . Author: jessj . Comments: 1 Comment
I woke up this morning feeling like I needed some church…as many of you guys know though, I’m Catholic so my church doesn’t have the songs of praise that I grew up on or grew to love. Thats quite alright because I get to come home and praise with my lovely WMP. I don’t normally [...]
July 26, 2009
Categories: Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . Tags: cece winans, Church, church notes, donnie mcclurkin, God, gospel, hezekiah, Jesus, Kings, Lord, marvin sapp, mary mary, Philippians, stand, yesterday . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
cog⋅ni⋅zance [kog-nuh-zuhns] noun
1. awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
My Grandmother told me once that when we pray we have to be specific. We have to ask God to search our hearts and to fulfill those desires that went in accordance with His will, but to be specific. Don’t just say “Lord send me a [...]
May 6, 2009
Categories: Thy Will Be Done, Words of Wisdom . Tags: awareness, congizance, God, prayer, psalm, settling . Author: jessj . Comments: 4 Comments
I’m pretty sure that anyone who has read even 2 of my post already knows that I’m not shy about speaking about God and knows that He is the head of my life. One thing that I think is important is personal faith and spiritual growth outside of church. Not saying that church isn’t good, [...]
March 2, 2009
Categories: Thy Will Be Done . Tags: b.scott, God, Jesus . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’m feelin Favored, so press ~*PLAY*~ then read
So good news then randomness, NEWS! Today I was feeling down and depressed because my job prospects for next fall were looking bleak and I was kinda just sad because I finally had a plan and I could see it slipping away. So I text my friend T [...]
February 25, 2009
Categories: Celeb Gossip, Day2Day, Thy Will Be Done . Tags: blessed and highly favored, halle berry, reem acra, slumdog millionaire, the clark sisters . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
Why do lessons come bright as the sunshine? For the longest time people have been telling me I need to write a book. I thought about it of course because I love to write and one of my goals is to be an author. I kept wanting to write a semi-autobiography and seriously I’ve started [...]
February 22, 2009
Categories: Life, Reflection, Thy Will Be Done . . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment
When I was elementary school age I lived in the city of Atlanta. To avoid attending Atlanta Public Schools which don’t exactly have the best educational reputation, my mother send me to an all-black Private Prep school. Part of our curriculum just like math, social studies, and english, was also Black History. I didn’t understand [...]
January 15, 2009
Categories: Day2Day, PolitiKs, Reflection, Thy Will Be Done . Tags: barack obama, Dr. King dream, Dr. martin luther king, king birthday . Author: jessj . Comments: Leave a Comment