Prayer With A Pure Heart
I recently signed up for a website that will allow you to launch a campaign to raise funds to start or complete a project that is related to the arts. The website, www.kickstarter.com allows your friends, family or strangers to make a pledge towards your artistic goal. I was so excited when my husband found this website.
For years, people would always ask if I have a CD recorded and my response has always been, " No, not yet....pray for me." or "Waiting on money to come through." So, you can imagine how excited I was that I finally had a platform to ask people for their financial support to get my CD project started. Now don't get me wrong, verbal support is great too however in order for me to complete the project, a sister needs mucho dinero! LOL
As I sat back and watched various people make the pledge to or like the status button on facebook, I began to thank the Lord for His blessings. I am not close to my goal at all but I decided to keep strong in my faith and the best way I know how to do that is through the Word of the Lord and by prayer.
As I talk to the Lord, I always want to check my heart. What are my motives for wanting to record this Jazz Gospel CD? Am I being selfish in wanting to do so? What is the bottom line? What am I trying to accomplish? Will it bring Glory to God or will I gain fame and fortune? With these questions, I feel confident in asking the Lord to bless me with the finances to record 100% Faith Jazz Gospel CD. I have a clear conscience believing in the impossible-seeing the final results as a victorious one!
The next time we seek ye first the Kingdom of God for something, we need to make sure to check ourselves if not, God surely will. Once we have inspected our hearts, our faith will ever be strong in the power of God and His ability to stand for us!
I leave you all with this scripture reading for this week.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 139:23-24 23 Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me; Cross-examine and test me, get a clear picture of what I'm about; 24 See for yourself whether I've done anything wrong - then guide me on the road to eternal life.
Hallelujah!
Faithfully Yours,
Faith Monah
www.faithmonah.com
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/faithmonah/100-faith-jazz-gospel-cd-recording-project-2012?ref=category
Decisions, Decisions, and more Decisions!
During trying times in our lives, we are faced with two choices that will determine the potential outcome of the daunting situation set before us. We can chose to walk in fear; being afraid asking questions such as what if this happens? What will people think? What will happen to my future? What if it doesn't happen in time? What if I just can't do it? Whew! So many thoughts can make the strongest runner tire quickly! Instead, we can make that decision to trust God like never before.
The feelings of hopelessness and the uncertainty of it all can consume our hearts and minds bringing us to a lonely place of depression and insecurities. This doubt can create what some call, a pity party. Well, one day I was having one of those pity parties all by myself; beating myself up over past events and I was not sure of where God was leading me in my career. Well, I was just fed up with trying to come up with the answers to those previous "wh" questions which were at this point driving me crazy!
I wrote a song titled, Brand New and I remembered the Word of the Lord granting His people the promise to give us brand new mercies each morning! (Lamentations 3: 22-23) Praise God for brand new mercies!
Now if I can muster up the faith to believe in this very promise God gave me, I can wake every morning knowing that God loves me incredibly more than I love myself. I chose to believe that His love is so wide and so deep that if I can't think of a way out of my current situation, I will decide that God's plan is so much better and He has the power to deliver me from any negative situation. His protection is infallible! HALLELUJAH!!!!
I want to encourage us all to continue to read God's Word and take an ARROGANT stand of faith on God's Word. His Word tells us that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6) and it is because of this along with witnessing His saving power from past events in our lives, we can boldly take on the world and the problems that come to test our faith.
So today, as our celebration continues of God's power to raise Jesus from the grave, let us believe in that same power delivering us from life's ailments and evils.
Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 5:10 NASB
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
Faithfully yours,
Faith Monah
www.faithmonah.com
