Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Be Open To Change - And Pursue It!
Be Open To Change - And Pursue It!
Let patience have its perfect work.
James 1:4 NKJV
A letter was returned to the Post Office. Handwritten on the envelope were the words, 'He's dead.' Through an oversight the letter was inadvertently sent to the same address again. Again it was returned to the Post Office with yet another message: 'He's still dead!' Let's be honest; most of us resist change. We desire improvement, but we don't want to pay the price for it. And that's a problem, because we will never become what God intends us to be by remaining what we are. It's not enough to be open to change, we need to pursue it.
If you're serious about changing your life, Dr John Maxwell says: 'Don't just change enough to get away from your problems - change enough to solve them. Don't change your circumstances to improve your life - change yourself to improve your circumstances. Don't do the same old things expecting different results - get different results by doing something new. Don't see change as something hurtful that must be done - see it as something helpful that can be done. Don't avoid paying the immediate price tag of change - if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.' James writes: 'When your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing' (James 1:3-4 NLT). Character building is a slow process; it happens day-by-day. Whenever we try to escape life's difficulties we short-circuit the process, delay our growth, and end up with a worse kind of pain; the worthless type that accompanies denial and. avoidance. So, be open to change; and pursue it!
Let patience have its perfect work.
James 1:4 NKJV
A letter was returned to the Post Office. Handwritten on the envelope were the words, 'He's dead.' Through an oversight the letter was inadvertently sent to the same address again. Again it was returned to the Post Office with yet another message: 'He's still dead!' Let's be honest; most of us resist change. We desire improvement, but we don't want to pay the price for it. And that's a problem, because we will never become what God intends us to be by remaining what we are. It's not enough to be open to change, we need to pursue it.
If you're serious about changing your life, Dr John Maxwell says: 'Don't just change enough to get away from your problems - change enough to solve them. Don't change your circumstances to improve your life - change yourself to improve your circumstances. Don't do the same old things expecting different results - get different results by doing something new. Don't see change as something hurtful that must be done - see it as something helpful that can be done. Don't avoid paying the immediate price tag of change - if you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.' James writes: 'When your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing' (James 1:3-4 NLT). Character building is a slow process; it happens day-by-day. Whenever we try to escape life's difficulties we short-circuit the process, delay our growth, and end up with a worse kind of pain; the worthless type that accompanies denial and. avoidance. So, be open to change; and pursue it!
Friday, June 26, 2009
RIP MICHAEL JACKSON 1958-2009
My heart n prayers goes out to Michael Jackson's Family. A piece of entertainment has died........we'll miss u Michael!!!!!!!
EC
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
tonight n chicago...
hey guys this is Erica and i went to the Fred Hammond concert in Gary Indiana after our MM concert n chicago...and FRED HAMMOND is sooo awesome amazing and his worship is intense, I've been a fan since the 1st commissioned cd, well it was tapes n albums back then:) but yall know! his voice is beautiful and he doesnt do a gang of runs all over the place, he just SINGS I LOVE his voice!!! Tina had to get rest n I got to chill a lil bit so it was just me n my manager (i cant roll wit no entourage too Hollywood!), Fred called me on stage to sing Blessed which was cool, I'm still a HUGE fan of gospel music probably everybody yall like, i like too!! I'm not jaded or bitter, its real hard to do this at times I'm a lil tired at times but i feel so blessed to be successful in doing music ...I'm feeling real grateful right now...for everything..tomorrow may be different but today was a good day!!
luv ya
Erica C
luv ya
Erica C
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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