Consistency is Key! 

I've learned one of the key components to success is consistency. You have to be consistent in the pursuit of your hustle, dreams, or goals. Think of it in terms of loosing weight. In order to loose weight, you have to create a regimen of either working out or changing your eating habits, then doing that consistently over a period of time. On your first day you will not see results. But, over a period of time if you have remained consistent in your regimen, you will slowly see results.

It’s the same with our dreams and goals. If you want to see results in a particular area of your life, create a plan of execution; get into a regular routine and stay consistent. The problem occurs when we have our plan, we are in our regular regimen, and we are not seeing results. However, this is the time when we need to remain the most faithful. Isaiah 40:31 states “but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Stay on it. Stay Consistent!

SKT

Who is supposed to call who? 

I had a young man to ask me who I had not seen in a while, "why haven't you called me." I didn't know how to respond or what to think. Then I thought to myself, you are the man, you are the pursuer, your supposed to call me. I feel once the lady expreses a mutual interest, it is then the males responsibility to initate things and proceed with the courtship. Proverbs 18:22 states, "He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD." So while your waiting on me to call you, I'm waiting on my husband to find me. So who is supposed to call who?

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I Have Plans for You  

“For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future,” Jeremiah 29:11. This is my favorite scripture of all time. I know I say that often, but this really is my favorite scripture.

I know I’m guilty of making my own plans. But God has to have a sense of humor. Award-winning movie screenwriter Woody Allen thinks so too, as he stated, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

It took a while for me to give up my own plans; it was a struggle. But, I did when I discovered my own plans were not working, CLEARLY! That’s when I told God, I give up, and I surrender all. What really took the cake was when I lost my father, and I had to leave my job, and everything behind to tend to his affairs. The only thing that kept me, was repeating this to myself:

                “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

I found peace in knowing that even through one of the darkest moments in my life, God still had plans for me, and no matter what, His will is what’s best for me.


SKT

Put Your Thinking Cap On 

Remember in elementary, when your teacher used to tell you to “put your thinking cap on.” It was a phrase to encourage you to sit down and focus, think hard, take careful consideration, and really figure something out. The phrase derives from the 17th century term, considering cap.

Today I encourage you to put your thinking cap on. Whatever dream or goal you have, really sit down and think about how you can get there. Next write it down. Habakkuk 2:2-3 states: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

Lastly, execute your plan. Put to action the things you wrote down and really implement it.


Put your thinking cap on,
SKT


The How Is None of Your Business! 

One day I was complaining to a friend: I don’t know how I’m going to do this, I don’t know how I’m going to pay for this, I just don’t know how this is going to happen. Well that friend said something to me that resonated in my spirit, “the how is none of your business.” Then that old saying popped up in my head, when you’re up to nothing, God is up to something, and if you take the first step, he’ll take two. So I’ve learned that if you just do what you can do: read, write, network, sharpen your skills, study up on the latest industry trends, and leave the rest up to God, he will work out all the logistics, the “How.” Sometimes when we don’t see things happening right away, we think nothing is happening. That’s when we need to step back, take a break, breath and WHOOOO SAWWW. Then come back later rejuvenated. Many of us know what we want to be or do, but don’t know how to get there. I know for myself, God will usually show me the end result, but the middle is a gray area. But that is the journey, or the climb. When you begin to enjoy the journey, and stop worrying about the details, then that’s when you begin the process of “let go and let God.” Don’t worry about how you’re going to get there, because the “How” is none of your business! Relax and enjoy the climb.

SKT

One Night Stand 

I love that saying; there is a time for everything. According to Ecclesiastes 3:4, there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. It is ok to weep, it’s ok to cry sometimes, but let it be for one night only. Weeping should be a one night stand.

Don’t continue to allow the same people, places, or things continuously get you down. Give weeping one night only. The enemy knows the best place to attack you is in your mind. So your mind will replay back those same scenarios that had you weeping before, and you’ll end up weeping over situations that happened years ago. Weeping should be for one night only. Weeping should be a one night stand.

If certain places or people take your mind back to hurtful situations, stop your mind in its tracks. Say Lord, please take these thoughts away from me. Walk away. Do whatever you have to do to prevent your mind from going back down memory lane.

One of my favorite scriptures of all times comes from Psalms 30:5. For his anger endures but for a moment; and in his favor is for a lifetime: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.


Have a Blessed Day,
SKT

What to do While You're Waiting on your Breakthrough 


Rejuvenate Yourself
Study, read, learn, pray, and meditate. Do whatever you have to do to renew your mind and spirit so that you feel refreshed, energized, and revitalized.

Perfect Your Craft
Ok so you don’t have the finances right now to fund your next project, continue reading, studying, and perfecting your craft. Practice the things you’ve already learned and continue perfecting them. Work on whatever you can that doesn’t require financing, so when finances are released you have a plan of execution.

Visualize Yourself Coming Out of Your Situation
Seeing is believing! Speak those things that are not as though they were. Use the power of faith to break out of your situation!

Live a Life of Expectancy
Before every major event or victory I encountered, I always felt something on the inside first. Something would move in my spirit. See yourself prospering through the eyes of faith. Than praise God in advance for your victory. When the praises go up, blessings come down.

Trust Him
Don’t get caught up in a “why” self-pity mind frame: Why isn’t anything working for me? Why is God not answering my prayers? Why is this not happening for me? God is working behind the scenes. He is in complete control, he’s always on time, and His plan is what’s best for you.

Wait
I find this last step to be the most difficult: the waiting process. Be patient, repeat steps one and two: rejuvenate yourself and perfect your craft. Keep yourself busy by doing things that you love. Get active in your community or church. Then wait some more. Those that wait on the Lord will renew their strength. Timing is out of your control. So release those things that you can’t control. When you do this, you also release frustration, fatigue, worry and stress; be patient and wait.