Today Let’s Honor Dr. Martin Luther King and our “kings” This King Day

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is undoubtedly one of my greatest heroes.

He was a God-fearing man known for his integrity, compassion for the underprivileged, desire for equality among the races and harmony amongst everyone.

He stood on principle and conviction and held stedfast to his belief of non-violence as the key to any success and any thing else would just lead to violence, disarray and destruction.

Love is the greatest force against evil. (1 Cor. 13:8)

King demonstrated that love not only in his home, amongst his friends and peers but also in the world.

The Word of God says in 1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

King demonstrated his love not only with his words but through his actions.

His spoken convictions gave him and others the strength to march which led to a movement that ultimately changed a nation.

His words and actions made a difference in countless lives of others as we continue in the struggle for equality.

This King Day, as women of God I’d like to encourage you to honor the ‘kings’ in your life.

Whether it’s your father who decided to be there for you and raise you like a real man should, a mentor or minister who prays for you and services your spiritual needs, an uncle who has spoken words of encouragement over your life – let’s show them honor by offering our own “Thank You’s” and words of encouragement, or cooking them a nice meal, or even a simple out of town phone call “Hello.”

So often men, especially black men, hear so many negative things about them that not much time is taken to accentuate the positive.

So speak life over the ‘kings’ in your life, which will help give birth and/or cultivate the king in them.

for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelations 17:14b

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18:21

Kim Brooks, author of bestselling novels, She That Findeth, He\'s Fine...But is He Saved? and more. www.kimontheweb.com

“Who Am I To Say” – Gospel Song Encourages Single Ladies by Kim Brooks

New MUSIC Release!

Gospel Song written and performed by Kim Brooks Encourages
Single Ladies This Christmas

December 13, 2011 The song, Who Am I To Say, tells the story of a single woman who’s been believing God for a mate for a while and feel God has forgotten about her heart’s desire.  “I really loved the song you sang. The words were phenomenal! I really identified with lyrics,” says Lynn who heard the song’s debut at Kim’s Gospel Speed Dating Event earlier this year.  “Its message is about learning contentment during this season of singleness in one’s life,” says Kim.

Feeling Lonely this Christmas?  Allow this song to ENCOURAGE YOU!

Watch Video of Song:

Available on CD Baby, iTunes, or Amazon MP3
You can also download it now on https://kimontheweb.com/music

With this song as the lead single, proceeds from downloads will go toward the completion of full Gospel CD filled with songs written by Kim that will encourage and minister to single women (the first ever full-length CD of its kind!)

If this blessed you, please share with single friends who may need a boost of encouragement and a reminder of God’s love this Christmas.

Even if they appear fine on the outside – send them this anyway!

As Always, be and STAY encouraged! – especially during the holidays.

Kim Brooks, author of bestselling novels, She That Findeth, He\'s Fine...But is He Saved? and more. www.kimontheweb.com

Endure!

All throughout the Bible, the terms “endure” and “endurance” are stressed.

The Word admonishes us, as believers, to endure hardness, or hardships as good soldier of Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:3). It also speaks of how Jesus, Himself, endured the cross while despising the shame and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2).

As a single believer, you must also endure.

You endure as you walk in patience while holding fast to your own desires in your heart. (Psalms 37:4)

Another word for patience is endurance, so endure temptation, endure those times you feel you just want to get it on like Marvin Gaye, endure feelings of loneliness while remembering with Christ you are never alone, endure other folks asking the dreaded question, “Why are you still single?” endure your parents wondering if they’ll ever have any grandkids from you, endure the holidays while remaining encouraged, endure every step of the way just as Christ endured and was tempted just like you while knowing that the joy of the Lord is your strength!

Because Jesus, our Great Example, endured so can you and He gives you the power to endure as you seek His face and His strength every day.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15

…for the joy of the LORD is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10b

Kim Brooks, author of bestselling novels, She That Findeth, He\'s Fine...But is He Saved? and more. www.kimontheweb.com

How Will You Run YOUR Race?

Life is a race.

Thank God that for the believer, the finish line is glory – or when we meet our Savior in heaven.

Thank God that while we run this race here on earth, God’s watching over us, leading us, guiding and directing us.

Even during those moments He may be shaking His head at us when we don’t do His will or fully trust Him, warning us when we place ourselves in risky or compromising situations, or when He’s sending His angels out on in droves for us when we ignore His leading at times, He’s still loving us, He’s still rooting for us, He’s still believing in us.

The Word of God says, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”  Hebrews 12:1

 

The Amplified Bible version of this Scripture reads this way, THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

It’s time for us to lay aside and get rid of the sins that entangle us and keep us wrapped up in the devil’s territory; let’s shake off those weights and follow hard after God like a deer panting for water. (Psalm 42:1)

 

We can run our race knowing that God and great men and women of faith who have gone before us are cheering us on and claiming the victory for us every step of the way.  (Hebrews 11)

Life’s race is not a sprint – it’s a journey.

Instead of focusing on what we don’t have or complaining about where we are in life now versus where we thought we would be, let’s decide, today, to enjoy the journey and run this race with patience.

Nothing worth having comes overnight… sure you may not have some things you may be believing God for yet, sure you may be believing God for a mate along with other goals, but remember that the word patience in Hebrews 12:1 means steadfastness, constancy, endurance…it means the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings, it means a patient, steadfast waiting for – a patient enduring, sustaining, perserverance.

So instead of looking around at how God’s blessing ‘her’ or how God’s doing that for ‘him’, or ‘them’, stay focused on YOUR race and continue to look ahead with Jesus as the author and finisher of your faith.  (Hebrews 12:2)

Run your race with patience and joy knowing that at the end of your finish line, and even while on the journey – you win.

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.   2 Corinthians 2:14

Kim Brooks, author of bestselling novels, She That Findeth, He\'s Fine...But is He Saved? and more. www.kimontheweb.com