Love-Lights in the Marketplace| Showers’ Blessing Inspires | Jacqui Showers

“I was afraid of you and avoided you,” a colleague once told me. Again, I received those same words from another person who attended my church. Wow! I learned their feelings after I got saved. Even then, I was amazed at their words, and even more that they avoided me because of fear.

I thank God for those whom I met along the way who represented Christ to the point I coveted what they had. They were not brow-beating me with a fire-brimstone message trying to force me to being saved, but they simply displayed love and devotion to God through their actions and deeds. Neither were they afraid to engage in conversations with me that included a broad spectrum of topics including faith.

Every day we encounter people in the marketplace. We cannot be afraid to interact with them. We cannot become so holy that we can’t even hold a decent conversation with them, because we use religious jargon that repels and not compels. Love and kindness is what draws, not pious conversations that are steeped in condemnation and judgment.

You want to make such an impact that you love people to want what you have. How do we love people to want to serve the Lord through business? How do we become that person of influence for someone to say that I want to live for the Lord? You may never say that you need to be saved, but your life speaks volumes that causes them to want to be saved. It worked for me!

We have to be that way in the marketplace where people covet what we have. Not because we are beating them down and not because we are afraid to associate with them, but because we love them. Love and kindness, have I drawn thee. As they watch us, they see God through us in our actions, our work ethic and how we extend love to them regardless of how they treat us. God is calling for us to go out into the 21st century mission-field, the marketplace, and draw them through love and kindness.

How loving is your light? Do your words align with your actions and deeds? Are you afraid to engage others in a conversation?.

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 28

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Father, Every song I sing resonates with the overflowing joy in my spirit. These are not just mere songs I bellow, but they are life-generating melodies propelling me to succeed regardless of atmospheric conditions surrounding me. I don’t just sing because I am happy, I am happy because I sing. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 27

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Father, You are the same miracle-working God right now as you were in time pasts. Every day I celebrate your ultimate miracle, Me. In You I live, move and breathe. With every breath, I celebrate the miracle of life. Thank you for blessing me with another day chocked-full of miracles that enable me to fulfill my potential and live out my purpose. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 26

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Father, It isn’t always easy to do the right thing. I’ve determined in my heart to do it anyway. I will no longer succumb to emotions or allow people or circumstances to negatively affect my decisions. Bless me with wisdom to make wise choices, even when it isn’t easy or popular. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 25

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Father, My imagination propels me to tap into the reservoir of creativity that flows into a stream of illimitable possibilities. I confidently take creative leaps beyond unknown boundaries. Imagining the impossible and doing the impossible is synonymous with my success. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 24

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Father, I’m exercising the power of “no”, so I can bask in Your presence for renewal, revival and refreshing. Exercising the power of “no” actually is a “yes”. In my renewal, revival and refreshing, it enables me to selflessly give of myself with passion and fervency to You and others. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 23

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Father, Every adversity stimulates me to creative survival. Regardless of my circumstances, I have laser-beam focus. I am constantly alert in search of new ideas, creative strategies with purposeful implementation. I will not be complacent or slothful, but I fervently and diligently make it happen every single day. I won’t just survive, but I will thrive on this path of good success. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 22

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Father, You are the vindicator! With You on my side, I’m fearless, afraid of no one and nothing. When they try to eat me alive, those bullies fall flat on their faces. When all hell breaks loose, I’m cool, calm and collected. You can take the worst bullies and transform them to be ministering servants for You. They don’t know who they are messing with. Greater is He that is in me, than the worst bullies in the whole world. You’ve already won the battle! I’m already victorious! Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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Words. A Selfie | Showers’ Blessing Inspire | Jacqui Showers

Remember when it was considered vanity to take pictures of yourself. Toss that notion out of the window. I’m amazed how many people take pictures looking in the mirror. Do you think they wanted to have their picture taken so badly that they couldn’t wait for someone else to do it? I don’t think that it is the case because sometimes there is more than one person in the picture. These past several years, selfies have invaded our lives and become all the craze.

I recall when selfies were just emerging. A selfie is, according to Oxford Dictionaries, “A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” Although the word selfie made its advent by an inebriated man in Australia in 2002, who fell, busted his lip, took a self-portrait and sent it his friends labeling it as such, it has gained more popularity within the last several years. Now millions take selfie photographs and post and send them everywhere. They have even gotten some high-profile people in trouble.

Words fascinate me primarily because they appear to have a life of their own. I think that we take them for granted because they are a part of our everyday vernacular. We use them without much deliberation about their origin or their impact. We may hear someone use a word and over time it becomes a part of our everyday usage, like selfie has done.

It is fascinating watching children learn new words. Parents are so excited when they say their first words which are usually “Mama” or “Dada”. The way the parents act you would think they have just given the presidential address. Quickly young children evolve from the one word chants impressing their parents to incessant chatter causing the parents to say, “Could you please be quiet?” Weren’t these the same people who were ecstatic that this child identified them?

Words invade our lives in such a way that we are not aware of their invasion. I’m always intrigued about the algorithms of words and how they appear to attract each other. This law of attraction has become more apparent over time. I may say a word or may be reading, and all of a sudden someone on television will say the exact word. This has happened too many times for it to be a mere coincidence and sometimes it is such an odd word that it makes me say, “Uhmmm.”

Our words have power. Life and death are inherent in words. We’ve all heard that whatever you say is what you will attract. There is something to be said about the words we use and how we use them. Like a selfie, our words illustrate a snapshot of who we are for all the word to see. In essence, we are what we speak. Negative words result in a negative snapshot; as positive words result in a positive one. You determine the snapshot of yourself. Do you want a dirty mouth or a clean one?

The usage of profanity has become so widespread that the notion of proper etiquette was thrown out the window a long time ago. From the young to the old you hear expletives hurled like nobody’s business. These profane babblings have a negative effect on our lives. It appears as though we have become insensitive to them as more and more people, regardless of age, race, gender or ethnicity, cavalierly toss them around.

I’ve become very sensitive to the words I use, even in idle conversation. Our words frame our world and they are a representation of the image we want to project. Our daily vernacular either builds us up or destroys us. Faith words bring life and fear-based words don’t. It is as simple as that.

What selfie will you snap today? Negative or positive? Life or death? Faith or fear?

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PRAYER FOR SUCCESS Feb 21

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Father, Bless me to rise above the bullish attacks of others. You said to love and pray for those who persecute, slander, defame and abuse you. Deliver them of deep-rooted insecurities and self-hatred that causes such odious behavior. Open their hearts and eyes of enlightenment to truly receive You and turn from the odious behavior and bullish attacks on others. Bless me to love and pray for them, because sometimes it is just hard to do. Amen. #showersblessing #prayersforsuccess

 

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