Day for Service. Celebrating MLK Day | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

How many woke up this morning and was excited that you had a day off to sleep a little longer? Probably most. The late Congressman John Lewis made a profound statement when he said that Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday should be a “day on, and not a day off.” In essence, Congressman Lewis wanted us to observe MLK Day as an opportunity to serve. We must move from just looking at it as just another day from work but view it as a day to start or keep serving.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a servant. He served others regardless of the threat to his life. He continually encouraged each of us to serve. Regardless of our ethnicity, social economic status, gender, age, or nationality, Dr. King implored upon each of us that the greatest and most wonderful deed we could do is to serve.

Servanthood is the hallmark for success…for greatness. We are to serve each other. Each must respect and understand it is a mutually beneficial relationship when we serve. We must take the towel of service and serve each other with all our hearts, minds, and soul. Each of us must decide not to throw in the towel of servanthood, but to serve each other with a spirit of excellence. Enjoy your day off in celebration of MLK Day but remember to gird yourself with the towel of servanthood and serve with a joyful heart.

Servant Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life’s persistent and most urgent question is “What are you doing for others?”

If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s a new definition of greatness.

Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

What do you plan to do to serve someone else? Will celebrate serving others on this MLK Day?

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to experience personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Overcoming Negative Habits | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

When I was a young girl, I was petrified of riding the escalators. I would stand at the bottom or top of the escalator and try to get on it. I was too afraid. Many times, I had to seek out the elevator or the stairs. Fear encapsulated me because I believed, however unrealistic, that I would get caught in the escalator. Nothing substantiated this unhealthy belief, but it paralyzed me for years from riding the escalators. It also prevented me from sometimes being able to move from one floor to the next.

Then one day, my childhood Pastor literally threw me on the escalator. I was horrified, but as the escalator proceeded upward a calmness came over me. By the time I reached the top I easily stepped off the escalator. I had taken authority over the fear of the escalator.

Oftentimes, we are not able to overcome debilitating negative habits because we have an unrealistic fear of abandoning them. Although we may realize there is no validity in continuing to do them, nevertheless we never walk away from them. Just like I was establishing a habit and fear of escalators, in almost every occurrence of our lives, we are doing the same thing.

We can only experience success when we take an active role in overcoming habits that prevent us from moving forward. Negative habits are the downward staircase to your demise; and positive habits are the upward staircase to your success. You choose which habits will control your destiny—bad ones and you fail; good ones and you succeed. What staircase will you take?

Success alludes us because we simply refuse to turn away from those things that started when we were young. Our childhood habits, whether negative or positive, can have far reaching effects well into adulthood. If you allow these unhealthy habits to master you rather than master them, you will be well into your twilight years and still plagued by them. You will never live your dreams because you have elected not to bring those habits under control.

Once I rode that escalator and realized that I no longer had to be afraid, I was able to move forward. Regardless if a building had no other way for me to get to the next level, I was able to get there because I had overcome the fear of the escalator. Do not allow limiting thoughts and habits to stop you from becoming and achieving all the Master Creator envisioned for you. It’s up to you! It begins and ends with you.

God never intended for us to be fearful, but has given us power, love, and a sound mind. Perfect love casts out every debilitating thought. In many instances, it is the fear that prevents you from overcoming and taking authority over those negative habits. Exclaim with all your might, “I take authority over every debilitating thought and habit. I am no longer subject to their deception. I am a victor and not a victim.

How can you being to face your fears and overcome negative habits? Are you ready to move away from every limiting thought, action, habit that has prevented you from moving forward?

Excerpts from I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution, Jacqui Showers

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to experience personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Happy New Year | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

Greetings,

If it is New Year’s Day, then that means the Christmas holiday season is drawing to a close. We move from celebrating to the routinization of living. Gradually we move into the new year with anticipation of taking advantage of every single day. This is a leap year, which means instead of 365 days, we get an extra day to achieve success.

By now, many have their resolutions written down and determined to fulfill them. Each year we make many commitments, but to fulfill them we must be relentless in accomplishing them.

Every year has its nuances, and 2023 was no different. I walked through the shadows of death when my beloved sister Brenda Showers made her transitioned. Caught COVID, yet I am still here. I lost weight and gained it back…ugh. I enjoyed family and friends. Worked hard. Played hard. Praised hard. Prayed hard. Most importantly, I’m still here to grace 2024. God is still at the center of my existence. I am truly blessed beyond measure. Thank You God for another blessed year! Happy Blessed New Year! #happynewyear2024

When I was young, I really thought that at the stroke of midnight there would be this drastic transformation. It never happened. What I did find out is that we are forever evolving. A new year is part of that evolution. It provides a time to breathe, to hope, and to take charge of those things that have been taking charge of us. Resolutions exemplify our commitment to our evolution as the guideposts to purposeful transformation. This transformation can only take place if we are purposeful in keeping them.

That first week of the year, we are all in. The enthusiasm of the possibilities a new year entail is exhilarating as we have our resolutions in tow and ready to conquer the world. Resolutions only bring transformation when we are committed to them every day. If there is no commitment to the transformative power of our daily routine, the resolutions will remain on that paper until the next year. I am intimately acquainted with this phenomenon and have outlined how I moved from resolution to execution in my book, I DECIDED: Move from Resolutions to Execution.

Being committed to transformation repositions your mindset to achieve success. It doesn’t matter the magnitude of the success, as long as you have a success mentality it will propel you through this leap year. Your success begins and ends with your commitment to enjoying all the nuances that the year entails—the good, the bad, and the indifferent.

What you must know is that each day and each experience molds 2024 into becoming an awesome year. With each experience, you are growing. Your faith is increasing. Your confidence is bolstered. Your relationships are strengthened. Every life experience positions you for enormous success.

It is my prayer that you will be relentless in pursuit of your dreams and goals in 2024. Nothing will prevent you from taking authority over this blessed gift of a new year to achieve illimitable success.

Happy Blessed New Year!

Jacqui Showers, The Bold Encourager. The Power Igniter

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to experience personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Pressure-Free Process | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

At the cessation of one year, we make so many resolutions and promises that we are going to achieve in the ensuing year. In many instances, before the conclusion of the first week of the new year many have abandoned them. There is so much pressure on the new year. What if, you shifted your mindset that the new year is just a continuation of your success from the previous year. Making this shift catapults you from pressurized outcomes to purposeful accomplishments. This shift will allow you to do whatever you need to do without the pressure.

Whether it is journaling, a vision board, a prayer board, or just hanging words or pictures some place where they can visibly be seen, if you place so much pressure on yourself it will be an exercise in futility. Be careful you don’t become more enthralled in meditating on the stimulus than you are about purposefully moving in them. How does all this stimulus catapult you throughout the year?

You must begin to operate in a pressure-free process. The process is paved with challenges you overcome every day by choosing to do the right thing even when you don’t want to do the right thing. The process entails days, weeks, months, and years in relentless pursuit of your dream and purpose.

Conceive the vision. Create the vision. Work the vision. Every day take authority over the vision by creating a pressure-free process for purposeful accomplishments throughout the new year.

Do you pressure yourself to achieve? How successful have you been? Will you begin to operate in the process of achieving your goals? 

Excerpts from I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution, Jacqui Showers

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to experience personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Conquering Confidence | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

Conquering confidence enables you to do whatever you set out to do. It begins with transforming your mind to overcome the limiting fear-driven thoughts that have kept you from being successful in achieving your goals.

You see, fear brings torment and discouragement. It causes you not to do what you have been created to do. When you allow fear into one area of your life, it will try to conquer those areas where you are already confident. You must make the decision that fear will not be the conquering force that prevents you from doing what you know you need to do. Lack of confidence is always embedded in fear. To supersede its grip, you have to release the fear and embrace conquering confidence.

Is fear conquering you or is confidence conquering you? Are you ready to conquer your confidence by obliterating the fear in your life? 

Excerpts from I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution, Jacqui Showers

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to experience personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Be Relentless | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

You must set a goal and pursue it with passion. Regardless of what happens in your pursuit, you must keep that goal in front of you and determine within yourself that you will never ever give up. You must be committed to doing something every single day to reach your goals. That commitment must be positive habits that move you in the right direction. If not, you won’t be successful.

Eliminate those things that are not beneficial to your success. Incorporate those things that will bring you to the success you desire to achieve. It begins and end with you and your commitment to your daily routine. Your success depends on envisioning the goal and going after it with all your heart, mind, and soul. Be relentless! 

How relentless are you to achieve your goals? Have you determined that you will never give up? 

Excerpts from I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution, Jacqui Showers

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach

Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to create personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

• Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success
• Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers
• I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place
JASSAI Publishing
The Showers Group Ministries
11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream
Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations
Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Goals are Dynamic | Showers’ Blessing PicSpires | Jacqui Showers

Goals are dynamic! They are forever evolving because you are forever evolving. Our evolution for success extends from one year to the next. It doesn’t just begin with a new year, but a continuation of success decisions from one year to the next. When putting those goals to paper, remember to include flexibility for your transformational journey to achieve illimitable success.

I would love to hear what you do to ensure that you continue to evolve with your goals to ensure your success.

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IT’S JACQUI

The Bold Encourager – CEO—Chief Encouragement Officer | Power Igniter | Confidence Builder | Certified Master Coach | Publisher | Author | Entrepreneur | MBE/WBE Certification Compliant Coach Jacqui encourages, equips, and empowers you to become all God envisioned so you can experience what God SAWW—Spiritual, Abundance, Wholeness, and Wealth. She provides solid strategies, sharp-shooter insight, and wit along with professional and spiritual knowledge for marketplace influencers to create personal, professional, and business success.

Books:

Prayers for Success: Igniting the World to Achieve Success, Affirmations for Success: Daily Affirmations for Marketplace Influencers, I DECIDED: Move from Resolution to Execution

Founder:

The ME Place JASSAI Publishing The Showers Group Ministries 11:59 A Minute ‘til Midnight Marketplace Prayer Boot Camp Stream Not a Downpour: Just a Showers’ Blessing Inspirations Showers’ Blessing Inspires Marketplace Meditations

Cherish the Memories: Happy Thanksgiving

Greetings,

It is unbelievable that Thanksgiving is here! It seemed like we were just waltzing into the New Year with lofty expectations. Yet, I’m thankful for so many things. Some of them were hard to be thankful about, like the transition of my beloved sister, Brenda Showers. It was bittersweet—she may not be with us physically and we miss her dearly, but she no longer is suffering and for that I am thankful. Many are experiencing the loss of loved ones as they celebrate the first Thanksgiving without them. It can be especially sorrowful as you walk through the first year. Others just missed their loved ones who made their transitions in previous years. Nevertheless, it causes you to reflect on how much you miss them, love them, and cherish their memory. I am thankful to God for placing inside each of us the resiliency to come back from such a major and permanent loss. That is the beauty of God. He completely understands the finiteness of who we are, yet he built inside of us the ability to bounce back from life’s harshest blows. God gave us the precious gift of memories. This personifies even more as the days, months, and years propels you forward. During this season, there are family members who have disassociated themselves. Continue to pray and be thankful for them. Celebrate them and believe that your prayers are not only heard by God but answered for the restoration and reconciliation of those relationships. Regardless of the intensity of whatever you may be going through, there is always something to give thanks to God about. If you can’t think of anything, just hold your hand up to your mouth and blow. Then thank God for placing His life-generating breath inside of you. Take a moment to thank God for each other. God knew we did not need to be alone. There is someone that needs you this Thanksgiving season. If you have never lost anyone, reach out to someone who has. Spend time with them. Don’t become impatient when they talk about their loved one too much. They just need a compassionate listening ear. You’re there to help them through a difficult process. Reach out to those less fortunate and be a bright spot in their day. What an awesome gift—the gift of your presence. Whatever holiday traditions you had, believe me your loved ones want you to continue with them. They enjoyed them while they were here with you, and they want you to continue to enjoy them. Not to mention, for you to pass on to subsequent generations the importance of family and upholding family traditions. In your celebrations and convivium with family, focus on being in the present as you celebrate these moments of love, joy, and laughter. Because these moments evolve into precious memories of love, joy, and laughter in the future. That’s my commitment. Not to focus on what is a perceived loss, but I am blessed with family, both then and now. In our hearts, each one is always with us. Won’t you join me in celebrating Thanksgiving for every blessing of family God gave us—both then and now!

Have a Happy Blessed Thanksgiving!

Jacqui Showers

The Bold Encourager Business Encouragement Coach

You Made the Plan! Stick to It! | Monday Motivations | Jacqui Showers

Monday is always a great time to make a successful plan of action for your week. Planning enables you to determine each day’s success. If you don’t take this time to assess your week, plan each day, and then execute the plan, at the end of the week you will have come up short. Protect yourself and time from unwanted intruders and distractions. Many times you are the main distraction and intruder that prevents you from being productive.

Develop a daily plan of action that guides you progressively through the week. At the end of the week, you will have accomplished what you set out to do. Stay on course. Don’t give up! You’re doing well. You’re being successful. Stick to the plan. Your success depends on it. Now enjoy it!

I would love to hear what you do to ensure that you have a successful week. Do you make a plan? Do you write it down? Or do you formulate it in your head? Either way, do you stick to it?

The Dream Never Dies | Showers’ Blessing Inspires | Jacqui Showers

Dreams that transcends you, also transcends time. They live beyond you, because they are for the greater good. They have an impact on lives, because they are rooted in serving humanity. Self-centered dreams produce self-centered actions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a selfless dream that continues to live today.

The third Monday in January we are reminded of how one dream can have a lasting impact on society and transform a world. It’s the day we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Just like Dr. King, you also have a dream and you must live it.

A God-given dream moves beyond the limitations of this world. It is not limited by demographic, sociographic, or geographic boundaries. Nothing can prevent it from becoming a reality.

Don’t ever stop dreaming. Rooted in your dream is your purpose for being. Each of us have been created with the capacity to fulfill every dream that has been placed inside of us. You cannot allow your dream to remain dormant. Your dream is bigger than you and beyond you. Don’t minimize the importance of your dream to have a major impact on the lives of others.

Your dreams have influence. Each one is waiting for you to make them a reality, so they can influence the world for a greater good. You cannot be selfish with your dreams. Remember they are not exclusive to you. They are vastly bigger than you for the greater good of humanity.

Do you have a dream? What is your dream? Does your dream move beyond you for the betterment of humanity?