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I once was disgruntled…

I once was disgruntled… (guest post)

Posted by Afi Pittman in Single and Preparing: Encouragement for Single Christian Women

 

 But once again, my God saved the day. (And my life)
So recently I had an epiphany. It wasn’t anything that other people like me don’t already know – and when I say people like me, I mean single Christian women who think they want to be married or know they want to be married. I realized that marriage is not the defining experience of a woman’s life. I’ll say that again in a different way…Marriage doesn’t make a woman whole. Only God can do that.
But up to this point, I’ve been on a long journey in regards to marriage. I remember when I was about 16 or 17 I had a moment where I realized I wanted to be married. After that – graduating from high school, college, grad school and a few years in the Navy – I wasn’t so sure anymore. In fact, at one point I was sure I didn’t want to be married. But one day again, something inside me was telling me that wasn’t it either. I wasn’t walking with God, so I brushed it off and just moved on.
A few months ago, I was obsessed with hearing God’s voice. I realize now that it was because I finally had a relationship with Him. So one day in my prayer time with Him, He put words in my spirit that let me know I didn’t know what the end would be for my life, but that He was going to see me through. But that still didn’t quiet the restlessness in my heart. I finally broke down one day and told God “Okay…can you just let me know whether or not I’m supposed to be single or married? So I can at least know what I’m supposed to be doing?”
Well, He led me to Isaiah 30. And what He was telling me through this scripture was that the moment I could hand over to Him all these concerns and questions…that would be the moment I would be ready to meet my husband. I knew He was telling me that in order for me to enjoy and appreciate the marriage He had for me, I had to focus on Him and make Him first.
So for the next few days or possibly weeks, I’m going to write about my experience with this passage. I hope it blesses you wherever you are in your journey for preparing for God’s earthly husband for you.

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"The Common Problem I See"

From the Desk of Pam Perry    

Dear Coach, Consulting, Authorpreneur, Speaker Friend:

How often do you find yourself saying, "I wish I could get enough buzz going so I can attract more business and be a bigger brand - because I love what I do and want to make a difference."

Unfortunately, too many have great skills their field of expertise, but don't know how to attract the SHINE ONLINE they need to move forward.

This is a common problem that I hear over and over again.

Frequently, I get calls and emails from folks that express to me in private their feelings of frustration and anxiety in their online branding and marketing efforts.

  Perhaps, there are times when even you feel...

• Frustrated with your inability to attract new clients.
• Tired of social networking with little or no results.
• Discouraged because you can't seem to turn interested prospects into paying clients or customers.
• Annoyed because you're not getting the type or size of projects you'd hoped for.
• Puzzled as to what marketing tactics you should be using and how to use them.
• Confused because you are just starting out and don't know how to get a handle on all this social media and online branding stuff.

This is understandable.  You see, you were probably trained in how to a specialist in your area of expertise.  But no one taught you how to brand.

Or you might have been taught basic marketing principles but you no one ever explained how to actually implement the tactics you were taught.

I've even known people that got so frustrated that they called it quits. 

Please don't do that!

If you...

• Want to learn How to Brand Better
• Want to know How to Leverage the Internet
• Want to hear How others are making their online marketing work

...then I think you would benefit from Branding Superstar University.

But this isn't a "magic bullet." You're going to have to show up, do the work and follow through on all the advice given.  And do more than one class!  

  

This program is different. It is Personal and Hands-On. In these LIVE Bi-Weekly Teleclasses with me, you can ask me anything!   

I'm always amazed at how one person I coach makes a lot of money while others aren't making any at all.

It's because they don't know how to BRAND themselves.  

You see, you can be the best coach, speaker, authorpreneur or consultant in the world.  You may be able to turn people's lives around -- but if no one knows about you and what you can do for them, you'll go no where.

You see, Your Primary Job is NOT Coaching, Writing or Consulting;

it's the BRANDING of Your Coaching, Writing and Consulting Services!"

Don't faint.  I know. You're like, WHAT?  

If you "enroll" in Branding Superstar University

...I'm going to teach you how to brand yourself with authority, professionalism and fun!  

  

 And the fact is, as much as you don't want to sell yourself, people don't want to be sold to.  No one wants to believe they got "sold."

In Branding Superstar University you will learn "Attraction" Marketing - step by step.

    

Go here to sign up: www.BrandingSuperstarUniversity.com 

Each class is just $7 bucks through January.  

To Your Superstar Success in 2013,  

Pam Perry, PR Coach

 

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Fourth Quarter Focus: Unity in the Community, Help Those in Need!

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.  Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10

            It’s the same old record but in a different form.  It’s a CD this time, not a cassette tape.  When we will we get it?  We can’t win this thing alone.  I’ve seen organization after organization die because the leaders would rather run their small group than to merge together and create a larger, more effective group.  There’s strength in numbers.

            It all started with our search for significance and the need to feel important.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called it the “drum major instinct.”  He said in a speech that folks struggle with the “I must be out front; I must be first.”

            No one wants to follow.  Everyone wants to lead.  Eventually you have a group of folks who all want to be leaders and then the thing dies because no one is working on the vision.  Would we rather have a small piece of something or all of nothing?  Collaboration works.  Strategic alliances are powerful. 

            If we take the advice Jesus left in his Word, African Americans would not still be struggling today.  I see so many people hoarding information and competing over crumbs that the real goal is lost.  Jealousy is deadly.  No one wins.  We must learn to work together and quit drinking “hater-aide” and eating “hater tots.”

            I’m like this:  If I know your lane, I will try to help you.  I won’t try to run in you lane.  I will not reinvent a wheel and try to claim it was my idea.  That’s dumb.  If I see a need that is not being met and I feel strongly about it, I’ll create something.  But if I see that need being met by another group, I will help that group or give them resources to do what they do best.   

Giving instead of draining is what is important to me.  

The point is really not about how I’m perceived but how the overall mission and purpose is accomplished.

            We’ve got to check our motives constantly.  That’s why the psalmist David said; “Search me, O God, and know my heart, and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:24).   Wicked means selfish, self-absorbed and trying to be self important.  We know we’re God’s children and that should be enough.  When we try to impress others – that’s when we lose our focus and destroy the purpose of very meaningful movements and organizations.

            God has created each of us with a specific purpose. My flavor is not like yours – but they’re all needed in the cornucopia of life.  There are oodles of things we can do.  There’s a lot of our community needs.  We don’t need to split hairs.  God – not egos – should drive our mission in life.  When we’re in a race, it shouldn’t matter who is going to cross the line and break the ribbon, but what part you played on the winning team.   

Be the runner that passes the baton to the next runner – not the one who makes the team lose because you’re focusing on the wrong things.

Be a light! Shine! 

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Unconditional: The Most Moving Movie of the Year!

Unconditional Now In Theaters!

Looking for some inspiration this weekend? Then head to the movies and experience UNCONDITIONAL as it opens in theaters across the United States!

Bishop Neil Ellis says, "UNCONDITIONAL is a movie that will remind you that there is enough love to go around. All you have to do is share it."

Bestselling author Ron Hall (Same Kind of Different As Me) says, "UNCONDITIONAL tells a beautiful story that reminds me afresh of the powerful impact of reaching out to help another."

Pastor Hart Ramsey says, "UNCONDITIONAL is incredible. I was moved and surprised by this powerful film."

October Baby co-director Jon Erwin says, "UNCONDITIONAL plays out beautifully on the big screen - and in your heart. See this movie and be inspired to make a difference."

As an independent film, UNCONDITIONAL is limited in the number of theaters in which it can open. Yet a strong opening weekend will allow the movie’s impact to expand into more theaters in more cities. If it’s playing near you, make plans to see and support the movie. If it’s not, encourage your friends in towns where it is playing to see it this weekend. 

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Breaking The Poverty Cycle by Rose Grant

THE POOR IS EVERYONE'S PROBLEM. BUT GOD...

 

A while back the ABC News reported a weeklong series centered around “economic obesity” where the focal point was on America’s Fattest City—Detroit. The news coverage profiled our city as a city where some families are grappling with socioeconomic conditions that directly links poverty to obesity.

Many families living below the poverty line ($18,800 per year for a family of four), with very little to spend on food, are hard pressed to find a full-service grocery store in their poor neighborhoods which are usually lined with an abundance of fast-food restaurants offering $ menus.

It is cost-effective for someone who is “economically challenged” to purchase 5 fried McChicken sandwiches for $5 vs purchasing one salad for $4.


No wonder studies show that there is a higher chance of being obese if you live below the poverty line.

Obesity is not the only social ill borne out of poverty. The number one cause of divorce stems from money problems. Broken relationships, crime, debt, misery, depression and low self-esteem are just a few of the social ills that are linked to poverty.

Today’s working poor are caught in a vicious cycle of living a life which is lacking resources for reasonably comfortable living and convenient means.

How do you Break the Cycle of Poverty and change your economic destiny?

 Breaking this vicious cycle of generational curse of the ravishing spirit of poverty starts with:

Step 1: Become rooted in the truth that it is not God’s will for us to be poor and humble. Before the foundations of this world God’s will was and still is today and forevermore—that His children, be wealthy and humble.

Step 2: Recognize that poverty is a spirit which seeks to steal your joy, kill your hope in God, and destroy your life. God has given us dominion and power over everything in the earth including the spirit of poverty.

 Make a decision today to take authority over poor living conditions by boldly proclaiming “I break the power of poverty in my life. Poverty does not belong to me. I release God’s abundance and financial increase into my life. From this day forth I will no longer be poor!” 

 Meditate on the fact that God sent Jesus so that you can have life and life more abundantly (John 10:10). This is a life as God has it. A life that is super-abundant in quantity and supreme in quality.

Step 3: Use the success manual. Use the word of God to renew your mind and change your situation. God sent His Word to heal you and deliver you from destructions— poverty included (Psalm 107:20).
God’s Word has enough power to take you from defeat to victory, from lack into abundance and make you whole, where you have nothing missing and nothing broken in your life.

Step 4: Work! For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus that we may do those good works which God predestined/planned beforehand (Ephesians 2:10).

God created us to work not just to have a job. When you are passionate/excited about your work, you will make a distinctive contribution, which leads to higher wages. Find out and do the works God created you to do so you can live the good life, which He prearranged and made ready for you to live.

Step 5: Develop a Prosperous attitude. Look beyond your own limitations and begin to see yourself as being prosperous in God. It’s not about you, your background, your intelligence or lack thereof.

 It’s about a God who specializes in the impossible.

It’s about a God who can do exceeding, abundantly above all you can ask or think. Begin to alter your life by altering your attitude towards wealth and prosperity because God wants to prosper you.

Reverend Rose Grant is the author of “God’s Way to Possessing Wealth: a Path to Spiritual and Financial Success.” As a Bank Vice President and Business Consultant, Rev. Grant uses her financial and spiritual background to inspire and encourage personal growth. 
 Her in-depth knowledge of faith and finances takes her throughout the country speaking in churches, seminars, conferences and Fortune 500 companies. You can contact Rev. Grant or order copies of her book by  emailing her at  rosegrant1(at) aol.com. Books are also available at God’s World 13533 W. 7 mile Rd., Detroit, Mi. 313-862-8220

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Mindset and Management

Are you feeling overwhelmed?  Are you staring at a long list of tasks and new terminology, from SEO to social bookmarking?  Is some nagging voice in the back of your head trying to tell you, as you stare at the world wide web, that this is not your Grandfather’s way of making money, so how true could it be?

Well, you’re right about part of it, this isn’t your Grandfather’s way.  This is your way, and it’s going to be fantastic!

Every journey, it is said, begins at the first step.  Your first step is to work on you.  Before you buy hosting, before you load up your web page, before you build your list, you have to know how to get your head in the game and how to keep it there.   

You’re taking a leap of faith into a vast, wild territory that changes every single day.  You’re one drop in a shifting sea.  In order to stand out, you need confidence.  You need personal development. 

You need to apply the Secret of success. 

The Secret is just this:  everything begins with a thought.  Thoughts lead to actions, which leads to the results of those actions made manifest in your life. 

The Orville brothers had a thought about a flying machine.  They took the action of sitting down to design their machine and then going out to test it.  They manifested the ability for you to go to an airport and be anywhere in the whole world in a matter of hours.

And you thought you were sailing uncharted waters!

So, just thinking you can do it - is half the battle. As you think it, ink it ...begin to see it come true. 

See PamPerryPR for tips to move you forward NOW. 

 

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My Digital Life Grows Up: Social Media for Social Good

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Detroit

 

Friends:  I am running in the Detroit Race for the Cure 5K on Saturday, May 26th on my birthday in memory/honor of several very dear loved ones: Andria Hall, Tamika Evans Whitmore and Dawn Spencer.
I am fundraising for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Detroit.  

The goal is to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer.

I also want to mention the two foundations that my friends started. Dawn founded the Augme Foundation and Andria the Speakeasy Media Foundation.

My goal is to raise $1,052. The 21st annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is Saturday, May 26, on the grounds of Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. It is sponsored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

I will be 52 that day. Praise God for His mercy.

If you'd like to support me in my efforts to raise money for this cause to end breast cancer,  please make a donation using this FirstGiving site I created. (Or, if you'd prefer, you can donate directly using this link: http://www.karmanos.org/app.asp?id=1000&ssec= .

If you're not sure how much to give, may I suggest $5 or $10 per kilometer? I am doing 5k.
Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!

God bless you,
Pam Perry
www.pamperry.org

P.S. The 21st Annual Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®, locally presented by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and all donations are tax-deductable.  I

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25 Lessons for Life

by Marion Wright Edelman

1. There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for.
2. Set goals and work quietly and systematically toward them.
3. Assign yourself.
4. Never work for just money or for power. They won't save your soul or build a decent family or help you sleep at night.
5. Don't be afraid of taking risks or of being criticized.
6. Take parenting and family life seriously and insist that those you work for and who represent you do.
7. Remember that your wife/husband is not your mother/father or servant, but your partner and friend.
8. Forming families is serious business.
9. Be honest.
10. Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important that the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
11. Sell the shadow for the substance.
12. Never give up!
13. Be confident that you can make a difference.
14. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind.
15. Don't be afraid of hard work or teaching your children to work.
16. Slow down and live.
17. Choose your friends carefully.
18. Be a can-do, will-try person.
19. Try to live in the present.
20. Use your political and economic power for the community.
21. Listen for "the sound of the genuine" within yourself and others.
22. You are in charge of your own attitude.
23. Remember your roots, your history, and the forebears' shoulder on which you stand.
24. Be reliable. Be faithful. Finish what you start.
25. Always remember that you are never alone.
26.  

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Open Letter from my sister, Kim Jordan

See video at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1481095124/kim-jordan-uncommon#

Hello Everyone,

My name is Kim Jordan, and I was born to create music. I am blessed to wear many hats, Keyboardist, Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Educator and Minister.

I have been given the "gift of music." And, what is a gift? A gift is something that someone wants you to have, not because you are deserving of it, but simply because they want you to have it. I know I was given this God-given talent as a tool to convey God’s love and compassion to the world.

The CD project I would like to share with you, and would like your help with, is entitled Uncommon. This project mixes many forms of musical genres such as Jazz, Latin, Fusion, Gospel and others. The message behind the music is simple; “God Loves You Right Where You Are.” Uncommon speaks to those who are broken in spirit, those who are wounded, and, most importantly, those who feel like giving up. This project was divinely designed to lift your spirit and move your soul.

 I don’t feel as if I personally wrote any of the 12 cuts on the project; but, rather, was used as a conduit as each song was downloaded into me to purposely speak to those who are desperately hurting.

Several years ago, I was in a truck accident that caused me to lose a significant amount of my playing ability. I thought my musical career was over, BUT GOD, had other plans for me. He wasn’t finished with me, just like He’s not finished with you.

What I have come to realize is that with every Test, Trial and Tragedy, there is also Triumph! You can’t really have a testimony until there is a test. That accident was my test, but the fruit that has come forth from that accident is a major part of my triumph. God has restored my playing ability, but He has also given me a new mandate and mission.

I believe that one of the reasons that I’m still on the planet is to share with everyone that will listen the message that no matter how bad things may seem, you are loved, you are not forgotten, you still have purpose, value, significance and destiny.

In other words, “Giving Up” is not an option because God himself wants you to know, “He’s Not Finished With You Yet!” The Uncommon CD project is full of life-giving songs of encouragement.

Two years ago, my only brother, Anthony got sick and subsequently died. As I was still grieving, I felt a tremendous urgency to complete Uncommon. I told my business partner and recording engineer of 30 years, Wendell Williamson, that I was ready to resume working on the Uncommon CD project.

Unfortunately, the very next day I received a call that Wendell was in the hospital and within a month’s time, Wendell died. Within 6 months, my musical mentor, Jazz Poet, Gil Scott Heron, also passed away. I’m sharing these stories with you to let you know that Life has dealt all of us some pretty hard blows, and, to be honest, many times I too felt like giving up and walking away.

It was during this period that my production company (Prosounity Music Entertainment, LLC) ran out of resources to complete this project. This is why I am asking for your support.

I am ½ way through the project. As a Producer, I’m aware of the cost involved in producing a quality project from start to finish. For me, asking for money or help with anything is quite humbling; and I am truly humbled by this experience. But, I believe that God uses people to help people; so, I am humbly reaching out to you to help me help others by supporting my efforts to finish the Uncommon Gospel Jazz CD project.

 I am confident you will be pleased, others will be blessed and God will be glorified as a result of your pledges.

From the bottom of my heart, I want to sincerely say “THANK YOU,” and I pray God will richly bless you.
Kim

 Click to help Kim help others thru this project

www.kimjordan.com

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Vicki Yohe - Because Of Who You Are

Oh of my favorite songs!

Many people give up too quickly. And it is for that very reason, they experience little success. Winning in life is not a matter of fate, chance or luck. Rather, it is the result of learning and living by specific principles, principles which are from time memorial, and just as true today as they were when they were first written and given to mankind by the Creator of the universe.

Each of these principles are in The Holy Bible. And even though many inspirational and motivational speakers may not want admit it publicly, it is a proven fact that Almighty God is the One Who instituted the principles which guarantee success, and a life of lasting value.

One of these principles is a major key to winning in life, and that is the principle of persistence, staying with a project or goal until you get what you are after. Sounds simple, right? And yet, this is where most people are defeated. The old saying, "Quitters never win," is not just a saying. It is a fact. Learn how to persist and you will reveal to yourself and the world that you are a winner.

How can we develop the ability to persist and persevere? Here are some things we can do:

1. Ensure that your goals are not opposing the Will of Almighty God, and that they will not bring harm to mankind. You cannot carry out a plan that is offensive to God or that hurts people, and experience true success. Your seeming, but temporary success will prove vain and short-lived. Evil will always catch up with the person involved in and deceived thereby.

2. Ensure that your goals are workable, and that you have placed the order of the steps you need to take to get to your goals in proper sequence. If your goals look too hard or impossible to carry out, it will over-whelm your mind and you will find excitement leaving and fatigue setting in. Your mind will get dis-interested and unfocused, because your plans are not set properly, or thought out well enough.

3. Realize that hard times and times of disappointment will come. That comes with the package. And to be honest with you, the hard places are where character is developed and brought to maturity. Difficult situations or people will either make the man or woman out of you that you need to be to handle the level of responsibility which comes with success, or will stop you dead in your tracks from pursuing your goals and dreams.

4. Keep the picture in front of you of your goal fulfilled or realized. Just keep imaging what your life can and will be like when you have reached your mark.

5. Seek the advise of informed persons who may be able to give you some wisdom. Make sure the person you ask for counsel is successful and speaking to you from his or her wealth of experience.

6. Pray. Remember that the Lord promised He will direct your path if you acknowledge Him. Yes, there is a God. Get acquainted with Him.

7. Just stay at it, pursuing your dream, day by day. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN BE IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT. So, NEVER QUIT.

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RIP: Valentine's Day Whitney Houston Tribute (1963-2012)

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God bless you. Enjoy the ones you love while they're here. 

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Live)

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