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It’s Not Selfish To Love…

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Greetings, Precious Family:

May the Perfect Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.

Family, so many of us have busy lives. We have mastered the art of multitasking so well that we go and go until we are almost at the point of exhaustion when we crawl into bed.

When we keep the same nonstop pace day after day and week after week, it gets very easy to feel burnout, frustrated, tired, and just simply depleted.

Family, I can not stress enough that SELF CARE is crucial in our lives. Self care is NOT SELFISH!!! It is actually essential. It’s important for us to be at a place where it is okay for us to stop and take a few deep cleansing breaths. Breathing in slowly and mindfully and then slowly blowing out the stresses of the day, week, month, and maybe even year.

As Christians, when we take those long and cleansing deep breaths, it is helpful to sometimes visualize a place of peace and tranquility. For me, when I take my deep breaths, I visualize myself as an eagle soaring high above everything and letting go of everything that weighs me down. I meditate on two scripture passages while breathing.

Holy Scriptures for Meditation

Scripture 1

Isaiah 40:28-31

Tree of Life Version

28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Adonai is the eternal God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not grow tired or weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives strength to the weary,
and to one without vigor He adds might.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall,
31 but they who wait for Adonai
    will renew their strength.
They will soar up with wings as eagles.
They will run, and not grow weary.
They will walk, and not be faint.

Scripture 2

Matthew 11:28-30

Tree of Life Version

28 Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and ‘you will find rest for your souls.’ [a] 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Holy Meditation Song

Artist: Victory Boyd Song: His Eye Is On The Sparrow Album: Glory Hour Victory

Family, take time to stop and take care of yourselves. Even God took a day to stop and rest. I pray that you are able to be restored to a place of healing, restoration, and hope.

I love you with the everlasting love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Redeemer. Amen.

Your Sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA

By Your Spirit…

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Good morning, Precious Family:

I pray that this week’s devotional finds you in a place of peace in the Lord. Not peace as the world gives, but the peace that passes ALL UNDERSTANDING through the Christ Mind.

There are times in our lives when we must stop our race and become still. Even though we have the authority to speak to the mountains and they must obey, we sometimes need to stop and go back to our charging station.

Our charging station is any place that helps us reconnect with the Living God. We may arrive at the charging station with a low battery life indicated, but once we plug in and spend time worshipping and loving on God, we are renewed and ready to face anything that comes our way.

Scriptures of Refreshing

Isaiah 40:31

King James Version

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Refreshing Through Worship

Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Family, no matter what you are going through, please remember that you are never alone. There are more with you than are against. Walk knowing that you are waking with the unseen Army of the Lord.

I love you with the amazing and everlasting love of Christ Jesus, our Lord, Redeemer, and Wayshower. It is in His name that I lift this prayer to the Great, I Am.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, Georgia

Flight Crew

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Good morning, Beautiful Family:

Another Wednesday is upon us already. I hope you have had an amazing week since the last time we spoke. I’m so very grateful for each of you. I praise God for how the Light inside each of you is shinning so brightly and changing the world around you, in Jesus name.

I pray that you are surrounding yourself with people who encourage you to be your very best. I pray that your circle of people pushes you to go to higher levels and they don’t allow you to be comfortable or complacent for too long.

The people who encourage, push, cheer, and challenge me to be better are who I call my Flight Crew. They are not responsible for giving me my wings, but they are responsible for reminding me that I have wings and teaching me how to use them.

My Flight Crew are the people God has placed throughout different seasons of my life who helped to teach me how to use my wings, either by example or instruction. They have taught me how to use my wings to push off the ground as well as how to land. They have taught me how to turn my body and wings so that I can make sharp turns and deep dives. They are the people that have reminded me that it was God who gave me my wings for a reason and they help lead me even closer to Him.

I learned the importance of learning my Flight Manual, which is the Word of God, inside and out. I have the Flight Tower (Jesus) and Air Traffic Control (The Holy Spirit) always in my ear letting me know how to navigate my assigned mission. They always let me know when it’s time to refuel, rest, and get my scheduled maintenance.

Isaiah 40:28-31

New King James Version

28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on 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.

This week’s worship video is from Colton Dixon. I love the heart of this song as it is a reminder that we were Made To Fly.

COLTON DIXON

Be blessed family and have an amazing week. I look forward to seeing you next Wednesday. Until we meet again, go in peace while serving and praising the Lord.

Thanks be to God,

Rev. Marcia Davis