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declare God is going before me making crooked places straight. He has already
lined up the right people, the right opportunities, and solutions to problems I
haven't had. No person, no sickness, no disappointment, can stop HIS plan. What
he promised me will come to pass! At the start of 2018, one of the
pastors at my church called each member to the front of the church to pick up a
framed declaration for the New Year. Each declaration was different for
everyone (see mine above) and I have mine framed at my desk at work and saved
on my electronic devices so I can see it and speak it to myself every single
day. I find that the words above are especially helpful when I’m having a rough
moment in my day or just a straight up rough day. It’s amazing the power spoken
words can have over one’s life. As I continue to speak these words over my life
and declare God’s goodness, I’d like to encourage anyone reading to do the
same. Read Romans 4:17 and start speaking powerful words over yourself and
believing what God says about you. It’ll change your life.
About a year ago, I had a dream my dad wanted to talk to our family about something serious. I wasn’t sure what he wanted to discuss, but I knew it was something I needed to prepare myself for. Around the time after I had this dream, I remember stopping by my parents place and sensing something was going on that they weren’t telling me. I tried to dismiss what I’d been feeling, but I couldn’t shake it. Something serious was happening. As I returned to my home after visiting them one day, I was in my kitchen washing dishes when a heaviness hit my heart like nothing I’d ever felt before. Something’s wrong with dad. That’s what that dream was about. God, what’s going on? As I continued washing dishes, I started crying and praying. Then in mid-spring, my dad held an unexpected family meeting that would change all our lives forever. He hesitated at first, and as his voice started cracking and he started crying, he said, “Well, I wanted to talk to ya’ll to tell you that I have kidney disea...