Thought For Today: Holding The Blessing

Lord, I pray for a strong container to hold all blessings you have for me.

God may have something new to pour into your life but what you build to hold the blessing is going to be up to you.

— Ron Carpenter (@roncarpenter) December 31, 2019

Monday Gospel: Failure Determines Success

The greatest success often comes through failure. I try to keep this in mind.

Life is not perfect, and neither are you. There will be failures along with success. But how you respond to your bad decisions, mistakes, failure, and the like will determine in large part how well you achieve success.

— Tony Evans (@drtonyevans) December 29, 2019

Keeping It Real About Forgiveness

The offense is on the offender to make it right, not the victim.

Phone Call From God

One Chance

You better tread lightly, because I'm very observant. If I sense the slightest trace of messiness/petty behavior on your part, I'm out, and you won't know why.

Is Tithing Biblical?

This is the realest explanation about tithing I've heard. What about Christians who aren't church members? They give to their favorite ministries, and missions. They're tithing, but in a different way.

Today's Thought: Man Up

It's Coming

Low Key

Blessings Out Of The Blue

The best blessings are unexpected.

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— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) December 18, 2019

R.W. Schambach Quote

Brother Schambach was NOT lying. No wonder the church, and Christianity as a whole is NOT effective. You have some Christians who want to be down with the world instead of taking a stand for Christ. R.W. Schambach was a no-nonsense, old school preacher who spoke on Hell. He was respected by millions. Today's ministers are scared to preach on Hell because they're not trying to lose numbers. Yes, you want to win souls to the Kingdom, but don't water the Gospel down to make sinners feel comfortable.

Opa-Locka Miami Dade (True Story In The Hood)

A powerful documentary about these guys who do hardcore ministry in the ghetto. Many of these guys were deep into the streets until God turned them around, and now they try to make a difference in the ghetto. For those who don't know, Opa-Locka is one of the notoriously dangerous areas of Miami.

You Don't Tell Me How To Raise My Child(ren)

One time for all the ignorant parents who don't want someone telling them how to raise their kids when their kids are on the road to nowhere; this message is for you. Feel how you want, I don't care.

Today's Thought: It Pays To Live Low Key

I'm grateful I'm not popular. The more you're well-known, the greater propensity of your name popping up in foolishness you don't want to be involved in.

Life hits different when you live low key; nobody in your business, your name doesn’t pop up in drama.😊

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) December 11, 2019

Carnality & The Church

I've touched on this a few times in previous messages, but I feel a refresher coming on. The church has become worldly, and the world has become like the church. It's no surprise the world doesn't respect the church because there's no difference in how the church acts as opposed to them. I get it, times change; but the core message should remain the same. Embracing carnality is NOT how a church should remain relevant. You have so-called Christian leaders who embrace the world because they think that's the way to reach them. Negative, the way to reach the world is to lead by example of Jesus teachings. That doesn't involve doing what sinners do, but showing them the way through the love of Christ. That's how a church remains relevant.

Bible Inspiration: Living The Life God Has Planned

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— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) December 10, 2019

Shhh....Be Quiet (Juvenile Voice)

Today's Thought: Parental Failure

Somebody needs to tell some of these parents how to raise their children because some of these kids are ridiculously spoiled/entitled, disrespectful, and headed for destruction. I thank God daily I don't have children because this world is not conducive to raising responsible children.

Redirection

I'm learning this daily.

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— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) December 5, 2019

Rebuke

If you're rebuking others, you better be ready to be rebuked. Can't offer one without the other.

Focus On God, Not People

Dug this out of the vault. I shared this from another person's page. This is why it's not good to focus on others. Your relationship with God is YOUR responsibility.

Don't Put Stock In People

This sums up why believers shouldn't put their trust in man.

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— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) December 2, 2019