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Franz Kafka, 1912

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Aube Jolicouer by Anthony Maule for Instyle US Magazine , January 2022

I watched a sermon on YT about Idolatry by Jackie Hill Perry and I'd be foul if I didn't share it.

Idolatry is anything more important to you than God. It's anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God. It's anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

Whether we want to accept it or not, a majority of us have idols yet are unaware of it so it's important to ask God to reveal them to us so we can give them up. God wants to reveal our idols so we can make room for him.

Whatever it is that you are trusting for identity, security or peace (social media, a relationship, a bank balance, substances, etc) is meaningless because you are trusting in a dead thing to resurrect you.

God who is life, also gives life. If everything good exists because of God then there is nothing that exists that is better than God. We were not only made by him but for him, so we will never be whole in ourselves without him.

It's good news that idols can be destroyed and even better news that our God is indistructable, because we need God.

How to develop a mindset for more via Dr. Dharius Daniels - “I’m not Greedy, I’m Hungry” sermon 🩵

1. Mindset for more

More requires an attitude adjustment. The scripture communicates that God advances a persons life, head first. The first thing he moves is your mind by giving you a mindset for more. You are wherever your mind is. Do not be conformed by this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

2. Maturity for more

We don’t only need a mind that wants more, we need a heart that can handle it. Whenever you get more of anything, you get more of everything. For example: You don’t get a promotion without pressure. You don’t get more notoriety without getting more criticism. You need a degree of maturity to be able to handle the backsides of those blessings.

3. A Method for more

The more doesn’t happen magically. It comes through methods, ideas and strategy. Pray for God to give you a plan.

4. Make room for more

May God make unexplainable eliminations in your life. When God removes certain things or people from our life, he wants to do it preemptively. Meaning, he wants to do it before you see why it needs to be done. There’s a level of more that no longer allows you to manage high maintenance relationships. You need people in your life that want you to experience more, even if they know things between you need to be adjusted.

5. Make noise for more

Don’t wait for more to arrive for you to be glad, your gladness before it arrives is an expression and indication that you believe it’s coming. Become a person of praise. Give thanks constantly. Practice mindfulness. You can’t praise without getting your mind full of what’s praiseworthy about God. Live a life of gratitude and thanks giving. Gratitude is the seed for more. God gives more to the grateful. Be grateful for what is already done.

There is something so precious about knowing that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. There truly is no one like me and there will never be another me. All my desires, aspirations, dreams, personality, and unique traits have a purpose, and because of that I must cherish and love every single fiber of my being.

Miss Black & Beautiful, 1968.

Judimar student Judith Jamison (center top), age 15, as Myrtha in Giselle, 1958. Source.

“God is not intimidated by the enormity of our requests. God honours bold requests, because bold requests honour God.”

I love this so much for them #iconic