Declarations For December 2023
The Lord declared this over my life and I am declaring over yours as well - no matter what it looks like, whatever fears and anxieties you have developed because the year 2023 is almost over, let not your heart be troubled. IT WILL END IN PRAISE! You will not see the wind nor will you see the rain, but it will end in your favor so you can give praise to the Lord.
You’re asking how? He says, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.” John 14:1 NLT. I declare it is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. Amen!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Happy Thanksgiving 2023
Please join me in chanting Psalm 100 (NIV), a Psalm of rendering grateful praise to our God.
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his[a];
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
The Lord has dealt extremely well with me my family and I this year and my body, soul and spirit says Thank You JESUS for ALL of it! I bless Him for your life as well.
May He give you a billion reasons to be Thankful today and everyday!
Happy Thanksgiving!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Rivers In The Desert
Isaiah 43:19(b) NKJV
“...I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”
I have not been to any desert land yet, but for everything that I have read about desert landscapes, water is a very scarce resource to come by. I read about Hagar wandering in the desert of Beersheba with her young son Ishmael, running out of food and water and almost dying until the angel of the Lord intervened by showing her a well of water which gave them back their lives. (Genesis 21:1-19 paraphrased). “Water is life” they say, and anything that gives life has the same propensity to take it away when there’s a lack of it.
This journey called LIFE sometimes can feel like the desert of Beersheba - dry, patchy and hopeless like Hagar felt. I’ve been through similar experiences several times when you just lay down to sleep thinking you will open your eyes and you’d have crossed over to the other side but, God, who is the author and finisher steps in to remind you that He still has a plan for your life so get up and drink some water because the journey ahead is long. Isaiah 43:19b is God’s reassurance to you and I that in those moments when life looks so bleak with desert sandstorms, He is creating a new life in the midst of the dryness. Be encouraged, wipe off the dust from the desert sands and see the river that He has created for you.
Xoxo,
Lady Abena.