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Before asking God to change the fruit, ask Him to reveal what's feeding it.

Before asking Him to fix what's visible, ask Him to uncover what's hidden.

Before asking Him to change your circumstances, ask Him to show you whatever is feeding the fear, frustration, bitterness, compromise, or discouragement beneath the surface.

Because when God changes the source, the fruit begins to change as well.

Maybe that's why these two Scriptures connect so powerfully.

1 Kings 2:19 reminds us that we have access to the King.

2 Kings 2:19 reminds us to bring Him the real problem.

Not just the symptoms.

The source.

Not merely the fruit.

What's feeding it.

So today, don't just complain about the fruit you're seeing.

Ask yourself a deeper question:

What's feeding you?

Because what feeds you will eventually form you.

And whatever forms you will eventually be revealed through you.

Have a blessed day.

Closing Song: What's Feeding You? - written & produced by Deborah Ocasio

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Today, before blaming the devil, blaming people, blaming circumstances, or blaming yesterday, ask yourself:

"What part of this belongs to me?"  That question may sting for a moment, but it will also set you free. Because accountability is not punishment.  Accountability is the doorway to transformation. The devil may present his plate with candles, pie, and fancy decorations. But God's table always serves something the enemy can never provide: Truth, peace, purpose, and life.

Choose wisely. The plate may look simpler, but the outcome is infinitely better. Have a blessed day, and remember: Mature believers don't spend their lives explaining their behavior. They spend their lives examining their behavior and owning their missteps. And that examination is often where God releases the next level of anointing. Again, be blessed.

Closing Song:  This One's On Me written and produced by Deborah Ocasio

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We live in a culture where people are often pressured to compromise their values for acceptance, position, relationship,  influence, popularity, opportunity and let’s be real cold hard cash. The pressure may look different than it did in Esther's day, but it's still pressure.

Sometimes obeying God will cost you a promotion.

Sometimes standing on principle costs you friendships.

Sometimes refusing to compromise means missing out on something everyone else is chasing.

Closing Song: "More Than A Crown" - written and produced by Deborah Ocasio

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You know sometimes you’ve got to clap for yourself like you just scored the game-winning shot in overtime… even if nobody else in the bleachers noticed you were playing.  Don’t be afraid to be your own cheerleader, claim your own Amen.

This isn’t conceit.
 It’s not arrogance.
 It’s stewardship of what God placed in you.

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Today, I want to talk to you briefly about not your name but your brand, your methodology, and your individual marketing campaigns.  

See because God is looking for some brands He can use to promote His Kingdom.We live in a culture where we give accolades based solely on a name solely on the methodology used to promote a brand.

But I have a few questions for you this morning:

• Why are we so enthralled by brand names?
• Why is it a designer can sell us on wearing their brand?
• Why do we not allow our own name to hold a significant weight
• Why do we allow our brand to be defined by someone else’s name?

I don’t know if you know the story of Micah in the bible.  If you say you do I must ask? Which Micah are you referring to? See because there were several Micahs in the bible, I am going to tell you about the two who are spoken about in detail

First, let me tell you the name  Micah means “who is like Jehovah?” 

The first Micah is described in  Judges 17—18. He lived during the time when Israel had no king and “every man did what was right in his own eyes” no…. Nothing but the Word of God.

Micah is one example, among many, of the lawlessness that dominated Israel during this time  The people had abandoned God, chasing idols like the pagan nations around them and incorporating many aspects of idol worship into their worship of the Almighty God. 

They refused to obey the Lord, but since they did not yet have a king, every person did as he pleased, with no immediate repercussions. Micah’s everyday lifestyle exemplified the spiritual attitude of the people at that time. He worshipped idols, he even hired his only private priest and they proclaimed his actions to be godly.  

“You shall not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them” (Exodus 20:4–5).

God’s commandments were forgotten as Micah and his household followed their own ideas of worship, totally contrary to those prescribed Word of God.

The second significant Micah is a stark contrast to the idolatrous Micah.  And we can read about him in the book of the Bible named after him. One of the most renowned verses in the book of Micah is Micah 6:8  “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” 

 This Micah was a prophet of God.  This  Micah reminds us that, despite God’s zero tolerance toward our sin, He is also ready and waiting to forgive and restore those who repent. Even in the midst of strong warnings to Judah, Micah boasts of the hope of God.  

 The entire book of Micah is a complex mixture of judgment and hope. On the one hand, the prophecies announce judgment upon Israel for social evils, corrupt leadership, and idolatry. On the other hand, the book proclaims not merely the restoration of the nation, but the transformation and exaltation of Israel and Jerusalem. 

 Micah,  one name, but two totally different men. Our fallacy is not in our name and there is no fallacy in the wearing of designer names, the problem is exalting another’s brand and another’s persona higher than your own, while not making Jesus whose name is above all names a priority in your life.

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Philippians 1:6 reminds us, "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

Keep growing.
Keep trusting.
Keep moving forward.

You may not be where you want to be...

But thank God you're not where you used to be.

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Do not conform to the way of this world.  Don't buy into the world's trends of matching energy God called you for so much more.

Closing Song: The Game Changing Plot Twist - Produced by Deborah Ocasio

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Here's the revelation:

Growth isn't always found in adding something.

Sometimes growth is found in subtracting something.

Sometimes spiritual maturity looks less like learning a new Bible verse 

and more like finally letting go of an old grudge.

Less fear.

Less pride.

Less gossip.

Less complaining.

Less trying to control outcomes that belong to God.

Today, before you make your To-Do List, make a Not-To-Do List.

And let the list include:

❌ Don't assume the worst.
❌ Don't complain.
❌ Don't entertain unforgiveness.
❌ Don't revisit doors God closed.
❌ Don't give fear a microphone.
❌ Don't forget who God has been.

Because your breakthrough may not be waiting on something you need to start doing.

It may be waiting on something God has been asking you to stop doing what you have been doing.

Closing Song: "My Not To-Do-List" - Written and Produced By Deborah Ocasio

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Some biblical accounts such as those detailing speaking animals, the parting of bodies of water, and various other miracles, tend to fuel thoughts of the Bible being full of fables and fairytales.  

 Thoughts and measures of disbelief come easy when one doesn't believe in GOD or whose mind cannot phantom a truly Almighty GOD.  Let’s address some of the biblical accounts people tend to struggle with.  First, there is Eve’s conversation with the serpent.  We may find it hard to believe that a serpent could talk and, in a language, a human could comprehend.  

 What actually should be more important to us than the actual speaking of the serpent is the lesson which is that we should always be mindful that Satan who possesses the character of a snake, comes prepared, relatable, and speaks our language.  

 Satan is a user. When a person is demon-possessed Satan will speak through them.  Satan will use whoever and whatever will serve his purpose. Today he is more likely to use another human, but in the Garden of Eden there was no other human for him to use just Adam and Eve, so Satan used what was available and the snake was available.

 The account of Eve and the serpent, by no means, suggests that snakes were ever of the intellect that would have enabled them to speak coherently.  Bible scholars agree, that Satan was speaking through the snake and not the snake itself speaking on its own. This consensus is derived from the fact that there was no reason for any “uninfluenced”, GOD-created creature to seek to deceive or destroy another, so any plan of deceit or destruction had to be the workings of Satan. 

 Now in the story of Balaam’s donkey speaking to him, scriptures are clear, and bears witness to the power of GOD, as it reads “the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth”, Numbers 22:28. GOD using the donkey to talk also lets us know Satan does not have access to do or use anything GOD does not have access to use or do, for Satan is not greater than GOD.  

 Satan used a serpent to talk for him and GOD chose a donkey.  The moral of the accounts of the speaking animals in the Bible is that deliverance and deception can come out and through anything or anyone.  Therefore, it is important we know the Word of GOD, so we can discern the voice of GOD and not be deceived and ultimately destroyed by the agenda and manipulation of the enemy.

 The second most questioned event in the Bible is the parting of the Red Sea.  The Washington Post released an article alluding that the parting of the Red Sea, “in real life” would have been explained as a "weather event”.  The article provides an analysis comparing the biblical account to what is scientifically referred to as a “wind set down”.  

A “wind set down” involves strong winds, over 60 miles per hour, which creates a “push” of coastal waters, in turn creating a storm surge, which is known to blow harbors completely dry.  The article concluded, that the parting of the Red Sea would have been possible in extreme weather conditions, in “real life”, but is “iffy” in biblical times because man cannot explain the timing which aligns with Moses holding out his staff (Exodus 14:21-31).   

 Science seems to be willing to give GOD a little credit for His ability to control nature, but at the same time, limit the extent of His power and His timing, based solely on only what the human mind can perceive.  “With man this is impossible, but with GOD all things are possible”, Matthew 19:26. The parting of the Red Sea is the single greatest act of salvation in the Old Testament and represents GOD’s ultimate saving power and shows the depth and extent GOD will go through to save us. 

Closing Songs:  "Take A Look And See" and "Worth More Than A Million" Written and produced by Deborah Ocasio, available on Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Pandora, Sound Cloud and more.

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Let’s kickstart the day by drawing inspiration from one of the Bible’s shortest but most profound letters written by Paul, outlined in Philemon, a book of the Bible that only has one chapter.

 It’s a story of forgiveness, reconciliation, and what happens when grace enters the room.

Picture this: Onesimus (O NESS A MUS), a runaway slave with a sketchy track record, under God’s divine covering, guilty as he can be, ends up in jail with Paul, God’s anointed, serving time for spreading and defending the gospel. 

Now, when Onesimus meets Paul, instead of getting a lecture or a life sentence, he gets grace. Paul's grace leads Onesimus to salvation, and then Paul ends up vouching for him, advocating for him, and helping turn his mess into a fresh start.

closing song: Amazing Grace (Live) by Aretha Franklin

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