I J P: I’M Just Praying

By Ticardo L. Williams

This daily Manna is an anointed, meditational guide aimed directly into nourishing your spirit and feeding your thoughts with spiritual food. It will help you discover the practical and powerful process of walking in the manifestation of Gods Will for your life Today. This is your invitation to indulge and be filled.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Feb 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512776003

Ticardo L. Williams

Ticardo LaWayne Williams is a United States Air Force veteran. He currently resides in Cleveland, OH where he is a Chemical Dependency Counselor who has a little over 5 years clean and free of his own addiction to substances. Since being delivered, Ticardo has earned his Bachelors of Social Work degree and is pursuing a Masters Degree in Social Work at Cleveland State University. He attends The Church, Church of God in Christ (Pastor, Kennedy G. Lockhart) where he teaches the mens Sunday school as well as the adult Young People Willing Workers (YPWW) class on Sunday evenings. Ticardo is a man who is seekingto know God better, to love Him more and to trust Him completely.

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January 1

Praise God! Good morning!

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 10: 13

He provides the way. It is up to us to-exit stage left!

#fleetemptation

January 2

Praise God! Good morning!

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

Matthew 14:28-29

Jesus Is still calling us to step out on faith Today.

#eyesontheprize

January 3

Praise God! Good morning!

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Psalm 40:16

God be glorified in me Today! Let my thoughts, my words, my actions, and my attitude bring glory to Your Holy Name Today!

January 4

Praise God! Good morning!

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Psalm 41:1

It may never be us begging on the street, but we will find ourselves in some type of distress. Let’s sow seeds of help Today.

January 5

Praise God! Good morning!

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 NIV

Sometimes we may feel like we are not doing enough, but as long as we do what we can in faith and love, we can trust God to do the rest. Little becomes much, when we place it in the Master’s Hands.

January 6

Praise God! Good morning!

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:16-17

Ouch! I felt that one! Wisdom is the principle thing. Let’s get wisdom…then let’s walk in it.

January 7

Praise God! Good morning!

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 16:24-25

God has something so much better for us than what we are trying to hold on to. Let go, and let God!

January 8

Praise God! Good morning!

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Psalm 119: 147-148

Prayer is better than sleep!

January 9

Praise God! Good morning!

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 61:1-2

When our pain is too much for us, and we feel like we’re backed into a corner, there are many options that come to us, but only one solution. When we cry out to God from the depth of our hearts (don’t give up), He will answer us and lead us firmly to a place of peace.

January 10

Praise God! Good morning!

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 4:6

Our solution (breakthrough, deliverance) doesn’t lie in our own skills or abilities, but in our connection with and surrender to the Spirit of God.

January 11

Praise God! Good morning!

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Philippians 4:6 NKJV

Okay, you can stop worrying about it now. Give it to God, and thank Him for the blessing right now! He’s got you.

January 12

Praise God! Good morning!

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 12:22

When we get honest, we get free; and that’s what God loves!

January 13

Praise God! Good Morning!

Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12: 2 (NKJV)

We have one aim, one focus, one purpose—Jesus. Whatever comes against us is diminished when we keep our focus on glory. Our focus determines our direction. Let’s look to Jesus Today. He started this, and He’s going to finish it! Isp

January 14

Praise God! Good morning!

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:2, 10

We should really take a personal inventory everyday, and purify ourselves before the Lord. This will help us to always be ready to do His Work.

#purifiedforpurpose

January 15

Praise God! Good morning!

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

2 Corinthians 8:3

We only need to be willing…God will make us able. Let’s pray for willingness Today.

January 16

Praise God! Good morning!

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 14:26

It is through the Holy Spirit that we have a conscious contact with God. Let’s seek to be filled with His Spirit Today. And let us yield to Him—give Him the ‘right of way’ in our decision making. This is the pathway to peace.

January 17

Praise God! Good morning!

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

2 Corinthians 9:8

God Blesses us in every way, so that we can be a blessing to others. Let’s let God use us to bless someone Today!

January 18

Praise God! Good morning!

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10

Want to hold on to money, and even get more? Pay your tithes and offerings. (A tithe is 10% of your income. The offering is what your heart decides.) We cannot beat God at giving. Try it and see!

January 19

Praise God! Good morning!

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Sometimes God allows us to suffer certain things so we do not forget that we are not the Source, He Is. Rely on God.

#acceptance

January 20

Praise God! Good morning!

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Psalm 57:9-10

Every time is an appropriate time to praise God. Heyyyy!!! Let’s praise Him right now!

January 21

Praise God! Good morning!

And they glorified God in me.

Galatians 1:24

God be glorified in me Today. Let my thoughts, my words, my actions and my attitude bring glory to Your Holy Name Today. In Jesus’s Name I pray and I thank You. You’re Worthy God, and only You Are.

January 22

Praise God! Good morning!

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

My daily affirmation; my life is not my own.