How Do You Spell Success?

Have you ever been so overwhelmed by life that you didn't know what to do? Have you ever come to a brick wall and just stopped everything? Well, I have to confess. That happened to me recently and I didn't want to do anything. I have so many dreams, visions, goals, and callings that I sometimes confuse the stuff that I want to do with the stuff that God wants me to do.

The Bible says that everything is permissable, but not everything is beneficial. To me, this means that I can't be trying to do all things just because I can. I must have some balance and limit myself to doing those things that are directly relevant to my purpose. Amen.

I've covered Success on my daily radio show today and tomorrow. Stop over and listen. Also, there is a daily show to motivate you in the Word of God to do and be all that He has called you to do and to be. Amen.

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Enjoy.

Blessings,
Rebecca

My New Radio Show

Hello everyone,

As you probably know by now, it is my belief that there is power in the word. There is power in the spoken word, but more so than that, there is power in the word of God!

I have had the opportunity to host my own radio show on NBBTA Radio. You can tune in by going to http:www.NBBTA.org/Radio and scrolling down to my show on the third row.

Each week, I will be bringing you interviews, speeches, sermons, and insights from the word of God. Tune in and tune in often to be inspired and encouraged in your everyday walk.

Blessings,

Rebecca Simmons

Where is the Love?

Hello again everyone and God bless you all. I want to take a few minutes to talk about love and our relationships. I wrote a chapter in The Cry of a Woman's Heart about looking for love in all of the wrong places. Even though I have come to a lot of realizations about love, I still remain a romantic at heart. I still want my husband to hold my hand and look into my eyes with adoration in his eyes. I still want him to take a double take when I come downstairs all dolled up and then while drooling at the mouth, tell me how good I look. I still want him to give me his undivided attention when I'm talking to him, even if the Super Bowl is on and the game is getting good. I know, I'm dreaming again. But that's exactly what I was telling you. I am a romantic at heart and I refuse to let the dream die!

I want romance! I want romance! I want romance! And I want it when I want it, and I want it all of the time. Now you may be with me all of the way, saying, yeah, that's right! We want romance! Or you may be sitting there shaking your head saying, yeah right! Keep dreaming girl, keep dreaming!

Either way, I know that you can relate to wanting that vote of approval from the man that you love and not getting it. I have been married for almost ten years and sometimes I feel like my husband and I are from two totally different planets. What's that? We are? Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. We are. Actually, we're from two totally different worlds. I'm from Venus, and he's from the Twilight Zone. Oh, I guess I shouldn't say that, but I feel like it's true! So there! So there.

Men are strange creatures and just when you think they've got it, they lose it.
LOL. Just when you think you have communicated to them what you need in the romance departement, they get amnesia and forget everything that they vowed that they would try harder to do. Is anyone living in this neighborhood of amazement with me?

That is why it is so important to keep our differences in mind. Men are just big little boys who want to have fun. No stress, no sweat, just relax and let the relationship flow where it will. Women, however, have an entire list of wants, do's and don'ts. We have a bunch of must haves and honey do's and I need's and all of that other stuff. Don't we? Amen.

In spite of our wants and needs, we must keep in mind that the men in our lives are not equipped to meet all of our wants and needs. As a matter of fact, if we spent our lives depending on the men that we love to make us happy, we would really, really, really be in trouble. We would be quite miserable. After all, men were not created to make women happy. Actually, the reverse is true, women were created to help men and in essence when we assume our roles as help meets that makes the men in our lives happy.

So, it is with a big sigh of resignation that we must give up the hope of never being disappointed again by that special man that we love so very much. We must keep the facts straight. Our joy does not come from man, but instead, our joy comes from God! There is joy in the presence of the Lord! So, when hubby is not on his toes as far as making me feel a sense of happiness, I remember to turn inwards and connect with God. God always reminds me of His divine love for me and with God on my side, loving me the way that He does, I can afford to let my man off the hook! Hallelujah! So then he's happy because I'm not nagging him to make me happy and I'm happy because of the overflow of God's love for me.

Lesson learned. Love, peace, joy in the presence of the Lord. That's more than enough for me!

God bless you sister. Enjoy the love of God today and every day!

Sincerely,
Rebecca Simmons

A Celebration of Sisterhood

How good and how pleasant it is for brethen to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1


It's been over a week since I last blogged. I am so excited! So much has happened in the interim. I gave a motivational speech last Sunday and for the very first time I was not afraid to mess up. The organization that hired me is Diva's Epiphany. They were launching their new business and their upcoming magazine. This group of women had an idea and stepped out in faith believing that they could make their dreams come true. I remember after forgetting one of my points and having to make my way indiscreetly back to my notes asking the audience, "Why are we so afraid to mess up?" I mentioned a movie that I had just watched the previous night where one of the characters asked the main character, "Why are you so afraid to fall?" He then went on to tell him, "If you never fall, you'll never know what it feels like to get up." Powerful! I'll use that whenever I give a motivational speech because it sure inspired me to get on out there and not be afraid of falling.

The other thing that happened was that I did a teleconference, my first, with a dynamic duo -- two sisters, one black and one white, united together for the purpose of serving Christ. Their ministry is Sister 2 Sister 4 Christ. Their website is s2s4Christ.org. LaTara and Shelley are doing an awesome work for the Lord and they asked me to participate and speak on one of their teleconferences. I labored before the Lord all day and wrestled with the Lord only to come up with something that I thought would not be beneficial on the call. But don't you know that God's plans are better than our plans and that His ways are not our ways. The Lord knew who would be on that call that needed to hear what I had to say and the Lord blessed! Praise God. I'm still learning to let go of my plans and let our God have His way and His say. Amen.

Finally, on Friday night, I was blessed to be in the company of some powerful, wonderful women of God. The Lord impressed upon my heart to revive the ministry gatherings for Circle of Sisters Victorious in Christ Ministries. I gave a clarion call to all of the women who have participated in the past and they came, some of them bringing guests. There was a spirit of joy and expectation and the Lord met and exceeded all of our desires for the evening.

We had praise reports, prayer, praise, food, fun, fellowship and networking. There were sounds of laughter, tears of deliverance, shouts of joy and much conversation to catch up on all that had gone on in our lives since we last met. We recommitted to meet again once a month. Oh, how pleasant it is for sisters to dwell together in unity.

All of the above events remind me to celebrate my sisters on a daily basis and I would like to encourage you to do the same. Take some time today and everyday to make a special woman know that she is a blessing in your life. You could make a phone call, send a handwritten note, have lunch or coffee, send a greeting card, via internet or snail mail. Just to shout out to the universe that you are standing in celebration of the gift of sisterhood.

I have a dream that all women, of all nationalities, of all sizes and shapes and colors, will be able to come together and celebrate each other without hating, or backbiting, gossiping, criticizing or tearing each other down. I have a dream that we will be able to see beyond the designer clothes, pocketbooks and shoes or the lack thereof and not judge each other by appearance. I have a dream that we will take the time to get to know each other. I mean, really get to know each other and judge each other by the contents of our hearts. I have a dream that one day, every day will be A Celebration of Sisterhood!

God Bless You!

Rebecca Simmons
Watch of information on my new Radio Talk show (coming soon)

A Purpose and a Dream

What Does Your Faith Look Like?

What is the fruit of your faith?

Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I've heard this scripture interpreted in many ways and I've even looked at it as believing for the physical manisfestation of a vision or dream. But as I thought about this recently, I thought, "Well, what does that look like?"

While studying the book of James, I received my answer. If we are believing God for something or we are believing to obtain something or hoping for something to happen in our lives, then we should look and act like we believe that we are going to get what we're believing for. We should look and act like what we are hoping will happen will happen. All of this because James tells us that "faith without works is dead."In other words, what you do and say should line up with what you say you believe.

Let me break it down a little bit more. If you are believing for a husband, you should not display desperate behavior in your relationships. If you have the faith to believe that God will give you the desires of your heart (and that includes a husband), then you do not have to dress inappropriately to snare a man, nor do you have to give in to the pressures to have sex with someone just to keep them from leaving you for someone who will give them what they want. Amen.

If you are believing God for success in your business, then you should be daily doing things that you know will advance you towards that objective. You should be sowing the time and energy into your business because you know that in due season you are going to reap the benefits of your effort.

If you are believing God for love, joy, peace, and abundant blessings, then you would be submitting yourself to God and trusting Him to take care of all of your needs. You would not be negative, afraid, procrastinating, doubtful, reluctant to step out on faith, grumbling, mean, or double minded. You should be a force to be reckoned with and you should have the attitude that there is no devil in hell that can prevent you from having the victory in life.

What does your faith look like? When people look at you, can they see that you are a daughter of God, standing on the promises of God, believing every word that comes from the mouth of God?

Again, I ask you what does your faith look like? Are you counting it all joy when trials and tribulations come your way, remembering that Jesus said, "In this world you will have trials and tribulations, but take heart because I have overcome the world?"

We are women of God. We are daughters of God. He tells us in His word that He will "withhold no good thing from us." We must have the faith to believe that we are blessed and highly favored and that we were born to win. That means that success is guaranteed!

So Woman of God, Daughter of God, again I ask, "What does your faith look like?"

Blessings,

Rebecca Simmons

Happy 2006 The Year of New Beginnings!

Hello my sister, I want to say to you happy new year. Happy 2006, the year of new beginnings. New beginnings. This year, why not let God take you to another level. Another level of relationship with Him. Another level of understanding of your purpose. Another level in the way that you maintain your body which is the Temple of God! Amen.

Every year, we make New Year's resolutions. We say that we're going to stop smoking, stop drinking, stop eating so much junk food, stop eating so much food, stop laying around on the couch when we could be and should be exercising. We make resolutions to lose weight, to write that book, to start that business, to be more organized, to be kinder, gentler, more understanding of the needs of our loved ones. We say we're going to drop that dud that we've been hanging around with in a love relationship. We say that we're going to cut loose some people who pretend to be our friends but prove otherwise. We say that we're going to go back to school, or revise our resumes so that we can find more meaningful employment.

So many promises. So many broken promises. Year after year after year after year after year.....you get my drift, right?

But the buck stops here! This I declare is the year of new beginnings. This is the year that you don't talk about what you're not going to do. Let's change the language and why don't you tell me what you are going to do. I mean, what I'm trying to say is that I don't believe God as our Father wants to keep hearing, God, I messed up. I'm sorry. I'm not going to do that any more. Although He honors our repentence, I believe that He wants us to begin to declare that we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus. Begin to make positive declarations over your life. I will be a better person, a better parent, a better wife. I will take care of my body by eating the right foods and exercising daily or at least three times a week. I will stop putting toxins like sugar into my system. I will all that God has created me to be and I will not give up on my resolutions this year. I will not quit. Not until I win. Amen.

This year, make a resolution to spend more time with God through prayer and the study of His Word that's contained in the Bible. Then go ahead and make those other resolutions. Then stick with them until completion. Don't quit in February, March, April, May or even December of this year. Don't you dare quit until you win. And yes, you my sister were born to win. So get up off of that couch. Put that chocolate down, start that nutrition and exercise program, start writing that book, put on some sexy lingerie for your husband to renew the sparks in your marriage. Drop that deadbeat man who won't honor you by marrying you. Go back to school. Whatever it is that the Lord has been trying to get you to do, just go ahead and do it!

I'm here at Circle of Sisters cheering you on. I'm pulling for you. God is pulling for you. He wants you to accomplish all of your goals. He wants you to live out your dreams. He wants you to experience the fulfillment of being in the center of peace, knowing that at the end of the day, you've done your very best.

So my sister, no more excuses. No more procrastinating. No more stopping and starting those New Year Resolutions. No more quitting. No more giving up. Press on for the prize. Press on. You can do it. I know you can. Because God made you and He designed you with the capability to win. Amen.

So Happy New Year. Happy 2006 the year of new beginnings. Walk in the newness of your resolve to live your best life ever!

God bless you.
Rebecca