“So last year as I was wrapping up teaching my 8th grade girls bible fellowship class..I had gave them some gifts to take home with them..and they were placed in white, red and blue buckets..small ones, but inside I had given them a bible and a cute succulent  plant..and the point of it all was to remind them about their freedom..and that of course came from the cute little buckets..so I gave scripture to them and reference..and I said to them girls these buckets when you look at them I pray you remember too stand fast therefore in your liberty where Christ Jesus our Lord has made you free, and that you are not entangled ever again with the yoke of bondage..Galatians 5:1..Amen..and I continued on to the bible and I say to them this bible is our everything in life..Amen..I said to them I pray you keep it with you and that you carry it and remember this day and what it means to you..and so I say the word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our pathways..Psalm 119:105-112..Amen..the Lord speaks to us through His word..Amen..for the word became flesh and dwelt among us..John 1:14..Amen..for I said to them..that it is God’s word that we speak to the enemy..we proclaim His word over our lives and over our situations..because it is God’s word that goes forth to accomplish what it was sent out to accomplish it will not return unto us void!..Isaiah 55:11..Praise the Lord!”

“So I continued to speak about the succulent plants that I had placed in there as well..and I said to them girls these cute little plants are so adorable..Amen..and they can grow anywhere..they can grow in the desert..Amen..and so I tell them wherever the Lord our God has your feet planted..my heart and prayer for you all is that you grow there in that place..that you learn whatever the Lord is trying to teach you..and that while there bloom..Amen..wherever you’re planted there bloom..Amen..for God orders our steps..Psalm 37:23/Proverbs 16″9..He never forgets us..and He always knows where we are at in life..and even in the hard places..and even in the tough places..God is still there..Amen..He is the lily in the valley..He is the water that we drink from and He quenches our thirst..He alone is our everything..Amen..so this morning I pray this same prayer over you all..I pray that wherever we are at in our lives..that there we are content..for the bible says that godliness with contentment it is of a great gain..1 Timothy 6:6..Amen!”

“So lean on the Lord everyday of your life..and go to His well that never runs dry and never runs out..stay content..and grow in your life..and mature..trust Jesus with it all..for we serve a great God and He is on His throne..not shaken by this life at all..and so we as well shouldn’t be..Amen..for the scripture says that some trust in chariots..and some in horse but we will trust in the name of the Lord our God..Psalm 20:7..Amen..so even in the valley..even in the storm..even in the midst of turmoil..pain..sickness..brokenness..everything..God is there..and He is our help..He alone is able to do far above anything that we could ever ask or think..Amen..for He is Lord and Lord over it all..so let go today and trust..Amen..and grow where you’re planted..Amen..for Anthony had gotten me a few months back a flag that had said that..”Bloom where you’re planted!”..and it was still winter time but I placed it outside anyways..and every time I walk past it, it completely blesses my heart..and so a few weeks back he had gotten me these beautiful flowers with some succulent plants in them..and again I can’t get enough of them..Amen..they’re gorgeous..so as I walk past them coming in my back door at our home..I pray for those girls that I had in my class as I see them..and as well I remember to grow and be the best for the Lord that I can be..Amen..so I pray each of us stand tall for Jesus..Amen..living our best lives..and growing and blooming where we are planted..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi