“So last night I was watching this clip and this Pastor was speaking and talking about one time him and his father-in-law went fishing and they both were in there separate canoes and the water was choppy he said..so they had started out right along each others sides and then the fish started biting..so he says we began to focus on the fish biting and before we knew it I was on the east side and he was on the west side of the river..Amen..he said but the thing was neither one of us even knew it until we looked up from focusing on catching those fishes and took notice of ourselves that we couldn’t believe how far apart we had drifted from one another and it was not at all our goal to do so..Amen..but further on he says its like us in life..if we do not stay intentional with the Lord in our lives and daily so..we will end up very far away from Him and not even know it..because the enemy is always bringing a distraction our way to get us to focus on them so called fishes in our lives that we fail to take time to remain close to the Lord..that we just kinda of feel like we have got this..Amen..we know what were doing..Amen..and so we think in ourselves well, God isn’t going anywhere..He is right here with me..and so instead of looking up to see if you are still there beside Him..walking or rowing side by side..you just keep on moving right along doing what you can where your at until maybe one day you do decide to look up and actually be intentional to pray and talk to the Lord and you realize that you have done drifted far away from where the Lord needed you and where the Lord is at in life..Amen!”

“Because guys let me say this..that if we don’t guard our relationship with Christ in our lives and if we are not intentional then we are not truly remaining in Him..Amen..and scripture says that apart from Him we can do nothing..Amen..that we are to remain in the Lord at all times..because He says every branch that bears not any fruit He will take a way..but every branch that bears fruit He will purge it that it will produce more fruit..it says you most abide in the Lord..for a branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine..Amen..no more can you except you abide in me..for I am the vine and you are the branches..Amen..but if you do not abide in me then you are cast forth as a branch and you will whither..and men gather them up and cast them into the fire and they are burned..(John 15:2-6)..Amen..and how easy is it to just go about our way when all is moving smoothly in life?..Amen..when all is going okay in life?..we just kinda have the Lord has this after thought in our minds..and we may thank Him from time to time..but to truly pray and seek Him and His face and truly be looking up and mindful and being purposefully and intentionally abiding in the Lord we may fall short at times..but I do pray that we know without a shadow of doubt that without the Lord none of us can do much of anything in life..and without Him we begin to slowly lose in our lives..so I do pray for us all today that each of us are always abiding in Jesus..that we are not drifting that we are focused that we are full and that we are truly intentional in our lives and in our walks with Him..for He alone is our everything in life..and without Him life gets to be pretty messy and quickly at that..Amen..so let us all stay and remain with our Father..always and forever being intentional..Amen!”

“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 ❤️