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So now that the holidays are over, we’ve left 2016 and the excitement of friends, family, celebrations and deliriously delicious foods have come to an end, NOW WHAT?

For some, entering a New Year can be hard and fearful and for others, dreadful.  For some, the holiday season is everything and it’s the only thing they look forward to all year long and for others, it’s just another day. For me, starting a New Year means starting over, regrouping and refocusing on new goals, but, it’s the getting back on track after the holidays I find to be the most difficult.

During this holiday season, for the most part, my eating habits were under control and I ate in moderation, Praise God!  But towards the last couple of weeks of the year, I decided to loosen the reigns a little, maintain my exercise regime but decided to enjoy some food.  Consequently, I now have to ask, ‘why did I do that?’ LOL! Now that the New Year has kicked in and I’m regrouping and becoming disciplined again, my flesh isn’t happy and fighting me tooth and nail and sometimes winning.  I know I’m not the only one struggling with fighting my flesh because this is also around the time people begin to abandon their New Year resolutions, which is why I stopped making them in the first place. New Year resolutions for me was always an EPIC FAIL!

Also during the holidays, I had to abandon my regimented daily schedule, to do list and postpone some of my deadlines in order to accommodate the holidays and spend time with my family. So after eating myself into oblivion (at times), postponing goal setting and deadlines, how do I become focused again, whip my flesh back into shape and get back into alignment with my purpose for this New Year?

1. I decided to engage in a season of Prayer, Fasting and Consecration.
2. I’ve been saturating myself with faith building messages to help motivate me again
3. Rising up early in quietness to speak and hear from God
4. Shutting off distractions e.g. social media, TV, etc.

Now, the beginning of this fast eating wise was rough.  First, I’m not feeling the greatest since I hurt my back at home, and then, I’m limited physically with the things I could do and I can’t quite get back into a hectic schedule of goal setting because I’m in pain. So, I’m tired and groggy from the meds, in pain, not feeling too excited about this injury and to be honest, not feeling all that enthusiastic about eating well but rather needing something that’s quick, easy and satisfying. But in my heart, I know I have a mission before me, so I’m pressing and at times falling.

So, I find myself going back into a cycle again these last two weeks, night eating, wavering in my convictions and then feeling bad about it.  I admit, I’m powerless against fighting my flesh in my humanness, but, I now know when I position my spirit to be in charge, I victoriously conquer my battles. So, I have to get to work spiritually and show my flesh who’s really in charge.

It wasn’t until yesterday that I realized the importance of being saturated with listening to the word of God. I decided that outside of handling business for B.O.O.M!, I needed to eliminate my distractions and focus on listening to God’s messages via TV, computer and reading The Word and I found myself getting excited, motivated and energized to begin fighting again towards my goals and weight loss efforts. I found myself being convicted to change which is helping me to get back on track.

I realize that if I’m going to be successful at any endeavor, it’s crucial I consistently and daily renew my mind with the word of God. For me, I need more than just to read the bible, but I need to hear faith building and motivating messages to keep me focused, motivated and energized. After being in a slump this week, hearing those messages perked me up and convicted my heart again to press. Listening to faith building messages accompanied by prayer and reading God’s Word has honestly been my saving grace that has allowed me to build B.O.O.M!, start my book, begin speaking engagements, put together an event, lose 76 pounds and more. I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been but I have to consistently build my faith up.

So the question is,

“Who’s Going To Reign in 2017, Your Flesh or Your Spirit?”

I encourage you, if you’re struggling to get on point the beginning of 2017 as I have, let’s shut off the things that distract us, quite ourselves in prayer and fasting and begin to saturate ourselves with reading and listening to the Word of God.  Listening to faith building messages daily has been my saving grace and it may be yours too to become consistently empowered, motivated and encouraged to fight and take back what’s rightfully yours. This is our year of great transformation and restoration, Let’s Do It!

Continue to join me as I share with you what Christ is sharing with me about overcoming. As always, Be Encouraged, Stay Connected, Fight and Let’s Become Free Together.

“Fasting Special” with Jentezen Franklin

In His Name,

Ke’Shawn Adamson

B.O.O.M!

That word r-e-a-l-l-y resonated with me like thunder and caused me to reflect on my own behaviors which causes me to stumble and moves me away from my purpose. The Lord whispered to me after hearing that and said, “what are you willing to give up and die to so that all I’ve promised you can come to pass?”

The Lord is asking you too,

“What are you willing to give up and die to so that all I’ve promised you can come to pass?”

In order to know that answer, we have to really dig deep and look within ourselves. Here are some question’s I’ve asked myself during my prayer time:

1. What causes me to stumble? 
2. What things do I do that delay my purpose?
3. What am I willing to give up and die to so that all God’s promised me, can come to pass?
4. Am I willing to make a commitment to give up that ‘thing” for the sake of my purpose?

There’s a new person in me God is trying to birth, but it’s me holding me back at times, me holding onto old habits, old patterns of doing things, old thought processes and my own reasoning that delays my progress in God, hence, delaying my dream and postponing my purpose.

I can tell you one of the things that get’s in the way of fulfilling my purpose is sleep eating. It’s something in Christ I can change, but I haven’t gotten a grip on it as of yet. Sleep eating makes me mad, feel weak but in that moment, it gratifies my flesh. Sleep eating at times makes me feel vulnerable and powerless although in Christ, I know that to be a lie. Sleep eating does one thing for me and one thing only, it satisfies and pleases my flesh and feeds a habit that I’ve developed as a kid.

So what is it? Why won’t I put it down? It’s the war between my desires, my cravings and hunger against the Spirit, Righteousness and Life. I give into to my flesh to gratify a fleeting craving but pay a hefty price in the morning with guilt, shame and defeat. In my sleep, I make excuses for my behavior and in that moment, I’m zoned out on a mission to satisfy my flesh. It’s bad. It’s horrifying to wake up after eating someone else’s food to have them annoyed or mad at you in the morning.

A couple of things The Lord is ministering to me as I’m writing about dying in our flesh:

1. You have to be willing to suffer for what you want. If you can’t suffer with Christ, you can’t reign with Him.
2. You have to be willing to deny your flesh, your desires, your cravings for that moment so that what your hoping for, it’ll come to pass.
3. In everything you do, you always have to be lead by the “Why” and with the “End result” in mind. Whatever you’re trying to achieve, your decisions and choices have to revolve around that expected end. You have to keep in front of your eyes your vision and purpose.
4. You have to know the truth about what a) I say you are b) who’s you are c) what I put in you d)what in Heaven belongs to you

The bible is very clear on what our position is in Him:

Ephesians 2:6,10 (GNT)

6 In our union with Christ Jesus He raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world. 10 God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

 

Ephesians 1: (GNT)

¹⁹ and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength ²⁰ which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world.

21 Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next.

22 God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things.

23 The church is Christ’s body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.

Lisa Nichols goes onto say in her interview on the Inside Quest on YouTube,

” The reason why a lot of people don’t become who they want is because they’re too attached to who they’ve been….I was willing to let go of everything and everybody….”

So, what continues to be the problem for me? I realize as I’m writing that I’m holding onto somethings and there’s an subconscious unwillingness to let it go. Why? I’m not sure, this is the thing I need to pray about. If I know sleep eating is bad, and I know the truth in God’s word that I have Power and Authority and I’m seated with Christ and no longer ruled by my flesh, why won’t I just exercise my authority and tell myself No? Apparently, there’s something else going on that’ll I need to take before the Lord.

It’s painful to tell yourself No and suffer. Naturally, no one ever want’s to suffer. But  if I’m going to move forward towards my purpose, something has to give and at some point, I have to be willing to die to the very things I love, die to the things I’m accustomed to, let go of the things that make me afraid and die to the old Ke’Shawn and let the new Ke’Shawn be birthed. There are some things where I just have to get out of my own way. I want to soar in Christ, but in order to soar, I have to be okay with dying first.

God has so much more to say. Continue to join me as I share with you what God’s sharing with me about overcoming. As always, Be encouraged, Stay Connected, Fight and Let’s Become Free Together.

Lisa Nichols on Rescuing Yourself, Overcoming Fear, and Finding Success By Serving Others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x_lSBL1bBc&list=PLAiRMNVsiKko58ZPUZc0ay25krUVcd52H

In His Name,

Ke’Shawn Adamson

B.O.O.M!