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Who is Yori?
*chuckles* Wow! That’s a big question. I’m a woman who loves the Lord *chuckles* - sounds so cliché. Every Christian supposed to seh dat! I love Jesus. I love how faithful He is…and so maybe for the past three to four years, I’ve been singing that song – about God’s faithfulness. I’ve seen His faithfulness at work. So I’m a woman who loves the Lord because He’s faithful – among other reasons. I’m a daughter, I’m an Aunt – ugh, that’s one of my pleasures in life; being an Aunt. I’m a sister, a manager, a worship leader, a worshipper… gosh! I love God’s presence. I am somebody who fails almost daily, but relies on God’s grace to get back up again. I am very real and very transparent about my failings; very transparent about the process, the journey…because I believe people need to know that it’s okay to make a mistake. It’s okay to fall flat on your face, but don’t stay there.
I’ve made so many mistakes along my journey and the fact that I’ve gotten back up…the fact that I’m still here is a testament to the Lord’s goodness. So I am a woman who will boldly declare that God is good and He is faithful. I just want to see God’s purpose fulfilled, not just in my life. I love when people are walking in purpose. I love when I can encourage somebody along the line of their gifting, like if I can see someone and point it out and say “Hey, you know that you’re good at this, I think you should do this…” and not just to see it and say it, but to know that what I’m saying is what is God’s will for their life, and not just talk off the top of my head. So, I’m an encourager. I like to build others up; to see people happy. I hate to see people hurt. I’m a woman who’s committed to the broken-hearted because my heart has been broken before and so I know how it feels.
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To fellow ministers
I’ll say it again: there’s a place for each of us. We will never be effective in building the Kingdom Remember that we all have a when we’re tearing each other place. So our main aim in the down. Kingdom is to help each other and to build each other up; to Let us show love – true love – to encourage one another. one another, and let it not just be lip service. Encourage each other So the people I can reach…it’s to fulfill our Kingdom mandate. very possible that you can’t reach them and vice versa – depending on the assignment that God has given to each of us individually. Our collective ministry is the reconciliation of Christ. We are to reconcile men to God – that is our primary goal…to win souls for the Kingdom – to go out and disciple the nations. Because God was so wonderful in making us differently, the things that we each have been called to do, we’ve been called to do them in our own unique way, so there’s no need for us to fight or backbite one another or pull each other down. What we need is togetherness. What we need is encouragement.
To our readers
Remember to acknowledge Him in everything that you do and He’ll get the glory out of our lives. Follow God. Just follow His lead- Just wait on Him; trust Him to ing and obey Him. I think that the see us through. blessing awaits our obedience. Some of the things that we are It sounds so cliché, but trust Him. waiting for or want to see God It’s not easy but it’s worth it. do, they require our obedience. Remember that He has a plan for So, this year, I would encourage our lives. He is active; He doesn’t us to just walk in obedience to sleep, He doesn’t slumber. He is what God is saying every step of actively working out His plan for the way and not try to figure out our lives. But we must obey Him. our life on our own. Remember to include Him in every decision you make this year.
So when He says to do something, be careful to do it, and in the way that He says to do it – not in the way that we think. Even if it means going back to Him and asking for more direction. It means giving ourselves to Him in a renewed way; in a fresh way this year…seeking Him like never before and giving Him the glory in everything that we do. Remember that He is faithful and true and He knows what He’s doing even when to us, it makes no sense.
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