{"id":2552,"date":"2025-01-14T10:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/serving-god-together-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T18:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T23:15:48","slug":"serving-god-together-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/serving-god-together-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving God together in 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0809.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0809.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0809.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0809.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_0809.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todays Scripture reference is Acts 16:5-10 NKJV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On this past Sunday my Pastor spoke about Paul\u2019s second missionary journey. With God\u2019s assistance over the next few Sundays, Pastor Steven plans to go in depth about Paul\u2019s three missionary journeys. As he preached there were several questions asked\/ or statements made that stood out to me. They had a lasting impression on me and I want to take a little time to share with you this morning. Before I share, I have one question: What does serving God together in 2025 look like to you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I welcome your comments below in the comments section. Don\u2019t be shy, I don\u2019t bite! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the man of God mentioned the statement <strong><em>follow the leading of the Holy Spirit<\/em><\/strong>, my heart was glad. Coming into this new year Jasmine and I did something different, she invited me to write down my thoughts as I reflected on 2024 and set goals for 2025. She encouraged me to do one for myself and one for my family. And so I did. One of the goals I wrote down was to be more consistent this year in my writing and an action plan was to dig deeper into the Word. Apart of digging deeper was to listen to God\u2019s voice and follow as the Spirit guides. <em>Do you see how God confirmed things for me through the preached Word?! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the notes I jotted down from the preached Word, when you get a moment I challenge you to reflect on each question\/statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 2025, what is the Holy Spirit doing in and through you? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are there doors that God closed in 2024 that He would not allow you to walk through? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are you in tune with God\u2019s spirit? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekly challenge: Do not resist God\u2019s spirit. Move as He has us to do. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not quench the Holy Spirit. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember God has something GREATER in store for you. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Invitational Hymn that was played was also one of my all time favorites, it\u2019s called Just As I am. If you haven\u2019t heard it, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tw-g4-DTKfU?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click this<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The version I included is from Mahalia Jackson, she is a staple in the gospel community, I pray you enjoy it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Transparent moment: <\/strong>As I was reading over the statements\/questions I wrote down I began to hum I Am Available To You, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hxC6UD33Ah4?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a> to listen! Unspeakable joy came over me as I thought about how the Holy Spirit is moving in and through me. I hear Wesley and Kelly often say what a blessing it is to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and I wholeheartedly agree! When I think about the goodness and mercy and ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME, I shout GLORY HALLELUJAH!!!! You see sometimes people see me and they think I have it all together but if only they knew the struggles I face on a day to day basis and the financial hurdles I\u2019m trying to still climb over. Your story may not be my story and I know this to be true. But I know one thing, there is nothing I haven\u2019t faced, am facing, or will face that I have done or will do alone. Because I have a Father in Heaven who makes it alright. It\u2019s been times I don\u2019t have it and i don\u2019t know where it\u2019s coming from because what I get on the 1st and the 16th isn\u2019t enough and we are not getting many  orders through Spry\u2019s Durty Kitchen but I don\u2019t give up. I say all of this to say, I don\u2019t allow that to stop me from doing what says the Lord. Mommy and daddy said don\u2019t get so caught up on yourself that God can\u2019t use you. Don\u2019t lose sight that we serve a God who knows all about it and He is my help, He is my strength, and He is my strong tower. Y\u2019all if you know what I know you would stand up on your feet and give God some praise. Oh He is worthy OF ALL MY PRAISE!!!! Glory Hallelujah!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lord I thank you for sheltering me through the storm. Lord I thank you for keeping my head above water when everything around me told me to quit. Lord I thank you for being my Father and my Mother when I couldn\u2019t cry out to Ralph &amp; Willia Davis any more. Lord I thank you for all the times my back has been against the wall but You have proven time after time after time that You are a Faithful God. Lord when I felt worthless, helpless, and in a strange land you restored me and let me know I AM WORTHY, I AM BLESSED, I AM LOVED, and I AM ENOUGH! Lord You help me to find beauty in this chubby body of mine. You see y\u2019all don\u2019t know the battles one may face on a daily basis because folks don\u2019t like to be real but I know my <\/em>\ud83d\udca9<em> stink, I know I don\u2019t have it all together, I know I need Jesus, and I know He is everything I\u2019ve hoped Him to EVER BE! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s 2025, it\u2019s time for us to stop living in the past worrying about what we can\u2019t do and thank God for what we can do! It\u2019s time to walk through the doors and stop worrying about the closed ones, it\u2019s time to thank God in advance for what He is doing in and through you. It\u2019s time to join me and be the hand and feet for Jesus. It\u2019s time for us to prosper and not fail. It\u2019s time to reap our harvest. It\u2019s time to plant seeds of faith. It\u2019s time to GET UP OFF YOUR BUTTS AND ALLOW THE LORD TO USE YOU IN 2025. Don\u2019t have any money, don\u2019t worry about it I don\u2019t either AND GOD DOESN\u2019T NEED YOUR MONEY, HE WANTS YOU!!!! It\u2019s time to stop resisting. It\u2019s time to unclog those ears and start listening to God\u2019s voice. It\u2019s time to be obedient. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes my carpel tunnel act up so bad I couldn\u2019t type for a while, but thank God for type to text. There is no reason why you can\u2019t use the gifts of your hands in 2025 to allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Y\u2019all I done got hot \ud83d\ude06, let me get back to work, but I came to tell you this morning to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright y\u2019all, \u201ccome on back for the next blog ya hear!\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this past Sunday my Pastor spoke about Paul\u2019s second missionary journey. With God\u2019s assistance over the next few Sundays, Pastor Steven plans to go in depth about Paul\u2019s three missionary journeys. As he preached there were several questions asked\/&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/serving-god-together-in-2025\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Serving God together in 2025.<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-2552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-encouragement","tag-holyspiritmoveinthisplace","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2152,"url":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/an-example-of-serving-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":2552,"position":0},"title":"An example of serving God.","author":"Whitnee","date":"October 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s such a beautiful thing when we give of ourselves to help others. 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