Day 4: A 14-Day Journey to Hearing from God

I sure hope you enjoyed church today!

And Lord knows I hope you've been receiving from Holy Spirit since you've been on the journey. I pray you'll receive even more this coming week. 

So, today, our assignment was to simply go to church.

Here's what was expected of us today:

The Assignment, Part 1

• Go with EXPECTANCY for the Lord to speak to you. 
• Listen to what the pastor/teacher says, and take good notes, but go in with prayer, to hear what the Lord is saying behind the message directly to your heart.
• Some of us take notes already and may have a notebook that we use, but this week, please make an exception and take notes in your 14-Day Journal. You will need your notes from church for Part 2 of today's assignment.

If you have a church home already and you really enjoy your church, GREAT! If you don't have a church that you call home, but you have a church you attend sometimes, maybe go there. If you haven't been to church in a while, this is a great time to go back. God wants to speak to you there. 

Day 3: A 14-Day Journey to Hearing from God

At this point on the journey, we understand that if the Holy Spirit is living on the inside of us, hearing from God is one of the many benefits of that "hook up" (John 10:27). And what a blessing it is to have that access! But the truth is, just because it's available to us doesn't mean we take advantage of it, and that's why we're on this journey. We're on this journey so we can learn to hear (or hear more clearly) the voice that's always speaking. We want to know how to hear Him whenever He wants to speak DIRECTLY to us. So, today, and over the next few days, we're going to look at ways to "strengthen our ear" so we'll know His voice.

How Do We Hear from God?

1. the teaching of God's word from preachers, ministers, teachers / church
2. reading and studying God's Word
3. talking to God and quieting ourselves to let Him talk to us (prayer)
4. convictions (the tugging at our hearts, the push and pull in our spirits)
5. fellowship with other believers
6. warning and foresight, spoken directly to our spirits 

Today's focus will be the teaching of God's word from preachers, ministers, teachers / church.

Now, I don't know about you, but I'm grateful when someone can show me how they did what they did or how they do what they do. When someone can show me how they got from point A to point B and ended up at point C, that sticks with me. I wanna know how you got to where you are if that's somewhere I'm trying to go. I hope you appreciate that too, because in these installments over the next few days, I'm going to be sharing as much as I can about how I went from not even knowing that I could hear from God like I do, to hearing from Him even when I'm not talking to Him. LOL! 

But for real though, all laughs aside, that's what relationship is. 

You initiate conversation sometimes, and the other person initiates sometimes. That's what our communication should look like in any relationship, but especially in our relationship with the Lord.

So, Iantha, if I can have this regular communication with God in our personal relationship where I talk to Him and He talks to me, why do I need to hear from God through others? Why do I have to go to church to hear Him? 

And to answer that plainly, know this: You don't have to hear from God through preachers and teachers and you don't have to go to church, you get to hear from God through preachers and teachers and at church.

God is SO GOOD that He has raised up others who have committed their lives to the study of His word and who He has called for the specific purpose of hearing from Him to speak to His people. God could have left us out here to dig through and try to understand all of His word for ourselves, but He loves us too much for that. He wants us to understand His word without the unnecessary confusion that can come because of the time the Bible was written in. He wants us to understand the customs of that time so words, symbols, practices and even people make sense for today. 

When we understand His word completely, we're better able to apply it to our lives. 

Unfortunately, many have written the Bible off as an ancient book that has nothing to do with today, but because they haven't been taught, and because they don't understand that God's word was written for the sole purpose of guiding us today, they miss out.

I don't want that to be us. 

Know This

When a man or woman of God has been appointed by God to teach His Word...

1. it is a call. We were all created with purpose (Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139:13-16). We all have a "heart call" that pulls us and won't let us go. We know, in the depths of us, that THIS is what we're supposed to be doing. There are some who know they are supposed to be nurses. There are some who know they're supposed to be businessmen. Some have a call to help those who have suffered extreme loss. Whatever it is, there's a drawing that we can't shake, and this is what we call purpose. Teachers and preachers of the Word know that they are called. There's a drawing to the study of God's word that they just can't shake. This just happens to be me. 
2. they have an uncanny understanding of God's word. And this is because God called them and created them with the capacity to understand His word in a way that most never will, which is why they need the teacher and/or the preacher to help them understand. For those who are called, it's like the words just jump off of the pages of the Bible and instantly form pictures, illustrations and stories for them to use to teach God's people. Again, I'm a living witness. 
3. they labor before the Lord to hear from Him for people. Preachers and teachers of the Word spend crazy time in God's face and in His word. They can't help it. They talk to Him to know what He wants to say. They study to know how to teach what He wants to say, and it's like their job, except it doesn't feel like it because it's "heart work". It's their call. They don't mind waking early. They don't mind staying up late (it's 11:56 PM right now *yawn*). None of that matters because they know it's their call to be before the Lord before they get before the people. 
4. lives are transformed by their teaching. Now, let's be clear. When they are teaching, the Holy Spirit is teaching through them. God is speaking through them, but because they are the vessel that God uses, their delivery--style, charisma, clarity--has a lasting impact. This is what makes it possible for hundreds of people to hear the same message from a preacher/teacher and every one of them get an individual, applicable takeaway that's specifically for just them. 

Why Church?

Church has gotten a bad rap over time, and it breaks my heart. Yes, there are people who have abused their call, and there are people who have been hurt by those who have abused the call. There have been people, like me, who have been hurt by others in the church, and unfortunately, some never recover from that hurt, but what God did to reset my focus after I was hurt was remind me what the church was for. He reminded me why the church even exists, and that took my focus off of them, it took my focus off of me, and it caused me to look at Him, and Him alone. 

God showed me, in the book of Acts, that the church (a gathering of people, not a building) was first formed to...

1. bring people together so they can be taught the Word of God for their lives.
2. edify (encourage, build up) the people. 
3. foster fellowship/community so believers could learn from, and grow with one another.
4. teach the "gatherers" to go out and teach unbelievers the Word of God.

That's it! That's what church is for. Going to church is a time for us to "fill up" so we can go and "pour out" on others.

If we're going to church just to "hear a word," we've missed it.

If we're going to church because "I have to usher/sing/cook/serve that Sunday", we've missed it.

If we're going to church to hear the praise team and "hear Pastor preach," we've missed it, and we've been at church for the wrong reasons.

Assignment #1 (Do this now, and then continue the rest of the lesson when you're done.)

1. Grab your bible and date today's journal.
2. Read Acts 2:42-47
3. In your journal, make note of (1) how the believers gathered together to learn, (2) how the believers encouraged one another, (3) how the believers fostered fellowship/community and (4) how the believers went out AND the result of them sharing what they learned.

How Do I Hear from God at Church?

I've learned over time, and my pastor says it often, that when the Word is going forth from a teacher or preacher, you hear the overall message, and that's great, but you should be listening behind what's being preached and asking the Holy Spirit how that message applies directly to you. Ask the Holy Spirit what He wants you to get out of what was taught and how you are supposed to apply it to your life and share it with others. AND EXPECT HIM TO SHOW YOU!

I got saved my freshman year in college and I still have every one of my sermon notes journals from that year and beyond. EVERY ONE. I would take the messages from Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings and study them out. I would revisit the scriptures from the messages and do cross references in my Bible to get scriptures that related to the ones the pastor/teacher used. 

I would talk to the Lord about it and ask Him to help me understand, and I still do that today. I don't leave church and never look at my notebook again. I don't leave church having just heard a "good word" and do nothing with it. I take what I learned and I take it to God so I'll know what to do with it in my life and for others.

So, one way you can hear from God through speakers and teachers and at church is first, ask the Lord to help you hear what's being said to just you behind the message. Ask Him to speak to your heart, and ask Him this before you listen to a message and/or before you go to church. Go into the message or into the church EXPECTING to hear from God for yourself. 

Then, take detailed notes while you're listening. Make note of scripture references. You can, then, take the message from your pastor/teacher and break it down into a six day study for yourself. You will talk to God about that message and those scriptures every day and it will be an ongoing conversation until you get a new message. (I never thought about it like that until just now. As I'm writing, the Lord is speaking to me to help you see how practical it is to be with Him.)

Your desire to be with Him is what matters most to Him. He will meet you there, even if it seems quiet at first. No time with the Lord is ever wasted. Every moment you give to Him is building on the foundation for the type of communication you'll have in your relationship.

Example #1
I remember in college when I first began studying my Sunday and Wednesday messages out. It was quiet. I didn't hear anything when I would be in the actual time of study, but I began noticing how things I prayed about would be answered outside of that study time. I remember one time I was asking God questions about some of the friends I had, and those questions stemmed from one of the lessons I was taught at a Wednesday night Bible study. Maybe a week or so later, we had a speaker come to our gospel choir rehearsal, and every question I had was answered through that speaker! I was in tears that night. I knew God had heard me, and I knew He'd spoken directly to me through that speaker.

Example #2
Another time, I was in my dorm room cleaning up, and I didn't even know that there was a pastor on the television. It was just background noise, so I wasn't even paying attention. There were some things on my heart (I don't remember exactly), and all I know is the Lord had me to tune in right when that pastor was speaking to the very thing that was on my heart. All of a sudden, I was glued to the television. I remember dropping the broom that was in my hand, sitting down on my bed, and just crying. I began to pray and thank the Lord for hearing me and answering me. I learned to just wait on Him. If I didn't hear anything immediately, I learned through those two experiences that no time was wasted and that He definitely heard me.

So, when you go to church and get the Word, you take it and review it. You talk to the Lord about it. You study it. God had the teacher to prepare that word for YOU! You pray over it and you ask the Lord to speak to your heart.

Assignment #2
Tomorrow is Sunday, and the first part of tomorrow's assignment is to physically attend church. (I'm telling you the assignment now so you can prepare yourself.) Go with expectancy. Go with a heart to have God speak to you. Listen to what the pastor/teacher says, and take good notes, but go in with prayer, asking the Lord to speak through the message directly to your heart.

Some of us take notes already and may have a notebook that we use, but this week, please make an exception and take notes in your 14-Day Journal. You will need your notes from church for your assignment on tomorrow.

If you have a church home already and you really enjoy your church, GREAT! If you don't have a church that you call home, but you have a church you attend sometimes, maybe go there. If you haven't been to church in a while, this is a great time to go back. God wants to speak to you there. 

Finally, please complete this quick church questionnaire: The Church

**Take some time to talk to the Lord about what you've studied here on Day 3 of the journey.**

I'm praying for you.

-Iantha

Day 2: A 14-Day Journey to Hearing from God

I'm so grateful to the Lord for raising up teachers who make His word as plain as Priscilla Shirer did in the video from yesterday's first installment. Wasn't it a good, clear picture of what it looks like to have the spirit of the living God on the inside of us? And doesn't that example make it just as easy to understand what it looks like when the Holy Spirit is lying dormant on the inside of us?

There's no doubt that all of us have been there at some point or another, where the voice of the Holy Spirit was (is) faint and distant. That's why we're taking this journey so we can either reawaken God's voice in our heart (ears), or so we can hear Him more clearly. We want our "spiritual hook up" to be constantly "flowing with channels".

The results from our personal inventories show that we are all saved and that we know the Holy Spirit lives on the inside of us. This means, even if the relationship isn't strong, we are in relationship with Jesus, and that is the foundation we need on this journey.

Hallelujah! 

That brings me to our questions for today. 

Why aren't we DAILY accessing the benefits of us being in relationship with Jesus and having His Holy Spirit living in us? Could it be that one of us isn't holding up our share of "the work" that's necessary to maintain the intimacy in the relationship?

Think about your relationship with your significant other, past or present. You know everything about them. 

• You know what they like and don't like to eat. 
• You know how they like to eat. 
• You know the music they like. 
• You know what gets on their nerves. 
• You know what to do to get on their nerves (LOL). 
• You know how to make them happy, and you eventually learn how to comfort them when they're hurting. 
• They've shared things with you that no one else knows, and vice versa. 
• You've seen them at their best and their worst, and the worst somehow drew you closer to them. 
• You even finish each other's sentences because, over time, spending as much time as you spend together, sharing as much as you share, and communicating as much as you do, it was bound to happen. You can't spend as much time as you spend with your significant other and not know them. You can't be with someone in their day to day and not learn of them.

As a classroom teacher, I don't have intimate relationships with my students, but because we're together so much, and we're communicating every day, I KNOW them. 

• I know what they're going to do because I've learned their patterns. 
• I know who's going to turn in homework, and I know who isn't. 
• I know who's going to talk when it's not time to talk because they've "shown their true colors" over time. 
• I even know what my substitute's report will be upon my return from an absence because I know my students. 
  

I. 
Know. 
Them. 

And guess what? They know me too. 

• They know how I'm going to greet them in the mornings. 
• They know how to clean up their areas when class is over without me having to say so because they know how I feel about cleanliness. 
• They know what I'm going to say upon my return from an absence when they know the substitute has left me a bad report, and they know how I'm going to act if the substitute sang their praises.

This happens only because we're all active participants in the learning in my classroom. 

And this happens with you and your significant other only because you're both actively participating in the relationship. 

But what if you were in a relationship with that same significant other and they only talked to you when they felt like it? What if you brought up conversations about the state of your relationship and where you want it to go and they never responded? What if you expressed your feelings, telling them how much you care about them and how much you want to be with them, and they didn't even seem to care? 

Oh, I know you wouldn't hang around very long. None of us would because, plain and simple, no one wants to be in a relationship by themselves, working alone on something that it takes two people to build. 


I Said All That To Say...

Unfortunately, this is what a lot of believers' relationships with Jesus look like. This may be what your relationship looks like. He's there with you and He's not going anywhere because of His undying love for you, but He was doing a lot more talking when you first got saved. Then, when you weren't responding and when you weren't initiating conversation, He seemingly grew silent. Every now and then you would go to Him to talk, but it's not always so easy to carry conversations with someone you've been away from for a while. Therefore, He didn't have as much to say when you got there.

He knows you intimately because He created you, but you didn't get into a relationship with Him until you got saved. You didn't know Him before you invited Him into your heart, so you two have to get to know each other in a whole new way now that you're in relationship. 

He can tell you the number of hairs on your head (Matthew 10:30) and endless other details about you because, again, He knit you together in your mother's womb (Psalm 139:13-16), but He can't talk the things of life with you (who to marry, what job to take, what to do about my kids' disobedience, this church or that one, move here or move there) unless you're in regular conversation--you talking to and listening to Him, and Him talking to and listening to you. He desires to talk life with you every day so you can know HIS plan and HIS desires for you (Psalm 37:4).


You have to spend time with Him to know Him and hear Him that way. You have a part to play in the relationship; you have to "put in work" too.

What benefits are we missing out on when we don't do our part and "put in work" in our relationship with the Lord? 


The Assignment
Grab your bible and date your journal. Read each of the scriptures/passages below and determine what benefit(s) is being revealed in the scripture. In your journal, for each scripture, you will write a sentence that starts like this: "When I don't put in "the work" in my relationship with the Lord, I miss out on..." Complete each sentence with the benefit(s) that is revealed in the scripture/passage.

1. John 10:27 (AMP version)
2. John 14:26  (AMP version AND NLT)
3. John 15:15 (AMP version)
4. John 16:12-15 (AMP version AND NLT)

Finally, answer these questions in your journal. Be real (raw) and be specific. This is you talking to the Lord. He already knows your heart, but He wants to hear from you. Speak your heart.

1. What is keeping you from spending daily quality time with the Holy Spirit like you would with a significant other?
2. Why are these things keeping you from spending daily quality time with the Holy Spirit like you would with a significant other?
3. List steps/measures you can take to spend daily quiet time with the Holy Spirit like you would with a significant other.

Now, pray (talk to the Lord) about these things. Just simply share your heart.

*****

When you don't spend quality time with the Holy Spirit, you miss the benefit of hearing directly from God on the personal, specific things He wants to share with JUST YOU. 

You may get revelation through the spoken word from a pastor or teacher. And because He loves you, He may even give you warnings in dreams or through others, but those intimate things...the things that are JUST FOR YOU...the plans He has for you and the things He wants you to do to fulfill those plans...those things are reserved for the intimate times. Those things are reserved for your heart-to-heart times, where you sit and talk and share your innermost parts. Don't you want to hear from the Lord for JUST YOU?

Talk to Him. Build that communication. Strengthen your relationship.

Tomorrow, we will look more closely at what it looks like to build relationship with the Holy Spirit and what it looks like, practically, to spend time with Him.

I'm praying for you.

-Iantha

Day 1: A 14-Day Journey to Hearing from God

Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening! (since we'll all be checking in at different times) 

Your being here says a lot. It says...

• you don't hear from God, OR you don't hear from Him as clearly and/or as often as you'd like.
• you WANT to hear from God.
• you BELIEVE that it's POSSIBLE to hear from God.
• you understand how NECESSARY it is to hear from God.

I commend you for taking this step to having your ear and your heart closer to His voice.

Just a few things before we get started...

1. MAKE a time in your schedule that you will set aside, DAILY, just for the purpose of the "14-Day Journey to Hearing from God" assignments. This will be your Quiet Time. This will be your Meeting with God. This is the time that belongs to only Him. I suggest no less than 20 minutes. If it's the same time each day, that's ideal because consistency fosters consistency, but if it's not because of how your life schedule plays out, no big deal. The quality of the time you set aside is what matters most. God wants your heart and your undivided attention; the time of day you give Him your heart and undivided attention isn't as important as your actual heart and undivided attention. 
2. Remember that we are all in different places with our understanding of who God is and what it means to hear from Him. Some things that the Lord has given me to share may be commonplace to you. It may be something that you have full understanding of, but as we progress, things may be more applicable to where you are in your walk with God. Don't abandon the journey because "I know that already". There is ALWAYS something to take from what's being presented. Chew the meat and spit out the bones. You'll know what's for you. 
3. If you haven't read the introduction to the journey, be sure to revisit that message so you can secure the materials you'll need and so you can join the Facebook group for encouragement and announcements.

The Assignment

Today, we're going to watch a video that will serve as the foundational video for the 14-Day Journey. We will revisit several points from the video throughout our time together, so make sure you're completely tuned in. After the video (# 1), take care of #2 and #3.

1. How Can I KNOW I'm Hearing God Speak To Me?

2. Personal Inventory

3. In your journal every day, you'll be talking to God. Date today's journal entry, and then tell God what you want out of this 14-day journey. Be specific and be real. Speak your heart; that's what He wants. If you're not much of a writer, meaning you'd rather not write things down, please don't let that be what keeps you from pouring your heart out to God. You don't have to write a book. You can list your thoughts in bullet format. If there's only one major thing you want out of this journey, so be it. You don't have to try to make it more than what it is, but make sure you're clear in saying exactly what you desire. There is no right or wrong way to do this. You know what you want and what you need, but it needs to be written so you can go back to it later.

I'm praying for you.

-Iantha

He Cares About Your Marriage

If we’re connected in any way—even if only by way of social media—you know I don’t make any major moves without hearing from the Lord.

There are times when God will tell me exactly who and/or what to pray for, and sometimes, like this time, He won’t let up for a while.

For the past few days, marriages have been heavy in my spirit. I’ve been praying every day, but today, God gave me specific instructions to share with those who’ll listen.

God has shown me the heaviness.

He’s shown me the brokenness.

He’s shown me the disconnectedness.

He’s shown me the lack of peace.

 

God wants marriages whole.

He wants marriages peaceful.

He wants marriages joyful and fruitful.

He wants marriages to bring Him glory.

 

When people see marriage, they are supposed to see a physical representation of God’s relationship to the church—His love for her, His selfless sacrifice for her, and His joy in being with her.

He wants to restore marriages to His design, but it doesn’t happen without those in the marriage doing the work IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM.

 

Denouncing AKA

Over the past few years, I've watched a lot of videos, read a few blogs, and had a number of conversations with women who have wholeheartedly decided to denounce AKA. And this denouncing "movement," if you will, was instant intrigue for me. I gave a neutral, unbiased ear to every video, every blog, and every personal conversation because I like to hear a person's heart, especially with something as serious as denouncing (to give formal notice of the termination or denial of). 

After watching my first two videos and curiously deciding to watch more, I was intentional in seeking out common threads for why women chose to disconnect themselves from the sorority. I wanted to see if those who were denouncing were doing so for reasons all their own or because, as I alluded to, there was a "movement" in our midst. What I found is that every testimony I heard or read (not to say that this is every woman’s testimony) was from someone who had discovered a new relationship with Jesus or was developing and maturing in her walk with Him.

That was all I needed. 

I knew, without a doubt, what every woman would say after realizing the Lord had gripped her heart. I knew that she would be dismissing herself from AKA because she had, as one YouTuber put it, "pledged her everything to AKA and was too wrapped up in it."

Now, there were other reasons that these women mentioned, and those are not the focus of this blog (maybe I'll tackle those another day), but a desire to have a committed, undivided devotion to the Lord is the one reason that was paramount in every account I witnessed.

And I get it. 

I am completely sold out to God. Every inch of my being belongs to Jesus and the work of spreading the gospel in the earth. I, too, would scratch anything and anyone out of my life that had my heart more than He did. And I have, in fact! I wrote a whole book about the relationships in my life that "weren't it" and that had to bow to Jesus. So, I know what it's like to want to “love the Lord your God” with all your heart, your mind, your soul, and your strength. I know what it's like to want to toss anything that gets in the way of that.

But for me, AKA is not one of those things. 

One thing about Iantha is this: I'M BOLD. In fact, my big sisters in the sorority, the ones who pledged me in, gave me the line name AUDACIOUS. They saw my audacity the moment they met me, and they saw it every second of every day thereafter. I'm steadfast in my decisions and firm in my convictions. I always have been, and I always will be.

At the time I pledged into the Theta Lambda Chapter at Louisiana Tech University on February 6, 2000, I had been walking the Christian walk for only a year. I was a babe in Christ, but my mentor and I still joke about how I was a babe in Christ in date only. When I tell you I had instantaneous growth in the Lord! Whew! Now, I don't claim to have known it all at that time. Lord knows my act WAS NOT together. Again, I wrote a book aaaaall about it. Whew, chile! 

And I still don't have it all together, but I was fully aware, then, that God had grown me up very quickly in His word and in what it means to walk by the Spirit. There were some things I just wasn't gon' do; there were some things I just wasn't gon' say; there were some places I just wasn't gon' go. 

And I didn't. 

And I didn't care how my line sisters felt about it. 

I didn't care how my big sisters or the rest of our sorority sisters felt about it. 

I didn't care if I was missing out on "the party of the century". 

I. Did. Not. Care. 

If I knew it didn't glorify God, I wasn't involving myself in it. I knew that I was to be His example. I was His ambassador, and I knew everything I did, especially in the Greek life “spotlight,” had the potential to ruin people's view of Christianity. And I wasn’t ‘bout that life. I wanted to draw people to Christ. I didn't want to push them away. 

See how I'm the only one in dark blue jeans? Just BOLD! But, AKA taught me when to be bold. Every time ain't my time to stand on my own. We were supposed to all be together as one.

At that time, AKA had my commitment. I had decided, of my own volition, to pledge to serve my community through her exploits. I committed to involve myself in the sorority's programming and give my time to its outreach. And I did. I gave AKA what I said I would.

And she gave right back to me. Through my time in my chapter, I learned what it means to serve my community, wherever that may be. AKA taught me what it means to be a business woman. I learned problem solving and conflict resolution skills through AKA. I developed lasting friendships and grew to understand what sisterhood is and what it is not. AKA served her purpose in my life, and her values and mission I still uphold. 

But AKA didn't have my heart. Jesus did. 

AKA doesn't hold my life in her hands. The Lord Almighty does.

AKA has her respected place with me, but her place has never been, and never will be above God's place. 

There was never a need for me to denounce, but I understand others' need to, and I actually encourage it in extreme cases like the ones I witnessed. These women's hearts and minds didn't even belong to them anymore. They decided, of their own volition, to overcommit and offer an unhealthy allegiance to the sorority.

• There were confessions of little to no focus on school, grades dropping, and failing classes because of their involvement with sorority activity. 
• There were testimonies of only wanting to wear pink and green and/or clothes that displayed the sorority letters. 
• There was even an unveiling of an incident where a young woman ended all of the friendships she had before she pledged so she could build new friendships with her sorority sisters. 

In all of these instances, I would've encouraged the women, if I knew them personally, to move forward with their decision to denounce. And I wouldn't have stopped there. I would've encouraged them to denounce any other thing in their lives, too, that had engulfed them so. I'm grateful the Lord was able to show them that something had taken a seat on the throne of their hearts where only He should rest.  

And if you, Soror, reading now, feel like you're too wrapped up, worshipping the letters that you wear on your chest, or giving more time to sorority meetings, events, conferences, and the like than you offer to God, I would suggest you do a heart check and put AKA in her place. And do the same for PTA, New Orleans Saints (oh, because we worship our sports teams too), your job, social media, Netflix, church (I said it; we worship that too)--anything that has your heart more than He does. Put it to rest or lay it down for a time to learn how to put it in its rightful place. 

Although I haven't been an active member for some time, I am still very much an Alpha Kappa Alpha woman, and as long as she's in her rightful place, we gon' be alright. 

Happy Founders' Day, Sorors! 

#J15 #Sisterhood #ServiceToAllMankind #AKA

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