InCouragements Insight

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Courage - the ability to face fear, danger, pain, loss; the ability to show strength and bravery


Courage is one of those emotions that takes everything within you in order to move forward. Courage goes way down deep within you to find the strength to push past the fear of the task ahead, the situation and the ability to take action.

Courage = Strength
Courage = Boldness
Courage = Adventure
Courage = Determination
Courage = Guts
Courage = Power
Courage = Fearlessness
Courage = Bravery

Courage will take you to different levels and new levels, courage will open doors and close doors. Courage will help you face truths and make necessary decisions. Courage will allow you to step out on faith and take action.

Courage is the base or suffix to the word "encourage" which means to inspire with courage.

So, find your courage and embrace the opportunities.

Incouragable Quote:

"Courage is magnified, when fear is diminished".

Mechell

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Mechell

Happy Fathers Day!

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I know mothers get more attention and credit than fathers, especially when it comes to celebrating these holidays. I have always ponder on why this is, because fathers are so key to our children and the family makeup and it's structure.

When the father who is the head is not key, there is a possibility of a breakdown within the family. I know most of my single mothers will not agree with me, because you do such a awesome job as mother and father. As a single mother myself I too used to think that Taylor is fine with me just raising her, and that I just have to work harder to show that I can do both, but that is not the case. When I decided to stop being superwoman and trying to prove something and allow Taylor's dad to do his part in her life, I saw my daughter transform due to her fathers love and attention towards her. Of course she would benefit more if he lived in the same house, but that's not a possibility, so you live with what is possible. So my fellow single mothers allow fathers to do their part, and pray for your kids fathers if he is a absent father. Pray that God deals with his conscious and heart when it comes to his children.

Fathers are key to our daughters and sons, they show our daughters what to expect from men, how to demand respect from them and to become leaders as they grow. Fathers teach our sons how to be great men, be leaders, how to treat woman, and to grow up and be heads of households. Fathers show our children how to be strong, responsible, and leaders, our kids need these traits.

Fathers you are very important in your child's life more than you think. Yes we carried them for nine months, and they are attached to us, but you carry such a special bond with your children that will effect their lives as adult men and women.

As I close I pray for fathers to be the best fathers they are supposed to be in their child's lives. I pray mercy and grace for fathers who need to restore relationships with their children. I pray favor for fathers who want to be part of their child's lives, but are being rejected and prevented, due to bitterness and unforgiveness on the other person part. I pray for fathers who are incarcerated, and in the armed forces. I pray blessings over step-fathers, and foster fathers, and grandpas and uncles that have stepped in as fathers. Most important I pray favor, blessing, and goodness over all fathers that go over and beyond to be the best fathers in their child's life. We say thank you for your sacrifice, unconditional love, responsibility, and for making your children your number one priority.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Mechell

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InCouragements Insight - Angel

Angel

Angel - A kind and lovable person; one who manifests goodness, purity, and selflessness.

Today's InCouragement is a challenge for all of you to InCourage someone else this month. I want all of you to be an Angel of some sort the next month, a Angel is someone that gives out, does something out of the ordinary for someone else. You all know that I love to do for people it's just naturally apart of how God made me, and I will continue this until my death.

Let me explain why I am asking this of you. On yesterday I received another one of those awesome blessing's from a stranger. I was at a boutique I patronized at times, and so you see some of the same familiar faces, so there was a lady who I had seen at times there in a gorgeous rust color dress. So I made the comment you look so beautiful in that color, and she said thank you and smiled, and said good to see you, have not seen you in here lately. We made small talk and then she paid for her purchases and left the store. Once I got through trying on items, I then proceeded to the register to pay for my items. As I pulled out my credit card to pay for my purchase the owner whom I know said your purchases have been paid for already. So, I said what? Why? She said that a person wishes to remain unknown wanted to bless you, becasue you blessed her. So, I was standing there stunned, in tears and sort of confused, becausee I was wondering why, someone would do this for me. So, the owner completed my transaction bagged up my items, and then handed me a envelope, and she said read it once you get in the car.

The envelope contained a simple note that said and I quote" thanks for always encouraging me, and making me feel good about me, every time I see you in here you always tell me or the other ladies how pretty or beautiful we are". she also said that I was having a very bad day emotionally and it was wearing me down, but just your smile and comment made me feel better about me, she then said you are an angel.

Ya'll know me I was crying so hard, my face looked like I had been crying for hours. To make a long story short I ended up getting her info from the owner and calling her, we had a very in depth conversation that was an eye opener for me. What you realize is that no matter how someone looks at face value, we all have our own issues, problems and troubles. So, sometimes just a smile can brighten someones days, or kind words.

So, I challenge each and every one of you to be an "InCouraging Angel" for the next month. Let me give you some examples because it does not have to always be financial:

• Pay for the persons lunch behind you this week, a stranger not someone you know.
• Pay for someone else gas this week.
• Baby-sit for a single parent this week.
• Take a single parent to dinner or a movie.
• Baby-sit for a married couple on this week, so that they can go out and enjoy their selves.
• Present a married couple with a gift card for dinner or tickets to the movie.
• Send your close friend to the spa for the day.
• Pay for someone's hair appointment on this week.
• Ask an elderly person on your block if you can pick up their prescriptions or some groceries.
• Go visit a nursing home and read to the seniors, or go pray for them.
• Cook dinner for your neighbor this week.
• Mow your neighbor's lawn or help with their yard work this week.
• Buy your neighbors some flowers for their yard.
• Buy someone's grocery in the grocery store this week, or put $10 - $20 dollars towards the bill.
• Ask a co-worker if they need assistance with a project on this week.
• Buy pastries for your team at work on this week.
• Give flowers to a stranger on this week; or send someone you have not talk to in a while some flowers.
• Empower someone you know this week with your mouth, let them know how special they are build them up.

These are just a few things, but there is so much more we can do, we constantly complain about this world and the people in it but we can make the difference by being "InCouraging Angels". I will constantly beseech you "The InCouragement Community" to be the Angels that God wants us to be, I hope you support me in this endeavor.

Write me back on for the next month at mechell29@yahoo.com and let me know what "InCouraging Angel" act of kindness you did. I would also like to know how it made you feel, I'm always telling Taylor that I get a real joy when I can do for others, it just makes me so happy. I told her if God gave me millions I would probably bless so many people, because I love to see the happiness, and gratefulness on others faces when they receive gifts of kindness, I get super elated!

Also, forward this email to others so that they can participate in these acts of kindness. Have an awesome week being an Angel!

InCouragement Scripture:

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
- Proverbs 18:16 (Amp)

Be Incouraged

Mechell

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InCouragements Insight - Voices

Have you ever felt very overwhelmed in the head, like there are too many thoughts or voices racing inside your head? Have you ever felt like the thoughts in your head do not line up or agree with your plan or more important God’s plan for your life? Have you ever felt like the voices in your head are competing against one another and causing chaos in your life? If you said yes to any of these, I guess your question to me would be “how do I handle this”?.

Dr Robb Thompson of Family Harvest Church says the following:

The only way to get a handle on the “undertow” of your life is to actively discern the source of all the voices in your head. Many of us really have no idea what is happening when our thoughts seem to go awry. We think there is something wrong with us. We think that somehow we have suddenly become as carnal men, and that our spiritual walk falls short of what it should be. If you received Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life, any thoughts in your mind that are contrary to God’s Word are not your thoughts. How do I know this? Proverbs 12:5 (KJV) says, “The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.” God declared you righteous—not based upon what you do, but upon what Jesus did.

I personally know how it feels to be overwhelmed and feel like your life is chaotic and all out of sorts. I know how it feels to be so all over the place that you do not know how to bring peace back into the situation.

When we allow the voices in our head to take over our lives, we have allowed the enemy to defeat us. Stop letting the enemy use his small voice in your head, stop letting his voice say these things to you:

• Your life will all ways be like this unproductive and useless
• Your kids will never amount to anything
• Your husband will never change
• You will always be broke
• You will always be left, rejected and alone
• You will always be last
• You will never succeed at your plans for your life
• You will never go back to school
• You will never have someone to fall in love with
• You will never have your own business
• You will always be at this job that is so unfulfilling
• You will never have the family that you desire
• You will never be free of your addiction
• Your family will never be restored, and come back together again
• You have the worst luck
• You will never restore your relationship with Jesus, because of your past
STOP!!!!!!
Starts using your own voices in your head, by letting them proceed out of your mouth. Look at what the definition of voice is - a wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed. So, start expressing your OWN VOICE AND MOST IMPORTANT GOD'S VOICE!


Study Scriptures:
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose. Proverbs 18:21(Message)

Be InCouraged
Mechell