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I Am Nothing Without God

In all my goals, I'm nothing without God.

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I Am Nothing Without God
Janiya Winchester

When I say 'dangerous' I refer to those people that do things with mind-blowing excellence. I mean those people that are so gifted and accomplish things in such a way that it makes you just wonder about them or you feel inspired by them. You can't quite put your finger on it. In my experience, I've learned most times these people inspire me so much because I see the God they love so much that they allow God to use them in what they're doing.

When I was younger I always wanted that. I wanted to be obedient and be used by God for his glory. He's done SOOO much for us beyond what we could afford on a maybe. He did it all on a maybe or if you would use your free will to be with Him or not. No greater love than that.

If I wanted to be technical about my walk with God I would say that I started taking my relationship with Him seriously about 8-9 years ago. So over these 8-9 years, I would say that I could do nice things and mirror the things that Christians do but I would run out if I didn't seek God. If I didn't seek Him and ask Him questions about who I am, why I'm here, why He did all of this for me, what did Jesus do and what does all this have to do with me then I wouldn't last.

Over these years I've been able to experience God exercising fruits of the spirit in me (love, peace, joy, humility and more). This taught me that I could never be as great in my way of loving others, giving to others, being patient with others, in my relationship to myself and others, and in anything I do as a career without God.

I really believe that because there's an indescribable, supernatural difference and experience. There's an overall Kingdom experience and mindset that you tap into when you serve Him.

There are connections, groups, opportunities, relationships, conversations and more that I've been blessed to tap into from serving God rather than mimicking Christianity. There's a difference.

I've noticed how the Kingdom experience and heart posture of servitude is on a much deeper level. It has allowed me to gain things that have changed my nature in how I love, give, treat others, do and pursue career work and school work.

In all our goals and accomplishments, we are nothing without God but we can be everything in God when we choose Him.

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