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GET READY!!

"Getting ready for a big blessing" is defined in spiritual and motivational contexts as a season of intense preparation, refinement, and inner change that precedes a major breakthrough, promotion, or season of abundance. It is often described as a period whereGod or the universe is, "strengthening your character, increasing your capacity, and aligning your circumstances to handle a substantial increase".Key aspects of this definition include:Internal Work Over External Gain: The focus is not just on receiving, but on "becoming"—developing the character, maturity, and discipline necessary to steward the blessing, rather than being overwhelmed by it.The "Valley" Before the Peak: A big blessing is often preceded by a season of "unusual challenges," "intense battles," or "divine delays". These hardships are not signs of abandonment, but rather "fire refining gold," or, "pruning" away what is no longer needed.A "Holy" Discontent: This involves a profound inner restlessness, where current, comfortable situations suddenly feel too small or unfulfilling, signaling that it is time to move forward.Alignment and Stewardship: This requires making room for the blessing, which includes "rebuilding the altar" (spiritual focus), sharpening skills, and "managing the small things well".Trusting Divine Timing: It is the recognition that "delayed is not denied" and that the "waiting is part of the blessing," often protecting the person from receiving the blessing before they are truly ready.Signs of Being in a "Get Ready" Season:Increased Pressure: Feeling intense pressure or fighting battles, which is a sign of a "destiny move".Unexpected "Pruning": The sudden, sometimes painful removal of people or opportunities from your life.Increased Hunger for Growth: A deep desire for more in life—more spiritual depth, more impact, or more purpose.A Need for Quiet and Stillness: A desire to pull back from distractions to listen to God or focus on your own spirit.What to Do While Getting Ready:Surrender in Faith: "Release control and trust God’s timing," according to a Facebook post by Mike McClure Jr.Walk in Obedience: Take small, consistent steps of faith, even if you cannot see the full picture.Maintain Expectation: "Speak life over your situation," and, "thank Him in advance," as stated on Today's Godly Wisdom.Strengthen Your Foundation: Focus on building your character and capacity so that you can sustain the blessing once it arrives, as recommended in a Facebook post by .

Credibility

Credibility is the quality of being trusted, believed, or accepted as true and reliable, acting as a foundation for influence in communication, leadership, and information sharing. It is built through demonstrated expertise, competence, and trustworthiness, often referred to as ethos, and it directly influences whether a message or person is deemed worthy of belief.
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Key Components and Types of Credibility
Components: Credibility is generally composed of trustworthiness (character) and expertise (competence).
Types:
Direct Credibility: Established through first-person experience or interaction.
Secondary Credibility: Derived from citing trusted, external evidence or sources.
Career/College Credibility: Built on education, professional history, and documented accomplishments.
Experiential Credibility: Gained through demonstrating skill and providing direct experience or "samples" of expertise.
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How Credibility is Established and Its Importance
Establishing Credibility: It is built by proving competence (knowledge), being reliable, and demonstrating high ethical standards. It is often tested using criteria like the TRAAP test (Timeliness, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose).
Relation to Trust: Credibility is the foundation of trust; an individual or source must be seen as credible before they can be trusted.
Benefits: High credibility increases influence, encourages acceptance of ideas, enhances professional reputation, and enables effective communication in fields like science, journalism, and business.
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Key Aspects of Credibility
It is subjective, as it requires an audience to accept the person or information as believable.
It can be lost through dishonest behavior, inconsistent messaging, or lack of expertise.
It is often described as ethos, focusing on the credibility of a speaker's character.

“Burnt Bridge”

Genesis 13
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13 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed S***m and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward S***m.

13 But the men of S***m were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

14 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

“The Table Is Set”

Psalm 23:3-5
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He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.
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Even though I walk through the [sunless] [a]valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
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You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You have anointed and refreshed my head with [b]oil;
My cup overflows.

“It’s All Up”

Proverbs 14:30
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A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.

James 3:14-16
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14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth. 15 This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.

“The Crash Out”

"Crashing out" has two main meanings: a popular slang term for a sudden, intense emotional outburst or breakdown from being overwhelmed, and an informal phrase for falling asleep very quickly from exhaustion or drunkenness, or being unexpectedly eliminated from a competition. The slang meaning describes impulsive, sometimes irrational, behavior due to stress, while the older meaning refers to sleep or losing in sports

NO CALL NO SHOW…

Hebrews 12:1-2
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Jesus, the Example

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us, 2 [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, [b]disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].