Ignite with Shavon Smith

2020 was such a hard year for everyone..... the believer and the unbeliever. Covid-19 had no respect of persons but I believe that we have entered into a season where we are getting ready to recover what was lost and be restored in every area where we have been broken! Be encouraged because GOD is getting ready to pay us back!

Many of you run from the assignment that GOD has given you to do because you feel like the task is too BIG! You’ve run long enough! GOD has need of you!!!! Stop running and say YES!! There are people that are waiting on you to OBEY GOD!!!

There are opportunities that are getting ready to knock at your door. These opportunities are going to shift the trajectory of your life! You have to stay determined, dedicated, and discerning for this next season. Whatever you do... DON’T MISS YOUR MOMENT!

Don’t allow your pit experiences to make you feel that GOD is punishing you! The pit is there to prepare you for GREATER! How you respond in your pitiful situations is what qualifies you for your POWERFUL moments! Be encouraged!!

There are many voices in the land that are competing for your attention and loyalty, and those voices of competition pull us in different directions. We want to do the right thing but sometimes the what the right thing is can be cloudy!  It’s not always clear. There may be times that we will make a decision based on whose voice we listen to. There’s still no peace because you’re not sure if you made the right decision or not. To ensure that we have peace with our decisions we have to ask ourselves the question “Who Are We Listening To?"

In times like this when life makes you feel winded you have to pull on the strength of GOD to be able to endure! Endure means you’re able to withstand adversity! Remember that the blessing is not given to the one that moves the fastest nor to the one that is the strongest, but to the one that has the ability to go the distance!

It may be scary and unfamiliar but know that GOD is trusting you to enter into your NEW! Transitions are not easy but it’s in those times that our faith is tested and we have to fully trust GOD! Know that GOD will never require you to leave something and not give you more than what you left. What a blessing it is to be TRUSTED with transition.

It’s time for you to let go of the offense! As long as you continue to hold on to the pain, to the bitterness, to unforgiveness you hinder yourself from moving forward! GOD has a plan for you but you have to lay down the weight of unforgiveness! Release the person of the debt and BE FREE!

There will be times in life that makes us feel like we are in captivity! When in captivity, exile, or a dark season it’s very easy to lose your joy and your fervor! In today’s podcast I want to encourage you to keep on singing because Greater Is Coming!!!!

Many times we allow our problems to stop us from praising our Father. It’s in times of trouble that our praises and our prayers should become more intense. The harder the enemy fights us, the harder we need to go after GOD! Don’t allow your personal prison to shut up your prayers, instead turn your prison into your very own prayer room.

Many times we run from problems because they appear to be soo big and unable for us to fix. When we remember that the answer is not in us but in our Father we can stand confidently in knowing that He has called us to be problem solvers! In a day of trouble... we have been called as the cure to chaos. Don’t run from the trouble but thank GOD for trusting you with trouble!   

Many of us feel guilty about taking time for ourselves because we feel that it is selfish! I want you to know that if you’re no good to yourself, you will be no good to anyone else. Learn the POWER of "NO" and the POWER of rest! Rest will be your friend in this new season. 

Many times we go through things that hurt us to the core and the pain is so great that it causes us to give up and give in! I want to encourage you today to keep going!! Your pain is not permanent; it’s preparing you for GREATER! Don’t allow the pain of your situation to cause you to miss what GOD is extracting from your life! 

God has spoken many things over our lives and many of us are still waiting for those words to manifest. Many of us are still waiting for the promises spoken over our lives to be fulfilled and while waiting we get discouraged and allow what we see to cause us to question what GOD said.  Whatever you do... hold on to the word of the LORD! Don’t you stop believing until what you see lines up with what HE said. GOD keeps his promises!! 

Many times we miss what GOD has for us and disqualify ourselves because our view of ourselves is tainted! We see ourselves through the eyes of failure and defeat! God wants us to see what HE SEES! When he sees us, he sees victory, strength, tenacity, and fortitude! I encourage you to change how you look at yourself and begin to see what GOD already saw in you!

Many times we miss opportunities that are presented to us. Opportunities that can change our lives and others because of fear and insecurities. I encourage you today to overcome all fears and obstacles that have kept you stuck and grab your moments with force and confidence! This is your season of no more misses!!!

There will be times in your Christian journey when it will seem like GOD has abandoned you or turned a deaf ear to your cry. In those times it is important to trust the integrity of GOD knowing that even if GOD is silent it doesn’t mean that He’s not speaking!! Trust what He’s said to you before!!

When you’re on assignment for GOD the enemy will do all that he can to distract you. You cannot afford to be distracted! It’s going to take discipline to keep you focused.

Many of you have been called to do major things that will bless lives.  The assignment is great but the impact will be GREATER! Whenever you’re called to do something BIG there will be opposition. In order to fulfill the assignment you can not afford to be distracted by responding to the naysayers! Remember to keep building and "DROWN OUT THE SIDELINE NOISE”!!!!!

Some time GOD will disrupt our plans to save our lives! Just as he disrupted Sauls life to turn him into another man ... when he has an assignment for us to do he will do the same thing to us! Trust his plan for your life!

Being GREAT comes at a high price!   It comes with misunderstanding, great responsibility, and loneliness. If you focus too much on the hard things that are attached to being great you will try to hide from it! Listen... YOU DID NOT CALL YOURSELF! GOD GRACED YOU WITH GREATNESS!   It’s time for you to be ok with other peoples opinions of your greatness and for YOU to be ok with yourself!! COME OUT OF THAT CAVE AND GO!!!!!!!!!!

Embrace the New!! The world we live in today is in an unusual season which is full of change for everyone.  This means no more business as usual. In this episode Shavon Smith boldly declares that you will not remain stuck nor paralyzed with the things of the past.  It is time for you to move forward and not look backwards.  Listeners are encouraged to embrace new things, new relationships, and new opportunities.  You can prosper in the midst of a pandemic. God is saying there is more for you because we serve a limitless God. Do not get stuck where you are, you are passing through to get to. You have to decide not to walk around the same mountain. Stop fighting change and end the cycle while trusting God and knowing that what is greater is on the other side. Embrace change, accept change, and be the change. For more from Shavon Smith visit www.ShavonSmith.com. 

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