"Presence of the King on the Throne?!"

Prior to making the Ultimate Sacrifice and the subsequent Resurrection of Jesus Christ, sans us having to repay the Ultimate Price,
He had to endure and go through some of the same challenges that we face here and now on a daily basis, in both our personal and professional lives. The attacks were not and are not fair! But had they been and if they were, could we still call or refer to them as attacks? They were meant to teach and to bring us closer to Him, teach our "Hands to War," as well as being "shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves (Matthew 10:16).

Fulfilling the Will of the Father was never an option for Jesus Christ, so why is it that we treat it as an option for ourselves? Our disobedience may bring about a delay, however, the Will of the Father will always be done. It is good enough for us, because it was first good enough for the Son.

Those difficult trials and tribulations will prevail not in the Presence of the Lord and bind us no longer than what our Faith can afford. How valuable is your Faith? Does it stand only when it is surrounded by other Faith? Does it stand if need be, all alone, to bare witness by itself, to the "Presence of the King on the Throne?!"

Jesus Christ. Love. And Smile. Always!
Corey A. Ford

"A Special Friend (IKJ)"

The Mercy of the Lord never ceases to amaze me. He hears your cries even before the tears have had the chance to materialize right before your eyes. Then out of nowhere, He does the seemingly Miraculous by showing up to Lovingly remind you that He is God ALONE, and will Always be the ONLY King upon the Throne! I am Truly humbled to know that I/We have a God that can do ALL things and that NOTHING is impossible when it comes to the Infinte Possibilities with the Great I Am!

When your level of comprehension surpasses all that you could ever understand, the True Understanding begins to take form beyond what used to be your norm. For when God shows up on the premises of your physical existence, every head shall bow and every knee WILL indeed bend, in Holy Reverence to the Greatness that is Him.

Since we know not when, where or how He will reveal Himself to us, the importance of us being void of Pride is paramount to His Presence and a critical prerequisite in order for His Mercy to be consumed. Being full of Pride will require the purging of, before His Will is able to do what needs to be done. I've learned to "Pass the Pride Test with One BIG Gulp," and allow the digestive process to run its course, emptying me of itself, in order to be filled with Someone Else. Him!

"A Special Friend (IKJ)" has done for me what obedience has lead them to do. And it is because of you, through Him, that I can now breathe again, knowing that what was done is now one less thing that I have to concern myself with, while filling that newfound space with more Thanksgiving and Praise, that would have otherwise been occupied with something else, other than Him.

Oh, You're going to get the Glory alright! All I had to do was Stand in place and allow my Faith to engage the fight!

The last time I was bestowed such a Blessing is only relevant due to the fact that it was not seen because of the pride of this human being. But pride is a sin, that wins not one battle, on the outside nor within.

I Honor You Lord and You reward me so. I do not deserve Grace, but Your Mercy affords me Compassion Everlasting, and I'm basking in Your Glory. I will not soon forget this particular time during this season. Even if I didn't believe, Your Love has given me the Reason.

To "A Special Friend (IKJ)," I thank you for being a silhouette of His Magnificent Presence. Thank you for being BOLD in your demonstration to the Word of God in this situation. Thank you for being the sunshine during the overcast and for having my back in the present, more than anything ever has in the past. I have been taught a deeper lesson in the Art of Compassion and have subsequently been made BETTER, so that I can now begin to enjoy His Everlasting. Being humbled till the chills compel every erector pili muscle to stand at attention. You have Touched and Blessed my Life beyond my greatest comprehension. And that is why my own shall always pale in comparison, and never be sufficient enough. For Greater has already proved itself to be just that much.

With Love in my Heart and Jesus Christ on my mind, I no longer seek what I sought, because He has Revealed what is mine. I am Truly Grateful!

Thank You Lord for the breath in my lungs, so that I may Thank You! And Thank You Lord for the ability to subsequently expel additional breath, to gives thanks to "A Special Friend (IKJ)."

Smile and Love Always!
Smile and Love Always!
Smile and Love Always!

Jesus. Love. And. Smile. Always!
Corey A. Ford

"To Go Where I've Not Been"

Thank You Jesus for the keys to unlock the shackles of guilt that have bound me for far too long. A Carpenter You may have been known as, however it is the Locksmith that I have come to know You as.

You have taken the self inflicted binds of my past and released them so that they can catch up with my future. I found that I held myself back and did not keep up with the Milestone's of my Life's own track. And oft times when the time called for it, my status report was a stagnant, repetitive doctrination of my very own hallucination of what "I" was to be, failing to acknowledge what "You" called me to be.

I am NOT what they said I was. I am NOT what they said I am. I AM who You first said I was. I AM who You called me to be. But in order to get me from here to there, I had to bare my own Cross, or so I thought. The Cross that I bare is the One that is to serve Your Awesomness, not to repeat the scenes of Cavalry. For Victory was won, death was defeated and there was no need for me to ever have to repeat it.

Standing here today, my destination has no arrival, for my journey "To Go Where I've Not Been" started from deep within and does not regress to restart, yet again. Even in one's sin, the Mercy of the Father is Greater than. I live to be free to worship amuck and to bring You the Glory.

It is one thing to think that you are free. It is a completely different thing to be able to comprehend your Freedom. Free from shackles of guilt that no longer bind. Free to explore the Infinity of Your Brilliant Mind. Free from flashbacks of repetitive sin. Free to stamp my Spiritual Passport "To Go Where I've Not Been."

Jesus, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"The Iron That I Am!"

You didn't kill me! You just made me realize that I was Stronger than I ever thought that I was! That is exactly what I tell ALL adversity that comes up against me! You know not my Strength because you know not the Source of my Strength!

It doesn't bend, waiver, crack nor break. I get even Stronger during what is supposed to be the weakest seasons in my Life. I am Branded BY my Faith! I am Branded IN my Faith! I have stranded unbelief to the remote confines that it first wanted to strand me.

The razor sharpness of my perimeters edge cuts both ways. Only Iron sharpens Iron and the cast that comprises my inner circle is the same razor sharpness as "The Iron That I Am!"

Jesus, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Vision vs. Sight"

People will criticize the trailblazers, yet wind up walking down the same path that was created for them by the same trailblazers that they once criticized. Some do not see the Vision until they are well on their way. By then, it is no longer Vision, it is just plain sight. Do you have Vision or do you just see? Rhetorical!

Jesus, Love, and Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Empty of Foolish Pride!"

To God Be the Glory!

There comes a time in everyone's Life that it becomes critical to confront the foolishness in our Lives that prohibits us from preventing calamitous situations from ever occurring.

The choices that we make are rendered from the state of our Hearts. The people that we associate with are a direct reflection of what we have chosen to accept. The emptiness can oft times reveal a direct correlation back to our refusal to be filled with that something that is far Greater than emptiness could ever replenish.

Instead of fitting in, we should learn to embrace the pieces to our puzzles that do not fit. When they do not align with the other pieces, that is definitely indicative of where our piece AND Peace should not be. For our pieces will always fit exactly where they are supposed to be.

I no longer reluctantly empty me of me. I concede to and submit to the gradual replenishment that He wants to fill me with.

Therefore, I am "Empty of Foolish Pride" and ride on the fuel of Faith, One which never sits on "E." Thank You Jesus for the performance OF Your Life at Cavalry that resulted in bridging the gap, Saving and connecting me with Eternal Life, Salvation, Redemption and Victory.

May the foolishness that renders continuous foolishness empty itself of itself and fill nothing else ever again. In Jesus Name! Amen!

I Declare to be, "Empty of Foolish Pride!"

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"The Pulpit of My Knees"

You know the type! When the sun is shining, they can't stop winning, their pockets are swollen and every turn is like UPS, only right, their Faith is "high and tight!"

Then out of seemingly nowhere, it starts to get a tad bit cloudy and the recession of their Faith begins.

It is where your ability ends, that your Faith should actually begin, bridging the perpetual gap of our own ability, with the Supernatural of God's Will and Tranquility. If it is within His Will, we can effectively kill the dissension of ourselves within ourselves, have Faith and Trust in His Everlasting Glory.

If we could do it ALL within our own ability, our boastfulness would be nothing less than spectacular, and He is abundantly aware of that (2 Corinthians 10:17).

However, the jugular of our Faith informs us that there is a ceiling that we reach if our unstretched arms bare no stretchmarks from the "Pulpit of Our Knees," reaching out to Him.

May the permanent ashiness of my knees serve as confirmation to ALL of my needs, that are met by Him.

The Seasons nor the weather within the Seasons will dictate my belief in my Love for Jesus Christ. I am not consumed in shining with the sun, for I am already shining, IN the Son.

The forecasts of Life will oft times call for overcast, however, there will be no "Overcast Faith" that any cloudiness can obstruct when my Heart instructs me to Trust and Believe in the very Testimony of my Life's Sermon, from "The Pulpit of My Knees."

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Forgive Them: Because They First Did It to Jesus Christ!"

They first did it to Jesus Christ! So, why are you surprised that they now do it to you? What they did not know then, they still do not know now. Yet, unwittingly, the Bridge between the two gaps is not "generations only," it is the common denominator of Jesus Christ.

When you Follow Jesus Christ, you become a target for the enemy. The attacks seemingly come out of nowhere. The accusations, the deceit, the lies, the maliciousness of their vitriolic nature all have nothing to do with you. They have everything to do with Who you represent.

Stop thinking that it is "you" all of the time. I would dare say that the vast majority of someone's problems that they have with you are not necessarily indicative of any wrongdoing that you have perpetrated against them (although sometimes they are and irrespective of that fact), it is because of the void of Jesus Christ in their lives, that forbids them to simply "Forgive." And because they hurt, they want you to keep them company and hurt right along with them.

In comes the Presence of the Holy Spirit to help you Discern what is Real and True and what has nothing to do with you. Otherwise, without the Holy Spirit, we might take on the same spirit and energy that is being perpetrated against us, eventually making us against ourselves.

In comes the Word of God to help us "Lean not on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)," so that what we do begin to understand rests in the Supernatural Realm and not that of our own logical thought process, the same one that will fail us over and over again.

The Holy Spirit guides us and the Word of God informs and educates us in the Way of Jesus Christ. Do not be fooled into thinking one way or another without first consulting "The Great Counselor, The Great I Am."

Stop wrestling with the flesh and simply "Forgive Them: Because They First Did It to Jesus Christ!"

I speak from experience, yet I Smile and Love Always, ANYWAY! I simply "Forgive Them: Because They First Did It to Jesus Christ!" And without Jesus Christ, "they know not what they do (Luke 23:34)."

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Grow, Change, Get Better!"

Looking within is the birth place for where it all begins. You will not be able to find what you need on the outside of you. All that you possess is already within your possession. No, I'm not referring to the inventory that you're presently aware of. I'm specifically talking about what has been directly deposited within you, that you might be ignorant to, although already in possession of.

The power to be is in the Heavenly Revelation that is within, for you to see, first! Seeing IT in you should supersede anyone else seeing IT in you. You cannot sell the product that is YOU, if you are unaware of the product that is within YOU!

Vision is imperative and incumbent upon yourself, so that you can succeed when challenges comes your way. Give way, so that New can become the way.

You might not be able to dot every "I" and cross every "T" on each and every letter. However, you CAN choose to "Grow, Change, and Get Better!"

Smile and Love Always!
Corey A. Ford

"He's Calling Out Your Name!"

The ears to hear and the Heart to receive, both compel my Trust and Ability to Believe.

The shallow waters are not where you will find the depths of my resolve. I can be found in and on the proving ground, serving King Jesus, with ALL of my Heart and Soul. From the start, having been set apart, in order to be called to the deep ends of His Heavenly Glory.

Many times throughout the course of my Life, I have heard Him call out to my name, the one in which He gave me, in Hopes that I would one day respond, in the manner and way that He meant for me.

My ears may have heard, but my heart was too hardened in order to receive. He knew my Faith to be True, holding on to what He knew I Believed. And for Your patience, I have been shown the way to demonstrate like patience. For if not by Your example of You, the world wouldn't know what it means to be True.

May the callousness of Hearts be Redeemed, in the form of a softness to be esteemed.

When "He's Calling Out Your Name," be not ashamed of whether or not you are adorned in Garments of Praise. Be not like Adam and Eve, resisting His Matchless Presence in an attempt to deceive what He is already abundantly aware of. He's "Calling Out Your Name," no shame, in spite of.

The qualified are not the ones that are called. It is within His qualification of You, that provides the credentials that will speak of you.

Harden not your Heart, when your ears fail you not, and you hear the calling out of your name. What He has for you is not to shame or to bring about harm. "He's Calling Out Your Name!" Come to know the comfort, when you grab hold of His Arm.

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"The Landscape of Influence"

I woke up this morning with Praise on my tongue and Thanksgiving in my Heart and on my mind! What is in front of me is far Greater than ALL of the things and people that are behind me, up to and including what "I" used to think about me. When I got my mind Right, focused on the Lord, everything else became Right, under one Accord.

The Praise in my Heart, changed my Heart and guided the thoughts of my mind, which led to the actions that are predicated on Thanksgiving.

The Thankfulness turned into Gratefulness which then turned into Deliverance, deviating me from ALL of the distractions that were vying for my undivided attention. The opposite of division is multiplication and my time with the Lord was minimally exponential, categorically vertical, with a horizontal twist in "The Landscape of Influence."

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"A New Light is Shining!"

Darkness has no jurisdiction over Light!

Whenever you cannot see, you are firmly planted in some form of darkness and in order to come out of said darkness, it is incumbent upon your exposure to the Light.

Too much time spent in the darkness is detrimental to your sight, it hinders the flexibility in your fight and it blocks the Blessings that you cannot see due to the lack of Light.

That bright Light is Shining on through, beckoning it's breakthrough in order to get to you. Making your way on over that horizon, just over yonder and as you wait and ponder, "A New Light is Shining!"

Darkness has NO jurisdiction over Light. If you are ever unable to see, make your way towards the brightness, coming up out of that darkness and renewing your Strength and ability to "Faith Fight," all of the things in your Life that are not right.

"A New Light is Shining!"

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Just Over the Horizon"

The deliberation to the examination of your situation should be predicated on the innate ability to see the Vision of the Purpose that you have been called to.

Do not misconstrue the fallacies about you, accepting them to be True.

The Glue that keeps us together is reinforced with the stitched threading of Faith.

Cut from a different cloth, we are intimately woven into New fabric so that we may be adorned in Garments of Praise!

Not too far off in the distance, "Just Over the Horizon," a New Season has Risen and getting there where Growth is located is part of the Purpose Process, having made our Testimony from our perpetrated mess.

"Just Over the Horizon," get there!

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Your Hope Is Gonna RISE!"

I call the battered and shattered Hopes and Dreams of mine to RISE! The SAME Resurrection Power that raised Christ from the dead, is the SAME Resurrection Power that I now have embedded in my head! Even when I thought that "something" would have happened by now, I humbled myself to remind myself that the timetable for IT to happen is not that of my own, but that of the King on the Throne!

The microcosm that is me must be pruned to becoming the Greatness that is Him! I can either sink or swim. Better yet, I can walk on the water right next to Him!

The Hope that I have been called to (Ephesians 4:4) is One within the Son, and until IT is finished, my work is not done!

Therefore that Hope has to serve out its obligation to the Revelation that is the Word of God. In doing so, I must do likewise and RISE up out of the darkness of despair, declaring the inheritance that is mine, refining the thought process that used to be mine, replacing it with the Truth, as has been defined.

Whatever your Hope is in, repurpose that same Hope and put it into Him! Defeat is not synonymous with the Purpose and the Destiny that Victory awaits for you and me. We represent the Transformation of what it means to Hope, which is the cousin of Faith, that we must reconcile with the renewal of our minds, in order to find the Presence of Peace, even in the remotest of confines.

Surrender your Hope unto the Lord and call upon your First Cousin (Faith) to support you under one accord.

Sometimes when we fall, we only pick ourselves back up again. However, we must bend back down to scoop our Hope and Faith back up, stitching it back together again.

I call the battered and shattered Hopes and Dreams of mine to RISE! Faith need not be right before our eyes (Hebrews 11:1). Just know that THROUGH Faith, "Your Hope Is Gonna RISE!"

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford

"Your Moment Has Arrived!"

No more wasting time waiting for a moment that is already upon you, that is in your midst, the current presence that you are already standing in and on!

An activated Faith is everything to take you out of, bringing you into, the Purpose and Destiny that your Life has already been subscribed to.

You do not need a prescription in order to bring about the Healing Power that a subscription to the Word of God can bring about. There is no more time for the lame and the mundane to freely occupy space within your brain.

Evict the thoughts of inadequacy and inefficiency, replacing them with continuity and consistency, brazen enough to remove the doubt that needs not be a part of who and what you are Becoming!

God never gave us the spirit of fear and in the Spirit of His Truth, we kick fear in the ass, moving past the defeat that used to have us defeated, resting in His Loving Embrace, as we BOLDLY face the monumental credentials that He has affixed next to our Names.

Forget me not when my Name is etched in His Book of Life, and death is just a part of the process that must be addressed before I commit myself to the promotion of the Greatness that is within Him!

You're not waiting anymore for what is already in store! It's already HERE! It's already READY! It's RIGHT NOW!

"Your Moment Has Arrived!"

God, Love, And Smile Always!
Corey A. Ford