Gods been good!

Lets go on a ride.Can we say RATCHET!! I seen this pic today and started shaking my head and laughing. The thing is its not funny at all. See that pic on the left was taken in 2007-2008 i had not to long gotta out of a horrible relationship and little did i know i was about to head right back into another one. In this pic i was clearly so drunk. I mean look at my face, my clothes, posing on pool tables in the club! Cmon now, im talkin straight tow up from the flo up wasted. Around this time i was parting hard i had took on an attitude of "i dont care i just wanna be free and live my life doing what i want!" So i started to go out of town every weekend and party and drink with a friend. For me it was a total ESCAPE from everything! From life, from rules, but mostly from the hurt &pain i was feeling inside that NO ONE knew about. My mind was GONE and my heart..broken. I was very confused, self worth was non existent and felt so rejected &worthless.So i would drink and party to avoid it. Which did nothing but numb me and get me into another bad 4yr relationship which added more heartbreak, damaging self esteem and baggage than before. Then i got saved, i stop drinking, stopped partying and got into church.God literally saved my mind! Now fast forward to the women on the right. Yup thats me now. Older, wiser and sold out for Jesus. See alot of people dont understand why i worship God like i do. Why i live like i do. People like to say "you so deep!" Or "Lord, Cici so Holy" or look at me sideways because i dont drink or hang with everybody or do what everyones doing. And to all that i say YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT! I am deep. Maybe you are just to shallow? I am holy and pure just like my father. Maybe you have not really been washed yet? And i cant hang and go with everyone cuz everyone cant have access to my anointing! Maybe you just dont see your power or worth yet? All i know is that God took that girl on the left whos life was headed down a path of destruction and turned her into that girl on the right who is bold and confident and has a heart totally devoted to Jesus and his righteousness! He changed me!All im saying is If he did it for me he can do it 4 you! #Jesus

Trent Shelton

So im very thankful that i had the opportunity to go to the Behind The Smile ministry moment couple weeks ago. There were so many talented people there. I also got a chance to meet and listen to this great inspirational  speaker  Trent Shelton. His message was REAL, encouraging and true! Its such a blessing  to see men (especially young men) who have a true heart and drive for Jesus. I wish much prosperity and blessings to this young man.  Its REHAB TIME YALL! 😊
#RehabTime #TrentShelton #Inspiration #Jesus

VISION DOOR!

So  the Lord told me to redo my vision door, which is my room door so i can look at it while in my bed! Then Bishop came back and confirmed so much today even the part about doing a vision board well in my case door. So tonight i re-did mine. Im loving it! I still have more stuff to put up there but im loving the huge improvement!! #itsmyTIME #itsmyTURN #DREAMS #GOALS #doitJESUS #THECALLED #visiondoor #2015 #lookoutworld #dontbetagainstme

Financial healing time!

Starting a new book yall. Time to get this money right! Can I be transparent for a moment... I HATE FINANCES!! No, like seriously it has always been a weak area for me. One that i would try to avoid all together. It was just easier to act like my debt didnt exist. Oh yeah did i tell you i cant(well should i say couldnt) "save" worth beans!! Now i am quite thrifty and you all know i am a bargain hunter/couponer/frugal but there Is no organization with that at times if im being honest, becuz sometimes i do buy things i dont necessarily need just cuz there a good deal. I will spend $5 here $10there  but that still adds up.Smh. I need like a plan a budget or something. But after i pay bills there aint nothing left to budget! Lol. Real talk i need some---> disipline. Ewww.. even saying the word "disipline","budget" & " savings" makes me sick. Like literally right now my head is hurting and i feel very nervous, unsure and a little anxiety trying to rise up. This is just CRAZY!  Its like im scared to be financially healed cuz i been sick in this area for so long. Just ridiculous!! But God is calling me to higher levels in him and i want to be WHOLE all around so that  includes my finances. Lord! Lord! Help your daughter! Buckle up yall here we go!!..Help Jesus😢😕😤😨😢😣😰
#Jesus #thefacesareexactlyhowifeel #finances #budgeting #Holistic #renewedmind

Good girls rule!!

Shout out to all the good girls with good morals and standards higher than there heels 👠, just trying to live right and achieve goals! Keep it up ladies!!! Smooches❤👄

The day i will never forget 6/7/15

Your looking at 7 pages in my journal of a day that i will NEVER forget. June 7, 2015, I could try to tell you what happened at church Sunday but you just had to be there. I had a straight up, no holds bar experience..no, wait..ENCOUNTER with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. God straight poured his spirit on me!  I have never felt that way before. It was such a freeing, exciting and beautiful experience. I had never just let go and released before until then. And babayyyy when i did, God baptized me in his spirit forreal! Speaking in my heavenly language(tongues), snoting, hollering, doing the ugly cry and all. The Holy Spirit was all in control. I didnt care who was around or what they thought bc i was worshipping my Jesus! Such an awesome rush, i have never felt so FREE!! Cant wait till bible study tommorrow!!!

Can you see it?

Today as I was walking down the sidewalk in the shopping center I work in, I saw a vacant store front space for rent. I was on my way to another store but as I passed this space, I was prompted to stop walking. The Holy spirit began to remind me of one of my dreams that I have had for a little while now. I looked inside the window at the open vacant space. It was a huge space and looks like two separate spaces but inside there is an opening in the wall so you can enter into each space. I stood there looking inside seeing my dream before my eyes. It was like God had me purposely stop and look at this vacant building. I believe God was telling me to keep dreaming, that he hasn't forgot and if I can see it he can and WILL do it! This reminds me of the story of Abram in Genesis 15:5  Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, "Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!"  See it wasn't that the Lord was actually looking for Abram to be able to count the stars in the sky to see how many children he would have. Absolutely not! He is God,he knows everything that will possibly happen in your life, when it will happen and what the outcome will be, so we know that was not the reason. It was about the fact could God trust Abram to not look at his right now situation and BELIEVE what he has said to him.We know this to be the case because in verse 6 it states "And Abram believed the Lord and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith."  Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of the things unseen. As Christians we know that we do not go by what is seen with the physical or natural eye but by what we are able to envision in the spirit because we operate in faith. Your faith is developed by the hearing the word of God, which serves as a trigger to allow you to SEE what cannot be seen in the natural realm. In other words being able to see what God sees. In Abrams case it was being able to envision having his own children when everything around him pointed to that not being a possibility.  Using our faith shows God we believe and trust him and not our outside circumstances.  It also gives God and open arena to show up and show out on our behalf. So I ask you today, what is it that you see? I know that you may not have any money right now to open that business, I know your age says its too late for you to go back to school and your family says since your first marriage didn't work out your going to end up alone. But I say NO WAY to all of that! What has God said? Its time to start seeing exactly what God has said to and about you. Take off those natural eyes and start looking with your spiritual spectacles. Its time to start believing again. God gave you that dream, that idea, and that business plan for a reason and a purpose. If it were not possible he would not have gave it to you. I know the odds seem stacked against you and it seems to far over your head to accomplish(which it is to much in your own strength) but I ask you this, "Is there anything to hard for God???" ....Be blessed!
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He sees you..

So today i had the opportunity to get over... You know ..to get something that didnt belong to me, to cheat the system so to speak. A couple of months ago i ordered a bra from Lane Bryant. Yes, i needed something for the "girls!" Lol. Anyhoo i ordered the bra offline and waited but it never came. So after waiting for a bit, i ended up calling the company to get my money back. They refunded my card with no problem. Now just yesterday i get a call from the actual store where i live saying they have a package for me about to be returned if i dont pick it up. I said ok and hung up the phone. I instantly knew what it was and was excited. Looking at this as a "blessing" from God, seeing as though i did tell God i needed more bras. I was over my parents house when i got that call and even told them the story. Fast forward to this morning. I was in my bathroom just thinking and happened to think about the package situation. I thought "oh yeah i cant forget to go pick that up today!" But right after that,a  convicting thought came, i thought about the fact that it would be dishonest to take that package knowing i had already recieved a refund. I thought about the seed i had just sown unto the Lord and how i did not want anything to contaminate it or block what God is doing in my life this season (Mark 4).With all that said i realized what needed to be done. Long story short i went to the store today and i told the lady that i had been waiting on a package and never received it so i got a refund. She was looking at me like i was crazy but i went on to explain to her that i didnt want to be dishonest by taking product that i had already been compensated for. She said thank you and i left. Upon leaving the store i thought about God ,and how he sees everything. How he requires us to be holy and walk in his ways all the time, whether by ourselves or in a crowd, Seen or unseen. As Christians it is our job to be the light in this world, to take on the character of Christ. True character is best descibed as how you act when nobody is looking. See i could have taken that package and nobody would have known. But i would have known in my heart and so would God. I understand that dishonesty is not a part my character,not even in my D.N.A (i mean cmon my Father cant even tell a lie!! Lol) As i grow and mature i have just come to realize how important it is to my walk, my relationship with God and to my witness to do my best to walk in godly character and integrity at all times. For me personally i just believed that even if that package was in fact a blessing from God, that he will honor me and my heart all the more because my heart was in the right place. The bible teaches us we cant allow evil or wicked ways to containminate our hearts in anyway.(Proverbs 4:23). If our hearts are contaminated it flows out and inpacts other areas of our life and can be detrimental. So its just simpler to turn away from big and small evils and keep walking down the path of truth. Plus, the same way you measure it out it will be measured back to you and personally i dont have time for someone trying to get over on me in my business! So i urge you to be cautious with what you are doing or saying in front of people or behind closed doors. God sees and hears all(Proverbs 5:21)! Im happy because i think i passed a test today! Stay blessed!

Heartless?...

So i seen this and had to repost...funny thing is i use to be just like this! I thought that if i was aggressive, point blank, mean, combative, hard, and locked my heart away in a bag> inside a glass jar> that was pad locked> inside a vault>behide a moat>with walls around> ANDDDD set up gaurds, that i would not get heartbroken, but guess what...IT STILL HAPPENED!! Yup and a couple times to be honest! Truth is im im about as hard as a marshmallow in my heart *NOTE: please understand this does not mean try me cause i will switch from Ciera to Angelica (the person you dont wanna know) real quick if need be!* I said that to say sometimes our past experiences will turn us into a person contrary to who we truly are. I have learned the best and sure fire way to not get heartbroken is to TAKE YOUR TIME with people a be FULLY lead by the HOLY SPIRIT paying attention to all the signs and gut feelings he is giving you, inside of trying to justify and use "benefit of the doubt" tool! God never steers us in the wrong direction and only wants the best for us so his leading is always the sure choice. Even then you may have to experience some type of pain but its only to grow you and for you to learn a lesson from it! We mess up when we allow that breif pain to harden our heart (not remebering everything works for our good,and that God allowed it! Romans 8:28) and develop into baggage  then we carry it into the next chapter, never dealing or learning the lesson but allowing it to change our true character. If your using meaness as a protector odds are your hurting yourself because you miss out on possibly  meeting new people a developing good relationships that could lead to new opportunities in your life. Not only that, your not showing the love of Christ and could be destroying your witness. You may be the only Christ someone will ever see or encounter, so lets make the father proud! Out with that old junk and in with the Spirit. Let him guide your steps and desicions, then you with avoid all the pitfalls of life! You deserve to love and be loved! 😙

Wisdom..Ecclesiastes 7

Sooo..the way God has been speaking to me this morning,  then i open up my bible to #Ecclesiastes #7 on #Wisdom and God starts breaking the verses down!!!!👀👂👼😇...Thank ya Jesus!!! #myGod #mindonoverload #readingequalsgrowth #knowledge

Tell that Pride...be gone!!

Song of my heart

Listen to this song just took me back some years ago, to I think 2007-ish. Before I had really got saved. It was coming off a time during/after a breakup, were I was literally left feeling worthless. My self confidence was non existent so much that i did not like looking in the mirror and when i had to i would look past my own eyes I was severely depressed, very sad and confused. Matter a fact I thought that I was going crazy, my mind was everywhere. I did not stay at my apartment for  like two months a couple weeks at my folks and the rest of the time at a friends because I was so not in my right mind and scared of what I might do. I was totally without a doubt broken! Anyhoo I started to go to church with my friend, started to get my mind back and went back to my house. This is when I first began listening to gospel. I still would have a really hard time sleeping. When I layed down I would be very afraid ,anxiety and would have lots of crazy dreams(like Satan killing me, you know stuff like that) I would lay in my bed and just cry, cry, cry all night. I was not that mature in the word, didn't know about a tongue or spiritual realm or what the offices was in church. But what I did know is that in the Bible it says the name of Jesus is the most powerful name, and demons tremble and flee at the name of it. I remembered this song cuz I heard it in the car. So every time I would have crazy thoughts or when I would lay in my bed I would began to sing this sometimes out loud sometimes just in my mind. And a calm would come over me and I would fall asleep. Wow. God is good and has brought me a loooong way. You never know what people going through, a smile can hide a lot of things. I will forever love this song though...

Face Facts

The more you run from or try to justify the mistakes you made, they more you hold yourself back. When you can face your mistakes, incorrect thinking& bad decisions to see where you went wrong or what you can do to insure they wont happen again, that is a sign that you are growing.  But if you keep reasoning, making excuses or acting like they dont exist you will never reach your dreams and goals or get to the level God desires you to be at. Sometimes you just gotta get down right REAL with yourself, thats when you get your healing and deliverance and gain wisdom! Truth hurts sometimes but there is PURPOSE in pain! Be blessed!
#yallainthearingmethough #itsucksbutitsworthit #Growth #healthy #healing #deliverance #Jesus

Queen 2 Queen Sisterhood

Hey Ladies! Im am pleased to introduce and invite you all to be apart of  a new group I created just for us strong women! Queen 2 Queen Sisterhood is an womens empowerment group centered in Christ, helping to encourage and strengthen women to break free of self bondage. That we may come to know and operate in who we are in Christ. In order to confidently achieve the destiny plan for our lives! I invite you out on March 28th @6pm for a chance to socialize,eat and mingle as you find out more info on joining this group. If interested please RSVP via text or email to Ciera (757)292-7135 cieramilton@yahoo.com. so that i may get an accurate head count. Feel free invite a guest. I look foward to seeing all of you then!💜Luv Ya!

King o King!!

1Samuel 8

So as sit here reading my word my heart just breaks at how Israel rejected God. Can you imagine how God must have felt? It made me just want to yell at the them and say; you guys couldn't see that you already had a King?  You can't see how far the Lord has brought you, all the way from bondage in Egypt across the Red Sea making a way out of no way? You cant see that?? Then the Holy Spirit reminded me, that's how many of us treat God to this day or have in the past. We go around searching for someone to lead us when we have had him all along. Forgetting that he would never steer us wrong and also that he has our best interest at heart. No! We forget about the things he has already done and yet seek man to lead us. I mean just take our country for example how we depend more on the government or president then on what this nation was founded on, which was on the word of God! Not just that but by man I mean anything. You might be looking to your mentor to lead you more than God, or maybe you care more about what direction your mother is giving you that you never consider going to the Father! No, not you? Well maybe you are like I was, seeking to be lead more from a knuckle head boyfriend thinking they had all the answers and could save me instead of going to my first love; the Lord. The one who has proven himself more than worthy to get my answers and be properly lead! Yet and still many of us have done this or are currently doing it were breaking Gods heart everyday all because we have a mindset just like the Israelites in v.20 "Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and go out before us and fight our battles." See the Israelites could not see they were set apart a nation like no other. They were so concerned about being like everyone else that there judgment and vision was clouded. There hearts were contaminated so much it turned there eyes from God. They started to look at the natural and the outside situations so they turned there spiritual eyes off. Had they been looking in the Spirit they would have noticed that the very thing they were asking for they already had and the very thing they were seeking a king to do God had already been doing (1Samuel7- the battle between the Philistines!) So look, I know your sister went to college because mama said, I know your mentors life seems to be perfect and everything is going great for her/him and trust me I know the feeling of seeing everyone else fall in love, get married and have babies! But the truth is you may not be getting the whole picture. You may not have seen how your sister was struggling to pay tuition, you may not fully know the hardships your mentor had to go through to get to were he/she is, and the person that your looking at married all luvey duvey you may not see the arguments that take place or the tears that are shed. The moral is to stop coveting what you don't have just because you see others have it or are doing it. In James we see that covering can also lead to fruits of the flesh such as fighting! James 4:2"You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight." Which will cause you to further act out of the will of God! Stop looking at what you can see and turn your eyes and heart back to the Father God, the one and only true King. He promises to always have your back never leaving nor forsaking you and he will fight ALL your battles!! (Deut. 31:8, Joshua 1:5)Not only that he gives you what you need and want all in due time and season. The best part is when you wait on him he will always make it worth the time you spent but if you you keep seeking what others have, he just may give it you and it may not be what you were expecting. Just look at the Israelites with Saul... The grass is not always greener! Be blessed!

You are unique!

Walk in your purpose and who you were created to be. Everyone is not going to understand, some may not even like you because if it and that's OK. Long as you are not compromising your standards or character and living a life pleasing to God that's all that matters. KEEP GOING!! Love you💜

Uncluttered, step into a better future!

Yup time to filter through all that junk. If its taking up space and not pushing you or helping you toward your destiny, then get rid of it!! How can God give you all the glorious things he has for you if junk is in that place? You want to be happy with high self esteem? Then get rid of those negative thoughts and replace with what God says! You tired of being around wishy washy people who do nothing but gossip, then get rid of that circle and surround yourself with positive people who speak life! You want to be with someone who values and treats you right who realizes the anointing on your life? Well get rid of the bum or bummette that ain't trying to live right, who thinks they can talk to you however and is only looking for one thing with no life goals! Time to do some spring cleaning!⏰ Step out on faith! Remember you were getting along just fine before the junk and clutter came and you will be  even better without it! Relax, relate, RELEASE!!

Find your quiet place!

I love this spot right here! Yes this spot, by the window on my couch. This is where God meets me every morning. I knell before his throne everyday at this very spot. He speaks to me and I feel his presence in this spot. Its OUR spot! Thinking about our spot also makes me think about the unworthy people (men) that I have had before in this very spot. How I traded his love for theres and how I cheated on him in his spot. But GLORY to God that his love was not and is not like there's and can never be replaced. I thank God that he forgives and shows you that you are worth more then the broken promises, the lies, the ungodly behavior, the compromising of yourself and standards that have taken place with them (men) in this spot. He embraced me with loving arms and we got OUR spot back! Thankful💜
#faith #iloveJesus #ourspot #content #hisloveisoneofakind
Inspired by @heatherllove . she helped me appreciate OUR spot even more!

Emerge!!

Daily Affirmation: I am!

Feel free to use this as a guide or personalize it for yourself. Repeat this daily or how ever many times you need to whatever you do know that YOU ARE!!..

I am beautiful. I am strong. I am a women of God. I was created in his image and he said everything he made is good. I am who HE said I am. I have been called and destined for greatness. I am an influential business women, everywhere I go my light shines and I take territory for the kingdom. I am free in Christ. I break down all the walls of adversity and overcome every generational curse of my family. When trials and tribulation come they will crumble under me for I am covered by the blood of Jesus. I am bold. I am confident. I stand firm on Gods word and my faith in Jesus Christ. Past things are behind me and I don't look back. My eyes are on my bright future and the impact I will have. I am blessed in the city, blessed in the field, blessed when I come and blessed when I go. I CAN do all things through Jesus Christ who gives me strength. Peace, love, grace and joy follow me always! In Jesus name..Amen

Are you hungry?

Just got home from work and I literally don't want to do anything but get in my word! I have not even ate anything bcuz I'm simply not hungry for food. I'm thanking God for this hunger I have for his word! If you find you don't have a hunger just ask God for it. He is calling and wanting you to go back to the days when you first got saved. When you would put him before anything and anybody even yourself. When you would ignore the cravings of your flesh(like eating) just to intimately be in his presence. Answer his call, let him regain his rightful place in your heart. Let him be your first love again...💜
#seekhim #iloveJesus #inhispresenceiamwhole

Its Time!

Dont Judge!

Taking a look at my first picture you will notice an orange. Yeah an orange, I know it may not look like one but trust me, it is. I had a whole bag of them sitting in my house just like that. The outsides were bruised, scared, discolored and just ..ugly looking! Not like those pretty oranges on the commercial for the Florida Orange Juice..No! These oranges I had looked like they had seen better days and just needed to be thrown away at this point. Looking at the oranges I was lead to cut them open just to see what was inside and how it looked. So that's what I did, and wouldn't you know these were the juiciest oranges that had so much life and fruit inside! If you take a look at this example of my oranges you will see that this is often how many of us go about life. We often are quick to judge someone's outside; what they drive, they way they talk or there appearance, before ever knowing them. But see Christ teaches us that we should learn to accept everyone in there differences, flaws and all because he created us that way. That is how we display and walk in the love of Christ! In Genesis he let's us know that EVERYTHING he created is good! Not to mention he also tells us we were ALL created in his own image! And i don't know about you, but my God is BEAUTIFUL! So that means everything and everybody must be beautiful too! So next time before you are quick to write someone off or throw them away (myself included) just because they don't fit the box in your head, except them in LOVE just as Christ continues to except you with all your failures,drama and your MESS! After all you never know what beautiful fruit they may hold inside!

P.s. Let me mention my oranges made some of the BEST fresh squeezed orange juice I ever tasted! : ) Be blessed!