"God Looks At Your Heart"

Motivations from the Heart of Paula Williams-Gaillard


"But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." I Samuel 16:7 (NIV)

My Cousin, Minister LaKisha Williams made a post on Facebook this morning that inspired me to write.....Minister LaKisha wrote:

"The world sees what you do. God sees WHY you do it." WOW!

The text Scripture states....while we (man) look at the outer appearance, God looks at the heart. God knows our intents....HE knows our motives....God knows what we are going to do before we even do it!

I love reading and talking about David. Now, David did some terrible things in his lifetime but however terrible they might have been, David had a heart and a desire to seek and please God!

David says in Psalm 139:1-3 (NIV): "O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways."

David also says in Psalm 26:2 (NIV) "Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind." I don't have any deep Revelation other than....our walk with God is a heart thing!

Capitol One asks “what’s in your wallet”….the real question is….”what’s in your heart”??!!!!

Our deepest desire should be to please God! I Pray that after you read this you begin...no...we begin....to search our hearts! I Pray God remove any hindrances....anything that is contrary to His Word! I Pray God create in us a clean heart and renew in us a right spirit…may we be transformed….revived and a fresh Anointing fall upon us….in Jesus’ Name I Pray…Amen!

You are already Blessed so be Encouraged....

Love ya, Paula
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"What's Your Motives"

Motivations from the Heart of Paula Williams-Gaillard


"Do nothing from factional motives [through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends] or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance. Instead, in the true spirit of humility (lowliness of mind) let each regard the others as better than and superior to himself [thinking more highly of one another than you do of yourselves." Philippians 2:3 (Amplified)

How many know that when it comes to money and egos..some people will trip in a heartbeat.....including family!!!

Another Warrior shared what she thought was a Prayer request, however, before we hung up the phone, Holy Spirit had already revealed to both of us that it was her experience....her Testimony (good or bad)....that needed to be shared with The Body of Christ!

Background: Sis. "X" was approached by her sister to start a business adventure between the two of them. Sis. "X" agreed and so they opened their business together. It was agreed upon and understood by both of them, that because Sis. "X" had a full-time job they were equal partners, and Sis. "X" would contribute before and after her work hours. Sis. "X" also was responsible for the leg work'' picking up supplies as well as being "the front" until the profits rolled in.

Her sister started telling people "it's MY business"..."I" did this...and "I" did that.....with her it was "me"..."me"..."me"...her true motives were revealed! She used her sister to get things started and once that happened...bye...bye...sister good bye...she didn't need her anymore! WOW!

Point blank.......when we do someone a favor, do we do it from our heart in Love expecting nothing in return.....or.....do we see it as leverage or money in the bank we can withdraw from at a later time....in other words..do we have a hidden agenda.....straight up.....what's the method to our madness?

Now, I know the topic is about motives, but Holy Spirit is leading me in two different directions right now. People of God we've got to look beyond our own selfish......personal..."me-man" mentality and walk together in UNITY...HARMONY....and LOVE and allow others to see Christ in all we do!

Amos 3:3 says, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Ecclesiastes 4:12 "And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken." There is strength in UNITY! When we stand together...band ourselves together in Christ....no devil in hell or nothing can come against us!

My friend and fellow writer, Sharon wrote in one of her motivations "Good question to ask ourselves: Now that I am saved and heaven bound, how will the things I do strengthen or weaken my witness? www.godsbigneighborhood.com Archives: 7/16/09

What would happen if we never heard from the person we've done a favor from again or if that person never acknowledges us for what we did........what would we do? Would we take OFFENSE? Would we allow anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, resentment and any other negative adjectives to fester and take root in our hearts because WE feel he/she is obligated to us?

Matthew 6:3-4 "But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly."

So why have we done or do the things we do? Does it bring Glory to God? Ephesians 6:6 says, "Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart." Our actions.....our favors....our only motive (for a lack of better words) should be to do the will of our Father in Heaven!

I always tell my son.....you can never give account for how someone treats you but you WILL give account for how you treat others!!!!! As long as you know your heart is right...and what you've done...you did out of love.....and you don' done what The Lord tol you fa' do.....you are as the hip hoppers say.....scraight!!!!

As for Sis. "X".....she's rejoicing in The Lord knowing she did the right thing and what she did...she did out of love! Even as we spoke today, Holy Spirit took control of the conversation and God's Words....not her words...not words of anger or plots of revenge, but God's Words sprung forth out of her mouth!!!!! TGBTG!!!!

Let's ask ourselves.....what's my motive?

You are already Blessed so be Encouraged.......
Love ya,
Paula
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"Looking At IT.....From A Different Perspective"

Motivations from the Heart of Paula Williams-Gaillard

"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are Eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18

My husband and I love strawberry mini-bagels, which I, for some odd reason, can only seem to find at Walmart. The other day after I dropped my son's friend home who spent the weekend with him, I figured I'd stop at the Panola Rd Walmart. Well I've never been in that store but I assumed.......you've seen one Walmart you've seen them all right? WRONG!!! I got turned around in the store. Compared to the Gresham Rd and College Park stores, Panola's breads was in the wrong place!

After walking up and down several aisles and from the produce/meat side to the aisle that separates the food from the clothes....I found out the breads were wwwaaayyy in the back across from the diary products! I wondered.....why did I have to walk all the way to the other side to see what I thought I had already seen.....I then heard in my Spirit......you had to look at it from a different perspective!

Many people are faced with challenges and issues that appear to be very, very ugly! Some are in situations they never....ever...never ever...ever thought or dreamed they would be! Situations in which they think it should be this way.....but it turns out.....it's that way! They confess.....by His stripes I'm healed but their body says "I'm hurting, I'm hurting"! They confess my God shall supply all my needs but then baby needs a pair of shoes and they get a light bill....gas bill and cell phone bill too! They confess as for me and my house we will serve The Lord, yet child and/or spouse is acting like they don' fell and bumped their heads! They confess I've got the mind of Christ yet they are walking around depressed and stressed. What's a Child of God to do?

The text Scripture lets us know......in spite of what your circumstances looks like....in spite of what the bank account says or how funny your money or hilarious it might be......in spite of what you're going through...look at "it"....whatever your "it" might be....look at it from a different perspective!

You can look at it this way: what the enemy means for evil, God will turn around for your good! What you think is a set back is actually a set up for you to recieve your Blessings! Look at your situation and circumstances working FOR you and NOT against you!!! One of my favorite Scriptures that I stand on says, ".....ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD! (Romans 8:28)

Trust God! Believe His Word and never doubt.....keep your focus on God and let Him see you through.....when you let go and let God....youll begin to see "it" from a whole new perspective!

You are already Blessed so be Encouraged.....
Love ya,
Paula
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P.S.
This just hit me this morning! Every morning I drive through a heavily populated area filled with homeless people. How many times have we, who have a roof over our head....a car...a job....how many times have we complained about we have?????????