Kneel Talk Real Talk
52 Weekly Devotions
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Kneel Talk – Week 1 Wait Wait. No further instructions - no additional details - no, not even any idea of how long you will have to. It's inevitable and true...there are times in your life when the only thing you can do is: Wait. It's uncomfortable. It's hard. It can produce fear. It can frustrate you to seemingly no end. You don't understand it. You question it, and yet the persistent and even bothersome instruction won't relent. The instruction remains to just: Wait. This four-letter word can even tempt you to pronounce other four-letter words (Real Talk). But I've learned (and still learning) that waiting is much about development. The instruction to wait is an instruction to develop. Expand your endurance, gain more strength, become more patient, establish humility, get acquainted with contentment, and emerge more valiant than before. But please hear this: The key to your development and the key to receiving what's yours after the wait is to stick and stay— don't cut and run ...do not (whatever you do) depart. This week (while you wait), don't depart. Stick and stay. Keep your composure. Trust your teacher who is God that gave you the instruction (which came in the form of a dilemma or crisis) to wait. When the wait is over, you'll be amazed that somehow you and your family were sustained the entire time and that you didn't fall. And what God gives to you after the wait will be worth both the lesson and the blessing—just you wait and see! Kneel Talk Thought: "Develop into more than before" Scripture: Acts 1:4 kjv And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father...
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Kneel Talk Real Talk is a collection of weekly devotional messages to offer you hope and encouragement throughout the year in light of life's real ups and downs, its real joys and pain, and the real maneuvering we all have to do through life's manure. Unlike many devotionals that begin with a scriptural text followed by some explanatory commentary——Kneel Talk Real Talk begins each devotional message with the realness of emotions, situations and/or circumstances people find themselves confronted with followed by supporting scripture, exhibiting that notwithstanding the disparate aspects of life we will experience, there is always a living word that can speak to and uplift us.
About the Author
Joseph J. Briggs is a minister, chaplain, author, singer/composer, and conference speaker. His ministry is a ministry of encouragement, offering words of hope and empowerment that stem from the hope and empowerment that can be found in scripture—God loves and believes in you. Joseph has authored the book ‘Emerge and See the State of Emergency’ which offers a creative philosophy on achieving one’s goals. He currently holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Carolina State University and Masters’ degrees in Divinity and Business Administration from Campbell University. Joseph is currently a doctoral student at Duke University, exploring affirmation ethics and its persuasive influences within the Black Church context. He is a life-member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Joseph and his wife live in Raleigh, NC and together they have 5 beautiful daughters.