Unfiltered with Jessie B.

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Mark 8:22-26 has always been a peculiar record to me.  There are many things to unpack here, and you can listen to my thoughts. But I do encourage you to study this on your own and see what the Holy Spirit would say to you. 22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the h...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Romans 8:37 KJV Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. The victim mentality is a powerful tool satan uses to try and make us forget our true identity in Christ. Many psychologists agree that the victim mentality is a learned mental state but if it’s learned that means it can be unlearned.  God is not blind to our problems...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Psalm 141:3 says, "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” God spoke the universe and everything in it into existence. Words have the power to bless and to curse, to bring life and death. The words we speak to others, even about ourselves can also bring blessings and curses. So it’s no surprise Jesus warned His disciples th...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Typically, we don’t have emotions about something unless we have a thought about it first.  We are bombarded by thoughts positive and negative every waking hour. If our thoughts are out of control, so will our emotions be out of control.  2 Corinthians 10:5 can save a lot of heartache if we just do what it says.

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! What does new wine, new wineskins, Prince  and change, prayer blockage, and God waiting have in common? Maybe more than you think. Take a listen.

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! The first portion of this episode is follow up from last night’s episode regarding Toxicity in thhe Church. It is important to remember that the whole salavation message is about reconciliation to God through Jesus. Those who have been forgiven much understand the need for forgiveness in others. Our relationships with others is a good indicator of our relationsh...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Imagine if your church got a memo from Jesus saying He was there a week ago, two weeks ago, a month, maybe a year, and He closed with the saying He would be back at another unspecified time what do you think the meat of that memo would say? Would our Lord be met with excitement and reverence, or more panic and excuses than a hooker going to jail? Now that I have...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Strange concept but we do it more often than we think and this is dangerous territory for anyone especially believers.  God is the same yesterday today and forever but today is where we live therefore we need to accept that God is just as much in the present as He is the past and the future therefore miracles should be the norm, not the exception. Don’t repackag...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Is it ok for a Christian to drink? What does the Bible say about going to a casino? These are two of many questions that are asked by both Christians and non Christians. While we all have strong opinions and valid reasons for those opinions.  However,  we all know the greatest enemy of opinion is fact.  Before I dig myself into a deeper hole, give this a listen...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; please help my unbelief!” Faith and unbelief can coexist as we see from this scripture. However, we cannot stay in this place and expect to grow in the Lord and see Him at work in our lives. We can take a lesson from this dad who was desperate to see his son healed, bu...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! There is a scene in Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood where he is sitting at the bedside of an elderly man who said, “ I have much to tell you about history…about your history.”  For the first time Robin learned of his true heritage which in turn shaped his future and ultimately the future of England. For some reason, I have always related this particular scene to God...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Spiritual warfare is real, so real that people often dismiss it as a seasonal troubles, depression, bad days, or the nauseous “it is what it is”.  Even though God does  not cause bad things, He often gets the blame more so than we admit. We can align with the demonic or align with Christ. It really is a choice we have to make and make more than once.

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Catch 22 seems like it has declared open season on many of us. If just that much speaks to you, then relax.  Not only do we have a Savior who understands, we have the Lord who is victorious. But wait there’s more! He is also the soon coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords that every knee shall bow to… The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace, E...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Luke 10:38-42 is the well known account of Martha and Mary. Martha was more task oriented while Mary chose to sit at Jesus’ feet and learn from Him. Martha was rebuked, Mary was rewarded. Many times we can relate to Martha more so than Mary. We are busy doing the “right”things while neglecting the “main” thing. When we get overwhelmed, it might be a good time to...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Malachi 3:3 "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness." He will sit as refiner and purifier…sounds like a passive role until you research what a refiner actually does, how detailed, hands on and precise they hav...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Often times we remember the past, some memories are good some aren’t but regardless we have a tendency to hang on to the past rather than let go. Writing new chapters involves closing old ones, and that process i...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Exodus 20:12 tells us to honor our father and mother which is all well and good if they are godly, but does God expect us to do so if they are not godly?  Does this automatically let us off the hook? 

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Kick ‘em when they’re up, kick ‘em when they’re down, kick ‘em when they’re stiff, kick ‘em all around… James 5:16 says confess faults to one another but what does that mean exactly and how far should we take it?

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! We bring the sacrifice of praise into the  house of the Lord…if you are like me, this song might as well been up there with The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow…both heard to ad nauseum and both equally annoying. But when I realized praise is not about my feelings or circumstances its about Him, it changes things. Perhaps Job said it best in 42:5 AMPC “I had heard of...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Comforting words mean the world to us, especially when we need to hear them. But, what if God doesn’t offer comforting words  but a soul searching question.  “Am I Still Your God?” 

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! While life can kick the breath out us and those we thought we could depend on prove otherwise, God always provides. Philippians 4:8

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! I heard  an interview with Kathy Troccoli where she said God writes our story, we just gotta catch up to it.  The catching up to it process is not easy.  In fact it can be a living hell for a while. Catching up will mean giving up things that are hindering our walk whether it slows us down or blocks the road altogether. When we get to the place of ultimate surre...

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Sometimes we need to be reminded that we were once a whosoever.  The Gospel is for everyone, regardless of their past, their name, skin color, economic status or any other dividing issue. Jesus is still in the life changing business and we either work for Him, or against Him.

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! Proverbs 3:5-6 New King James Version 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall [ a ]direct your paths.