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One thing I do not appreciate is horrible customer service. I had a bad experience while attempting to purchase shoes for my children just last night. That store lost my business due to poor service.
I think if more people apply the scriptures below to their everyday lives, they will find they are happier and the people whose path’s they cross will be happier. This scripture can be used when dealing with co-workers, customers, strangers, friends, family, love ones and even your enemies. For me the following scriptures capture the core of my being. Enjoy:
Humble Servitude:
John 13: 13- 17 (Amplified)
13You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is what I am.
14If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another’s feet.
15For I have given you this as an example, so that you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you.
16I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, A servant is not greater than his master, and no one who is sent is superior to the one who sent him.
17If you know these things, blessed and happy and [a]to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them].
Matthew 20:26-28 (Amplified)
26Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
27And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave–
28Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
Philippians 2:8-10 (Amplified)
8And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!
9Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has [a]freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,
10That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee [b]should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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Happy Birthday to you….
Happy Birthday to you….
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y D E A R J E S U S!!!!!
Happy Birthday tooooo youu!!!
I love you Jesus! Thanks for all you have done.
I celebrate your birth, death at the cross, and resurrection.
May we celebrate these important events all year long!
Walking in Love,
Tayarisha Joyce
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I find the more I give love and display love, the happier I am. I call this walking in love. And no I don’t mean the kind of love that is exclusive to people who have a significant other that they are intimate with. I am talking about walking in love where you are able to love strangers, family, friends, and even enemies. You are able to exemplify this by pouring kindness onto another person whether they deserve it or not. You prove you are walking in love by taking the higher road when dealing with difficult people such as co-workers. You show love by providing the best customer service on your jobs and on the streets. How about letting a car in while driving in traffic? What about praying for your enemies? There are so many little things we all can do to display love. But to do it, we must first know the definition of love and be mature enough and humble enough to give love. Then and only then should we expect to receive love.
But how do you walk in love? How do we even know what love is? Of course God provides a definition of love. I found that when I read and meditate on 1 Corinthians 13:4-13, that a calmness comes over me. I am able to handle a difficult situation better. And for that reason, I have the scripture in 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 hanging in my cubicle at work. I bet if more people read and believed what God has shared in 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 daily, the world would truly be a better place. I think there would be less anxiety attacks, less depression, less anger, and ultimately less violence.
I believe 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 is very powerful, yet I do not hear many church leaders referencing it. Let me encourage you to read the following (1 Corinthians 13: 4-13) from the Amplified Bible:
4Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy ([a]the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
9For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).
10But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded).
11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.
12For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as [b]in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand [c]fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been [d]fully and clearly known and understood [[e]by God].
13And so faith, hope, love abide [faith–conviction and belief respecting man’s relation to God and divine things; hope–joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love–true affection for God and man, growing out of God’s love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Walking in love,
Tayarisha Joyce
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In trying to come up with meaningful, uplifting, and unique ideas of presents to share with people (especially during Christmas) I open my mind to anything that can bless someone.While listening to Houston’s Inspiration radio station Praise 92.1 one morning, I was blessed to find out that the Christian comedian Marcus D. Wiley who is part of the Yolanda Adams Morning show would be providing several “Best Of 2008″ series for the year 2008. For example, if you visit http://www.marcusdwiley.com/estore.html, you will find “The Best Of Bishop Secular - 2008“, 
“The Best Of Sanctified Sermon Topics - 2008“,
and “The Best Of The Rest - 2008”
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Or you can take advantage of “The Best Of Everything - 2008” which is a bundle of all Marcus’s “Best Of 2008″ series.
Let me encourage you to bless several people at one time by supporting Mr. Wiley and also making the recipient of the gift smile. Mr. Wiley is truly blessed with a gift of comedy, and in these times, we all could use a good laugh. If you are like me, sometimes you have to encourage and bless yourself. Why not purchase at least one series for yourself and another for a loved one you would like to bless.
Fellas, if you are spending your first Christmas with that special one in your life, why not bless her with a different gift such as the Marcus D. Wiley’s “Best Of 2008″ series.
Ladies if you would like to bless your man with a present with a masculine touch and one that can make both you and your man laugh for many nights to come, then get your copy of “The Best Of Everything - 2008“. I received my copy in the mail yesterday, and have been laughing every since.
God bless you and yours,
Tayarisha Joyce
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Recently while at the salon, I had the opportunity to meet an author who had just released her latest book 2 weeks prior to us meeting. I learned (both by asking her questions and listening to her eloquently speak to others in the shop as we waited for service) that this is actually her second book (the first one “When You Think Of Me” was published a few years prior). Her latest compilation titled “Living With No Regrets” appears to be a sure winner. The book’s inside cover gives a synopsis as such:
Cherrelle Elliot has been betrayed by both family and friends. On the day of her wedding, her fiancé jilts her at the altar and marries her first cousin. She is devastated to find that her family members have accepted the relationship without regard to her feelings when she sees her ex-fiancé, cousin, and their new child being admired at the family reunion. Her grief and embarrassment cause her to leave her home city of New Orleans and move to Houston. After years away from New Orleans, Cherrelle’s grandmother asks her to chair the family reunion committee, but she refuses. Reassigned to New Orleans to work on a new project for her company, she is forced to take a matured look at her family, and Cherrelle realizes that some things have changed. Her grandmother is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, her sister is being abused by her husband, and her father is missing to name a few. The only things that make life in New Orleans bearable are the foods that remind her of the love of her family and an unexpected reunion with Cory, a childhood friend she secretly had a crush on.Her grandmother’s disease forces Cherrelle to take over the family reunion, but plans are interrupted when Hurricane Katrina roars through, causing havoc for the family as members are separated from one another.“Living With No Regrets” is a story of how Cherrelle and her family deal with betrayal, forgiveness, family, love, reunion planning, Alzheimer’s, and spousal abuse.
I began reading the hard cover version of the book while in the salon. And I must say that it is already entertaining. I briefly scan through the book and noticed that towards the back of the book there were actually recipes that Mrs. Piper has included. She mentioned many of the recipes actually come from her mother. If you are looking to bless someone (or yourself) with a different kind of gift, let me encourage you to purchase “Living With No Regrets” by visiting http://www.annetrapiperbooks.com/online_store. It comes in both hard cover and paperback.
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