God CAN make a difference in YOUR life!

Let 2016 be THE year that you try God!

It's not about religion or denomination...it's just about God and His love for you and His concern for you and His sacrifice for you!

For 2016, FOCUS on the Word of God as written in the scriptures. They are life-changing, life-giving, and all-consuming of all that hurts and destroys.

God CAN make a difference in YOUR life! He has made one in mine...let Him make one in yours!

Moving forward AND Staying FOCUSED!
tjb

What is your FOCUS today?

Happy FOCUSED Day Ladies!!

 

What is your FOCUS today?

As we come to the end of another year, I stop and reflect on all that happened from January till now...when I do, I stand amazed! First, I made it! Through everything, day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, I made it! And because I know that I didn't just make it on my own, I have to first thank God for His keeping power over my life throughout this year. If it had not been for God through Jesus Christ, there really is no telling where I would be...I next thank MyMom for her never-ending love and support in everything...for her wisdom and love for God, family, and people, and for her praying spirit! She loves to pray!! And for my friends...friends till the end no matter time, distance, or position in life...friends!

During this time of the year, we celebrate the birth of Christ into the world. God wrapped in flesh that dwelt among us. I was reminded of this passage of scripture in Isaiah 53, "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (vs. 3-6 KJV)."

-He, Jesus, borne our grief - so He carried and transported our grief away so we would not have to carry it...
-He carried our sorrows - again - so we would not have to! But what did we do?? We thought that He was being punished by God for wrongs He had done...nope!! He took those things, He ENDURED those things FOR US!!  What am I trying to get you to see here??? Rejoice!! For the Savior, Jesus Christ, came into the world, born to a virgin, to save us FROM OURSELVES and give us new life in Him!! When we accept that and look towards the Cross, then new life can begin!! 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year!

From the FOCUSED Ministries, Inc. Family and Friends!

God bless!

Let us hear from you!!
Moving forward AND Staying FOCUSED!
tjb

 

Together...

“Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it's just too bad, because there is no one to help him.”  Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 GNB

Jesus said He would never leave us or forsake us - and He meant it! FOCUSED Ministries, Inc. exists to you! Share our website with a young lady - go to www.focused-ministries.org and sign up for our mentoring program GirlsFOCUSED. 

Staying FOCUSED!

tjb

YOU are worth fighting for...

Greetings Young Ladies and God bless you!

If you have not seen the movie "War Room," it is a must see before it leaves the theaters!! Or if you do miss it, it is a movie you NEED to add to your collection. I certainly will get it!!

It is a powerful movie about the power of prayer. And not just prayer to be praying, but praying the Word of God and the power that can be demonstrated when one prayers IN FAITH - BELIEVING that God CAN DO IT!!

You may ask, why talk about prayer??? Well, I believe that is a very powerful vehicle to relay a message through, so check out this song and know that WE believe, without any doubt, that YOU ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!!
 

We love you, indeed!

Staying FOCUSED!!
tjb

FOCUSED, continued...

Greetings Ladies!!! For many, today was the first day of school. Welcome back! Hope it was great!

We continue our discussion this month on keeping FOCUS! We are FOCUSED Ministries, Inc. focusing our all on Christ. Yes, we are a faith-based organization but with a heart to serve, not condemn.

Want to share a video clip from one of my former students. A message, which I think, points us exactly where we should be when it comes to living this life...

Take a listen, share your thoughts, and let's get about it!!

Your purpose... (Need to fix this link but stayed tuned!)

In His love,
tjb

What is YOUR focus?

Greetings Ladies!

A new school year has begun for many of us. Some are still enjoying the lazy days of summer - sleeping late, riding our bikes, or just hanging out around the house.

As your school year gets started, what will be YOUR focus? True, there will be many things that try to gain your focus - teachers and homework, your friends, BOYS, parents, the latest fashions...I want to encourage you to let God be your primary lens through which you focus everything else through! "Huh?? What??" you may say...Yes, focus on God! He has your best interests in mind...and when you focus on Him, He reveals those mysteries to you so that you will grow and be the Young Ladies He has called you to be...

The month of September will be a month FOCUSED on how God sees you...it will be an exciting journey helping you to redefine, redesign, and reignite YOUR focus on the good of living. Join us on this journey...it will be grand!

Keeping GirlsFOCUSED!
In His love,
tjb

The Launch...

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" (KJV)

Greetings!  Wanted to say a big, huge THANKYOU to everyone who attended the official launch of FOCUSED Ministries, Inc. on January 25th. It was a tremendous blessing being able to share w/the church the vision and mission that the Lord has given!  I was blessed when Geneva arrived w/her grand-daughter, ecstatic when I saw Elder and Sissy walk through the doors of the church, and excited to see Mrs. Thompson and Ginny! And, of course, w/MyDearOne (Mom) there, it made it all around special!! Missed those who could not attend, but this was just the first of many firsts!

A big thank you as well to those who celebrated w/us at the luncheon!!

To ALL who have supported me through the vision and mission of FOCUSED Ministries, Inc. - Family - Church family - Friends...THANK YOU!! The work has only yet begun, but the Lord will continue to lead and guide! So I pray you would continue to follow me as I follow Christ in this project!! God bless! LoveU

Trisha J. Baker

Blessings in 2015...

Pronouncing the blessing of the Lord over your life in 2015!!

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (NIV):

1 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. 4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

 Thank God for the Word! It is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path!!  Amen and amen!!

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Staying FOCUSED! Moving Forward!
tjb