Mentor the Next Generation

 

Hi Everyone!

I know we are all looking forward to the 4^th of July weekend, those of us who live in the U.S. As for me, I have a fun-filled week ahead with my husband’s family coming into town from New Jersey, so we are all excited to spend some family time.

Before, we get our party hats on and begin to celebrate with fireworks; I wanted to share this with you all. I really wanted to share my heart with everyone. This is something that I have already shared on my social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and I also wanted to share it on my blog so everyone to read it.

I am a firm believer of empowering and encouraging others to reach their top potential. I’d like to be known for inspiring, encouraging and blessing others. I want to constantly, not only motivate myself but motivate others as well. I want everyone to excel in their individual journeys, knowing that they too can push past any limitations that may be of hindering. With that being said, sometimes we need a little help and God places people in our paths everyday with the purpose to help us. There will be times where you will need help but there will also be times where you will be that source of help for others.

As youth pastors, my husband and I constantly are working with the younger generation, we realize that they are the next generation and it is our responsibility to lead them, teach them, empower them, motivate them and mentor them. If they don’t get it from us, who will they get it from?

It’s everyone’s responsibility to listen and help these kids who are rising up. You do not have to be a youth pastor to do so, everyone is a leader in their own individual way. You can make a difference in someone’s life simply by caring and genuinely helping them excel in whatever area you are good at. Help them become better.

 This is what I shared earlier on social media and my hope is that you too become encouraged and motivated to encourage and motivate someone who may need your help. It’s not about us, it’s about Jesus and sharing the gifts He has deposited in us-with others! The more you release, the more you receive.

 

Leaders:

 Invest your time and resources into the next generation. They will remember! That goes for mentorship, leadership, teaching, preaching, music, worship, arts and even business. Whatever gifts you have been given, share the wealth of knowledge to others. Encourage them to be better and do better than you. Ouch! Why? Because you're standing today but guess what? Tomorrow you will be sitting down and they will be standing up, leading just like we are today. How great will it be to leave a legacy of multiplication?! You multiplied yourself unto others. You were not afraid to teach what someone else taught you and have others learn what one day you learned. Take someone under your wing and mentor them to be better than you; because my friends, that is the sign of a true leader: one that can look back and say, I mentored them and they became better than me! Let’s be a generation of sharing, one who spreads the wealth of knowledge. Let's empower the generation that is rising!

 

Be Encouraged, Be Blessed!

Landy Perez-Feliciano ♥

Without Borders

Today, I want to talk to you about breaking free of your limitations, the four walls that create borders and do not allow you to move forward. Dare to expand and be uncomfortable so that you can get out of the commodity of your zone. It's time to get out of THAT box that has defined you for so long. You cannot be complacent and expect greater things to happen. God wants to take you further than where your imagination can take you. Isaiah 55:8-9 says: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. What a wonderful declaration, just to know that our best is not God’s best, He will ALWAYS have a better idea, a better plan and definitely a better future for us. (Jeremiah 29:11)

You've got to get out of your comfort zone, I don’t know how else to say it. If you’re comfortable, you’ve got a problem, simple as that. You have to want more, you have to want to aspire to do more but MORE will not come, if you are content with LESS.

 

Today, I challenge you to ask God to lead you to that place where there are no borders, may your faith have no borders and may your trust be borderless. It's time to live your life without borders. You will never receive revelation in the shorelines, only in the deep waters. It will seem like you are walking in the "unknown" and fear, doubt, and insecurities will creep up on you but if you are certain that you are being led by God, everything will be okay! He will give you directions and clarity as you walk and move forward. Your every step will be guided by the One who holds your hands and directs your feet. Once you start on the journey of walking in deeper waters, there is no turning back because if you do, you risk everything.

Every heard of the phrase, “You’re in too deep”? Once you take the step to go in deep with the Lord, there is no turning back. It will seem scary and a bit intimidating but if you truly want a limitless life, you will have to get rid of those borders that have been impeding you from reaching your purpose and destination. Your trust, faith and dreams have to be borderless in order for God to complete the good work that He has begun in you. Want to fulfill your purpose? Get rid of the borders and limitations in your life that have been hindering you from moving forward. Enough of the shallow waters, it’s time to put your big boy and big girl pants and go in deep. With God on your side, you will NOT drown.

I love Oceans from Hillsong. And if you listen carefully to the lyrics of this song, you will understand that in order to get into deeper waters, you must walk and in the process, you must trust. In order to fulfill God’s calling; you must have faith and take action.

Allow yourself the opportunity to walk in freedom, knowing that what lies ahead is so much deeper and so much greater than what your eyes will ever see and your mind will ever comprehend if you choose to stay in the shorelines. Only in the deepness of the unknown waters, will you truly receive wisdom, understand and revelation; something that cannot be achieved in shallow waters.


Be Encouraged, Be Blessed!
Landy Perez-Feliciano ♥

 

Hillsong - Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

[6x]
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior

I will call upon Your name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine