All In a Days Work

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

This was an extraordinary special day for me.  My wife and I woke up at 5:45 AM to pray with Pastor T.J. McBride of Tabernacle of Praise International.  We are in season of consecration and will be fasting and praying for the first twenty one days in January.  I am feeling the power from the commitment that we are making.  I knew in my spirit that it was time for a fast and consecration.  I seek to be closer to God and the things that he wants for me. After praying I got up and took my dog Spirit for a walk.  It was rather cold out this morning, but I pressed through anyway.  Spirit was happy that she was able to get her daily walk.  I then left for Gold’s Gym to get a much needed morning workout. I hadn’t been to the gym in a week or so.  I use to workout three to four times a week and I’m planning to get back to that.  After my workout I hurried home and got dressed.  I received a call from a Pastor Bernard Miller who is the Georgia State Chaplain over prisons asking me to come to Jackson, Georgia to minister to the inmates.  Of course I could not say no to an opportunity like that.  So my wife Sherry and I met him in Barnesville at the TA Truckstop for lunch.  We ate vegetables while he and a friend were enjoying some delicious fried chicken.  It’s funny how as soon as you begin to fast you notice all types of foods, commercials on tv and radio about food, and you think about all of the foods that you cannot eat at the present.  Anyway we stuck to our diet and made it through.  Pastor Miller was briefing us on the condition of the prison and his position as Chaplain.  He is doing a wonderful work there by bringing in ministers and different speakers to help lift the spirits of men who are incarcerated.  At first I was a little uneasy about my wife being with me in the men’s correctional facility, because the thought of having all of those men looking at her was unnerving. Although she has lots of experience in prison ministry, even more than I do, I felt a certain way about it.  I let her know and she assured me that she was fine and that everything would be alright.  At this time my main concern was that I would give a good presentation.  Coming from a comedic background giving a good performance is paramount.  However, in ministry things are a bit different.  I believe that we are to rely more on the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us as to what we will present to his people, and to leave the outcome to him as well. 

So when the time came for me to minister I started out by playing a little Byron Cage “I Can’t Hold It.” This is an uptempo praise song that gets people going. I use it to come out to when I’m performing comedy. I let most of the song play and the inmates loved it. Many of them got up and begin to clap their hands with praise and thanksgiving. Some even broke out into dance. I’m so glad that I let that music play because I really was not sure how I was going begin my presentation. After the song I introduced Woody and did about fifteen minutes of comedy. The men loved it. It was great seeing them laugh so heartily. Laughter is such a great medicine especially in a pressurized environment like prison. Once I finished with Woody I put him away and they brought forth the podium for me to begin my sermon. I spoke about the importance of reading scriptures and studying the Bible. The title for my sermon was “Where is Your Playbook”? I gave an analogy of being a football player and the importance of knowing your playbook, as followers of Christ should know the Bible. How can you execute proper plays when you don’t know what’s in the playbook? 2 Timothy 2:15 says that we should “Study to show ourselves approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” That means that we should apply ourselves to learning God’s word and playbook for our lives. How can we properly execute in this game of life which we did not create? I would suggest that we learn God’s playbook so that we can be successful and win. The men seemed to enjoy the sermon and I gave them some goal setting tips for the beginning of the year. Before leaving I gave the offer to Salvation and three men gave their lives to Christ. Glory to God! It was a great day.

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Willie Brown's Journey Of Faith: The First Day of Worship in the New Year

Willie Brown's Journey Of Faith: The First Day of Worship in the New Year: Sunday, January 03, 2016 This is the first Sabbath day of the new year.  My wife Sherry and I woke up early and begin our prayer and devo...

The First Day of Worship in the New Year

Sunday, January 03, 2016

This is the first Sabbath day of the new year.  My wife Sherry and I woke up early and begin our prayer and devotion right in our bedroom.  We both took turns praying to God and giving him thanks for all that we have, and all that he wants us to be and do for the Kingdom.  We then showered, got dressed, and headed to Tabernacle of Praise International with Pastor T.J. and Shunnae McBride.  The spirit was high as the praise and worship team led the congregation in song.  It was a festive atmosphere as the colored lights displayed brilliantly and seemingly in synch with the music.  It felt good to be back in our own church after being on the road visiting so many churches during the holiday season.  Pastor spoke from Isaiah 40:31 which says that “Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.  They shall mount up as wings on eagles, run and not get weary, walk and shall not faint.”  He talked about the characteristics of the eagle and how it was designed to soar and not flap its wings.  The eagle waits for the air to get underneath its wings before attempting to fly.  The eagle trusts in the provision that God made for it to fly, and we as humans should do the same.  We should trust God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.  We should move in God’s power and not our own. When we get caught up in our own power we begin to flap like pigeons instead of soar like eagles. We must take a leap of faith to soar higher in this new year.  When we left church we went to Golden Corral where we ate a bounty of vegetables in observance of our Daniel Fast.  After we returned home I had a few minutes of silence and solitude as I read my Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Calhoun.  My wife then left for a meeting which allowed me to be alone by myself with God again.  I cherish the moment to be by myself where I can speak to God and find out exactly what he wants me to do.  Practicing silence and solitude is not easy when you are a family man. It takes concentration and effort to be alone without disturbance.  It’s not that you do not desire people to be around you, but there are times when a man or a woman  really need to get away by themselves for a little while so they can hear from the Lord.  Moses retreated to the mountain to be with God, and Jesus left the multitude to do the same.  I look forward to my practice of silence and solitude.  It seems to give me more confidence and control over my life.  When you sit still and know that he is God you realize that you do not have to be running around so much trying to fix things and make things happen.  I’m going to free fall into the hands of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Thank you Father

Willie Brown's Journey Of Faith: Starting the New Year in Silence and Solitude

Willie Brown's Journey Of Faith: Starting the New Year in Silence and Solitude: Well we can say goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016.  I must say that the year went by in a blur.  The older we get the faster time goes by.  ...

Starting the New Year in Silence and Solitude

Well we can say goodbye to 2015 and hello to 2016.  I must say that the year went by in a blur.  The older we get the faster time goes by.  2015 was a very strong building year for me.  A lot was accomplished in the academia world, and in the spiritual realm.  I overcame some big hurdles and ended up looking pretty good in the end.  I have been journaling pretty steady for the past three months due to school.  Our Spiritual Disciplines class makes journaling part of our daily assignment.  I can see my growth from writing and having to complete this daily exercise. I've been writing, but I have not found it necessary to share all of my feelings in this blog.  However, today I will do just that.  As I begin this new year I hope to find more peace and serenity through spending time alone with God in silence and solitude.  The world is so noisy and the volume keeps getting louder and louder in my head.  I have to quiet things down if I'm going to be productive in this new year.  I know that I have been involved in too many activities and my organizational skills need some work.  My wife and I had a lot going on in 2015 with me being in school full-time, running two businesses, and being caregivers for my mother.  Thank God we have been able to get my mother situated where she can have the twenty-four hour care that she needs and deserves. Having my mother at a top notch assisted living facility really helps to take the edge off.  Sherry and I can now focus on doing some of the other tasks that have been overlooked.   We can move forward in this new year towards the things that God wants us to do.  I can finish school, work on The Clean Comedy Clinic Inc., build our Karatbars Business, and work on our television ministry.  With God's help we are going to do a major work in the Kingdom by bringing Christian Arts and Entertainment to the forefront.  The Clean Comedy Clinic Inc. will be one of the biggest platforms for clean and Christian Comedians worldwide.  With focused marketing and execution we will create a household brand that will enhance family entertainment and comedy as we know it.

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Now here is my journal for today. I hope this inspires someone to write or think introspectively in this new year.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

I got up at 5 AM and begin to pray.  I thought my wife was going to join me, but she didn’t sleep well last night. She was very restless throughout the night.  Part of the problem was that we went to bed around 8:45 PM, and I was watching the movie “Bad Boys” with Martin Lawrence and Will Smith for the millionth time. Actually the movie was kind of on in the background as I was skimming through a book.  I think the noise from the television was keeping my wife from getting a good sleep. I’m going to have to do better in this new year.  I believe that I will watch television downstairs and when I come to bed I will come quietly.  As I prayed this morning I asked God to be with me and to purify me.  I asked him to help us to be strong during our fast, and to help us to do his will.  As I sit here in my office I began to read the section in Calhoun’s “Spiritual Disciplines Handbook” about silence.  I feel a strong yearning for silence and meditation on God’s word.  Just before writing in my journal I stopped again for ten minutes and was completely silent.  I want to experience this more for myself.  I know that I need to shut down all of the noise so that I can focus on God.  I don’t even need to hear my own thoughts sometime.  I have so much running through my mind each and every second of the day.  There is so much that I want to accomplish and do for the Kingdom of God and mankind.  I feel like I have a lot to offer, and that I’m just getting started.  I know that I need to be still, be quiet and listen.  I need to clean up my work environment and house.  I have a lot of projects that need to be completed like painting and repairs.  I have neglected a lot of things due to an overcrowded schedule, being in school, and traveling.  I need to sit still and have laser focus so that I can really accomplish something major.  Will you please help me Lord?  I need you.  I need your organizational skills, patience, and endurance.  I need to use my energy wisely on this day.  I need to love my wife more.  I need to avail myself to what is important to you.  Help me to grow from this time alone through silence and solitude.  Thank you Father.

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Going on in Spite of

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Today I find myself in a place of gratitude.  As I think about all that God has allowed me to do, and is currently allowing me to do I am filled with gladness.  This week has been very challenging for me and my wife.  Personally I have had to work, go to school, rehearse for the play “Beauty Shop” and take care of my aging mother.  There were times when we would be overwhelmed, but through the blood of Jesus we have been victorious.

I have had a couple of challenges in regards to being placed in the proper cohort at OCU.  Two of my books arrived late, and I am still waiting on one, but I am counting it all joy.  I know that God has a master plan for my life and that the work that he has begun in me shall come to pass in due season if I faint not.  I believe that God is telling me to keep going and to fight the good fight.  He has showed up in so many ways.  When my mother’s primary care physician’s office declined to assist us we took her to Piedmont Emergency Center.  We stayed there practically for a combined nine hours waiting for my mother to be tested, but God gave my wife and I the strength.  I had to leave there and go do the play and my wife stayed behind through it all. No matter what I am faced with I will continue to persevere with the Lord on my side.  Victory is mine sayeth the Lord.

"Count it all joy"

Being Comfortable in an Uncomfortable Situation

    Sometimes you have to learn to be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation.  As we go through life I think most of us believe that because we have faith in God, or because we are saved that we aren't going to go through anything.  But I beg to differ.  I'm finding that to be so totally not the norm.  In fact it seems that the more you follow God and try to do right the harder it is.  The devil doesn't bother you as long as you're on his team and doing what he wants you to do.  As soon as you proclaim that you're going to carry your cross and hold up the blood stained banner here comes old slewfoot to try and throw a monkey wrench in your plans.  I'm so glad that the word tells us to be steadfast and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know your work is not in vain (1Corinthians 15:58).  I also like to hear Paul's words to the Philippians where he says "I know what it is to be in need, I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want (Philippians 4:12).

    Most of us have it so good over here in America that we can't even begin to complain.  Our only problem is that we have so much that we take it for granted and begin to covet even more.  I heard Bishop Dale Bronner say that it is the wealthy man who has learned to live with less.  When you can be content in your situation it takes a lot of pressure off of you.  When you realize that you can only be in one room at a time in your house, or drive one car at a time it puts things in perspective for you.  I remember when I moved out to L.A. back in 1998 and lived in a one bedroom apartment for seven years.  I had a small small living room, kitchen, and a bathroom and was glad to have it.  I had just come out of a separation where I basically lost everything.  I remember driving three days to L.A. and getting there, and having to get an apartment, but my credit was jacked up and I was in a tough situation.  I remember talking to Mr. Tom Figus at Palms Caribbean Apartments on Overland Avenue and he was asking me for credit references and numbers to people that he could speak to on my behalf.  At the time I was busted and disgusted. I didn't know who he could speak to.  I was showing him my portfolio with pictures of me and Shaquille O'Neal, and Mike Epps, and D.L.Hughley, and all of my travels and the places where I performed.  That was all good, but he wanted to know who he could talk to.  I didn't know who he could talk to. So I called my mother because she always seemed to have good advice.  I told her that I had just driven three days to California, and that I was
thirty five years old and couldn't get an apartment.  My mother told me to pray to God and tell him what I needed.  So I did.  How many of you know that prayer works?  When I prayed I felt a release and sense of comfort that things would be alright.  Running through my mind up to this point were fears of where I would have to go, sleep, or live.  I knew that if you didn't have good credit you could end up at a homeless shelter, in a very bad neighborhood, or anywhere.  But the God that I serve saw different.

     I went back into the rental office and begin speaking to Mr. Figus again.  He told me that he had tried to contact my creditors and different people that I referred to him and the only person he could reach was my Mother. Thank God she gave me a good reference.  You know you're in trouble when your own mother won't give you a good credit reference.  At this point it wasn't even about credit references.  I just started writing down names of people who would vouch for me and say "yeah that Willie Brown is a good guy."  So I started writing down names of promoters, comedy agents, comedy clubs, and anyone who could say something good about me.  Finally Mr. Figus said to me "I really want to help you, but you've got to give me somebody that I can talk to, who can I talk to"?  And I was like "who can he talk to, who can he talk to"?  And it came to me.  I had an epiphany.  So I went out to my car and I took out my suitcase with Woody in it and went back into the rental office.  I reached down, opened up the suitcase and put Woody on my knee.  Mr. Figus began to chuckle.  I then made Woody say to him "you have a chance to make a difference in somebody's life today."  He continued to laugh and asked Woody "do you live in there" pointing to the suitcase.  And Woody said "I live in there, he lives in there and it's crowded Man"!  "We need somewhere to stay."  So Mr. Figus said "I've never seen anything like this in all of my years of property rental.  He said you seem like a pretty nice guy.  If you give me $500 today and $300 in a couple of days I'll prorate you for May, and wave a portion of your security deposit."  I gave him a money order for $500 and he gave me the
key to that apartment, and that was my first night in L.A..  Seven years later my credit was good and I moved from that one bedroom apartment in L.A. to a four bedroom house, with a two car garage on a half acre in McDonough, GA.  That's what God did for me.  And it didn't stop there.  He still keeps blessing me.

Sometimes God will let you go through a desert experience just to get your attention so that he can get something to you.  Sometimes he has to slow you down so that you can hear from him.  I find that the more I trust him and ask him to direct my path, the more he does it in mysterious ways.  We can't figure God out.  We think he's coming through the door and he comes up through the floor.  We think he's coming through the window, and he ends up coming through the chimney.  We just need to trust him.  Trust in the Lord at all times.  Lean not unto your own understanding.  Acknowledge him in all your ways and he will direct your path.  I don't know about you, but I want God to direct my path.  If you want God to direct your path do me a favor and leave a short comment at the bottom of this blog.  I'd love to hear from you and how God has helped you through on your journey.  May God continue to bless you and keep you always in Jesus name.

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