Don't Let Procrastination Hinder You!!!
- De'Angela L. Haynes
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min read

What is it in your life, that procrastination is hindering you from fulfilling dreams, achieving accomplishments and seeing the manifestation of what's inside of you? Don't let procrastination hinder you. Many times, we procrastinate because of fear, and the Apostle Paul writes to one of his spiritual sons, Timothy, in the book of 2 Timothy 1:7, where the scripture says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." I remember the Lord saying to me a few years ago, after reading the scriptures in Mark 11:22-23, which says, "And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." The Lord said to me, "If you knew what was on the other side of this mountain, you would speak to it!" My God, this was and still is so powerful to me because the mountain is devised and disguised by satan to put up a smoke screen in order to discourage us from advancing and being enhanced in our lives. My challenge to you today, is to step out like the Apostle Peter did, when he stepped out of that boat and onto the water because Jesus called him and told him to come.
As my pastor, Bishop Michael A. Blue would say, "Peter didn't just step out on anything, he stepped on the Word of God, which was demonstrated and spelled out: C.O.M.E." Why step out now? You need to and can step out like Peter did because the devil likes to discourage us by saying and whispering in our ears, "Nobody in your family has ever done that, achieved, succeeded, graduated from.../graduated with..., opened their own business, invented, published their own book, traveled around the word, obtained this type of job/position on a job/career, etc." but he does this because he knows fear cripples us, and it hinders us from moving forward. I began taking that leap of faith and those steps of faith in 2010, when I self-published my first book. What I did as a graduate student, was instead of using my financial aid refund check on going to the mall wasting money, I wanted to use a portion of this refund to invest in myself and this project, so I chose a company in Florida by the name of Xulon Press, and here I am today, with evidence of not procrastinating, but pressing past fear to do what I always love doing, encouraging others through writing. One of daily emails that I received from a Millionaires Money subscription had this quote, which is not mine's at all, but it said, "When I lost my excuses, I found my results" (@MICHAELLUZIO).
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