{"id":3345,"date":"2021-07-26T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2021-07-26T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:08:00","slug":"spoken-word-by-denisha-lawton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/spoken-word-by-denisha-lawton\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoken Word  By Denisha Lawton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpoken Word\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Written by: Denisha\u00a0Lawton<\/p>\n<p>I want to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>I believe we mostly hear this stated in business, but I know that I\u2019m different.<\/p>\n<p>Many people like to say don\u2019t waste time, but I choose to live by this line,\u201cDon\u2019t waste words!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unspoken or heard, words are to be treasured and measured with the utmost sincerity, see words hold power like an emergency!<\/p>\n<p>I urgently find it necessary to share Light, in spite of the ever present darkness that tries to creep itself into my life.<\/p>\n<p>I speak to it right where it enters.<\/p>\n<p>Vision to see right through its center.<\/p>\n<p>We were never promised things would be easy, but believe me things get a little bit more pleasing when we begin to put some respect on His name; from no fortune to fame in the beginning God spoke and he woke up depths of void with hope in His creation with a statement: \u201cLet there be light!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His words were spoken.<\/p>\n<p>Spoken words knowing that we, His creation just might forget that there\u2019s actually purpose in night.<\/p>\n<p>We must rest.<\/p>\n<p>Even when situations look dim, we can always rest in Him.<\/p>\n<p>I was once a busybody, but Mommy stopped me one day and said, \u201cBaby, even Jesus rested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Confession:<\/p>\n<p>I have recollection of trying to handle every little thing by myself, although my hands felt arrested, but He\u2019ll carry every single burden if I\u2019d only just let Him, so instead of trying to piece together my own mixture, I choose to hand things right back over to the Real Fixer and audibly cast my cares in a simple word of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Father, forgive me for forgetting that I am made in your image and freely given the tools to overcome darkness, somehow I missed it.<\/p>\n<p>You gave me the power to devour my enemy, but the sin in me thought I was in control.<\/p>\n<p>So, help me to behold you once again remembering that you hold everything I need within.<\/p>\n<p>Help me to use the power in my tongue to speak Life, so that somewhere, along the way, someone else might tap into that same power.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Lord, only you are consistent\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and with the power of the spoken word you\u2019ve given me, I plan to be\u2026 a Difference!<\/p>\n<p>Bio: Denisha Lawton, lyrically known as: \u201cPoetic\u00a0Prophet,\u201d is a Motivational Spoken Word Artist who grew up in Ocala, where she attends Mt.Tabor AME in Kendrick, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>She has had the pleasure of collaborating with many International poets, rappers, singers, and assorted creatives while living in the States as well as while living abroad in Shanghai, China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoetic Prophet\u201d has been the recipient of National and International Spoken Word Poetry honors, recognition, and awards.<\/p>\n<p>While attending college, she had the esteemed honor of performing for Jesse Jackson as well as the late Maya Angelou.<\/p>\n<p>Her creative technique is one that evokes conscious and vulnerable thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoetic Prophet\u201d aspires to inspire and has plans to trailblaze a movement for lyricism worldwide. She is currently hosting a Performing Arts Camp for Youth in the community of Ocala at Mt. Tabor AME (Pastor T. P. Nelson) and is in need of consistent volunteers and sponsors to help support the development and cultivation of our children\u2019s gifts and talents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpoken Word\u201d Written by: Denisha\u00a0Lawton I want to make a difference. I believe we mostly hear this stated in business, but I know that I\u2019m different. Many people like to say don\u2019t waste time, but I choose to live by this line,\u201cDon\u2019t waste words!\u201d Unspoken or heard, words are to be treasured and measured with<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/spoken-word-by-denisha-lawton\/\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1000,433,434,1],"tags":[1020,1019,1021],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3359,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions\/3359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}