I saw the movie, “True Grit” the other day and I thought to myself, why am I going to see this movie (other than the fact that it was a family outing, which is very good.) This is not the typical type of movie I go to see. I love romance, happy ending movies, and funny movies, none of which was this movie. I told the family member after the movie that suggested we go see it that they did well, I enjoyed the movie.
Sometimes you have to step out of your routine and comfort zone to be able to experience something more in life than what you have experienced so far in your life. Let me clarify that statement, which is not inclusive of doing things like smoking, drinking, drugs, illicit sex and anything else that goes against the 10 commandments. Is that perfectly clear to you!!!
In the very beginning of the movie, they played an old time Christian song and I just loved the tenacity of the young girl’s character in the movie. She was fourteen years old but let me tell you the character she played was smart, knew the laws, a great negotiator, and was not afraid to confront the very killer of her father. She was determined to get the job done and she did. She also held people accountable too.
Sometimes when you go to see a movie (if you are open to it) there tends to be a story within the story you are viewing. Maybe I need to become more tenacious in my life than I already am. Maybe I need to not hold others so accountable like I do and me, myself, should become more accountable for my life than I am right now. I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me. I do not recall if she ever married when she became an adult. If she did not, do you think it could possibly be because she was intelligent and spoke out what she thought rather than holding back her words of truth? I suppose that could be intimidating in one respect to a guy. Especially back in the western day era, when women were subservient to the men. Sort of, do your chores and be quiet when it comes to thinking on your own. You are to do cooking, cleaning, darn laundry, garden, etc.
In some respects, things really haven’t changed that much throughout the years, except for the fact that there are women now that are the main “bread winner” in the family. They are now removed from having to do those chores because they have the means to hire someone to perform those duties.
It is biblical that the man’s role in a home is to be the head of the household. How many homes in America truly practice that? I can only imagine how a man would feel being subservient to his wife. A man is created and built already inside of him to be the head and when that doesn’t happen in his life does he then feel little or not fulfilled since it has been controlled by a woman? I do not know the answer to this since I am not a man. I am most thankful that I am a woman and I truly enjoy my femininity and allowing a man to come into my life and take care of me. I know my limits and the structure of a man created to lead would be most welcome in my life. I like dressing up and making myself look pretty, I enjoy it. I really enjoy being whom God created me to be. I know the right fragrance and how to wear it enough so that a good looking man in an elevator will compliment me on the choice of fragrance I wear. Yet, I am shy enough that if I sense a good looking man is looking in my direction I will turn my eyes downward, so as to not look back for I think that is too forward in a woman. A woman is created to be feminine and there is something built inside of me that just loves when a man comes to my rescue and to take care of me. I know this may not be a popular message to the feminist women out there but a woman was created to look beautiful and take good care of herself for her husband’s enjoyment. I love knowing that when I look good it will turn his head towards me. I do not have a concern that other men may turn their heads towards me it is just my husband that I want to turn his head towards me and he alone. Some women are created with a natural gift inside of them to please their husbands with the right look, gentle touch, and that certain smile that causes her husband’s head to not just turn in her direction but remain there. Other men will be jealous because he gets the true prize of all prizes a woman that loves him. She does not tear him down with cruel words but elevates him with uplifting/encouraging words. Even when a woman flows in ministry and she speaks words of encouragement to many people, only the most choice and tender words are saved for her beloved. The one that has captured her heart, words spoken from her heart touch his very heart.
Words can bring life or speak death into a person’s existence. Speak words of life often to those around you and save the most choice and tender words to speak to his heart. Women awaken from within and just try being a little less aggressive and let your husband lead as he was created to do and watch the wonder before your very eyes. Let him lead and sit back and enjoy the ride. All I ask is to try it at least once and see if there is not a big improvement on how it use to be.
Doesn’t this amaze/intrigue you how I think? I go see a western movie and here I am speaking about the femininity of a woman.
Proverbs 16:20 states “He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.”
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Word Of The Lord Given To Me Today
As you sit and wonder, ponder and question know that I am God and no other gods shall be placed before Me or elevated above Me. I am a jealous God and I will see My children elevated far higher and above their thoughts, desires and dreams to a place of safety with Me. Do not look to the east, west, south or north, look unto Me. The giver and sustainer of life. Not poverty and sickness life but abundant life in Me. You shall see all and know all and hear all that you are suppose to operate in.
Do not cower back and retreat backward when the enemy confronts. Strengthen up and stand up and let not your heart be troubled or burdened with worry and strife for I speak peace and life and accept nothing less than that.
I am the master and you are the clay in the palm of My hand I create, you were created with purpose and destiny of your heart's desires. Settle for only that and not false garbage. When garbage sits out in the hot sun for hours, days or even months a foul odor develops and rotting takes place. Maggots appear and feast on the rotten. Get rid of the garbage in your life so as to not be thrown in on the garbage pile with everyone else's garbage too.
Stand up and fight the good fight of faith and do not cower back you are triumphant in Christ and He is your defender. Rest knowing that. The enemy has had had too much time and wrestling with things that you allowed to this point because you cowered back and said to yourself, "I'm not going to rock the boat." Stop that coward thinking and advance for you are victorious in Christ, the hope of glory. Remember this, Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world and just advance."
Ezekiel 3: 9 "I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than stone. Don't be afraid of them. Don't be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people."
Do not cower back and retreat backward when the enemy confronts. Strengthen up and stand up and let not your heart be troubled or burdened with worry and strife for I speak peace and life and accept nothing less than that.
I am the master and you are the clay in the palm of My hand I create, you were created with purpose and destiny of your heart's desires. Settle for only that and not false garbage. When garbage sits out in the hot sun for hours, days or even months a foul odor develops and rotting takes place. Maggots appear and feast on the rotten. Get rid of the garbage in your life so as to not be thrown in on the garbage pile with everyone else's garbage too.
Stand up and fight the good fight of faith and do not cower back you are triumphant in Christ and He is your defender. Rest knowing that. The enemy has had had too much time and wrestling with things that you allowed to this point because you cowered back and said to yourself, "I'm not going to rock the boat." Stop that coward thinking and advance for you are victorious in Christ, the hope of glory. Remember this, Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world and just advance."
Ezekiel 3: 9 "I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than stone. Don't be afraid of them. Don't be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people."
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
How Many Christian's Pointed The Finger In Judgement When Amy Grant Married Vince Gill? I Was One Of Them & I Repented & Asked Forgiveness, What About You?
I was blessed with a most generous gift, a ticket to the 12 Days of Christmas concert with Amy Grant & Vince Gill. In the beginning of the concert I sat there with that spirit of judgement that crept back up and I just couldn't understand how the two blended together. One a country singer and the other a Christian singer.
Then something just clicked, their love for each other. I felt this incredible love emanate from them onto us, the audience. He even cracked a joke about the people he sings to and then she comes along and sings in her performances and saves them. I wanted to judge/criticize at that comment and as the concert progressed I was able to see "real" love between them and their family too.
It brought hope to me that if God could bring these two together with the different types of audiences they sing to then surely it is possible in my life. As the concert continued it was such an experience to hear her sing "Broken Hallelujah" and "Breath of Heaven" amongst other songs too. Then, it was so evident of their love for each other when he sang a beautiful love song he wrote to her and then dedicated it to a pastor and his wife that were in the audience that they knew. The words were ever so tender and dear and they made mention of the Red Letters spoken in the bible by Jesus that he sees in Amy and her life.
Blended families do work, it takes some work but you know what? They work. Just seeing the tenderness of Vince's grown daughter singing a song with her father and then Vince and Amy's daughter playing her little role in this performance and seeing the siblings share love, just amazing. Do not tell me that there is not hope and life after divorce for I surely see it.
Hang in there and one day the love of your life just might write something for you and about how special and what a wonder you are. How you touched their very life or them being in your life just may inspire you to write. For, when lives are destined to come together as one there will most likely be work involved in it. Keep trusting for God will surely bring it into existence in His time in your life to bring celebration for all around you to share in.
I, a romantic at heart, am signing off for tonight. As I do may your day be filled with prosperity and peace mixed in with hope too.
Then something just clicked, their love for each other. I felt this incredible love emanate from them onto us, the audience. He even cracked a joke about the people he sings to and then she comes along and sings in her performances and saves them. I wanted to judge/criticize at that comment and as the concert progressed I was able to see "real" love between them and their family too.
It brought hope to me that if God could bring these two together with the different types of audiences they sing to then surely it is possible in my life. As the concert continued it was such an experience to hear her sing "Broken Hallelujah" and "Breath of Heaven" amongst other songs too. Then, it was so evident of their love for each other when he sang a beautiful love song he wrote to her and then dedicated it to a pastor and his wife that were in the audience that they knew. The words were ever so tender and dear and they made mention of the Red Letters spoken in the bible by Jesus that he sees in Amy and her life.
Blended families do work, it takes some work but you know what? They work. Just seeing the tenderness of Vince's grown daughter singing a song with her father and then Vince and Amy's daughter playing her little role in this performance and seeing the siblings share love, just amazing. Do not tell me that there is not hope and life after divorce for I surely see it.
Hang in there and one day the love of your life just might write something for you and about how special and what a wonder you are. How you touched their very life or them being in your life just may inspire you to write. For, when lives are destined to come together as one there will most likely be work involved in it. Keep trusting for God will surely bring it into existence in His time in your life to bring celebration for all around you to share in.
I, a romantic at heart, am signing off for tonight. As I do may your day be filled with prosperity and peace mixed in with hope too.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
You Prepare A Table Before Me In The Presence Of My Enemies
The title today is actually a scripture verse Psalm 23: 5. Oddly enough, last night that very scripture was made reference to during the preaching at church. I am going to share with you what the daily devotional will be for tomorrow. I must admit that I read it in advance so I will share it with you and may it be a blessing in your life.
In Spite Of The Odds, And Opposition
If you are going through a difficult time right now, read these words: "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life" Underscore the word "surely." It's God's guarantee! When does God cause your cup to overflow with blessing? When does He empower you to overcome? When does He demonstrate His goodness and mercy? In the presence of your enemies! The odds and the opposition can't stop God from blessing you! "But I'm really struggling," you say. Struggle is proof that you haven't been conquered, that you refuse to surrender, that victory is still possible, and that you're growing. As long as you keep walking with God and trusting Him, He will work on your behalf. He will send His spirit to guide you, His word to illuminate your mind, and friends to strengthen you in your time of struggle. If you're teachable, you're reachable. Keep your heart open, keep listening to God, keep obeying Him and you will: (1) See that your problem is just a platform for Him to "show himself strong on your behalf." (2) Discover that His strength comes when you're at your weakest point. (3) Be able to thank God for your enemies, because He's promised to bless you right there in front of them. People and circumstances don't decide your future, God does, so look to Him!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I Trudged Through Country Roads That Are Hills And The Potential Threat Of Black Ice To Deliver This Message To You Tonight
First of all, all of the glory goes to God for taking me and sending me home safely. I went to church this evening and as I was heading there and even in the morning the forecast kept speaking of the possibility of rain and then sleet and freezing rain too. I went to church and while at church I asked an elder gentleman what route would be best to travel home on. He told me and all through the service I did not feel a check in my spirit to travel that route and to take the normal route home. It was confirmed as I was waiting for the shuttle bus to take me to my car while speaking with a lady that said it would be a better chance of encountering black ice heading northward as opposed to going my route and heading in the opposite direction. I trusted the Lord's direction and homeward bound I was. Let me tell you that those country roads and hills can get dark and at times the only light may be the traffic light that you see ahead of you. I used caution and tested the roads frequently to see that there was no black ice that I was driving on in the event I had to stop. God is ever so faithful to me when He sends me on a mission. He always preserves my going and coming home. I must admit that I seemed to even have favor in the amount of green lights I encountered tonight too.
Just as we were leaving church they did announce to be careful that there was black ice in the parking lot or anywhere where they did not throw down salt and that a few roads were closed also. Even with that announcement I still had to stay and worship the Lord with the closing worship song. God is so good to me and greatly He is to be praised. He knew all along the path I would be taking home to be able to share with you the notes I took this evening. Be blessed and know that these notes were freely given to me so I freely share them with you and may peace and hope and joy fill your heart this very evening.
1Kings 19: 11-13 "God said, Go out and stand in front of the Lord on the mountain. As the Lord was passing by, a fierce wind tore mountains and shattered rocks ahead of the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but the Lord wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire. But the Lord wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then the voice said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Here are my notes on this scripture that was preached this evening. The Lord is about to pass by. Stepping out in faith to that calling or position didn't look exactly like the way you thought it was or should be. You need to keep the presence of worship in your life. Worship is a part of the process. God positions you in a place where you are able to hear the Lord. The wind comes to remove all the obstacles that are in the way. Then came the earthquake. Sometimes the wind is not enough. Everything has to be shaken to shake away the impurities in your life to be shaken out. It is used to take away what you may have added to the vision. Did you add to the vision God spoke to your heart? Possibly changing or telling Him how He is to bring it forth or adding words to the words He spoke to your heart about the vision for your life? He'll take away the vision for a season. When you are at a place of maturity He will then bring back the vision and bring you back to that place of what He said to you. Notice what I said, He said to you not what you added to what He said to begin with. Then the fire, sometimes there are more things in your life that have to be consumed by the fire, addictions or things in your family bloodline. They are things that you cannot take with you where you are going with the vision for your life to be fulfilled. Then the gentle whisper, that is when God positions you in a place where you can hear what the Lord is saying. The Lord is about to pass by your place. You are on God's radar John 4: 23-24 states "Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." He is looking for a true worshiper. God will always deliver a worshiper."
How is your worship? Do you worship the Lord with one eye open in church to look around and see who may be watching you or do you abandon your thoughts and worship the King of Kings for the life HE has given you and the breathe of life inside of you? Only you can answer that question with honesty. Not every worshiper is demonstrative in their worship did you know that? Sometimes the showy worshiper is only worshiping to get noticed by others and their heart may not be right with he Lord. Then there is the more demure worshiper that may not be so outward but their heart is ever so right with the Lord and their life and lifestyle is a result of their love for the Lord and their life reflects worhsip unto the Lord. Then again, there is a worshiper that abandons their thoughts and it does not matter if one is or is not looking at them in worship for they only see Jesus and want to lay their worship at His feet. He has been a constant friend and comforter and confidant in their life and it is their moments together. Not just in church but at home in their car wherever they feel the presence of the Lord. Not goofy worship but sincere worship that flows from the heart. How can one explain that kind of worship? In your mind's eye envision an open field of wheat gently blowing in the breeze. The wind causes it to blow in the direction that it goes in. It may be blowing northward then the wind changes direction and it may be blowing westward. Does the wheat pick up its roots to go in the direction of the wind, no it does not it is the wind that orchestrates the direction it will go. When you are in tune with Holy Spirit His wind will take you starting out in one direction and if you continue to stay in contact with Him and the flow of His spirit you will find yourself heading in another direction because there is someone that needs what you have to share with them. A worshiper that worships in spirit and in truth is able to better sense the change in the wind direction to carry them to where they are best needed. Never let another direct your path away form what is in your heart. Holy Spirit placed that vision and purpose for your life there and let not another steal away from you the opportunity to miss it. You will be held accountable for your life one day and there will be no answer that you will be able to give to God in which you can blame it on another. It was your vision/destiny given to you and you are held responsible for walking it out in your life. No last minute excuses will be accepted it will be you having to account for your very life. That person that you may have allowed you to stray from the vision will not even be a part of the equation when you are before God giving an account for your life. Just as you will not be the scape goat for another because you swayed them away from their vision in their life. If you may have been guilty of this in your own life or the life of another take the moment while there still is time to repent and get back on track again. The vision was placed in your heart because you are an intricate part of destiny not only in your life but your destiny will allow another to fulfill their destiny all because God saw it way in advance of your birth. Your destiny will produce destiny in others only if you fulfill what you are called to do. Let no one dissuade you from destiny. God placed destiny inside of you so settle for nothing less. OK.
The preaching notes ended at the point of God will deliver a worshiper. From that point onward that was Holy Spirit flowing through me to bless you.
Just as we were leaving church they did announce to be careful that there was black ice in the parking lot or anywhere where they did not throw down salt and that a few roads were closed also. Even with that announcement I still had to stay and worship the Lord with the closing worship song. God is so good to me and greatly He is to be praised. He knew all along the path I would be taking home to be able to share with you the notes I took this evening. Be blessed and know that these notes were freely given to me so I freely share them with you and may peace and hope and joy fill your heart this very evening.
1Kings 19: 11-13 "God said, Go out and stand in front of the Lord on the mountain. As the Lord was passing by, a fierce wind tore mountains and shattered rocks ahead of the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but the Lord wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire. But the Lord wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his coat, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then the voice said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Here are my notes on this scripture that was preached this evening. The Lord is about to pass by. Stepping out in faith to that calling or position didn't look exactly like the way you thought it was or should be. You need to keep the presence of worship in your life. Worship is a part of the process. God positions you in a place where you are able to hear the Lord. The wind comes to remove all the obstacles that are in the way. Then came the earthquake. Sometimes the wind is not enough. Everything has to be shaken to shake away the impurities in your life to be shaken out. It is used to take away what you may have added to the vision. Did you add to the vision God spoke to your heart? Possibly changing or telling Him how He is to bring it forth or adding words to the words He spoke to your heart about the vision for your life? He'll take away the vision for a season. When you are at a place of maturity He will then bring back the vision and bring you back to that place of what He said to you. Notice what I said, He said to you not what you added to what He said to begin with. Then the fire, sometimes there are more things in your life that have to be consumed by the fire, addictions or things in your family bloodline. They are things that you cannot take with you where you are going with the vision for your life to be fulfilled. Then the gentle whisper, that is when God positions you in a place where you can hear what the Lord is saying. The Lord is about to pass by your place. You are on God's radar John 4: 23-24 states "Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." He is looking for a true worshiper. God will always deliver a worshiper."
How is your worship? Do you worship the Lord with one eye open in church to look around and see who may be watching you or do you abandon your thoughts and worship the King of Kings for the life HE has given you and the breathe of life inside of you? Only you can answer that question with honesty. Not every worshiper is demonstrative in their worship did you know that? Sometimes the showy worshiper is only worshiping to get noticed by others and their heart may not be right with he Lord. Then there is the more demure worshiper that may not be so outward but their heart is ever so right with the Lord and their life and lifestyle is a result of their love for the Lord and their life reflects worhsip unto the Lord. Then again, there is a worshiper that abandons their thoughts and it does not matter if one is or is not looking at them in worship for they only see Jesus and want to lay their worship at His feet. He has been a constant friend and comforter and confidant in their life and it is their moments together. Not just in church but at home in their car wherever they feel the presence of the Lord. Not goofy worship but sincere worship that flows from the heart. How can one explain that kind of worship? In your mind's eye envision an open field of wheat gently blowing in the breeze. The wind causes it to blow in the direction that it goes in. It may be blowing northward then the wind changes direction and it may be blowing westward. Does the wheat pick up its roots to go in the direction of the wind, no it does not it is the wind that orchestrates the direction it will go. When you are in tune with Holy Spirit His wind will take you starting out in one direction and if you continue to stay in contact with Him and the flow of His spirit you will find yourself heading in another direction because there is someone that needs what you have to share with them. A worshiper that worships in spirit and in truth is able to better sense the change in the wind direction to carry them to where they are best needed. Never let another direct your path away form what is in your heart. Holy Spirit placed that vision and purpose for your life there and let not another steal away from you the opportunity to miss it. You will be held accountable for your life one day and there will be no answer that you will be able to give to God in which you can blame it on another. It was your vision/destiny given to you and you are held responsible for walking it out in your life. No last minute excuses will be accepted it will be you having to account for your very life. That person that you may have allowed you to stray from the vision will not even be a part of the equation when you are before God giving an account for your life. Just as you will not be the scape goat for another because you swayed them away from their vision in their life. If you may have been guilty of this in your own life or the life of another take the moment while there still is time to repent and get back on track again. The vision was placed in your heart because you are an intricate part of destiny not only in your life but your destiny will allow another to fulfill their destiny all because God saw it way in advance of your birth. Your destiny will produce destiny in others only if you fulfill what you are called to do. Let no one dissuade you from destiny. God placed destiny inside of you so settle for nothing less. OK.
The preaching notes ended at the point of God will deliver a worshiper. From that point onward that was Holy Spirit flowing through me to bless you.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Delayed Prayer Could Be Detrimental To A Child That Someone Asked You To Pray For, All Because Constraints Have Been Placed Upon You To Not Pray Right Then And There For That Child. As A Mother That Would Cause Me To Feel Hopeless.
The other day a person shared with me a story about a child that had to go to the hospital. This child was suppose to join them for their birthday celebration but was not able to attend due to having to go to the hospital. There are illness issues that have developed in this child's life. I was asked if I was a Christian and I replied yes, that I was. The next question that was presented to me was a request for me to pray for this child. I was even given their first name and some more details, like the mother is a single parent with other children also. I have always found it to be that when one requests prayer of me I like to pray right then and there with the person so as to not delay the prayer and a time lapse of prayer being lifted up to the Lord.When constraints are placed upon you you have to really trust the Lord that that prayer request will be safe until you get around to that prayer you said you would pray for them. This happened to me the other day and everything inside of me cringed because it was not until 17 hours later that I then remembered to pray for that child. As it came to my remembrance I began to ask the Lord to please forgive me for the delayed prayers for this child in the hospital and were my prayers too late. I then began to pray for the child as I was able to do so with authority. Remember, one of my children had two tumor surgeries and thank God both tumors were benign and most recently, this child's thyroid condition was healed by Jesus. I am a mother that knew the power of prayers being lifted up for me and my child when they were needed. There is power in prayer. I can pray with faith that a person will be healed because I have seen it in my own life so the faith is already there for others for me to believe that it is already done.
Let me try to explain how I would have felt when my child really needed prayer and someone said they would pray for them and it was critical right then and there and to find out later that that very powerful belief prayer was delayed for 17 hours. I would feel hopeless and kept asking the Lord why is no one praying for my child? Did you ever feel like that? You are seeking the Lord and asking and crying out to Him why is no one praying for me? I have asked this question and even added on to it Can you not place me upon the heart of a total stranger somewhere around the world to pray for me? In those times or moments of your life when you truly need prayer there is no greater feeling of peace that floods you when you can just sense that there is someone praying for you.
I have to trust that the prayer prayed by me on behalf of that child was not too late. Why should a child have to have waited 17 hours to find medical relief or a Dr. coming into the room with just the right wisdom to help this child (due to a prayer that should have been prayed earlier with the possible answers from that prayer being honored?) It makes no sense to me. If you are ever in a situation like that learn to step out of your comfort zone and offer to pray right then and there. It does not have to be some sort of loud or showy prayer it can be done in discreet and I always would ask the person if we could pray right then and there so as to not let me delay or forget to lift that prayer intention up in prayer. They will let you know if it is OK or not. If they choose to say no then you can pray as you are prompted to pray at a later time but if they truly need prayer right then and there never fear and trust the Lord and Holy Spirit will give you the words to pray for that very need/situation. If you have never had a situation in your life when a child of yours was ill or facing something very serious it may be a bit hard for you to comprehend this concept of the urgency of prayer at times. Be thankful that you have not been placed in a situation in which you were at the mercy of another's faith prayer to see you through something.
Remember when I shared with you that when my child needed a second operation because a portion of the tumor grew back a year or so later after the first operation, I questioned God as to why this child had to go through it all over again? I have asked this child on a couple of occasions if it bothered them to have to go through the same operation twice and each time I get the same response, No. On the other hand, it would bother me because a mother's heart and even a father's heart is to not see their children have to go through pain or suffering. I remember Holy Spirit showed me that my child was in great hands, the hands of Jesus and when I was at that children's hospital while he was recovering after surgery I brought my bible and sat at the end of a hallway away from the people and began to pray for the sick children in that very hospital that had no one to pray for them. Did you ever think that there are parents or grandparents or aunts and uncles that just do not know how to pray. So a child becomes ill and who is there to pray for them. That was my purpose the second surgery, to pray for the children that had no one to pray for them. The difference being, I was able to pour out my prayer on other's in need since there were people praying timely prayers for my child. Would I have been able to pray for them so freely if my heart was tugged at by Holy Spirit back then to keep praying for my child since someone was constrained to pray for them and they received delayed prayer. Pretty serious thought to think about today huh?
Let me try to explain how I would have felt when my child really needed prayer and someone said they would pray for them and it was critical right then and there and to find out later that that very powerful belief prayer was delayed for 17 hours. I would feel hopeless and kept asking the Lord why is no one praying for my child? Did you ever feel like that? You are seeking the Lord and asking and crying out to Him why is no one praying for me? I have asked this question and even added on to it Can you not place me upon the heart of a total stranger somewhere around the world to pray for me? In those times or moments of your life when you truly need prayer there is no greater feeling of peace that floods you when you can just sense that there is someone praying for you.
I have to trust that the prayer prayed by me on behalf of that child was not too late. Why should a child have to have waited 17 hours to find medical relief or a Dr. coming into the room with just the right wisdom to help this child (due to a prayer that should have been prayed earlier with the possible answers from that prayer being honored?) It makes no sense to me. If you are ever in a situation like that learn to step out of your comfort zone and offer to pray right then and there. It does not have to be some sort of loud or showy prayer it can be done in discreet and I always would ask the person if we could pray right then and there so as to not let me delay or forget to lift that prayer intention up in prayer. They will let you know if it is OK or not. If they choose to say no then you can pray as you are prompted to pray at a later time but if they truly need prayer right then and there never fear and trust the Lord and Holy Spirit will give you the words to pray for that very need/situation. If you have never had a situation in your life when a child of yours was ill or facing something very serious it may be a bit hard for you to comprehend this concept of the urgency of prayer at times. Be thankful that you have not been placed in a situation in which you were at the mercy of another's faith prayer to see you through something.
Remember when I shared with you that when my child needed a second operation because a portion of the tumor grew back a year or so later after the first operation, I questioned God as to why this child had to go through it all over again? I have asked this child on a couple of occasions if it bothered them to have to go through the same operation twice and each time I get the same response, No. On the other hand, it would bother me because a mother's heart and even a father's heart is to not see their children have to go through pain or suffering. I remember Holy Spirit showed me that my child was in great hands, the hands of Jesus and when I was at that children's hospital while he was recovering after surgery I brought my bible and sat at the end of a hallway away from the people and began to pray for the sick children in that very hospital that had no one to pray for them. Did you ever think that there are parents or grandparents or aunts and uncles that just do not know how to pray. So a child becomes ill and who is there to pray for them. That was my purpose the second surgery, to pray for the children that had no one to pray for them. The difference being, I was able to pour out my prayer on other's in need since there were people praying timely prayers for my child. Would I have been able to pray for them so freely if my heart was tugged at by Holy Spirit back then to keep praying for my child since someone was constrained to pray for them and they received delayed prayer. Pretty serious thought to think about today huh?
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Rise And Shine And Give God The Glory Glory
This is the children's song that I woke to singing in my spirit today. Not sure if the words are rise and shine and give God your glory glory or if they are give God the glory glory. The point in the lyrics of the song is to rise each day and shine for Jesus if He is truly in your heart and to give the glory to God when the glory is due to Him. There have been many occasions in which when I am flowing under the anointing people will compliment me. Biggest example that I come across in my life is that when I am around true Christians and I have the liberty to shine for Jesus it comes forth through me in the form of my smile I share with others and the love of Christ flows through me onto the people around me. It is so important to be where you can shine for Jesus and it truly is life sustaining. Without having that liberty to be who you were created to be for His glory you will find yourself struggling even though you are on the path/journey you are suppose to be on. When people would and do tell me I have a beautiful smile or that I have joy I have learned to give the glory to God, my response to them is that it is Jesus inside of me and I thank them for their kind and sincere words. I then go about my day, completing the mission I am on for Jesus. There is no greater feeling than the feeling of being uplifted when you are walking in the anointing on your life and then being even more ignited when mixed in the equation is that you are around fellow believers that receive the joy of Jesus into their lives.
Each day when I wake up I let Holy Spirit even direct what I will wear that day. He knows me better than myself and I yield in this area also. My make up colors, jewelry, whatever He guides me to wear that very day. People will tell me that they like this, this, or that and if I am in the proper environment I can give the glory to God by simply stating that Holy Spirit guides me in what to select that very day. If you are not in an environment to have liberty to flow with who you are called to be in Christ, if limits have been placed upon you, if you have been directed to not do something by an authority in your life then I suppose you have to listen and let the consequences, whatever they may be, in that person(s) life be handled by the Lord Himself. I can tell the plain truth and that is that the person being kept under bondage by the words of others will stop the glory going to God. If you are one that has learned to take direction of Holy Spirit and it just is a part of your lifestyle it then becomes a struggle for you to not bring glory to God when the reigns have been pulled back by others in your life. Pray for these people that freedom and insight comes to their lives. If they could just get past their desires and cut loose to the freedom of God in their lives then they would see the greater picture. The greater picture is that they would reap far greater benefits to flow in their lives by letting people flow in who they are created to be to bring glory to God. Bringing glory to God in your life or lifestyle then overflows into all areas of your life and the lives of others that are in your life. Does that make sense.?
Spirit check today...are you flowing with freedom in what God has called you to do in your life? Even a bigger question, are you allowing those that are around you to flow in what God has called for their lives? I cannot answer these questions for you only you can be the one to answer them with honesty. If you should find that you have been controlling others then repent and ask forgiveness of the Lord and let Him shine through your life and even more bright than He is right now when you set the others free from the bondage you have either directly or indirectly placed upon their lives. Remember, the key in all of this is to give glory to God not to man but to GOD.
Psalm 37:35-40: " I have seen a wicked person acting like a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree. But he moved on, and now there is no trace of him. I searched for him, but could not be found. Notice the innocent person, and look at the decent person, because the peacemaker has a future. But rebels will be completely destroyed. The future of wicked people will be cut off. The victory for righteous people comes from the Lord. He is their fortress in times of trouble. The Lord helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from wicked people. He saves them because they have taken refuge in him."
Each day when I wake up I let Holy Spirit even direct what I will wear that day. He knows me better than myself and I yield in this area also. My make up colors, jewelry, whatever He guides me to wear that very day. People will tell me that they like this, this, or that and if I am in the proper environment I can give the glory to God by simply stating that Holy Spirit guides me in what to select that very day. If you are not in an environment to have liberty to flow with who you are called to be in Christ, if limits have been placed upon you, if you have been directed to not do something by an authority in your life then I suppose you have to listen and let the consequences, whatever they may be, in that person(s) life be handled by the Lord Himself. I can tell the plain truth and that is that the person being kept under bondage by the words of others will stop the glory going to God. If you are one that has learned to take direction of Holy Spirit and it just is a part of your lifestyle it then becomes a struggle for you to not bring glory to God when the reigns have been pulled back by others in your life. Pray for these people that freedom and insight comes to their lives. If they could just get past their desires and cut loose to the freedom of God in their lives then they would see the greater picture. The greater picture is that they would reap far greater benefits to flow in their lives by letting people flow in who they are created to be to bring glory to God. Bringing glory to God in your life or lifestyle then overflows into all areas of your life and the lives of others that are in your life. Does that make sense.?
Spirit check today...are you flowing with freedom in what God has called you to do in your life? Even a bigger question, are you allowing those that are around you to flow in what God has called for their lives? I cannot answer these questions for you only you can be the one to answer them with honesty. If you should find that you have been controlling others then repent and ask forgiveness of the Lord and let Him shine through your life and even more bright than He is right now when you set the others free from the bondage you have either directly or indirectly placed upon their lives. Remember, the key in all of this is to give glory to God not to man but to GOD.
Psalm 37:35-40: " I have seen a wicked person acting like a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree. But he moved on, and now there is no trace of him. I searched for him, but could not be found. Notice the innocent person, and look at the decent person, because the peacemaker has a future. But rebels will be completely destroyed. The future of wicked people will be cut off. The victory for righteous people comes from the Lord. He is their fortress in times of trouble. The Lord helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from wicked people. He saves them because they have taken refuge in him."
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thank You Eileen Fisher, I Needed To Read This Very Word This Very Day For My Very Life; The Elijah List - Prophetic Words and Prophecies
The Elijah List - Prophetic Words and Prophecies
Trust the Lord and when you cry out to Him for HELP He will direct your path. It may not be a huge or very loud response to your cry. It is in the stillness of your spirit that Holy Spirit can direct you to where or what you need to do to achieve the answer for HELP that you are crying out for. This was one of those days. It started out with not the best news and I was not going to let that destroy my day. I did not know exactly how but I had no problem telling satan on my drive in the car that he should have just left me alone today if he was smart because I would turn the day around to bring God glory and it surely did happen just like that. I have so much going on in my life and things are mounding big and I will not give up hope or let go for I know the promises that God has spoken to my very heart and every single one of them and then some will be fulfilled. These are things of grand manner that I speak of. If I can go through what I have already been through and still willing to go through the final end to the promised land surely you can also. Time is speeding up and I am seeing in this accelerated time that God is moving and shaking and quaking everything to see what and who stands firm. Do not let go and stand strong on the word of God and whatever else seems to come in your life do not cave in to circumstances. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
Before I followed the prompting of Holy Spirit to go to Elijah List and read what I just read I felt everything inside of me wanting to write tonight and my caption prior to reading this was going to be "HELP Will You Come And Rescue Me!" I truly can use rescuing in my life. I wrote earlier about how I was ready to get married. I truly am but I do not know if a man would want to marry a woman that due to circumstances in the last several months has let my credit go to the wind. I had very good credit less than a year ago and then circumstances changed in my life. Getting laid off caused me to live on a few credit cards just to survive. Not buying frivolous things of that nature just meeting bills that needed to be paid. I, on my own, closed the credit cards for I knew I could not keep living like that and now there is one that went into charge off and another is just about to go there shortly. Someone said to me that I should ask the very banks that I had the card with where is the bail out for the American people, that they surely did benefit from our government when they were bailed out by their plan. Why is not the same bail out available for people that just got down on their life circumstances and life circumstances overwhelmed them?
I have learned a very hard lesson that I would like to warn you about. Years ago, when my father was alive he was an enabler to a degree. While I was married I would rack up the credit cards and spend on clothes, make up etc. and every now and then he would gift my husband and myself with a nice check to pay down the credit cards and we did. Back then I was very foolish because in my mind I would think to myself, oh great, I now have this amount of money that I could spend on that charge. Bad thinking, very bad thinking. Then we would be in the same boat again and he would come to the rescue. Don't get me wrong, I was most grateful for the generous gifts. I am trying to say that maybe he should not have bailed us out and just maybe we would have bailed ourselves out on our own. My dad had a few concerns in my life as he was about to die and just prior to him dying I signed up with Consumer Credit Counseling Service and got on a plan to help me pay off any credit card that I had to assume in the divorce. I sat next to him and told him that he would not have to worry about me because I was taking care of my credit cards and that God would also send to me a good man, a very good man in my life so I would not have to be alone, someone to take care of me. I also assured him that God takes care of me too. I believe when I said those words that put him at peace. I did follow through and paid off my credit cards and had excellent credit. I was actually proud of myself for achieving this with discipline and it became a great challenge for me to see how I could pay them off quicker than scheduled. Let me tell you this, it was the greatest feeling in the world when I was able to accomplish this.
So, a few years later I am where I never ever walked before and I do not like it either. This past Spring I contacted Consumer Credit Counseling Service and met with them to see if I could get back on a program to pay them off. At that time I did not even qualify to sign with them for my income was so low, I did not bring in enough income to be placed on a program. I was so disappointed when I left that appointment. If I did not remember who I am in Jesus I would have let it overcome me at the time and want me to label myself a failure. I am not a failure I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Do not give up hope and keep on trucking and forge ahead. All I can do at this point in my life is work at paying back what I can pay back.
I have been pretty stripped down people let me tell you I truly have been. I sold what I could sell that I didn't already sell of my possessions just to keep me afloat and I will one day have to start fresh again with building up things that so many take for granted in their life. Things like a stove, refrigerator, washer & dryer, furniture, a home, a beautiful flower garden and above all else, a place where my children use to be able to come and stay with their mother. My home was always welcome to them always. They could always come home to a clean home filled with love and a great homemade meal or two made by me. One of my children still chides me because when they would be at home even though they are 21 now I still gave them a curfew of being home at 1:30AM. I will get all of this back again for I am not a quitter I am a warrior and I will achieve success again. Yes I will.
As I am writing this I am crying for I know that if this has been a burden on me how much more has it been a burden on my children in one respect. They have a very good father that takes very good care of them so I do not worry about them in that respect. My heart cries that I had to give up our home, their home with me. I am most thankful that this did not occur when they were still in grade/high school. God did take care of us. He still takes care of us.
Back to my warning do not let your credit go down the drain for you will find in the simple things in your life that with bad credit you will now have to pay exorbitant fees for things you paid at a great premium/rate. For example, I just transferred my car insurance policy and they pulled a credit check on me and because of that rating, my insurance rates have gone up incredibly high. I will have to pay over $700.00 every 6 months as opposed to a little over $350.00 that I was paying every 6 months all because I moved from one state to another state and a new policy had to be written up. It did not matter that I was in very good standing with them as a good paying customer for over 7 years and that I paid on time. I actually had a discount that was given to me because of "good payer" status. Figure that one out. I sure cannot. I am not through with this though I will continue to fight this one for it is a matter of principle with me. When I was given a quote on what I would be paying it was not fully disclosed to me what I would actually be paying I was told I would be paying $411 every six months as opposed to what I was paying every 6 months prior. I thought to myself that is not so bad of an increase. I was due to make a payment so I went into a local office to make the payment and I was thoroughly shocked at what I found out. The originating agent failed to disclose to me that $411 was just pro-rated for Nov. Dec. Jan and that figure was just a portion of my new policy amount of over $700 every six months. I complained that that agent failed to disclose very important info to me and never told me I would have a credit report pulled in determining my premium amount. I was told to just contact an agent when I moved and my policy will transfer. This is deception to a very high degree in my eyes. I do not understand why when a person is a very good customer and there was no reason at all to increase their policy that it happened. Very good driving record also. Since I was hood winked to a very big degree I did not want that agent to get any commission on my policy whatsoever. A customer service team member contacted them to see if they would release their right to any commission and I was told in advance that they had the prerogative to refuse to let go of the commission on the policy if they chose to do so. Thank God that I received a call later today letting me know that they signed off on the commission and it will now go to the agent that took the time with me to tell me actually what my policy was all about.
Final warning again People, do not let your credit go under for you will reap far greater turmoil in your life. Why did not the banks that got bailed out by us, the American people, have to go under a bit and feel the heat of turmoil in their lives? Just a thought. The same mercy that was shown to them should be extended to the people of the USA that are trying to get themselves out of the hole that was dug so they can get their lives back on track. You know, there really are people out there that want to make good and find a way to take care of their bills. Not all bills being racked up are due to frivolous spending, there are people that have hit hardship or illness or divorce or even deaths in their lives that have swung them around in another direction in which they were going.
Final thought, read this prophetic word by Eileen Fisher and be blessed with it and hope and help is on the way. Jesus never ever has let me down and I am sure He has been the same for you too. God's peace and love I speak into your life.
Trust the Lord and when you cry out to Him for HELP He will direct your path. It may not be a huge or very loud response to your cry. It is in the stillness of your spirit that Holy Spirit can direct you to where or what you need to do to achieve the answer for HELP that you are crying out for. This was one of those days. It started out with not the best news and I was not going to let that destroy my day. I did not know exactly how but I had no problem telling satan on my drive in the car that he should have just left me alone today if he was smart because I would turn the day around to bring God glory and it surely did happen just like that. I have so much going on in my life and things are mounding big and I will not give up hope or let go for I know the promises that God has spoken to my very heart and every single one of them and then some will be fulfilled. These are things of grand manner that I speak of. If I can go through what I have already been through and still willing to go through the final end to the promised land surely you can also. Time is speeding up and I am seeing in this accelerated time that God is moving and shaking and quaking everything to see what and who stands firm. Do not let go and stand strong on the word of God and whatever else seems to come in your life do not cave in to circumstances. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
Before I followed the prompting of Holy Spirit to go to Elijah List and read what I just read I felt everything inside of me wanting to write tonight and my caption prior to reading this was going to be "HELP Will You Come And Rescue Me!" I truly can use rescuing in my life. I wrote earlier about how I was ready to get married. I truly am but I do not know if a man would want to marry a woman that due to circumstances in the last several months has let my credit go to the wind. I had very good credit less than a year ago and then circumstances changed in my life. Getting laid off caused me to live on a few credit cards just to survive. Not buying frivolous things of that nature just meeting bills that needed to be paid. I, on my own, closed the credit cards for I knew I could not keep living like that and now there is one that went into charge off and another is just about to go there shortly. Someone said to me that I should ask the very banks that I had the card with where is the bail out for the American people, that they surely did benefit from our government when they were bailed out by their plan. Why is not the same bail out available for people that just got down on their life circumstances and life circumstances overwhelmed them?
I have learned a very hard lesson that I would like to warn you about. Years ago, when my father was alive he was an enabler to a degree. While I was married I would rack up the credit cards and spend on clothes, make up etc. and every now and then he would gift my husband and myself with a nice check to pay down the credit cards and we did. Back then I was very foolish because in my mind I would think to myself, oh great, I now have this amount of money that I could spend on that charge. Bad thinking, very bad thinking. Then we would be in the same boat again and he would come to the rescue. Don't get me wrong, I was most grateful for the generous gifts. I am trying to say that maybe he should not have bailed us out and just maybe we would have bailed ourselves out on our own. My dad had a few concerns in my life as he was about to die and just prior to him dying I signed up with Consumer Credit Counseling Service and got on a plan to help me pay off any credit card that I had to assume in the divorce. I sat next to him and told him that he would not have to worry about me because I was taking care of my credit cards and that God would also send to me a good man, a very good man in my life so I would not have to be alone, someone to take care of me. I also assured him that God takes care of me too. I believe when I said those words that put him at peace. I did follow through and paid off my credit cards and had excellent credit. I was actually proud of myself for achieving this with discipline and it became a great challenge for me to see how I could pay them off quicker than scheduled. Let me tell you this, it was the greatest feeling in the world when I was able to accomplish this.
So, a few years later I am where I never ever walked before and I do not like it either. This past Spring I contacted Consumer Credit Counseling Service and met with them to see if I could get back on a program to pay them off. At that time I did not even qualify to sign with them for my income was so low, I did not bring in enough income to be placed on a program. I was so disappointed when I left that appointment. If I did not remember who I am in Jesus I would have let it overcome me at the time and want me to label myself a failure. I am not a failure I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Do not give up hope and keep on trucking and forge ahead. All I can do at this point in my life is work at paying back what I can pay back.
I have been pretty stripped down people let me tell you I truly have been. I sold what I could sell that I didn't already sell of my possessions just to keep me afloat and I will one day have to start fresh again with building up things that so many take for granted in their life. Things like a stove, refrigerator, washer & dryer, furniture, a home, a beautiful flower garden and above all else, a place where my children use to be able to come and stay with their mother. My home was always welcome to them always. They could always come home to a clean home filled with love and a great homemade meal or two made by me. One of my children still chides me because when they would be at home even though they are 21 now I still gave them a curfew of being home at 1:30AM. I will get all of this back again for I am not a quitter I am a warrior and I will achieve success again. Yes I will.
As I am writing this I am crying for I know that if this has been a burden on me how much more has it been a burden on my children in one respect. They have a very good father that takes very good care of them so I do not worry about them in that respect. My heart cries that I had to give up our home, their home with me. I am most thankful that this did not occur when they were still in grade/high school. God did take care of us. He still takes care of us.
Back to my warning do not let your credit go down the drain for you will find in the simple things in your life that with bad credit you will now have to pay exorbitant fees for things you paid at a great premium/rate. For example, I just transferred my car insurance policy and they pulled a credit check on me and because of that rating, my insurance rates have gone up incredibly high. I will have to pay over $700.00 every 6 months as opposed to a little over $350.00 that I was paying every 6 months all because I moved from one state to another state and a new policy had to be written up. It did not matter that I was in very good standing with them as a good paying customer for over 7 years and that I paid on time. I actually had a discount that was given to me because of "good payer" status. Figure that one out. I sure cannot. I am not through with this though I will continue to fight this one for it is a matter of principle with me. When I was given a quote on what I would be paying it was not fully disclosed to me what I would actually be paying I was told I would be paying $411 every six months as opposed to what I was paying every 6 months prior. I thought to myself that is not so bad of an increase. I was due to make a payment so I went into a local office to make the payment and I was thoroughly shocked at what I found out. The originating agent failed to disclose to me that $411 was just pro-rated for Nov. Dec. Jan and that figure was just a portion of my new policy amount of over $700 every six months. I complained that that agent failed to disclose very important info to me and never told me I would have a credit report pulled in determining my premium amount. I was told to just contact an agent when I moved and my policy will transfer. This is deception to a very high degree in my eyes. I do not understand why when a person is a very good customer and there was no reason at all to increase their policy that it happened. Very good driving record also. Since I was hood winked to a very big degree I did not want that agent to get any commission on my policy whatsoever. A customer service team member contacted them to see if they would release their right to any commission and I was told in advance that they had the prerogative to refuse to let go of the commission on the policy if they chose to do so. Thank God that I received a call later today letting me know that they signed off on the commission and it will now go to the agent that took the time with me to tell me actually what my policy was all about.
Final warning again People, do not let your credit go under for you will reap far greater turmoil in your life. Why did not the banks that got bailed out by us, the American people, have to go under a bit and feel the heat of turmoil in their lives? Just a thought. The same mercy that was shown to them should be extended to the people of the USA that are trying to get themselves out of the hole that was dug so they can get their lives back on track. You know, there really are people out there that want to make good and find a way to take care of their bills. Not all bills being racked up are due to frivolous spending, there are people that have hit hardship or illness or divorce or even deaths in their lives that have swung them around in another direction in which they were going.
Final thought, read this prophetic word by Eileen Fisher and be blessed with it and hope and help is on the way. Jesus never ever has let me down and I am sure He has been the same for you too. God's peace and love I speak into your life.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Are You Willing To Give Up Your Will To Do God's Will For Your Life, Even Interrupt Your Day To Do His Will?
I had a very full and interesting day today. I completed my day's work a little after 4PM and I was heading home. I wanted to stop and get something to eat. I thought I was going to go to a certain place at one location. I just felt nudged by Holy Spirit to go to another location. I actually passed this location and wouldn't you know it, my GPS redirected me to almost a circle to get back to where I was earlier. I pulled into the parking lot of the establishment and asked the hostess to please seat me somewhere where it was a bit quiet and away from the crowd so I could relax and unwind from work today. I was seated and I placed my order. I received my salad and it was while I was enjoying my salad that Holy Spirit began to speak to my heart. I felt that little and gentle tug to ask the waitress a question when she came back. I do follow Holy Spirit's lead the majority of the time so I followed it today. As I sat there He showed me what to ask her. I asked the waitress if she has been asking God for anything and she replied to me that she asks that her children always have their needs met. I asked her if that was happening now and she told me yes, that she works two jobs to have this happen. It was in that moment that I felt led to encourage her and to let her know that she should dream bigger and step out and ask God to do bigger things for her. I said no more and I received my bill. He prompted me to leave her a good tip, I just knew the dollar amount spoken to my heart and I left it. I just figured it out now with my calculator and it was equal to just under 70% .
You see, I was blessed this very day and that was the source in which I used to bless her. What good is our witness if Holy Spirit prompts you to share with another and they share with you what their concern is and all you leave them is your words of encouragement? Words of encouragement and hope connected with a financial blessing speaks greatly to a person about the love of Jesus.
If I would have had a witnessing tract (like you can see at the bottom of my blog) I would have left that for her along with the tip. I did share with you another great idea that was shared with me from a very wise minister at church years ago. When you travel and stay in a hotel keep a witnessing tract with you and then at the end of your stay at that hotel tuck a nice monetary tip in the tract, enough for the cleaning person to see the money sticking out and bless them for taking care of you for you journey at that location. I have done this before and if you have the opportunity to actually speak to them as you are leaving it opens up the door for you to share your testimony with them and never be afraid to follow Holy Spirit leading to pray with them if that is what He is prompting you to do. He knows their heart's cry and what they spoke in their heart to Him so trust and just flow with it. Did you ever need prayer in your life and then you got a phone call or email or text message stating that so and so was praying for you? Does it not amaze you how that person knew to pray for you, and even at times that they just knew what to pray for you? It sure does amaze me. I am most thankful that there truly are people out there that are in tune with Holy Spirit and do not slack off in the follow through for the prayer for you. What does make me a bit discouraged at times though, is the lack of others responding to the prompt of Holy Spirit out there nudging them and they are or become too busy to follow through. You would think with all the people in the world that profess to be a Christian that there would be more follow-through in this area but sadly enough I have found that not to be so. They may make a comment to you that they thought about you or I should have called you or I should have sent a card but you know what ? All the should-a would-a could-a's mean absolutely nothing if you did not take it one step further and actually follow through. Think about this the next time you want someone to pray for you or extend their kindness to you, you truly do reap what you sow into the lives of others. If you sow sin and hatred then do not expect to be loved by many. If you sow self greed and you hoard your possessions and do not share with others in need then in your time of need it sure will be dry for you and not quite fruitful.
Now, I am by no means saying you should do good to others for the sake of the return in your life. You do good for others because you love Jesus and He has been so good to you and He gave His life so you will live with Him forever. There is something about asking Him into your heart to live and be your savior forever, you know what it is? You heart becomes changed and gratitude floods your soul and that should naturally cause you to turn your heart towards those that are hurting and need the love of Jesus through your life. Who have you reached out to lately or better yet, who did you allow to reach out to you lately? More than likely, if they reached out to you they themselves probably are connected with Holy Spirit and they chose to interrupt their day to interrupt your day with hope and encouragement. Do not let this day go to pass without reaching out to them with a prayer or two or even words spoken or written to them letting them know that you are thinking of them.
I have told you this before, doing ministry can be a lonely walk at times. Far fewer than you think are those that will share with you that you did hear from Holy Spirit when you reached out to them. If this person doing the reaching is a strong person in the Lord they do not need a confirmation every time they operate in faith for they just flow at that point in their life. On occasion it is fine to send a confirmation to them because you know it blesses them far more greater than you think when you get a confirmation. How much less rich would your life be without them in your life? Do you take them for granted like they will always be there for you? Don't , because God can use them in your life for a season and if He sees that that person is being taken for granted He then can release them from your life and seek out another in their life to fill the void. I think what I am trying to express today is that do not take people for granted for they have destiny to be fulfilled in their lives and if you wait too long they will be gone from your life and all you will have left is a memory or two of the things they shared with you. Why would you let them knowingly walk out of your life without telling them that you love and appreciate them and their love for you? Only you can answer that.
Do you remember when your babies were still babies and then they began to grow a bit more each day? Did you ever have that bonding time with them? I hope that you did. One of my favorite things I would do this time of the year is pull out a favorite book and read it to them. I think it was at one time my one children's favorite story, The Littlest Angel, not the one with the cartoon looking characters this was a beautifully illustrated book about a child that dies and goes to heaven. Trying to be an angel and he just seems to get into all kinds of mischief and then he turns into the angel he was destined to become. If I am not mistaken he is an angel that is chosen to give a gift to Jesus when He was born. I do not know why but I am yearning to read this book now. I keep asking my children if they have the book and I get a negative on that. I have to find this book for it is such a tender story for children that no matter how old my children are or how old I am there is always one portion tha still brings tears to my eyes. I have to find this book to read it again.
My point in all of that sharing was this, a memory was created and what if I never purchased that book or took the time to read it to my children, there would be no memory for them or even for myself. Do not let this day go by without sharing with others how much they really mean to you and your life. Remember, life is but a fleeting vapor and you are hear one day and gone the next. Make time today to let today not fleet by you without reaching out to another.
You see, I was blessed this very day and that was the source in which I used to bless her. What good is our witness if Holy Spirit prompts you to share with another and they share with you what their concern is and all you leave them is your words of encouragement? Words of encouragement and hope connected with a financial blessing speaks greatly to a person about the love of Jesus.
If I would have had a witnessing tract (like you can see at the bottom of my blog) I would have left that for her along with the tip. I did share with you another great idea that was shared with me from a very wise minister at church years ago. When you travel and stay in a hotel keep a witnessing tract with you and then at the end of your stay at that hotel tuck a nice monetary tip in the tract, enough for the cleaning person to see the money sticking out and bless them for taking care of you for you journey at that location. I have done this before and if you have the opportunity to actually speak to them as you are leaving it opens up the door for you to share your testimony with them and never be afraid to follow Holy Spirit leading to pray with them if that is what He is prompting you to do. He knows their heart's cry and what they spoke in their heart to Him so trust and just flow with it. Did you ever need prayer in your life and then you got a phone call or email or text message stating that so and so was praying for you? Does it not amaze you how that person knew to pray for you, and even at times that they just knew what to pray for you? It sure does amaze me. I am most thankful that there truly are people out there that are in tune with Holy Spirit and do not slack off in the follow through for the prayer for you. What does make me a bit discouraged at times though, is the lack of others responding to the prompt of Holy Spirit out there nudging them and they are or become too busy to follow through. You would think with all the people in the world that profess to be a Christian that there would be more follow-through in this area but sadly enough I have found that not to be so. They may make a comment to you that they thought about you or I should have called you or I should have sent a card but you know what ? All the should-a would-a could-a's mean absolutely nothing if you did not take it one step further and actually follow through. Think about this the next time you want someone to pray for you or extend their kindness to you, you truly do reap what you sow into the lives of others. If you sow sin and hatred then do not expect to be loved by many. If you sow self greed and you hoard your possessions and do not share with others in need then in your time of need it sure will be dry for you and not quite fruitful.
Now, I am by no means saying you should do good to others for the sake of the return in your life. You do good for others because you love Jesus and He has been so good to you and He gave His life so you will live with Him forever. There is something about asking Him into your heart to live and be your savior forever, you know what it is? You heart becomes changed and gratitude floods your soul and that should naturally cause you to turn your heart towards those that are hurting and need the love of Jesus through your life. Who have you reached out to lately or better yet, who did you allow to reach out to you lately? More than likely, if they reached out to you they themselves probably are connected with Holy Spirit and they chose to interrupt their day to interrupt your day with hope and encouragement. Do not let this day go to pass without reaching out to them with a prayer or two or even words spoken or written to them letting them know that you are thinking of them.
I have told you this before, doing ministry can be a lonely walk at times. Far fewer than you think are those that will share with you that you did hear from Holy Spirit when you reached out to them. If this person doing the reaching is a strong person in the Lord they do not need a confirmation every time they operate in faith for they just flow at that point in their life. On occasion it is fine to send a confirmation to them because you know it blesses them far more greater than you think when you get a confirmation. How much less rich would your life be without them in your life? Do you take them for granted like they will always be there for you? Don't , because God can use them in your life for a season and if He sees that that person is being taken for granted He then can release them from your life and seek out another in their life to fill the void. I think what I am trying to express today is that do not take people for granted for they have destiny to be fulfilled in their lives and if you wait too long they will be gone from your life and all you will have left is a memory or two of the things they shared with you. Why would you let them knowingly walk out of your life without telling them that you love and appreciate them and their love for you? Only you can answer that.
Do you remember when your babies were still babies and then they began to grow a bit more each day? Did you ever have that bonding time with them? I hope that you did. One of my favorite things I would do this time of the year is pull out a favorite book and read it to them. I think it was at one time my one children's favorite story, The Littlest Angel, not the one with the cartoon looking characters this was a beautifully illustrated book about a child that dies and goes to heaven. Trying to be an angel and he just seems to get into all kinds of mischief and then he turns into the angel he was destined to become. If I am not mistaken he is an angel that is chosen to give a gift to Jesus when He was born. I do not know why but I am yearning to read this book now. I keep asking my children if they have the book and I get a negative on that. I have to find this book for it is such a tender story for children that no matter how old my children are or how old I am there is always one portion tha still brings tears to my eyes. I have to find this book to read it again.
My point in all of that sharing was this, a memory was created and what if I never purchased that book or took the time to read it to my children, there would be no memory for them or even for myself. Do not let this day go by without sharing with others how much they really mean to you and your life. Remember, life is but a fleeting vapor and you are hear one day and gone the next. Make time today to let today not fleet by you without reaching out to another.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The Bounce = FIRE
I took great notes today at church. I will share them with you along with a picture of what I found wedged by my front tire in the parking lot when I left church. I would definitely say that God was speaking to me today. I trust that He will speak to you through my sermon notes.
"4 Components of the BOUNCE:
1. The Fall in a fall you move downward rapidly, it could come to you in the form of a death; lay off; health situation, etc It seems like it will never end in the falling stage. Also be reminded that pride can cause a fall and a haughty spirit along with you can fall into sin, satan can set a trap that can cause this. Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 states Two people are better than one because together they have a good reward for their hard work. If one falls, the other can help his friend get up. But how tragic it is for the one who is all alone when he falls. There is no one to help him get back up.
There is a great value in having brothers and sisters in faith that you can call and they can pray for you. The best place you can be when in the midst of a fall is in church. That is not the time when you should run away from church but run to church. We, the body of Christ, have been born for adversity. When a brother or sister is there for you, that is, a true brother or sister is there through adversity in your life. The difference between falling and failing is that it only becomes failure if you do not bounce back from the fall. The recovery is always built into the fall and God will use the fall to bring glory to Him. The harder you fall the higher you will bounce.
2. The Impact When contact is made with something in the fall you are going to get bent out of shape. He referenced a tennis ball that was hit by a tennis racquet. Either you will absorb or explode in the impact. It may look like you are losing but know that your turn is coming after the impact. You may lose a bit of shape in the impact and this is where a lot of small and not strong Christians quit at this point.
3. Restoration If you can survive the initial impact the spirit of restoration causes you to push back at the force. The force on the outside is overcome by the source on the inside of you. An energy within is greater at one point. The force on the outside is conquered by the source on the inside. There is a point when He who is in you will start to push back. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
The pastor then spoke forth that the Lord said today Faith is gonna cause you to receive restoration.
4. Elevation When you are restored to your true identity the harder the force that thrust you down and impacted when elevated from the Lord will elevate you much higher.
Don't be afraid of a big slam that thrust you down. The harder the impact the higher the elevation. In your mind's eye visualize a tennis ball in your hand. Start off just exerting a little effort to release the ball to hit the ground, not much of a rebound bounce is there? Now, the same tennis ball with you exerting a bit more force. Does it not bounce back a little bit higher. Now follow through with the exercise and put a lot of effort and thrust into throwing the ball to the ground did you notice how high up it returns with the impact of the ground. So, a mighty thrust that threw you to the ground by the enemy is rebounded in the bounce by the one that lives inside of you, Jesus. Just watch what He can and will do in your life with the grand bounce back up. Higher and higher and higher than you even could imagine. That is the God that I serve, a more than enough Father in heaven that watches out for His own that are called by His name in the kingdom of God. May each and everyone of you recover with a mighty bounce back.
You should know me by now, this is not the end of this story. I head to the parking lot after church and as I approach my car I see something wedged by my front left tire. As I get closer and stoop down to see what it is you will never believe what was there just for me? Do you remember as a kid those really super bouncy bounce balls. They were like a ball on steroids. They are small in size but what a mighty impact recovery bounce once you let it hit the ground. That is exactly what was by my tire. I was tempted to bounce it but I constrained myself because I knew the power in the bounce in this sort of ball so I laid it by the curb so I did not run over it when I pulled my car out. I got in my car and I felt led, you know a Holy Spirit nudge to see if the family parked next to me wanted the super ball for their children. So, in faith, I asked them if they wanted the ball as a memory from the service today, that I found it by my tire and all of a sudden one of the children in the car said that it was their ball. I did hear Holy Spirit in approaching them and He was faithful to show me that I heard Him correctly in asking that question. God really is good all the time and all the time God is good.
If you've had a bad fall/impact that was a hard hit then start rejoicing for the bounce will be super high with the hand of God upon it. The word FIRE came forth in all of this as the word that was spelled out by using the first initial of the four components of the bounce:
Fall
Impact
Restoration
Elevation
"4 Components of the BOUNCE:
1. The Fall in a fall you move downward rapidly, it could come to you in the form of a death; lay off; health situation, etc It seems like it will never end in the falling stage. Also be reminded that pride can cause a fall and a haughty spirit along with you can fall into sin, satan can set a trap that can cause this. Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10 states Two people are better than one because together they have a good reward for their hard work. If one falls, the other can help his friend get up. But how tragic it is for the one who is all alone when he falls. There is no one to help him get back up.
There is a great value in having brothers and sisters in faith that you can call and they can pray for you. The best place you can be when in the midst of a fall is in church. That is not the time when you should run away from church but run to church. We, the body of Christ, have been born for adversity. When a brother or sister is there for you, that is, a true brother or sister is there through adversity in your life. The difference between falling and failing is that it only becomes failure if you do not bounce back from the fall. The recovery is always built into the fall and God will use the fall to bring glory to Him. The harder you fall the higher you will bounce.
2. The Impact When contact is made with something in the fall you are going to get bent out of shape. He referenced a tennis ball that was hit by a tennis racquet. Either you will absorb or explode in the impact. It may look like you are losing but know that your turn is coming after the impact. You may lose a bit of shape in the impact and this is where a lot of small and not strong Christians quit at this point.
3. Restoration If you can survive the initial impact the spirit of restoration causes you to push back at the force. The force on the outside is overcome by the source on the inside of you. An energy within is greater at one point. The force on the outside is conquered by the source on the inside. There is a point when He who is in you will start to push back. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.
The pastor then spoke forth that the Lord said today Faith is gonna cause you to receive restoration.
4. Elevation When you are restored to your true identity the harder the force that thrust you down and impacted when elevated from the Lord will elevate you much higher.
Don't be afraid of a big slam that thrust you down. The harder the impact the higher the elevation. In your mind's eye visualize a tennis ball in your hand. Start off just exerting a little effort to release the ball to hit the ground, not much of a rebound bounce is there? Now, the same tennis ball with you exerting a bit more force. Does it not bounce back a little bit higher. Now follow through with the exercise and put a lot of effort and thrust into throwing the ball to the ground did you notice how high up it returns with the impact of the ground. So, a mighty thrust that threw you to the ground by the enemy is rebounded in the bounce by the one that lives inside of you, Jesus. Just watch what He can and will do in your life with the grand bounce back up. Higher and higher and higher than you even could imagine. That is the God that I serve, a more than enough Father in heaven that watches out for His own that are called by His name in the kingdom of God. May each and everyone of you recover with a mighty bounce back.
You should know me by now, this is not the end of this story. I head to the parking lot after church and as I approach my car I see something wedged by my front left tire. As I get closer and stoop down to see what it is you will never believe what was there just for me? Do you remember as a kid those really super bouncy bounce balls. They were like a ball on steroids. They are small in size but what a mighty impact recovery bounce once you let it hit the ground. That is exactly what was by my tire. I was tempted to bounce it but I constrained myself because I knew the power in the bounce in this sort of ball so I laid it by the curb so I did not run over it when I pulled my car out. I got in my car and I felt led, you know a Holy Spirit nudge to see if the family parked next to me wanted the super ball for their children. So, in faith, I asked them if they wanted the ball as a memory from the service today, that I found it by my tire and all of a sudden one of the children in the car said that it was their ball. I did hear Holy Spirit in approaching them and He was faithful to show me that I heard Him correctly in asking that question. God really is good all the time and all the time God is good.
If you've had a bad fall/impact that was a hard hit then start rejoicing for the bounce will be super high with the hand of God upon it. The word FIRE came forth in all of this as the word that was spelled out by using the first initial of the four components of the bounce:
Fall
Impact
Restoration
Elevation
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| Bounce Ball |
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Silent Gratitude Helps No One
Today is known as Thanksgiving in the United States of America. A day or I should say a holiday set apart in which you express your gratitude and what you are thankful for in your life. A lot of people gather around the table with family and friends to a feast that usually causes one to leave the table saying, "I think I ate too much." What are you grateful for in your life? Do you keep that gratitude silent and just grateful in your mind when you think about it or do you take the next step and tell those in your life that you are grateful for them and the influence they had or have in your life to help you walk a better life as a Christian? Gratitude when I looked it up simply means thankfulness. Do not let yourself go to the grave without telling the people that you love and cherish in your life how much you are grateful for the influence they had or have in your life which causes you to walk a better life than if they were not in your life.
If your heart truly is filled with love and compassion, you do know that love was placed there by Jesus. He is love and when you ask Him into your heart and life His love begins to flood your being. Let go of hurts you may have had as a child or a marriage that may have not worked out like you thought it would when you first got married. The past is the past and if you have truly asked forgiveness from Jesus your sins are now buried in the lake of forgetfulness never to be dragged out of that lake again. The only way they are is if you choose to drag them out again and re-hash the old history in your life. Why would you do that for life is but a vapor we are here one day and then gone the next day. Live your life with no haunting regrets and be open to receiving life into your life. Why would a person choose to see doom and gloom when if they just kept walking and turned a corner there is a bright and warm sun waiting to greet you and your life? You can either choose to sit in gloom and doom or see the brightness that is waiting to burst forth in your life.
I am most thankful for the opportunity to be able to share my life with wonderful people all around the world. Such a blessing that is to me and I trust that some portion of what I write touches your heart and life. If you have read any of my blogs you will know that my life as a writer started in a time of hardship and toil in my life and through the process I have grown to love the Lord and people and healing took place in my heart and life. I am not the same person like I was back then, when anger would just rise up in me and the slightest thing would trigger it. My anger came forth through hurtful words and swearing too. People that know me now would say they see me as a person that loves people and when I see a person I love to nurture them and lift them up. One thing I can honestly say through my experiences is that I am able to see a hurting heart and then the compassionate side of me goes into motion to reach out and ease the burden in that person. It truly costs you nothing other than time to take a moment or two out of your day to let someone know you are thinking of them or how much of a blessing they are to you. Do not let this day go by without telling someone you love them or what a blessing they are to you. Step outside of your box of comfort and reach out to another and trust me, in doing so you will find such satisfaction and your heart will leap with joy and even a love that you did not know existed prior to stepping out in faith in this arena. Compare it to this, you are married and there is love between a husband and wife and then you find out you are going to have a child. You begin to think to yourself odd thoughts like this, what if the baby is born and I won't know how to love it? Isn't it amazing when you look back now if you have children how each time a child was born the love sprung forth from your heart? That is the same thing waiting for you to happen when you step out of your comfort zone and told someone how much their time, finances, care, encouragement or whatever it is that they bring to your life is, you are grateful.
Being kind, compassionate, and loving too are all qualities that should be emulated in your life by following the example of Jesus. He did operate in them so how much more should we also emulate them if we call ourselves Christians, you know, those that follow Jesus Christ? Just a little piece of something to think about. Be blessed this very day and know that a heart filled with gratitude is a heart filled with love.
One more concluding thought, was compassion always a part of who I am? Yes, it is a part of who I am but I believe it was masked under hurt, pain and suffering. When I was set free and found myself being healed from that stuff then compassion was free to be released in a greater capacity than prior to that since it was not being held down by what needed to be healed in me. Take a chance and find healing of your heart and let go of past hurts. When you release them you then have the capacity to truly heal and to let love into your life. Not just love but compassion will burst forth in a pronounced way if you will allow it to. Remember, do not just be the bearer of compassion into the lives of others but it is OK for you to be able to receive compassion from others.
If your heart truly is filled with love and compassion, you do know that love was placed there by Jesus. He is love and when you ask Him into your heart and life His love begins to flood your being. Let go of hurts you may have had as a child or a marriage that may have not worked out like you thought it would when you first got married. The past is the past and if you have truly asked forgiveness from Jesus your sins are now buried in the lake of forgetfulness never to be dragged out of that lake again. The only way they are is if you choose to drag them out again and re-hash the old history in your life. Why would you do that for life is but a vapor we are here one day and then gone the next day. Live your life with no haunting regrets and be open to receiving life into your life. Why would a person choose to see doom and gloom when if they just kept walking and turned a corner there is a bright and warm sun waiting to greet you and your life? You can either choose to sit in gloom and doom or see the brightness that is waiting to burst forth in your life.
I am most thankful for the opportunity to be able to share my life with wonderful people all around the world. Such a blessing that is to me and I trust that some portion of what I write touches your heart and life. If you have read any of my blogs you will know that my life as a writer started in a time of hardship and toil in my life and through the process I have grown to love the Lord and people and healing took place in my heart and life. I am not the same person like I was back then, when anger would just rise up in me and the slightest thing would trigger it. My anger came forth through hurtful words and swearing too. People that know me now would say they see me as a person that loves people and when I see a person I love to nurture them and lift them up. One thing I can honestly say through my experiences is that I am able to see a hurting heart and then the compassionate side of me goes into motion to reach out and ease the burden in that person. It truly costs you nothing other than time to take a moment or two out of your day to let someone know you are thinking of them or how much of a blessing they are to you. Do not let this day go by without telling someone you love them or what a blessing they are to you. Step outside of your box of comfort and reach out to another and trust me, in doing so you will find such satisfaction and your heart will leap with joy and even a love that you did not know existed prior to stepping out in faith in this arena. Compare it to this, you are married and there is love between a husband and wife and then you find out you are going to have a child. You begin to think to yourself odd thoughts like this, what if the baby is born and I won't know how to love it? Isn't it amazing when you look back now if you have children how each time a child was born the love sprung forth from your heart? That is the same thing waiting for you to happen when you step out of your comfort zone and told someone how much their time, finances, care, encouragement or whatever it is that they bring to your life is, you are grateful.
Being kind, compassionate, and loving too are all qualities that should be emulated in your life by following the example of Jesus. He did operate in them so how much more should we also emulate them if we call ourselves Christians, you know, those that follow Jesus Christ? Just a little piece of something to think about. Be blessed this very day and know that a heart filled with gratitude is a heart filled with love.
One more concluding thought, was compassion always a part of who I am? Yes, it is a part of who I am but I believe it was masked under hurt, pain and suffering. When I was set free and found myself being healed from that stuff then compassion was free to be released in a greater capacity than prior to that since it was not being held down by what needed to be healed in me. Take a chance and find healing of your heart and let go of past hurts. When you release them you then have the capacity to truly heal and to let love into your life. Not just love but compassion will burst forth in a pronounced way if you will allow it to. Remember, do not just be the bearer of compassion into the lives of others but it is OK for you to be able to receive compassion from others.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
PREACHERS Are You Preparing Your Congregations To Be Dressed For Church Or For Eternity?
This will be short and direct to the point. I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with a deacon today from a church located in Ohio, USA. This is what he shared with me, there are preachers out there that are only preparing their people to be dressed for church and not for eternity. What that means is are you only concerned with getting numbers of salvation's you brought into the church and then they go off on their own and try to live the Christian way of life? OR are you leading them to Jesus and then teaching them about Jesus and preparing them for eternity. Pretty serious stuff when you think about it right? Do they really know the meaning of what happened when Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for you and me? Just a little something for you to think about and ponder on. Remember, to those that much has been given much will be required of you. Don't just lead them to Jesus and dump then on the church steps to fend for themselves. Train them up in who they are in Christ Jesus and let them walk in His ways so they will one day walk not only on the earth with Jesus but they will also walk on the streets of gold in heaven for all eternity with Jesus also. Don't let them go through the cracks of "churchiness" and fall into the lake of fire for all eternity.
The Elijah List - Prophetic Words and Prophecies
Very Good Word That Is Timely, No Pun Intended, From Chuck PierceThe Elijah List - Prophetic Words and Prophecies
It Is Time To Seek The Lord, How's Your Prayer Life?
This was the title of yesterday's devotional that I read. "It is time to seek the Lord" Hos 10:12
"The place of prayer is where you meet with God to be instructed, corrected, cleansed, loved, built up and prepared to do His will. It can be anywhere, but it must be somewhere! It can be anytime, but it must be a set time. Without prayer, what do you have to draw on? You'll work harder and harder and accomplish less and less because you're operating in your own strength. But after you've prayed you'll struggle less and accomplish more because you're operating in God's strength. If you're spending hours watching television but say you've no time to pray, "It is time to seek the Lord." If you're living comfortably with sins that once troubled you, "It's time to seek the Lord." If you're speaking words of bitterness towards someone who hurt you,"It's time to seek the Lord." If having material things consumes so much of your energy that there's none left for God and your family, "It's time to seek the Lord." The New Testament church grew so fast that the apostles found themselves with no time to pray. So they said, "It's not right" (Acts 6:2 NCV.) That's where you must start! If you've forsaken the place of prayer it will show up in your attitudes and actions. What did the apostles do? They said, "We will give ourselves continually to prayer" (Acts 6:4.) And look what happened: "The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied" (Acts 6:7.) If you've gotten this far with little prayer, inconsistent prayer, or no prayer, think how far you'll get when you begin to pray."
Thought provoking isn't it? If you have slacked off a bit or a lot in you prayer time with the Lord I encourage you to step back into the fighting ring and win with Jesus. Sometimes when a lot is going on in your life it can be a bit of a struggle to say prayers that so quickly once flowed from you. In those moments do not be afraid to write down your prayers in advance when it is less hectic in your life and when it is time to pray you will then have a guide before you to help you. Do not just read it off repetitively but use it as a guide and flow from there. Great orators I am sure do not just get up to a microphone without preparation do they? The same should be with you when it is time for prayer come to the table prepared and then just flow with the move of Holy Spirit. You will be so blessed and surprised at times when He speaks to your heart. You , my friend, came prepared and He knows that. When you are reaching out to others with prayer He touches your heart and when you get that golden nugget like I shared with you earlier today you will remember it. You yielded to Him in obedience and He honors that. You see, when I got up early to write today I was not seeking anything I was saying OK I will write you flow through me and I will write. It is when you are in the flow of action when I have found that He drops these golden nuggets in your lap to receive. You did not start out thinking, "I wonder what I can get from Him today." Cherish these moments you have with Holy Spirit.
"The place of prayer is where you meet with God to be instructed, corrected, cleansed, loved, built up and prepared to do His will. It can be anywhere, but it must be somewhere! It can be anytime, but it must be a set time. Without prayer, what do you have to draw on? You'll work harder and harder and accomplish less and less because you're operating in your own strength. But after you've prayed you'll struggle less and accomplish more because you're operating in God's strength. If you're spending hours watching television but say you've no time to pray, "It is time to seek the Lord." If you're living comfortably with sins that once troubled you, "It's time to seek the Lord." If you're speaking words of bitterness towards someone who hurt you,"It's time to seek the Lord." If having material things consumes so much of your energy that there's none left for God and your family, "It's time to seek the Lord." The New Testament church grew so fast that the apostles found themselves with no time to pray. So they said, "It's not right" (Acts 6:2 NCV.) That's where you must start! If you've forsaken the place of prayer it will show up in your attitudes and actions. What did the apostles do? They said, "We will give ourselves continually to prayer" (Acts 6:4.) And look what happened: "The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied" (Acts 6:7.) If you've gotten this far with little prayer, inconsistent prayer, or no prayer, think how far you'll get when you begin to pray."
Thought provoking isn't it? If you have slacked off a bit or a lot in you prayer time with the Lord I encourage you to step back into the fighting ring and win with Jesus. Sometimes when a lot is going on in your life it can be a bit of a struggle to say prayers that so quickly once flowed from you. In those moments do not be afraid to write down your prayers in advance when it is less hectic in your life and when it is time to pray you will then have a guide before you to help you. Do not just read it off repetitively but use it as a guide and flow from there. Great orators I am sure do not just get up to a microphone without preparation do they? The same should be with you when it is time for prayer come to the table prepared and then just flow with the move of Holy Spirit. You will be so blessed and surprised at times when He speaks to your heart. You , my friend, came prepared and He knows that. When you are reaching out to others with prayer He touches your heart and when you get that golden nugget like I shared with you earlier today you will remember it. You yielded to Him in obedience and He honors that. You see, when I got up early to write today I was not seeking anything I was saying OK I will write you flow through me and I will write. It is when you are in the flow of action when I have found that He drops these golden nuggets in your lap to receive. You did not start out thinking, "I wonder what I can get from Him today." Cherish these moments you have with Holy Spirit.
What Is The Lord Speaking To Your Heart Today?
What is the Lord speaking to your heart today? Make sure it is not you speaking through your heart and you did seek the Lord to make sure it is He who speaks and not you speaking and saying it is He. Does that make sense? When you flow in the prophetic it can become very easy for you at times to be able to read a person's heart. You may say to yourself what does she mean by that statement? When Holy Spirit connects you with one and you are able to sense things about this person make sure they are not just natural connections you are sensing and seek the Lord to make sure it is He who is directing this sense in your spirit. You do know there are false prophets out there right? Think of it like spiritual witchcraft, yes, I said witchcraft. Not all that profess to flow in the prophetic are flowing from the throne room of God. They receive their knowledge or sensing abilities through the enemy. He does have his workers in the world and the spiritual realm that their very purpose is to throw you off of your very purpose. Do not be stupid or ignorant to this for allowing the wrong words in your life can shut off the true words from flowing and manifesting God's best for your life.
Years ago I was at church, yes, at church and a woman wanted to prophesy into my life. I knew what type of spirit she was operating from and when she began to speak everything inside of me rose up and said do not fall for this and do not receive these words. I began to tell this woman I do not receive the words and I refused to let her proceed. I even went to a friend of mine at the time and sought prayer to cut off those words and to give me a further explanation of what just happened. This is what happened, she was saying a Thus Saith The Lord to being able to read the desire of my heart at the time. Big difference, very big difference. You better make sure you are hearing from Holy Spirit when you are adding His name to something via prophetic. If you are in tune with people or there is a connection make sure you are not simply reading a persons heart or heart desires and adding a Thus Saith The Lord for you will be held accountable one day for that. It is not soothsaying or witchcraft the prophetic is of a serious nature and nothing to be toyed with or dealt with lightly.
I cannot stress this more than enough, really be cautious of the people that speak into your life. Do you know them? Do you know their lifestyle? Do you know that they are before the Lord seeking His face and fulfilling His will in their life? Do you see the fruits of the spirit operating in their life? Do you know for a fact that they are a true Christian living the Christian life or are they a spy in disguise Christian that tells you all the right things you want to hear and in reality they are just what I said. A spy in disguise. Remember even the elect will be deceived in the days in which we live in. Do not be so vulnerable to believe everything without research into their very life. Seek the Lord for He is faithful and He will shed light onto this situation or this particular person. If you seek Him and then choose to go against what He showed you in your heart or through the word of God then, you my friend, will be responsible for going against the word of God and you are also responsible for opening up doors that never should have been opened up. Very not good place to find yourself at.
A true word from a messenger of God can set you free to walk through doors that only God has opened up for you and will keep open up for you. A false word from a messenger of the enemy in disguise as a true messenger of the Lord will send you spiraling downward at a very rapid speed. That would be the case in which closed doors from the Lord have now been opened to you as you find yourself going through that closed door(s) by God that is now opened by the enemy to send you far off the course you were so smoothly walking on prior to this. The enemy is there to steal, kill and destroy what God has for you. Which is abundance, life and destiny. You know you are closer to destiny than you think when the wolf shows up in sheep's clothing to bring a false word to you. Let me describe what happened to me to help you discern what may have just happened to you. A person comes up to you and starts telling you or under the guise of prophesying things into your life. They sure do sound great and wow how did they know that about me or my business or my desire to do that? That is the trap, you think this surely must be of God for they would not know these things if it was not from Him. They are just capable of reading your heart. Everything inside of you starts to feel good and warm but if you truly listened to the words and looked them in the eyes as they spoke them you would know the difference. I can only describe it like this. Yes, it sounds great at first. It is meant to be so as to flatter you and let your guard be dropped. Once your guard is dropped and you are sucked in you are not as keen to the spirit of God's warning flashing all around you to not receive the word or words for they are false words. Sometimes you are able to hear the physical words of flatter but inside you everything is screaming to you to not take the bait. Follow the warning for it is so much easier to not receive the words and cut them off then to receive the words with confusion now entering your life.
The test of knowing if it was a true word from the Lord...Did it agree with your witness inside of you, did it bring confusion to your life or was it for edification and confirmation? When a false word is about to come into you life it is because the enemy encamps around you because you are very near to embarking upon something that will bring glory to God. Please also know this too that just because a person flows in the prophetic does not mean that they are always 100% right on target also. If connection is there with a person and they are sensing something or called to intercede for a person, they may have just been called to intercede on their behalf and they then took it a step further and shared it with them. We are not perfect people and just because there was an urgency to pray does not necessarily mean that you were to contact the person. Did you ever feel a wave of peace just overcome you? I can only describe it as incredible love that floods your being as if warmth and peace just saturate you. I can actually feel this at times. I did not get any confirmation that someone prayed for me, no one called me or sent me a message saying they just prayed for me. When it happens I just know that I was prayed for I really do know that. So, the next time you wake up early in the morning did you ever stop to wonder if it was not for you to pray for someone else but it was in fact them praying for you? Just a golden nugget thought I just received from Holy Spirit as I was writing. See, it really is good to follow the lead of Holy Spirit because when you follow through and you are not seeking anything by doing that He just may drop one of those precious nuggets right in your lap. Thank you Holy Spirit and continue to teach me your ways and your wisdom.
Years ago I was at church, yes, at church and a woman wanted to prophesy into my life. I knew what type of spirit she was operating from and when she began to speak everything inside of me rose up and said do not fall for this and do not receive these words. I began to tell this woman I do not receive the words and I refused to let her proceed. I even went to a friend of mine at the time and sought prayer to cut off those words and to give me a further explanation of what just happened. This is what happened, she was saying a Thus Saith The Lord to being able to read the desire of my heart at the time. Big difference, very big difference. You better make sure you are hearing from Holy Spirit when you are adding His name to something via prophetic. If you are in tune with people or there is a connection make sure you are not simply reading a persons heart or heart desires and adding a Thus Saith The Lord for you will be held accountable one day for that. It is not soothsaying or witchcraft the prophetic is of a serious nature and nothing to be toyed with or dealt with lightly.
I cannot stress this more than enough, really be cautious of the people that speak into your life. Do you know them? Do you know their lifestyle? Do you know that they are before the Lord seeking His face and fulfilling His will in their life? Do you see the fruits of the spirit operating in their life? Do you know for a fact that they are a true Christian living the Christian life or are they a spy in disguise Christian that tells you all the right things you want to hear and in reality they are just what I said. A spy in disguise. Remember even the elect will be deceived in the days in which we live in. Do not be so vulnerable to believe everything without research into their very life. Seek the Lord for He is faithful and He will shed light onto this situation or this particular person. If you seek Him and then choose to go against what He showed you in your heart or through the word of God then, you my friend, will be responsible for going against the word of God and you are also responsible for opening up doors that never should have been opened up. Very not good place to find yourself at.
A true word from a messenger of God can set you free to walk through doors that only God has opened up for you and will keep open up for you. A false word from a messenger of the enemy in disguise as a true messenger of the Lord will send you spiraling downward at a very rapid speed. That would be the case in which closed doors from the Lord have now been opened to you as you find yourself going through that closed door(s) by God that is now opened by the enemy to send you far off the course you were so smoothly walking on prior to this. The enemy is there to steal, kill and destroy what God has for you. Which is abundance, life and destiny. You know you are closer to destiny than you think when the wolf shows up in sheep's clothing to bring a false word to you. Let me describe what happened to me to help you discern what may have just happened to you. A person comes up to you and starts telling you or under the guise of prophesying things into your life. They sure do sound great and wow how did they know that about me or my business or my desire to do that? That is the trap, you think this surely must be of God for they would not know these things if it was not from Him. They are just capable of reading your heart. Everything inside of you starts to feel good and warm but if you truly listened to the words and looked them in the eyes as they spoke them you would know the difference. I can only describe it like this. Yes, it sounds great at first. It is meant to be so as to flatter you and let your guard be dropped. Once your guard is dropped and you are sucked in you are not as keen to the spirit of God's warning flashing all around you to not receive the word or words for they are false words. Sometimes you are able to hear the physical words of flatter but inside you everything is screaming to you to not take the bait. Follow the warning for it is so much easier to not receive the words and cut them off then to receive the words with confusion now entering your life.
The test of knowing if it was a true word from the Lord...Did it agree with your witness inside of you, did it bring confusion to your life or was it for edification and confirmation? When a false word is about to come into you life it is because the enemy encamps around you because you are very near to embarking upon something that will bring glory to God. Please also know this too that just because a person flows in the prophetic does not mean that they are always 100% right on target also. If connection is there with a person and they are sensing something or called to intercede for a person, they may have just been called to intercede on their behalf and they then took it a step further and shared it with them. We are not perfect people and just because there was an urgency to pray does not necessarily mean that you were to contact the person. Did you ever feel a wave of peace just overcome you? I can only describe it as incredible love that floods your being as if warmth and peace just saturate you. I can actually feel this at times. I did not get any confirmation that someone prayed for me, no one called me or sent me a message saying they just prayed for me. When it happens I just know that I was prayed for I really do know that. So, the next time you wake up early in the morning did you ever stop to wonder if it was not for you to pray for someone else but it was in fact them praying for you? Just a golden nugget thought I just received from Holy Spirit as I was writing. See, it really is good to follow the lead of Holy Spirit because when you follow through and you are not seeking anything by doing that He just may drop one of those precious nuggets right in your lap. Thank you Holy Spirit and continue to teach me your ways and your wisdom.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
How Are The Dead Raised? With What Kind Of Body? 1 Col 15:35 NIV
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| It was a gorgeous, sunny and pleasantly warm Fall day today where I live. |
"Ever wonder what your heavenly body will be like? The Bible gives us three answers to the questions, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" First, it speaks of anatomy: "Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another fish another" (Col 15:39 NIV) Just as fish are designed to handle the pressures of the ocean and birds are designed to fly, your heavenly body will be custom-made for eternity. (Imagine traveling not merely at the speed of light, but the speed of thought!) Next it speaks of astronomy: "The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead" (1 Co 15:41-42 NIV) There will be degrees of honor and differences of reward when we get to heaven. Your service now is what determines your status then (See Ro 2:6) Finally, it speaks of agriculture: "It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power" (Co 15:43)The old Saxon word for cemetery means "God's acre." How wonderful; Christians don't get buried, they get planted! There's a bulletin board in the Mayo Clinic which reads: "Cancer is limited: it cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot kill friendship, it cannot shut out memories, it cannot silence courage, it cannot invade the soul, it cannot reduce eternal life, it cannot quench the spirit, and it cannot lessen the power of resurrection."
Pretty thought provoking when you think about it huh? I then went to church and was blessed to sit under the anointed message of a pretty well know preacher. This was a guest preacher that I have had the pleasure of sitting under their anointing in the past. He spoke out of Joshua 5:13. It may be a little sketchy sounding but I am going to share my notes that I took today to help you break the spirit of intimidation in your life. You cannot win any battle you're not enjoined in, things that are good in your life you have to fight for, the enemy will intimidate you to not fight. If you get intimidated you leave the battlefield and lose the fight. You can be intimiated out of what God wants for us. Joshua was not intimidated by following after Moses when he died. Moses led them up to the promised land, Joshua led them into the promised land. Their first battle was in Jericho. God never promises you something that He does not prepare for. Action is required of you to make it happen. An action on earth is responded by action in heaven. You can't conqeor what you do not confront. When you get intimidated out you'll postpone what's yours. If you fail a test you will take it over and over and over again until you pass it. March on the problems and do not worry how God's going to do it. Joshua lifted up his eyes and looked and saw how big the walls were. Angels with swords have always been been God's guardians. Joshua was about 80 years old this time. The angels were waiting for Joshua to get close enough. Joshua's approach to the problem is what triggered the angels into action. A man with a promise in his heart is more powerful than a man with something in his hand. Your presence with a problem is what activates God to solve it.Your worhsip gains intensity as time goes on. When you worship angels go to war and it activates angelic warriors to fight on your behalf.
Worship should be a part of your life. Not just on Sunday morning at church. Worship should be in your heart. Do you ever wake up with a song in your heart? I posted on my blog the other day a song by The Crabb Family, Through The Fire. I highly encourage you to go back and listen to it. That has been the song in my heart for several days now. A worhshiper hears the heartbeat of God and cannot seem to let go of it. As I was driving into church today I felt the presence of Holy Spirit in the car with me as I listened to and even sang sometime's in my mind and sometime's the words out loud as I was listening to the Crabb Family. They are known as Southern Gospel music but that should not matter at all. It is not just the melody of a song. The meat of the worship is contained in the words sung unto the Lord through their voices. Let Holy Spirit lead you to listen and worship this week through Christian artists that you may normally not listen to. Maybe a certain type of genre, just trust Holy Spirit and He will lead you to a worship artist or two that will not only bless you but also bless the Lord as you worship Him. Let me include the scripture that I made reference to about Joshua 5: 13-15 "When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you one of us or one of our enemies?" He answered, "Neither one! I am here as the commander of the Lord's army." Immediately, Joshua bowed with his face touching the ground and worshiped. He asked, "Sir, what do you want to tell me?" The commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals because this place where you are standing is holy." So Joshua did as he was told."
In conclusion, do not be indimidated by your problems, stand strong and confront them so your battle is won and what has been tucked away as a promise in your heart can be fulfilled.
I Was Just Plain Exhausted Last Night. Should Have Wrote This Then But Fell Asleep.
As you can see from this post's title, I was truly exhausted yesterday and I knew in my heart I had to write and where to search for the writing that was going to be published. Did you ever have such a day that you were just physically and then mentally tired at the end of that day? That was me yesterday. I still came home and prepared a new dish for dinner I wanted to try. It was very good. I then sat down to watch a bit of the British (BBC) sit com's on the public broadcasting station. I did and I apparently fell asleep. My plan was to write. Life has been very busy for me and I should know better than to neglect taking time for me to relax. When you are exhausted your body will cause you to take time out to get rest did you know that? See, if I would have wrote this last evening I would now be sleeping like the rest of you at 3:07 AM but as you can see, I am writing while you all are resting. Even though it is early in the dawn of the new day that will be on the horizon I must share with you that there is incredible peace as I sit at the computer to write. At 3 AM there are less distractions than say at noon do you agree? I was so tired yesterday that I knew I should have walked but my body was just saying to me too tired too tired so I stayed in and rested. Oddly enough though, I have learned that if I would have went walking I probably would have been revived somewhat. Oh well, just gotta keep moving onward and not regret yesterday because yesterday is now in the books of history and a new story is being created in this new dawn of a new day.
All I sensed yesterday was that I was to share one of my writings with you. I opened up my file in which I titled it The Book and began to search through writing that have not been posted yet. The only thing I knew when I opened it up was to search out the next writing that was not published yet. You may wonder to yourself how does she know what has and has not been published yet? That is a simple answer, I place an "X" by the date of my writing to let me know that I already published it on my blog page. Now, if you should ever come across a writing and you think to yourself, "Hum, I think this writing sound familiar." it may just be that. I could have possibly posted it without marking it with an "X." If you should see a writing that was published before being published again that is also quite possible too. You see, sometimes Holy Spirit wants to speak to the very person that will read a blog that particular day and to hear those words that were written. You see, Holy Spirit is very wise and knows all right? There may have been a particular title of a writing in which I yield to Him even in the creating of the titles for my blog being published that He wants me to re-publish because it just may be the title that catches someones attention while searching. It may be the very words used in that very title that will cause the very person that it was written for to read it. I have published things from the 1990's on this blog. Think of it like this...I may have been led to write years ago for this moment in time for you to read and your heart be touched by Holy Spirit. That is how much He loves you and cares for you. It is not a coincidence that I fell asleep last night and then got up to go to bed at 2AM for it was in the getting up that stirred my heart and remembrance to my mind to write. No coincidence at all. I do not believe in coincidences I believe in faith and I pray daily to be used by Holy Spirit to be a conduit in someones life to bless them. You, yes you, the very one reading this blog today or tonight depending on where you live in the world, was written for you to read and be blessed with and to minister to you.
My Father in heaven is ever faithful. He placed you upon my heart to not be able to rest completely until I wrote and shared with you what was to be written for you. What I share with you today was written 10/21/1996, just for you to read this very day in your life. Do not tell me that the God I serve is not all knowing and is everywhere at all times, He is and He stirred me to write over 14 years ago for this very day in time for you to read. No coincidence at all.
Please know this about me too. It will go either one way or the other after I complete writing this. I have experienced both of these scenarios, 1. I will fall right back to sleep and wake up refreshed or 2. I am so awake that I cannot fall back to sleep but guess what I will still be refreshed in the morning and have lots of energy. If I am wide awake I am most sure that I will be called to pray in the Holy Spirit for those that need prayer. Do you know what it means when I refer to praying in the Holy Spirit? It was explained to me that it is your heavenly prayer language in which God is praying through you. If you are not filled with the Holy Spirit I would seek that because when you pray in the spirit satan does not have access or knowledge of what you are praying. Did you know that? Have you ever been in a situation in which someone is placed upon your heart for you to pray for them. You may not even know why they come to your memory or how to pray for them that is when you would operate most likely in praying in the spirit. Be cautious and mindful of this also, everyone that says they pray in the spirit may not be praying in the true Holy Spirit. Since I operate in deliverance ministry I am aware of this. At the end of a ministry session I ask if they are filled with the spirit. If they say yes then I ask them to pray out loud for a few minutes in their prayer language and as Holy Spirit leads me I tell them to stop and repeat after me these words,"Jesus Christ has come in the flesh." If they can say them without pausing or having trouble saying these words then hat is the test that their language is authentic. If they cannot say them or have a hard time speaking them then that is a warning flag that the language they thought they have been operating in is a false one. You know satan likes to mimic the things of God and if he can fool people into thinking they are speaking in God's prayer language but in reality they are speaking in his language he is ahead. Holy Spirit is always many steps ahead of him so that is why his false language will be found out and cast out of the person so they can be filled with the true heavenly language and not a false spirit in which they were operating in unknown to them. I, myself, also periodically check my own prayer language to make sure it is pure and flowing from heaven. I am not above anyone else in thinking that I am fine for I need to know that when I feel led to pray for someone in the spirit that it is with pureness and truly from heaven. Be very cautious with whom prays for you do not be fooled when they said to you that they prayed in the spirit. You really need to know it is from heaven and not false and deceptive flowing from hell.
Thank you Holy Spirit, I just tested my heavenly language right now and I can report to you that I passed the test. Satan thinks he is sly and smart but never underestimate the power of God He is always so much further head of the plans that the enemy devises. Do not be afraid to test you prayer language now...pray in the spirit either out loud or quietly until Holy Spirit prompts you to stop and when you stop then repeat these words Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. If you were able to say them without hesitation or any stopping of the words coming forth then you should be OK. If you were not able to do that then lets take care of that right now. Say this after me..."Spirit of False Tongues you have been found out I bind and gag you and cut off any and all communication. I encircle you with a drop of Jesus' blood and any other spirits connected to you line up together like a chain link fence and I cast you to the dry, arid, uninhabited places of the earth never to return again." now repeat after me these words, "Holy Spirit now fill me with your true tongues prayer language to be filled in the areas that were now set free from the false being removed form me." Open your mouth and speak forth the heavenly words and test the spirit again. Keep praying and when Holy Spirit nudges you to stop then say Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. If you are now OK then great and thank Holy Spirit. If there is still a stumbling block you can try again but I would highly recommend to possibly go to someone in your church that operates in the deliverance ministry to help you at this point. Remember to use wisdom in whom you ask to pray for you too.
10/21/1996
Time flies by so quickly now My children in Christ. Make the most of your lives upon the earth for it is in your kind and generous actions and deeds that you are preparing for the kingdom of heaven. How many of you have shed all the excess in your lives? The things and toys that are not needed to survive this lifetime. Give from your open hearts to others in need around you. For when your life is completed upon the earth, all that is of worldliness shall not matter…I am being shown a big, full tree. A very strong wind comes and breaks off many of the branches and the leaves are no longer upon this tree. It is all sucked up into a funnel cloud, gone, vanished, before your eyes.
This My ever-blessed children in Christ is what I speak of. You cannot and will not take with you these things that you have collected upon the earth. They will stay behind, eventually break down, and no longer be of any value or worth. Waste not your efforts and time on gathering things of pleasure, but gather things of worth. A smile you share with one that is bewildered or lost on their spiritual journey. The hug that shows and tells another they are loved and cared for. The peace that fills your being when you are in My presence as you read Scripture and then go forth and share the knowledge from the bible. These, My children, these are the things I speak of that will bring you to eternal happiness and peace. Go forth now and spread the good news “I am the bread of life and all who eat of Me shall live forever.”
All I sensed yesterday was that I was to share one of my writings with you. I opened up my file in which I titled it The Book and began to search through writing that have not been posted yet. The only thing I knew when I opened it up was to search out the next writing that was not published yet. You may wonder to yourself how does she know what has and has not been published yet? That is a simple answer, I place an "X" by the date of my writing to let me know that I already published it on my blog page. Now, if you should ever come across a writing and you think to yourself, "Hum, I think this writing sound familiar." it may just be that. I could have possibly posted it without marking it with an "X." If you should see a writing that was published before being published again that is also quite possible too. You see, sometimes Holy Spirit wants to speak to the very person that will read a blog that particular day and to hear those words that were written. You see, Holy Spirit is very wise and knows all right? There may have been a particular title of a writing in which I yield to Him even in the creating of the titles for my blog being published that He wants me to re-publish because it just may be the title that catches someones attention while searching. It may be the very words used in that very title that will cause the very person that it was written for to read it. I have published things from the 1990's on this blog. Think of it like this...I may have been led to write years ago for this moment in time for you to read and your heart be touched by Holy Spirit. That is how much He loves you and cares for you. It is not a coincidence that I fell asleep last night and then got up to go to bed at 2AM for it was in the getting up that stirred my heart and remembrance to my mind to write. No coincidence at all. I do not believe in coincidences I believe in faith and I pray daily to be used by Holy Spirit to be a conduit in someones life to bless them. You, yes you, the very one reading this blog today or tonight depending on where you live in the world, was written for you to read and be blessed with and to minister to you.
My Father in heaven is ever faithful. He placed you upon my heart to not be able to rest completely until I wrote and shared with you what was to be written for you. What I share with you today was written 10/21/1996, just for you to read this very day in your life. Do not tell me that the God I serve is not all knowing and is everywhere at all times, He is and He stirred me to write over 14 years ago for this very day in time for you to read. No coincidence at all.
Please know this about me too. It will go either one way or the other after I complete writing this. I have experienced both of these scenarios, 1. I will fall right back to sleep and wake up refreshed or 2. I am so awake that I cannot fall back to sleep but guess what I will still be refreshed in the morning and have lots of energy. If I am wide awake I am most sure that I will be called to pray in the Holy Spirit for those that need prayer. Do you know what it means when I refer to praying in the Holy Spirit? It was explained to me that it is your heavenly prayer language in which God is praying through you. If you are not filled with the Holy Spirit I would seek that because when you pray in the spirit satan does not have access or knowledge of what you are praying. Did you know that? Have you ever been in a situation in which someone is placed upon your heart for you to pray for them. You may not even know why they come to your memory or how to pray for them that is when you would operate most likely in praying in the spirit. Be cautious and mindful of this also, everyone that says they pray in the spirit may not be praying in the true Holy Spirit. Since I operate in deliverance ministry I am aware of this. At the end of a ministry session I ask if they are filled with the spirit. If they say yes then I ask them to pray out loud for a few minutes in their prayer language and as Holy Spirit leads me I tell them to stop and repeat after me these words,"Jesus Christ has come in the flesh." If they can say them without pausing or having trouble saying these words then hat is the test that their language is authentic. If they cannot say them or have a hard time speaking them then that is a warning flag that the language they thought they have been operating in is a false one. You know satan likes to mimic the things of God and if he can fool people into thinking they are speaking in God's prayer language but in reality they are speaking in his language he is ahead. Holy Spirit is always many steps ahead of him so that is why his false language will be found out and cast out of the person so they can be filled with the true heavenly language and not a false spirit in which they were operating in unknown to them. I, myself, also periodically check my own prayer language to make sure it is pure and flowing from heaven. I am not above anyone else in thinking that I am fine for I need to know that when I feel led to pray for someone in the spirit that it is with pureness and truly from heaven. Be very cautious with whom prays for you do not be fooled when they said to you that they prayed in the spirit. You really need to know it is from heaven and not false and deceptive flowing from hell.
Thank you Holy Spirit, I just tested my heavenly language right now and I can report to you that I passed the test. Satan thinks he is sly and smart but never underestimate the power of God He is always so much further head of the plans that the enemy devises. Do not be afraid to test you prayer language now...pray in the spirit either out loud or quietly until Holy Spirit prompts you to stop and when you stop then repeat these words Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. If you were able to say them without hesitation or any stopping of the words coming forth then you should be OK. If you were not able to do that then lets take care of that right now. Say this after me..."Spirit of False Tongues you have been found out I bind and gag you and cut off any and all communication. I encircle you with a drop of Jesus' blood and any other spirits connected to you line up together like a chain link fence and I cast you to the dry, arid, uninhabited places of the earth never to return again." now repeat after me these words, "Holy Spirit now fill me with your true tongues prayer language to be filled in the areas that were now set free from the false being removed form me." Open your mouth and speak forth the heavenly words and test the spirit again. Keep praying and when Holy Spirit nudges you to stop then say Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. If you are now OK then great and thank Holy Spirit. If there is still a stumbling block you can try again but I would highly recommend to possibly go to someone in your church that operates in the deliverance ministry to help you at this point. Remember to use wisdom in whom you ask to pray for you too.
10/21/1996
Time flies by so quickly now My children in Christ. Make the most of your lives upon the earth for it is in your kind and generous actions and deeds that you are preparing for the kingdom of heaven. How many of you have shed all the excess in your lives? The things and toys that are not needed to survive this lifetime. Give from your open hearts to others in need around you. For when your life is completed upon the earth, all that is of worldliness shall not matter…I am being shown a big, full tree. A very strong wind comes and breaks off many of the branches and the leaves are no longer upon this tree. It is all sucked up into a funnel cloud, gone, vanished, before your eyes.
This My ever-blessed children in Christ is what I speak of. You cannot and will not take with you these things that you have collected upon the earth. They will stay behind, eventually break down, and no longer be of any value or worth. Waste not your efforts and time on gathering things of pleasure, but gather things of worth. A smile you share with one that is bewildered or lost on their spiritual journey. The hug that shows and tells another they are loved and cared for. The peace that fills your being when you are in My presence as you read Scripture and then go forth and share the knowledge from the bible. These, My children, these are the things I speak of that will bring you to eternal happiness and peace. Go forth now and spread the good news “I am the bread of life and all who eat of Me shall live forever.”
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
TRUST
I spoke with a woman today and at the close of our conversation I asked her what her pastor has been preaching on to the congregation. She responded that he has been preaching on Trust. She jogged my memory to look up my writing on trust and I am going to post it as a word of encouragement to you. So many times when I seek the Lord the only word I hear is TRUST. I know that there are times when I would like a little bit more of a word than trust. I have learned throughout the years that it really is OK to receive that word from Him because you do realize that our walk with Him is via trust and faith. The faith walk is not by knowing in advance the particulars of the way to the outcome right? Faith is trusting without seeing in the natural and knowing all is well and the outcome is favorable. Favorable because you have that peace that passes all understanding even though the circumstances do not merit peace, you have peace. That is God. Only can one walk this life of faith with the assurance that at the end of the road of life you will be in heaven for all eternity, that is, if you put your trust in Jesus and what he did when He died on the cross for your very life so you would not have to spend eternity in hell. Take a leap of faith today and trust God this very day and invite Jesus into your heart to wash away your sin and make you born again with a peace that will just overwhelm you. Truly, it will overwhelm you because there may seem to be confusion all around you and you have peace in the midst of the storm. If you invited Jesus into your heart and life I now welcome you into the family of believers.
Trust Prophetic Word
7/22/08
Transgressions
Run
Under
Structured
Teachers
As you go forth and anoint with oil and teach and impart and release into people, they are then set free of bondage and are delivered from it all. As one is set free then they must be filled with the word of God and have hands laid upon them to impart what needs to be called forth and activated in their lives.
A teacher is one that is in a constant state of absorbing knowledge and they themselves are also open to reprimand and have an open heart to also have knowledge imparted to them. As one is set free from all of the “junk” in their lives it is important for them to be filled in the now voided areas of them.
“It is a time and place that we are in right now that teachers are scarcer than you think. You think they are everywhere training and equipping not only themselves but also the body of Christ. It is not necessarily how you perceive it My child it is the opposite. They are there and they are posturing themselves to receive and be trained but they then hoard what they receive and are sort of “stingy” with the releasing it to My people saith the Lord. There will be judgment for that.
Those that freely give of themselves and impart it to My people do this in a manner currently where it is not being broadcast to the church, communities, or nations. They just do it because they love to give of themselves and the knowledge that has been imparted to them. There is a time that is here now on the horizon that they will be raised up by Me saith the Lord and the greedy teachers will be placed lower than them to have a chance to be restored themselves and repent and then go forth with power and might to impart this time. It is not all about ‘Who laid hands on me and delivered me.’ It is all about a right heart and the motives inside their heart. That will be the group of teachers that I will literally spring board off into the lives of the captives to set them free.”
Trust Prophetic Word
7/22/08
Transgressions
Run
Under
Structured
Teachers
As you go forth and anoint with oil and teach and impart and release into people, they are then set free of bondage and are delivered from it all. As one is set free then they must be filled with the word of God and have hands laid upon them to impart what needs to be called forth and activated in their lives.
A teacher is one that is in a constant state of absorbing knowledge and they themselves are also open to reprimand and have an open heart to also have knowledge imparted to them. As one is set free from all of the “junk” in their lives it is important for them to be filled in the now voided areas of them.
“It is a time and place that we are in right now that teachers are scarcer than you think. You think they are everywhere training and equipping not only themselves but also the body of Christ. It is not necessarily how you perceive it My child it is the opposite. They are there and they are posturing themselves to receive and be trained but they then hoard what they receive and are sort of “stingy” with the releasing it to My people saith the Lord. There will be judgment for that.
Those that freely give of themselves and impart it to My people do this in a manner currently where it is not being broadcast to the church, communities, or nations. They just do it because they love to give of themselves and the knowledge that has been imparted to them. There is a time that is here now on the horizon that they will be raised up by Me saith the Lord and the greedy teachers will be placed lower than them to have a chance to be restored themselves and repent and then go forth with power and might to impart this time. It is not all about ‘Who laid hands on me and delivered me.’ It is all about a right heart and the motives inside their heart. That will be the group of teachers that I will literally spring board off into the lives of the captives to set them free.”
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Have You Been Water Baptized? It Was 13 years Ago To The Date Yesterday
This evening I went to a church that truly flows in the movement of Holy Spirit. These are not just words I am putting down for the sake of writing, this church truly yields to Holy Spirit. This evening was water baptisms, there were so many being baptized and such great testimonies of the people that were being baptized. One really stands out, it was a man that was a Buddhist for many years and it was either family or friends that drew him to this church and bit by bit by bit a true conversion took place and this man is all the way with Jesus. Some of the testimonies were truly incredible. What I liked most that was most refreshing was that the pastor still conducted the baptisms on the platform. Each person that was to be baptised was able to share with the pastor holding the microphone and the congregation a testimony. He asked them each if they had Jesus in their hearts and then they were baptized
One was a bit comical. Comical in the sense the way the words came out in the explanation. You just don't hear of getting baptized by a pastor that was drunk. The woman's testimony was that she was water baptized years ago at a church bar-b-que baptism and the sad part of the comical portion was that the pastor was drunk and she did not think that she felt it was a valid baptism back then and she was water baptized now. Why would a pastor be drinking to begin with and let alone operating under the influence of alcohol when performing a baptism? Crazy isn't that? It sure seems crazy to me. That woman trusted years ago and then to carry that unsureness for all those years. That pastor needs people to pray for them, maybe the pastor has changed since then.
Holy Spirit was moving is such a way this evening and what I loved about it is that the pastor did not cut off the movement of Him. He even had the praise team sing a song and he himself sang a song the Lord put on his heart for the person that was about to be baptized it was about freedom and grace if I remember correctly. There were a few people left to be baptized and the pastor felt the unction to pause and do an altar call and it was so amazing the amount of people that responded and came to the altar to receive Jesus. If that wasn't great there is even more...after the altar call there were a few people that felt led by Holy Spirit to get baptized tonight. The pastor then baptized a few more even though he dismissed the church already, people stayed to worship and witness the baptisms.
All of this incredible freedom in church during water baptism has caused me to ponder on my own water baptism. I was born and raised Catholic so you probably know that I was baptized as a baby. When I became born again I felt a tugging at my heart to be baptized as an adult. I was and it was back in the day when the church I attended allowed people to share their testimony. Like I saw tonight and family and friends were allowed to gather around at the altar when you were being baptized. One of my children wanted to attend my baptism and no one else from my family wanted to participate.I understand my other child not feeling comfortable attending because the mother they knew as a child was not the same person she was back then so this may have been a bit much for that child at their age back then to feel comfotable about. I had friends attend along with my child. This child was much younger then and all I remember was the innocence of a child, my child. When I came up from under the water I heard the voice of my child singing a song to their mother in the microphone. I thought to myself Oh My Gosh what is being sung? Now, when I look back on the song my child made up themself and sang to me it was truly of a prophetic nature and Holy Spirit moved through them in their young age. Now, lets see if I remember the words...
"I bind and I rebuke you
I bind and I rebuke you
I bind and I rebuke you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ
I told you once, I told you twice now you gotta pay the price I bind and I rebuke you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. "
This was a song this child sang forth no music or instruments just their voice singing in the microphone. Little did they know back then that their mother was being raised up for the deliverance ministry. The people that were being water baptized with me on the same day all wore casual type of clothes. I did not. I felt led to wear something beautiful and to dress up for this. I wore a beautiful teal sweater that had pearls sewn on it and I even had teal dress pants to coordinate and I also wore pearls too. I was not doing it to be flashy or different, in my heart I felt to dress for the occasion and I did. Back then that church also did something very special, a photographer captured your expression when you rose up from under the water. At the baptism service tonight I was reminded of that for they had a person taking pictures of each one being baptized. If you were baptized as a child and Holy Spirit is moving upon your heart to be immersed as an adult I would highly recommend it for there is something about coming up from the water that makes you so clean and full of life. I thought of it like this,going down under the water is a symbol of leaving your past sins/regrets under the water and when you come up you are washed clean and your sins are forgotten in the sea of forgetfulness never to be remembered again
Trust Holy Spirit and take the plunge if He is directing you to. He just wants to get you set free from what is holding you back to achieve all the fullness that is planned for your life. If you knew in advance what awaited you and your life after you were water baptized I believe you would run to your pastor and ask to be water baptized. Trust and He (Holy Spirit) will show you the way.
I found the Certificate of Baptism I received on that day, these are the words that were written on it:
"In obedience to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ and in imitation of His example _________________ was buried with Him in baptism November 9, 1997.
People wake up what are the odds of this? I just pulled out my certificate of baptism to share with you for this writing on this particular day only to realize that the anniversary of my very own baptism was just yesterday. Holy Spirit never ceases to amaze me. The service that I attended tonight was not a coincidence that it was all about baptisms. I do believe Holy Spirit keeps showing me the way. This church in not right around the corner from me it is about 45 minutes away. Have you ever heard the expression "A church alive is worth the drive." It is ever so true. Thank you Lord, all I can say is THANK YOU.
One was a bit comical. Comical in the sense the way the words came out in the explanation. You just don't hear of getting baptized by a pastor that was drunk. The woman's testimony was that she was water baptized years ago at a church bar-b-que baptism and the sad part of the comical portion was that the pastor was drunk and she did not think that she felt it was a valid baptism back then and she was water baptized now. Why would a pastor be drinking to begin with and let alone operating under the influence of alcohol when performing a baptism? Crazy isn't that? It sure seems crazy to me. That woman trusted years ago and then to carry that unsureness for all those years. That pastor needs people to pray for them, maybe the pastor has changed since then.
Holy Spirit was moving is such a way this evening and what I loved about it is that the pastor did not cut off the movement of Him. He even had the praise team sing a song and he himself sang a song the Lord put on his heart for the person that was about to be baptized it was about freedom and grace if I remember correctly. There were a few people left to be baptized and the pastor felt the unction to pause and do an altar call and it was so amazing the amount of people that responded and came to the altar to receive Jesus. If that wasn't great there is even more...after the altar call there were a few people that felt led by Holy Spirit to get baptized tonight. The pastor then baptized a few more even though he dismissed the church already, people stayed to worship and witness the baptisms.
All of this incredible freedom in church during water baptism has caused me to ponder on my own water baptism. I was born and raised Catholic so you probably know that I was baptized as a baby. When I became born again I felt a tugging at my heart to be baptized as an adult. I was and it was back in the day when the church I attended allowed people to share their testimony. Like I saw tonight and family and friends were allowed to gather around at the altar when you were being baptized. One of my children wanted to attend my baptism and no one else from my family wanted to participate.I understand my other child not feeling comfortable attending because the mother they knew as a child was not the same person she was back then so this may have been a bit much for that child at their age back then to feel comfotable about. I had friends attend along with my child. This child was much younger then and all I remember was the innocence of a child, my child. When I came up from under the water I heard the voice of my child singing a song to their mother in the microphone. I thought to myself Oh My Gosh what is being sung? Now, when I look back on the song my child made up themself and sang to me it was truly of a prophetic nature and Holy Spirit moved through them in their young age. Now, lets see if I remember the words...
"I bind and I rebuke you
I bind and I rebuke you
I bind and I rebuke you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ
I told you once, I told you twice now you gotta pay the price I bind and I rebuke you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. "
This was a song this child sang forth no music or instruments just their voice singing in the microphone. Little did they know back then that their mother was being raised up for the deliverance ministry. The people that were being water baptized with me on the same day all wore casual type of clothes. I did not. I felt led to wear something beautiful and to dress up for this. I wore a beautiful teal sweater that had pearls sewn on it and I even had teal dress pants to coordinate and I also wore pearls too. I was not doing it to be flashy or different, in my heart I felt to dress for the occasion and I did. Back then that church also did something very special, a photographer captured your expression when you rose up from under the water. At the baptism service tonight I was reminded of that for they had a person taking pictures of each one being baptized. If you were baptized as a child and Holy Spirit is moving upon your heart to be immersed as an adult I would highly recommend it for there is something about coming up from the water that makes you so clean and full of life. I thought of it like this,going down under the water is a symbol of leaving your past sins/regrets under the water and when you come up you are washed clean and your sins are forgotten in the sea of forgetfulness never to be remembered again
Trust Holy Spirit and take the plunge if He is directing you to. He just wants to get you set free from what is holding you back to achieve all the fullness that is planned for your life. If you knew in advance what awaited you and your life after you were water baptized I believe you would run to your pastor and ask to be water baptized. Trust and He (Holy Spirit) will show you the way.
I found the Certificate of Baptism I received on that day, these are the words that were written on it:
"In obedience to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ and in imitation of His example _________________ was buried with Him in baptism November 9, 1997.
People wake up what are the odds of this? I just pulled out my certificate of baptism to share with you for this writing on this particular day only to realize that the anniversary of my very own baptism was just yesterday. Holy Spirit never ceases to amaze me. The service that I attended tonight was not a coincidence that it was all about baptisms. I do believe Holy Spirit keeps showing me the way. This church in not right around the corner from me it is about 45 minutes away. Have you ever heard the expression "A church alive is worth the drive." It is ever so true. Thank you Lord, all I can say is THANK YOU.
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