Get ready to worship The King. Remember, that is what we will be doing in heaven. I love to worship and songs like this make it reality in your life that one day we will be worshiping Him forever in heaven. Do you worship now? You should. Sometimes I can experience His presence even in my car by worship music. You get a certain song that has the anointing on it and do not be satisfied with just playing it once but hit the repeat button and worship Him. Let the words be absorbed into your spirit and worship Him. You woke up today right? Then you have something to praise Him about in your life. A heart of praising The King leads to worship. There is no sweeter place to be, in the presence of God.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
One Final Thought On Prayer, If You Are Blessed To Have Someone That Prays Pure & True Prayers For You, You Truly Are Blessed, Cherish That
After I wrote again last night on the subject of prayer and the person (s) that pray for us this final thought came to mind. If you are truly blessed to have someone that prays pure, true, and clean prayers on your behalf then you have a true gem and treat them as a true gem. If you had a very special and rare precious stone you would not throw it in a corner and cover it up would you? If you are a woman you would cherish it and wear it every opportunity you had right? Bless the person that prays these prayers for you. Do not hide your gifts under a bushel basket and your thanks also. Never forget to thank them for taking time out of their busy day to think about you and your prayer concerns. Someone that prays really is putting their own moments of time aside and reaching heaven just for you that is pretty awesome when you think of it like that right. You are blessed, you are blessed, you are very blessed to have someone like that in your life.
If you have no one like that in your life currently then pray to God that He would bring someone like that into your life and in the meantime while you are waiting then you become that type of person for someone else in your life. People can always use prayer and who would not cherish the thought that you prayed for them today. Prayer is very important in a person's life. You can start out with simple prayers that always begin with thanksgiving. When I begin a prayer that I am praying with someone in person or on the phone I always start with thanksgiving, you can always find something to thank God for in your life. If you are not sure you can surely thank Him that you are alive that very day and He has called you to do something with your life. If you start off with thanking Him for His goodness and mercy and kindness too it is amazing how Holy Spirit will just pour the words you are to pray for the other person you are praying for and all you have to do is speak forth the words you are hearing in your spirit. It amazes me every time that when I pray with someone (I truly like to do it this way, praying directly with a person I have found that Holy Spirit just flows and at the end of that prayer you can step back in amazement that He would speak the very words that person needed for that very moment in their life.) The majority of the time they will respond and thank you for the words you prayed and that is what they needed in that moment. You then should always give the glory to God because you were truly just the vessel to let the words flow through you for the benefit of the other person and while the words are flowing you may find that there are words He tucks in their just for your life too. Do not be afraid to pray with another. There is no greater joy in my life when Holy Spirit gives me the opportunity to pray with another person, words cannot describe the joy from stepping aside and letting Holy Spirit flow through you to another.
Try it, I encourage you to just try it today, if you are at a loss for words then start out with one of my favorite prayer's and Holy Spirit will be faithful and bring forth the rest of the prayer for that very person that very day. Do not be afraid to suggest that you would pray for them if you feel that stirring inside of you remember He chose YOU to bless that person and if you open your mouth He will even give you the words to speak forth in the asking if they need prayer portion of the conversation.
Here's that favorite prayer of mine:
"Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever amen."
Now, what I do do at times is in the beginning of the prayer I get all caught up in Him and His holy name and I begin to start thanking Him for His kindness, He is justice, His protection etc. Just bless the Lord in speaking to Him what He is to you.
If you have no one like that in your life currently then pray to God that He would bring someone like that into your life and in the meantime while you are waiting then you become that type of person for someone else in your life. People can always use prayer and who would not cherish the thought that you prayed for them today. Prayer is very important in a person's life. You can start out with simple prayers that always begin with thanksgiving. When I begin a prayer that I am praying with someone in person or on the phone I always start with thanksgiving, you can always find something to thank God for in your life. If you are not sure you can surely thank Him that you are alive that very day and He has called you to do something with your life. If you start off with thanking Him for His goodness and mercy and kindness too it is amazing how Holy Spirit will just pour the words you are to pray for the other person you are praying for and all you have to do is speak forth the words you are hearing in your spirit. It amazes me every time that when I pray with someone (I truly like to do it this way, praying directly with a person I have found that Holy Spirit just flows and at the end of that prayer you can step back in amazement that He would speak the very words that person needed for that very moment in their life.) The majority of the time they will respond and thank you for the words you prayed and that is what they needed in that moment. You then should always give the glory to God because you were truly just the vessel to let the words flow through you for the benefit of the other person and while the words are flowing you may find that there are words He tucks in their just for your life too. Do not be afraid to pray with another. There is no greater joy in my life when Holy Spirit gives me the opportunity to pray with another person, words cannot describe the joy from stepping aside and letting Holy Spirit flow through you to another.
Try it, I encourage you to just try it today, if you are at a loss for words then start out with one of my favorite prayer's and Holy Spirit will be faithful and bring forth the rest of the prayer for that very person that very day. Do not be afraid to suggest that you would pray for them if you feel that stirring inside of you remember He chose YOU to bless that person and if you open your mouth He will even give you the words to speak forth in the asking if they need prayer portion of the conversation.
Here's that favorite prayer of mine:
"Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever amen."
Now, what I do do at times is in the beginning of the prayer I get all caught up in Him and His holy name and I begin to start thanking Him for His kindness, He is justice, His protection etc. Just bless the Lord in speaking to Him what He is to you.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
More Thoughts & Caution On Who You Ask To Pray For You
After I wrote my blog on prayer yesterday these thoughts came to mind today. If there is something in your life that is being blocked and you know there is no sin in your life, etc. then you may want to think about who is praying for you and possibly the prayers they are praying for your life. If someone is familiar with you and they may not necessarily want you to succeed or advance they may be the very one that is praying prayers that can block your advancement. It could be for a number of reasons but a good bet would be a selfish reason in their life. You know there are some Christian's that do not like to see other's in the kingdom of God advance to their place in the kingdom, flowing in their God given destiny. They feel that it is for whatever their "moral obligation" to pray supposedly "sincere" prayers on your behalf.
Those type of prayers are know as Christian word curses and that is exactly what they are and be cautious and do not be ignorant of this going on in the church. Yes, I said in the church. You see, a person that is gifted in prayer and sees that their prayers continually get answered will then begin to realize that they do have a genuine gift and what they pray seems to come to pass. When a believer realizes that they have power not in their own strength but through Jesus Christ then any prayer could manifest as they pray in belief. You need to check the kingdom connection status of their life and if they have an offense against you or others or even against God. If their heart is not pure and a clear conscience before God then that seemingly innocent prayer now becomes a word curse in your life with power behind it. So, the very same prayer that may have been prayed just a few short months or even weeks ago now turns into a curse against you because their heart is not right before the Lord or they may harbor animosity against you now. Close all doors to that and ask Jesus to send forth mighty angels to fight off these word curses and to close the doors that were opened by those word curses and to bring forth blessings to reverse the word curses. They say you have not because you ask not. I am giving you wisdom and knowledge now so it is your choice to remain ignorant or to take wisdom and seek the Lord to confirm it and then put it into action. Too many Christians like to walk in a bubble world and not confront the enemy. Why would you allow a stampede of wild elephants into your world to destroy everything you have when all you had to do was close the large cement gate that would not allow them in? That is the same in the spiritual realm, do not allow junk and garbage into your being. Block the strong willed people in your life from trying to trample all over you. Stand up for what you believe in and shut the mouth of the enemy once and for all. Do you not get sick and tired of people that think they can have their way with your life and try to muscle you and tell you what you should be doing with your very life. It is as though they think you do not hear form God for direction in your life. Chances are, you are probably walking very close with the Lord and they may really want what you have but since they do not have it they try to push their stuff on you. Stand up firm and say no or you can also say no thank you. You have destiny to be fulfilled and do not allow anyone to try and stop you from the call of God that is on your life. You will advance and even if it costs you leaving family and friends behind, let me encourage you YOU WILL SURVIVE AND ADVANCE TO ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
Those type of prayers are know as Christian word curses and that is exactly what they are and be cautious and do not be ignorant of this going on in the church. Yes, I said in the church. You see, a person that is gifted in prayer and sees that their prayers continually get answered will then begin to realize that they do have a genuine gift and what they pray seems to come to pass. When a believer realizes that they have power not in their own strength but through Jesus Christ then any prayer could manifest as they pray in belief. You need to check the kingdom connection status of their life and if they have an offense against you or others or even against God. If their heart is not pure and a clear conscience before God then that seemingly innocent prayer now becomes a word curse in your life with power behind it. So, the very same prayer that may have been prayed just a few short months or even weeks ago now turns into a curse against you because their heart is not right before the Lord or they may harbor animosity against you now. Close all doors to that and ask Jesus to send forth mighty angels to fight off these word curses and to close the doors that were opened by those word curses and to bring forth blessings to reverse the word curses. They say you have not because you ask not. I am giving you wisdom and knowledge now so it is your choice to remain ignorant or to take wisdom and seek the Lord to confirm it and then put it into action. Too many Christians like to walk in a bubble world and not confront the enemy. Why would you allow a stampede of wild elephants into your world to destroy everything you have when all you had to do was close the large cement gate that would not allow them in? That is the same in the spiritual realm, do not allow junk and garbage into your being. Block the strong willed people in your life from trying to trample all over you. Stand up for what you believe in and shut the mouth of the enemy once and for all. Do you not get sick and tired of people that think they can have their way with your life and try to muscle you and tell you what you should be doing with your very life. It is as though they think you do not hear form God for direction in your life. Chances are, you are probably walking very close with the Lord and they may really want what you have but since they do not have it they try to push their stuff on you. Stand up firm and say no or you can also say no thank you. You have destiny to be fulfilled and do not allow anyone to try and stop you from the call of God that is on your life. You will advance and even if it costs you leaving family and friends behind, let me encourage you YOU WILL SURVIVE AND ADVANCE TO ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
Friday, July 20, 2012
When You Tell Someone You Will Pray For Them Please Do, If You Fail To Do So Ominous Things Can Happen In Their Life.
Hi, this is a gentle reminder with a bit of urgency added to it also. I have found out the hard way that if one is enlisted to pray for you and they may become busy or just do not want to pray for you it can open the door to the enemy in your life. You may say to yourself what does that mean? If there is someone that knows how to pray and literally touches heaven with their prayers and heaven moves on your behalf, you tend to become spoiled in one respect. I am not talking about a person that does not pray at all and they rely on another's prayer's for them. Absolutely not, you must have your very own prayer life and if Holy Spirit shows you to gain the assistance of another and they are led to oblige the request and offer prayers up on your behalf then trust God in that.
What happens though is if they maybe forget to pray or say they will pray but have no intention of praying for you, then you just may expect ominous things to start to happen in your life. They could be things in the physical or even ominous dreams that are not from God but from the enemy.
The closer your walk is with Jesus and the closer you approach your destiny call in life it is most important to have someone that will pray for you on your behalf coupled with your very own prayer life. I do not know about you but I sure do know at times when a person is praying for me I can only describe it as waves of peace flood my being and peace is all around me. I also know when someone has not prayed for me because unusual and odd thing begin to happen in my life. In these moments you begin to check yourself to see if you have opened up a door to the enemy or sin was in your life. When examining your conscience you realize nothing on your part has happened and Holy Spirit is not convicting you or any sin in your life, could it possibly be that the extra protection prayer may not be happening and that can cause you to be more vulnerable than you are use to.
Please use caution when enlisting one to pray for you. You must know that it is Holy Spirit prompting you to seek prayer from this person or that can be dangerous to your life also. Holy Spirit knows the very person or people that have had life experiences that can pray only the way they can pray for your very life. When Holy Spirit blesses your life with this then you must cherish this gift in that person or people and never take it for granted. I have found that when people ask me to pray for them and I say I would pray for them and then go about my day. I would find myself forgetting to pray at times so this is what I have done for a long time now...I will pray for them right then and there while it is fresh in both of our minds/hearts and then the prayer of agreement can take action since the scripture states that "when 2 or more are gathered in my name..." you should know the rest of this scripture verse... Or another thing I have found helpful to do also is this...as Holy Spirit leads me and tugs at my heart I will ask Him to tuck that person in my heart and each time I pray that person is also a part of my prayer. That can be once or for a season in your life. As He prompted you to tuck them in your heart He will also release you when the season of prayer has been completed on their behalf. God is so good and faithful now you keep on praying for those in your life that He has appointed you to pray for and I have learned that He is most faithful. When I reach out to others in prayer He always takes care of me and places others in my life to pray for me. Sometimes you are blessed to know these very people and at other times He may have someone that is half way around the world take up prayer on your behalf. That is the beauty in praying in the spirit for it is Him praying through you. When you pray in the spirit it is OK to ask Holy Spirit for the interpretation at times also. It will edify you and lift you up and bring encouragement to your life also. Do not be shy about prayer for the prayer you pray today on behalf of another may just be the very person that God calls upon to pray on your behalf too. Trust Jesus and ask Him to reveal to you why He has you praying for another.
I would be remiss today if I did not ask you if there is something in your heart that you need to ask Jesus for forgiveness. He will forgive you just ask Him, it is a simple prayer follow me in it if you should feel stirred in your heart "Jesus, I am a sinner please forgive my sins. I try daily to not commit that very sin and I seem to fall short of that. I know you were born of the Virgin Mary and you died on the cross and the great news is that you rose from the dead 3 days later. You are not dead but alive and you took on the sins of the world which includes my very sins when you shed your precious blood on the cross so that I may have life and eternal life with you in heaven. Forgive me, cleanse me clean as you wash me with the blood you shed at Calvary just for me and I invite you to come into my heart and be the Lord of my life. Have your way with me and my very life and I thank you for this opportunity to not have to live in hell for all eternity but I will be in heaven with You. Please forgive my sins if I have given you my heart and invited you into my heart and I have fallen short with temptation and filth has entered into my life. Please cleanse me clean and forgive my sins and let me start over again and allow me to shut all doors the enemy may have opened up through my sin. Shut them and steer me clear away from that sin that plagued me and forgive me. I trust You I love You, I believe You and I adore You. Thank you for the blood you shed for me so I could live with you forever. In Jesus name I pray this Amen."
What happens though is if they maybe forget to pray or say they will pray but have no intention of praying for you, then you just may expect ominous things to start to happen in your life. They could be things in the physical or even ominous dreams that are not from God but from the enemy.
The closer your walk is with Jesus and the closer you approach your destiny call in life it is most important to have someone that will pray for you on your behalf coupled with your very own prayer life. I do not know about you but I sure do know at times when a person is praying for me I can only describe it as waves of peace flood my being and peace is all around me. I also know when someone has not prayed for me because unusual and odd thing begin to happen in my life. In these moments you begin to check yourself to see if you have opened up a door to the enemy or sin was in your life. When examining your conscience you realize nothing on your part has happened and Holy Spirit is not convicting you or any sin in your life, could it possibly be that the extra protection prayer may not be happening and that can cause you to be more vulnerable than you are use to.
Please use caution when enlisting one to pray for you. You must know that it is Holy Spirit prompting you to seek prayer from this person or that can be dangerous to your life also. Holy Spirit knows the very person or people that have had life experiences that can pray only the way they can pray for your very life. When Holy Spirit blesses your life with this then you must cherish this gift in that person or people and never take it for granted. I have found that when people ask me to pray for them and I say I would pray for them and then go about my day. I would find myself forgetting to pray at times so this is what I have done for a long time now...I will pray for them right then and there while it is fresh in both of our minds/hearts and then the prayer of agreement can take action since the scripture states that "when 2 or more are gathered in my name..." you should know the rest of this scripture verse... Or another thing I have found helpful to do also is this...as Holy Spirit leads me and tugs at my heart I will ask Him to tuck that person in my heart and each time I pray that person is also a part of my prayer. That can be once or for a season in your life. As He prompted you to tuck them in your heart He will also release you when the season of prayer has been completed on their behalf. God is so good and faithful now you keep on praying for those in your life that He has appointed you to pray for and I have learned that He is most faithful. When I reach out to others in prayer He always takes care of me and places others in my life to pray for me. Sometimes you are blessed to know these very people and at other times He may have someone that is half way around the world take up prayer on your behalf. That is the beauty in praying in the spirit for it is Him praying through you. When you pray in the spirit it is OK to ask Holy Spirit for the interpretation at times also. It will edify you and lift you up and bring encouragement to your life also. Do not be shy about prayer for the prayer you pray today on behalf of another may just be the very person that God calls upon to pray on your behalf too. Trust Jesus and ask Him to reveal to you why He has you praying for another.
I would be remiss today if I did not ask you if there is something in your heart that you need to ask Jesus for forgiveness. He will forgive you just ask Him, it is a simple prayer follow me in it if you should feel stirred in your heart "Jesus, I am a sinner please forgive my sins. I try daily to not commit that very sin and I seem to fall short of that. I know you were born of the Virgin Mary and you died on the cross and the great news is that you rose from the dead 3 days later. You are not dead but alive and you took on the sins of the world which includes my very sins when you shed your precious blood on the cross so that I may have life and eternal life with you in heaven. Forgive me, cleanse me clean as you wash me with the blood you shed at Calvary just for me and I invite you to come into my heart and be the Lord of my life. Have your way with me and my very life and I thank you for this opportunity to not have to live in hell for all eternity but I will be in heaven with You. Please forgive my sins if I have given you my heart and invited you into my heart and I have fallen short with temptation and filth has entered into my life. Please cleanse me clean and forgive my sins and let me start over again and allow me to shut all doors the enemy may have opened up through my sin. Shut them and steer me clear away from that sin that plagued me and forgive me. I trust You I love You, I believe You and I adore You. Thank you for the blood you shed for me so I could live with you forever. In Jesus name I pray this Amen."
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
This Is A Great Song If Your Young Children Are All Grown Up Now Or Even If You Have A Child That Went To Heaven To Be With Jesus
I heard this song on the radio and it so touched my heart. So often I see a mother with her young children in a store or other places and for an instant and moment in time I think back to when my children were that age. Then my next train of thought is that I wish they were still young and I could take care of them again. Children grow up and then start to fulfill the destiny that God has set aside just for them. Part of me wants them to be little again so I can nurture and take care of them. I am then torn because I know that cannot be and that would be selfish of me to keep them young forever just for my own nurturing instincts to kick in again. I know in reality that it is time for them to grow up and experience what God has in store for their lives.
I think that just comes natural to a mother that loves being a mother. Does that make sense. If you are not taking care of your children you then reach out to others. If you are married hopefully you have been taking care of and loving your spouse all along through the growing process of your children right? If you have neglected your spouse for 20 some years while the children were growing up then what will you have in the form of a relationship with your spouse when the children grow up and move out on their own? Please do not let it get so far gone that you just take care of your children and neglect the needs, desires, and the love of your spouse. If you do what will you have to talk about or share together once that happens. It is so important to take the time to have date nights with your spouse and there is nothing wrong with taking a vacation together and not taking the children along. Not every vacation should be like that, of course, there should be family vacations too. You need to keep the love growing even stronger as a couple even though you have children. Remember, one day they will be out of the house and it will be just the two of you and it could be a very long and boring amount of time left in both of your lives if you let the raising of the children take away form your relationship as a couple.
It is suppose to be fun and even adventurous when that time comes. Before it is too late, if you have been neglecting your spouse and using the excuse that the children take up too much of your time stop that right now. Think before you so easily use that excuse. Turn it around while there still is time.
I think that just comes natural to a mother that loves being a mother. Does that make sense. If you are not taking care of your children you then reach out to others. If you are married hopefully you have been taking care of and loving your spouse all along through the growing process of your children right? If you have neglected your spouse for 20 some years while the children were growing up then what will you have in the form of a relationship with your spouse when the children grow up and move out on their own? Please do not let it get so far gone that you just take care of your children and neglect the needs, desires, and the love of your spouse. If you do what will you have to talk about or share together once that happens. It is so important to take the time to have date nights with your spouse and there is nothing wrong with taking a vacation together and not taking the children along. Not every vacation should be like that, of course, there should be family vacations too. You need to keep the love growing even stronger as a couple even though you have children. Remember, one day they will be out of the house and it will be just the two of you and it could be a very long and boring amount of time left in both of your lives if you let the raising of the children take away form your relationship as a couple.
It is suppose to be fun and even adventurous when that time comes. Before it is too late, if you have been neglecting your spouse and using the excuse that the children take up too much of your time stop that right now. Think before you so easily use that excuse. Turn it around while there still is time.