I Am Blessed To Be A Blessing To ...

I have heard both phrases: I am blessed and also, I am blessed to be a blessing. Years ago, Holy Spirit had me add a bit more to my prayer when approaching my daily work. Before I face a day of work, I pray I AM BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING TO BLESS OTHERS. Yes, it is good to be blessed and to be a blessing but how much greater if you take the blessing and bless others with it. You can operate in this daily even at work.

Do you not interact with people throughout the day? Either in person or maybe in electronic communications like email. In my particular position where I work, I am truly blessed to bless others that I do not even know. We will meet some day in heaven. At times I feel compelled by Holy Spirit to actually pray for those I see before me via a computer screen. I take a brief moment to pray in faith for their situation and for household salvation with divine destinies be fulfilled in their lives. Once, I was at a conference and was led by Holy Spirit to stand in a prayer line to be a proxy for these very people. To stand and believe in faith that any with cancer were healed. That was an unusual experience being in that prayer line. I am standing in proxy for this group of people and the person praying for those in the prayer line asked me to pray that prayer, a bit of a reversal do you agree? Why would a world-renowned minister ask the one requesting prayer to be the one praying the prayer? Was it a test to see if I can truly pray or was it a case in which my gift of faith was in stronger operation then theirs in that moment? I should probably ask this question of them someday do you agree?

Do not just seek out the blessings in this day but then not only confess that you are blessed to be a blessing ok. Activate that blessing in your life and do not just keep it for yourself, bless others with that very blessing. You know a smile could be that very blessing for you today. Do not just keep that smile tucked inside of you but release it to all that come across your path this day. When you are faithful in the smaller blessings, and you steward them with excellence then they increase in your life. The church seems to be so greedy at times. They like to share the blessing stories as a testimony but maybe there should be less of the blessing stories of gifts given to them and more of the stories of how they gave of their own financial blessings to bless others. Not just those in their ministry circles of influence but beyond those boundaries. So, someone is a minister and things happen in their life to sort of disrupt their life. They share how their monthly salary was given to them when it should not have been their money wise. Do you think it was a person or group of people that pooled their finances together to take care of that need? Why in the midst of the testimony they do not mention who blessed them with the money? That would make it a more true, sincere testimony.

We hear these stories all the time and guess what? Every day, working people that do not run-in big-time ministry circles apparently do not qualify for these grand blessings. People in that category see the daily blessings in their lives and at times wonder if their faith is not grand enough to receive the big-time blessings big-time preachers share about. I was once in a meeting and the prophetess shared a testimony of them believing in faith for finances. I hope I get this right with what I recall the story was ... she put her hands upward into the sky and money came. It was something like that. So, she has greater faith than my gift of faith in operation to believe that those that had cancer would be healed? You know what? When I was in that prayer line, I heard words spoken/shared with the person next to me that were of a personal nature. I thought to myself in the moment why am I hearing what was being shared. I figured it out, I never ever ever shared those personal words with anyone, not one soul at all. I kept them tucked away in my heart and as Holy Spirit guided me, I would pray for the situation that was shared.

People over think when they say they are vulnerable to share deep things in their heart with others. I know why that is, because they were betrayed by others. The sad part of this situation is they then assume everyone will betray them and those they least expect to keep in trust those things shared are now lumped into the betrayal category. You know there are times when Holy Spirit gives me insight that this one or that one spoke derogative words against me. So much so that I am tempted to go to a particular church service and point blank ask the pastor if they ever heard such words spoken about me by another minister. I find this very peculiar ... I sent my deliverance ministry experience history/training to a local minister and never heard back from them. I recently sent another email inquiry and once again I never received a response. Is it quite possible that someone with influence is speaking against me in the ministry circles out there? I am not naive to things like this taking place in ministry and that is the very reason I do not want to be a part of any big-time ministry if that is the way they treat people. Can you guess that I am so disappointed in ministries that I placed my trust in and believed I was truly giving to advance the kingdom of God. God knows my heart and He knew I was giving in faith in those very moments. There comes a time when one matures and begins to see patterns that are not so good. When one keeps giving and giving but not even a kind note here or there is sent in thanksgiving.

Ministers that keep pointing fingers of blame at others may just want to check to make sure their own ministry is running above board before they cast aspersion on others. I recently experienced this, and the days keep passing by with no response to what took place. Let's see how long it will be before anyone addresses this. Can one grow in their own ministry so big that they feel they should only be with the elite of the ministry ranks? If that is the case, then I expect to see some of these very ministries being humbled is some way by God. I believe in honoring someone and giving honor where it is due. I do not believe that honor is just given but it is earned, and the person paid a costly cost to walk in that honor. It is when the honored group tend to keep honoring each other amongst their own group and forget about the people that bless their ministry and believe in faith that the word of God is coming forth.

Yesterday I watched the new movie on the life of Tammy Faye Bakker. What a sad story that brought empathy to my heart. Ministers that started out small and then grew very big and some of the trappings interwove within the tapestry so to speak. There was a scene in the movie where she sat at a table that was only occupied by men preachers of influence. She referred to one well known preacher by his first name. She was quickly corrected to only reference him as Reverend and not by his first name. Sounds a bit like the good old boys' network but within the ministry. In the end that arrogant preacher turned on this couple when it was their time of need and sort of back stabbed them. Is that a Godly trait, I'm just asking. Uh oh there I go thinking out loud again. The highlight of this touching story was at the end. As they were rolling the credits it was her daughter, Tammy Sue Bakker singing a song. What a beautiful and touching way for her daughter to bless her mother as she shines down upon her. Lord bless Tammy Sue Bakker through her anointed singing as she shares with others. The church really does need to be cleaned up lots especially here in the region where I currently reside. Lord have mercy on them and give them the freedom to repent and come back to you in a stronger way.

My blessing I am most thankful for today is that I am composing this on my laptop. Many of the prior blog posts were done on my phone. It was a challenge at first, but I learned how to adapt via that instrument. It is definitely much easier to compose via a laptop, Praise God from whom all blessings flow. These are a few of the blessings I have already shared with you on my blog.