Friday, November 30, 2012

BAGGAGE

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I pray that you are all blessed and highly favored of the Lord on today.  I speak blessing of peace and joy upon you. Read your bible and pray daily and the Lord will turn your heavy days to lighter days.  Trust the Lord in every aspect of your life and He will never leave nor forsake you.

Everybody has baggage.  I don't care who you are or what you have going on in your life, you have baggage.  Now, how much baggage you have and how you carry your baggage is totally up to you.  If you are in a relationship with someone you both have baggage.  Will you accept their baggage and will they accept your baggage?  For instance, you meet a guy that is a known alcoholic, that's his baggage.  You can either accept his baggage or move on with your baggage.  Don't expect that guy to change because you are so loving to him.  The mistake that women tend to make is that they try to change the person that they are in a relationship with.  They say to themselves, "He'll change once we are in a relationship or married".  You want to empty his baggage and put what you want in the bag.  You cannot dump out his baggage, he has to do that for himself.  If you have decided to accept him then you have decided to accept him and his baggage.
 
Here's another example.  The man that you are interested in is currently cheating on another woman with you.  You somehow you put it in your head that one he gets with you, that his cheating days are over.  This man has cheater in his baggage and you cannot empty it, he has to empty it himself.  You cannot change his baggage, no matter how much you love him.  Now let's talk about your baggage.  If you have children the man that you are in a relationship with has to be willing to accept you and your children. I'm not talking about just being around your children, I'm talking about being willing to be a father figure and role model for your children.  Your children have to come first and if his is not willing to accept your baggage then he is not the man for you.  Let's say that your baggage is low self-esteem or maybe you don't trust men because of the damage that they have done to you in the past.  The person that you allow in your world has to be willing to accept your baggage.  This is the same scenario with anyone that you allow in your life, whether it is a friend or a significant other.
 
If you have a close friend, then you both can grab the handle of each others baggage and carry them.  Baggage is much lighter when you have someone to help you carry it.  Your best friend should not be talking to others about your baggage, they should be helping you to carry it. And the same goes for you.  You should not be talking about your best friends baggage, you should be helping him/her carry their baggage.  If you are helping one another carry the baggage, then you are also in a position to help each other get rid of some of the bad things in the baggage.  If you are in a relationship with someone that is not willing to help you carry your baggage and they just keep watching you struggle with it, then you are with the wrong person.  A friend, spouse or significant other that loves you will not sit back and watch you struggle with your baggage.  They will grab the other end and help you carry it. PRAISE GOD!
 
Please don't forget that I am always available to you for prayer or if you just need someone without prejudice to talk to.  Don't let the enemy make you think that you have to handle difficult situations by yourself.  This ministry is for you.  I will never betray your confidence or trust in me.
 
The Women's Conference is May 25, you can sign up in my events calendar.  Come on out for fellowship and a good time in the Lord.  God is sending me to Chicago for you so I know that you will be blessed by the Lord.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

HURT PEOPLE, HURT PEOPLE


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I speak the blessings of the Lord upon your life and the fullness of the Holy Spirit evident in all that you desire and need, in Jesus name.
 
Genesis (37:4-5, 18-19), When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.  Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. (18) But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. 19 "Here's comes that dreamer!" they said to each other, "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."
 
Hurt people, hurt people, what does that mean? Well I'm glad you asked.  Chapter 37 of Genesis is the story about Jacob's son Joseph and his brothers jealousy over him.  Joseph's brothers were hurt because of their fathers love for Joseph.  They were hurt because God had given Joseph dreams that he would someday be a ruler over them.  So because Joseph's brothers were hurt, they plotted to not only hurt Joseph but to kill him.
 
Okay, it's time for my testimony, maybe this will better help you to understand the message I am giving to you today.  I have been hurt a lot during my childhood and way into my adulthood.  As a child I wet the bed a little longer than most children.  I was whipped everyday because of it.  At one point, I had my mattress taken away from me and had to sleep on springs.  I was talked about even by my relatives, told I would never amount to anything, basically I was doomed.  During my teenage years and well into my adulthood the abuse went from physical to sexual to mental.  Beginning from childhood all the way through two marriages, I suffered from some type of abuse.
 
One thing that I have learned through all of my suffering is that the persons that hurt me, were hurt also.  Not that they were hurt the same way that they hurt me, but they were hurt in some way or another.  Actually you never know why people intentionally hurt you but they seem to be happier when you are hurting rather than to be in a happy place within yourself.  Some people have been hurt emotionally therefore they have no idea how to show any emotions to others.  And because they hurt they pass it on to you.  If you look back on all the times that you were hurt, look at the person that did the hurting and you will find out that they were hurt also.  Maybe they were alcoholics, drug addicts, suffer from PTSD or some other type of abuse.  People don't usually hurt people for no reason.  Because I was hurt by men, I hurt every man that crossed my path.  I did not learn love as a child therefore not able to show love or compassion as an adult.  I had to forgive them to be able to enjoy the rest of my adulthood and marriage.
 
Woman of God, if you find yourself unable to forgive someone that has intentionally hurt you, you must forgive them so that you can move forward.  Don't allow that person another moment of your life.  As long as you don't forgive them they are stealing precious moments from your life.  You need to forgive them from past hurts so that you can be released from them.  Trust me, you are not the only person that he/she has hurt and you won't be the last.  This is because they are hurt, therefore they find the need to get over their hurt by hurting you.  Hurt people don't know how to show love or compassion they only know how to give what they received which is hurt.  They haven't released the person that hurt them and they have passed hurt to you.
 
If you are in a relationship, any kind of relationship and you are constantly being hurt, you need to strongly look at that person because them hurting you won't stop until they themselves have stopped hurting.  I hope that this message is a blessing to you and that you understand what I am trying to say.  GOD BLESS YOU!
 
If you are interested in supporting "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry", please purchase a copy of my book, Spiritual Growth for Women - Breaking Shackles" at www.amazon.com or www.xlibris.com.  Also please remember to sign up for the "Women's Conference" in May 2013 and bring a friend.  Thank you and may the Lord God continue to bless you.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

MIRROR, MIRROR


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for each of you and pray that you have received blessings from the daily blogs.  All of you have kept me as your friend and that gives me the strength to keep ministering to you through Facebook and pray with you via phone or private messages.  I esteem you higher than myself.  God bless you.

(Jeremiah 29:11), For I know the plans I have for you, declare the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future".

Woman of God, when you look in the mirror what do you see?  Do you see yourself as a woman that have let yourself down time and time again?  Do you see yourself as a failure because you didn't go the direction that your parents wanted you to go?  Do you see the woman that was abused as a child or still in an abusive relationship now?  God wants you to see the woman that has endured through some of the toughest times in your life?  You have the tendancy to look in the mirror and see the worst, but God sees the best in you.  God wants you to see the beauty in you that He sees.  God wants you to look in the mirror and see a woman after His own heart.  God wants you to see yourself the way that He sees you.
 
I am going to give you hope in that scripture so that the next time that you read it you will see the promise of God on your life.  God has plans to prosper you does not necessarily mean that you will be financially blessed.  It does not necessarily mean that you won't be financially blessed either.  What that part of the scripture is saying is that God has plans to prosper you in whatever area in your life that you need to be prosperous.  Prosperity is not just about money.  You can be prosperous in your spiritual life, peace, and joy.  Whatever you are believing God to do for you, He will do just that.  God sees what you don't see when you look in the mirror. Plans not to harm you.  If you believe that God does not intend to harm you then you must believe that He is not making you feel guilty of anything that you have done, are still doing or will ever do in the near future.  His plans for you will never change, it's the plans that you have for yourself that change.  Plans to give you hope and a future.  If you look in the mirror and can only see yourself for who you are today, you need to look a little closer because God does not see you the same way that you see yourself.  God sees you as a prosperous woman that He will keep from harm and give you hope within yourself and a bright future ahead.
 
You will never see yourself as God sees you because you are always going to be harder on yourself than God will ever be.  God is never going to condemn you or kick you when you're down.  That is the enemies tactics and is not of God.  Our loving and compassionate God always sees your future and has made provisions for them.  Every mistakes and broken promises that you have made to Him, He already knew about them before you even made them.  Stop kicking yourself and start loving yourself.  Love the woman that God sees in the mirror, not the image that Satan wants you to see.  GIVE GOD THE PRAISE TODAY, BECAUSE HE DESERVES IT!!!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

TIS THE SEASON

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I pray that each of you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ.  My prayer for you today is that you seek after the Lord with all your heart and soul and as you do this He will bless you abundantly.
 
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4), Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
 
 My family moved to Atlanta in October 2011.  I am used to spending every holiday with my family members, that's just how we are when it comes to our get together.  Thanksgiving was the first time I was without all my family members.  We were new to the state and the area. We didn't have a refrigerator so we were living out of a cooler at the time.  I began to get a little depressed, missing my family and not having the means or food to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for my now small family get together.  A couple of days before Thanksgiving Day our neighbors that we only knew for a month blessed us with a small turkey and since it was frozen we were able to keep it in the cooler. On Thanksgiving Day they came over with Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.  I knew that only God was responsible for lifting up my spirits that day.  To make a long story short, that same family came to our home on Christmas Eve, bearing gifts for my son.
 
About the same time while we were celebrating our holiday; a man was celebrating the holidays with his family.  For reasons not known that man shot family members on Christmas day, drove to an aunts house, murdered them, then drove across town to the job he was laid off from and shot people on the premises, then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the head.
 
During the Holiday Season people tend to get depressed or low in spirit.  Either they are missing a loved one or family member that has passed and will not be at the table this year.  At a time were people are speaking joyful blessings you are filled with sorrow. Instead of a garment of praise you only have a spirit of heaviness.  No one knows what you are going through in your emotions because you are very good at hiding behind a smile that they are used to seeing.  God forbid that you show signs of despair.  You are dreading the holidays because you know that you are easily drawn into a spirit of depression so you try desperately to avoid as many of your friends as you possibly can.  Because of all that you have gone through this year, you feel like there is nothing to celebrate.  Maybe you are not in a relationship that you were in last year.  There are so many reasons why people get depressed during this time of the year for instance (the music, lights, shopping, observing happy people and happy relationship).  God wants to give you this message of comfort on today.  Satan would like nothing more than to get you to a point where you feel like giving up because of loneliness or despair.  Maybe you don't know how you are going to be able to provide a Christmas for your kids.  Whatever the case may be, God wants you to hold on to His love and promises for your life. 
 
Woman of God, the Lord Jesus Christ knows that this time of the year can be very difficult and stressful for some of us. God has commissioned those of us that have a compassionate spirit to show compassion towards those that we know might be suffering tribulation during the Holiday Season.  Keep them lifted up in the Lord and if you can contribute to someone else's family, do so in a spirit of love and giving, just as your Heavenly Father has done so for you.  Watch out for one another and have compassion for those that you know are having a difficult time during the seasons. Women are very nurturing and therefore are very emotional so it is very easy for us to slip into a spirit of depression during these next couple of months.  Just last month, tornado Sandy destroyed families and homes.  A lot of Sandy survivors will not have the home, family member or finances that they were blessed to have last year.  If you are financially able to provide a gift for a family or toys for tots, pay it forward a little bit of comfort that will go a long way in the eyes of God.  Your spirit of compassion may save a life this year.  MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON! 

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  My prayer for you is that you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ on today and that you walk in His grace and mercy.
 
(Galatians 5:16-17), This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
 
Woman of God, I know that this is a timely message for some of you, if not all.  I was really blessed by this message on Sunday.  Not only was a blessed by the Word, but also chastise by the Lord to the point that repentance brought about a lot of tears.  I always try to encourage you by letting you know that I too still struggle, but striving.  When you mess up, don't give up; God will never leave nor forsake you, my daughter.  This is definitely a message for someone that will read this today, because the Lord had me type the words (my daughter).  Please read Galatians 5:16-23, when you get an opportunity, it is very important. 
 
While in church on Sunday, the Pastor spoke on things of the flesh and things of the Spirit.  As I sat quietly listening to him, I began to feel convicted by the Holy Spirit.  My 13 year old son was sitting next to me and I am sure that he understood the message.  When the Pastor read the scripture concerning our Christian behavior I felt like sinking into my chair.  He mentioned exactly what I had been dealing with (anger, bitterness and strife).  He went into details about the spirit of anger.  I felt like my son was sitting there saying to himself, "Hey, that what's wrong with my mom and she sometimes throws things at the wall".   I felt ashamed.  I began to pray and ask the Lord for His forgiveness and to develop in me a spirit of meekness and gentleness when it comes to my family not just the ministry.  God wants all of us to get to a point in our lives where the fruits of the Spirit are evident in every aspect of our life, not just Facebook.
 
Before services was over I ended up on the alter crying my eyes out; praying for God's to have mercy on me.  Later that day, my son really tried me on that gentleness and I did get angry at him.  After I calmed down, I apologized for yelling at him, but I also let him know that I yelled at him because I love him so much and I needed him to understand why I said what I said. 
 
Woman of God, I know that there is something on that list of things of the flesh that you are dealing with in your life and I want you to know that you are not alone.  You must remember that every second, minute, hour and day, you have a chance to turn it around.  You have a chance to seek after the fruits of the Spirit.  I pray daily that each moment God has mercy on me and gives me another breathe that I use it to glorify Him.  And that I use self-control in my everyday life.  Sometimes when we think that we've gotten past something the enemy will come and swoop you up and let you know that you have not yet arrived.  Don't give the enemy deceived you into thinking that because you are dealing with something on that long list, you are not in the will of God.  It only means that you need deliverance in that particular area.  I know that it can seem like you are having an "outer body experience" when you say or do something that you know is not in your character.  It seems like you are looking at yourself and saying, "What is wrong with you?"  Just to make you feel better, it's okay to have an "outer body experience", as long as you come back.  Stay prayerful and those will become less and less.  Pray that God will develop in you the fruit of the Spirit that will replace the fleshly behavior that you are experiencing.  YOU CAN DO THIS!  GOD BLESS YOU!
 
If you are interested in attending the "Women's Conference" - May 25, 2013 please sign in on my events calendar.  The conference is free of charge so come out for eats, fellowship and Spiritual food.  I can't wait to finally get to meet the faces behind the Facebook.  God bless you!

Friday, November 16, 2012

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

Mighty Woman of God, I thank and praise the Lord for each of you and pray that your desire to develop a closer relationship with the Father will be given to you through the daily blogs.  My prayer is that you have been blessed by them.  Believe it or not, it has almost been a year.
 
(I Cor. 15:58), "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.  Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
 
Woman of God, there should always be someone in your church that you can trust or maybe even a close friend.  There will come a time in your life that you will have to deal with certain situations or circumstances that you don't really know how to handle.  I am not saying that you should tell all your business to the church, but what I am saying is that there should be someone that you can trust.  That person should be willing to pray you out of your situation instead of try to make you look bad and throw you in front of a moving train.  For some reason people that do not have a relationship with God, believe that those of us that do, should never have to go through anything.  The truth of the matter is that the statement is just the opposite.  If you are not going through some difficult moments in your life, then you are not doing the will of God.  I know that sounds backwards but if you are not bothering the enemy that he doesn't have to worry about you, so you will most likely not have the same struggles as someone that is trying to tear down the devils kingdom and wish that all will come into the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
 
Everyone has issues, we are all sinners and if you search your family tree hard enough you will find there is someone a little bit dysfunctional in your family.  Satan would like nothing more than to deceive you into thinking that if someone find out about your shortcomings, you will be asked to leave the church, your position or maybe those so-called church people will spread your prayer request all around the church.  You have called them for prayer and after they are done praying for you, they called sister-so-and-so, thinking that's as far as it will go.  Don't you know that sister-so-and-so, has a close friend too?
 
Satan does all that, even to go as far as to use others that you trust and even family members to trick you into thinking that you are not good enough to be in the ministry or even attend church.  He knows that as long as you stay committed to Christ and surround yourself with real Godly people, he has less of a chance to deceive you.  He is a bully and just like most bullies, they prefer to get you alone so that they an push you around and make you feel worthless.  There are no worthless people in the eyes of God.
 
If you end up in a position in your church where you have been mistreated and your trusted betrayed, don't leave, Satan will have done just what he has sought out to do.  Keep showing up and the people  that betrayed you and despitefully used you will be put to shame because they will look at you and observe a true woman of God.  PRAISE GOD! AMEN!
 
Please plan to attend the "Women's Conference", May 25, 2013, come out for fellowship, meet and greet with myself and book signing.   Afterwards will be have praise and worship and you will receive your blessings from the Holy Spirit.  If you have been blessed by the daily blogs, you are truly in for a great time in the Lord.  God bless you.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

GET BEAUTIFUL


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I pray that you are all blessed on today and that you continue to walk towards Jesus Christ.  Remember to pray daily and read the Word of God.
 
(1 Peter 3:3-5), Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.  Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.  They were submissive to their own husbands.
 
I am going to put some things concerning that scripture to rest. Let's stop the confusion from all the nay-Sayers and "you shouldn't wear that", women right now.  Some people say that the scripture means that women should not wear jewelry, nice clothes, wear makeup, get their hair or nails done.  Then you also have some men that have decided to take that scripture way out of content to keep their wives from looking nice at church or anytime they leave the house.
 
History Lesson:  The women of Egypt wore a lot of makeup, hair adornment and jewelry but they had no reverence or love of the Almighty God.  They had the love of material things and many gods.  Their beauty was very noticeable on the outside, which God is saying to you, not to let those material items be the only beauty that you posses.  Let your beauty be on the inside.  God doesn't care what you wear on the outside as long as it's not where the beauty stops.  I really like jewelry and I used to have my nails designed differently every week and that did not mean that I was not a Godly woman.
 
Woman of God, I'm gonna keep it real with this message.  We all feel much better when we leave the beauty shop, with our hair and nails done and maybe even a pedicure.  It sometimes has a way of lifting our spirits up and can make us feel better on the worst days.  God definitely desires for women to feel like we are special and not have low self-esteem.  God is simply stating that women should let our inward beauty be that of a gentle and quiet spirit.  We are to put our hope in Him which is the most beautiful thing about us, not the makeup, jewelry or hair.  If you have all those material things in order but have no reverence of love for the Lord, He says you have no great worth to Him.
 
Live it up! As long as you can afford it, look as beautiful as you want to on the outside, just make sure that the most important part (your heart) is for Jesus.  The next time a woman gives you a funny look or turns their nose up at you because of your outward beauty, just remember to be humble and quiet in spirit, smile, give a God bless you to them because they have no idea that her attitude just blew her so-called inner beauty.  Let them know where you get your hair and nails done.
 
The "Women's Conference" is on May 25, 2013.  I do realize that it is a little ways a way but time goes by quickly.  The conference is of no cost to you.  All you have to do is sign up in my events calendar, come out and fellowship have some snacks and gets blessed.  If you have a friend that you what to invite, please include her name as well.  Thank you so and I pray that I the Lord will touch your heart to attend the conference.  God bless you.  

Monday, November 12, 2012

ROLLERCOASTERS OF LIFE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I pray that you have all had a blessed and highly favorable weekend.  I speak blessings upon your life on today as you follow after our Lord Jesus Christ.  Have a blessed day!
 
(Romans 8:28), And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
 
When I was a child, I loved going to Six Flags, Great America.  At the time that it first opened it was the largest amusement park in the Chicagoland area.  It was not as expensive either.  Anyway, it was the kind of place that you would pay one fee and ride all rides all day.  The only downfall were the long lines.  But as a child you really don't care about the lines, you just stare at the ride as others go through the process.  As you begin to get closer to the beginning of ride that you have stood in line for over an hour the excitement kicks into overdrive.  Sometimes you wished that you could change your mind, but now you're at the beginning of the line and you're next.  No one wants to get in the front car because those people see too much of the ups, downs, curves and flips. No one wants to be in the end car because they are the last to see the ups, downs, curves and flips.  Once you get in your seat, the first thing that you tend to do is check the bar going across your legs to make sure that it is secure.  Then all of a sudden you hear that click, that was your last chance for you to get off the ride.  Now, you are on your way to flying in the sky and a phenomonal speed, you're screaming at the top of your lungs, holding on tight to that bar across your lap because it just keeps moving.  For some reason the 'rollercoaster' always stays at the top of the tracks long enough for you to catch you get a glimpes to see what you are getting yourself into then you are dropped fifty feet down and quickly dipped into a quick curve.  This is a very short ride, and it seems like the longest 3 minutes of your life.  Once your car returns to the beginning, you take a look around and make sure that everyone is still with you, you are out of breath because of all the screaming, and then for some reason someone will shout out, "That was awesome!"
 
I have met all kinds of people that have experienced the 'rollercoaster ride' in their life.  Imagine this as a scenario of life.  You have always had the comfort of your parents protection and love throughout the turns and curves of grammer, high school and for some even college.  But now it's time for you to get on the ride by yourself and you are scared to death.  You have observed and heard all kinds of screams and cries watching your friends go through their 'rollercoaster' called life.  You have to pay bills, rent and maybe already have a child.  As you get closer and closer to getting to the top of the 'rollercoaster' of your life, you begin to wonder whether or not you are going to be able to survive it through the big drop and the curve that Satan is going to throw your way. You are hit with all kinds of turnarounds and upside downs and even some dips that you didn't anticipate but you hold on to that bar that is keeping you from falling out and throwing you across the park.  You are depending on that man made bar to keep you safe.
 
Now here's the light at the end of your 'rollercoaster' ride.  As soon as things begin to work out for your good and you realize that you didn't fall off the ride that you screamed your lungs out on, you happily get off and say, "God is awesome, thank you Jesus!"  GIVE THE LORD PRAISE!  AMEN!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

ABOVE ALL . . . COMPASSION


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I thank the Lord for each of you everyday and my prayers are always with you.  I speak the power of the Holy Spirit over your life and pray that you walk in the love of Jesus Christ.
 
(Luke 23:39-46), One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at Him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God, "he said, since you are under the same sentence?" We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining, an the curtain of the temple was torn in two. (46) Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.
 
Today the Lord Jesus Christ wants you to have full knowledge about what it means to be compassionate towards others.  I found it necessary to include the scriptures that are typed because all of them are very important. In my opinion, verse 46 along with (John 3:16) are the most important verses in the New Testament. One scripture tells about the death of Christ and the other the life of Christ and to us life in Christ.
 
Compassion is something that you must have in order to get along with people that you don't particulary care for or people that have purposely wronged you.  We have all known people that just get on your last nerve but the spirit of compassion says that you cannot keep that type of spirit within you.  It may be a family member that has done you wrong or co-worker.  That is the time when you must have the ability to be compassionate.  Being compassionate is a lot different than showing love towards your neighbor.  You must develop a spirit of compassion, it doesn't happen overnight. It takes compassion to raise a child that's not yours.  It takes compassion to forgive someone that has cheated in the relationship.  It takes compassion to be able to speak to the parent that you did not have a relationship with as a child.  Compassion does not rely on what someone has done to you, it relies on what Jesus Christ has done for you.  God the Father had compassion when He sent God the Son to give up His life for us.
 
Compassion is what kept Jesus Christ on the cross when the criminal insulted Him, by saying, "If you are the Christ then release all of us".  He could have gotten down off His cross if he wanted to.  Instead, Jesus Christ the Messiah showed compassion on the thief that asked Jesus to remember him.  Compassion is what Jesus Christ has for each of us, even though none of us deserve it.  So you see, compassion looks beyond what you may see, feel, think or know about someone or their situation.  Being compassionate to someone that has purposely wronged you or you think that you just can't stand them can lead them to Christ Jesus and that is what serving the Lord is all about.  It's not about you. GIVE THE LORD PRAISE FOR HAVING COMPASSION ON YOU!  AMEN!
 
If you are interest in attending the "Women's Conference" on May 25, 2013, please sign in on my events calendar or leave me a message.  Also remember that I am always available for prayer.  God bless you.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

RAM IN THE BUSH

Mighty Woman of God!  I speak the blessings of the Holy Spirit in your life.  I pray that you are blessed by the Lord's message on today.

(Genesis 22:13-14), Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns.   He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.  So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided".

First I will give a short teaching on the beginning of Genesis 22.  After Abraham and Sarah were blessed with their son Isaac, Abraham received a message from God to sacrifice his only son on a mountain.  Abraham was obedient and went up to the mountain built an altar and was prepared to follow God's plan.  Abraham got as far as to taking a knife and beginning to strike his son, when an angel of the Lord called out his name and told him to look in the bush to find the offering to sacrifice.  The moral of this is that God wanted to see how much Abraham trusted Him.  I can picture Abraham heading up to the top of the mountain and all the way there he is saying to himself, "I don't know what God is going to do; but I know that He is up to something and He will provide.
 
The first thing that we must remember about that scripture is that Abraham was obedient to the Lord.  He also knew that if he were to killed his son, that God had the power to bring him back to life. Abraham was not concerned about what God would do; he just knew that God would do something.
 
Woman of God, the Lord's message to you today is that He will provide and all you have to do is be obedient to Him and His Word.  There are many times in our lives that we are believing the Lord for a blessing.  We know that without His blessing or miraculous intervention we will not be able to go a little further.  You will be astounded at what the Lord will do for you if you are obedient to Him.  I am sure that you have been through some things in your life and you didn't know how things were going to work out for you and all of a sudden there was a 'ram in the bush'.  The Lord always provides a 'ram in the bush' for those that are obedient and love Him.  No matter the trials, tribulations or struggles that you are going through, the Lord will provide; there is a 'ram in the bush' just for you.  You may not have good sense of how to budget money and for some reason you forgot to pay a bill.  You just happen to get the right customer service person on the line and that person works things out in the computer to help you out.  The Lord provide and that person was the 'ram in the bush'.  Believe that the Lord will always provide for you and that there will always be a 'ram in the bush'.  I didn't say that He would place a 'ram in the bush', I am stating that there IS 'a ram in the bush'.  No matter how bad things seem to be for you, keep the faith, be obedient and the Lord will provide you with a 'ram in the bush'.  PRAISE GOD!  AMEN!
 
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF GOD


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I thank you for continuing to read the daily blogs.  I truly love you as my sisters in Christ Jesus.
 
(Romans 8:35-39), Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?  For you sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:39), neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
This is the promise of God and you must take God at His word.  There is nothing in the Word of God that He promised is a lie.  Today, the Lord wants you to know that is does not matter what trials and tribulations that you may be facing today, He loves you and there is nothing you can do that will separate you from His love.  We have all done some things in our life that was not pleasing to the Lord nor did it glorify Him, but He will not stop loving you.  God may chastise you for disobedience just as a parent would do to their own child.  But through His mercy and grace, He will still love you.
 
I can surely testify that God is a loving, merciful and gracious God.  He is my heavenly Father.  I have done so much wrong in my life that I at a time in my life I thought that God must have truly taken His love away from me.  I did not even love myself, how can God still love me after all that I have done.  I was doing all the worldly things you could possibly think of and maybe even more than you could think of. I realize that if God did not love me through all my mess, I would have been dead a long time ago.  Because of His love for me, He has kept me safe, knowing that someday I would follow His purpose and plan for my life.
 
If does not matter what you do or how far away from God that you think that you are; God still loves you.  The reason why there is nothing that you can do to separate you from the love of God is because God does not put a price on His love for you.  You can never earn the love of God, it is freely given to you.  Keep moving forward towards God plan for you life and you will be blessed.  If you and God desire the same thing, there is nothing that God will withhold from you. 
 
If you are not as close to God as you want to be, God is waiting for you.  Maybe you smoke weed or drink a lot so you think that God couldn't possibly love you, I am a living testimony that you are wrong.  As long as you love God, there is nothing that you can do to separate you from His love.  PRAISE GOD!
 
If you are interested in attending the "Women's Conference" in May, please sign in my events calendar.  I do realize that May is a little bit away, but it will be here before we know it.  I am making a lot of plans for all of you so a somewhat head count would be great.  I know that the Holy Spirit is going to bless all of us.  Don't miss out!  God bless you.  Also "Spiritual Growth for Women - Breaking Shackles" is still available through www.amazon.com and www.barnes and noble.cm as well as the publishing company at www.xlibris.com.

Monday, November 5, 2012

WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIS HAND, TRUST HIS PLAN


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  My prayer for all of you is that you are striving towards perfection daily.  That you do not allow anyone to blow your blessings.  Stay strong and believe that whatever you are going through, the Lord has a plan.
 
(Romans 4:19-22), Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead, since he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.  This is why it was credited to him as righteousness.
 
This letter is from Apostle Paul to Rome.  The Apostle is reminding the Romans about having faith at a time when you don't think that the Lord is hearing your prayers.  Abraham and Sarah were promised a son, even in their old age.  Abraham kept the faith and believed what God has promised him, without wavering. The one thing that Abraham knew for certain was that God had the power to do what he promised.  The bible says that no one is righteous, but God counted Abraham as righteous because he believed Him and kept the faith even though he had no idea how God was going to keep His promise. 
 
Without wavering means that no matter what you see ahead of you or what you may be struggling with in your life, keep the faith and take God at His word.  You cannot be swayed by the things that you don't see happening.  Maybe the Lord has promised you something years ago and you stopped having faith that He will keep His promise.  No matter how long it takes God is not a man that He should lie.  God will always keep His promises.  Remember your days are not the same as the Lords.  If you keep the faith that God will bless you, then you too will be counted righteous to the Lord.  The reason why Abraham was counted righteous was because of his faith. The scripture says that Abraham praised God for the promise.  This is the same thing that the Lord wants us to do, don't worry about the promise, praise and glorify Him for the promise and the plan for your life.
 
I prayed for years for my oldest son to be delivered from the things of the world that was holding him back from getting the blessings that the Lord had promised me that He would do for my son.  I trusted the Lord for my son, but at times I did waver.  I remember asking the Lord, "why aren't you helping my son?"  The Lord's reply to me was, "How long did it take you".  I smiled and just kept praying.  Things finally worked out for our good.  My point is that sometimes you may have to pray a little longer for what you want, maybe you have to labor in the spirit, but the Lord has a plan for your life.  If you cannot see the Lord's hand upon your life, that is the time to trust in His plan.  The Lord always has a plan, keep the faith.  Again I say, the Lord always has a plan. You must trust in the Lord with your heart and lend not on your own understanding.  PRAISE GOD!
 
If you are interested in attending the "Women's Conference" on May 25, 2013, please sign up in my events calendar.  I am certain that the Lord God has a blessing for all of all.  Thank you for your support.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

THE HAMSTER WHEEL

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!
While in my praise and worship time with the Lord, I received a word from the Holy Spirit.  I am going to give you the part that is important for you.  This is what the Holy Spirit spoke to me, ("You have to be able to take the scripture and still keep it in content, but also b able to make it apply to the women of today and tomarrow").  That was the Lord' message to me.  Then I was lead to 2 Cor. 1:3-4, what I am going to do is replace my name instead of the words us and me.  This scripture is Apostle Paul's letter to Corinth.  This is the scripture that the Lord gave to me for confirmation.
 
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4), Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts me in all my troubles, so that I can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort I myself have received from God.
 
When I was in my 20's I felt very lonely.  I prayed and ask the Lord to send me a man.  I was not knowledgeable that the devil also hears my prayers.  Well, I met a man that became my second husband.  I thought that the Lord had sent him to me, so I did thank Him for that man.
 
We had a lot of fun together.  His weed was better than mine and he always had it so we spent our lunch hours together.  We were co-workers.  I was then introduced to cocaine.  Something that I had never tried.  I don't know when the abuse started all I know is that it did.  I was in love with him so everytime he would promise never to hit me again, I believed him.  If you have ever had a hamster they spend a great deal of time on  that wheel.  The hamster just goes around and around, never to get off until it is finally too tired to take it anymore.  I would always wonder why that hamster would keep going around and around without knowing that he is getting nowhere.
 
That is how my life was in my 20's and early 30's.  That is a long time to stay on that hamster wheel, just going around and around, not getting out of the bad situation but hoping that it would soon get me somewhere.  I was hit over all kinds of reasons and also was cheated on.  So here I am putting all my heart into a relationship that is not working.  I even sat back and aloud him to not come home whenever he felt like it, plenty of nights just looking out of the window.  I had hopes that it will soon get better, so I stayed on that wheel as long as I could.  Finally getting out of a terrible relationship (marriage), I got off the wheel because just like that hamster, I couldn't take it anymore and I realized that I was getting nowhere.
 
Woman of God, if you are in a relationship that is like a hamster wheel, maybe you should get off the wheel, take a long look at what you've been going through and make a decision on whether or not you want to stay on the wheel, going around and around and getting absolutely nowhere.  One thing that I have realized in that relationship was that as long as I had a place to stay, he was there.  Some men know that women will always have a place to stay, especially if they have to provide for their children. They will end up following you without contributing to the relationship.  They won't get a job or even look for one, because they realize that you will always work.
 
Be very careful not to get on that hamster wheel, but if you make a mistake and get on, you can pray your way off and stay off.  The Lord has a purpose and a plan for your life, but if you are on that wheel going around and around, you can't catch the blessings of the Lord.  PRASE GOD!