Wednesday, July 31, 2013

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

Good morning, my sisters in Christ Jesus.  I'm back!  I know that you will be blessed by the Lord's message on today.
 
(Philippians 2:3-8), Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves; Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equally with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross.
 
The first I read was titled, "Servantude".  I am going to give you a piece of that article that God has given to me. Servantude in a marriage means that the husband and wife intentionally cultivate the spirit that they find greater satisfaction in bringing benefit to their partner than to themselves.  There was also a message for parenting and employees on their job.  I am going to talk about the marriage part today.
 
I am expected something really big from God.  I have to decided to do whatever it takes to receive God's best for me, my family and my ministry.  Well, as I read the section in the magazine on marriage, God told me that he needs for me to plant that scripture in my heart.  I never pretend to be all that nor do I say to myself that I have arrived at where God needs for me to be.  Anyway, as soon as I read that scripture, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart concerning my husband.  He told me that I need to treat my husband better than myself.  He also said that I need to get to the point where it will bring me joy to see my husband happy.  I have been mistreated so many times when I put my heart on the line in friendships or relationships, therefore, I only allow to give a little bit of me and refuse to let anyone get pass that imaginary wall of mine.
 
The Holy Spirit pierce my spirit and told me that the blessing I am waiting for lied within the way that I treat my husband.  This is my response to God.  Lord, you are asking me for something really big.  You want me to give my whole heart, which I am not use to doing with anyone.  You are asking to trust with all my heart.  You are asking me to walk a tightrope that I cannot walk.  Lord you can ask of me anything else, but please, not the walls that I have spent many of years building.  Lord, what you are asking is so hard, but I will do it.  Lord, what if my heart gets stepped on, crushed, and torn?  God's answer to me was, "Trust me".
 
When my husband and I first got married I used to make sure that all of his clothes where folded in certain drawers all the time.  Also, I would make his plate and bring it to him.  Somewhere along the line, I stopped doing those small things.  He never mentioned anything to me, but I would watch as he sifted through his drawers looking for items.  While in my praise and worship time with the Lord, I went through my husband's drawers and put everything together, including matching the socks.  Yesterday, I did something so nice for him.  I could see and feel that my husband was very happy.  I smiled all day.  I thank the Lord for helping me to understand that I should feel joy, in bringing joy to my husband, and I did.  I intentionally put my husband's needs before my own.  Never in a million years did I think that I would be blessed with joy in my heart.  PRAISE GOD!

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

I WILL MOVE FORWARD, NO MATTER WHAT

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God.  I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you follow after Him.  I speak peace and abundantly love unto you from our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
Today, I am going to give you a message that the Lord wanted me to give from my spiritual daughter Nicole Lofton's book titled, "The Women's restoration Devotional".
 
(Hebrews 12:1), Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."
 
How many times has something happened and you felt stuck?  Maybe you felt like every time you even attempted to move forward, something else happened.  Maybe you cried out of frustration or maybe you felt as if you were going to lose your mind.  I have felt that way before too.
 
I have been in that place where it seemed like taking a step forward really resulted in taking four steps backwards and I began to wonder why.  I realized it was mostly because I was more focused on the problem instead on the problem solver (God).  Sometimes I was so focused on the problem that I could not see that there was a reason for what I was going through; it was indeed for a bigger purpose.
 
The trials that we face are to make us stronger, but sometimes they confuse us, they also tend to distract us, and eventually they hold us back.  when we put all our focus on the problem, the problem takes over.  We have given that problem strength that it didn't even know that we had.
 
In the scripture referenced above, God tells us to "lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely and run with endurance the race that is set before us".  We have to push our problems to the side letting them know that they have no power over us.  We know that we cannot tackle our problems on our own; we need help from God.  In order to receive that help, we have to be willing to hand them over to God and let Him help us.  Let's work to keep our mind on the problem solver instead of the problem.
 
ME:  The bible says, "I will keep those in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on me."  I was also reminded by the Spirit of the Lord that, a lot of times, in certain circumstances in our lives, we ask God to help us with our problems; but there is also a time that we have to just say, "Father, I won't ask you to help me, I need for you to just take over.  You don't need my help, I'll just mess it up anyway by trying".  That is what God means when He says, "Take your hands off the problem, completely."  I have found that simply saying, "Spirit of the Living God, please do for me what I am incapable of doing for myself, in Jesus name, thank you."  AMEN!

Monday, July 15, 2013

IN HIS HANDS


Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ on today.  I speak blessings of peace upon your life.
 
(James 1:5-8), If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
 
During my worship time with the Lord today, I was praying for a certain thing.  The Lord spoke to me and said, "Nothing wavering".  I then responded and ask the Lord to increase my faith; so that when I pray, I am not wavering in my mind.  I also ask the Lord to remind me every time that I am wavering about something that He promised to me.  So anytime that I try to take the matter out of His hands, He will just say wavering to my spirit.  If I hear the Lord say to me, wavering then I will stop thinking about whether or not the Lord will bring it to pass.
 
Woman of God, I know that I am not the only one that deals with the situation of putting your circumstances in God's hand and leaving it there.  Sometimes we say to ourselves, "I am just going to put it in God's hands."  But when things don't go the way that we think that it should, or when we think that God is not moving fast enough about our situation; we tend to take it out of God's hands.  There are sometimes that we put it in His hands and take it back, then put it in His hands again, then take it back.  Sometimes we just do it our way because we are not patient.  God does not need your help, in is in His hands, leave it there, no matter how long you think that God is taking.
 
The scripture says for us to ask anything of God and it will be given to you.  But the key to receiving is that you have to have faith and not wavering (don't doubt).  You may say to yourself that you do have faith and you really do, but you still think that God is not on time.  If you take the situation out of His hands and do it your way, you will not succeed.  You have to put it in God's hands and leave it there.  The scripture says that if you keep wavering (meaning put it in God's hands, take it back, then put it back in God's hands when you mess it up, then you are like the sea being tossed back and forth).  Also if you are wavering, God says that you will not receive the blessing that you are waiting to receive from Him.
 
So today, I have learned that I do tend to waver sometimes.  I don't want to, but it does happen.  I would rather have so much faith in the Lord that I will leave my situation or problems in His hands.  I asked God to tap my spirit every time I even think in my mind that my blessing is not coming, or that God will not take care of my problem.  All I asked of Him is to say, wavering, so I asked Him to help me if I begin to wavering, stop me right in my tracks.  Again, I say to you, God does not need our help, He is perfectly fine working alone.  Let's put our problems or whatever we are believing God for in His hands and leave it there.  If you feel like you are getting ready to help God, stop and say the word wavering.  I just love the Lord for His message today and I pray that this is a timely message for someone today.  Praise God, Amen!
 
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

A PRAYER FOR YOU

Heavenly Father, I thank and praise you for your thoughtfulness and kindness towards me.  I ask that you forgive me of my sins, even the sins that might have been in my heart, those things said or unsaid that did not bring glory to your Holy name.  Heavenly Father, as I pray for each and every individual on this list I am thanking you for not only hearing my prayers for them but bringing it to past and allowing me to stand in the gap for them.
 
Heavenly Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit, I speak life upon each and every one of them. I speak deliverance and healing upon them, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.  Father, I am praying for those that are sick and are in need of healing in their body, that you touch them on this morning, Lord letting them know that you are with them, that you will never leave nor forsake them.  That you are the Lord of Lords and that you will never leave them in a bad state. Heavenly Father, I am praying for those that are in need of restoration, that you restore them back into your loving arms. Father that you let them know that there is no sin that is unforgiveable and that you are just waiting for her to return to you asking for forgiveness.  By the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ, I am speaking restoration between mothers and daughters, fathers and daughters.  I speak restoration and love back into marriages, because marriage is honorable to You.  Father, I am praying for those that desire a closer relationship with you.  That by your spirit that you bring them closer unto you, as they seek after you daily.  Your word said that if she seeks first Your Kingdom in heaven and all righteousness that everything will be given to her.  Father, I am praying for those that are in mourning over a loved one on today, that you comfort them and that you cover them with a cloak of peace and those that may be sitting by a hospital bed of a loved one, waiting for their recovery, I speak peace and comfort over them right now, in the name of Jesus.  Heavenly Father, I am praying for those that are in need of food and shelter on today, that you supply all their needs.  Lord, remind them that you take care of even the birds of the earth, you will surely feed them and provide them with shelter.  Father, God, I am praying for salvation for not only the ministry but to the ends of the earth, a spoken word will bring your sheep to you.
 
Heavenly Father, as I place my hand on this list and call out each individual name by name, I am standing in the gap for them, touching and agreeing with them.  Every prayer that they have prayed on this morning will come to past.  I speak the power of the Holy Spirit upon them and life more abundantly upon them.  I speak the fullness of your blessings upon them, I speak that spiritual gifts will flourish, that spiritual gifts will be opened, that spiritual gifts that have laid dormant will come to life.  I speak the gift of faith upon them, in the name of Jesus.
 
By the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Christ Jesus, I come against the spirit of depression and loose the spirit of adoption upon the women.  I come against the perverse spirit that may have entered through sexual abuse that has laid upon her for years because of incest, rape and any sexual crime against their body, Lord that you loose upon them the spirit of pureness and holiness.  I come against the spirit of heaviness and that you loose the spirit of praise upon their lips.  By the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Christ Jesus, I bind weakness, oppression and cancer that entered her through the spirit of infirmity.  I loose the spirit of Life and gifts of healing upon her.  By the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Christ Jesus, I loose a spirit of love, power and a sound mind upon her.  The spirit of hatred, jealousy and strife will not take root in her.  The spirit of bondage will not take root in her, through alcohol, drugs, illegal or prescription.  Blessings and not curses will rule over her life starting today and forevermore, break every chain, Lord, break every chain, Lord, break every chain that has her bound, thank you Jesus.  No weapon formed against her shall prosper.  No spirit but the spirit of the Living God shall ruled over her, in the name of Jesus Christ.
 
Lord Jesus, I pray that as the women read the released prayers that they not think of them as just written but that every word is by Your Spirit.  I pray that each and every one of them will grab hold of their blessings and rebuke the devils curses.  I love you Lord, thank you for using me as Your mouthpiece, as Your vessel, I thank you that I am a warrior for the Kingdom of Heaven, no matter what I go through.  Thank you Lord Jesus.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

YOUR FLOWER BED

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  My prayer that you are blessed by the Lord's message on today and that you find peace in His presence.
 
(Psalms 1:1-3), Blessed is the woman who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.  But her delight is in the law of the Lord, and on her law she meditates day and night.  She is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.  Whatever she does prospers.
 
I have a small section in my yard that I want to make a flower bed. It's the perfect size and it is round, so it will look a little different.  Everyone on the block has some sort of flowers growing every year but our house.  The section where I want to plant the flower garden has a lot of weeds.  Every time I pull them up, they just keep growing back.  I thought that I started at the roots to dig up, but apparently I didn't dig deep enough.  So this is year two without my flower garden and a bunch of weeds.
 
Last year my son gave me a Mum plant for Mother's Day.  It was my favorite color (purple), and it smells very nice with soft purple pedals.  I place it on my fireplace for about a week, The Mum flower plant was growing so big in the house that I decided to plant it in my so-called flower bed garden.  I dug a hole and put miracle grow potting soil in the hole then carefully placed the plant in the ground then I covered it with the leftover dirt.  It did very well outside throughout the year, in fact it was still blooming in November.
 
Now it's the summer time and I was expecting to see my beautiful purple flower pedals and I have been waiting a long time.  What I realized is that the roots of the plant are being choked by the roots of the weeds that are still in that area.  Although I planted a healthy Mum flower plant in the garden it could not withstand the bad roots of the weeds.  In other words, the bad outweighed the good.
 
Woman of God, sometimes we think that we are planting ourselves among good people.  We try to surround ourselves around genuinely good people but sometimes we get caught up and realize that we planting ourselves among weeds and thorns.  People that don't have good intentions with us at all.  We stay around those people, thinking that they might change or we can change them, but the longer we stay in their presence or allow them to stay in our presence they are killing our roots.  They are choking the life out of us and slowly but surely our pedals will begin to die off and never grow back again.  You can be unevenly yoked with a spouse, friend or even a job and eventually the stronger person, place or things will take over the weaker one.
 
It's time for us women to get jealous over our own salvation and gifts of the Spirit of the Lord.  Hide them within our bosom. If you can get jealous over someone speaking to your man then you should be getting jealous over someone trying to still your joy and dry up all your roots.  Woman of God, it's time to say to yourself, "This part of my life, I'm following God's plans and purpose for my life".  Become the woman of God that He intended for you to become, Like a tree planted by streams of water, and planted firmly in Him.  PRAISE GOD FOR THAT AWESOME MESSAGE ON TODAY!
 
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

THE DARKEST HOUR

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God.  I speak blessings of hope and joy upon your life on today.  Just got out of my worship time with the Lord and this is His message for you today.  I pray that you will be blessed and comforted by reading His message.  My prayer is that you receive it in your heart and will move forward through your darkest hour.
 
(Psalms 6:6-9), I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.  My eye grows dim because of grief: it grows old because of all my enemies.  Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord receives my prayer.
 
Woman of God, there are some of you that can relate to that scripture at this very moment.  You cannot tell anyone exactly what you are dealing with on the inside of you.  You feel like you are going to die and that deep down in your soul you hurt so bad.  Whatever is causing you pain and humiliation; you cannot seem to move out of that situation.  You've been waiting and waiting for God to do something, just anything to make you feel better.  You can't seem to think straight and even when you go to bed, you still can't rest.  You can't rest because of all the turmoil that you are going through, yet you are still waiting for God to do something.  I don't know who I'm talking to right now, but I am typing as the Spirit leads me.  Right now, I know that the Spirit is speaking to more than one person reading this, in fact, He is telling me that one of you has thought about suicide but you look over at your little ones and know that it would be the wrong thing to do.  Your children are the only ones that bring you joy in your life.  Your don't have a relationship with your mother, because of your past behavior towards each other.  You think about your mother a lot of the times because you miss a hug and someone to tell you that everything is going to be alright. 
 
God wants you to look back over your life and think about all the darkest hours that He has brought you through.  God has carried you through some things that you thought would kill you.  God has done some things for you that you don't even know of, because of His love for you.  God foreknew everything that you are going through right now and He knows that you are stronger than you think you are.  So many times you have been in situations that you thought about giving up, but God brought you through that darkest hour.  Even though it may seem as though you are fighting this battle all alone, God says, not so.  He has brought you through a lot of darkest hours and although this one seems like it will take you out, God says, not so. The reason why you are still doing drugs and having sexual relationship with men that don't care about you is because the enemy has tricked you into thinking that God will never forgive you.
 
Some of you have been in your darkest hour for more that a decade and yet God says that you are still waiting for Him to do something.  You have to move toward Him for this one.  In order for God to move on your situation you have to get rid of something that you don't want to get rid of.  He has told you over and over that if you would pray and seek after Him then the drugs and backsliding will be no longer.  Every time you take a step forward someone in your life that should not be in your life pulls you back three steps.  Every time you make up in your mind that this will be the last time, that someone in your life is there making sure that you stay in bondage.  God says, He cannot move until you move.  You will stay in your darkest hour until you move forward.  You have been in your darkest hour every since childhood.  Sexual abuse tried to kill you, but God said not so.  Physical abuse tried to kill you, but God said not so.  But that person, place or thing that is keeping you in your darkest hour is killing your spirit.  Stop letting someone else control you.  You have to realize that you deserve better then you will be released.  PRAISE GOD!
 
Woman of God, I tried to get rid of some of the harsh wording but I couldn't.  Keep an open mind and I love you with the love of the Lord.  The Spirit of the Lord birthed this ministry through Facebook and social media and I am trying with all of my heart to do what is right for those of you that have trusted me to come into your lives through Facebook.  I have taken calls from women in over five different states, so again, I am here for you.  If anyone every needs prayer call me or leave me a message.  I am never judgmental, my love for God, extends my heart to you.  For prayer call 678-629-3179, women only.

Monday, July 8, 2013

THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART

Good morning, Mighty woman of God.  I speak blessings of peace, love and joy upon your life and may you gain wisdom and understanding as you seek after our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit often speaks with me throughout the day.  He gives me guidance and messages for you and also for myself.  I am never above learning from Him.  Today, as I was driving from the Doctor's office the message for today came to me.  Here we go.

You know sometimes we think it is a good idea to always say what's on our mind.  We try to justify it by saying, we are trying to help our sister.  And often times we say, "I just have to get this off my chest".  So then are we really saying,
  • I don't care anything about your feelings, and I'm going to say how I feel anyway".
  • I don't care if your feelings are hurt, but I'm going to say it anyway."
  • I don't care if you get more depressed than you already are, I going to get this off my chest".
  • I don't care if you start to feel worthless or not, I'm going to say it anyway".
  • I don't care if you start to cry once I get this off my chest".
  • I'm not judging your situation, but If it were me I would do so and so".
  • I'm going to say what is on my heart and I don't care if it wounds yours."
There are so many times that we should seek God's counsel on how to speak to our spouses and friends but we don't ask God.  Sometimes you don't know if what you say to someone will hurt their feelings and sometimes we don't even care.  We just open our mouths and let the hurt out.  Maybe getting something off your chest is not the right thing to do at that moment.  You think that you may be helping your friend by getting it off your chest.  Maybe you should carry it on your chest a little bit longer until God tells you how to say or do something for that person.  Sometimes getting it off your chest will make someone else's chest hurt.
 
Sticks and stones may break but bones, but words will never hurt me.  That just is not true.  Some words hurt people so much that they become a person with low self-esteem.  Words are powerful.  Rather than building up one another, we flatter, gossip, slander and give them a piece of our minds.  As James says, "with our tongue, "we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of god.  From the same mouth come blessings and curses".  This should not be.  One way we can practice such love is through our words, not only what we say, but what we don't say.  Nevertheless, what comes out of our mouths is not the real problem.  Our fundamental problem isn't a tongue problem, it's a heart problem.  We need to watch our mouth, but more importantly, we need to pray and ask the Lord to guard our hearts.
 
Woman of God, it's time for us to stop hurting one another with either our words or our actions.  God expects us to encourage one another and lift up and not tear down one another.  Give this message some thought and maybe you will find that sometimes you need to pause before you play those hurtful words out of your mouth.  PRAISE OUR LORD!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

WORK FROM HOME

Calling all ladies, need a little help here.  If you know of any work from home jobs that are fun and really pay money, no scams, no telemarketing, let me know in my message box.  It's really hard to look for anything online because there are so many scams and payment plans to get on.  Honestly, I don't want to pay a lot of money, if I had the money then I wouldn't be looking for extra money.  I'm not trying to get rich, just meet my bills, and have something fun to do.

Thanks for your help! Love ya!

GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Mighty Woman of God, I thank and praise God for each of you daily and that you are overcoming adversities daily by the power of God.
 
(Corinthians 12:8-10).  This is according to the Matthew Henry KJV Study Bible.  The gifts of the Holy Spirit, to whom He gives as He pleases.
 
To one was given the Word of Wisdom, that is, a knowledge of the mysteries of the gospel, and ability to explain them, an exact understanding of the design, nature, and doctrines, of the Christian faith.  Others say an uttering of grave sentences, like Solomon's proverbs.  (2) The Word of Knowledge.  The knowledge of mysteries, Ch. 2:13; wrapped up in the prophecies types and histories of the O.T.  Others say, a skill and readiness to give advice and counsel in perplexed cases. (3) To another, Faith.  That is, the faith of miracles, or a faith in the divine power and promise, by which they were enabled to trust God in any emergency, and go on in the way of their duty, and acknowledge and profess the truths of Christ, whatever was the difficulty of danger. (4) The Gift of Healing.  That is, healing the sick, either by laying on of hands, anointing with oil, or with a word. (5) The Working of Miracles.  The efficacies of powers, such as raising the dead, restoring the blind to sight, giving speech to the dumb, hearing to the deaf, and the use of limbs to the lame. (6) To another, Prophecy.  That is, the ability to foretell future events, which is the more usual sense of prophecy; or to explain scripture by a peculiar gift of the Spirit. (7) The Discerning of Spirits.  Power to distinguish between true and false prophets, or to discern the real and internal qualifications of any person for an office, or to discover the inward workings of the mind by the Holy Ghost, As Peter did those of Ananias, Acts 5:3. (8) Divers kinds of Tongues.  The ability to speak languages by inspiration (unlearned languages). (9) Interpretations of Tongues.  The ability to render foreign languages readily and property into their own.
 
Woman of God, a lot of you already have some of those gifts listed above.  There are two reasons why you are not operating in those gifts. 1) You don't believe that the Holy Spirit has answered your prayer for asking Him for the gifts or (2) You have not tapped into the Holy Spirit for the power to use your gift.  If God has promised you the gift that you have asked for, you have to believe that He has done it.  The problems may be that you don't leave yourself open to receive the gift.  Now you might being saying, "I do leave myself open".  But now consider this:  There are several times that the Holy Spirit will attempt to lead you into something that you are not used to doing or are not comfortable doing because it does not feel right or you have never seen anyone else in church led to do that.  I'm talking about something simple, but yet supernatural.  We are so caught up in whether or not someone will think that we are strange or that we have never seen anyone do this or that.  So we tend to put God in a box; only willing to do or say what we deem as regular.
 
Depending on the ministry that God has chosen for you, you will get whatever gift you need to complete God's work in you.  Maybe one, maybe more than one, but the Spirit of the Lord will complete you with the gifts that you will need for His kingdom and to ministry about Him to the lost.  I received my gifts in pieces. I did not know I had certain gifts inside of me, but they began to come out when needed.  In order to pray for people effectively, I needed the gifts of tongues (of course, I didn't know it, but I stayed open to be used).  The gift of prophecy was also needed as a prayer warrior, because some people will not tell you exactly what they are dealing with, so God touched my ears and I began to hear and speak what I hear Him saying to me.  God touched my tongue so that my speech became sharp.  This may all seem weird to you, and if I had not experienced it for myself, I would have to agree with you.  My purpose for telling you this is not that I be lifted up, but to let you know that whatever ministry God has planned for you, He will give you whatever gifts you will need to accomplish His will.  Never, ever, ever, think that you can minister to people on your own power.  That is a recipe for disaster.  Never, ever, ever, take the credit for yourself.  WARNING: If you have the gift of prophecy, be very careful of people that will call themselves your friends.  People tried to use me as a psychic (made me very upset), usually we don't have many friends.
 
I am a Prayer Warrior.  While in circle holding hands, the leader of the Prayer Ministry began to anoint everyone in the circle as we stood praying.  I was not used to this sort of thing but I stayed open because I didn't want to seem strange by breaking the circle, but I was afraid.  I peeked to see what was happening and I saw people falling to their knees and stretched out on the floor.  As she continued around the room, time came close for me to be anointed and I was contemplating whether or not to break the circle.  I decided to relax and let go, the moment I did that, she anointed me and down I went.  When I got up, I noticed everyone around me was speaking in tongues.  I was not sure of it then, but I stayed opened.  I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit which seemed to touch my lips and I opened my mouth and began to speak in tongues.  As soon as I heard it, I stopped, because I thought that people where going to look at me.  I did not sound like everyone else, but I stayed open.
 
A lot of people in the church have the desire to possess some of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.  There is nothing wrong with that.  The problem comes in when you are desiring these gifts for your own gratification or glory for yourself.  The Holy Spirit gives these gifts to edify the church, to build up the church and to build up other saints.  He will not give you a gift that you will not be a good steward over.  To whom much is given, much is required.  PRAISE GOD!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Mighty Woman of God, I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of our Lord, Jesus Christ as you follow after Him. 
 
(Matthew 28:19), Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (John 14:26), But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 16:7), Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.  (Acts 1:5), For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. (Acts 1:8), But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
 
There is a lot of controversy, when it comes to the position or the who is question of the Holy Spirit.  Now I am not an expert on the matter but I will share what I believe to be true according to the bible, the Word of God.  If you ever have a disagreement with any teachings on scriptures, it is always a good idea to search the scriptures for yourself.  Pray and ask for clarity.  God does not want you to be confused about any teachings of the scriptures and His Word.
 
Some people do not exactly know where to place the Holy Spirit when it comes to our Lord Jesus Christ.  They know and believe without a doubt that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  So, let's start there.  God the Father, walked with Adam, Eve, Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Jesus Christ walked among the people and His disciples in the Book of the Gospels.  Once Christ died on the cross for our sins, He ascended into the heavens, to sit at the right hand of God, the Father.  John the Baptize, never baptized people in the name the Son, or the Holy Spirit because their time had not yet come.  In the Book of Acts, Jesus tells the disciples not to leave where they were until the promise of the Father was fulfilled.  The promise was the Comforter, the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord.  The Holy Spirit is not a this or it, He is a He.  Not less but equal to the Father and the Son.
 
In the O.T. there are a lot of scriptures that make note of the presence of the Holy Spirit.  I will give just one; Genesis 1:26, and God said, "Let us make man . . . ."  The word us, has to mean more than one.  Meaning, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is not a ghost, like something out of a scary movie.  He does not roam about your home covered in white.  Although the Word describing the Holy Spirit as the 3rd Person of the Trinity, the word trinity is not in the bible.  The word trinity means, three.  Now catch this revelation that the Holy Spirit just gave to me.  A woman is pregnant with triplets.  She will give birth to three babies.  All of the babies are different, their own personality, their own blood, heart, veins, etc.  They were all born of the same womb but once she has given birth, each of them will take on their own shape.
 
When Jesus spoke to the disciples, He told them that once He leaves that He would not leave them comfortless, meaning He would not leave them alone.  He is sending help.  The Holy Spirit has several names.  The Helper, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of the Lord, etc.  Any spiritual gift that you have or will receive is given by the Holy Spirit and you must acknowledge Him.  Whenever I am praying with someone and I am given a prophetic word for that person, I am operating with the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is the Person that gives me knowledge as to what to pray for when praying for people.  The prophetic gift that is within me, is given by the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of the Lord.  Only to glorify God in heaven.  If the Spirit of the Lord (the Holy Spirit) uses me to speak a word to someone else or say something that only God would know, then that person will without a doubt know that nobody but God is speaking to them.  They will glorify God, not me, because I have never seen or met that person before.

Any spiritual gift that the Holy Spirit gives to you, is for you to use to bring the lost to the cross (Jesus Christ) and to glorify God in heaven.  Not for you to use anyway that you chose, but it must be used the way that the Holy Spirit choses.