WHEN YOU STUMBLE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

(Psalms 37:23-24), If the Lord delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

I pray that you are all blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ on today.  I hope that today's message will be a blessing to you as well.

When you stumble, why not say, "if you stumble?"  It would be unrealistic for me to assume that you would never stumble at some point in your spiritual journey.  You will stumble, that's a given.  We all stumble at some time, even the most elect in the churches.  We are imperfect people and therefore we are always doomed to that awful thing called "sin".

When I got baptized into the Body of Christ, I immediately thought that all my sins were washed away as soon as I came up from that pool.  The bible says, all things are new, the old has passed away and that I would be a new creature in Christ.  That is exactly what I was expecting, right then and there, right on the spot.  I thought that the moment I decided to give my life to Christ and follow Him that all my sins were gone.  I thought that as soon as I left the church, I would not smoke, drink or do any drugs. I also thought that all those things fell off in the pool.  Boy, was I sadly mistaken.  I actually had to work at keeping myself away from those things and any other sins that I would commit.

As soon as I left the church, I got in the car and had my cigarette.  Why didn't this stay in that pool of water?  Once I got home, I slipped into my comfortable clothes and smoke a joint.  Why didn't that stay in that pool of water.  I wasn't done yet, I had to have my drink, that didn't stay in the pool either, imagine that.  What did I get for being baptized?  What special powers do I have?  This is exactly what I was thinking.  I later came to realize that I did have power, but I did not know anything about the power of the Holy Spirit or how to use it.  So to me, all I got was really wet.

Well, I mind as well keep going to church.  It's not that far from the house and I did like the pastor and the choir.  I had a great time at church when it came to fellowship with the other saints.  I kept going back, I just kept going back.  Sunday after Sunday, then Bible study after Bible Study.  Eventually the power that I was expecting finally showed up.  I begin to get convicted of those things that I just wasn't ready to leave at the altar.  That power was the Holy Spirit and He wasn't giving up on me without a fight.  Thank God.

I stood at the altar and had hands laid upon me three times for drugs, twice for alcohol and I can't even count how many times for cigarettes.  Each time that I would get up off that purple carpet, I thought things just magically disappeared.  Nope, they don't.  I stumbled again and again, until finally I had to make up in my own mind that I was worth more.  I had to come to the realization that I was valuable to Christ.

Woman of God, don't you spend time worrying about how many times you stumble, as long as you don't fall.  If you are having trouble with a particular sin in your life, keep stepping and the Lord will take care of it.  You were not made to fall.  Don't let the enemy trick you into thinking that God is not going to kept helping you.  Yes, He will, if you keep going back.  Think about how many times you help your own children that you love.  God loves you more than that so just keep on stepping.  The bible says that a just man will fall seven times before he finally get it.  So you will stumble, its in your nature, but you have to make a conscience decision that you are going to be a fighter; not only will you be a fighter, but you will be a winner.  You will receive that crown in the end. I don't even want to entertain the thought that what if I just stayed down and gave up my birth right.  If you stay down you are giving up your birth right, your inheritance, your place in heaven.

The scripture clearly states that the Lord will make your step's firm, if He delights in you.  The Lord delights in you every time He sees you trying.  He will not let you fall, He will uphold you with His hands.  Praise God!  Amen!

YOUR DEATH SENTENCE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God! 

I always call you mighty women of God because I want you to get in embedded in your spirit that is who you are and can become in Christ Jesus.  I speak blessings of peace and joy in your life and pray that you are all seeking the Lord more and more each day.

(Isaiah 55:7), Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

When you are out in the world doing your own thing and not considering how important your soul is to Christ; you are living a sinful life.  If you are attending church services every Sunday, that does not exclude you from getting the death sentence, you have to be born again.  It is true, that the church is full of sinners.  The bible states that, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God’.  This only means that we are all sinners and will continue to sin because of our imperfections.  Now here’s the catch:  if you are a born again Christian, Jesus Christ has taken your sins upon His shoulders and carried them to the cross and now He intercedes on your behalf daily.  If you ask the Lord God to forgive you of all your sins, He is just and compassionate, and will pardon you.

If you are not a born again Christian than you will remain a sinner according to God the Father.  The difference between a sinner that repents daily and tries to live a life of righteousness and the sinner that does not even think about living righteous or asking for forgiveness is one has a “life sentence” and the other a “death sentence”.

You will be pardoned only if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.  If you have not accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior and repented of your sins, then you have given yourself a “death sentence”.  Being in the Body of Christ should be the only time you should desire to hear the words, “life without the possibility of parole”.

Because of what happened in the Garden of Eden, we were all given the death sentence even before we were born.  Once Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, died for us, rose again and ascended into heaven we were all given the ability to receive a “life sentence.”  In order to receive that “life sentence” we must believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Anointed One and the only way to heaven.  The bible states that, once Jesus Christ was baptized, God the Fathers said, “Here is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased with, no one comes to the Father except through Him.  Though we were all born with the “death sentence”, we are all given the choice on whether we want to live or die.  The ability to choose a “life sentence” or “death sentence”.  Just think, when a prisoner is given the “death sentence”, he is sitting behind bars waiting for a pardon from the governor.  If the governor does not call to pardon him before his is scheduled to die, his sentence is carried out.  The prisoner doesn’t know if the warden will call or not, he is just hoping that he will hear that phone ring.

On the other side of the bars; though we are born with a “death sentence”, we are sitting behind bars with the choice of whether to accept or deny Jesus Christ as the Son of the Living God.  Those of us that do accept Christ and at least try to live a righteous life for Him, will receive a “life sentence” without the possibility of parole.  Like that prisoner, we don’t know when Jesus Christ is coming, but we do know that He is coming back for His Bride.  The scripture tells us that God is full of mercy and will abundantly pardon all your sins.  When it is time to be handed down our death for the penalty of sin, Jesus Christ intercedes on our behalf and pardons all our sins.  We are immediately set free from a life of darkness and despair.  It will be as if you were in prison and the warden pardon you, you get to go free.  You are no longer a felon because the warden has given you a pass.  You no longer belong to Satan because Jesus Christ has pardoned you.  AMEN!

BREAKING SHACKLES

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

First of all I like say thank you all for always taking the time to read my blogs. It was a commission from God for me to write them everyday. So since the beginning of the year, I have been writing them, then I found an avenue to get the messages out to you. I pray the each of you by name currently 246 of you. I thank God for that. Now, I need your help in getting my book out to the public. A lot of you have more avenues than I do, so I am asking that you help the ministry. Purchase a copy for yourself, if you have been blessed daily by messages. Purchase a copy for a friend as a blessing to them. This ministry will continue to reach as many women as I can. I know that there are so many God wants to reach. So, if you can be a blessing to the ministry, purchase a copy of the book. I am already editting the second one. I love you all and no matter what, I will always be praying for each of you. Thanks for your support. God bless you

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TOO MANY RULES

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God! I pray that you are all blessed today.  I speak blessings of peace and love in your life.  God bless you, richly.

(Proverbs 22: 17-19), Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.  So that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you.

I have heard a lot of people say that they did not want to be a Christian because there are too many rules to follow.  They think of God as some big judge, writing down every single thing that they do wrong.  God is not taking notes, He already had the notes before you were even in existence.  In fact, if God were taking notes, He would have run out of paper just on me alone.  I have also heard that being a Christian is no fun.  Dr. Robeson states that a sinner may say, "I can't accept Christ because there is so much I have to give up." And it is true the sinner must give up certain things. The mistake the sinner makes, however, is the VALUE he places on those things he must relinquish. 

The most dangerous thing about this type of thinking is that if you are not a believer, or trying to live righteous you should be afraid of the consequences.  If you are thinking about how bad it is to be a Christian, you need to think about how dangerous it is not to be a Christian.

Being a Christian is not a religion, it is a way of life.  It simply means that you have decided to try to live a Christ-like life, a life that is pleasing to the Lord God.  God is not caught up in whether or not you are following all the rules, He is concerned about your soul.  The reason why Jesus Christ died and rose again was because you won’t be able to follow all the rules.

Being a Christian can be a lot of fun. Try settling in a church on a regularly basis and getting involved in some activities.  You will find out that you can have a lot of fun.  The music is not the same as in the club but you can get your praise on in church.  Try getting high on Jesus instead of drugs.  Becoming addicted to Jesus Christ leads to life, addicted to drugs leads to death.

When I first started reading the bible, I thought that God was mean.  I read about all the wars and punishments that were handed down to disobedient people; and I just knew that I would not make the cut.  I also felt very sorry for Job, because he did not do anything wrong, but was tested so harshly.  I also had trouble understanding all the “thees and thous” of the King James Version of the bible.  I went to the bookstore to find versions of the bible that I could understand and used them interchangeably.

When I decided to give my life to Jesus, I mean really go for it; I had to give up a lot of worldly things and my worldly ways. I was afraid that I would not make it without a blunt every day.  I just changed a little bit at a time.  If you just try a little bit at a time, you will make it. God is not some huge judge taking notes of all your shortcomings and every little mistake you make.

This is a spiritual journey and you will make mistakes, but God is so compassionate and merciful that He give us grace and mercy. He is not taking notes.  The devil has blinded the eyes of the people because he is the tempter of those that are seeking to gain wealth, fame or popularity.  Satan makes it very easy to obtain those things, but are you really willing to pay the cost?  It is his job to make you think that being a Christian is no fun.  Living an ungodly life may be fun for right now, but what are you going to do when Jesus Christ comes back for His bride?

ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all blessed and highly favored of the Lord on today.  I speak blessings of peace and joy upon you, in Jesus name.

(Matthew 9:28-29), And when he was come into the house; the blind men came to him; and Jesus saith unto them, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?  They said unto him, Yea, Lord.  Then touched he their eyes; saying, "According to your faith be it unto you.

In this scripture, there were two men following Jesus, begging Him to have mercy on them, so that they would receive their sight.  Jesus, asked them one question, "Do you believe".  Then as you notice, He then says something more important, "according to your faith".

Woman of God, do you believe?  How much faith do you really have?  Now, these may be easy questions for some of you, right away you probably say, "Yes, I believe, I have total faith in Jesus".  Some of you may have a little doubt and may say, "Well, I believe it's possible, but . . . ."  Let me tell you a little bit about me.  Again. 

I have been ministering to women for a number of years.  I have a constant prayer life and I consider myself to have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.  I prophesy to woman in His name and pray for others.  But now here's my dilemma.  I have been praying to the Lord about a specific thing that I need for Him to do for me.  I have followed the instructions that He has given me, now I need a miracle.  I found appropriate scriptures in the bible and have listen to other peoples testimonies and then I say to myself, "Okay, I've got it, I know how to pray about this situation".

This morning, as I was studying the word, God showed me that scripture.  Then He posed a questions to me, "Do you really believe?"  Well, I took awhile to answer, then with my head hanging down, I had to admit, that I didn't.  So then God says to me, "According to your faith, it will be done for you".  But as I listened closely to His words, I had come to the conclusion that I am not going to receive the miracle, if it is based on my faith.  The reason why I am telling you about my background is because sometimes no matter how far you think you have come, you might found out that you still have a little further to go.  You would think that I would have been jumping for joy and saying yes, Lord, I believe, but I had to look into my heart and be truthful with myself.

The message for us today it to change our mindset.  If you are believing the Lord for something, think about that scripture and be honest with yourself.  It does not mean that the Lord will not bless you, He wants you to grow in Him.  The second part is that according to your faith is the amount that you will receive from the Lord.  If you only have enough faith to believe Him for the little bit, that is exactly what you will receive, a little bit.  If you believe Him for the biggest blessing, that is what you will receive, the biggest.  So, ask yourself those two questions and if your answer comes out a little bit like mines did, then change your mindset.  Start rehearsing over and over in your mind what you are believing the Lord to do for you until it gets so far down in your spirit that know devil in hell can tell you that it won't be done.  As for me, I am going to start claiming my blessing over and over again, until it is embedded way down in my spirit.  Amen.  God bless you.

I pray that this was a timely message for someone on today.  I love you with the love of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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BY FAITH

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all in good health and in great spirit.  I speak blessings of love, peace and joy upon you.  I speak God's mercy and grace into your life.

(Hebrews 11:1-31), Now faith is being sure of what we hop for and certain of what we do not see.  This is what the ancients were commended for.

I did not put the entire versus down because it would be too long.  Please read the entire 11th chapter of Hebrews so that you can gain full knowledge of how important Faith in the Lord Jesus can be.  I will give you only the beginning of each verse.  The Lord wants you to not only see this, but catch it as well.  Are you ready?

(3) By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command (4) By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did, By faith he was commended as a righteous man, And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. (5) By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death (6) And with faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who come to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek Him (7) By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet see, built an ark, (8) By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed (9) By faith he made his home in the promised land (11) By faith Abraham, even though he was past age, and Sarah herself was barren became a father (13) by faith when they died, They did not receive things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance (17) By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice (20) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. (21) By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshipped as he leaned on the top of his staff. (22) By faith Joseph, when his end was near spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. (23) By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born (24) By faith Moses chose to be mistreated for his people (27) By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger (28) By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood (29) By faith the people passed through the Red Sea on dry land (30) By faith the walls of Jericho fell (31) By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Woman of God, there are so many more people in the bible that acted by faith and obedience to the Lord God.  If you are in obedience to the Lord and have faith, He shall bring it to pass.  Faith is something that can never be seen by man, but it can be tested by God.  When God is testing your faith, remember the people spoken in the book of Hebrews. Remember Abraham because of his faith he and Sarah had a child that they had been believing God for, at their old age.  Abraham was willing to be obedient to God to sacrifice his only son.

God the Father, sacrificed His only Son in order for us to live eternity in heaven alongside of Him.  By faith, this is what you must believe if you are looking forward to God's blessings.  By faith, you must believe that after this life, you will spend eternity with the Lord Jesus Christ that died for you and me, by faith.  PRAISE GOD!  AMEN

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A WIMPY GOD

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all in good health and today's message will be a blessing to you.  I speak blessings of favor upon you. 

(Psalms 37:4-5), Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

I have been dealing with the issue of how to get my book out to the public.  I have followed God's instructions and now I am waiting for a miraculous move on His behalf.  Through this book, my prayer is that I can get some speaking engagements (paid or not).  It's not about the money, it's about souls and the fact that I don't feel whole unless I am out ministering and praying for women.  I pray about the ministry and the book daily.

Yesterday, I read something that was such an eye-opener to me.  A minister and author was saying that she was desiring the same thing as myself, but her mistake was that she looked at God as "wimpy".  I don't know about you, but I serve a big God.  She said she never really prayed exactly what she wanted God to do.  Her prayer was basically, "Well, God, if you want to, or God, if you see fit".  As I read her blog, I could relate to that.  Sometimes we pray with all faith and then we close our prayer with a simple, "If it is Your will".  Of course, it is God's will that we prosper, especially if it is something that will bring souls to Him.  If it is something that He has guided you through.

I will give you a quick story.  Yeah, I always have a story.  I was looking for a new job and I had been praying about it for a year.  I had the faith that God would do it for me, but I just had a simple pray, for a "wimpy God", not a prayer for a big God.  I was not specific as to what I desired God to do for me.  Then my prayer changed, I got specific.  Here is my big God prayer; "Lord, I am praying for a good job, one that I will be happy to get up in the morning and go to, I would like great benefits for my family, I don't want to travel too long to get to my job, I want Christmas bonuses and I want to work for a great company.

Within a weeks time I had an interview for a new job.  They called me back and offered me the job, but there was one catch, I had to take a $5,000 pay cut.  But here is what they offered; I didn't have to travel far the train stopped under the same building that I recently worked at, the health benefit were awesome, they offered Christmas bonuses, and yearly bonuses.  And every January the entire department went on an all inclusive paid vacation to a beautiful island.  The first year, I went to the Bahamas, then Jamaica, Cancun and the Playa Mexico.  That was definitely worth the $5,000 pay cut, which was I received over the years time.

Woman of God, my message to you is that we don't serve a "wimpy God".  We serve a God that is able to do above anything that we can ever even imagine.  We serve a God that will open up the windows of heaven and pour us out a blessing that will overtake us.  So the next time that you are praying and believing the Lord for something, be specific.  Instead of praying for a job, tell Him what type of job you want, tell Him what type of car you desire, don't just pray for a husband, pray for a man of God that will love you as much as God loves you.  Be specific, we don't serve a "wimpy God".  So now even my prayers will change.  I knew to be specific, but I let that one get pass me.  Praise God.  Amen! God bless you.

If you are interested in purchases a copy of "Spiritual Growth for Women - Breaking Shackles", go to www.xlibris.com and enter ISBN number 978-1-4771-1271-7 or call 888-795-4274 ext. 7879.  Thank you for your support.  God Bless You.