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!!!

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! 

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!

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.

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.  

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!

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.