THE BRUTAL TEACHER

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank God for each of you and pray for you daily.  I pray that you have been blessed by the daily devotions and you are truly growing in the Lord.

I have had some grade school teachers that I though were just brutal.  They gave homework on Fridays and test on Tuesdays, now who does that?  No, I am not going to talk about school teachers today.

In my opinion, the most brutal teacher that you will ever run into, is "experience".  Experience can be a brutal teacher if you don't learn a lesson.  If you think back over your life, I can assure you that life has taught you a lot about that teacher.  Once you began to go through that journey called life "experience" will ultimately be your best teacher.   If you don't learn by experience you will not learn your lesson.

Experience taught me that not everyone in the church that says, "hallelujah" will treat you like a Christian.  Experience has taught me that not everyone you come in contact with can be called your friend, they are acquaintances. I have been taught that doing recreational drugs can quickly become a habit and will start a downward spiral in your life.  I quickly learned that every man that says "I love you", really means "until we finish".  I had to learn that "I do", only meant "for now".  I quickly learned that just because we have a child together, didn't mean we were a family.  I was pushed into learning that forgiveness can sometimes only go one way.  An abortion does not make you feel better, it will just make you think of the possibility that is no longer there for the world.

I learned that God loves me no matter what I've done.  I have experienced the move of the Holy Spirit in my life.  I learned that prayer does change a lot of things.  I learned that if I just seek and His righteousness first, all things will be added to me.  I have experienced God changing my childrens circumstances around for His glory.  I have first hand experience that if I trust God with all my heart then He will move mountains on my behalf.  I have learned how to trust God in the midst of a storm in my life.  I know what it's like to experience speaking in an unknown tongues.

Here's the message: Look in the mirror and call yourself a teacher.  What qualifies you to tell your children about life? EXPERIENCE!  What qualifies you to minister to someone on the street? EXPERIENCE!

MIDST OF CHAOS

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank the Lord for each of you daily, and "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry".  I speak blessings of joy and love into your lives and that the Lord God Almighty will meet your needs and wants on today.

Woman of God, chaos does not mean that God is mad at you or that you have done something wrong.  This world is full of chaos because it belongs to Satan.  Chaos keep you where God can work with you.  It builds your faith and confidence in God.  Without chaos in your life we would never go to God in prayer.  It's in the middle of chaos, when God does His best work on you.  He works on your character, your finances, marriage and children.  It's in the midst of chaos when we fall down on our knees and cry out in spiritual warfare.  It's in the midst of chaos when your spirit can get in sync with God.

In the midst of chaos, the disciples had to believe that Jesus was the Son of God.  Joseph was in the midst of chaos when he was sold into slavery by his brothers; but God used him to become a great chief.  Joseph later saved the town from a great famine in the land.  In the midst of chaos is when the woman with the issue of blood just touched the hem of Jesus' garment and was immediately healed.  In the midst of chaos is when Jesus Christ died and rose again for your sins.

God is using your chaos to be a blessing to someone else.  Because when you come out of your storm you will be a victorious woman.  You can reach down and pull someone else out of chaos.  The next times that you feel like you are in the midst of chaos, thank and praise God, because He knows your situation and He will bring you out.  God knows that you can handle your chaos.  He knows that you will praise Him in the midst of all your chaos.  Be still and know that He is GOD!

(Matthew 14:27-29)  But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.  And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.  And he said, Come. and when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on water, to go to Jesus.

Two sentences I want you to focus on in those scriptures: Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. Come.  LET US PRAY!

Heavenly Father, I thank and praise You for Your grace and mercy upon me.  Lord, help me to remember that you are in the midst of my chaos.  Lord, while I am waiting on you, I will be of good cheer and not be afraid, in Jesus name, Amen!

COMPLETE OR COMPETE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God.

I pray that you are all in great health and spiritually growing daily.  I thank the Lord for "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry" and that you have decided to be a part of.

Why do we find it so hard to complement each other? We seem to find it easier to tear each other down, in any way possible. Sometimes we know that if we say certain things it will hurt, but we do it anyway. Then somehow we try to justify it. Women compete over so many trivial things (men, hair, clothes, shoes, jewelry). We are in a time where we need to learn how to comfort and embrace one another.  I say this because we are supposed to be a peculiar type of people, different than the world.  People should be looking at you and inquiring how they can have the same type of love for people that you do.  Wondering why, you don’t have an attitude about something that they feel you should.  It’s okay to be peculiar, sanctified (set aside for God’s purpose).

Woman of God, you cannot do this unless you love yourself.  If you love yourself, just the way you are you will find it much easier to complement any woman.  You have to get into a place where you are comfortable with who you are.  God made you and you are perfect.  God did not make anything ugly or leave anything undone.  He formed every part of you while you were still in your mother’s womb.  He knew what color to make your eyes so that they fit perfectly with your face so you can see the enemy coming.  Your complexion is the perfect shade of color. Your lips are just the right size to speak the very words of God.  The hairs on your head are numbered one by one; it covers your head as a crown. Your ears are the perfect size so you can hear the voice of the Lord.  Your hands were shaped perfectly to hold your children.  Your legs were shaped and made strong enough to stand in the face of adversities.  You are perfect and everything about you is perfect.  Love yourself even if you feel that no one else does, because at the end of the day, you are the only you you’ve got.

It’s time for you to look in the mirror and determine to tell yourself, “I’m beautiful and I’m perfect!  Now that you have done this, you can easily complement another woman on her beauty.  It’s nothing wrong with that.  It means you are now complete and don’t have to compete.  LET US PRAY!

Heavenly Father, I thank You for forming me in perfection.  Lord, teach me how to love myself, so that I can love others.  Lord, I want to feel complete in You.  Lord, I am overjoyed when I think about how You created me; I’m me because You love me, in Jesus name, Amen.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT

God Bless You, Mighty Woman of God!

I speak blessings of peace, love and joy upon your life.  I speaking blessings of the Lord will overtake you as you seek Him daily.

(Daniel 10: 12-13) The he continued, "Do not be afraid, Daniel, Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.  But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty one days.  Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.

Woman of God, I will give you the understanding of that scripture as the Holy Spirit gives it to me.  I want you to understand that scripture, because it is one of the reasons why God wants us to be prayerful at all times.  Daniel was an interpreter of dreams.  The king had many dreams that he did not understand and they vexed his mind.  He was told that Daniel could interpret any of his dreams and Daniel did so, only after he had prayed to God for the answer.  Daniel had been praying for the interpretation of a particular dream that the king had.  Now in this scripture, Gabriel tells Daniel that the moment he started praying God heard him and Gabriel was to deliver the message.  The prince of Persian is Satan.  Gabriel is telling Daniel that he had been fighting in the spirit realm for 21 days and Gabriel had to get the chief prince angel Michael to help him.

Now, I want you to understand that there is always a fight in the spirit realm over you.  Sometimes the things that you have prayed to God for might take some spiritual warfare.  That is what was happening to Gabriel while trying to bring Daniels message from God.  There are times in your life were the issues that you have brought before God will take some spiritual warfare.  Your blessings may be held up because of Satan (the prince of Persian).  You need to have the wisdom to know when you need to fight.  Daniel continued to pray until he got an answer from God.  You need to pray until something happens.  God wants you to know that he heard your prayer but this time you are going to have to fight and not flight.  When you recognize that the enemy is in your territory messing up your stuff, you need to fight and not flight.  Don't ever let the enemy gain a foothold in your life, over your children, over your finances or your mind, fight and don't flight.  God have given us the weapons of warfare to fight the enemy and Yes, the angels in heaven are fighting for you. Praise God!  LET US PRAY!

Heavenly Father, I am praying for the women in the ministry today.  Lord, I am praying for them to have strength in You.  Lord, I speak the power of the Holy Spirit upon them in the name of Jesus.  Father, I pray for their mindset on today, that they keep their minds stayed on You.  I speak blessings of favor upon their lives in the name of Jesus.  And by the power of the Holy Spirit given to me I rebuke the enemy in their homes in the mighty name of Jesus.  Lord that you be glorified in their lives, Amen.

ARE YOU WHOLE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I speak blessings of peace and joy into your life on today.  May the power of the Holy Spirit continue to guide you and make your paths straight.

What is wholeness?  Sometimes it takes a long time maybe even centuries to not only learn but develop wholeness in our lives.  There's our childhood which guides us through to our adulthood.  It is in our adulthood where we begin to learn about ourselves.  We learn about the things we enjoy doing as well as the things we prefer not to be solely involved.  We go through difference changes and challenges with having children and employment.  In some cases, our children have the ability to make us seem whole, but once they leave the home are you still whole?  In some cases, our profession that we've chosen seem to make us feel whole, but if you lose that job, are you still whole?  In another instance, our marriage may make us feel whole, but if you get divorced, are you still whole?

Woman of God, I would like to attempt to get you to a level of wholeness within yourself.  Neither of those examples should make a woman feel whole.  It has to be something that God has placed on the inside of you that will make you feel wholeness.  I have learned that God has not only given us a measure of faith but also a talent.  That particular talent is what makes a woman achieve wholeness.  I believe that any talent that God has imparted in us has to be brought out to enable that wholeness to be fulfilled.  God did that on purpose.  Without God you will never find out what talent He has given you and therefore never reaching your full potential as a woman; therefore you will never achieve wholeness.

Wholeness is achieving a level in the inside of you that makes you feel like if you are not doing that particular thing, you feel empty.  You have to find that which God has placed on the inside of you to make you feel like you are living.  It is the difference between living or just existing.  No person, place or thing can make you feel whole.  People, places and things can pass away or cease to existence, therefore you cannot depend on them to get you to the level of wholeness.  If you have not yet achieved that level of wholeness in your life, pray and ask the Lord to reveal it to you.  Ask the Lord, what you should be doing to glorify Him.  Your wholeness depends on finding Gods given talent in you.  LET US PRAY!

Heavenly Father, I thank and give you all praise and honor on today.  Lord I ask you to reveal to me the talent that you have placed in me to use for your glory.  Lord, I pray that you help me to reach a level of wholeness in my life.  Lord, I realize that people can't make me happy, I have to depend solely on you.  Lord, I want to learn how to use the talent that you have given me, in Jesus name, Amen.

IN LOVE WITH LOVE

Good Morning, Mighty Women of God!

I thank God for you and the ministry, "Spiritual Growth for Women," God is definitely up to something as the ministry continues to grow.

Well, it's time to talk about me.  I don't mind doing it because I have to let you know that no matter what the circumstance is in your life, God can turn it around, it you are a willing vessel.  I also think that God is renewing my spirit every time I am honest with you about my struggles.

If you have been reading my blogs since January, you might have realized that I have often spoken about my marriage.  The thing that I have not spoken to you about is something that I don't feel proud of in many ways.  I have talked about being in an abusive marriage.  I have talked about my husband that passed away, and about my current husband.  I got married when I was 17 years old, he was in the Navy and the distance didn't work out.  My oldest son, Joseph came out of that marriage.  We had joint custody and they have a great relationship to this day.  My second marriage was because I didn't think I deserved any better.  My daughter Brittnae was born in that marriage.  He was abusive and I got on drugs and in the world for a long time.  My third marriage came because my late husband helped me get out of the abusive relationship.  I felt obligated, but loved him.  I spent 12 years with him and didn't let him get to know me until six months before he passed away.  I am currently married and I really want to get this right.  I mean the love and everything.

I realized that I was in love with the idea of being in love.  I don't really know what all that entails because of the fact that I never really gave it a chance.  I was starting to when my husband passed away, but do to past hurts and disappointments, very fearful.  That is the kind of hurt that I could not deal with or ever forget.  I was never really in love.  But do we really know what that means?  I think movies really throw us for a loop with that one.

Anyway, I am learning how to keep my guard down and get to know my husband.  I love him but I am still holding something back, that says, "you can't touch this part of me."  I have started listening to the Lord more concerning this situation.  My husband takes very good care of me and my son.  There is nothing he won't do for me.  He comes to me full of excitement about his class and I sometimes don't even look at him when he's talking to me.  God is working on that part of me.  I have to start looking at him and stop looking at the t.v. for a chance.  He's excited and whether or not I share the same excitement, I should be happy about anything that makes him happy.  I am learning alot about him and I am trying to let him get to know me.  You see, I don't want to be in love with the idea of being in love; I want to really be in love.  He is my husband and I decided seven years ago that I didn't want to make the same mistakes I did before.  I wanted another chance to get it right and God has given that to me, now I have to do the rest.  It's hard, but I'm okay with that.

My message through all of this is:  What is love to you?  Sharing, share yourself, take a chance, trust God for your husband.

IT'S TIME TO CHOSE

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank God for each of you and "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry".  May God continue to bless you and your family.

(1Cor. 15:33-34) Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character.  Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God, I say this to your shame.

I have heard someone say that they were a Christian but were not practicing at the moment.  What does that mean?  Not practicing.  In my opinion, it simply means that they consider themselves to be a Christian, but at the moment they are just doing their own thing.  And whenever they decided to be practicing Christians again, then they will ultimately have to change there behavior.  It's not just Christians, I have heard someone tell me that they spouse was Muslim, but not practicing at the time.  I just don't understand how that works.  The only thing that I can think of is that they believe that they have a choice on when to glorify God and when not to glorify God.  Now are you a Christian on Sunday and Monday through Friday you allow the enemy to have free reign over your life?

Woman of God, don't be misled, if you are keeping company with Satan Monday through Saturday, he is still with you on Sunday.  As I stated before, the devil will go with you to church.  Only in the movies, is he afraid of churches.  He does not care about you attended church services once a week, because he knows you are his the rest of the days.  You cannot play both sides of the fence, you have to make a conscience discussion to either follow Christ or Satan.  Suppose Christ comes back on a Tuesday, I guess that will leave you out of the Kingdom of Heaven.  I don't mean to sound so harsh but sometimes reality is very harsh.  I want you to be free from the wiles of the devil and claim to be a Christian every day of the week.  I also want you to understand that being a Christian is not a religion, it is an action word.  Simply meaning to be Christ-like, or at least striving towards that goals on a daily basis.  I understand that sin is in the world and we are all sinners in the eyes of God, but we can at least strive towards perfection.

If you are not going to strive to be Christ-like seven days a week than please don't make matters worst by saying, you are a Christian, but not practicing at the moment, it makes us practicing Christians look bad.  I am not going to apologize if I have offended someone today, that just means that you are on the right track in deciding to be a practicing Christian.  If you are totally committed to God than He is totally committed to keeping you His.  Jesus says, He doesn't want to leave not one sheep behind, you are His sheep and He wants you.  Make a choice, determine to strive to be more like Christ on a daily basis.  Try to keep company with people that have the same goal as you do, when it comes to Christianity.  If possible, attend church more than once a week and always read the Word of God.  This will no doubt keep you on the right track.  It may be time for you to change people, places, and things in your life.  If you have strayed away from the Lord, let's make today a day of restoration.  Rededicate your life to Christ, He's waiting for you.  LET US PRAY!

Heavenly Father, I give you praise on today and I thank you for loving me.  Lord, remove anything from me that you can't use for your glory.  Lord, I don't want to just practice to be more like you but I want to strive towards perfection.  Forgive me Lord if I have not presented myself to be a child of God, in Jesus name, Amen.