LET GO AND LET GOD

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank God for each of you and pray for you daily.  I know that God is still in the blessing business because of your positive testimonies.  Praise God.

I was reading a book this morning and the author was stating that a lot of times we say we trust God, but we don't give Him the steering wheel of our lives.  Then I was reminded of an incident that happened to me years ago.

One day I was on my way to work with my youngest son in a car seat.  I had to drop him off at the babysitters house, then park my car in a parking lot, then catch the train.  It was very cold that day and it snowed the day before.  The streets were very wet, but I was driving very cautiously.  I was going down a hill and right in front of me I could see that the road appeared to be wet.  As I approached the point where the road seemed to have water, I realized that it was a sheet of ice.  I quickly hit my breaks and then the car starting sliding.  I lost control over my wheel.  Right in front of me was a ditch and a large street light pole, my car was headed right towards it.  I thought to myself that I was going to be in the hospital and I thought about my baby in the car seat.  There was no way that I was going to miss hitting that pole.  I took my hands off the steering wheel and said JESUS!  That's all I said, was JESUS!

The moment I said those words, my car shifted and the wheel turned, my car turned around completely and I ended up in the same direction that I was going in the first place.  I kid you not, this really happened.  I couldn't believe it.  I was motionless.  I was in shock for a few minutes.  Then all of a sudden, I started praising God and rebuking the devil.  I laughed all the way to the babysitters house.  I laughed at the devil and said, "You tried to kill me".  I kept laughing and praising God.

So that's my story, let go of the things that you cannot control.  Let God steer your life and He will steer you in the right direction.  Laugh at the devil when he tries to disrupt your life.  Laugh at him and praise God for the victory over your circumstance.  GOD BLESS YOU!

THE HOLY SPIRIT

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank the Lord for you and thank you for reading my blogs.

(Matthew 28:17-20), When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.  Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity.  Depending on what type of teaching that you have had concerning the Holy Spirit, you may or may not have an understanding of exactly who the Holy Spirit is and what is His job.  The Holy Spirit is not a thing.  According to what I believe, what I have read in the bible and have experienced, the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I want to tell you a short story.  It was my turn to give to the congregation the Word of God.  I studied and prepared for it all week.  I took notes that I thought were going to be good.  Well, that Sunday, because of a train, I was running late.  I forgot my notes.  I told my daughter to drive in order to write whatever I could remember about the notes that I had prepared.  When I got to church, I sat in the front row and the whole time, I am totally nervous because I forgot my original notes.  I only had a couple of sentences or key points with me.  When the pastor introduced me, I went to the pulpit and forgot my notes in the chair next to me.  I was sweating bullets.  I didn't want to go back to get them, I just stared at them, sitting in that chair.  After a few seconds I heard the Holy Spirit say, "You don't need your notes".  Well, I didn't have time to debate with the Holy Spirit or explain to Him why I thought that I needed them, so I prayed and went forth with the message. 

That was the day that I found out that the Holy Spirit was definitely in me.  I was obedient and listened to every word that He whispered in my ear.  I was astounded at the words that were coming out of my mouth.  That was the best message I had ever preached.  My dad came to hear the word that Sunday, so I was a little nervous.  It was also my birthday.  I got the best birthday present from the Lord that I could have every dreamed of or could even imagine.  I allowed the Holy Spirit to have His way.  I had no choice.  After the message, I heard the Holy Spirit say, "It's not about you."

In the Old Testament, God the Father, walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  He spoke to Noah and gave detailed messages to the Prophets of the bible.  In the New Testament, after Jesus Christ of Nazareth was born until Mary and Joseph, he gave His life for us.  We then came under a new covenant with Jesus Christ.  The bible says, "No one comes to the Father, except through the Son of God."  After Jesus Christ arose and ascended up to Heaven, He says that He would not leave use comfortless.  He will send the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is here on earth with us.  The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus tells the disciples, "At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

(John 16:7-8), But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.  Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.  When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:  THE HOLY SPIRIT.

The Holy Spirit is the One that gives you spiritual gifts and will teach you how to use them to glory God.  The Holy Spirit is uses you when you are speaking in tongues.  The Holy Spirit knows exactly what you are saying, when you are speaking in tongues to God.  I want you to understand that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord Jesus is here on earth with you, if you believe what the bible says concerning His role in your life.  If you don't, you will be lost.  The bibles says that God forgives all sins, except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.  Once you grasp the fullness of the Holy Spirit's work in your life, you will never be the same.  PRAISE GOD!  GOD BLESS YOU!

GOD'S MERCY

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank God for each of you and pray that you are growing spiritually in the Lord Jesus Christ.  I speak blessings of peace upon your lives and pray that your needs and wants are met by the Lord.

(1 Peter 5:10-11), But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.  To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Woman of God, I want to talk to you about God's mercy.  The bible says that, God's mercy endures forever.  I want to teach you a little bit about what having God's mercy on a day to day basis really means for you.  Everyday that you have been giving another day to live, God had chosen you and had mercy on you.  When things go wrong in your life or it seems if the Lord God has stopped listening to your prayers, that is when you have to realize that God's mercy is keeping you strong.

Now, here's the catch.  No one really wants to talks about God's wrath on us when we are disobedient.  When you are going through what seems like pure hell if your life, you tend to look towards the scriptures that only speak of God's goodness and what God promises will do for you.  My sister, you have to also look at what God says about punishment for being disobedient, having no prayer life, not worshipping Him, and even the evil thoughts that you have towards someone else.  The bible says, that God knows your thoughts and heart even before you speak what is in your heart.

I want you to realize that there are consequences for your behavior.  If you disobeyed your parents your would be punished in the way that they felt necessary for your behavior.  Your heavenly Father is the same way.  There is a punishment or reward according to your behavior and attitude.  If you are not a good steward over your finances, which God gives you, you will have to suffer the consequences of your behavior.  Even in this society, a thief and murderer will go to jail for their behavior, they have to suffer the consequences.

I have heard a lot of people that are in bad situations or their circumstances have changed from good to bad, or from bad to worst; wonder is God mad at them.  The answer is "No".  God is your heavenly Father and you have to go through some things to learn how to be obedient to His Word.  God wants you to learn from your mistakes.  He is not a God that is sitting in heaven, just waiting for you to mess up.  To be perfectly honest, if that were the case, we would suffer all the time and there would be no joy in our lives.  You have been put on this earth for God's purpose and a plan that He has for you.  Going through bad times could often mean that God wants to get you to another level in Him.  Remember, God always has a plan and a purpose for your situation.

The things that I want you to understand is that while you are going through your valley, ask the Lord God to have mercy upon you.  While you are suffering the consequences of whatever you have done or have not done, pray for God to have mercy upon you.  The bible says that, even the elect of God has to be accountable for his/her behavior.  You have to be accountable for your behavior.   Ask the Lord to reveal to you what lesson you have to learn during your time of suffering.  If you don't learn a lesson you will repeat the same cycle and you will repeat the same suffering.  The above scripture says, after you have gone through a little while that God will establish and strengthen you.

The last thing that I want to let you know is to never let the enemy see you sweat.  What I mean by this is don't have a pity party.  God does not go to pity parties.  God always attends praise parties.  If you have someone that you can talk to that can lift you up spiritually, call that person.  Don't call the person that will join in on your pity party.  I pray that this message will be of help to someone today.  GOD BLESS YOU!

HOW DID I GET HERE?

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!
I pray that you have been blessed by "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry" and the Lord's messages.  I speak peace into your lives and pray that your relationship with the Lord is growing during your spiritual journey.

You were raised in the church.  Your parents went every chance they had the opportunity.  You sang in the choir and went to church revivals.  You have a voice for the Lord and you read your bible faithfully.  You prayed for others and watched as the Lord God did miraculous things in their lives.  The only time you weren't in church was when the doors were locked.  You had a personally relationship with the Lord.  There was no way that you would even think of living your life without His presence.

A woman's downfall always seems to be a man, or significant other.  Satan knows that one by heart.  He doesn't even have to doubt whether or not you will fall when he sends the right person in your direction.  We get blind-sided by love, lust, loneliness, money and other things that will not last in the long run.  You are not with someone that used to care about you, when you first met.  Your love for him has not changed but his love for you have turned into emotional and mental abuse.  He moved into your home with you or you and your children and now he just stops by.  You don't know where he is for days, but when he shows up with the perfect story, you are all of a sudden just happy to see him.  You don't want to mention where's he's been and that womans intuition tells you that he is definitely lying about whatever comes out of his mouth.  You don't say anything, in fear that he will leave for a couple of more days again.

He somehow convinces you that you are just a jealous person and are out of your mind.  The truth is, you are out of your mind because you keep going through the same thing over and over again, hoping that things will change.  Things will not change for him, because he's happy.  Things won't change for you, because you have been blinded by the enemy.  You know it, but fear keeps you in that strange circle of a relationship.  You have been told that he is the best thing you will ever have.  No one else will treat you better and you will be alone.  For some reason, you have not realized that you are already alone and a good man will never treat you the way that he does. 

All of a sudden, you realize that you don't even know where your bible is and you don't have one gospel song to listen to.  What happened?  How did I get here?  When did I let go of Jesus?  Will Jesus forgive me and accept me back? 

I have asked myself those same questions.  The only answer I could come up with was that Jesus would forgive me and take me back if I ask Him. I have to run and not walk to Him, begging Jesus to have mercy on me.  Pleading with Him to help me out of the relationship with a man that will take me to hell with him, if I don't find my way back.  I no longer asked myself, how did I get here, I just wanted to know if I could make it back.  I stopped looking for a man to make me me happy, I had to wait for God to send me a man of God.

Sometimes you can go through this life so fast, that you will forget what is really important.  God has a purpose for you, way before you were conceived and the enemy has a way of taking you for the detour of you life. God's purpose and perfect will for your life will ultimately get the victory if you have started and the right place, you won't have to ask yourself, "how did I get here?"  Just know that you don't have to stay there.  GOD BLESS YOU!

FINAL DESTINATION

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord on today.  May God bless you with all of your needs and wants on today.

(2 Corinthians 4:18), "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

When life gets tough, when you're overwhelmed with doubt, or when you wonder if living for Christ is worth the effort, remember that you are not home yet.  At death you won't leave home, you will go home.  For those of you that are Christians or living your life to be Christ-like, remember that we are strangers in this land.  This earth is not our home, we are visitors, foreigners.  When you leave this earth it is not the end of your life, it is just the beginning.  The bible says, that in heaven there are many mansions and Christ has prepared a place for you.

 

 

Now, here is reality.  Some people live each day like it is the last day on earth.  You have decided to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, but you don't spend any time to commune with Him.  It was just words to say at the time, or because everyone else in your row at church gave their life to the Lord you didn't want to be sitting by yourself.  When you decided to accept Christ as your Savior you also made a covenant with Him.  You are supposed to be at least attempting to live a life of holiness.  I do realize that temptation is always lurking at your door, but you have to pray and spend time with the Lord to make those tempting moments a little more bearable to overcome.  If you spend more time with the Lord, you will be lifted up above temptation and might not even notice.

Righteousness is not a hard thing to obtain.  The bibles says, "No one is righteous".  But you can be counted righteous before God.  Abraham was counted righteous in God's eye, because of his obedience and faith in the Lord God.  Job was counted righteous before God, because no matter what Satan took away from Job, Job did not curse God.  It's time for us Christians to stand up for what we believe to be right according to the Word of God.  We compromise too many times when we know something is wrong, we say nothing.  You cannot act anyway you please, because you were bought with a price and the price of the blood of Jesus Christ was not cheap.  Therefore, you are supposed to be here on earth working for Christ, for your crown which is in heaven.  There is nothing here on earth that is worth more that what God has in stored for you in Heaven with Him.

Before you reach your "final destination", which is in heaven, you are should try to live a life of Christianity.  You are a stranger in this land and you should not be conforming to the way of the world.  Everyone smokes weed, so you compromise.  Everybody has pre-marital sex, so you compromise.  You think that you can put God in the closet while you are sinning, you are sadly mistaken.  The bible says, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.  Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?" Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you.  Away from me, you evildoers!"

I think a lot about the above scripture, those are words that I will never want to hear from the Lord.  I am not judging you, just trying to help.  I am not boasting about myself, just trying to do whatever I can; so that I do not hear Jesus say those words to me when I have reached my 'final destination'.  And when I reach my 'final destination', my prayer is that I will see you there in your mansion.  MAY GOD BLESS YOU!

TAMING THE TONGUE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I bless the Lord for each of you and pray that you are growing each day during your spiritual journey with the Lord Jesus Christ.  Today message may sting a little bit, but as always, I ask that you keep an open mind.  God bless you.

(James 3:7-10), People can tame all kinds of animals and birds and reptiles and fish, but no one can tame the tongue.  It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison.  Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it breaks out into curses against those who have been made in the image of God.  And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth.  Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!

Have you ever said something to someone and immediately you wish you could take it back?  You wish you could just grab the words out of the air, before they reach their destination.  The thing about speaking words out of your mouth is that you can never catch the words once they leave your mouth.  You can eventually apologize for the things that you have said that may have harm someone, but the words still have power.  The bible says, "There is life and death in the power of the tongue".  You can easily speak blessings upon someone or even in your own life, as well as curse someone or yourself.

Think of yourself in worship service at church or in prayer; you are blessing the Lord God and  praying to Him with all your soul.  You may even speak in tongues at some point while praising God, then as soon as church is over, you go home and curse your children out.  God is saying that this should not be so.  I don't use profanity at all, I use to curse like a sailor, so to say.  But I don't use profanity because God has delivered me from that type of poison on my tongue.  Now that I often pray for people and sometimes deliver a prophetic word to people I don't want to do want that scripture says we should not do.  Once I read that scripture, it made a lot of sense to me, because of how the Lord uses me to comfort others.

Woman of God, let me just go over a few things with you today.  If you are a Christian, your ministry and testimony about the Lord, begins with you.  Your character and the words that come out of your mouth should be a testimony about who Jesus Christ is in your life.  You cannot bless someone in  the church, then curse someone on your job.  Profanity and a woman of God does not go together.  In my opinion a lady does not use profanity.  If you cannot get your point across to someone without using profanity, then you need to broaden your vocabulary.  Also, the scripture is not only referring to profanity, it also refers to gossipping and lying.  As a Christian, you should try to be very careful of the words that come out of your mouth.  Yes, the tongue is very hard to tame, but it is always better to try your best to please God by following the scriptures (the manuscript for Christian living).

I have read some of your facebook comments/posts.  I have observed that some of you will post a scripture or word of encouragement on your page, then later on in the day, you will post comments that will mess up your testimony that you posted earlier, this should not be.  If you want to bless people that read your facebook comments, then you have to be very careful not to discourage them by posting something that is not godly on your page.  This also destroys your testimony. 

DEALING WITH A LOST OF LOVED ONE

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I thank God for each of you and continue to pray for you daily.  I speak peace and joy upon you my sisters, and may the Lord God bless you with your needs and wants.

(Isaiah 57:1-2), The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.  Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.

One of the first things some people tend to do when when a family member or friend passes away, is wonder why God did not heal them, or save them from death.  When someone that you love pass away from an illness, you are able to accept it a little better.  When a loved passes away suddenly, maybe an accidental death, or at the hands of someone else, you tend to take the lose a little harder, because it was unexpectedly.

Sometimes even Christians that have totally put their faith in the Lord, might find themselves mad at God because they will miss their loved one.  You might be upset with the Lord because you think that He should have spared your son/daughter, friend or another family member from death.  You don't understand how a God that is full of compassion and love can take away a small child.

Understanding that God is love can help you to understand that God knows everything, and maybe, just maybe He is intent on saving your loved one from a life of turmoil or other tragedies.  Nothing can ever prepare you for the lost of a loved one.  No matter how much faith you have in God.  The most that you can hope for is that your loved one knows Jesus Christ as their Savior.  Knowing Jesus Christ and having total faith in Him, we know that this world is not our home, we are inevitably going to go to our eternal home, which is in heaven.  The bible says, "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.  My Father will honor the one who serves me.  If you are grieving the lost of a loved one, try to ponder on the above scripture, I pray that you will receive some comfort.  Think on that scripture when you are missing your loved one and try to smile because of God's promise.  I was very sad when my husband passed away, but I knew that he was resting in the Lord.  My husband was a man of God, therefore I have no reason to doubt that he is with the Lord.  I watched him get sick and suffer in his body, then God said, "that's enough", and called his son home.

In the First Book of Corinthians, the entire fifteenth chapter ministers about the resurrection of Christ, the resurrection of the dead and the resurrection body. I have included some of the verses for you to read, but I urge you to read the chapter in detail when you have the time.  (1 Corinthians 15:42-44), So will it be with the resurrection of the dead.  The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.  If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

I don't like to watch too much local news, because of the stupidity that people do that end up in someones passing away. Parents are still leaving their children in the cars during heat warnings. People are still taking guns to school. Pedophiles are still raping and killing other peoples children. Those things sadden me a lot.  GOD BLESS YOU!