PONDERING ON THE PAST

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I speak blessings of peace and joy upon your life. No matter what you are going through in your life that the Lord is working it out for your good.

 

(Philippians 3:13-14), Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

Woman of God, the Lord wants you to keep pressing forward towards Him.  Yesterday is the past and whatever you have done wrong, keep pressing towards the present.  Whatever issues you have had to deal with, keep pressing forwards towards Him, which is your high calling.  Sometimes at the end of the day, we all tend to look back and ponder over all the things that we did earlier.  We think about what we could have done to make something better or we ponder on what we could have done to make someone else's life better.  Did you say the wrong thing?  Did you do the wrong things?  Why is this person mad at us?  Whatever the question is at the end of the day, don't ponder on it, it is the end of the day.  You can never go back.  Don't ponder on the broken promises that you have made to the Lord.  He already knew it was going to happen, so He is not mad about it.  So Christ is not sitting at the right hand of God the Father, saying, "I didn't know she would do that, she caught me be surprise".

 

Maybe you have done something so horrible in your past and you are constantly asking for the Lord's forgiveness.  He has already forgiven you, you have to forgive yourself.  That is the past and the Lord does not want you to ponder on the past.  The Lord's desire for you is that you press towards the mark and finish the race that you have already started.  This is the one thing that Paul does, reaching for the things that are ahead of him.  You have to reach towards the blessings that God has for you.  If you are pondering on the past, then you are looking backwards and you cannot see what God has for your future (what's in your future).

 

Always try to do better each day that the Lord has blessed you with another day.  But never ponder on what has already happened.  Pray for the Lord's forgiveness and move on, that is what the Lord is doing, forgetting and moving you on to the future.  If you have done something or said something that doesn't sit well with you at the end of the day, you should apologize to that person and keep moving forward.  Pondering on a horrible past or things that you may have lost or gained because of your past, move forward.  The Lord is not pondering on your past, you should not ponder on your past either. PRAISE GOD! AMEN!

GOD'S COMPASS

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all blessed on today.  I speak blessings of peace and joy upon your life and may the Lord continue to be with you as you seek after Him.

(Proverbs 3:1-6), My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; For the length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around you neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man.  Trust in the Lord with all heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

When I was in the Girl Scouts, we would often go on camping trips.  One of the things that we had to have in our packs was a compass.  A compass will get you where to need to be whenever you are going in the wrong direction.  If you do not have a compass, you will have to rely on your own knowledge of directions.

The first part of the scripture the Lord is admonishing us to remember what He has said in His word by reading the Word of God and keep in close to your heart.  You cannot keep His commands in your heart if you don't know what the Word of God says.  The length of your days does not necessary mean that you will live until you are ninety years old, but the Lord is saying that as long as you live His peace will be with you all the days of your life.  Don not let mercy and truth forsake you; bind them in your heart means to always stay connected with the Lord by having the ability to remember scriptures (what the Word says) about your situation.  Doing that will keep you in the favor of God and you will be highly esteemed.  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding, acknowledge the Lord in everything that you do and He shall direct your paths.  Meaning the Lord's understanding is far more than we could ever imagine, so don't try to understand why the Lord is working the way He is concerning your circumstances.  Acknowledge Him, meaning pray daily making your request known to Him, praise and worship and He will be your compass giving directions for your life.

Woman of God, the Word of God (your bible) is God's compass.  Read your bible everyday, study your bible everyday and you will not get lost but you will know which direction the Lord wants you to take.  PRAISE THE LORD!  AMEN!

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ACCORDING TO . . .

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I speak blessings of peace upon you in the name of Jesus Christ.  By the power given to me by the Holy Spirit, I speak the blessings of joy will overtake 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 their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. (Ephesians 3:20), Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

The Lord wants you to be able to read, understand and keep it in your heart about the power that you have been given through His Son Jesus Christ.  Before Christ touched the men eyes, He first asked the question, did they believe that He was able to heal them.  The reason why Jesus asked them the question was so that they would publicly declare that He was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Messiah, the Anointed One. Jesus knew how they felt about Him and what they had believed, He just wanted them to announce their belief to everyone else.  There reply was a simple, "Yes." After Jesus touched their eyes it was very important that the had faith.  According to their faith, they were healed.

 

Woman of God, the Lord is speaking to you today.  According to your faith is what you will receive from the Lord.  If you have big faith you will receive big blessings.  If you only believe the Lord for the small things, then that is what you will receive from Him.  Notice the word according to their faith.  If they did not have enough faith in Jesus, they would not have been healed.  We serve a big God and He is able to do exceeding and above all that we can even think or imagine.

 

The last part of Ephesians, the Lord Jesus Christ had again spoken the word according.  He is saying that you have power over every obstacle, bad situations and circumstances in your life.  Once Christ died for your sins, you were given power by the Holy Spirit.  You must have no doubt in your heart or mind when it comes to receiving the power of the Holy Spirit that is working in your life today.  Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and sent the Holy Spirit in His place.  The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus Christ.  You have to believe that you have power in order to shake the devil off of you, your marriage, your family, your job and your children.  You have to believe, unwavering that you have power.  You will only have as much power that you believe you have (according to the power that worketh in you.  Meaning according to how much power you believe you have. The bible says that you have been given all power to tread over (serpents) demons.

 

A short story about believing God for the big blessing.  I am not a materialistic person, but I lived in Chicago and took the Metro Train to work everyday.  I also notice all the women on the platform with their furs and they looked warm. I ask the Lord for a fur coat.  His answer to me was, "Is that all you want?"  Never in a million years did I think that He would not only give me a fur coat, but it was given to me for free.  A mink coat with a fox trimming.  My mentor called me to her house one day and began to shower me with a lot of her beautiful suits, then she came out of the room with a beautiful fur coat and said, "For all that you have done for me, I want to bless you with this coat".  I thanked God for the longest.  I couldn't praise Him enough.  Not only did I have that one fur coat, that was half in length, a month later my mother sent me her full length fox fur coat.  She didn't have use for it in Las Vegas.

 

Woman of God, it's time for yo to start believing the Lord for the big things.  According to your faith is what you will receive.  Start believing God for the big things in your life.  Stop thinking small because we serve a God that owns everything.  Stop believing God for just a job, be specific about the type of job that you desire to have and according to your faith is what you will receive.  God's desires to open up the windows of heaven and pour you out blessings, but if you only have your window cracked or partly open you are not going to be able to receive all that He has for you.  One other thing that I need to give a word about.  I am a prayer warrior and a prophetess, I believe that I do have power to speak a word into your life, but I also know that it is only through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Those of you that I have had the opportunity to pray with over the phone, know that because of the power of the Holy Spirit's gift, I have been able to reveal certain things in your life without you telling me.  It is because God wants you to know that it is He that is operating in me.  He does that because He wants you to know that He is does exists.  PRAISE THE LORD! AMEN!

RENEWAL...CLEAN HEART

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are going to receive today's message from the Holy Spirit.  I speak blessing of peace upon your life on today.

 

(Psalms 51:10-12), Create in me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me.  Cast me not away from they presence; and take not they Holy Spirit from me.  Restore unto me the joy of they salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

 

Woman of God, one thing that I have learned is that we should daily go before the Lord asking Him to create a clean heart within us.  The reason is that everyday we have things in our heart that we should not have.  It could be places that we go, things that we said and even things that we did not say but thought in our hearts.  When you pray, you should always ask for forgiveness of your sins the things that you have done and even the things that you thought in your heart.  The bible says that even the things that we think in our hearts is sinning against the Lord.

 

We should ask God to renew our spirit daily because we will always need our spirit within us to be renewed.  You cannot live on yesterday's anointing or renewal you must ask for renewal as often as you ask for the forgiveness of your sins.  You need the Lord to cleanse you heart from any evil thoughts and therefore your spirit will be renewed.  David is also praying to God that although he has and will mess up, he is praying that God will not take the Holy Spirit away from him.  David understood that the Holy Spirit had to stay with him in order for him to live right and be under God's protection.  So David is simply saying, "God I know that I do wrong but please don't take your presence from me.  David was considered a friend of God, according to the bible.  He knew how to repent and how to pray to God for forgiveness, a clean heart and a right spirit.

 

In order for you to be a living testimony for the Lord, you will have to have a clean heart, which also means that you will be able to have compassion for other people.  Your heart will not be bitter towards those whom have harmed you or caused great despair in your life.  As long as you have the Holy Spirit within you, you will always live under the Lord's divine protection.

 

A child of God knows no true nor solid joy but the joy of God's salvation, joy in God his Savior and in the hope of eternal life.  God will uphold you when you are ready to fall, either into sin or into despair; Lord sustain me; my own spirit is not sufficient; if I be led to myself, I shall certainly sink.  We have to seek the Lord daily because sin is always going to be lurking at our door.  David understood that therefore he knew that he needed to seek after the Lord to keep him from falling into sin.  He knew that if he had to do it under his own power that he would never be able to sustain himself, he would certainly sink.

 

We will always mess up but the good news is that if we ask the Holy Spirit to go before us, making our way straight and upright before the Lord.  Therefore daily prayer for the Lord to create in us a clean heart, renew in us a right spirit, restore upon us the joy of the fact that Jesus Christ has given us salvation.  PRAISE THE LORD!  AMEN!

 

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WRONG TURN

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

My prayer for you today is that you are under the umbrella of the Lord's peace.  I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

I have noticed that most of you are between the ages of 25-30, so I want to remind you of God's grace and mercy that He will always have towards you, unfailing.

 

When I was in my early twenties, I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior (I was saved).  I thought that since I was saved that I wouldn't do anything else wrong in my life.  That all my sins were washed away.  I didn't think that I would have to participant in the washing of my sins.  When I realized that I had a lot of work to do in my life, things didn't go well for me right away. 

 

Somewhere in my life, I made a wrong turn and I didn't know how to change the circumstances in that wrong turn.  I didn't know how to go back and follow after the Lord.  I thought that I was too far gone.  I got married at a very young age, 19.  After our divorce I met someone else that was very familiar with drugs.  I can't say that he made me do them, because I had a choice and the choice that I made was wrong.  Do you ever feel like everything is going wrong at the same time?  Well that's the way that I felt. I spent rent money and any money that I had on drugs.  I didn't know how to back up and take a different route, the one that the Lord wanted me to take.  The only thing that kept me sane was knowing that the Lord already knew that I would take a wrong turn.  God already knows whatever you are going to do and whatever you won't do before we do it.  Knowing that still didn't get me back on the right road.  I messed up so many times and had broken so many promises to the Lord.  Sometimes I felt like the Lord was sitting up in heaven just shaking His head at me.  The Lord knew them that I would not keep my promise, but I still continuously made them, time after time.

 

Now let me fast forward.  I am 48 years old and I am just now starting to finally get my life together.  I am also able to keep some of my promises to the Lord.  But I thank Him everyday that He is not done with me.  One day I asked my daughter if she was embarrassed by some of the blogs I write when it concerns my past life.  She said, "no mom, I think about it not how you go in, it's how you come out".

Woman of God, the reason why I have given you a short testimony of my life is so that you can come to the realization that the Lord knows all about you and every thing that you will do way before you do it.  The Lord's grace and mercy is what we live by.  You don't have to be perfect, you just need to have purpose.  What I mean by that is that you just have to have it in your heart that you will try to do better.  Your main purpose in life is to get to the point where you aren't breaking any promises and if you do, don't be hard on yourself just keep going.  I want you to know that if you make a wrong turn have your heart set on your will to do right, that is what the Lord is looking for.  You will never be perfect but the Lord will accept you striving towards perfection.  As they say in drug rehab, take it one day at a time, keep coming back.  If you keep coming back, taking one day at a time, the Lord can still use you in whatever state that you are in because He knows your heart.  PRAISE THE LORD, AMEN!

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HE HEARS YOUR CRIES

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ on today.

(Psalms 34:17-20), The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

 

Woman of God, today the Lord wants you to know that if you follow after Him, He will shoot you into a place where the enemy can't find your.  Somewhere in Him where the enemy can't trace your footsteps.  The Lord says that you are righteous and above all your shortcomings.  You are considered righteous before God if you truly love Him and desire to follow after Him.  I say desire because we all fall short of the glory of the Lord.  But if you desire to follow after the Lord and are seeking His face daily, your are counted righteous.  God doesn't say that you have to be perfect; just have purpose.

 

Many of you have already been brokenhearted and troubled in your spirit.  There are times when you don't know which way to go, but the Lord says that He will make your footsteps perfect, if you are willing and desire to follow after Him.  The Lord is willing and He is able to keep you out of the the devils reach.  The only thing that the Lord requires of you; is that you follow after Him with everything you got, with your very being, your soul, your heart and your spirit.  If you desire the spirit of the Lord to rest upon you, then you must change your way of thinking and begin to think on the things of the spirit.  Meaning you must desire the Lord in your spirit.  Your body is only a shell, covering your spirit.  Everyone has a soul and spirit, but not everyone seeks after the Lord with their spirit.

 

If you ever get to the point in your life where you don't feel the Lord's protection, or you are wondering if He is hearing your cries, just think back over your past and how far you have come and you will recall how many times the Lord could have left you but He didn't.  Think about the thing and places that you have gone, and you know you should not have; the Lord kept you safe.  Think about the abuse that you went through, if it had not been for the Lord's protection, you would have lost your mind.  Think about the drugs you might have done, if it had not been for the Lord's divine intervention you might have taken something that would have killed you.  Think about it!  PRAISE GOD! AMEN!

 

I have asked you to plz. let me know about the conference, I have gotten one response.  I don't want to get on your nerves and if no ones wants to be involved, that's okay too.  Just pray about and be obedient to the Lord.  I'm not upset, but obediance has to start somewhere and I think that I am at least entitled to an answer.  God bless you.

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

Hello, Mighty Woman of God!

I need your help.  I am trying to hold a Woman's Conference in the Chicagoland area in late May.  I know that this is way ahead of time but I need to get things in order.  It will take me some time to find a venue and pay for it.  Probably from now until May to finish paying.  The cost will be nothing for you to attend but what I need from you is to know if my trip will be worth the drive.  I am from Dolton and live in Georgia now.  If you think that you will make the conference or if you are willing to attend please let me know by either leaving me a message with OKAY or in the comment box at the bottom of this blog put your name.  Again I realize that your schedule may change before May and you might not be able to attend.  If I get at least 75 names and only 50 show up, that's good.  If I get 75 names and only 10 show up, then I will minister to you.  I am not charging, it's not about the money, its about my hotel and venue to pay.  I just want to know if you would like to meet me personally.  God is doing a new thing for all of us.

 

Thank you for taking time to give me an answer.