SERVANTUDE

Good morning, Mighty woman of God!  This is the day that the Lord has made rejoice and be glad in it.  Rejoice!

 

(Proverbs 31:10-12), A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman who is he who can find her?  She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies of pearls.  The heart of her husband trusts in her confidently and relies on and believes in her securely, so that he has no lack of honest gain or need of dishonest spoil.  She comforts, encourages, and does him only good as long as there is life within her.

  

I read an article was titled, "Servantude", written by Pastor Mark Jeske.  Servantude in a marriage means that the husband and wife intentionally cultivate the spirit that they find greater satisfaction in bringing benefit to their partner than to themselves.  It means that parents will exhaust themselves in behalf of their kids and tell the world that it was totally worth it.  It means that you will be a terrific employee, because you can suppress your own ego at work and lift up the company's will-being above your own.

 

The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart concerning "Servantude".  I read the article, then my Moses spirit kicked in (my Moses spirit, God calls it because I always ask questions).  Anyway, God was speaking to me about my marriage and He kept bringing me to that word, INTENTIONALLY.  I really got stuck there.  So my first response to that was, "Okay, Lord, let me get this straight, you want me to intentionally throw my heart out there on the line.  You want me to change that 'me attitude' and actually let my husband in that brick wall that I worked so hard on building, to tear it down.  Are you saying that You want me to walk a very tight rope, and intentionally try to put my husband before my own needs?"  Gods, answer, "YES".  My reply, "Okay, Lord, if you are telling me to put my guard down and put my heart on the line, then that must mean that you are going to protect my heart.  You are telling me that You will not let me get hurt."  God's answer, "YES".  My reply, "Okay".

 

So the first thing that I intentionally did was so surprising to my husband.  Afterwards, I watched his reaction and he was happy.  I just watched him and I laughed.  He knew nothing about my conversation with God.  I actually felt joy in my heart, knowing that what I did made his happy.  Then I laughed and said, "Wow, Lord, that really feels great.  Thank you so much".  So far, my heart is still intact and as usual, God is faithful, not to let me get hurt.  I cannot say that the brick wall is completely down, but I am working on it.  PRAISE GOD!

 

Next, time for my son.  My son was looking forward to orientation at the High School that he will be attending on Wednesday.  I am so excited for him.  We got up and out of the house before 10am.  We walked around the school and took care of registration.  Walked up three flights of stairs to homeroom to get his schedule.  Walked around a little bit more, because he wanted to see the school.  After that we went to get school supplies, at two different stores.  Then back home.  At 6pm, the school had a tailgate party and get to know section.  That lasted until 8pm.  I hung in there the whole time, the air conditioner did not work and my legs were beginning to swell.  I wanted to leave but I just kept looking at how happy my son was just sitting there.  The reason why I am telling you this story is because I have fibromyalgia and it was a painful day, but I didn't say anything, not a word.  PRAISE GOD!

 

My message to you today, is that no matter who we are, or how far we may have come in Christ, there is always going to be room for growth.  You have to be able to accept the Lord's chastisement and be willing to go a little further in Him.  If you don't admit that you need growth in certain areas of your life than you are stopping your growth in Christ and missing out on a lot of blessings.  Obedience brings the blessings of the Lord to shower down upon you.  Always be willing to grow, God's desire is to help you, not harm you.   PRAISE GOD!

HANDS OFF

Good morning, Mighty woman of God!  Today's message will be a blessing to all that read today.  You are in one of these categories.

 

(1 Chronicles 16:22), TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED, DO MY PROPHET NO HARM.

(Psalms 105:15), TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED, DO MY PROPHET NO HARM.

 

Just as I was typing those scriptures for you today, the Holy Spirit says, "Go back and use capital letters".

 

The people of God and even the worldly people, tend to take that scripture, very lightly.  God is clear as to His Word and I believe that is the reason why He says for me to put in CAPS.  Women are so competitive that not only are we competitive in worldly things but it has also spread over to the churches, (the Body of Christ).  We think that we can do or say whatever we want to each other and hurt each other with our very own mouths.  The thing about that scripture that will cause you danger is that you don't know who is God's anointed and you don't know who is God's prophet.  I know for a fact that while growing up as a teenager and well into my adult years, I did not know who God has chosen and I still don't know everyone.  The thing about it is that you might speak against someone and just because they are not acting like a child of God, does not mean that they are not.  That person may not have flourished in their spiritual gift yet.  Can you be absolutely positive that you know all of God's anointed women or prophets?

 

One of the reasons why I am giving this message today is that I do want you to know that I read a lot of Facebook messages and posts.  There are over 100 women in the ministry, so I don't get a chance to read all of them, nor am I supposed to.  I do want you to know that I can hear, even to those that don't come right out and say what you are struggling with on a day to day basis.

 

A lot of you ladies are struggling with your sisters in Christ.  Because you have an anointing on your life and the Holy Spirit has given you spiritual gifts.  You have women in the church that are jealous over your gift.  They say to themselves, "Why she got that gift?"  With the most horrible attitude and that is clearly one of the reasons why God's has not chosen them, He chose you, with your humble spirit, and God knows that you will not abuse your gifts.  Maybe some of you are like myself, a people person.  You can't figure out why people are constantly talking about you, when you have done nothing wrong or harmful to them.  You thought that you would be able to keep your spiritual gifts and your same friends, but you can't, because of that spirit of jealousy, that you never noticed until you started stirring up your spiritual gifts for the Kingdom of God.  I used to say that having certain spiritual gifts can also be a curse.  Come on now, don't get so heavenly minded now, that I have made that statement.  I am simply stating that certain spiritual gifts, won't allow you to have friends.  People turn up their nose at you, "Who do she think she is?"  Before you even say or do anything you have already been condemned, by your so-called sister in Christ.  I know that there have been times when you just want to scream, "Lord smite them, smite them all".  Here's some hope for you.  God will place the right women in your life.  He will give you at least one or two true friends, that will help you and not harm you.  A true friend that will step you up, not step on you.  Also, you can pray and ask God to place the right people in your circle.  Yes, God loves you that much. 

 

Now for those of you that are in the category, in which you never have anything good to say about anything.  You have malice in your heart, whether you speak it or not, it's in your heart, be very careful about who you speak badly about.  Read that scripture, God is not a man that He should lie.  If you don't want to be around God's elite, peculiar, and blessed, it would be best for you to get out of their way.  PRAISE GOD!

PRAYERS AVAILETH MUCH!

Good morning, Mighty woman of God!  I love, love, love this scripture.  I pray that the Holy Spirit will bring it to light for you.

 

(Daniel 10:10-13), A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.  He said, "Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you." And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.  Then 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.

 

Daniel was a mighty man of God.  He was also considered a friend of God.  In other words, God called Daniel His friend.  That's awesome!  How many of you know that if you have a prayer life (a life centered around prayer), that God calls you His friend.  A life centered around prayer is different than prayer centered around your life.  If prayer is centered around your life, that means that you pray when you get a chance, or when it is convenient for you.  A life centered around prayer means that you pray in order to get through things of this world.  You don't have to eat first.  You don't have to go to the store first, you pray for guidance.  You are seeking first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness and you know that all things will be added unto you.

 

Daniel had been fasting and praying for 21 days, for an answer from God for the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.  While on his knees praying, an angel appeared to Daniel and told him that God answered his prayer from the very first day that he prayed.  But the angel goes on to say that he was held up in the spirit realm by the by the prince of Persia for 21 days.  The prince of Persia is the enemy.  The angel also goes on to say that he had to get help from Michael, a chief prince (an angel).

 

Woman of God, the Lord wants you to know that He has heard your prayers.  He has seen your tears and you cries in the night.  You are considered God's friend and His desire is for you to have the very best.  Sometimes prayers and blessings that you have been praying for are being held up in the spirit realm.  Sometimes you have to get on your knees until they hurt, fast and speak your blessings into existence and do spiritual warfare.  You have to know how to war in the spirit.  Speak in tongues, pray and travail.  Just like Daniel, you may have to fast.  You have to be willing to do whatever the Holy Spirit tells you to do.  The prince of Persia, does not want you to receive your blessings, or your spiritual gifts.

 

The most important thing about that scripture is that Daniel first humbled himself before God.  If you have not humbled yourself before God, your blessing will be detained until you do.  The Spirit of Humility will get you very far in your relationship with God, it builds your character.  A lot of us think that we are humble and meek, but we are not.  Pray and ask God to show you the areas in your life that need to be more humble.  Even though Daniel was considered a righteous man and a friend of God's, he still presented himself humble to God.  AMEN!

CARBON COPY

Mighty woman of God!  I speak blessings of love, peace and joy upon your live today.  Message has a little sting, so keep an open mind as you read.

 

(2 Tim. 3:5-7), For although they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it (their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession).  Avoid all such people (turn away from them).  For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate silly and weak-natured and spiritually dwarfed women, loaded down with (the burden of their) sins (and easily) swayed and led away by various evil desires and seductive impulses.  (These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them); they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth.

 

I thought about having a good man on my side.  I prayed that God would send me a man.  My exact words were, "God, please send me a man".  Within a weeks time, I thought that my prayers were answered by God.  But instead, Satan sent me a carbon copy of the man that God had for me.  I say that the enemy heard my prayers, very loudly and kept me in bondage and tormented for over ten years.  I am not angry over that, but I did not wait on God.  We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but powers and principalities of this world.  That scripture has kept me from being bitter or unforgiving towards people.  That scripture will keep you free from bitterness and unforgiveness towards anyone that has caused harm to you.

 

Having a form of godliness. You can't change the original.  No matter how many times you look at that carbon copy, you cannot change it to be the original.  Satan is very cunning and will not hesitate to send you a form of a godly man.  He will not hesitate to send you a carbon copy of the man that you desire to have as your husband.  If you wait on the Lord to send you the man that He has already chosen for you, before you were even in existence, you will get the original version.  A lot of times, we as women, try to change the character or personality of a man.  All of our hearts desires in a man, cannot be molded, it has to be his character.  Now, I am not saying that a man cannot or won't change certain things about himself, mainly because we change certain things due to age.  He may not go to the club like he used to or he may began to help more with the kids, do some house cleaning.  Those are a few things that he can change on his own. 

 

I purposely gave you the Amplified Bible version of those scriptures because the Amplified is clearer and it does not sugar coat what God is saying.

 

What makes you think that God would send you a carbon copy of the man that He has picked out for you?  What makes you think that God wants for you to shack up with a man, and an ungodly man at that?  What makes you think that God wants you to live in bondage with a man?  What makes you think that God wants you to be beat on, cheated on and cursed out everyday?  Women tend to put up with a lot of things from a man waiting for that carbon copy to become an original.

 

I pray that I have touched someone's heart, even though this message sounds a little harsh, we as women need to value ourselves more than any man.  Once we begin to value ourselves and become jealous over ourselves we can move out of bondage from a man and live in peace and harmony with God.  PRAISE HIM, ANYHOW!

IT'S ALL ABOUT ME

Good morning, my sisters in Christ Jesus.  I'm back!  I know that you will be blessed by the Lord's message on today.

 

(Philippians 2:3-8), Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves; Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equally with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.  And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross.

 

The first I read was titled, "Servantude".  I am going to give you a piece of that article that God has given to me. Servantude in a marriage means that the husband and wife intentionally cultivate the spirit that they find greater satisfaction in bringing benefit to their partner than to themselves.  There was also a message for parenting and employees on their job.  I am going to talk about the marriage part today.

 

I am expected something really big from God.  I have to decided to do whatever it takes to receive God's best for me, my family and my ministry.  Well, as I read the section in the magazine on marriage, God told me that he needs for me to plant that scripture in my heart.  I never pretend to be all that nor do I say to myself that I have arrived at where God needs for me to be.  Anyway, as soon as I read that scripture, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart concerning my husband.  He told me that I need to treat my husband better than myself.  He also said that I need to get to the point where it will bring me joy to see my husband happy.  I have been mistreated so many times when I put my heart on the line in friendships or relationships, therefore, I only allow to give a little bit of me and refuse to let anyone get pass that imaginary wall of mine.

 

The Holy Spirit pierce my spirit and told me that the blessing I am waiting for lied within the way that I treat my husband.  This is my response to God.  Lord, you are asking me for something really big.  You want me to give my whole heart, which I am not use to doing with anyone.  You are asking to trust with all my heart.  You are asking me to walk a tightrope that I cannot walk.  Lord you can ask of me anything else, but please, not the walls that I have spent many of years building.  Lord, what you are asking is so hard, but I will do it.  Lord, what if my heart gets stepped on, crushed, and torn?  God's answer to me was, "Trust me".

 

When my husband and I first got married I used to make sure that all of his clothes where folded in certain drawers all the time.  Also, I would make his plate and bring it to him.  Somewhere along the line, I stopped doing those small things.  He never mentioned anything to me, but I would watch as he sifted through his drawers looking for items.  While in my praise and worship time with the Lord, I went through my husband's drawers and put everything together, including matching the socks.  Yesterday, I did something so nice for him.  I could see and feel that my husband was very happy.  I smiled all day.  I thank the Lord for helping me to understand that I should feel joy, in bringing joy to my husband, and I did.  I intentionally put my husband's needs before my own.  Never in a million years did I think that I would be blessed with joy in my heart.  PRAISE GOD!

I WILL MOVE FORWARD, NO MATTER WHAT

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God.  I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you follow after Him.  I speak peace and abundantly love unto you from our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Today, I am going to give you a message that the Lord wanted me to give from my spiritual daughter Nicole Lofton's book titled, "The Women's restoration Devotional".

 

(Hebrews 12:1), Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."

 

How many times has something happened and you felt stuck?  Maybe you felt like every time you even attempted to move forward, something else happened.  Maybe you cried out of frustration or maybe you felt as if you were going to lose your mind.  I have felt that way before too.

 

I have been in that place where it seemed like taking a step forward really resulted in taking four steps backwards and I began to wonder why.  I realized it was mostly because I was more focused on the problem instead on the problem solver (God).  Sometimes I was so focused on the problem that I could not see that there was a reason for what I was going through; it was indeed for a bigger purpose.

 

The trials that we face are to make us stronger, but sometimes they confuse us, they also tend to distract us, and eventually they hold us back.  when we put all our focus on the problem, the problem takes over.  We have given that problem strength that it didn't even know that we had.

 

In the scripture referenced above, God tells us to "lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely and run with endurance the race that is set before us".  We have to push our problems to the side letting them know that they have no power over us.  We know that we cannot tackle our problems on our own; we need help from God.  In order to receive that help, we have to be willing to hand them over to God and let Him help us.  Let's work to keep our mind on the problem solver instead of the problem.

 

ME:  The bible says, "I will keep those in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on me."  I was also reminded by the Spirit of the Lord that, a lot of times, in certain circumstances in our lives, we ask God to help us with our problems; but there is also a time that we have to just say, "Father, I won't ask you to help me, I need for you to just take over.  You don't need my help, I'll just mess it up anyway by trying".  That is what God means when He says, "Take your hands off the problem, completely."  I have found that simply saying, "Spirit of the Living God, please do for me what I am incapable of doing for myself, in Jesus name, thank you."  AMEN!

IN HIS HANDS

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are blessed and highly favored of the Lord Jesus Christ on today.  I speak blessings of peace upon your life.

 

(James 1:5-8), If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

 

During my worship time with the Lord today, I was praying for a certain thing.  The Lord spoke to me and said, "Nothing wavering".  I then responded and ask the Lord to increase my faith; so that when I pray, I am not wavering in my mind.  I also ask the Lord to remind me every time that I am wavering about something that He promised to me.  So anytime that I try to take the matter out of His hands, He will just say wavering to my spirit.  If I hear the Lord say to me, wavering then I will stop thinking about whether or not the Lord will bring it to pass.

 

Woman of God, I know that I am not the only one that deals with the situation of putting your circumstances in God's hand and leaving it there.  Sometimes we say to ourselves, "I am just going to put it in God's hands."  But when things don't go the way that we think that it should, or when we think that God is not moving fast enough about our situation; we tend to take it out of God's hands.  There are sometimes that we put it in His hands and take it back, then put it in His hands again, then take it back.  Sometimes we just do it our way because we are not patient.  God does not need your help, in is in His hands, leave it there, no matter how long you think that God is taking.

 

The scripture says for us to ask anything of God and it will be given to you.  But the key to receiving is that you have to have faith and not wavering (don't doubt).  You may say to yourself that you do have faith and you really do, but you still think that God is not on time.  If you take the situation out of His hands and do it your way, you will not succeed.  You have to put it in God's hands and leave it there.  The scripture says that if you keep wavering (meaning put it in God's hands, take it back, then put it back in God's hands when you mess it up, then you are like the sea being tossed back and forth).  Also if you are wavering, God says that you will not receive the blessing that you are waiting to receive from Him.

 

So today, I have learned that I do tend to waver sometimes.  I don't want to, but it does happen.  I would rather have so much faith in the Lord that I will leave my situation or problems in His hands.  I asked God to tap my spirit every time I even think in my mind that my blessing is not coming, or that God will not take care of my problem.  All I asked of Him is to say, wavering, so I asked Him to help me if I begin to wavering, stop me right in my tracks.  Again, I say to you, God does not need our help, He is perfectly fine working alone.  Let's put our problems or whatever we are believing God for in His hands and leave it there.  If you feel like you are getting ready to help God, stop and say the word wavering.  I just love the Lord for His message today and I pray that this is a timely message for someone today.  Praise God, Amen!

 

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