WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIS HAND, TRUST HIS PLAN

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!  My prayer for all of you is that you are striving towards perfection daily.  That you do not allow anyone to blow your blessings.  Stay strong and believe that whatever you are going through, the Lord has a plan.

 

(Romans 4:19-22), Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead, since he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.  This is why it was credited to him as righteousness.

 

This letter is from Apostle Paul to Rome.  The Apostle is reminding the Romans about having faith at a time when you don't think that the Lord is hearing your prayers.  Abraham and Sarah were promised a son, even in their old age.  Abraham kept the faith and believed what God has promised him, without wavering. The one thing that Abraham knew for certain was that God had the power to do what he promised.  The bible says that no one is righteous, but God counted Abraham as righteous because he believed Him and kept the faith even though he had no idea how God was going to keep His promise. 

 

Without wavering means that no matter what you see ahead of you or what you may be struggling with in your life, keep the faith and take God at His word.  You cannot be swayed by the things that you don't see happening.  Maybe the Lord has promised you something years ago and you stopped having faith that He will keep His promise.  No matter how long it takes God is not a man that He should lie.  God will always keep His promises.  Remember your days are not the same as the Lords.  If you keep the faith that God will bless you, then you too will be counted righteous to the Lord.  The reason why Abraham was counted righteous was because of his faith. The scripture says that Abraham praised God for the promise.  This is the same thing that the Lord wants us to do, don't worry about the promise, praise and glorify Him for the promise and the plan for your life.

 

I prayed for years for my oldest son to be delivered from the things of the world that was holding him back from getting the blessings that the Lord had promised me that He would do for my son.  I trusted the Lord for my son, but at times I did waver.  I remember asking the Lord, "why aren't you helping my son?"  The Lord's reply to me was, "How long did it take you".  I smiled and just kept praying.  Things finally worked out for our good.  My point is that sometimes you may have to pray a little longer for what you want, maybe you have to labor in the spirit, but the Lord has a plan for your life.  If you cannot see the Lord's hand upon your life, that is the time to trust in His plan.  The Lord always has a plan, keep the faith.  Again I say, the Lord always has a plan. You must trust in the Lord with your heart and lend not on your own understanding.  PRAISE GOD!

 

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THE HAMSTER WHEEL

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!

While in my praise and worship time with the Lord, I received a word from the Holy Spirit.  I am going to give you the part that is important for you.  This is what the Holy Spirit spoke to me, ("You have to be able to take the scripture and still keep it in content, but also b able to make it apply to the women of today and tomarrow").  That was the Lord' message to me.  Then I was lead to 2 Cor. 1:3-4, what I am going to do is replace my name instead of the words us and me.  This scripture is Apostle Paul's letter to Corinth.  This is the scripture that the Lord gave to me for confirmation.

 

(2 Corinthians 1:3-4), Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts me in all my troubles, so that I can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort I myself have received from God.

 

When I was in my 20's I felt very lonely.  I prayed and ask the Lord to send me a man.  I was not knowledgeable that the devil also hears my prayers.  Well, I met a man that became my second husband.  I thought that the Lord had sent him to me, so I did thank Him for that man.

 

We had a lot of fun together.  His weed was better than mine and he always had it so we spent our lunch hours together.  We were co-workers.  I was then introduced to cocaine.  Something that I had never tried.  I don't know when the abuse started all I know is that it did.  I was in love with him so everytime he would promise never to hit me again, I believed him.  If you have ever had a hamster they spend a great deal of time on  that wheel.  The hamster just goes around and around, never to get off until it is finally too tired to take it anymore.  I would always wonder why that hamster would keep going around and around without knowing that he is getting nowhere.

 

That is how my life was in my 20's and early 30's.  That is a long time to stay on that hamster wheel, just going around and around, not getting out of the bad situation but hoping that it would soon get me somewhere.  I was hit over all kinds of reasons and also was cheated on.  So here I am putting all my heart into a relationship that is not working.  I even sat back and aloud him to not come home whenever he felt like it, plenty of nights just looking out of the window.  I had hopes that it will soon get better, so I stayed on that wheel as long as I could.  Finally getting out of a terrible relationship (marriage), I got off the wheel because just like that hamster, I couldn't take it anymore and I realized that I was getting nowhere.

 

Woman of God, if you are in a relationship that is like a hamster wheel, maybe you should get off the wheel, take a long look at what you've been going through and make a decision on whether or not you want to stay on the wheel, going around and around and getting absolutely nowhere.  One thing that I have realized in that relationship was that as long as I had a place to stay, he was there.  Some men know that women will always have a place to stay, especially if they have to provide for their children. They will end up following you without contributing to the relationship.  They won't get a job or even look for one, because they realize that you will always work.

 

Be very careful not to get on that hamster wheel, but if you make a mistake and get on, you can pray your way off and stay off.  The Lord has a purpose and a plan for your life, but if you are on that wheel going around and around, you can't catch the blessings of the Lord.  PRASE GOD!

JUDGEMENT DAY

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

 

My prayer for you today is that you are blessed of the Lord Jesus Christ and that your desire is to continue to seek after Him with your whole heart.

 

(James 4:12), There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; who art thou that judgest another?

 

I wrote this one in my current book.  I read it again on yesterday and I thought this message would be a great one to revisit.

 

I had a job where one of my co-workers continuously came to work with the smell of alcohol on her breath.  I mean her pores reaped with alcohol.  I would get so made that I would spend the entire morning thinking about how horrible of a person she must have been.

 

One day, on my way home for lunch, all I thought about was how horrible she smelled and wondered why she would come to work smelling like alcohol.  The moment I got in the house, the Lord spoke to me.  "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?  Did you forget how muddy and nasty you used to smell?  Did you forget abut the drinking and drugs I delivered you from?  I saw you and still loved you.  Yes, through all your mess.  How dare you judge someone else!  I bought you out to bring someone else out".

 

I am so glad that God waited for me to get from behind the wheel of my car before He spoke those words to me.  I probably would have had an accident because the voice sounded so loud.  I was truly chastised by the Lord on that day.

 

Woman of God, the Lord can't use you if you are judging others shortcomings and mistakes.  You are not perfect and never will be, but with the Lord's help, you are in the process of being perfected in His eyes.  It is very easy to sit back and look at another person's situation and be judgmental.  You are standing on the outside looking in and have made up in your mind that person is no good and that their sin stinks more than yours does.  You don't have that right.  You don't have the right to turn up your nose at someone else, just because you are not in that particular situation.  I am sure that you have been delivered from something (smoking, drugs, shacking, friends with benefits, profanity, promiscuous, etc.), remember where you came from and who brought you out.  God could have left you spiritually dead but He decided that your testimony would be helpful and not harmful to someone else that is struggling.

 

Here's a message for all you perfect people out there, Judgment Day has not come just yet and when it does there will be only ONE JUDGE, HE WHO GIVES LIFE!  LET US PRAY!

 

Heavenly Father, thank you for Your mercy and grace towards me.  Search my heart Lord and removed anything that you cannot use for Your glory.  Forgive me Lord for the thoughts I may have had towards others that have caused me to be judgmental.  Lord, renew my mind and create in me a clean heart so that I can be a witness to them and that they will come to know how gracious and merciful You truly are, in Jesus name, Amen.

 

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WATCH OUT!

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

I speak blessings of hope and love upon your life on today.  May the Lord God Almighty bless you as you seek after Him.

 

(2 Timothy 3:5-7), Having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.

 

The Lord Jesus Christ wants to warn you about people that will come into your life only to destroy what He has planned for you.  There will come a time in your life where you will need someone to confide in out of your church.  You may have the desire to have a mentor to help you to develop your strengths in the Lord.  I am telling you this because it will definitely happen.  If you have not already experienced a let-down in the church or by a close friend then WATCH OUT!  There are people in your life today that you know that you should kick to the curb, but for some reason they just keep coming back.  Their purpose is to gain control over you when you are loaded down with a lot of problems or dealing with bad circumstances in your life.  Satan has a way of placing people in your life at the right time for him.  Satan waits until you are at your lowest point and see no way out then he sends demonic forces to overtake you.

 

There will come a time in your life when the friend or church lady you thought you could trust will let you down.  A lot of people, mainly in the church have only a form of godliness.  When you have a form of anything, it is not real, it is a counterfeit, a fake.  They are trying to be something that they are not.  They want you to believe that they are all that and they never been delivered from anything.

 

Sometimes I like to use movies to get my point across.  I will use one of my favorites for this one.  In the movie "The Thing", the creature would kill someone and try to take the form of the person it killed.  It was not the real person, only a replica of that person trying to trick people into thinking that it was someone that it wasn't.  During your Christian walk you will most likely encounter someone that only has a form of godliness.  If you study the Word of God very closely you will not be fooled by people that only put titles in front of their names, just because they wan to be praised and glorified.  WATCH OUT!  Even the most elite in the church can have only a form of godliness in them.  They sleep with women in the church that are weak-minded, that may come to them for help.  Let me just say this one last thing.  In my opinion, it is always better for a woman to get counsel from another woman to keep from getting tricked into something that is wrong.  I only minister to women, not that I can't do the same for men, but it keeps trouble down in my household and I don't want to ever give another man the wrong idea about me.  WATCH OUT you may have "The Thing" in your presence.  Be very careful with whom you make friends with and who you let in your home. Guard your salvation and your spiritual gifts with your life.  PRAISE GOD!

WHERE'S YOUR MIRACLE?

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

 

I pray that you are all blessed of the Lord Jesus Christ and that you continue to commune with Him for your spiritual growth.

 

(Romans 8:28 and 32), 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. (8:32), He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will he not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?

 

A lot of times when we read the bible, we hear of the miracles that happened in the older days and wonder does God still perform miracles.  Today the Lord God wants you to know that He is still working miracles, EVERYDAY!

 

Because of the rat race that we are faced with on a daily basis, we are unable to see the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ working in our lives EVERYDAY!  If you study the above scripture, the Apostle Paul is reminding us that all things do work out for our good.  There is only one condition and that is that we have to love Him.  You have to love the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart to be able to receive the miracles of Him.  God did not spare His Son for us to live in bad circumstances and not be able to overcome them.  The bible says that He graciously gives us all things.  When someone graciously gives you something, that means that they have no problems giving it to you. 

 

Okay, now it's time for me give you the answer to the question, where is your miracle?  Miracles happen for you EVERYDAY!  The things that you don't know are going on all around you daily are your miracles.  I will explain that a little bit further.  The bible says that everything works out for your good.  This means that although today may seem like the worst day of your life, God is working it out for your good.  You may be going through a difficult time in your relationships, finances, car troubles or employment but God is working ahead of you making the path clear for you to travel.  We don't know what lye's ahead of us, we can only speculate on what we want to happen.  You may be praying for a miracle because you have received an eviction notice.  God knows that you need a place to stay for you and your children.  He also knew that you would be evicted, so God is working a miracle on your behalf.  Even though you don't see it right now, He is working a miracle.  He may want you to move somewhere else because it would be in your best interest somewhere down the road. You may not see it at the time but if you trust in the Lord, you will soon realize that you did receive your miracles.

 

I have heard people say that they have received a blessing from someone to that help them in certain situations and that person didn't even know of the problems.  In my opinion, that was your miracle.  You had no idea that this person was going to bless you with exactly what you needed but God put it in their heart to be a blessing to you and you were in the right place at the right time.  Timing is everything, God works on timing.  So you see God was working all things out for your good, because you love His Son, Jesus Christ the Messiah.  The Lord is way ahead of you, that's why you can't see Him at this time, He is way ahead of you.  He's working out your financial problems, He's working on your marriage, He's working on your children's heart, He working out that perfect job for you. 

 

You may not think that you have been blessed with the miracles of the Lord, but if you take some time to think about all the things that could have happened but didn't, and all the things that did happen in your life, you will realize that you have received quite a few miracles.  It's time for you to thank the Lord for the miracles as well as the blessings.  He is working it out for your good.  Be patient and wait on the Lord and He will show you where your miracles are.  It may not seem like a miracle right now, but in the end of your trial you will smile and thank the Lord that you waited and trusted on Him.  GIVE THE LORD PRAISE!

 

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DEVELOPING YOUR PRAYER LIFE - 4

Good Morning Mighty Woman of God!

I pray that you are all having a blessed day in the Lord. As we are finishing our short series on prayer, my prayer for you is that you have been blessed and have been encouraged to strengthen your prayer life (relationship) with the Lord or know that you are headed in the right direction.

 

(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12), Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

 

Woman of God, today the Lord's challenge for you is for you to pick a prayer partner. There are a number of reasons that having a prayer partner can be beneficial to your prayer life.

• You will have someone that will keep you accountable as well as keeping that person accountable
• When two are joined together in prayer, God is in the middle of you (paraphased)
• You and your prayer partner will gain a closer relationship with the Lord together
• You will keep each other motivated to pray daily, counting on one another
• God loves a compassionate person and you will have to have a compassionate spirit in order to care enough for someone other than just your and yours

Is important is that you trust your prayer partner, without trust between both persons, your prayers will be frevalous. You won't confide in each other like you should be able to do. Discuss a time that will be best for the both of you and keep that time as best as you can. This will teach you both discipline. Having a life of prayer takes a lot of time, effort and discipline.  Make sure that you equally consider your prayer time together with the Lord important. While you are on the phone, keep your idle talk limited, maybe just to ask each other how their day is going. Discuss with each other any prayer request so that you both are in agreement. The bible says that, "If two stand in agreement praying God is in the midst of you. The only conversations that you be taking place should be that of Godly conversation. No gossip!

 

Both of you should pray, but if one of you are not comfortable praying on the phone then it's okay for just one of you to pray in the beginning.  Let the Holy Spirit lead you while you are in prayer.  For example: I would read a scripture or my prayer partner would read the scripture before prayer.  Maybe one of you might want to sing to the Lord.  It doesn't matter, just be lead by the Holy Spirit and you will do just fine.  My son, my daughter and I would have prayer everyday at the same time 3-way call.  If they wanted to talk to me about something other than the Lord, they would have to wait ten minutes then call me back.  There were also times that we just had a short bible study because they would have questions, but it was always centered around the bible and the Lord.  Lastly, never ever, ever discuss each other business with anyone that is not on your prayer line.  This will lead to mistrust and worst of all, you will have blown any blessings that God had planned for you and you will have to start all over because you obviously haven't learned a thing about prayer.  PRAISE GOD!

DEVELOPING YOUR PRAYER LIFE - 3

Good Morning, Mighty Woman of God!

 

I pray that you have all received the recent messages regarding prayer.  As a minister of Jesus Christ my charge is to help you in any way that I can.  Through "Spiritual Growth for Women Ministries", I plan to continue to do the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I also want you to know that if you do not desire to receive the daily blogs, I will not be offended if you block me from your Facebook.  I love the Lord and I am only doing His will, not my own.  God bless you!

 

(Daniel 10:12-13), Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard and I am come for thy words.  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but , lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

 

First of all, I want to explain a little bit about the above scripture.  Daniel had been interpreting the kings dreams, through God. Daniel had been praying for an interpretation for twenty-one days and had not yet received an answer from God.  Then an angel came to Daniel and told him that from the time that he began praying God had sent an answer but the prince of Persia (Satan) held him up.  The angel had been in spiritual warfare for twenty-one days and had to call on the archangel Micheal to help him.  So for twenty-one days there was a fight in the spirit realm because Satan did not want Daniel to be able to get the interpretation from God to deliver to the king.

 

This story is very important because it describes how our prayers can be held up.  Sometimes it may take for you to fight in the spiritual realm for your answered prayers.  This only means that you may have to stay in prayer longer than you may have had to in the past.  Don't let the words "spiritual warfare" scare you.  The spiritual realm is a mysterious thing.  Sometimes God withholds certain outcomes because the timing isn't right.  And other times our hearts and circumstances require adjustments before He can say yes.  There are evidently times the devil fears what you're praying for and wages war against it.  Meanwhile, God is setting stage for the answer, dispatching heaven's forces (angels) to fight on your behalf.

 

Last but not least, remember that not all of your prayers are answered the way that you may want them to but you have to trust God.  You have to trust that God knows what is best for you and He is working everything out for your good. If you truly put your trust in the Lord then you will also develop a spirit of patience.  PRAISE GOD!  AMEN!

 

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