I MESSED UP

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I speak blessings of peace, love and joy upon your life.  May you be blessed abundantly by our Lord Jesus Christ as you follow after Him.

 

(Psalms 145:8) The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy.

 

I can't seem to read my bible.  I feel like I have really messed things up so badly this time.  I know that God has nothing good for me today.  I messed up everything in the Word of God.  All the things that I should not have done, I did.  The things I should have done, I did not.  Surely God has turned His back on me this time.  I have let Him down for the last time, promises I just did not keep.  There is nothing good in my flesh.  My desire is to keep my promises to Him, but I feel as if they are just empty promises.  Does God see me as a liar, never keeping my promises to Him to change my life? What's the point of praying?  He is not going to listen to me anymore.  God will not meet me in my prayer closet today.  I've really done it this time.

 

I wrote that in my journal on July 19, 2010.  Here I am three years later, with my first published book and so many more blessings from the Lord.  The Spirit of the Lord led me to that scripture as I hung my head down, searching the scriptures that would speak to my spirit.

 

Apostle Paul is reminded that sin will always be in the world, crouching at our doors, waiting for an opening.  Apostle Paul was once a murderer and a tax collector before he became a disciple of Jesus Christ.  Satan is always waiting for us to mess up, and make us feel so ashamed and think that the Lord has turned His back on us.  Let me encourage you, "I'll will never leave nor forsake you", thus saith the Lord.  The devil is a liar and a deceiver, that's his job.  Satan is constantly going to and fro in the heavens accusing the saints of God; but we have a High Priest sitting on the right hand of God, interceding on our behalf.

 

Mighty woman of God, the next time you feel like you have MESSED UP so badly, think about this: We serve a compassionate, merciful and longsuffering God.  God is not like your friends, spouse or family members that might get so mad at you and turn their backs on you.  God will never tell you to come back when you got your life together.  There is nothing that you did in the past or will do in the future that will surprise Him.  No that's the kind of God we serve.  The Lord is omniscient (knows all).  He has already made provision for your mistakes and shortcomings.  The next time the devil whispers in your ear, that you are not good enough, and tries to remind you about your shortcomings or your past, you remind him that Jesus Christ the Messiah, defeated him, took the keys of hell from him and made a spectacle of him in the eyes of all his demonic spirits, and that you sins are all PAID IN FULL.  Then you begin to praise God for He endless mercy that He gives to you.  AMEN!

 

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WELCOME, HOLY SPIRIT

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  Good morning, Holy Spirit!  My prayer for you today is that through this devotional, you will gain more knowledge about the Holy Spirit the third person of the Trinity.

 

(Acts 1:8), But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 2:4), All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.  (Acts 2:17-18), In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.  Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days and they will prophesy.

 

One of the things that I have learned from people and other churches is that the Holy Spirit is rarely taught or spoken about.  In my opinion, it is because people don't fully understand the work of the Holy Spirit.  Also because they think of the Holy Spirit as thing or a that.  Also note that in the bible whenever the word is speaking about God, the Father and the Son, capital letters are used, notice in the scriptures when speaking about the Holy Spirit, caps are also used because they are pronouns.

 

In Acts 1:4-5, Jesus tells His disciples not to leave Jerusalem and to wait for the gift the His Father promised to them.  His also goes on to say the John baptized them with water, but they will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.  Please note that when you got baptized the pastor or minister that baptized you said, "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, so we must believe that there is a reason that the Holy Spirit was not left out.  Jesus was telling His disciples that they will receive power to evangelize, laid hands on the sick and add to the Body of Christ because the Holy Spirit will give them the words to speak and the power to heal the sick.

 

Jesus tells the disciples that God will pour out His Spirit upon them, men and women.  So the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Lord.  Also note that men and women will receive that same Spirit (Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord).  Some churches teach that women are supposed to be silent in the church and that they will not have the Spirit of the Lord to minister in the church. That's another lesson and another time.

 

Here's my quick story:  It was my turn to give the sermon to the church on Sunday and I prayed and took notes for a week.  I spent a lot of time with the Holy Spirit and reading my bible.  While on my way to church, I realized that I forgot my notes.  I told my daughter to drive so that I could write down what I could remember.  Once I got to church, I was seated in the front while we had praise and worship.  Then the pastor announced me and I went up to the pulpit.  Once I stood there, I realized that I left my notes in the chair.  I did not want to go back to get them, I just starred at them in that chair.  I would say that my notes were looking at me laughing.  So, I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and I hear the Holy Spirit say, "open your mouth".  Having no other choice, I was obedient to the Holy Spirit.  I much say that He used me in a mighty way.  It was the best sermon I had every given.  After the service, I heard the Holy Spirit say, "it's not about you".  I learned a very valuable lesson that day, which was, not by my power or my spirit but the Holy Spirit is the One that should speak for us, to glorify the Lord.

 

The reason why people don't understand who the Holy Spirit is or understand the work of the Holy Spirit, is because they have never allowed the Holy Spirit to used them.  Spending time in worship and prayer, welcoming the Holy Spirit is what you need to do.  Also, sometimes the Holy Spirit will have you do something that seems weird so people don't trust the Holy Spirit or let Him have complete control over their mind or will.  Some people don't really receive the gift of the Holy Spirit because they don't understand exactly what it means.  It is human nature not to receive something that we don't understand.  I pray that this lesson will be of help and to give you hope today.  PRAISE GOD!

 

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I WANT THAT GIFT

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God.  I pray that this message will bless you.

(1 Cor. 7:7), I wish that all men were as I am.  But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. (1Tim. 4:14-16), Do not neglect your gift which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.  Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.  Watch your life and doctrine closely. persevere in them, because of you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.  (1Peter 4:10), Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

I tried to delete one of those scriptures, but the Holy Spirit says, each one is for your knowledge as well as my own.  As I was led to those scriptures, I learned something for myself.  I will try to cover what we need today, as short as I possibly can, but know this, I am always led by the Holy Spirit when doing my blogs.

A lot of Christians desire to have gifts in the church.  What I am concerned about that is WHY?  The scripture states that God gives gifts, according to how He see fits.  And a lot of people don't want the gift that God has given to them, because they can't show it off.  So instead they will neglect the gift and wait for God to give them something more flashy.  Something that the whole world will see that they have.  Those people with that type of mindset will not do what (1 Peter 4:10) states (Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms). 

God gives you the gift that He knows will glorify Him, not you.  The gift that God gives to you is not so that you will be glorified and marveled by others in the church or Body of Christ.  The gift is to serve others and if you do that, you will notice that you are also blessed and drawn closer to God.

Here's my story.  The church that I come from had a large congregation.  One bible study night, the Pastor mentioned that the congregation look over the 52 different ministries, pray about it and become a part of that ministry, that God lead you to.  I looked over the list and the Holy Spirit told me to join the prayer ministry.  I love to pray, I prayed all the time, so I thought it was a perfect fit for me.  What I didn't know was that the prayer ministry was more than just praying for people.  You will eventually be taking on the ministry of a prayer warrior, which meant spiritual warfare.  I was not knowledgeable about any of that but I keep going further in the Prayer Ministry. First, I received the gifts of speaking in tongues.  I thought that was good.  I didn't know why I needed that gift, but it was soon revealed to me that in order to do spiritual warfare, I needed that gift.  I fixed up a small space in my attic and I begin to pray all the time.  That was my special place to meet God and get direction from Him.  I learned how to listen to God and be obedient to Him.  No matter how crazy I thought His instructions were, I followed them.

I went to a number of classes that were offered in the church.  One day while learning more about spiritual warfare, the elder that was teaching the class told us what I thought then to be a scary situation that had actually happened to him.  He told the class that one night as he was sleeping he felt something holding him down, by his feet.  He looked up and saw a dark figure and he immediately prayed and it left.  He went back to sleep.  Needless to say, my mouth was wide open and I said to myself, "I didn't sign up for this".

Anyway, the next gift that I received from God was the gift of knowledge (a prophetic gift).  Because I was faithful and obedient, God began to trust me with more.  The gift of speaking in tongues and the prophetic gift are very much needed in the ministry that God has called me to do.  That didn't happen overnight.  I never asked for any of those gifts, but I accepted what the Holy Spirit began to do in my life.  What I realized is that each of my gifts are needed as a whole to complete the task that the Lord has set before me.  Some people observe my spiritual gift and think it's so great to have, but are you willing to pay the price.  Are you willing to lay on your face before the Lord for hours at a time.  The gifts I have are for the church and the edification of the Body of Christ.  When people would say thank you or try to give me the praise, my answer is, "Thank God for your blessing, not me".  Because of my ministry, spiritual warfare is a big part of my life.  Whatever gift you have, you will need to do spiritual warfare, there is no way around it.

My prayer for you today, is that you not only read those scriptures, but accept them as the Word of God and realize that the gifts given by the Spirit of the Lord, are not so that you will be glorified or praised.  The gift is not for you to be next to the pastor.  Don't desire to have someone else's gift because you think it's so great.  Accept whatever gift God has given to you and use it for the Body of Christ.  PRAISE GOD!

Heavenly Father, I pray that each one that reads your message is both blessed and warned concerning the gifts that YOU have chosen for them.  I pray that each one use their spiritual gifts for the Body of Christ and not just their body.  I pray Lord that YOU are glorified through each of us as we begin to we mature in the gifts that YOU have given to us.  In Jesus name, Amen.

RUN TO THE LIGHT

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  My prayer for you today is that you are blessed and highly favored of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  May you be abundantly blessed as you follow after Him.

(2 Samuel 22:9), You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light. (Psalms 119:105), Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (John 3:19), This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

I love the way that the Holy Spirit gives me titles for the devotional messages.  I was watching a scary movie last night and you know we always want to shout to the people telling them to turn around.  We wait eagerly for a monster to pop out of nowhere to make us jump, usually it's just a kitten.  Anyway, here's our message for today.

One of the things that I always notice in a horror or suspense movie is that, when the person thinks that someone or something is in their home, they always go looking in the dark.  You say to yourself, "why don't they turn on the light"?  But of course, they don't turn on the light, they blindly walk through the house with a weapon of some sort, looking for whatever has invaded their home.  We still scream at the television, TURN ON THE LIGHT!

The devil is very cunning and deceitful, that's his job.  You better believe that the devil is always doing his job.  Some of us Christians are not always on our job.  When the devil is reaking havoc all around us and in our home, we blindly walk around the house wondering where he is.

If you don't invite the Lord, Jesus Christ into your home, your heart, your soul and your mind, you will never have the light that is needed to defeat the enemy.  You are walking around in the darkness expecting the Lord to give you victory in your situation.  If you don't take time out of your busy schedule to communicate with the Lord, talk with Him, and listen to Him, you are going to stay in the darkness.  Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.  Without Him there is only darkness.  If you never turn on the light, you will never see the enemy coming.  Once you enter into your home, the first thing that most people do, if it's dark, is to reach for the light switch, so that you can see your way around your home.

Light overcomes darkness.  Jesus Christ overcame Satan.  Christ is the light that you need in order to overcome the enemy.  The God, the Father has made it so easy for us to receive the Light that He sent to us, to die for us sinners and send the Comforter (the Holy Spirit).  God, the Father says, "if you deny my Light (His Son), then He will deny you.  You don't have to walk around in the dark looking for the enemy if you have turned on the Light (Jesus Christ).  PRAISE GOD!

 

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COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANS

Good morning, Mighty woman of God!  I thank God for each of you and your prayers for myself and my family.  I esteem each of you higher than myself.  I thank God for the God in you.  God bless you.

 

(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.

 

Please read the entire chapter of (2 Tim. 3), the whole chapter is very important for gaining knowledge and wisdom.

 

I am going to give you a quick skit.  There are four women on a prayer line that are supposed to be praying for another sister in the church.  Someone that they say that they care very deeply for.

 

Woman 1:  "Is everyone on the prayer line now?"  Woman 2: "Yes, we're all here". Woman 1: Does anyone have a special prayer request before we pray for the Body of Christ?" Woman 3: "Yes, we need to pray for sister Shirley today".  Woman 4: "Why, what's going on with her?"  Woman 1: Didn't you hear, her husband left her and those rotten kids and moved in with her best friend".  Woman 2: "No, your kidding." Woman 3:  "I heard the same thing, and did you hear what happened to her son?" Woman 3: "No, what happened?"  Woman 3: "He just got out of jail last night, got caught with drugs in his car".  Woman 1:  "And you know her daughter is only 13 and at the rate she's going with boys, she'll probably be pregnant before she gets out of high school." Woman 4: "I know that's right".  Woman 2:  "You know I saw sister Shirley at the store yesterday and she was looking a hot mess". Woman 4: " What!"  Woman 2: "Yeah, her hair was all over her head and her nails weren't even done".  Woman 1:  Yeah, we definitely have to pray for that whole family, cause the devil is running all over that house".  Woman 1: "Does anyone else have a prayer request?"  Woman 3: "No that's all".  All Women: "Thank you Jesus for hearing our prayer, Amen".  "Everyone have a blessed day, see you at church service tomorrow".

 

I hope that you were able to keep up with the women and understand exactly what just went down on the so-called prayer line.  If that seems a little steep, I assure you that scenario happens on a lot of prayer lines.  As you read over the scripture, notice that the scripture says that women will be preyed on.  The scripture does not say that men will prey on weak-willed women.  Of course, that is also one way of looking at it, but since this is all about women, the same goes for women in the church.  Women do prey on other women, that they deem as weak-minded.  There are women in the church that seek out babes in Christ.  As babes in Christ women are very trusting and a lot of times are in need of not only to be a part of the Body of Christ, but seeking out true friendships.  Those women on that prayer line possess only "a form of godliness".

 

Lastly, when I was a babe in Christ and not sure of the myself, having low self-esteem, and in need of true friends in the church I was treated unjustly.  I allowed certain women to come into my home and literally try to run my home.  One pastor's wife, actually told me that I should talk to them before I put my kids on punishment.  What I did was go to God in prayer, flooded with tears and asked the Lord to show me the truth about that person and the church.  The very next day, God showed me what I needed to see.  It was rough but, God held me the whole time I cried.  I served that pastor's wife according to the Word of God.  I serve for God, not her and that was one of the reasons why the Lord showed me that there was only a form of godliness in that particular church.

 

You need to have good communication skills when it comes to your relationship with God. He will give you discernment in order to keep you safe from women that prey on the babes in the Body of Christ.  If you don't have a close relationship with the Lord, you will not be able to hear Him when He tells you, "it's time to move".  If you are living as best you can for the Lord, He will protect you and He will not allow you to get hurt by women that act like the ones depicted on the prayer line.  If you have gotten hurt in such a way, know that God still has your back and take it as a lesson learned, kick the dust from your feet and move on.  AMEN!

 

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TRADITIONALLY SPEAKING

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I speak blessings of peace, love and joy upon your life.  May you prosper abundantly as you seek after our Lord, Jesus Christ, in Jesus name.

 

(Romans 12:2), And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

 

Okay, my sisters, a quick English lesson, according to the Webster's Dictionary.  (Conform = to shape after, to be similar in form or character.  To behave in accordance with modes or customs.  To bring into agreement).  (Tradition = a mode of thought or behavior passed from one generation to another.)

 

I am always astounded by the way that the Holy Spirit teaches me something new.  I have taught on that particular scriptures a couple of times and what I love most about the Holy Spirit is that scriptures never get old, because He gives a fresh revelation, every time you need it.  I thank God for His Word given to me on a constant basis, as long as I am obedient and open-minded.  That is our word for today, OPEN-MINDED.  In order to gain wisdom as to what the Spirit of the Lord is trying to deliver to you today, you much keep an open mind.  Anyway, here we go!

 

Tradition has a way of keeping you bound, if you are not careful or closed-minded and not willing to listen to a new way or being stuck in your ways.  For some reason, it is always safer to conform instead of transforming by changing the way we think by renewing our mind.  If you are going through life always conforming and sticking to tradition, you will never transform because you will not renew your mind or way of thinking.  We just don't seem to ask the question WHY?  You only do as you are told, not asking any questions in fear of not being accepted. 

 

Because something has always been done a certain way does not make it right or wrong, only if you, yourself know and understand the reason why.  For instance, if you ask someone why do you pray or worship that way, and that person's answer to you is, "because that's the way, it's always been done, generation after generation".  In reality you are looking for a better, more clearer answer than that, but instead you conformed to their way, not researching the reason why, it is the way it is.  In other words you don't want to stir up any trouble.

 

Here's an example:  Your great grandmother has passed down her delicious recipe for homemade apple pie to your grandmother and your grandmother makes a mean apple pie, it's the bomb.  Your grandmother passed the recipe down to your mother and now it's your turn to get the recipe for your daughter to follow.  Now, there is nothing wrong with the recipe passed down from generation to generation but you want to change the recipe by adding a cup of sugar.  The only reason why you are adding a cup of sugar is because your taste buds are a little bit different than generations before you.  Again, that doesn't make your great grandmothers recipe wrong, you just like it a little bit sweeter.  Are you following me?  It's time for the saints of God to move out of tradition in order for us to experience a miraculous move of God.  This generation is looking for a move of the Spirit of God.  They don't want to just observe it, they desire to be a part of it.  Not just hear about the goodness of God, but taste the goodness of God.

 

Now let's move this into the spirit realm.  A lot of churches are spiritually bound because they are used to doing things one way.  Tradition has a way of keeping the churches bound.  No one has ever spoke in tongues before, so the church does not allow it.  No one has ever actually laid hands on the sick, as the disciples have done, so the church does not allow it.  No one has ever been delivered from anything in the church for as long as the Pastor can remember.  No one dances for the Lord, because that's not the way they are used to doing it.  We sing when we stand on this song, we sit on that song.  Even though the old Pastor has retired and the new Pastor is younger and would like to lay hands on the sick, speak prophetically in the congregations life, let you get your praise on, he conforms to the tradition of the churches old ways of doing things in fear that the people will leave the church.  So that's how it is and that's how it will be (let's just stick to tradition).  In the meantime, you have people hungry for Jesus Christ.  Not only are they hungry for the Word of God, but are seeking prayer and deliverance.  They are not willing to conform to the old way, because they have tasted something better. Tradition will keep you from not only receiving God's best, but also not able to give God's best.  You can't keep God in a box and expect Him to move in a mighty way through a box.  God is way bigger than any box you could possibly ever imagine.

 

One more thing.  What if someone is just waiting on you to make a change to the traditional way.  There are so many people waiting for a transformation to take place in the churches.  We are hungry for the move of God, but tradition will keep us bound, generation after generation, because no one wants to renew their mind and transform instead of conform.  PRAISE GOD!

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

Good morning, Mighty Woman of God!  I speak blessings of peace and joy upon your life.  I pray that you received all the blessings that God has in store for you as you follow after Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.

 

(Romans 12:1-3), I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

 

As I was washing the dishes this morning, I had a skillet in my hand and I began to wash the inside of it.  I put a lot of soap in the skillet to make sure that all the grease was gone.  Then I turned the skillet over and just ran the rag over the bottom of the skillet and lightly wash the handle of the skillet.  That's when I heard the Spirit of the Lord say to me, "that's the way my people are".  What was the Lord saying to me?  Then I heard, "my people don't wash the bottom or handles of pots".  I still don't get what the Lord was saying to me.  "my people only wash what others may see, but they don't wash what others cannot see".  Would you like to handle something that is not clean?  I cannot handle my people that are not clean."

 

Can you handle the truth?  Can God handle you?  Have you been washed clean or are you still perpetrating  and trying to fool people into thinking that you are so holy?  That you have your life all together.  Are you busy looking at other peoples dirty handles that you can't see your own?  Are you only clean on the top and still hiding the part of you that others don't see? When the truth of the matter is that you are dealing with far more demonic spirits than the persons sin that you can see on the outside.  When we are truthful with ourselves, coming clean that we don't have it all together and pray that God will deliver us from the sin that we are trying to hide.

 

Once you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you have an obligation to God and yourself to present your living bodies holy, and acceptable to God.  Now, understand that God knows that we are all sinners, that is the reason why God sent His Son to die on the cross for you and for me.  The Lord knows that we will never be perfect, but He does expect us to at the least strive towards holiness.  We have to renew our minds, so that we are not easy manipulated by Satan, causing us to be transformed by worldly things.  Being a Christian comes with a cost.  First, Christ paid for our sins, by dying on the cross and shedding His blood.  That was the cost that He paid for us.  The cost that we must pay is to not be conformed into worldly things.

 

The best way to keep our minds renewed is to stay in constant communication with the Lord and studying His word.  Before you start reading the bible, pray that the Holy Spirit will give you fresh revelation, wisdom and knowledge of the Word of God.  You might read your bible all the time and know the scriptures by heart, but it is always a good idea to pray that prayer because the Holy Spirit will give you exactly what you need from God that day.  You can read a scripture today to give you encouragement and next year that same scripture will give you another meaning, according to what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to you. 

 

Never think of ourselves as highly than others, because we are all God's children.  Just because we may not be dealing with the same sin as our sister, that does not give you the right to be judgmental.  Can you handle the truth?  Remember we all have our demons to destroy.  Some of us are better at hiding our sins from our sisters, but we can never hid them from God.  Can God touch you and not get dirty?  Can God handle you and not get dirty.  Have you only washed the parts of you that people can see on the outside?  Are you carrying bitterness, strive, sexual sins, judgment of other, etc.).

 

The best way to keep our handles and the bottom of our skillets (our mind, body and spirit), holy and acceptable to God is to allow the Spirit of the Lord to dwell within us, and create in us a clean heart, everyday.  Everyday our lives bring new challenges, trials and situations that may try to keep us from presenting our bodies holy and acceptable to God.  That is the reason why we must invite the Holy Spirit to dwell within us on a daily basis.  PRAISE GOD!