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Praise the Lord! What a day and it has not really started but hey I am thankful!

I have been doing my bible reading and as I was going to write some stuff today – I think this day I am sharing scripture as a reminder for us all.  

Ecclesiastes 1:8-9 (KJV) 8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  

Ecclesiastes 1:8-9 (CEV) 8All of life is far more boring than words could ever say. Our eyes and our ears are never satisfied with what we see and hear. 9Everything that happens has happened before; nothing is new, nothing under the sun. 

As I read those scriptures above – it reminded me how our flesh truly is – we are bored in life and want something new and exciting to happen but nothing is really new for it has all been done before. It also made me appreciate the love of Jesus even more . . . if nothing new is under the sun – the days of Sodom and Gomorrah are still alive in this world and though the Lord destroyed those places – He has blessed us to have life still.  

Which reminds me of how Moses pleaded with God to save the city for the sake of the righteous – thus makes me say Thank you Jesus for ‘pleading’ for the world for the sake of the righteous! He is truly worthy of all our praise!  

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (KJV) 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.  10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.  

A lot of people say this for the married it is where I hear reference to it the most but what about other relationships – friendships and fellowships with fellow sisters and brothers in Christ – we need each other to live this life in Christ. 

So let us stop holding things in and be open and honest with ourselves and those around us – Jesus is with us and shall bring you through – yet the prayers of the righteous availth much and it is really great to get it off of ourselves because sometimes it helps to let go even more than before.  

Philippians 4:10-12 (KJV) 10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

I am a child of the most High God and He has blessed me to see this day so no matter what is before me – I shall keep in my heart and mind the focus of the Lord before me so that my heart is content and happy in Jesus all my days in my life. 

Enjoy your blessed day!
 
 
Praise the Lord – He is awesome and truly keeping me this day! I tell you sometimes I look around and shake my head. Some of the choices I have made are just sticking with me – lol – can’t they just leave and let me stop being reminded of the mistake! Oh well – we reap what we sow right! AMEN! I shall take the bad with the good – all things will work for my good! Thank you Jesus.

Well not too much to say today – just praying for the body of Christ and all my sisters in the world. I tell ya the struggle is going on and the fight is going on – looking forward to His return so that the struggle is over. 

I had to laugh at my husband because he was listening to the song “The Struggle is Over” and he was just going on and on about it. I had to laugh because normally it is me. It is kind of deceiving to unsaved and newly saved Christians. It is like we think that there is not going to be a struggle – so I decided to look up the words. 

Wherever you are

Whatever you've been going through

God says the struggle is over for you

You've been in this place long enough

And your mountainside has been rough

The struggle is over for you 

Wherever you are

Whatever you've been going through

God says the struggle is over for you

You've been in this place long enough

And your mountainside has been rough

The struggle is over for you 

The struggle is over

The struggle is over for you

The struggle is over

The struggle is over for you 

The struggle is over

The struggle is over for you

The struggle is over

The struggle is over for you 

Your heartache is over

Your heartache is over

Your heartache is over

Your heartache is over 

The trouble is over

The trouble is over

The trouble is over

The trouble is over 

Your struggle is over

Your struggle is over

Your struggle is over

Your struggle is over

Your struggle is over for you 

You've been in this place long enough

And your mountainside has been rough

The struggle is over for you 

I've been in this place long enough

And my mountainside has been rough

The struggle is over for me 

You've been in this place long enough

And your mountainside has been rough

The struggle is over for you 

Now I know what the song means and the point of the song but my hubby made a valid point – one thing is over and here comes the next – we will always face struggles and issues because this is one way of knowing that God is God. It is also a way of being molded in Him. It is always something that will never end until Jesus returns. 

Mervyn is a stickler on the words that we choose to use for things and the meanings that it can apply to someone. We have had a few disagreements on the words that I have used in expressing myself because of what they truly mean. So I am always aware of this when dealing with him. . . yet the struggle is not over – not completely over until the return of Jesus. 

Now do we have to suffer in our struggle or even deal with our struggle – nope – Jesus will do it all – but yet how often do we actually give it over to Him. I bet there is not one person who reads this blog today that does not struggle with one thing or another in their life. It is part of life – but the struggle can be over with that particular thing is you turn it over to Jesus and keep turning things over to Jesus.  

Yet we struggle daily with things don’t we – amazing though – the Lord is still there and working it out for us! Thank you Jesus for showing me that I struggle with things I do not need to do so with because you are there to take it for me!  

Enjoy your blessed day!  
 
 
Praise the Lord! Okay man am I so behind! LOL My Christmas tree is not up and my son has not yet complained about it – thank God for that! Just called hubby and asked him to take the Christmas tree stuff out. We normally do the tree decorating on the weekend after Jonathan’s birthday (Dec 8th) but this year – too many people were at my house. 

I do not really like putting the tree up at this house any how – my house is too crowded and it just does not look the way I want it to look but since Christmas is 10 days away – I better get busy! LOL I am excited that Christmas is 10 days away – not only do we get to celebrate the birth of our Lord – Jesus Christ – but I get a long weekend and then go to work for 4 days and vacation starts for one week! Praise the Lord for His awesome ways and for the wonderful upcoming vacation. 

I am thankful to be able to be in the land of the living and to celebrate these holidays season for we have Christmas and the New Year coming! There are only two things that make it kind of sad – not totally sad or anything like that – just a bittersweet kind of thing. My mommy is not here with us and this was a time when she and I used to have tons of fun. I kind of lost some of that ‘fun’ when she passed away but yet I still enjoy and shall act silly as silly anyhow! The other thing is my hubby has to work – I do really not like his days off and his hours. We still do not have any of the same days off or even the same work time – so it is a pain in the butt. 

Yet we have not spent a Christmas together at home all day since we got married! He can’t take it off – so off to work he will go and we will just be missing him. Yet one day the Lord is going to bless – we are going to have that awesome house where I can put the Christmas tree in the front window of the house (I love that thought) and he is going to be off. If he stays on this schedule I know that in the year 2012 – he will not only have Christmas Day off but Christmas Eve – this of course is if there are no changes to his schedule for two years! LOL  

Yet who know where God is going to have us. Do you ever just sit and let your mind daydream? I know I do and those dreams are awesome and I always turn to the Lord and say Jesus there is nothing impossible in you – this is my heart’s desire – may you feel that it is in your will for me to have this and if not – bless my heart to accept it as you say it shall be! 

In all things God will get the glory! Enjoy the blessed day God has given you – for whether you want to acknowledge it or not – your day is blessed!
 
 
Praise the Lord! What a beautiful and wonderful day in the Lord! I am smiling despite the things that are just working me! I tell ya sometimes I really wonder about my life and what I am doing but I trust God to work it out. 

Sometimes it seems I take 10 steps forward to only look back and see that I took 20 steps back. Yet I keep pressing on – I tell myself that it is just one of those smoke screens of the enemy trying to mess with me.  

Got that phone call I knew I was going to get from the doctor’s office. I told him when I was there that I can not stand getting blood work done and coming to the office because something is always out of line – oh well that will be done and over one day!  

Well other than that – let’s see – I trust and believe God despite all that is going on around me. I think I am supposed to get depressed or something but please I am not even going there with that one! I have way too much to be happy about and I am not letting depression set in on me.  

I just keep singing and talking to the Lord – He keeps reminding me that He is in charge and leading the way and I better follow. LOL I just thank God for the true friends in Jesus that I have. God has blessed me with sisters who no matter what are my sisters and there for me! I thank God for that! I know in the upcoming months – I am going to need it.  

I am headed on yet another bumpy ride again – but hey God is there and He shall lead – yet as I type this the thought comes that it is just in preparation for the next level – how can I appreciate what I have if I am not given situations to appreciate it in! God is good! 

Have a blessed day!
 
 
Praise the Lord! God is truly good. I made it to work despite all that awful traffic and slow drivers! I am praying that we can move closer to my job so that there is less time spent on the road and more time at home. I work technically only 25 minutes from home – well with the way I drive. LOL But my commute to work is at least 45 minutes to an hour and do not let there have been an accident on the parkway because that can turn to from an hour to two hour ride depending on how many accidents. Yet it amazes me in the winter time how long it takes because there are some snow flurries that have not even accumulated on the road falling. I have sat in traffic for two hours because of that! So it is time to start thinking about moving closer to the job – praying for the Lord’s will because it will not happen if He does not ordain it. 

Today is the day before Halloween – first off I HATE Halloween – I always have. Jonathan went trick or treating twice in his life when he was two and three – his father took him – his father bought the costume and his father took him. I could not stand the holiday – funny though all Jonathan did both times was go to three houses and want to come home and give out the candy. Of course this was all before I was saved. 
 

I thought the holiday was dumb to dress up for and even as a kid – I did not like to go really. I did once as a teenager and went as a prostitute – THANK GOD FOR SAVING ME! LOL Yet as I look back on it – that is where my mindset was – I wanted to be sexy. Funny how some Christians still want to be sexy – what is wrong with just being beautiful. There is a difference in the wording.

 

Sexy – concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué, sexual interesting or exciting, radiating sexuality, excitingly appealing, glamorous….

 

Beautiful – having beauty, having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, excellent of its kind, wonderful, very pleasing

 

Diva – is a prima donna – which is a temperamental person, a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience.

 

Okay – this Christian woman wants to be beautiful – forget sexy and diva. I know some are going to say that it really does not mean that when you say you are sexy or that you are a diva – but the definition can not be changed to accommodate what we want it to accommodate it to be. So think about the words we use my sisters – words are powerful and we can and will take on those characteristics if we use them. So just think about that the next time you say you are sexy and want to be sexy – hummmm you want to be about sex – okay then. . . think about what Jesus wants you to be and I bet it is NOT sexy. Holiness my sisters – Holiness!

 

The other thing on my mind today is still standards – the standards that we will stoop to and then say that it is good because our intentions are different. Okay if it looks like a worldly thing – smells like a worldly thing and appears to be like a worldly thing – then guess what – slapping on Christian before it does not make it of God. So many of us do that and then wonder why we are in a rut. If things are not the way the Lord is – then guess what it is not of Him. Remember – we are to radiate Jesus – the beauty of the Lord – hummm not the sexiness of the Lord and truly not the divaness of the Lord either.

 

We can not mix the two things . . . we are NOT to be like the world – we should look different – we should act different and the world should see that we are not like them. If they do not see that – something is wrong. If we are not loving and acting like Jesus we are in trouble – it is a shame that we have allowed God to become a backseat in our lives – only allowing Him to ‘drive’ when we messed things up.

 

I was thinking about this as I was responding to Sister Casandra’s reply to my blog from yesterday – we are allowing the Lord to be last. I am not going to say that I am not guilty of the same thing – we all are but then we sit around and wonder why our lives are a mess or why things are not going the right way.

 

God has blessed us to be here and we will put everything and everybody before Him. I am once again reaching out to my sisters and challenging them to put stuff aside for the Lord for a week. Just one week – put things aside and focus on the Lord. However He directs you to do so.

 

My husband ‘challenged’ me to get closer to the Lord so that I see more of Him and less of me. I am working on not allowing my flesh to take over and to be happy all the time regardless of my situation – which in turn is being content in whatsoever state I find myself in.

 

So I am going to write another blog for the WL4J Challenge!

 

Well let me go and do that… God is calling His people to live according to His word and His way – let us live this way and have life more abundantly!

 

God bless!
 
 
Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow! Praise the Lord for His mighty works in our lives! Praise the Lord for the love He gives unto us daily!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Today – I just wanted to take the time to speak about being thankful. There is a lot going on in my life that is sometimes trying and sometimes joyous but I have decided to give thanks to God for all of it. I have been striving to keep a positive outlook on things (as Sister Shelia mentioned in her blog the other week) and really striving on being positive. I have decided to remain strong in the Lord and keep my will on Him and I am thankful to the Lord for it. God has kept His word every present before me and I plan on feeding on it daily as much as I can. I thank the Lord for the love that He gives me.

I thank the Lord that despite what others say and do to me – He has kept me. I thank the Lord that during my entire life, I have been blessed. I thank the Lord that despite what others do – I keep going in Him.

I thank the Lord for the Holy Spirit who directs me in my actions and my talk. I thank the Lord for all that He is doing in my life. I thank the Lord for when a door is closed – He opens another door for me.

I thank the Lord for the love that He has given me – oh I just thank the Lord today for He is mighty – oh so mighty! I am working on a few new things for the community at WL4J . . .we are working on a new web site concept along with looking into more online opportunities to expand and get more sisters talking. It is not easy but God is moving – this I see. I love it and truly appreciate all that God is doing.

I have to smile because I keep wondering how things are going to get done – but then He does what He does best and sends what is needed. I am so thankful to the Lord for keep my family working together in His kingdom and I know that I am truly blessed. He has given the vision and the steps to take and it is something how things become so much clearer when things are moved out of the way.

I am blessed – I am truly blessed! May the love of the Lord continue to shine down on you this day and may you accept it with open arms and embrace His love today for you – enjoy it – relish in it – live for it and live by it!

God Bless!
 
 
Praise the Lord….last night I went to sleep praying to the Lord for a restful sleep…I drifted off as soon as my head hit the pillow and kissed the hubby goodnight. I drifted off into dreamland but don’t ask me my dream as I very rarely remember them…I was really tired as I did not wake up to the hubby’s snores…restful and peaceful sleep.                                                                                      
I pray for restful sleep and the Lord provides me with it…as I fell asleep it was going on 1 AM and I thought to myself – Lord only you! As I woke up after hitting the snooze twice, knowing that means I am going to have to jump out of bed and run through the house to get ready – not reading my emails until I get to work and all that jazz…. 

5:45 AM – hit the snooze again….Lord let these 15 minutes just refresh me to wake up and start this day…only you can get me through this day because I am tired…my body is weak and my mind is racing….Lord start my day and bring me through my day as I need you. I drift off again into a short cat nap of 15 minutes… 

6:01 AM – wanting to throw the alarm clock across the room….Lord wake me up…get me moving I have to leave here in 20 minutes…only you Jesus can get me through this. Lord start my day with you and may you be with me all day…no fussing, no wanting to smack anyone…Lord I know the enemy is going to start messing with me…please help me be guarded, walking in your love, covered in the armour of Jesus and just letting You bring me through….Lord I am blessed and I thank you for getting me out of that bed…this day belongs to you in my life for I should be back in bed but you gave me the strength to get out of it…thank you Jesus!  

6:30 AM – Okay I am late…LOL Lord guide my drive to work and bless the commute may my mind stay on you…touch all my sisters and brothers in Christ – the ones I know and do not know – that they all have an awesome day in you! Okay Lord – breakfast! LOL 

7:30 AM – Lord thanks for the safe arrival here at work…oh Jesus the steps with all this stuff (I stopped and got breakfast and lunch – eating healthy means at least 3 meals a day). Lord give me the strength to get up those two flights – I am always out of breathe.  

7:45 AM – Thank you Jesus for my co-worker holding that door – bless Him to come know you and I know that was you as my legs were weak and hands full – thank you Lord!  

This was the beginning of my day and as I sit here I have to smile – I really do talk to Jesus constantly…I thank Him for that…because I remember when I did not even know Him. I am sitting here at work trying to work out Honesty Week in my mind – get ready sisters it starts next week! I want to do some different things – we are going to have giveaways – are you ready??? Yet as I sit here an think on it….I have to share – I just have to share how awesome He truly is… 

When we are walking in the Lord – He will give us what we need…how do I get what I get done – perseverance in Jesus…not on my own accord but on His. Last night, I was typing up the stuff for the forums…the books that I bought – forgetting that I still had to get the Daily Bible Reading stuff done along with the Good Morning Inspirational Email done…I was working on God’s will book and it hit me – the Daily Bible Reading was not ready and neither was the Good Morning Email….awww man….. 

I stop typing up the God’s will stuff and switch to the Daily Bible Reading as that is more important – see sisters prioritizing – a excellent skill and tool! I go to the site that I am getting the questions from…WHAT is this – awww man they changed up the way the lessons were done…I like the other way – okay – readjust – rethink this out…okay – well Lord we will follow their plan – what can it hurt – we are still learning! Okay got that all copied and pasted into all the right places – send out the email….praise the Lord one done! Thank you Lord for the reminder and direction!  

Okay the Good Morning email – Hey it is for Tuesday – Praise the Lord – Bible Trivia Tuesday – Thank you Jesus…easy said – get it done…oh no – notice that I have to get the Bible Trivia for Friday – it still needs typed up…thank you Lord for letting me see that so I am not rushed on Thursday night! AMEN!! On the list of things to do…oh yes sisters – a list is a must – a mother, a wife, a sister in Christ, a founder, and truly a busy woman – list is a must.  

Okay back to God’s will type up…okay got it done – posted…let me see what is going on in the group…Hey Sister – how are ya?!! Praise the Lord chit chat via email with my Philly sister! Okay, double checking – oh yes one more set of things to write…but you know what it is 11:00 PM – got to wrap it up…hubby done taking his shower…better get off the computer….night to all…LOL 

Hubby has to have his quality time…hugs kisses – 1 AM – goodnight world… 

But you know what the best part is – the peace in my heart through it all…the joy in my heart through it all…it is Jesus…He brings it…He keeps it and I pray for it! AMEN!  

As I sit at work…I have a few WL4J things to do along with my regular Comcast duties – which is cool – the Lord works it out and it all gets done. Tonight I have to stop past the post office to mail to packages off to my sisters – yes one step at a time…got to work on the Honesty Week stuff and thank God from 6 to 7 PM – I get some me time – then 7 PM – I get to talk about the Lord with a sister in Christ as we go over the word for about an hour! Praise the Lord for that…hey 8 PM will come and it is family time as we go over the word with Jonathan…guess what 9 PM Jonathan goes to bed…I get to do a few things with WL4J as hubby watches a movie to catch up on things he was missing or maybe he will fall asleep since he got up at 7 AM today….yet I know the peace of God will be with me – for He is with me always! AMEN! It is a blessing to serve the Lord and it is our outlook on our lives that makes the difference. When I stopped seeing my life through my eyes and started living it according to His ways…I can really do all things through Christ which strengthens me! Guess what my sisters – so can you!  

Have a blessed and wonderful day! 
 
 
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Praise the Lord! He is worthy of all praise!

 

I say yes – Lord Yes – to your will and to your way

I say yes – Lord Yes – I will trust you and obey

When your spirit speaks to me with my whole heart I believe

And my answer will be yes – Lord Yes 

How often do we really sing that song and mean it when we sing it? How many times has God told us to do something and we said no way or we procrastinate or even question that He even said it…this as hard as it is to realize is disobedience and in doing this we can hinder our walk with the Lord even more.  

I can not even begin to express to you how amazed I am at the things the Lord has done in my life. I look at it and see such blessings and just sit back in awe of the Lord in His wonderful majesty. He is awesome and we are blessed. I look at WL4J and the growth that He has blessed us with and I think to myself – WOW Lord – look at what you have done! Even in the struggles – He is there and directing. I get amazed that I wake up sleepy but as soon as I pray for strength to make it through the day – here is some ‘get up and run’ strength that just amazes me. 

The doctors never thought I would be here this day, the enemy is trying to destroy me every single day, my flesh is cutting up left and right – BUT GOD keeps me centered in Him. It is something how the Lord just blesses…sisters make comments to me about being strong in the Lord – hummmm I am weak as He is strong…I do what I do because He strengthens me to do it – He guides me to do it and when I listen to Him – I can do all things in Him…yet man those days when I am not listening – watch out…that ‘twin’ sister comes out and she is not very pretty.  

I was relaxing last night after getting a few things done (yes I do relax – I do practice what I preach! LOL) and as I was playing one of my many time management games (It is addictive – I am a control freak – help me Jesus – I have to manage everything…LOL) I was still hearing from the Lord about things that need done with WL4J…yet it was so refreshing to know that He will send the help and He will direct the way that I did not panic or get upset. 

He reminded me yet again about how He does things…He does it perfect for all things are decent and in order. He has never used a bunch of people to do anything…remember Gideon – 300 men – just 300 men!! Praise the Lord…remember Joshua and the walls of Jericho – marching around just brought those walls down…yet it was their faith and trust in the Lord – how awesome is that!! Many of us are facing obstacles in our lives, situations that we may not see a way out of…but it is our faith and trust that will get us to the point of being calm in the storm.  

I was thinking of things last night and the Lord reminded me to trust Him and have faith in Him – not my husband, my son, the sisters of WL4J, but in Him – He will bring it all to past – all I have to do is trust, believe and be an open vessel for Him.  

Hey that is another thing – how open are we truly to the Lord…many of us are missing out on blessings, breakthroughs, and just pure joy in Jesus because we are not open to Him. We put Him on the back burner, we are not reading our word, and we are not spending time with Him as we should outside of Sunday service. When we do open up ourselves unto the Lord – awwwww the joy of the Lord – the presence of Jesus and the overflowing of His love is so right there in our hearts….open up my sisters – open up to the Lord…stop dragging your feet – stop putting Him as an after thought but make Him first in your life – 100%! Of course it is not going to be easy – the enemy is going to hate you but you know what when you are armed in Jesus – there is nothing that the enemy can do for you already have the victory – just ride that storm through! AMEN!  

Well enjoy your day – time to go do some of my 9 to 5 work! God bless and talk to ya in a few!  

Love your sister

Alissa
 
 

Acts 2:1-4 1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Praise the Lord! The Lord has been dealing with me in some areas of my life that until the other day I did not realize what it was. This brings me to my point for today, yet more honesty…..

To be on one accord with others, you have to be on accord with the Lord first and then the rest will follow. I have experienced many times the presence of the Lord, at home, at church, in my car, at work, in the grocery store for wherever I go – Jesus is with me. The Lord has taught me that….but what you can not experience alone is being on one accord as they were in the upper room when the Holy Spirit was given. 

I have had a few experiences with that…actually there are three types that I have experienced thus far…church, group, two or three gathered….let me explain….

We were having a church service at my home church with a visiting Elder who the Lord anointed that day to bring a powerful message to all of us there. Yet though the message was a great message as He talked about being a child of God and walking in our calling in Jesus by being servants to the Lord and those around us, it is not that which I speak of. The sermon was just what was needed to order things to what was coming. I have been in other services where men of God are doing a prayer line and lining people up to come to be prayed for. We have had ministers do that before but before this time I never went up. I was taught that you do not allow just anyone to touch you and pray over you…so this is what I told myself as I would ignore the Holy Spirit telling me to get in line. 

I know now that it was fear that kept me from that, it was fear that kept me from my blessings in the Lord. I was afraid they were going to see through me and tell the world that I was not a real Christian. I was afraid that they would tell everyone that I was still sinning and expose my areas of weakness to the whole world. I did not realize that was not how God did things. I was afraid of what people would think of me and I did not want to look “stupid” shouting and praising God. I did not want to have anything to do with it, on the surface. I was scared of letting go and letting God take control of me. I was fighting the spirit of control – yet I thought I had given submission. I had been filled with the gift of the Holy Spirit so I thought that was good enough, I was submissive enough for that – what more could I do? 

It is something as I think about it because I was scared to praise the Lord...I was scared of what would happen to me…I could not stop thinking about people staring at me and talking about me later. I was just scared. Well we know who the author of fear is and how it is nothing of God at all. 

Well this particular Elder came down in front of the pulpit after giving his sermon; he opened the doors for prayer. People were coming up and he would give them a word, people were lying around the entire church on the floor. I was scared, I had only had that happen once before and that was at Minister Merv’s church, yet even then I did not understand what had happened to me. I was trying to wrap my head around what she had said to me then. (This was the first time someone spoke things in my life and I was still confused by what was said.) Yet, I listened to the Holy Spirit and moved into that line. What I experienced was awesome and I am thankful to the Lord for it, yet it was needed for the church to be on one accord. 

Now was everyone in service on the same page…most likely not, but there was enough there to make a difference, there was deliverance given that night in service, I know for me there was. Of course the enemy tried to attack me right after service with the words of a sister that still to this day rings in my mind when I think about it, but the Lord has shown me how the understanding of one can bless many. AMEN!! 

Yet this is still not the best one yet…it did teach me that we can have a few people in the midst of many who are on one accord and change the entire atmosphere to be submissive in the Lord! 

The next situation that I want to talk about is a group setting. I was blessed to go see a play in Lancaster, PA and though the play was good, it was the ride home that was the true experience and to this day I think that was why the Lord had only a few of us go on this trip. There was five adults and four children in the van, one the way home, we were listening to music, and Jesus showed up in the van. All nine of us were all on one accord; it was awesome as the children were praising the Lord too. Every single person was praising God in the van, and the Lord moved in all of us that day. One sister had never experienced the Holy Spirit in that manner at all, and it was such a blessing to have been able to share that with her. I can not speak for anyone else but the Lord was speaking to me during that time. The sister who was driving the van NEVER lost control of the van as she was praising God too. To this day, I believe is she would have stopped that van; we would have got out that van dancing on the side of the Turnpike. Praise the Lord!  The Lord showed me how even age does not matter in praising Him. My son still speaks of that day from time to time, being in the presence of God. There is no doubt in my mind that Jesus had filled that van with such a overpowering of His presence that I believe every single sister there had something change for them in that moment!

The next type that I have experienced is two or three gathered in His name. When we invited Prophet Mohr on the Living Victorious show, I thought to myself…Merv you know I do not do all these titles and stuff like that. It is not about Prophet, Prophetess, Pastor, Evangelist and all that stuff to me, it is about the moving of the Lord. Yet, he was so excited (Minister Merv)! We were on the phone and the Prophet started speaking the word of God and the power of the Lord came upon us. We were all on one accord for Jesus and this was such an experience in the Lord for we were not in each other presences but we were gathered on the phone in the name of the Lord. 

The other aspect of this is my husband and I being on one accord in things. I am blessed, this I know…as no matter how much sometimes I want to smack him in his head…(Just keeping it real – yes we are newlyweds, but we are still human and sometimes we work each other in trying to get used to each other. LOL) the Lord has blessed our relationship. We have always been able to come together for praise and worship of the Lord, despite all that is going on around us and in us. The Lord has blessed us to have some awesome prayer nights that when we are done praying and praising, we are worn out and pass out, sometimes we do not pass out and spend more time as a couple being very intimate and then pass out. Yet the praise and worship frees us to let go of things that we might have been holding onto against each other or other people. 

Okay, I said all of this to say this….each of us represents the Lord and each of us has an opportunity to be on one accord with others in the name of Jesus. It is about allowing ourselves to be on in the place that we can. I have been saying and will always say that all it takes is just one. You can be the one to start and watch how the Lord will grow it. Remember the Holy Spirit is referred to as a rushing wind and fire. The Lord is blessing some of you to move out of your comfort zone and move into the Holy Spirit control room where you are blessed to sit back and be comfortable in Jesus. 

I am asking the Lord to take me even higher in Him than ever before. I have been concerned that I will alienate myself even more from some family members and friends than I have ever been, yet the Lord said that He is there with me. I am blessed to have a husband who is there with me and building with me in the Lord so in all things God will receive the glory.

I have to be honest and though I know that the spirit of fear is not of God, I am afraid of what will come to be because of where the Lord is taking me…well maybe not what will come to be but what I have to go through to get there. I have a habit of wondering WAY too much. I laugh as I tell my sisters in Christ that they think too much, I know that they do because I do it too…I am overcoming it in the name of Jesus more each day and I am praying that the will of God is done in my life more each day! 

Despite the fear that I am working on turning over to the Lord, I am still moving forward, I still trust the Lord for all things! I have moved out of part one of my comfort zone and moving into the next level of coming out of my comfort zone. I am thankful that the Lord is showing me that being on one accord with others is how I want to live my life, I want to be around other likeminded sisters and brothers in Christ to be able to move out of the comfort zone for my life and move into the newness of Jesus! 

Well that is all today…LOL

Have a blessed and wonderful day in the Lord! 

Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne

 
 

1 Corinthians 2:9-16 9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

Praise the Lord…let us just get to it. I am thankful to the Lord for this day and the blessings that He is giving unto me and what He is doing in my life and what He is blessing me with. I am filled with the Holy Spirit and I am governed by the Lord. Yet all that we know are not always as such.

There were some things that have happened and to respect/protect the person who made the statements that sparked this Honesty Today, I will not go into great detail…but the words Conservative and Holy Spirit ARE NOT even remotely possible.

The word of God says that all things are possible in God…so if all things are possible in the Lord, Jesus is not in a box and He surely is not conservative in any manner.

Let me break it down in this manner…The word conservative means… “Disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, or to restore traditional ones and to limit change, cautiously moderate or purposefully low, traditional in style or manner, avoiding novelty or showiness” 

Okay, I should be able to stop there and not “have” to move forward on this, yet I am going to do so. We have a bad habit of putting God in a box when it comes to serving Him. It was given to me as an example of the man who was to go to the pool and dip himself 7 times to receive His healing. NOW…the Lord could have just touched Him right then and He will be healed, yet He sent him to the pool to dip himself. If this man did not do as the Lord said to do, he would not have received his full healing. Well we know that the Holy Spirit is Jesus…so when we are listening to the Holy Spirit we are following the directions of Jesus…well when the Holy Spirit tells you to move outside of the box and you do not do so…you have just confined yourself to a box in Jesus – this is where you miss out on blessings from the Lord. 

This reminds me of still the writing that I came across on Sister Valerie’s blog about the man who went to heaven and the angels was showing the man all things in Heaven but there was a room that they did not show him…in curiosity the man wanted to know see what was in the room, the angels did not really want to show him, but did…the room was FULL of beautiful things and people…the man could not figure out what that room was…the angels said that was the room of the blessings that he missed out on. We do this to ourselves…we have to allow the Lord to govern our lives and to move in our lives as He sees fit. 

Some of us have pre conditioned ourselves to be conservative in our walk in the Lord when Jesus was everything BUT that, yet because of our comfort level within ourselves, we do nothing to step outside of that. If we never step outside of the conservative style that we have, we will never have what we are looking for or expecting from the Lord in all aspects…we will receive blessings but NOT ALL the blessings that He has for us. 

I have seen it happen in my own home church, I have seen it in other churches, and the Lord is telling me yet again…we need to praise Him…we need to stop worrying about what others think and say and just praise the Lord as He moves us. NOW – we do not all praise the Lord the same…yet when you are doing the same thing repeatedly every single church service AND nothing is changing in your life…maybe it is time to step out of your conservatism or traditional ways and move according to the will of the Lord. 

I am still blessed and healed by stepping back to where the Lord has called me to be. It was in the moving forward in the Lord that I have received my healing. I know that there are members of my home church that do not understand why I testify as I do, I know that the are those that do not understand why I praise as I do, I know that some do not understand why I write as I do, but when I allow the Holy Spirit to move in me as He chooses to do…I am blessed to continue this walk in life with more love, more joy, more peace, and just truly loving my life and enjoying my life outside of Sunday service. 

By moving as the Holy Spirit directs me, He allows me to be free indeed in Jesus. Why am I so free – I let it go and I am letting God! Is it easy…HECKS NO! I am sometimes worried about who reads what I am writing, if someone takes offense, if I am stepping on toes especially when I name specific people, but the Lord instructs and I must do…we have to get that mindset…

Hummmmm….yet then again….if you do not have the Holy Spirit, you can not be governed by Him in the manner that I am governed by Him and you will not understand what I am saying. You will continue to stop yourself when you are reaching a breakthrough in your life, you will continue to walk in bondage and feel the pains of this life. For if you have the Holy Spirit, in time He will bring you out of all of that…and you will be free indeed in the Lord! 

On a personal level, I am truly thankful to the Lord for the freedom that He has blessed me with in Him from secrets. It is hard sometimes to “keep it real” but yet in doing so, the Lord is working in my life beyond my wildest imagination. Let me tell you that my prayer life has changed drastically, my thoughts are no longer the same, I sing and praise the Lord all the time. I am learning to stay in the Spirit of the Lord by staying aware of when I step outside of it and to run back as soon as I realize it. I have stepped outside of it on several occasions and man the flesh rises up like there is no tomorrow. I am even amazed at what comes out of my mouth…yet the Lord is still dealing with me.

The Lord has shown me things that are just so awesome and I see the blessings of the Lord falling down on all of us that are walking according to His will for our lives. We will stand out from all those that are not listening to Him. We will be blessed for all eternity. Now of course none of this is new…the Lord says all of this in His word…yet we forget that it is meant for us. I am standing in the promises of Jesus…He said I can live life abundantly in Him and I am standing in His word. 

I want an abundant life in Jesus…who can not use more love, peace, joy, understanding, comfort, and just all the fruits of the Spirit in the Lord. We have a habit of thinking material – remember that is flesh desires…and the Lord blesses in that manner too, BUT the most important blessings and living life abundantly in Jesus is to have more Jesus…

I have a purpose in my life that includes way more than I ever thought it would be…it includes so much stuff that I wonder why me Lord…yet the Lord says to be obedient and I shall… we need to be obedient in our walk with the Lord and we need to understand that the Lord is calling all of us to our purpose in Him….so step outside of the box and know that being conservative is NOT of the Holy Spirit.

Have a blessed and wonderful day in the Lord,
Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne