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Praise the Lord! I have been just thanking God for the confirmation of His word. I have been talking with some sisters about change and making the change in ones life and received such kick back but you know what I know God’s word is true and some shall accept and others reject – those that reject are in my prayers along with those that receive. 

Yet the Lord gave me a whole new word on change and for that I am grateful. It is amazing how much we can not stand change – well some of us that is. Some of us just adapt with little fuss but a lot of us will not deal with change – whether it is a change we have to make or a change that has happened to us that we can not control. 

Yet, I am learning that in Jesus there is change – there is a change that shall occur in our lives if we are living for Christ – IF we choose to do so. It was so awesome to open my email today and read the Ex Daily Word – the title was “Nothing changes if nothing changes”. Awesome. . . I love it.  

I did the Encouragement Hour last night on Victory in Jesus Everyday and one thing that I have learned is if we do not change our mindset – we will not see our victory every day – we will remain in our same state – never changing or expanding our lives according to His word.  

I know we have all seen it, people who have been in the word of God for a long time but nothing about them changes, they are still mean, they are still complaining, they are still in the same state they were when they first started coming to church – some of them have moved to the point of being even worse. It is their hearts that are not hearing AND acting on the word of the Lord.  

I could never understand why people just stay the same . . . of course some just think nothing is wrong with them, others may think that they have changed, and some have said well God is just not threw with me yet. I can’t stand that saying. . . it is so often used as an excuse to remain the same and not changing. Some of us God has not even had a chance to begin on because we are closed off to the changes that are necessary to live according to His word.  

But then the Lord revealed to me that some of us do not change because we do not open the word of the Lord except on Sundays – we never read, or even listen to the word of the Lord outside of Sunday. I was shocked when I learned there are some Christians – professing Christians who never even listen to the word of God – let alone read the word of God.  

How can you change if you do not even know what to change to? It is in Jesus that we have change available to us BUT we need to know His word to know what to change too.  

God is so good to us – I am thankful for His word and for His love for me! He is awesome – truly awesome! 

Hey – why not check out the Encouragement Hour from this week – it is really something to listen too – at least I think so . . . Victory in Jesus Everyday!! (01/13/10 date) 
 
 
Praise the Lord! God is so good! We had an awesome time during prayer last night – well hummm I did anyhow! LOL I thank the Lord for prayer and to be able to go to Him in prayer and feel so much better! God is so good to us! 

Two things I wanted to mention today – first – a book suggestion to all married and single women: 

Me? Obey Him by Elizabeth Rice Handford - Mrs. Handford shows not only the responsibility of submission but the joys and blessings that follow our obedience to God. She clearly demonstrates from the Bible that submission is God's intent, and that it works!  Mrs. Handford's points are sometimes controversial, but always thoughtful, full of love, and firmly Bible-based.  

The only place I can find this book is on her father’s website I believe. It is located at www.johnrice.com under Books by Elizabeth Rice Handford 

I recommend this book for ALL WOMEN! It is such an enlightening and cutting book…it is going to make you feel as if you are missing something or doing something wrong in your walk with the Lord – sisters that is called conviction and we need more of it. I found her by listening to BBN Radio and let me tell you – this woman is speaking the truth and her book is years and I mean years old – but the word of God never changes and neither does His plan for us. You may not like what you read because we are so used to doing things our way but doing things our way has gotten us into so much trouble in our lives – why not try to do things God’s way. 

Of course – my single sisters are saying but I do not have a man or think it is happening anytime soon – so what – why not get your mind and heart ready to receive the blessing the Lord has for you by preparing for marriage. All my engaged sisters – you need to get this book and you need to read it before saying “I do”. We need to go into marriage with the realities and not the fantasy of how you want it to be but what it really is in life!  

The book itself is only $3.45 (I believe) plus shipping – which by the time you are done I believe it is less than $10.00. Other places had the book listed but then ended up sending me an email saying they are out of stock – the site I listed was the only place I found it in stock. Once ya get it, let me know what you thought of it. 

I plan on typing it up for the site BUT I have a few other books in front of it – so it is going to be awhile! Spend the money and get the book – you will be glad you did! It will help – it really will. 

The other thing I wanted to mention today is change! I was thinking about this last night and then I woke up this morning to Sister Antonia’s blog and it sings so much in such short paragraphs that I had to applaud the Lord and her obedience for writing this today…

I believe that this is the hour that God is rising ministries out of obscurity that are filled with the fire and anointing of God. We are in this hour not going to able to have our programs and business as usual and Church affairs. This season is calling for a strong and kingdom minded people who are serious and committed, who will press in to the things of God and pray until they see results in the lives of those for whom they intercede. This is not the season of mediocrity or just good enough...WE HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE TO RISE AND TAKE THE KINGDOM BY FORCE. THEY THAT KNOW THEIR GOD WILL BE STRONG AND DO EXPLOITS - WE MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT US WHILE IT IS DAY FOR THE NIGHT COMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK. 

God is calling His people and if you do not follow or hear His voice – you will be left. There are many sheep’s in wolves clothing and so many are falling for the lies of the enemy – but please remember God is not mocked – He shall not lie and His word does not return to Him void. 

If you are not spreading the gospel of the Lord in all the opportunities that He presents before you – your silence is killing a soul – not just the person that you missed witnessing to but your very own soul. We have to remember that we have to face the Lord one day and we will need to make an account for this life….remember that God is full of grace and mercy BUT He is also a God of wrath too.  

If you are not already – start today by changing the mess in your life to live for Christ with your whole mind, soul, spirit and body! It is in Jesus we must live or we shall have eternal death – forever separated from Christ in a place of gnashing and wailing out never to feel relief but to be tormented forever! Stand in the Lord and know Jesus for the joy of all eternity – THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU!! Choose who you will serve today! 

God Bless!
 
 
Good day – Praise the Lord for yet another awesome day in Him! It is awesome to live a life in Him but it is also very hard – if you are not used to change – man you are going to have issues with your walk.

I have been thinking on so many things – speaking to God and just doing what He says to do – not always easy for some things we do not want to do or care to do but change is inevitable! Yet God is working it all out. Sometimes we do not really understand what the change is going to do but then sometimes we are blessed to fully understand. Yet through it all – we have to understand that God has a plan and we are part of that plan. 

When change comes in our lives – we need to embrace it and accept it – to love it and to cherish it! There is a change in the air and the Lord is working it all to be as He sees for it to be! Just relax and enjoy the changes – they are molding you into what He wants you to be!  

God Bless and enjoy your day for the Lord is mighty and He is strong and in Him you have all that you need! 
 
 
Praise the Lord – what a week and it is only Wednesday! LOL I tell ya the Lord has jokes! LOL I am just at a place right now called peace that passeth all understanding. Yesterday after pouring out my heart in my blog – I started to feel better but not up to par…I said I will trust the Lord and just standing…. 

My boss lately has been micro managing which really drives me batty – but I just pray and keep doing what I am told to do and at 3:55 PM – head on home to my family. Well the ride home from work was stressful because of my mood…I was just fed up. I was talking to my hubby – God Bless him, he was really trying to be there for me without laughing at me. I told him that if it was not for Jesus MAKING me move forward – I would just come home and hide from the world. I would not work any more and just not get out of that bed. He confessed later that he would like that fact – LOL dirty old man! LOL  

Yet before I get home – after he corrected Jonathan – I tell him to pre warn our son that I shall not put up with any nonsense this evening…well of course that was a waste of breathe…Jonathan was not concentrating on his school work…having to correct things 50 times….yet I tried HARD not to fuss at him too much. Oh thank God – here comes 6 PM!! Yahoo – I head off to our room – listening to Sister Rose’s radio show and looking into moving WL4J radio show along with looking at TV internet stuff…just relaxing doing what I love best – research. LOL I decide at 7 PM to lay my head down for a bit. 

Jonathan comes at 8 PM to tell me that the Young Men’s Fellowship was over and I could come downstairs, Merv comes up and I tell him to wake me back up at 9 PM as I have to write the good morning message. I did not wake up until 10:30 PM - of course I asked Merv what was up with that – he later told me he wanted me to sleep all the way to the morning. LOL Yeah sure he did…he did not act like that when it was time to go to sleep – God bless him!! LOL  

I get up and do what I always do – open up the laptop and go to do check my email before doing the Good Morning email….and oh my goodness….here is another What the Heck moment…I get into that entire situation….reading the email – making the call…get off the call and call on Jesus….and this time – immediate answers – I mean immediate answers…LORD WHAT THE HECK??!!! LOL I have been waiting on answers for weeks – something from ya – something – anything – what the heck is this? It starts flooding me and I am telling my hubby it all….just going and as I do – I start to feel energized and at peace…still in some shock but God in all His awesome ways – takes care of His own…. 

I woke up this morning with less sleep than normal – I think I got about 3 ½ hrs of sleep but after my 3 ½ hr nap earlier – I feel fresh – I feel a peace on me…trying to figure it out talking to the Lord…just talking to Him. A change…what is that – a change is coming – what change – a change in you – a closer walk – a better walk – a change is happening right now in me – really Jesus? Well yes – really! Praise the Lord…of course I think to myself and to Him…this last transition was a serious one – please let there not be another one anytime soon…what – more change coming? More change – why more change – I am tired Lord – why more? There is more because He is molding me – He is changing me – He is blessing me.  

I got news last night that shocked me beyond belief – listening and just had no words to say at all…after the week I had – Lord why – why now….all I can hear in my head was – His will be done – His way is not my way – His way is correct – His will be done! I started to feel better when I thought about how all of it – no matter what the situation is – all of it is about Him not about me – not about what I want – not about what I think – but all about Him. It is not about me – it is all about Him. His direction is what I must take – His words is what I must do…some will never understand why I do what I do – why I say what I say…well it is not always meant for them to understand because my walk in Jesus is just that – MY walk! WOW – what a change in my thinking that brought – my walk is my walk…it is different from everyone else’s walk and it is special just for me.  

I know I say and do things that sometimes has people wondering why I am the way I am – I have to smile I am the way I am because Jesus is molding me – changing me and blessing me. So I may not do what others think I should, I may not follow every thing others think I should but as long as I am doing what God says I should – then that is what is good to me. I feel better today than I have in a few weeks…I feel that I went up closer to Him…I was able to see clearly last night and I am thankful for that! I am blessed because of it and I am grateful for His love for me.  

It is in His love that I shall remain and I went through what I went through the last few weeks because He has a lesson for me to learn…I worry too much about what is not getting done in my life and I need to focus on what is getting done in my life. I worry about how I am going to do and need to do more doing. I think that things are not moving fast enough but God is directing and it is in His direction that it is to be! Praise the Lord – the direction in Him is the only way. 

I was thinking last night and this morning about WL4J – my frustration comes when I think others should have the same passion as I do for it. I get frustrated when others are not following through – but Jesus said for me not to worry about others and to do what I am told to do. It is something really – He keeps reminding me how a few changed the way things were done – just a handful of people made a difference in the world. The ones that come to mind the most is Gideon & Midianites, Joshua and the Walls of Jericho and the 12 disciples.  

Gideon defeated the Midianites with 300 men, torches and horns…what a miracle – they did not have to fight – come on now – what a miracle!! The walls of Jericho came down after they marched around the city – the walls that were thought unable to penetrate – the Lord just removed them! Hallelujah Jesus! Hummmm….it started with the 12 apostles who started spreading the word of Jesus to whom all they met – the fire of the Holy Spirit started moving and people’s lives were changed….so what has changed in our world…NOTHING!! Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow…He never uses BIG numbers to get His work done – why not – because then men will think they did it not Jesus. Well that is what I must keep before me…it does not matter what comes and goes with WL4J – the work is the Lord’s and His work will get done in the manner and the pace that He sees fit – I am jstu a vessel blessed to be carrying out what He says…hummmm if the people grumbled against Moses after God delivered them out of Egypt – what makes any other situations better than that…I am truly not Moses as I am not leading any one out of Egypt but the task He has given me is to speak of life in Him and life living through Him – well they rejected Moses teachings, and they rejected Jesus – well I guess I am just going to have to remember that too. LOL  

See there is a reason why we read the word – it gives us what we need when we need it – so though I received shocking news and my last two weeks have been like living in hell for some moments – God is good – for I have peace and I am out of that place and moving up closer to Him…He brought me through – sure I was kicking and screaming at some points but He never left me and here I am today – thankful – grateful and blessed!  

Stand my sisters – continue to stand in the Lord – though you may not know why – you may not know how – you do know Him and that is all you really need! God Bless!  

I love ya all and thanks for putting up with my moody self these last couple of weeks! LOL 
 
 

Praise the Lord! I pray that everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday and are truly ready to start their New Year with great expectations!

I am thankful as this is the first Christmas that Minister Merv was here with us, although he had to go to work, that is okay there will be other Christmas holidays that we will have together. I am really excited because he is going to be here for New Years and in our years of courting, he always had to leave on the 30th of the December so that he could play for his home church on New Years Eve…this year his home church IS MY HOME CHURCH! I am excited to be able to bring the New Year in with my husband and son at church service. I might just sit near the musicians during this service although I sit some where else during service for a better view – lol So I am excited about starting a new year with my hubby! I am so thankful for Him…but that is not what this posting is about. LOL

I was doing some of the Good Mornings for these upcoming days and kept trying to remember the verse that speaks of the old things and the new things. I could not remember where it was until I went past a dear sister’s site and there it was….

Isaiah 43:18-19 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Praise the Lord – as I read those verses it made me think of the process that the Lord is taking me through and as I was talking to my sister in Christ, she is going through the same thing, yet of course different reasons and in different areas of our lives, but yet the same process of change. Change brings in new things, changes brings in unsure, change brings in excitement, change brings in nervousness, change brings in joy, change brings in NEW POSSIBILITIES!!! Praise the Lord for in change comes New things in life. Now no one really likes change, some of us adapt to it well and some of us kick and scream all the way. For me depending on what the change is depends on how I react to it.

Now I have no problem with change at work. I have always been that way; my thought is they are pretty much paying me so I am going to do it. I was never one to worry about how much I was getting paid unless my work load increased doubly and I have not received any compensation, which did happen and after mentioning it to the right person – something was done. I actually love my job and though I do want to be home, if I have to come to work, this is a great place to come and an even better department. Hey I used to be in management and truly appreciate being a front line employee now. It is less stress, less workload, and just a better place for me to be in the company.

Yet when it comes to my personal life, change brings headaches sometimes, because I do not want to change it. One thing that I am learning is if you let go and let God deal with it, there is so much beauty from it. As I continue to remind myself that it is okay to let someone love you and to keep letting go of things that are hindering me to love in the manner that is pleasing to God, I have received more joy in my heart. After writing my Honesty Today on Tuesday, I spent the evening with my family – running. LOL We had things to do and places to go, yet it was relaxing. Even when my hubby was saying things that started to make me feel bad inside, as I take what people say to heart and sometimes negatively…well not sometimes…most times I take things that are not meant in a bad way negatively. I was sitting there getting ready to get an attitude, when he started to explain to me what he said. I realized that I half way understood what he said, so what he was saying was not against me.

I am learning that I need to lower my emotional defenses down. It is not easy to do after years of having this wall up and protecting myself from the hurts of the world, BUT I AM LEARNING and I am growing and I am changing and it is all new. WOW…thank you Lord for blessing me to see that change may be a little strange or hard to adjust to, but I can get through it with direction from you.

I am seeing myself through someone else’s eyes along with my own eyes and though I have come to like who I am, as there was a time I could not stand myself or even know myself, I am coming to the point of truly loving myself and in that there is joy. I am a work in progress but each day I am growing. I am learning the more I share, the more I am in the word of God, the more I pray, the more I talk to my sisters in Christ, the more I fellowship, the stronger I get – the more I love and the more I let go! How awesome is that?

Let me leave you today with my other scripture for the week…this really speaks to me this week with all this change and growing inside of me! Praise the Lord!

Lamentations 3:22-26 22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Be encouraged my sisters and brothers – the Lord wants all of us to be molded by Him and most times it is not easy and sometimes it hurts like no tomorrow but when we are done, we are who He wants us to be and that is more like Him! AMEN!

Until tomorrow,

God Bless,

Love your sister in Christ,

Sister Alissa Lynne

 
 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-81To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Okay let us just get to the meat of things. Sometimes we just can not stand change, we do not want to change anything as it is difficult for some of us to go through. On some things I have no problem with change but in other areas I am probably like most people resisting the change. Then again, maybe not, for as I sit here and type, I am trying to think what areas do I have a problem with change and not finding much.  

Sure it was a change when Minister Merv moved to Pittsburgh, but not to the point where I was resisting it. I was happy about it and even now when I am trying to adjust to his presence, I just do it. I might grumble a little bit but not much about the stuff…without any major resistance. As long as I am heard out…I am good! I have had a few Jonah experiences but after two of them…I am done…God says do it…I am doing it – no questions asked!  

Yet as I look over my life, I think my background growing up made it so I could do change with little resistance. I guess that is good in a sense. As we did the Encouragement Hour last night on Domestic Violence, Sister Casandra and I were talking about our past experiences and it crossed my mind that due to always being told to keep silent as things changed in our family, I learned to go with the flow. I learned to go with the flow for survival. I had to change to survive and yet that same mentality is with me today. I have to allow change to survive.  

Yet it keeps me on my toes, it keeps me aware of my surroundings, it keeps me looking at things in a new way and perspective. Yet, I see so many struggling with change, not wanting to have change in their lives. I thank the Lord for I have learned that change is what God uses to mold us into what He wants us to be. As we look at the different areas in our lives where there has been changes…does it not work out that we learn more about ourselves and more about the Lord too.  

I read the above verses and I used to look at them as scripture that I needed to read when I was going through something as a reminder that “this too shall pass” but today it is singing about changes. Changes are good and though we may not see it that way while we are going through it, it is still a good thing. It is a season, a passing into a new walk with the Lord, a new appreciation of Him and what He has done for us.  

As I was on the Encouragement Hour last night, Sister Casandra and I were talking about a few things that we were talking about earlier that day and it turned to talking about WL4J…which is not rare between us because we are both on the Board of Directors, yet there is much change going on with WL4J. There is change coming in the structure of that….the Lord does what He does for a reason and though things are changing it does not mean you have not heard Him right, it just means that where you were no longer serves a purpose and it is time to move to a new purpose. 

Now wait, WL4J is not going anywhere and neither am I – at this time. It was something as Sister Casandra had made a comment after mine about how open and honest I am with my life. My life is all over the internet. She had said that eventually I will have nothing left to say or to write, and as she said that I had to smile for I just had this conversation with the Lord and it was nothing but confirmation for me as I answered her.  

First let me say this…I truly enjoy doing the Good Morning Inspirations, the Honesty Today, and the WL4J Newsletter and just writing for different things. I love talking to my sisters in Christ on the phone and via email; it just encourages my very spirit to keep pressing on. Each day someone new requests to receive the Good Morning Emails or to be notified of the update of the newsletter, it brings joy to my soul, yet there is a sense of responsibility too. I was saying to the Lord…what if I run out of words to say, what if what I say becomes like all that fluffy stuff I read all the time that is so nerve-racking to me…what if…. 

Oh the “what ifs” can really hurt us in our walk with the Lord! Yet God in His awesome way started showing me things and how He does. WL4J as it is today did not start out that way…I was the moderator/owner of 3 different support groups on Yahoo…God’s Survivors (for those that are going through or overcome abuse), Single Parents for Jesus (for those that were single and parents – both female and male), and Infidelity for Life (for those that knew that they would never be a parent due to their physical incapability to have children such as their uterus no longer being in their body), then over time the Lord started speaking to me about reaching out to all women, not just those that are going through what I was or had been through but to all women, strong and weak…black and white…US and Non US…by taking the limits off of it all. So I closed down the other groups and moved to one group Women Living 4 Jesus yahoo group…but it just was not what it really needed to be….tada…here came Ning.  

The Lord then started showing me things about the bases of WL4J and how things are needed to be done…here comes the newsletter, the support line and things of that nature. The Good Morning emails started because I was tired of those forward this email and watch God bless you...with nothing in the email about the truth of the Lord…there was nothing but fluffy in those emails…promises that were not meant to keep.  

I watched a group of 10 women turn into a group of over 100 women. Sure all the sisters are not active but a lot of them are reading. (I can see the statistics for the site) I watched a daily email that went out to only my closest friends of about 10 sisters grow into an email that is sent out now to about 60 people – which is growing rapidly daily!  

So as I am watching this stuff happening…looking at what is going on in my neighborhood trying to make a difference there. Trying to be the sister in Christ that is needed in my church home by being prepared with all that I have and to give of myself freely…all I kept hearing in my ear…To whom much is given, much is required. Luke 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. So the enemy started messing with my mind and telling me that I was not good enough to do all of this. I was not good enough and then after I started to talk to the Lord about it, He begins to remind me that He gave me this assignment. Well that shut down the thoughts of not being good enough, for I am truly not good enough, but the Lord is directing me and in that – all things will work out. 

Yet here comes the enemy yet again with the thoughts as new sisters come to the WL4J group and new people sending email requests to receive the Good Morning emails, what if you forget to do the email or if you have nothing to say or you begin to repeat yourself and people start requesting to no longer receive the email….yes I was thinking this…yet again God spoke to me. 

He reminded me that He gave me this task, He reminded me that everything is not for everyone and everything is done in a season, so what I am saying maybe good for a sister for a season but just as I grow in the Lord so do others, so they may no longer “need” or “desire” to read the honesty of Sister Alissa or they may no longer need a morning encouragement. It is not for me to judge but to follow what God is telling me to do. He reminded me that I will not be doing this forever, there is going to come a time that I will no longer do the Encouragement Hour, or Encouragement Hour will change to a different title, I may no longer do the Good Morning Email or even the newsletter. I look at it now and say…oh please no, I love this, I do not want to stop…but who knows in 5 years what I will be doing in Jesus.

He is always cultivating us and having us do things that bring Him glory. He has us doing things for a season so that we learn and grow from it along with those around us. It may come that I will pass this onto a sister who is called to do it while I move forward doing other things in the Lord. As I told my sister last night…there is a difference between me and some people that the Lord has called to do things. I know that it will not last forever; I know that something new and different is going to come, so I know that one day I am going to have to sit down and/or step aside. I have no problem with that. Some people do not want to let go of things that God is truly telling them that it is time to let go of and move on in Him 

He does not want us to be stuck in one place forever and He truly wants us to grow in Him…to do that…we have to go through change and we have to accept what comes our way in Him. It may seem like a challenge that we can not rise to do but with the Lord directing our path…how can it go wrong? It can not go wrong because the Lord does not fail! AMEN!  

Things are always changing and change is good…you are growing as a person and you are moving closer to the Lord…embrace your change…love your change and know that it is the Lord molding you into whom He wants you to be!  

Praise the Lord and have an awesome day in Jesus…I know I will because He has plans for me to love my day every single day…all I need to do is follow Him to have it! AMEN! 

Love you all in the name of Jesus!

Sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne