The Real Truth of Alissa Lynne
 
Praise the Lord! Awesome day – awesome moments . . .

I have been having an awesome time in the Lord all week long. I have been just been blessed these last few weeks. Of course the enemy is attacking but it is okay cause my focus is on Jesus. Pray for Jonathan as his good behavior only lasted for a few days – we are not at our wits end as the enemy would like for us to be but we have a solid plan and moving forward in Jesus. God is good – thankful oh so thankful.

Last week I was really just trying to keep focused on the Lord and the television has been off in my house – I was listening to the word and just making sure that the atmosphere in my home was that of the Lord. This week the same thing, as I have been making sure I have been following in the WL4J Weekly Challenge – but there is one thing that I did notice about this challenge. If you are reading/listening to the word of the Lord for at least 10 chapters – you spend more time praying to Him.

I have also been doing the bible lessons on www.bbnradio.org – the BBN Bible Institute – not a degree program but a free program. I have completed one of the divisions and working on three different studies right now. Have not done too much of anything else but feel so compelled to do these studies that all else must wait until I am done, but it is awesome the doors and realizations that come to me.

I have finished listening to the Left Behind Dramatic series (www.oneplace.com) online – it is really something and such an eye opener to me. It brought some of the things I am studying clearer to me. I have been really questioning the return of Jesus and wanting a better understanding than I had before and all we have to have is the desire and God will provide the answers.

It is awesome how He is doing that! He is showing and opening doors of my learning beyond what I thought He would ever do. All I did was ask and follow through. I am just a blessed woman! I am so thankful for the learning.

So many times we say we want a closer walk with the Lord but yet we remain where we are without trusting Him and moving forward in Him! I am truly thankful to the Lord for His mighty blessings of showing me that if I want to be closer to Him – I need to do what it takes on my part to be closer to Him and that is to get into His word. I look forward to getting into my studies this evening after work and after running around for a minute with my son.

God is good and I know He will direct our studies in Him if we just seek Him and be committed – where is your commitment today? It is not for my good but for your own good – for do you truly know that you are spending all eternity with the Lord and if not – you should – come join me on this learning journey – trust the Lord – it is truly worth your soul to do so!

God Bless!

 
 
Well today is the day for peace and love – LOL – well every day is the day for peace and love. Praise the Lord!  

I am sitting here at work and just heard my co worker cuss loudly at his computer – jump up from his desk and run downstairs – stomping and angry. Okay dude – our job is not that intense. We double check the work of the customer service reps that are cost effecting to the company. We make sure the accounts are right. It can be very boring and very much a pain in the butt – but it is not all that stressful IF you have Jesus.  

I pray much for my co-workers – they run when I mention Jesus. LOL Yet, until I am told I am not allowed to talk about Jesus – I am going to keep doing so. Only once was something said to me about it and my response was “if they can talk about what they did the night before or that weekend – why can’t I?” Man that shut them up. . . of course there will come a day that will not work but hey it is for now and when the time comes I can not say anything – the Lord shall lead me. 

I look around and see so many people here that are just so lost but when you try to give encouragement – man they really do not want it. Yet they are not the only ones – do you know that Christians do that too? We do not want to hear stuff sometimes from the others because it hurts or we want to wallow in our flesh – hey I was guilty of it too.  

Yet God is able to change things and to make things so much better for us when we really confess our faults one to another and seek prayer. So pray for me as I pray for each of you too. . . God is answering prayer and we shall all have joy and peace this day!!!
 
 
Praise the Lord! I am thankful to the Lord for this day and all that He is doing in my life. It is amazing how if we just stop and look around we can see so much love of the Lord for us. 

The last few mornings on my way into work I have been blessed to see the sunrise and how beautiful the sky is for all to look upon. He is so awesome and I imagine His ‘beauty’ to be beyond anything that we have seen. 

As we are lining up different segments for the upcoming radio station (internet so everyone can tune in – hint hint), I really wanted to have someone do a segment on the beauty of the Lord. Brother Merv and I are trying to get others to do different things for the station so that we are not the only voices on this station. I was reminded of this segment again as I was driving into work yesterday morning, God heard me.  

One of the sisters who is going to be doing a segment for our internet radio station, emailed me with her thought on a station and praise the Lord – she is going to be speaking on the beauty of the Lord that she sees. How awesome is that? God is so good and for that I am so thankful. 

I think we do not take enough time in our days to do this very thing . . . when we stop and see how beautiful He has created us, how beautiful He has created the world – we will smile more and should be even moved to praise Him even the more. He is awesome and beautiful to all who look upon Him – look upon His beauty today!

God Bless and have an awesome day today!
 
 
Praise the Lord – today is a beautiful day. I feel good all the way around, sure things are going around that are just not sitting well but you know what – what does that matter to my salvation in the Lord!  

We had prayer last night and it just made me feel even better. I have been doing the challenge this week – taking it a little further than that actual challenge as I wanted to just get so into the word of the Lord – thankful for the word of God.  

I think I have said this before but want to add it again – I love listening to the word being read while I read because it brings so much more to the words to me – it brings them alive. I am a vocal learner – if I hear it – I learn it! So it is just so awesome to be listening to the word and learning more in the Lord – on top of my normal hour study of the word of the Lord! I am telling ya God is so awesome – we better get His word deep down inside of us – for the Holy Spirit while bring it back to your remembrance in your time of need.  

I have to say the enemy tries to work us to make us think things are not what they appear to be – the little hint of things that get our minds running a mile a minute. This was going on this morning with me. I have my parent – teacher conference today at 5:30 PM EST and of course all this stuff is running through my mind and my head. I was just thinking what if he is really not behaving and he is snowing me – what if this and what if that. What if she keeps recommending medicine for him? What if. What if. What if!! 

Well I rebuke the what ifs in the name of Jesus! Regardless of what this woman says, I am trusting in the Lord – regardless of what his behavior is – I believe Jesus. Whose report shall I believe – I shall believe the Lord’s report! I was getting so worked up in prayer mind you – begging God that Jonathan changed! LOL Yet the Lord reminded me that first off – when we were truly considering putting him on medication, the Lord showed us that He did not need it – believe that! Not what I am told by one who is not looking at this with spiritual eyes for only God knows the real situation and why!

The second thing He reminded me is that molding is a process and Jonathan is going to have good days and bad days – as long as his good is outweighing the bad – we are going to focus on that aspect. We know that God is going to work it out and despite what is going on in my mind sometimes – God is working it out ALL THE TIME!  

So part of me is NOT looking forward to the call as I play it out in my mind and as I started doing that – I could hear the Lord say turn it over. So my prayer today is that God’s will be done as I am turning this over to Him. I have turned my son over to the Lord weeks ago – He has not failed me and He will never leave me. . . He GOT this!  

I was working on a bible class on BBN Bible Institute (www.bbnradio.org) and he read

Romans 8:38-39 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I started thinking on those verses as he talked – nothing can separate us from the love of God – nothing can separate us from the love of Jesus. I used to think that we ourselves can separate ourselves and although we can remove ourselves from walking with Him – we can never separate ourselves from His love – why because He is love!

He loved us in our sin – He loved us in our walk with Him and He loves us when we fall, and He loves us when we get back up and walk in Him, and He still loves us if we never get up again. He loves us – we may not feel that love because we choose to ignore it but He loves us!

I think sometimes if we would just think on how much He does love us – we would remain where we need to be in Him. We would remain as His children should be – obedient to Him!

Well my dear sisters – God bless and enjoy your day in the Lord this day!

Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow! 
 
 
Praise the Lord! What a beautiful day it is! I am sleepy but thankful! God is good and for that I am eternally grateful. I am truly striving to live according to the will of the Lord in my life and though there are moments of pure struggle, there are so many more moments of pure joy over the struggles.  

I was going to write about my hubby and I – our weekend was very trying and still has some moments but I have been just pressed more than ever before to speak more on getting our lives lined up with Jesus. 

As most of you know, I am not one to quote a bunch of scripture which does unnerve some of my sisters – but that is okay – we will work it out! Yet, the truth is the truth no matter how you look at it and the truth of the matter is that we are falling sisters. 

So many of us are so busy doing everything else – working, taking care of our families, and doing what we think needs to be done – yet we are not taking the time to spend with the Lord daily in Him. We do not stop to read the word as we should – so the WL4J weekly challenge for this week – appears to be something that we can not do – well that is a lie from the pit of hell. 

How much time do we WASTE watching television, talking on the phone with our friends talking about others or things that are not of any importance just eating up our day will idle chatter? How much time do we waste sitting on line on all the different social networks never even once a day mentioning Jesus to anyone. . . some places we are visiting on line is not even a place that He would approve of any how. How much time are we wasting playing video games or online games? Hey this even includes family time, for you could spend family time reading the word together!  

How much time are we really wasting not spending it in the Lord? Think of that the next time you are wondering what is going on in your life, why it is struggle after struggle – pain after pain, hurt after hurt – never seeming to lessen only getting worse. Do you know that most of us would never read the word or talk to the Lord at all if we were not going through something?  

Many of us have been praying to the Lord for a new job, or a husband, or even just the prospect of a husband or praying for more financial assistance – talking to the Lord daily about our situations – praising Him and thanking Him but the minute we get that new job, that husband, that money or even that prospect of a husband – we are done.  

We make excuses as to why we no longer have time for Him – how we are too busy – BUT HE IS NEVER TOO BUSY FOR US!  

If you are not filled up on the word of God – you are going to be empty in your life. You are always going to feel like you are missing out on something – that your life is missing meaning. You are always going to feel like you are falling for when we fall – we do not get up without looking up to the Lord first!  

We need to see Jesus as what He truly is – He is our Lord and Savior – we were made in His image and we were made to praise Him. 

The Elder who spoke at our church yesterday asked us the question – do we love Jesus as He loves us? Well I started thinking about that and as much as I think I do -  I thought to myself have I really given ALL of my life over to Him – do I love Him with all I have? Can I praise Him and not care what people think OUTSIDE OF CHURCH? Can I speak of His goodness everywhere I go?  

So I pose to you what the Elder posed to us on Sunday –  

Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 

Do you love the Lord as He loves you? Do you seek Him early?  

Now my questions to you. . .  

As I read that scripture – I think of this . . . in seeking Him early that is not just the time of day – but frame of mind. Do you seek Him first in every thing – do you seek Him early ‘enough’ in your situations – such as the moment it crosses your mind?  

Are you loving God as He loves you? He has given His life for us – could you give your life for Him? Think about it, really think about it. The Elder had spoke how we as a world are moving to the ‘one world’ thinking as mentioned in the bible, this was not news to me as I have been paying attention to the things that have been said.  

If you are paying attention to the quiet things in politics – you can see it coming a mile away. The talks of peace, the talks of unity, and the talks of freedom for all those that are oppressed – it is more noticeable than ever before. It could happen in our life time if this is what God is calling for – which means many Christians are going to be called on it. 

Are you ready to die for Jesus as He died for you – really think about it and if you are unsure if you are or not – start talking to Him. . . for when He returns – are you truly going to be able to say that you are going with Him. We should know in our spirits if we are going with Him or not. 

We know how we are living – hope is awesome – we hope we do but do we know we are? We need to know that we love Him with all we have and know that this ensures that we shall go with Him!  

Psalm 107:1-2 1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

I prayed this morning on my way to work that I am ready for His return and if I am truly not ready for Him to make me ready. I prayed this morning to live solely for Him and my flesh to die a horrible death unto the Lord for a horrible death means that my flesh stays dead and that I walk in the spirit of the Lord. 

I have prayed this morning that all of you are ready for His return and if you are not that He makes you aware and that your hearts take count that He is Lord and prepare yourself for His return. We can not be caught without oil in our lamps – we must be ready – we must be prepared – we must be living for Him.  

We must cast all that which is not of Him out of our lives – our attitudes, our way of thinking and doing things, our thoughts, our actions, our moods, our speech, and our love for ourselves must be cast aside and our cross must be taken up and following Him for in Him is eternal life and there is no life without Him in our lives. 

My sisters – please take heed – the time is coming and we must be ready for His return – we must be ready for His return – listen sisters – we must be ready for when that sky is cracked and He is returning for His bride and we are not ready – we will be left – left for all eternity separated from Him to be lost forever more! I pray that you take heed of what is saying and bring your life closer to Him – no more excuses but moving forward – reaching out when you need prayer – reading and studying His word – fasting and praying and making His will the only will in your life.  

Time is winding up or down – depending on how you look at it – take this day as an new opportunity to serve Him and just do it – the more you do – the easier it will become – keep your focus on Jesus!  

Until next time – God Bless
Love ya for real too!! 

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Praise the Lord – WL4J is sending out a challenge to all the readers of the places that we post things. We are going to do weekly challenges that are meant to draw us closer to the Lord and to our families. 

This is our first week doing this and may you participate and then post your experience in doing so – why not invite others to participate too.  

The week of November 1st  challenge is:

  1. Read 10 chapters of the word daily or listen to 10 chapters of the word (Thanks Sister Arlene)
  2. Pray for at least 1 hour daily – yes one hour!!!!
  3. If you already doing this – add 4 extra chapters a day and 30 minutes more to your prayer time. 

    If you are new to Christ or seasoned in Jesus – this is still an opportunity to get closer to the Lord.  

    You can break up the time however the Lord leads you to do it but get in at least 10 chapters a day and at least 1 hour of prayer a day…remember if you are already doing this – add 4 more chapters to your reading and add at least ½ hour more to your prayer time.  

    This will start to surround you more in the word of the Lord. Please make sure you let us know how things went – good or bad. If you are going to participate let us know so we can be praying for you – you can either post a reply or you can send an email to founder@womenliving4jesus.org with your name and we will be praying for you! 

    Hey let us get closer to the Lord – why not include your family with you – you know that if your family is praying and reading the word with you – the Lord is there and He will dwell with you in your family life! God is good and truly worthy of all praise!  

    God Bless and let us meet this challenge this week – hey this one is an easy one! If you have ideas for challenges – let us know! 
 
 
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! Let me just get right to it…where is the standard of the Lord in our lives, in those around us and things that are going on in this world are getting so out of hand in the Christian community that it grieves my spirit to know that what we call holy is not what God calls holy. 

I have been to several blogs and fan pages and all kinds of places and I see so much that is so NOT of God. I want to talk about two of them. . .  

Facebook – first off it amazes me that some sisters and brothers in Christ spend more time on Facebook than they do in learning more about God or that they do on true Christian communities on the internet. There are plenty of them out there – now I am not saying that you can not spend time on Facebook but there are other great places too. Check them out . . . yet that is not the point I am trying to make so forgive me but I had to put that in there.  

I am a member of Facebook (yes sometimes I spend way too much time on there BUT I also spend way too much time on Christian sites too! LOL) I am a “fan” of Tye Tribett and depending on his response on his fan page by him – will determine if I remain a fan.  

On his page he sent a shout out to Mary-Mary for their nomination for an American something awards (I believe that is it and at work so I can not double check). Okay – they are his ‘girls’ and he is showing them love for their nomination. I put aside my thoughts on awards for Christians aside – as I know we are not all going to agree on that point, but we should agree on the next point but it amazes me that we do not.  

First a brother made a comment about their dress, and then TWO sisters made comments about their dresses and what was showing. What were to follow were comments against the two sisters who were speaking holiness – they were told that they were wrong. As I have been watching the comment trend – it appears no one has mentioned what the brother said which was what the sisters were saying – the other sisters went against the sisters – NO ONE TOUCHED THE BROTHERS COMMENT!! So right there that made me wants to smack someone – yet I did not. I am learning to be quiet and less smacking! 

Yet the kicker was – the Lord said – they are upset (the other sisters) because they dress like this and do not want to hold up the standard of the Lord. IF we are living holy – we are called to a holy standard and I do not care who you are – you are to live as God has called us to live. Yes, you can look beautiful without your chest showing and all your legs showing. Why do we do that – we do it because our flesh wants to show off – our flesh want people to react to what we have on and tell us how beautiful we are. 

Now in defense of Mary Mary – they have plenty of pictures of them dressing modest and looking beautiful yet and still it is kind of disturbing to see them put on what the world calls sexy – when they have been beautiful prior to this in clothes that did not show their chest to the world. It is a tactic that we as Christians should not have to stoop to.  

When the Lord said that we are not of this world, He also meant we do not have to stoop to the tactics of the world to live. He is our provider – so whatever you do – if you do it to the glory of the Lord and forget what the world says – He will bless it and it will be as He says – we should NEVER compromise our standards for ANYTHING – family, money, jobs or even ourselves. We must live as the word of the Lord says we should.  

Now the second thing I wanted to mention is this mess with homosexuals. I am really getting tired of the mess that is going on. I am tired of people saying God says this and God says that – I really question if they really know God in the first place.  

WL4J stands for holiness and we pray for all to live up to it. We do not permit transsexuals in our group (if we are aware of it) because this group is for women only – those born AS a woman – period – plain and simple. If when you came out of your mother’s womb and were born a woman – that is the only requirement for WL4J. So my sisters who are lesbians or whatever the politically correct term is we love them and accept them just as a sister who is married to a male that was born a male.  

Yet just as I speak about sleeping around with people who are not your spouses, just as I speak about lying, not being submissive to our husbands – I will speak on homosexuality – as it is a sin just like the other things I mentioned. Plain and simple – the word says it is a sin and anyone who says it is not, knows not the true word of the Lord.  

Now should we treat those who choose to be with members of the same sex any differently – nope but because you say that their lifestyle is against God – they take it as a personal attack – yet think about it – what about the other sins – when I speak to a sister about how she is living with a man and not his wife – she gets mad still at me. She gets mad because she knows she is in sin – she knows it is wrong and she does not want me or anyone else pointing it out . . . so should I stop pointing it out? 

NO!!! There is a standard that we are called to in the Lord and we can not let that go. If we let the standard go – then we will eventually let go of the Lord. Now do we beat the sister up over her head because of living with someone or being a lesbian . . . no – we love and we encourage and we talk. God will provide the opportunities to minister to the person, yet know the opportunity for what it is and act accordingly.

We can not be quick to jump on someone about what they are doing in their lives for the simple fact is we do not do everything but what we can do is speak of the fruit we see before us. Matthew Chapter 7, Matthew Chapter 12, Luke Chapter 6 all speak on this – in the words of Jesus. (Yet is another thing too – why do people go over what Jesus said verses what Paul says – because Paul says things - does that mean things are not to be taken as serious as if Jesus said it – well if the word of the Lord is the word of the Lord – what difference does it make who says it if the Lord said to write it down! We think too much!!)  

Here is a key scripture on the fruit. . . (I will list more at the end of this writing)

Matthew 7:19-21 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

We need to be very careful indeed – for there is a standard and if there was not a standard – all you would need to do is say I believe in Jesus – end of story and off to heaven you go – but read the words of the bible – read the bible period and see what God is speaking to His people. You need the word so that you can live to the standard – you need the word so you can live for Him – do I need to say it again – You need the word of the Lord – which is the Holy Bible to live for Christ in this time as we call life!

There is a standard in the Lord and if you do not know His word – you are going to fall short. It takes more than going to church on Sundays, going to choir rehearsal, attending prayer services, attending extra services, witnessing to others, encouraging others, reading the word of the Lord, studying the word of the Lord, praying to the Lord, exercising your gifts given from God, using your talents that He gives, helping others, being a good steward over the things that He has given us. It takes more than that!

It takes LIVING THE WORD IN YOUR LIVES – not just being a hearer, a person of habit and repetition – but a person of standard – a person who feels all those things I listed above and does it with love and joy in their hearts for the Lord – this will bring you live your life as God has called us to live – a life of holiness.

I challenge ALL those that read this to take more time focused on doing the word of the Lord with love and joy in their hearts – doing the word of the Lord with faith and truth – doing the word of the Lord – just do the word of the Lord and see what He does for you.

Why not spend LESS time watching television, on the internet, and on the phone and more time reading the word of the Lord, studying His word and talking to Him. It will do you a world of wonders. I spoke on this last night in the Encouragement Hour – I have cut out television to listen to more God speaking shows on BBNradio.org and Oneplace.com. I have made a commitment to the Lord to make sure I spend one hour STUDYING His word daily – not reading it – but in addition to reading my normal scriptural reading of the word – not just doing a study weekly but daily studying His word. It makes a difference.

My husband has challenged me to let Jesus open up more of my understanding and I am going to meet that challenge and I shall extend the same to all those that read – let Jesus open up more of your understanding in Him. Let the Lord truly minister to you. I am so excited because a sister in Christ has been off the internet and things of that sort for a week during a fast and I can not wait to speak to her tonight to hear how it is going – I am expecting such wonderful words from her and I know that God is going to make this time special for her!

Yet this is something we can all do – no not everyone can do what she is doing – but we all can make a commitment to open the doors of our hearts to allow the Lord to reign more in our lives!

I pray that today’s Honesty Today encourages someone to know that we are called to a higher calling in the Lord and you can meet that calling – the flesh has to die but if you surround yourself with things of the Lord – it will get easier the more you do it!

The scriptures that I wanted to put out there today are:

Matthew 7:19-21 19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

THE ENTIRE CHAPTER SEVEN OF MATTHEW

Matthew 12:32-34 32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Luke 6:43-45 43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Colossians 1:9-11 9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

I Peter 1:14-16 14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Romans 12:1-3  1I 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. 2And 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. 3For 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.

Isaiah 59:18-20 18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. 20And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. Last one (LOL) Long one but right on point as the word of the Lord always is…

Romans 1:16-32

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
 
 
I Peter 1:7-97That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Praise the Lord for He is awesome and so good and kind unto us. He is faithful to His word and we need to have faith in Him.  

Okay, at this point I was trying to understand being happy all the time. How do I do this, okay I have to trust the Lord – but even more so – I have to have faith! Faith to be happy – yes faith to be happy.  

There are times that I literally have to say aloud “I am going to be happy today – this is NOT going to take my joy!” It is a fight for me daily to stay happy – I mean a fight.  

Some things financially came up and we were talking about it – it was my fault so of course I am on the defense as he was saying things. You know how ‘we’ do – I know he is saying we but it is not ‘we’ that made the mistake – I made the mistake. He knows it and I know it. Yet I have to keep telling myself ALOUD that I am NOT GOING TO STOP BEING HAPPY!  

I do not know about you but being unhappy is so second nature to me that I have to really give it over to the Lord every single second of the day. I am not talking a few minutes here and there – I mean every single second of the day.  

I surround myself with the word of the Lord, I surround myself with music that is glorifying His name, I surround myself with Jesus all day long so that I can have that joy and I pray! I have no problem praying now at all. I will pray for anyone and relish in praying – why because when I pray I feel even closer to the Lord. I will start praying for someone and the Lord comes down and man I feel so much better. 

I love praying anywhere – I just love praying because it changes my mood and my mindset – it has to – because in the presence of the Lord is where I am and it is where I desire to be all the time. I am thankful that I know what it is like to walk in the spirit and I strive so hard to do so…for in my flesh I am a mess. 

I am going to have unspeakable joy and walk in faith knowing that God is going to work it out for me! I trust Him and know He is! Praise the Lord – I am happy today!! 

God Bless
 
 
Romans 8:12-14  12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Praise the Lord – wow I read Sister Angela’s blog (FreeSpiritHaven) and let me tell you this – she hit it on the money with that blog. SO many feel that way but many will remain silent because they are seeking approval from people and do not want to even begin to admit to being human. I believe that we all seek it in one way or another but the trick or secret is to get past that and seek the approval of Jesus in all that we do….which means… 

                                                           DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH MY FLESH!!!!! 

I am such an emotional person and have been striving to live in the life of peace, joy and happiness. Of course the minute you do that here comes all the little things that just make you want to smack someone and walk in your flesh. 

I think the one that catches it the most is my husband – poor man – but sometimes there are things that come out of his mouth that I wonder what the heck… I have to smile now but sometimes that man says things that make me wonder does he know that he is sending me over the edge today? LOL Of course he does not know this because he would not send his wife on a raving hissy fit if he could help it.  

I am not one to cuss – been delivered from that a long time ago, yet I have yet to be delivered from the fussing – LOL I am trying to kill the flesh and walk in the spirit. I am telling you this is a daily – hour – minute – second by second fight to walk in the Spirit and not in my flesh. 

I think it even makes me appreciate Jesus even more because He did it – THANK YOU JESUS and only God Himself can walk amongst His people and not kill us all! LOL I am telling you – think about it for a second – look at how you are – look at the things we think and do to each other – if we were given the ‘powers’ of the Lord as He has them – we would KILL EVERYONE! Okay let me say this – hummmm the earth would have been redone a million trillion times if I was God.  

Which amazes me even more when those ‘5 per centers’ talk about being gods, as that is just dumb plain dumb – does anyone understand that concept for I sure do not. Okay if I was God – there were be less compassion in this world because everyone would do what I say – period. Hummmm mess up and I am punishing you and fussing at you. Now this is if I was god – but THANK YOU JESUS none of us are God for we would have the world worse than it is.  

Well it is as bad as it is now because we did it – imagine if we did not have God’s grace and mercy – imagine if we did not have His spirit in some of us. Imagine if we did not acknowledge Him at all – the entire world. This world would be so worse off. As I think of that – then I know I have to do what He lays before me and I must have my flesh die a horrible death for all eternity so that His will and ways go forth as I seek to plant a seed today!  

Here are some verses for you today that were laid on me about my walk in the Lord – a reminder of sort of why my flesh must die a horrible death! LOL

Romans 8:1-5 1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:15-17 15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.