03/09/10 – Honesty Today – Sometimes. . . 03/09/2010
Praise the Lord. Sometimes things happen that we can not even begin to explain or understand. Sometimes it seems like we are all alone in a room full of people. Sometimes it seems that what we do for Christ will not last, sometimes it seems that no one is listening. Sometimes it seems like the world has left you standing alone. Yet the word of the Lord is true . . . . Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Isaiah 55:8-9 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. So sometimes we shall find ourselves: Psalm 27:13-14 13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Isaiah 40:30-31 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Yet remember to always: Philippians 4:4-5 4Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. 5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. SING UNTO HIM A NEW SONG!!! WL4J - Holiness Honesty Week - Day 3 03/09/2010
Tuesday, March 9th – How can I live Holyif I do not know God’s voice? Knowing it is Jesus speaking… Our prayer life is essential, it is so important that Apostle Paul tells us to pray without ceasing… (I Thessalonians 5:17) Yet we find it so hard to hear God’s voice…yet my question is how much listening are you doing after praying . . . John 10:26-28 26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. The Lord still speaks to us and sometimes it is so loud we think someone is right there in the room with us or calling us – as He did with Samuel (I Samuel Chapter 3) or a soft still voice as Elijah describes in I Kings 19:11-13 Yet many of us have no idea what His voice sounds like which causes us to think it is Jesus when it is not Jesus. It is not always easy to know His voice because there are so many other voices in our head going all around us…some are loud and some are soft so it is so important to build our relationship with the Lord. The voice of the Lord will line up with the word of the Lord, the voice of the Lord will not have you doing anything sinful, and the voice of the Lord will have you doing things that glorify Him. It is also the hardest voice to be sure of, yet testing the spirits will help clarify things. The voice of the enemy is always clear to know who it is – for when/if you line it up with the word of the Lord, it will not line up at all, it will not glorify anything for the Lord, and it will be telling you sinful things to do. The voice of self is not as clear as the voice of the enemy but it is a little easier to tell if you are honest within yourself about whose voice it is. Self can line up with the word of the Lord, it can have you not doing sinful things but also sinful things, the voice of the flesh will not 100% glorify the Lord…yet there is a way to tell who it is still. Yet before we go into all this long explanation....let us discuss....what are your thoughts on hearing from the Lord... WL4J - Holiness Honesty Week – Day Two… 03/08/2010
Deliverance and Breakthroughs – they are to bring us to a place of Holiness in Jesus Today we shall talk about deliverance and breakthroughs. . . As always – let us get an understanding of what both are first. . . Deliverance - noun an act or instance of delivering, salvation, liberation, a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement. The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered. Rescue from bondage or danger. A publicly expressed opinion or judgment, such as the verdict of a jury. "action of setting free" in physical or spiritual senses Breakthrough – noun an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction; the overcoming of a stalemate: any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase, An act of overcoming or penetrating an obstacle or restriction A major achievement or success that permits further progress The word of the Lord says a few things about deliverance and breakthroughs... 2 Corinthians 5:16-18 16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; Galatians 6:14-16 14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 15For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Psalm 139:23-24 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 51:9-11 9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. James 4:7-9 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Okay let us go here...nowhere in the word of the Lord does it say if you give money unto a church or ministry that your breakthrough/deliverance is coming. In all the scriptures listed here - the change comes from within living for Jesus. It is clear that we have to come away from things as our flesh has no good desires in it, it is not until we come to the true knowledge of Jesus can we open up and allow His Holy Spirit to dwell in us and bring us to a point of letting things go and living a life free from strong holds and bondage. Many of us have to be or have been delivered from things from our flesh such as smoking, drinking, cussing, and living our lives in the streets, but many of us have yet to be delivered from selfishness, spitefulness, stubbornness, meanness, closed mindedness and one of my serious ones that really holds us back - keeping God in a box. We cannot be free from the things of our past unless we admit them to ourselves and to the Lord. We have to have the determination to be free from the things that are holding us down. We have to truly understand that strongholds, and things of this sort are nothing but bondage to sin and it slows down our walk with the Lord. It can be simple things or big things. . . one thing that I pray for all of us to do is to let go and worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. We have to stop looking at the people around us, stop worrying what others are doing in service and praise/worship the Lord in the manner that He has blessed us to be able to do. If we cannot go before the Lord with our minds focused on Him, we will lose out on the blessings, breakthroughs, and deliverence in the Lord. Let us discuss more:
03/07/10 WL4J Honesty Week - Holiness 03/06/2010
What is Holy – Holiness? Holy Adjective 1. Specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground. 2. Dedicated or devoted to the service of God, the church, or religion: a holy man. 3. Saintly; godly; pious; devout: a holy life. 4. Having a spiritually pure quality: a holy love. 5. entitled to worship or veneration as or as if sacred: a holy relic. 6. Religious: holy rites. 7. Inspiring fear, awe, or grave distress: The director, when angry, is a holy terror. –noun 8. a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary. Synonyms blessed. Holy, sacred, consecrated, hallowed imply possession of a sanctity that is the object of religious veneration. Holy refers to the divine, that which has its sanctity directly from God or is connected with Him: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Something that is sacred, while sometimes accepted as entitled to religious veneration, may have its sanctity from human authority: a sacred oath. Something that is consecrated is specially or formally dedicated to some religious use: a life consecrated to service. Something that is hallowed has been made holy by being worshiped: a hallowed shrine. spiritual. —Antonyms corrupt, impious. The word Holy by the definition of the dictionary is not new to us…we know what the dictionary says it is and what it is not – but what I want to look at for a second is what it is not – what is the opposite of Holy…. The dictionary gave a great explanation of what it is not – corrupt and impious Impious means not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly, disrespectful, sacrilegious, blasphemous, irreverent, false, untrustworthy, contaminated, putrescent, rotten, spoiled, demoralize, pollute, and defile. As we look over what not being holy is – we can see the importance of living a holy life but yet many of us do not understand what a holy life is . . . many of us place the life of holiness just as this website did. . . (We will get into more detail about this list but read this as I found this on the website about their congregation and holiness) With regard to holiness of life, it is important to understand that holiness is both inward and outward. Holiness must come from God, and it must come from within a person. We cannot make ourselves holy by adhering to a list of rules. For the sake of public ministry, however, we ask that each person pledge to live by the following guidelines regarding outward appearance and conduct. These standards are based on scriptural principles, and some are specifically for the sake of presenting an appearance appropriate to the occasion. (For specific scriptural teachings, see Deuteronomy 22:5; Psalm 101:2-3; Jeremiah 4:30;I Corinthians 3:17; 6:12, 19-20; 11:1-16; I Timothy 2:9-10; I Peter 3:3-4.) a. Dress modestly at all times and in a manner appropriate to your sex. Ladies should wear dresses or skirts that cover the knee, and men should wear pants. Sleeves should cover the upper arm. Avoid low necklines; tight, extremely thin, or sheer clothing; and extravagant, showy, or extremely costly clothing. b. Ladies should not cut their hair. Men should cut their hair short. Hair should be arranged or combed neatly. Avoid extravagant, showy, or wild hairstyles. c. Do not wear ornamental jewelry. (If you desire to wear a wedding ring, please discuss with the pastor.) d. Do not use colored makeup or hair dye. e. Do not drink alcoholic beverages, use tobacco, use illegal drugs, or abuse legal drugs. Do not attend theaters that predominantly feature Hollywood movies, and do not possess a television to use for typical commercial programming, because the vast majority of viewing options are not wholesome. In all use of video equipment, computers, the Internet, DVDs, MP3 players, cell phones, or other technology, we should only allow ourselves to view things that are consistent with family and Christian values. In general, we should not assume that PG-rated videos are consistent with Christian values. R-rated videos are clearly inappropriate. Likewise, we should not assume that T-rated video games are appropriate. M-rated games are clearly inappropriate. Ok, after reading all that I bet a lot of you looked at that and wondered if that is true holiness. . . well depends on whom you talk too…they were concerned about the appearance of being holy and taking things in that matter but regardless of what anyone says – this is not the basis of holiness. In the bible there are plenty of references to holiness and living holy, yet no one can seem to pin point what it is truly. . . . which is why the statement . “Holiness must come from God, and it must come from within a person. We cannot make ourselves holy by adhering to a list of rules” is going to be our main focus today. . . As you look over that list they made, I am sure you can add a thousand more things to add to that list of things that give an outward appearance, but does nothing to change the inward person. Holiness is your personal heart condition and your walk in the Lord… It says in 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. So we know that in the word it says we are to live holy – we are not to live otherwise and it is clear yet again in Romans chapter 12 that it is our reasonable service unto the Lord. . Romans 12:1-2 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. So would it not include us living in Him with that big long list of things not to do and what to do. . . look over the list again – where is it mentioned of one’s heart, one’s personal walk with the Lord – for public ministry sake the list was put together but is not your heart to shine when you are going about and living for Christ. . . Psalm Chapter 15 1Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Luke 6:44-46 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. 46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? So let us look at what holiness is not again….read that list again. . . corrupt and impious, (impious means not pious or religious;) lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly, disrespectful, sacrilegious, blasphemous, irreverent, false, untrustworthy, contaminated, putrescent, rotten, spoiled, demoralize, pollute, and defile What is holiness – it is living for Christ in the beauty of Him and living a life of purity separating ourselves from the things of old, feasting not on the shiny things of this world but placing our hearts on Jesus. . see for when we do these things, the things listed above are not in us. We have a tendency to look at the list of don’t dos and present that to people about living a life of holiness – which in all honesty will scare them away from the Lord or at least make them very leery to come to Christ. See the wonderful thing about Jesus is that as He works on the inside of the person, the outward appearances changes too. . . the low cut dresses will leave, the daisy duke shorts are gone, the mini-skirts that look like underwear are thrown away. The cussing and the screaming and all that ‘un-lady” like conduct is gone, and the growth truly not only shines to all those that see you, but the love flows from your heart. You can not live a TRUE holiness life with a change in your heart, without a change in your thinking and the things that you do. . .yet we think this is immediately and it is not. It amazes me as I see the growth in some of my sisters and brothers in Christ as I have been around them for years and then the none growth in others. It is all an individual walk in the Lord and the heart is where the love starts. When we say we are walking holy – this means we are walking according to God’s word and focusing on Him and living according to His will and ways. Does that mean you might never cut your hair or shave you head bald – yup? Does that mean that you might wear pants or might just wear dresses yes? Yet what we should see more than anything is the love of the Lord flowing from you that is so amazing that we know whom you belong to…it is beyond those people that we say are so nice but not saved. . . there is a difference – there is a ‘glow’ to a Christian who is walking in Jesus in a life of holiness. . . for you are walking in His glory and His divine path for you. There is so much more to living a life of holiness and I would like for us to discuss this on even a greater level than written here. . . . Questions for today:
Praise the Lord! WOW, I have not written an Honesty Today in a few days…LOL Something must be wrong with me…LOL Nope nothing wrong, did not have anything too profound to say and then stuff started coming at me and I am going to be working on a series for Honesty Week at WL4J that I will share with all those that read Honesty Today. I shall suggest that if you want to receive these in your email instead, you can sign up to get them sent via email as I stopped sending out Honesty Today via email and let another service do it for me. (Sign up for Honesty Today for email delivery) It is truly a blessing to be coming into a new month and this month I did not do the Echoes of Encouragement as I was doing so much – LOL I forgot about it but planning on lining up stuff for us next month. Yet the Honesty Week for WL4J is going to be different this time as it usually is. God has blessed us with the opportunity to really come together and really open up about living a life of holiness. So of course in preparation, this is where my mind is headed. I am just so pumped up about this Honesty Week and if no one else learns any thing from it, well at least I will. It is time for us to live with the right mindset of knowing the God is returning…too many Christians are living as if He is not returning or that we have all the time in the world to live right – this is not true – He is returning and we do not have all the time in the world. So yet again this will be a week without the Honesty Today but be prepared for next week and if you do not want to miss out on anything – make sure you sign up for the Honesty Today to be sent via email… God bless and I shall be talking with you next week – keep me in prayer as there is a lot flying around in my mind and I know Jesus has a reason for it…may the Lord deliver words of deliverance to all those in need. Praise the Lord! I love learning more in the word of the Lord and truly getting more from it. I love the lessons taught and in some cases new lessons for me and in other cases reconfirming more of what I already know. The wonderful tragic and eye opener story of Lot, his family, and the city of Sodom, it is in Genesis Chapter 19 that I am speaking of. What a chapter . . . what a story period yet it is such a huge reminder of many things but today it is about letting go of the past! SO many of us are holding onto things that we say we have let go of and have not let go of it. I remember after I had had that complete meltdown and almost killed the ex and his girlfriend, I said I was done and moving on. . . but I was not truly completely done then yet either. It was not until several months later was I completely done – when I had let it all go and really turned my life over to the Lord with all I had for I was sinking fast into a place of no return. I would find myself between the time of knowing I needed to let go and letting go of this man – thinking about him. I was questioning my life with him; I was wondering what if I did this or what if I did that. I would sit there and wonder if I would take him back if he called, or would I just cuss him out. (Yes I thought I was saved but my mouth did not know that yet.) I would think about him and get angry, I would think about him and sometimes cry. All along saying with my mouth that it was over and I was done with him and I was over it ready to just go forward. I was lying to myself and did not really realize it. God was trying to get me to see that it was time to move on, that it was time to get out of that phase but I was lingering there – that familiar place that I was so used to. I had been in that situation for over a year and it was really a comfortable place even though it was painful, it was a place that I had comfort because I knew that feeling. But just like the Lord had to grab up Lot and his family – Jesus did the same for me. See, Lot was told the city was going to be destroyed but he stayed the night after he was told to leave and while he was dragging his feet, the Lord grabbed him and his family and pushed them out of the city. Genesis 19:15-16 15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. How about that – Lot lingered and the men had to bring them out of the city…remember the Lord removed him because of his promise to Abraham (out of the mercy of the Lord!) How many of us have been in different situations and the Lord has placed His hand on our lives and literally took us from one place to another – sometimes kicking and screaming all the way – all the while looking over our shoulder at what we MIGHT be missing. . . This very thing happened to Lot and his family – his wife lost her life because of her own desire and comfortableness in the old ways. Look at what the Lord said to them . . . Genesis 19: 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. He told them not to look behind them, so that they would still live and after Lot requested/pleaded not to go into the mountains but to the city of Zoar…the awesome mercy of the Lord – He is so good to us. Yet the one thing that still shows is that Lot’s wife – she looked back. . . Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt Some people say she was into the things of that city and to be honest – I have yet to find anything in the word that says she was. . . but I know one thing…I know how it is hard to let go of the things of old and move into the place of the unknown. We all have had a Lot’s wife moments or even times in our lives . . . we are in a comfortable place in our lives and it is time to move because God is changing things in that area and we are so comfortable in it that we move kicking and screaming – just looking back and sometimes running back to the old and familiar because we are afraid of things unknown. I tell you what I have learned thus far – the unknown is actually an awesome place to be in the Lord. In that unfamiliar place that we can be with the Lord – we are being molded and we are drawling closer to Him (well we should be) and truly trusting Him to do what He says. The unknown can be excited and full of fun and joy – God moves us so that we are being changed in Him but we will resist that change as much as we can. Guess what – the change is coming and the less you resists – let go of the past – look forward to the future and look to Jesus – the more abundant your life will be in Jesus. . . So today – take a moment to look over your life and see if there is anything that you should be letting go of that is holding you in such confinement or fear to move forward in life. . . chances are you are holding yourself back from the mighty blessings of the Lord. After finally turning my ex husband over to Jesus – a few months later I met this man who was perfect for me . . . of course that is a whole other story…but nonetheless – I am happy and content in Jesus . . . why not let it go and be the same! 02/22/10 Honesty Today 02/22/2010
Praise the Lord for His mighty blessings and His wonderful ways! We are truly blessed! It is truly a blessing to be alive! I am thankful for that…. WOW what a weekend….on my drive home on Friday, I asked the Lord for a peaceful and relaxing weekend. I wanted a weekend that did not feel like it sped by and I had no time to chill out. Of course as soon as I prayed that prayer – traffic started backing up and for some reason it was worse than normal. I get a phone call from another mother (mother of my son’s friend) asking if it was okay that my son comes to a birthday party, meanwhile hearing my son in the background…which I was unaware of at that time. Next thing I know traffic gets even worse and I am sitting in this traffic and I literally say ALOUD to the Lord – Jesus this is not the beginning of a good weekend. This is not showing me that my prayer has been heard – Lord please show me favor before I just lose my mind….yes I said that! It is amazing how God does; I move a few more feet in traffic and see that there was an accident. No one was hurt; they just decided NOT to move off of the parkway/freeway to exchange information. Yes they stayed in the middle of the road during rush hour…yet after that it was a clear ride home. Of course, I started thanking God. I picked up my son who informs me that he was a little upset at the babysitter but I talked to him and he was good after that. He is all excited because not only is he going to the party but he gets to take a present with him. I thought to myself, there is no way I am sending him to any birthday party without a gift that would not be very polite or nice. She was feeding the kids and all that jazz, the least I can do is get her child a gift. Yet still just going through getting stuff done, grocery store, pick up my meds, drop off Jonathan to the party and come home. WOW . . . I was relaxing for a little while without nonstop talking from Jonathan. Yet I will not bore you with all the details of my boring weekend…but to tell you that it was a peaceful and relaxing – BORING weekend! Thank you Jesus for the boring, relaxing and peaceful weekend. I did not work on any WL4J stuff or any website stuff – I did a few things for the radio station but that is because Monday starts a new week and new material . . . where as the weekends are music and all music with a few things thrown in from that week… I asked for a relaxing weekend where I did not feel like it speeds by and this is what I got. I asked last night for a restful sleep where I do not wake up feeling tired and this happened yet again. . . I said all this to say – God answers ALL prayers – not just the big ones but the little ones. We have to remember that our relationship with the Lord is one that is a blessing to bring our lives closer in Him. He has every thing under control but if you know Him and talk with Him – you can ask Him anything and He will answer. Praise the Lord for all things and know that He hears your prayers – but are you not just hearing His answer but accepting His answer. . . He does answer us – keep your ears, eyes and heart open to hear His answer and accept the answer He has for us! God Bless 02/19/10 – Focus – Focus – Focus 02/19/2010
Praise the Lord for the mighty blessings of today! Just being alive is a blessing – all the rest is pure happiness! It is our focus that helps determine how our day is going to go and how it is going to end up. If we keep a positive outlook or thoughts on our minds through out our day, then we will have a good day despite what is coming at us. It is our outlook on the situations that face us that makes the difference and it is up to us to make that determination. One thing I keep telling my son to do is focus, focus and focus some more as with his attention span, it only takes one thing to throw him off. . . We are the same way with Jesus . . . it only takes one thing and we are thrown off . . . it can be something someone said, or did, it could be a look from someone, it could be that the person we love does not love us, it could be a phone call, an email, a lie, a cheat, a man, a woman, and you know what sometimes it can just a thought into the unknown that will throw off our entire day IF we are not mindful. We have to keep our focus on Jesus and though there are moments were it seems hard – nothing in life worth having comes easy. If this walk was to be so easy – what was the point of Jesus coming – He could have looked at us and said – your in – your not – okay come on – nope you stay . . . but He chose to come to earth and walk in this flesh to save us so that we can do it by FOCUSING on Him and not on our own selfish thoughts and ways. Every time we are led astray, what is the reason – our flesh plain and simple . . . so take our focus off of us and place it on the one who deserves all our trust – JESUS – JESUS – JESUS . . . So today I say . . . . FOCUS – FOCUS – FOCUS – ON - JESUS – JESUS – JESUS! God Bless! ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND – WORRY FREE – TRUST IN JESUS AND LET THE REST BE!! 02/18/2010 – Honesty Today – Thankful Part 3 02/17/2010
Praise the Lord – we should be thankful for all that we are blessed with and believe God for all that we may be missing…but are we really missing anything? God has us all under His love, protection, grace, and mercy – we are covered in the blood of Jesus – we are taken care of by the Lord. Now I am not saying become hermits and live in a cave relying on Jesus sending ravens to feed you . . . if you do that you better have been told by Jesus to do that. (I could not even image and pray Jesus never tells me to do that!) Yet we all have responsibilities and direction from the Lord – BUT He still takes care of us and all that we need. As I was ending yesterday, I was speaking on WL4J – we have been blessed with some financial assistance that was never asked for. A sister just gave us the money so we could be a 501c3 non profit organization. We had clothes given to us to help those that are in need, we have had sisters offer help to others and we have had sister come for help. Yet it is in the Lord that we have been blessed – nothing of our doing at all. I have faith in the vision that God has given and I know that He will provide it to happen even in this state of the economy IF this is what He wants. We are going to start a few things coming soon. . . things geared towards single people, things geared towards fellowship and WL4J and as I am learning how to do things. . .I am learning more technology stuff to help move us to a different level. We are not able to do all that we need to do here on Ning.com so one day in the future we will be moving off of Ning.com to our own self supported server…imagine that… I have to smile as I think about that because there are things that we must be able to do and we need the right type of plan to allow us to do so. We are going to be able to connect and really reach out to each other like the big boys…LOL yet all of it will still be free – yes free….what an awesome word God has created . . . the word FREE!! I am trusting God for the finances to get this done – I am trusting God for the blessings of His ways to fall upon this adventure. . . praise God and make sure you say A prayer up to the Lord – trust Him and say just one prayer to the Lord for this particular adventure of WL4J. I would like to ask everyone to say one prayer for God to bless WL4J financially to do the upcoming venture…just one prayer and then trust God for the upcoming testimony. If everyone can do that – I know God will make a difference. The righteous prayers of a fervent man availth much so I know my own prayers can bring it to pass . . . but I also know that if two or three agree – we can consider it done. I am considering it done! Now the next thing – get ready to invite more sisters to the site and telling them how awesome we are LOL yes we are all awesome in Jesus! Once we start and get things moving even closer – I will fill you in on more details but I am so excited (can’t ya tell) and so thankful. I will not be online much where you can see me in the next couple of weeks as I prepare to get things done but I will be on here and there . . . if you need me please please please do not hesitate to contact me and if you do not want to call me – you can email me but we also have moderators on WL4J – feel free to contact them . . . Praise the Lord – changes are coming – are you ready??????? God Bless!! 02/17/2010 – Honesty Today –Thankful Part 2 02/16/2010
Praise the Lord! First thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes…God is good and I am thankful to the Lord for His mighty blessings! God has always blessing those that look to Him for all situations. It is something as I look over the things that He has blessed me to do in my life. I thank Him for it. I do not look at the bad as bad but as experience in life – for all things work to the good. Today I wanted to just speak on something that God has blessed me to understand. I know many do not believe what I am about to say and many will say but if you do not ask you will not have it. Yes the word says. Matthew 7:6-8 6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. It bothers me that people use that as a reason to beg for money. I am talking about those in the ministry work…plain and simple that is NOT what these scriptures mean…we are to ASK GOD!! I do not believe God will have His people begging. . . I do not mean that we can not ask for assistance or things like that. I am talking about ministries that send out emails asking for money. I am talking about ministers in the pulpit begging for money or making you think that you have to give more because of this scripture: Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. I get so tired of hearing that used in a manner of getting money from people. There is a thing that is called trusting God and believing God for it to be done. My pastor used to stand in the pulpit and talk about money – PRAISE THE LORD he stopped. I believe because there were several of us praying for him on that matter and God answered right away too. God has not blessed some of us with huge wealth because we would not share it with others, some of us would give it all away, and some of us would forget all about Jesus. I believe that many of us are wealthy not because of God not wanting us to be wealthy, because there are plenty of people in the word who were wealthy and I believe Jesus was wealthy too. He never wanted for a thing, he had a treasurer – there is no need for a treasurer if there is no money to look after and if there was only a couple hundred dollars there would be no need for a treasurer … think about that for a bit. The only difference is he did have the WANT for money – He looked to the Lord for His help. Yet we rely and depend on our finances to get us through difficult situations instead of looking to God. I believe some of us are in need of learning to depend on Jesus and not on us . . . looking to Him in all situations. It does not matter if your husband or wife does not do it – you can do it – you can trust Jesus all by yourself for your walk with Him is just that – YOUR WALK WITH HIM! It takes faith – oh the faith the size of a grain of a mustard seed…oh now – yes she said it – she really said it…FAITH!!! I am thankful today because Jesus is truly blessing us. My husband and I. . . it is our prayers and faith in Jesus. I can not stand getting up early every morning going to work while everyone else in my house is sleeping but I have faith that this is temporary. Yet, we do not worry about our bills; we do not concern ourselves with those things because Jesus always takes care of it for us. (Oops better say I do not – for I am not Merv but I just guess he does not either! LOL) I trust the vision God has given me of WL4J and my life in general. Sure I have moments of doubt but then the Lord reminds me of His word and I call on Him. I trust Him to do what He says He is going to do because He does not lie! Hallelujah!! How many times have we been lied too and how many times have people failed us – hummmm Jesus is the only one who can keep ALL His promises and NEVER fail BUT we have the hardest time trusting Him and having faith in Him…even though He has shown it to us a million billion trillion times that He is trust worthy and we can have faith in Him. I have watched Him given me a vision for WL4J and seen the enemy come against it and really busted me down and I am sure he is not done trying BUT GOD said that He will bring it to past. Check this out. . . A sister was promised a laptop that never came through; I became aware of it and really just asked God to change that situation. I was really hurt behind it because of how it went down, but yet I trust God. I apologized to the sister and sent out an email to all that if I did not say it – it will not be done. Yet I called on Jesus and I only called ONCE!! I placed it before His feet. End of story with the prayer. . . I believed and trusted… The flesh of me said – you can not afford to get yourself a new laptop let alone her a laptop…what are you going to do? The Holy Spirit said trust Jesus and let it go. . . okay cool…. Well my husband and I filed our income tax return, and I could not believe the amount… (I can’t tall ya that – LOL my hubby would flip on that! LOL) I did not think it would be possible – but Merv is going into the studio to do his first album…and I bought an awesome new laptop that I got on sale for $1,299 and let me tell you this – it is fast, it is awesome and it is just what I needed….for my old lap top was too slow for me. I was running 5 programs at once and you talk about frustrating….LOL yet as I realized that I could buy the new laptop (I had to wait for the check), I was driving home from wherever we were and I asked my hubby (who usually gets my old laptops for himself) if he minded if I gave my laptop to another . . . without hesitation he said no problem. I was thrilled. . . see my old computer is not fast enough for me but that is because of the million programs I run on it – yet it is an awesome computer with great speed and productivity. So the sister is getting my laptop and she should be smiling sometime today as it should arrive today. I trust God and knowing that He would never leave me or forsake me – I prayed and He made a way. He not only made a way but blessed my hubby to be able to go into the studio, blessed me with a new computer and blessed me to bless another. . . There are many more blessings in the making, already happened and on its way – yet it is my faith and trust that will keep me in that manner . . . we need to have the faith and trust in God – I wonder if I email all those that send out those emails requesting money to trust in Jesus. WL4J has never solicited for money but it takes money to run the websites and to help sisters but God always makes a way for it to be done – when He wants it to be done. Some things we want to do are not always what God wants us to do. . . we are blessed people in the Lord and He is keeping us by showing us in His word that we can stand in Him and He hears us. More to come . . . (it is already 3 pages long…LOL) | Past Truths
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