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Will the Real you Stand UP!

2012-02-11T00:00:00.001-05:00

When you are left alone to your thoughts what comes across your mind? Do you think of the things you have done or do you think about how to improve who you are? Do you think of the things you have to do tomorrow? Do you think of your past hurts? Do you think about getting revenge on someone? Do you think of a lost loved one?

Do you know who you are? I ask this question because many of us don’t like ourselves. You’ve heard the saying misery loves company! And those who don’t like themselves or know themselves spend allot of time thinking on negative things they can’t see the good even in the smallest of things. And though we live in a society like this we can’t allow others to determine how we look at things. We must look at things for what they are and we must love ourselves and know who we are. We are not perfect we have our flaws but one thing we can do and that is either make a change to do better or stay the way we are. Many times others can see things in us that we can’t and when they point things out to us we get our defenses up and the reason is because they recognize something in you and you are shocked that they saw it.

They say we attract what we are, now I am not much into sayings but let’s think about that statement. When you notice certain things keep happening to you and you don’t know why ask yourself what is it in me that I am attracting. Sometimes we attract the wrong people in our lives, the wrong man or woman in our lives and yet we end up feeling hurt and left alone and we tell ourselves I am not going to let another person into my life because I am tired of being hurt! And you probably have some valid issues but let’s look at this from a different prospective here. Did you take an inventory of yourself? Probably not and the reason you haven’t because the last thing we want to do is admit it’s us who has the problem it’s so easy to blame the other person.

But you can’t do that you must take responsibility for you self and be accountable!

Persistence and Sacrificial

2012-02-08T11:53:00.000-05:00

When I think about Persistence in Prayer, I think of woman name Hannah. Her story is found in 1Samuel 2. Hannah was a woman in the bible who so deeply desired to have a son, but she was not able to conceive a child. But yet she was very persistence in her Prayer and faith to God. You may be saying why was she so persistence? And what can persistence can do for you and I? Imagine if you and I would be persistence in what we pray to God, what would Christ do in our lives?

When you think of Hannah think of her persistence and faith? During that time in history when infertility earned woman ridicule. They mocked them. Hannah prayers sincerely specifically, sacrificially she vowed that show would give her son back to God if He granted her a son.

There are times when we will have people tell us that we don’t need to repeat your prayers, for God does not forget, many will say God knows what you stand in need of.

But look at the persistence of this woman? From the depth of her soul which is her heart she wanted a child. What are you crying out of the depth of your soul to God about? Would you be persistence in your prayers to God, regardless of what others are saying, and telling you? My question to them is how desperate are they for God to move in their situation?

We also see that according to her faith Hannah refused to believe that her difficult situation had to remain permanent. For years she could not become pregnant but she knew a man who could change all of this for her. She must of prayed for days, who know because the bible does not tell us how long she prayed. What it does tell us is how persistence she was. “I can only imagine that her words was Lord I am going to stay here until you bless me.”

God answered Hannah’s prayer and granted her a son whose name is Samuel, Hannah promised God that if He gave her a son she would give him back to the Lord. And she did just that she gave Samuel back to the Lord.

If a woman like Hannah prayed with much importance how ought we to pray? A devoted prayer must proceed from the very bottom of the heart. Hannah knew that when she felt before the Lord her Constance was no more . Her sorrow vanished from the hour. A consciousness aroused up with Hannah she had that assurance that God heard her prayer and that He would grant her prayer. An immediate blessings allow follows earnest and heartfelt prayer.

Love your Spouse, cover them

2012-02-07T10:40:00.000-05:00

Wives and Husbands you must cover each other everyday, you must pray for one another everyday. Be specific with your prayers, pray what you already know your spouse is weak in, pray for strength, wisdom, protection, understanding. Rebuke the enemy away from your spouse.

In our marriage there are moments that we for some reason begin to take the other one for granted, what I mean is this, we stop praying for them like we use too. Our prayers become vague, from the beginning we prayed specifically for things.

I challenge you today to pray and have devotions with your spouse everyday, now I know it is going to be difficult because of your schedules but don’t let that be your excuse of not praying. Remember life likes to keep our mind focus some place else instead of what is a “MUST”.

It’s hard it’s not easy because we start out with good intentions but things come up and we can’t do it always together, but I do believe if we discipline ourselves each day to have our prayer time with our spouse we will begin to see drastic changes in our marriages and our relationship with Jesus.

Tell me are you going to take this challenge today? Are you going to be that spouse who covers your spouse? If you said yes, I am rejoicing with you this day.

HIS GLORY

2012-02-06T08:42:00.000-05:00

Blessed Monday to each of you my friends and family. I hope you all had a lovely weekend, and if you are a Giants fan then you are very excited about your team winning. This morning blog will be short but to the point. How often do you and I think about the Glory of GOD? I am not talking about always going to Him asking Him for stuff, I am not talking about none of those things in which we do. I am talking about when was the last time you sat in His Presence and just thought about HIS GLORY?

What is the glory of GOD? How come you and I don't mediate on His Glory or even ask to press through the Veil? I believe it has allot to do with our selfishness and not taking our salvation seriously, let alone our relationship with Jesus to whole new level.

The reason I bring this up is because last week as I was bathing in His presence I started praising Him for His GLORY and it took me back in the bible where Moses was on the Mountain and the Glory of GOD showed up, and told Moses to take the sandals off of his feet for the place where he stands is Holy! Can you just imagine with me for a moment what would actually happen in our lives if we ourselves stood in the Glory of the Lord, that He tells us to take off our sandals for the place where we are standing is Holy?

I don't know about many people because we all have our own journey with the Lord, I want to see the GLORY of the Lord, and where the Glory of the Lord is there are miracles being performed, miracles in which you and I have only read about in the bible. I truly want to see the lame walking, I want to see the dead rise just like Jesus did.

Yes we see miracles and hear about them but they are just the surface of what GOD is wanting to do, I know and believe that there is so much more when we see the GLORY of GOD in our lives and in the lives of others. And so today this is something for you to ponder on and when you have your time in prayer today with the Lord, talk to Him about His GLORY. For me I can only imagine what that would be like. And I am believing in my life time I will see the GLORY of the LORD just like Moses and the rest of the people they saw the GLORY of the LORD, Isaiah said HE saw the Glory of the Lord High and Lifted UP...

THE PARABLES of JESUS

2012-02-04T15:17:00.000-05:00

Have you ever asked yourself " why did Jesus use parables when He spoke? Some say He used them to relate to the people right where they are, some say so they don't know? Do you find understanding some of the parables in which Christ spoke about confusing to you at times?

Well just like you I too struggle with different ones, but before we get to understanding the many different ones we must first understand why Jesus spoke in parables. And the answer is found in Matthew 13:10 Jesus clearly states the purpose for parables.

Jesus told His disciples that they have been given insight into God's Kingdom and that they know how it works. But not everybody has this gift insight, it hasn't been given to them so that is why when Jesus spoke to the crowds He spoke parables so they can get and understanding of what He was saying. Had Jesus spoke without the parables those who was not His disciples would of never understood what He was talking about.

When ever someone has a readiness heart for God's word the insight and understanding flows freely, but if there is no readiness nor trace of receptivity soon disappears. That is why Jesus spoke in parables to create a readiness in the people's heart, to nudge the people towards receptive insight. The prophet Isaiah prophesied this very thing saying, " Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, seeing you will see and not perceive for the hearts of this people have grown dull. And so as I got to thinking about this I decided that I would do a bible study teachings on the parables of Jesus Christ for the whole month of February. My first teaching was this week where I talked about "the purpose of parables, the parable of the sower and the parable of the sower explained.

Maybe you would like to join me as we go through the scriptures on "The Parables of Jesus. If you care to join me you can go to my radio website and get the schedule of what days and times I will be on the air and if you can't make it to the show live don't get upset because they are saved in archive for you. All you have to do is click on the show topic from my home page and you can listen to the show at your own leisure.

My radio show link is called, Blog Talk Radio

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Virtuous1 and so you know when you see the name Viruous1 I don't want to to think you gotten the wrong link, you have the right link that is my screen name...okay be bless.

Note: I will be starting in the book of Matthew and there surely are a lot of them...but it's going to be good amen.

Not sure which way

2012-02-03T08:33:00.000-05:00

When I was a babe in Christ I remember I would get so soaked with wanting to know all that I can about my new found journey. I watched almost every preacher on television, I read almost every book a person wrote on Christianity. Then something inside of me asked a question, "why are you reading and watching all these other people instead of allowing me, God to teach you?" The lesson I learned is that I truly don't know those people, I haven't seen their walk with GOD, so how can I know if what they are saying is something that they walked through?

Now before you begin to judge me understand I am not to put anyone down if they follow preachers and read books by their favorite authors, because I myself watch two preachers on television and when I am in the book store I will read a book, but what I do now that I didn't do then is make sure that what they are saying line up with the word of GOD. If it doesn't then I can't read the book or watch that preacher on television no more. And so this brings me to this verse found in Ephesians 4:14 which states, Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.

Can you for a moment imagine with me what you and I look like being tossed back and forth? The bible also says that when we are like this we are unstable in all our ways. In the course of our daily lives the enemy loves to get you and I off of sound doctrine, he comes as innocent as he can, dresses himself up to be. He whispers and tells us that this is the right path to take, but when we get their it's a dead end, he sends people our way to say something to hurt our feelings and we know all to well once our feelings are hurt, my gosh we will stew for hours! And that is just what the enemy wanted to accomplish.And allowed it for we gave him the permission.

So what is Jesus really telling us in this bible verse we quote it all the time, we read it but are we walking in the word, Is the question. Sadly but so true most of us are still babes in Christ, been saved for years and haven't grown nor developed the way we should. Yes, life gets to us because life is not fair but Jesus never promised us a rose walk in the garden folks, the road to Calvary was bloody which Jesus walked allot of pain and suffering He went through. But there's a brighter side at the end, Jesus won family and friends, which means Victory is already ours. Don't let no one try to persuade you into anything that goes against God's word.

You have faith in God, why you doubt, you trust God, so why you waver, you know the word so why all the stress? Things like this is what a baby does and if we continue to live like babes then we will never grow and we end up making the wrong decisions all because we are being tossed back and forth. Remember Jesus does not toss us back and forth so the moment you feel like you are being tossed and fro recognize where it is coming from.

Do you follow people who are unstable? People who are not stable in their ways usually find others just like themselves so that they can feel comfortable. Today I say to you stop doing that it's a lie the enemy want you to believe he want to you be tossed back and forth, stop giving him control!

Have a blessed Weekend!

Live better start by treating your Body Right

2012-02-01T11:55:00.001-05:00

Did you know that God want you and I to be good stewards over our physical bodies? Our bodies is His temple in which He dwells and He want us to prosper in good health as well.

That is why we are to eat the proper foods, get enough rest and exercise all of this is a balance. When we don't have a balance in our lives we will begin to tilt and before long we will eventually fall off. And this is what most of us have done over the years we given up on our physical bodies we given up on being a good steward.

I know for most of us when we think of exercise it leaves a bad taste in our mouth and the reason it does is because it takes not only effort but discipline.

We need to look at Well-Being from a new perspective and that is we want to be living healthier. When we don't eat well like we should our bodies can't break down those bad foods we put into our bodies and it has no other way of functioning but to attack our physical organs. And from our years of bad choices when it comes to Well-Being we have many health issues in our bodies. And from that we spend so much money going to doctors to get what I like to call a band-aid to cover up what we did to ourselves. .

Jesus want our bodies to not be filled of sicknesses and disease He want us to be free from them, for by His stripes we are healed. Know today that it's never to late to being Well-Being. Start by taking control of your health be aware of the foods you eat by reading the labels and seeing how much trans-fat and how much sodium is in food. Stay away from processed foods and start exercising. You don't have to join a gym to exercise if you don't have the funds there are many ways to exercise, being walking around your community everyday set a time to do that, instead of parking close to your destination park a little further so you can walk more, and if you can instead of elevator take the stairs. All of these things and more can add a better Well-Being to you living a healthier lifestyle..

The Old way of doing things Must GO!

2012-01-31T08:26:00.003-05:00

Our old ways of doing things has to become our past. We can't do what God has for us if we are still clinging on to the old ways. And so as I was reading in the book of Ephesians chapter 4 Paul was telling the people that they must get rid of what they use to do and how they use to do things.

He said make a clean break with all cutting, back bitting, profane talking. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgiving one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you. He told them that when they would get angry, don't go to bed angry. Don't give the devil that kind of foothold in your life.

How many times when someone comes along and tell us something new the first thing we do is say, "that's not how we use to do things" we can't become people like that. Jesus is always doing a new thing and if you and I stay stuck in our old ways we will see the blessing go right on pass us. People don't like change but when it comes to God transforming our minds we need to accept it and stop fighting Him. Remember He knows what is best!

And so today you challenge is this go through your thought box mind and begin to get rid of those old ways of doing things and open your mind up to the possibles of GOD,you be amazed at what you can see...AMEN

And for those who have NOT heard my GOOD NEWS click on the link below...

http://youtu.be/T775xNQJ5C4

GREAT NEWS:

2012-01-30T08:45:00.000-05:00

As many of you may or may not know I do have another website which is called "The Devotion Cafe' I have also written a book entitled The Devotion Cafe' what you don't know is this.

I have a HUGGGGGGGGGGGE surprise and so instead of me telling you what it is, I did a video on Youtube this way it makes it a little more personal so ladies and gents I need you to go to this link to hear the HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGE NEWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

And so without any further a due here is the link http://youtu.be/T775xNQJ5C4

I have been so excited about this I can't keep my mouth shut.

Gladness, with the Lord

2012-01-29T09:57:00.000-05:00

When you look the word gladness up in Webster it says" Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.Joyful and joyous suggest lively, often exultant happiness: a joyful heart; joyous laughter.

And so last night as I was in my prayer closet with the Lord how many of you know that there will always be times you just have so much you want to pray about and talk to God about that you just don't know where to begin? And oh how I am always reminded that when I don't know what to pray for to use my heavenly tongue and let the spirit speak for me. And so as this was going on all of a sudden I began to laugh in a way which I haven't laugh like this in a long time. I was laughing in the spirit and boy did it felt good.

The Lord told me that He has laid the "Spirit of Gladness" upon my heart last night. Family Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit we had such a great time that afterwards I was dancing with my Father, and when I say dancing believe me it was something I've never done physically I've always done it in the spirit but this time the Lord manifested it in the natural realm for me. I felt as though my feet was elevated off the ground and that I was on a cloud, words in which I never song before fluttered off my lips like rain falling from heaven. The room was filled with His Glory and I have gone pass the throne room into where the veil is, that is the place I was. I will never forget, the things God told me and what He revealed to me about what I will be facing, He also told me not to worry for I am with you, just look within your heart and you will find Me, GOD!

So often people miss out on what God is wanting to do in their prayer closet with the Lord because we don't sit still long enough to hear from God, if we sat more then five minutes and God hasn't spoken we ready to get up and call it quits when God says I need you to stay here just a little longer, see it's those moments when you are ready to get up that God is seeing how patient you really are. That you would wait for Him, don't let what you have on your mind take away from God. Stay there and hear from God. Many great men and women in the bible stayed in His presence to hear Him speak, Moses went to the Mount to hear Him and came down not only with the 10 commandments but He saw the glory of the Lord, David waited in his timing for the Lord and GOD anointed Him as King, Ruth waited and God not only raised her up for such as a time as now, but blessed her, that to this day more women are learning to be a Ruth.

Psalm 100:2 says it best, Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

It's TIime, Your Preparation is Done for Now

2012-01-27T09:05:00.002-05:00

One of the Highlights of my day is when it's time to go and see the Father, I am like a little child running to my prayer closet to talk to daddy about everything that happen and what I saw. There is noting more precious then for me to be in His presence and waiting for Him to speak to me about what ever it is. Being in His presence I get lost, I lock the whole world out no one comes into this place but me and God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

While I am there I get a refreshed new spirit, I stand out and look over the hills and see the horizon and I ask Lord "how can I have that" And He tells me in time my child in time, it's all your for the asking, but you know there are some thing I need you to do and I want you to be aware that it's going to be hard, you will have to endure some negative talking but I don't want you listening to it or feel as though you need to say anything. See, my child remember the day I called you into Ministry, you thought you had to do it right away, what you forgot is that it takes preparation, and my dear Desiray you've been through the preparation and you have surely endured many things, and now it's time it's time everything you've prayed about hoped for and wanted to do for me. None of it was in vain you have cried and spared not, and just like I was with Moses, Abraham, Issac I will be with you. Thank you Lord for it ALL...

Why, am I telling you this, for one reason to help and encourage someone, you too have been faithful to God you've endured allot of hardships, you've lost friends and family members who didn't understand you. Many nights you questioned God why? And though it was long-suffering you kept the fight. You have made up your mind you rather serve God wholeheartedly then anything else in this world. You haven't compromised His word your doing your best to live your life accordingly to the scriptures. And so I know that the God I serve is faithful to those who obey Him, I want you to know this day that GOD has not forgotten you, your season and favor is upon you now. Jesus has been preparing you, all He needs you to do this day is "TRUST" Walk out in what He's called you to do. Don't be afraid of the naysayers but place one foot in front of the other and as you take that first step I promise you just like Jesus took the hand of Peter on the boat He is there to take yours, but He won't push you or make you my friend you have to do it yourself. AMEN Hallelujah thank you Jesus for your words....

What are you doing with the word TRUTH?

2012-01-26T10:30:00.001-05:00

Last night as I was reading in the book of Galatians chapter 3 Paul had to remind the people of Galatians about trust in God, Not the Law. Paul asked them did someone put a hex on you ? Have you taken leave of your senses? Something crazy has happened, for it's obvious that you no longer have the crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the Cross was certainly set before you clearly enough. He went on to ask, "how did your new life begin? Was it by working your heads off to please God? Or was it by responding to God's Message to you?

Now if you ask me Paul was right in their faces, not to scare them but he wanted to know what in the world could of happen to them because he was there before talking to them about Salvation and the how Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God and His Crucifixion, burial and rose from the grave. They have accepted the truth but the moment Paul left them to go to another city to spread the gospel, Paul got wind that they began acting and living as though they was under the Law again, and so he had to remind them that Jesus came to fulfill the Law which means we are no longer under the Law. After I got finishing reading that I thought to myself, how does this apply to us in this day in age? How many times we hear the truth from a sermon or reading the word or when God gives us revelations that we go back to our old ways as if we are living under the Law not knowing no truth at all?

It also made me think about what would happen if we had more people in the body of Christ who would speak up and tell us when we are wrong instead of putting a band-aid on us and let us go without showing us the truth? Salvation is truly a personal walk that we all have to take but on this narrow road are other people walking this same journey with us. We all make errors but when it comes to truth we can't loose our senses and start acting crazy like we never heard the truth. We got to take the Message of Jesus Christ seriously and that is what Paul was reminding the people of Galatians

For a moment humor me what would you do if God spoke to you and ask you "have you lost all your senses of all the truth I have revealed to you" what would you do? How would that make you feel? Jesus said " That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish...Ephesians 5:27

Have a blessed day today! For this is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it..AMEN

Ruffled Feathers,

2012-01-24T08:28:00.001-05:00

Good morning to you my family I pray you slept very well and that you are in good spirits this morning. I guess as you read the titled of my blog you are probably wondering what it's all about. Well last night as my evening was coming to a close, it was time for me to read my bible and all that good stuff.

But guess who showed up at the time it was for me to study? Yep, the enemy, I received a letter about something that took me completely by surprise but thanks be to God I had my copy to show my purchase and my bank statement as well. And so I said no, I am not going to deal with this now I will wait till I am done, my time with the Lord comes first.

Let me ask you, "have you ever had those moments when you are reading God's word that you can't stay focus because of what just hit you? Well needless to say I could not stay focus I tired and then finally I said Lord, excuse me, but I got to get this off my chest, and so I began rebuking the enemy telling him to go back from where he came from and told him to stop speaking into those people's ears from where this letter came from.

I immediately began quoting 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 which I stand on when I am praying. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

After I did that I felt so much peace, it was as if I never even received that letter. Talk about a powerful verse to kick the enemy back to where he came from. Then I got back into my word ask the Lord to forgive me for my sins because I thought I had sinned in my anger and I didn't want to have anything standing between God and I.

You know family the enemy loves to ruffle our feathers and sometimes when I am rebuking him I feel like I am getting right up in his face eye to eye letting him know that he doesn't rein here, theirs no place for him here. Victory is mine saith the Lord of Host. And though he enjoyed ruffling my feathers and some of my feathers did come off I WON! and he Lost!

Often times when we go into battle we think we are going to come out looking pretty but I don't know no warrior who went into battle and came out pretty, to encourage you family, there will be times when your in battle your hair will stand up, you might just have some hair missing, your clothes will be marked, dirt on your face, and a whole lot of sweating, but one thing is for sure GOD said that Victory shall be ours. AMEN! So don't be worried when your feathers get ruffled because after the battle is over the Lord will restore us.

Have a Blessed Day Today.

Clothes Closet

2012-01-23T10:29:00.000-05:00

Have you looked at your clothes closet lately? I set back and I say oh my gosh how in the world did I accumulate so much stuff. I have my closet separated by all four seasons now how weird is that. And so Sunday as I was getting ready for Church I notice that their are some clothes I just need to turn into the Thirty Stores so other people can get some wearing out of them.

But I just took bag of clothes this summer down there . I know we woman love our clothes but as I looked at my closet I wonder just how much of those clothes I have that I really don't even wear, why did I purchase them? Last week I was talking to a friend of mine and she informed me that the church I use to attend years ago has gotten rid of the clothes closet, oh my gosh, how I was upset because that was a ministry where people from in the community benefit from.

How on earth do you take away free stuff from people? Why is it when you want to do something like give a service like this especially when it free the churches get rid of it?. Would it be a matter of managing it? And if so did they ask anyone else if they would be interested in doing it? Have the church really become a corporation where all they want is all their ministries to be run by money?

Don't get me wrong here I totally understand the need for money to keep things going but where do we draw the line on some of this stuff? After her and I talked she did inform me of a church in my home town that is still taking donations of clothing and those who come to get the clothes don't have to pay a dime they are giving them out for free. Now see I like that. I give my clothes to these thirty stores and I never ask for money because I don't want the money, I just want to bless someone else with the clothes.

So, tell me guys do your church has a clothes closet? I want your feed back.

Staying At Your Post

2012-01-21T00:45:00.002-05:00

Last night while studying, I was reading in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 after reading it I had to re-read it, do you guys do that? You read it but you wanna make sure you got the understanding of what you read? Yeah, I do that often.

Paul was encouraging the people to "Staying At Your Post" he was letting them know that this was not the time for them to be off of their post. For they needed to stay focus on God's work and the mission that was set before them. He informed them by saying people are watching them to see if they alert, unswervingly, in hard times, rough times and bad times. When they are working hard, working without eating keeping a pure heart and clear head and along with a steady hand.

He tells them don't become partners with those who reject God, how can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? Paul knew what they would face and he wanted them to be prepared and not give into what others might say to them, or do. He also wanted them to know that just because people are watching don't slack on your work.

Maybe as you are reading this, you can identify with it. God tells us that He will live in us, He promised to be our God and we are His people, so leave the corruption and stop compromising leave it for good, says God. Don't link up with those who will pollute you, God want you all for Himself.

Stay on Your Post don't let anyone or anything keep you from your post, God has given you specific instructions on what He want you to do. No one else can do the assignment He's given you, my friend so don't worry about those who are watching you because people always watch what they don't understand, and they watched Jesus all the time too, you know?

It's not EASY, walking in someone shoe

2012-01-19T11:31:00.001-05:00

Can you walk with me? How many times have we heard that saying “try walking in my shoes" well I can remember when I heard that saying, I was in my early 20’s but I really did not have an understanding of what it meant. But as my mom would say “you just keep living” and she was right.

Because it was not that long since she made that statement to me that I had to learn what that statement meant. I had to learn it fast believe me.

People are like creatures of habit, we say things and don’t really know the impact or lack of it, of how it will affect someone. For example let’s say a good friend of yours comes to you telling you something that they are going through and after they finish telling you, the first thing you want to do is offer your opinions.

Like I said creature of habit instead of doing that try putting yourself in that persons shoes, while they are talking to you, and see where they are coming from. Instead of offering your advice ask “what can I do for you” But society has done such a number on us that we allow society to teach us how to talk and to respond to someone.

Over the years now I not only listen to what someone is telling me but I try to put myself in their shoes. Because in all honesty you can never know what that person is going through if you have not walked in their shoes.

Sure it is easy to say I feel sorry for you, or how could this happen to such a nice person. And this is where I believe that our humanity is weakening because it is not just enough to make comments and judge. It requires an action from us all.

Ponder on this for a moment; if you were going through something, what would you want someone to do to for you? Easier said then done, seeing someone else go through it is always easier until you see yourself in it.

Obedience is the Key and Beginning, to life

2012-01-18T09:14:00.000-05:00

God gives us a chance to make things right not only with people but make them right with Him. but so often our pride gets in the way that we won't do what must be done to make it right. Last night I was listening to a broadcast show on Blog Talk Radio for those who aren't familiar with it it's an Internet radio station where you can host your own show, many of you already know I host my shows there as well and been doing it for four years now, praise GOD.

As I was listening to the show the speaker's message was on "Obedience" and as I kept on listening to her I thought about "Christianity" I thought about why so many people don't follow it and all the excuses they have come up with. And this speaker she said the right answer it's due to our "Obedience to God. and so I called into the show to share my thoughts I said that one of the signs when we don't obey God is out of pure fear. Fear robs us for obeying God. Look at the story of Saul and Samuel for a moment, Saul did not want obey God because Saul feared the consequences of man instead of the consequences of a Divine God. And anytime you and I become disobedient to God we are like Saul fearful of what man will do to us instead of what God will do. And so I started letting all that sink in and I saw that there are somethings in my life where I disobeyed God all because I was afraid of what man's consequences are.

And so today's challenge is this write down at least one thing if you can what God has told you to do but because you let fear enter your heart you disobeyed God, after you written it down then go back to God and make it right. Our Lord and Savior want us to be children who obeys Him and if we don't obey Him how will the world ever listen to what we have to say?

John 14:15 says, "If you love me, you will obey what I command.

(Pretty simple and yet we struggle with it)

Empty Handed

2012-01-17T10:17:00.000-05:00

Often times when we go to God we come with a list a mile long we may say a few words to thank Him for all He's done we might even sing a song or two, but our real purpose coming to Him at that hour is to get help and in our getting help we bring that mile long list of ours.

And it's nothing wrong with that because He is the only one who can take care of everything we need and desire, but last night as I was doing my studying I sensed in my spirit to not make my list of things long but instead to come to Him and just sit and sing in His presence and that is what I did.

Sometimes God just want us to come with our empty hands and stay at His feet, you know it's like the story of Mary and Martha, Jesus came to visit them both and Mary just sat at His feet she didn't care about attending to what needed to be done in the home not to say she didn't think it wasn't important but she came to Jesus empty handed to see what He had to say.

But Martha on the other hand had so much to do and Jesus said to her, "Martha you are so troubled with many things Mary has chosen to do what is a must, you know you and I can surely identify with both of these woman not to say one is better then the other, but there comes a time when we really must just come with empty hands and sit at His feet.

Other times Jesus want to put something in our hands but how can He when we have our hands to full of other things which really isn't as important as Jesus says. So today I challenge you when you have your devotion time with Jesus how about leaving your list on the table and come with your open hands and receive what He wants to place in them.

Please understand Jesus loves us all and He surely will take care of us but I also know that He is more then just a God that gives. He want to teach us things He want to give us revelations and wisdom, understanding, He want to reveal the mysteries of this world to us but if we are only concerned about our list we miss what is important. I do believe in my heart of heart that when we take on Jesus agenda He takes care of what is on our list, we just have to always make Him our priority...AMEN...

Have a blessed Day today.

When Death Becomes Life

2012-01-16T10:22:00.002-05:00

Romans 6:1 So what do we do? Keep on sinning? So God can keep on forgiving? How often do you and I give the enemy permission to steal, rob and destroy us? How often do we keep going back to the old sinful ways we once had? Have we become a people of excuses so we can continue to sin?

Paul said that we must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. He also said don't five it the time of day, don't even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. And yet many times we do happen to find ourselves running back to what we was delivered from, don't we? Paul said we are to wholeheartedly and full time remember, you've been raised from the dead! -into God's way of doing things. Sin can't tell you how to live, after all, you're not living under that old tyranny any longer. You're living in the freedom of God.

If we know this to be true then why are we giving the enemy permission to steal, kill and destroy from us? For example you know that when your child misbehaves we correct them so we put them in time out and so we don't want to hear them cry we give them a toy while they are in time out, don't you know you just gave the enemy permission all because you don't want to hear your child cry, let's face it no one likes corrections. But then when the little one grows up he think he can do this all the time and get by with whatever they want to.

We need to stop being a people of excuses and be accountable for our sins, we can't go and blame so and so or say they made me do it when you wanted to do it anyway. If you feel you must make excuses for your sinning then it a clear sign that you shouldn't be doing it anyway..AMEN?

Pull yourself up by The Bootstraps

2012-01-14T08:01:00.000-05:00

We've all heard the saying "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and we all have a pretty good idea as to what it means, but this day I would like to take it a little deeper if you don't mind?

I believe as we go on our journey with the Lord we come across different roads to cross different hills to climb and more miles we will have to travel. And as we are on this journey certain things about life itself will pull from us. I do believe God use those things which He has already placed within us and so when life decides to challenge us it's our time to shine for God and show the world that we can handle it because we are prepared.

That is why we go through storms and trials and disappointments because just like Moses had to have his own God Experience with the Lord so do you and I, and if we never go through nothing in this life then we will never grow we won't mature or develop.

I know at times that life can have the appearance of making us think we can't take another step we can't go another mile or we don't have no energy to continue, but it's in those moments that I know it's the Lord who comes right along side of us and give us an extra boost.

And like all of a sudden we are like "WOW! we can continue on with our journey right were we left off. Maybe today as you are reading this you might be thinking, you can't take another step you don't have the strength to climb that hill. I want you to know that you already have the victory God said we are victorious, so take that next step make it one more time up that hill, for you and I don't do it alone, He's right along side of us giving us what we need. And if we do give up He's there to carry us along the way..AMEN

Walking with Him

2012-01-12T08:46:00.000-05:00

Do you invite Him to the places you go to? Or do you keep Him at home so He won't see what you are about to do? We can never say that God does not see what we do for He sees it all. But one thing is for sure, God want to be invited along. Have you even given it some thought about inviting Him? Probably not. I could imagine how the conversation would go.

Jesus: Good Morning my child

You: Good Morning

Jesus: What are you going to do today?

You: Not sure Lord

Jesus: You haven't talked to me really this morning, is something on your mind?

You: No, Lord everything is okay

Jesus: If you say so

You: Lord I got a busy schedule today and lots on my plate can we do this later, when I get home?

Jesus: If that is what you want

You: OH, I hate this day, so much to do and little time to get all done, wish I never gotten out of bed, God sees me here in a mess why won't He come and help me?

You: I just need people to leave me alone so I can get some peace today, yeah once I get peace I can handle today.

You: I think I go shopping that normally cheers me up yeah, spend money.

You: Oh gosh there is that woman from church I surely am not up to talking I hope she doesn't see me, whew thank God she didn't.

Holy Spirit: I came to give you peace my child

You: Who is that talking, I don't see no one

You: I get peace when I am away from people doing my own thing.well I better get back to work lunch is over

Boss: You were going a long time and we gotten behind I am going to need you to stay late today,

You: I can't stay late today I have other engagements

Boss: Either you stay late or you can consider yourself fired.

You: Now what am I too do.

Holy Spirit: I came to give you peace

You: Okay, what is it you want from me?

Jesus: My daughter when you got up this morning you didn't spend time with me to get your instructions concerning today, had you of done this I would of told you what this day was going to bring and you would of been more prepared then what you are now. I sent the Holy Spirit to tell you I came to give you peace but you ignoredHim, I even sent the woman you saw your way to help you but you hide from her.

You: I know Lord, I am sorry, forgive me, what can I do now, to make it right.

Jesus: First you must work for your boss remember in my word I said we must obey authority that is set in place and you are to work as unto the Lord, as far as your other plans they will come later, I will mend that bridge for you.

Like so many of us this is how our conversation at times with Jesus goes when we don't first seek Him to get our instructions, what I have given you is just a simple glimpse of what our day really could be, sometimes we get very tragic news and bad things happen which we did not see but if we would take the time out in the beginning of the morning and seek from Him He'll not only tell us but when these things happen it won't bother us and robe us of our peace. AMEN.

If you didn't start your day off with seeking the Father it's not to late to go and make it right, talk to Him now, even if you are at work go into the bath room and make it right, You need to know what He has to say concerning you this day. BE BLESSED

Letting it All GO

2012-01-11T09:13:00.000-05:00

So many of us sit and wallow in our past, and I have to say I too use to be the same way, I would hold on to a grudge like nobodies business. Little did I know I was only hurting myself not the other people. I would hear pastors say let go and let God I've heard people say the same thing and I would say, "yeah, easier said then done" but what I was missing is letting people go frees "ME" not them. It's me who it helps, but like my mother always said. I have a heard head and I have to learn allot of life lesson the hard way. (She was right about that, but once I got it nobody could take it from me).

And so one day I said okay Lord I am going to give this a chance so I started out with the little things like letting go of some of my bad habits, the first one I let go was smoking, wow, now I know some of you might think that wasn't nothing but for me, it was I loved it and got pleasure from it. And to this day I can say I am smoke-free for 20 years, glory to God.

From that I started looking at the people that was in my circle known as associates, oh boy here's a big compared to smoking, these people was like family to me, we did it all together got into trouble together, we didn't brake no laws but we had our fair shares of troubles. Now in my mind I justified by letting go the one who had the most influence on me, needless to say it was an ugly scene, because she went around town spreading all kinds of rumors about me but what could I have done? I can't blame her nor the people who listen because I was out there. And because the rumors hurt so bad my mother sat me down and told me that the rumors will pass in time but until them I have got to continue the transformation that I was on. Because I wanted to be what God said I am not what I thought or what people said about me.

In due season all of that past away just like mother said, and then I found myself with a whole new set of problems in reality they aren't problems but to me it was because now here I was with my own family and I had to leave a love on in God's hands, now family I surely wasn't up for the task because how do you leave a love one in God's hands? We as parents, wives and spouses we love our family but when it becomes more then we can take and more than what we can do, it's a job for JESUS to handle it.

And so I did just that and every time I kept going back and snatching that person right out of Jesus hands because I wanted to fix it and fix them and just like Jesus the gentleman He is He gave them back to me, and not as soon as I had them, they disappointed me again and the pain and hurt resurfaced itself. This went on for years back and forth and then finally, I stopped what I was doing and said Yes to Jesus, I could know longer continue what I was doing and getting no results, and so when I went to God that time I meant business, I left them their and never went back to snatch them from God' hand ever again.

Now during that time the Lord was dealing with my heart, isn't it amazing that the very people we want God to change He deals with us first? God was doing some surgery in my heart and every day I prayed for them and before long I began to see little changes within that person. I began smiling and leaping in my spirit thanking God for what He's doing, and much later the very people I let go into God's hand change in away I never expected. He restore what was once broken and when God restores it's like it never happen at all, no residue what so ever.

Maybe today your reading this and you know without a doubt it's time to let it go but you are afraid of what Jesus might do, I tell you don't be afraid He will do what He knows is best. I am a living witness of letting people and things go and leaving them in God's hands. He's never let me down and He'll never let you down. It's time my friend it's been time for you to let go and let go, because if you are honest with yourself the only reason you are still holding on, is because you really don't trust GOD! Don't be mad but let's face the truth here. I too was scared but I knew something had to change and only God can change hearts.

Give it to Jesus today so you can be set "FREE" AMEN...GOD bless you

The Paths of LIFE

2012-01-10T00:55:00.001-05:00

In this life there are so many paths which we find ourselves on, some are good some are bad and some we wish we never found. But for me today I want to talk about a path I wish I never found in life, but yet it was the day I was set free. As many of you already know my background and up bringing. I come from a home who parents believed in going to church now my dad on the other hand I can't remember a day he went but he would make sure we children we on Sunday's because in our home not going to church was not an option.

The day I turned 21 yrs, old. I had already made up my mind I was going march to my own beat. Funny thing about thinking that you're all grown, because life has a way of bring us into reality. I heard all through my church years that narrow road will lead us to Christ and the broaden road will lead to destruction, well family I didn't like the narrow road because on that road there were no friends, no one chatting my name or cheered for me, it just wasn't popular. But on the broaden road oh yeah everyone was there it was like a party 24/7 and I stayed on this road for a long time.

The more I tired out in this world the more empty I felt, now how crazy is that? Everything I tried just died in my hands, everything I wanted to do in life always came to ruins and I just couldn't figure it out. I knew I was a good person and because I was a good person why was this happening to me. Why did God allow such things to happen to me? But see this is the lie the enemy would have us believe, God did nothing but call me back home, it was I who decided that I wanted to march to my own beat it was I who did not want to take the narrow path in life, but when I got to the end of myself and I kept seeing where my life was going and how no one was there to get me out of trouble, my very own mother could not of gotten me out of the messes I got into because I didn't have the nerve to even tell her the sin I go myself caught up in. See how the enemy leaves you alone. Well at least thinking your all alone.

Then finally one day it happen I heard a pastor give a message saying "we can't enter into heaven on our parents coat-tails,:" and at that moment I knew I had to get it right with God.

And so here I am now 20 plus years serving God wholeheartedly having no desire what so ever to live and be caught up in sin, do I still make my mistakes yes I do but now I know I can repent ask God for guidance and keep moving in my victory. So why did I tell you my story, because I know that there are other woman and men who are going through what I did and they feel as though they have gone to far that God can't reach them, I want you to know today that, God's arm is never to short to reach us, He loves you right in your sin and your mess. All He is asking is that you give Him a try, you've tired everything else out here now try Jesus and I guarantee He is true to His word. He'll never leave you or forsake you. The day of Salvation is today. Don't let tomorrow go without making it right because today just very well may be your last day. AMEN

Do you remember the "Wishing Well?"

2012-01-09T08:15:00.000-05:00

Blessed Monday to you all, I hope and pray you had a fantastic weekend. Do you remember when you would go pass a wishing well and you would hold your money up and before you dropped it into the wishing well, you made a wish? Why did we do it? Did we really think that, that's all it took to make our wishes come true? I know I use to do the same thing go to wishing well and drop money in it. And then I would stand there for a long period of time looking at all those coins in that well.

Wondering did some of those wishes come true, I also wondered about how much money was actually in that well? But one thing is for sure it was just a fantasy nothing more nothing less. And so we still have those wishing well around not as many as it use to be. As I got older I stopped making those wishes for I saw it was only a fantasy, but it was nice looking into the water seeing all the glitter and coins. One thing I notice about a wishing well is that it draws people around it and it brings up conversations. Strangers will talk to you about the wishing well some might just even give you the history all behind it.

But whatever you thought about the wishing well one thing do keep in mind it's just a nice pretty thing to see. Still to this day if I happen to see a wishing well I will stop and look at it but I don't through money into these days, I guess back then being a child and teenager that was the thing to do. It sure is nice every once in awhile to return to some of our childhood years, don't you agree? So tell me what was one of your childhood years concerning the wishing well, what did you think about it?

When the enemy tries to stop us

2012-01-06T08:51:00.000-05:00

As most of you know I am still on my journey through the book of Romans and as I was reading Romans 10 " God talks allot about the people of Israel and He tells us that they are His chosen people and though they have turned their hearts from God, God has not given up on them.

And so as I was reading chapter 10 I began praying asking God to forgive me for not keeping Israel in my prayers, many of us have some good things to say about them and some people have negative things to say and I personally don't want to get into any debt with anyone about this matter, Because in my heart of heart I know I was wrong for not keeping them in my prayers and God showed me in His word that even though some are coming to Him there are more which He is calling. And they will return to Him, then I began to think about the 144,000 Jews in the book of Revelation and just when I was reading my bible my husband came to me and said "baby let's go and watch some television in bed" sounds like a pretty cozy evening to me. My response to him was baby you are going to have to wait until I finish my time with the Lord, he didn't get mad or upset, he simply said do what you must and when you are done I'll be in here waiting for you.

Why did I tell you this?Because the enemy will use even our spouses, family members anything or anybody to get us off our course and focus. When I was done reading and praying I went and enjoyed the program on television with my husband. See my husband knows that God comes first in my life, he knows that God comes before him but like us humans we forget what a person is doing and ask them to join us without even giving it any thought. Maybe today you are focus on where your going with the Lord but the enemy keeps sending things to distract you, today I tell you ignore those distractions it's Satan's way of getting your mind off of God and on to something else, this way he can sneak in and steal what God is wanting to give you.

And believe me I had a choice that night I could of said, I will not read the bible and I will spend time with my hubby now or I could of done what God knows to be right and I did what God knows what it is right. GOD must always come first family then after you given God your time then you can go and enjoy your family. This is how God design things. AMEN Also just to let you all know if you would like to join me I am having a praying teleconference on the internet, this Saturday January 7, 2012 which is tomorrow at 4:00pm EST if you would like to join me and others please feel free to do so. Hope to hear you there

The dial in number is 218-862-7200

Conference Access Code 111600

Once you dial in you are able to participate in prayer, if you don't want to pray along you are more than welcome to listen and ask others to pray for you. God bless you and have a Bless Friday.

A Rock in the Middle of the Road

2012-01-04T09:01:00.000-05:00

My, my family I am truly enjoying the study in the book of Romans as promised I said I could not wait till I read Chapter 9 well last night in Romans 9 it's all about God Is Calling His People and what really spoke deep and got my attention is how at many times God asked the question, How could you of missed Him? In chapter 9 God talks about Rebbecca and Moses and their faith and yet when God called them to do something they missed it all because instead of trusting God they took over and did it their way. Sounds like you and I don't it? They were so absorbed in what they themselves were doing that they didn't notice God in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road.

And so I got to thinking about how many projects the Lord has given me that I have allowed myself to be caught up in the project that I miss God standing right in front of me. WOW! Talk about a blow to the head, I had to immediately ask God for forgiveness because I never want to be so self absorbed in what God has called me to do that I over look Him. And because the people have over looked God, God told them to be careful! He said I've put a stone on the road to Mount Zion a stone you can't get around, but the stone is Me! If your looking for me you'll find me on the way, not in the way!

Speak to me family don't you see yourself in this chapter of Romans? God loves us so much this is why He is calling His people He want us to know that we must trust Him but never get so caught up in doing good that you forget Him! I really love how GOD said He placed a stone in Mount Zion and that the stone is Him, If you look for Me you will find Me, on the way, but not in the way! God never gets in our way, I think what happens is we get in God's way and leave Him out not intentionally but at times we do.

So today I am challenging you like I challenged myself last night, repent and ask Him to forgive you and ask Him if you ever find yourself seeing that rock in the road instead of trying to get it out of the way or going around it ask the Lord to stop you in your tracks, because you and I can't afford to miss what God is doing? Be blessed can't wait to read Romans 10 tonight.

When God tells you, Your Wrong

2012-01-03T08:28:00.002-05:00

Last night as I was reading my bible right now I am doing this study on the Book of Romans and so I am in Romans 7 & 8 and if you are like me sometimes you just have to have more then one translation to get the meat of what God is saying, I know I do. One of the bibles I use is the message bible, it's clear and so I love using it from time to time.

In Romans 7:13 it talks about people being torn between one way and another, but what really got my attention as I was reading it is when it said "Sin simply did what sin is so famous for doing, using the good as a cover to tempt me to do what would finally destroy me. Now in the NIV bible it's says "Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

And so last night I thought about that verse over and over in my head until I couldn't think about it no more, this verse had me thinking hard so hard that I had to pray about this, because how often we fall prey to sin, how often does sin dress itself up to trick us, and then once we have tasted it, it leaves us right where we are, alone.

I begin to think about Adam and Even because in their life the enemy came dressed up and caused them to sin. And so I pondered on this and wonder what would happen if we would actually keep this scripture in the front of our foreheads and the moment we see things we would know immediately what is to come and instead of us wanting to look at it and wanting to try it we run from sin so we won't take part of it.

This verse really had me thinking about the sin I have done and all the wasted time I spent doing it, and what about how sin destroys us, we know the enemy is here to do three things, kill, steal and destroy, so why aren't we one step ahead of him? The only answer I woke up to this morning to concerning this verse is the more we stay in the word we will see what is right and what is wrong..AMEN.

Have a very blessed day today...I can't wait to read chapter 9 tonight and see what happens.

Growing from the inside out

2012-01-02T08:20:00.000-05:00

It's Monday and it's the second day of the brand new year and so as I told myself I would discipline myself to more bible and praying time, as so last night I spent my time by myself in the presence of the Lord. I sung songs which I made up (I just love those made up songs you sing to the Lord, don't you)?

From there I began praying in my natural languages and also in my heavenly tongue, from there I went on my knees waiting to see what Jesus wanted to say to me, and I wasn't on my knees no more than three minutes when He spoke Psalm 67 to me. This psalm is all about the salvation of the Lord and singing praises to His name.

Often times when we pray and worship the Lord in our prayer closet why do we think that the Lord is going to give us a word concerning what we have prayed about? Sometimes when we are in His Presence He gives us a word concerning who He is and about His Glory.

And so yesterday was a beautiful evening that Him and I shared, and so this morning I woke up and before my feet hit the floor and I start running I stayed in bed praying first. I do believe that this is what the Lord will have for His children to do is get their prayer done first before you do anything else. God wants to grow us and develop us into His likeness but the only way this will happen we must first grow from the inside out. Often times we think we are ready and we want others to see what God is doing in our lives, but each day I am reminded by His creation that growth takes time it's not something that is going to happen over night.

And when our buds are sprouting and ready for bloom then people will be able to see what God has been doing in our lives. Aren't you so glad that He works this way, and aren't you glad that He prunes the ones that are not fitting for Him and for us, and if need be He will keep us hidden until He says "Well done" it's time to come forth now my child? I know I am.

Maybe this morning you are feeling like when is God going to move somethings in your life when is God going to make some changes? I want you to know that God is already and has been working behind the scenes the reason you can't recognize it is because you are spending to much time on those things which are temporal.

Good Morning LORD!

2012-01-01T09:19:00.001-05:00

Well family it's 2012 and God has allowed me to see this brand new year. Like so many families this morning many will be preparing themselves to head to the house of God while others will be home doing the norm.

Some woke up this morning sick in their bodies, some woke up with there minds in a state of confusion, but whatever you woke up to this morning I want you to know that God cares for you.

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^[a]
² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

³ Surely he will save you
   from the fowler’s snare
   and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
   and under his wings you will find refuge;
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
   nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
   nor the plague that destroys at midday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
   ten thousand at your right hand,
   but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
   and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁹ If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.

¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
   to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

¹⁴ “Because he^[b] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble,
   I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
   and show him my salvation.”

Farewell 2011

2011-12-31T09:33:00.000-05:00

It's time for me to say farewell to 2011, it was a good year it was good to me, although I had some mountains to climb and some valleys to go through it was overall a good year. I manged to publish my first book, I was re-invited to do a revival out of Chicago, the ministry website in which the Lord has given me has increased beyond what I ever thought, I met some amazing women who had some great stories of what God has done in their lives. My relationship with my estrange sister is no long estrange we are back together again for God has restored that, He's given my health a stamp of approval for being best it's every been, I've lost weight and I feel great.

I learned some new things in God's word, that I never saw before, but it's amazing what you can learn when we take your time to restudy His word and digest it and the meat out of it.

And so with 2012 coming I am very excited about what God will be period, I want to see more miracles I want to see the sick recover and the lame walk, I want to see churches exactly become what the Apostle Paul said in the book of Acts, I want to see those altars filled every time the doors are open I want to see people crying out asking what must they do to be saved, I want to see God's people repent of their sins and learn to prefer there brother and sisters over them. I want to see more marriages saved and more families restored back.

I simple just want to be where God is and if He would allow me to be used in what He is doing? Because the greatest desire of all Christians should be working in the place where the Lord is working Himself. Just get right in there and do what He's doing and don't worry about these other things, let them worry about themselves, for I do believe when we roll up our sleeves and began to work where Jesus is by the time we are done for the day and return home we will find our home and everything in it in order...AMEN I do believe that with all my heart.

From my house to your house we wish you a Merry Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!

God's given you an Assignment today will you Pass?

2011-12-29T08:11:00.001-05:00

Often throughout the course of our day people come into our lives for various reason and no matter what it might be we are held with a question. "What shall I Do" I know many of us think and believe that we are to do nothing but look at them and keep going with our lives.

But there will always be moments when we are to do something for them, sometimes it might be just as simple as you having a real conversation with them, other times it could be that they need to see the Jesus in you.

And so for this short post today I want you to think about the statement I made "What shall I Do?" because everyday the Lord always brings people our way for a reason and we either pass the test or we fail the test. What will you do today when you meet that stranger today?

Will you say What shall I Do and pass the test or will you say What shall I do and keep moving and let someone else do what God assigned you to do?

Have a blessed Thursday!

His words will make you think

2011-12-28T08:25:00.000-05:00

For about a week now I am re-reading the book of Romans, now we all know what the book of Romans is all about, but for those who don't know I will tell you for I can't assume everyone knows but it's about "Righteousness" and the word Righteous means to be in right standing with God.

And I have to say the chapter one and two broke my heart, and when I say that I am talking about after reading it I saw my own sinful ways, I felt so un-worthy to read His word. I felt like who am I because in Romans the Lord talks allot about "there is NONE no not One who is Righteous. He says our lips are like viper always saying one thing to praise His name and then the next we using it to curse Him. He says He searched all through out the world and didn't find not one person who was righteous, now I don't know about you and what you might think of these words but for me it hits hard because I know that the only reason I am saved is by His grace, I also know that I had to question myself and ask myself do I really love the Lord like I say I do? Am I willing to die for Him if I had to? Am I willing to just pick up and go to a place He has called me and leave my family behind? See these types of questions are what God is wanting each of us to ask ourselves, because it's so easy to say with our mouths what the Lord means to us but a total new thing to actually do what you say.

God has me in this book to re-read again and to study it thoroughly for a reason and to be honest I have no reason as to why He has me studying it again, but I do know one thing I will know more then I knew the last time I read it. Often times you and I read the bible and we get up and go on with the day, probably not given any thought as to what we read in God's word, until something happens or someone comes our way to remind us of that verse we read that day. But I am a believer that Jesus not only want us to grow in His word but He want us to be developed for a purpose.

And so today if you have been sensing the Spirit speaking to your heart for some time now it's time you take heed and listen because rather you want to believe or ignore the fact Jesus is coming and He's watching. My question to you is are you ready? Will you be sleeping when He comes? And so back to my story here, (I tend to get away from it at times) and so after asking questions and feeling what I felt, I had to check my household. And so I am just like so many of you, you have love ones who are not saved and we want to see them saved. And so during this Christmas Season I mentioned in my last blog how I felt the Love of Jesus in my heart and so I talked to my daughter on Christmas about Salvation I know many will say "you did that on Christmas couldn't that of waited until after Christmas? And the answer is NO! It could not wait it's the best time to talk about salvation, see my daughter once knew who Jesus was but she has backslide and I know that God is married to the backslider but her and I talked privately and I told her that I do not want to close my eyes and have God call me home and have you back here still back-sliding. I began to ask her all kinds of questions I reminded her how she worked in the field with the rest of the labors I reminded her how she was so active in ministry at the age of 15, and that she was even speaking in tongues and how she had the anointing on her when she would pray with the youth at church. I told her that God is calling her back to Him, and how much He and I both love her.

I take salvation seriously and I don't have time to sit and wait while the enemy plays with our love ones and get them caught up in foolishness, no I am not that type of parent. After we spoke I saw in her eyes how she listen to me and now that seed has been planted again and now I as a mother must travail to bring my daughter back to the fold of faith. She still goes to church some times but that's not enough salvation is a lifestyle everyday. And I believe in my travailing with God's help she will be back, not that I had anything to do with it but because of the GOD in whom I serve. AMEN!

A Christmas Spirit like never before

2011-12-26T08:32:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was a great an awesome day and season, for our family. On Christmas Eve my husband Ron and I opening our gifts on Christmas Eve.

When Christmas morning came through and in I could literally feel the love of Jesus so strong in my heart that there where no words to describe it. His Presence was with us all day.

Later that day my family and my grandson Elijah came over for dinner because Grandma was cooking the big meal this year. It was such a blessing to watch Elijah open all his gifts I tell you, watching little ones with a box and wrapping paper is priceless.

My family was truly blessed not because we had so many gifts under the tree but because God allowed us to feel the Love of His Son in our hearts, I will never know How much it cost, I will never know what pain and anguish, He went through, but one thing I know and that is " I know He loves Me.

I will continue to thank and give Him praises for letting me feel His love in my heart, and anytime I feel discouraged all I have to do is look inside my heart and I will see His love there. AMEN I pray you all had a very Merry Christmas. Here are the lyrics to the song by Chris Tomlin, I'll Never know how much it cost. I pray as you read these words you too can say "I'll never know...

Light of the world

You stepped down into darkness.
Opened my eyes, let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You

Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God
You're altogether lovely
All together worthy,
All together wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross

I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross

This little Light of MINE...

2011-12-24T08:43:00.000-05:00

Remeber when you was a little child and you would sing this song called " This Little Light of Mine"oh how I loved that song, it is such one of those songs which are so easy to pick up on and during Christmas and Easter we would sing this song during our pagents we had at school. And oh how good we felt to be all dressed up with our little dresses and the little guys iwth their tudoes on, awaiting the tiem for the curtain to go up and see all the people in the crowd waiting to see our show.

But the moment we began to sang "This Little Light of Mine" we could look out in the audience and see the tears and smiles coming down the people faces. That was such a great time, but little did we know how much of an impact this song did, now that I am older I ask myself what light was we singing back then that the teachers never told us about? See I happen to believe that they was telling us about Jesus for He is the light, see back then when I was going to school and at that age you could talk about Jesus and God in public places you could pray in public for someone we even said the pleadge of allegienaace in school every morning by standing up and placing our hand over our heart. But that is not no more, they taken taht out of the school system but one thing they can't do they can't take the light out of the child for the Child of God always have light shinning from within and it permenates to the outside. AMEN...I wrote the chorus of the song thought that maybe you just want to sing it to your children today on this Christmas Eve...

From my house to yours we all wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas, I will see you after Christmas, God bless and God Loves us ALL

This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine,
Let it shine,
Let it shine.

The day I discovered my Spiritual GIFT, WOW

2011-12-23T07:43:00.000-05:00

I can remember the day I discovered my spiritual gift as if it was yesterday. At first I heard and read all about these gifts and I was so confused because I did not know which one was mine, I even asked God do I have one gift or do I have many? At that time the Lord said nothing concerning which ones I had, but as I saw my life unfold and how I was able to move around in ministry I saw my own self operating in my gift, then after that I saw myself operating in my calling. It was as if I was watching myself in a movie. Had you ever saw yourself out of the body but looking at yourself in a spiritual realm, I know you probably think that Desi is going off the deep end but hear me out.

The first time this happen to me I was scared and I know that God does not give us the power of fear but of power and love and sound mind, but I needed to know what happen I needed answers and I needed them now. So, I went to my mentor who I had and I am telling you family if you never had a mentor it's the best thing going for we all need one and you think about having one, anyway I explained this to her and she informed me that what I was experiencing for the first time in my life was the anointing of God on me. I was amazed, I never felt the anointing on me that heavy and I prayed for more of it I loved it and I wanted more of it.

Every time I stood up to teach and pray for people at the altars I wanted that anointing to rain on me like never before, and so from that day on I began keeping record not on paper but in my thoughts about how God used me when I operated in the gifts and calling He placed on my life.

At first I did not think many people would even believe what gifts/calling I had because how many of you know those who are the closes they are the hardest people to even witness it because they remember how you use to be? But one thing I learned with Jesus and I am still learning and that is I have nothing to prove to no one, but God. At that time before I learned truth I thought I had to keep these gifts to myself and not share them with others, but God tells us that the gifts and calling is not for us to hoarder but to give freely, just like He told his disciples freely as you have received now freely give" you might be saying well how do I give my gifts and calling to others? Well one of the ways is to operate in those areas with people, if you are preacher then preach that word just don't sit on the pew and wait for someone to discover you God's already done that, it's up to you to use it. We never want to be like the people who had talents and God was not pleased with them because they hoarded it for themselves. Thinking they had a right to hold on to it, family we have no right to hold on to anything but our faith in God, everything else He gives us is for us to give to others, even the blessings He gives us we are to bless others with it.

And so today I challenge you as you prepare for this Merry Christmas which is only three days away I want you to remember the gifts and talents the Lord gave you and share them with all people who you come in contact with. Let me say this yesterday as I was out shopping pick up my last minute gifts a mother and daughter jumped in front of me in line and the clerk did not know I was first, the mother spoke up and said did we just jump in front of you? I said yes, but that is okay you go ahead, I have all the time in the world today. Both of them apologize for what they did but my actions of Jesus should them that patience is a virtue. Get it? What will you do today?

SHHHHH, don't say a word

2011-12-22T09:11:00.000-05:00

There are moments in your lives as well as mine when Jesus tells us something and we must keep our mouths shut. And it can be the hardest thing for us because we want to share it with others but what I have found out and that is the reason we must keep our mouths shut when He tells us something is because He already know that some people just aren't going to accept it.

Not to say that they never will but at that moment your telling them before time they will think you have lost your last marble, go back in the bible look at how God told Moses certain things look at how He told Jeremiah and Ezekiel that they had to be still and wait for the appointed time. It's wasn't as if God has this big huge secret that He wanted to keep away from the people, God was preparing the people's hearts and developing you and I for the word He spoke.

Good example was the mother of Jesus, Mary was pregnant and the angel of the Lord told her to go and visit her sister Elizabeth, now why would God tell Mary to visit Elizabeth but the moment Elizabeth saw her the baby leaped inside of her and Elizabeth" said she was a woman among women who are blessed" and yet Elizabeth knew what Mary will face as well.

Maybe today God has spoken to you about somethings and in your spirit you can feel that tugging of your heart telling you not to say a word to anybody, I want you to listen to that small voice because it's Jesus reminding you to be SHHHHHHHHHHHH. in due time God has an appointed time just like He did with Esther and Ruth and so many others in the bible GOD has one with you, but on the flip side if you happen to tell before the appointed time not only did you disobey God but you will miss out on the blessing. We all enjoy telling good things especially when God has something for us to do we want everyone to know about and be happy for us, but there are times when God says be still and say nothing,, "can you do that today?"

Why Aren't You Healed?

2011-12-20T08:44:00.002-05:00

When it comes to God's Healing Power many of us become confuse we wonder how come God hasn't healed us from our sickness? Many people not only ask questions but they begin to doubt God they say "if He loved me He would not see me suffer? I think we all can identify with that saying.

But what we need to know about God's Healing is that everything is according to His Divine Will, God healed you but not in the way you wanted Him too, your suffering because maybe God want you to draw a little more closer to Him. Maybe your suffering is a testimony to others looking close by, There are many reasons as to why some healing are instantly manifested and some are not.You could be wavering in your faith, maybe deep down in your soul you don't truly have the faith or trust God to work it out. Remember God knows us better then we know ourselves.

So when you are going through something and you need healing in your body or need your situation to change ask yourself on question, are you going to trust God no matter what it appears? I know for myself when I am faced with certain things I think about "Job" I think about how the enemy went to God and said "can I have your servant Job?" and God told Satan that you can but there are things you are not to do to Him, Satan said that if he was allowed to do so many things to Job that Job would curse God and stop serving Him, what the enemy did not know was that Job said "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

That is a very powerful statement and my mother was one of these people who not only said this verse but she lived it until the day she went home to be with the Lord. That's faith un-speakable faith, my question to us all today can we say what Job said? Or will we run away and hide and complain to every person we meet on the corner in the grocery store? I dare to say many of us will complain to others as if they can help you in your situation, see complaining does not bring healing to your life, complaining makes your problem much bigger. So in light of this season let's not complain about what we don't have under the tree, let's not complain about not having enough food to feed all those you invited, but let's make due with what we have and be happy and watch God make what little you have a greater blessing. AMEN

I am NOT a Super Christian

2011-12-18T08:41:00.000-05:00

For years I have always wondered why in the world do people call some people a super Christian Mom? Could it be that they do it all? But what of ALL are they doing? Because when I heard of this for the first time I got into my head I had to be All I can Be. Sounds like the Military Slogan if you ask me. But seriously folks, I thought I had to do every thing I had to be in every little thing every time the church doors open I was there every program they had I was there, and then one day I realized that this is way to much I can't be all people want me to be I can't even be all I want to be little lone be all God wants me to be.

Family God "NEVER" intended for us to be Super Christians and I don't know where this word came from and if you ask me it should go back the the depths of hattes because it is surely not apart of God's plan or design for us to be this superficial person. I know we all can surely look at our own lives and see how we to played the super Christian Mom and Dad, Woman and Man, I am here to help you understand and see that there was only one person who walked in the Anointing 27/7 there was only one person who was sinless and His name is Jesus Christ, now the bible surely does tells us that we are to be Christ like but that does not mean we are to be a Christ ourselves. Because we will never be Christ, we live in sin. We may be saved by grace but sin follows you and I daily. This is why I do believe if we would stop attaching these worldly sayings to our Christian Journey and learn to do what the word says, then we would not have time for all this foolishness that others say. God never called us to be super Christians it's not even in the bible, and anytime something is not in the bible then it's a clear sign that it comes from the enemy.

Perhaps you are feeling you are a super Christian always doing things right well honey, if you do everything right without mistakes then I want to shake your hand because me, Desiray I make error I don't always get it right, I don't always feel like doing what God tells me to do at times. It hurts me when people treat me wrong and I have to pray for them instead of not like them. Yeah I am far from being this superficial person I rather be the real Christian, Me Desiray the one who cries out to God for help the one who doesn't mind when strangers see me crying the one who will come back later and ask for forgiveness even when I should of done it the second it happen.

I can't live up to the Super Christian it requires to much fakeness and no reality, I am a person who lives in reality and so I do things in reality, faking it is not apart of who I am and never will be, so maybe today you are like me you are tired of those people and everything that goes along with being a fake Christian. It's time for the real children of God to stand up because I tell you now and it's not me saying these words it's in the bible, Jesus said in Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'" this is not going to be an exciting time for the people who are not real for Christ. Make your stand today so you won't be burned later

My Personal Journey

2011-12-17T15:39:00.000-05:00

Often times I find myself in a place where I wish I never had to speak the things that God speaks to me. I say this not of fear but often times it leaves you in a place of having no friends, not everyone is going to walk with you the higher I am getting in the Lord the more evident that I see my life is changing from one spectrum to another. People who once praised being my friend has now ignored me they think I have gone to far.

Lately I have found myself in a place where I have to speak to the Leadership about an issue which is pressing upon my heart and I know it's nobody but God, but even in my moments I still get nervous not sure what they will think of me not sure of if will listen, but because of the desire burning in my heart I must speak what Jesus is telling me to do. One of the things I ask myself is "why" why me, Lord. and His respond is this why not you Desi see I chose you do be my mouth piece you already are at a place in me where do you don't march to what man says or think and that is why I call on you. But all to often it leaves me feeling like an outcast, but what can I do I have to speak what God gives me other wise I become like man and man I don't ever want to be.

On this journey it feels as though I am by myself I turn around and look for Jesus and I see Him walking right behind me, He's telling me keep going Desi, I am right there.Often times when I get a little weary in my journey I just want to take a seat and rest my feet, and God says "Not yet Desi, I need you to take another step then you can rest. I often at times complain and say but Jesus I am tired there is no one else around who will know if I rested and God says, I will notice, you keep moving I know you are weak but I am going to give you something that you never known about yourself if you would just keep moving. And of course I keep moving. Other times there are those moments when I just want to stop doing the ministry just give up and take the easy road but I know I can't because giving up is not an option. I must continue just like the Apostles did. Had they given up what would of happen to the New Testament Church? When I read about the story of Paul, Peter, Ezekiel, and so many more who was great men and God used them even though within themselves they felt they could not reach their mission.

Maybe today as you read my blog maybe you feeling some of what I am feeling I want you to know that you never go through it alone Jesus walks with us all the time, even when you feel like giving it up He's giving you strength to stay there, even when your assures are standing right there tauting your name Jesus give you the Joy so you can smile in there face. So to sum it up it's not all to bad, now is it? Yes, it can be difficult and I won't even lie about that because this journey is difficult but we don't go through the journey alone. Jesus lets go of our hands to let us walk by ourselves at times. Thank you Lord for being ever thing to me and thank you for loving me in spite of myself because I know I am my most worst enemy. Thank you for cheering my name and picking me up when I fall down.

Always remember family it doesn't matter how many times you fall, what does matters is when you get up and keep going...amen

Promises of GOD let's count

2011-12-15T18:46:00.001-05:00

When it comes to the promises of God there are many people who will try to give at least a number of the promises of God I heard people say that there are 199 I've heard some say that there are three thousand five hundred and seventy three (3573). But the truth of the matter is it's doesn't really matter how many promises that we count for God Himself already know how many that they are that is why in 2 Corinthians 1:2 it says, for no mater how may promises God has made, they are Yes in Christ and so through Him the Amen is spoken by us to the glory of GOD.

What does this tells us it tells us that all throughout the bible from Genesis to Revelations that there are many promises for the children of God and we are to stand on everyone of them because they are for us. So please do yourself a huge favor don't become like so many theologians and try to figure out the number of promises which are for us because it will take you a lifetime to count them and to know them, take it by faith and stand on His promises because for everyday you are alive there is surely one if not more of them in which you can stand on.

And a big thank you to you my blogging family I thank you for your prayers you sent me when I was not feeling up to par. It's family like you who read my blogs daily and comment on them who I consider true family. And for that I thank God because He has drawn us all together for one reason to connect in spirit and to spread the gospel. I want you guys to know I am feeling much better but I am taking it easy as well. Again thank you so much, may you guys have a very blessed day as well as preparing your home for this glorious season...

Don't become stressed at Christmas

2011-12-13T09:47:00.000-05:00

Christmas is my favorite holiday season and yet one can become stressful in preparing for it, lately I've been doing some new things for Christmas, stuff I haven't done before because this year I told hubby I want this year to be different then any year before.

My goal this year is to focus more on Christ then anything else, and what I mean is this, I want people to look at me and see Jesus I want people to come into our home and feel His presence, I want people to sit at our table and know that the Lord has been good to us.

When I am at the mall shopping and everyone else is all stressed out and getting upset I come in with a song in my heart and a praise on my lips, so when I greet the sale associate I want him or her to know that I know what this season is really about and hopefully it will rub off on them. Or it could strike up a conversation and they can ask me why so Jolly and I can explain to them my reason for the JOY!

But just this last week I found myself in a place I've never been before I had a panic attack and I have to say that was all new to me because I don't have those things, so I went to my doctor on yesterday and she informed me that what my symptoms was turned out to be a panic attack, I asked her how could this of happen she explained to me it is caused my stress turns out I was feeling some anxiety at work and it got to me.

I asked my husband how did I let this happen to me, how did I allow the enemy to come into my thoughts to get me stressed? And what my husband reminded me was that baby none of us are exempt from stress, the enemy knows you don't deal with stress very well and so he sits around roaring like a lion to prey on you, but thanks be to God what He didn't know was that you was not going to take it laying down. That's right every day my husband laid hands on me and prayed for me and I prayed for myself, I didn't allow the enemy to stop me from quitting and giving up I kept on persevering because I have a mission.

And so when I left my doctors office she gave me some medicine to help ease the pain and this morning I feel much better, I know it was God who told me to call my doctor because when my symptoms first began about a week ago I didn't go to see her I thought it would go away on it's own. I was reminded of a lesson I had forgotten many years ago that the Lord taught me, concerning my health and that is nothing comes before my health no career or job or anything. God needs me to be in good health to do His Work and so when I ignore those signs which my body is telling me I am ignoring God and I can't be used by Him when I am not feeling well. Aren't you so glad that the Lord gives us warning signs in life, and when we don't listen or heed to them that He gives us Mercy? I know I am...So it goes to show that evening during this glorious holiday the Lord is still showing us lessons about LIFE, not about US but about Life.

Could it be that I was about to direct myself to another direction that the Lord did not want me to walk? Could it be that I was doing other things instead of doing what He considered to be important. Even in the things we know are good doesn't mean that, that is what God would have us to do....Thanks for the Lesson Lord God...And me and my family will have a Merry Christmas because now I have another testimony to share with them about the Loving Mercies of God.

Is your life a reflection of emails and spams?

2011-12-11T10:12:00.001-05:00

How much junk and spam do we allow to come into our lives? How do we filter these things out of our thoughts, our actions? Well for one we can't set up no spam folder so what does a person do?

During the course of our day we do allot of business giving out our email address and some of us have more then one email and why is that? Could it be that one is for personal and the other is for business? Can we keep it simple by having just one email and if so how do we maintain it so we don't become so overwhelmed?

Our lives are just like our emails we get everything coming at us and we have to process most of it, at times we slack and before we know it we have more on our plate then what we can handle in one day. One of the ways that you and I can filter the emails in our lives is to do an inventory of what is important and what is not. Because believe it or not at the end of the day if we would look at everything we did that day we will see that there were some things we did not have to do. We will see where we wasted to much time on somethings and neglect another area. But unfortunately we don't have time to process this during the day because we are busy

Don't let your life become like your email boxes filled of spam and all junk mail with no place to go. Your time and family is precious and they need you. Life brings with it allot of uncertainties but one thing we can control is what we will accept and what we won't accept.

The feet of those who Bring the Good News

2011-12-08T09:34:00.001-05:00

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"...Isaiah 52:7 and Romans 10:15 says, And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

When I read or hear this verse something deep down on the inside of me begins to stir up,I begin to think back over my life before I accepted the Lord, I think about all those people who brought the goodness to me.

Back then in my mind I thought I was already going to make it to heaven because I went to church all the time I believed in God and the Trinity but what I did not know was that I had to have my very own relationship with Jesus. And it wasn't until I accepted the Lord as my personal savior that the Lord revealed to me what Isaiah 52:7 is all about.

I ask you, when you read this verse, about what Isaiah said what does it speaks to you? Does it speaks of the people who kept coming to you to tell you about Jesus? I pray as you re-read this verse again I pray that you see the true beauty from God's glory concerning this scripture because truly I've never seen it anymore clearer then the day He revealed it to me. And for that I can say I am blessed and I praise God for this verse and I praise God that you can see the glory of the Lord in this verse.

Their Emergency

2011-12-06T09:55:00.001-05:00

Everyday I am seeing just how mad this world really is, and yet I am not amazed at all. Just Sunday I had an Emergency I wasn't feeling well and this person wanted to make me do something in which I was not capable of doing because I wasn't feeling well. I told the women she would have to get someone else to do it. But the tune in her voice I can tell she was very frustrated with me, but I told her I had to do what is best for me and right now getting some rest was it.

Later that day while I was resting in bed I kept thinking about our conversation and maybe some of you probably wouldn't of given it any more thought, but I am the type of person I worry about things like that. And so my husband knew I was upset and he laid hands on me and begin praying. Of course the tears starting flowing from my eyes because I wanted to be there but I just wasn't up to it. And so as I thought about that conversation I said Lord "I will NOT let their emergency become my emergency" and I prayed for the spirit of condemnation to be lifted off of me.

In this world in which we live in people will try to make their emergencies become ours and had this of happen about five years ago I would of allowed her emergency become mine, but God has dealt with me that when my physical body has had enough I must stop. And to show you just how good God is the next day her and I spoke and she acted as thought nothing has happen we talked just like we normally would and that conversation we had the other day was never mention, it was as if God had completely erased that day. You might be saying well that is good Desi but what does this has to do with me? I am so glad you asked because God want you and I to know that their is nothing in this life is an Emergency, your job, your friends, your family nothing is an emergency to make you come unglued. That is what God is saying to us, because life will happen and the only thing we have control over is how we will react to what comes our way. When we react with patience then we show the God that is in us but when we become unglued and frazzled we aren't showing God's control in our lives.

So today what ever happens or comes your way today don't let anyone else emergency becomes yours, in other words take a step back breathe and let the spirit direct you in how you should handle it, see it's not you saying you aren't concern about their problem you are concern but when emergency comes along in our lives we have a tendency to come unglued and we can't think straight. But when you remain calm and wait for God He will give you the right answers on what your next move will be. And that is how we as Children of God are to move anyway aren't we?

Marriage Personalities

2011-12-04T10:05:00.001-05:00

I want to give you something sweet and short but to the point and hopefully it will stay with you all week. It's called Marriage Personalities! Can you accept those little things that your spouse does that are a bothersome to you? Does it really bothers you to the point you aren’t willing to accept it? Or is it with you?

Could it be that there is something in you that needs to change because you see it in your spouse and it brings out what is in you! “OUCH! Come on somebody did you just hear what I just said?”

The reason why the things that your spouse does becomes a bothersome to you is because you still have something in you that it recognizes! (It's getting a little to tight in here) And until you get delivered from it yourself, those things your spouse does will always be a bothersome. (She's reading my mail now)

It’s not those things that your spouse does that bothers you it’s something that is still within you that needs to be delivered from. That is why you get upset and you argue with them while trying to convince them to stop what they are doing when all the time you haven't dealt with your issues. (Enough's enough)

Could it be that God has been trying to get your attention all this time from all those moments you got upset but you have chosen to ignore all the signs. Just my thoughts for today..Have a blessed Sunday today.

You'll never out give GOD

2011-12-02T18:35:00.001-05:00

"You can't out Give God" you know so many times we hold back on our giving because we think we might need it for ourselves later in the week.

Or we think that someone else will give to others and if someone else does it then it's justified and we don't have to feel guilty.

I come today to not only remind us but to plead with you and say "You can't out Give God" I know at times some of us truly want to give but we think we don't have it, some will say well when I get more I'll give more" let me tell you this, you won't give more! See statements like that normally don't happen because the moment we get it we forget to give.

God will bless what little you give rather it is to people or give of your time and talents or give money to the Kingdom of God. You will never be able to out give God, that is why Jesus said that the Lord loves a cheerful giver. And that it is better to give then to receive. You may think you only have a little but do you know that God can and will bless on that little and make you have so much more then you can imagine possible? It's not in the amount we give or how big we give He just want you and I to give.

Don't hold on to nothing don't hold on to those things which you think you have to have. You know several years ago while at church, there was this lady who always dressed very stylish, one day at service I said to her I love your coat she said you do" I said yes, do you know what she did, she took the coat off her back and said you can have it. I was shocked I asked why and she said because you like it no other reason. I left church with a new coat.

Isn't that they way Jesus does with us? Don't He give to us every day? Then why should we not in turn give to others. We don't have to wait till someone come to us with a need do we? Let's just give because it's the right thing to do. We all know someone who needs a little help, could it be the person next door to you needing something but is afraid to say anything to you, maybe the little women you see every evening walking her dog who needs help.

Don't wait till a need come up to give, give anyway because I tell you this you can't and never will be able to out give God. I've seen what God has done in my life when I give and I've seen what He's done in other people lives who give. Because you can't out give God.

If you are needing a miracle from the Lord today, open your heart and give to someone else and watch what God will do in your life?

Let the Rain Fall, you have an Umbrella

2011-12-01T09:49:00.001-05:00

The Lord God is your UMBRELLA when you and I stand under Him, He will protect our going in and our going out He will guide us with His mighty hand. The rain's of life will fall around us the winds will come blowing from all corners of the earth but we don't have to worry about life's elements because the Lord has you and I under His umbrella.

Oh how I thank God for His protection, that even when I am out and about during the day and not thinking of the dangers that are out there the Lord has His umbrella over me, which keeps those things away from me.

The book of Psalm 91:7 say's it best, "A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
Isaiah 43: 2 says " When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

What an assurance to know that no matter what comes our way you and I are under the Father's mighty hand of protection.

There's Power in The Blood

2011-11-30T09:39:00.001-05:00

There's an old hymnal song called" What can wash away my sins" it goes like this.

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; what can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Oh! precious is the flow that makes me white as snow; no other fount I know, nothing but the blood of JESUS.

Every time I sing this song I am so reminded of the Cross and what my Lord and Savior did for me and for us all. Maybe today you are not feeling well, maybe today you have more on your plate then you can handle, but what ever it is that is causing you pain I want you to know that you can lay it under the blood.

That's right the blood of Jesus has much power and when we lay it under the blood nothing can come across that blood. Your problems can't come across that blood line, your pain can't come across that blood line. Nothing can get across that blood line.

Imagine with me when Moses and the people crossed the Red Sea , and Pharaoh's army was behind them the moment Moses and the people crossed the Red Sea which is the Blood line of Jesus Pharaoh's army could not touch them why? Because it was under the blood line.

Lay your burdens at the blood and watch Jesus bring instant healing and power to you. Just like when the death angel passed through the town God told them to put the blood on the door post and when they did the death angel could not come pass the blood line...There's something very powerful about that blood...Lord God I know how powerful you are and I pray today including myself that no matter what comes my way that I lay myself at the blood of Jesus for nothing can penetrate that Blood Line. In the mighty name of Jesus AMEN!

Are you HEARING, HIM?

2011-11-27T15:44:00.001-05:00

Greetings to you on this "Sanctuary Sunday" One of the things I truly love about being in the house of God is that I can get replenished. The bible tells us that " He who has an ear, hear what the spirit is saying" many times we ask ourselves well how can I hear what the spirit is saying or when the spirit is speaking?

Does He speak in a mighty rushing wind? Does she speak with bellows of fire? Does He speak with a whisper as a gentle as a dove?

The Spirit speaks to our inter most sanctum. It's that tugging of the heart we feel either way it's the spirit speaking to your heart and you know it's Him. Today I have a challenge for you and yes I still give challenges even on Sunday's.(LOL), I ask you today while you are in church service pray and ask the spirit what is it that He would like for you to hear? Now I know you probably think this is not right to ask but indulge me for a moment here., many times when the music is going and everyone is singing and you hear them worshiping God and the word is given we tend to not hear the spirit but everyone who is around us. That is why we must ask the spirit what would He have for you and I to hear.

As you listen to what the spirit has to say to you this morning, wear it around your neck and let it be your garment all through out the week. There is a blessing in store for you, at the moment you may not understand as to why but keep listening to the spirit and watch God reveal it to you. Thank you Lord God for your revelation that you give to us. Thank you for your Holy Spirit that lives within your children Lord God. I say thank you! AMEN

Wondering...About

2011-11-25T10:23:00.001-05:00

With the new year about to come in and this year coming to a close I started a month ago thinking about what I will be doing differently and what I will not be doing? One of the things I surely don't want to do is bring my failures and bad attitude into the new coming year. You know that attitude when we get upset to quickly when we take things to personally when people say things to us. Those are the things I don't want to bring into my 2012, so with less then a two months where do I begin? Well needless to say, the Lord has been already dealing with me in the last several months on these things, it all started when I began that study on the book of Acts the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Often I do this thing which I have to examine myself and I will be honest I don't always like what I see, but I know I must do it for God says let each man examine His own heart. And one of the things that the Lord is showing me over and over and that is I must look at every area in my life in what I do and see if what I am doing really brings honor to God and if it doesn't I have to leave it alone. It's so easy to say we love God isn't it but it's something totally different when we live it, because living it can be so hard, often times I ask God is there something wrong with me? Is it really me which is the problem? And God will say yes, most of the time it's you Desi because you aren't always doing what I ask you to do, you wait till later to do it or you want to be in control of it and I God can't allow you to do it. It's those moments when the rod of His correction gets me humble. It's a good thing for me to be humble because if I don't remain humble flesh will rule every time and I can say that for sure, (not that I am being smart mouth but I gotta be honest for God already knows the truth about it).

In 2011 when it came in God gave me a verse and every since He has given me this verse He has been doing a work and I have been feeling it and seeing it, the first time He gave me this verse my first thought was OH NO! Is my heart really like this but how many of you know when God brings matters to your face we always say OUCH? He gave me Ezekiel 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Now tell me if God gave you this verse wouldn't you say OUCH?

What it all comes down to is this, there is defiantly going to be some changes in my life, I am going to have to give certain things up for good. Even when I know what I am doing is for the good I still have to give it up because what I am realizing more so now and that is I do things which God has not told me to do. And the thing He has told me to do I am not giving it my all. And that is why changes must be made in my life, some how I lost focus and I put to much energy into other things and not enough in what God wanted.

I thank God for His Mercy towards me even though I was the one who lost focus God never held it against me but He allowed Life to draw me back to what He told me to do. And now I am not only focus but I see so much clearly now what my mission is and so I share my life story with you because I know that I am not the only one whom the Lord has been speaking too. You to like me God is turning things around in your life and wanting you to direct yourself to His mission but you have given your attention to what you think is pleasing God when in fact that is not what God told you to do in the first place...

Father God forgive us for our narrow minds forgive us for wanting to make things happen on our own forgive us for not staying focus like we was..And thank you so much for not giving us what we truly deserve, thank you for GRACE and MERCY! I love you Lord..AMEN

Real Meaning of THANKSGIVING DAY

2011-11-23T09:01:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, many people will be visiting family, friends and sitting down at the table having their meal. But there is a flip side to Thanksgiving Day that I want us to be mindful of and that is to think about those who have no were to go, those who's families are overseas. See for millions of people its holidays that make them depressed they don't look forward to this season for they have lost loved ones, they don't have a job no family and so they see no reason to be thankful.

So today as we come into Thanksgiving and the rest of this glorious season think of those people and look around you and see who you see who just might not be with people and just maybe you can share your season with them, invite them to your house during this season, bring them a little gift something that will brighten their day, because when it comes right down to it Thanksgiving is all about GIVING THANKS, and what better way to give thanks then to share it with others who don't have no one.

Often times we over look people we over look the young woman on our job the man who cuts our hair the grocery clerk see they too need to see the meaning of Thanksgiving, don't ever assume that the people you encounter everyday have somewhere to go, don't always assume that they have family because you never know. And if you think this is not happen then go and visit some of these shelters and you will see them filled with people who have no hope...God forbid that Jesus would of treated us like orphans, but He treated us with Love, He displayed love by giving us Himself.

I am thankful for JESUS being in my life....Have a blessed Thanksgiving Day!

You Just Never Know!

2011-11-21T20:53:00.001-05:00

I am a very firm believer that you never know what God has planned for your day, and yesterday morning as I was having my devotions which I am re-reading the book of Acts and this time I am digesting each verse to get the meat from it. After I finished reading the bible I started praying and thanking God and then I sat there to get my instructions for the day.

Well around 5-6pm this woman who I have never met in my life, we both started talking about the true meaning of Christmas and as she was talking she was informing me about how her one child does not understand what Christmas is about, I asked the women well first of all Christmas is not about the gifts it's about Love, Family and Jesus Christ, immediately she responded by saying you are so right. Now to me that part of the conversation seemed normal but some how I opened my mouth and asked her where she fellowship and that is what started this revelation in which God opened this door for me to minister to this woman. She said she hasn't been to church much she said she is not a good Christian and she felt ashamed, we talked about her children and I told her to pray for them that they will find church to be interesting because her son doesn't find church to be interesting.Then some how and I am not even sure how I started this but I said something about being saved, and that is what stirred her up she said to me how do you know when you are saved? How can you really be sure you are saved?

Well family you guys know me I began quoting scriptures in Romans 10:9-10 and John 3:16 and even when I gave her those verse she said but how do you know it's true, I told her because I believe. She said but there is no evidence of Him being risen from the grave, and I told her yes there is evidence of Him risen from the grave, the evidence is found in scripture and if you went to the grave site where Christ body laid you will not find Him there. Family I could tell this woman was hungry she is almost there but she did admit to me that her intellect and reasoning gets in the way of her believing. And I told her man has been trying for centuries to understand this but they can't because their minds can't understand the things of God. When I told her that for Christmas my family will be going out to serve food to those who don't have she said to me, "you make me wanna cry" I know for a fact that it was a Divine Appointed Time for me and this woman to talk.

When she had to go I told her I said I am going to give you my phone number and I want you to call me any time. She said to me"thank you for being you'. Family you and I never know what God has lined up for us in the course of our day, that is why it is so imperative that you and I mediate to His word so when situations like these arise we can speak the word along with the verses for them to take home. Now what would of happen had I not knew the word what words of proof could I use to show her that God is who He says He is?

There will always be people who will try to tell us that God does not exist but if you don't have the word down on the inside of you what can you pull from? You can't! I just thank God that He used me this day for this woman and I look forward to her calling me and fellowship because she lives in my town and I know already this woman is going to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior I sensed it while I was talking to her, her heart is soft all she needs is more water...AMEN!

Balance, Are you or are you not balanced in LIFE?

2011-11-21T08:31:00.001-05:00

With everything that each person has to do in their daily day activities rather it is working outside the home to doing home work with the children to taking them to their games and practices.

To preparing family time together and being a spouse to our spouse to being there for family and friends. It can wear a person down mentally, physically and spiritually. We must have a BALANCE. A balance will keep you and I on track,so we won't become so hay wired that we can't keep up with the pressure of life and it's demands.

When a person has a balance in their life they function very well.. They have prioritizes things of importance and leave out the foolishness of things.We enjoy the things we do in life and some we even enjoy more then other, but if we don't have a balance what happens is we get so frustrated in the things we are doing that we end up hating what we enjoyed so much. We have to have a outlet, we are not robots.

Do you have a balance in your life? And if you don't would you start today by having a balance in your life?

Dreams What is God telling us In Them?

2011-11-18T09:31:00.000-05:00

When it comes to dreams I am a very firm believer that the Lord speaks to us in our dreams, often times when God speaks to me in my dreams I wish I knew a Daniel. Often times when the Lord speaks to me in my dreams depending on what it is I will shake it off and not think about it much, then there are those moments when they continually to be a repeat of a dream then I am like okay, Lord, let's discuss what you are saying to me. When I think back in the old testament, anytime the Angel of the Lord spoke to men, He would call them by name three times, did you ever wonder why He called them three times? I have, and my reasoning may not be correct but I think it's each one of the Trinity calling them..nice ha?

And so this week while me and my husband was on a getaway celebration of our Wedding Anniversary the Lord spoke to me in this dream and what He revealed to me was very clear, I didn't have to wish I had a Daniel to interpret this dream at all. The Lord told me about how it's going to be too late for some people, in my dream I was talking to many people and as I was talking my mouth was getting very dry and I reached for a glass of water with ice but when I try to drink the water I could not taste the water at all, and yet I was still able to speak to people with a very dry mouth like sand. And the Lord said you are preaching, teaching all the time and your mouth is dry because you are not giving up but some people Desi it will be too late for them, for they are not listening. Further in the dream there was people coming to me saying I want to live but I had to tell them it was to late for them, they had their chance but they ignored the Word and now it's too LATE!

When I woke up my husband said I was speaking out words from my dream he could hear me speaking and I asked him was I yelling in my sleep he said no you was very calm you wasn't afraid at all. I told him about the dream and he was not shocked but amazed because he said Desi I've seen you grow each day in your walk with God and I know God is doing a marvelous work in your heart, I've seen the change and I also see that when you speak you speak with conviction and compassion and I feel your pain when you tell people about God's word and when they don't accept it you cry and take it personal.

Those words have been with me since I had that dream and it saddens me because for some people it really is going to be too late, think about it family are you one of those people who Jesus will say it's too late? Are we doing what His word tells us? Are we living it everyday? Or are we picking an choosing what we will do? If you like me those are words you don't want to hear Jesus say to you at the END...

Word of Wisdom

2011-11-14T08:28:00.001-05:00

In everything that you do in life remember to always put God first. Let me explain this, God comes before your family, God comes before your marriage, God comes before yourself, God comes before your career, God comes before your friends, I think you can see what I am saying now. Jesus told His disciples in, "Matthew 10:37-39 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

What Jesus was saying is that NOTING comes before Him, we are to take care of our families and friends and so forth but none of those things can come before Him, if it was a draw that you had to choose between your love ones or Jesus which one will you choose? Jesus is saying we must choose Him over everyone.

Why am I telling you this on a Monday morning? Well I sense in my spirit that someone this morning has been seeking God to make a change in their situation, they have prayed they've tried to make things work and still your situation remains the same, and the reason it is remaining the same is because you haven't put Jesus first in your life. Instead of you reading the bible first you wanna watch your television program, instead of praying first you call a friend and ask them to keep you in prayer.

I know this is a pretty big pill to swallow so early in the morning but I know all to well about this verse and what I experienced years ago, all because I never put God first, see it's one thing to say He's first but it's another to actually live it. And one day the Lord said to me "you keep saying I am first but I am not, everything else takes your attention first then I am second, but I am God and I will not be second in your life, Desi either I am first or I am nothing? Talk about some hard facts hitting me in the face, but I learned something I learned that no matter what decisions I make or what comes my way if God is not first I am headed for doom, my problems will always be there I will always find myself living beneath the water instead of above and riding the water.

So who ever I am talking to this morning your word of Wisdom for you today is "YOU HAVE GOTTA PUT GOD FIRST, I don't care how much it costs you or how much it becomes painful or who might be upset with you..this is something you must do is keep Him first. When God is first in our lives you will see more of God in your life like never before, He will manifest Himself to you in places your never would of dreamed about. You will literally begin to see the Hand of God upon your life and at the same time sit back and be in AWE of just HOW GREAT IS YOUR GOD! Believe me I am a living witness of the Hand of God...I love my family and friends and would do anything for them, but they will never come before my Lord, my husband knows how much I love Him but he also knows that God is first and comes first before my husband and my family knows this as well. That is why I say HE is my everything!

Lord God I pray for this one who this posting is for I pray that today they stop the struggling and be determined to put you first in everything that they do. I pray that they make you the center of their lives, that they seek you for everything and that they will rebuke their flesh and have their flesh submit to your teaching. Let them walk in guidance of your words in Jesus name I pray...AMEN

Tis the SEASON

2011-11-13T09:36:00.001-05:00

With less then two weeks away "Thanksgiving Day" will soon be here and with that being said "Tis the Season" and at my home we are preparing for this very special season. I have always loved this season, I can remember being a child watching and helping mom in the kitchen as she begins to prepare the meal.

Dad would go and get the Turkey and we kids would smile and laugh while listening to Christmas music in the background.

My childhood memories of the Seasons was the best, can't forget them, now I am older and with my own family and we have our own preparation to do. Last week as I was out shopping and looking at the new Christmas decorations I brought Christmas songs and began playing them when I got home. Oh boy does it sound so great listening to it, I thought hubby would of said it's a bit to soon but he enjoyed it as much as I did.

This year we decided that we would celebrate early the season we aren't going to wait til after Thanksgiving to put up the tree and decorations, we decided we are going to enjoy all the lights and everything a week before Thanksgiving, so next week me and hubby will be putting up our Christmas Tree and all the decorations this way we can enjoy the holiday a little longer.

This season really does touches my heart it takes me back to when I was a small child and so this year normally we would go to families house first for dinner but this year I am going to do something a little different, we are going to go and help serve dinner at the soup kitchen first then after we have done that we can go and have our meal with our families.

This is what this season is all about, giving to others, it's giving the gift of life. Just like Jesus gave us the gift of Life we must give it to others...AMEN!

Tell me have you guys started preparing for the Holidays or is it a bit too soon for you?

What is that Smell?

2011-11-12T10:14:00.001-05:00

Oh how we love the aroma of sweet things, it just does something for us don't it? The freshness of a pot of coffee brewing, flowers that has been freshly cut, the baking of a pastry cake in the oven, yeah we love those smells. We love smells so much we run to things that smell good to us for it lightens up our senses.

But today I want to talk to you about the smell that pleases God, did you know that God loves the smell of our worship to Him, David said that it's like the Rose of Sharon, a pleasant smell to the Father's nostril. Wow, just amazing, that when we worship the Father He gets great smell. Now that is amazing. But there is another smell that does not please the Father at all and that is Sin, sin smells nasty to the Father. That is why He sent His only Son to earth for us because of Sin.

 Imagine if you would how bad it smells, let say you carried around something dead on your back everyday, I know you might think this is not pleasant to share today but we must be honest about our sin. After awhile that dead thing will stink and deteriorate. This is how you and I smell when we sin and the only thing that clears our sins is the Son and so we must everyday ask God to forgive us of our sins. 

Understand as long as we are on earth we will sin for God says "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God," make it a habit of confessing your sins to God so that you can be a pleasant smell to the Father's nostril.

Will you Stand or Will you go with the Crowd

2011-11-11T09:12:00.001-05:00

There is a saying that I’ve heard from time to time that says “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” And to some degree that is true, but I want you to look at it in depth!

Each and every individual will come to many cross road in his or her life where they will be forced to make a decision. And in all honesty when you make your choice it’s not as black and white as many of us would hope it to be. And for some of us we rather go with the crowd then to go against the crowd. And the reason being is that we are afraid!

And do you know why you are afraid? I will tell you why; it’s because you don’t want to be left alone. Yes I said “Alone” for some of us being alone is a hard thing we feel in adequate when we are left to ourselves. I tell you today when you make up your mind to take a stand “you will find yourself sometimes standing by yourself.” But don’t be afraid of standing alone, it may appear as if no one is backing you up or supporting you but you stand anyway because in the long run you will see that there was someone praying and hoping you did take that stand. See most of us have friends and family who will support us no matter what, but when the temperature gets hot many fall away from our side, but don’t focus on that because as soon as you think no one is watching you someone is watching just to see what you will do. 

What happens when you stand? You not only stand alone but you will begin to loose things that you held dear to you. Relationships you once had is no longer there. But I ask you this, is it really that important to you that you go with the crowd, then to take a stand for what you believe and value? 

We take stands everyday in life and rather you notice it or not you make a choice. So when you take a stand make your choice now before you find your back up against a wall. Because I guarantee you this, once your back is up against the wall you will make the wrong choice!

Be A bEtter YOU

2011-11-09T07:57:00.000-05:00

As far as the beginning of time people have been trying to become a better person, they've read books about it they been to sociologist about it they've even taken classes, they've changed their appearances they've changed their name they had cosmetics surgery, I mean people have done everything that they can possible think of, from relocating to new career moves to new circle of friends. And nothing has worked and yet they still don't know how to make themselves a better person.

Can one really make themselves a to be a better person, in all honesty I have to say NO! I have always thought that it was possible but oh how wrong I was , because until a person is changed from the inside out they will never be a better person, they may appear to be a much better person, they may appear to be better then what they use to be but, only Jesus Himself can change a man, we can't. And this is why so many people struggle in society because they are trying to figure out who they really are, and only Jesus can define who we are. Once He is on the inside of us He is the one which makes things change about us, for He deals directly with the heart, cleansing it and stripping flesh away so we can be just who He created us to be...AMEN

Maybe you are reading this and you thought you knew yourself, today I want you to know that it's not to late for you to ask Him to come inside of your heart and live and make a complete change within you. Maybe you are a christian but you have been wrestling with the Lord today I tell you it's not to late for you to submit to His Lordship and let Him change you completely over...Once Christ lives in us and we submit to Him then and only then do we become a better person, so much of a better person that the world envies us and want what we have and that is when we tell them about Jesus Christ.

Talkin In My Mind

2011-11-08T09:05:00.000-05:00

Good Morning everyone today is Tuesday and I hope you woke up in good spirits today and that your day runs smoothly for you. Sometimes in life we find ourselves praying in our mind because there are moments when you and I just can't walk away at any given moment. I use to think that if a situation became to much for me I could excuse myself and retrieve to a more claimer atmosphere and pray.

But what I have been finding out over the last few years is there will come a time where I just can't excuse myself and it has nothing to do with me not doing it, it's because often times you and I will come across a person or people who will continue to talk and won't allow us to excuse ourselves at the moment. I remember years ago having a boss who was so controlling that she demanded I stay in her office until she finished talking. And while I was there I was like LORD, if you don't give me the strength to stay here and keep my mouth shut, my flesh is going to have a field day.

It's so refreshing knowing that no matter what situations we find ourselves in we can always pray to God in our thoughts and minds because no man can stop us from talking to God. Think of a moment where you was talking to a friend and all of a sudden he or she begins to complain to you about stuff she brought up to you long time ago and you tried to help them by listening but here they go again ready to rehash all this stuff up, and in your kindness you don't have the nerve to say anything so you be the good friend and listen again to the whole story but in your mind your praying to God that they would stop or that they shorten the story.

Maybe you've never had to do this, but for me I have to talk to God daily in my mind, because what I am noticing is that the enemy is constantly sending his junk to try to get me go against what is righteous and I can't afford to play those games with the enemy anymore, it costs to much to fall prey to his tactics and in the long run I end up being hurt.

I say this because the bible tells us to pray without ceasing which means we may not be able to get down on our knees while in the grocery store but we can surely pray in our minds to God..aren't you glad that God has given us this ability? I know I am ...And while we are praying in our minds it keeps our thoughts pure which means our actions will be pure as well. God calls this thinking on those things which are pure, you know the scripture so today let's start off the day and throughout the day to keep pure thoughts let's think on those things which are noble, praiseworthy, and so forth..AMEN....

Is it HONORABLE?

2011-11-07T09:48:00.000-05:00

Every now and then I have these pondering thoughts and so this morning as I am listening to my worship music I thought I ask you guys this question. When you look over your life what is it about you that you consider to be honorable to GOD?

I know this might take some time to comment back on and it's okay if you can't comment but for today I want us to really think about our lives and how it honors the Lord. Look at your family and see are you showing God to them in your actions, when they look at you who do they really see, do they see Mommy and Daddy or do they see Mommy who loves the Lord and Daddy who loves the Lord?

There are many things that you and I do in the course of our day and though some of what we do is a must but did you ever think about that just maybe what we think we are doing is not what God told us to do in the beginning? Many people do things which they believe God wanted them to do, we have many programs and organizations and people are being helped and minister to and that is great, but did God tell us to do it? Or are we doing it because it's our passion?

I tell you family ever since I've been doing this teaching on the Holy Spirit, I have been really looking at some of the things that I do.Anytime we speak the word to people we are doing the great commission for we are to do just that. But this is what I believe we miss it at times, we spend so much time in areas where God has not told us to go and the very place He is trying to get us to listen to we have not moved our feet. To me this brings about disobedience and not only that we are not honoring God so today look over your life, what is it about you that you consider to be honorable to God?

Leadership, Friend or Foe?

2011-11-06T08:07:00.001-05:00

I do believe that when I look at life over all sometimes I am amazed at what I see often times me being amazed can be a good thing or bad thing depending on what I am looking at. And so today I want to talk briefly about Leadership. We lack good quality leadership in many things, we lack it in church, ministry, and employment. But today I am not going to talk about the church I am going to share about leadership in the "Work Place" years ago and I mean many years ago let's say 20 years ago, employers use to give their employees good quality training, now here we are 20 years later and they are not getting it. And here is where the problem is, when an employee is not properly trained to do his or her job two things happen one the employee becomes frustrated and the customer is annoyed and have to wait till the employee either get assistance or figure out how to do the task at hand.

This overall makes the company look very bad because the customer will leave the place of business with a bad taste and what normally happen is they will tell others their experiences, then companies wonder why aren't their sales high and why they have such disgruntle employees? I know most companies will say it cost to properly train a person but what they don't see is the end result because they are the ones losing money when people don't come for their services anymore.

Leadership must have these qualities in any business in order to see it work properly and that is.

Proper training
Accountability
Communication

Without these any company will never be what they could of become. Happy employees will always strive to make the company look good, happy employees will work harder and go the extra distance. I say to those who are in Management position take the time to properly train your people because all you need is for one customer to talk badly about the experience they received from your company and before long instead of you losing one customer you lost 10 and over a period of time you will have the domino effect.

Leadership is very important not only in business but in everything people will follow good leadership, people will not follow a leader who has no leadership skills. Always remember that...I hope you enjoyed my Sunday's Heart Message today...I hope you have a bless Sunday Church Service today, hubby and I are surely looking forward to ours today...

My Pondering Thoughts for Saturday

2011-11-05T10:32:00.000-04:00

Happy Saturday to you my blogging family, I hope you are having a great day today, today's post will be short but to the point as you know I do keep them short. This week as I was reading my bible I read in Luke 19 about Zacchaecus and I also read in Acts Chapter 2,3 and from those two books I've read I noticed how God told Zacchesaus that salvation is coming to his home today, now I started to ponder on this because Zacchaecus have seen Jesus teach and because of his height he was a short man but on this particular day Zacchaecus climb the sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, and that is when Jesus said Salvation is coming to your home today.

Now my question is this did Zacchaecus really knew what Salvation meant or did he think that Jesus was just coming, in reality it probably doesn't matter because Zacchaecus had no idea that Jesus was going to die for the sins of the world, how bless it is to know that Salvation is coming to your home today. To know that Jesus spoke to let him know that the day for salvation is now.

When I read in Acts chapter 2, 3 I am amazed at Peter how he in the four gospel's denied Jesus when the people said out loud that he was a follower of Jesus and here we see Peter after Pentecost standing up boldly preaching and teaching God's word and in one day in Acts chapter 2 Peter stood up and spoke and three thousand people joined the church in one day, all because Peter became a magnetic, he turned the world and the town upside down because he was compelled to preach the truth about Jesus.

All week I thought about these two men both of them different but with powerful meaning, what does it mean for us it means even when you and I deny and be disobedient to God once our hearts change we too will be compelled to teach and preach the gospel to every person and the Lord will add to our churches daily, the story in Luke of Zacchaecus is about Salvation, we must witness to others not only by word but by how we live but more important when people come in contact with us they see Salvation...AMEN

Why did I tell you this for one reason, we can't stray away from Salvation and Working in the Field. Far too many souls are lost and if we don't do it who will, who's responsibility is it to tell others about JESUS? It's our responsibility.

Behind the Scenes

2011-11-03T10:49:00.001-04:00

One of the things I just absolutely love about Jesus is that "He works behind the scenes" what I mean is this, life is so uncertain and every day that we are alive and we get up we think we know what we are doing, we have so much confidence with what we know how to do and what we are going to do that day.

Not realizing all the evil and dangers that are awaiting us, not that we are to walk in fear for we are not to walk in fear but in love, but I do believe we take for granted the Mercies of God.. Our Lord Jesus is always busy working to provide and protect us form all predators and He's always working to bring forth blessings our way. He is strategically working to move things in place for us so we can be a blessing to someone else. And all the while He's doing this we are unaware of Him doing this because we don't walk in humility. Understand and hear me out please, we know that being a child of God we are to be the salt of the earth we are to be that light for others, but at times we can be so comfortable in doing just that, we forget about being in humility and humbling ourselves.

You and I don't deserve anything that God gives us we don't deserve His love or His salvation but because of who He is He has given us Salvation...He's given us Grace and Mercy..so today I think we as His children we need to redirect somethings in our lives we need to start looking at, had it not been for God's Mercies we would not have life...to me this is very sobering and I am not even sure as to why I am blogging about this but for the last 11 days I have been teaching on the Holy Spirit and I know that the Spirit is doing some deep work on the inside of me..I pray that when you walk away from this blog today that you walk away knowing that God is always behind the scene working in your life, let us be mindful of that. Shall we?

He Is ALL YOU NEED

2011-11-01T09:22:00.001-04:00

Good morning family and friends this morning I just want to share something very sweet and short with you, I pray it touches deep in your soul and that you take these words with you today.

Today I want to ask you a very simple question "How Great Is Our GOD?"

Many of you probably already know the words to this song I know we sing allot of Chris Tomlin's music in our church and every time I sing this song I began to dwell on those words.

The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

This morning maybe you woke up with the weight of the world on your shoulders maybe you still have yesterdays trials on your mind, but what ever it may be I want you to know "How Great Is Our GOD" He is thee Everlasting God, He is Almighty God, He is all that you need..Be bless this day, go in Peace...

Infirmities, Did you KNOW?

2011-10-31T09:03:00.000-04:00

All throughout the bible we see Jesus performing all types of miracles on different people from different walks of life. One of the things that I loved about His ministering to people was that they all had different issues and Jesus called their issues what they really are. One of the words He used allot was the word “Infirmities” if you are like me the first time you read that word you was lost.

He used other words that you and I don’t use all the time but like I said Jesus believed in calling it what it is. Here are just a few words He used ***whoredoms, perverse spirit, spirit of heaviness, spirit of haughtiness, deaf* and dumb spirit and familiar spirits**. When I would see them in the bible I never gave much thought as to what those spirits was. But after looking into it I see that they apply to our daily lives we just call them by different names and terms.

I call this “Did you know”, here are those same words that Jesus used I have broken them down into the terms we call them today. I have also given you scriptures to help you.

Did you now that deception, fascination and hypocritical lies are seducing spirits? God word tell us to pray for the Holy Spirit of Truth to deliver you.

If you struggle in this area began reading John 16:13-14…But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

Did you not know that fault-finding, contentious, rebellion, arrogant, stubborn is a spirit of Haughtiness? God’s word tell us to be humble and have a contrite spirit and the spirit of haughtiness will leave us.

If you struggle in this area begin reading Proverbs 16:19 ….There are six things that LORD hates, even that are detestable to Him. A lying tongue hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pour out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Did you not know that inner hurts, torn spirit, suppressed emotions and suicidal thoughts, excessive fatigue and weariness is a spirit of heaviness? And God’s word says for you to put on the Garment of Praise, the Oil of Joy and the Comforter will remove this spirit of heaviness from you?

If you struggle in this area begin reading Isaiah 61:3…..And provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Did you not know that physical illnesses & pain disorders are a sign of spirit infirmities? Do you not know that God can heal and deliver you from your infirmities?

If you struggle in this area begin reading Romans 8:1-2 ……Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Where Are we MISSING IT?

2011-10-30T09:46:00.002-04:00

We can help the economy if we would just do our part and be the 4 Pillars of the Church that Paul talks about in the Book of Acts!

There should be no reason a person is out of work, let me explain because when you read the book of Acts it talks about the 4 Pillar of the Church. How they broke bread and fellowship and gave to one another so no one would be without anything.

If we who call ourselves Christians would do what they did in the Book of Acts we would not have one person without a job. If we would first make our needs requested know then those who do have a job you can network with in your company your friends and family members and see if they have an opening for employment for your brothers and sisters.

Another example if someone makes a request and say they are in need of food or shelter or clothing we should be going to our closets at home and start emptying out the clothes we know we are not going to wear anymore and bring them to those people who need them.

If someone says I need help with money we should go and find out what type of assistance they are needing and then the church as a body is to help them out. As you can see you are getting the idea of what I am saying.

This is what Jesus was saying and what He expects from His children when He talked about love and putting others above yourself. We as saints of God need to do a better job then what we do. Because when I look at the world and how they operate believe me they are apply these scripture verses to their life even though they don't know it to be scriptural they are using it.

If you think I am kidding then look around and listen to people talk and you will see if Johnny went to Sue saying he lost his job the first thing Sue says is this...Let me talk to my boss and my family and friends I know they can help you out with giving you a job. See how they network and help one another. The world can do it but what is it about us that we can't or just won't? Is it Self -Centeredness if it is it must STOP!

Let's go and be the Church because people's lives are depending on it!

When are we going to learn to be doers of the word instead of hearers only? Lord God help us, and Father God for those who are doers of your word I ask you bless their hands.

It's In Thee AIR...

2011-10-28T11:05:00.000-04:00

Blessed Friday morning to you all! It's in thee air, can you smell it? It's the Holy Spirit! Wow! what a fantastic week of studying this has been, for 18 days I posted on my FB page that I will be doing a study on the Nine (9) Fruits of the Holy Spirit along with the Nine (9) Gifts of the Holy Spirit. And today we are at number five (5) which is Kindness. If you would like to read on these gifts that I have shared you may do so at this link. http://chosenwoman.wordpress.com

How many times throughout the course of your day do we really think about the Holy Spirit? We pray and think about Jesus and God but what about the Holy Spirit, do we accidentally leave Him out or could it be we just aren't use to calling on Him? I will be honest I think we just aren't use to calling on Him. He comforts us, He gives us direction, and He surely does nudges us and speaks to our inner man all the time. So often we aren't taught much on the Holy Spirit that we slight Him, we get to a place where we don't have to rely upon Him like we do with Jesus. But today I say we need Him more then what we have been in our lives, each one of us are guilty of not allowing Him much room in our lives.

With all the things surrounding us in this world each day there are new religions being birth and new cults we have to have the Holy Spirit so He can teach us the truth so we don't fall to these things that are not of God, but if we don't allow Him room in our lives then we are so easily to be persuaded to check out things in which we have no business at all doing, we end up making excuses for ourselves saying, I am not hurting no one, I am checking it out to see what it's all about, and the moment we do this then we have reared off into a place we have no business and we ignored what the Spirit said all because we haven't gotten use to His voice. WOW! amazing because Jesus said "my sheep know my voice" do we know the Holy Spirit's voice as well?

Denial

2011-10-27T08:17:00.000-04:00

Good morning to you I hope you are having a great day today. Hard to believe that November is just around the corner. Time sure does fly by these days.

We blame Peter for denying Jesus three times but how many times do we ourselves deny Christ? We may not say it with our mouth, we don't know this man, or say that we are not His followers, but look at the times when people will say to you, your a Jesus Freaks, do you say I am not a Jesus Freak?

What about when they say all you talk about is Jesus, how many times do you say, no, I talk about other things besides Jesus? What about the times when someone asked you what books do you read beside the bible, and you make up authors so you don't have to say that the only book you read is the bible?

When you look at it from that perspective it looks kind of different doesn't? Jesus tells us what to do and we deny Him, by being disobedient, we know we are not to lie and yet at times we find ourselves telling a lie,we say we love Jesus but the moment Jesus sends someone our way for us to help them we say no. Peter denied Jesus three times and Jesus knew Peter's heart, Jesus knows your heart as well. I guess what I am saying is this, before we beat up on people like Peter I guess we should look at ourselves first and see how many times we have denied Christ Jesus.

It's The Knowing...

2011-10-25T08:37:00.000-04:00

There is nothing like having the sense of knowing that the Lord is pleased with what you did! All day yesterday I spent allot of my time witnessing to people on the internet I shared with them that God is LOVE and that when we die there are only two places we can go either Heaven or Hell. I had some who debated with me some ignored what I said some agreed, but when I was done I knew in my spirit that The Lord was pleased with what I did.

Later on that day I pulled out my bible and started getting my sermon together for the revival in Chicago, this Sunday hard to believe it's already hear, as I was gathering my notes I asked my hubby if he would listen to what I will be speaking about, so we sat down and I gave him the short version of my sermon and to his surprised he was very impressed, he said, baby, you may not know much about grammar and that is true because I tend to put or spell words wrong, but one thing you do know and that is the Word of God! I thank him for that because that meant allot to me.

It's nice knowing when the Lord is pleased with what we do, sometimes we don't always please the Lord with the things we do and the things we say, but when you know without a doubt that God is pleased with you it gives you a feeling deep down to continue to strive to please the Lord.

Thank you Lord for all You do, thank you Lord for being You, thank You Lord

Sweet TASTE of VICTORY!

2011-10-23T08:50:00.001-04:00

The sweet taste of "VICTORY" did you know that you are promised the VICTORY? Did you know that everyday of your life you have won the VICTORY? Did you know that sin has no control over you? Often times we as believers think we only have victory once we have been tried. But in reality we don't have to wait till we have been through the mire clay in order to have victory.

Your victory is that you are not headed for eternally Hell your victory is that the Lord will guide you in all truths and give wisdom to those who seek for it. Look at all the promises of God in your bible from Old Testament to New Testament, do you know how many promises that there are for a child of God? With all those promises there is no way that a child of God should walk around with their heads bent over as if they lost the victory. Jesus fights our battles all we have to do is stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

I know it's not easy to walk in victory especially when you are being tried, and for the last couple of months I surely was tried, tried almost everyday, it takes discipline to stand still in the front of your accusers and say nothing, not because you don't want to say something but because the Holy Spirit says, "BE STILL" but in all of that mess that happen to me I was able to walk in my victory, even though I did not see it in the natural but God was working in the super natural. And when He was done in the spirit realm working things out then you and I will see it manifested in the natural.

So what does it mean to walk in victory? It means to walk with you shoulders square and your back tall, it means to have that joyful step in your walk, it means your facial expression has Victory written all over it., it tells your flesh that you don't have to worry about it because My God has it all under control.

Maybe today you might be reading this and you are wondering when you will see the manifestation of your victory, Jesus want you to know you don't have to see the manifestation yet, walk in your victory because Jesus overcame death, the grave and hell. You and I are over comers as well. So lift up your head, wipe your eyes, and stand strong in all knowing that Jesus has it all under control. VICTORY IS YOURS...AMEN

People watch us when we are going through obstacles they wonder how can they still keep their joy and still be happy knowing that their accusers are persecuting them? And when they see you and I still standing strong it bothers them to no end, they hate it because of all of what they are doing they thought you and I would of quit by now, but you didn't kept the faith. This is why they bring more arsenal hoping you and I would give up but what they don't see is that our GOD is our strength, Jesus gives us strength to stand up, to keep moving. All I can say is " BUT GOD!

Catchy Tune

2011-10-20T18:30:00.001-04:00

Yesterday I wrote a devotional about how we at times can Idolize things rather they are things we pick up or what God gives us as gifts, I won't go into much detail but if you would like to read it you can at this link. I don't want to take your mind off of today's blog.. htt://chosenwoman.wordpress.com

How many times do you and I go into these department stores and as we are shopping the first thing we hear is their music playing? Often times we don't pay much attention to the songs that is being played but today I happen to notice something about this that the moment I caught myself singing it's catchy tune I had to ask the Lord to forgive me. There was a song that the store was playing and the phrase of the chorus went like this, it said" Now I lay me down now I lay me to die" wow family I was singing this song while in the store and did not realize what I was singing unto the Holy Spirit nudge me and said "listen to what you are saying, Desi" and I said immediately after He spoke to me I said" oh my! that is wrong why would I sing a song which is telling myself to die! hmm..I would never say such words and from that moment I realized just how we can be caught in a web of a catchy tune.

To you guys my family I learned a lesson today and I share this with you when you are in a store and they are playing their music let's try to not get caught in the catchy tune and if we are singing the song listen to what you are saying out of your mouth..This was truly an eye opener for me and I will surely be careful from now on in..AMEN

Reality Check...check Yourself

2011-10-19T08:59:00.000-04:00

When it comes to reality we tend to wonder about certain truths don’t we? Look at all those reality shows on television and we wonder do people really do behave like that? I know I use to ask that question, because to me all those reality shows on television have gone so far from the truth that they no longer know what “truth” really is.

But when we look at the big picture it’s to draw people into the show so that they can continue to watch it and they can continue to stay on the air. But what we don’t see is how evil it is, they are taking what you thought was truth and turning it into something totally different. This is why evil is so strong in our society because people like to be entertain to escape the truth.

But one thing about God’s word and that is His word is truth and the reality of His word is this, “for the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. In life there will be moments where people will try to get you to rear from the truth, today I share with you when in doubt go to God’s word His word will never change, it’s always the same. AMEN

I know many of us watch these shows for entertainment purposes but please be careful, the enemy uses things like this to bring disturbances into our homes, and will cause you and I to behave just like the reality show you enjoy watching...Remember Jesus said for us to stay "away from anything that has the appearance of evil" and these reality shows have all the signs. Don't be caught in a web only later to find that your home is in disarray.

When they Attack YOU

2011-10-17T20:33:00.001-04:00

In this world we will have troubles we will be persecuted especially if you are a child of God. But one thing I thrive on and that are the promises of God concerning those who attack me. In the gospel of Luke 20:43 it says until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' another verse I hold on is in the book of Psalm 35 it talks about the Psalmist calls on God to pay back his enemies for their treachery and to restore his reputation and good name.

For about a month now I have been dealing with several people attacking my character as a person and I have to be honest it hurt me allot, not deeply but it hurt, because I always greet people with a smile, and when I found this out as a woman I approached those parties and asked them why? What did I do to you to make you treat me so bad? Well, needless to say anytime you approach the enemy you don't get no answer it's as if he can't speak. After weeks went by I have taken more then I could in my own strength, me and my husband started praying about the matter and on Sunday I took a stand for what I believed, respect. Often times when you take a stand you aren't sure what the outcome might be and so that is why many people don't take stands they are afraid of what they will lose in the end.

But I knew if I stood for what is right then the Lord will handle the rest, see it's not my job to be concern about my outcome it's my job to stand and it's Jesus job to take care of the rest. Today the Lord allowed me to see how He blessed and change that matter, all I can say is "BUT GOD" and so all throughout the day I kept saying in my mind thank you Jesus for what you did on my behalf, and I pray that you have mercy on their souls for what they did to me. I also told the Lord that I forgive them for what they did, it wasn't their fault. Now talk about growing up in Christ, because my flesh wanted to gloat in what the Lord did, my flesh wanted to say, see that is what you get when you mess with a child of God, but I said nothing. My flesh took a seat today and lost..Why did I tell you my story, for one reason, The Lord means every word when He says I will make your enemies your footstool and that He will vindicate your good name. If we would take a step back and let the Lord do His work and not rush it God will handle it much better then you and I can. Yes, it hurts, yes it might take awhile but it's all in the Lord's timing...be encouraged and hold on to His promises...for they are TRUE..

What will you Tolerate?

2011-10-16T17:38:00.004-04:00

In life there are things which I call pet-peeves and before I got saved I had a whole list of them, but as you grow in the Lord you look at what use to bother you, you tend to over look somethings, not all things but some things.

But there are some in which I can never overlook and it will truly take the Lord to change my mind and thoughts on these.

1. Ignorance- there is no excuse for being ignorant..none, and what I mean by that is this, every one can learn I don't care what it is a person want to do you can learn if you take the initiative.

2. Lost of respect- there is no excuse for lack of manners, even if a person never had it in their home sooner or later in life one learns to be respectable to people even if they aren't respectable to themselves or to you.

3. Accountability- There is no excuse for blaming others for one own self of making them accountable, I know some will probably disagree, but in this world we lack accountability, and though we lack I make people accountable by letting them know if there is something I am not doing right or need help please don't make excuses for me but come to me and tell me, say Desi you didn't do what you said you was going to do. Make me accountable.

4. Team-work, where do people get off with the letter “I” in team? No one person can do everything themselves, we all need one another to help us so we are a team because we work together. Me and my husband are a team we work together, I have done ministry within churches all my life I work and support them to get the task done for we are a team.

5. Laziness- I can't tolerate people who are just plain lazy, they make excuses for everything they don't want to do. How can you call yourself a child of the King and be so laid back and do no work for Christ, no wonder He says the harvest is plentiful but the labors are few..

6. And my last is Liars, there is no excuse for lying I don't care how bad it might be or sound, truth must always be spoken. When me and my sisters grew up our parents engraved truth in our heads and hearts, they always told us children to tell the truth no matter how bad we thought it would be or how much it would hurt. And so we knew that and still to this day I make sure I tell the truth, I can remember years ago being in church and a young lady asked me a question and so my sister said to her if you can't handle the truth then you better not ask my sister”Desi because truth is what she's going to give yo u. Jesus tells us to always tell the truth and the world tells us to sugar coat the truth, now why would a child of God sugar coat the truth?

And yet it's done all the time, and here's how we do it, someone would say did you like the cake I baked and knowing in your heart you didn't like the cake but instead of saying no you didn't like you, we say it was okay..that is a lie and Jesus doesn't like lies...we don't want to hurt people feelings, so you telling me you would withhold the truth instead? Not me...you can tell the truth in love and there feels may or may not get hurt. But at least I rather have them walking away saying “she'll tell you the truth even if it hurts, then to stand in your face and lie to you.Well that is my list of pet-peeves and who knows maybe the Lord will remove this list from me and maybe not. But one thing is for sure, it is what it is, they are mine.

World Peace

2011-10-14T08:46:00.001-04:00

In the movie "Miss Congeniality" the contestants had to give a few minutes of what they are about, and each one of them said "Pray for World Peace" now at the time when I first saw this movie years ago, I never gave it much thought. But this morning as I was in my kitchen preparing my coffee for the day, the Lord spoke to me about that very phrase.

World peace, the world needs peace the world is screaming peace, so what can I do as one person about world peace, do I have to stand in front of a camera and say the words, do I have to walk around with a picket sign? No, I don't have to do none of those things but what I must do is show peace by the life I live and let others see that, I must also tell people that until they accept Christ as their Savior they will never have peace. But that is only a few people who I reach within the course of my day. So I sit and wonder what more can one person do? Could it be that the Lord would have us all to talk about the Peace of God, yes I surely believe if we all told at least one person about the Peace of God that it would be like a domino effect and before long the peace of God would spread throughout the world not just in America but in other parts of the world. Yeah that is the answer that is how we are to spread the message about World Peace...

So today I ask you what are you doing about World Peace?

He's A Mighty Warrior

2011-10-12T12:22:00.000-04:00

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon he said the Lord is with you mighty warrior..In Jeremiah 20:11 it says, But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Amazing how the word warrior is with both verses, for Gideon the angel called him a mighty warrior and with Jeremiah he said the Lord is with me like a might warrior, God showing Himself to Jeremiah like a mighty warrior.

How many times have the Lord showed you these two verses in your life, God comes to us saying we are a like a mighty warrior and God tells us He is a mighty warrior fighting battles for you, so you don't have to worry about fighting that battle.

When I think of the word warrior I think about a force to be reckon with no one can stop a warrior, a warrior is out for justice and freedom for all people, Jesus is this mighty warrior in my life, He fights battles which I am not even aware of, He places me to be like Ezekiel on the wall on my watch post keeping guard and the Lord takes care of the rest for me.

Maybe today you have a battle in which you have been fighting for so long and it has you all bent out of sorts you have no energy to carry on, I come today asking you would you let Jesus be that warrior that you so desperately need at this time. Let Him fight your battles, all you need to do is stand still and watch the salvation of the Lord...AMEN

How are YOU............ Living?

2011-10-11T10:39:00.001-04:00

We've heard the expression living within your means. But what does this expression really means? To me I thought it meant that you don't spend money you don't have, which does make perfectly good sense. Because we know trillions of people spend money they don't have and they get themselves into debt. We also know that many people purchase things that they don't really need.

But today I want us to really look at this phrase "Living within our means, because I believe we have brought into this phrase so much that we are stopping our own blessings from the Lord. See we know that the world says this but we are Kingdom Children and so we have the promises of God telling us that "The Wealth of the Sinner Is Laid Up for the Just" and if we are trusting God to be our provider then we are we living by the worlds standard when it comes to living? For a child of God living within our means should not be our motto in life, we are to live beyond what our natural eyes sees. Yes, it might appear as though you are struggling and you will feel the tightness of it but Jesus said that He is our Bread and that He will make a way when we cast our bread upon the waters.

How many times have you looked at your check book and you didn't know how you was going to make it but you went to the Lord in faith believing He was going to make a way? And just when you thought the bottom was going to fall out from under you here comes Jesus right on time! If you and I continue to living by that phrase of living within your means we will never see what God has in-store for us, I know it can be scary at times because we know if we don't have money we can't do certain things within our daily lives, but we have got to change our mindset completely and know that God does not and never will work by the world standards. God is much bigger then our circumstances we have in life. I know many who read this may not agree and that's okay but do remember this, God is in complete control...Live for Him with His words and watch what God will do in your life...He's never let anyone down and never will you gotta trust Him in every area of your lives...including the money area where most of us have such a hard time trusting GOD with.

Jeremiah 29:11...God has a Plan

2011-10-10T10:24:00.000-04:00

Good morning and happy Monday to each of you. Today's post will be short and to the point. In Jeremiah 29:11 it says, For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

If you and I truly believe this verse why do we at times look at our selves as though we are without a purpose? Jesus says in His word He already has a plan for our lives to make us prosper and for us to have hope about our future. But my question becomes why don't we see the truth in this verse? If we truly do believe it then we would act like we do and to act like it is to live like it.

What I see at times is we look at the word prosper and the first thing we think automatically is God is going to bless us financially, that is not always the case. Prosper is blessing you with spiritual gifts, blessing you with wisdom and understanding, and so forth. Understand when God spoke these words He knew that the plans He had for you is never going to harm you and bring you grief.

So today if you feel like your life has no purpose or that you are not living in your purpose ask yourself one question, the plans you have for your life are they God's plans or your own plans? because our plans will cause us grief and it will harm us and we don't always see hope for the future. but if you are walking and living in the Lord's plans He has set for your life then you can rest assure that you will prosper in ways you never imagine....AMEN! have a blessed Monday...

I'm Not LIKE OTHERS!!!

2011-10-08T00:00:00.000-04:00

When I was growing up I always saw how different I was then other children, it had to do with the way I think. When I would talk to my friends they never did understand the things that I would say, they would say you are strange..funny thing about that because when I got to high school I began to think about those words and wondered if I was strange? So I tired to fit in by acting like what most teens did, I began adapting how to talk and how to think and after all that much effort I put into it I saw that you know what I am different...but I don't have to change my difference in order to fit in.

It wasn't until after I got saved where I saw why I was so different, I remember many times where I would be in church and felt like I was an outsider and I hated how it felt, have you ever wanted to belong so bad to something only to already know you can't fit in? Oh, how heartbroken that was, even after being saved I did what I could to get people to let me be apart of what they were doing and it still did not work, the people was nice to me don't get me wrong they would smile and talk to me but I just could not fit into their little circle. For me it was hard to understand because I felt that being saved I could always fit in no matter what because we all share a common interest, we are God's children..oh but little did I know that the Lord had other plans as to why I was not to fit in.

After much seeking of the Lord He revealed to me the reason why I never fitted in, see the Lord wanted me to be different for one reason and one reason only and that is to speak righteousness at all times no matter the cost. See what I did not realize at the time was even during my growing up years when people would do wrong or treat others wrong I always stood up and reminded them that they are nobodies judge. I seem to say things which put the question to their face and make them look within themselves, and for that many people did not like that about me.

After the Lord revealed the reason to me still to this day I don't always fit in, and that's okay because just like Jesus not everyone can accept God's word without being offended. Over the years I've gotten very consume to being strange but you know what, when I am around people who are not saved and don't know Jesus I don't feel left out I feel very much like I fit in, and the reason being is because they accept me...they know that I am saved and they don't pretend with me..it's amazing because I see how Jesus must of felt Himself, those who was with Him all the time they could not accept His teachings but the sinners who Jesus spoke to and told stories they accepted Him and made Him feel welcome.

I shared my story because I know that I am not the only one who have experienced this and I am here today to let you know that if the Lord has placed you to not fit in it's because He has a reason and purpose..and He knows that you will be His mouth piece when things become un-comfortable. Over the years I have found myself in some very un-comfortable places I have said what the Lord have told me to say and people have gotten so upset with me that they have called me names, and don't even talk to me no more all because I speak the truth. It does hurt when people walk away and don't want to be bothered with you no more, but I rather have them walk away and be upset with me then to lose Jesus as my Lord and Savior...

It takes boldness to be different and it takes the power of God to make you stand...because when I look back at "ALL those moments, I can see it was the Lord all the time, who was not allowing me to fit in.. after seeing first hand had I fitted in I probably wouldn't of said and done what the Lord asked. I can say now Lord thank you for not allowing me to fit in...

Families

2011-10-04T19:08:00.000-04:00

Families are a blessing from God. We can't pick and choose who we would like to be apart of our family. We can pick who our friends are but one can never pick who our parents and siblings will be.

But through it all family is very important and most of the times most families have their disputes but even in that you are still apart of that family.

One thing about family it has it's ups and downs. There are issues in every family across the world. At the time it might seem as if you and your family are going through a storm and no other family is have a storm. But what if you could see what another family is enduring at this very moment then you would see that no family is perfect. We always think we have it worst then anyone else, until we see with our eyes or hear with our ears that someone else is much worse then you are.

What keeps the family together?

What makes the family strong?

What can you do to support the family?

What is best for the family?

The list can go on and on because with family comes so many issues. We see homes broken apart and some never resolve issues and some just leave and never to return. Look at your family today, and see if it is healthy? We must learn to make our families and our relationship to our families healthy!

Now understand healthy family does not mean you all agree to an issue healthy is to respect the other person even if you don't agree. healthy is loving them and helping them even when it is hard to do. Healthy relationship will never be like it once was but it will be different and much healthier as each person work on it.

Back to Basic

2011-10-03T10:52:00.000-04:00

Good Morning Lord Jesus, first I want to say thank you for watching over me and my loved ones last night. This morning I want to say that I've heard you speaking for days to me about "Purification Fasting" and that I also hear you saying going back to basic.

Every now and then I tend to go so fast that I forget the basics of a thing and so today I need to go back to those basic teachings and lessons that you've taught me. You know sometime we as God's children we think we know what we are doing we even think we have the right way and decision but the moment the Lord shows us something so simple we become like a deer standing in awe as if it is something new that we are learning, when in fact it's not new we just forgotten about the basic of things.

Often times I wonder why do we make things so harder then they really have to be? I know that somethings we will have to endure and suffer in this world, but even in that it doesn't have to be hard if we would just do what the word says and obey the Lord. But God's knows each one of His children very well He knows just what we will and what we won't do, and how much suffering we will endure.

And so today as I take my step back to the basic I know one thing for sure it has to be about that fasting of purification that I am on. Lord I ask you to direct my heart this day in every way and in every area. And the thing in which I might find myself struggling with I ask you to bring peace upon my thoughts, and sit my flesh down. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray...AMEN

What Shall I do...God already told you!

2011-10-02T09:59:00.000-04:00

October has come and it's starting to be a great fall so far for me, many of you may not know but fall is one of my favorite season. With planning my schedule and the things I enjoy doing. Last night as I was resting in bed I began talking to the Lord about those random thoughts in which I always do. This time I asked Him "what shall I do" I know it sounds pretty easy but often times when I have more then one thing to do, I have to take a step back and ask Him because even though it is profitable it may not be benefit able for me.

Many of you my family know that I do a radio broadcast show at least once a week when I can, and so this with week of a brand new month I was asked to be one of the speaker at a Revival being held in Chicago, Illinois for me this is an honor because I was a speaker last year for the revival. When people ask you if you could come back to give God's word to the people it's a humbling experience because something you said touched their hearts.

Like I said I rarely am lost for words but this time I am struggling about what to preach about I could go into all my sermon notes and pick and chose but that would be to easy wouldn't it? And you know me I from my posting I don't always take the easy road, I like challenges and being out of my box. After I shared this with the Lord, I waited to get a response and so I woke up this morning with no answer, but it's funny some how because before I was even asked to be a speaker for this Revival the Lord has been speaking to me for three days to do a "Purification Fasting" and so when I thought about last night and this morning it makes prefect sense to me, the Lord already told me what to do so why did I come asking when He already spoke, could it be that I was waiting for God to change His answer?

Often times in our asking the Lord, He speaks before a thing happens and when it does happen we go to God asking "what shall I do" He says I already told you what to do...yeah I love how the Lord does it, and I should of already known that without asking but how many of you know sometimes you have to get confirmation just to make sure you heard the Lord the first time?

And so here I go on my "Purification Fasting" this will surely be a flesh fighting fasting but I know at the end it will be worth it. I pray for you my family and friends that what ever the Lord told you before that thing happen that you move forward on what He told you to do. t

Laziness!

2011-09-30T09:13:00.000-04:00

When you hear the word Laziness what is the first thing that comes to your mind? We normally think and say someone who don't want to work, and working means many different things not just career but working in the home or in your community the list can go on and on. When it comes to laziness we all can think of one or more people that we know right? Well today instead of us thinking about someone we know let's focus on you and I, yes, let's start with ourselves.

Today I challenge you to ponder on this statement because I don't think any of us ever thought of it like this. Are you ready? Okay, here goes, today I challenge you to "do one thing today you don't want to do." Now the wheels are spinning because now you can think of more then one thing you have been putting off for so long and now you see that oh gosh you have to do the thing you don't want to do.

Let me explain something to you if I may, when we begin to do the things we don't want to do several things begin to take place in us, first thing we face what we've been fighting not to do, second, it makes us challenge ourselves, third, we become stronger from it, and last we are no longer afraid.

Food4thought:
Now that you have pondered on this challenge I pray from this day forward that before you and I call anyone lazy that we will first ask ourselves this, "do one thing today you don't want to do."

Where is the Substance

2011-09-28T09:57:00.000-04:00

We've all heard the saying putting all your eggs in one basket, what is it about the package we love to admire? We get ourselves all fixated on appearance!

With all this outside package I ask the question "Where is the Substance?" Just because the package on the outside is very pleasing and tasteful to your eyes don't think it has substance.

Many times when we want something we want it to look pretty and neat, when it comes to careers we want the ones where it makes us look pretty and neat, when it comes to activities we want the ones that comes with prestige, even the friends we associate with we want them to be the same way. Why are we so caught up with the appearance?

Could it be we are missing something from within ourselves? Did someone not validate you when you were growing up?

This is one of the reason Jesus said "man looks at the outer and Jesus looks at the heart...Jesus see substance, what we must do is take time out to get to know the substance of a person then just maybe we won't be so eager to run after every thing that our eyes desire.

Meaningful

2011-09-27T18:50:00.000-04:00

There are moments in my life where I have to step back and look at everything that I am connected to me. I take a deep breath and I ask myself one question.

Is it here to bless me or curse me.

Often times in life we become overwhelmed with issues of life and it can range from so many things and what normally happens is we make our decisions based out of what we believe at that moment to be right for us. And last night as I laid in bed resting from a huge migraine headache which I haven't had in about two years. I thought about how I would always pray that if it's not here to bless me then Lord remove it from me. I don't know why I thought about that last night but I did. I guess after you consider all the things we do in a day and all the people we meet through that day, we have to find what really is meaningful in what we do?

We do allot of things and if you are like me most of the things we do in the day really aren't that important and yet we give it attention and we do it every day. Think about family for a moment, we can't change what happens to us in life, challenges will come our way, people will get on our nerves, we will become frustrated. But at the end if you lost everything what's do you still have with you no matter what? The answer if JESUS CHRIST!! We still have Him when all the problems come and go, when our frustrations is high and low, when our attitude is up and down and when the family and friends come and go...yeah I have to say, there will come a time in our lives where we are just going to have to have a made up mind..Jesus is everything.

Sunday' Heart-Warming

2011-09-25T08:31:00.000-04:00

Allot of times I stand back and listen to other people talk and I hear them talking about all sorts of things and while I am listening and not giving my input I say to myself, how bless I really am.

So often you and I can complain about the smallest of thing, the dishwasher didn't clean the dishes completely it left residue on the dishes, our hair did not turn out right after spending hours preparing it. Our favorite meal we cooked got burnt. And last but least we went to the store and the store was out of the item that was on sale and they are not giving out rein-checks.

I hear how people will talk bad talk their spouse and say, well he or she didn't clean the house or he didn't take out the trash or she didn't meant my needs last night, or he had a headache. wow...or he doesn't know how to run the house or she not acting like a wife or mother. It's things like this that we all find ourselves in either we are saying it to someone else or we are saying it to ourselves, either way, it's bad. business.

We all are guilty of doing it, but truth be told is your life really that bad that you must complain about it? Are the things that people do around you really irrigating to you that much? If so make a change but remember the change starts from within you not others.

Have a blessed Sunday!

What the LORD, Hates

2011-09-23T08:50:00.001-04:00

In Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: Today let us each examine each one of them and see just which one are we. I know some people will probably say that they are neither one, but I beg to differ because according to God's word for all have sin and fallen short of the glory of God.. so somewhere in this verse you and I are one or the other.

Often times we read this verse and we move ahead to the next verses without giving it any thought about it. And I will be the first to say I do that at times, but when I come to verses like these where it talks about what God hates, Oh! rest assure I am going to ponder and examine myself because I know there is error in me and it must be dealt with. Last thing I want is for the Lord to say to me, "Desi, my child you have not worked on those thing in which I hate" why is that? See I understand how merciful God is I also understand that God does not and will not ever put up with foolishness. He will not be mocked!

My prayer for you who read this is to get your study bible out and study each verse and let the Spirit of God speak to you because if you do I know He will show you which one of these are in your life, but if you chose not do let the spirit speak to you about these verses then I feel sorry for you and I pray now that God has mercy on your soul. Because it's a sad thing when a person thinks that they are without sin...

1. A proud look - exalted eyes; those who will not condescend to look on the rest of mankind.

2. A lying tongue - he who neither loves nor tells truth.

3. Hands that shed innocent blood, whether by murder or by battery.

4. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations - the heart that fabricates such, lays the foundation, builds upon it, and completes the superstructure of iniquity.

5. Feet that be swift in running to mischief - he who works iniquity with greediness.

6. A false witness that speaketh lies - one who, even on his oath before a court of justice, tells any thing but the truth.

Seven are an abomination unto him - "to his soul." The seventh is, he that soweth discord among brethren - he who troubles the peace of a family, of a village, of the state; all who, by lies and misrepresentations, strive to make men's minds evil-affected towards their brethren.

Separate is Growth

2011-09-22T10:02:00.000-04:00

To be set apart can be a struggle for most of us but there comes a time in all our lives where we must choose what is good and what is best. Yet some of us think that there is no difference between the too.

Separation is not something that is here to hurt us it's for our growth. When it hurts us is when we fight against it. Try not fighting it and flow with it.

Think of an area in your life at this very moment where you have been fighting the separation, now that you've face it now try letting it go without you fighting it and I guarantee the end result is for your best. God told Abraham he had to be separated, what would of happened had not Abraham did not leave his home state and family like he did? We see the end result, for the Lord made him a father of many nations,and you and I are apart of it..and aren't you glad? At the beginning you and I don't see it but always remember God works things in the spirit realm first before you and I see it in the natural realm.

Food4Thought:
Allow yourself to grow and be stretched don't stay in a state of complacency. No man can grow if he does not lean to crawl first and then walk.

It's Not about YOU

2011-09-20T09:53:00.000-04:00

One of the things that we often get confused about is witnessing to someone we immediately think that the person is going to listen to what we have to say, and if they don't we want to push it down their throats, some people use scared tactics to get a person to accept Jesus...

And why do we results to such matters anyway? Did you not know that Jesus said to His disciples in Matthew 10:14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. What Christ was telling them and it's so self explanatory He was letting them know never force Christ on anyone.

Our job is to present the word it's God's job to prepare the heart and water the seed. But yet many people will witness and become upset to make a person listen to what they have to say until they see it from their perspective, today I say this with a warning, if you are that type of person doing this you must stop now, for what you are doing is acting as if you are God yourself.

We don't know man's heart nor can we see man's heart only God can see the heart and once you presented the gospel God already knows if they will accept Him right there or will they deny Him. In our humanist we want them saved but you have to understand something how long did it take for you to get saved, how many times did the Holy Spirit speak to your heart before you said "yes to the Lord" or perhaps you still haven't said "yes to the Lord.

Always remember it's NOT about YOU, but it's always about Jesus Christ...this is why when it comes to Evangelism in our churches we lack in this area because we get our emotions all caught up in it instead of being caught up in His word. When the disciples went presenting the gospel they did not force Jesus words down people throats, they spoke His truth and those who accepted it asked them to stay in their home with their families, and those who didn't accept the gospel the disciples kept on moving and did what Jesus told them to do. And aren't we to do the same thing today?

It's Allot of WORK...

2011-09-18T09:02:00.002-04:00

As most of you my family know I have already published my very first book. And on Sunday August 24, 2011 it appeared on Amazon.com and when I saw my book being featured on their site I was completely excited...there was no words to express my emotions.

And so this week I got to thinking of all the things that goes into promoting the book, and after thinking of all those things I have to admit family I never knew how much work it requires..as I started writing things done and keeping notes and appointments and getting my press release ready so it can be advertisted in the news paper and local radio stations and having so many book signing events. And of course these are things that must be done when promoting a book. But in all of this I saw how it can be a bit overwhelming so what I did was pray. I asked the Lord to help me not to be overwhelmed and I know that other Authors probably went through the same thing and feeling the same thing I am feeling. But in my prayer to the Lord I asked God would He be my promoter for the book? I asked Him to open those doors for where He want the book to be used and by this way I won't be overwhelmed. Not only that but my book is solely dedicated to Him Christ Jesus in the beginning of the book to the back cover of the book I talk about how much Jesus is to me and what He's done in me.

See writing this book I have only one purpose and that is to show people how to apply God's word to their daily lives for it's devotions which relates to our daily lives. I want this book to be and do what ever the Lord sees fit, for only He can take this book to places I've never even thought or dreamed about. And so yesterday when I went to look at my sales for the book to my surprise I saw my revenue and family I was so excited my very first revenue from the book and it's only been out on Amazon not even a month and for that I give God the praise. So this morning when I go to church I will be giving God two tithes this morning. I will be giving my regular tithe and I will be tithing the amount I get from the revenue of my book sales. And so I've made up my mind that for every sales I make from the book I will be tithing and giving it back to the Lord, because it is Him who is making the book sale it has nothing to do with me it's all HIM..and I for one am glad..

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My watch

2011-09-16T18:32:00.000-04:00

Today as I was changing a battery in my watch I wondered about "how we are like watches" stay with me here on this. When your watch goes bad and not keeping time we have two choices either replace the battery or get rid of the watch. Far to often by the time you purchase a new battery you could of brought a new watch..

But today as I was changing the old battery out and putting the new battery in I thought about how God has time for us. I thought about how patient He is and how HE waits patiently at our hearts door waiting for us to let Him in. Then I wondered about how we don't always treat the Lord so good. We treat Him like that old battery it's not working we get rid of it. And often times you and I do the same with the Lord, He starts blessing us and as we sit back and reap the reward we forget all about to continue to have that same amount of communion time with Him like we did before the blessings came. We pray to God to answer a prayer when we are in need and we will spend all the time in the world seeking His face but the moment the prayer is answered our prayer time with Him changes.

What if God treated us the same way we treat Him when it comes to time? God has been good to each one of us. Let us all give God more time then what we are giving Him now...would giving God five more minutes of the time your already giving Him really hurt us, I don't think so...

Tangled Up

2011-09-15T10:09:00.000-04:00

On yesterday I had this necklace that got all tangled up into knots, and as you know ladies this can be a very Tades task, it requires patience. As I began trying to get the knots out and twisting it I began to look at the necklace and thought about how our lives at times can become tangled up. And how Jesus has to de-tangle us.

Imagine for a moment with me, the moment we came to Christ we had so much junk in us imagine how patient the Son of Man was with us, He was very gentle in de-tangling us, He never ripped us apart He took His time until He got us completely free. And then when He got us free He looked back at us and said "now my child you are free" wow.how amazing is that.

Because when you and I are working on getting the knots out of a necklace we too feel an accomplishment of being set free..and we learn from it never to allow those necklaces to be tangled again don't we? I myself us to hate untangling necklaces especially when they are knotted up but once I stop putting more effort into becoming frustrated and start being patient with it, guess what I am now able to untangle those knots.

So today's lesson is this my friends and family, we all will come across some knots but instead of letting it get to you how about thinking about how Jesus never let it get to Him..and then we too can do it...AMEN

They work for you

2011-09-14T11:48:00.000-04:00

This morning as I was sitting at my computer to prepare for my posting for today, I asked the Lord what should I share today and it took some time because I was busy with other things, but then I heard the Lord speak in my spirit talk about "those who labor among you" often times we seem to forget those who labor among us, they are the people who help us out when we need it, they are the people who don't look for recognition, they are the people who are willing to help you all because they believe in you.

As I started thinking about this scripture which is found in 1Thessalonians 5:12, Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. And yet for some reason we forget about those people. We surely don't hear much teaching on it and we know it's in the bible and still at times we ourselves don't remember this scripture. Could it be that we in some way have taken for granted those people to always be there to lend a hand when we ask?

Today I challenge you that in all you do today for every person who labors among you tell them how much you appreciate them and what they do. This includes the things your children do for you today, this includes the people you work with, this includes the clerk who helped you..as my mother always taught us is to give people their flowers while they are alive don't wait till it's to late..what she meant was tell people how much you appreciate them everyday by this way you will never have to say later that you wish you had more time..