Striving To Be "Christ-Like"!

So, like any other time I wake up earlier than scheduled in the wee hours of the night, my thoughts go towards the Lord. As I speak to Him, I know He is about to share something with me... so, I wait with anticipation... this time was no different. The Lord started speaking to my spirit about "blame". You want to know one of the hardest three-word statements to make? It is, "I am wrong." It is so easy to point out the wrong in others. It is so easy to want it to be someone else’s fault. But is it ever hard to see our own flaws and where we went wrong; what we need to own up to. Over the years, I have been blamed for a lot of things, and rightly so. My sin and failures have caused grief, anxiety, and inconvenience for friends and family (and probably even for strangers I will never know about). I have also been blamed for things that were not my fault, things I was powerless to change. But I have stood on the other side of the fence hurling accusations at others in t...

God has been so faithful to me (and He will continue to be), even when I was not faithful to Him. God has clung onto me when I was trying to let go, and He has stuck it out with me always. That is why He continually deserves the glory, honor, and praise. It was the stripes on the back of Jesus, that healed my diseases. I cannot quit praising God this week for what He has done in my life thus far. I remember so clearly how the Lord touched me mightily during the morning church service on December 7, 2014. By the end of that week, I had allowed the enemy to just about steal my healing from me. See, I have lived with an inner ear disease known as Meniere's since December 2006, and for anyone who does not know about this disease there is no cure and no meds on the market to treat it; you just try to play around with meds for other conditions to treat the symptoms, and it can result in hearing loss. Since December 2006, I have endured over a dozen procedures/surgeries on my right ear al...

If you think tonight that everything is not going to be alright, let me encourage you it will be alright, in God's time and His way and in His perfect will (I have always said that it is okay if I do not understand God's will, but I always have trust His will). I have never seen the righteous forsaken or His seed begging for bread (that is scripture). God promises to supply all of our needs according to thy riches in glory (that is scripture). When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord will rise up a standard against him (that is scripture). This week God has allowed me to hear the song "I've got a feeling everything's gonna be alright" multiple times a day, through different avenues. I think the Lord keeps drilling it in my head, because He wants me to walk in confidence every day that it will be alright, even when things don't seem like they are going to be alright. When you have God on your side, when you are saved, glory to God, everything's go...

In the Bible, Balaam was hired by Balak to curse the people of God (read Numbers, chapters 22-23) The truth is that demons are on hire to curse you, but Balaam came back and said, “I cannot curse what God has blessed!” But that is not the end of the story, besides that, the shout of a King is among them. God has anointed and appointed us for this last day. What God has blessed, satan cannot curse and he cannot stop it. Oh, yes he can fight and resist it, but he CANNOT STOP IT; and the shout of a King is among us! Something happens when you shout; walls fall when you shout, demons tremble when you shout! Again, the shout of a King is among the people of God! Oh hallelujah! Jesus isn’t coming back riding a donkey, Jesus isn’t coming back to be spit upon or to be crucified again, but He is coming back with a crown, with many crowns, for those who have called upon His name to be saved, to take us home to live with him for all eternity!

I woke up this morning with a word stirring in my spirit, whew glory to God. If you are struggling with where you should be in ministry or what you should be doing, or why aren't you yet doing what God's called you to do??? The Lord says to keep making yourself available... if someone needs help, help them in whatever area you can... pray, feed, clothe, provide shelter, provide transportation... if they need help at church than help... every area is important, whether it is cleaning, cooking, praying, teaching, singing, smiling, encouraging, greeting, or preaching. THAT IS MINISTRY AND REALIZE THAT GOD IS ALREADY USING YOU! The Lord will put you on the platform you are suppose to be on, if you keep making yourself available. You do not have to promote yourself. Your gifts/talents may be ignored or denied, but the Lord says the anointing cannot be ignored or denied! PRAISE GOD!

When this book was given to me in April 2013, for my birthday, I truly didn't know what it meant to take up my God sword and fight for His glory. I was still at a fragile place in my life and had just really begun the process of growing spiritually (spiritually maturing). When you pray to grow spiritually make sure you are truly ready for it. The enemy is threatened by your future and he will do everything he can to lure you off God's path onto a path of destruction. Satan wants to distract you from who you are and what God's plan for your life truly is. Praying to grow spiritually is about as dangerous as praying for patience (just read the book of Job). God will remove blinders, strongholds, and you will see things as they are through your spiritual eyes. God will show unpleasant things to you, in order to help you gain more discernment, strength, wisdom, and knowledge. God will remove hindrances and distractions, but you will also be tested in areas of your life regardin...

The Bible tells us the many ways the Lord protects us. He protects us from the wicked, from illness, from the devil's traps and attacks to attempt to take us out, from bad weather and serious storms, and He protects us from destruction ( physically and spiritually, emotionally and financially). I believe that God’s words are a gift to us; they are a spiritual sword/weapon and our protection (God's Word spells God Sword). Are you speaking and believing His word? Some time ago, I dreamt that all my words became a sword in my hand. I didn’t understand it while I was dreaming. I just noticed that everything I spoke turned into a sharp sword in my right hand –  it would suddenly appear out of nowhere when I spoke. I understood when I woke up, that this is the sword of the Lord- a gift- for us – our protection from evil. Use it! What I spoke over my life and the lives of others was no longer death or negativity, sickness or despair. I begin to speak life and positively about situati...

2 Corinthians 1:20 says the promises of God are “Yes” and “Amen”. Yes means “yes”. The promises of God are not “yes” then “no”. They are not “I don’t know” or “Maybe so?”. The promises of God are “Yes! It is done!” •Will He save you? “Yes!” •Will He heal you? “Yes!” •Will He deliver you? “Yes!” •Will He set you free? “Yes!” •Will He supply your needs? “Yes!” ● Claim God's promises today and stand on them! Scriptures: God will save you in the physical sense. Isaiah 35:4 - Say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you." God will save you spiritually. For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son...

Your problems and trials will push you and press you into prayer (and praise). When I get in a bind I know where to go. When I need gas, I go to a service station. When I need money, I go to a bank. When I need groceries on my table, I go to the grocery store. When I need a bargain I go to the dollar store. When I need to buy in bulk, I go to Sam’s. But, when I need a miracle, I can’t go to dead religion, I can’t go to somebody’s past experience, I can’t go to what somebody did yesterday. When I need a miracle, I go to my prayer answering God, One Who is able. The Lord gave me peace about a financial situation a few years ago, and I prayed, trusted, praised and believed and in due time my miracle came through. I didn’t know how it was going to come through or when it was going to come through, I just kept trusting and believing and rebuking the enemy’s lies. Let me tell you I know the importance of tithing faithfully and I believe in giving back...

Ministry is not competition. Competition in the kingdom of God creates strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, discord, and disagreement. We are not in ministry for our fame, our recognition, our success or our glory. It is all about God; it is all for His glory. Remember that God's purpose is greater than our agenda. Everywhere, everyday, there are people that don't know the good news of Jesus Christ. They feel alone and forgotten. They are lost and hurting. The enemy, satan is a masterful deceiver; he can and will using ANYTHING to separate and divide. Commit in your mind that any time you think of the ministry in a competitive way, you will stop and praise God in prayer for how He's growing His Kingdom through all of us who choose to be used by Him. May we all know that we have an important role to play, that God has plans to use us to accomplish His will. And, may we all celebrate with one another the victories of making Jesus more famous everyday! Do it all for th...

WE NEED REVIVAL FOR SURVIVAL. Ezekiel 37:1-5 King James Version (KJV) 37. Verse 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live - and - verses 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to com...