Striving To Be "Christ-Like"!

This! We've truly become a spoiled society! Wake up! Give me a hymn book and a Bible; what I have during this time at home! Quiet time with the Lord, as He pours so much into me about the need to just strip it all away to get us back to the Word! ♡ I saw this photo around the same time I saw a post about a lady interviewed in a third world country. No fancy home or air conditioner, hardly any food, rags for clothes, no shoes. She was holding the Bible, reading it. Her words: "I read this Bible everyday, it's all I need to get me through!" Wow! I guess the Lord temporarily took these things away, but His Word surely is still enough for me! 

Since social distancing begin, I have talked to God daily and trusted only in what His Word says. I have daily received His peace, and I want to praise Him for that. Oh, He continues to wrap His loving and assuring arms around me, pushing any fear of the enemy out. I have always got more attention from the Lord than I ever have from the government. He's faithful to give me full attention anytime I call on Him! #TrustHim #HaveFaith

Ezekiel Chp. 47 "River of Healing"-Ezekiel's Vision First, I continue to praise God for His hand of protection over my family during this COVID-19 pandemic. Secondly, during this time when church buildings are closed, God has been pouring into me. I've dug into His word in a new and fresh way; my prayer is that more growth is taking place in my life. Truly, a season is taking place where I am learning what it means, as the prophet Ezekiel did, to eat and digest the word of God, knowing it tastes sweeter than honey. I think it is also a challenge for believers to not become spiritually lazy, as well as taking the time to read and hear for ourselves; what thus says the Lord of Hosts. I know how important church is, I've been in it my whole life. It will be a blessing to congregate again in the church building. I'm thankful for the the effort of the pastors, teachers, leaders, and technology team doing what they can to feed their flock amid COVID-19. Thirdly, I i...

"Ezekiel's Call" from Chapters 1-3 video lesson▪︎God's shown me the importance of not getting lazy, because I'm not able to teach Sunday School at the nursing home. I should be studying/providing lessons, even if it's through the internet. I'm afraid of the spiritual laziness that could result from this social distancing. I'm challenging myself to post on what I'm studying. Through studying Ezekiel again, I am sharing a video of my 30 minute teaching on "Ezekiel's Call". YouTube link is at the end of this post. I hope you can take the time to listen to it, and God speaks to you and encourages you through this. The main theme of the Book of Ezekiel, although not the only one, is the restoration of Israel, a nation that had turned to rebellion and sin. Ezekiel, through what seemed a bizarre vision, was called to warn the people that Jerusalem would be turned to rubble and terror. And it was coming soon. Ezekiel Chapter 2 and 3 begins to...

"Robotic Rituals"  Today was Resurrection Day; a day of great celebration for Christian believers yet this year brought somber weather, a somber tone, and empty churches. By 7pm tonight, I continued to feel that very somber tone, yet I knew in my spirit it had nothing to do with this virus pandemic. It was something deeper than that. As I begin to pray about this, I could picture the situations that happened after Jesus walked out of that grave! It is definitely a great day of celebration, but I begin to think about how they accused His grave of being rob and His body being stolen. I was reminded of doubting Thomas and how He refused to believe it was actually Jesus, alive and resurrected, standing in the disciples midst until he could physically see the nail prints, and feel the hole in Jesus' side. I realize, through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, I have felt the after effects of what Jesus felt; the grieving of the Holy Spirit. Christians celebrate the Risen Savior,...

"The modern church is today's Tower of Babel"!  It's a long read, so keep scrolling if you don't want to read it. If you don't agree with what I'm sharing, well keep on scrolling, because I wouldn't call this a "popular" read for today's society, but then again take it up with the Lord because this is straight from His Holy Word. God has prepared me to be His mouthpiece, and lots of times people, meaning "the church", don't want their toes stepped on. Oh, but getting my toes stepped on is what's kept me growing and going in the Lord. I sit through what people would call now as those "boring sermons or songs or services" growing up and those very "boring" things are what's shaped and molded me into the child of God I am today. The anointing and realness that broke the yoke of sin and loosed the bands of adversity and sickness. The anointing that kept the church separated from the "ways and loo...