I don't care how good it sounds or looks to you, if it doesn't line up with the Word of God, then you better leave it on the side of the road and keep walking the straight and narrow way. The enemy drops enticing things along our path, but it's imperative to keep your spiritual eyes and spiritual ears focused on and tuned to what saith the Lord, so you're not distracted and drug off the straight and narrow path! The enemy is sly as a fox; he is sneaky and full of schemes and distractions. Guard your heart and mind in these days we are living in.
My prayer is that many people, across this world, will be encouraged and uplifted by reading even one of these posts. The birth of this blog brought much healing into various areas of my life. If you scroll to the bottom of the home page, you will see a link to the post on the birth of this blog and why I named the blog "becoming better women". Even though I want to reach everyone, this was about helping myself learn to keep growing in Christ "Christ like". I may struggle, but I will never quit.
September 29, 2021
Walk Only With God!
We may all be fighting something in our Christian walk, but this is what the Lord spoke to me clearly tonight: "You must walk with Me saith the Lord of Hosts. Walk only with Me, walk even as I walk, and let nothing or no one cause you to stray from the course I have you on says God. Stay on the straight and narrow path that will lead you home to live with Me for all eternity, saith the Lord of Hosts."
September 28, 2021
God Has Your Back!
"The pressure is on from the world, but I have overcome the world saith the Lord. Be of good cheer and look toward Me my children. Don’t look at what you see here, but look at what is beyond. Don't focus on things seen, but focus on things unseen says God. I hold you in the palm of My hand, and I will take care of you. I will be with you through it all. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Trust in Me, and lean not on your own understanding. I will lead you onward, but you've got to trust Me. Again, I will take care of you saith the Lord of Hosts." • God's leading His children closer home to Him for all eternity... we've just got to keep trusting Him, walking with Him, and looking to Him.
September 27, 2021
Trust In God! Wait On Him!
There are many things that God knows of which we have no understanding of at all, and that's why His word tells us to lean not on our own understanding. Last night, on into today, God has been reminding me, as His scripture says, to trust Him with all my heart and lean not on my understanding. And, He is here walking right by my side through it all. God has a perfect way, a perfect plan, and a perfect time. He will not be rushed, even when we are ready for something to change. So let me encourage you tonight to trust the process and trust in Him in the middle of whatever you may be facing this hour. He sees the questions, struggles, discouragement, and disheartenment you're going through. He will bring you the answers, strength, comfort, and peace you need in His time!
Psalm 27:14 "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."
September 23, 2021
The Blessing is in the Battle!
Not feeling the best in the world, I come out of prayer time with the Lord speaking this to my spirit... "I want you to look for your blessings in the middle of the battle!" God surely gets your attention, if you'll only get still and attentive enough to listen to Him. He was reminding me of just what all I have to be thankful for in the middle of it all. Sometimes we even fail to realize when a blessing comes our way. Just over the last week or so, God reminded me of how I thought things weren't going to work out and boom, a blessing drops in my lap. Firstly, my phone charger broke, and in walks my daddy from work that same day with the same phone charger I needed for my phone. He didn't know it had broke. Secondly, I broke my glasses, but they were still under warranty so I didn't have to pay anything to have the frames replaced. Thirdly, I needed $67.xx for a bill, and I had $71.xx deposited into my checking account from event tickets I had sold. Fourthly, yes I may be facing another sickness right now, but I have health insurance, I am not in the hospital, God healed me from the other issue with surgery so that I'm not fighting 2 things at once, and I have 2 great parents who are still here to help me along the way. I also know I have people who care for me, love me, and are praying for me. And lastly, I can still walk, talk, see, and hear in a comfortable home. Sometimes, we get so caught up in the battles of life that we simply forget to remember the blessings along the way. I can grow tired and weary from the struggles of life, or I can shift my focus to just how blessed I truly am. God is wanting someone else to know that the blessing is in the battle, for in the middle of it you can truly see God's favor, grace, compassion, and mercy if you really focus on it. When Paul ask the Lord to remove the thorn in his side, God told him that His grace was sufficient for him. Paul realized that his suffering allowed him to share in the passion of Christ. With an outward focus, Paul also understood that all people have their own thorns, and therefore their own dependence on Christ. Yes it's been long battles for me, but oh how I'm learning to depend on the Lord more and more as my faith in Him deepens! • James 1:2, “Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
In Christ,
Kimmy ♡
September 18, 2021
A Battle In Your Mind!
Everyday can be a battle, everyday can be a challenge, and everyday the enemy can try to get in your (my) mind. You know it doesn't matter how close you are to God or how long you've been living for Him... the enemy is still going to attack you; you are on his radar!! There are a lot of nights I have to wake up and fight the enemy and pray the enemy out of my room. The last couple of days I've really had to fight him, but you know how I get through it?! I have to purpose myself to pray and praise my way through (and out of) it. The Lord can give me dreams, but the enemy sure can too. This morning I was awaken from one of those disturbing dreams where the enemy was trying to cause disunity, disruption, discontent, and discord between myself and people I dearly love. That is what he wants, but I woke up and begin rebuking him and praying. The last couple of days haven't been easy, but you want to know why ...because the enemy wants to shut me up and shut me down; he wants to do the same thing to you too. I've fought through alot of thoughts that I know are straight from the pits of hell. You want to know why the enemy is attacking now more than ever, because he knows that his time is running out. I'm sharing this with you to let you know, if you're battling in your mind don't you dare sit down and let it marinate. You push through it, you pray through it, and you praise through it. I have to take those thoughts captive quickly that aren't of God and send them back to hell where they belong (see 2nd Corinthians 10:5). The enemy wants to weaken and maim Christians, especially the faithful and strong ones, now more than ever. The enemy sends out his workers everyday to try and steal your peace and joy; your spirit and healing; your faith and soul. The enemy will also throw things back up in your face that have long ago been under the blood of Jesus; he is tricky and sly like that. The word of God says that satan comes only to kill, steal, and destroy but Jesus comes to give you life more abundantly. The enemy doesn't want you content with life; he wants you to lay your head down in his lap while he rocks you to sleep. You better wake up and push through all that junk the devil throws at you, if you're going to make it through with the Lord. Let me encourage you with this post, to keep turning to the Lord and make an effort to spend time with Him!
September 13, 2021
The Delete Button!
I've been deleted as someone's facebook friend many times over the past 10 years because of my faith in Christ and making the decision to use my page as a ministry tool. Or simply deleted, because they didn't have the same opinion as me. Several years ago, I remember that I would allow it to effect my feelings, as I wasn't as strong in my walk with God as I am now. I was reminded of this as it happened again recently, when I didn't reply to their message. I don't entertain those thoughts anymore. I delete and move forward. I know satan's tricks and schemes, and he will set traps for you. I just hope and pray that before the delete friend button was hit, that a seed was planted in that person's life. I never give it a second thought as it doesn't shake my faith, but my heart does hurt for them. I normally wouldn't share something like this, because people's negative opinions of me don't matter, but I believe someone is allowing themselves to be bogged and weighed down based on someone else's opinions of you, while the Lord is wanting to speak words of wisdom and comfort into your life. Being a Christian isn't always easy. It is not always easy to share your faith with a boldness and confidence in a sin sick world full of division. But it is so worth it, and what I'm called to do. For every thought you give to someone's opinions that don't matter, you're hindering what the Lord wants to do in your life for those people who do want and need to hear what you have to say. Your words of encouragement and hope may just be what that person needs to keep on going. Don't allow the enemy to use that one person when God has a work for you to do to reach people for His namesake.
"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 10:32
In Christ,
Kimmy♡
September 12, 2021
I Bless Your Name!
God's presence is still so thick and tangible even as I am back home, from tonight's service. Oh Lord, I truly bless Your name. Let me never cease praising You for what You've brought me through. Let me tell you from personal experience, you don't have to be sitting in a church to receive healing and deliverance. God can touch you right where you are. I mean right now just from watching this service. God's power is moving. He's met me in the midnight hour at my home, in my bedroom many times, and reached down and healed me physically, in my body. He did it just this week for me at home. He's healed me in my mind. He's been faithful to do this for me more times then I can count. Oh, if you're in a prison in your mind. If you're bound tonight. If you need a healing touch. God is there to meet your every last need. I have felt the weight of oppression. I have felt it almost take my breath and try to smother me. But you must recognize that it is the work of the enemy. The enemy would like nothing more than to see you stay seated in defeated. But the God I have served and lived for, for 25 years now, is still a saving, restoring, delivering, and healing God. Keep praying. Keep pressing. Keep pushing. Keep persevering. Keep praising. He delivered me. God can do the same for you tonight. If you need peace in your mind... God is the peace giver, peace maker, and peace speaker! ♡
"Some midnight hour if you should find. You're in a prison in your mind. Reach out and praise, defy those chains. And they will fall in Jesus' name.
I bless Your name, I bless Your name. I give You honor, give You praise. You are the Life, the Truth, the Way. I bless Your name, we bless Your name."
If you have Facebook. Click on the pink, I Bless Your Name, link below to watch our church service from Sunday night -9/12/2021. But it's set to public, so I'm pretty sure you can watch whether you have an account or not.
September 08, 2021
We Cannot Play Church Anymore!
"You've got to stand with Me says God. Again, you've got to stand with Me. I'm God, and I'll fix everything that needs fixing, but you've got to stand with Me in this hour. Don't stray. Don't look at your surroundings. Look at Me, and I'll show you who I really am says God. You say you love Me, but I just don't hear your words says God. I look for action. I want to see that you still love Me, when you're tried and tested. You're going to be tested. It will prove your love for Me. Those who truly stand with Me in action and not just words, will stand and win. Oh, but those who walk away from My truth and don't worship Me in both spirit and truth will not have a life that ends in victory. I need action and not just words, in this hour says God. I have brought you this far, and I'll take you the rest of the way but you've got to stay on with Me. You can't abandon ship now. You've got to fight. It's a battle and it's a war. The enemy and hell has been unleashed, but if you'll continue to walk in holiness and righteous, I will bring you through these dark times. Sin prevails on this earth and darkness is covering this earth. Yet, I Am searching the world for My people, and I will bring them out. My people are on the verge of great victories. I am ready to reveal Ny power to My church. Just hold on to Me says God. The enemy is at work, but I am also at work saith the Lord."
Received on 9.8.2021
September 06, 2021
A Wall of Fire!
I never take for granted when God speaks to my heart and soul, His precious and timely words. Sometimes it's in the middle of praying, when I come out of praying, when I'm worshipping, when I'm listening to a sermon, when I'm studying and reading the Bible, or when I'm journaling... other times it's just when I'm laying in the quietness of my room. What a word He spoke to me so clearly tonight: "I am your God. I am in the midst of thee. I shall bring a wall of fire around you for protection. I am your God. I am in the midst of thee. I shall bring your healing. Come to me, and I will come to you with love and newness. I will bring forth newness in areas of your life, when you only thought those areas and situations were dead. I will breathe new life into those areas. Come unto me this day and remember that I am a wall of fire about you, and you have nothing now to fear. Your hungry soul I shall fill. I shall fill it with My comfort, love, healing, mercy, and peace this day says God!"
Oh, how I praise God for in the middle of it all He's still there to bring forth a word, with victory and power, for His children! How I trust God more! ♡
Pray Until You Have Prayed Through!
There is no such thing as praying too much. I know God is turning things around this week, even for me, right now because of the power of prayer... faithful prayer warriors who are praying without ceasing. We've got to get back to this way of praying. Oh, the Lord is wanting His children to realize we've got to get back to praying until we've prayed through. Those few words prayed over a need or one minute prayers prayed over someone ain't cutting it in this season we're living in (I'm preaching to myself on this too). The enemy is coming around more sly than ever these days with his lies and schemes, and we've got to get back in the mindset of praying until we've prayed through. I've been awaken from my sleep, many times over, to pray. I've prayed all night long before because of great needs on the behalf of others. I remember when others and myself would be in church altars praying an hour or longer. But, when I come out of those prayer times... I had no doubt God had met needs and lifted burdens and heavy loads. What was needed, I (we) got! Is it easy? Sometimes by no means. Do you sometimes come out of prayer feeling exhausted and drained? Of course! But it's spiritual warfare, and it ain't meant to be easy, but it's worth it! You want to see lost loved ones saved, you want to see this country turn back to God, you want to see conviction of sins take place, you want to see deliverance, healing, miracles, and a mighty move of God happen... it's time to pray without ceasing, pray fervently and earnestly, pray until you've prayed through. It's time to cry out to Him in this hour. It's time to get in the trenches with each other and pray each other through. I know what prayer can do! Before the events begin leading up to His arrest and crucifixion, Jesus prayed so earnestly and with so much anguish that His sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood. When He arose from prayer and went back to His disciples, He found them asleep. Yes, they were asleep and exhausted with sorrow... but the time Jesus needed them the most (praying and interceding on His behalf) they were asleep. He told them to get up in pray, lest they not fall into temptation. (See Luke, Chapter 22). Too many of God's children are falling asleep on Jesus, when He needs us all praying earnestly in this hour!
September 05, 2021
Do Not Fear In This Hour!
God's Word, through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, speaks clearly to my heart and soul in this hour, and I know that it's not just for me. This is a word of encouragement. This is a word of direction for God's children to move forward. "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, in this hour of distress do not fear. Come unto me for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light. For those who do not fear, for those who persevere, and for those who pray without ceasing, I will give you unspeakable joy. For those who do not fear in this hour, I will lift your burdens, I will move on your behalf, and I will place you under the covering of a fresh anointing. Again, do not fear my child, and you will see My glory, My love, and My power. Don't look at your troubles. Don't look at what's going on around you. Look unto me says the Lord, again look unto me says the Lord. I will give you peace and protection in this hour. You will see great things come to past, if you'll just concentrate on Me. Don't be down, for you're standing on the solid rock. You shall be blessed. Don't miss what I have for you in this hour, because you're focused on the enemy and his works. Turn your face and eyes back towards Me saith the Lord of Hosts."
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
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"Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
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