Jesus In The Clouds!

 

A week ago I was preparing to fly home from Charlotte, NC. I had been there all week for church campmeeting services. The last several flights I've took, have been those short flights where you still see part of the ground flying to and from your destination. My flight to Charlotte, we never really fully got above the clouds. I was expecting that on the flight home. But that morning flight back to Alabama, I was surprised when we quickly were above the clouds. It had been so many years since I witnessed that, so I was just mesmerized while looking out my window seat. In that moment, it was like another glimpse of Heaven. It was like I could also feel Jesus's loving arms wrap all around me, and envision Him walking across those clouds. Though there have been times I was anxious and nervous about flights (before or during), that wasn't the case on this flight. God knew what I need to feel and see to keep me calm. All I could think about on my flight home, during the time we were above the clouds, was "when Jesus steps out on a cloud to call God's children"... just peace! 🙌💙

Psalm 146!

So many times I go to read my Bible, and it falls open to a certain book or scripture. Recently it fell right open to Psalm 146! I'm telling you, I've read these 10 verses over and over. Let me remind you that being God’s children, we should not be worried or fear what is going on in this world, for we have a God bigger than the world. We just need to focus our eyes on Him, believing that His eye is on us too. He's the only one you can stay 100% confident and hopeful in. He's your helper through the end. He's watching that sparrow, and He's watching you too. See through this Psalm, I realize He's the God of Jacob, He’s the God of Creation, and He’s the Living & Personal God. In other words, He is the Powerful God of History, the Present Personal God, and the Creative God of the Coming Things! 🙌❤

Do Not Sit Idle!

If your spiritual well is running dry and you want it filled to overflowing, now is not the time to sit idle, sit down, or focus on the world and the enemy's tactics. Now is not the time to stay spiritually lazy or bound up anymore. Now is not the time to keep basing your life and walk with Christ off the opinions of others. Shake off anything or anyone that doesn't line up with the word of God or causes you to not have peace of mind. Now is not the time to stay spiritually asleep. Wake up! Stand up! Proclaim what thus says the Lord through His Holy Word! Praise Him for what and Who He is in your life. Shout for your victory is on the way. I don't want a mist anymore, when it comes to serving and living for God, because I hear the sound of an abundance of rain. Rain Lord!! Let Him fill your well back up with fresh oil straight from the throne. If you have the anointing, protect it. Protect it for others who have it. Protect it in your church. I've had an encounter with God in a new way this past week, but He is no respecter of persons, and you can have an encounter with Him too. It's my desire to live for Jesus and spread His gospel and be an encouragement until He returns for me! 🙌❤

Link below to video devotion and my testimony from a campmeeting I attended this month in Dallas, North Carolina.

Encounter with God  (Do not sit idle!)

Encounter with God!

Dallas Church of God Campmeeting 2022

Location: Dallas, North Carolina 

Allow me to share this testimony! I left at almost 11pm Eastern time and people were still in the altars praying and seeking God on a week night. Young people praying for the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and not wanting to leave until they received it! On top of that, it's a group of siblings that drove cross country from California to North Carolina, because they've watched the church services through Facebook. They knew nothing about Pentecost, but what they felt through watching those services, they knew they wanted that experience. A couple of the siblings received the baptism tonight, and then they were continuing to pray for their other siblings to receive. It was me seeing Luke 24:49... " but tarry ye... until ye be endued with power from on high." We are truly having an upper room experience this week! This is what it's going to take for us to see true revival! Praying until we've prayed through! We are in a season of prayer and praise! No time constraints! This church is reaching so many people, and God is showing me how much they need the prayers and encouragement of others outside of their church. This Alabama, Pentecostal gal has been blessed beyond measure tonight! God brought me to a women's conference October 2011 in North Carolina and that's when I received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Sometimes God does His greatest work, when He gets us out of our comfort zone and the familiar. I'm thankful for the precious, obedient ladies who got a hold of me and prayed for and encouraged me tonight as well! We are all fighting something, it's just some of us are very good at hiding it! But, one sister in Christ tonight knew God was breaking that 'spirit of infirmity' off of me, I've continually fought since birth! All day I've heard in my spirit that "God's healing is here" for anyone who wants to receive it. If the Lord tarries, I know and believe I will make it through the rest of 2022 without surgery or ever needing a surgery again for that matter. Going all this year, without a surgery, will be the first full year in about 11 years I haven't had a surgery. I know I am going to make it in Jesus name. But I will tell you I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that God started hitting the reset button in my life when I turned 38 this year, in April! When He spoke to me about coming to this campmeeting, by myself, I never gave it a 2nd thought. My family understood. My close friends understood. I've lost count at the times I've heard last week and this week, "you're brave for going/coming by yourself". I know what I heard the Lord speak, and I've desperately needed this time with the Lord... without hinderances or distractions. You either trust God or you don't, you either have faith in God or your don't... to see you through and protect you when He tells you to do something. He guides my feet wherever I go, and I feel His Holy Angels encamped all around me. Obedience is better than sacrifice. There is no one better and safer to travel with than God. I know God is healing me, or I wouldn't even have been physically able to make this trip. I've stood on my feet a lot already this week praising God, yet the horrible back pain isn't there now! I've made two plane rides, already this year, with no issues when my ear issue shouldn't even be allowing me to fly anymore! You want to know why, because somebody (Jesus) touched me because of somebody's prayers! I'm thankful that the Lord has no boundaries. I'm thankful that brothers and sisters in Christ has no boundaries or restraints when it comes to different states or churches. We are all in this together. Even when others don't understand your assignment, that's okay because God does! This week isn't over yet. I could still see Jesus come in the clouds, before I make it back home... but I know one thing is for certain God is God and God won't ever change... but He's sure changing and restoring and refreshing me in a new way for a new season! 🙌❤

Trust the Delays!

                A  SUNSET DELAY.

Trust the delays in life. Trust God that He knows what He's doing. Stay in tune with God and really listen to what He has to tell you. I wasn't suppose to fly to Charlotte until Tuesday morning. By Friday night, I could hear God directing me to come on early for campmeeting services in North Carolina; that He would make a way with the changes. I changed my flight. My flight from Birmingham was delayed almost 2 hours. I didn't get frustrated, because God said to trust the delay. Had I not changed my flight, had my seat not been upgraded, had the flight not been delayed with take off (even extra delay time on the runway)... I would have missed watching a beautiful sunset from take off until landing. I normally don't fly in the evenings. To some a sunset on a flight may not mean anything, but to mean it meant everything. Sunsets have been special between God and me for years now. It's just like I get a glimpse of Heaven everytime I look at one. How He shows me that no two are ever alike and unique just like we are. How He reminds me that He is always watching over me. How He reminds me that only He could orchestrate something so beautiful. And tonight He reminded me, on that peaceful flight, just how much He cares and loves me despite myself sometimes. That delay had a beautiful reminder coming. A reminder of how much God knows what we need, when we need it most. A reminder of just how beautiful things can be, despite the ugliness of this world. A reminder of His peace and protection, despite an evil world we are living in. A reminder that I know I'm being obedient and moving forward in His will for my life in this season of life. As the sun would continue to set, it was like I could see Him changing the very colors with the brushstrokes of His hands. That hour flight was special time with just the Lord and me; like we were the only ones on there. I saw God in that sky!🥰😊

     FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL 

        To CHARLOTTE, NC sunset ✈ flight

God Is With You!

Isaiah 41:10 KJV - "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

Points to remember: 

•God is closer to us than any one in the world.

•Don’t let the world get you down, despite a great time of discouragement. He's coming.

•Know that He is the Lord of all/over all.

•God is our strength in time of weakness.

•God is our very present help in time of need.

•Remember God is with you all the time.

•In times of fear and dismay, God will STRENGTHEN, HELP, and UPHOLD you.

Breakthrough!

Do yourself a huge favor and read the Breakthrough book. The movie doesn't do the story of what happened justice at all. Yeah it's a good movie that I would probably watch again, okay I have watched it again, but once you read the book, you'll understand what I mean. So much of the movie, in my opinion was played up for entertainment purposes and played down about the true power of the Holy Ghost operating and moving with God's healing power. I keep this book on my kindle. God has spoke so much to my heart and spirit while I've read this book, and it couldn't have come at a more appropriate time in my life regarding the dire importance of SPEAKING ONLY LIFE INTO DEAD SITUATIONS!! God is saying, "Hey, listen, I’m still here. And the truth is that I do miracles. Still do. Still can. Always will." ♡

Digging Ditches!

2 weeks later, and I am just now sharing this word I recorded on Memorial Day weekend. This weekend, at church, I begin to sense that there is a shifting in the spiritual atmosphere taking place. I'm in much prayer and anticipation of what's to come for God's people who are hungry and ready to receive from Him. Again, in my spirit, I'm praying and spiritually digging those ditches so healing waters can freely flow again. I have been doing this for the last couple of weeks, and I'm seeing those waters began to flow now. Glory to God! 🙌❤ And being reminded again, to remind others, that when those waters begin to flow out from the ditches on into the rivers and seas we, spiritually speaking, don't need to worry about NOT being able to get out in those deep waters and swim. Yes, within our human mindframe, we may think we can't swim in deep waters and will drown... oh, but from a spiritual standpoint those deep flowing waters are where the restoration and new life takes place. Don't you know God will keep you from going under and protect you from drowning if you'll only get your focus back on Him, and keep it there?! The waters and rivers of revival are flowing. Revival is not just a couple of evangelistic meetings and growth in the church. It is when God’s people fall back in love with Jesus and we start to pray, see the power of God move and work to change lives, and praise God for it all! It's when children of God are about to burst with excitement each week, because they can't wait for church services days. They are anticipating instead of dreading. Revival is no longer going through the motions, but giving God your all in prayer and worship. It's a daily lifestyle of desiring to live more Christlike. Get in the waters💧 because they're flowing freely in this hour!!🙌

Link to video word and devotion on my YouTube page:

Digging Ditches

Lest You turn into a Pillar of Salt!

I know this is long, but my desire is to minister for the Lord. I want to bring encouragement, even if it sometimes interweaves with a warning. I want to share my heart. It's way past time to rebuke those spirits in our lives and churches that are NOT of God. I'm moving forward with a "REVIVAL only" mentality. It starts in our heart with returning to our FIRST LOVE, Jesus! ♡ I pray the Holy Ghost reigns in and over our lives with God’s victory, deliverance, and healing power. God is moving me forward into a deeper spiritual walk with Him. He's opening the door for new ministry opportunities. It's the Lord and me (you) against the world and the enemy. I've read the back of the Holy Book, and as a child of God I (we) win. I rebuke all these hindering and distracting spirits in my life. I rebuke fear, anger, jealously, bitterness, gossip, strife, smothering, intimidation, division, and anxious spirits. God is on the move. I need and want revival. I need and desire that refreshing. I've received it even this week, but it ain't over yet. There is more to come. We aren't responsible for others staying comfortable or complacent in their walk with God. We are responsible for our walk and actions and to pray for them to understand there is so much more available for them, if they choose to seek it and receive it. I've set myself apart for Christ and His work in and through me. This prayer warrior is certainly on the move with God as my guide, and if you don't want prayer then don't come get next to me cause this woman of God has had enough of the enemy and his tricks. I don't play games when it comes to my walk with Christ, and He's tired of the games. We are running out of time, before Christ's return. When you draw closer to Him, and your inner circle gets smaller that's how it's suppose to be. Don't you know that God says His Holy Remnant will be small in number?! Even if you're the only one praising God, you better go ahead and praise Him! Never will a rock cry out in my place!! Don't let someone else's response determine how and when you praise the Lord. He set you apart for a reason. 

I'll share that almost 2 months ago the Lord spoke to my heart so clearly and boldly regarding a situation to "walk away and not look back lest you turn into a pillar of salt. If you hang around and get caught in the crossfire it will be too late." Let me tell you I run instead of walking away. I knew what I heard. We, in our human self, will say, "well, I'll never this or never that"... but God. When He tells you to do something you better heed His warning and listen. And, oh the peace and clarity that's come my way; the freedom too! Sometimes we can't see how something is really hindering our walk with God, until we are on the other side of it. I don't know who I'm speaking to, but you're reading this and in a situation or relationship where God is telling you to walk away, but you're too worried about what others are gonna think of you. But let me tell and remind you, He seen everything that went on behind the scenes those others "you're worried about" haven't seen you go through. We think we can get others to change, but ONLY God has the power to change someone. Let me share some song lyrics with you. "I know my rear view can't compare to what God will do with my life. And, I am forgetting what's behind me. I have finally decided. I'll be movin' on"... Also, this really hit home when I heard a song for the first time this week, "Cycles"... "See the devil, he learns from your mistakes. Even if you don't. That's how he keeps you in cycle".... you'll say I'm never gonna allow that to happen again, then boom it does!! Wow! Wake up call! I'll tell you from experience, the Lord knows what we need and what we pray for... oh, but the devil does too. So, the enemy is over in the corner enticing you to something similar that will only lead you down a winding road of hurt and hard lessons. That's why the greatest and most needed spiritual gift we need as Christians, is the spirit of DISCERNMENT. Sometimes those hard lessons are what brings it too. When you come through the fire, when the Holy Ghost is operating and manifesting Himself in your life, You learn to regret nothing, when it brings a deeper walk with Christ coupled with more wisdom and discernment. You learn and realize just how much God really did protect you, when that situation could've ended badly. You learn and understand immediately, when the enemy is at work, and you learn to shut it down quickly and not entertain it. You learn to fully rely on God, because not everyone who says, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of God. If it was up to the enemy, you'd be sitting on the sidelines crippled in fear and cowering down to every intimidating spirit that comes your way. I've been there. I feel that God is speaking to and teaching someone how to rebuke that mess in Jesus name and move on with a boldness and confidence, as He has me. 

It's not gonna be easy to grow in Christ and gain a deeper walk with God, but I can promise you it's worth it if you're serious about. You learn it's not about the number of friends you have, you quit caring and worrying about what other people think, you learn how to stand up for yourself and the Lord. You learn WHO to call on in the midnight hour. God hears those conversations about you that no one else hears, so let Him protect you, speak for you, and fight for you! Just be still and know that He is God!! I know it hurts, but God says that He has you in the palm of His hand where you're most secure. I know it's hard not to tell your side of the story, but God says in Proverbs that even a fool who keeps his mouth shut is deemed wise. I know it's hard not to fight back, but God says that vengeance is His. I know it's hard when you feel like everyone is against you, but God says that if He is for you than who can be against you. I know it's hard to walk away, but God says that if you'll only step out in faith, He's already gone before you and paved every crooked path straight. I know it's hard when you feel like you've got a sure word from God but no doubt man messes it up, but God says that what the devil means for evil He will work it for your good. It's not always easy, but with God it is always worth it! ❤🙌

P.S. let me add a picture of one of my canvas pieces I have hanging over my bed.  Memo ~ "God is still writing your story stop trying to steal the pen". 🖊

Holy Ghost Message!

The Lord spoke through the Holy Ghost during campmeeting service for Alabama Church of God. I pray you find encouragement through this word as I did. What a powerful and needed word for His people. He says, "I have marked your faithfulness and recorded it in My book of remembrance. I watched you in those lowly moments when you didn't know how to take your next step or turn to the right or the left. I watched you when you could just stand and breathe deeply and whisper the name of Jehovah. I watched you as you received strength and refreshment to walk forward in your new assignment and you walked forward in your calling with faithfullness and with passion. I kept a record, and I will not turn My back on you. I know exactly where you are today. The hairs on your head are numbered. The prayers that you prayed are bottled in Heaven, and they come before Me as an incense and your worship as a sweet smelling savor. Do what I called you to do and stand strong, for I will support you. Even when it feels like you're alone. I will encamp about you with a great cloud of witnesses. I will strengthen you in your weakest hour. My Spirit will rise up in you, and you will proclaim words and speak them. They will bring life to all who hear. This is My word I promise to my child. I have not forsaken you, and I will go forward before you now. Follow the footprints that you see. Again, follow the footprints that you see. I am walking ahead of you in your trials." 🙌❤

Speak the Name of Jesus!

Video link from 8.29.2021 service at Clanton Church of God. I'm thankful for this song in these bleak times we're living in. https://youtu.be/PODEqDJZSoA

Lyrics:

I just want to speak the Name of Jesus

Over every heart and every mind

'Cause I know there is peace within your presence. I speak Jesus

I just want to speak the Name of Jesus
'Til every dark addiction starts to break
Declaring there is hope and there is freedom. I speak Jesus

Your Name is power
Your Name is healing
Your Name is life
Break every stronghold
Shine through the shadows
Burn like a fire

I just want to speak the Name of Jesus
Over fear and all anxiety
To every soul held captive by depression
I speak Jesus

Your Name is power
Your Name is healing
Your Name is life
Break every stronghold
Shine through the shadows
Burn like the fire

Shout Jesus from the mountains
Jesus in the streets
Jesus in the darkness over every enemy
Jesus for my family
I speak the Holy Name Jesus

***The Holy Spirit was moving as they sung this for about 20 minutes, but I shortened it. There is an urgency in my spirit for God's people to PRAY AGAINST OPPRESSION. The oppressive spirit desires to shut us up and hold us down. God desires to elevate us and move us forward, but He can't do that if we refuse to completely surrender to Him and cast this spirit back to hell where it belongs. Let me tell you that the spirit of oppression is very real. It's effecting the church at large right now. The Lord has shown me how "UNDERESTIMATED it is by Christians" in this hour. We have allowed the enemy to have authority and power over us for too long, instead of taking the authority we have over the enemy in Jesus' name. What we need right now is a good ole stomping and shouting service that will put the enemy where he belongs... under our feet. When a person is oppressed they just can’t seem to get up or get ahead, no matter what they do. I've been captive to that oppressive spirit... my mind was attacked with fear, my body attacked with sickness, issues in my family, even my finances were hindered. I felt weak, defeated, fatigued, unsettled, and isolated. It hindered my prayer and spiritual gifts, I wanted to sit down in silence, and it shook my faith. Oppression is intended to kill or steal your faith... you begin to waver in your faith or you start to have faith in God for one thing and then no faith in God for something else; it doesn't work that way. I praise God for lifting that spirit of oppression off me, and allowing me to learn how to walk in His victory. The enemy wants to oppress you until you begin to doubt and not believe God regarding who you are in Him, or what He has called you to do. It was our responsibility to come against it. I had to decide to be persistent and constant in fighting it. I had to push through and pray, fast, read the Bible, worship and get back up. When it lifted, my joy and peace were restored. The fear left and my purpose returned. I have faith in God that it's going to be okay in His time and way. I know God desires for His children and church to have "complete victory" over oppression. He desires for us to "defeat the enemy" when it comes to oppression. When trying to get an understanding of oppression, you must know that it is both a spirit and a weapon. Yes, oppression is a spirit that is used as a weapon (and formed) against you. Yet, we must always remember Isaiah 54:17, which says; {“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”} Oppression should not be able to prosper against you. But to stop it, you must shut the doors that it would operate through. I want you to understand something: the greater the call, the greater the anointing, the greater the work God is doing in your home and church, the greater God’s purposed breakthrough for you is... then the greater the oppression and resistance from the enemy. My prayer focus has changed for my church, my family, and myself over the past couple of months. I want to walk in the power and authority God has given me until I am called home. I urge you in this hour to pray and believe with me. You wonder why nothing seems to be getting better or changing in your life (or our country) or you seem too tired to care?! Well, you must realize what's happening... it's oppression straight from the pits of hell that's coming against us. I have begin praying, "let it whither up and die!" over and over. Again, we need to move forward, as God desires to elevate us in our faith in Him and in our gifts and talents for Him. He desires to pour out a refreshing over His people. He wants us to have revival. But, there is a call of urgency for God's people to come against, rebuke, and bind up the spirit of oppression!***

Breakthrough Vs Breakdown!

I speak healing, restoration, peace, and deliverance into your life! Now, more than ever, I pray and bind up the enemy's hindrances and distractions over your life and mind! I know the enemy is working overtime; I feel the weight and burden of these hindrances, yet I never cease praying for the breakthrough of others. God is bigger and greater than anything the enemy throws your way. It's past time, we give God the problems of life and allow Him to handle them for His glory and purpose. God wants to work and move in your life; it starts with you surrendering it all to Him and keeping the enemy under your feet where he belongs. I bind up the spirit of oppression and opposition. God is still, and He will always be a mighty God full of wonder-working power! In your hour of distress or growing pains, I encourage you child of God, hang on to your faith! ♡

Link to my YouTube video devotion:

Breakthrough over a breakdown!

The Python Spirit!

It's 15 minutes, the video in the link below, but it is a timely and urgent message on the "spirit of python" or "python spirit". I feel like it is an important and vital word too. We need to stay prayed up and be on guard as Christians. This spirit is real folks, and it wants to choke the life out of you. Main scripture is Acts 16:16-26. "A spirit of divination." The Greek term for "divination" is pythōna. We can't afford to get lax as Christians right now! We can't stop praying for lost souls! Evil is all around us, but God wants to move mightily, and He desires to move in hearts and lives in the middle of it all! God can shut the mouths of lions! God can cause this spirit to leave and cause the Holy Spirit to show up! God is getting us ready for one last great revival! We have to stand up, fight, and pray! We have to keep God in the center of it all!

This python spirit has been loosed from the pits of hell in these last days, and it's working overtime to destroy seasoned Christians, families, homes, and churches. It's imperative that we come together and bind this spirit and send it back to hell where it belongs in Jesus name. I felt it when it was released on me over the weekend, and I had to purpose and position with my praise and prayer that it leave and not come back in Jesus name. It says even the very elect will be deceived. You've got to position and purpose yourself to fight for God's glory! The python spirit constricts you to try to choke the life out of you. You have got to stay focused on God and what thus says the Lord! I speak Jesus!!!

YouTube link to my video teaching on this spirit of python -https://youtu.be/MZj3GIJU0uQ

Wheat Vs Tares!

A devotion and word from God based on Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 KJV ~ "24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." ~ The Lord is calling us to be shaped up, so we will be ready to ship out when He returns for His children. The enemy plants and produces "look-a-likes" or counterfeits that strive to hinder the work of God. We need to be able to tell the difference between those things that truly are of God (wheat = righteousness) and from God, and those that are not (tares = unrighteousnes). We need discernment in these last days.

Link to my YouTube video devotion:

The Wheat and The Tares

Best Good Friend!

People in this world will tell you what to do/what not to do, where to go/where not to go, who to talk to/who not to talk to, etc. They'll tell you to bite your tongue and stay in a toxic relationship or friendship. They'll tell you that you're cold heartened and mean "not a Christian" for protecting yourself and taking up for yourself. But, always listen to your heart and follow God's leading and no one else's... He's the only reason I live, but oh what a reason! I typed that at the beginning, because my best good friend has taught me and helped me learn what it means when you listen to and let God lead you every step of the way. She's helped me learn it's okay to stand up for yourself and take time for yourself. Hard lessons in life packaged with hurt have brought much pain my way, but it's also brought much discernment my way. This week I stumbled upon the "see friendship" section on Facebook, between me and Selena! So, had I listened to the naysayers and not went to the church where the Lord was leading me during 2010, I wouldn't now have this 12 year friendship with her and her family. She's been right by my side through these hard lessons, I mentioned above, that have allowed me to gain much spiritual growth. I would run out of space if I tried to type out everything she means to me, but our friendship was definitely a God thing. I would definitely exceed the character limit, lol. When I knew I had no choice but to walk away from others to protect myself, and so I could also continue growing in the Lord, she's never left my side and hung in there with me through it all just as I have with her. When I knew other friendships were but for a season, oh I knew this friendship between us was for the rest of our lifetime. Looking back over just some of our many memories has my heart so full with thankfulness to God! There are so many memories, all of the screenshots won't even fit into one post! ;) She's the true definition of a best friend and sister in Christ. We are truly the sisters each of us never had. Yes, there have been a few times of aggravation, only because she wanted what was best for me and couldn't stand to see me get hurt... but never a fight or ill feelings with each other, because we are each other's cheerleader and we only want what's best for each other. We know when each other needs to vent, just listen, just be quiet and reflect, or need our space... that's how friendship works and lasts! We've both been through so much ourselves and within our families, but our faith in God is what continues to pull us through. She's truly the meaning of the "You find out who your friends are" song - "You find out who your friends are. Somebody's gonna drop everything. Run out and crank up their car. Hit the gas, get their fast. Never stop to think 'what's in it for me?' or 'it's way too far.' They just show on up with their big ole heart. You find out who your friends are." All the times she's back tracked to come pick me up to go somewhere because she knew I didn't feel like driving or following me home from her house to make sure I was safe. She's provided me opportunities to minister in song, took me on many road trips, showed up at my house late at night so we could talk through things, opened her home to me as my getaway/hideaway place to heal and clear my head, prayed and talked me through so much; she's my best friend and therapist. She thinks of little things, like getting me gifts on birthday and Christmas I would never buy myself but she knows I need. We are in each other's corner through it all. She's whisk me away so I could get my mind off difficult things, or just set there with me and let me cry it out without saying a word. She's helped me put things in prospective and get my focus back on God, when my mind seemed to be full of nothing but confusion and anxiety. She's the friend whom I don't have to see or talk to everyday, yet nothing has changed when we do talk and hang out. I could keep on going, but the truth of the matter is there hasn't been one time since I've known her, that she didn't stop what she was doing to talk me through something when I was in the middle of a crisis or in meltdown mode. We have the best time on our yearly beach trips now. I don't mean to get all sappy, but these past couple of weeks I don't know what I would've done without the Lord and her helping me through a very tough and challenging situation. She's that friend that keeps you from falling apart at the seams, when all you really wanna do is fall apart! Focus on finding that one true friend until the end vs. so many that aren't gonna be around when times get tough. ❤🥰 Here's to many more years of friendship! I love you very much my best good friend!!!

Tired of you satan!

I don't know what you're fighting tonight, but put on your boxing gloves, stand your ground, and shout the victory down!!! Don't waste your time and energy focusing on the enemy and his works!! That's time wasted you can't get back. I've been there, done that more than once! As a child of God, you've got a right to shout and sing and praise your way through the struggle! Lyrics: "We gotta right to shout, we gotta right to sing, the devil ain't got nothing, God's children have everything. You told me I couldnt make it, you told me not to try, but listen to me devil, I'm gonna serve God until I die. Well I'm tired of you satan, you've had me bound too long; I'm gonna raise my hands toward Heaven I'm gonna sing my victory song." ❤🙌

A New Ministry Journey!

Along with continuing nursing home ministry, this week, I started another ministry journey of making weekly visits to Gardens of Clanton, assisted living. It has been on my heart for some time now, and I'm thankful the opportunity was given to me. Today was meeting them, a short devotion, some singing around the piano, lunch with them, and calling bingo. I can't wait to see what is to come in the weeks/months ahead. One of the precious ladies even sent some hand sewn gifts home with me; talk about my eyes getting misty. This has definitely added to my purpose. This is just my heart! ❤ For right at 10 years, I've done my best to stay involved with nursing home ministry. My time away from them during covid certainly wasn't easy; that was a long 16 months. When I pull in on Sunday afternoons to teach Sunday school, visit and sing with them, I just thank the Lord for another opportunity to be with them. They always end up blessing me more than I bless them. They'll be sitting in the halls, waiting to go to Sunday school and look and smile when they see me and say "there's our teacher/preacher". Some have been there since day 1 with me, so we've definitely formed bonds. Some have gone on to be with the Lord, some can no longer get out of bed but I go by and pray with then. Seeing their faces light up when I bring them a "surprise gift" means everything to me. Some even asked for a picture of me to put in their room, so I made sure that happened. I wish I could just group them up and take them home with me sometimes. I know both places are short staffed right now, so I applaud the ones still working to take care of these precious ones!

A Special Covering!

The word that came to me on 5.15.2022, was God has a "special covering" coming for His children. In these last days, the devil is targeting your family, your health, your church, and your spiritual life as never before. But let me assure you of this: God's people can live with an unshakable confidence in the safety of His protection. Psalm 91:4 reassures us, "He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge." Just hold on, and keep your focus completely on God... He is coming through for His children... we will rise up victorious!! Every battle and struggle belongs to Him!! 🙌💛

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A Special Covering!