Push Through the Hindrance!

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10.13.2024 --- the anointing was so heavy during pre-service worship practice... messages in tongues and interpretation went out, an extraordinary move of His Presence that usually doesn't happen during practice. God instructed us to yield to His Holy Spirit and be obedient so He could move during service that morning. To look up where our help comes from. To look up for our redemption draweth nigh... and the anointing carried on into that service and on into altar call. God's Holy presence was so thick and tangible. 

This was my first Sunday since joining the worship team - two months ago during revival - that my left ear did not stop up on me. Each week, since I made a step out in faith to sing with the worship team, my left ear would stop up as soon as I walked into church or even the night before. Plus, I already have low hearing in my right ear from living with an incurable inner ear disease. So, it made it difficult to be able to sing not hearing well. I would began to feel the weight of discouragement. The enemy is sly as a fox and he knew he could attack my good ear as a way to get me to sit down and quit. It seemed as soon as church was over, and I was in my car headed back home, my ear would immediately open back up. For two months I prayed and believed for God to touch and move in this situation. I remember texting my pastor's wife the night before service two weeks ago. My first time to share this, to ask for prayer and reinforcement. During the next morning's practice, God graciously removed that hindrance. This is the second week my ear hasn't stopped up. It was an attack from the enemy, and I had to push through it. The enemy is threatened by the anointing; he desires anything within his power to stop you from doing God's work. Maybe it's something small that's hindering you in this hour. Maybe it's something big. But the key is don't sit down on God. Don't quit on God. Push through that hindrance. Push through the next hindrance that's on the way. I kept on singing whether I could hear well or not. I kept on praising God. I kept worshipping Him. That service prepared my heart and mind for battles that followed that next week that I sure didn't know was coming... but that's why church is so important. It helps me fight the good fight of faith during the week. God speaks to us His gentle and sweet reminders, yet He loves us enough to warn us too. God refills me and refreshes me with His strength and peace. He encourages me through the prayers and words of my brothers and sisters in Christ. 

Now I'm fighting through blood pressure issues, but once again God has me in the palm of His hand and I'm His servant until He calls me home. Even when I don't feel well physically, it's my desire to serve Him. Oh, if you could see where Jesus brought me from to where I am today... you would understand the fight I keep within me and why I love Him so. God's peace and strength and love are with us, but judgment is at hand. God's winding this thing down. He's preparing, one day closer, to His return. I don't want to be like the days of Noah and miss the boat. I must stay ready... knowing that I am ready. I (we) must keep fighting the good fight of faith. Keep pushing through those hindrances, knowing God is making a way. 

Get ready. Be ready. Stay ready.

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