Prayed Through!

Growing up the saints of God taught me to spend much time in prayer. I remember, many times over, my knees and the calves of my legs being sore the first few days of the week after spending time on my knees at the altar at church during both Sunday services... as I prayed, wept, and waited on God. Time was never an issue during the altar call, because I was raised to pray until I had "prayed through" = until the burden lifted and the peace/presence of God spoke to my spirit, while I felt light as a feather walking out of those church doors. PRAYER is so powerful to your spirit and soul. Prayer will release your troubled thoughts and deliver your soul. Prayer will free you from the turmoil of this world’s entrapments and keep you anchored in truth. Jesus taught us to listen to His voice. He taught us the manner and the method to pray. He sent us the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, to lead us into all truth. There’s something powerful that happens to your inner self when you pray until you've "prayed through" with understanding. Time has also taught me that praying until you've "prayed through" is not confined to a designated place (i.e. church altar)... it is portable, too. You can pray anywhere and everywhere. Time and growing in Christ has also taught me that prayer is not to try and manipulate God in getting “clearance” for your wants and desires... BUT to encounter a freshness of His Spirit in your life that will not only make it easier to bear the weight of this world, it will also establish PEACE in your life. I don't know what else we're going to face, but I believe praying until we've "prayed through" is not only missing in the daily lives of most Christians these days, but it is also missing in the majority of the churches moving forward in the right direction. We've got to get back to praying until we've "prayed through"!

God is speaking... I'm listening!

God is speaking... I'm listening. Every day is not a good day, nor has most of 2020 been good, but you need to be encouraged, take a deep breath, smile, and ask the Holy Spirit to give you a spirit to receive and keep going and trust His process. Trust the process, in which God is taking you through to prepare you for your promise. I find peace in knowing that with every promise there comes a process. Let me break it down in this way. In Jeremiah 18:6, it talks about the potter and the clay. The process of becoming a pot from a lump of clay can’t be a pleasant one. The clay is shaped, left to set, and then put in a furnace. But at no point does the clay stop having a purpose. Although at times it may be difficult to see what God is doing with you or even this year for that matter, He promises that He is working on you and molding you to be more like Him. We’re a work in progress and nothing is stronger than our Potter’s commitment to finishing what He began. The process doesn’t always make sense, and it doesn’t always feel good, but there is a promise on the other side urging you to just hold on, trust God, and remain faithful even when you want to quit. Moses waited 80 years for a ministry that lasted 40 years—two-thirds of his life was spent getting ready; trusting the process to get to the ministry and still trusting the process while in ministry. Jesus even had to trust the process of His heavenly Father's plan for Him as He suffered and died on the cross. Prayer is what keeps us going through the process, so when we pray let’s actually converse with God. Tell Him what’s bothering us, what’s hurting us, share with Him your concern and fears like you would with a best friend or your earthly parent. Trust the process, in which God is taking you through to prepare you for your promise. ♡

My Presence!

"My world is crying for My presence. My people are dying for My presence. My people in other parts of the world have literally lost their life seeking My presence. Be hungry for My presence for it cost Me everything to come and walk among you,” says the Lord your God.

Consider It Pure Joy!

God has not forgotten where you (we) are. Be certain of that. He transformed Saul the persecutor of Christians to Paul the preacher witnessing for Christ. You think God can't bring you out of what you're in and set you free, think again?! You think He can't deliver us out of what's going on this year? Think again?! Everything is bringing us one step closer to eternity with Him, for those living for Him. It doesn't mean you (we) will not suffer in the process, but oh what is waiting on the other side will be far greater than any persecution you'll (we'll) face on this earth. {JAMES 1:2-4 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."}