BECAUSE

These very precious ladies in the photo below are very dear to me, they are our 4 Pastors wives and I just want to say we (I) love you dearly and I want to say that when you feel unloved know that God loves you passionately. You are super duper women of God!



"BECAUSE" by TD Jakes
Just because no one has been fortunate enough to
realize what a gold mine you are,
Doesn't mean you shine any less.
Just because no one has been smart enough to figure out
that you can't be topped,
Doesn't stop you from being the best.
Just because no one has come along to share your life,
Doesn't mean that day isn't coming.
Just because no one has made this race worthwhile,
Doesn't give you permission to stop running.
Just because no one has realized how much of an
awesome woman you are,
Doesn't mean they can affect your femininity.
Just because no one has shown up who can love you on
your level, Doesn't mean you have to sink to theirs.
Just because you deserve the very best there is,
Doesn't mean that life is always fair.
Just because God is still preparing your king,
Doesn't mean that you're not already a Queen.
Just because your situation doesn't seem to be progressing
right now, Doesn't mean you need to change a thing.
Keep shining, keep running, Keep hoping, and keep praying,
Keep being exactly what you are already. COMPLETE!!
BEING A WOMAN OF GOD!!!!

THE WAY - THE GATE

JOHN 14:6 “Jesus said unto him “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by me.”

Rev 21:12 "and it had a great and high wall, with twelve gates. And on the gates were twelve angels, and having names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel: "

John 10:9 “I am the door; by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved.”

Now the Old Testament is a shadow of the New Testament which is substance if you has to speak to any Jew he would know exactly what each gate/way meant. So when Jesus said I am the way they knew what the was speaking about. How do we get to a deeper relationship where we have life in abundance as John 10:10 says! I want to take you on a journey of these gates and as we take time to pause at each gate and take stock of our lives;

JUDA – PRAISE AND WORSHIP
PSALM 100:4
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise…” the 1st gate is praise – we need to cone by praising Him even in our quite time.

RUBEN – HE SAW MY SUFFERRING
1 PETER 4:13
“But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that when His glory shall be revealed you may be glad with exceeding joy” Jesus took our suffering upon Him so that we can walk in victory and exceeding joy in this new covenant with Him.

LEVI – BOND OF LOVE

John 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.
John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

If we stay in that bond of love we will remain in the vine. Let us allow the love of Christ to dwell richly in our hearts and minds today

JOSEPH – MAY GOD ADD

John 10:10 “I have come to give you life and life in abundance.”

What more can I say in every area of our lives He wants us to walk in His abundance in life taking all things into effect.

BENJAMIN - SON OF THE RIGHTHAND

Eph 1:20 which He worked in Christ in raising Him from the dead, and He seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies,

Let’s become right handed sons in the house of God

DAN – JUDGE IN MY FAVOUR

Psalm 118:6 Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do to me?
Psalm 118:7 Jehovah is for me among those who help me; and I will see my desire on those who hate me.

In other words God is for me why should I fear man? Do we walk in fear of man know that God judges in your favor.

SIMON – PRAYER AND PETITION

Sweet requests, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “pray without ceasing.”

This is part of how God calls us to live closer to Him – Prayer is communication with God.

SASKA – REWARD

Matt 5:12 “rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven…” look towards the end goal – a runner looks ahead (faith race)

SEBELON – HOUSE/HOME

Psalm 23:6 “surely goodness and mercy shall follow me and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.” We need to be planted in God’s house. We should be in the house for the house.

GAT – HAPPINESS / JOY
Phil 2:2 “ then make my joy complete by being like minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose” in prayer and rubbing shoulders with like minded people we will start to experience the joy that Christ makes complete.

ASHER – ABUNDANCE, PROSPERITY

Gen 49:20 “out of Asher his bread shall be fat and he shall yield royal dainties (pastries)”
Once again I am reminded of God desire to prosper us even in what we eat, be it spiritual or physical

NAFTALIE – WRESTLE

Mat 7:13 Go in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it.
Mat 7:14 Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Even though we have all these other wonderful promises we will have to make sacrifices but as we do this and enter in through PRAISE, SUFFERING, LOVE, PRAYER, we will remain in the HOUSE there will be ADDED VALUE TO OUR LIFE, REWARD HAPPINESS and ABUNDANCE.

Tommy Tenney said “never trust a man without a limp, as you know just like Jacob the deceiver had to wrestle with the Lord and came away limping but he came away as Israel. Let us hold on to God let us wrestle and walk away changed by His glory.

Love always me

LETS TALK COFFEE

How many of you have gone into a coffee shop just because of the aroma that comes from the door as you walked pasted, I wonder at times sitting in one of my favorite coffee shops if my aroma is pleasing to passers by would my aroma be fragrant enough for them to stop what they are doing and come in and sit awhile with me?

As I look over the different flavors that are given on the menu, I think of the spiritual gifts we have some of them seems to have a lot more body to them then others but in all of them there is a flavor that is the same the flavor of Christ.

I think of the latte’s the cappuccino’s and my new favorite Caribbean mocha, all the same ingredient but vastly different in flavor, the latte with its milk base or the cappuccino with the delicious full body cream on top, the Caribbean mocha with its distinct coconut flavor, some of us love a strong cupper coffee like my hubby that loves a good espresso every now and then which is just to strong for my taste, is this not how we are that some people seem to flow so easy with certain gifting and others just cant seem to palate them.

All of us can disagree on what makes a good cup of coffee, some like the strength the other the flavored ones some even more milk, my dear friend Pauline loves it piping hot adding boiling water all the time while I like it medium not too strong with a creamy hot but not at boiling point and so I can go on but on one thing we all agree on is there is nothing worse then a bad cup of coffee. I came across a devotional talking about a bad cup of coffee in which the writer used some of the points that I took just the heading and I want to discuss them in my own reflections on what makes us as Christians a bad cup of coffee if we allow these following points to be part of our make up:

WEAK
When we are weak Christians we are not walking by faith and by the spirit and in many cases our life is dominated by fear and inconsistence of walking with the Father, this is when there is a need to get into Gods word and start to be grounded in the solid foundation of Gods word. Scripture says that we are to walk by faith and not by sight but if we have no idea of what God is saying about you and your destiny you will remain a weak Christian, and just like a weak cup of coffee it doesn’t leave a distinct flavor behind

BITTER

Even though I don’t drink any sugar there is nothing worse then a bitter cup of coffee and even if you put sugar in that bitterness seems to seep through even with great amount of sugar added, I have had my bouts of bitterness and it was the most unpleasant aroma to be around, when we are bitter it seeps into every fiber of our being, its like cancer that grows finding it way into every part of our life, even if I do all the works I can find to do if I don’t allow the Holy Spirit to come and work in my heart if I don’t renew my mind the bitterness seeps in, I am reminded of a ladies tea that I spoke at the some of the pastors wives where shall I say upset by my humor and found that it was not holy enough for their liking, after spending the afternoon with the group leader of these pastors wives I understood that a root of bitterness had crept in, the church that had hosted the Pastors and pastors wives tea was a church that was flourishing in the ladies events and the pastors wives of the other church felt angry and bitter toward the church and all the speakers that came in, as I spent time with them I realized that the bitterness just overflowed out of them instead of join together and working together they would rather hang on to their bitterness and not allow the Holy Spirit to minister to them, my prayer to this day is that God break through that wall of bitterness and that they would allow the Holy Spirit to come and heal them.

STALE
How many time have you hear Christians talk about past anointing and there is nothing wrong with it in essence but its when we only have the past anointing to talk about it becomes stale the word says in Ecclesiastics that His mercy is new every morning, lets not become stale without taste without an aroma when we go about our business in the day, girls lets make a habit of going into His presence everyday to receive a fresh revelation straight from the throne room of grace. How awesome it is to be able to step into that throne room and come out fresh new and vibrant, if you haven’t had that experience today or even yesterday I want to encourage you to take time out come and get freshly grounded in His word and allow His spirit to come and anoint you so that you walk out with a fresh aroma,

SOUR
Have you tried something new coffee blend just to find it leaving a sour taste in your mouth this is the same with the world when we find ourselves becoming so much part of the world that you can not see where is the world and where is the child of the most High we come away with a sour taste in our mouth a taste of sin and a distinct aroma of the world, girls I want to encourage you that for you to be the light of the world you have to stand out in the crowd not by judging them but by giving them a hope of the future, I have a friend that every time life throws her a curve ball she seems to fall into some places of worldliness and when she comes out of it she has said over and over it leaves a sour taste in her life, today I want to encourage you not to allow the world to come in and leave a sour taste in your mouth, surrender everything to Gods control, allow Him to come and give a sweet pleasant aroma to your life,

COLD

I dread coffee that is cold the shock to my system is not good when I bring that cup to my mouth expecting that it would be warm and luxurious only to discover it cold, this is what happens to us when we start to remove ourselves from the things of God, we start by missing maybe our ladies group and then maybe not reading our bible or just living on popcorn prayers then it becomes our meeting and pretty soon we find ourselves cold and disinterested in the things of God if you even slightly feel your drawing away get close allow the Holy Spirit like the element that heats our coffee to heat you up to put you though His percolator so that you can come out freshly brewed and an aroma that will have people coming back for more and more.

As we have come out freshly brewed what flavor are you what is your aroma that you are giving off

Let us spend enough time in His presence so that we can become strong cups of coffee that when people come and sit by us we will allow them to become refreshed and renewed by the aroma you give off, may the presence of Christ so infuse you that all that come away from you will be wanting to come back time and time again.

Love always me

MENTORING

WHO WILL MENTOR ME?

This is the questions that is been asked through the grapevines for longer then I care to remember, what is my opinion on this subject?

We did a book in the church called “WHERE ARE THE SONS IN THE HOUSE” Jerome Nel is the author. In the past I have had people approach my husband and I about mentoring them when they are part of another body Jerome sums it up so clearly in this following paragraph

“You need to know that you have been placed with your father in the Lord, and it is your portion to be a blessing in the house where you’re called. An external ministry may not even know you exist and may not be in a position to care for you and your well-being. There is one who cares for you and lays his life on the line as your shepherd. He will be there in your time of need. He’s the one praying for you in the cold, dark hours of the night. That person is your spiritual father/mother. When he prays for you, he prays for you because he knows you, he loves you, and he lays his life down for you. He will be by your side through thick and thin.”

He further speaks of the “Absalom spirit” that is attempting to steal hearts of faithful sons and daughter with the intention of persuading them to deviate from their legitimate responsibilities to their own fathers.

I want to speak to you this morning my dear family in Christ, that we never find ourselves in the place where we seek mentoring from someone that doesn’t carry your heart in their hands, when God plants you in His house He has a purpose and plan for you to grow there not to be a pot plant that can uproot itself every now and then and move on but to be planted like an oak of righteousness that’s roots go down and are secure in the ground its planted in.

I want to encourage you today to pray for your leadership be sons and daughters that will bring glory to the house of God, which will not cause our leaders to sigh.

lOVE ALWAYS ME

GODS LITTLE SUPRISE FOR ME

Last night as I was getting ready for bed I was restless in my spirit, I have been pondering a lot on the word lately and found myself think about how many times we have read the bible from cover to cover, and never seem to really take hold of what God is saying or that we read it and the very next moment we don’t even remember reading it let alone making part of our hearts and yet last night looking at something we discussed in our home group I continued to read and came across a passage of scripture which I have never seen, I cant always understand why this is the case, as I did bible school way back when, one of the assignments we had was to read the entire bible in one year and even when Fred and I studied theology before going into ministry we were challenged once again to read through the entire bible and have so done a couple of times in our walk with God. Yet God just never ceases to amaze me by His word and the revelation He gives when you least expect it.
I love to pray and without trying to sound super spiritual I love to pray the word as I know there is more power in praying the word of God into any situation we face. There is something that we do as a family every time one of us takes a trip and that is pray and ask God to commission the angles to guard us on the journey and have prayed that they go ahead of us to prepare the road. Yet I only had this scripture to base our family prayer on, but God in all His majesty had a little surprise waiting for me last night!

Psalm 91:11 “for He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”

This is a scripture that I think gets used so very often, and its His command that sends them to guard us, well last night I read this portion of scripture that I will give below and it just reaffirmed what we have been praying all along has been very scriptural indeed but above that I love it when after more then 25years of serving God, He just gives me such a wonderful present in His word a new revelation of a scripture I have read I know but have never taken hold of.

Exodus 23:20 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.”

It’s so wonderful that we have a God that is so aware of what we are doing and how He wants the road ahead of us already prepared.

What is God showing you in scripture today that you can make your own?
Care to share it with us?

Love always me

THE SECRET

The Secret
One day, one friend asked another,
"How is it that you are always so happy?
You have so much energy,
and you never seem to get down."
With her eyes smiling, she said,
"I know the Secret!"
"What secret is that?"
To which she replied,
"I'll tell you all about it,
but you have to promise to
share the Secret with others."
"The Secret is this:
I have learned there is little I can do
in my life that will make me truly happy.
I must depend on God to make
me happy and to meet my needs.
When a need arises in my life,
I have to trust God to supply
according to HIS riches.
I have learned most of the time
I don't need half of what I think I do.
He has never let me down.
Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."
The questioner's first thought was,
"That's too simple!"
But upon reflecting over her own life
she recalled how she thought a bigger house
would make her happy, but it didn't!
She thought a better paying job
would make her happy, but it hadn't.
When did she realize her greatest happiness?
Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren,
playing games, eating pizza or reading a story,
a simple gift from God.
Now you know it too!
We can't depend on people to make us happy.
Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that.
Trust HIM!
And now I pass the Secret on to you!
So once you get it, what will you do?
YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!
That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU!
But it's not really a secret...
We just have to believe it and do it...
Really trust God!
In everything you do, put GOD first, and he will direct you and crown your effort with success.
(Proverbs 3:6)

LOVE ALWAYS ME

I GO BEFORE YOU

My beloved, you do not need to make your path, for I go before you…I cannot use a tired body, and you need to take time to renew your energies…I will teach you, as I taught Moses on the back side of the desert, and as I taught Paul in Arabia…There is no virtue in activity in and of itself—nor in inactivity. I minister to you in solitude that you may minister Me to others as a spontaneous overflow of our communion…Learn to say “no” to human demands and to say “yes” to the call of the Spirit…Come away, My beloved; be like the doe on the mountains and we will go down together to the gardens.

This is my morning reading from "Come away my beloved"

How often we run and try to make our own paths when all we need to do is listen to the voice of the Father, He has gone out before us. That in times of solitude He ministers to us and fills us up so that in return we can be a hand to those that need a touch, just as each one of you have touched me, I truly can say I feel the Father in each word!

Thank you Father for teaching me to put my trust in you ever step of the way, how I love that you are so personal with each one of us, Father my prayer this morning is that each lady man child reading this will find ways in which they can find time to go together down to Your garden to feast on the banquet you set before them.

LOVE ALWAYS ME

A STRONG WOMAN

Reading an article to day from Karen Moore, I came across this:

“Dear God,
You are our strength. We are steadfast in You and we hang on to Your promises and Your goodness and Your plans for our lives. We rest in You, Lord, remembering that in Your time, You will raise us up past any obstacles we face. We pray with thankful hearts. Amen”




1 Corinthians 1:8 “He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ”


What a wonderful privilege we have as woman of God to be strong and steadfast because of Him, not in our own strength but in His. As I pondered on it I thought of the women of Africa so many of them have had to face war and famine and been ripped away from their countries in our church Thandaza alone there are many women from Africa that have had to flee their homes, countries so as to keep their family from harm or death, yet their faith in the Lord is strengthened them and they carry an authority in the Spirit that leaves me in a place of repentance because of my unbelief at times.

One of these women a might prayer warrior, so encourages me to pray without ceasing as the word tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, girls can I encourage you today to look to God for your strength to pray without ceasing, to push though in prayer till you see the situation change. Father is waiting and wanting to meet you in that face to face place, He wants to meet with you today!

I understand that in each country our circumstances are different but in the end we have one common denominator that links us and that is our belief in God, having a living relationship with our Savior, let’s arise today as women clothed in His strength and favor, lets go to the mountain and meet with Him.

LOVE ALWAYS ME

LETS FIX OUR THOUGHTS

Phi 4:8 For the rest, brothers, whatever is TRUE, whatever HONORABLE, whatever is RIGHT, whatever PURE, whatever LOVELY, whatever of GOOD REPORT, if of any VIRTUE, and if of any PRAISE, think on these things.

The Lord lead me to this scripture this morning and as I pondered on it I wondered what the meaning of the words really meant, lets have a look at each one that is typed in caps

TRUE -
1. being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
2. real; genuine; authentic: true gold; true feelings.
3.sincere; not deceitful: a true interest in someone's welfare.
4.firm in allegiance; loyal; faithful; steadfast: a true friend.
5.being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something: the true meaning of his statement.
6.conforming to or consistent with a standard, pattern, or the like: a true copy.
7.exact; precise; accurate; correct: a true balance.
8.of the right kind; such as it should be; proper: to arrange things in their true order.

HONORABLE
1.in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright:
2.of high rank, dignity, or distinction; noble, illustrious, or distinguished.
3.worthy of honor and high respect; estimable; creditable.
4.bringing honor or credit; consistent with honor.

RIGHT
1.in accordance with what is good, proper, or just.
2.in conformity with fact, reason, truth, or some standard or principle; correct: the right solution; the right answer.
3.correct in judgment, opinion, or action.
4.fitting or appropriate; suitable: to say the right thing at the right time

PURE
1.free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
2.unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.
3.of unmixed descent or ancestry.
4.free from foreign or inappropriate elements.
5.clear; free from blemishes.

LOVELY
1.charmingly or exquisitely beautiful:
2.having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a face.
3.delightful; highly pleasing:
4.of a great moral or spiritual beauty:
5.Informal. a beautiful woman.
6.any person or thing that is pleasing, highly satisfying, or the like.
7.Nonstandard. very well; splendidly.

REPORT
1.an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
2.a statement or announcement.
3.a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.
4.an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication

VIRTUE
1.moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
2.conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
3.chastity;
4.a particular moral excellence.
5.a good or admirable quality or property

PRAISE
1.the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
2.the offering of grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship: a hymn of praise to God. 3.the state of being approved or admired: The king lived in praise for many years.
4.Archaic. a ground for praise, or a merit.
5.to express approval or admiration of; commend; extol.
6.to offer grateful homage to (God or a deity), as in words or song.
7.sing someone's praises, to praise someone publicly and enthusiastically: He is always singing his wife's praises.

How awesome is our God that in one scripture He brought so much truth for us to live by. Dolla’s today why not ponder on what is true, honorable and right, lets be pure and lovely and of good report to those around us and may we bring praise and honor to our God today.

LOVE ALWAYS ME

DO WE HAVE A VISION FOR THE KING

Do we have a vision for the King!

With my coming talk at the Baptist church ladies day, I decided to do some research on ascot, it’s a very interesting race course and was the dream and concept of a woman, to be honest a Queen!


Her vision was to create a place worthy of nobility in her life a place where she could entertain and dine with royalty. Something like we are doing today. When we think of ascot in the early years thoughts of grandeur and splendor come to mind. A place of beautiful woman and handsome men dressed in the finery of that day and age. A place where the competitive spirit was the order of the day, as well as feasting and great rejoicing.

Can you imagine every time a new king and his queen arrived the trumpet would sound and all eyes would turn to the entrance can you hear the echoes of appreciation of wow beautiful exquisite, I guess there would be echoes of oh look what the cat dragged in oh how could she wear that.. All part of our human nature I guess.

This would never have been started if the Queen did not have a vision:

Can I ask you today if you have a vision? Or are you living to just get by?

In the book “the Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord” by Bishop T.D. Jakes. He says the following

“The woman was called to assist the Master in the creative process of childbirth. What a calling! By her very nature, woman is creative. She carries dreams in the womb of her mind and gives birth to ideas that will bring life to her family and her finances. Creativity is yet another gift God has given his daughters. You must use it to its full potential. The virtuous woman knows that through the grace of the Lord she was granted the ability to create, to be the force that brings forth great children and great ideas, a happy home and a life of riches. She knows she must make use of that special gift as God intended. She doesn’t sit around waiting for things to happen; she makes them happen. No, she doesn’t go chasing riches; she knows that by seeking God, He will take care of her. But she also knows that He is taking care of her by giving her the gifts of thought and creativity. What she does with those gifts is up to her.”

Lets have a look at what the word says about vision: PROVERBS 29:18” WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE RUN WILD” the new living bible. The word vision is used about 102 times in the word, I think God is trying to tell us something here ladies. Do you have a vision or are you running about wild.

Now just imagine the queen wanting a race course and had no idea where she was going, many of us have a dream to do something for God but because we have no vision for it we run wild and never reach the place of victory. The girls that are going to do the comrades marathon this next week end know where they are going where the start is and where the end is, imagine going to run the comrades and having no idea where you will be ending, all of us where there at one stage in our life before we meet Jesus, on a road but with no destination in site. Its only when we meet Jesus and made Him Lord of our lives did we have a race with a destination in mind.

Philippians 2:16Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.

There is a destination in running this race, we are not just going about our daily life with no hope for our future, yet we seem to get waylaid in our vision we run out of patience thinking our vision will never be fulfilled.

Hebrews 12:1THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

What weights us down: OUR ATTITUDE!!!!

Do we lose heart every time we are over looked to do something? What defines us in this race is it the world or is it God? Our vision firstly needs to be on Jesus. Are we so busy trying to work things for the King that we forget to bring in the presence of the King, remember for Ester to be made Queen she had to be ushered into the Kings presence, do we have a vision that ushers us into the Kings presence or are we so busy running wild that we don’t even hear the sound of the Kings trumpet? Calling us announcing us as his Queen? Girls do you know that the King loves you that He is enthralled by your beauty in
Psalm 45:10 Hear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father's house;
11So will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him.
Today are you going to allow the King to bring you into His presence are you going to allow the King to give you vision, are you prepared to meet Him? I want us to bow our heads and there where you are ask the King to show you areas where you have been running wild without vision and lets make our hearts ready to come before the king today!

BY THE WORD OF MY TESTIMONY

Last night I was asked to share my testimony at our home group and I was so honored to do so, and keeping in mind that I did not want to bring glory on my life before Christ, I had prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to guide me in doing so, I spoke out of Ezekiel 16:4-13 which is really so precious to me as this speaks of my life, but some how the enemy showed up and I felt as if I had thrown a priceless pearl before the swine’s, so one insinuated that I was dishonoring my parents and the man that raped me!!!

I went home angered and my beloved just put his arms around me and said you know honey the word says we must not argue about the gospel, let’s not let the enemy get the foot hold in here… I would have loved to have been a virgin bride, I would have loved to have had one marriage and not two, and I would have loved to have grown up in a home that served God… but that was not the case…. But one thing My Lord … and how I love Him so much... has taught me is I can never reshape my past but I can shape my present!

This morning as I was reading Job (yes I was feeling sorry for myself) these 9 things stood out to me:
® Job stopped whining and listens because he becomes desperate. ( am I desperate enough to want to be found in God’s presence, to listen to Him)
® He acknowledged that he has missed it. (Will I acknowledge when I have missed God’s guidance?)
® He repents. (oh Father that I would be quick to repent)
® Responds in obedience to God’s strategy
® Then God restores
® Can I become like Job’s three daughters
® Jem (the dove) will I live out the Spirit of God, will I find my comfort from the Holy Spirit and not from man.
® Keza (cinnamon perfumed oil) will I be that fragrance of Christ, no matter what I face.
® Kishacogh (dark eyes inner beauty reflected outwards) no matter what I have been through and seen in my life will my inner beauty of been in the Fathers presence shine through.

Dolla’s I want to leave this scripture with you that never to back down from your testimony:

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.Revelation 12:10-12

BE THOU MY VISION

Be thou my vision

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou artThou my best Thought, by day or by night,Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;

Thou my soul's Shelter, Thou my high Tower:Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,

Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,

High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

What a wonderful hymn we don’t really sing hymn’s in our church but yesterday when our preacher ended his sermon he asked the worship team to sing this and my heart just was so over whelmed by it, the High King of Heaven, my victories won, I humbled my heart and just allowed the peace of God to reign in my life, I watched as the children raised their flags to the King of Kings, why don’t you raise your banner right there where you are reading this and allow the King to raise His banner over you, come before Him in praise and adoration today for all He means to you.

Love always me

WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER SAY

1Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
As I read this passage this morning I had to giggle eventually it went from giggle to full blown laughter to the part where I was wiping the tears from my eyes.

Last night at our home group or cell whatever you want to call it, we where discussing our up and coming ladies night out on Friday night and the theme is “I’m unique” and we have to bring something that symbolizes our character or person, and one of my dear dolla sisters said I definitely need to bring a crown this really spoke to my heart strings as I love been the queen of my home and the queen of my beloved’s heart, the other one said no a tea cup (I hate to drink tea out of a mug or a cup that has a thick rim) and so the discussion ensued with hot pursuit our very amused home group leader said just bring a basket, nothing more needs to be said. A bit slow on my side I realized he meant a basket case, which I guess I could be if it was not for the love of my Lord and Savior and my darling beloved.

However I pondered on the characters that each one sees in me and this got me wondering what I portray to the world, do they see me confident and radiant or do they see a stuck up snob? What character do I portray when it’s just me and my family, am I loving and kind or cold and aloof?

Where the laughter came from was the thought of them (the world those who know of me but don’t know me) in seen me have one of my prima Donna fits that only my family has the privilege of seen (its not a pretty sight to behold), I could just see the Father shaking His head saying to His angels here she goes again, get ready for the tears and heartfelt repentance, …. Oh Lord how I so desperately need your guidance in my character so that when I come into situations where I am stretched that I remember to display the virtues and perfections of You Who called me out of darkness into Your marvelous light.

Dolla’s lets believe what the word says about our characters and remember that we are constantly been changed from Glory to Glory, lets get out there and behave as the royalty that we are through the precious blood of the Lamb

BE A WOMAN OF PURPOSE

Inspiration
“Time after time, they put God to the test, and he displayed the greatness of his heart for women
In powerful ways I’d never noticed before. Under their tutelage I learned God has a larger vision
For women than I realized, a vision that encompasses the vast diversity of all of our lives and that
Calls us to be more. It was clear, as I believed all along, that the Bible strongly affirms our
Significance as wives and mothers, but I was stunned to learn God values us just as much when
Our lives follow other paths. Their stories gave me the freedom to embrace the life God was
Opening up for me.”
Excerpt from Lost Women of the Bible by Carolyn Custis James

I just love this quote, how many of us have a unique purpose and plan designed by God for us? The Answer is very simple EVERYONE! As I spent time with one of my darling dolla friends we discussed our future and the vision that God has birthed in our hearts for us to achieve, each one of us has a different reason for been hesitant to step out of the boat and walk on the water and they both seem to be very good reasoning except for the fact that in the scripture its says “we can do all things through Christ how strengthens us”
How often we allow the enemy to come in and steal the very thoughts that the Holy Spirit breaths upon us, by lying to us with word like, failure, not good enough, too young, too old, married not married, unschooled, not the right figure, not enough knowledge, however the word says That Christ has come to give us life and life in abundance, girls should we not choose the latter?

How many dreams have died along the way because we chose to listen to the enemy, rise up today and take hold of that freedom to embrace the life God is opening up for you. Dream big plan big be bold breath the life of God!

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