Is what you believe the truth?

I have been reading, The 40 Day Soulfast", by Dr. Cindy Trimm which has been such a tremendous blessing in my life. Throughout my reading I came accross a statement that really caught my spiritual and natural attention. I must admitt that truly I'am a deep thinker and analyzer of things. When I read this statement, "It isn't truth that controls you, but what you believe to be true". That statement had me looking at my own beliefs and things that through my belief in them have become my truth but I must admitt they are not, THE TRUTH". How many things have you believed that have been spoken in your natural ears and allowed them to become YOUR TRUTH? Your belief in what is spoken in your life becomes YOUR TRUTH. Regardless of what others believe about you(that is their truth about you), if you do not believe it, it is still not YOUR TRUTH. So, by now you are probably thinking, "What is she trying to say?". What I am saying to you is that the one and ONLY truth that we should believe for our life is the truth of God's word. He created you and he knows you better than you know yourself so he knows what is true about you, anything contrary to what God's word says about you is a LIE! His word says that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, it's the TRUTH, his word says, "You are more than a conqueor", and it is the TRUTH, his word says that, he has inscribed you on the palms of his hands, it is the truth, his word says that, You are never alone because he is with you even till the ends of the earth, it is the truth, his word says, that he is near to those who are of a broken spirit, it is the truth. Only God's word is the TRUTH. Anything else that you have been told, heard, thought, felt or even BELIEVED that was contrary to HIS word is a LIE. I know that it is difficult to believe but, yes, he was there all the time even when you thought he was not, which led to your belief that Jesus walked out on you his word says that he will never leave us nor forsake us. I know that you might have been told that you were never going to be anything and maybe even that you were ugly and damaged goods but God's word tells YOU that YOU are fearfully and wonderfully made and guess what even your soul knows this, so all you need to do is BELIEVE!!!! My question to you again is, "Is what YOU believe the TRUTH? If you will allow me, I want to help you decide if what you believe is the truth. Ask yourself one question, not two or three, just this one question. Is what I believe in line with what God's word says about me? If you can not answer that question then what you believe is a LIE!!!! Yes, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens YOU! That is the truth, why, because it is the word of GOD. I strongly admonish you, just as I have had to do, to get in the word of God and find out what the TRUTH really is and BELIEVE what God's word has to say concerning you. If you struggle with believing what his word has to say concerning you, PRAY and ask him to help you to believe his word. Once you believe something to be the truth, you start governing your life by that truth and it becomes THE TRUTH to you and all those who are watching your life they began to believe and it becomes THE TRUTH to them! Let's all commit to getting more into our bible and finding out THE TRUTH in the days to come. God bless!

Disconnected with distractions........

Today I sat in service as the annointing was flowing in the santuary during worship. I lifted my hands and tried my best to connect to the flow of the annointing in the house. I tried singing the songs and closing my eyes but there was still a disconnection. It seemed that everything happening in the santuary today had my attention except for Jesus. I was so caught up in what was happening around me and not connected to what Jesus was trying to do within me. Even the very environment in which I found myself sitting was a distraction to me. Why was it so easy for me to be distracted today? Why did Jesus seem like he was blessing everyone else but I was sitting on the outside looking in. I wanted to be a part of it but I was distracted from my divine connection. I felt him pulling at my heart strings for me to come in and sup with him. I knew he wanted me, he wanted to be close to me. He knew that I needed him more desperately then even I knew that I needed him. I knew that I wanted him but I did not know to the depth in which I truly needed him this day. I needed him as desperately as I needed my next breath to breathe, I needed him. Could that be the reason why I was so easily distracted this day with things that kept me from getting to Jesus. Kind of like the woman with the issue of blood as she so desperately needed to connect with Jesus. She knew that if she could just touch the hem of his garment that she would be made whole so dispite the distractions that came she did not stop comming bringing every one of her infirmities to the Lord. She knew that she could not afford to be disconnected because of distractions but her connection is what brought healing and wholeness. Maybe there are distractions in your life that disconnect you from connecting with Jesus. I would like to challenge you to release every distraction and be focused completely on the only one that can deliver and set you free. The connection with Jesus is the only connection that matters in this very moment. Don't be distracted by little things that seem harmless but really they are keeping you from connecting. What are some things hindering your connection to Jesus. In the closing of this post I would like to pray for you. Father in the name of Jesus I pray for the person reading this blog post. I pray that they will release every distraction and connect totally to you and your plan for thier life. Father I pray that they will not allow the enemy to keep them from their divine connection but that they will come boldly before your throne of grace. Thank you God that your grace and mercy is sufficient for us and we will walk in it. God we thank you for the connection that we will have with you. In Jesus name. Amen Blessings to all of you, Have a awesome week.

Stanley Johnson - Hiding Place {Official Video} **New Gospel Music 2011**

I pray that as you listen to this that you will be able to read the post below and know that God wants more of you and he wants you to be, "More than just a church JUNKIE".

More Than Just A Church Junkie

As usual I was in a church service and the Lord spoke this phrase to me and I could not let it go. The phrase was, "More than just a church junkie". So, I wrote it down and began to listen to the message but that phrase was still heavy on my heart. So this morning when I awaken the thought came back to me again, "More than just a church junkie". When you think of a junkie or someone who is addicted to drugs, they would do anything to relive that very first high. They spend years and years chasing that same high they got the first time only to find that it really does not exist anymore. They are addicted and they would do anything to get that drug of choice. Most addicts do not care about who they hurt in the process or the fact that they are hurting themselves they just want to feel good. They want something to drown out the pain of their past or sometimes even a traumatic experience but they just don't want to feel anymore. They just need to be numb if only for that moment. But,when they come down from that high what they were facing is still there and it did not go anywhere. In that phrase I felt that the Lord was saying YOU have to be more than just a church junkie, running from service to service looking for your next high. I began to repent to God because I do not want to use his presence as a means to get high and feel good but yet not let his presence change me or my circumstances. Running from service to service looking for a word from God instead of falling on my face and crying out to God I need a word to sustain me as I walk through this situation. There is no better word than a word from God directly to YOU. It gives him pleasure to bless us his children when we truly seek his face and come naked before him, removing all the mask and just being honest with him about where we are. God is so tired of us coming to him with our hidden agendas of what we want him to do for us. I do not want to be a church junkie only coming into the house of the Lord looking for my next high to carry me till the next service I can find where HIS presence is to shoot up again. God's presence comes upon us to CHANGE us or to give us an assignment. This relationship with Christ should never be based upon what we feel because our feelings change each day but it should be based upon what we KNOW. Even when we do not feel that HE is there we have to KNOW that he is. Church is more than a place to go so that you can feel good. It is more than a place to go because that is how you were raised. Church junkies sing on the praise team, they sing on the choir, they usher and they even attend bible study but they are only looking for the next HIGH. They do not want to change and truly become the church they only want to come to church. Church junkies only raise their hands when they are in need of something from God or they are desperate for something but when the need is met, the relationship ENDS. Church junkies have the look of righteousness but they deny the power within. I encourage you today to be delivered from being a church junkie. You too can become more than just a church junkie. Please hear me when I say, "I'm not telling you not to go to church", but become the CHURCH. Chase the presence of God so that you can be empowered to change, so that you can be strengthen to do what the Lord has called you to do. Father I pray right now for those who may come and read this that they will find themselves in this post. Lord I pray that as they find themselves that they will not allow pride to get in the way but that they will repent and change. I thank you father that we will not be church junkies using your presence to get high but never change. Father I thank you for your mercy and your grace that continues to follow us. Lord thank you that you will keep a true hunger and thirst within us after righteousness. We praise you for freedom today and we thank you that we will be more than just a church junkie but that we will be changed forever that we will allow your word to change our hearts, minds and our souls. I thank you Lord that we will study your word for ourselves and be changed from glory to glory that we may bring you glory. In Jesus name. Amen

God Has Not Forgotten YOU

From day to day we face so many different situations that sometime leave us feeling like things just will not get any better. You might even feel like giving up or hopeless that change will ever come to you. You might have even cried out, " God, where are you?" You might have even asked God, "When will it ever be my turn to be blessed?" Maybe you are the one that has made a decision to wait on God and you have been watching all of your friends get married before you, trust me, "God has not forgotten YOU. Maybe you are the one that has been struggling over finances and seems like the bills are overwhelming you and you need a miracle, "God has not forgotten you". I know that you have had some rough days and through your eyes, you just cannot see a way of escape but just know that,"God has not forgotten you". The bible says in Isaiah 49:14-16, 14). But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me". 15). Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16). "See I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me". This is a promise from God that he will not forget YOU. He will never forget about you, because you belong to him, you are his. He has you written in the palm of his hands. Psalms 139:17-18 says, 17). "How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18) "If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake I am still with you". Please know my dear friends that you are thought about by God and because he is thinking of you, there is no way he could ever forget about you. You might feel like everything in your world is all turned upside down and inside out and there seems to be darkness all around you but please just trust me when I tell you that he is with you. The bible says in psalms 137: 7-8 7)."Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? 8). If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Hell behold, you are there". So, please know that even in the dark places that God is there with you and, "He has not forgotten you". No matter what it looks like today, I pray that tomorrow will begin a new day for you in every area of your life. I pray that you will wake up with new vision for your life. I pray that you will know that God is with you and he has not forgotten you. I pray that the very presence of the Lord will be upon you in such a powerful way that you will know that you are never alone. Thank you God for newness of life. Thank you God for a new way of living. Thank you God for new courage and the grace to walk in that courage. God thank you for your grace and mercy that follows your children. Amen
Lift up your heads O ye gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Psalms 24:7 Lift your heads up my friends and know that, "God has not forgotten YOU".

Let Me Be Me

I was in a church service several weeks ago and the very presence of God had filled the temple. As I lifted my hands in worship and connected my heart to the heart of God, I heard the Lord speak to me and say," Will you let me be me?". The question made my heart heavy as the Lord continued to speak to me. He said, " I come into your services and fill your temples and all I want to do is be ME". The tears began to fall as I dealt with the thought that God with all his power and glory was pleading with me to let him be who he is. God said to me that night that, " He comes into our churches and he does not want to be conformed into what we want him to be, he does not want to be programmed into a box, he only wants to be who he is". He said, I am the healer, will you let me be me, I am the deliverer, will you let me be me, I am the redeemer and restorer, will you let me be me, all I want to do is be ME". Then I began to think, this is the all powerful, all knowing God and creator of all things and he is pleading with us his creation to let him be who he is. Then he gave me the analogy of how we feel when we hang out with people that accept us for who we are. Those that just let us be ourselves when we are with them. We do not have to pretend or conform to who they would rather we be, but they just let us be who we are. This is what God desires from us his children. He wants us to receive all of him and accept him for who he is. He is Lord over all circumstances and situations but we hinder him with our own personal agendas about what we think we need him to be and all he desires is to be who he is......God. It is time that we the people of God just let God be God in our services and stop inviting him in to our beautiful churches full of programs that dictate to him who he can be in our service. Just let God be God. As God was speaking to me in that service he just kept asking over and over again," Will you just let me be me, all I want to do is be ME". In Isaiah 43: 10-13 10). You are my witnesses, says the Lord, And my servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe me. And understand that I am He. Before me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after me. 11). I, even I, am the Lord, And besides me there is no savior. 12). I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, And there was no foreign god among you; Therefore you are my witnesses, says the Lord that I am God. 13). Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of my hand; I will work and who will reverse it?" Today this scripture left me asking the question again, "Will you let God be God? Will you let him be God over your circumstances? Will you let him be who he is because in who he is, IS all that you NEED. He created you my sweet sister or brother and he knows all about you and all he wants you to do is receive him for who he is. Welcome him in and let him be himself in your life. God is asking you today, " Will you let me be ME?".

Restoration of Joy

This has been a interesting journey as I have started back writing again and seeking out God to see what he would have me to share each week that will encourage, strengthen and uplift you as he leads you here. I wanted to share with you this week here about, "Restoration of Joy". I was studying the word of God and he took me to the scripture, Psalms 51:12-13, (12)."Restore to me the joy of your salvation, And uphold me by your generous spirit". (13). Then I will teach transgressors your ways, And sinners shall be converted to you". In this this passage we see a psalm of David that he wrote after the Prophet Nathan went to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba. We know that David had sinned before God with Bathsheba in that he had an affair with her but here we see David asking God to restore the Joy of his salvation. He knew that in his sin he had lost the joy of serving the Lord. He had allowed his flesh to cause him to miss God and in that sin he lost his joy. Notice that David knew that without the Joy of the Lord that he could not complete his assignment in which we were all created for and that is to teach transgressors the way of the Lord and to cause sinners to be converted to Jesus. I want to encourage you if you have lost the Joy of your salvation God longs to restore your joy back to you. It is the joy of the Lord that will sustain you even when trials and tribulations come. The joy of the Lord will cause you to minister even when it feels like everything is going so crazy. The joy of the Lord causes you to press forward even in those times that others might even justify you for quitting. See, the Joy of the Lord is what helps you to stay focused on Jesus and the assignment that he has given to you. Fight to keep your joy and when you feel like you have lost it be quick to cry out to the Lord to restore to you the joy of his salvation so that you will be able to teach trangessors and sinners shall be converted through the ministry that God has given to you.
Have a Blest week