Grateful for an amazing God

I marvel at the God that I serve! This has been a particularly difficult week for me but in the midst of it all God is continuing to speak of a hope and future.

I’m grateful for the strength to follow through on some spiritual disciplines.

I’m grateful that God gave someone a dream that ministered to me.

I’m grateful that someone called and gave me a Prophetic Word right in the midst of the storm.

I’m grateful that God told me to stop screaming and shut my mouth.

Im grateful that He told me that the rejection is for my own protection.

I’m grateful that when we go through a trial He is right there speaking to us every step of the way.

I’m grateful that He orders my steps even in the small thing like when He told me “ no, don’t go see that movie.”

I’m grateful that Jesus is not just my SAVIOR, but my LORD!

In this season of Thanksgiving, what are you grateful for?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The danger of unrepentant sin

It’s one thing to struggle with sin in your life. There is not a Christian on the planet who has not had to struggle to overcome a battle with sin. Yes it is a battle to live holy,  especially in this present world.

I have friends confide in me all the time about areas of struggle as I do with them also. Well if you share a struggle with me I will not abandon you. I will walk with you through the struggle provided that you acknowledge that your actions are sin. Jesus never abandons us, nor should we abandon people when they struggle in sin.

However, when someone says that they are not in sin and justifies it and is unrepentant, sometimes you have to leave them alone because it can become dangerous to you. There is a spirit behind sin and it transfers with the company we keep.

I have learned the importance of breaking fellowship with unrepentant people. In 1 Corinthians 5 the Apostle Paul admonished the church to not sit down and eat with a believer who was in open blantant sin. Sometimes you don’t even know why you feel the need to let someone go, but God knows and if you seek Him He will show you why. 

There is a danger in  getting close to someone who refuses to repent. And when God tells you to let go, do that. Sometimes he does this to get the person to acknowledge their sin. And then and only then can restoration of the relationship come.

Romans 1:27-32:

 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

 Hebrews 12:14:

 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

This blog is rated R for real

(I wrote this last week but scheduled it to post today. It’s a response to Oprah’s show on Pornography)

Earlier this week I watched the Oprah Winfrey show and was greatly saddened that she decided to do a show on pornography. Sadly she featured a very famous porn star on her show! Even sadder is that many knew who this woman was, me included even though I have never looked at pornography (on purpose). I know that Oprah’s show is supposed to be informative and I guess there is some merit in knowing about this side of life, but more than that what really grieved me was the claim that pornography had gone “mainstream”. The emphasis of the show is that because of the easy access on the internet women are indulging in porn more than ever before. This show was clearly glamourized.

The interesting thing is that I had just watched another show and the emphasis was on the dangers of the sex industry. And that show reminded me of this ex-porn star who has a ministry to those in that industry and helps them to get out of it.

The truth of the matter is, it is what goes on behind the scenes that is what people need to focus on. While people are caught up in a world of fantasy while watching this stuff, the “actors and actresses” are being torn apart spiritually, mentally, emotionally and even physically.

This blog is a clarion call to any person who professes Christ and is addicted to porn (male or female) to let go of the addiction. And even if you’re not a Christian it’s important to know the TRUTH about pornography and porn stars.

Watching pornography is a sin. It destroy marriages and families. It’s not for educational purposes (a Christian once told me that). It’s on-screen fornication and or adultery and it’s detrimental to your spirit and your relationship with God.

I’ve enclosed a link to Shelley Lubbens website. She ministers to those in that industry. Warning though. It gives some slightly graphic descriptions of what goes on in that industry. But after you read it, you may throw out your tapes and block that junk from your computer.

 Job 31:1:

 1 “I made a covenant with my eyes
      not to look with lust at a young woman.

www.shelleylubben.com

This second link is to help people maintain integrity on the computer.

http://www.covenanteyes.com/

This third link is a sermon called Lust Lessons

http://sermon.net/prevailingwordm/sermonid/16658

Stay calm!

I love the prophetic walk and feel for those Christians who have not been exposed to it. It is so important in one’s life.

Here is an example of what I mean: A few days ago, my baby brother who is an elder in the church he attnends texted me a message that said in just a few words “stay calm”. Well when I read it I had nothing to be upset about. Well it was a prohetic warning because within days I experienced something that made me go ballistic! I mean I was wanting to seek revenge. Even now I’m typing this at 3:55 am because I am so angry. Thank God for His instruction to fast because I know had I not been fasting I would have gone postal.

When people hurt us our first impulse is to hurt them back. But every time I start to do something that I shouldn’t do I hear the words Stay calm. Well I am really trying to. Pray for me!

Deuteronomy 32:35: 

35 Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them

Romans 12:19:

19  Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord

Faith recognizes a wrong move

I was thinking that faith is about believing and stepping out into the unknown, but faith is also recognizing when we are making the wrong move.

A couple of years ago I became the prayer partner (for a short period of time) to someone I met online and when we became acquainted she was in the process of moving to another state to pursue a man. Initially I accepted it. But then later God showed me that it was the wrong move and there was a warning that came forth in a dream that she was going in the wrong direction, but she felt it was God.

Well to make a long story short she became obsessed with this man and things really got out of hand as she threatened him and as a result she ended up in jail. It really is a very sad story. She is still in jail to this day.

Unfortunately her faith didn’t recognize the wrong move. But sometimes faith should just say NO don’t go. The warning was clear but the parties did not listen and now she is suffering from the consequences of her misguided actions. When God says NO, he means NO.

Lamentations 3:37: 

37  Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass

Unless the Lord has commanded it?