Sensing a Shift

Yesterday I was sitting in a restaurant having my dinner and I can’t explain it, but I felt a shift. I had just received a sizeable check and was running errands and decided to treat myself to a seafood meal and I felt a shift. In this case I knew it was good.

Sometimes God allows me to feel a change before it comes. This doesn’t happen often to me. But when it does, I know the shift is going to be life-altering. As I think about it, the last time I felt a change like this, it was right before my mother died. I felt a strange stillness in the air and I knew something major was about to happen. God had been trying to prepare me. I know that now. But at the time I could not accept my mother leaving this earth. She was my best friend and I could not wrap my mind around it. But nevertheless the Lord was trying to give me the heads up, in that way and many other ways.

But what I sense now is good. As I was riding home, I sensed God telling me that I was going to have a new freedom to move around and do what I’ve not been able to do in the past. He is getting ready to lift the restrictions off of my life due to lack of finances. Lack of money can really hinder you from making progress, but I sense a major shift in that area.

Sometimes, we have crossed over and we don’t even realize it. The season has changed. One day you wake up and nothing is the same. Even if you don’t see it, sometimes we have made a shift in the spirit realm and God let’s us know, it is no more business and usual. That is what I sense in my spirit. Everything has already changed.

Psalm 102:13

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

Don’t Accept The Answer No

I am learning to follow God and listen to his voice even beyond the answer no. I’ve shared numerous times about my house getting struck by lightning and the process to get it repaired. I was given all kinds of prerequisites as to what I needed to get the money released. Because my father’s name was on the insurance policy and he was decease, they required that I jump through hoops. But I heard the still small voice of God tell me what to do and I received my money and had my repairs done. I didn’t accept the answer no.

Today, I was at a restaurant and wanted to dine in and order an entrée to go because I had a coupon for two meals. Well I asked the hostess if I could  use the coupon that way and she said no. Well I got seated, ordered my meal and then asked the waitress the same question and she said yes. This may be an insignificant situation, but everyday God is teaching me to not take no for an answer. It’s a wonderful exercise of faith.

God’s promises are the same way. In the natural you may get a no, but in the spirit realm, remember if God says it’s going to happen, it will happen. Just don’t take no for an answer.

2 Corinthians 1:20

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰ For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Uncovering The Enemies Plot

Some of you who read my blog regularly know that my house was struck by lightning (in Florida) and I had a tremendous amount of damage done to the house. It took a while to get the insurance check and there were many obstacles. Well I am glad to say that the repairs were done and the contractor was paid and I even had some money coming back to me from the contractor because the contractor was paid directly.

Well, the contractor started giving me a problem concerning the refund and so I asked my prayer partner to pray and she got in her spirit that they were trying to keep my money, which was over three thousand dollars! Honestly, at first I didn’t believe it. This company has been in business over thirty years and I couldn’t imagine that they would do that. But they did make up a lame excuse as to why I couldn’t get my refund immediately.

Well long story short God connected me with a Christian employee within the company who absolutely has blessed me and been my advocate through this whole situation. But the truth came out and two employees from within the company have confirmed that they were indeed trying to steal my money. But the week I found out it was after God told me to fast and pray and on the third day of the fast, all of this was revealed.

God absolutely uncovered the plan of the adversary and showed me what was really going on and how to win this battle. And beloved, it was a battle that included a semi-screaming match on the phone between myself and the owners brother and me threatening to go to the local press. Don’t think that’s Christ-like?? Well after the owners brother hung up on me, he called me back in less than 15 minutes, contrite and eating out of my hands offering me cash for the weekend and my check on Monday (today). This happened on Saturday. I don’t know what happened in that 15 minutes, after he hung up on me, but God favored me and they are giving me my money.

Honestly, I am still shocked about the whole situation, but grateful for the victory. I am also beginning to understand how important it is that we obey God instantly and follow his specific instructions. We must fight sometimes and being a Christian does not mean we are wimps. We cannot allow ourselves to be taken advantage of. And being a Christian doesn’t mean we are weak. Remember, even Jesus turned over tables and kicked the money changers out of the temple.

Two weeks before all this went down, my prayer partner gave me a word saying “crisis averted” even before I knew there was one. Well, God uncovered the enemies plot and the crisis was indeed averted. To God be the glory!!

John 2:14-15

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. ¹⁵ So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.