Listen to the Music!!! You may just be suprised!!

I love the fact that God has an amazing sense of humor, cause he knows that is what I can relate to!!! It doesn't surprise me that he has been answering the specific prayers I have been praying with music, dreams, and people that I would never believe would ever say some of the things I have heard (good things). I have to sit back and laugh though, cause I can sit and pray and pray and pray and N O T H I N G!!! I feel like sometimes I need a megaphone to make my prayers louder. Well that is how it has been for me for the past 2 months looking for answers, so finally I said God I am not going to let this bother me anymore, and I know you have your hand in this situation and I know it is about your timing. Well wouldn't you know within a week I have heard 3 songs that have related to my issues, I was talking to my dad (my dad here on earth) yesterday, and he said something that would of never in a million years would of come out of his mouth, and then I had a dream last night to sum some other things up. It makes me laugh and appreciate his sense of humor because I LOVE MUSIC!!!! and what I have learned God will use the things and people we love to talk to us sometimes!!!!!Well I am sure glad God knows how I work and what really will speak to me. Just remember sometimes we want God to speak to us directly, but sometimes he wants us to sit back and enjoy the music :)

In the search of a Path!!!!

A sound mind. I don't know about you, but I sure would like to have sound mind. Did you know that a sound mind is a promise of God? Something that surely is in the will of God for us. Now, let me tell you, the world we live in is trying its best to give you an unsound mind--but God through His word says different.....

"For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2Timothy 1:7)

So many things of the world tell us we are doing things wrong when we feel deep down we know they are right, I have learned over the last couple of days that, when those occasions arise and we find ourselves questioning is this Gods voice either A. Speaking to me through someone or B. Are the things that I am hearing really from God.? It gets to the point where we just wanna say SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and sometimes we can, but other times it is better for us to stop and really listen. The feeling of hearing every ones opinions and trying to feel like you have to make everything right gets tiring!! and you feel like all you can hear is noise and you never have a sound mind. Well I am here to tell you if you have the fear of God in your heart, you learn to sit back and not fear what everyone else is thinking. Also there are things in our lives we want answers to and we want them badly, and the enemy knows that you are seeking God for those answers and will swoop in and pollute your brain with confusion, and one thing that I have learned in the past 8 months that God does not hold the spirit of confusion, the situation or person that you are letting control you and making your mind unsound holds the spirit of confusion! We also have to realize that the spirit of fear (fear of the worldly things) is what causes us to have a unsound mind, so if we learn to fear God and trust in him with everything in our lives who else to we have to fear when God has our back??? God has laid out a path for us to follow to receive the sound mind He promises. The two steps that lead to your sound mind are by power and love.
Power. Get power. Well it makes perfect sense that if we can have God's power, we certainly won't have fear any longer--and will be well on our way to a sound mind. Love. Did you know that love is a commandment? Love gives results. God is love-(1John 4:8)--and His power works through love--and specifically for the results we are looking for. Wow! If you have the mind of Christ how can you not have a sound mind? But you have to know this You have to get it clear and strong in you Jesus has all power that His love casts out all fear. So when you are in Christ living in His love you have His mind and that is a sound mind! But look again The Bible says we can't say we love God and hate our brother. Sometimes we have to forgive some people in our lives that we really would rather not and I know it's tough, but you gotta just think of the sound mind that the Lord has for you! It does take time for this to happen and it will happen as long as ou are willing to let it!!!!

Don't Be Deceived By a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing......

Genesis 3:4-5

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

God gave me a word, and it is from the old children's story of Don't be deceived by a wolf in sheep's clothing. Looking back when Eve was deceived by the serpent, it is almost the same moral. Relating this to the world today it still sticks so true, and it sticks true to some things that are happening in my life. There are things that seem like they are good like the little sheep in the story thinking that the wolf was his mother and he followed it into the woods, and well we know the rest of the story the little sheep goes bye bye :( Well this can hold true to the way the enemy can put some things in front of you that you think is ok, and think that it is God instead. These things can be things like friendships and situations in life. We can stay in the rut of our life that we are used to and be deceived into following the wolf into the forrest or we can get out of our rut and run into open pastures with our heard (God and his angels)

God is my wart Medication!!!!!!!!

Philippians 4:6-7 (The Message)

6-7Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Well lately I have been dealing with things that the enemy has been throwing my way, and well I thought that I had been dealing with them and letting them bounce off my rubbery Jesus Jacket. Well Guess what??? That's not the case, I have been trying the whole I'm rubber you're glue prayer (just an expression not really how I pray), but that has not worked. So today I have been totally asking God for guidance and he has given me this verse twice!! I got it once for my teaching tomorrow, and then I went to look something else up and BAM there it was in my face again!!! So I took the time to read it and it was almost like God saying, "Hello McFly!!" He is telling me he hears my cries and knows what is going on in my life. Sometimes we can tend to shake our fist at God and say, "it's clear as day to me, why aren't you doing anything to speed the process up?" Then when you don't hear from God you start to become a Worry Wart, and no over the counter (quick fix) will help you. You need to wait upon the Lord and let him take care of the warts in your life. God is like the meds you go and get from a doctor or like cryotherapy, even though they may take awhile to work and get into your system, the warts are usually gone for good! But if you use the ones you get from the store which are usually a band aid type deal they are a quick fix yes, but the warts usually come back. So if we worry about the things that God has a remedy for and we try to handle things on our own then, what's going to happen are these things that we worry about will pop back up like the warts you covered with a medicated band aid. So many time we fail to see that we cover our heart with a band aid instead of letting God truly heal, and when a band aid starts to get old the side roll down or it falls off. That allows germs (words of the enemy) work back into your heart, so what this means is that before we try to self medicate ourselves we need to spiritually medicate ourselves instead with the Word of God. So with this said I am going to let God remove the wart that has been on my mind for a few days, because I am not the doctor He is!!!!

Isaacism!!!!

So Isaac went camping last weekend, as I was getting him prepared to experience this amazing adventure (cause it was super cool for a 5 year old) I told him that he wouldn't be home until after church on Sunday, and at that point he looked at me very concerned and said in a very like are you serious voice. "Mom then how am I gonna praise God then?" Alright everyone say "AWE......." I love him SO much he is the best kid around!!!! I told him he could praise God in the woods cause he is always listening! He then say to me, "you're the best mom ever!"

Entitlement V.S. Being Worthy

Entitlement- a guarantee of access to benefits or rights or by agreement through law. It also refers in a more casual sense to someones belief that one is deserving of some particular reward or benefit.

Worthy- 1.Having worth, merit, or value; useful or valuable 2. Honorable; admirable 3. Having sufficient worth deserving

Matthew 10:38

And anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

I have been battling in my head last week this topic. I have heard teachings on entitlement not to long ago and it impacted my life, but for the last week entitlement has been creeping back in and I began to pray and God revealed to me be worthy, you are worthy He made me really think and has been speaking VERY LOUDLY about it to me all week and really didn't know where to begin with this topic that God was speaking into my life. Lately I have been really feeling down about wanting someone in my life and wanting a family. I know that it has A LOT to do with Isaac's constant questions of when I am going to get married and have a baby, and even telling who he wants me to marry and that he wants a baby sister. Then finding out that my ex husband's girlfriend is 4 months pregnant and they have been telling Isaac that they have been married since he moved in with her, and since our divorce was just final last month well all know that's not possible. It just makes me think I am entitled to a family of my own!!!! I have been shaking my fist and stomping my feet and throwing a temper tantrum in front of God. Saying if they are doing what they are doing in sin why isn't God blessing me with the desires of my heart? I am entitled to what I have my dreams set on, but at this point God convicted me of my words and said to me, " My daughter yes I know the desires of your heart, but listen to me you are not entitled to them, but you are worthy of them." He went on to speak to me and say, "You are worthy of a Godly man and a Godly family, and with my timing you will have these things of worth, but if you try to rush my timing then you will end up in ruins! OUCH!!!! yes I got a spiritual left hook from God and to be honest with you it took the wind out of me. I know what's right, but sometimes I fall back into worldly thinking like we all do, and it lets the enemy creepy back in and sit on your shoulder and tell you lies, and if we don't recognize it, it will take a hold of us and not let go. I don;t know about you but I don't want the weight of the enemy sitting on my shoulder. So I will continue to pray and know that I am worthy of my fathers love and timing, and what he decides for my life. Because if I am not picking up my cross daily it is showing my God that I am not worthy. If I continue to follow the ways of the Lord and have my cross on my back God will give me the desires of my heart. Last night I went and saw Joyce Meyer and she said something that confirmed my week long revelation:

"ENTER IN THE REST OF GOD AND LET YOUR SOUL GO ON VACATION!!!! "

and you can't change the things that irritate you, so all you can do is pray and sit down!!!!

Well guess what I am going on vacation and know that I am worthy and my God will take care of it all!!!!!!

Confessions of a Godly Wife!!

This year I am claiming that I am a Godly wife even though there is no boyfriend or husband in sight, God is teaching me to rely in him as my husband in this time. There is no time like the present to start confessing the things you want to be, and with this being the love month (thanks Hallmark!!) I am using this time to get close to my God, and have him be my Valentine right now. I am doing this because I know that God has an AMAZING man waiting for me just around the corner, in his timing and guess what? That timing is perfect!!!!!!!!!!! So I am speaking all of this forward in faith!!!

I confess that I am a supportive wife who demonstrates love in the way I approach my husband. He doesn’t see me as a nagging, complaining wife, but as a friend to confide in and to look to for strength. God is able to speak to my husband without my interference. I trust God to speak to him. I trust God to deal with my heart and help me take on a supportive role in our home.

I confess that I live a powerful, godly and chaste life before my husband. Therefore I am a constant encouragement to him. He seeks my advice. He wants my help. He desires to know what I believe is right regarding decisions affecting our family and our relationship. God’s Spirit is changing me and making me the kind of wife that He wants me to be. I declare this by faith, in Jesus’ name.

I confess that the beautifying of my spirit is a high priority in my life. I don’t make the mistake of putting all my time and effort into improving my outward appearance while forgetting to invest in my spirit. I’ve made a decision that my spirit is beautiful. I’m becoming more godly and beautiful all the time. I have an inward beauty that far outshines everything that I could ever do to improve the appearance of my outward man.

I confess I am a source of stability and power. I am a source of peace in my home. I don’t give in to anger. I don’t fly into a rage and say things that I will later regret. My husband and my children depend on me to be a tower of strength even in the midst of turmoil because I am so stable. I help bring stability to my husband, to my children and to the general atmosphere in my home. Instead of being a contributor to strife, conflict and turmoil, God uses me to bring peace and tranquility to all those who are near me. I release my faith now, in Jesus' name.