Be Encouraged Today!

Good Morning! When I was younger I use to say that I needed to be on my own island..................far far away from other people When people irritate me I say "Absolutely Irritating", because people tend to irritate me. I have very low tolerance for stupidity and inconsiderateness, and it seems that those type of people are around me everywhere that I go. But the Lord is dealing with me on that. I asked Him to help me to deal with people. Now, this is not to say that I'm going to let people treat me any kind of way or say anything they want o me . My mother didn't raise a wimp or a whipping post, and Jesus took everything that we could and would ever go through upon Himself on the cross so that I wouldn't have to. We don't have to take people being rude to us. But there's a right way of going about not taking people "crap". I, myself, don't often use this method, but I know how to do it right. My mother always told me to just pray and ...

Hello: I know that you are enjoying this holiday season. It's a time to reflect and think about those special someones in our life. Most important is to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savor, Jesus Christ - He is the reason for the season. It's sad to say that this is the only time that He is thought of or sought after by some people. Their is better spent by seeking after the things of this world. Luke 12:21 tells us that the foolish store up earthy wealth (things/money), but do not have a relationship with God. To some having a relationship with God is the furthest thing from their mind. We as children of the Most High God are not foolish; we understand that the things of this world are temporal (subject to change), and do not last forever. We know that we are only "visitors"; we are "aliens" - we are not of this world. And no, I haven't been watching too many sci- fi flicks; and no, I haven't lost my mind. As children of God, we...

The Lord is great and greatly to be praise! Have you ever had the "blahs"; where you just don't feel like doing anything? All you want to do is those things that you have to do to live/survive; anything more than that is a chore; it is draining - you don't want to talk or do anything; I mean absolutely nothing. I've been like that this week. Maybe I just need a break I thought. I'll tell it on myself - I haven't been reading or praying or studying that much all this week. I'm not depressed or anything - just BLAH. I'm sitting here tonight , and I thought 'Now, how are you going to "encourage" people in the Lord when you're not putting yourself in a position to hear what the Lord would say?' OUCH! I thought 'Hey, I have some things that I want God to do on my behalf on my family's behalf. Just when God is about to open the door we may feel faint and want to give up and give in. We don't want to press ...

Hello All: It's fair time, and my husband and I took our nine month daughter, Angelina, to her first fair. We didn't get a chance to ride any of the rides, but we enjoyed the food, shows and animal scenery. The most enjoyable thing for me was seeing the look on my daughter's face as we went through the fair zoo. As I looked at her , I wondered what she was thinking and feeling when she looked at these creatures she'd never seen before. I think the zebra was her favorite . she was so fascinated by it! Now, I've been to the zoo before and seen zebra, and viewed them on the television, so it didn't fade me at all. As Angelina looked at the zebra, her eyes got big and bright seeing it for the first time. When I got home, I thought about this again, and thought about how when I first got saved and experience Jesus, I was so touched - I wanted to learn, see and experience more. The eye's of my understanding was just like my daughter - big and bright. ...

God is good all the time! Don't you think it's awesome that God knows how many hairs are upon your head? Just think about it (unless you don't have any - LOL ). It is awesome that God knows your beginning and your end. He knows the thoughts He has towards you; they are thought of good and not of evil to give you a hope, a future, and expected end. Hmmm ...........an expected end??? When we "expect" something, we "look to" the occurrence or appearance of something. We as children of God should "look to" or expect good things to come to us and happen to us. God desires for our beginning to our end to be good. But there's something called "free will" - our ability to make a choice. Our lives are full of choices 'Do I go to church this Sunday or not?' or 'Do I cook tonight or eat out?' Everything is a choice. In our beginning, we should make the choice to do good and follow God. For the Lord is our Sheppa...

Praise the Lord! How powerful is your God? How awesome do you think your God is? Is your God on your side? Are you on God's side? These are questions to think on. All of us have troubles or hard times . None of us are exempt form this. The Word of God says that He has come that we might have peace, in this world we will have tribulations (trials, hardships, situations), but we are to be of good cheer; for He has overcome the world (and will help us do the same). God loves us whether we make the right decision(s) or the wrong one(s). Romans 8 tells us that there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God - whether we have calamity or trials - nothing can separate us from His love. Now if we make the wrong decision, it does not exempt us from reaping the outcome of our wrong decision. But God will love us through it and can deliver us from it. That's the why I asked if you were on God's side. If you decide to steal, and God's Word says though shalt n...

Good Morning! Have you ever prayed for something, standing of God's Word, and seen the manifestation of your prayer? Life is good, things are going the way they should only to have that thing try to rise up again. You do understand that once you've prayed, believed and received your "thing" that you still have to fight the good fight of faith and continue to speak God's Word over the situation. Just like an alcoholic that seeks helps, go through the necessary steps, and recovers from alcoholism - everyday that person has to fight the temptation to drink to remain set free. Or like someone that has been diagnosed with cancer, they pray and go through the necessary treatment, God delivers them from cancer; this person has to continue to stand on God's Word concerning their healing. When you're praying and standing for your thing, you have to trust that God can perform His Word and that He will perform it for you. Once He has performed His Word that ...

Hello & Praise the Lord! The Lord is faithful to His promises, and I will praise and serve Him all the days of my life. I know the Word of God, and it is ever near me even in my mouth. I know that the Word works, because I work the Word. I speak the Word of God over my life, my husband's life, my children's lives, and our situations. Recently the the devil thought he was doing something by messing with our finances. But he is a liar and the defeated for in our lives. The Lord has given me authority over the devil and all the dark wicked forces of the enemy. He also gave me authority over our fiances. One morning Aaron woke up and said "Baby, I'm gonna have to take your car because my car won't start. Call the repair man to have it looked at". I did not get upset; I did not fret! The first thing I thought was I"M A TITHER! And to back up the story for a second, the week before I had asked my pastor, who is also my mother, should I the tithe...

Praise the Lord! God is good and worthy of our praise. Well if you are reading this, then you are alive and well. And if you aren't well, and you're the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus, then you can be! Healing is the children's bread, and it's already ours. What is agreement?? I believe that it's a common ground of mutual understanding and belief. When you agree with someone, you come together on one accord, seeking and believing for the same answer/results. When I agree with someone/something, it has to be positive, beneficial and/or good for all involved. God's Word is positive; it is beneficial (to our spirit, soul and body), and it is good for all that are involved. Our healing is positive and beneficial because it keeps us alive, able to enjoy and do things necessary to live and keeps our wealth in our pockets. It is good for all involved because it keeps our loved ones from grief and sadness. I've said it before - Watch what you a...

Praise God! There is now no condemnation to sin to those who belong to Christ Jesus, and we belong to Christ Jesus. Aren't you glad this day that you belong to Him, and He belongs to you. He is everywhere that we go; He never leaves us or forsake us. Sin is a stronghold in our lives that does not line up with the Word of God. If you're not sure if something you're doing is sin, then compare it with the Word of God. If what you're doing is opposite of God's Word, then it must be sin. And for those who know to good/or do what's right and does it not, it is sin. And don't think for one second that because you go to church every time the doors are opened, you're reading your Bible everyday, or doing good deeds/works that you are saved if you are sinning in an area of your life. Now God is faithful to forgive us of those sins when we repent and TURN from them. See some of us think that ' Ok , I sin but I'll just repent of the sin when I...

Hello: I am trying to stay faithful to bring you encouragement through the Word of God. I have been writing at night so that I can type on the weekend or throughout the week when I have time. God is always speaking, and I am trying or rather I will be obedient to do His Word. But I thank God that I have chosen to serve Him because is He is so faithful. He understands that we are not perfect, but we should always shrive for that perfection. I know that I spoken on this topic before, but I think that we should always keep this ever before I our eyes. We are born again. What does being born again mean? It means that we have been saved by grace through faith. In standard terms, we believed in our hearts and confessed with our mouths that Jesus is Lord; and He died on the cross for our sins and is now seated at the right hand of the Father God ever making intercession for us. This is the only way to truly be born again/saved. But we must understand that all the wrong things we once did don...

Hello & Praise the Lord: Have you ever read a scripture before, like a thousand times, and one day you read it, and it seems as though a light switch came on? Well that happened today. I was reading Philipians 4:6 "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. Sounds simple enough. This is what I love about God's Word - it gives you the instruction on how to do His Word plain and simple. But for some strange reason we sometimes just can't get it right. Now the scripture says not to be careful/anxious/worry for nothing. Let's stop here. Here is where I think we miss it. We have the praying and thanksgiving part down pack, but it's the first part of the scripture that I think we have a problem with. We know we have a need - it stares us in the face day in and day out. It's like it taunts us a times or all of the time. We're constantly thinking/worrying abou...

Hello: I am so glad that God's mercy is new every morning towards me and my family, and His grace is sufficient for us. I am so glad that I belong to Him, and He belongs to me. That is a great feeling to know. Let Faith come alive in you. Now how exactly does that happen????? It comes alive in us when we apply the scripture(s) to our lives. The reason that faith comes alive when we apply the scripture(s) to our lives is that whatever scripture you are standing on for your situation, you have to believe that you receive the thing you are hoping for which is the evidence of the thing that's not visible yet (Hebrew 11:1). When you believe a thing is true, it becomes real to you; it becomes a part of your life, your thinking - a part of your way of being and doing. You can quote and confess a scripture, but if you do not believe or continue to doubt that God can and will perform that Word for you, then you hindering your answer from coming forth. If your faith is not tha...

Hello: Long time no write! Motherhood certainty keeps one busy that's for sure. But I wouldn't change it for nothing of this world. It is by far the best and most important job I will ever have. I am still here, not so much everyday or week, but I promise to visit and write every month. I do want to encourage everyone to write comments or questions if you want to or have the chance. The day before yesterday my mother and I were playing with my five (5) month old daughter, Angelina, and we both recognized how trusting she was with us. Now, my mother has this beautiful hunter green marble flooring in her living room, and it does not provide padding if one should fall. But Angelina is not worried about the floor; she doesn't have a care in this world. She doesn't worry about where her next meal will come from or if she will have shelter. She expects when she cries (that's how she communicates) that her need (whether hunger, diaper change or affection) will be ...

Good Morning: Continue to give thanks unto the Lord, for He is great and great are His works. There's a author out with a book entitled "God is not Great....How religion poisons everything". Boy, do we need to get on the good foot. The enemy is getting bolder because he knows that His time is running out. Just want to let you know that I will be putting some of my old writings on the blog. If some had touched your spirit in the past, then they will be on the blog for you to refer back to. Here's one now................... Repeat After me and say it with attitude: My life just keeps getting better and better. Blessing are over taking me more and more. My bills are paid, and my body is healed. And the best is yet to come. Take it by force, and sometimes we just have to get an attitude with the devil, and let him know that he is the defeated foe and he will rule NO MORE in our lives. There was a Word of God that was preached talking about putting on the whole ...

Praise the Lord: I want to encourage you today to continue to fight the good fight of faith. No matter how the storm(s) rage around you, continue to stand on the Word of the Lord. He is faithful that promises, and He is no respecters of person - meaning if He did for one He can and will do it for you. We have really got to get on the good foot here. If we don't, we will be defeated when we're suppose to be victorious. For far to long, we have been saying things that are contrary to what the Word of God says. Yes it might "look like" it's going on, but that's not what the Word of God says. We can call those things to be not as though they are. My daughter is only 4 months old, and I pray that she is an obedient and respectful child. I have learn to confess things that I want to be in my life. I pray that as for me and my household we will serve the Lord; if one in the household be saved, then rest can be saved. We can stand up against the enemy and win. Don...

Hello: I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. I thank God that He never leaves me nor forsakes; He's with me everywhere that I go. Friends and family members come and go, but He is always with me. I am never alone because I know the Lord Jesus, and He lives in me. Philipians 4:6 states for us not to worry about anything, but to pray about everything. When trials and tribulations come your way, who do you turn to first? Is it the loan company, a friend or family or do you seek the Lord? Do you pray first or do you go to someone else to pray for your thing for you? Does He not supply your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Is He not your only source? I think we at times allow the things that go on around us create a panic because we are not rooted and grounded in the Word of God as well as we think we are. I also think that we don't confess the Word over our lives and situations as often as we should. We turn to...

Good Morning: I just want to say that I am victorious in God through Christ Jesus, and the devil a liar and a defeated foe. Ok , have you ever ministered to someone about Jesus, and they say 'Well, when I get things right in my life, I will come on into the church.....' I have heard this so many times. And what they fail to understand it that it is not up to us to get ourself right before we come into church. God will do the work in you. And no "Poof" or "Presto" and everything that was bad in your life goes away. Salvation is a process. When you and God get one thing in your life on track, trust me, He will start on another area in your life. And just because you still have some things that you are dealing with that are not God like, He still loves you. Aren't you glad that you have "right standing" with God - because you have been made the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. You can now go boldly into the throne room of ...

Good Morning: It's been some time since I've written to you last, but know that God is still on the throne and is still in the business of performing miracles. He has all the answers to your concerning questions. He is the only one that can supply our every need. Settle it today that God is your only source. Your job is not your source, your husband or wife is not your source. God is our source for everything that we will ever need or want. Not only for monetary needs, but for love and hope, for sucess (career/relationships) and for health. These are some of the rewards we receive as children of God that live righteous lives. I've said it before and I will continue to say it. Maintain your relationship with the Father. Read and study His Word; pray and talk with Him everyday. When hard times come, and they will come, you will be able to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might if you continue in the things of God. You will be able to pull the Word of God out of ...

Hello: I know I've been missing in action lately, but as most of you know, I have a brand new beautiful baby girl. We have just about gotten the routine down, but some days are hit and miss. Being a new mother is wonderful, but as my mother says "Babies are W-O-R-K", and they are. But in this new role, worry and fear have tried to take hold of me. The word of God tells me that 'God has not given me a spirit of fear but of love and of power and of a sound mind. This fear that something was going to happen to my child tried to take a strong grip of my mind. I couldn't really sleep because I was constantly looking to make sure that she was still breathing. And you might be saying 'You a new mom and every new mom goes throught that'. But every new mom is not a child of God. I know what the Word of God says. I know that I have the authority to bind up any and everything that is not of God, but for some reason I was not able to speak the Word of God - a...

Good Afternoon: I just want to take time out this day to thank God for the wonderful gift that my husband and I are about to receive. At my doctor's appt. yesterday, I was notified that we will be inducing to birth our first child, Angelina. I can't tell how happy we both are. Children are a blessing, and she will no doubt be a very wonderful blessing to us. Well, we are all saved, sanctified and set apart for the glory of God this day. I know that you are continuing in your new found walk and relationship with your Lord, Jesus Christ. Because we have been bought with life so precious, we know that God loves us - He loves us unconditionally. I Samuel 16: 7 that the Lord doesn't make decisions the way the we do. People judge by the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at a person heart - their thoughts and intentions. God knows that when you said the sinner's prayer that you were sincere in your asking Him to be Lord over/in your life. You now belong to Him. ...

Good Morning! The Lord is great and greatly to be praised! Don't forget to praise the Lord today for He alone is worthy of our praise. I want to talk about putting on the whole armor of the Lord today. I know we've talked about this before, but I want to revisit this. I want to make sure that this is something you're doing everyday. I want this to be like getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth (hopefully this is something you're doing every morning). This should be an everyday thing. We need to be protected from the tricks of the enemy. Especially since we've rededicated ourselves to the Lord, and you've probably shared that with someone else - you have to understand that the devil is not happy about this. The Bible tells us that the devil comes immediately to steal, kill and destroy. He does not want you to have a relationship with the Father. He wants you to continue as you were; he wants you to think that everything is "ok". B...

Good Morning: I am here to tell you this morning that God's Word is true. Things, situations and people will pass away, but God's Word will never pass away. It is the same today as it was yesterday just as He is. I don't want to get off of salvation just yet. And I know what you must be saying 'I've heard this a thousand times; I've said the sinners prayer; I go to church and I pay my tithe.' These are things that we all should be doing. But I want to show you in the Word of God where it's says that unless you are born again, received Jesus as Lord, that you can never see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). I also want to give you some scriptures to prepare you for when others would questions your christianity, your salvation. There are maybe friends and relatives that know the "old man" and do not realize that you have been "made new" in Christ Jesus. Not that you should argue with anyone, but we all should know what the Word say...

Good Morning: God is good and He is good all of the time. He is so good that He has given us the greatest gift of all, His son Jesus. The Word of God tells me in John 3: 16 that God so loved the world that He gave His only son, so that everyone that believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. He wants us to live in eternity with Him, and that we shall do. This is what is on my heart this day. This is a new day, a new year for new beginnings. And I think that we should start it off right by putting our lives under the Blood of Jesus. I not going take for granted that we are all saved and covered by the Blood of the Lamb. But what I want to do today is for us to say the sinners prayer. This way there are no if's, and's or buts - no doubts - concerning our salvation with our Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to say, speak it loud enough for you to hear it, this prayer of salvation. There maybe some that don't know Jesus as Lord or may have loved ones that don...