Be Encouraged Today!

Well this is going to be a blessed day in the Lord! Keys locked in the truck; can't take my daughter to school. Oh but Jesus is still on the Throne, and He alone is worthy of my praise. Devil you still LOSE! HA! Sometimes you just got to laugh in the devil's face, and let him know that he can not steal your joy! For this is the day the Lord has made, and I have already made the choice to rejoice and be glad in it. Many of you may know, my family and I moved from Louisiana to Maryland, and we drove with three (3) kids and two (2) dogs - yeah, it was a "fun" drive. I must say this was the most nerve-racking drive I have ever made. It's not because of the kids or the dogs as you may be thinking, but because we had a trailer attached to our Chevy Trailblazer. The guy at the Uhaul said "You'll never know it's back there." Well that guy didn't know what he was talking about, and we did more than just feel it. We fought that trailer the ...

Be Encouraged Today!: Sons and Daughters : I was up late the other night; I couldn’t sleep. So I just began to thank the Lord and told Him how much I appreciate Him – you know just l...

Well praise the Lord! Jesus is Alive, and He is seated at the right hand of God. I have Jesus as Lord and Savior; therefore, I have the Victory! I didn't realize how many confessions I made until I decided to share them with you .... Whew! I will be posting one more daily confessions post, and we should be finished. Well now after thanking and praising God for all He is doing in, through and for me and my family, I proceed as follows: Lord, I thank You for the authority You have given me as a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven, a daughter of the Most High. I thank You for the authority over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, the beast of the fields and the fowls of the air (Gen. 1:26). So every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, the beast of the fields and the fowls of th air, you have no place or authority in my home, and I command you to stay out! I plead the Blood of Jesus over my home, inside and out. There's power of protection in the Blood from t...

Well Praise the Lord! It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. If you don’t know by now my husband, Aaron, got a job – Praise God- all the way in Maryland. He has been gone since the end of May. So I’ve been here with the kids and the packing. Well, I was hoping that we’d be up there by now; housing is so expensive up there and we have dogs too – so there have been issues. Though that might be so, where God guides He also provides (I have been reminding myself of this), and there is nothing impossible with God. I am a serious planner; I expect for things to go according to plan. It doesn’t have to go exactly the way I want it, but the results should be the same and accomplish around the same time. Well it has not gone according to my plan, and to be honest, I have been out of sorts. I have been up and down, and sometimes under “down”. When I was down, I would always get "up" with prayer and encouragement from my mom/pastor. I have “bent” her ear more than I’d...

Well praise the Lord! I want to wish my wonderful husband, Aaron, a Happy Birthday! He is a wonderful husband, and I love him very much. Well, if you haven’t heard by now, my family and I are moving to Maryland/Virginia – we are still looking. But I will be blogging very soon on how God came through for us, and how standing on God’s Word helped me through. I want to finish on my confessions. Last month I wrote about how I put on my armor. Today, I would like to share how I begin my confession. It goes alittle something like this…………. Lord, I thank you for this day. For this is the day that you have made, and I am making the choice, right now, to rejoice and be glad in it. I ask you to forgive me of all my sins; those things that are known and unknown; those things done in deed, word or thought. Lord, I thank you for Your mercies that are new every morning towards me and my family, and Your grace that is sufficient for us. It is that grace that You’ve extended towards me an...

Well Hallelujah!!! Thanks be unto God who always causes me to triumph. I win in Jesus’ name! It has been one thing after another over here in my world. I thank God for Jesus because without Him all hope would be doomed. I’ve said it before, the devil hates me. I guess I would too if someone was waging war against my kingdom. And in doing so, I should have known that there would be attacks; and knowing there would be attacks, I should have been putting my armor on every day, all the time. I have been asking reader at the end of blog “Did you put your armor on today?” for about six and a half (6 ½) years now, and I had slacked off myself. You know I will tell it on myself; I do so that the enemy can’t hold anything over me. But after being hit by attacks of “firey darts” – finances, issues with the kids – it’s time to do that I should have been doing again, faithfully. Now the Armor of God can be found over in Ephesians 6. I put this very same armor on, but I do it a little d...

You alone are my Rock and my Salvation; You alone of my God, I will not be shaken You alone are my Fortress and my Refuge You alone are my God, I can always run to Though the waves my rumble, though the oceans roar Though the mountains crumble and fall in the sea I will never tremble; I will never fear I know that you are able to rescue me. Oh, if it had not been for the Lord on my side……….. I will stand firm and see the Lord’s Salvation. Though a thousand fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand, it shall not come near me. Though there seems to be no way out, I will trust in the Lord. For the things that I see are subject to change, and change for the better. When I can’t seem to hear Him, I will press forward for He is always speaking. I will continue to speak His Word, and only His Word. I will continue to dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High, abiding in the shadow of the Almighty. He alone is my Refuge and my Fortress; He is my God, and I do trust Him. He a...

What Are You Basing Your Life On? There is so much going on in the world. Every time I turn on the news I hear of more people losing their jobs, increase in unemployment and sickness and diseases. There are some people dealing with divorce, problems with their children or stress of on the job. There are many distractions we have to deal with. This being said, ask yourself – Do I base my life on my circumstance or on the Word of God. I have gone through some things where I based my life on the things going on in my life; the circumstances said that I was “doomed!” I couldn’t see a way out. Have you ever gone through something where the circumstances were so “in your face” and so loud that you couldn’t see or hear anything else but that circumstance/problem? I think we all have been there at least once. Even though your circumstance/problem presents itself “bigger” than God, it’s not! In one on my children’s books it says “There will never be anyone or anything greater or more ...

1 John 3:17 asks if anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? It is written in Romans 5:5: And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Matthew 5:46 states: If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors (sinners) doing that? Matthew 5:43, 44 states: 43You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy; 44But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Today I ask you as I ask myself; How is your (my) love walk? I’m talking to all but especially to those of the household of faith. Do we really love as our Lord loved us; or is the love that we are giving from self, which is limited? How is it that in our services we profess our love for one another yet when we walk out of the church doors that love...

Happy New Year! It’s a good day to praise the Lord. 2012 is going to be a GREAT year, and we are going to talk about one of the reasons today! I don’t know about you, but I love getting good news. Good news gives one hope; it encourages us to keep moving forward. The best good news in the world is found in 1 John 5:10-15: 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know ...