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Love Your Enemies

Jesus was very specific as he spake to the disciples about this topic.  But even as followers of Christ, this area confronts us with much difficulty because we are still wrapped up in this barrier called flesh.  Nonetheless, we have been confronted with the responsibility to take our love to a higher level and show love to our enemies.  Like, actually look out for them.  Think of the example/standard we are setting in the world.  

What are some examples of loving our enemies?  Well, we can not only pray for them, but if they permit, we can pray with them about specific situations that may be weighing them down and genuinely want God to move on their behalf.  We can pay a bill for them, pick up groceries for them when they experience financial challenges, or clean their home when they are physically unable to.  This requires constant examination of our heart and intentions to ensure that we love them as if they were not an enemy, but instead a friend.

Affirmation: I will show unconditional love, even toward my enemies.

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Turn Back To Him. 

If you have fallen away from Christ and you’ve turned to lusts and the things of this world — simply repent and turn back to Him. It’s not too late. Repent means to turn completely. Turn to Him and let God make you new. 

If you’ve turned to other things, and you’re looking to fill your heart with temporary idols — you will never be satisfied. Lust cannot fill a God-sized void. “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James‬ ‭1:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬. 

For the wages of lust is death. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans‬ ‭6:23‬ ‭KJV‬‬. God wants to give you eternal life. Forsake sin and run to Christ.

Say This Simple Prayer:

Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die for my sin. Father, I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. 

I thank You that His Blood purchased me and has made me clean. Father, I thank You that Jesus Christ rose from the grave just for me. 

I believe that Jesus rose so that I might be free. His Blood frees me. His Blood destroys every yoke of bondage. I am free in You and I turn and surrender my body to You. In Jesus Name Amen. 

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You Are Not Your Own. 

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:19‬ ‭KJV

When you are in Christ, your body does not belong to you — it belongs to God. “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭KJV.‬‬ 

Fornication is a sin directly against the body, the temple of the Holy Ghost. Not only is fornication a sin against your own body but you also grieve the Holy Spirit when you have sex outside of marriage. Sex is not only a physical act but it’s a spiritual covenant that brings two individuals together as one flesh. 

When sex is performed outside of marriage, it is an illegal spiritual trespass against your body and the Holy Spirit. Paul states, “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:23‬ ‭KJV‬‬. The two may be consenting the act — it may be lawful, but fornication (sex outside of marriage) is a spiritual transgression against the body and against the Holy Ghost. 

Your body belongs to Him.

Dream****Armor of GOD good vs evil

 I had a dream that was really powerful. I have lately been asking God about the world being so evil. So many different things happen in the world that are bad and if we lose focus we can let the evil in with out knowing it. We must remain focused on God and being In his word putting on the whole Armor of God being ready for any attack. 

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Good vs evil 

It was light against dark. So the light who were a handful of people and Dark who were a handful of people roamed the earth. Light bring more should to God and spreading his word and the dark making it more evil. 

I was part of the light feeling that once you are light you cannot become dark in my dream. So evil decided to show me how quick he can turn light into dark. I am trying to sum up the dream so that it is not so long. 

I could not believe how quick light let evil in. 

This is how quickly the enemy moves with one word whispered , one thing seen on TV or music not of God being listen to can quickly enter the mind and you will find yourself out of the will of God that fast. You have to stay fully armored with the word of God. being a Christina is not just on Sundays but everyday living all day long. We have to fight harder to more like God and do what is pleasing to God we must try harder. 

Hoarder-- 1 Samuel 10:22

Google Definition: Hoarder -A person who hoards things, collector or accumulator. 

In order to elevate and go to the next level in life you must let some things go before going into the new season. Sometimes you need to sit down self evaluate your life. We are all sinners and not perfect. I fall short daily and that is were repentance comes in.This is why Jesus died on the cross. 

You can be so full of baggage that you are hoarding that you are missing what God is trying to show you. you may need to let go of the past , or getting rid of toxic people or things that may be in your mind. 

Hoarding for me , when I think about it is very scary for me because I at one time in my life was so weighed down with baggage that I was not going to make it. I was holding on to many things. 

Becoming a young mother at the age 16 

Failed marriages young age 

Failing as a mother losing some of my kids the system

Bad decisions 

Every mistake 

Looking for love in all the wrong places 

Shame 

Guilt 

Habits

Abandonment  

Kicked out at the age 14 ,15

Mommy &Daddy issues 

List can go on and on , but I had to start unpacking. I could not do this on my own unsure how to unpack or how to forgive myself , I couldn't love myself until I fully gave my life back to Jesus. I can only tell you what GOD has done for me and he saved me giving me a second chance to get my life together, many do not get a second chance. 

what are you hoarding today? 

Let it go,it has weighed you down enough give it to GOD and watch how your life changes with the release of the old baggage that has weighed you down. We are not defined by our past or mistakes,or bad decisions GOD loves us anyway. 

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Inside-Out

We live in a world dominated by an orphan spirit. It teaches people to be defensive, self-reliant, self-sufficient. It militates against the vulnerability and dependence called for by Father God as we take on His kingdom values.

We have been trained by an orphan world that says we must prove ourselves capable. This is a religious lie. We are not built for independence. In fact, the moment we decide to kill our independence, admit our own incapability, give up and look to the Father, is the moment of our greatest victory.

Resolutions and commitments to change our behavior won’t work. Allowing God to change our heart – and the subsequent outworking of that change affecting our behavior – will transform us. Striving is the counterfeit of yielding. Religion attempts to transform us from the outside-in and does not work. The kingdom operates from the inside-out, and it does work, bringing about spiritual transformation.

In order to give up our self-reliance and yield to God’s work in our life we need to learn humility. The orphan spirit is rooted in pride and control. It is offended by the prospect of making ourselves vulnerable. Yet, humble people cannot be humiliated or offended, because their self-focus has vanished, swallowed up by their love for God, themselves and others.

Perfectionism and control tend to produce only shame and fear. But when we are justified by Christ’s perfection through faith in the finished work of the cross, He becomes our perfection. Suddenly, we are enough. We measure up. Slowly, our self-criticism and our judgment of others falls away, because we realize that everyone is significant.

Let’s get rid of our pride, because God resists the proud. Let’s choose to go low and God will lift us up. Let’s embrace the inside-out working of the Holy Spirit in our lives and look towards the glory that God desires to bring through His grace.

The teacher is always silent during the test keep going

 God got you , facts keep going 

Keep on going never give up

 Keep going with a smile 

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Believing the Best

The person who is close to God thinks positive, uplifting, edifying thoughts about other people as well as about himself and his own circumstances.

You exhort others with your words only after you have first had kind thoughts about that individual. Remember that whatever is in your heart will come out of your mouth (Matthew 12:34). Thoughts and words are containers or weapons for carrying creative or destructive power (Proverbs 18:21). This is why it is so important to do some “love thinking” on purpose.

I encourage you to send thoughts of love toward other people. Speak words of encouragement. Come alongside others and urge them to press forward in their spiritual life. Speak words that make others feel better and that encourage and strengthen them.

Everyone has enough problems already. We don’t need to add to their troubles by tearing them down. We can build up one another in love (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Love always believes the best of everyone (1 Corinthians 13:7).

We are living in obedience to the Word of God when our thoughts, actions, and attitudes line up with what it says.

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There’s Got to Be More

Do you ever have the feeling that you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? Pay attention to that feeling. It’s from God.

We’re not just talking about substance abuse issues, although drinking and pursuing other addictions are certainly ways of chasing something futile. But we’ve also known a lot of “good church people” who sit in a service every week—or who preach from a pulpit to those people—who feel themselves to be far from God. They’re “successful” or “put together” or “righteous” on the outside, but they’re missing God on the inside. They keep busy with religious practices and work, school, or family, but it just isn’t enough. They long for God to feel real to them.

That longing is the first spiritual awakening for all of us finding our way back to God: “There’s got to be more.”

When you long for a love that is deep and satisfying, when you want to give yourself to something that will truly make a difference, or when you seek answers to life’s most difficult questions, you are looking for God. You’ve really got two options: you can keep searching to fill these longings on your own, or you can look to the One who gave you those longings in the first place.

Our longing for real love goes all the way back to how the human race was made in the first place. God intended that we experience his love both directly from him and through others we relate to in a healthy way. What we long for, God doesn’t just have but actually God is. He is love and he pursues us with love.

We’ve heard it said that every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is really looking for God. If you are knocking on the door of some self-destructive behavior or relationship, you might actually have arrived at an important point in your journey back to God. Why? Because the disappointment you inevitably feel in cheap substitutes will make you wonder where you can find real love. Will you open yourself up to letting God fill your longing to love and be loved?

What do your activities this week suggest about what you think will satisfy you?

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Forgiveness frees you from anger

Forgiveness Frees Us from Anger 

Unforgiveness is holding a list in our heart demanding people to personally account to us for what they have done. Unforgiveness involves anger. Unforgiveness involves a desire for vengeance. Unforgiveness involves bitterness. We need to be willing to release the people in our hearts for their sins against us. Sometimes, Christians misunderstand the Scriptures that say that a person should repent when we rebuke them. These people say, “I will forgive when the offender repents.” There are other Scriptures, however, that require us to forgive regardless of the other person’s attitude.

Jesus said that we are to be like our Heavenly Father. He sends rain on people who are just and unjust. The Lord also makes the sunrise for the evil and the good alike. God is kind to everyone. Forgiveness should happen in our hearts whether people ask us to forgive them or not. Forgiveness is all about our hearts. This is where we are to release the people who hurt us. 

After all, we cannot ultimately forgive people for their sin before God. This is their debt to the Heavenly Judge. Only God can forgive people for their sins against Him. We are to release people from our personal vengeance. We cannot harbor bitterness in our hearts. Our attitude towards others should always be redemptive. 

In this way, forgiveness is actually empowering. It allows us to take control of what has been done to us, and it empowers us to release the offender. It frees us from our anger and a desire for vengeance. When we forgive, we free not only our offender but also ourselves. We can now walk in freedom from the negative emotions that held our hearts hostage. We are no longer responsible for vengeance. God is. When we forgive, we hand our offender over to God. 

When we forgive, we say that the individual no longer owes us anything. What the individual did against us is now a matter for them to settle with God. If the person repents, God will forgive this individual just like He forgave us. Since we no longer owe God for our sins, we cannot hold anyone else as our debtors. Now, it is for God to decide whether to bring vengeance on the person who hurt us. The Bible says that revenge belongs to Him. We can now walk in the freedom that He gave us to forgive and be forgiven. 

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Forgiveness Frees Us from Vengeance

Jesus tells us to forgive our brothers if they sin against us. Moreover, He tells us to forgive a person seven times in the same day, if they repent before us. Of course, if a person sins against us again and again and asks for forgiveness, after a while, we start doubting such individual’s sincerity. However, Jesus tells us to keep forgiving because He raises the standard high. We are obligated to forgive because of how much was forgiven to us. 

Think about the biblical story of Joseph. His brothers did a horrific thing to him. They sold him into slavery. He had been a slave and a prisoner and went through awful circumstances before He became the second-in-command in Egypt. When his brothers finally met him again, he had all the right to execute vengeance against them. But he forgave. He even wept when he saw his brothers, despite everything they had done against him. Joseph had a different perspective of the events that happened to him. He knew that his brothers meant what they did for evil, but God meant it for good. 

One of the ways we learn to forgive is by understanding the sovereignty of God over all the events of our lives. Nothing is accidental that happens to us. It does not mean that God approves of everything that happens to us. It does not mean that God smiles over everything that happens to us. We have to acknowledge the reality of evil in this world. Joseph told his brothers, “You meant it for evil.” He did not underestimate the evil done against him. However, the beauty of being loved by God, which is described in the Scripture, is that God is at work in our lives making all things work together for good. 

When we love God and are called according to His purpose, God is able to take what is meant against us and use it for His glory and for our eternal good. We need to maintain such perspective. This will help us to keep our hearts soft even in the face of things that people may do to destroy us. When Joseph forgave his brothers, he said, “Am I in the place of God?” He refused to take vengeance. The Bible tells us that vengeance belongs to God. When we forgive, we acknowledge that. We are not qualified to execute vengeance on various situations. God is. 

Submit to God

Submit First

Submitting to the Lord is our first line of defense when fear rears its ugly head. And guess who loves it when we live in fear? Our spiritual enemy. Fear is his playground. 

Thankfully, we have a plan of attack. God has given us a spiritual dress code in Ephesians 6:10-18. We must be fully equipped with the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit and a prayerful heart. Once we’re appropriately clothed, we can heed the words of James, the half-brother of Jesus:

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NIV

Before we start rebuking or resisting the devil, we must ask ourselves if we’ve fully surrendered and submitted to God. Submitting to God means fully abandoning our lives to Him. With our spiritual armor fully in place and prayer in our hearts, we’re yielding to the One who has the ultimate authority. We’re given the strength to resist the devil when we surrender our entire lives to God. And then guess what happens? The devil flees.

Yet, what we often try to do instead is first resist the devil or rebuke him, when we have yet to really submit to God. Resisting the devil is hard when we haven’t submitted our will, our ways, and our wants to God. Submitting to God is not only the first step, but our submission to God is actually us resisting Satan at the same time. 

We have the tools at hand. Let’s take steps toward fully giving our lives to our good God, for when we do, the devil has no power over us. 

Romans 3 vs 23-25

Mathew 5 vs 44

Forgiveness

Forgiveness Is Not Justification 

Forgiveness can be a sensitive topic in the Church. It is often so because the word “forgiveness” has been misunderstood. First, it is important to know what forgiveness is not. It is true that some horrendous things have been done to certain people by others. Forgiveness does not mean justification of these things. To forgive a wrong does not mean that this wrong was not done to us. To forgive something does not make it excusable. When we forgive, it does not mean that we deny that what was done to us was enormous or hateful.

We can consider our own forgiveness by God. Does the fact that the Lord forgave us mean that we have never sinned? Are we saying that we have done nothing wrong when we receive Christ’s sacrifice? Are we saying that our sin was not enormous? Are we saying that we did not deserve condemnation? Nobody is saying that. What we are saying is that God gave us unimaginable grace in view of our colossal sin. Moreover, God has done that at His own cost. Christ laid down His own life to forgive us for our sins.

So I am not justifying what someone has done to me when I forgive them. I look their sin right in the face and I say, “This sin is enormous. It is worthy of death. However, I forgive this wrong because I have been forgiven.”We take a full account of what has been done to us when we forgive. Then, we choose to release the person who hurt us. 

Thinking that forgiveness is justification can be confusing. One can wonder: How can a just God say that sin was OK? How can He justify rape? Murder? Stealing? Betrayal? God does not justify those things. He calls them what they are. Then, He chooses the death of His Son as the price paid for them. The Bible says that the payment for sin is death. God does not justify sin. The reason He can forgive our sins is because Christ died in our place. He also died in the place of the people who sinned against us. The sacrifice of Christ is enough to pay for the sins we committed and the sins that were committed against us. Forgiveness is accepting the sacrifice of Christ as sufficient. It is not justifying sin. Forgiveness is accepting that each sin has been paid for in full by Christ.  

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The devil wants you to believe the lie that you are unworthy so he can keep you enslaved to sin and hopelessness. We often beat ourselves up about our behavior and our sins. We feel burdened by the guilt and condemnation that we lay on ourselves! It could be that you are basing your belief about God’s forgiveness on your feelings rather than on God’s word. Our emotions can’t discern the truth from lies. They just respond to what we think. It’s dangerous to base truth on how we “feel.” Feelings come and go, but God’s Word never changes.

 

God’s mercy and grace will enable you to turn from the sinful lifestyle that once held you captive. As you believe this more deeply and renovate your mind, you will be set free from self-condemnation. Just believe in God.

 

The only way to truly know you are forgiven is to believe God’s Word. God has forgiven you based on what Christ did, not on what you do. Jesus Christ was the perfect God/Man who died so that we might be fully and completely forgiven of all our sins (past, present and future). Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. Not one sin was left out (except the sin of rejecting Him).

 

When you trust in who Christ is and what He did, you receive the forgiveness His sacrifice provided. Apart from God’s full forgiveness, we could not have a relationship with Him and He could not live in us. Everyone in Christ lives in a forgiven state with God, 24/7. The Biblical word for this is justified, which means God relates to us “just-if-I’d” never sinned.

 

One reason we question God’s forgiveness is that we believe God has only forgiven our past sins and not our future sins. We mistakenly think that any new sins that we commit separate us from God once again.

 

When we receive Christ into our life, our forgiveness is a settled issue once and for all. The issue now is not forgiveness but understanding how Christ’s life within us can set us free from sin’s destructive power.

 

So, go ahead and receive it! Agree with God and thank Him for His complete forgiveness. This is where freedom begins. You either believe God that you are forgiven or you are saying that Christ’s death on the cross was not sufficient to pay for your sins!

Galatians 6 /8-10

Hebrews 4/12

Isaiah 43

Proverbs 4 vs 23

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To obtain truth, we need 4 Rs:

1. Revelation (new enlightenment or understanding of Truth)

2. Renovate (trash the lie(s); study and meditate on Truth)

3. Rely (rest in and live out of the Truth)

4. Resist (resist the devil and stand firm in the Truth)

 

We all need revelation of God to know him better. We need an eye-opening experience, a revelation, to see the things of God that we cannot possibly see with our physical eyes. God wants to give us his revelation. He has poured it out in his scripture. He has made it clear that he wants us to have it. So if we want more revelation, we have to ask for it. He is faithful. When we ask, he provides every time. 

 

Renovate, defined in the dictionary is to make new, or renew. Renovating your mind takes time, takes commitment, and takes courage. It is choosing something different than what everyone else is choosing. In the battle of renewing your mind in God’s word, you will be met with resistance. 

 

When the enemy comes behind you and the enemy tries to steal, kill, and destroy you, he will make you look at your blemished past. Don’t. Rely on God and look forward. Stop looking at your flaws. Stop looking at your past. You have been bought with a price. Jesus Christ took all your flaws and that alone makes you worthy. Rely on God.

 

Do you need to resist the enemy? Is there a place right now where the enemy is involved in your life and you know it? Put up your barriers. When you know what you have in Christ and you know who you are in him, you will begin to put up barriers against the enemy. 

 

Even when you are relying on God, when you are renewing your mind, when you are resisting the enemy, you will still meet with other resistance. It can be something like a desire to not work, not push forward. Just starting to get into the word of God breaks the resistance. It is going to set you free. There is freedom where the truth is. 

Where can you find a blessing ? | Power Poetry

Where can you find a blessing ? | Power Poetry

Where do you find a blessing ?

When the trees stop whispering and the ocean stop roaring.

When the pen can't write and everything around you is one big fight .

When everything is steel and your heart can no longer feel , when all the music stops playing and a poor child won't even try praying.

Where can you find a blessing ?

Where a smile can't be found and your own cant bare to hear the sound .

A fist, a slap ,a woopin is suppose to say " I love you my child," but all it does is make you go out and       do something wild .

Where do you find a blessing ?

Somebody please tell the story because i want to feel joy wants more .

But my mama also said " We might endure for a night but joy come in the morning .

If you wait ,so I wait , and try not to hate . So I put my ear to the earth and I wait. 

I listen also quietly and I put my eyes to the sky and I wait . I try to see blessings are really free.

But this I know that we are the most steer , that God really let you feel the blessing one through you and one through me .

In due season

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Unexpected Detour (old something written came for a drive of getting lost)10/21/2019

 Revelation revealed to me was unexpected detour

I was driving to church on Sunday morning, my usual music blasted in my car enjoying the drive. As I came up on broad street to turn, I am seeing orange cones stopping me from driving forward.I had to reroute taki ng back roads trying to get to the other side. I arrived at a red light an intersection where I had to make a decision . Do I go back ,forward , left , or right? I am beginning to sweat, the light is about to turn green. 

I could not go back because a car came up behind me. I could not decide if I should go left or right. There was a police officer in the middle of the intersection, so I rolled down my window and he told me "you can only move forward" onto the street I was trying to turn on. I drove straight ahead excited that I was out of the detour so  I continued to drive. I got to main Street and as I am driving there is another blockage that came stopping me from moving forward. I became frustrated like "what is going on"so I had yet again to travel a different road, other than what I am use to traveling . 

While in route on the other roads, I became frustrated, laughing talking to God. I continue to drive forward until I got the intersection of where I needed to be. Through all the different roads that I traveled I stilled ended up on the same road and I made it out of the maze, I made it out to the other side.

Conclusion 

I want to give up daily and I am not sure of what I am doing in my walk with God. I do not know how to be a Christina women but I continue to be consistent. I am walking with God at times getting frustrated, unsure where he is taking me. What God told me is that I will make it out to the other side. I must keep moving forward even though I may not know where I am going, stay consistent. I remain consistent keeping my eyes on God so that I may keep moving forward. I may feel blind traveling this road , but not really blind because God has me on all sides. 

Fontessa Parence