Feathers of Protection

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.This I declare about the Lord:He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trapand protect you from deadly disease.He will cover you with his feathers.He will shelter you with his wings.His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side,though ten thousand are dying around you,these evils will not touch you.(Psalm 91:1-7)



This scripture is so near and dear to me. It's alive it's personal, the Lord allowed me to witness it first hand with my grandmother before she died. Here's my testimony....



My grandmother was sick during this time and she wasn't really getting better but, one night I had prayed to the Lord for her health and went to sleep. That night the Lord gave me a dream of Angels coming into the house I was in. My grandmother was in a chair sitting down and my mom was standing beside her. My grandmother was shining brightly in the dream I knew the glory of God was on her but, I started hearing a noise that sounded like wind. It sounded like birds were flapping in my ear so I went and hid underneath a chair. The noise got louder and louder and I remember saying "their coming" When I got up from under the chair there were so many white angel wings on the floor and I then I knew God's angels of protection had visited us then I woke up. At the time I thought God was preparing to take my grandmother home because the next day her health got extrememly better but, then the news came that my aunt & cousins(my grandmothers dauther & nieces) were killed in a head on collision. Something none of us was expecting. I instantly realized that God was protecting my grandmother from this news until he was ready for her to go home to glory. This scripture and that season has forever changed my life. I'm humble that God would give me a first hand experience with this scripture. God will protect you if you make him your shelter. My grandmother understood this and she always taught us God's protection as well. I pray that you are encouraged by this testimony and choose today to believe and trust God to protect you no matter what you are facing.


God Bless,
Lisa

Submission

In the process we get taught so many things. As I sit here almost a month later from posting so much has happened and so much has changed within me. Change for the good change that can only be walked out not put into words. Change that's eternal. God's love always brings about change in the most wonderful and strange ways. Sometimes we fight that change because we are so used to doing things in our own understanding and not in the understanding of God. So God brings about change that makes you take your focus off self and put your entire focus on him. His plans His purpose for your life. It gets hard sometimes to embrace the change but, it's necessary to see any growth in God. You have to submit to his leading and walk through the process. In your walking humility will come, in your walking more faith will come and in your walking wisdom will come. Come to take up residance in your way of living and most importantly in your heart. So embrace the change Submit to the Process and watch God bring about a Glorious Work in your life.......


It's just a process it's not the end of your story....



Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.(James 4:10)

No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.(James 4:7)



Blessings,
Lisa

Beggers Can't be Choosers!

Last night while I was drifting off to sleep I started thinking about different circumstances I am presently going through. The negative of these circumstances seemed greater than God at that moment an I begain my episode of begging. "Please God take this away" "I don't want to go through this anymore" "I can't face another minute of it" As I wrestled with these thoughts in my emotional prayer it seemed like the only way out and eventually God would remove me right? or in other words give me what I wanted. That's what I remember doing as a child when I wanted my way I kept begging and kept crying sometimes it wouldn't work but, the majority of the time it did with my parents especially my Father. So of course this would work with my Heavenily Father. Once I pulled myself together and laid quiet  before God he begain to speak and reminded me of Paul. "Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness."So now, I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me"(2 Corinthians 12:8-9) You see Paul was just like me and just like so many of us. We want to do the work of Christ but, when things get tough or don't go the way we anticipated we start Begging only because we aren't in control and able to choose which trials to go through. God never puts more on us than we can bear and whatever trial or circumstance he allows you to go through he will remind you His Grace is sufficient but it's it's up to Us to recieve it by Faith!


Blessings,
Lisa

Team of Me.......

Going through the process with God if you are not careful can make you become selfish. It happens to the best of us especially when we don't like what we are currently going through. It's not that we don't trust God is just that we don't have understanding of who God truly is in the midst. God's processes are painful and they force us to take inventory of ourselves but, the majority of the time we tend to focus on getting out instead of going through. I know for me there were so many times I worried about how to get out of the process instead of truly allowing the Holy Spirit to cleanse me and bring about perfection in me through Christ."That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."(2 Timothy 3:17). It's hard to put your pride aside and say God have your way. God knows my beginning from my ending. He sees things that will hinder me or try to trip me up a day from now a week from now even a year from now. He loves us that much that he would strip us ahead of time to prepare us for that time. For me I'm learning there is no Team of Me in the Kingdom and definately no room for it in the process.

A Four Letter Word.....REST!

"Rest is a necessity. It is a Biblical principle that all creatures must rest. Without proper rest the human body will break down."(whatchristianswanttoknow)


(Genesis 2:2-3) "And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation"

The other day I was so exhausted, my body was aching and my throat was scratchy. I thought to myself "hear comes another cold" when I got home my intentions was to take some Nyquil to combat the cold I was coming against but, before I knew it I was laying down and didn't wake up until the next morning. To my surprise when I woke up my throat was no longer hurting and all my body aches were gone. Of course God is a Healer and by Jesus Stripes we are healed so I always claim that promise over my body anytime I feel like I'm getting sick but, this particular time it was different. The Lord gave me a revelation and said when your body is tired and needs proper rest it can make you feel like you are sick. Rest is so important naturally and spiritually. Even when we don't get the proper rest spiritually we  start to feel sick and lose strength. Trials seem bigger than God and the enemy come in to attack. The faith we once have becomes dull and weak and we find ourselve wanting to sleep instead of pray, or worry instead of have faith. Rest is necessary if we want to be effective in the Kingdom. We have to make the time to rest our bodies and rest our spirits in the presence of God. (Matt 11:28-29)"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Rest is a four letter word that is necessary in our Victory in Christ Jesus!!!! SO MAKE TIME TO REST!!!


Blessings,
Lisa

Boredom visited me Again......

I was walking around work yesterday doing my normal routine and all of a sudden this spirit of boredom hit me. Those that are close to me or have been close to me at some point in my life know that I go through these phases ever so often. Normally my cure is to cut my hair or try a new hair color but, Im leaving the scissors alone this time and looking to God for my cure in boredom. Cutting my hair only soothed me for a moment and I was back to the cyle of boredom again. "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."(2 Corinthians 4:18) I'm one of those people that doesent do good with routine. If I find myself stuck in a cycle to long of anything I'm looking to the Lord yelling "GOD I'M BORED WITH LIFE". I started reading this book last night called "Dangerous Surrender By: Kay Warren" through this book God has been revealing to me what my issue really is and what I need to do to come out of boredom and into a spontaneous relationship with him. When we try to continue life on our own and not completely surrender everything to Jesus at the cross boredom can really set in. So I welcome my phase it alerted me that I need to go back to the cross and surrender my thoughts, my ideas, my ways, my wants once again and take up the plan and purpose God has for my life. In this christian walk you will never be free of surrender you will only be fruitful in Christ as long as you continue to submit to the process it never ends. " And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's the same shall save it."(Mark 8:34-35).

Prayer,
Dear Father,
Forgive me for taking my cross and carrying it on my own journey. I submit once again to your plan and purpose for my life. You know what's best for me and my hearts desire is to be pleasing to you and complete the work you have for me to do. I give you my life once again and surrender it all to you. In Jesus Name Amen

My Computer is Sick but, His Purpose Prevails!

Ahhhhhh, Is my sigh of relief that I'm able to type on the page of my blog again. For the past couple of days my computer has been acting up. I kept trying all sorts of things to connect to the webpage but, it just wouldnt work. I begain to get frustrated and irritated all at the same time. I felt disconnected and in that moment I understood how much writing meant to me. One of my sisters in Christ and Mentor told me that it would be therapy for me and I definately see that. Writing for me has become necessary. Being able to share the Love of Christ and my heart on these pages keeps me humble because my desire to share comes from my love for Him. (For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose Phillipians 2:13) It's like having a picture of your walk but its words. I can go back and read my own post to see how much God has matured me but, also share my struggles and lessons learned in hope that it would encourage some of you. Of course during this time of techinal difficulties with my laptop the enemy was speaking defeat. His game was to bring those spirits of frustration and irritation so that I would give up BUT HE IS DEFINATELY A THIEF AND A LIAR!!! He will not steal or destroy this outlet of encouragement and therapy. I'm so thankful that my parents have a computer I can log on to but, even there's was trying to act up but, I had to Rebuke the DEVIL and log on anyhow. Of course the Enemy dosent care about the computer he cares about my drive to continue on the path God has laid out for me so he will use whatever tool he can to accomplish it.(In him we are also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will Ephesians 1:11) Guess what though I serve a GOD who already had this problem sorted out and worked out and today I am posting so SATAN YOU ARE DEFEATED!!!!! Walking By Faith Will Go On!!!

My Encouragement to you is "Don't give up when it seems all things are messed up God always has a way just still long enough for Him to help you find it".


Blessings,
Lisa