Revival

What a great opportunity to get a "spiritual wash" which is none other than a carwash but for our spirit!

Every service started with an intense worship time, longer than usual. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is FREEDOM!!! Freedom to cry our eyes out, Freedom to let things go, Freedom to go down on our knees, Freedom to surrender, and Freedom to worship!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!  What a relief!!! And all because people SURRENDERED all to HIM!!! What a great relief!!! As a church leader this is a GREAT thing, it's a hope maker, a light at the end of the tunnel, a comfort that claims, "things will get better", for you leaders, for the body of Christ, and for the community where the revival is happening.

As usual, after praying for everyone who came forth, then is my time get my prayers going; and one of the nights my sick husband, came forth, then my daughter and lastly my younger son, came along one after the other one.  It was soooooooo great to feel The Lord reaffirm HIS calling on our lives as a family, in spite of the circumstances; I really had to let it go… and so I did!!! I screamed and jumped, and worship like never before, and I loved it!!! I KNOW God worked something miraculous in our lives, and I’m eager to fully see the picture of what truly happened there. And this was only my personal testimony; there were people healed immediately! And the church in fire! So great!!! I do not have enough words to explain it all.

I will say though, that if you truly want REVIVAL in your heart, or in your church, spent time soaking in GOD’s presence, before, and during the services; I guarantee you will receive from The Lord, because you’re seeking HIM, and HE WILL speak to you! Try it! Then after REVIVAL to keep the fire going, stay close to the fire, in God’s presence, worship, worship, worship, and after that worship so more!!! HE deserves it!!!

I tell you, after Revival, my calendar got busy, really busier than before!!! And when is for The LORD, I love it!!! Thank YOU, LORD!!!! It made me realize, that I will have to rearrange some of my writing times in order to stay multi-blogging as often as I do.

But my friends… the truth of the matter is that the KEY to get your heart REVIVED is SOAKING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD; your life will never be the same!!!!


Until next time, I pray the LORD bring Revival to your heart, and create in you a desire to spend time on HIS presence. I pray HE gives you a song to worship HIM, daily! I pray HE births in you a desire to read HIS Word, and a determination to set yourself apart from everything and everyone for a period of time to spend time in that “prayer closet” where you talk, pray, cry, sing and worship HIM as free as bare feet are. And all this I pray, in JESUS name, AMEN!!!

Thinking & PRAYING twice before we act!

As Pastors we receive invitations to conferences, retreats, and meetings to the right and to the left to the point that at times we have to "pick and choose" because they are many options, in and outside our state, at times.  If we are not careful, and ignore the voice of GOD when HE speaks and says yes to this and no to this other one, we're going to be facing many challenges because attending to all of them, will leave us with little or no time to do our pastoral duties. Not to mention that the challenges to face can and will make our life REALLY complicated. 

I do not want you to think “well that’s only to the pastors”, because if you ponder of the facts, that even as a Mother/Homemaker we need to make choices, and most of the times more sensitive and important that going here and there.  Sometimes maybe simpler decisions that we take on a daily basis, but I’m sure this do happen, often very often.  Think about the times, that you have an appointment at ten, when suddenly one of the kids called in sick from school, while your husband needs you, the dog comes inside with muddy paws, the doorbell rings, and to top it all, we feel the urge to use the bathroom!  See somethings can be put off, others don’t! LOL  

We MUST present our requests to The LORD for HIM to be the One who leads us, because there will be times, where we simply NEED to go to the bathroom, and everything else can be placed in prayer even while we are doing our business, in that enclosed room.

The truth of the matter is that you TALK to The LORD before you choose what to do. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 6-7

 

Let me bring it home….

An invitation came, for an out of town meeting, I wanted to go since I had missed the fellowship with my other fellow female pastors, but the circumstances seem to be not quite right, and I hadn’t been totally convinced that this was for me to go. I knew it was out of town, and there will be some additional traveling time and expenses, but I thought, well is an enrichment meeting, and it’s for all so, I’m going!   So after sharing simply about it with my husband, and although is for me, sometimes he comes, and he said he would so I made plans, and registered.

A few days later, my son’s car broke down, until then I had an idea but didn’t know for sure how hectic having one car down in the house can be especially if you’re the chuffer. Praise God, my job is on-call basis, and my husband is an ARMY Medical Retiree, because otherwise it would have been worst! 

Then my husband, mentioned not being comfortable to leave the town and our youngest daughter home alone for a long period of hours, while my middle son is at soccer practice, while the oldest is at work.  So he started to ask me question about this particular invitation, usually depending on his physical state sometimes he chooses to stay home, while I’m gone. As the conversation when on, we start to get deeper into the details of the conference, the different speaker at this meeting, where they were coming from and the possible benefits, and so on.  Then, the more I dug into the information, and thru my husband, The LORD allowed me to realize that coming to this out of town meeting would bring more that I would want it to bargain for. Then the immediate question aroused, now what do I do? Because I’ve registered, or so I thought! And unless I have an emergency or I’m in the hospital, I do not cancel my appointments, especially if they have to do with ministry.  Well, I decided to recheck our registrations, just to realize I was not registered for this conference, my registration didn’t get processed! Surprise!!!

See, we just HAVE TO MAKE TIME, to hear and understand when GOD is talking to us, and I had just failed to, like we all do sometimes. All because I allowed my desire to fellowship with my colleague’s to go beyond the time I spent praying about going to this meeting.  "When we push too much, for things to happen, we can end up with a painful discomfort in our bottom” is what I usually say.  So, what else to do, but confess, repent, for this not to happen again?! 

... And my friend, this was yesterday’s lesson for me.  If this has been a lesson for you too, do not hesitate to comment, and always pray for you and me, to stay focus in The LORD, and to “TRUST in THE LORD with ALL our HEART and LEAN NOT on our OWN UNDERSTANDING; in ALL our WAYS SUBMIT to HIM, and HE WILL MAKE our PATHS STRAIGHT.”  Proverbs 3:5-6

Until next time, I pray the Lord blesses you with a great life to be lived for HIS glory, and I pray in JESUS name, AMEN!!!

We PROMISE!!! - Nehemia 10

A very serious question arise about some of you who read my blog while studying the book of Nehemiah.  And since my desire you all get to know the LORD who really saves, heals, comforts, restores and give us life, by the way of HIS SON, I'm shareing this with you.  Please take the time to read Nehemiah 10.  A small recap is included here...

“²⁹ joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. THEY SWORE a CURSE on themselves IF they FAILED to OBEY THE LAW OF GOD as issued by his servant Moses. THEY SOLEMNLY PROMISED to carefully FOLLOW ALL the COMMANDS, REGULATIONS, and DECREES of THE LORD our LORD:

³⁰ “WE PROMISE... ³¹ “WE also PROMISE... WE WILL... WE WILL... ³² “In addition, WE PROMISE.... ³⁴ “WE HAVE... ³⁵ “WE PROMISE.... ³⁶ WE AGREE to.... WE WILL.... ³⁷ WE WILL...  WE WILL.... And WE PROMISE.... ^39b  and, "WE PROMISE together NOT TO NEGLECT THE TEMPLE of our GOD."

Check the entire devotional by following this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClarksvilleFirstAssemblyofGod/permalink/1103432886401478/

Afterwards, ask yourself:  "DO I  HAVE a serious and bold commitment with THE LORD?!"

If you do not, it’s time… tomorrow could be too late!!!  Call upon THE LORD, repent of your sins, confess HIM as the ONLY Savior & Master of your life, and accept the gift of eternal life that JESUS paid in the cross for you.  Start living for HIM by communicating daily with HIM in prayer and STUDYING His Word. The church is here to help you and walk you thru, if you do not have a church, let me know, I help you find one close by you.

For now, and until next time, PRAISE THE LORD for HIS name is GREAT, and GREATLY SHOULD BE PRAISE!!! God bless you, friends!

All about THE LORD!!!

Some days, I JUST want to worship THE LORD, all day long.... Even when I'm so busy that I cant get to my quiet spot to write, I just sing to HIM...

Try this worship, because TRULY in all HE allows me to say, and do, it is all about HIM; to bring glory to HIM, and HIM alone.

As I was growing up I had a favorite group of kids, who sang about that so called "puppy love"; then they became famous, and with it, they became quite like The Beatles, every where they went paparazzi followed. The group broke apart, and still some of them became really popular, and like Michael Jackson, Madonna and others "famous" they get to the point that can not even go to the store without guards anymore.  I always asked The Lord, "do not please ever let me loose the freedom of enjoying life because of fame", because it was really troublesome for me seeing how those that had look for fame, ended up not enjoying life anymore because they have accomplished the first, without considering the last. And at the end that fame it doesn't even have to do with our LORD.... come on!!! Not worth it!!!

Therefore because for me, it's all about THE LORD, I worship HIM!!! Come on, worship with me!!!

  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuS9_v07GCs

The River of Healing Waters

This testimony is from the book of Ezekiel, and it impacted me because I frequently have dreams and visions, so I can identify with those that like Ezekiel had the opportunity to tell the world about these revelations.  Also as my walk with the Lord got deeper, my love, reverence, and dedication to HIM became deeper as well, and healing became to be the evidence that for HE who created the world, there's no impossibles! Because wherever HE IS, the path will flourish because of HIS presence. I pray you allow the Lord to minister to your heart as you read about this exciting vision; and transform as your mind gets renewed thru HIS WORD, not mine, but HIS!

“In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side. ² The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.  ³ Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet, and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles. ⁴ He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist. ⁵ Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through. ⁶ He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank. ⁷ When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river. ⁸ Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.

The waters of THIS STREAM will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea FRESH and PURE. ⁹ There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. LIFE WILL FLOURISH WHEREVER THIS WATER FLOWS. ¹⁰ Fishermen will stand along the shores…. the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea… ¹² Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The LEAVES OF THESE TREES will NEVER TURN BROWN and FALL, and there will ALWAYS BE FRUIT on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for THEY ARE WATERED by the RIVER FLOWING from the TEMPLE. THE FRUIT WILL BE FOR FOOD AND THE LEAVES FOR HEALING.”   Ezekiel 47

Are you thirsty for this LIVING water? Use the WORD of GOD, and let it make you brand new, and let the LIVING water to feel you through and through!!!! 

·        I PRAY you SEEK the LORD your God, and you will find Him IF you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 

·        I PRAY you DETERMINE to BELIVE that HE sent HIS SON, JESUS to die for our sins in the cross, but didn’t let HIM down, but ROSE HIM at the third day; all for you to know that HE HAS THE POWER to do so, it’s UNDENIABLE!!!

·        I PRAY you RECEIVE this gift, and start LIVING for HIM, today, and allow HIS LIVING water to come and pass your ankles, your knees, until it covers you through….

·        ENJOY THE “SCUBA DIVING” when THE LORD, IS your AIR SUPPLY! 

Scary Testimony

HEAVENS RULE! 
“ 20 The tree you saw was GROWING VERY TALL AND STRONG, REACHING HIGH into the heavens FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE. 21 It had fresh green leaves and was LOADED with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. 22 That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you HAVE GROWN STRONG AND GREAT; your greatness reaches up to heaven, AND YOUR RULE to the ends of the earth.
23 “‘Then you SAW A MESSENGER, A HOLY ONE, coming down FROM HEAVEN and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”
24 “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what THE MOST HIGH HAS DECLARED WILL HAPPEN to my lord the king.
• 25 You will be driven from human society, and
• you will live in the fields with the wild animals.
• You will eat grass like a cow, and
• you will be drenched with the dew of heaven.
• Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way,
UNTIL you LEARN that THE MOST HIGH RULES OVER the kingdoms of THE WORLD and gives them to anyone HE chooses. 

26 But the stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again WHEN you HAVE LEARNED that HEAVEN RULES. 27 “‘King Nebuchadnezzar, PLEASE ACCEPT MY ADVICE. STOP SINNING and DO WHAT IS RIGHT. BREAK from your WICKED PAST and BE MERCIFUL to the POOR. Perhaps then you will CONTINUE TO PROSPER.’… 29 Twelve months later he was taking a walk…. 30 As HE LOOKED OUT across the city, HE SAID, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! BY MY OWN mighty power, I HAVE BUILT this beautiful city as MY ROYAL RESIDENCE to DISPLAY MY MAJESTIC SPLENDOR.’ 31 “while these words were still in his mouth, A VOICE CALLED DOWN FROM HEAVEN,’ …33 “That same hour the JUDGMENT WAS FULFILLED… and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass… and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws. 34 “AFTER THIS TIME HAD PASSED, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My SANITY RETURNED, and I PRAISED and WORSHIPED the MOST HIGH and HONORED the ONE who lives FOREVER. … 37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and HONOR THE KING OF HEAVEN. All HIS ACTS ARE JUST and TRUE, and HE is ABLE to HUMBLE THE PROUD.” Daniel 4

My friends, this morning, I echo King Nebuchadnezzar’s words: “PLEASE ACCEPT MY ADVICE. STOP SINNING and DO WHAT IS RIGHT. BREAK from your WICKED PAST and BE MERCIFUL to the POOR. Perhaps then you will CONTINUE TO PROSPER.’
Call upon THE LORD, confess your sins to HIM, accept that JESUS died in the cross for our sins as the GIFT of eternal life, and decided to RECEIVE THE LORD as The SAVIOR & MASTER of your life. Start studying The Bible, and having daily conversations with God, and come to church; if you need me to help you find a church close by you, let me know.

Amazing Facts

This was another week of dental and medical appointments, hospital visits, but in spite of all, I praise THE LORD, for transforming the stony heart that once managed me to a heart that LOVES and LONGS for those precious times where I get to spend time in HIS presence.  In that hiding place, that prayer closet is were I find the strength and full force to face life struggles. Because yes, in case you've doubted, I have struggles too! But often I find myself going to that prayer closet like a little beat up kitten, and as I pour and melt down before The Lord, HIS presence comes, wraps me around, and as the spiritual healing begins the outward appearance changes, and what comes out of that prayer closet IS NOT what went in.  What comes out is a roaring lion, ready to battle and conquer  the world for the glory of God..... Alleluia!!! Or like a car after being in a mud race go into a Car Wash and Detail Shop, what comes out is totally different of what went in, even smelling different!!! I LOVE IT!!!  I pray if you have not try it, you give yourself a chance.  This is why when the War Room movie came out, I was thrilled after I saw it, because it was like someone took the lead to expose to the world the key to overcome life issues.

Before I get in the deep of my prayer closet communion, I spend time in worship, because it opens and softens my heart.  If I've been troubled to the point that worship doesn't come easy, I read God's Word; Psalm 119 is one of my favorite chapters because in its length, it carries such a great purpose!!! After a time there, I'm ready to worship! And after singing to the Lord, sometimes the same song several times, other times different songs, but singing to HIM sets your mind into the right track.  The songs usually confess to The Lord my pain, hurts or my sins, because although there's not one song whom the lyrics are totally aligned to my life, I start making my own song to my GOOD-GOOD FATHER, as I sing, and its so refreshing!!! Because from that point an on, I'm already in my prayer closet, and depending on my schedule it last until the Lord sends someone to get me.

One thing out of the ordinary? When you go to the hospital to visit someone you know, and find out the LORD has planned a divine appointment for you; and you get to visit a patient that medical science had given up on.  I just realized that in spite of the sadness of the moment and the situation the family and that patient might be going thru it could be the door that will open a glorious moment that will mark the life of all of them.  Because as we pray the presence and the Spirit of God in, HE can come and soften the heart of those in the room, they can turn their heart to the Lord, and this can be what ushers a great manifestation of God's miraculous power by touching that ill loved one, to a great starting point for their life. 

So the next time you get to face a huge mountain in life, remember that when THE UNSHAKABLE, UNSTOPPABLE, MIGHTY GOD, shows up, what mountain could remain up?  NONE!!!
This mountain could be what ushers in the turning point of your life for the glory of God. When we can do no more, IS WHEN GOD can and will STEP IN, do to the IMPOSSIBLE for humanity. 
Therefore, go to your prayer closet, pour it all into the hands of the ALMIGHTY GOD, and let HIS AMAZING power display for you what ONLY HE can do!!!

Remember Genesis 1?
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters.  And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.”

At the beginning of our lives, HE created us; then as we grow up sometimes due to mountains, troubles, and storms passing by, we become formless and empty, and darkness could cloud part of our lives taking us to deep water at times.  But as the Spirit of God starts hovering over us, GOD can and will speak light, and then, there will be light! Afterward, we become carriers of HIS light we'll be separated from the darkness, and its then that the testimony of what HE has done in our life, will be what others need to get their lives over to GOD.

I'll be expecting to hear from what The Lord had done for you, as you spend your time with HIM, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. I KNOW your heart will burst with the joy of the Lord and the testimony will come forth for HIS glory.

Until next time, stay in prayer, my friends!!! Be blessed in JESUS name and for HIS glory, AMEN!!!