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A need......

Isaiah 9:6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.  The government will rest on his shoulders.  And he will be called:  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace As individuals with different needs, we experience God in different ways.  Today was the first time that I recognized how wonderful a counselor the Holy Spirit is.  You need the Holy Spirit to be different things, at different times to you.  The Holy Spirit is God's Spirit.  As I prayed for direction today with some things going on in our business.  This is what the Holy Spirit communicated to me: "When God is ready to do something in our lives, it always starts with "a need".  He allows us to experience that need.  That is how it is when we get saved.  We cannot be saved until we realize our need for Jesus.  It is the same with everything else in our lives.  God has to show us our need first, so we can turn to Him and then He makes the provision.  It is our realized

Whatever you feed will grow

Life keeps me pretty occupied with 2 young children and a home to run.  I sometimes wonder how well I'm really doing in that area.  Only God knows.  One of the things that is on my spirit today is "Whatever you feed is going to grow, whatever you let starve is going to die."  Many dreams are aborted in this fast paced culture, because we don't take the time to feed our dreams over a period of many years.  We want things to happen so fast.  When they don't, we "abort" our dreams.  I always have before me a 10 year mindset for ministries and businesses.  My family is first priority in my life.  But even out of that ministries and businesses are birthed.  Now, there are only 4 things, outsid of my family, that I don't want to allow to starve and "die": 1.  WomenNTune 2.  My Book "Can A Mom Take a Break???" 3.  The Parent Support Group I facilitate at my daughter's school. 4.  My friendships with all the women in my life. 

Zechariah 4:6 - Bible study

When God says in Zechariah 4:6 "not by might, not by power but by My Spirit says The Lord of Hosts".  The fact He called Himself "Lord of 'hosts' in this particular scenario caught my attention.  When God uses a specific title for Himself, the context surrounding the usage is very critical in understanding what He is speaking to us.  As I read this what came to me was that He is talking about His spirit.  A spirit needs a host.  Think about how we use the word "host". Like when you host something at your house.  You are welcoming people inside your home and serving them.  Our bodies can be used as a  host for the Holy Spirit or for evil spirits.  But, whether you host evil spirits or the Holy Spirit,  God is still Lord.  He is The Lord over every host.  But I believe He needed to say this because He is talking about His spirit here and Christians are, in a sense, "hosts" to the Holy Spirit.  But I also think he said this because He u

Raw Human Honesty is attractive

God changes your relationship with things and people.  When God does this, you have to be willing to change your mind. Romans 12:2 New King James Version (NKJV) 2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God . I am in a place where God is changing my relationship with some things around me and some people around me.  The devil has tried to keep me from lining up with these changes.  The devil has told me, that if I change my mind then I wasn't really committed.  The devil has told me "if you change your mind" they are gonna reject you".  The devil has said "if you do this ministry differently, it's going to get you in trouble"  Right now, my body is trying to be attacked with pain so I don't get this blog out.  But as soon as I confess the bottom scripture over my pain it leaves: Colossians 2:15 New King James Ver

Getting Motivated

I have spent years being motivated by many different things and people.  I have been motivated by trends of the season, by people that hold different roles in my life.  I have been motivated by happiness and I have been motivated by sadness.  I have been motivated by envy, I have been motivated by jealousy.  I have been motivated by pride, I have been motivated by curiousity.  I have been motivated by ambition.  I have been motivated by sickness.  I have been motivated by clutter and I have been motivated by organization.  The most important person I have been motivated by is Jesus Christ.  Most of the sources of motivation I listed above are really not healthy motivators.  Most of them yield very short term results.  I say that because I have wrestled with the Holy Spirit for years with the struggle of wanting to impress people.  I was concerned about what people thought about me.  I am a homemaker and writer.  I have found that being worried about what people thought about my home,

Something is going to prosper!!

I did not think I would be writing another post today, but Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 is still on my mind.  It just seems like this scripture is expanding on the inside of me.  The scripture is below Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 4  He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap. 5  As you do not know what is the way of the wind, [ a ] Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything. 6  In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.   This scripture has been on my heart for 2 weeks and God has been highlighting different parts of it every week it seems.  This week, what's really on my heart is "And in the evening do not withhold your hand".  I hear so much in this portion of the text.  I hear God sayin

A special time for women

I am so excited about what the Lord wants to do in the lives of women. God has shared with me that He wants a time of refreshing to come for women. Over the decades women have worked themselves into a frenzy. We have managed to get our lives very busy and very stressful. It is causing illnesses such as cancer and heart disease in our lives. Stress is a silent killer. Stress is the root cause of many diseases. The disease itself is merely a symptom. It's not just about being healthy, it's about understanding how much God desires us to be able to enjoy our lives and have peace and balance in our lives. WomenNTune is here to bring women into a place of refreshing joy and peace in our lives. Would you join us? The video below covers the devotional for this week:

My time or His time??

Good Afternoon!!! This is the first day of kindergarten for my daughter.  My 15 month old son Carson is home with me.  Well, since he was born, my daughter and him have been home with me for most of the day everyday.  Today I was tempted to just go on a rampage when he took a nap, he can finally take a long nap without his sister waking him out of it and I was so tempted to do all the things that I have not been able to do with my daughter at home; clean, organize, take a quick shower.  But then I realized that I didn't want to take possession of my time, I wanted to commit it to God.  This is the first day of a new season for me, and before I decide what I'm going to do with the time that I have, I want to commit it all to God.  It's like the tithe, many times we already have plans for our money before we get it.  But if we give it to God first, we have to believe He will perform the supernatural with the rest of it.  My devotion today was Psalm 118:28 Psalm 118:

God speaks

This is just a candid post about what God has been saying to me lately.  I have been reading this book called "Mission of Motherhood".   The thing that has really stood out to me is how to follow Christ's example in how He treated his disciples for raising my own children.  Christ took so much of His time to be with them, talk to them, teach them, find out what they were thinking, and He allowed them to witness His ministry on earth first hand.  Christ did not give everyone the time He gave to His disciples.  He spent a good part of His time pouring into them.  he was equipping them to change the world and that is what we should equip our children to do as well, but make no mistake about it,  it requires a huge sacrifice of time, energy, and your own agenda.  It means to lay down your own life.  Somehow this Word from God has taken up root in my heart and I Feel it growing in me..  I am going to tell u something powerful.  Do you know that as soon as I relax and give myse

Before you were born

Genesis 1:26 - 30  & Genesis 2:7 I am writing on the topic: "What did God whisper to you before you were born?"  Look at what God says: 26  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all [ a ] the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27  So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28  Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29  And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30  Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and

What if

What if as Christians we REALLY followed Jesus's example of how he responded to things in the bible.  I believe that sometimes as Christians we walk in some of Jesus's example, but not all of it.  I keep thinking about the bible as a whole and what it really means to live out the word of God in my everyday life.  I don't mean trying to keep the "commandments" of the law.  I don't mean trying to be "righteous".  I really mean my faith in God.  My faith in God to be everything that He says He is to me.  My faith in Jesus that I truly do sit with Him in the heavenly places.  My faith in Jesus that I can do everything that He says I can do in His name.  I feel like you get to a point where you realize that you have to have faith ALL THE WAY,  Or none at all.  I'm just pondering right now.  I have found in my life that the more I am at rest about everything in my life and trusting Jesus that I am who He says I am and that my family and I have what He

Marriage as women

I'm so excited about this particular blog post because of how marriage plays such a major role in understanding our relationship with Christ.  I also know as women we experience marriage differently than men.  That's the way God designed it.  It is so beautiful.  Keep in mind that our husbands are the head and represent the role of Christ to the church, in our homes.  I'm still absorbing this truth from God's word, but the more I line myself up with this truth in my marriage, the more joy I have in my marriage. One of the major things that the Holy Spirit has kept on my heart concerning marriage is to allow my expectations that I place on myself to line up with my husband.  There have been many a times where I have overwhelmed myself with demands.  Those expectations I have placed on myself did not come from God or my husband.  But when I relax and allow my husband and God to be my guide in terms of the demands I place on myself, I never get overwhelmed.  I am learning

You absolutely Can't serve 2 masters

As I was laying down this morning.................or maybe it was last night, but God spoke Luke 16:13 to me: 13  “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon I've started off this week a little weary, haven't felt up to doing my devotion at night after the kids went to bed. Summertime, I'm on a different schedule.  Both my young kids are home with me all day.  My 1 year old just started and walking and has also decided that he doesn't take long naps anymore.  By the time night falls, I am exhausted.  As I thought about this scripture, I was reminded of my children.   I know He is talking about money in the text, but this scripture applies to any area of your life.  God wants to be in control of every area.   He wants to be your master.  I realize He is telling me, that I can't let my children be masters in my life.  He is not sayi

Free yourself to be free

The bible says that "Whom the Son has set free is free indeed".  Do you see the emphasis on free.  Not only free, but free for sure, free for certain, abundantly free, doubly free, so free.  There is such emphasis on "free".  Why do you think God had to tell us this.  He wants us to live this truth out.  He wants us to grab hold of this truth and run with it.  If you have been saved and washed in the blood Jesus Christ than you are "free".  God is saying you are surely free.  Free to go, free to fly.  Why aren't we going?  Why aren't we flying?  How many people have felt sorry for an animal that has been wounded and then when they are all healed and you open the cage for them to go free, they just sit there.  Or when an animal has been in captivity so long, when they are set free, they don't go free.  There are even prisoners who have been in jail so long, that when they finally have an opportunity to be free, they would rather stay in prison,

Your "love walk", get your joy back!!!

When I got saved, I really experienced Romans 5:5 Romans 5:5 New King James Version (NKJV) 5  Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us But adversity entered in and pain, hurt, and just the business of life.  I got away from my first love.  God is truly my first love and their was a love poured out in my heart to give to others when I had God as my first love.  But I got away from that.  It has remained in my heart, but I have not acted on it.  I have not made time for it.  Which means I have not made time for the people that it is suppose to be directed towards.  This "love walk" has really been on my mind.  Am I really loving people?  I made a decision last night, that I'm getting back to the "love walk" God gave me in the beginning.  Sure, I was a baby in Christ.  Sure I was prideful because I was a new Christian.  But with all that I was on fire for Him and it caus

Bondage, stands out like a sore thumb

God is showing me some things about bondage in our lives and I just had to get it out today.  This blog is such a learning platform for me, because it is the place where God chooses to pour into me.  This week I realized there is an area of my life where I have some serious bondage.  It has to do with my children.  I do a lot of "good" things with my children.  But I do it from a posture of anxiety, worry, and even fear.  These things can take "good" things and turn them into "bad" things.  I know I do not stand alone and that there are many parents operating in fear when it comes to certain areas of their child's life.  But I want to stay focused on my journey right now, it might help somebody else.  God showed me some severe bondage in an area concerning my children, but He also showed me how anointed I am in that very same area.  Do you realize that the areas of the most severe bondage in your life is also the areas where you are greatly anointed.

The heart, morore than just an organ...........

Today my devotional was John 14:27: My peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. This is what Jesus said to His disciples and He says it to the Body of Christ today.  In dissecting this scripture it tells me that my heart might try to be troubled, that there is a temptation to be afraid.  But He gives a direct commandment here, not to let your heart go there.  When you feel your heart tip toeing towards being troubled and afraid, reel it on in.  There is absolutely not reason for you to be troubled or afraid, not because you don't have trouble in your life, not because you don't have adversity and trials going on right now, simply because Jesus said so.  If Jesus said "let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid".  Then Jesus is saying there is absolutely no reason on the face of this earth that you should allow yourself to become troubled or afra

What soothes your heart, pay close attention

We live in a culture where we rarely pay attention to our hearts cry or the hearts cry of others  We can't hear it over the T.V., radio, social media websites, and all the things we burden ourselves down with on a daily basis.  Ever so often we get a taste of something and it provides a soothing in our hearts.  This comes in the form of many things.  A word from God, spending time with a friend, having a clean kitchen,  hosting people at your house, beautiful smelling perfume, spending time horseback riding, playing fetch with your dog, hanging out with your kids, going to the movies with your husband.  The specific things that provide a soothing balm to your heart, are signs.  They are signs that represent the life that God has called you to live.  Many of us are not paying attention, we are just running and running, busy and busy.  I use myself as an example on this blog, hoping that my journey helps someone else.  God has called me to a ministry to women in my home.  He has ca

It takes time, start setting up now

The other day, God laid something on my heart: "Things take time, start setting up now for what you want to do" I'm 36 years old and I have said for years, God has a blueprint stuck to my heart of what my life is suppose to look like.  From the largest details to the smallest details.  It's time for me to start doing everything according to that "blueprint".  Many of us have the same thing on the inside of us.  But we rarely line up how we go about life according to the blueprint God has laid on our hearts.  Rarely, do we make decisions according to that.  It comes a time where God is ready to birth that life that He promised you long ago.  When that time comes, you must prepare.  You must take everything in your life and line it up with what's on your heart and if it doesn't line up, it's got to go!  Everything has got to start to line up with what God has called  you to.  Now, some people hear the word "called" and they automatical

Who do you work for???

I am so excited, because God just gave me a revelation about a scripture today that freed me from some bondage. Alleluia!!!  I was chatting with someone today about how sometimes when I sit down to spend time with God in the morning, I feel pulled and distracted by all the things I have to do that day.  How I feel a little conflicted at times with my daily responsibilities in addition with all God is calling me to at this time in my life.  Well, one of the things she said to me was do things as if doing them for Him.  Right before that she said to ask God to help me with my responsibilities.  The wording that this women used, it's like God shined a light on this scripture in a way I had never seen before:  Colossians 3:23 New Living Translation (NLT) 23  Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. When I use to read this scripture it was in the context of "if I viewed certain tasks as if as I was doing it for Go

Do what you have to do

Get in the spirit this morning.  The bible says walk by the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  If you don't feel the spirit, find a way to touch the Holy Spirit find a way this morning to connect with God's Holy Spirit within you.  Put on your worship music.  Whatever is going to move the Holy Spirit within you, seek it out first thing in the morning.  The bible says "seek ye first the kingdom of God" .  The bible says the He is the God who answers by fire.  God is a consuming fire.  Touch the fire of God this morning and it will consume you, it will set you on fire for Him.  Do what you gotta to set the fire ablaze.  Jesus came that we may have life and have it more abundantly!  But you need the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit will guide you right into the abundant life. 

Angels are watching

Get ALL the benefits of marriage.  There are so many benefits that come with being married.  There are so many benefits with taking your husband's last name.  My husband and I are together because God brought us together to become husband and wife.  I love my husband dearly, but God showed me when I got married to take advantage of all the benefits of being married.  There are legal and spiritual benefits, when you choose to practice marriage according to how God has designed it to work.  That means the husband is the head.  When you submit and come under your husband's authority, not only do you have legal rights that come into play but there are also spiritual rights that become yours.  1 Corinthians 11 (NLT) 7   A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory. 8  For the first man didn’t come from woman, but the first woman came from man. 9  And man was not made for wom

Where is God pushing you????

There is nothing like a fresh revelation from God and I believe God wants to give that to us everyday.  Often times we don't prioritize seeking Him out for His daily manna of fresh revelation.  When you start doing it, you'll find that He will also pour into you at random times of the day.  It is a pleasant surprise!  This is what He did for me last night.  I was sitting there thinking about how difficult it is to keep my house in order and that no matter what I try, it doesn't seem to produce the results I want.  In my spirit I heard "If it's not the ordained time for your house to be in order than it's not going to happen" then I heard "If I'm not pushing in that area then you shouldn't be pushing either.  Focus on the areas where I am pushing".  God basically told me, "Push where I'm pushing".  Then I realized He was talking about Psalm 127:1: Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the

Don't back away, come closer

I have been talking about "The Wall".  You know that wall you keep hitting in your life.  You are trying to move forward in areas and you make a little progress and get a little leverage and you hit this wall within yourself.  Immediately we want to shrink back from the wall, shrink back into our comfort zones.  Many times we don't even know we have a wall in our way.  We just figure the timing is wrong or that God is not ready to do something through you yet.  Once you have hit up against this thing enough times, you realize "wait there is something here, that won't let me pass".  Normally, "the wall" does not just pop in one area of our lives concerning one thing, you will find that you hit it in every area of your life.  How big is that!!!  I mean big in a good way, because do you realize that if God makes this wall come crashing down what is going to come flooding into every area of your life.  Do your realize that this wall is the only thing s

The Wall in your way

Hitting walls in your life.  Many times the walls are within ourselves.  We are human and that's ok, God can help us with that.  Are there areas in your life where you feel like you want to move past a certain point but you never seem to be able to do it, and you shrink back into your comfort zone.  Times where you are moving, moving, moving in a certain direction than there is a certain something that enters the picture to challenge you and you shrink back.  Why do you think  you shrink back from certain things?  I've seen this in my own life, an avoidance going on.  A rigidness keeps you from being able to be flexible and just flow.  It feels like a wall you can't get past. There is a time that we arrive at in our lives, where God is ready to bring down every wall that has been holding you back.  Trust me, there is a time where God is ready for you to be able to flow freely in all that He has called you to be.  Trust me, there is a time for this.  When the time comes,

Mad for all the right reasons.....

Luke 14:26 New King James Version (NKJV) 26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. Lord, I finally get it!  I've prayed about this scripture for years.  But with the coaching of Minister Joye Davis, I have finally received what God is saying through this scripture.  It's because of what I've receive that I'm even back typing in this blog again.  I believe doors are opening right now because of this revelation.  Below is my testimony of this revelation: On day while my son was taking his nap, I was doing my devotional and he woke up.  I wanted to cry, because I wanted more time with God.  I was mad.  I didn't know if it was a healthy emotion.  But God showed me that it was.  He told me "That's good, that's how I want you to feel about your pursuit of me".  Then yesterday my son would not go down for a nap and I got in t