FAITH IS A PROCESS

Changing one's Mindset is a Process. 

Faith is also a Process,
One that should be put into practice Daily.
The more we Trust the more Confidence we have in God; that Confidence allows us to start using the Keys of Faith More and More each time. 
Putting into Practice Grows our Faith! (We can move a Mountain with Mustard Seed Faith can you Imagine the Possibilities after it Grows?!) 
Putting Into Practice helps us to Perfect our Faith (The more you Practice the better you get.); 
Which opens the door to the Faith Realm where we can then enter into that Rest.

FAITH Pleases, GOD! The Absence of Faith Displeases GOD! FAITH is What Moves GOD. 
Let's say, You go to God you are in tears and emotional. Right. Well...

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

God has empathy towards us he is our Father in Heaven. YOU DECIDE!!
 Do you need Empathy or Action?? Because, FAITH Moves GOD to Action!!

Those tears are not going to move God but, if you need him to help change the outcome the circumstance then, you need to dry those tears and say, 
Lord, I believe your Word, I put Trust in you, not my Situation.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Trump, CAN'T TRUMP GOD!!!

PEOPLE THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR FEAR BUT, A TIME FOR PRAYER

Colossians 3:15-17 (AMP) 
Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always]. 16 Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Please, know that these Presidents were never in Control to begin with and Never will be.

Position doesn't give you Power, it just puts you in Charge.

Money doesn't give you Power it just gives you status. TRUMP, CAN'T TRUMP GOD!! #TrumpThat

IF YOU KNOW WHO IS IN CONTROL, YOU KNOW- YOU HAVE PEACE

GOD sets order, GOD IS IN CONTROL 

THIS IS A TIME FOR PRAYER!!

Let the PEACE OF GOD RULE in your Hearts.....Colossians 3:15

I saw this, and I told someone early on even, before the debates Trump, was going to be president.

Yesterday, everyone so proud that they voted. Pumping each other to vote. Wearing your stickers proudly. IT Really, grieves my Spirit that YOU will get out and Vote & Trust the word of someone who has done nothing for you. Than to Trust GOD who gave his son.

STOP, PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN MAN!!!  That was one of the problems!

I'm telling you it is time to make a decision: Choose Ye THIS day who you will serve.

JESUS IS BOTH THE ELECTORAL & POPULAR VOTE

IF YOU DO NOT DO IT NOW; YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD LATER!!

I keep hearing on the news this morning, them saying, the house is divided using those words

The people of God know, the Bible says, a House Divided against itself cannot Stand Mark 3:25

I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.... GET YOUR LIFE RIGHT!!

DO NOT GET LEFT BEHIND!!!

ARE YOU PLUGGED IN??

I was talking to the Lord, this morning.

 I am excited! 

I am excited about the topic he gave me this morning

but, First...

I have a question for you all this morning:

ARE YOUR PLUGGED IN??

Are you sure?

Because, if you have Hangups, you are Not Plugged in;
If you have Doubt, you are Not Plugged in;
If you don't have Faith, you're Not Plugged in;
If you are Not Saved, you are Not Plugged in;
If you are not Obedient, you are Not Plugged in;
You can't be Plugged in if you are in Sin;
How can you be Plugged in, if you do not Study the Word and Pray and, if you are not Faithful how can you be Plugged In??

WHAT SOURCE ARE YOU PLUGGED INTO??

When we Plug into the Word, We Plug into who we "Really are"!!
When we Plug into the Study of God's Word; we then Stop allowing our emotions to get in the way of our Faith.
Stop being so concerned about how you feel and concern yourself with what you should do.
Can you tell yourself, It doesn't matter how I feel?
When you can look in the mirror, Say That and, Mean it! Then you are Connecting, YOU are getting Plugged in because, Self... is out of the way. Feelings do not Move GOD, Faith does! 
Know that , How you deal with your problems remember, it is not what you go through but, How you go through it;

Now you can plug into the POWER OF GOD, which brings me to introduce the topic the Lord, gave me for today, 
"MOUNTAIN MOVERS"  Nope, this was the one but, I Thank the Holy Spirit for this because, you will need to be Plugged in to get it.
When you get Plugged in to Christ;
Get plugged in to the Word;
You can and will be CONNECTED to the Man and Woman of God: Shepherds over your Soul and Connected to their Vision and
Get Plugged into the Power of GOD
You become a Mountain Mover>>>

Don't Touch if you haven't Prayed: Revelation of Prayer

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (AMP)

Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! 18 So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.

Trouble - Trouble - Trouble
I can't say, I've ever met anyone who hasn't had it. 
Lord, knows, I have had my share of Troubles, Whew!
Nothing, will put you on your knees like, Trouble. I have learned and witnessed that even people who do not know God, will pray when trouble comes.
If they say, nothing but, "God help me!"

This passage of scripture, tells me:

•  Don't lose heart ( Be anxious for nothing Phil 4:6-9) the pain of it is temporary and, it is moving over for much better and and much more.
• Our natural circumstances are no match for nor bigger than my God Hebrews 13:5,6; Isaiah 40:29
• Regardless, of what it looks like on the outside, our strength is being renewed by God; These things we actually, face are not as big as they appear, do not  focus so much on what is                                                          going on in the natural.

What makes you go into a car dealership, store, to your mechanic or to anyone to whom you need to make a major purchase and, believe you can get it for less than their asking price? 

Reason #1...Because of Faith, you believe at that very moment that you can and, they will. You have no evidence of this. All feelings aside, you step out into that which you cannot see. 

This is the same determination needed to believe God:

• Through your Storm;
• For your Healing;
• Out of your Lack;
• And, for you Miracle

Reason #2...Because, we have God's DNA in us (having been created in his image) We can believe and, it come to fruition.  Right about now, the enemy is probably whispering "That is different."

NO! It is not! Remember, The devil is a Liar! 

All you need is a Mustard seed of Faith, You used more than believing, that you could get them to drop the asking, price.

I'm asking you to Drop your Doubt.

Don't Touch your Troubles if you haven't Prayed, 

We learn a great deal in this life...

We learn how to survive; 

We learn who we can trust and who we can't;

We learn from Trouble...

How Strong & Resilient we really are;

We learn to put out Trust in God;

We learn to go to Him in Prayer

I Thank, the Holy Spirit for being a Teacher and for this topic because, it exposes the enemy, 

You learn... You can't Trust the devil.

What you shouldn't Touch, is your Trouble yourself. Let God, Do what you, Can't. You do not have to Negotiate with the devil, When GOD will Fix It, for a Mustard seed of Faith. 

The devil brought the Trouble to begin with (YOU resist him!) 

God is that Greater Figure of Hope.

Read Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 4:17-24; Hebrews 4:15

PRESS YOUR WAY!!

PRESS YOUR WAY!!!

Are you a bit down/sad today?

Have you been hurt/betrayed by someone?

Are you tired, of going through the same o' Junk?

Are you Tired, of Struggling?

Are you Trying to Kick a Bad habit?

Are you Tired, of being Bound by Sickness?

Do you feel like you can't Trust anyone?

Are you Scared, you might lose Everything?

Someone, you know needs Prayer?

THEN I'M ASKING YOU TO

PRESS YOUR WAY!!

YOUR HELP AIN'T AT HOME, AND IT WASN'T AT THE CLUB LAST NIGHT..... IT'S AT CHURCH!!

IF YOU WOULD JUST LOSE THE WORLD...YOU WILL GAIN SO MUCH MORE!!

PRESS YOUR WAY??

STOP, PLAYING CHURCH!! The Other Church Hopper!!

Earlier, this week I shared "CHURCH HOPPING"

This is Part 2
STOP, Playing Church!!
THE OTHER CHURCH HOPPER!!

When you are Playing Church:
You not consistent in the things of God;
You are not Faithful;
You have no Loyalty to the Leadership;
You are not Productive;
You do not support the vision of the Church;
You seek after the things of the World;
You are not invested;
You have your own agenda, YOU

These are those who share the excuses in Church Hopping #1 (See Above) but, use these excuses to  Hop right back into the world but, when you find that you have tasted of the Goodness of Jesus. You soon find that you are no good in the world and no good in church.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.They are opposed to one another, so that you do not do what you want.

You are now trying to find you your happy medium of which there is none.
You cannot serve God and Mammon
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

You have a desire to be saved on one hand but, get mad at the Preacher when you are told the truth;
You want to Benefit from the Blessing on this hand but, on the other hand you do not want to put in  the work; You are trying to live right  at church on one hand but, nothing to show for it when you go home on the other; You will hear the word and want to be elevated on the right hand
but on the left you can't stand to be corrected (You got too many hands!)

2 Timothy 3:5-7 (KJV)
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

I can't be perfect and imperfect at the same time. I am going to be one or the other. I am going to be righteous or unrighteous. I am going to be a child of God or a child of the devil. You are either Hot or Cold, pick one?

If you do not have the Holy Spirit, you are in-complete. Without the Holy Spirit you have nothing to keep you
 John 14:16,26

You cannot Trust your Flesh!!! (sounds like another Topic)
The bible says, Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Who can know it? That tells me I cannot depend on my own flesh. We must die daily as not to entertain the flesh. The word of God is un-compromising, it will not compromise with the Flesh!!

WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER YOU SHOULD DO BETTER!!

STOP, PLAYING CHURCH!!

PRAY Men and Women of GOD PRAY!!

Put on the Whole Armour of GOD and PRAY!!

The enemy can be defeated if we would just Pray in Faith on our Knees.

PRAYER is a weapon! If you have a relationship with God,

 I exhort you to Pray for someone other than " yourself " and  "your" family 

go sincerely to the throne for someone else and watch

God move in their life as well as theirs. 

Father, The one reading this they may not know you...

Let's make sure they have get a formal introduction: 

In the name of Jesus. 

Thank you for it Lord, and Thank you for being so Good

"Are you Giving GOD *your BEST or asking him to Settle for Mediocre?"

ARE YOU GIVING GOD YOUR BEST?

First, let's make sure we have an understanding; as to what our best is and in what and where; do we present our best. What does your Best mean? it means, Surpassing all others in Excellence, Achievement or Quality.

This means our best in our:

Service - being a servant (good steward)

Contribution - in giving Performance - using what you have (your gifts/talents) Representation - how you represent Christ (your attitude, your dress, etc.,)

Colossians 3:22-24 22 Servants, in everything obey those who are your masters on earth, not only with external service, as those who merely please people, but with sincerity of heart because of your fear of the Lord. 23 Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve. HOW DO WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? It is as simple as this. Have you ever walked into a store, restaurant, theater and come in contact with someone who made you say to yourself he/she must not like their job or came out and asked them, “Are you having a bad day?” Well I have and simply because they didn’t smile, or was rude and because, I know what good service feels like. IT ISN'T OKAY! Some try to get by on the Mediocre, on the Satisfactory some have become Convenient Christians, thinking they are getting by on what is Convenient to them and think this will be acceptable to God. Who is all knowing. Do not boast about anything you do for God, if you are not doing Everything, you can for God. Whatever you - do it wholeheartedly Col 3:23; Eph 6:7. WHEN YOUR HEART IS IN IT AND WHEN IT ISN'T

One of many things, i have learned in this life and by my own experience is that: No matter what you do in school, at home, at church, at work, or in your relationships. Is If your heart isn’t in it, your performance (your effort) will be all lack luster (the bible says, the Salt has lost its savor) I Love working, in the medical field, I have a passion for people and it showed, my uniforms were always clean, I would iron and starch them 2 weeks worth, i was always on time, always present, i would go above beyond when I could, i would study and seek different ways to be an asset, even when i complained, I did not let it change my performance and i didn’t do it for recognition I did it because I love what i do. WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES OR PEOPLE CAUSE YOUR FEELINGS TO CHANGE

There are times, when the dynamics of the relationship change. it is part of life, but no excuse to stop or take it out on those you are serving. Things happen people disappoint (GOD remains Faithful) Remember, how you feel when you are in a new relationship you are excited, women can attest to this. You are always, smiling, cooking, doing romantic things, your significant other doesn’t have to ask you to do anything because, you are on it but; when the dynamic changes ( he forgets to call, comes home to late, doesn’t help with responsibilities, doesn’t keep a job, etc.,) the momentum decreases, then you begin to become less concerned and stop making an effort all together. (You must Forgive and Stay Saved).

This how some of us are in our relationship with God and in the church. The members lose momentum and zeal then, our pastors end up preaching to a bunch of dry stagnated - bones. when you are recruited, to work in church be honest if that is not something, you want to do then do something, you know you will put your heart into.Too many, right there in the body of Christ are trying to get the Full-Time benefits of part-time work or no work at all but preferring to warm the pew. Guess what, lay member you are still commissioned to bear fruit. We all will be judged according to our work.

Scripture Reference: Rom 12:1; Prov 10:4,5; Prov 13:4; Rom 2:6; Luke 6:46; 2 Thes 3:11; Matt 5:41

Before, I go to Bed...

A PRAYER FOR TODAY