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Amen, I agree with you LTWJ. Also that the Holy Spirit will overtake you, and you minister in song in that strength, that yokes will be destroyed, and people will be set free, and that those buildings will be restored.

Get every scripture that you can find about love, and fear. Begin quoting those scriptures verbally. This is to build up your faith with the pure word of the Lord. Fear is a spirit. What you are basically doing is driving the enemy off with the truth of the word. There are many scriptures, so numerous...The word is alive and sharp, it is heavy and destroys yokes. What the scriptures that you are speaking will do is destroy the yoke of fear. Everybody gets afraid, but you want to be courageous in the face of things that may scare you, because God is for you,not against you, and if He is for you, ain't enough people and demons in all creation that can come equal to who is against you.

Lol, amen. Praise the Lord for see to all of our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Father owns everything. Why would He give us just a pinch, when a handful from Him is more than we will ever need. Imagine, if His hand can span the earth from thumb to pinky....!

Amen, it is a temptation, but thank the Lord, you have trust in the Lord. I pray favor and peace on you, Sis.

Amen.

That is a beautiful testimony, d123. For the longest, I would not post on this subject, because I have a tumor. However, I am believing the Lord to remove it all the way. Two people gave me a word of knowledge pertaining to the tumor. I was at the Mardel's book store getting a new bible, when the first person gave it to me. I was shaking, because I had just found out about it. I forgot my wallet at work, and I was on empty in my car tank. I told the cashier why I was rattled, I don't know why, and the lady behind me, prayed for me, paid for my bible, gave me gas money, and then said that my tumor was enclosed. So then I went home-I had a women's meeting the next day, and we all prayed about it, and then my friend SS said, It's enclosed. Then I visited my specialist, and then went to get my MRI. After the doctor had time to view it, he said the same thing. It was enclosed. I believe that it will be removed. When I go for an exam, I keep looking to see when it will be gone. So praise the Lord, and thank God for you.

Just keep that word going. You know that God made room for your gifts, girllll! Favor is on you, the anointing is on you. The door is open for you.

Amen, continuing to stand in agreement with you JustBlueSkies.

Amen, Lord, may Your will be done on this earth, to give You the glory. Thanks, Christa, for being faithful and vigilant!

Thank you Lord. Thank you so much Cholette. Oh thank you.....! My browser wouldn't even work for the longest, so I couldn't really browse this site, but this is an on-time word. Rhema, thank you JEsus!

Wow, thank you. I've been dreaming since I could cognitively remember, and that helps me. They used to just be literal, but now, I am getting a LOT of symbolism that I don't understand, and used to be so frustrated, especially when I don't get an interp. Thank you, Peggy.

What a beautiful word, Cholette. I am sorry to hear about your plight, GoldenEagle. Just continue to trust in the Lord, humble yourslf under the mighty hand of God. He has and will instruct you on how to deal with your enemies. MBStudent. You are just a well of example to others. You went through so that you could be a witness to others, because you truly have been a witness to me. I was terminated from my job while on medical leave, and they said that I quit, so I not only lost my job and benefits, I was unable to draw unemployment. However, I will not tear them up with words, because they gave me a job in the first place when I needed one. When that season was over, the Lord had already told me where I was going next. It hurt, but I wanted to do what God told me to do. And I cried bitter tears, but the Lord reminds me daily that He is my vindication and will revenge me without me harboring animosity, which will only make me physically sick, and will make me bitter and unable to forgive. I may be a reserved person, but I don't want to block what God will do because of unforgiveness. Thank you, MB, Cholette. Dreamy. ;) You are so right! Golden Eagle, I pray that your heart is softened so that you can let go of the anger, and let peace reign (as a King) within you. God will take care of this injustice. Everything done in the dark does come into the light.

Amen. I know that it can be hard to not forgive someone who has hurt you. For years we can be in denial that there are issues that need to be fed. We just keep our glory Hallelu face on, and never heal, and stay alone, lonely and aloof...but that is not the Father's will for our lives. I am glad Father exposes the plots that the enemy has to entrap us and make us fruitless and unable to move forward in Christ.

Yeah, rejoice Virtuous, shout, girl!!!!

LOL, Virtuous, you did that! What a mighty God we serve!

What is the relationship that the single person should have with Christ? I am curious as to how other single people perceive their lives as it relates to the Capstone who holds it all together for us. You see, I share a dream that has been egged on by family sitcoms, love stories, and other such fantasies that take out of context what the institution of marriage is supposed to be and how to transition into that institution (besides actually getting married) from a life of singleness. I desire to be married. I figured that out as a little girl from the time that I began to notice that little boys were attractive when dressed handsomely - apart from the occasional nose rooting - and that they liked little girls who wrestled well, and could spit as far as or farther than a boy, but they were in awe of little girls who wore prim skirts, cute ponytails, and were as dainty as buttercups. I then at that time decided that my weapons of warfare would be lip gloss and clear polish! However, since that time, I, like a catepillar, have gone through several life cycles to get where I am now. I'll tell you, living life as a catepillar ain't easy. You know that catepillars attract all kinds of birds and other insects, don't you? That goes for us ladies as well. I didn't forget about you, fellas. Birds can be used as a symbol of unclean spirits, and this the context in which I am using today. You can attract a bird by doing what comes naturally to you. But when you come into the Body of Christ, a transformation occurs spiritually. Now, if only you will allow the Word of God to transform you mind, to transform your thinking. (Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.) This "mind" transformation ensures that you are feeding your spirit man. It takes out the trash (all the things that have become habitual and are not good for your life). It develops the mind of Christ in you. Every change that you make in the spirit involves the will to do His Will in the soul of your mind and your emotions. We have to yield to the Spirit. The Spirit is gentle. He is not going to grab you by your wrist and pull you along. You have to make a choice to allow Him to be in control, to advise you, to counsel, to help you make wise choices that lead to life. None of this will stop the birds from coming. What bird doesn't desire the freshest, plumpest, most healthy looking fruit that they see? They will eat it down to the seed. What your transformation does do is help you to see the birds from where they are and for what they are before they can approach you to destroy you. There are some catepillars that emit a certain something that repulses birds. In the same way, living in the Spirit will repulse the birds. You can keep yourself by living in the Spirit. Living in the Spirit - prayer, studying the Word, meditating on the Lord, singing psalms, spirtual songs and hymns, fasting, discerning right from wrong and make the correct choice between the two. As we continue to do these things, it becomes easier to tame the flesh, and force it to give way to the Spirit of the Lord. That is just practical. Romans 3:23 lets me know that I am not perfect, but I certainly desire to keep myself pure. Why would I engage in ungodly conduct that is not like God now that I know better. Yes, you may really not have known better previous to your conversion to Christ, but now that you know better, what are you going to do? Do we desire to be children of God, and to look like and act like the Lord, or do we want to be children in name only? Let the Lord lead you. Living in the Spirit will repulse the birds. You may think, "but don't we have to live in the world"? Yes, we do. We can effectively evangelize and spend time with people without doing bazaar things. The Lord knows that we will be considered strange enough just by not doing the things that the world is doing which is contrary to the Lord's Will. I qualify that statement with "contrary to the Lord's will", because I want to make a difference between what you believe is right for you in your own conscience and what the Lord actually desires or requires of you. Many times, there is an abject difference, and those differences can be seen in the host of different denominations which is armorial of the demographic church as we know it. Living in the spiritual does not stop is from living in the world; it only stops us from adopting world attitudes and strategies. But I digress. I don't accept my singleness as it is defined. I am not trying to confuse you. I am not married, and I suppose that for some people, it feels more gentle and less abrasive to be referred to as single. I feel that the adjective is not conducive to who I am as a christian lady. The Lord Jesus said that He and the Father are one. So, I don't believe in being defined as "single" in the sense that I am unattached. Do you know that the number 1 is the only number that can be multiplied with itself and still be 1? Fascinating. Impactful. Titillating. To know that we can be so inmeshed in someone else's being and they in ours that we are "one". This is the relationship that we have with Christ. This is the relationship that we have with the Father. This is the relationship that we have with the Holy Spirit. We are "one". For those of you who are already in the Lord as a married "couple", there is the reality that the husband has left his father and mother (which consists of one), to be united to his wife so that they two can become one flesh. One. Multiplicative, simply one, but indicative of so much more. It is unnatural to do otherwise and to stay divided. A sperm cell needs an egg to come together and form something new and one, "singular"; the two do not operate in a mutually exclusive manner in relationship to each other. They don't need space, time to themselves, or time to think. They do what they were created to do. They immediately begin to interact with each other in such a way that they become one. The sperm even sheds part of itself that it no longer needs in it's new identity. It no longer needs its tail to swim with the crowd. It has a purpose that has set it apart, and it is fulfilling it. So I consider that my singleness is really a divine oneness with my Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. God has a mutually inclusive nature for anyone who desires to be with Him according to His statutes. I beg you to remember that we are in a sacred covenant of blood. A bride is supposed to be pure on the night of the wedding, and the blood of the union is part of the covenant sealing. In the same way, we are are supposed to be pure as part of the covenant. Though we live by faith and enjoy the Lord's grace, we must remember that He still desires and indeed commands us to keep ourselves if we are not married, and not drink from OTHER wells (practice monogamy) if we are married. It's part of the covenant. I believe that because I am practising being faithful and pure with the Lord, I am setting myself up to have the same type of relationship with my future husband. I want to be able to be trusted. I know inside of myself how much I can be trusted when I look at my reflection in God's Word. I believe that this oneness that He is cultivating in me is helping me to be the helpmate that my future spouse will need on our way to being the ministers of flame who will carry the gospel wherever the Spirit may lead our feet and our heart. I believe that this oneness will help me recognize my when my spouse comes, because he will look like Jesus. What I mean by this is not that he will have Jesus sandals, and use "thou's, thee's, and ye's", but rather he will have that certain Spirit-led love of the Lord, and that love of people, that self-control, that goodness, that prayerfulness, that diligence, that restfulness, that peace...etc. I will be able to recognize what faithfulness and love and obligation looks like. I will know that he is able to protect me and provide for any us's that come along. I could stretch it out for you, but in a word, I am saying that his fruit should be evident to me, and there should be a witness in my spirit, not my soul, and definitely not my body, that this is the one. It shouldn't be a surprise to him either. I don't want the Lord to wake my Adam up before he is through working on me. We should be able to come to a mutual agreement that this is the path that the Lord has led us to. It should be a place in life that the Lord has ordered in our steps. In the meanwhile, my oneness with the Lord should compell me to want to be as immersed in His shadow as I am able to be. He is the Person who I am with 24 hours a day, 7 days in the week. He gives me a hope, He holds my future (Jeremiah 29:11). I don't want anything to sear my conscience so that I am unable to fellowship with Him. Whether His directive is just to have me spend time with Him, or my family, or visit the shut-in, or those in prison, or feed the hungry, or clothe the needy, or spread the gospel and win converts, or cast out devils, or heal the sick. Whatever it is, I want to be able to hear clearly and not do ambiguous guess work. But I want to make sure that I have waited on - served - the Lord with all that I have. I know that He will not let me miss what He has for me as long as I tune into Him.

to God be the glory! All else cannot be compared. not even close to the King of Glory.

Amen, go for it babygirl!

AMen. I stand in agreement with Virtuous, and BTW, very powerful words, Virtuous.

I get it from my sisters on this site, Lady.

Recently, and continually, we have been reading about them in the newspapers, hearing about them on the radio, and on television we are bombarded with images, sensationalism, speculation, sadness, and human attempts to keep their memories alive and going. Who are they? They are kings and queens that God raised up to be the best at what they do in different areas of life. The king of comedy, the king of pop, the king of infomercials, the queen of - can I say I've forgotten? They came, were raised, discovered their talents and gifts, and blazed like glorious stars on the backdrop called time. Then, like those same stars, they were extinguished one by one, as is the natural destiny of every human. They went home. I sat back and observed. I shook my head continually, saddened for each family's successive loss. But God amazes me, because I know that He has given gifts to men, through Christ, through His excellence. And so, while, I mourned those losses of tremendous giftedness and talent, men and women who really did change the world for the better, I am exceedingly glad for the gift Giver. The one who really does work His perfect will into our lives, the one who lifts us up to be Kings and priests in our own right. The one who breathed life into us from the beginning and who will resurrect us at the end of time. And while things may look shaky and uncertain because of the myriad of events that continue to bombard us on the natural level, the real reality is that God is the King who is still seated high up on His throne. He has honor and glory and power and the kingdom of everything and everywhere. He is One who cannot die, burn out, leave our presence. He is always present. Always, eternally the King of Kings. Everyone else is just an emissary. As long as He is there on His throne, and He is eternally on His throne, my little world is secure, no matter what tries to shake my stability. Isaiah 6 (New International Version) Isaiah 6 Isaiah's Commission 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." 4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. I am excited about the new things God is doing for His people. How great a God we serve! Hallelujah, my triumphant Lord!

Amen, I am so happy to hear that MB, I am rejoicing with you, man.

Thank you very much, virtuous. You are so encouraging to me.

Yes, even if you do some leg lifts to your chest, and massage your stomach, it will cause your digestive tract to be stimulated and put you back in good working order. Also, yogurt and olive oil (1tsp) will vastly aid the process for you. I would do the olive oil first thing in the morning. Warm water on an empty stomach will also do the same thing. Within 30-to an hour, you should move.

Seems like I have heard this sermon before. God and His reminders...LOL> I can definitely relate, Virtuous.