The Lord is refining me by showing me that I need to daily surrender my heart to Him. To be in His will, my heart needs to remain contrite and poor in my spirit so I will know His power through my heart to bear witness..Thank you, Lord for causing my heart to mourn over any and all sin that I commit against you because I hurt you. No matter how big or small the sin is categorzied by people, the fact remains that a heart who surrenders to God and admits in his/her lowliness how they fail on their own and faith in God through the mediator Jesus does transform the heart once we truly repent in our heart our ways while believing in His power will receive as it is the will of God.  God has certainly been working on me the past week.  He had to get me to a place of disgust with the darkness deep in my heart that I was unaware of so it can be brought to the light to God and with my heart desiring Him alone and to hate and detest every thing that is sin against God.  Whether it is hate, idolotary, impure thoughts, ect.  All things that are unholy and sinful to God, we His children need to hate the sin and be disgusted with it.  We are also called to love all people including our enemies. 

God did bring me down to the pit of myself, He is faithful to show me and indeed I am being changed because there are no excuses for choosing sin, only that we are guilty of the choice.  Therefore whatever we do that is against God, we need to confess to Him and He is faithful to purify us from all unrighteousness and do this with a heart repentance, not just mere words.  With a true heart repentance and submission to God in the name of Jesus, our sin is blotted out.  Those who live in the dark without God will continue to do so because they refuse to bring it to the light and delight in evil.  The children of God are ashamed of their sin, repent and surrender their heart, and confess the evil they have done, to be purified and to continue in their walk with Jesus.

This world is full of beauty treatments and surgeries to change people into beautiful people.  Magazines are packed with ideas of how to apply creams, make up and hairstyles.  Men’s magazines are also targeting men to look into their physical appearance.  Women are told they aren’t beautiful if they don’t wear a size ?  It changes so much that I don’t know what it is today.  There was a time when women who were heavy set were considered the standard for beauty.  With all of these choices to pick to change yourself into the beautiful woman or handsome stud for men, which one is the best one?  I, also in the past was into trying new things to improve my physical appearance and in-fact as a teenager, I used to wish that I was a born a blonde haired, blue eyed bombshell.  I wasn’t happy that I was born with brown hair and eyes, and olive skin color/tan in the summer naturally.

I used to compare myself with others and looking into the mirror thinking, I am not pretty.  I never dyed my hair color or got into wearing make up and that has stayed with me. But I have tried to do things like change my hairstyle to fit in,ect.  With many years of unhappiness despite the fact that I have been told repeatedly by my mother, grandmother, husband, and children along with others ranging from friends to strangers that I am beautiful, I was not happy at all with my physical appearance.  Finally one day, I became the beautiful woman that God intended for me to be.  When I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I was instantly transformed inside my heart.  I am still a work in progress, but my beauty is from within because this amazing beauty secret never fades and only increases.  My heart has changed from ugly to beautiful for eternity.  Also, God showed me that I am not to compare myself with others for physical beauty and not look at myself as more beautiful than any other person because God created all people just the way He wanted.  We all have different attributes, but we are all beautiful on the outside.  What is missed out on beauty is the inside of people, the heart.  The heart is neglected regarding beauty because when our hearts are evil and dark, then it is true ugliness.  There is nothing pretty about rejecting Jesus, hate, jealousy, strife, pride, lust, greed, and self righteousness, ect the list goes on and on.

God is the only One who can transform and change the heart into the beauty that He intended for it to be from the start.  Once you realize how beautiful and perfectly you are made with the new heart by receiving the Holy Spirit of God, then you will know truly how wonderfully made you really are and give God the glory for everything.  Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.  Mark 16:15-20 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will accompany those who believe:  In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poisen, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people and they will get well.”  After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.  Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

These words are true today as well as in the past.  Many people say that this is for the disciples when Jesus was here on the earth, however the words of Jesus are true and we cannot pick and choose what to believe in the Bible.  Jesus clearly said that those who believe and are baptized will have these signs which include healing of the hands to make others well.  The Lord is guiding me to these verses and the Holy Spirit has been showing me the Truth of these words.  The words’ those who believe’, apply for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  Satan is trying to deceive the believers in Jesus by saying that this is only for the past.  Rebuke Satan in the name of Jesus and then pray for the Holy Spirit of God to show you the Truth of these words for all disciples who choose to believe in the name of Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  If you believe in the power of Jesus, then you will be able to heal the sick, drive out demons, speak in new tongues, and pick up snakes with your hands, as well as drink deadly poisen and not get hurt at all.  Do not test the Lord by trying to prove it is true by purposefully drinking poisen because it is a sin against God and only shows your unbelief.  This is meant for it to be shown only if someone does this to try to cause harm and it will hurt the true disciples of Jesus.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to rid you of any unbelief about these signs and He is faithful to do it.  Then God’s miracle in the name of Jesus will shine to those who witness these things.  However, there are those who are blinded by Satan just like the Pharisees, Saducees, Scribes, and teachers of the law who refused to believe Jesus because of their hardened hearts and blindness from Satan.  The Holy Spirit of God draws the believers whose hearts are ripe to believe, to see with the eyes of their hearts first the Truth of  Jesus as the Messiah of the world followed by the mind and soul.

I am still growing and learning in God’s Word with the guidence of the Holy Spirit about this and do know that we must also believe the signs that accompany us, the believers who are baptized and saved, that we have been given the authority to do these things as we go on the Great Commission to tell others the gospel of Jesus and baptize them with water and fire which is in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Seek the Lord and He will show you this Truth and the words of Jesus are confirmed by the signs that we have within us by the power of the name of Jesus, it will be done for all those who believe.  Praise the Lord for He is faithful and His Words are True!  We are the hands that heal the sick and the feet to tell the gospel of Jesus so they may believe, be forgiven of their sins in Christ, and healed of their illness and ailments of kinds.

Hi precious people that God has created.  I hope you all are doing well.  Even if you are not doing well right now because of a circumstance in this life, we can still be of good cheer.  I know first hand how hard that can be and actually I am learning from God how what He guides me to write about is also to help me.  The Lord works in mysterious ways to answer our prayers and I can honestly tell you that He has done that this very morning with me.  I am a very emotional person and God is teaching me and training me in my heart with His Word to give Him everything of myself to Him.  So, this morning I did just that and I prayed for God to show me and help me to deal with the bad circumstances of this life and be focused on Him instead.  His answered prayer came to my heart and mind this morning with Biblical scripture regarding a cheerful heart.  The Lord has also guided me to share this with all people, for those who are in Christ Jesus and sealed for the day of redemption; this is encouragment for you my brothers and sisters to stay strong in the Lord because of the words of Jesus in Luke 6:20-23 “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.  Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.  Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.  Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.  “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.  For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. 

Those of you who don’t know Jesus or have a relationship with him, please know that God does love you so much and wants to give you the only true joy in the midst of problems.  Also you will have a relationship with God the Father through Jesus who is God’s Son.  As humans we have ways that are against God naturally and since God never forces anyone to choose the right way, we have all went away from God.  Jesus is God the Son who came to earth, born of the virgin Mary and he was fully human and fully God.  He is the Living Word of God and taught people about God.  He never sinned but he was tempted just as we are.  He died on the cross for our sins and God did raise him from the dead on the 3rd day and that is why we celebrate Easter.  There were many witnesses to his resurrection and he stayed with his followers for 40 days.  Also there were witnesses to Jesus ascending to heaven and now he is with his Father.  Once he ascended to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit to live in the hearts of the believers.  The Holy Spirit is God, but we are not a god, we only have the Holy Spirit of God who reminds us of God’s Word and transforms our hearts into the likeness of Jesus.  If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, died on the cross for your sins, and rose again on the 3rd day, then you will be saved and be risen again one day when Jesus returns to gather those who are saved.  Do you want to know God and have a relationship with him?  If yes, then admit to God you need a Savior and believe that Jesus is your Lord and Savior who came to earth, died on the cross for your sins, and rose again on the 3rd day.  Pray for Jesus to come into your heart and life and he will give you the Holy Spirit of God and you will instantly be born again in the Kingdom of God.  Then confess to others that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.  John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The wind blows wherever it may please;  people can testify to hearing its sound, yet no one sees

No one knows where it comes from or where it goes;  science cannot dispute its existence, or explain how it came to be, for nobody knows

This is also true of the Spirit of God that we cannot see; Yet people can testify to hearing His voice calling them very clearly

Just like the wind, science cannot dispute God’s existence and disprove empowering evidence logically; The Spirit of God draws people to Jesus, His Son with eyes of hearts now able to see

Once blinded by Satan and yes, he does exist, too, although he is limited in knowledge and power for what he’s allowed to do

There is nothing at all scary of the physical appearance of Satan and his evil demon angels, for they only cause calamity by tricking and deceiving, blinding those whose hearts are already too hard, not ripe for believing

The One to truly fear is the Lord God above, All Powerful and Mighty with Infinite Love

Perfect in all of His thoughts and ways; His holiness won’t tolerate sin, He already made His perfect plan to prolong our days

Fear God’s Wrath of eternal damnation and permanent separation from Him; Listen to the Spirit when He draws you to Jesus, who is more precious than any gem

John 3:8 The wind blows wherever it pleases.  You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.  So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

The Holy Spirit of God is speaking to my heart urgently to share with you this message in His Holy Word regarding pride.  It started with a beautiful cherub angel with intelligence that God ordained in the garden of Eden.  Ezekiel 28:13-16  You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you:  ruby, topaz, and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl.  Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.  You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you.  You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.  You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness found you.  Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned.  So, I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.  God gives angels and people free will to choose to obey Him.  However, there are consequences when we disobey our Father in heaven.  Pride is an easy trap for us to fall into so this is why we must be on alert of the devil’s schemes.  Satan’s ways are not always so obvious, so we must keep our heart in check with God daily and through out the day.  Ecclesiastes 7:8  The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

We live in a world where pride is growing in many different ways.  We get impatient and want things done right now and on our own terms.  But we must remember that it is about God and not ourselves.  Also, our talents, skills, knowledge, and physical appearance are used in comparison with others.  We either look down on others thinking we are better than they are, or we look down on ourselves for not measuring up somehow.  We must put the truth of ourselves in perspective and give God the glory for any and all talents, skills, and knowledge that we have.  We are all created equal in the image of God and He gives different levels of intelligence and skills, however, it is equal in value to Him.  No one is greater than another human being.  We didn’t create ourselves and therefore we cannot give ourselves credit for our amazing abilities on this earth.  Also, we cannot look down on others who have a different level of knowledge or skill than we have.  This is all for the glory of God and all people were created for Him to worship Him.  Sadly there are those who reject God and His Son.  Pray to God in the name of Jesus to keep your heart humble and give Him all the glory regarding your gifts, talents, knowledge, and don’t compare one to another.  We need to love and forgive because of Jesus who died and rose again so those who accept Him in their heart will be forgiven by God.

God spoke through the prophets of old, telling them of the new covenant He would make

Fortelling of Jesus, who would come as His Living Word, a perfect Lamb, His life no one would take

Because He would willingly give it, as it is the will of His Father who sent Him here on this earth

To speak of God’s Word and uphold the law of Moses, through His death and resurrection, for us a new birth

As it says in John 3:16 that Jesus spoke of to tell all who would listen, that if they believe in Him, God’s Son

They would not perish but have eternal life with our Father, grafted in our new family of believers as a body of one

Once He gave up His Spirit, it was complete, buried in the tomb, those who disbelieved thought He was dead

But, God in His infinite power raised Jesus up on the 3rd day, alive in His glory, with many witnesses testifying instead

There were witnesses to Jesus ascending into the clouds to be at the right hand of God, now a Helper he has sent

Which is the Holy Spirit of God, to those who believe in Jesus would receive Him in hearts to see their own sin and repent

2 Corinthians 4:4   The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.  2 Peter 3:3  First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.  Ephesians 6:12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Proverbs 19:28-29  A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.  Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

These are the last days and no one except our Father in heaven knows when the last day of this world is, so we must put on the armor of God and continue to tell others the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Ephesians 6:13-18  Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may able stand your ground, and after you have done everything to stand.  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  In additon to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

My life before I met Jesus was very much like a crazy and dangerous roller coaster ride.  Some people like roller coaster rides, in fact a lot of people do.  Not me, I guess I am just a scaredy cat.  But, amazingly enough in my life before Jesus shined his light on me, I went down dangerous and scary roads.  In fact, trying to find peace and love, I ended up in dangerous places.  As a kid, I did go to a true believing, God fearing church and learned about Jesus, but my heart wasn’t ready to accept Him in it and my life.  I had head knowledge but not heart knowledge and as time went on, I went away from the church.  Though my grandma, mom, and other people would tell me how I need Jesus and he is the answer to everything, I still didn’t accept this as truth.  Honestly I rejected it altogether.  I even told them how it didn’t make sense and refused to listen to anything regarding God or the Bible.  I was very selfish and only wanted to live for myself, but truly it was only in God’s timing would He show Himself to me.  Due to things that happened to me along the way growing up and early adulthood, I had a hard time accepting that God did love me because He let things happen to me.  My heart was cold toward Him.  Like the Israelites who went away from God and suffered oppression, I too was left to evil because instead of turning to God for help, I went away from Him into evil.  Anything that is done without God is evil because He is not a part of it.  Some people would say that’s not true, but it is the truth.  What I would try to do for good would end up being evil because my mind was futile and I was self righteous.  So, I did end up doing bad things just like all people have done and still do at times.  The difference between Christians and those who reject God’s Son is the fact that when you have the Holy Spirit of God, He convicts you of your own sin and keeps your heart aligned with God’s.  It is only by the grace of God that anyone can have any good because He is the only One who is perfect and never evil. 

In 2008 when I was in a store to buy presents for my son’s birthday, a messenger of God placed something in my hand, closed it and said these words:”Here this is for you.”  Then he walked away and I didn’t see him anymore.  When I opened my hand to see what he placed in it, I was humbled before God because what he had given me was a cross with words written that said I Jesus Lord.  I knew immediately what God was telling me because His Spirit opened the eyes of my heart to see Jesus and I said yes to Jesus and now the Spirit of God lives within my heart and my life hasn’t been the same ever since that special day in March of 2008.  Praise the Lord because God brought me to Jesus.  He knew my heart was ripe to receive Him.

God is the one who is leading me in my walk with Him.  Everyday there is a struggle but the Lord is holding my hand and sometimes he carries me when I can’t walk.  Though I don’t see Him, I know He is there and can sense His presence because God is everywhere I am.  He has given me His Holy Spirit that dwells in my heart and my Heavenly Father is all around me.  The Lord guides my heart and directs my steps into the path I need to go.  Therefore we must prayerfully consider these verses in His Holy Word in 2 Corinthians 5:5 and 7   Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, gauranteeing what is to come.  We live by faith, not by sight.