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Self sufficiency…

Hi, approaching this subject, I’m seeing how this has gradually become a huge thing in our nation, maybe world. I have to say, for me personally, all of the things I have been through have actually saved me from being self sufficient. There was no way I could do anything by myself, so I didn’t have any choice but to have faith.

There is scripture to back this up.

2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me,”My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast more proudly of my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest in me. 10. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Maybe you are thinking, that’s not very inviting. I don’t want to be weak. It’s not saying that we will remain weak, it’s saying that in our own weaknesses is when He becomes strong! America has been so strong that we are thinking we can do it without Him. Sorry to say but I think that is a delusion.

I didn’t stay in all of these calamities and weaknesses that I was in, but they were all used to shape me and mold me into a person that is not strong in any way unless Christ is working through me. I learned not to hold ANYTHING very near and dear to me accept for Christ alone. Then I was ready to share what I learned with others. I know for a fact that none of it has ANYTHING to do at all with any of my strength. The only way I was involved was to keep seeking HIM and to not give up or turn away.

Anything that we have, our abilities, our brains, our looks, our money, our job, that makes us think we are strong enough without Christ or makes us think we are sufficient without HIM, is lying to us and tricking us.

If there is anything that makes us feel strong apart the God, we are being deceived… period. There is so much deception now, that to make a statement like that goes completely against what most people think. It’s hard for me to even type that out because so much opposition comes against it. But it is true. I cannot prove it other than you being able to see the miracle that happened in my life.

Our country has gotten lost from this. How long has it been since you read the 10 Commandments? That was what our nation was founded upon. The first 2 talk about what I’m talking about. I have to be honest and say these things. It’s why God let me live when the man had a knife to my throat. It’s my purpose and what I was put on this Earth for. For such a time as this.

I know it can be quite sobering, but I have to keep telling my story because I can’t risk losing my voice again. I’m responsible to help the one’s that don’t understand and have lost their way. The enemy wants me to be quiet but I can’t…

Can’t do it by myself!

You Jesus, are the one with the power!!

I love you!

Tomorrow❤

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Double mindedness

Hi! Just being a little transparent here. Part of me losing my voice was being so cautious about what people thought of me! I would say or do something and I would actually even imagine that someone was against it, so I would tone it down.

I felt a little bit like that about my post yesterday. That is why I did the add on, to shush the voices in my head telling me I was wrong or going to be attacked for saying what I said. I did get some texts from people saying that it was spot on though. Mainly I am learning to trust myself and know that if I say something it’s ok if everyone doesn’t agree and give me the ok.

I have been around lots of amazing miracles, signs and wonders. I never give up on that happening. I have also seen some human error in the midst of things. I do have an ability to trust things before I see them. That can be awesome but I think we need some confirmations with some of those things.

I’ve seen people think they were healed of bipolar and instantly go off meds. Usually they hate their meds anyway because they take them off their high. If they really are healed, which I have seen, there should not be any reason they couldn’t go to their doctor and tell them that they think they are healed. I have a friend that is doing this. The doctor is watching the progress and lowering the meds gradually!!

I am a very risk taking person so this caution is something I have learned along the way. I think there will usually be a confirmation about things. Some things are obviously instantly taken care of, some things we walk it out a bit. No harm in testing things out.

I think God always wants to heal! I think that is the truth…but I think it’s a fine line to walk like you are healed when you are not. I think we need to be wise about things and not be deceived. There are just different situations. Some people are so sad because they aren’t healed. I think if someone is walking around like that, they are making the healing too much of a priority in their life. They need to make sure their relationship with God is more important than the healing. Healing isn’t supposed to be an idol to make someone miserable. It’s not supposed to be a point of competition!

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

That is telling me that if I feel like God has given me some wisdom, that I should not doubt or second guess it. It may not always be received, but that’s not my problem. If I let it be my problem then I am being double minded and unstable. Which I do not choose to be, I choose to be confident about what I say and write. Everyone is entitled to their opinion!!

I choose confidence!

I choose faith!!

I do have something to say!!

Tomorrow❤

 

 

 

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I encourage you!

Hi, just want to encourage you to do what you think you are supposed to do. Whatever goals you have set, start doing them. Don’t let opposition hold you back. Opposition will most DEFINITELY be there. Don’t let it stop you. If you don’t let it hold you back, you will get stronger.

We almost need to be at the point where we expect opposition!! Wow, there have been times where opposition was so, so strong it was unimaginable!! To the point where it stopped me dead in my track. That’s why I encourage you to fulfill your destiny!! I know how much is there trying to keep you from it.

The opposition is not all bad, if you keep making the right choices.

James 1:3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

When I married my second husband the second time, I was so sure that this time everything would work out. Not too long after we got back together it was back to drugs and a mess. The perseverance I had to learn during that time, was to love him and let God work in him and pursue my new salon and business dispite what he was doing. Which meant going there painting and working on the place while he was not capable and was home in a recliner. (Thanks kids for helping… you’re awesome)

I had to learn to do this in an attitude of forgiveness toward him. He literally was not capable of anything else. That was not my responsibility to save and rescue him, even though I had to forgive him for what he was doing.

I am going to say something that I believe is true. Many people take the scripture about adultry and believe that is the only thing that God allows as divorce. I know my God though, and I believe that if someone literally will not change from abuse, drug addiction, and such, that God would not want you to live like that.

There are many different scriptures and I believe you have to find in your heart what God is speaking to your situation. Its a pretty touchy subject that needs many counselors and much prayer to come up with solutions.

One scripture says, “If they want to depart, let them.” I think that word could mean depart, in many ways…emotionally, physically, spiritually. It is something that definitely needs to be dealt with, and not just going on and on, with you enabling someone to be treating you badly, and waiting for God to do something. I think that is out of reality. We have to deal with things!! It’s up to us!!

Keep getting help of all kinds, and other people’s wisdom. I’m definitely not giving someone an excuse to run out on a covenant they have made with God, but sometimes the other person has already ran out on the covenant and I  believe God hates that as much!!

Each situation is different and deserves to be treated differently. I am just against a person, man or woman, having to feel condemned for making a decision that is very hard to make. I believe we must feel empathy for such cases!! God is out for our welfare and loves us!

Keep on dealing with things!!

Life more abundantly!!

Tomorrow❤

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Rest, relax and enjoy!!

Well I am writing this on Saturday for Sunday. Hope you can find some time to chill, and relax and regroup today. If not today, another day this week. We all need time to take care of ourselves.

Time to take a deep breath and know that God is Large and In Charge!! We need time to be a little lax about our responsibilities. My week has been very busy, which I love, but time to let it all go now!!

Blessings and peace  to you!!

Tomorrow❤