WHAT WAS MEANT FOR EVIL

Soooo.....If you have read my earlier posts you know that I was living with a step mother, who I wronged by drinking her alcohol all summer, she found out around Sept. 8th, I gave my life back to Christ on the 10th because I was tired of conpletely destroying my life because of bad decisions, she gave me until October 1st to move out. I was granted a stay of execution, but I think a few weeks later she found the link to this blog. She read the first entry where I basically released everything I had done in the past. She read it, tried to use it against me by reporting lies to DCF, threw my past in my face on several occasions verbally (she doesn't know the redeeming power of God). Tried to butter my children up, hoping to create separation (DIDN'T WORK), tried to bait me into reacting in anger and violence (DIDN'T WORK). When all of those darts she shot at me didn't work (ONLY BECAUSE OF THE RENEWING POWER OF GODS WORD, NOT OF MY OWN POWER) her last deed was to go to court AND LIE! I received an order to vacate the premises IMMEDIATELY, the order said that she was in IMMEDIATE danger of abuse...FROM ME! I can't say that I couldn't believe it, because I knew what kind of person I was dealing with. You see, what was meant for evil, GOD TURNED IT AROUND FOR MY GOOD! I left that day with whatever I could grab, called on my family, amd they came running. I was able to be placed in a family shelter. When we got here we were told that we could move into the apartment in back, no sharing with the other families! God has been preparing me for this since Sept 10th, whatever was meant to hurt me has only HELPED ME! The DCF worker is amazingly kind, I have great people behind me and my kids, my son will be starting basketball soon, God had everything lined up for us! From these humble beginnings spawn GREATNESS! Not only has God rebuilt me spiritually, now He is rebuilding me financially! Every step from Sept 10th untill now was in His plan. As long I continue to seek Gods face, read His word, and follow His lead, my future will be stable and prosperous! I prayed that we would be in an apartment before Thanksgiving, and here we are! It's not how I thought it would happen, but I trust God none the less!!! I am excited about the future. Remember, it's not how you start, but how you finish! IF YOU FAINT NOT, YOU SHALL RECEIVE A JUST REWARD! "GOD IS ABLE TO DO JUST WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO, HE WILL FULFILL EVERY PROMISE TO YOU, DON'T GIVE UP ON GOD BECAUSE HE WON'T GIVE UP ON YOU!! HE'S ABLE!!" -Tye Tribbett.......I love you to LIFE! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!

"What evil you planned against me, God made it for good!" Genises 50:20

"Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be!" JOB 8:7

"The end of the matter is better than the beginning, and patience is better than PRIDE!" ECCLESIASTES 7:8

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THE BEGINNING OF NEW THINGS

Soooo.....Today is testimony day. I haven't written anything since Wednesday, and it was an on time word. While I was thinking about the ways God has been good in my life, I thought about Abraham. The last post was called ABRAHAM FAITH! That is what I am working with right now. God has been preparing me for this test since I started this blog on September 10th. This is the real test, God is really stretching my faith! I don't know what will happen or when, and it may be hard at times, but I know in the end there is a blessing! God has shown me favor at every turn so far, and I don't anticipate Him leaving me now! I am VERY EXCITED and have great hope for the future! This is just the beginning, and when I'm settled I can go more into what is happening now in my life, one thing I do know is that I'm blessed, my kids are blessed! Those who tried to break me LOSS! Those who tried to use my old sins against me, LOSS! Those who lied and conspired against me, LOSS! Those who tried to get me to react in a violent and angry way, LOSS! Those who dragged my name through the mud, LOSS! Like I have said in other entries, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINT ME SHALL PROSPER! I am more than a conqueror! When you give yout life to God, and SURRENDER IT ALL TO HIM, and you seek a relationship with Him through praying and reading his word, God vindicates you! No matter what anyone tries, your past sins cannot be used against you, because of the person you become! The light of God will shine through, the change will be UNDENIABLE! Just keep in prayer continuously, renew your mind with the word of God, and learn ti view things with Gods lens. Forgive those who try to hurt you. Above all.....LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE GOD AND YOURSELF! LOVE LOVE LOVE....AND FORGIVENESS! Extend the same grace God gives us when we come to Him for forgiveness for our sins! I forgive and love that person who tried to break me, who tried to rip me away from my children, I forgive that person who LIED, (to the courts of all places), I am happy and hopeful for the future! I am prepared to work hard, no matter what comes my way! Stay strong in the face of your enemies, be encouraged, seek God! GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH EVERY TRIAL AND GIVE YOUR FAVOR ON YOUR JOURNEY! I love you to LIFE! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!

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ABRAHAM FAITH

Sooooo........this morning, like every morning, God gave me a word of encouragement! He reminded me that His promises are true. You see, sometimes in the midst of a trial, doubt and fear might try to well up in your spirit! If you give it to God, and seek comfort in His word, you will get renewed strength and courage! It can be hard at times when your faith is being tested, when you don't know what is going to happen, blind faith can ne scary at times. I am reminded about the story of Abraham, and how God told him to sacrifice his son! NOW THAT KIND OF TEST IS MORE THAN I COULD EVER HANDLE!! Abraham trusted God SO MUCH that he gathered the wood, and took his son, and started up the mountain to the alter! I WOULD OF DIED FROM GRIEF WELL BEFORE THAT!! TRUST ME!! BUT ABRAHAM'S LEVEL OF FAITH WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!! JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO KILL HIS OWN SON, God told Abraham to look in the bush, and there was a ram worthy for the sacrifice!! AT THE LAST MOMENT, JUST BEFORE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO SACRIFICE HIS OWN SON, BOOM, GOD CAME THROUGH!!! That is the kind of blind faith I want to have, that is the kind of faith that will get us through the TOUGHEST of times!! God reminded me of His FAITHFULNESS this morning! He reminded me that He is an ON TIME GOD! This word gave me strength this morning, it renewed my hope and strengthened my faith! THAT IS WHAT A TRIAL DOES!! God wants to stretch our faith!! HOW WOULD WE BE GRATEFUL FOR THE BLESSED OUTCOME OF WE DIDN'T HAVE FAITH!! God is good ALL THE TIME! No matter how hard it looks, no matter how impossible things may seem, GOD HAS ALREADY SET THE RAM IN THE BUSH FOR YOU!!! He has already set up the rescue, He has already worked the miracle!! BELIEVE AND HAVE FAITH!! TRUST IN GOD AND HIS WORD!! REMEMBER GOD IS UNDEFEATED, HE HASN'T LOST A BATTLE YET!!!.I love you to LIFE!! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!!

"WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US!" ROMANS 8:31

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MEDITATE ON GOD

Sooo....a few weeks ago I asked God to teach me how to meditate. Meditation can  have a bad rep, especially when it comes to how other religions go about it compared to how we as Christians should. It is not the same AT ALL! I didn't want to get the two confused in any way! I wanted clarity, I asked God to guide me in that area, to give me the knowledge on how to go about my meditation life with Him! I can tell you that it doesn't involve incense or candle burning, it doesn't involve crossing of the legs or any kind of deep breathing. Meditating on God doesn't involve any type of ritualistic behavior AT ALL! As a matter of fact, God wants us to stay away from those types of pagan rituals! Meditating on God simply means to sit in and recognize His presence in your life! It means to sit still and think about what He has done, and how He has kept you! Meditating on God means to realize what kind of force He has been throughout your years! To think over how God has rescued you out of all the bad situations that WE GET INTO OURSELVES! We are to think back on all things He as done, and invoke the spirit of gratefulness! We are to sit and quietly think on the goodness of Jesus! To thank Him for His unfailing love! We as Christians should take time out to sit and be still, to think about how faithful God has been in our lives, EVEN WHEN WE WERE DEEP IN SIN! Think about the times when His miracle working power was evident, and praise Him for it! Those old thoughts shouldn't bring up old feelings of pain and hurt, or shame and guilt! Think about how in spite of what was going on, in spite of how you were living, in spite of what you have done or said, GOD HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN  LOVING AND CARING FOR US! God has never left us, God was always there, waiting on us to realize our ways, waiting to grant us salvation! We should meditate and think about how He never stopped pursuing us! We should meditated on how God never gave up on us, how He never threw us away! That is how we should meditate! It will strengthen us, grow our faith, make us grateful for everything He has done! It will make us thankful for the bad times, for the lessons we had to learn the hard way, for the bad decisions we have made that led us to this point in Christ! It will make us grateful for the work He has done in us, for the new spirit that He has renewed in us! When you give your life to God, and takes away your sins, your hurt, pain, guilt, shame, anger, hate and anything else that is not like Him. He replaces all those things with the Holy Spirit. The will and determination to not only live right on the outside, but to be brand new on the inside! God will replace your heart of stone with a heart of flesh! The holy spirit inside of you will help you not to make the same decisions that have previously ruined you, you will not have the desire for sin, but the desire to follow Jesus and His word! We have to feed the spirit with reading the word of God, or it WILL DIE, and you will end up right back to where you started! We have to allow God to renew our minds, so that we can have a new way of thinking! This will help us process the things of this world with a heavenly outlook, to not rely on what we see or feel! We have to be very careful to not let our emotions separate us from our salvation! Our emotions cannot be trusted, they will mislead you! Only, seek God, allow the Holy Spirit guide your thoughts, so that you can see things clearly! Meditating makes us close and closer to God! It strengthens the relationship, it reinforces it with gratefulness and love! Take some time out of your day and think about the goodness of Jesus, and all He has done for you! Praise Him for what He has done, and for what He has yet to do in your life!! WHEN I THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF JESUS, AND ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME, MY SOUL CRIES OUT HALLELUJAH! I THANK GOD FOR SAVING ME!! I love you to LIFE! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVERY IMAGINE!

"He says, be still, and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth" Psalms 46:10

"I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds."
Psalms 77:12

"Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD" Psalms 104:34

"I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands." Psalms 143:5

"On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate." Psalms 145:5

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UNDERSTANDING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

Sooo....this morning I finished a devotional called, SPEAKING GOD, and it touched on how we as Christians, and as people period, speak things flippantly. Meaning, we say GOD BLESS YOU when someone sneezes, but do we really know the true and powerful meaning behind that phrase. We often also speak the Lords name in vain! We have to be intentional in making sure that we know what we are saying, especially as Christians! I say this as a segway to what I really want to touch on today, and that is the AMAZING GRACE that we wake up to EVERYDAY! It is very important that we speak the word, yes, BUT TO UNDERSTAND it brings on a whole new appreciation for what Jesus has done for us! I want to take the crucifixion as an example. We learn in bible school and during bible study that Jesus was whipped, and beaten, and stabbed, so on and so forth, but do we completely understand exactly what all of that means! I started a new devotional today called UNLIMITED GRACE, and the first phrase really stuck out to me! It  said "Jesus was treated as we deserve, so that we might be treated as He deserves!' ISN'T THAT AMAZING! I have never heard it broken down like that! We know that He died for our sins, and how it happened, but when you hear it like that it really SETS IN! Why he did it, and what we gained from it! When we are sinners, we are spiritual lepers, in the bible days, the lepers where thrown outside of the city like TRASH! Jesus was treated like a filthy leper, so that we wouldn't have to! He was beaten, spit on, and mocked, all so we could have salvation and peace! They whipped Him, Jesus took that whipping so that we could be healed, BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED! His whipping covered our ailments, our diseases, our sickness! He took condemnation, INNOCENTLY, so that we may have freedom, the freedom that HE deserved, but gave to us instead!! Jesus to our pain and agony, and gave us His victory!! He took our wounds and gave us His healing, He took our death and gave us His life! He took the crown of thorns, and gave us a royal crown of glory! WHEW!! When it is broken down like that, it hits hard! This is a type of sacrifice that NO MAN ON THIS EARTH would ever give! THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, that unlocked the UNLIMITED GRACE that God gives us on a daily basis!! How can we not serve a God like that!! All He asked us in return, if we break it all the way down, is for us to be the best we can for others! That is why He demands obedience! To love above all, and to follow His commandments! If we do this, He guarantees glory, and a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous life! AMAZING! There is nothing we can do to repay Him fully for the sacrifice, because even though He died for our sins (and that should have been enough), He still provides all of our needs, Jesus still gives and blesses on a daily basis! God give EVERYDAY, even though we don't deserve it, that is why the love of God is UNRIVALED! That kind of love can not be given by any human on this earth! God love is an AGAPE love, meaning love that surpasses all understanding! A LOVE THAT ONLY GOD IS ABLE TO GIVE!! Give your life to God, the UNDESERVED blessings and rewards are too numerous to count! In God there is no condemnation, because Jesus suffered that already! Come to God, give Him your shame and guilt! Give Him your sorrow and pain! Give Him your anger, hate, self loathing, low self esteem, depression, anxiety, give Him all of your sins! Then watch God replace it all with peace, love, wholeness, pure joy! He will restore you, make you into a new person, a new creature! Once you have given it all to Him, the old you is gone, and He will mold you and guide you to be the person you were born to be! If you seek Him EVERYDAY in the word of God, spend time with Him, learn His ways!! YOU WILL FEEL BETTER THAN YOU HAVE EVER FELT IN YOUR LIFE!! I love you to LIFE! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!

"AND SO JESUS ALSO SUFFERED OUTSIDE THE CITY GATE TO MAKE THE PEOPLE HOLY THROUGH HIS OWN BLOOD!"
Hebrews 13:12

"But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed!"
Isaiah 53:5


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POWER BELONGS TO GOD

Sooo......I can't even say that this morning was a hard one, because it wasn't! I took what was said to me, listened, and then went about my morning with peace! PEACE SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING! That is the kind of peace tjat can ONLY come from God! I wasn't angry, hurt, or in any kind of pain! When you have the word of God stored up in you, the rhings people say, do, and any circumstances you face will not break you! If you stand FIRM AND BELIEVE in the word of God, if you have TOTAL FAITH AND TRUST in God and His power, the attacks of the enemy will not penetrate you!! If you believe that God is the master of the universe, that He holds ALL POWER in His hands, when troubles arise, when you find yourself in a place that looks impossible to get out of, GOD WILL SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT!! There is nothing too hard for God, there is NO SITIATION that God can't turn around, there is NO problem He cannot solve! There is no such thing as the IMPOSSIBLE with God! GOD WORKS THE BEST WITH WHAT YOU THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE!! Being in the impossible is meant to strengthen us, to grow our faith, it is meant for God POWER to manifest in our lives! We cannot go off of what we see in the moment, we DEFINATELY SHOULD NOT lean on our own understanding, TRUST IN THE POWER OF GOD! Trust in His word, God is the ONLY one who has been PERFECTLY consistant in our lives! Think about all the other things He has done in our lives! How many times has He made a way out of no way, how many times has He turned what we thought was impossible into possible? How many times has He answered our earnest prayers? How many times has He provided what we needed? How many times has God come through AT THE NICK OF TIME!!?? .....right at that moment you thought it was the end, at that moment when you thought TIME IS UP!!! If you have a testimony, if you can answer any or all of these questions, ESPECIALLY IF HE CAME THROUGH WHEN WE WERE FEEP IN SIN, than we should know and stand CONFIDENT in what we know can and will be done!!! DO NOT LOSE FAITH, STAND FIRM, BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, SEEK STRENGTH AND COURAGE IN HIM!!!! OH AND READ READ READ READ READ THE BIBLE! Remember thay God will NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU, HIS WORD IS TRUE!! DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T FOCUS ON HOW IT LOOKS, FOCUS ON GLORY, FOCUS ON GOD!! I love you to life!! GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!

"No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.
ISAIAH 54:17

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LOVE ENDURES ALL

Sooo.....I completed the "Love Like God" devotional this morning, and what stuck out to me was the phrase LOVE ENDURES ALL! Not only does God want us to love no matter what the circumstances are, we are to endure what ever is done to us whether it is negative or positive, we are to endure WITH LOVE! Now, I HAD TO PRAY HARD FOR THE STRENGTH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS MORNING!! I had to remind myself that NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER! I had to IMMEDIATELY address any negative feelings I had and give it to God! We are human, and God knows that certain things that people TRY to do to us will make us angry, and He expects us to be angry. It's how we respond that counts!! He wants us to draw strength from Him, the strength to forgive, and the strength to LOVE through it all!! He wants us to endure WITH LOVE!! When people try to bait you by doing things, saying things, writing things, whatever it may be, God wants us to Forgive, Forget, and endure it all with love!!! Lead with love in all that we do! Do not respond with anger, do not give the wicked force the satisfaction, don't give it what it is looking for!! Let God deal with it, while you remain in love!! That was an on time word for me this morning! THAT'S FOR SURE! Another thing, never allow someone elses evil intentions to stop you from doing what God wants you to do! If one avenue is closed, find another! NO EXCUSES!! Don't allow yourself to be blocked, to be LOCKED OUT!! There is always a way, seek God!!

"Love does not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED, thinketh no evil." I Corinthians 13:5

"Love beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, AND ENDURES ALL THINGS" 1 Corinthians 13:7


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