Knowing Who You Are In Christ

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Welcome back to my blog. 

God is truly amazing,  I pray that when you come across this blog you will be blessed with what God has given me to share with you.

It is currently 7:23am Sunday morning and the Lord has been speaking to me and directed me to write this blog. I am in a space where when God says move I must move with no hesitation. I woke up pretty earlier and started my day with devotion and prayer and began to make breakfast for myself. As I was doing so I began to listen to old recordings that I had in my phone and I came across one from November 30th 2020, immediately the Lord began to speak.

Can I tell you, I am a living witness that God will bring you back to a thing to remind you who you are in Him. I titled the recording "Being Best Friends With God" As I listen to the recording the Lord said, I already knew who you were daughter, I just needed you to believe who you were in me and not in man.

Even as I type this I keep pausing to worship our savior. When the Lord reminds you of who you are who can deny it?

                                                                    Jeremiah 1:4-5 NKJV

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I sanctified you, I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

Who does God call you to be?

What have you called yourself? Does it line up with what God has for your life? 

We loose our identity in God when we try to line up our identity with man. God says no longer will you claim what the world says about you, but now you will follow what I say about you. 

Matthew 16:26 NKJV For what profits a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what  will a man give in exchange for his soul?

When you break down the word "IF" it means a condition or supposition. Jesus knew it would be a possibility that we will choose what we see in the world then what we see in Him.

I am a living witness that I picked the world many times, and like my mentor says, "those who are in Christ that try to be like the world looks like cornballs LOL." We just don't fit in no matter how much we try. We are not meant to be like the world, because Jesus already overcame it!

John 16:33 NKJV These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. in the world you will have tribulations; but be of good cheer, i have overcome the world. 

I want to encourage you today to find out who you are in Christ by building that intimate relationship with Him. God says you don't know who you are because you are still trying to find out who I am. I pray even now that as you learn who God is He will show you daily who you are, I pray now that God will show you who He is by the things you ask in prayer. I speak even now that miracle signs and wonders will come your way and that you will see truly and completely how big God is. I speak God will change who you are and make you more like Him in the name of Jesus. Amen

Know that I love you, but God loves you so much more! 

Be blessed 

  

Embrace the Process, as You Embrace God

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Welcome back to a New Thing Blog!

I don't know about you, but the closer I get to what God promised me, the more the enemy starts to plot and scheme. But I'm grateful that God is showing me how to stay at His feet and believe His word and not what the enemy is whispering. 

Which brings me to my next topic, "Embrace the Process, as You Embrace God. When God gave me this I said Lord this is not only on time for teaching, but this is right on time for me. One thing about God's word and the revelation that comes with it is, it hits your heart first. As I was preparing and studying I got so emotional about how mindful our God is to us, and to know His promises are yes and amen it made me want to continue to fight to see what the end is going to be. It gives me so much peace just to know every day I wake up I'm counted in the number. 

Embrace the Process, as You Embrace God, I was sitting in church when God gave me this title and immediately began to write down what He began to speak to me. 

There's two definitions that I found the first says, 

embrace: accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically. 

Immediately I was blessed. If embrace doesn't fit the exact format to what God wants us to do when it comes to following Him. 

1. He wants us to believe

2. Know that change will happen

3. Do it with joy

The second defintion is, to hold someone closely in one's arm especially as a sign of affection. God wants to hold us in His arms. Jesssus I can feel my help typing this. God is so amazing He wants us to feel His presence as we go through to know that we are not alone. 

God didn't stop me there, but had me look up process. 

Process: a SERIES of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end. 

It's not something that happens quickly. I said Father I hear you. In all this you want us to hold on to your love as you walk us through the series of steps that you have laid out for us. My God! That's the type of God we serve. He soooooo mindful to break things down for our understanding. 

Embrace in Hebrews means to lie down or to put your entire weight on something. 

Process in Hebrews means to adapt. 

Embracing change with God is not always easy, but can I tell you it is worth it. When God is taking you through a new season that you never saw coming you have to trust Him with every step. 

Ecclesiastes 11:5 Just as you don't know the path of the wind or how bones develop int he womb of a pregnant woman, so also you don't know the work of God who makes everything. 

We don't know how God is going to do a thing but we have to trust His plan and know that His plan is the best plan.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 

Ask yourself the question, "Do I trust the plan that God has for my life, or do I trust me more."

Ask yourself, who has let you down, you or God?

Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live, I will be with you as I was with Moses I will not leave you or abandon you. 

God is not like man where He will leave us without instructions, strategy or comfort. Whatever we need God for He will be there. Some of us have been abandoned by family, friends, coworkers, jobs, partners and more and we compare their actions to God instead of  letting God handle our situation. 

God is bigger than what we've bee through we just have to allow Him in to help us through it all. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him he will make your path straight. 

As you embrace your process and follow God in it all He says don't lean on what you know and what you are use to but to trust him in it all and through it all. 

The process with God is worth it, it keeps you at His feet and not at your own. 

Change is something that constantly happens when you walk with the Father, I encourage you to keep taking the steps with Him 

Proverbs 16:9 A Person's heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps. 

Allow God to keep guiding your steps, and watch Him change things for you, keep embracing the process as God keeps embracing you.

Stay encouraged, I love you but God loves you more. 

Revamp Your Mind

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Welcome Back to my Blog!

When I say God is still doing a new thing, He is doing a new thing! I am so excited to see what God has for us!

So last week the Lord dropped this title and this lesson on me and it's been  blessing me so I'm excited to share with you.

"Revamp Your Mind"

I was sitting in church and the woman of God was preaching on Think Carefully It's Time to Rebuild, now her sermon alone blessed my entire life. As I was listening God said, tell my children to Revamp Their  Mind. 

As I went home to study I looked up the word revamp, and revamp means; give new and improved form, structure or appearance to.  I said God wow, the definition match what you want for our life. So God wants to reconstruct our mind to improve us for His glory. 

Notice when God changes are mind then He begins to change our appearance. ! Whew God is so good.

As I was studying and writing the Lord kept giving me different scriptures to lean on so don't be alarmed but think how mindful our Father is that He will lay out the instructions for us in His word. The power in reading God's word . 

Romans 12:1-2 

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of mercies of God, I  urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God this is your true worship. Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may discern what is good, pleasing and perfect will of God.  When you revamp your thinking then you are able to discern the things that are pleasing to God and not yourself. 

How do you renew your mind? 

You have to continuously seek God's face.

Matthew 6:33 

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness should be added unto you!

God is the only who can change our mind. But it's in our prayer, and confessing to the Lord that we will get the instruction on how to do so. Be honest with the Father, humbly submit to what He says and what he wants for our lives. 

I Corinthians 2:16 

For who has known the Lord's mind, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.  

In the bible it refers to our head 360 times, and mentions are mind 96 times. The Lord already knows that the battle starts in our mind first, but then he gives us scriptures to stay out of our mind and to stay in Him. He's such a good Father to us.  There's nothing about getting instructions from your Father, stern loving and, but yet straight to the point! He's a God like that.

I Chronicles 28:9 

As for you Solomon my son know the God of your father and serve him whole heartedly and with a willing mind for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intentions of every thought.

You have to be willing to let go of what you want and your mindset and ask Abba what is it hat you desire of me. God cares about us so much that He's patient enough to wait until we get it right.  As I type I get so excited Abba our God,  and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for laying it out plan so we can get what we need to navigate this life here on earth.

Deuteronomy 30:11 

This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach.

Revamping our mind will be hard if we are doing it ourselves, but when we do it with our Lord and savior it will not be difficult or out of our reach, God is saying you have to do it with me. We have to choose if we want to  live a life like Christ and move with Him. 

Deuteronomy 30:19-20

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that i have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.

God wants us to choose Him.  He wants our soul salvation. Salvation starts in your mind, you have to revamp your mind in order to see the change in your life

Salvation is deliverance from sin and its consequences. 

Exodus 14:13-14

But Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand firm and see the Lord's salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you must be quiet. 

Romans 8:21-25

That the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Paul battled in his mind but when he allowed God in God was able to shift him from where he was.

Change is not impossible when you are walking with the Father, I encourage you to check the way you're  thinking allow God to revamp your mind so you can see what He has for you in this life, like it is in Heaven.

I pray that you were encouraged I pray you will stay focus on the Lord as God continue to show you how big He is!

I love you, but God loves you more

Until next time

Be Blessed.

Eliminate the Middle Man

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Listen God is so good and I am at awe on how God is moving continuously and constantly in His children life. Aren't you glad just to be apart of the number I know I am!

Okay so forgive me, God gave me this word a few weeks ago and I have been so delayed with posting, but I has to repent for my delays in getting things out. It's so amazing to know that we serve a forgiving loving God.  

When God gave me this title for my bible studies, I went straight into prayer to get the rest of the message. Can I speak to your spirit? Even when God gives you a name, don't run with the idea or title on your own strength, go back to Him and ask Him to lead you completely through so you are not fishing for the answer. 

Eliminate the Middle Man

Eliminate means to completely remove or get rid of something. Often times we want to take those who's been with us since day one in our next season or even current people, but it is so important to know some roads you have to travel alone. A familiar scripture but one that gravitates to this topic is Matthew 6:33 "We have to see the Father with everything we do. Strive after Him, and allow or ways to line us with his ways. AMP version says,"But first and most importantly seek (aim at strive after) His Kingdom and His righteousness (his way of doing and being right the attitude and character of God) and all these things will be given to you also. 

When we seek God first we will know who is suppose to walk this journey of life with us. Jesus had 12 disciples but He had 3 that were his close circle Matthew, Mark,  and Luke. 

If you read you will see that these 3 apostles have the same story but told from their eye gates. dealing with the woman with the issue of blood. 

Matthew 9:18-22, Mark 5:25-34

In the story with the woman with the issue of blood. She was bleeding for 12 years and had spent all she had. She went to different doctors she spent everything trying to get this health issue under control. Whenever she went out of her house she had to say she was clean! Can you imagine having to walk out your house and announce that you are unclean! Ladies just imagine having to let everyone know that you are on your menstrual cycle every time it comes around. Me personally I would be devastated. The lady with the issue of blood allowed the middle man to be her money the doctors and even her mind, but then she heard about a man name Jesus being  in a near town. Whew it is something special when we know that the Lord is close by! With no hesitation she traveled to get to Jesus, she pressed her way through the crowd to get to the healer, the deliver, the way maker. 

Sometimes Jesus is our last result when He should be our first. Sometimes the middle man can keep us from getting to the ultimate man. When she finally let go of what was holding her back she was able to get to Jesus and be made whole. Jesssssus I love this testimony of this woman of God. She never even touched Jesus she said, "If I could touch the hymns of His garment I will be made whole." She didn't even touch Him, but his clothes, and immediately she was free from something that kept her bond for 12 years.  

Can I tell you, when you allow Jesus to come into your life things began to change immediately. Jesus is so good and such a gentleman, He said "who touched me?" and the disciples said Master all of these people around us and you asked who touched you?" Mind you the woman never touched him but His clothes, but yet our savior knew something has transferred out of Him.  He said "I know because the virtue left out of my body, and the woman fell at Jesus feet, and Jesus said, "Daughter be of good cheer your faith has made you whole. It wasn't in her touch but it was in her faith. 

What is holding up your faith from receiving what you need from God.  This story blessed me so much because it lets us know how to eliminate what keeps us from God. 

I Thessalonians 4:11-12 says , And to make it your ambition to live quietly and peacefully, and to mind your own affairs and work with your hands just as we directed you. So that you will behave properly towards outsiders (exhibiting good character, personal integrity, and moral courage worthy of the respect of the outside world.) and be dependent on no one and in need of nothing (be self supporting)

 You have to learn to eliminate people, places, and things so God can do what He wants through you and around you. In order to live a quiet life you have to eliminate some things that are not for you, but work with your on hands and do what God has called you to do. In order to do those things sometimes you have to stand alone without the crowd. Many times Jesus had to eliminate the crowd in order to do the work.

What's your middle man that's stopping you from getting to your next. 

I encourage you to seek the Father in helping you to remove those things that keep you from seeing what the God has for you. 

I pray that this bless you and I pray that will focus and move on how God wants you to move so that you can experience God like never before. I love you, but God loves you so much more. 

God Is Part II

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Can I just say that God is so good!! Ugh I'm literally obsessed with Him. You know that feeling you get when you see a new born baby, and the first thing you want to do is cuddle them and smell their neck? Yea that's how I feel about God lol. He just so gooooooood! 

I pray you build a relationship with God that is so enriched that you find things that make you want to learn Him, love Him, and follow the plan He has for your life like never before. 

 So last blog we talked about who God is, and I want to finish it up with part II. When God had me focus on some of the names of Him and the stories that back them up in the bible, wheeeeew blessed my whole life. So lets dig into these names:

El Roi "The God who sees me"

Have you ever had a moment where you didn't feel loved by those who you loved. That no matter how much you cared for them or loved them, they didn't see you, or love you how you thought you should be loved. Can  I tell you God is not only a God that first loved us, but He is also a God that sees us too. 

Psalm 139:13-14 reminds us not only did God create us but He always took His time, calling us his marvelous works. 

There's a familiar passage in the bible in Genesis 16:1-15 Sarai and Hagar, now Sarai is married to Abram and she could not have children at the time so she gives Abram her husband permission to be with her maid servant Hagar as the secondary wife. Now i know what you are thinking, why would this woman of God give her husband to another woman. In these times this was acceptable to do if you. Hagar did become pregnant and began to look down on Sarai for not being able to conceive. This frustrated Sarai and she complained to her husband about this. Now Abram informed Sarai that because Hagar was her maid servant she could do what she please with her. Sarai took that and began to treat Hagar horribly, and Hagar young and pregnant ran away. 

The drama was real back then too! Nothing new under the son. Hagar is in the wilderness pregnant with nothing, but then vs 8 the Angel of the Lord appeared to her asking her  Sarai's maid servant, where  did you come from and where are you going?" Can I pause right here, God already knew who she was, but also knew what she was running from.  God not only seen Hagar but she realized He understood her and had compassion for her. Although Hagar was running away God gave her specific instructions, and with those instructions she would receive a blessing. When we understand that God is the one who sees us and He is the one that cares about us we began to share with him how we feel. we have to lay down the feeling of wanting to please others and feel loved by others, but to catch on to how God loves you. God gives us His love first and then send those we need. Daily we have to learn to discern who is for us.

Jehovah Nissi means "The Lord is my banner. As Christians building our relationship with God we don't walk with a physical banner that says "God is banner" but we demonstrate it with how we carry ourselves in this world. we first accept God as our Lord and Savior to allow us the free will to accept Him for ourselves. That's claiming God over us. we trust God not only with worldly battles but spiritual battles as well. Ephesians 6:1-11. Daily we out to try to live a life like Christ. 

Jehovah Shalom "The Lord is Peace 

Peace: freedom from  disturbance tranquility a state or period which there is no war or a war has ended. 

Judges 6:1-24  We learned that we walk with peace but now we are reminded that God is peace. if God is peace that means that peace is in us. God is so amazing, we walk in peace, but we are peace because we are apart of our Father.  In this passage God is showing Gideon I am your way of escape where you feel enslaved to i'm showing you peace is with you as am I. 

God is the great I am. Whatever you need our Lord and Savior for He will be, you just have to trust and believe that God is who He say He is.

I pray this encourage you to lean on God for all things, know that I love yo, but God loves you more.