The Heart of the Matter

Diary entry:

Today, September 25, 2014

Dear FATHER, 

I bless YOUR name!! Thank YOU for giving me TRUE LIFE and a reason to live!! Thank YOU for this day! Psalms 115:14 The LORD will increase you(me) more and more, you(me) and your(my) children!! Amen!! I agree!! Hallelujah!! Today is the day that the LORD has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it!! No weapon formed against me shall prosper!! I decree and declare this day will bring me and my family unexpected blessings from the North, South, East and West!! IN JESUS' NAME...AMEN!!

As I reflect on my life, I realize that I have been through some low valleys just in the past few months...BUT my heart hasn't experienced the blow of the valley! I can just remember only last year around July that I was suffering financially and almost..somebody say ALMOST...threw in the towel. But the HEART OF MY HEAVENLY FATHER wouldn't allow me to go through a defeat. See because of the love in HIS HEART towards Jamita, I couldn't wallow in the valley long. At my lowest, I called on my HELP!! And because of HOLY SPIRIT, I began to exam the matters of my heart.

How am(was) I dealing with this valley through my actions?

How am(was) I responding with my words concerning this valley experience?

Above all..how am(was) I treating people during my valley experience?

Oh how I wanted to answer these questions with a godly answer, but when I examed my heart...(put a pen right there)..

heart defined in Webster Dictionary means

: the organ in your chest that pumps blood through your veins and arteries

: the front part of your chest

: the heart thought of as the place where emotions are felt

Now heart according to the wisdom of the HOLY SPIRIT(ask and it shall be given...let any man who lacks wisdom, let him ask of GOD who will give it librately and upbraided not) means 

: the life line

: the real person

: the inner most part of where a human stores good or bad thoughts

OOOO...WEEEEE...

Pick up the pen!!

Now from those definitions... if your heart is not functioning properly, the blood doesn't flow properly, your chest is exposed causing sickness and disease to enter, and your actions show just what has been lurking under that mask. OH MY!!! HELP LORD!!

What state is your heart in right now?

Please know that the heart of the matter is what lies beneath when all hell breaks loose. How do you react to adversity? How do you act when you're in your valley? How do you act when you on top of the mountain? 

What is the matter with your heart?

If you know that your heart is going through a battle with praising your way through in spite of, pray this prayer with me:

Heavenly FATHER, I realize that my heart is not functioning properly, but I confess my sins to YOU because YOU are faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me of all unrighteousness. Since YOUR love saved me from death and sin, I can forgive my brethren his/her trespassing against me. I can celebrate even in the valley because I know you will never leave me nor forsake me. I lay my heart on the potter's wheel and asked that YOU shape and mold it into the heart that JESUS' has. In spite of what my eyes see and ears hear, YOU are still in control of all thingsl!! And thank YOU that even in the state I am in right now, I KNOW YOU ARE STILL GOD! Guide me HOLY SPIRIT!! Thank YOU FATHER! In JESUS' name...AMEN AMEN AMEN

more to come on the Heart of the Matter

Because YOU know..

Jeremiah 29:11 I know the thoughts I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Up early this morning thinking....

When life has pushed me to the point of doubt, I fail sometimes to the flesh. What I can do to fix this? How did I get here? Who do I call on to rescue me RIGHT NOW? Where do I turn? 

Have you ever been here?

Let's go a little deeper.... GOD how could you let this happen to me? Where are YOU GOD in my situation? Do YOU see me in all this pain?  When will YOU come deliver me out of this? 

I know I'm not by myself. BUT GOD

See the thing is when I get in my flesh, I forget that GOD is my FATHER!! (let's stop there for a minute)

A good FATHER gives HIS child(ren) HIS name, provides, encourages, defends, loves unconditionally, and does what is BEST for HIS child(ren).

With that being said, I had to reflect on the WORD of GOD this morning. HE does know the thoughts HE thinks toward me. See that thing hit me deep!! BECAUSE HE KNOWS, I'M ASSURED THAT MY PRESENT STATE WILL PASS!! 

See if I'm low in spirit(depressed, hopeless, overwhelmed, sick), HE KNOWS WHAT HE THINKS OF ME AND HE THINKS NO EVIL, BUT HIS THOUGHTS ARE THAT I HAVE PEACE AND AN END OF GREAT EXPECTION!!

My friend I pray today that you as well know that though you may not feel on top of the world today YOU ARE ON GOD'S MIND....YOU ARE ON YOUR FATHER'S MIND TODAY!!! HE loves you in spite of your shortcoming.

Guess what? If you are reading this, THERE IS HOPE!!! Don't give up and don't give in, but hold on. YOU...YES YOU!! YOU CARRY HIS NAME AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE HAS TO COME AND SEE ABOUT YOU. BE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT TODAY IS THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.  Why you may ask? BECAUSE YOUR FATHER WOKE ME UP EARLY TO WRITE THIS BLOG WITH URGENCY!! YOU'RE ON HIS MIND MY FRIEND!!!

Prayer for you: Dear FATHER, I come broken, heart heavy, depressed, hopeless, sick, and confused, but because I know YOU KNOW THE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE TOWARD ME, I give ME to you TODAY!!! I realize that I tried to fix it, work it out, call on people and not YOU first and because of ME being out of order, MY LIFE is in shambles. FATHER please forgive me. I speak life NOW in my situation and circumstance. I see YOUR HAND at work in my life!! NOW FATHER I thank YOU for a END OF GREAT EXPECTION!!

If you believe that, open your mouth and give GOD a praise like never before!!! GO TODAY AND LIVE!!!

PSALM 118:

17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

IN JESUS' NAME AMEN!!

Facing My Giant

1Samuel 17:37
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

According to Webster Dictionary:
to face means in or into direct contact or confrontation
my means made or done by me
giant means something unusually large or powerful.

Now if I can put into my own words...to face my giant means to confront the very thing I've given power to in my weakness!!! 

Oh my! When I think about all that I've given power to, I cringe...why? Because instead of trusting GOD, I made myself believe that whatever the circumstance was had more power. 

Not to point a finger or discourage my readers, but let's just keep it real. We(you & I) have put circumstances before the one who said "I came that you may have life and have life more abundantly"! "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee"! "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU"!

Hallelujah!!

Now let's look at the little sheperd boy named David! David, not yet appointed king of Jerusalem, told King Saul that THE LORD(MY DELIVERER) who has delivered me from the paw of the lion(represent being under the rule of this world) and out of the paw of the bear(represent being under strong pressure/temptation) WILL(no doubt about it) deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine(Goliath the giant, the one in whom the Philistines put their trust)! With that being said, King Saul said, "Go, and THE LORD be with thee!"  

Where is our "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT" FAITH? 

If we(you and I) think of the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear the LORD has delivered us from, why can't we believe that  HE will deliver us from the hand of the this Philistine? Let's face the giant(s) in our lives!!

And let's do it without FEAR, DOUBT, CONFUSION, STRESS, DEPRESSION, HEARTACHES, UNFORGIVENESS AND BITTERNESS!! 

If you look in the following verses, King Saul gives David armour to wear to defeat this giant, but it weighed him down. David took those things off that weighed him down and picked up five(the number of grace) smooth rocks and pulled a sling from his shepherd's bag!!!! With one of the rocks, David smote the giant and with the sword of the enemy cut his head off!

GLORY!!!

"TAKE OFF OF THOSE WEIGHTS THAT SO EASILY BESET YOU", take up GRACE and face your giant!!! Remember GOD is with thee(you)!!! 

We must take that very thing that we have given power and cut it's head off!! No more spiritual premature births!! No more abandon spiritual gifts!! No more spiritual deaths of your destiny or purpose! TOGETHER WE WILL FACE OUR GIANTS!! AMEN!! Our future holds so many blessing..so let's not miss them! 

GO FACE THAT GIANT(S)!!

Here's a prayer for you:

Most gracious and eternal FATHER, I believe YOU are a "rewarder of them that diligently seek YOU!" I surrender my will to YOUR WILL. I ask that YOU forgive me for allowing my giant to be more powerful then YOU ARE! This day I face the giant(s) that have me paralyzed to move into my destiny or the next level in YOU!! I NOW know that "GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD!!" So FATHER as YOU have so faithfully delivered me before, I have that "no doubt about it faith" that YOU WILL do it again!! My soul says, "Yes LORD!!"  It's in JESUS' name that I pray this prayer! AMEN!!

Be blessed!