Turn your weaknesses into Power!

I love the 8th chapter in Romans, Paul address so much in this chapter about a supernatural weapon we have! This is" life in the Spirit", an ability to live above our circumstances that come against us, and conquer anything!Praying in the Spirit is a supernatural weapon, by that I mean praying in tongues, this is were our weakness are turned into power! How many believers know this or practice this? I have experienced first hand and seen the results. I know at times I have to be more diligent at it, why, because I know without a doubt the results I have had in my life!

Have you ever been praying about a situation and you have a prayer list inside you that you are going to take to God, then you run out of words? I know I have experienced that on many occasions, discouragement try's to come in, frustration maybe! BUT, if you let the Spirit pray, and go into tongues then that's where we can transform into another person." I don't mean anything spooky," but its in that prayer language  of the SPIRIT PRAYING, we find strength. Romans 8:26- Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good. MSG 

Before this happen's we must be willing to ASK FOR HELP!  That's why at the end of that verse ALL THINGS CAN BE WORKED FOR OUR GOOD!  That's why it says the Spirit helps us in our INFIRMITIES, ( shortcomings, weaknesses). The supernatural takes place, the Spirit lifts you up and leaves the problem behind. I have experienced it where the circumstance seemed so big, it was trying to take me down, I mean mentally the pressure was great. I knew what to do and I went into praying in the Spirit, and it broke, Peace came! God has given us a sound mind, he has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and power and sound mind, not a double mind!  A double minded man is unstable in ALL IN WAYS! James 1:8

Read all of Romans 8, its a life chapter for us as believers. You could be on the bottom- but knowing this your weaknesses become His Ability! If you are not a person who speaks in this prayer language, then I strongly encourage you to ask God about it, search the scriptures and even ask someone who speaks in this prayer language as well, who better to ask than someone who has experienced it themselves. Jude 20- But you , dear friends , build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 1Corinthians 14:4-  He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself.

Your life will change and go deeper in Him!!

Where Are You?

These words jumped out to me this morning reading Genesis 3:9- The Lord God called to the man "Where are you"? You may have never noticed those words or even given them attention! There is a reason why he asked Adam and Eve that question, and why Adam said I heard you but I was afraid because I was naked, so  I hid!  God said who told you, you were naked ? Interesting dialog between God and Adam, is it any different today? I would say No, God still wants to be a part of our lives and ask you or I " Where are you"? "Our nakedness" can be even today,  a result of us going our own way in life, listening to the lies of the devil, saying just like he did to Adam and Eve. " Did God really say"! What does Satan attack first? Its the word in our lives, he came to steal, kill, destroy, Mark 4 parable of the sower!

They were always having fellowship in The Garden, until they disobeyed God and ate of the tree and there eyes were opened, knowing good and evil! It was then the source of fear began and they wanted to hide from God. I believe God knew where they were,  I see it as God  wanting them to confess, and to show them the result of the one  who had planted these lies in their heads! Its no different when we correct our children and want to show them the right way! They disobeyed a direct command of His, not to eat of this one tree! He was protecting them, from things so far above our knowing. Sometimes we are just to obey and trust Him, knowing he has the perfect plan for us, and when we start testing the waters we can get in deeper than we thought and stay longer than we planned!

I truly love that about God always looking out for us, even right in the beginning, listen to this scripture that shows how he did just that and saved us from living in that state forever! Genesis 3: 22 And the Lord God said " The Man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and LIVE FOREVER, So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. God did us a favor, taking  Adam out of the Garden, because we would of been bound to live forever in fallen state! God's plan for mankind was not over, His love for us never ends and we see from scripture He sent his one and only Son to pay the price for our sins, to be restored to Him forever!

So if for any reason you have fallen short in any way, don't hide from God and have Him say to you, " Where are You"? Its been taken care of by his SON JESUS, the BLOOD  he shed on that cross was for you and me. We are no longer under the curse of the worlds ways! When we come to Jesus, believe and confess "Jesus as Lord", and walk with him,its then we  can come boldly into His throne room of grace! Hebrews 4:16 - Let us then approach Gods throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

He loves you!

If you don't hear it, how can you have faith for it!

This is the start of the new year, I am believing God for bigger, why, because the word says faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God.Romans 10:17 ! I am endeavoring to put the word of God before me, in my ears in my mouth and believe God for bigger in Him.

I started the New year off in the morning listening to the word, and looking at scripture. In doing this something was impressed in my Spirit to write something about Cain and Abel. It was something written in Genesis 4. The story of these 2 brothers written here are still talked about today. I saw something for today, something we could all identify with. These brothers both grew up knowing about God, learning about God in the same household. They both knew to bring offerings to God, it says it right there in scripture, but that's where the difference happened and what occurred that changed the course of one of their lives, Cain!

They both heard things growing up in there household, they both knew to bring offerings to God, but only one brought it forth with FAITH, Abel. They both had different professions, one worked the ground like a farmer, and the other had flocks, sheep, I suppose.They were both successful in today's standards. The difference was their HEART!

Cain brought something to God in the course of time, Abel brought something from the first of his flock, The scripture says God looked with favor on Abel's offering and on Cain not so much. Now we could read that in many ways,and say what's the big deal? It is a big deal, its the heart attitude and where God comes into our life, that matters! Abel's offering meant something to him, it was by faith with the heart. Its even in Hebrews 11;4 about Abel's offering that he gave it by faith, new testament so its for us today as much as then. The story goes on to say that Cain knew what Abel did, and there was a attitude that surfaced. It was anger, have you ever compared yourself to someone else at what you knew they did or gave, and got angry? God is not into the amount you give or how many hours you put in at your church helping. If you remember the widows offering how Jesus saw how much she put in the offering he made reference to it. It really is what does God mean to you? Is he worth the first fruit of your day, in praise, the first amount of your pay check, the first thought you give when you get out of bed, or to say Father what should I do in this situation? It matters, it mattered then with Cain and Abel and it still does for us today. I will conclude with why!


God asked Cain why he was angry, why his face was so downcast, in other words God was trying to give Cain the opportunity to look and examine his heart and have it adjusted. It is no different today, God always gives us an opportunity to repent and go in a different direction. Thats what he did with Cain!, God warned Cain what was crouching at his door, "sin"! He told him sin desires to have you, and master you,  If Cain had of listened to God it could of gone in a different direction for him. He let anger get the better of him and that is based in fear, so many lies stem from fear and where it can lead you."it will master you if you don't deal with it". He went and murdered his brother in the end!  Give no place to the devil and his lies!

 Abel loved God , it was expressed with affections of love to God in his life by faith. We have the same choices as these 2 brothers to serve and love God  with our whole heart, Happy New Year, it can be a year of increase for you, if you choose to trust God!