Author: Travail and Transform Ministry

Dr. Jean Stepter-Gray, in March 2003, she heard a Word from God, saying it’s time to elevate! She prayed with exuberance to God to be a woman of faith, who would inspire others to be great, she says, “If she had known that this journey would have taken her through so many seasons, she would have packed lighter! But thanks be unto God, for He is answering her prayers, one season at a time. (Smiling) Jean serves as Minister, Mentor, Speaker, Teacher, Chaplain Licensed and Board-Certified /Therapist Christian Counselor and has experienced so much of God’s love, mercy, grace, and favor; and she wants to share it with anyone who truly desires it. Her goal is to ignite in women and men a passion for the Word of God so that they can see the beauty of Jesus Christ, so that they may have a personal relationship with Him. She believes that it is through personal interactions with God and His Word that we will grow. Jean believes that God gave her gifts to share with others for His Glory. She uses her natural gift as a communicator and practical teaching style to serve others. She says that her grandmother use to tell her, “The people around you reap the benefits of you serving God”, which means that you won’t go to God in any old way, you go to Him correctly! Jean’s ultimate desire is to help one somebody know that it does not matter the path that it took you to get here, but it is the journey that God is using to get you to your next destination! Let’s embrace our new journey of being Transformed at the Well and drinking from wells that we did not dig! To God be the Glory!

Good Morning Sunshine! All You Need Is One Glimpse Of His Glory!

Habakkuk 3:3-4 AMPC ~ “God [approaching from Sinai] came from Teman [which represents Edom] and the Holy One from Mount Paran [in the Sinai region]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His praise. [4] And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power.”

Every day you are blessed to see a Glimpse of His Glory! When He touches you and your eyes awaken to a brand-new day to see His splendor, that’s a Glimpse of His Glory! In every sunrise that you see, He has painted it just for you. He has placed each and every color in just the right place for you to spot; every shade of blue, white, green, yellow, pink, orange, and purple that illuminates the world around you. So, when you walk outside today, just look around and you will see a Glimpse of His Glory!

If you are real quiet and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit, you will be able to hear Him in the birds singing and praising Him, you can hear the grasshoppers chirping and worshiping Him, you will be able to hear all nature adore their Majesty. When you stop you will see a Glimpse of His Glory as the trees sway back and forth, and all the leaves as they rise up and down because of the breeze that He provided through His breath! And you can see a Glimpse of His Glory as you smell the freshness of the morning dew! Oh how wonderful is His Glory, He is worthy to be praised!

After taking all this in, do you desire to get closer to Him, where you can experience a greater Glimpse of His Glory daily? Well today is your day; the time is now! The air has turned crisp today, the sun is basking in the Splendor and Glory of its maker, the sky is baby blue with white fluffy clouds, softer than any pillow you ever owned, and the leaves on the trees have turned colors, and you can fall in love with the incoming of the fresh spring air! Just look at what your Father has done for you today because you chose Him first!

I want you to know that God finds delight in your desire to pray to Him, and to ask Him to show you Him through a Glimpse of His Glory! For this is how He reveals Himself to you and allows you to have an encounter with Him and to experience Him like you have never done before! It’s in this place that you will proclaim His Name and He will fill your heart with His Greatness and Glory, and nothing else in this whole wide world will ever compare to the splendor of being in your Father’s Presence, this is what He does for you when you seek to be shown His Glory!

Every season in your life God does something new for you, and each and every day that you are alive, and you seek Him you are going to a Glimpse of God’s Glory! Let me tell you how to see each season with fresh eyes, Recognize God’s Grace, Realize God’s Way through His Grace and Receive God’s Grace and Mercy! “Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.” Exodus 33:13 KJV

Are you really searching for Him with all your heart? If you are then you will find Him, He’s waiting for you! Do you want a heart like Moses that cries out to God, if you do, this is how to do it, put off the time wasters in your life, get rid of your idols and spend honest time with Him in His Word and Worship! His Word says, “that His people will find Him when they search for Him with all their heart”, (Jeremiah 29:13).When Moses prayed, “Show me your glory,” he wanted to see more of God’s greatness, more of His majesty, more of His splendor, and he just wanted more of God, and the more he sought after the Glory of God, the more he wanted the Glory of God! And because Moses was totally surrendered to God and he wanted more of God, “God responded to him and caused all of His goodness to pass in front of him and He proclaimed His Name the LORD, in his presence!”

There is one thing that I want you to be very clear of, and that is you must get out of your own way. You must totally surrender to God and be obedient to what God wants from you now, so that you can encounter and experience that Glimpse of His Glory. Hod needs room to be exalted in your life so that you may be full fit to behold the Majesty of God’s Glory when He comes in front of you to show you, His Glory! Every day, just like the dew that rises fresh you must yearn for His Glory and desire to receive fresh revelation from Him! Today ask Him for His Power and Presence and to show you a Glimpse of His Glory and then get into position to see just that, as you walk through the day that He has given you!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father! Father, Thank You for Your Glory! Father, thank You for watching over me as I slept and slumbered all through the night and then bright early this morning You awoke me to a brand-new day, I’m grateful! Father, thank You for showing me a Glimpse of Your Glory today! Father Your Glory shows me the way to You, it empowers me to walk with You in truth, wisdom, and love. Father, Thank You for delighting in showing Yourself to me in Your Glory and building up my faith. Father, Thank You! Thank You for spending time with me, Thank You for listening to me in the crisp morning and all throughout this glorious day! Father, send someone cross my path today that I might share the Gospel with and lead them directly to You, to build up Your Kingdom and for them to get a Glimpse of Your Glory that they may desire it every day for the rest of their lives like I do! I want more of You Father! In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ! Amen.

Blessings…

Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! God Is Closer Than You Think!

Hebrews 13:5b NIV ~ “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Are you feeling all alone in what you are facing? God is closer than you may think. He fills heaven and earth; He is not a God who is far away. He knows every detail of what you are facing and all that is coming down the road and He cares. Yea, I know that it seems hard to believe but God is close to you even when everything around you seems to say otherwise. God isn’t a distant God! You are closer than you think! Jesus is coming back! The truth of God’s here-ness and nearness is punctuated throughout Scripture.

Though it may seem like God is a million miles away from you, He’s really not, as a matter of fact, He’s closer than you think. He hears your cries, He knows your thoughts, and He sees you right where you’re at. You are loved and noticed by your Heavenly Father. There is nowhere that you can be that your Father isn’t already there first. In Psalm 139:7-10, the Word says, “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.” So, as you can see, He’s always right there!

The same Word that God gave Moses and Joshua is still true today and it’s for you too, you just have to believe it, Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 and Joshua 1:5, He will never ever leave you nor forsake you, Hebrews 13:5b. Have you ever heard this saying before, “when you feel far from God, it’s not God that moved, it was you!” There is nowhere you can go to get away from His presence, and i mean nowhere! Do you want to know how to feel connected to God constantly, practice praising and praying and be ever mindful of His Presence! For it is with a thankful heart that you worship God, and you acknowledge His Presence is in all areas of your life. It’s as simple as one, two, three, you are to dance to the rhythm of God’s rhythm! Pursuing the Presence of God is the constant awareness of His Presence and being attentive to His Will, Way and His Works!

There is no place you can go to get away from God’s Presence. Be thankful for that! Be thankful that He is with you! “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39! In spite of what you are going through, you are not alone! God is closer than you think. He fills heaven and earth; He is not a God who is far away.

Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I a God at hand,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?” declares the Lord, “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord. He knows every detail of what you are facing and all that is coming down the road and He cares for you. God also knows that there are some lessons that can only be learned through the darkroom experiences and dancing in the rain, and as you go through it, you will learn that those experiences made all the difference in who and what you are called to do! And this verse in Jeremiah sums it up, by letting you know that you couldn’t hide from God even if you wanted to!

God sees all that you are going through and believe me He cares more than you can possibly imagine! God’s love for you goes beyond your what you see or hear, or understand because His Word is unchanging, unfailing and unconditional. May His Grace and Mercy supersede and exceeds your comprehension! God is closer to you and your situation than you think! He loves you and He cares and if you ask, He will give you all the wisdom and understanding that you need. The only answers in life that you can fully trust are those you find when you fully rely on God to lead and direct you! Don’t try going it alone! Today, I want to encourage you to embrace His desire to walk with you through all that you face in life whether you are on the mountain top or in the valley, He’s with you in both places and He never misses a step!

Let’s Pray

Father, I am so thankful that You are with me today and every day. Open my spiritual eyes to see You, and my ears to hear You and my heart to sense Your Presence at all times. Father, I am so grateful that I don’t have to hide anything from You and that I don’t have to hide my fears, my hurts and or my heartfelt longings from You. Thank You that You welcome me just as I am and You want me to share my heart freely with You, so I don’t have to pretend or be anyone or anything else! Father God, I am so grateful that I am Your child and I know that no matter what happens, my identity as your child will never change. Father, thank You for choosing me and calling me Your royal priesthood! Thank you, Father, for the work that You did on the Cross so that I may an eternal identity. Father thank You for clothing in a new, clean, and pure garment of salvation. Father as I seek to have a closer relationship with You, I will spend time with You and in Your Word so that I can see what’s in Your heart for me and You can see what’s in my heart for You! Father, this day I want nothing more than to have a closer relationship with You and I want my relationship to grow stronger and stronger in You and Your Word, so that I will know without a shadow of a doubt that You are with me and that You never have left me alone and You never will. In the Name of Christ Jesus. Amen!

Blessings…

Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Today, I Want You To Learn How To Dance In The Rain!

1 Peter 4:12-13 NIV ~ “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. [13] But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.”

Life is not about waiting for the rain to stop; it’s about learning to dance while it’s raining! No one is exempt from going through the storm and rain! Paul is the perfect idea of going through the storm, Paul was a prisoner, who learned how to dance while he was in the storm and rain, and guess what, this didn’t catch God by surprise, He knew exactly what Paul had to face. God knows exactly what you have to face! Here’s the point, Paul was in this place because God sent him! You are in this place because God is sending you there!

The rain did not catch God by surprise. God knows what He is doing in your life and it’s high time that you pay attention to what He’s doing, on purpose! You are not in this place by accident nor coincidence! God knew that you needed a little rain today! Nothing can grow without being watered! If anyone ever tries to tell you anyone tries to tell you that you are exempt from storms and rain, they are flat out lying to you and the truth is not in them!

Again, I say the rain that is pouring in your life has not taken God by surprise. The bottom line is, God wants you to dance in the rain! He wants you to have a thankful heart no matter what your circumstances you may be facing. The Word of God says to “give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)!

I know that it can be hard to thank God when life is hard, when your career is not going like you want, when you get a less than favorable report from the doctor or one of your loved one’s go home to be with the Lord, plus a host of other events and life experiences that are happening all at the same time; I know it seems hard to have a thankful heart in the midst of this, but this is not me nor man telling you to be thankful, but this is God, and He is telling you in His Word to give thanks in and for everything! To dance and sing praises unto Him, for He is Worthy to be praised!

The purpose of your suffering is to prove your true character, and to clear away the dross of sin and to allow the pure nature of Jesus Christ to show itself in and through you. Romans 5:3-5! As a Christians you should expect and prepare for suffering, for the Word of God has told you that there would be trials and tribulations that you have to go through; “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. So you might as well put on your dancing shoes praise and dance your way through the rain, knowing that a brighter day lid ahead of you!

As you learn to dance in the rain, you are going to need to know these four things in order to be triumphant as go through it: (1) you must expect it, (2) you must rejoice in it, (3) you must evaluate its reason and (4) you must entrust it to God! Put all of your trust in Him, acknowledge Him, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5-6! Don’t think that something strange is happening to you. As Child of the Most-High King, you must not think that what you are going through is something that happening by accident. God allowed it and designed it for your testing, purging, and cleansing process!

When you learn to give thanks in and for everything, it’s all about your obedience, doing what God says to do even though you don’t understand it, you just simply trust Him! This is what it means to give a sacrifice of praise, to thank and praise God when it just doesn’t make sense, but you know that your act of obedience honors God more than anything! The Word tells you in James 1:2-4, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” This is what God meant when He said all things will work out for your good, Romans 8:28! Today, let loose and dance in the rain, for the sun (Son) will shine forth as the bright and morning Glory of God!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Thank You for blessing me with this day! Father, strengthen and guide me and prepare me for whatever may come along my path today. Father, show me how to dance in the rain and to be thankful while I dance! Father, help me to rejoice in the midst of the storm, knowing that this is not my end, but it’s my place of processing and purpose! In this rain I Thank You Father, that Your Joy and peace is my strength and I choose to dance right in the midst of it! Father, I Thank You for each season of rain and the gift of Grace that you gave me to keep going, for I know that it was You that gave me what I needed to endure it and because I was obedient, You blessed me unique blessings that could only come from You! Thank You Father, “You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, [12] That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.” Psalm 30:11-12 AMP! Thank You for Your Rain, may You Reign in my life forever and ever. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Just Wait, It’s A Part Of The Process!

Romans 5:1-5 NIV ~ “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, [2] through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. [3] Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; [4] perseverance, character; and character, hope. [5] And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”

You are being developed in the darkroom! Let’s look at how a photographer turns a moment into a picture. When a true photographer captures a moment on film, he has to take it to the darkroom to produce the picture!

He uses a certain red light that illuminates the room so that what’s on the film can be transferred to paper and then the paper has to be dipped in several different trays holding different solutions. If you expose unprocessed film to light can ruin it, and in order to get the things that are on the inside of film, it has to first be subjected to darkness? As the photos are moved from tray to tray, the image begins to emerge. The process takes a considerable amount of time and precision to be processed.

Throughout this process the room must stay dark, so that the captured moments don’t get lost. Because if someone opens the door to the darkroom while the transformation process is underway, the light will mess up every piece of film that the photographer has captured. And more than the pictures being ruined; all time taken to capture those special, detailed, one-of-a-kind moments would be gone and not to mention all money for the film, it would all be wasted! Those photographic one-of-a-kind memories would never again be recaptured, they would be lost forever, only etched in the corridors of the photographer’s mind.

The darkness of that dark room made the proper development of those pictures possible so that everything else necessary to produce a memorable moment to look upon forever could happen. He needed the darkroom, you needed to be processed in the darkroom for gifts to come forward! I know it’s hard to see it right now, but trust the process of God, He knows what best for you! For what you see now is not as important as what you don’t see, for what is seen is temporary, but that which is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ~ “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

God allowed the dark rooms to develop you into who you are. When you are experiencing the darknesses of life, failures, losses, challenges, sicknesses, loneliness, separations,
disappointments, and deaths; I want you to need to look at it through the “red” of the Blood of Jesus. It’s what today’s scripture says, “you have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I am sharing this because with you because you may be in the midst of darkness and your cry to God is, “Why are you forsaking me.” (Deuteronomy 31:8, “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”) it is in the place of processing that in all actuality, you are unprocessed and if the light appears before your time is up, it will ruin you. This is why God is allowing you to sit in the darkness because He needs what’s on the inside of you to fully develop. So, I need you to be patient like the photographer who has to wait it out in the dark room and watch as God takes the time to develop the picture of your life that He’s taken. Don’t rush through any of the stages; don’t open the door to soon, endure every dipping, for it is for your good and the Glory of Your Father!

In prayer on last Friday, Apostle Comery said this, “Process, Preparation and Purpose; you have to embrace the season of process in your life while God is preparing you for your place of purpose. Where you are being processed is not your place of purpose, you just had to be processed in that place!” This is the darkroom experience! I know that it may be painful to wait in there while the work is going on, but you can do it! “The Pain of the darkroom has Propelled you into your Purpose”, Pastor Tiffany White! Only when the process is complete will you be fully developed and His image emerges through you, for you and others can now see Him in you! Now that the process is complete, God will open the door and you will walk out transformed and brand new, you will have done been dipped in the Blood of Jesus Christ, making you ready for use! Now your Season of Waiting is Over!

Do you love seeing stars? When and how do you see them? You can only see them at night. Stars can’t shine without darkness. Embrace every challenge as an opportunity to reveal your inner light and strength. Keep pushing forward, for the brightest days often follow the toughest journeys. So, remember the next time that you are in a dark place, it’s to prepare you for the shine, because you can’t shine without darkness preparing the way for you! Embrace your dark room experience today and know that it is making you shine brighter for all the world to see your Father Light of Love in you!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father for a new day! Thank You for watching over me and my family through dark hours and arose us to a brand-new day, one that I have never seen before and one that I will never see again. Help me to use every moment to be a blessing to someone else. Father, Your Word is where my hope lives. My whole being waits for You, Father I thank You for the work You’re actively doing in my life. And I trust that whether or not I can see what’s taking place, it will all work for my good and Your glory. Father, I humble myself before the Throne of Grace and I ask in the Name of Jesus for you to grant me comfort in these darkroom moments. Father, I pray for every crushed spirit that is sitting in a room of darkness right now, send Your peace to cover them right now. Father, allow Your armor of light to shine over their lives. Father, You said in 2 Peter 1:19 “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.” So Father, I called on You, as You are the only way through this process. Father, I thank You for this refining place, the place where you are preparing me for Your service, may I serve You well. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Please Take Heed To The Clarion Call!

Joel 2:1 NKJV ~ “Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand”

You are being called to it and called for it! And both of these callings are here with a sense of urgency! Don’t miss the Clarion Call from your Master about your Calling, (your purpose)! In the Old Testament, there was a Clarion Call, it was a loud, shrill instrument that signaled time to go into battle. A clarion call is such a call, that when God says move, you need to move with a sense of urgency!

Now is the time to get serious about the things of God! Take heed to the Clarion Call God is serious about His call! Do you feel a stirring in your soul today? Do you feel that God is calling you to higher level in the heavenlies? Are you ready to go where He leads? He is calling you to bring His Kingdom to the earth, and He is doing it His way! Whenever God has announced His vision to you in the spirit, it will come to pass! That loud noise that you have been hearing is God’s Clarion Call to you, and it’s urgent and you need to respond to God so that the Spirit of God’s anointing can move and act, and move you out of this place of complacency, procrastination, doubt, fear, and limitations and move you to the place of Conquering! Make haste and move when you hear that loud sound again!

There is a Clarion Call in the land today for the real Saints m, the Children of God to arise up and take your rightful place! God Himself is drawing you in, draw nigh to Him and He will draw nigh unto you, James 4:8! It’s time for you to be awaken from your slumber, you need to be aware of what is happening around you in this season and time! This is a time to see clearly the signs, for time is one of the most important things that you need to look at! You live in a world that is full of instant gratification, if you don’t like something you can just change it. If you don’t like how you look, you can make plans to alter your outer look by changing this or that, you can do whatever you think that you want to do to fix you. And when you don’t like how your relationships are going, you have the liberty to change it, you don’t have to just be tolerated, God wants you to be celebrated! And when you don’t like the situation that you are in you, you will try anything to change it, you will try to buy it, run away from it, and or fight your way out of it!

1 Corinthians 7:20,23, 24, Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. [23] Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. [24] Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. You have been called to live the life that God has given you. You were created in His image and for His Glory. You are uniquely made to walk through this, for Breakthrough is on the other side of it! Your life was not meant to be a compared to someone else’s life or to gain or achieve other people’s approval or disapproval of who you are or what are to you do. Be who God called you to be in this moment, embrace the sound of the call, for what you are called to do depends on it! God has already put the people in place that He has put the assigned to your life and they are super excited about who you are going to be in their lives!

I know sometimes it may seem like your prayers aren’t changing things, but I want to encourage you that they are, they really are, they are changing things according to how God see’s it and not how you see it, you have to change how you see instead of what you see, you need to see everything through God’s eyes. Then, watch and see how God works in and through you for His Glory! Right now, God is calling and drawing you to Him. That’s right, He’s calling you to be faithful and to be faithful to your calling! “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24! Faithful is God’s Character, that is who He is! Great is His faithfulness and His mercies are new every morning! Our God is Faithful and True all at the same time and I’m going to say this again, so pay attention, God is calling you to be faithful too!

God saved and called you for Himself for His Will and for His Way, and it will be fulfilled! His calling will make you holy and acceptable, it will guard you and watch over you, it will protect you and keep you, because you are His very own child! God is faithful and He keeps all of His promises! You are being called for the calling, and God is going to complete the good work that He has begun in you for your calling, and He is perfecting it, according to His Word, until the day of Jesus Christ return. (Philippians 1:6)! Time is at hand! Life is short and nobody knows when He’s coming back, you just need to be prepared. God is stressing to you just how time is short, and He is allowing His people to get serious about repentance and having a personal relationship with Him! He has been giving you warning after warning, His mercy does triumph judgement, but don’t think that judgement is not coming, because it is! Now is the time that you take heed to the Clarion Call!

As a part of your Calling today, tell somebody about your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Tell them how much He loves them, John 3:16! Tell them it’s time to repent and forgive! Tell them how faithful your God is! Tell them how He saved your soul, how He turned your midnight into days of joy! Tell them how much you trust God and if it had not been for the Lord on your side, you know the rest! Tell them He is the Keeper of your soul! Tell them how you surrendered your life to Jesus, and it changed you for life forever! Romans 10:9-10!

Now you can embrace the process so that you can enjoy the promise as you have answered the Masters Clarion Call to your Calling!

Let’s Pray:
Father, thank You! Thank You for calling me unto You! Thank You for never giving up on me! Father I believe that You are the Son of God and that You died on the Cross of Calvary for my sins and rose from the dead on the third day. (This is love)! Thank You for bearing my sins and giving me the gift of eternal life. Father, thank You for every gift that You put on the inside of me, I know that it is not just for me to keep to myself, but it is to share with others who You are! You are calling me into my calling, and I thank You for every step that I have taken to get me where I’m at today, in Your Presence and embracing Your Promises! Father I believe in Your Word, and I know it to be true all the time. Father, show me how to walk fully in my calling, no slacking or lacking, no looking back or going back! I’m only going forward with You! I am putting Your Word in my heart, that I may not sin against You, but that I will be faithful to You and what You called me to do for the rest of my days upon this earth. In the Name of Christ Jesus! Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Undistracted One!

1 Corinthians 7:35 AMP ~ “Now I say this for your own benefit; not to restrict you, but to promote what is appropriate and secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.”

I wrote this devotional 1 year ago and it is still just as relevant today as it was then! Also, according to the Word of God there is nothing new under the sun! Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

There is a song by Tasha Cobbs, called Dove’s Eyes and it is so powerful! So, let’s look at the Dove’s Eyes. The doves can only focus on one thing at a time, both eyes are synchronized to see only one thing, they cannot see anything else, there is no distractions. Now let’s look at your two eyes, we can see so many different things all at the same time and sometimes because of this we get distracted, but not the Dove.

I saw a post on Facebook the other day about our natural eyes, here’s what they said; “They blink together, move together, cry together, see things together & sleep together.” Does this sound like togetherness, no distractions, they are one! I know that this scripture falls right in the middle of Paul talking about being married and unmarried. But oh my God, what would your life be like if you gave your undivided attention to God? It would definitely be for your good!

Have you ever been distracted before? You were looking at one thing and then you saw something else so you had to re-focus, so that you could see clearly. (This happens when ware distracted, or you are trying to do too many things at one time.) It’s time to settle yourself down. I realized in my own life, that in order to have undistracted devotion to God, you must first live a surrendered life to Him. (James 4:7 and Matthew 16:24-27). Undistracted devotion will not work in an undisciplined life!

So, the first thing you need to realize and know is that you it would mean that are distracted, next you need to identify what your distractions are and finally you have to ask God to help you get rid of them so that you can see exactly what God wants you to see and worship Him with your full attention, undistracted! Let’s look at the eyes of a Dove again, they have two eyes just like you, but they can only see one thing at a time. This is called Binocular Vision, it’s where both eyes are synchronized to produce a single image, now that’s undistracted devotion! Lord, help us focus like this!

When you are distracted, you can be in the right place, but you are making the wrong decision or you can be connected to the wrong people and God wants you to walk away, but because you are distracted you made the wrong decision. Pray for the Holy Spirit to give you some Godly wisdom so that you can Release the distractions and Remove it and them out of your life. Then ask Him to Recapture and Rekindle you as He Catapults you into Worship with Him!

Now that you are desiring to live a disciplined life without distractions in your way, in your prayer and worship time, you can see clearly like the Dove, how and what you see has become a part of your lifestyle. Now you are more aware of your Father’s Presence and your awareness is going to lift you to higher heights with Him, because all that matters in this moment is Him and the more of Him you see, the more of Him. You desire to live this life, in His Presence 24/7!

Now this is your daily prayer, Psalm 27:4 says it this way: “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.” This is what undistracted devotion to God looks like, you want to gaze upon His beauty and love, and you want to linger and live at His Presence forever!

The Time is Now for you to be catapulted forward, in the words of my friend, No Looking Back! There is no going back, period! You know that you have been wanting more of the Word of God, now you can have it, hear it, heed it and walk in it! It’s Time to Move out, not just in word but indeed! It’s time to focus, all of your attention on God and where He’s catapulting you and, in this season and you cannot afford to be distracted! God wants to reveal His revelation to you so that you may understand your purpose and you can only get this by being in His Presence, in undistracted devotion to Him!

Today, my prayer for you is that you will be catapulted into undistracted worship and devotion with God! Catapulted means to move suddenly or at great speed as though hurled by a catapult! I pray that you get so caught up with Him, that you don’t know where the time started or stopped, you are in total worship with Him! God has catapulted you to another level because of your dedication in your devotion to Him!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Father today I hunger and thirst for undistracted time with You, I want to bask in Your Presence! Father, give me eyes like a dove, that I may see with a singular devotion and focus, that I may see clearly the splendor, beauty and wonder of You. Father, keep me from the distractions that I see with my natural eyes! Father, I am actively seeking to be so close to the You, to live a fully devoted, attentive, responsive and disciplined life, and that I may know what You are calling me to do, every year, month, day, and minute because I live in devotion You! Father, I desire undistracted devotion with You. Father, recapture me, and rekindle Your Fire in me and catapult me into a well of undistracted worship with You! In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Dove’s Eye, Tasha Cobb, please listen to it today, it will bless you. https://youtu.be/Eteqyg8u3uY
I don’t own the rights to this song!

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Good Morning Sunshine!

Matthew 13:43 AMP ~ “Then THE RIGHTEOUS [those who seek the will of God] WILL SHINE FORTH [radiating the new life] LIKE THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.”

Can you hear God speaking to you today? I need you to listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to you today and not only listen but obey what He is saying! Did you know that Jesus said that you were the “Light of the World” (scripture) and you are to shine as bright as the sun!

As you start your day go outside and look up at the sky. Let the colors of the sun show forth and it covers and stretch across a clear blue sky, and this is the most beautiful masterpiece that one’s could eyes can ever behold! It’s a breathtaking reflection of God’s love for you!

As you live a life of righteousness, a Christian life, you are becoming more and more radiant and brighter as you grow closer to Jesus Christ. When you follow God, trusting and listening to Him and conforming to His ways you will continue growing in His Spirit. You are striving in love and your desire is to receive all the promises of God and to shine like the sun in the kingdom of Our Father.

Even on the gloomiest days, the sun will rise. It might be slow, but you can be sure of it, it’s coming, it may be hidden behind the covers of the clouds that are painted gray, but the sun is definitely there, every morning! Every day we wake up to the sunrise, that reflects our time to work and then we go to sleep with the sunset, it denotes rest, and it happens day in and day out.

Let’s Pray:
Jesus, teach me today how to let my light shine bright and to draw closer to You. As the flowers blossom and smile when the sun lays it glow on them, help me to grow in righteousness, and shine forward, flourishing in love towards one another. Lord, teach me to conform to Your teachings and become brighter and brighter until I shine like the sun in the Kingdom of Your Father. In Jesus Christ Holy Name. Amen

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Have You Welcomed In His Presence Today?

Psalm 139:7 KJV~ “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”

How amazing it is to be in God’s Presence and to see His Glory hovering over you wherever you are!

When you desire more of Him, He will give you more of His Presence, which provides you with all of His promises that He created for you in the beginning! Today, do you desire a deeper relationship and devotional life with God? If so, you can have it when you surrender it all to Him, I promise you will never be disappointed when you ask for more of God, you will receive more of Him. And He will give you more of His Wisdom, love, peace, joy, discernment and a better understanding of His Will and His Ways. When you seek Him more, you will receive more of Him today than you did yesterday, and you will be greater for today!

Your Father is everywhere at the same time, He is Omnipresent! Today, there is nowhere else you should desire to be except in Your Father’s, Presence, that’s where His Glory resides! Did you receive this? You are never alone when you have God, God is always with you, everywhere you go, He goes! It is in God’s Presence, that your call becomes clearer! It’s in His Presence where He talks with you! It’s in His Presence that He walks with you! It’s in His Presence that you find joy! It’s in His Presence that you find peace! It’s in His Presence that you will find love!

It’s in Presence where His Glory shows up and changes your life! It’s in this place, His Presence, that His Glory appears, and there is no other place you should want to be! Exodus 33:17-18 ESV~ “And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” This scripture should touch the core of your heart, your Father knows you personally, He knows your whole name and who you really are! Because you are seeking Him today, He is going to do that thing you asked of Him! This is your shouting moment, Glory Hallelujah!

So, what are you asking God for today, are you like Moses, and just want Him to show you, His Glory! Or are you like Solomon and you just want wisdom. Whatever it is God is going to do it for you today! Out of all the things Moses could have asked for, He only asked God for one thing and that was to show him, His Glory, he knew everything else would be added when He chose God! When you choose God, He adds everything else that you need, and He will give you the desires of your heart!

So, what do you want today? Choose something that will last, something with substance, something that will add any value to your life! And remember, no matter where you go, the Spirit and Presence of the Lord is always right there!

Let’s Pray:
Father, today I will open my mouth and declare Your goodness before everyone that I meet. Father, today I seek to be in Your Presence and desire for You to show me Your Glory and I will sing of Your praises all the day long. I will declare I’m victorious because of what You are doing in my life, and I belong to You! Father, Thank You for Your promises and everlasting Presence that covers me and everyone that I am concerned about. Father, there is nowhere that I want to be, except in Your Presence, for Your Glory and my good, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen and Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! What Are You Carrying?

Mark 4:25 ~ “For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

I want to share an experience I had in December. God sat me down and I mean it literally, and after this amazing encounter with Jesus, I discovered that my heart had been resisting what God was showing me about myself. And instead of embracing His beautiful truth, something deep inside of me tried to keep me in a place that was not good to me or for me. But Thanks be unto God, I didn’t stay there, God saw me through! But this is precisely the result of your enemy, he wants to keep you in bondage and convince you to live in your brokenness instead of the provision that Jesus Christ has provided for you. The enemy will do everything possible to hinder God’s movement through you. Only your faith can unleash the power of God’s promises in you! 1 Peter 5:7, “Cast all of your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”

If you and I want to see God revealed in your midst, you need to know what He says about you in His Word! I read this quote from Chris Oyakhilome, “When the Holy Spirit comes into your life and you allow Him to take charge of your life, He’ll bring in the anointing. The anointing of God’s Spirit will come upon everything you do.” With the concept of the Anointing of God in your mind, let’s now consider what you are carrying. You are carrying the Anointing! The Anointing! When you carry the anointing, you possess weapons of spiritual warfare that are always loaded and ready for use! You are a carrier of the Holy Spirit’s purpose-driven power and have been made equipped with instructions on how to use it.

I want you to do a self-check this morning on this one, when you look at the fruit of the spirit in your own life, you should be aware of the enemy, he has a lie ready for every truth and a substitute for every holy thing. But you need to know that the devil cannot create anything, he just tries to pervert and slow down the things God creates for you, if he can get his hands on them, (stop giving the enemy access to you.) I hope and pray that you know that there is a real and a false version of everything. And it is imperative that you know the difference between real Anointing and a false anointing. The real Anointing comes directly from the Holy Spirit and carries the attributes, character and Presence of God that will confirm that it’s from the God every time. And because of this you are more than a conqueror, so whenever any kind of challenge presents itself to you, you are prepared to handle it!

I believe that the things that are happening in our society and around the world would be healed if you, the believer learned how to carry and operate in the Anointing that God has given you! When you are carrying the Anointing, this means that you are allowing Holy Spirit to lead you in every aspect of your life, no matter how big or small. So many times, you choose to only use the Anointing for specific times, instead of carrying it with you wherever you go. When God has given you His Anointing you must carry it with you wherever you go, you cannot be separated from it, because when you do that, you are leaving God out too!

The Anointing from God is Authentic! The Anointing is Active! The Anointing is Available! The Anointing is the outflow of His Presence in your life and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the inflow that turns your ordinary into His extraordinary; and the Anointing is the outflow that gives you power to serve. This how God puts His Super on your Natural and this Anointing is a part of the Abundant Life that He wants you to live!

How you walk and flow in the Anointing, is a direct reflection between you and your intimacy with God. The greater your intimacy is, the greater level of Anointing you will flow in! I have some good news to tell you, there is no barriers between you and God except the ones that you create. Now how do you know that you have the true Anointing? It’s when the Holy Spirit empowers you to accomplish any the task in front of you! When you carry the Presence of the Holy Spirit, He helps you do what you need to do, your ordinary becomes extraordinary by the Power and Presence of God!

Let’s Pray:
Father, thank You for this day. Thank You for being with me, guiding me and caring so deeply about me. Thank you, Father, for your unfailing love and constant promises. Today, I am praising You for filling me with Your Anointing. Father fill me with Your Wisdom and discernment, that I may know what is real and from You and what is false and that I will put it under my feet, in the Name of Jesus. Father I plead the Blood of Jesus Christ over me, my family, my friends, my community, city, state and nation. Holy Spirit teach me today how to pray for this world like never before. Father, I ask for Your peace when I become anxious, knowing that I can cast all of my worries, problems, and trials on You. Thank You that You are my Rock and my Redeemer and a very present help in time of need. Father, thank You for carrying me. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Lovely One!

1 Peter 3:10 NASB ~ “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.”

How many times do we talk badly, complain or gossip? How many times do we tell a lie? Or do we think it’s just a little one? Maybe not even a full-blown lie, just a little one. One of those where you just stretch the truth of what happened a little bit. There is no such thing as a little one, a lie is a lie! It’s so easy to fall into the habit of speaking things that are true. But just know this one thing, you will have to give an account for every idle word that you said. Matthew 12:36-37, “But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgement for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Choose your words carefully and watch what you say.

When you are facing hard times, persecution, difficulties and are facing life threatening dangers, be like Peter and shift your focus from me, myself and I and focus on God, His Word and His Truth, and this will help you to have a positive attitude towards Him and life, you can be encouraged in the Word. And while you are going through encourage someone else, this will help you take your mind off of you! Keep your faith in the God of Abraham who always keeps His promises to you simply because He loves you! It takes a divine, connected relationship with your Father, to encourage others when you are facing your own set of adversities!

When you are in your Fathers Presence, He will show you how to love others in the midst of your own trials and tribulations, this is a deliberate act of honoring your Father! It shows that you desire life, that you love and that you want to see the good days ahead, so you are intentional in keeping your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking evil! It shows that you believe in what you stand on, the Word of God! It shows that you have Hope in your Father, and it shows that you Trust your Father with every fiber of your being and that He is in total control and that all things are working together for the good of those that love Him, Romans 8:28!

Let’s Pray:
Father, My Father, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen!” Father, please forgive me from the times I spoke evil things with my tongue, create in me a clean heart and renew Your right Spirit in me. Father, keep from lying to You, myself and anyone else, fill me with Your truth, I no longer have to pretend, I am who You made me and that’s enough for me. Father, I thank You for forgiving me and keeping me. Thank You for filling me with Your Holy Spirit so that I can stay close to You and do Your Will according to how You planned it out! Father, I pray that all my words and my actions would be an encouragement to others and reflect Your love and truthfulness! In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean