Author: Travail and Transform Ministry

Ephesians 3:17-19 ~ “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, [18] May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; [19] And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”

Everything is about the love of God! You serve a perfect God full of love and because you are His, He is perfecting His love in you to share with someone else!

When you stop and think about this day and how beautiful it is, you can’t help but see the love of your Father in all aspects of it, from the first glimpse of daylight, to the morning dew and fog, the rising of the sun, the rain, seeing the tree branches move because of the wind that you don’t see, but you can feel the Presence of His Breath upon you, doesn’t this scream out love, love and more love! And this is just your morning dose of love; now to your noon day, He covers you in peace, sends healing to you bones, washes your thoughts and infuses you with joy all the way to your evening hours and then He wraps you up in His Protection and Presence for His Glory!

God loves you! He sacrificed His life, so that you would have life, and that’s love! God loves you! Never ever doubt His love for you and don’t let anyone or anything rob you of this life-giving truth. God loves you! Today, walk in His love and watch and see how you begin to love yourself and others because of how He loves you!

Let’s Pray:
Father, I thank You, Thank You for loving me! If I had 10,000 tongues, it would not be enough to say thank You and that I love You! Father, Thank You for giving Your only begotten darling Son Jesus Christ out of love to save me! Thank You for saving me from my sins and giving me life. Please forgive me for the times that I took Your love for granted, I repent right now! Today I fully accept all of Your love and I will love You back. Father, I thank You and praise You with all of my heart. Father, I trust and believe in Your true Word! Father let Your love transform me right now and let the redemptive work that You have started in me continue day in and day out! Thank You Father that You are making me better because of Your love and kindness that You exhibit in me and through me.  In Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Hebrews 13:8 KJV ~
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

Everything in your life will change except Jesus Christ, He will remain the same, yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever more!

You are the one that has to change! In March 2021, I received this word and shared it with my prayer partner and tonight I heard it again, “it’s time for a Shift Change!” Those of you that have worked in companies where there are multiple shifts that change you will understand the natural nature of this. As some work on the day shift, mid-day shift to early night and then the night shift to early day, and the cycle continues day in and day out. And spiritually you are to be changing every day, moving from level to level and glory to glory!

These two words, “Shift” and “Change” go together like your pulse and your heartbeat, you can’t have one without the other!

To Shift means: to change a place, position, or direction to another place, to MOVE!

To Change means: to make a shift from one place to another, to make radically change, to TRANSFORM!

You see you can’t make a Shift (Move) without making a Change (Transform) something has to happen, you cannot remain the same when you truly come into contact with Jesus Christ and it’s because Jesus Christ never changes that you can change!

I have some questions for you, and I want you to take your time and think about it, write them down and answer them earnestly. What has manifested in your life because of a Shift Change? Are you still the same person that you were this time five years ago, what about this time last year? What has changed in you or changed you? What are you waiting for? Are you still saying that you are a baby in Christ? When will the shift change take place? Or do you think you have more time to decide, Matthew 24:36? Aren’t you ready to move from your old ways and be transformed into the new creature that God designed you to be? Are you ready to walk into your God ordained purpose? Guess what, nobody else can answer these questions for you and nobody else can do what God created you to do!

I have this old antique typewriter and in order to move to the next line you have to press down on the “Shift Key” to move forward, otherwise you will stay on the line that you are on, but what is awesome about this typewriter, is it makes a clicking sound when you press the Shift Key, and this is when the “Change” takes place you hear the sound of the click and then you knew that you had moved to the next line (place)! Listen for the sound in the Spirit, and when you “Shift” from the old you and “Change” to the new you, there will be a sound from Heaven, God rejoices when His Children move to Him and are transformed and renewed into His likeness!

Today, I know that you may be going through some transitions, but just be reassured in your Faith in Jesus Christ, that He is close to you and He hears your hearts cry, Psalm 34:17-18! Some of what you are walking through is to strengthen and stretch you for His use, and in your stretching, He’s refining you in the Fire to remove stuff out and off of you! He gives His strongest soldiers the toughest battles, for He knows that you trust Him and that you will not waiver, because you are more than a conqueror, you are a Child of God! In this place of Shift Change you have to walk by faith and not sight, 2 Corinthians 5:7! In this moment when it doesn’t feel like anything is happening, God is Transforming you in the Move for His Glory!

This weekend be prepared for your Shift Change, it’s coming!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Abba Father, I cry out to You and say Thank You! Thank You for remaining the same, yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever more! Father, Thank You for making it possible for me to change, for I know that in me it’s impossible but in You everything is possible! Father, Thank You for Your Shift Change in my life, I chose You as my Lord and Savior! Father, create in me a clean heart and as You transform me, please remove everything from my life that is not like You, move anything and anyone that would keep me in a stuck or stagnated place. Father, I’m ready to be and do more for You! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Luke 10:42 ~ “but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

What choice did you make today?

When you look back over your life, has there ever been a time that you wished you had done something different? Do you have any regrets about what you did or did not do?

Out of all the good things that you have done or will do, there is always one thing that is better, spending more time with your Father. When you were younger your parents made you go to everything “church”, every pageant, program, play and prayer meeting, you had to attend and once you got older you stopped attending. Now when you look back you can only imagine of how much closer you could be to God, you believe that you had what was good, when you needed what was better!

Today, you don’t have to choose what’s good, you can have what’s better when you choose God! You can spend more time meditating on the Word of God, you can spend more time in His Presence, you can spend more time in praise and worship, you can spend more time in prayer, you can spend more time tell God how much you love Him and adore Him and that you can’t do anything without Him!

How much time you spend telling Jesus that you love Him? I know that event was going on, and this and that was happening at the same time, but when is the last time you said no to the good thing and just chose to stay in and sit at His Feet, tarring in His Presence because it was better and all you needed was more of Him? Don’t be so busy being busy and miss out on what’s more important, sitting at the Feet of Jesus and learning about what’s better! I’m not saying what you are doing is not good, but somethings are just better for you and your Father in Heaven knows exactly what you need, He knows what’s best for you!

When you choose God sometimes over doing other things, some people may get upset with you and tell you, it’s okay to keep going, but you have to have discipline and discernment to know when to go and do and to sit and stay. Martha was upset because Mary chose not to continue doing the good thing, you don’t have to defend or speak for yourself when you choose Him. Jesus will speak for you, just like He did for Mary, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:41–42 NLT). Mary chose what was better, now what will you chose? Jesus or you? “Take heed to yourself to and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.” 1 Timothy 4:16!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for giving me what is better. Father, forgive me for the times that I chose what was good over what was best for my life. Father, thank You for keeping and sustaining me in spite of me. Father, I know that I have been eager to do more, when You were just calling me into an intimate relationship with You and I just kept moving instead of choosing You! Father, I now know how important it is for me to sit at Your Feet, give me the grace to spend more time being still where I can hear You and learn from You. Father today I choose Your Will and Your Way, and I choose to make You my top priority and because I’m choosing You, I know that I have chosen that which is better over that which was good, this is for my good and Your Glory. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Psalm 4:3 ~ “But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.”

To be set apart requires a change to take place, it’s just that simple! And when the change takes place, it changes you and your atmosphere immediately, you have moved from darkness to light!

In spite of life happening, you are still meant to be set apart for God’s use. You were created to be set apart to show the love of God and live in a way that brings Glory to His Holy Name. God wants you to be set apart and that is why He gave you detailed instructions on how to live and how to present your body (Romans 12:1);  He gave you details on how to Worship (Psalm 100); How to Pray (Matthew 6:6); and how to live (Leviticus 19:1), He wants you to understand that in order to come into His Presence daily you need to reverence Him and be set apart!

As a Christian, you will have trials, test, and tribulations in this life, even while you are being set apart for God to use, this is an unavoidable reality that all Believers will experience opposition in your lifetimes. David lived and experienced the Lord on many occasions and how He saved Him from trouble. His past experiences had given him confidence in the Lord and how He treated those that are faithful to Him, regardless of the circumstance! Do you trust Him, do you know that you are set apart for His use even while you are going through it? You must live faithfully trusting the Lord in all things that you will face in this life and know that God will never fail Himself nor will He fail you. He will always be faithful to those who faithfully serve Him.

God not only hears you, but He is also responding to your cry for help in your most challenging times. In other words, however overwhelming the situation is, God remembers your faithfulness to Him, and He is moving toward you with faithful favor to aid you in your trying times. You must have confidence in the Word of God and know that God will take care of you. He is faithful! He will not fail! He will do what He said He would do! God knows exactly where He wants you and when you seek Him and draw near to Him, His calling will find you. When you start seeking what you were created for and your calling, just spend some time apart from everyone else and get in God’s Word and in worship. God has chosen you to do a work for Him and you need to be “set apart”, you were chosen to do a work for the King. He has anointed you and equipped you to be used for the advancement of His kingdom.

God called you and He set you apart for godly service unto Him! Only God can do this, you cannot make your godly no matter how good you are, only God can do this, and He does it by setting you apart from the rest! God set you apart in His Grace and Mercy, He made a promise to you based on His decision at Calvary, God made you godly that you might live your life in a godly manner for all to see and be drawn to Him and His Glory! He set you apart from Himself, you belong to Him, not because of the calling on your life but because He loves you and He wants to be in fellowship with you, plain and simple. So now you can serve Him because of His invitation to have an intimate relationship with you and this is good news. God has set you apart for Himself, and He’s making you godly in the process! Now this is love! Seek to be in His Presence today, ask Him for guidance and He sets you apart for His service today!

Have you heard the Lord’s voice calling you today? Did you answer Him, are you walking and fulfilling your call to be set apart for His service, to be His leader, and His servant that is going into the uttermost parts of the world and sharing the Word of Jesus Christ with others who have never heard of Him that they might have an encounter with Him also and know what it’s like to live set apart for His Glory!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father! Thank You for setting me apart for Your use. Father, I want to live daily for You, and I want to live under the guidance of Your Holy Spirit, lead me whenever you want, and I will follow. Father, thank You for calling me for the purpose You designed me for, Father, fill me with obedience for You and Your Word like never before. May I fulfill my calling for Your Glory! Father help me to stay on the path that set me on, and that I may follow You with my whole heart, mind, and body and that I will trust You in everything, know that you will make me godly when I choose to turn to You for everything that I need and to be set apart. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessing…

Minister Jean

Proverbs 18:21 ~ “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

 What did you say to yourself this morning?

God spoke the universe into existence with a Word! So, this should tell you just how important what you say is, it can cause life or death. Never underestimate the power of words, one Word from God can change your life! No longer can you listen to the enemy’s voice; you must know God’s Voice at all times, (John 10:4)! Let God’s Word be adopted into your hearing, and then go to your mind and then into your heart before you act on it. Let your faith be increased that His promises to you are clear, and that you know that you will live and not die declares the Word of the Lord! My desire is that you are so hungry for the Word of God that that is the only thing that will quench your thirst, His Word!

When you recognize that what you say is half the battle, the power is in how you say it and how you receive it. You have a choice every day in what you will and will not say, choose your words carefully, you cannot pick them back up and put them in your mouth again, once they are out, they are out, and you will have to deal with the consequences of what you said and what was said. Are you prepared for that? Words will either build up or tear down, pray before you open your mouth and say that thing that you are thinking, because that thing that you are thinking can be a good intention, but it can also cause you to want to bite your tongue to hold it in or wish you had not said it at all. And just know that you cannot do this on your own, you will need the help of Jesus Christ, for your tongue, on it lives poison and everything evil, James 3:8, “but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.”

Be mindful over the words that you say and the words that are spoken over you because it can cause life or death to you emotionally, mentally, and spiritually and God wants you to be free. If someone has spoken a word over you that did not bring life to you or you have spoken a word over someone or yourself, it is time to ask for forgiveness, 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Confession means to own it and accept it! It is time to ask God for forgiveness and then it is time to forgive yourself so that you may be free, to live and not die. God is not looking for an explanation from you or information, He wants you to surrender to Him and His Will, He wants you to agree with Him for what is best for your life and not what you believe, let His forgiveness cleanse you inside and out! Remember that when it comes to prayer, one word can be life changing, and His Word will bring you life and you will have life more abundantly! Exchange your old words for the new Word of God!

Today, I want you to open your mouth and tell God how much you love Him and if you have backslidden or know someone who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, then give them the Word of God, Romans 10:9-10, If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Do you see what happened, you opened up your mouth and made a declaration, and your life changed because of the Word of God. Continue speaking His Word over your life and watch what comes to pass, as your life changes!

Let’s Pray:

Father, Thank You! Thank You for Your Word! Father, as I start this new year, I want You to fill me to overflow with Your Word and show me how to speak and declare Your Word every day over my life and in those that are connected to my life. Father, I desire to know You better and to be strengthened as I live one day at a time in Your Presence every day. Father, every Word that you have spoken over my life has been life changing. Thank You Father, You changed my language so that my life would change! Father, forgive me for any word that I have said up to this present moment that did not build someone up or even myself, Father, I don’t want to speak words that bring death, but only produce life and I know in order to do this I must stay connected to You and Your Word. Teach me how to pray using Your Words and not my own. Father, I want to live and not die, I can only do this in Your Power, create in me a clean heart, keep my ears covered, my mind protected and my heart clean that I may receive from You daily. Father, I want more of You and Your Word in my life! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…

Minister Jean

Matthew 6:34 ~ “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Happy New Year!

Today is a brand-new day! Welcome into 2023, there are 364 days of miracles, signs and wonders left for you to experience! Have you ever saw a book that you were interested in reading, and without looking on the inside first, you went straight to the back cover, or you read the chapter and you wanted to just turn to back and see what happened, forgetting all about chapters 2-11, or you were watching a movie and you wanted to fast forward to the end and skip all over everything in the middle, let’s just get straight to the good part or the end?

Don’t sometimes you wish you could do that in your personal life, just go to the next day please, you say things like, “this is taking too long, or I don’t want to deal with this part and my all-time favorite is, I should be in another place by now, I need something else to happen!” Do you believe if you know what’s going to happen you can better prepare and protect yourself from the unknown?

Give me the remote so I can fast forward to where I think I should be, because this isn’t it! And then you see what your Bible says, in Matthew 6, “don’t worry about tomorrow, each day has enough trouble if its own”, just take care of today, “one day at a time sweet Jesus is all I’m asking you for!”

When life happens and you are not sure what’s next, I know that sometimes you want to skip ahead, but I want you to know, you will not arrive at what’s next, your Father, wants you in the Right Now, so you might as well enjoy today and all of what it brings with it! There are no quick previews or glimpses into the future, only God can do that! So, He tells you to draw near to Him while He draws close to you and when you start focusing on Him, you forget about tomorrow and focus on the here and now, which is what Your Father wants you to do!

Now repeat after me and then I want you to memorize and mediate on these words, “Give us this day, our daily bread!” You are still in Matthew 6, and He is teaching you how to pray, so after you praise and worship Him, you will ask Him about the day He has given you, ask Him what His plan for you today is, and then you “go and tell” who sent you, I AM sent you and you commence to fulfill your purpose, plain and simple!

Today turn to one page two and see what He wrote, and then on the empty lines you can write to your Father, it’s a two-way relationship, Author and co-author, working hand in hand to fulfill your mission! Take your time and proofread every line! I know this is going to be a bestseller, it’s a great and true story for others to see and read!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for allowing me to see a brand-new year! Father I am walking into this year with Great Expectations of what You are going to do in my life in the Now Chapter! Father, please forgive me for every time that I pressured You and tried to rush into what’s next. Father, help me to take my time and trust You and Your plans for my day instead of me trying to give You orders for what I want to do and then I want You to okay what I said, I am choosing to follow Your lead, for I have learned this is what is best for me! I look forward to being the main character in Your best-selling novel that You have begun to write about me, Thank You Father! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Romans 1:20 ~ “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.”

This is the last Friday of 2022 and God wants you to hear Him and hear Him clearly!

God is a Communicator! In fact, God is always communicating with you, but are tuned in to His frequency station? It’s call, Glory Worship-FSHG 111! (Father(F) Son(S) Holy(H) Ghost(G))! God’s Glory Station, is on fifty two weeks a year, seven days a week, and 24 hours a day, His station never goes off the air or offline, and the frequency is always crystal clear. And He knows how to speak, when to speak, and what to speak, there is never a down time! But in order for you to hear Him, you have to be tuned into His frequency!

Wednesday evening I heard God say, “That the Frequency of Heaven is being Released Now!” Now when I think about frequencies I think of an old radio, one of them that was made out of an old wood box. I’m sure you’ve had one or your parents or grandparents  had one, I mean that’s what they use to have to listen too, and in order to hear the station clearly, you had to turn the dial to get to the right frequency so that you could hear without static!

Now let’s look at this spiritually, in order to hear God clearly you have got to get rid of the static (sin, self, doubt, deceit, hatred, meanness and madness, gossip, backbiting and backstabbing, lying and pretending) and everything else that has separated you from God, this is static and it keeps you from hearing precisely what God is saying to you in this “Now Moment” in your life! God wants to have a conversation with you and it requires you to hear Him!

Can you hear God? He communicates with you all day, and every day, you just have to have your ears fine tuned to His frequency to catch the signal. So how do you tune in? In order to understand how God communicates with you today, you need to know Him and how He led His children before you and throughout time, He did it by the wind, the fire, the rain, miracles, signs, wonders, trials, testing, tribulations, tears and Revelation of His Word, He has even spoken through a donkey, God will use everything He made to get your attention, nothing is off limits! There will be no excuses of why you didn’t do what He said, He spoke clearly and you heard Him, you can no longer pretend that you don’t know, you heard Him, you know and you just chose not to do it!

Today, you need to hear what God is saying and see what He is doing so that you can step into your rightful position as His sons and daughters! Be prayerful and safe as you exit out of 2022 and embrace 2023 be transformed into your God ordained purpose!

Tune into God’s Radio Station, Glory Worship-FSHG 111! There will be no excuse as of to why you didn’t listen to God!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for allowing me to see 364 days in 2022, I don’t take it lightly, I’m grateful for every second of every day! Father I know that there is still one more day in this year and I’m walking into it with my eyes wide open in great expectations of what You are still doing and is going to do! Father I just want more of You, Father I just want my perception(what I see) and my reality(what I live) to be aligned to Your greater purpose! Father please let Your Glory cover me, that my mind would stay on You, let my heart and hands remain clean that I may serve You with gladness, let my feet follow wherever You lead and may my mouth always declare Your Word and say yes! In the Mighty and Powerful Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Happy New Year
Blessings…
Minister Jean