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Isaiah 30:19-21 AMPC ~ “O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. [20] And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher. [21] And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.”

In this world, there is noise and voices all around; people are talking over you, about you, and around you day in and day out; and sometimes it is hard to tell who’s who! And to be still and silent in this hour is even more rare and unusual. But there is a voice and it doesn’t matter how many other ones there are out there, this One should be clearer and louder to you than all the rest of them, it is the One telling you which way you should go, be it left or right, back or front, you should know the voice of God in your ears telling you which way to walk! So, which voice are you listening to today, yours are God’s? John 10:14!

Every day you are bombarded with different types of voices, some are clear and precise, soft and muffled, and others or loud and rowdy, each one can bring clarity, clutter, or confusion if you are not careful! But in the midst of all the voices that you hear, there is that One, the One that should stand out from the rest, it’s the Voice of God! A voice that you can be sure of, One that will break through all the barriers and remove the fog from your mind, the One that will break up the clutter and confusion, the One that will speak directly to your heart and reveal, renew, repair and restore you!

Some of the most challenging times in my life have been when I was facing difficulty, and I couldn’t hear God speak. Have you ever been plagued with a persistent problem (bread of adversity) and it seemed like it wasn’t going to end, (water of affliction) and you needed to hear something or someone? But who can you trust to talk to about this problem with? It’s during these trying times that you reach out to God, and you reflect on the kind of friends that He has given you. There is one quality that I look for in true friends and it’s to know that someone has my back! Alway know this one thing, God will always have your back, and He has designed a friend just for you!

There is something rare about a relationship where you know someone is really behind you. In your moments of struggle you can hear your friend saying, “keep going”, “you’ve got this”, can sometimes be all that you need to keep pushing you in the right direction. It’s during this time that you need to hear the right voice speaking because the wrong voice will lead you down the wrong path in life. It’s not the loud voice that you want, it’s the still small voice that will speak clarity to your confusion, it’s the small voice that will speak the truth and you can hear it loud and clear, it will flood your heart with peace and bring back to your memory that your Teacher (God) is your True Friend!

When you are going through it, you need to see it as an opportunity to get to know your Father better! See this problem as a tutor who is always by your side teaching you some new things and alerting you of the forks and crossroads that are on the road ahead of you; and know this that your learning opportunities are only limited by your willingness to be teachable. As a matter of fact, thank God for your problems today, because when you do this, your problem loses its power to weigh you down. Now ask God to help you see and hear from His perspective and watch what will be accomplished through this difficulty in your life, it will produce a Glory that will transcend what you are experiencing in this moment!

Today, God has your back, and His Voice is on the inside of you and it is behind telling you how to keep steady and true. His Voice is your constant reminder to be consistent in your walk with Him! You don’t have to see the whole road, you just have to listen to the Voice of your Lord and Teacher as He speaks continually to you on your journey, He is speaking to all who will listen. For these slight momentary afflictions that you are experiencing right now are preparing you for an eternal weight of Glory that is beyond all comparison, trust the process of God (2 Corinthians 4:17)!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Father, today I am thankful that You always have my back! I Thank You, that You never leave me in a place of confusion, but You remind me to stop and listen for Your clear directions. I am grateful for Your steadfast Voice that breaks through all of the noise and clutter in my life and speaks clarity to my heart on my journey. I am grateful that the noise that I hear does not stop You from revealing Yourself to me as my Teacher, and that You are training my ears to hear Your still small Voice and to know Yours over every other voice that I hear in this loud world. Father, open my eyes and ears to hear You speak clearly to my heart and help my feet to follow the way you lead. Father Thank You for preparing and producing a transcendent Glory in me that will never cease as long as I follow Your leading. Father, help me to have consistent faith over fear! I am blessed and covered by You God and I am grateful for Your leading me on this path call life! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Colossians 4:6 ~ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

I wrote this devotional on January 16th and the question was, “Do you have any salt?” Today God brought this back to me with the question above. Sometimes you need to see and read something over again and again! 

The Morton Salt Company slogan is, “When It Rains, It Pours!” This was the logo when I was a little girl and it’s the same today, it’s a little girl walking in the rain with an umbrella, this was created in 1914! For as long as I can remember I have used this brand of salt, my grandmother used it, my mother did too, I use it and now my daughters do too! I can remember eating my watermelon and pouring that salt on it, it made it taste so good; and I still do it the same way today. The Morton company had found a way for their salt to flow freely even in adverse weather conditions! I’m going to say that again, “they found a way to keep the flow going even in adverse conditions!” Has the Power of God given you the strength to keep flowing even in adverse conditions? Inquiring minds want to know! 

Are you wondering why I’m giving you another history on salt. I’m glad you asked, so let me tell you why! You should be like salt! In your personal, professional and private life and most definitely in your ministry and service unto God, (for all of you have a role to play and a ministry to be in; in one way or another, because you do profess with your mouths that you are servants of the Most-High God! Now, it’s time you be about what you talk about! Yes, I know that some of you are titled, Pastors, Prophets, Prophetess, Evangelist, Elders, Ministers, Teachers, Deacons, Deaconess, Greeters, Ushers, and Worship Leaders and there are countless others, but it all boils down to you being a Servant for God, nothing less, nothing more!) So, just so you know, no matter what title or position you may hold, you should display the same usefulness, integrity, and truthfulness as the box of salt that you use, for everything else is meaningless, Ecclesiastes 1:2! 

In today’s world there are so many ministries and minister’s that are trying to market the gospel, they want to wrap it up into a nice little package like you are advertising something and then you want to call it evangelism; and to top that off instead of you having a pure Worship experience with God, you have replaced it with what you now call entertainment! Your Worship should not be for entertainment, but for an Encounter with God. But as I pondered the Morton’s slogan and being a Christian, this thought came to my mind, as, a child of God, I should not be a fair weathered Christian as I minister for Jesus Christ! You should not be a fair weathered Christian! Are you and I good every day, no, but I believe that you strive to be every day. (Be honest)! Listen to what the Word says you should be and how you are to be, 2 Timothy 4:2, “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage-with great patience and careful instruction.” This is not based on how you feel, but on who and what you are supposed to be and do! 

There is one thing that I have learned after truly saying yes to God. Folks don’t just want or need help when it is the most convenient for you. When it rains, it pours! In my honest and transparent moment, there have been times when it’s raining in my life and someone will call for help and in my weakness I want to say, I don’t have enough in me to share, I want to put a sign up that says “off duty” and then I remember that I said yes to God, in season and out of season and then He brought me to His Word, 2 Corinthians 12:9, “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” Now my behavior and speech should be seasoned with salt, I should know just how much salt to shake out each time, that I may know how to answer every man, (Colossians 4:6)! It’s at this point that you are being seasoned with The Grace that Jesus Christ Power gives you, and it should come alive in your weakness, and it will be distributed evenly through you so that you may minister to those that He sent your way! 

As a Servant, a Minister of the Gospel you must have good moral and ethical standards both in private and public, they go hand in hand. You might get away with hiding stuff from man and you can pray that they don’t see it, but God sees everything! Nothing is hidden from God; He sees and knows all things! When your relationship with God is solid, it will make your relationship with man will be solid. You live in a society that is full of corruption, and if the people in the world can’t tell you from them how can you influence them to do or be better for God! Jesus Christ needs you to be in true and honest so that you can be a positive influence in the society where you live. Think about it this way, the more you are like the world, the less influence you can have upon it; but the more you are like Christ, the more influence you can exercise over those to whom you are called to minister too. Your level of influence for Jesus Christ will never rise above the level of your likeness to Jesus Christ! 

The grace that Jesus Christ has given you is good. There is an additive that is in salt to preserve it, well Jesus put the same thing on the inside of you which enables you to pour out when it’s raining, so that you are able to maintain your sincerity and character in ministry as you minister to those that are outside of your season that where you feel weak. Jesus says that salt is good: but if the salt ever loses its saltness, how can it be season again? It can’t, just like you and your witness, if you lose it, you can’t get it back. You need to determine from the beginning how your conduct will be and how it will affect your ministry. It’s simple, either you are going to depend on you and the worlds gimmicks and tricks or, you going to depend on the effectual fervent Power of God and His Word alone! 

Remember this, as you minister to others you are supposed to be leading them to Jesus Christ, you should be a fruit producer, producing fruit that is changing the lives of those that are around you, for they are soaking up what you are giving them! Who are you influencing? The Word says in Matthew 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” It’s in this place that your heart posture and motives must be right. The Word of God is living and it’s powerful, and when you preach and teach the Gospel, it is strong enough to stand on its own. (Just like salt, it can stand alone!) It knows all things and it sees all things, especially in your heart, Hebrews 4:12. It is the preaching of the Word, in season and out, that the Spirit of God, is made available, it’s pure, it saves, it changes, it produces, it exalts, and it Glorifies your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! 

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father! Thank You for giving me Your Grace and Mercy to run this race. Father forgive me for the times that I got weary and wanted to quit, thank You for Your strength to endure to the end. Father help me do all things without complaining and murmuring, thank You for making my crooked paths straight, help me hold firmly to the Word of God, so that on the day that Christ’s return, I will be able to go with You and that I did not run my race in vain and that my work was not useless or trampled on by men. Father, today I choose to rejoice even if I lose my life, pouring it out like a liquid offering unto You, let my service be an offering to You. Father, I say yes to You! Thank You Father for preparing me for Your blessings and the fulfillment of Your Promises in my life. Thank You Father, that Your pressing, pruning, and purging has refined me and purified my heart that I might live like You, love and desire me to live. Thank You for burning away my insufficiencies and fortifying me in my weakness that I may look and sound more like You every single day of my life. I am going to hold tight to my confession of faith for it is the Word of Life and I am going to run my race of faith without stopping, I will remain committed, for great is my reward for seeking after You! Father thank You for being the protector of my salt, may every word that I say be seasoned just right by You and for You because of Your Grace and Mercy. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen! 

Blessings…

Love, Minister Jean

Deuteronomy 26:18-19 AMPC ~ “And the Lord has declared this day that you are His peculiar people as He promised you, and you are to keep all His commandments; [19] And He will make you high above all nations which He has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a holy people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken.”

In July of 2022, one of my prayer warrior friends said the word Peculiar and it was like a spring of fresh wind burst in me and I heard God’s Spirit speak and I typed every letter that He said! I heard this Word and I’m sharing it with you again because as one of my friends was praying for me last night, she prayed and said the word Peculiar, and this word from back then came back into my spirit and I believe someone needs to know that God made you peculiar on purpose, you were destined to be designed this way!

This is what I heard, “I heard God saying, you belong to Him! With your face beholding His Face! He is the Master Creator, the Greatest Designer, who for pure love and joy, threw up dust in the air and breathed on it and it became you!” He didn’t make anyone else like you, even if you have a sibling or twin, you are still you! You are fashioned after His own likeness to create change in this peculiar world while solving the problems in it! You are here because you are needed! You are necessary! Stop doubting who you are! No longer downplay the potency of your reach! Seize today, with every second, minute and hour that passes!

Know that the oxygen that you are breathing in your lungs right now is a gift from the Creator who designed oxygen, and He is giving it to you because He loves you, plain and simple! You are great and getting greater because the Greatest One, Jesus Christ, lives on the inside of you! He gave you your life for this great moment that you are living today! What you do on this peculiar transformational Friday is up to you, but know this, it will change the Trajectory of your life, embrace it! God says it’s time!

Don’t doubt where God is taking you, because it doesn’t look like what He did last time, He doesn’t want you to be familiar with this season, so that way you have to trust Him and not yourself, it will not be what you are use too! You may feel like you do not have the strength nor sense, but the Spirit of God says go! Peculiar, will be your next move, you won’t have time to analyze or debate it! Embrace the peculiar and watch God!

When you accept, agree, and acknowledge that the Lord is your God, and promise wholeheartedly to obey and listen to His voice, you can be assured just the Israelites that you have been chosen by God to receive His blessings and the calling to witness His glory and to all the world! See Ex 19:5, 6. Your peculiarity is on purpose and on point! You have been designed by God and destined as a chosen vessel to show forth praises to the One who created you in the beginning and brought you into the light, God! Now you need to act accordingly, you are royal, chosen and peculiar, own it, 1 Peter 2:9!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I stand here before You today and I embrace how you made me in my uniqueness that makes me stand out and a part for You. Father help me to see my peculiarities as you see them and not as flaws, but as the beautiful tapestry that You have woven into my being in my encounter with You. Father, lead me into fully accepting me as You made me, help me to celebrate all the parts that might seem different, and to use them as a strength for my good and for Your Glory. Help me to see me through Your eyes. Thank You for creating me as I am, and for the gift of being uniquely Yours. Thank You, Father, for calling me out of the darkness of this world, into Your Marvelous Light in Christ Jesus, to show forth Your praises. Thank You, Father, for saving my soul and making me a part of Your chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people. Thank You, for making me unstoppable, godly, and loyal and for making me a solution provider and barrier breaker. Father, thank You that You know and see everything about me, I’m so grateful that there is nothing hidden from You. Thank You Father for redeeming me by Blood of Jesus Christ, for Your blood was enough to forgive all of my sins and the sins of mankind. Father, Thank You. May the light of Jesus Christ shine brightly in me for all to see and may I do good for You as I labor in the kingdom, for Your Glory! Father, thank You for setting me free and may I never be entangled again. (John 8:36). Father give me the Grace to continually do Your Perfect Will. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have A Blessed Weekend…

Proverbs 23:7a NKJV ~ “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”

Who are you at your core? What is the truest thing about you? Who do you say you are?

You are so quick to tie your identity to the role of what you do in life (Mom, Dad, Teacher, Wife, Husband, Preacher, Business Owner and the list goes on and on). These are roles that you hold, but they are not who you are at your core! The core of you should be who you are in Jesus! “For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:21b. You are God’s beloved. A child of the Most-High. You are fully loved and known by Him! When you know this, this solidifies you in Him and helps you to operate in your roles correctly, for you have learned that your identity in Jesus precedes the activities that you do. And this keeps you from being selfish and only thinking about what you want or need.

The Word of God says this, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves. [4] Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. [5] Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility].” Philippians 2:3-5. You are to do nothing from selfish place, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each one of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others!

You see in today’s society we live in Need Minded place. You always feel that your needs must be met first and you quote this scripture to try and justify what you are doing, “My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” Phil. 4:19. You try to put a demand on God for your needs be met and you want the world to revolve around your own personal wants and desires. You believe that your needs are more important than other people and their needs.  And you will after me, you’re next, becomes your way of life!

But I need you to be sure of this one thing, the promise that God gave in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, was an expression of God’s concern for your heart and your motives, He wants your soul saved! Stop being distorted by the selfishness of the flesh and the trickery of false advertising. God is going to meet all of your needs, you don’t have to be need centered, He promised, and He is true to His Word! You can trust and believe in Him! Think about your basics core needs, air, water, food and shelter.  (If God takes care of the sparrow, how much more will He do for you?)

Think about those who have to sneak away to spend time with God before doing their chores because they are not allowed to worship God, for their basic needs can be taken away if they are caught, (food, water and shelter, gone) or what about those who have to huddled together in the corner of to keep warm as they praise God, Now compare their basic needs with yours. Do they have the need for the latest cell phone, house, job or car? No, they just want God, and you have the opportunity to praise Him in the open and have all of your needs at the same time.

 Now there is one more thing I need you to see, I need you to see things from the perspective of God.  How does He see your needs?  There are three basic levels of the human needs and they are, physical, spiritual and the emotional. For physically you need air to breathe, water and food to survive and shelter to keep you warm and dry. Spiritually, you need to know that you have been forgiven by God through what Jesus Christ did on the Cross for you. And finally, you have Emotional needs, you are made to give and receive love, that’s it, plain and simple! When you follow God and keep Him at the center of your core, you will eliminate the feeling of loneliness, and you will feel worthy which gives you hope and security.

Stop comparing and confusing your wants with your actual needs, there is a difference between the two! You spend so much time chasing after material things only to find out that you really didn’t want it after all. When you get that feeling that your need must be met over any and everything else, you are on the borderline of selfishness and danger, it’s time for you to go to God in prayer. You need to immediately bring your needs into focus with God’s perspective, and let it become “Thy Will Be Done” and not your will be done! Ask Your Father to meet your needs and then expect Him to meet them according to His riches in Glory! For, certainly, He can, and He will.  He is bound by His promise to you.

I read a post yesterday on LinkedIn by Life coach Douglas Woods that says: “Each of us holds many values…Some…superficial, transitory, or fitting solely the moment in which we find ourselves. Others are more fixed and stay with us through our life; these are our ‘core values.” Your seasons and circumstances will change, but who you are at the core, the root will remain! The Apostle Paul could adapt to any culture in order to reach people for Christ? But who he was at his core remained the same. So what about you, are you flexible and adaptable? Paul could always say, “We have wronged no one.”  Because he did not change in what he believed about God, he remained true to his core self!

See your life as a compass, it always points in the right direction, and that direction should be towards Jesus Christ.  Here’s the thing, if you don’t have a true relationship with God, then you will be up and down in your core, which means your values could be off. The carnal minded person won’t understand why you are so dedicated to God; they will say it doesn’t take all of this! They will try to convince you to follow them or stop doing so much. But because you have an anchor, that holds you down no matter what, you can keep it moving! Think about a storm, it can take you under if you are not secure, currents can carry you from one place to another, but, but God, because He is at your core foundation, He will and He can hold you down when it rough! Just keep Him at your core and you will never go wrong, this will keep you true to your core which is Jesus Christ Himself, because when all else is gone, it will be Jesus that remains!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for being my core! Father, because You are my core, I can be strong and strengthened throughout the day by You. Father, I pray that You will strengthen me with all Your glorious power so that I will have all the endurance and patience that I need to make it through this day, please fill me with Your joy. Father, help me to keep my focus on what matters most and that I don’t get sidetracked by what’s not important to You. Father help and keep me from being deceived by what I think I need, stuff that brings You no Glory and me no good. Father let what You desire for me be what I desire for me. Father, keep me from placing my attention on secondary issues, and empty promises, and performance based what others deem as needs, but they are only puffed-up stuff based false promises and teachings. Father, fix my eyes on Your deity, power and authority. Send Your Spirit through my entire body and keep me connected to You, let nothing separate or pull me away from You, and especially my own selfish needs. Father, help me to put others first because I want to honor You in all of my ways. God you are my everything that I need, You are my beginning and my ending, for there is nothing I need without out You and there is nothing that I need beyond You either! You’re everything that I need and more, for You are the Center my life on Jesus! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Matthew 10:27-31 NKJV ~ “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. [28] And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. [29] Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. [30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. [31] Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

Have you ever said or heard these words, “It’s In The Details!” Guess what, God is interested in the Details! This is how important it is to pay attention to the tiniest things. That principle holds, but there is a greater sense to these words, namely, that your Creator reigns fully over every detail of your life. From the timely arrival of the smallest rock to the greatest flight of the eagle that show the impact of Jesus Christ, there is nothing that can ever occur outside of God’s decree and providential rule in your life.

I was in one of my counseling classes and the pastor said this and last night it came back to my mind just for you, he said this, “We want the Experience and Expansion, but we don’t want to go through the Pain and the Process, it’s not until you “Get Out of Your Head and pay attention to the details. You see your destination has been set, you are Heaven bond, so it’s not like it’s the Details versus Destination! Just focus on the details and leave the destination to God and He will show you the way through the details that will come forward!”

So, what am I saying, when you focus on God, you will see the details that He put in place for you. Stop focusing on everything else, you just have to make sure that your motives and your heart is in the right place. You have to slow down so that you can see what God is showing you. You are looking for things in the top of the tree and God is showing it to you in the flower, get out of your head, so that you can see and hear God’s heart for you. That night in class I heard, “you need to slow down, you are moving too fast.” So now I’m saying the same thing to you, slow down, you will get everything done, you just need to do it in moderation. Stop and smell the flowers, see the grass and look at the sky, see the splendor and handiwork of your Father. This will help you with your discernment, it will force you to pay attention to what you are doing and saying in that moment.

You see when you are moving fast you can sometimes fall prey to things instead of actually praying for that thing. There are wolves out there that are dressed like sheep, and they know what to say to make it sound good, and when you are moving fast you can miss some of those details that God was trying to show you, (Matthew 7:15), Slow Down! God has intercessors covering you day and night! His Angels have taken charge over you, and they are on guard over everything that you hear and see and everything that concerns you! God is going to show you where the enemy is so that you are not caught off guard. Pay close attention to who is trying to connect with you. Filter it through the Blood of Jesus Christ!

Your Father is in the details of everything that happening in your life. For it’s in a detail that makes a situation turn one way or the other in your life, just know that God allowed it. And it’s in the detail that turns another way in your favor, just know God allowed that as well. “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28. Your Father will not allow anything that doesn’t bring glory to His Name, to happen in the life of His chosen ones, (you) for His glory, and for your good, for His Glory and your good are synonymous in the details, God allowed if for His Name’s Sake.

Just know that there will be no agreement in the enemy’s camp where you are concerned, God is in every detail! I plead the Blood of Jesus Christ over every eye that would look upon you today, they will only be able to see what God allows! Pay attention and be mindful of calling every one friend in this hour, right now they are associates and they have to be vetted through the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ first before they can be called your friend, it’s in the details! Pay attention and be mindful of every one that has access to you, seek Jesus first and then watch in the details for what He does next for you! Your testimony is the details that you share with others of what God did for you! And just like He is concerned about the sparrow think about how much more He is concerned about you; every single detail is of the greatest importance!

Here’s a reminder for you, God is in control of every single thing that happens to you. So, in turn, you should give thought to your actions and how you spend your time. The Lord is gracious, so you should not be doing or saying things haphazardly, but by making sure every moment is filled with what you know about God and His Kingdom Work, for that is proof of the details and the evidence that His Word works! Today, be careful not to waste the time God has given to you, but to use it wisely!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father, thank You for my rising this morning and my lying down last night, thank You for being with me, my God. Thank You for my going out and my returning home, lead me, Father wherever You want me to go, and I’ll follow You. Father thank You for nourishing me in the details of my life, may I always be mindful and grateful for Your Presence and Provision that You provide for those who choose You. Father, help me to slow down and linger over Your Word today and to see the details as You lay them out in my life. Father, help me to accept the truth as You lay it out and give me clarity of Your revelation and not the information from my own thoughts. Father, help me get out of my own head and way.  Father, help me to always see Your Hand at work in me. Father Thank You for always loving me more than I have loved myself, Father I choose You today and every day, and I am going to worship and praise You all the day long and I want to be present in Your Presence and see all the details as they unfold right before me, because of Your Grace and Mercy. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have a Blessed weekend…

Psalm 141:3 AMP ~ “Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].”

Be careful with your words! Think first and then speak! God gave you one mouth and two ears! There is a movie that Eddie Murphy plays in called 1,000 Word, he was a fast talker and would use his words to manipulate people to get what he wanted, it was all about him. Then a tree appeared in his backyard with 1,000 leaves on it. And when the last leaf falls off the tree, he would be no more. It made him more mindful of the words that he was spoke. God wants you to be more mindful of the words that you speak. Remember that you have to give an account for them, so don’t let idle words fall to the ground!

You must be mindful of the words that you speak, because once they hit the atmosphere you cannot put them back into your mouth! You must protect the doors of your lips. I know that sometimes it’s hard to keep the words in, but just because you think it, doesn’t mean you should say it. And this is when and where you let God step in and have His way, He will tell you exactly what to say and how to say it!

God’s Word says that you will have to give an account of every idle word that you say. The Word also says, “that by your words you can be acquitted and by those same words you can be condemned, Matthew 12:36-37, “be careful of the words that you say, you can’t pick them up and put them back in your mouth!

When you own something valuable and it is important to you, you will go to great lengths to protect it from harm. Well today I want to remind you that your words are important, guard them with every fiber of your being (heart)! Your words are powerful, and they determine how you see yourself.

God’s Word says that you will have to give an account of every idle word that you say. Your words can cause you to be free or put you in bondage, so be careful of what you say, again I’m reminding you, once you say it, you can’t pick them up and put them back in your mouth, so choose wisely!

Today, choose your words carefully, put a guard on your words and ask God to remind you of every word that you have spoken. Be the person that speaks life over yourself and others. Be determined to think good words so that good words will flow out of your heart and your mouth shall speak them clearly and with clarity, bringing Your Father in Heaven Glory!

Let’s Pray:
Our Father who art in Heaven…please forgive me for every idle word that I’ve ever said, I repent right now. Father, I want my words to Glorify You and to bless Your son’s and daughter’s, to tell of Your goodness. Father, let the Word that You have put on the inside of me, draw others to desire to learn more about You Lord, I don’t want my language to ever betray You or hurt someone else. Thank You for setting a guard of my lips today. Father, please forgive me for every idle word that I’ve ever said, I repent right now. Lord, I don’t want my language to ever betray or offend you or anyone else. Father, please help me refine and reform any parts of my speech that does not align with Your Perfect Will. Father please help me redeem, refine and reform my speech and use it to glorify You, to bless Your son’s and daughter’s, to tell of Your goodness, to tell someone else about You and how You can save them, to tell somebody about “The One” that can save anybody because You saved me and if You did it for me, You can do it for them. Let every word I speak bring You Glory. In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen!!!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean Stepter

Colossians 3:5-8 NIV ~ “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. [6] Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. [7] You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. [8] But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”

Journeys, vacations and trips! You have just come back and instead of you unpacking your suitcase, you rolled it in to a corner and walked away. You didn’t unpack a thing! You never even looked at it! When will you be ready to unpack it? Isn’t there something in that bag that you packed that you need for your everyday use? So, why haven’t you unpacked that bag yet? It’s time to unpack, clean the old and get rid of what you don’t need! Just like it is time for you to do this after a natural trip, it is time for you to do this spiritually also!

Just like you have not unpacked your natural suitcase, you have some bags packed from past, that you need to unpack now, do it before 2024 ends, you have 29 more days!  And this is not a time to play like you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m referring to secrets that you have never parted with, memories that replay like a broken record that skips, past jobs, past hurts, past relationships, and past anger. It’s time to unpack it! That hurt is not bothering the one that hurt you, it’s only hurting you. So, stop dwelling on the past and let it go! “Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” Luke 6:28! You have been weighed down long enough by this stuff and you don’t have any room or capacity for anything else!

As a matter of fact, you can’t even take a new trip or move on because of all the stuff that you still have, that you are hanging on to from the last trip! And let’s not forget all of that stuff that’s in your heart! You keep asking God for the new and for more, but where would you put it? It’s time to remove it and release all of that outdated stuff it’s to heavy! Unpack those bags, clean out your heart and mind and get rid of all of that clutter so that when it’s time to travel and move again you will be ready to go!

When you get ready to travel, you will pack your bag, now how I do mine is different from yours and vice versa, but we all have our bags, some of you are light travelers and some of you bring everything that you own! But only you know what you really need in your bags and how to pack and unpack it, and how to face it when you arrive at your destination and when you get back home.  Part of you maturing is learning how to sit down and be still with your stuff and figure out what you need and what need to leave behind. It’s time to downsize!

Don’t you know that the more baggage you carry, the harder it is to move! If you go to the airport to travel right now your bags have a weight limit and if you are over, you are charged an additional fee per each bag (this can be costly, so you need to weigh this out carefully.) What if God charged you a fee for the extra bags that you carried daily, after He told you to cast all of your cares on Him? Let me tell you something, you will never be able to repay Him! So, let your past be your past and walk into your present weight free!

You need to learn how to keep the memories that make you smile, and you ditch the ones that make you frown! Your life is designed for you to encounter God in every choice that you make, so your life doesn’t have to be consumed by the mistakes and troubles of your past. Because if you are always looking back, you will never be able to see, how see to move forward! Stop comparing your old to your new, because if you do, you will never enjoy where you are right now. Let the past of your childhood go so that you can live in your adulthood, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17!

Let me tell you how to make your baggage light, trust God, love and forgive, forgive, love and trust God, either way you do it, it’s going to make you lighter in your moving and traveling as you journey in life! God wants to help you unpack your heart and mind by getting rid of everything that is not like Him, that is weighing you down! Yes, this is what God does just for you, He lightens your load! Today, work on unpacking those bags with the Word of God and get rid of all the weight that weighs you down, so that you can flow freely in the things of God!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I praise and thank You that have covered me and that my life has been secured with You Christ Jesus. Thank You that I am a new creation in You and have I have died to sin and have been raised to life, together with You, in heavenly places. Father help me to live as unto the Lord, to lay aside all that is displeasing to You, and to set my mind on things that are above and not beneath. Forgive me for the times that I have lied and was careless in my speech or partook in any form of double-talk, gossip or massaged the truth for my own personal gain. I pray that from this day forward, that the thoughts that I think will be developed under Your leadership and guidance and that my mind would immediately be taken captive to You so that the words that proceed from my mouth would honor Your Name and bring Glory to You and ridding myself of all things as that are not from You, and that I will speak only what comes from You and the Holy Spirit. Father, thank You that I am no longer under sin, but I now live by faith, and I have become Your child, and a member of Your body. Thank You Jesus for breaking the power of sin and death in my life, and clothing me in Your own righteousness. I pray that I may not be enticed by the things of this world that try ensnare me to be disobedient and I pray that Your Holy Spirit would convict me every time that I may repent in the Name of Jesus. Father cleanse my lips and help me to get rid of every weight that has weighed me down. Father today I want to unpack and get rid of everything that I don’t need in my life, for I want to be pleasing to You in every area of my life. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean