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Good Morning Sunshine! Don’t Just Listen To God’s Voice, Follow It, He Will Lead You The Right Way!

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

Good Morning Sunshine! Have You Learned How To Turn Yet? 

2 Peter 3:9 AMPC ~ “The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.”

It’s time to repent! Do you really know what repentance means? According to Webster’s Dictionary, it is the action or process of repenting especially for misdeeds or moral shortcomings. 

However, according to the Bible, “It is the act of leaving what God hates and returning to what He has commanded.” Luke 13:3, “I tell you, no; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally.” True repentance takes place in your heart and not in your head! It’s not a feeling but an act of reverence and obedience unto God! 

True Repentance has nothing to do with your feelings, it’s not just saying I’m sorry and moving on, it’s about you having a change of heart and behavior! It’s about conviction and you being fully aware of your actions or lack thereof! When true repentance does not take place, you need to seek God and ask Him to show you what you need to do to get your life back in alignment with Him and what He wants for your life. Having remorse with no change in your heart is not called repentance, it’s you just trying to buy some time before you do your next thing or the next incident occurs, whichever one comes first! 

One more thing to know, True Repentance is not without consequences! This means, you have been forgiven by God, when you repented, but sometimes you may have to face the consequences of your actions, (God will see you through this). In True Repentance you will have a change of heart, but if your heart remains unchanged, then you are not fully operating in repentance, you have just learned how to manipulate the situation by mitigating it with a temporary corrected behavior. However, your heart is still corrupt and inwardly you are still unrepentant! This is a dangerous place to be in, please repent for real, because you do not want to leave this earth in this state. And since you don’t know when He is coming back, you need to make repenting a top priority!  

True Repentance is not you just saying a bunch of words, it’s an inward revival that is accompanied by the peace of God, that shows up on your outside! Your inward change becomes a revival of righteousness with a desire for Holy living with Jesus Christ! You now can appreciate what you have been taught by God, you have learned how to truly repent and be one with your Father. Learning this has transformed you from the old to the new, Romans 12:2, and you are guided by the desires of your Father, recognize and receive His good counsel, that you may live in freedom, and never go back to the old! You are free, free, free, Galatians 5:1! 

True Repentance is a serious act of the heart, it’s totally surrendering to God and a faith walk, Hebrews 11:1! It’s the catalyst that brings forth the work of ministry of the Holy Spirit and the Will of God in your life! This process cultivates the gifts of God and the fruit of the Spirit in you!  

Repentance is a critical part of your life, it’s the driving force that renews your mind and puts your mind, mouth and motives on Jesus Christ! It is here that you are able to flow freely in the things of God, every moment becomes a movement bringing you closer and closer to God because you have been inspired and instructed by your Father! True Repentance is about accountability to God first, yourself and others, and it shows in your heart, and in your actions! You become the change catalyst that you want to see! 

Let’s Pray:

Father, Thank You! Thank You for the gift of Repentance! Father, I come to You right now as humbly as I can, I repent right now for every sin that I have committed, sins of omission and commission. Please forgive me and teach me how to forgive others and myself. Father, create in me a pure and clean heart that I may be in right fellowship with You and others! If you said this prayer from your heart, your Father in Heaven heard your confession and He is faithful and just and He will forgive you and purify your sins. In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen! 

Blessings…

Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Listen Up, God Is Going To Give You Instructions For The Day!

Isaiah 50:4-5 MSG ~ “The Master, GOD, has given me a well-taught tongue, So I know how to encourage tired people. He wakes me up in the morning, Wakes me up, opens my ears to listen as one ready to take orders. The Master, GOD, opened my ears, and I didn’t go back to sleep, didn’t pull the covers back over my head.”

It’s morning time, time to rise and shine, it’s time for you to get up and open your ears, for it is time for you to have your first conversation of the day with your Father! Have you ever wondered why regular school starts in the morning? Do you remember when you went to school? Class was early in the mornings! The reason why, this is best time of day, you are alert, focused and ready to learn something new. Your teacher was prepared to enlighten you and encourage you to do better and to be better, he or she was consistent in doing the same thing every day, so that you could get it in your head and heart, and not just to memorize it for one day but to learn it for your life’s journey!

There is a book called, “All I really need to know, I learned in kindergarten.” (By Robert Fulghum) it says that you, “learned how to share, play fair, clean up, work hard, say you’re sorry, you learned how to wash your hands before you eat and after you used the bathroom, you learned how to learn, live, think, draw, paint, write, sing, dance, and rest! Now, think about it, you still do all of these things now! Well, your Father wants to teach you even greater things, but you have to do three things first, wake up, get up and listen up! It is what you hear that you speak! (Think about the words that you want to come out of your mouth? It starts with what you take into your ear gates, it then goes to your head and to your heart. Pay attention to what you take in, because it will come out!) This is why you must ask God to instruct your tongue!

Well, this is what your Heavenly Father is offering you every day, morning by morning when He blesses you with a brand-new day, one that you have never seen before. He wants you to receive instruction from Him, just as you received it from your natural teacher, you should receive even greater knowledge from your Lord and Savior! You are now hearing from the One that created you and He’s teaching you, and it’s taking place early in the morning, (I know that you have heard this before, “the early bird catches the worm!” Same thing applies to you, catch the Word of God in the morning so that you will know what to say, your tongue will be instructed by God, your speech seasoned with salt, and in the noonday, you will become pregnant with the Word of God and give birth to a Harvest in the evening!) He wants you to hear Him and hear Him clearly day after day! For what He gave you yesterday was for yesterday and it won’t work for today, so what He has for you today you must rise up in order to receive it, open your ears and eyes that you may hear and understand what He’s saying to you!

I love early mornings with God! What about you? Let me tell you, the more time you spend with God in the morning, the wiser you get, and the better you will be. There is nothing that can compare to being in the Presence of the Lord! It soothes everything that is in you! Spending time with God early in the morning, is how you build a strong and secure relationship between the student (you) and the Savior (The Teacher)! The Word of God is given to you, to help you remember who God for every season and chapter of your life, His Word has sustaining Power to keep you and to help you when you are tired and weary, remember His Word tells you, don’t get weary in well doing (Galatians 6:9). You can’t be rebellious in this place, you’ve got to be ready and obedient to do, hear, receive and speak the Word with understanding and clarity. If you don’t take the time to be taught correctly, then how can you share His Word with anyone else, you must first learn how to follow before you can lead! Be Teachable, so that you can hear and receive instructions from God!

Be Available, so that when God speaks to you, you will know how to encourage someone else with the same Word that He taught you with; and then Be Faithful, get up every morning with your God on your mind, go into Worship with Him, spend some quality time in fellowship, so that you may Hear a Word, Share a Word and Receive a Word in this Season to make you a better servant for the Savior! Today, there is nothing standing between you and Him, no priest, no protocol, just you and Him, the curtain has been torn and removed, and your way is clear to meet your Father face to face! Now you can just go to Him, He’s waiting on you, He would like to have an audience of one with you! It’s in this place that you will be given an instructed tongue that will lead, guide, direct and sustain you. God woke you up on purpose this morning and He has opened up your ears that you may hear, this is not the time to lean on your own understanding, but to trust Him. This morning He has opened up your ears to hear and listen like one being taught by Him! Oh what lessons you will learn today, when you come into the Presence of your King first thing in the morning!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for waking me up this morning into a new day of learning and sitting at Your feet.  Father thank You for all of the Tuesday’s that You have given me in 2024, for there are only 2 more Tuesday’s left, help me to be wise and obedient to what You want me to do. Father, Thank You for giving me Your Words of wisdom and instructing me on how I should move, speak, be still, and learn today. Thank You Father, for speaking to me and through me and giving me revelation of Your Word! Father, today I will share what You teach me, and I will speak what You tell me to say to those who are tired and weary, that they may be encouraged and receive Your guidance and instructions for a better day. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s The Seasoning Of The Salt For Me! What About For You?

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

Good Morning Sunshine! You Were Designed Peculiar On Purpose!

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…

Good Morning Sunshine! Who Are You At Your Core?

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

Good Morning Sunshine! You Have Pass To The Other Side, To Get Your Promise! 

Mark 4:35-39 AMP ~ “On that [same] day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee].” [36] So leaving the crowd, they took Him with them, just as He was, in the boat. And other boats were with Him. [37] And a fierce windstorm began to blow, and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already being swamped. [38] But Jesus was in the stern, asleep [with His head] on the [sailor’s leather] cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are about to die?” [39] And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down [as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm [a perfect peacefulness].”

Every one that will read this devotion has a different opinion on what a storm is in your life. I read an article and the called it “Storm Theology.” It means, what you believe about God when storms come into your life. What and how do you handle storms when they come into your life? Do you see God as a good God or a bad God? What do you pray for when you are going through the storm? Do you see God as caring or uncaring based on how He answers you? 

There are four things that storms do when they come into your life. First, they can happen suddenly; secondly, they will bring to the surface what’s really on the inside of you; thirdly, they will teach you about you and do you live by fear or by faith. Storms will reveal to you if your heart is full of the trust that you proclaim that you have in God. Or if you need to do better! And fourthly, they will teach you about God and His Power. Only Jesus can rebuke the wind and said to the waves, to be silent and still and they obey immediately, and calmness comes over the waters! Who wouldn’t want to serve a God like this? 

The way you react to God during your storm will tell you the truth about who you really are, whether you want to know or not! The truth will surface in the storm! How bad do you want the promise? Are you willing to follow Jesus at all costs? Sometimes Jesus Christ will call you to come to the other side while the wind is blowing, and the windstorms are rising and the waves are beating the boat (and you)! Don’t worry God is in the process of getting you across to the other side, just go ahead and follow Him, He won’t let you down or drown, He got you! 

You do know that the enemy does not want you to get through this thing that you are going through, he likes to see you in the storm and the wind blowing and beating on you, and he will do everything he can to keep you in this place, and I mean he will do any and everything to keep you from reaching the other side! Now he doesn’t mind you showing up to church, singing in the choir or serving on the deacon/deaconess board or being an usher, he just doesn’t want you to reach your God ordained destiny, period! 

Be encouraged today, because what’s waiting for you on the other side is worth every single thing that you are toiling and going through in this present moment! Getting to the other side is going to change the trajectory of your life! The best days of your life on the other side of obedience and then you will be able to stand and say, if it had not been for the Lord who was on my side where would I be! But Thanks be unto God, you are going to cross over, and these two words should forever be on your mind, in your heart and on your lips: Obey God! 

For this is how you will cross over, this is how you will survive, this is how you will live, by Obeying God! Every day, of every hour, of every minute and every second, Obedience is better than Sacrifice and you win every time you choose to Obey and Follow God! Storms will stretch you to your full capacity and they will increase your faith in God.  I want you to keep this is in mind as you think about storms, either headed into a storm, in the middle of a storm, and coming out of one. God wants you to learn from your storms. God is teaching you something about Himself, for it’s in the crossing over to the other side, that a paradigm shift will take place and show you who Jesus really is and how He will take care of you in your storms, so ride the waves and listen to God! 

Let’s Pray:

Father, Thank You for another day! Father it’s me again calling on You and trusting You to lead the way! Father, teach and train me to follow You in all things, especially in those instructions that don’t make sense to my natural mind, give me the strength to deny myself and what I think or feel and follow You to the other side, for I know that You have greater for me over there. Father, help me today, to not lean on my understanding but to trust and acknowledge You in everything. Father, please take my hand and lead me to where you want me to be, I’m Your willing vessel and I trust You and I Thank You for crossing me over to the other side! In Christ Jesus Name. Amen! 

Blessings…

Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! The Wind Of God Is Blowing Your Way, Welcome It In!

John 3:8 ERV ~ “The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don’t know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit.”

You are born of the Spirit of God, and when He blew His breath in you, you became alive! And it’s not just the wind of God, but the Breath of God. The wind comes from the outside, and His Breath is from the inside, healing you from inside out! He is breathing on you and in you, do you feel it? Today, you are entering into a very distinct season of wind blowing and it’s making one sound, pray and ask God to show you how to “Hear and Ride the Wind!” God is shifting the wind for you, embrace it!

God is looking for atmosphere changers today, will you be the one, will you let His Holy Spirit lead you into producing the change? A change that brings His Spirit, with you wherever you go producing all of the fruits of the Spirit for others to see. God is shifting the wind for you, ride the wind of increase and blessings, ride the wind of wisdom and discernment, ride the wind of love and peace, and ride the wind of change and courage. For when you are connected to God, He will give you the endurance to ride out the wind of adversity and challenges for His Glory! When you ride the wind, you are in a Holy-Ghost flow, and you will gain mass momentum and speed! This is your place, that sweet spot where you have supernatural favor with God and man!

When the wind blows, a shaking is taking place, you can feel the breeze even though you can’t see it, just know that the Holy Spirit is up to something big in you and you will be in awe of what God is doing in you and through you, there’s a shaking and shifting in your atmosphere, so go with the flow! For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;) 7) and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:6-7.

You are a Spirit, born of God, and you cannot live in your head, you must listen to your heart. You have to determine in your hearts that you are going to listen to God and ride the wind of the Spirit of God no matter what, no matter what the naysayers say and no matter what the devil says, you are only listening for the one sound that the wind of God is making! When you go into pray, you need to know without a shadow of doubt that prayer changes everything and something happens in the atmosphere when you pray, (emphasis on the you), a shifting is taken place. Jesus is changing your atmosphere today!

I want you to pray for discernment on what the Holy Spirit is breathing in you and go with that flow. When you learn how to discern the grace of God and what’s taken place, you will tap into the winds that are shifting you in your atmosphere, even if you can’t see it yet, things are turning around, and you will be free! This is your place, that sweet spot where you have supernatural favor with God and man! When He enters the room, He’s filling it up with light and you will be changed from the inside out, He’s that Powerful!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for Your Breath and Your Wind! Father, help me to embrace the sound, the shifting and the blowing of Your wind in my life. Father, help me to be a change agent in whatever atmosphere that You send me in to today, and I’ll go in Jesus Name, Father I give you my yes today. Father, help me to be ready to receive the blessings that You have for me in this place. Father, no matter where I go today, I will follow You and Your Wind and Word, and I want you to strive to be the atmosphere changer through power of Your Anointing and direction. I will be the light because of Your Breath in me. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Pay Attention To The Details!

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…

Good Morning Sunshine! Please Watch Your Words!

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