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Good Morning Sunshine! How Far Will Your Testimony Go? 

Mark 5:1-2,6-13,15-16,18-20 ERV ~ “Jesus and his followers went across the lake to the area where the Gerasene people lived. [2] When Jesus got out of the boat, a man came to him from the caves where the dead are buried. This man had an evil spirit living inside him. [6] While Jesus was still far away, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and bowed down before him. [7-8] As Jesus was saying, “You evil spirit, come out of this man,” the man shouted loudly, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in God’s name not to punish me!” [9] Then Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?” The man answered, “My name is Legion, because there are many spirits inside me.” [10] The spirits inside the man begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area. [11] A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there. [12] The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.” [13] So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs ran down the hill and into the lake. They were all drowned. There were about 2000 pigs in that herd. [15] They came to Jesus, and they saw the man who had the many evil spirits. He was sitting down and was wearing clothes. He was in his right mind again. When they saw this, they were afraid. [16] Those who had seen what Jesus did told the others what happened to the man who had the demons living in him. And they also told about the pigs. [18] Jesus was preparing to leave in the boat. The man who was now free from the demons begged to go with him. [19] But Jesus did not allow the man to go. He said, “Go home to your family and friends. Tell them about all that the Lord did for you. Tell them how the Lord was good to you.” [20] So the man left and told the people in the Ten Towns about the great things Jesus did for him. Everyone was amazed.”

Read and study all of Mark 5:1-20

In looking through an old notebook from 2021, I found this question along with today’s scripture, and I want to pose it to you. “How Far Will Your Testimony Go?”

Have you ever felt ashamed to be a witness for Jesus Christ to others? To tell your story, the true story of your deliverance, because you were afraid of what someone would think of you. What will you say to them? But when I read this account of the demon-possessed man from the Gerasenes, it really leaves you with no excuse! What has God delivered you from? Have you told anyone about what Jesus has done for you? 

After this man had been demon possessed for most of his life, he was excited to be healed and free! Now you may not have had as many demons as this man or maybe you have had more, but thanks be unto God, you are healed and demon free today, you are clothed in your right mind! Are you rejoicing at what the Lord has done for you? Do you want to just be with Jesus Christ day in and day out? You need to tell somebody about it! After Jesus healed him and set him free all he could think about was being with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He begged Jesus to let him go with Him, but Jesus said no! He needed him to be a witness of what the Lord has done! 

Jesus knew that it was far better for this man to be a witness in his home than a disciple with Him. So, when is it better to be apart from Jesus than with Jesus? When it is the Will of the Father! It was better for him to be sent away from Jesus than to remain with Him without His permission! Jesus needs you to be a mouthpiece for Him in your home, in your church, in your community and on your job. Somebody needs to see the change in you for themselves! Jesus told the free man, “Go home.” Go to your family, and then to your friends, and tell them what the Lord has done for you, how He has shown you mercy! This is to encourage you and those closest to you, for they will see with their own eyes just what the Lord has done for you! Don’t doubt the impact or importance of your influence on others! People are watching you, especially those that are close to you! 

Can’t nobody tell your story like you of what the Lord has done in your life! For the demon possessed man, nobody could tell his story to his neighbors except him, anyone else would not have been qualified to share the good news with them. They needed to see him for themselves, he is healed, free and in his right mind?  For those who knew him when he was in the caves and cutting himself with rocks, knew him, and now they see a a healed man and they know that it was Jesus! What Jesus did for Him was worth talking? Is what He delivered you from worth telling someone? I know He didn’t just deliver you from your sins and now you want to sit there like nothing happened! God forbids! 

Somebody needs to see you and hear your testimony! You have to be a witness for the Lord in this hour! When he went to his family and his neighbors and told them what Jesus did, they were amazed at the transformation! Guess what Jesus is not asking anything more from you then what He ask this man to do! You may not be a preacher or a teacher, but you are to be a disciple and a servant of the Most-High God, and you need to tell them just what God delivered you from! 

Tell them your own story and what Jesus did for you! Stop trying to fit in, it’s not about fitting in, it’s about standing tall, being your authentic and transparent self so that He may get the Glory for you! You were called to be different. You are in this world, but you are not of this world, and this means that you don’t operate by their standards, you don’t buy into their opinions. For you know what God has done for you and you have to be genuine when you explain that to others by being truthful and trustworthy! 

Today, look for ways to serve and love others while you follow Jesus, and as you follow Jesus listen to the Holy Spirit and do what He says to do, for He will give you the exact Words that you need to say! For your testimony is everything to someone who is going through and needs to be free. They need to know how you made it through and over, tell them it was only because of what Jesus Christ did for you on Calvary that you are here today! It’s time to be reconciled back to God! 

There is a song called, “Whose Going To Tell Them” By Marvin Winans! Please listen to this! 

Let’s Pray:

Father, Thank You! Father, bless me today, I tell them about what You did for me. Father I seek to share Your Word, my faith and Your Salvation with my family and friends who have not yet called on the Name of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior! Father I want to tell everyone I know that have not surrendered their lives to You, that time is running out and that You will be coming back soon! Father I know that it is Your desire that none would perish. Father, help me to share with them and to not push them farther away, give me the Words to speak that they may see You in me and see the transformation that had taken place in my life since I accepted You! Father I Thank You that nothing can separate me from You and Your love, for the length and breadth and height and depth of Your Grace and Mercy is beyond my understanding. Father, Thank You, for saving me, I pray that my testimony will draw others to You. For You are a Healer, Deliver, and a Comforter to the lost and to the broken hearted, Thank You for binding up all of our wounds and making us whole! Father I thank You that every thought that I have is held captive by You and Your Word. Father, I am willing to go where You send me and to tell those whom I meet, of the great things You have done for me. Thank You Father for having mercy on me, in Jesus Christ Name. Amen! 

Blessings…

Love, Minister Jean

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Who’s Gonna Tell Them – Marvin Winans

Good Morning Sunshine! Run Your Race In The Grace of God!

Hebrews 12:1-2 NLT ~ “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. [2] We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.”

What are you doing to prepare yourself for your race? What are you doing before starting and finishing the race?

As you have read and witnessed your Christian life is like a race, you go from here to there and back again to end up sometimes in the same place, but at a different stage of you! Yes, you know what you are running to and for, the win the prize, and cross the finish line! The end goal is eternity! Plain and simple! So, in order to do this, you are going to have to do something different, you need to shed a few things that have been holding you back.

Let go and let God! For you are awaking to a grace so amazing that it will follow you everywhere you go. That means that there is nothing in your life that has been too shameful or too disgraceful that God doesn’t want to cover up and make it right! God has taken your bad and ugly and made it work out for your good. Romans 8:28! God’s plan for you is the best, nothing else will do!

So today give Him everything that you think keeps you from Him, and yes, it is that thing that you are thinking about right now, He knows, and He wants you to let Him have it! Give it to Him, because He already knows what it is, there is nothing about you that He doesn’t already know, you don’t have to do anything to yourself to get ready, you can go just as you are! He just wants you to relinquish it to Him on your own! God wants you to have His very best!

Now that you have shredded some old stuff you can be focus on how you are going to stay on track and run with endurance and resilience! You do this by keeping your mind stayed on Jesus, you stay planted in The Word, you keep moving forward, one foot at a time, you keep your eyes on Jesus Christ, who is the Author and Finisher of your faith! For you are closer to the goal line than when you first began! Can’t you see it, it right on the other side of the horizon!

You can run now! Jesus set the tempo. Jesus ran His race perfectly, and He is showing you just what to do. He is there to direct you at every turn, valley and peak, stay the course, this is your faithfulness unto to Him, so that you can finish your mission that He planned and the way He purposed it for you! Be patient, be focused and take your time, you can do this, the Holy Spirit is with you! Stay the Mission! See the Course! Finish the Race! For His Grace is with you and it’s sufficient!

1 Corinthians 15:10 KJV ~ “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” There is a song called, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the grace that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see; twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear; the hour I first believed.” It’s by God’s Amazing Grace that you even have a race to run too!

Now ask yourself these questions while you are meditating on this song. When did you first believe? Have you ever felt lost? Have you ever needed directions and didn’t know which to go? If you have ever felt like this while you were running your race, this song is for you! God’s Amazing Grace is the only thing that can save you from being lost! But You Have Got To Believe It!

Just run to your Daddy God; there’s no way you can outrun His grace, mercy, or His Love in anyway because they are forever chasing you, Psalms 23:6a (NLT)! Let God’s grace cover you today because His grace is Greater than your sin. Sunshine, you are covered in His grace, you are loved Greater than you understand, and you are well on your way to living your best life now.

Sunshine, Jesus Christ came to save you from you and save you from a life of sin! You were rescued through God’s Amazing Grace for a purpose, and this gives you something to look forward to, an eternity of Worshiping and Praising Him! His Amazing Grace will prevail on earth and in heaven for His Glory! Today, run your race, they’re watching while you watch Jesus! Just believe in the Spirit and Power of Jesus Christ and watch your life change right before your eyes and theirs too!

Your goal is to finish the race, and cross your finish line, until you get to eternity, for this is the final the finish line that you will have to cross! And Oh, what a time you will have when you cross that finish line!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Father, I praise Your Holy Name. Thank You for saving me when I was lost. Thank You! Thank You for setting my path in place to see You. Teach me how to run with endurance and resilience to move past everything that would try to hinder or derail me. Thank You for sustaining me in this race when I felt like the finish line is so far away! You show up and reminded me of Your love and concern me and for this I’m forever grateful! Lord, let my life be a reflection of who You are in me. Thank You for opening and healing my eyes that I may see You and be found by You when I was lost in my sin! Thank You for Your Amazing Grace, saving, delivering and forgiving a wretch like me! In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Let The Spirit Of God Lead You, For This Is Where Your Life Begins!

2 Corinthians 3:1-6 ERV ~ “Why are we beginning again to tell you all these good things about ourselves? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people? [2] No, you yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts. It is known and read by all people. [3] You show that you are a letter from Christ that he sent through us. This letter is not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. It is not written on stone tablets but on human hearts. [4] We can say this, because through Christ we feel sure before God. [5] I don’t mean that we are able to do anything good ourselves. It is God who makes us able to do all that we do. [6] He made us able to be servants of a new agreement from himself to his people. It is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of the Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.”

The written covenant from old ends in death; but in the new covenant, the Spirit gives you life, which means that if you are trying to be saved by keeping the Old Testament laws it will end in death. The only way to have eternal life, you have to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to receive eternal life through the Holy Spirit! The law makes you realize your sin, but it cannot give you life. But under the new covenant, it means that eternal life comes from the Holy Spirit and the Spirit gives new life to all who believe in Jesus Christ!

The law points out your sin and shows you how to obey God, but forgiveness comes through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ Romans 7:10–8:2! So, on the day when the law (the Ten Commandments) was given by Moses, three thousand people were killed, but on the day the Spirit was poured out at Pentecost, three thousand people received new life! See Ex. 32:28; Acts 2:41. Do you see God’s Hand in this? The world sees things one way, but the Spirit of God shows you His Way, who is the right way!

In the churches around the world, they are missing the knowledge and understanding of what really matters and how to live in a new way. Paul is talking about confidence, and the people in the world want confidence. Every way you turn, the people in the world are being bombarded with how to become stronger, self-sufficient and confident by any means necessary. The world tells you that your confidence comes from within you, and this is how you get power, and you are able to build up yourself through the skills that you develop for this helps you to succeed and be successful. And when you lack confidence, you are unsure and insecure and fail to make a good impression on anyone. So, the best thing for you, is to aim to have confidence.

But this kind of confidence is not what Paul was talking, what he is saying is totally different from anything that world knows about. People said that Paul was a success because he was doing his best to give himself totally to use all of his resources and abilities to serve God with all his heart. But when you ask Paul, he said that nothing comes from him and everything that he does comes from God. As for you, you can do nothing apart from God, but through Him you can do all things. Your abilities will be evident in your ministry, and the changes that occur in people’s lives will be because of what God did and it will have nothing to do with your natural abilities! It’s all God at work in you!

The old covenant says it you that did a thing on behalf of God, and the new covenant says it’s because of what God is doing in and through you, that you are able to do this! “Yes, it is God who is working in you. He helps you want to do what pleases him, and he gives you the power to do it.” Philippians 2:13! Do you see the difference? It’s God and not you! It’s a truth that you need to learn, it’s not just for the Preachers and Pastors, it’s for you and everyone else! For we are all ministers of Jesus Christ; there is no special class set aside to be ministers. You have been called and graced to be a minister, a servant of God for the new covenant, and to depend on God to be at work in you, not on your ability to do something for Him!

In these scriptures Paul gives you some lessons that he learned while in his wilderness: (1) Just because you have knowledge of something does not make it easier to obey them. (2) Being self-determined cannot change your heart (3) Becoming a Christian does not stamp out your sin and temptation from your life. But being born again can happen in a moment of faith, but being like Jesus Christ is a lifelong process, it’s your daily walk! Paul compares your Christian growth to a race, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27! Run your race, for God is your Coach!

 So, as you can see through Paul that since the beginning of this letter, no one in the world is innocent; no one deserves to be saved, not the one who doesn’t know God, nor the one who does know Him, but all of us must depend totally on what Jesus Christ has done for our salvation. You cannot earn it by your good deeds, He made you to be servants of a new agreement, and it is not an agreement of written laws, but it is of His Spirit. The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives you life! Trust the Spirit of God that is on the inside of you. Don’t follow the world but follow the Word and be filled!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father! Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Father I need You to work in my heart, mind, and will, that I may obey You. Father, Thank You for making me a new creature in You. Father, please remove all layers of selfishness and laziness that comes to make me procrastinate and be unproductive. Father, today help me deny my flesh and my agenda, for with Your help I will flush my flesh with faith in You and Your Word. Thank You for Your Grace and Mercy. Father, create in me a new heart, with right and pure intentions. Father, help me say no to everything that is not like You and keep me from succumbing to what the world deems good, for I want to be aligned with a God thing over a good thing! Father, I want to live my life and be enabled and empowered by You and Your Spirit. For I acknowledge my insufficiency, and I accept Your Strength, for everything that is me, is because of You and Your Spirit for it gives me life. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Just Run Your Race!

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 BSB ~ “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. [25] Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. [26] Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. [27] No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”

To be a faithful that Christian in this life, it’s going to take work, self-denial, and self-discipline. Today, as you start out on your race, remember what you are running for, you are running toward your heavenly reward. I absolutely love how Paul described this scripture. He told the believers to be like an athlete! Determined, dedicated and disciplined! This doesn’t mean that you are to be running against anyone else, you just need to focus on your race!

Picture this, the Olympic Games! Athletes from all over the world come to win the honor according to their discipline! They compete to win an award from man, and they believe that it’s the highest honor that one can achieve! In order to get to the games, they must train for ten months prior to the games, they are athletes in training, and they must deny themselves pleasures in order to prepare and be in top condition for the competition. As a believer you should be reaching towards the reward of God’s kingdom and not the award of man! Your gift is priceless!

As an athlete, you have to practice being discipline, you can’t do something one day and be done you have to rain diligently each and every single day for your spiritual progress depends upon it. You must do the same thing every day, prayer, Bible study, and worship will equip you to run with vigor and stamina! Do you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the man-made prize? So run to win! Even though all of them have been disciplined in their craft, they compete with one purpose in mind, to win a prize that will fade and rot! But not you, you run your race for an eternal prize, one that can only come from God and one that will never fade nor rot!

As a believer you should be willing to do whatever God says to do! You have to practice, practice, practice! As a true believer you must make the right choices between right and wrong. And at times you must even give up something good in order to do what God wants. Remember you want a God thing not a good thing, (put your agenda to the side and embracing God’s Plan!) Obeying God is easy until He tells you to let go of something you want to keep!

Ask yourself this question, “who am I?” For your character is not who you say you are, it’s who you really are! You may fool some of the people sometimes, but you can’t fool God at no time. You are your character, either you have it, or you don’t, for this is what determines how much discipline you have and how much you can deny your flesh! For without a goal, discipline is nothing but punishment, but with the goal of pleasing God, denying yourself is nothing compared to the eternal reward that you will receive from God!

For your end goal is to bring others to Jesus Christ, and if you have not practiced self control and learned how to deny your own flesh, you surely won’t be able to help anyone else in this area, Galatians 5:18-23! You see all of us are running a race towards an eternal prize and the prize is not dependent on how you run the race, but on how you run for God, because you see, the prize is already being established, you just have to be mindful of the prize and live for God with as much focus and enthusiasm as did the a runners at their games.

These athletes give up everything in order to win, to emerge as victors! For they know that in the end, there can only be one winner. But thanks be unto God, this rule does not apply to you! Each one of you gets to run your race in your lane with a future hope of an eternal reward from God! So put forth your greatest effort during this contest and set everything else in order to win the prize! Your home in eternity! This prize is so worth the race! And guess what you winning has nothing to do with someone else winning! God got this!

Do you remember when self-help books came out? There was one for everything! Fulfillment, Freedom, Satisfaction, and Awareness, but there were very if any on Discipline! I wonder why? It is because self-discipline requires you to look at you and be honest with the person who is starring back at you! You had to look your strengths and weaknesses, and vice versa. It means that you have to learn the art of No! No to self, No to your flesh and your feelings, No to others that want to lead you away from Jesus! For when you are weak, you are strong, for God’s grace is sufficient! 2 Corinthians 12:9! Remember from yesterday, God is a Sustainer!

Let’s Pray:
Father, thank You! Thank You for building up my character in You! Thank You for the vigor and stamina to run my race and to run it with You in mind. Father, thank You for making me in Your image and for protecting and persevering me through what I have endured, thank You for directing me and teaching me how to handle what I go through, with my character intact! Father, You are backbone of my success and I’m grateful to You for everything! Father, I’m blessing Your Name on my good days and on my challenging days, for I know that this too is a part of my race! Father I Thank You for showing me that nothing I’ve been through was wasted. I Thank You that You used everything to get me right here to this place with You. I Thank You for my waiting period and growing me in every area of my life that I may run my race and win my reward from You. Thank You for pouring out Your love on me. Father, everything that I do is for You and Your Glory and today I choose to run my race with Heaven on my mind, my eternal prize! In the Name of Jesus Christ! Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! God Is A Sustainer!

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 AMP ~ “Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day. [17] For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! [18] So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.”

Nobody likes pain and suffering, but it’s a part of your life, we’ve all experienced our fair share but, Thanks be unto God, this too shall come to pass! God will sustain you and see you through it! Hold on to His unchanging Hands, He won’t let go, because nothing can separate you from the love of Christ, Romans 8:35!

As you deal with the afflictions that come your way, remember that God’s Grace is sufficient for you and you and whatever you face! Philippians 4:13, is a scripture for you to stand on as you walk it out! Just know this, you never have to face anything alone, you serve a Faithful God who has promised to be with you throughout every affliction and trial that you will ever endure!

God’s Grace is Sufficient for you, no matter what! Thank God for your weakness, that is when His strength in you is made perfect! The weaker you are the more His power shows evident in your life.  If you need to boast, boast gladly in your weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities, that the power of Jesus Christ may rest upon you. “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, l that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9!

Today, put one foot in front of the other and keep your focus on what is unseen and not what is seen, for all that is seen is temporary and all that is unseen is eternal and it will last forever! Remain, faithful to God and His Word and do not lose heart. Tell yourself every morning, noon and night the truth of the Word of God until you have received it and believe it in your heart, and this will give you confidence in knowing that you are cared for and have all the help you need as you endure, move and change from level to level for your good and His Glory!

Live by faith in God’s grace, knowing that He is here for you. Don’t run away from things that reveal and magnify the God on the inside of you. God will keep and sustain you, just remember, when you are weak, He is strong!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, today help me to focus all of my attention on You, and that all of my desires align with Your purpose. Help me to not focus on my circumstances with fear but let my faith increase knowing that what I’m facing is a part of my journey, help me to accept it and see it as part of the ultimate plan for my life and to keep in my mind that all things have been weaved together for my good. Father, I love You and I Thank You for preparing me to handle these light afflictions for Your Glory. In Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! The God Of Grace Is Calling You Today!

1 Peter 5:10-11 AMP ~ “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts His blessing and favor], who called you to His own eternal glory in Christ, will Himself complete, confirm, strengthen, and establish you [making you what you ought to be]. [11] To Him be dominion (power, authority, sovereignty) forever and ever. Amen.”

God will give you peace in Troubled Times! He will not stop challenges from bombarding or coming against you! He warned you in advance that you would experience “tribulations and trials” in this world (John 16:33), so why are you so surprised when you encountered these obstacles! You have to remember that every time God allows you to face adversity, it’s because He has a divine purpose for it, and He knows that you will profit from it!

What are you going to do with your life today? You do know that you are a force to be reckoned with! Don’t you? Let Go and Let God! God promised those that are His sheep that when you follow Him, that “all things will work together for your good”(Romans 8:28), and you will benefit from it. Remember, nothing that you went through will be wasted, all of it will be used for His purpose!

God said, “after you have suffered a little while,” so, when you have come to the end of yourself, the God of all grace, will impart blessings and favor upon you! For you have been called and you are His, now and forever more! For it is God who arms you with strength and will keep your way secure, trust Him, He got you today and tomorrow, and He won’t fall you! (Psalm 18:32 NIV)!

You have a secure place in His eternal Glory, for Christ Jesus, Himself will complete you and make you what you ought to be, confirmed, grounded, secured, strengthened, established and settle! This is God’s promise to you as His devoted child, that He is constantly working in you and on you in the midst of your trials and trouble and He is perfecting that thing so that you can fulfill the plans and purposes that He created you for!

You are anointed, appointed and ordained for goodness! You are a prayer warrior! You are strong! You are truthful! You are fruitful! You are loved! You are peaceful! And you will dwell wherever God leads you today! Don’t get comfortable in temporary places, because anything that is not sanctioned by God for you will not last, just serve in the present purpose that God has led you too and move on!

Under the Anointing of God, you are covered by the Holy Ghost! Today, deny your flesh, flush your flesh with your faith that you may be strong mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally! Pray and bind every hindering spirit that is not of God in your life, lay prostrate before Him in worship for this is your place of refuge!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Father, help me to keep in my mind and spirit that when I face trials that You already knew about it. Father, help me to see everything through Your eyes, Your perspective, instead of mines and the world’s view. Father, I repent right now for going to others first instead of coming to You! Father, create in me a clean heart and renew Your right Spirit in me continuously! Father, teach me how to respond to every trial with a Christlike attitude, so that I can reap the benefits You have for me, and show You that I’m trusting You totally so that I can avoid unnecessary pain. Father, thank You for transforming me into a powerful force for Your Glory and my good. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Remember To Guard Your Gates!

  Proverbs 4:23-27 NLT ~ “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. [24] Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. [25] Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. [26] Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. [27] Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.”

When you go to the doctor for a checkup one of the questions that they ask you is how is your heart today? Next, they want to listen to your heart to see how the rest of you is doing! Everything flows from your heart, so what kind of heart do you have today?

The Bible tells you to guard your heart above all else, for everything about you grows from there! Today there are four gates that I want you to watch: The Eye Gate (what you see), The Ear-Gate (what you hear), The Tongue-Gate (what you say) and The Feet-Gate (where you go), because your eyes, ears, tongue, and feet are gateways to your heart.

First Gate Eyes ~ Guard your eye, look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what is before you, look away from all that distracts you and focus your eyes on Jesus,” (Hebrews 12:2 Amp)! Jesus your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your entire body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body healthy and when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness, and if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep is that darkness, (Matt. 6:22-23NLT)!

Second Gate Ears ~ Guard your ears and what you listen to, God says, and stay away from listening to corrupt speech. God gave you eyelids, but He didn’t give you ear-lids, so it’s up to you to walk away from things that you shouldn’t be listening to lest you quench the Spirit. If it’s dirty, walk away! If it’s gossip, walk away! If it’s profanity, walk away! If it’s blasphemous, walk away! If you sense the Spirit grieved in you, walk away!

Third Gate Tongue ~ Guard your tongue, and be mindful of what you say, avoid all perverse talk! You do know that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue!” (Prov. 18:21 NKJV)! Jesus said a lot about the importance of words: “But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak” (Matt. 12:36 Amp). You are going to give an account for every word that you have spoken! God said that if you don’t guard your mouth-gate, your words can literally pour spiritual mud onto our soul! (Eph 5:18-20 NKJV). Be filled with the Spirit by: Speaking the Word of God to one another and thanking God always and controlling your tongue is pivotal to walking in the Spirit!

Fourth Gate Feet ~ Guard your feet, watch where you are going! The Word says, “Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil” (Proverbs 4: 26-27). And you do know that your steps have already been ordained by God! Proverbs 20:24 AMP, “Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the LORD. How then can a man [fully] understand his way?

The quality of your life depends on how healthy your heart is, and how you protect your gates, for this protects your natural and spiritual life and everything is alight your heart! Your physical doctor can take care of your natural heart, but you need the Great Physician for your spiritual heart which controls your whole heart!

You see everything in your life flows from your heart; your hopes, dreams, humbleness, fears, forgiveness, kindness, joy, peace, and love, everything that makes you who you are flows from your heart. This is why God needs to be the Guardian over your heart! The Great Physician, fills your heart by His Holy Spirit and your faith in Him, flushes the sin out of your heart and makes room for the Spirit of God to fill you!

But this will only work if you have given your heart to God to guard. You see, the only way your heart can survive under the pressure and influences of this world, is that you have submitted your life to the One and Only Jesus Christ, and by your sincere prayer request. Now your heart is protected by God, and this gives you peace and assurance!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father for being a Guard over my heart. Father, give me the desires of Your heart for my life, that I may follow You with my whole heart. Give me a heart of unity, knowledge, understanding, love, wisdom, joy, peace, grace, and forgiveness. God help me to fix my affections on You and to love You with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength in a way that it frees me to love other people in the same manner and it teaches me to live in righteousness because I sought You with all of my heart. God, help me to guard my heart, my eyes, my ears, my tongue and my feet, and help me not to be casual with where I place my affections and nurture my heart and help me to grow as I reflect on Your amazing, incredible, unfathomable love for me. Help me to keep my heart with all vigilance today. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! The Breath Of God Is What Causes You To Understand!

Job 32:7-8 ERV ~ “I thought to myself, ‘Older people should speak first. They have lived many years, so they have learned many things.’ [8] But it is the spirit in people, the breath from God All-Powerful, that makes them understand.”

The Word of God is God-breathed! And it is necessary for you to understand this and to receive knowledge from God in order to move, live and function in this world! It is the Spirit of God on the inside of you that gives you understanding, not your age or experience!

God is breathing in you and on you today, do you feel it? You are being inspired by the only One who can teach you any and everything! In order to understand, you need the Spirit of God to breathe in and on you!

And since you know that you are only here today because of His breath and Him breathing in and on you, you should want to worship Him! I mean how different would your life be if you began every day with the thought of God, the One who has given you this day to glorify Him in worship, for you said that He is your Lord and Savior, right, (then act like it) for He is Great and Greatly to be Praised!

When your Almighty Father breaths in you and on you daily, He inspires you with His Word, which gives you wisdom, knowledge and understanding. And you know that the Word of God is given by His inspiration, and it’s profitable for everything that you need in order to do good a work for your Father who sent you! (2 Tim. 3:16-17)

Your spirit is to bear witness to the Spirit of God that you are His child, (Romans 8:16.) This is the coming together of God’s Spirit and your spirit man, confirming that you have been saved and breathed on by the Grace of God! God’s Word is now your daily bread, and it is your source of constant nourishment, day in and day out! Because outside of His Word there can be no understanding or knowledge, there is nothing that you can do apart from Him and His Spirit!

Today, pray with a spirit of gratitude, for the Spirit of God being upon you, thank Him for all of His gifts that He has breathed in you! Every day ask Him to open your eyes and mind to understand His Word better, then ask Him to daily lead and guide you by His Holy Spirit and according to His Word!

Let the Ruach of God, The Breath of God, fall fresh on you as you follow Him today!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Father, breath on me today, that I might be inspired by You and Your Word! I thank You for Your God Breathed Word! Father, help me to pray and to meditate on Your Word Day in and day out. Father, I want to be led by Your Holy Spirit each and every day of my life, help me to be mindful and careful, to do everything according to how and what You say! Father, my desire is to live by Your Word, Wisdom and Way and to Worship You daily for breathing life into me one more day, I’m grateful, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! God Brought You Out This And That On Purpose And For His Purpose!

Deuteronomy 4:20 NIV ~ “But as for you, the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.”

The Lord done brought you out of this and He done brought you out of that! God brought out of Egypt and Jesus brought you out of sin and bondage! To God be the Glory for deliverance!

If it had not been for the Lord, who was on your side, where would you be? The Lord brought you out of the iron furnace, and out everything that had you in bondage! For the Israelites it was Egypt. They were unto him a people of inheritance, and God had to deliver them for that reason! You are a part of God’s inheritance too! God is a God of rescue, and He is calling you out of darkness and into His marvelous light, (1 Peter 2:9) where you are treasured as His own!

When God moves you out of the iron furnace, that is how much He loves you and He does not want you to suffer severely not another second. There will be no more mental and emotional harshness, bondage or slavery for you! There was a special relationship between God and the Israelites. (Sometimes it may have seemed like a one-sided friendship, as long as things were good, but at the first sight of trouble they wanted to bail on you. Do you know anyone like that, or you like that? The first time something doesn’t go your way you want to bail on God and complain instead of praying!) Learn to fall on your knees in prayer!

Moses had to continually remind the people that God had already rescued them from the harsh conditions of Egypt, and all they had to do was trust Him and take Him at His Word. They didn’t have to worry about a thing, but it’s hard getting Egypt out a person. (You have heard the saying before, you can move me out of the hood, but you cannot get the hood out of me. Well, you can be delivered from all old stuff, if you would only give your heart to God!) The same thing applies to you today, trust Him, take Him and believe His Word, He specializes in working all things out for you, (Romans 8:28!) This is why the Bible says that you are to hide the Word of God in your heart that you might not sin against Him! (Psalm 119:11.) It was hard, but God loved them, and He had made a promise to them, and He was going to keep it. For God cannot and will not lie! He is true to His Word, (Titus 1:2!)

Can you imagine the intense suffering that they were going through day and night! It was just unbearable! Have you ever been through something so painful that you thought you were in a furnace and the heat just kept getting hotter and hotter! And you needed some relief immediately! Or have you ever saw someone going through so much and you couldn’t take it anymore and you stepped in and helped them, even though they never asked you too, you were just tired of seeing them struggle! That’s what they felt, and God got tired of watching them suffer so He stepped in and delivered them! God’s act of bringing them out was not just about physical freedom; it was spiritual, He was making them into His own chosen people, His inheritance! God is a God of love and love is action on the move! God had a purpose in freeing them and He has a purpose for you too. He is setting you apart as His own, giving you a unique identity and a place in His plans.

When God says enough is enough, He does something about it. They had suffered and struggled for over 400 years, under the control of somebody else’s rule and He was tired of the cruel labor that they had been subjected to! So, He intervened and used Moses to lead them to their escape. God sent Jesus to help you escape your sin. The sad thing is that He could physically take them out of Egypt, but He couldn’t get Egypt out of them! They murmured and complained about everything when they couldn’t have their way and was always talking about going back to bondage! The old had to die off so that the next generation could inherit the promise! Everyone could not see the promise that God had in store for them.

Your old ways need to die off so that you can inherit the promises that God has for you! You can’t continue to walk in bondage and want freedom at the same time! Jesus declared in John 8:36, “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” You have to choose to follow and do everything God says whether you understand it or like it! It’s not about how you feel, it’s about what’s best for you now and later! Now you get to walk with God and later you get to spend eternity with God because of what you chose now!

God’s power to rescue you was designed from the beginning to set you apart. Just like God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, He wants to deliver you from your own bondage, fear, despair, doubt, disappointment, sin, fear, and old wounds. You have been saved by God and not to just to be free but to belong to Him and to live out His Plan for your life. You should be encouraged to know that God loves and cares for you that much, and that He wants you to be a part of His ultimate plan for the Kingdom! God brought you through for a reason! God brought you out of Egypt, and Jesus brings you out of the bondage of sin and death and makes you a part of His family. He redeemed you for His inheritance!

The Word of God declares, “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sin.” Colossians 1:13-14. God’s deliverance is setting you free and giving you a place in His eternal kingdom and plan forever! You just have to follow and trust Him and His Way!

Let’s Pray:
Father, thank You. Father, today I receive Your full inheritance that You have for me, and I receive by faith everything that rightfully belongs to me through Your darling Son, Jesus Christ as I know that He suffered that I might surrender and serve Him forever. Father, I receive my inheritance based upon You being my Lord, Savior and King and this makes me a joint heir Jesus Christ! Father thank You for rescuing me from my bondage and from my sins. Thank You for giving me a stable and solid place to be! Father, thank You for the shedding of blood of Jesus, that purchased my inheritance for me. Father, I thank You for what Your Word says that, if I delight myself in You, You will give me the desires of my heart, Psalm 37:4, Father, let my heart desire You and only You. Father, thank You for fulfilling all the promise that You said that You would give me and the ones that You continue to bless me with. Father, thank You for giving me a bold faith to believe You and to put all of my hope and trust in You and to believe every Word that You speak!  In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings,
Love, Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Don’t Ignore The Caution Sign! It Will Save Your Life!

Psalm 130:5-6 NIV ~ “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. [6] I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.”

Have you ever been walking or driving, and you came up on a caution sign and a barricade where you could not get through and you had to turn around or go another way? Don’t ignore it, it was God saving your life! What did you do?

As I was praying and thinking about what to write about today, and God brought an incident back to my mind from earlier. And then I was finishing up a prayer call yesterday, and she said the word that I was thinking about, she heard the word “cautious”, which was the word that I had experienced yesterday at work. So, let me tell you what happened, I was going back to my office, and I decided to go outside and walk around, as I proceeded there were some barricades, and they had caution tape connecting them to block the sidewalk where I needed to walk to be closer to my office. I had to literally walk around this space to get back inside. I said to myself, if I would have known that this was here, I would have just stayed inside and went the way that I always go, but because I was in a hurry and I didn’t have time to waste, I wanted to take a shortcut. (Shortcuts are not always shortcuts)!

I was just trying to get back in the office and here is the big caution tape sign in my way, trying to stop me from being great. All I could think about was I don’t have time to deal with this right now! At first, I walked really close to the barricades because it was so close to where I was trying go, I thought that I might be able to squeeze by it, I thought I could just walk through it, and it would be okay, wrong! There was broken glass and limbs in that taped off section that could be potentially harmful! As I pondered on this, I realized this was taped off on purpose, to prevent harm!

Now let’s look at what God does for you, to protect you from danger! There is always a warning before the danger that you just ignored because it was an inconvenience or an interruption to what you have going on in that present moment. Think about it, why would you ignore God’s warning? Is it because you have your own agenda, and you want to stick with what you have? Or does your way just seem to be a good idea? It’s at this point that you should know the Word of God, Proverbs 3:5-6, because on your own, you can’t possibly see how anything bad could happen. Or you just want to do what you want, regardless of what God wants, because you know it’s a sin and you think if you ignore God it is going to go away! It’s not going to go away; you cannot ignore God!

This can say a lot about your spiritual life. As a child of God, your Father, sends you warning signs after warning when you are getting too close to the fire, to sin! God warns you when you are about to cross over into dangerous territory. Just like the caution tape warned me of the possible danger that I was about to face if I would have kept going. God will warn you of the danger in your life! But you have to choose to listen to Him and obey! Stop trying to reason it out, it will not work out, only when you listen to God will it work for you!

God’s warnings are like alarms going off in your spirit to warn you and to protect you, and His protection comes in packages that don’t always feel like protection, but it’s all for your good! Despite this, you still don’t always want to hear what God says, do you? God will send you a warning in so many different ways, a word from a friend; a song, a sermon; a still, small voice or a piece of big yellow caution tape, to let you know that you need turn and heed the Word of God and flee the place that you are heading! You cannot escape or avoid the truth of God’s Word. Now, you do have a choice to listen to God’s warning or to ignore the warnings, but when you ignore Him, you will find yourself right in the middle of sin! And that’s not where you want to be my sisters and brothers.

Yeah, I know a lot of the time you don’t want to hear what God says because it interferes with what you want! So, what do you do when you find yourself wondering where Jesus is in your situation after He clearly warned you about going that way in the first place! First you need to repent of your sins and then strive to not do it again! Strive to live Holy and righteous lives, knowing that He is with you, Leviticus 20:17! God will personally walk you through His Word and show you His Way, which is the best Way. He will show you all the likely and unlikely places where He has been and is protecting you, right here and right now in the present! God is always working on your behalf to lead and protect you from unseen and seen dangers!

Sometimes you may not see the caution sign at first, but God did and He’s working on your behalf! God is always leading you to live a life free from sin. Ask God to open up the understanding of your heart and eyes, that you may see clearly and avoid the dangers and pitfalls that are in front of you! Tell me, can you sense God warning you about anything in your life? Are you listening for instructions on what to do? I want to encourage you to sit with God and listen to Him, He will keep you safe and send warnings your way to keep you from harm. Trust Him and not yourself! And don’t ignore the signs, they are there to protect you and keep you from danger and save your life, for you are living now to live again!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for the warning signs that You set in place to keep me safe! Father I’m listening to You as You tell me where to move and where to go! Father, I want all the days that I have to be in perfect alignment and harmony with You, in Jesus Name. Father, I don’t want to be ahead You and Your Way, I want to be right in the center of Your plans for me! Father, I thank You for Your Power and patience with me. Father, I know that everything that I do is through the power of the Holy Spirit, who gives me ears to hear Your warnings and the desire to obey what You say! Father, I thank You and I count it all joy that I can depend on Your love and protection. Father I trust You, and I put all of my trust in You. As my whole body waits for You and on You. Father, thank You for the work that You are doing in me through Your Word. Father, I thank You and I trust You, when I can see and when I can’t, for I know that You are leading me and protecting me from the caution tape, and it will all work for my good and Your Glory. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean