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Good Morning Sunshine! What’s On Your Feet?

Ephesians 6:15 NIV ~ “and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.”

The shoes of peace are the peaceful part of your spiritual armor, they will give you the stability that you need to stand upright and firm! When peace is in place in your life, it gives you the full assurance of how you should step out in faith and make the moves that God is leading you to make. But first, before you take any steps, you need to make sure His peace is operating in your life!

Every day, when you get dressed, you are to put on two outfits, your clothes and your armor, you should never leave home without either one. You would never leave home without your shoes on, how much more important is your spiritual shoes, they are the covering for your natural shoes, you can’t have one without the other! You are very mindful of what kind of shoes you cover your feet with, if your natural shoes are important than your spiritual shoes are 10 times more important! Covering your feet with the peace of God is your strength and power, it is one of the most powerful pieces of your spiritual weaponry and it is essential because, without it your shoes (covering) you become unstable and the devil can try to kick, pull, distract, and kill you.

But, say “But”, with that conquering peace firmly tied to your heart, mind, emotions, and will, you will be empowered to keep marching ahead, impervious to the devil’s attempts to take you down! When the peace of God is in place in your life, you are positioned and protected from the assaults and you are able to stand fixed and firm on your foundation no matter the person or occasion, the Peace of God is in control!

Let’s Pray:
Today, Lord, I thank You for Your peace, I’m grateful for You covering me with Your peace, Lord I need Your peace 24/7, for Your peace shields me, protects me, fortifies me and makes me strong! Lord it’s Your Peace, Perfect Peace that covers me, keeps me, sustains me and protects me from everything! Lord Thank You for releasing Your divine peace over me! Today, Your Peace is operating in me, and I will not be easily moved, shaken, or scared because You are all around me and everything that concerns me. I declare this Peace over my life and those that You put in my heart to pray for, I claim this peace by my faith in Jesus Christ Mighty Name! Amen!!!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s A Great Day To Be KEPT By The Lord! 

Jude 1:1-2 NIV ~ “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and KEPT for Jesus Christ: [2] Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.”

Hello there, God is trying to get your attention today, this last Friday of 2023! A day that you have never seen before and one that you will never see again, but to God be the Glory, He has Kept you for 52 Fridays! My God, My God, My God! God used everything that happened this year to get you right here to this last Friday, Dec. 29, 2023 @ 6:24 am, front and center with Him!  I know it may seem like there has been one thing after another going on this year, but at least you can say, God Kept you, you made it! Somebody didn’t make it to this day! I want to encourage you and let you know that nothing that you went through this year was wasted, God used all of it, every affliction, every trial, and every situation to draw you to Him, (“Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now have I KEPT thy word.” Psalm 119:67 KJV), to His Word.  On this last Friday of this calendar year, I want you to know that you are safe and secure, you are seen and treasured, and you are KEPT by God!  This is your Kept Place! The place of prayer, the place where you meet with Him!

Let’s see what the word Kept means naturally and spiritually!  Man’s definition ~ to have or retain possession of. Spiritual definition ~ The original word used for “kept” is “téréo”, and it means to attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, to keep, to observe, to reserve. God’s Promise. God will KEEP every promise He ever made to you and since His love for you is so constant and endless, He will finish every good thing that He has begun in you! God promised to perfect everything that concerns you forever and this Psalm is a promise from God just for you, Psalm 138:8. You are Kept for Him and by Him, you are reserved for just for Him!

What does it really mean to be kept by God? It means that you are reserved, set apart, taken…spoken for, saved, and held. When you are kept, you are provided for by His everlasting love. In fact, you are the apple of His eye and He’s always watching out for you, Deuteronomy 32:10! The Word of God will Keep You! No matter what you’ve done, where you’ve been, God remains faithful to you. Whether you’ve been hurt by someone, or you were responsible for the pain yourself, you can have hope, and that hope is the gateway out of your heartbreak.  When you’re feeling low, God will lift up. Your Father is talking and tending to you! He says He is the Great I Am, and He has proven Himself time and time again in your life, He’s the One that had that great thought about you before He put you in your mother’s womb, and He’s been watching over you ever since then, God has never left you, not even for one second!

When you were in the valley, He was there, when you felt hopeless and surrounded by grief, He was there, God is offering you ‘acres of hope’ where you can run free in His love. As a matter of fact, this place was set aside for you, a long time ago, and all you have to do is follow His path out of the valley and into the spacious place He’s provided for you, it’s your place of keeping if you want to be Kept! It’s time for you to run free! Psalm 119:67 KJV! This should make you joyful! 

After all that you done and have been through this year, God still longs for a relationship with you, He is still keeping you! God loves you and He doesn’t want you to go through one more crisis wavering back and forward. God wants you to be sure of your secure foundation which is founded on the truth of His Holy Word, if God didn’t love you, He would not have chosen to die on the cross for you, now that’s an attention getter, just think about it, no one else would have made this type of sacrifice, unless it was truly love, a divine love! John 3:16! God wants what is best for you and this is why He corrects and disciplines you when you dishonor His name, it’s a part of the sustaining and keeping process. It’s all for your good and His Glory! 

Let’s Pray: (Make it personal)

Father, this morning I come with all my trust and confidence in You. Father Thank You for allowing me to see the 52nd Friday in 2023, and I pray that You will accomplish Your purpose in me today! Father thank You for loving me. Father, You have loved me from the beginning and I know that Your love will always be with me every single day!  Father, Your love will last long after I am gone from this place, because it’s never ending or changing, Your love is forever!!! Father, thank You for intervening with Your Grace and Mercy when I face difficulties and challenges today. Thank You for never giving up on me but being constant. Father please continue work and finish the good things that You have begun in me.  Father, let Your love cascade over us today. May we feel loved by You. Also, may we feel kept. For those who are brokenhearted, bring them out of the valleys of heartbreak and into Your acres of hope. Thank You, Father, for giving us joy overflowing and love everlasting. Turn our weeping into dancing and set our paths towards Your arms of love. Embrace us and keep us forevermore. Thank You Father! Father today I will be intentional and persistent in my prayer walk with You. Father, I will seek Your direction in every area! Father, I love talking and being with You and I know that You love when I’m loving on You. Thank You Father for being ready and willing to answer my honest and unselfish prayer request, for Your Glory! In Jesus Christ Name! Amen!!! Have a Blessed New Year’s Eve and see you in 2024 if God says the same! 

Blessings…

Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Freedom Never Looked So Good!

Luke 13:12-13 (NIV) ~ “When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” [13] Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.”

How many years has it been since you have really experienced freedom the way God gives it to you? As I have literally been sitting in the same place for over 24 hours and in these moments, I realized that I had let what I was going through affected how I was living, and I put myself in a place based on that. I realized that where I am is not who I am, and I no longer want to be there!

I’m sure that you have read the story of this woman who had been bent over by a disabling spirit for 18 years. There was nothing that she could do or anyone else! Only Jesus could help her!  I read a post and I thought about this woman as I read it, “Grapes must be crushed to make wine. Diamonds form under pressure. Olives must be pressed to release oil.  Seeds grow in darkness!” And I’m sure that over those 18 years she has felt each one of these experiences, crushed, pressured, pressed and in darkness. But the one thing that I noticed about her, she never stopped going to the synagogue to learn and to worship God, and on that day when the Lord saw her, it all came to an end and she got to begin a new, healed and free at the same time. She was transformed in the process. Men you have been transformed in the process! Trust the process!

Yea, I know that labels and places are awful and yet we still do them! The labels that we put upon ourselves imprison us and put us situations and categories that are harder to escape from than how and when we got there! In my own moment of transparency, I been in these places before, “I want out, I don’t know how I got to this place and I don’t know how to get out of here”, “I’m struggling to keep my head above water”, “nobody is listening to me or sees me.” These may not be yours, but if you are honest with yourself, you have been in a place or two that you didn’t want to be in! Especially the ones of your own making, and the list can go on and on. I labeled my situation a mess and then I resigned myself to never feeling bad about where I had let myself get too!

But one day, I found hope in the Word of God and this scripture came alive to me like never before! I made a conscious decision that I no longer want to be a victim of my past, I am no longer stuck! I choose to forgive, truly forgive others and myself. I know that I had repented to God, and I know that He had forgiven me, but I forgot to forgive me too. Forgiveness is not for others it is for you! Today I chose to be free and to free others is my freedom too!  I am walking away from the battlefield; my release is my reward. Through the power of God, I am going to regain my victory as I walk confidently and upright with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

I know this scripture says it was a woman, but men you can have the same kind of freedom too! When you sit and listen to Jesus, He sees you and He knows exactly where you are! And He knows exactly how to help you! Woman you are free! Man, you are free! “So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36! Today, God has placed His hand on you, do you feel His gentle sweet Spirit? He is touching you, right at this moment, stop and feel His touch and feel what was hindering you for these past years being lifted off of you! I want you to keep these two words in the forefront of your mind, suddenly and immediately! It is in this moment, Suddenly, you are able to stand up straight and you are taller and stronger than you know!

I know the years may have been long, but just know that nothing about you or the time was wasted, God knows everything! Suddenly after all this time you are now able to stand straight and see your way clear! You can see what only the Lord could do for you! The woman was bound for 18 years, and no one could do for her what God did, He healed her from the inside out! He gave her, her life and when she Suddenly realized it, she was standing straight, she Immediately glorified God! Today, if you feel bent over by grief and fear, shame or guilt, sin and unbelief, it’s over with, today is the day that you get to stand up straight! No more hiding. You are in the place of God’s choosing, and now you can worship and praise God for your Suddenly! You have been touched by the Master and Immediately you should be Glorifying God!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Thank You for loving me through the pain of where I was, to where I am now. Father, I love You so much and I’m so grateful. Father, Thank You for helping me learn how to forgive as You have forgiven me. Freely and Completely! Father, forgive me for not letting things go m, but today because of You, I can let it go, I’m releasing that I may be released, that I may walk in Your divine Freedom for real this time! Father, there will be no more excuses, I accept the Freedom that You said I can have, and I’m freeing myself and others through this process. Father m, You are a Great God, Your ways towards me are good. Father, You are the Divine Healer. Thank You for my Suddenly, Thank You for touching me, that I may stand up straight now! Father, my first response is to Immediately praise and worship You for who You are! Father, Thank You for shaping me into who You designed me to be, and I surrender my all to You. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Constant One!

Romans 12:12 ESV ~ “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

The word constant doesn’t mean that every minute of the day that you are praying, but it does mean that you need to be persist in prayer every day!

Being persistent helps you to persevere in it! It’s in this place that you learn how to not give up or slack off. God is calling you to make prayer a regular part of your life, you are to treat prayer the way you treat breathing, let it happen, it’s a natural part of you and your life! God made you to be constant in prayer.

Being constant in prayer is not a hit or miss thing, you do it on purpose! As you become more constant in your prayer life, God teaches you how to rejoice in hope, how to be patient when you are going through life’s journey, He teaches you how to be constant and steadfast, immovable, always abounding in His Work, and learning that your labor is not in vain, (1Corinthians 15:58), because whatever you do for the Lord will last! God is ready and available to help you at any moment because He loves helping His children out!

But when you don’t make time to spend with Him, you are dishonoring Him! Your prayer time should not be a fly by kind of moment, you need to do it intentionally and to pay attention while you are in prayer! Listen to your Father as you sit still and quiet before Him. He wants to speak to you! I’m sure that you give your key relationships time and attention, sometimes you give them too much attention, (just let that thought simmer in your mind.) Just know that the thing you feed the most is what will grow and what you starve, will die out! Don’t starve your prayer life, because your life depends on it!

God is calling you to a life of discipline and devotion to Him, a life of regular planned time with Him in prayer. Thanking Him and Praising Him for who He is, and Thanking Him for what He has done, and asking Him for help for what He is going to do! You must be constant in prayer in this year that it may carry over to your next new year! Ask God to help you! Resolve in your heart and mind to make this happen. Plan the time and the place that you will sit still and commune with your Father who art in Heaven! Make this place special! This is your place of sustaining and keeping!

God is a Keeper if you want to be kept! And He is the one constant that you can depend on day in and day out and everything in between! His Word says, “The LORD will accomplish that which concerns me; Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O LORD, endures forever—Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.” Psalm 138:8! This Psalm is a promise from God just for you, make it your prayer today! (Make it personal)!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father, Thank You for another day, one that I have never seen before and one that I will never see again. Help me to be constant in my time of prayer with you. Father, this morning I come to You with all my hope, trust and confidence in You. I pray that You will accomplish Your purpose in me today, Father, thank You for loving me, for I know that You have loved me from the beginning, and I know that Your love will always be with me every single day!  Father, Your love will last long after I am gone from this place, because it’s never ending or changing, Your love is forever!!! Father, thank You for intervening with Your Grace and Mercy when I face difficulties and challenges today. Thank You for never giving up on me but being constant source of Power. Father, help me to be constant and consistent in my prayer life! Father, please continue to work and finish the good things that You have begun in me for Your Glory in Jesus Name, I pray. Amen.

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Is The Word of God Like A Fire To You?

Jeremiah 20:9 AMP ~ If I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak His name anymore,” Then my heart becomes a burning fire Shut up in my bones. And I am weary of enduring and holding it in; I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].”

Sometimes you just have to repeat a word, (this is a repeated word, that we all need to hear)! I just can’t keep the Word of God to myself, I have to share it with everyone that I meet. His Word is like a Fire that you just can’t keep to yourself, you have to let it out! In the words of my grandmother, “there is more room out than it is inside.” Share your testimony with someone else, don’t just keep it to yourself, somebody needs to hear your story! In this hour, you cannot afford to keep silent, you have to speak the word that God has put on the inside of you, even if you have to suffer for a little while. God’s Word has to get out, it has to reach others that they might be saved. If you have been holding the word in and you feel heat, it’s the fire of God’s Word wanting to come out!

Do you have a yearning in for the Word of God? Does your heart burn when you think about the Word of God? Do you have a heart for the Word of God? Is the Word of God burning in your heart? All these questions are different but the one thing that is the same about them is, “Do you have a heart for God?” It’s called Passion for God’s Word and He put it on the inside of you before you were even formed! When you experienced this kind of fire in your heart you just can’t keep it to yourself, you have to share it! Free yourself by speaking what Thus says the Lord!

Because of the fire that is on the inside of you, you will run into challenges and sometimes it may feel like you are being rejected and attacked on every side because of your obedience and faithfulness to God’s Word. But hang in there, God knows, Job 23:10, “But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” I know that things may be hard during times, and you may even want to abort the mission that God has sent you on, but hold on, God will give you exactly what you need, He got you. Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Hang in there, God knows, God sees, and God is going to take care of you. When you are concerned about His Word, He will be concerned about what you are concerned about. When you speak the Word of God, God watches over it to perform exactly what it is supposed to do!

God has a purpose for you, and you can’t run from it or ignore it any longer, that is why it feels like a burning fire shut up in your bones; so that you won’t keep it to yourself, you have to let it out! The Lord’s Presence is real in your life and the burden of His message is strong, and you cannot resist telling someone about Him, somebody needs to hear God’s Word from you! You must continue striving, speaking and serving God, regardless of how you feel or the consequences you will face! God is not moved by our emotions, but He is moved by the posture of your heart in prayer!

The fire in your bones is to fulfill your divine mandate from God! When the fire of the Holy Ghost is burning violently on the altar of your heart, you will rise up with holy power and boldness that will cause commotion in the camp of the enemy that has tried you. As a matter of fact, the Power that God has given you will cause the enemy to run in the opposite direction when you pass by. And your mouth is so full of fire that if the wrong kind of spirit tries to follow you, and they will be silenced by the Fire of God immediately in Jesus Name!

When this kind of the fire is burning on the inside of you; you just can’t keep it to yourself no matter what they say or do, you’ve got to let it out or it will consume you! Ask God for your next thought, that you may speak exactly what He wants you to speak! You have someone’s word on your lips, release it, that you may be released! His Word will bring good to you and Glory to His Name!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You God for the fire of the Holy Ghost. I surrender my mouth, mind and body to You. Fill me with Your Word and Power today.  Lord, please keep me on task and use me for Your assignment. Let the Fire of Holy Ghost Power lead me to do even greater things for Your Kingdom. Let every word that comes out of my mouth be full of Your fire and impact all who hears it, including me, as I read Your Word out loud. Lord let me never be the same, let me be changed by the Fire and Power of Your Word in Jesus Christ Name. Amen!!!

Today, read and pray out loud that you may hear yourself, then ask God for the Fire of His Holy Power to take control and then you just watch what God does!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Do You Really Believe?

John 11:40-42 NIV ~ “Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” [41] So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. [42] I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

We have all read and re-read the story of when Lazarus died and what and how Mary and Martha felt about it. They knew Jesus loved him and they sent for Him, and they believed that their brother would not have died if Jesus would have been there. And when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, He didn’t move right of way, as a matter of fact He stayed two additional days where He was. Jesus did not get there on time, according to what man thinks, but know this, God’s timing is not your time and Lazarus died. Jesus told His disciples that He was glad about it for their sake, so that they may believe. (It’s like us, somebody can tell you what happened, and you may or may not believe it, but you will believe it when you see it with your own eyes, it’s something when you see something for yourself) John 11:15!

And when Martha heard that Jesus was near, she went out to meet Him. She said if you would have been here, he would not have died. Jesus told her that he would rise again and then He asked her a question, Do You Believe? She said yes, she knew He was the One and that Lazarus would be rise again in heaven, she believed but she really didn’t believe! (Oh, but when you see it with your own eyes, you will believe!)   

Then Martha went and got Mary, Jesus was asking for her, and she went and fell at His feet and said, if You would have been there, my brother would not have died. I’m sure that if you were in Martha and Mary’s place you would have felt the same way, only if Jesus would have only come earlier, he would still be alive. (What do you need to come back alive) They knew that Jesus had the power to heal, and they just didn’t understand why He didn’t show up when they needed Him. (Have you ever felt that way?) Jesus always has a greater plan, He knew that there would be grief by His not going to heal Lazarus right away, but His plan would cause more to truly see Him and all of the Glory of God! You must trust God’s Word and timing even when you don’t see it! Jesus wants you to see His Glory in its fullest!

You have to wait on God, and I know waiting might not be your thing, but it is the best thing! (Psalm 25:5!) I know that you have been praying for a long and you may be tired, but I want to encourage you to not give up! The Bible tells us that when we don’t know what to pray, the Holy Spirit will step in and pray for us (Romans 8:26-27). So, if you have reached the place of not knowing what to pray, ask the Holy Spirit to intercede for you and to pray on your behalf!

When Jesus heard Mary weep, it moved Him in His Spirit, and He was troubled to the place that He did something about it that nobody else could do! Lazarus was dead!  I said all of this, and took you back to the story of Jesus raising Lazarus back to life to tell you about verse 40, Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” The Words that Jesus speaks can turn your deepest, darkest grief and despair into a bright and shining hope, all you have to do is Believe!

So, I’ll ask you this question again and only you can answer this for yourself, do you believe?  Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” Then with a loud voice, Jesus says three words: “Lazarus, come forth!” (Whatever you believe died because Jesus didn’t come when you thought He should, but this morning if you can believe you can hear Jesus saying to whatever your Lazarus is to “Come Forth!”) Just know what you saw today had nothing to do with you, or your own efforts, it was all Jesus, He has brought it Forward, and it was for you to see His Glory in action! It’s all because of Jesus and your faith in Him, and to believe in Him is what moved Him for you to see His Glory!

Don’t fear what you don’t know, it’s the perfect stage for God’s Glory to be revealed in your life. We talk about seeing the Glory of God, but have you stopped long enough to really see the Glory! Where is your Faith, don’t you say that you live by it and not by your sight? 2 Corinthians 5:7! I’m going to say it again, The Road Has Opened Up, But Through No Efforts Of Your Own! Your Faith to Believe in Jesus is what set the stage for what you are seeing today! Your sight has enabled you to see the Glory of God! Now what do you Believe, who do you Believe?

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father. Today I cry out Abba Father and in the Name of Jesus, may Your Holy Spirit live on the inside of me. Father, please create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, that my walk and my ways align with You! Father, help me to accept Your timing in all things and that I will always have hope. Father, help me to remember that You always have something better in mind for me. Father, help me to see You, even when I can’t see the big picture, I know that You can, and I can trust Him. Father, I yield to You, and I know that You will bring good out of it. May Your plan be fulfilled through me in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine, It’s Time To Rise And Pray!

Lamentations 2:19 NIV~ “My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. [19] Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.”

Sometimes you just have to repeat something that has been said. As I was preparing another devotion, this one fell in my spirit. It’s Time to rise and pray, our children lives depend on the prayers we pray today!

Yesterday we talked about what your Inheritance is, now today I want to talk about your seed (children)! What Legacy or Inheritance are you leaving them? What have you taught them about the Word of God? We make our children go to school every day, whether they want to or not and then for Bible Study and Worship we give them the option to stay home, you say that you need a “Me Day” guess what, “Worship and Bible Study” or off limits for your “Me Day!” While you are having a “Me Day”, our children are fainting and dying in the streets! (I’m not trying to be harsh; I’m just want you hear me.)

Most of us had a parent or grandmother that drugged you to church, and I mean literally drugged you kicking and screaming, (I was one of them, now I’m so thankful that my grandmother did that and then she made me drag mines to church also)! I’m so grateful that I was drugged to church, I didn’t have an option or an opinion, I was going and that was final, Proverbs 22:6, Train them Up! Now we don’t make them go to church, we call that their rest day, but we make them go to school on Monday. How many of you had the same experience growing up, you didn’t have a choice, you were going and that was it. What has happened, our children and grandchildren need us to Arise and Pray for them, their lives depend on it and so does yours! We will stand in line for $300.00 tennis shoes for them, but we don’t want to stay in church and prayer for them for 30 minutes. We have got to do better; our children need to know that there is a Risen Savior and He came to save redeem them and give them hope and a better future!

These times that we live in are not a grin and bear it kind of minute, God is waiting to talk with you, you are being called to the Altar to Pray, listen to your children crying. You can’t continue to ask others to cry out for your children when you are not praying and crying for them! Jeremiah was a weeping prophet; he had cried so much that he cried his eyes dry over the children that were fainting and being slain in the streets!

I am begging you to cry out for your children in prayer during the night watches, (6pm, 9pm, 12 midnight, 3am, and 6am) we need to cover and tear down all the enemy’s camps and plans that he’s trying to us to destroy our children in this season. Pray for every decoy and roadblock and Plead the Blood of Jesus Christ over them, so that they can have a future!

It’s Time to Pray! No more procrastination, this is times, thief! You can’t delay any longer, it’s to dangerous now! All of this is workings of the enemy! For the Holy Ghost, says “Today, if you hear his voice, harden not your heart! “It is never too soon to pray, after all you are to be praying without ceasing!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I lift up my hands and heart to You in prayer. Father, teach me how to pray for our children, they need You! Father I’m forever grateful that You have shown me what’s more important than leaving my children tangible things that are temporary and giving them Your Word and instructions, which is eternal! Father, I want to leave my children a Spiritual Maintenance Inheritance Plan to teach them what’s more important, and that they may have wisdom, discernment, discipline, and dignity and that they will know who they are in You and how valuable they are to You! In Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Are You A Whosoever One?

Luke 9:24-26 AMP ~ “For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake, he is the one who will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God]. [25] For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], and loses or forfeits himself? [26] For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the [heavenly] Father and of the holy angels.”

You have only one life, that’s all you get, there is no reproducing, one life, no more and no less, period! What you do right now in your life will determine how and where you will spend eternity! So, if you are living your life by trying to bring fulfillment and honor to yourself, then be prepared to lose everything including your life!

If you chose you, you give up everything that is of eternal value for the temporary fix for your flesh, you made the choice! Remember, when the time comes for you to meet your Lord and Savior, you cannot take anything that you had with you, your money, cars, houses, and everything else that is temporary, all of that will be left behind for someone else. You just kept wanting and getting more and not sharing and doing for God’s people, because you wanted more! You chose stuff over your relationship with God, now you have nothing in the end to show for it! Don’t pursue what is insignificant and perishable but invest in what’s long term and lasting in your life, Jesus Christ!

However, if you choose Jesus Christ, then you are living now to live again, and eternity should look really good to you! Now you understand the value of your relationship with Jesus Christ, because you chose Him first! Today, can you say, no to you, to your ways, to your wants and follow Jesus Christ without any questions or reservations, just because it’s Him?  Your eternal view will be determined by what you do now!

Today is your day, trust the processes of God and keep the faith in Jesus Christ, and be prepared, to take up your cross and follow Him and His footsteps, for the sake of your life with Jesus Christ! This is your God ordained assignment from God, it’s your destiny to be with God for life!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for preparing everlasting life for me. I intentionally choose You today and every day. You are my Lord and Savior and I give it all to You. Use me how You will! I will shout to World that I am Yours! Lord forgive me for putting more value on what’s temporary over my eternal life, nothing or no one is more important than You. I choose You and Heaven as my eternal home, help me to stay on my journey to see You and to hear You say. “Servant well done!” In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!!!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Seeking One!

Jeremiah 29:12-14a NIV ~ “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [13] You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [14] I will be found by you,” declares the LORD”

Doesn’t this scripture make your heart leap when you hear it?  God is offering you an invitation to seek Him with all of your heart, to hear the cry of His heart. So, what will your response be today?

God is inviting you into a sacred place with Him, into His Presence; but you have to have a desire to  go there, that you may experience God for yourself, there you will find strength there you will find your covering, there you will find your joy, there you will find your peace, it’s there that you will find the best thing it’s God’s heart! In this place you cannot live in what others have to say about their experience with God, you must experience it for yourself, Psalm 27:8 ~ “ When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.” You have to learn how to get into God’s Presence for yourself, your life depends on it!

God has designed your heart to seek His heart, He put this into motion before you ever existed, He pursued you in order for you to pursue Him. Seek the face of God in prayer, the place where your heart is safe, a place where you can rejoice in His presence daily and hear His voice, He is your strength and the lover of your soul! When you truly want God and you seek after Him with all of your heart, you will find Him and He says, He will be found by you!

Let’s Pray
Thank You Father for the gift of seeking You. Father, I arise today and cry out to You, I am seeking You and I will continue to seek You Lord with all of my heart until I find You. I will not give up, I believe in Your goodness Lord, and I’m going wait right here until I have heard and seen the Your Face LORD. In Jesus Christ Mighty Name, Amen and Amen!!!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Your Reaping Season!

Galatians 6:9 KJV ~ “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. [10] As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

Today, I want to encourage, “Do Not Give Up!” Do not become weary in doing good, for in the right season you will reap a ripe harvest if you Do Not Give Up!

Life has a way of making us all weary at times, but the key is to not give up, but to keep pressing in. The Word of God says, don’t get weary in well doing. Do you want to know how this is possible? God has your answer! Do you understand what I am saying to you? Your strength and answer are with God!

God is going to provide you with strength for your journey and strength for everything that He has called you to do, He is going to strengthen you for every test, trial and temptation that you are going to face, He is going to strengthen you for every second of every day so that you may endure until the end and come out triumphantly for His Glory!

It’s time for you to work, watch, wait, worship God, this requires you to continue trusting God and to do good. “Doing Good’ is not the same thing as doing what you want. Doing good requires you to be disciplined and connected to God, your ultimate source where you are an active participant, and it takes effort on your part.  When you are connected to God, He keeps you, so that you don’t grow weary in doing good! 

Doing good means taking every opportunity that you have to help someone else. It can be with money or labor, and sometimes it will just cost you your time, but whatever it is, give it! These instructions are from God, not man, doing good is for all people, doing good is doing what God says and sometimes you have to do good to those you like and those you don’t. If you can do good for somebody today, then this is exactly what you need to do!!!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You for Your strength and power that helps me endure and to remain faithful in my weary seasons. Thank You for the harvest of benefits that I’m reaping right now because I’m choosing to walk in Your Will and Way and not faint, I will not quit or give up because Your Word lives on the inside of me and it has never failed me and it never will and I say Thank You Father, help me to hold on, that I don’t give up, and that I will reap my rewards in the proper time that you have ordained. Father, I am so grateful for all the lessons that I’ve learned while doing the work you assigned me to. Help me to continue to do all the things that I am supposed to, even when I’m tired and  I don’t see any visible signs of  results. Help me to see that these experiences are a part of my character building for Your Glory and Your Kingdom! In Jesus Name, Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean