A great chance of RAIN!

After waiting almost 6 months for 'our' vacation time to finally come, we find out, it's going to rain all week!
I checked the forecast in Ft. Lauderdale this morning, after checking many similar web-sites last night, (as if it is going to change) all I could see across the week were clouds! Last night, on one site,  I saw clouds across the week with a hint of sun on Wednesday. Well, yes, the forecast did change, because this morning, they added LIGHTENING BOLTS to the CLOUDS, and the 'hint of sun' was gone.

My husband and I made the assertive decision to cancel the whole trip. The condo, which we lost all our timeshare points, the non-refundable car and the non-refundable airline tickets. However we can rebook with the airlines for $150.00 a person, (along with added cost! whoopee!) but lost the Hotwire deal with Alamo, $157.00!

And just like that, it's OVER.

The great anticipation of going to the beach, touring by water the mansions of our "Venice" in America, gone. Then what about the BOAT SHOW?! The very reason we were going.

 Whaa-whaa!!! Whaa!

Oh, who cares, get over yourself I thought, after spending almost an hour pouting over the whole ordeal, I decided to rise above it and stop the insanity!

PAUSE:

Three days later.....HURRICANE SANDY HITS.
I guess somebody knew best for the situation. Thank you Jesus!

My heart goes out to all the Victims of Sandy's destruction.

ACCUSATIONS ARE IDLE TALK!

Who accuses you?

If we lived by accusations we would never do anything beyond deceptive words that try and guide us.

I write many times out of affliction, yet I write for the most part out of VICTORY I have over the defeating attacks of the ACCUSER. Did you know that the devil is real and every time you are faced with adversity in your life, it is actually him, the accuser, who is trying to pull you down? It is true, he wants to take you out, first by causing fear and insecurities in your soul and second by whispering things to you that you aimlessly begin to believe. But your Spirit is stronger, and you should always remember that.  You do not need to ever take on his accusations.

If I lived my life hearing the negative things that others have spoken about me, I would never do anything positive for the glory of God.

Words of affirmation are hard to receive while under attack, but this is why so many of the words we do not hear from others must be the very words we read in the written WORD of God. I know this is very difficult to do, when you feel you are being attacked or accused. But, I promise you, whomever is speaking ill against you, is probably not aware they are being used by the ACCUSER, the devil.

I have learned over my 50 years of living, that the things that other people say about me are really none of my business. You might think that you want to know what people say about you, but really you don't. It is none of your business!

People are unknowingly and even knowingly used to distract you from the TRUTH. Their purpose in doing this, when used by the ACCUSER, could result in taking you out of your positive position and to keep you from doing anything for the glory of God. Sounds like a trap to me.

If you are busy building, you cannot possibly be a part of the demolition process. This also means that you should not stop building even when others are trying desperately to demolish what you have constructed.

When others are tearing you down, it's because they are not wanting to be a part of the building process.

 Fear equals no Faith and No Faith equals fear.

You have to determine who's side you are on. I choose Faith.

I have faced, front on, all that I have written about in each paragraph above. If I had not experienced true let downs or idle talk about me or even regretfully participated in it about someone else, I would not be able to write this with the affirmative action in which my heart speaks.

We are ALL WRETCHED, without CHRIST WORKING IN AND THROUGH our lives! ALL OF US.

I am sure that people truly believe what they have said about me, or what I may have misspoken about someone else, is accurate. Well, maybe my insecurities have exposed my humanness and I have let many down, which is never a deliberate intent, but I'm sure I have done it. The ACCUSER takes anyone he can get on his team.

The difference in accusations and idle talk is ACCUSERS are used of the devil to destroy the Spirit life inside of us. Jesus says; “Satan comes but to Kill Steal and destroy—but I have come to bring life.” John 10:10

Do you know that the enemy does not care if our mortal body lives or dies, in fact he'd rather we live so he can continue to try and get us to work on his side! What he aims to kill, steal and destroy is our hope, our future, our destiny and our ambition to do great things for God. 

See, accusers are also thieves! They want nothing more than to take away your faith, your hope and your love. This is the demolition process. Don't yield to it. Walk away from it and look at the mirror image of God's Word. It is there that you can truly identify your life in who He says that you are.

Again, you have to determine who's side you are on.

I know that slander and back biting is a personal attack of the ACCUSER! (THE DEVIL!) I am not under subjection of the devil. But in the time of an attack, all you see is the ammunition of the accusations targeting right in your direction! Duck, don't bow! This is the accuser!

Look below: The redeemer of your soul and your Spirit! Listen to His Words.

Words of affirmation build, they do not tear down. Listen:

I am affirmed and encouraged by Jeremiah 31:3-4 "Long ago, the Lord said to Israel (we are a part of that promise) I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. I will rebuild you.” (NLT)

Isaiah 43:4 “Others died that I might live, I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me, You are honored and I love you.”

Ephesians 1:6 “So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us, because we belong to his dearly beloved Son.”

Jeremiah 33:3 “Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets that are going to happen here."

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.” “Plans for your good and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope.”

Job 8:7 “And though you started with Little, you will end with much.”

The written word of God is a light and a lamp. It guides and it sustains my soul in the darkest time and in the most wonderful moments. I will never take for granted all that God has done for me, but I will also never forget HIS PROMISES TOWARD MY LIFE, are not just for me, but to work through me for HIS GLORY. I pray I aim only to bring Him glory, though in my weakness, HE is strong.

I take the Word of God literal. When I fail to believe every part of it, I fail to believe that HIS PROMISES are TRULY FOR ME AND THOSE THAT I LOVE.

If ever you feel I have wounded you, intentional or unintentional then I am failing to show the grace that God has so mercifully given to me. The accuser is tapping on all our shoulders, but we do not have to listen nor be lead by his tap. James says; “SUBMIT yourself to God, resist the devil and he will flee.”

Don't let the ACCUSER ACCUSE YOU! Live in Victory from his tactics and lies. 

Do I ever feel qualified to do anything for the Lord, whether in ministry or in life in general, NO?! Do I feel I have learned it all and can do it all? NO! It is out of sheer obedience that I am able to do anything that I set out to do for the sake of the call for Jesus Christ. It is only by the grace of God that we are able to accomplish anything we decide to do, though we know we are suppose to do it.

My/your hope is and will always be in the optimistic and positive nature of hearing the “TRUTH AS WE ARE TAUGHT.” This is the ministry that the Lord has placed me in currently and I live to remain in, though the devil tries desperately to divert my ears to hear that he is more accurate than the words of TRUTH. 

It's a fight and a pace....... I will hopefully end the fight by resisting the ACCUSER and walk the pace that God has so faithfully promised to allow us to walk. 

Thanks for popping into my blog.....hope you are better suited to see you are Victorious! 

Don't be led by the ACCUSER! Listen to the ACCLAIMED promise of the Written Word of God.

The Line of People

In the midst of my day, I thought, I am going to take the time to bring a little fresh light on my blog.

Blogging can be so difficult when you feel the force to write. I applaud journalist who must meet a deadline and who feel the sense of urgency to come up with some 'news' to write about every single day. Something I need to discipline myself to do.

While it is on my mind, I thought I would write. I felt the sense of 'urgency' not because someone told me to do it, but because I thought I might one day forget.

Have you ever seen a vision? You know, the vision that you just can't explain, because you are wide awake but all of the sudden you see, like a dream something before your eyes? Well, I have. Once on a walk, I saw and 'heard' ten warrior type angels marching directly behind me, and I literally heard them come from the air above me, in a swift motion and took their position. It was truly amazing and not many people would ever believe it was so, but I do know that angels wait to hear from us. There are too many scriptures that prove they are given charge over us. When we pray, when we give, when we fast. I have sensed them all in these three areas. Just recently when I was praying at the end of my home Bible Study with 8 women I saw yet another vision. 

My eyes were closed, but suddenly I saw people standing behind each of the 8 women in my living room. The visual was not the most comforting of visions I have had in the past, but I know the significance is more important than the actual picture I saw. The people who were standing behind each of my friends, were all dressed in dingy white clothes and the lines faded in the distance. It's as if they were all dressed alike and they were not cleaned up at all. In fact they looked as if they had come from a concentration camp or something. It was sad, what I saw. 
I realized almost immediately that they were needing something that each of the women had. They were waiting, forlorn and a very sad countenance. 
Now let me explain that when you are in Bible study you are in direct connection with the WORDS of God. (II Timothy 3:15-16 ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.= (right standing with God.) So that the man of God may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.)
What I realized is that God was certainly showing me characteristics of people walking this earth. Most have no hope and they are aimlessly wondering around looking for a light or a place that can possibly clean them up or aid in helping them to feel alive again. 
The difference in my visual and the actual story I have witnessed of Corrie Ten Boom, who's story has touched thousands for centuries, after her horrific experience in Hitlers concentration camp. The people in Hitlers camp were not free to walk about and find hope. Cory and her sister found hope only in the faith they had and kept in the sight of the Lord.
The people in my vision were free to walk about. I knew this because they were there standing behind my friends. Yet, sadly, they were not truly free.
It amazes me how the heart of God can be shown through us if we are willing to just sit, take the time to study His word and pray. 
When Jesus was teaching, on the mountainside, in Matthew chapter 5 he says these words in verse 5. "When God blesses those who are gentle and lowly, the whole earth will belong to them." verse 6: "If they are 'hungry' and thirsty for justice, they will receive it in full.' 
Many mission minded evangelist appreciate this scripture particularly because it reaches the heart of the viewer and quite possibly grabs at their pocket book, in order to give to their foundation or ministry...which is not a bad thing.
But when I saw the dingy grey disheartened wanderers, all I could sense was that they were everywhere walking like zombies. 
These types of people according to my vision are not just in the homeless shelters and or the drug addicted facilities or even in halfway houses. They are actually your co-worker, your neighbor or even the woman you have a scheduled appointment with every six weeks. 
What ever the status and successes of women and men, there are many who are identical to the dead walking. WE have all at some point of our lives resembled this vision of people.

We are to reach these people. Furthermore, we are to most certainly turn around and see that they are there and that they have need of something we have.

True and pure success on this earth is to help people find ways to lead.

When a life is placed in your path, Jesus said; "The Kingdom of Heaven is given to them." 
Don't you want the people following after you to be with you in finding personal victory?

Jesus said; "FOLLOW ME" .....therefore, that's all I have to offer.



Teaching Truth as I was Taught

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

If I would even remotely began to write all that is on my mind tonight, it would be a chapter of a book, rather than a blog.

A man in Venice, Louisiana has blessed my heart with his passion, his servant hood and his love for people! His testimony of his devotions to the Lord rises up at various times inside of me and allows me to remember that GOD SUPPLIES ALL OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY! Far too much to share here.

Jesse Morris and his wife Charlotte were scheduled to go to Nepal with my sister and brother in law, David on September 10 2012.
Because God has a "sense of humor" and sent the Hurricane, Isaac, to their small community, right on the peninsula of Louisiana they are not able to go to Nepal for serving the people of their community, because that is JUST WHAT THEY DO.

God knows exactly where he wants us and knows exactly when and how he wants to serve his people. It might not be on the other side of the world. It might be your neighbor next door.

Jesse and Charlotte and their team of precious people are serving many many meals daily since Isaac hit last week. Jessee's house and church were not damaged to the point of liveable, but other homes and business' were.
Opportunity struck this man of God to SERVE the people, show them love and give them hope.
They are feeding everyday at about 1,500  dollars a day. This has gone on for over 5 days. They amaze me!

I wonder at times how much faith I have, and then I hear the news of a small church on the tip end of the state in which I was born.
I wonder because I want what he's got.......just faith.....but I know too, that there is a price to pay for putting your faith into action.
Are we really willing to pay the price for the sake of the call?

I would like to go to Nepal with my sister....my thought is; 'Can God give me the funds to go, on this short notice?' Of course he can. But as I watch Jesse and Charlotte....I realize that God is going to do just about anything he wants to do with the conditioned heart toward Him, even if it means stay home and do the first thing first.

I wait.

Five days and I might be on a plane to Nepal.....only God knows--only God.

What is a Kingdom?

'If you are divided against a kingdom, you and the 'kingdom' will not stand."

This is the very reason I want to live in a Kingdom (Also NATION) with the approval of God! How can that be possible you might ask, while we live here on this earth with all of its division. Well, there is a portion of a scripture I will tell you about that completely hit me one day while reading the BIBLE.

First I gotta tell ya that several years back, probably in the 90's, I remember singing along to one of my praise and worship Cd’s. I use to play this particular CD a lot in my car and this is what I would sing:

“Righteousness, Peace, Joy in the Holy Ghost, Righteousness Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost, that’s the Kingdom of God.” “Don't you want to be a part of the Kingdom? Don't you want to be a part of the Kingdom? Don't you want to be a part of the Kingdom, come on everybody!”

Of course the song had more verses, but what struck me that particular day while I was reading the Bible in the book of Matthew, is that Jesus is CLEARLY describing how we could live undivided, so take heed. If we could possibly hear what he is trying to say in this passage, we would see that our Kingdom, His Kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. But it seems more contrary at times, even in my personal life, though I strive for more unity than division.

When I was married the first time in 1985 I had entered into a new 'kingdom' of my life which was marriage. We lived in harmony most of the time and we both loved the Lord and even went to church in Tulsa, almost faithfully. At least faithfully on Sunday mornings.

We both worked, too much, and we became more and more dependent on our jobs than each other, or the love we had for the Lord or the love we once cherished in each other.

As several years went by, my 'kingdom' began to vanish of the things it was built on. Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. I slowly watched my 'castle/kingdom' fade away. We divided from each other after four and a half years of marriage we become even more distant with a separation. That separation lasted about eight weeks.

During the time of that split, my husband called me from Kansas city and he told me that when he was sitting out on his fathers deck listening to secular music, a song came on the radio and the words to the song were this:

         “So raise your hands to heaven and pray that we'll be back together someday, 

tonight I need your sweet caress hold me in the darkness- tonight you calm my restlessness, you relieve my sadness.” 

He said when he listened to the words he could see me when I worshiped and he could see me when I prayed and he could also see me forgiving him, again. 

Ultimately he came home but tragically we parted ways permanently five years later.

Our kingdom was merely always divided. When you begin to leave Jesus who is the King of all, out of your life, you will fall. And you will not just fall with a skinned knee, you will fall in utter desolation.

My marriage ended in divorce and I was single for ten years, but the God I love and serve is a restorer to those who love him and call on him. Yes, it took ten years to get re-married, but like Jesus said; “A house divided against itself will not stand!”

I have told my husband whom the Lord gave to me after that tragic divorce and being single for 10 years, that our kingdom must never be divided. Oh, I can tell you, it's been a real struggle at times to remain in the footsteps of righteousness, within this marriage, but I know from experience that keeping the Holy Spirit actively alive, is the only thing that will keep your kingdom together.

Even the devil doesn't know how to keep himself together as he battles against himself! When we participate in the same 'weakness/strength' of the devil we will FALL! Jesus explains it in the very NEXT verse  in Matthew, that if the devil tries to drive out the demons with his own power, such as pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony envy or sloth then he is dis-unified! So, how then will a kingdom last or stand?

I could see this in chapter 12, how Jesus described (Amplified version) those who were against or rather divided in ANY Kingdom will be brought down to desolation (gloom) and laid to waste, and then Jesus goes on to say; that NO CITY or HOUSE divided against itself will last or continue to stand.

IF WE REMAIN IN UNITY BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD WE WILL STAND—BUT IF YOU ARE NOT WITH GOD, THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE AGAINST HIM.

My daddy used to have a bumper sticker on his truck that said; “Grove Oklahoma belongs to Jesus, Get saved or get out of town!”

I used to be a little embarrassed at times with my daddy's crass and nonchalant way he had about him. But where he lived and what he did was wholeheartedly urging people to wake up to what God himself is trying to tell us. We got use to him being bold.

WAKE -UP and stop dividing yourself against the kingdom of God. Daddy said many things that reckoned something inside of me, because he was 'stubborn' about his love for Jesus. 

I was so nervous when my daddy was asked to the the service of my High School's Baccalaureate ceremony, the year I graduated. I don't really remember him embarrassing me with his strong southern twang accent he never lost after moving to Oklahoma, I always thought it was charming. 

I actually remember thinking how delighted I was that he told a funny story about a rooster, that made everyone think and laugh. (I wish I had his notes from that day, it would mean so much to me!) He got an applause, but he was never again asked to deliver the message at any other Grove Baccalaureate ceremonies again. I am certain he must have shared the salvation message, something I was very use to. Regardless, I smiled, I do remember that. (32 years ago)

When I read the words of my Jesus, I can hear the same determination of my daddy desiring nothing but best for his daughter. That is the same thing our God wants from us. 

What daddy meant was the very same thing that Jesus meant. GET WITH THE UNITY OF YOUR GOD OR GET OUT OF TOWN. 

You see, if we do not get into unity with Jesus and His words to us, as a city, as a nation, as a church as a family as a marriage etc. etc.....we will FALL. Yes, we have a gracious God and Yes, he has shown us much mercy, but if we do not heed to the voice of our Savior then he is describing to us in his words like he was speaking to the disciples and the Pharisee's in that chapter, that desolation will happen. (Matthew 12) Look around.

It was people that delivered our Messiah into the hands of the enemy to be hung on the cross. The same 'people' delivers His precious Holy Spirit to the hands of the enemy when we are in discord and leave him out of our lives.

YET, Jesus forgives them all! But unfortunately anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit, woe to him. (12:32) See, Jesus gave himself freely to this World by God, but when God took him into eternity and now he sits at the right hand of the father making intercession for you and me, he is interceding because the Holy Spirit, who is Jesus' Spirit, Gods Spirit, is here for us and his intercession and his presence is so that we will take notice of how powerful He can be in our lives. We must let him.

See, Righteousness, Peace and Joy are in the Holy Spirit and when that is quenched or stifled or put away from unity—it leaves us desolate! It leave us for ruin. We cannot function without the help of the Holy Spirit. We cannot live in unity without his power working in our lives. We cannot be of any good to Jesus if we are not walking in the way he has taught us through the Word to do. 

He wants us to rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to do the work. That is why he lived, died and rose again, so that we would always be able to know him by the power of the Holy Spirit who is always willing and waiting to be there working in and through us.

GOD is for us, who then can be against us?.....Us!

Let's get into UNITY. Home-Church-City-Family-Job- and-NATION!

We do not want to be laid to waste.

side note: I was reading from my mother's amplified Bible, when I found this verse I have written about in this blog . She had given me this Bible shortly after my daddy died— in the front of the Bible she wrote; “The Great Revival with Rodney Howard Brown" was taking place and she thought it was important to jot that down right under her name.

My parents were both touched in a mighty way at that Revival and many people ridiculed Rodney Howard Brown because of all the laughter that took place in his meetings. 

The enemy DOES NOT WANT RIGHTEOUSNESS PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST, BECAUSE THAT KINGDOM BELONGS TO GOD.

Right under my mothers notation about the revival, she wrote: I Corinthians 1:18 and 2:14-16 Basically it says; “Most men do not receive God and they see the Word as folly and they see it as very absurd, but unfortunately, they are perishing and need Jesus.

But to me and to you, it is giving us POWER to walk in the KINGDOM OF GOD!

The reason I write--(written on Word Press Blog 1st)

I am Holly Vernon Miller and I write out of what seems to be pulled from me like a vacuum.
I seek to live a life, as if a mission is something I just do, not strive to do. I want to deliver words of Truth through the precious and amazing Word of God, and my wish is that you hear Him and not me. For instance, this is how I view it; If you pick up a Bible, and gently turn the pages, you just might begin to hear the sound of Angels wings fluttering.
This may not seem interesting to you, but you have yet to hear my story of how a preachers kid can actually care and embrace pain and ultimately show you/others how it can become your passion.
I reflect on every phase of my life as a lesson. I was the youngest of four daughters and we were  raised as a “Preacher’s Kids” (PK’s they called us) starting in our adolescence.  When my daddy decided to leave a decent paying job and wholeheartedly begin to trust the ONE who had been calling him since the age of 18, we had no choice except to go along. He was 36 or 37 years old when he finally yielded to the very thing that never allowed him rest from within. I was 12 and my other sisters were 13, 14, 15. It was at this point of my life, that my faith in my dad and mom and ultimately my resource in the Word of God became an inscription on my heart. Truly inscribed.
I  freely admit my path as an adult had been a bit “curved” at times, after my 9 year marriage ended in divorce……, but I now journey through this life quite differently than before. “Realizing that divorce—though devastating and living single for ten years was at times more than difficult, it is truly about remaining focused on the “awakenings” of God”….He always surprises us. Well, at least He has certainly always surprised me. When I actually WOKE UP to what had been placed in me long ago, I could finally see where my faith was strengthened, yet, I did not know it at the time. It was during the pain, I could see that affliction must happen so that the pain can bring us into divine healing which actually calls us long before we ever endured, and that is when we are finally restored. Restoration does come. (Isaiah 55:3)
My husband Charlie and I will be married 9 years in November. Through love and most of all devotion  and commitment I anticipate and always question and wonder what is next for us every single day. Through times of difficulty and yet  through laughter and most importantly learning more about God and His incredible Word, I wait and I remain certain I am hearing Him speak as I seek to ‘TEACH TRUTH AS I WAS TAUGHT.’ How do I know it is TRUTH? Because I have  the knowledge of my life lessons as I walk through my jubilee years of life. I also have a record of a life within and outside the boundaries of Gods incredible amazing grace. While living in the times that Charismatic was just not a thing of the present, it was actually hardly accepted, but daddy kept us believing and therefore, I have put my faith to action! I learned from the best of the best in Gods army of the 80′s, that being a believer was and will always be a ‘fanatic’, but I do not care. ONLY, now, I have seen the high cost of PAIN and have far outlived the blows of the enemy because my PASSION DRIVES ME to be stronger and bolder than the one who tries to bring me down. THIS IS WHY I WRITE!
In 2006, the year my mom and three sisters and I lost our preacher daddy, he spoke words to each of us during his final breathes, while lying still, in the agonizing ICU room.  He said to me; “You are creative and passionate, don’t ever lose that.” The word Passionate has become my heart song, because daddy was right, I am very passionate about the very core of who I truly am within my being. Pain has delivered to me healing which only allows me to use an antidote of the same blood washed love that cured me. See, Pain is a passion. For me, it strengthened me to persevere me and be a voice for the afflicted,  which is ‘why i write’.
I love to encourage women to become more than what they could have ever seen themselves doing in their lives. I do this by TEACHING TRUTH AS I WAS TAUGHT. If I told you that growing up as a preachers kid was hard, I would be lying. It was easy, not because it was always fun, but because it resonated in me as if everyone else was living the more difficult way of life and I/ we were granted the reward, to live in a way that no body else wanted to accept.
My dad started the first non-denominational church in the small town where I lived and grew up. He was a pioneer and at the time, I didn’t even realize how ridiculed he truly was, especially after he was kicked out of the Baptist church for being just a little too liberal with the ‘TRUTHS’ of the Word of God. It was certainly amazing to watch. My daddy was rooted, like a one hundred year old tree stump. NOTHING and no-one would ever convince him that he was wrong about his deliberate love and desire to preach the Word of God and his interpretation of it was FRESH in the late ’70′s, but not so gracefully accepted. .Daddy was on a wave that was taking him into places with God that the whole town talked about at the time of his death 30 some years after he started his mission to “Get people saved, or get out of town!” That’s a trait, I think, or I am certain he saw in me and my sister Rhonda. He called her zealous.
I am passionate about believing in a God that says He will provide all your needs, because he will! I am stubborn when it comes to confessing only the good of a situation because I saw the results of that confession happen too many times for my mom and dad.
When and after my dad died, I knew I was to complete the book I had started prior to his sickness, and in 2007, I completed and published my first book, “Life after the games” Prior to 2004, I DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO TURN ON OR OFF A COMPUTER! I was a hairdresser for 23 years and never had a single amount of training on a computer, whatsoever! It was the PAIN OF THE CRUCIBLE, as my nephew would say about editing my writings, after my second BOOK, ‘The face of an arrow”.
When daddy first decided to go into the ministry all I could think of at the time of my adolescence  was, what about Christmas? The realization of knowing he was not getting paid troubled me at the age of 12 years old. That is when I began to learn, without realizing it, that we were going to experience  and determine to live by FAITH. Not faith as we ‘religiously’ speak about, but faith as a way of life! My life as a PK had all of the sudden become the norm. I never lacked for anything.
As I blog I will add many synopsis of a life as a PK and you will begin to understand the power behind my passion.
I presently serve in my church at Central Christian, here in Wichita, Kansas and I assist in leading praise and worship with an assigned team on particular Sunday mornings.
My greatest faith step was when I was sitting on the toilet asking God if I could go to school, ( I couldn’t ask my husband, because the school was outside of New York) and at that very moment, I heard the Lord say to me; “Teach and I will teach you.” That is not what I was looking for, but I realized that every fiber in my being was screaming to seek out the essence of who I was through the written Word of God. I had no Idea that when I went to Choir that following Wednesday night after I heard the Lord Speak, that my friend/acquaintance at the time would ask me; “Holly, when are you going to start that Bible study you had told me you were going to start?” I said;” Monday!”  I did not even realize I had said it until it came out of my mouth. I told her that the invites were up to her. I was not going to invite anyone, but rather she could. Eight came that first night on September 8 2008 and since that day on the ‘throne’ I have continued to lead in many, many  teachings. I taught 2 1/2 years, faithfully, I committed to every Monday night of those years and after that, I went to the first Monday of every month, providing it did not fall on a Holiday. I have had a wide range of women walk through my door and within those hearts, some broken to the point of feeling no repair, the WORD has become a reflection of that incredible day when my three sisters and I became ordained into the ministry, in 2006, because daddy would have asked us to do so, though he never assumed.
Somebody believed in me. I believe in you. Yes, Pastor Leon Vernon called me passionate, but Jesus Christ called me HIS, and with that, I TEACH HIS TRUTH, AS I WAS TAUGHT. Thanks to my preacher dad and my faithful God-fearing mother, I remain, living a life of FAITH.
Be blessed as you search for Truth. If you need it, I will help you learn.
Both of my books are found on Amazon.com–I am still amazed! Amazed that I am able to write and amazed that I am allowed the time to do so.

"Do you scream, RAPTURE!!"

Ever wonder why you feel persecuted? Do you find yourself saying to God, more than once, COME QUICKLY LORD!?

We have all at some point in our lives found our humanness is such distress, thinking that the wrath of God has come upon us..... but I want to share something with you. If you are a born again believer, you will not ever suffer the “WRATH” of God! But you will possibly/probably definitely suffer PERSECUTION. I'm here to tell you—The Word says; “God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The wrath of God was poured out on JESUS. First Thessalonian 5:9

Just as God removed Noah and his seven family members from his wrath, He will also remove us from the wrath of this world, through the Rapture.

WE WILL HOWEVER SUFFER PERSECUTION.......because persecution comes from SATAN and he is after our righteousness! Though he will not get it, unless we resolve our rights and let him, we will feel the pain of persecution various times. But GOD sent His son and left for us the Holy Spirit to comfort us and get us through the difficult times.

A thought: There is a line in the book of Mark which amazes me......it's this: “SEEING their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man.”

What do you think Jesus saw when he told the man “his sins were forgiven?--after he SAW his faith.

What is it that JESUS SEES in YOU that shows HIM that YOU HAVE FAITH? Does Jesus SEE your faith?

When Lot and his family were living in Sodom and Gomorrah, though living carnal, God still spared them from His wrath. (several months ago, in Bible study, I taught about Lot and how he lived off of Abrahams blessing, remember? Well, God spared him the wrath) AS it was with Sodom and Gomorrah and with the Flood....God will remove us from the wrath.

THIS is how we know there will be a Rapture experience, because God for thousands of years has held back his wrath.

God will come against unrighteousness, but for now, though at times it seems bleak in lives of others or other countries or families or even close in your homes......HE is not pouring out His wrath.

He will allow persecution so that His Son will be revealed even greater as we learn to TRUST IN WHO HE IS.

He is asking you to cling to him during times of persecution and times of hardship.

The Rapture is not to remove us from persecution. The Rapture is to remove the CHURCH from Judgment on the earth.

God promises to be with us during times of difficulties.......DO YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAYS?

Tell me....WHAT DOES HE SEE IN YOU?

(Certain contents of this Text were encouraged through my former Pastor and friend; Bob Yandian.)

Here I am....'TEACHING TRUTH AS I WAS TAUGHT"

Holly 

What do you tell your friends?

While sitting in the memorial service/funeral  a couple of weeks ago, with the passing of one of my former salon clients, Bun Brewer, (RIP sweet Bun) I jotted down several things on the memorial program they handed out to each of us.
The minister who delivered her eulogy pointed out many scriptures, but what stood out to me the most, was what my spirit caught concerning the fact that Jesus told his friends many things, but the most important thing he expressed was this. "I am the way the truth and the life" John 14:6
---Jesus said so many things to his disciples and now he is speaking even louder to us, as we are troubled or sorrowful or waiting and doubting and wondering and even some, 'wandering'......don't lose heart Jesus said.
He clearly says to us to NOT BE TROUBLED.....THERE ARE MANY ROOMS. (read John 14:1-4)
Jesus is our greatest example of how to console or minister to people. He is the way, but He also expressed before He told them he was the way, that we are NOT to be troubled. He said; "Trust me!" "I got this!"
If there are 'many rooms in my fathers house' then why do you worry? And then He says; "If it were not so, I WOULD PLAINLY TELL YOU!" (my emphasis..on the boldness.)
Why do we find ourselves in distress or wonder or wander or doubt or anxiety etc, when the Words that Jesus spoke should SOLELY be enough to get us by!

I was listening very intently to this Baptist preacher who articulated the Word of God graciously and gracefully. The moment that struck me was the fact that he stood before a dead body which we were honoring. He was looking out into the lives of living breathing human beings displaying a message of Jesus' words. He recited nearly 20 verses.....I was jotting fast, there were possibly more. I always take notice when the Word is given....I think at some point it will matter. Today, nearly two weeks later, they matter. Allow me go on.

We, are alive and the only thing that truly matters is what we believe and what we tell our friends all the way to the end; hearing Jesus' words. "I am the way the truth and the life"---I told you not to worry!"

Did you know that when we doubt that God can intervene on our behalf, we might as well be dead? We are totally and completely doubting everything that He has said. Why do we do it? Because we forget what Jesus told his friends and what He is saying to us still. GET up, shake yourself off and remember; "Jesus is the way!"

Another verse this Pastor Bill Riffee spoke was this. (and this is my final thought, maybe) Matthew 6:27 NLT. "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not."

Do you know that Jesus is your provider. His Word provides all that you need to get to the next place in your life?
Do you know that He feeds the birds, why wouldn't he feed you?
Did you know that He raises people from the dead even when we are attending a funeral? He is still a miracle working God!
Do you ever truly let go of your problems, concerns and relinquish them to God, TRULY?
Did you know that Jesus will never leave you, while you wait on that report or wait for that spouse or move forward with that decision or wait on a job or wait on answers or wait or wait or wait........? He never leaves.

Psalms 56:3 "What time I am afraid---I trust you."

Is HE your hiding place? Then rest.....and remember words spoken over a 'dead body' and REJOICE that you are alive and celebrating the life that you live! Live for Jesus and tell your friends about Him.

YES and I AM LISTENING!

Abraham said; "YES" then he said; "I AM LISTENING" Hello  readers! I am popping in this afternoon just to remind you of the life impacting story of Abe and Issac's journey, up the grueling mountain--which actually became a reminder to the world of just how faithful God is when we are obedient. God is asking you today to lean in a little closer to hear what He is saying....... Abraham was a leader to Issac: Who's following you? Yes, Abe was Issac's daddy, and he trusted him. Who trust you to lead them to a ultimate journey of blessing? Do you feel tested in your walk? Abraham was not only tested in his faith, but he was tested in his obedience. He was asked to build a sacrifice for his son! His surroundings must have seemed pretty dim at the time. Check out your surroundings of where or what you personally might have climbed into. God will 'still' show you what He has for you, if you are willing to be obedient to his listen to HIS voice. Issac was as much affected by Abe's obedience as Abe himself. Usually what we are doing has more affect on others than even as much on us. Are you in a relationship? Are you in a friend ship? Are you raising a child? What about your co-workers? Who's following you, as you go up the grueling mountains in your life, like Abraham and Issac climbed? Only thing is, when Issac questioned Abraham and said; "Where's the lamb for the sacrifice?" Abraham's reply was this; "God will provide"--The greatest leadership is one that is totally dependent on the fact that 'we' are not doing this alone. WE have a greater witness. The Holy Spirit in us is leading us. Do you hear him speaking to you? Abraham and Issac climbed what Abe thought would be a horrific end, when in fact, God showed both of them that HE was the mountain of provision! (that 'grueling' mountain is now a land mark of a written proverb: "The Lord will provide" It's official, when God is asking you to lean in a little closer to hear him, then I believe HE must mean HE has something to say. He said; “Because you obey me and did not withhold from me, I swear by my own self.... “I will bless you richly!!” (my emphasis on the words.) I hope you make this day the best day of your life and you will remember always that HE is the 'MOUNTAIN OF PROVISION'!! Don't ever forget that OBEDIENCE, climbs and when you get to the top, it's a place of blessing! This story I am referring to is written in Genesis 22 in God's Holy Bible!

"The written Words-- to the Storm"

"Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"

So many times we want to see and hear from God almost immediately  and so many times we just do not understand why it doesn't happen the way we would want it to. 
When a storm is rolling in, and the forecast is telling us the worst is coming.......we forget about having faith and we do not truly gravitate to Peace.
God allows a 'storm' to come up in your life to see if you will have faith in the fact that He will see you through.
In Mark 4:40 it is written that Jesus asked the question, "why do you have no faith?" and in the previous scripture vs. 39 HE rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "PEACE BE STILL".
It was not the disciples he was rebuking, but rather the wind and sea. In the midst of a storm, 'we' freak out! I freak out when I see the Kansas weather forecast and I suddenly begin to 'rebuke' the winds just like Jesus did in this scripture. It's funny though, I am rebuking the wind because my faith is being tested in the storm. My faith on the other hand is turbulent, just like the storm--I need to be rebuked! But Jesus did not rebuke the men/women, he rebuked the Wind and the Sea. His authority is to bring peace, the peace that we should grab a hold of in the midst of the storm. See, Jesus is our peace and when we see him as the authority that we need to trust in, then and only then can we weather the STORM.

Kansas was hit by a Tornado Saturday night. (April 14, 2012) Nights like that makes one aware of the power of our almighty God. He is still in control and He will allow storms to come and storms to go, but in the midst we must realize that if Jesus spoke Peace then we can receive Peace through His words.
Have FAITH not in the storm, but in the ONE who brings us PEACE.

SHARES equals CHAIRS!

While I was ministering in the country of Honduras last September, I had the opportunity to speak one night at an inner city, Friday night, on fire for the Lord youth group. The leader/Pastor of Casa de Restauracion is David Martinez. David is only in his twenties and is very much a servant and natural born leader. When I was privileged to speak in Tegucigalpa, they were meeting in a small upper room above a Bed and Breakfast which held around 80 comfortably. But they soon grew out of that space and just recently moved to another facility.

This is where the story gets a little more interesting.

Being friends on Facebook with David after sensing his determined heart while in Honduras and feeling the love of my parents mission minded spirit for the Honduran's, I feel the need to mentor this young and vibrant soul. I anxiously read all that he sends to me. We will message each other randomly and pop in and say hi and so forth, but it wasn't until I received the message on February 17th, that my heart and soul became stirred by the events that were going on in a place where I left pieces of my heart. They love Jesus and that excites me! 

David messaged me telling me how the 'services' which they are having each week have grown so much that they are renting 3 buses to get the youth there. His urgent need was mostly for 'SHARES'--and currently, there are only 50 'SHARES' that come with the place and he needs to seat at least 280!! 

See, like you, I got a little confused as to why he was needing 'SHARES'--when in fact he was needing CHAIRS!

Bless his heart, I set the message aside and told him I needed to consider how to send him money and if I could actually get support as well for $6.00 plastic chairs or $15.00 aluminum chairs. I decided it was my 'deed' as my dad would say and therefore I PERSONALLY needed to SEED.

I started to reflect on my selfish desires and reluctantly placed them aside as I challenged my husband and remembered my 'stash' (you know, the stash you save for a rainy day which is actually a selfish stash you are going to spend on yourself?) 

I get an 'allowance' every other week from my husband in order to keep from putting too many things on credit cards, and I also do three widows hair on a weekly basis who pay me quite well, so with that in mind, I have my 'stash'......only this particular day last Thursday my husband gave me my grocery money/miscellaneous money, which was a check for $300. I cashed it and sent it to Tegucigalpa, Honduras for SHARES/CHAIRS! 

After sending the monies, plus the $11 via WESTERN UNION, I felt the release deep in my bones. I went to the restroom and while entering the stall, I heard this still small voice say to me; "Thank you for taking care of my son." I began to tear up and smile! I never told my husband what I did. I just did it by faith and determined I could stretch my dollars a little longer.

Today--I got on my computer to read through emails and within the email was a long awaited response my husband and I were waiting to hear. We 'forgot' to cancel a trip we were going to take as a gift to each other last December and therefore we were in dispute with the Insurance company who told us that we did not have a chance of getting our money back. But GOD sees and knows everything! After five months of negotiation and much heartache of the loss, we just counted it as a sorrowful mistake and learning experience. However, within the sea of my personal emails were these words; " This message is to inform you that your claim has been finalized. We are issuing a check to you in the amount of $3,312.95. You can expect it in about 7-10 business days." 

SHARES EQUALS CHAIRS! When I gave the $300.00, God gave EVERYTHING back, plus the $11 it cost to send via WU. The God I serve is a 100% giving God, when you simply SHARE because HE ask.

Oh, and you can bet ya, I told my husband about giving away my money! I give God all the praise and glory and honor HE SO RIGHTFULLY DESERVES! 

100 percent return on my SHARES!

Perception---is it truth?

Perception means this; “The process of using the senses to acquire in formation about a surrounding environment of situations.

Do we really know because we perceive? I have found in my adult life, and I have lived a little while and I can tell you this that it is not actually what you observe it to be. Trial an err has taught me the fact.

It is not until we have walked in someone else’s shoes that we should ever judge the surroundings of someone else.

I have judged/perceived and I have been judged.  In evaluation of others I have learned that NOTHING is what you might perceive it to be. Unless you live in the situation, you are not correct in what is really going on. A lesson I am learning every time I have either been judged or heard judgment of others or have judged others. Only God knows first hand the dynamics of people’s pain or life. Really, we are just suppose to love and if we think we should correct what we see, then I encourage you to hesitate before you do, as you just might find yourself facing the pain of someone’s perception on your own life and those repercussions hurt. I know.

If I have judged or perceived something about someone else, I am sorry. Since being crushed by perception, I relent in this action and only hope that I remember just how much it has hurt me.

Perception: an attitude or understanding based on what is observed or thought.

Think before you judge—it might just come back and judge you.

Point of 'VIEWS'--(viewing)

IT was Friday--January 6, 2012. Although I am retired from doing hair, I still keep my hands in 4 little ladies hair, every week, on Friday. (Wish sometimes that wasn’t so, but I am here to serve the widows.) The simple joy of doing these women is ONLY that they keep me entertained at their idiosyncrasies. They are all in their late 70’s and one of them is 81 and I have done her hair for 20 years. I got to admit, I don’t love the fact that they dominate every single Friday that I am in town, but that is my fault. When I spoil, I do it well. And they are also good to me.

Yesterday was a Friday, and I sit writing this on Saturday morning after looking down at my calendar of events since the week is over. Not sure why I am writing about these women, but it’s on my mind so I thought it was the perfect scenario seeing that I am all alone in my office and it’s too cold to walk my dog, I am reminded for whatever reason, that I had a full week with “people”. My joy, my ministry, my love and my life…..people.

A funeral was brought up in our conversation with two of the ladies who were in my “Steal Magnolia fashioned” Salon, located in my basement. One of the ladies had just been to the funeral the day prior. The other lady, who also knew the deceased, expressed her intolerance for funerals and opted to go to the viewing instead.

This is where the conversation got cleverly awkward and tricky.

“Well, I just can’t do funerals.” One said. She continues; “I cannot even stand the thought of people starring at me, and what about all that horrible makeup “they” put on her, it was AWEFUL!”

“I didn’t think she looked that bad;” the one in my styling chair said while rolling her eyes at me in the mirror.

“She looked dark and dreary; she didn’t even look like herself, it was so bad.” the other said.

“She looked like Sherri to me.” The one in my chair said.

“Well, all I know is this; I do not want people looking at me when I die, I mean it.” she said

I thought to myself; you aren’t going to have a choice when you are dead. I almost voiced it, but kept it to myself and let them have this conversation. 

They continued talking about FUNERALS. The one sitting behind me says; “Holly, all I could think about while I was viewing Sherri, was how good you made Jo look. Remember when I went with you to do her hair and makeup for her funeral?” She asked. I nodded. 
“She looked so pretty.” She adds. “But I still don’t want people looking at me!” the opinionated  goes on to say. 

The other one says; “It’s closure for most people.”

“Well, I don’t care, I am going to tell my daughter she better not allow people to look at me, and I mean it! She better just leave the casket closed and then just bury me!” She profoundly expressed.

I finally said; “And why are we having this conversation about death?”

This went on for a few more minutes, the one sitting behind me wouldn’t stop, while I was styling the other, she just kept expressing negative and contrary comments and I cannot even form the verbiage to explain those dynamics. But I felt  it was now my turn to pipe in.

I said; “Can I tell you a story about my sister Mary Ellen, when my daddy died?” They both got quiet and the one that was in my styling chair said; “sure, go ahead.”

I looked at the one behind me, through the mirror to make sure she was done speaking. She was not sure she was done with her words, but she saw my sincerity and became still long enough to hear what I had to say. I began to talk.

I pulled away from the styling chair for a few seconds and I began to tell them that when my daddy was very sick and dying, things began to get chaotic and hectic during the end of his sickness and ultimate death. The abolishing feeling after his death was so horrific that there was little peace for my sisters and for me, although I handle death and sicknesses very differently than they do. I became strong during this time, very resilient.

I stepped back toward the chair to continue styling and said; "It was my mom and I along side daddy in his final hours. Mary Ellen could barely visit ICU. Though very reluctant she did.
I felt the last of his dying pulse and I was also there at the morgue to make sure he looked good and most of all, looked like himself, for the viewing."

Devastated at the loss of Mary Ellen’s sole employer and best friend for more than 26 years, she silently could not pull it together during this horrific time. Rhonda was a complete wreck too, and Dawne, the oldest, recluses from it all until she knew to come out. People just handle things differently. I am the youngest of us four girls and I'm different and particularly during daddy's death.

So, I was at the church for the wake/viewing, waiting for my sisters and my mom to get there. I had just walked away from the casket for the countless number of times. I just adjusted daddy's jacket and took notice of every detail while he lay there. I even re-combed his hair, one more time. I stared at our empty vessel that we all loved and adored.

There was Mary Ellen standing reluctant, at the doorway of the entrance to the church's auditorium. This venue was the place where she had spent countless hours with our preacher daddy, and she just stood there, waiting. Though I knew she would appear to be the strongest outwardly, she was completely torn up on the inside. (She is a year older than me, but I was always her confidant, as if our ages were reversed.)

I met her at the threshold. She expressed to me with fearless anxiety and with her hand up by her mouth she whispers; “I have been such a wreck and then I looked down there and saw daddy and I thought; oh, good, daddy’s here.”

Those are words I will never forget as long as I live.

The very presence of daddy's physical form was waiting to say good bye to his little girls, and waiting for us to say good-bye to him. 

Funerals are not for the dead, they are for the living. "Though our pagan ways are not always acceptable to everyone, it is profoundly a way to let go, once and for all"-- as I spoke with passion to my two ladies, who were now staring at me.

I went on to say my daddy always said; “Put me in a box and put me in the ground, because he didn’t care about all the hoopla. But the hoopla is not for the dead, but for us."

I wouldn’t ever have wanted my sister Mary Ellen to miss the opportunity to feel the peace she felt when the entire world around her as she knew it was completely catastrophic, and yet, there his peaceful body lay. It eased her."

“We’ve got to allow people to say good-bye. It might actually be the only way for others to let go.” I said.

The one in my styling chair said;"I agree"..... with subtle tears in her eyes.”

"ALL IS WELL IN 2012"

I found a prophecy written (and typed) dated October 21, 1996 by my daddy. The very first line of the verbiage says this: “For surely I am raising up a people who will stand in this generation.”

Monday night, January 2, I hosted yet another “Tribal Bible Study” in my home. The words which I kept using during my time with these 13 women was this; “Bridge the Gap between the past and the present.” What does that mean, you might ask? Well, all I can tell you is that during my preparation and time of study, I know I heard deep in my Spirit this voice which kept telling me; ENTER IN. Enter into what I thought? Enter in and bridge the gap.

There are symbolic numbers in the Bible which are defined various ways, like the number for God is 1 and the number for man is 6 and the number for Entering in is 12. I believe this ‘voice’ I heard, was not simply for me, but for you the reader. ENTER into that place that you have always talked about going, but never did and Enter into that step of faith that keeps calling you and stop listening to the doubt that has so dominated your life for so long.

Where are you supposed to go? What are you suppose to do? Only you can and will know the answer to that question. My question to you is this; “Will you fall back on that desire or challenge, or will you press forward and accomplish the very thing that has haunted you for too long?” This is 2012, a time to Enter In.

When I found the piece of paper from my daddy, written 10 years and 6 months and 15 days prior to his death (I’m not that great at math, so I could be off a little—he died May 9^th 2006) I noticed the same nudge I am challenging you with, was also challenging me. The very next line of his written prophecy was this; “A people who will be called by my name, who will stand in marriage, in the home and church, through the good times and the bad.” I thought, well that doesn’t apply to Entering In, that applies to personal ministry and personal behavior. Well then I must tell you what the very next line says; “And I am calling for a people that will be a bold witness and will tell the World that Jesus Christ is Lord in every situation!”

It applies. It applies to all who desire to be used mightily in their lives, this year.

Entering In for 2012 truly means to Enter In to the place that will bring glory and honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. “For I say, that a covenant must be kept,” was another line of his written words. I began to feel a little more certain now, about this being applicable to my life, today. In fact, prophecy is always applicable or the Word of God is void. Isaiah the prophet is still a guide. I love to read and acknowledge his words and they are thousands and thousands of years old. This prophetic Word from my anointed preacher daddy is as vital to my life as Isaiah saying I am a sharp sword ready to be taken from Gods quiver. (Emphasis mine Isaiah 49:2) I never doubted those words almost 4 years ago when I began teaching in my home. Why would I think that the ‘nudge’ in my Spirit is any different today than the nudge I felt when I read Isaiah’s words to begin to teach and become a sharp arrow which will pierce into the hearts of many who will be brought into my home? I won’t. I will not doubt what I know the voice of my prophetic daddy will say to me, though the words are dated now sixteen years later. I won’t.
“And those who refuse to be covenant keepers will not embrace the move of My Spirit.” Wow, now those words pierced me. I want more than anything to be covenant keeper to God, as He is a greater covenant keeper to me.
Eight years ago, I found myself standing in a NEW ENTRANCE. I had just walked away from a life of surviving solely on what my natural ability was able to produce through being a hairdresser and I was three months newly married. Many of my former 23 years I wanted to change the course of my life, but knew I could not do so because the bills still had to be paid. The last 10 of those years I was single after my marriage of 9 years ended. So, here I stood at a bridge, now gapped.
All during my ‘single life’ I kept asking God to please allow me to enter into another marriage. He ultimately answered my plea, possibly when HE knew I would keep the covenant I promised. I know this to be true for me personally; I cannot speak for others who have been divorced. I know that He asked me to truly consider HIS covenant with me and this time to make it more about HIM. I have kept that promise now for eight years. (moving into 9) He is keeping his covenant with me—He always does, even when in my past I did not. “Bridge the Gap.”
At the ENTRANCE of that eight years ago threshold, I determined to live this life of marriage and ministry and covenant differently than I ever challenged myself before. I could share my accolades of various things which I have accomplished, but that would only give glory to me, not God, and bore you. But I will say this, I wrote and published two books and only God could know that was a life long desire.
Two more lines of daddy’s words said this; “For they will find that there is no one to be married to in the earth. And there is no one to be yoked with in the earth. And my example was sent from heaven unto the earth, I made a covenant with PEOPLE.” I thought to myself; you sure did, God. And then I kept reading; “I did not discriminate, I chose to take all.” And now, I am very certain He is not only talking to me, but to YOU. What is He asking you to do?
Deeper—further lines in the prophecy, still; “And you have heard it said and it is truth, it is not the words that you say, it’s the life that you live that is lasting example.” Oh, God, you really are talking to us!

What is God asking you to do this year? Fourteen lines from the bottom of the prophecy of my daddy’s say this; “And I say to you, determine that you are going to keep a covenant. For a covenant is Holy in the house of God. And if you do not keep covenant in the house of God, how can you expect to receive the benefits of the covenant that the Lord your God has given unto you when you refuse the example of covenant that has been given?”
I told my husband, 8 years ago that I was supposed to do ministry for the Lord and for the sake of the call which is to declare that Jesus Christ did in fact die for me and for you. You might ask; what is the ministry or the call? It is the very thing that NUDGES you every single day that you have yet to yield to. I know you hear it. I know I heard it daily while living single and on my own. For me, marriage was the first ministry God entrusted me with and second was the church. I am faithful to both. Thirdly and definitely not last and not least, he is calling me to “be a bold witness that will tell the world that Jesus Christ is Lord in every situation.” I wonder daily what that might be comprised of, but I cannot question the details, only ENTER IN to the doors that are before me.
The last line of this prophecy is this; “and they shall walk with boldness through the earth, and they will do signs and wonders and miracles and nothing good will be withheld from them! For, they shall say that my God is Jesus and He is my Lord. Hallelujah!”
Joshua 1:6 says; Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
I’m going, will you?