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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Reclaim Your Life

Greetings, to my friends:

As I was waiting for a message today, the Spirit took me to Psalm 51:10-13. David's petition to God was that God create in him a pure heart and make his spirit right again (v. 10). David had sinned against God, not only did David coveted another man's wife (Bathsheba), but he actually got the man (Uriah) killed and then took the man's wife (2 Samuel 11). David paid dearly for his sins, but he repented to God. God forgave David. David prayed and asked God to not take away His Holy Spirit. David prayed that God give him back the joy of His salvation. David prayed that God would keep him strong and give him a willing spirit. David promised God that if God do all those things for him, he will teach Gods ways to those who do wrong and sinners will turn back to God.

My friends, when we do despicable things, when we commit a sin, no matter small or large, we must repent and ask God for forgiveness and mercy. If we don't, our lives go dark, the further we tangle with sin, the darker our lives become. I can tell you, when your life gets dark, it is no fun, you are really wrapped around the devil's fingers, and it is so hard for the lights to get turned back on, but I believe in the Savior Jesus Christ. My friends, just as David did, we must do. We must begin to take back all that the devil has stolen from us. That's right, we must reclaim back everything, in the name of Jesus. I am telling you, if you have been dark and you feel like you can't get out, just call on the name of Jesus and reclaim your families, your finances, your joy, most importantly reclaim your Spirit, that is, the Spirit of God. Don't be afraid to reclaim everything. It may take some time, but hang in there, pray, keep on praying morning, noon and night; ask prayer warriors to intercede on your behalf; you'll need all the prayers you can get. Oh, the devil is mad. But, who cares?

There is a Hezekiah Walker song I just love, Faithful is our God. Hezekiah sings:
Faithful, faithful is our God
I am reaping the harvest God promised me
Take back what the devil stole from me
And I rejoice today, for I shall recover it all.

Yes, my friends, you see, when we ask God to forgive us, He gives us that second chance, in fact, He is a God of many chances. All we have to do is call on His name and when we do, God let us take back everything that the devil has stolen from us. I know I am a witness. I have personally reclaimed my life. Thank you Lord. I reclaimed my joy, I reclaimed peace, I reclaimed my finances, I mean, I just reclaimed everything that I could think of that the devil stole from me. And now, I am God's witness and I pray that the backslider will find their way back to Christ. I have no shame in my game and you must not either. God has told me that my past has been wiped clean. I have been redeemed, sayeth the Lord! Now, when someone tells me I am lucky, I say, no, I am not lucky, I have God's favor! My friends, believe me, I am not writing anything that I have not already experienced. God is truly wonderful,all we need to do is repent, confess, believe and trust in the Lord. I guarantee you, when your heart is clean and renewed, oh my, what joy, what peace!

I pray for your continued strength; I pray that you will reclaim what the devil stole from you, in the name of Jesus.

Ta ta,
Therese from Belize

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Be Anxious For Nothing

Greetings, my friends:

I pray that all is well. My friends, I don't know if it is the same way with you, but sometimes I find it hard not to be anxious about certain things. I know the Bible tells me to not be anxious about anything, but instead pray about everything Philippians 4:6). I pray, I try to always remember this verse in everything that I do, but the human in me still brings out that anxiousness. Sometimes I get anxious about good things (I wonder when I will hear back from so and so, I wonder if I will get a response back from so and so) and then sometimes I get anxious about bad things (oh, oh, a bill is coming due, will I have enough in my budget to do this, or do that). It's wrong, totally wrong. Lord have mercy. I need to have more faith in God and believe that God will supply all my needs because He says to ask and it shall be given. My friends, if you can relate to what I am saying here, please let us get in agreement that we when we ask the Lord for something, we will trust and believe that He will answer our prayers. Let us stop being anxious about things and people and instead rely on God.

My friends, anxiousness causes an uneasiness of the mind. When our minds are not cleared or when it is uneasy, then our whole being is out of sync with God. When we have peace, our hearts and minds will be on Jesus Christ. Paul encourages us to think about the things that are good and worthy of praise; think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected (Philippians 4:8). I pray that when we are in the spirit of anxiousness that we will have the strength to ask God for peace.


My friends, I ask that you continue to pray for me as I will pray for you.

Ta ta,
Therese from Belize

Saturday, September 12, 2009

We Cannot Serve Two Masters At The Same Time

My friends, greetings!

I thank God that His words are written in my heart and that I am serious about my walk with Him. I say this because September is a month of celebration for my country, Belize. I have been receiving several invites to Belizean parties here in the U.S. and I tell you the truth, I have thought about attending one or two of those parties in Louisville. However, as a maturing disciple, the words of God that is written on my heart reminds me that I cannot live for God and still want to do what the world is doing. Paul reminds me that I am a child of God and that I am not ruled by my sinful self, but am ruled by the Spirit. I politely declined those invites and I also was able to let my friends know that I am now living for God and I cannot have one foot inside the church and the other at the clubs, that just cannot work for God. I thank God for his grace.

Romans 8:14 tells me that the true children of God are those who let God's Spirit lead them. The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. I thank God for the Spirit because I was not afraid to let my friends know the only dancing I do is when I dance for the Lord. I was not afraid to let my friends know that I am now living for God, that former life has no place in my present life. As I am writing this blog, the Jars of Clay song, Two Hands, comes to my mind. The part that is lingering in my mind goes: "I use one hand to pull closer, the other to push you away; if I had two hands, doing the same thing; lifted high, lifted high." Yes, that's a shame that many disciples do use one hand to pull onto Jesus, but the other to push Him away. My friends, I pray that you are being led by the Spirit of God so that when temptation comes your way, you'll have the strength to say no; you'll have the courage to speak up for the Lord. Many of us do not have the strength to resist the temptation of this world because we are still babes in Christ. However, we must be like a growing child, we must study, study, study and do God's will. We must pray morning, noon and night. We must stay prayed up, we must stay in God's Word and put into practice what the Word tells us.

If there is someone that has one foot in the door and the other out, I pray that God will give you the courage to put both feet in the door. God wants us to be obedient. Remember, when we are obedient, great and awesome things happen. Why would you want to continue follow the world, when there is nothing out there but destruction, drugs, prostitution, sexually transmitted diseases, depression, anxiety, drunkenness, jealousy, envy, hatred? Be wise, my friends, and put both hands and both feet in God's house and see how happy you will be.

Be blessed,
Ta ta
Therese from Belize

Friday, September 11, 2009

My Reflection

My friends, I pray all is well with you and your families!

God is worthy to be praise. God is truly an awesome God. My friends, I am no longer afraid to look at my reflection in the mirror. I am happy to report that I now see a beautiful, God-inspired woman staring back at me. I have been asking God to create in me a clean heart; I have found my divine purpose in life, and I am answering God when He calls on me. Glory. As James advised us, "Do what God's teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing you are fooling yourselves. Those who hear God's teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror. They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like. But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God's perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it..." (James 1:22-25) How beautiful!

Watch this, if we want to be honest with ourselves, we can say we have looked in the mirror and hurriedly turn our backs and walk away. I know I am right on this. My friends, we do that because we do not like what we see. When we are disobedient, everything about us is ugly and dark. The good news is that I am no longer afraid of looking at that woman in the mirror. I now have confidence because God has told me that I am His child and He loves me and that I was made in His image. My friends, as of this day forward, promise me that when you see a reflection of ugliness, sadness, depression, worry, and fear, you will do the right thing and ask God to come live and abide in your heart. Ask God to create in you a clean heart. Make that your prayer. You can pray, "Lord, please create in me a new heart and forgive me of my transgressions, in the name of Jesus, Amen." My friends, you say this prayer with all sincerity and seriousness, I guarantee that you will see the difference in yourself. That day will come when you look in the mirror, you will have to do a double-take because, I promise you, that reflection will have a light shining through it. That is the reason why James encouraged us to get rid of all moral filth and evil, and humbly accept the Word.

My friends, I pray that God create in you a clean heart and you will be able to look at your reflection with all thanks and gratefulness. Please get in the Word by studying it, praying and living the life that God wants you to live. I am not kidding, obedience brings God's favor. You must become obedient to God. I tell you, you will have an explainable, unspeakable joy, happiness, fruitfulness, prosperity, and you will be living in abundance. Thank you Lord.

Stay prayed up, keep on pressing, keep on going, keep the faith and be obedient to God in whatever you say and do.

Ta ta,
Therese from Belize

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Shake The Devil Off

My friends, greetings!

There is a Dorothy Norwood song the children's choir at my church sings, Shake The Devil Off. Chorus 1 goes, "Shake, shake, shake,
shake the devil off,
in the name of Jesus,
shake the devil off."

Shake the devil off, that's what we have to do constantly and consistently. I shake him off before he leaches on to me; I shake him off when he tries to interrupt my time with God; I shake him off when he is trying to say something to me, I know that's not from God; I shake him off when I start to get symptoms of certain ailments; I shake him off when he is trying to steal my joy. Oh yes, I shake him off at every turn because he knows how to sugarcoat and put things in a certain way that will look like it is right, or say things that will sound sweet, but is not of God; and he knows how to get us in self-pity and depression.

My friends, the devil is a liar, and every time he comes to us, we must hit him with Bible verses and praises unto God. That's why it is important that we become students of the Word; it is important that we fellowship with other believers; it is important that we speak life over ourselves. We see that the devil even tried to test Jesus so many times, but Jesus was able to hit him with God's words (Matthew 4) and we all know that when we hit him with God's words, he laps his tail between his legs and go on about his business.

To shake the devil off, we must be committed to Christ; we must turn to God for help. Psalm 121:1-2, "I look up to the hills, but where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth." My friends, shake the devil off, shake him off at every opportunity, do not leave a door open for him to come in.

Be blessed,
Therese from Belize

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Stop Going Through the Motions

My friends, I hope this message finds you in the best. As I try to work for the Lord, I just thank God for His deliverance and love and grace and mercy. I was a woman who was just going through the motions of life because I allowed the devil to have me wrapped around his fingers. I was just living day-to-day, just going through the motions. I got up, said a quick "thank you, Lord" prayer to God, just because; I did not care whether I said a kind word to a stranger; I would just go to work, come home, and do the same thing again the next day. I don't know if anyone can relate to what I am saying. My life had no real purpose. Even though I had dreams about my professional life, when it came to God and living life to the fullest, the purpose was just not there. You see, I made my circumstances affect my living for the Lord. I made the devil control my every being and so I was just going through the motions. Thanks be to God that He does not give up on His children and for that I am eternally grateful.

Paul's letter in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 keeps me encouraged. Paul wrote, "we have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We do not know what to do, but we do not give up the hope of living." That's it, the hope of living. We must have hope to live, to live for God. Christian artist, Matthew West, in his song, "The Motions" declared that he no longer just wants to go through the motions of life. Matthew nearly lost his singing voice and he realized how good God has been to him. He declared that no longer will he go through the motions of life because that's just not enough. I agree. Like Matthew, I certainly do not want to live my whole life asking, "what if I had given everything, instead of going through the motions?"

My friends, just going through the motions is not an option for us. We must be encouragers and believers; we must live our lives to the fullest that God wants us to live. We must have hope and offer hope to others knowing that God is our Father, our provider, our redeemer, and our comforter. I encourage you to begin living life with a purpose, stop going through the motions. Let the devil know he is a liar and has no control over your life. Declare it in the name of Jesus. As Matthew sings, "Cause just okay is not enough, help me fight through the nothingness of this life." That's right, my friends, we must ask God to deliver us from the bondage of nothingness. God will deliver us. I am a living witness, God has delivered me from the nothingness of life. Thank you Father. All you have to do, as Matthew and I did, is call on the name of Jesus and ask Him to deliver you from the nothingness of life.

I pray that you will stay prayed up, stay encouraged, and encourage someone today. Live life with hope and purpose. Please stop going through the motions. God loves you and so do I.

Ta ta,
Therese from Belize

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

From Selfish to Selfless

My friends, greetings!

I tell you, it is just amazing when you can look back over your life and see how far God has brought you. Personally, I thank God for bringing me this far and I thank God for his mercy and grace, and even when man gave up on me, God never did.

My friends, I have learned that when we pray, we must not be selfish and only pray for ourselves. I, of course, did not always pray for others, to be truthful with you. I prayed for only myself for a long, long, long time. I prayed for only me, "God, please give me this, God, please give me that, God, please bless me, God please .....me." It was all about me, me, me, me. I was what you called, "one-day Christian". I was only serious about prayer when I was in church. But to God be the glory. When I started feeding myself with the Word morning, noon and night, seven days a week, and became a student of the Word, selfishness had no place in my life.

One night at Bible Study, my pastor was teaching on praying. I was convicted, you know I was that one saying, "ouch". You see, Rev. Williams broke it down for me that I must stop focusing on myself so much when I pray. He said that we must learn how to pray for others. I never learned how to pray because I was not a student of the Word, I was not interested in following Jesus 100 percent. I was only interested at that time in putting on a show for others. Lord have mercy. God always breaks us down though, that's what I love about God, He brings us back right down from off our high horses. My friends, ever since I started praying for others, people I know and people I do not know, God has been blessing me, I have found a peace and joy within that is just awesome, no words can express the feeling. James 5:16 tells me, "confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you. Paul, my favorite apostle, always gives me encouragement and reminds me to pray for others. As disciples, that is exactly what we must do, we must pray for people, known and unknown, pray for things, known and unknown, and stop being selfish. God does not hear the prayer of a selfish person, but hears the prayer of a righteous, kind, selfless believer.

I thank God that now I have people requesting that I pray for them and their families, I have people, who I know and whom I do not know, requesting prayer from me and for that I thank God because that's God's goodness working in me. I will keep on praying for others, not only praying, but praying believing that God is hearing my prayers. I will continue to intercede on behalf of believers and non-believers. Being selfless makes you humble, we cannot serve God is we have no humility. Thank you Lord.

Ta ta,
Therese from Belize

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