A Blessed Weekend

I pray that you all had a safe and blessed weekend this Memorial Day weekend as we remembered our loved ones that sacrificed themselves for us. I thank God for the greatest sacrifice of all, His Son Jesus Christ. Thank you Father for the eternal freedom we have in YOU.

My weekend started with a Spirit-led class taught by an amazing woman of God, my sister Cassey, who spoke to us about self-care. She let us know that self-care begins  and ends with God and that His care is not limited to our spiritual well-being but our physical, mental and emotional well-being too. My plate is pretty full right now, if I’m lucky I may get 15-30 minutes just for me, not enough time for a spa appointment but just enough time to have a one on one chat with God. When I found that moment I asked God to show me what self-care looks like.

His word to me was WAIT and BE STILL.

“Be Still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” Psalm 37:7

“I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in HIS word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 (NKJV)

How did I accomplish this? By simply enjoying the day that God blessed me with, knowing that He planned my day yesterday and that every step I took had already been given to me by Him. Most of all that He was with me through the good and bad, the highs and the lows and that He has my back.

Ask. Seek. Knock. - For everyone  who asks receive;the one who seeks finds; and to the one knocks, the door will be opened. Matt. 7:8

I simply asked God a question and what I received through the mouths of strangers was a showering of His word not just on me but over my whole family. His Word to me:

That every promise to me was a Yes!

That my latter days will be even better than my former days.

That I would be entering a season of laughter.

To be encouraged in our stand for God for God is with us.

To expect a fresh revelation from Him.

That the wisdom of God was already in my children and that they will be known as His.

This blog began with a desire to share what God has revealed to me and by the grace of God that was shown toward me I want to share my blessings with you, may it be multiplied to you.

A Prayer Just for You

To Our Mighty and Awesome God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Eph 3:20) May the grace and peace of Jesus Christ and all of  the blessings and  promises of God be greatly multiplied to You and your loved ones. May He reveal to you His Heart’s desire for you. You are saved, forgiven and made righteous by Him. You are God’s beloved and He has an awesome plan for you.  Open your heart and receive His Grace and Unconditional Love for you.

In Jesus name. Amen

 

A Kingdom Princess

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Cross Members Men's Ministry Meeting

This Saturday May 31,2014 @ 9:00 am we will be having our 2nd meeting at Veteran's Memorial Park. I encourage everyone to come out and be part of this event. I also would like to request that you share this information with your men's group or fellow men in your friend's circle.We will be providing breakfast and refreshments for everyone.The theme for this meeting will be the "Battle within, The fight around us and Fighting for them". Bill Brawley will we speaking about The Battle within; Bill Brawley video trailer regarding his own personal testimony can be viewed at---> http://goo.gl/3v7vZc and will most certainly give us insight about the battle within. Justin Cloud will be speaking about the Fight around us; regarding the day to day struggles that men are going through that we may or may not be aware. Finally our third speaker Austin Brown will be focusing on the Fight for them; regarding reaching out to other men and being an evangelist about the good news of the gospel. The video of the of our last meeting on Jan 4, 2014 is now available on the Cross member's website in the media section---> http://goo.gl/htsiYI. Once again thank you for your time and I am looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday...

Cross Members Meetings  Jan 4, 2014 -->Watch Video
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Media Links

Bill Brawley's video trailer---> http://goo.gl/3v7vZc

Crossmember's January 4, 2014 Men's Meeting video---> http://goo.gl/htsiYI

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Naked and Unashamed

Naked and Unashamed

In the beginning God the Creator of all creation planted a garden called Eden which He placed Man to live in. Picture a vast land lush and green, filled with fruit bearing trees and colorful vegetation, this was the farmer’s market of all farmers’ markets. Fresh water rivers glistening like a sparkling jewel across the land. There must have been so much to see and explore in a land filled with gold, onyx and aromatic resin. Every day must have felt like a safari with every animal ever created living in the same land. With the command of the Father to both Man and Animal to eat of the vegetation only, along with the dominion over the earth and all that dwell on it given to Man, that means there were no predators or prey… just God’s peace.

God placed Man in a finished work, a successful, established and thriving garden and He gave Man the CEO position to manage this work.  On top of that God told Adam and Eve that they were free to eat of any tree except for one. With all of Creation eating the same thing I would imagine that God’s garden would have an endless supply of food.

Scripture says this about Adam and Eve, Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.-Gen 2:25 NIV Now most of us, not all, would have a problem with walking around naked. I would definitely feel like “something” was missing in my life (lol!). This is a beautiful illustration of the Believer in Christ and what being a child of God looks like. Adam and Eve were in the presence of God, naked and unashamed, lacking nothing in the abundance of God.

Every time you turn to God in prayer it’s like being transported back to the Garden of Eden. Every time you open up your heart to Him you are stripping yourself of your own self-efforts and self-righteousness and allowing yourself to be clothed in Him, dependent on Him, provided for by Him, relying on His efforts and not your own to finish what HE started in you, to fulfill the vision and purpose for your life.

Your New Wardrobe

“For those God foreknew (that’s you!) He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son.”

“And those He predestined, He also called, those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.”-Rom 8:29 & 30

If you have a need or a great burden, God has you covered, if you need healing you are clothed in the Spirit of God that will quicken that mortal body of yours.  Because you've turned to God, confessed His Son and trusted Him with the contents of your heart, you are clothed in perfection, the image of His Son, adorned in His calling, beautifully dressed in His justification and glory. Free to live in His abundance, equipped to accomplish all things through Christ, living off of His Resume and not yours. You are loved and positioned for greatness. You are the best dressed… Naked and Unashamed.

 A Prayer for Today

Open your heart to God today, give Him the things you’re afraid to come to Him with, share with Him the YOU behind the mask, the “bare-naked” YOU. There is no shame or condemnation in God’s presence just an abundance of Love and Grace. In Jesus name. Amen.

A Kingdom Princess

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Pastor Howard J Hornbuckle (Don't dig up the seeds God has planted in you)

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In order to be successful at any sport,it requires practice, patience and dedication.As believers this is also needed in order to grow in Christ. Pastor Hornbuckles message today entitled “Don't dig up the seeds God has planted in you“ explains how we an grow in Christ,in spite of the way things may appear or circumstances...

Matthew 13

American Standard Version (ASV)

13  On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

2 And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

3 And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

6 and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

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Jesus on: Temptation

When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness He revealed to us the deceptive tools used to draw us into temptation.

Deception # 1 When you are at your weakest, get you to question who you are in Christ.

And when He (Jesus) had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.  Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” Matthew 4:2-3 NKJV

In Matthew Chapter 3 God declared this about His Son:

 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and aligning upon Him.  And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”Matthew 3:16-17

Note: how the tempter left out beloved and that God was well pleased with Him. This same trick was used in the Garden of Eden when the provisions of God were questioned. God told Man that he could freely eat from any tree in the garden except for the one tree that would bring forth death.  When questioned by the tempter Eve was asked, “Did God really say, ‘you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” –genesis 3:1

Same trick but the results are the same to get you to question the provisions of God  and the abundance you have in Him by pointing you to your lack and insufficiency’s.

Deception #2 Use your own desires to tempt you.

A desire is not limited to the lust of your flesh it can include your desires and plans from God. Have you ever had a vision from God and in your desire to see it fulfilled moved ahead of God to make it happen yourself.

“Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”  Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”Matthew 4:8-10

This was Jesus’ mission, to take back and save the world, this was His desire and it was used to tempt Him. But look at Jesus’ response to each temptation…the Word of God. Now for us the Word has become flesh and that flesh overcame temptation, death and every obstacle that we face in life andin Him we are more than conquerors. We’re not in this fight alone, we have Christ!

Here’s the thing God is not looking at you, your past and flaws, He’s looking at His perfect, spotless Son. God isn’t looking at your resume, He’s looking at His. His grace, His strength, His abilities and unfailing love. So when temptation comes  whatever the temptation may be,  remember who you  are in God’s eyes and who’s doing the good work through you. JESUS.

This is Who You Are

Children of God 1John 3:1

Righteousness of God in Christ 1 Cor. 1:30

Co-Heirs with Christ Rom. 8:16-17

This is His plan for You

To prosper you, give you hope and a great future. Jeremiah 29:11

To Represent Him Isaiah 61:3

To be His ministers/priests of the New Covenant. Isaiah 61:6

His Resume, Not Yours

Christ started it, He’ll finish it. Philippians 1:6

You’re not in this Alone

Nothing this world can throw at you will prosper.  Isaiah 54:17

Don’t be afraid, God’s got you! Joshua 1:5 & Isaiah 41:10

A Kingdom Princess

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