Praying in the Spirit: The Quick Version

The LORD actually shared the following to me on Sunday, October 18, 2009. I'll do a quick version here, as I have written about it in my offline journal.

God does not want us to be concerned with what we're wearing or how clothed we are, while praying in the Spirit. [This is our time to focus on Him, what He will have us to say and the prayers that will be lifted up unto Him].

Think back to the Book of Genesis when the serpent revealed to Adam and Eve that they were naked. Being concerned with how clothed we are; hiding ourselves from the LORD, while praying in the Spirit [speaking in Tongues], interrupts our prayer. As soon as your thoughts shift from the things of God to being concerned with what you're wearing, that prayer line begins to dwindle. This is because you have began focusing on yourself and how you look, instead of focused on prayer and staying under the anointing of God's Spirit.

This is the same thing Adam did in the garden of Eden-- he was soooo concerned with how clothed he was [physically] that he HID himself from the presence of the LORD. And by hiding from the LORD, he was no longer in His presence; He was no longer covered [spiritually].

Genesis 3:6-11, emphasis added,

⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

⁸And they heard the voice [sound] of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

⁹And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¹⁰And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself

¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

...wasn't this the first sin?

When the GLORY of the LORD [His Spirit] descends on you; lands upon you, you are not to be concerned about how you are dressed! You are now in God's righteous, heavenly and HOLY presence! You are now clothed in THE SPIRIT. He will take care of you! Know this and trust in Him the next time His Holy Spirit falls upon you. LORD help us with this, in Jesus' Name. Help us to get over ourselves and consciously know that we are COVERED, in JESUS' Name!

In Christ, dear friend!,
Whitney

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Status Update #5: Seasons

Ecclesiastes 3:8-9, emphasis added,

¹To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

²A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

³A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁵A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

⁶A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

⁸A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

This is where I am right now, saints. A new season in my life on this journey with Christ. And, I'm happy. I'm glad, I'm content. I'm JOYFUL... I'm at ease, at peace. AND, I thank God.

I'm very glad where I am right now in-Christ. Sooo grateful. A time of silence, a time of peace (see Ephesians 3:7-8). How lovely. Just pondering on Jesus day by day. Spending time with Him. Relishing our joy, our time and enjoying our sanctuary that we have built here at home.

HALLELUJAH!!
JOYFUL NOISE!

\o/,
Whitney

"Teaching" the Kingdom of God

Language.

That word; that one word.

The Spirit of God manifest within the heavenly language of speaking in tongues, the tongue of various nations; tribes and cultures... sign language. In every sense of the word.

Our world is not just this here America that we live in.

Our world and mission as children of GOD, is this world here and outside of the U.S. Think Africa, Japan, China, France, Germany.

Think.
How many people no not of Christ?

I'm not saying to go travel the world and preach the Kingdom of God (bless you if you can, but most of us cannot, nor is it our ministry in Christ to physically GO [see Matthew 28:19, Luke 4:43]). You don't even have to leave your home (Twitter, blogging), unless the Holy Spirit tells you that you must. Always listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit; LORD Jesus help us to do this.

Imagine the Gospel of Christ being ministered in different languages. How amazing is that; the thought? How amazing is that thought?! So amazing.

Selah.

Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Whitney

Related Posts:
"Sign Language," March 2009.

Would You Believe???

Would you believe that you could go to Hell for not following the second commandment, which says "THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF?"

Well, this is exactly what the LORD revealed to me as I spent close time in study with Him six days ago.

The Second Commandment

I recorded it in my offline journal then, but have finally found some peaceful time to just sit and record it here as well.

I will give an overview of what I learned, as I have already recorded our study session in my personal hand-written journal. My prayer is that the LORD speaks to you through this post, and that you receive it in Jesus' name. And, if you will not receive it; I have done my part:

Matthew 10:14-15 says,

¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Thank You, Jesus.

Before I began reading my Bible on October 15, 2009 I asked the LORD to lead me in scripture, where ever it was that He desired for me to go. I had no intentions of blogging about it... it was my intimate time with God, where I journal and keep record of our time together (3 full journals since I got saved in 2006, 1 half-full one, and one I just began). Not everything I have been obedient in blogging about; then again, Not everything is meant to be shared. And, if it is, God will give us the time upon which to share it.

Now,

The Second Commandment

There was a scriptural example on the first page of my Bible that I read from the Book of Mark.

Mark 12:29-31 says (bolded emphasis added),

²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, HEAR, O ISRAEL; THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD:

³⁰AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH: this is the first commandment.

³¹And the second is like, namely this, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. THERE IS NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT GREATER THAN THESE.

..."THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. THERE IS NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT GREATER THAN THESE."

It was as if those words came to life for me at that very moment. I don't hate people, yet sometimes it is difficult for me to love them where they are. At times I just wish life would speed itself up and everyone could be saved, sanctified and totally committed to Christ; on-fire for Christ, baptized with the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues-- the whole nine!

Can I admit that dealing with those who are not mature in Christ (which has nothing to do with speaking in tongues. I am talking spiritual maturity), irritates me at times? Not to the point where I lash out. But I do make faces, shake my head and eventually brush it off as "OK, that's how the world behaves." That's their excuse. They have an EXCUSE! That's my typical rationalization of the situation.

I think now, and I'm like "Yeah, OK LORD, I was there at one point." But, really what I'm constantly thinking is, "LORD, help them" and maan, was I dumb (in my past). I see it in others who are not mature in Christ. I observe their behaviour and think, "GEE, I'm so glad I'm not where they are, (where I used to be!)" It's like a genuine internal-"Thank-You,-JESUS!"

After reading the text on the page: THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. THERE IS NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT GREATER THAN THESE, in RED..., CAPITAL letters,

1. I journaled: "I even told myself aloud today on the drive home from work: 'My flesh can't do it, my flesh doesn't want to!'"
2. I paused.
   
3. I looked up.
   
4. I uttered aloud: "LORD, we're going to work on this?" Then I said, "Yes, we're going to work on this. I'm going to work on this!"

I then glanced down and saw Jesus' words in RED, on the page staring at me, which read "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God," Mark 12:34.

Before continuing on reading in scripture, I meditated on what I believe in my HEART that the LORD was speaking to me (Mark 12:34). God was telling me, paraphrased "You're almost there. You are not far from the Kingdom of God..." (Heaven!) Just a few more steps, beloved!!

I began crying. A light and humble cry. It was a joyful cry! A REJOICING cry!:

Mark 12:34 (emphasis added), says,

³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

After God revealed Mark 12:34 to me personally, the end result of this testimony is that God will help me with this inevitable thing that we must do as children and servants of God with the help of the Holy Spirit: "THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. THERE IS NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT GREATER THAN THESE."

I can't do it. This flesh can't do it; it doesn't want to! I don't know about your flesh, but mine doesn't want to! I'm happy with me and God only... everyone else can just be. It's only through HIM that I will be able to genuinely love and care about other people.

It was like a warning.
A warning to me.
A warning to share with you.

"I had no idea," I journaled.
"LORD GOD, I know You forgive me! Help me to know this. Help me to KNOW that people can go to HELL for this!"

We then went to Matthew 7:21-23 (emphasis added), which says,

²¹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Iniquity.

"Iniquity" in the last verse translates to lawlessness... Lawlessness-- did you catch that? Lawlessness means, having none or adhering to no law. Without law. Not obeying the commandments that were given to us by God Himself.

In the above verses, Jesus Christ is addressing the saints of God, those who are in Christ. We know this from verse 22 because the people who were crying out to God were the ones who professed Him as their Saviour: they prophesied and cast out demons.


...God told THESE people,

the people who were supposedly "in Christ,"

to DEPART from Him!


He told them to leave... they were sent to Hell!

Their gifts will be as filthy RAGS unto Him! (Holy Spirit gave me that one, just now 10/23/2009 @ 1:43 a.m.):

Isaiah 64:6 says (emphasis added),

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

You see that? Iniquities. Again.

...This is for me.
...This is for you.

The Holy Spirit led me to a very familiar verse, which I don't quote hardly ever (Hallelujah to Jesus),

Philippians 4:13 says,
¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

A WARNING FOR YOUR SOUL...

AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY STRENGTH: this is the first commandment.

And the second is like, namely this, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. There is none other commandment greater than these.

MARK 12:30-31...


In Jesus' name,
Whitney




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Dearly Beloved

I thank GOD for our new beloved's in the LORD: Gregory Keels, Connie M., Dorothy L., Lis Carpenter, Katherine, Mair, Bernie, Mary Quigley, Pati Nanni, Alethea, Natalieh and Atenean101.



I LOVE YOU, friends! With the love of Christ! Soooo glad that you're here. I hope to grow together in the LORD with you! God's day, week and LIFE to you, in Jesus' Name!!

GLORY!!!,
Whitney

Tweets

Alright saints, please excuse this post (or not?), but I must have somewhere to log my favorited tweets from Twitter. And, this is a blog so it only seems proper. "Blog" ..."log." Get that? I think that's it's purpose, si?

Tweeting is fun, but if you don't learn anything or don't have anything to look back on later, or to reference;... not to say that your work is in vain...? Twitter is a type of ministry for me, and so is this blog-- each of which glorify our Father! Thank You, Lord!

Will be updating this frequently. To view in a different window and toggle between the two, hold down the "Ctrl" button, and click the image.

Love you guys.

In Christ,
All honor and glory to Jesus,

Whitney
@Child0fGod

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