A Thousand Words Thursday #7

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CONFESS!!

Lord God forgive me.
I have sinned and I am remorseful.

I am coming to you now to ask for your forgiveness and to confess my faults to my brothers and sisters; James 5:16.

Today I sent my mom and my older sister both a text message, saying,
"I need Dad to get a job, more than I want a job."

We are to pray, and not complain.
Dear God, thank you!

whit




















Image © Jason Paulhamus
http://www.jasonpaulhamus.com/confess.html

Yippieee!

My heart is inditing [overflowing with] a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: [my works to the king]: my tongue is the pen of a ready [skilful] writer." -Psalm 45:1 KJV

• Yes, amen!!! Was at @lifechurchtv tonight and this was a scripture that the guest speaker Brian Houston shared.

We're writing The Vision, LORD! Let's goooooooo!!!
Yippieeeee!!!!!!


Related Posts:

• Not Forsaken, May 5, 2010, http://howdeeplyineedyou.blogspot.com/2010/05/persecuted-but-not-forsaken.html
• Journaling, May 2, 2010, http://howdeeplyineedyou.blogspot.com/2010/05/journaling.html

Abiding in Him!,
whit

@Child0fGod THANK YOU Jesus, for changing me within!! My heart overflows with JOY because of YOU!!! 10:59 PM Jun 12th via Echofon

"God is more than just an experience."

Have you ever had such a great time in the Spirit, that afterward, you ate something and sat [meditated] on some of the revelation you received? ...But, you didn't share it? [AMEN].

"God is more than just an experience."

• Share that revelation.
• Share that experience [that happening, that story]. [AMEN].

Some things will be just for you [God's hidden treasure], other things he'll want you to share. Please ask Him, He will help you.

Today after communing with our God, I was given, "God is more than just an experience." I then thought about it for a while and yes, HE is.. He is more than that. HE is above that; Higher than I.

So after this moment, I look up-- open my curtains and see a UPS truck sitting outside, parked across the street. Guy gets out and I watch him walk to the door. I just KNEW it was my CD, right!! My CD by Central Worship, "We Are Your People," LIVE that I ordered about five days ago! I was enjoying a quiet and silent rejoicing within me. All I could think about was experiencing GOD! I lie to you not. The main song on that album that I have heard, is called "Amazing." And my Spirit within me said, "AMAZING." Some of the lyrics of that song are,

So Amazing. Awesome, mighty King. God of eternity, the One Who first loved me.

I was ready to experience God all over again. And again, and again; thanks to the anointing upon this album. [AMEN]. So, I wait until the UPS guy rides off and I go downstairs, right.. only to find a box from fragrancenet.com.

My mom had ordered something from there! HAHAHAHA, it wasn't my album; it wasn't even my package! lol.

...The next time you're hype on experiencing God, consider the words from the Almighty HIMSELF.. "God is more than just an experience." Find out what HE wants you to do with all of that ANOINTING HE has so freely given you. [AMEN].

Whitney

@Child0fGod John 14:26, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things... :D 4:56 PM Jun 7th via txt

"THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME."

Alright, so a lot of this is going on and I'm just going to put it out there, thanks to obedience. God shared this with me over the last few days.

June 7-9, 2010,
"PRAY FOR THE UNBELIEVING! THE UNBELIEVING AND THE BELIEVERS WHO ARE UNBELIEVING!"

"THE BELIEVERS WHO ARE UNBELIEVING" are the Pharisees and the Sadducees; the hypocrites. Yet, not only the hypocrites, but also those who NEVER COME TO THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. They're unable to because they are ever-learning, yet their spiritual mind has been shut up.

There are a ton of hypocrites in The Church [the Body of Christ; THE PEOPLE]. Honoring God with their lips/mouth, yet not showing it through faith/action. I, being me, would think this was simply milk, but truly it is meat. Meat for all.

I know my Abba Father and the Spirit of His children.
Spirit recognizes Spirit.

I'm protective of My God.

Yes, you may be able to fool those people with itching ears, who seek to feed their carnal mind, but the Spirit of God knows who are His.

The lesson I was instructed to share. And yes it's in order [that which it was given to me]--

Pharisees and Defilement
Mark 7:6,
⁶He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites [pretenders], as it is written, THIS PEOPLE HONOURETH ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.

Mark 7:20-23,
²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Rights As a Minister
I Corinthians 9:11-14,
¹¹If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

¹²If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

¹³Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

¹⁴Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

Freedom from Enticing Words
Colossians 2:6,
⁶As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Israel Rejects Christ
Romans 10:2, 3,
²For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

³For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Judgment of Judah
Isaiah 1:15-16,
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Disobedient angels

Me and my little sis had a great conversation today, let me tell you. One of the best conversations I have had in about A YEAR. My birth-sister, ok. She is growing so much in all areas of her life I praise God! It's so great. Thank you, Lord.

CONTINUE TO MOLD HER LORD, FOR YOUR GLORY. SPEAK TO HER HOLY SPIRIT AND ALLOW HER TO DRAW NIGH TO YOU DEAR LORD. KEEP HER FATHER IN ALL AREAS OF HER LIFE, JESUS. I THANK YOU NOW LORD AND GLORIFY YOU IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU JESUS. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.

Here are my notes from that conversation, amen!!! [It looks great in Word. I still can't figure out Blogger's formatting. TY! To view, hold down CTRL button, then click. Click again to enlarge].

Print and share.
Proud of my little-big sis :D \o/ \o/,
whit

"You're Alive. The Air I breathe."

John 4:24,
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. [6/4/10]

Isaiah 42:5,
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: [6/7/10]



♥♥,
Child0fGod

A Thousand Words Thursday #6

This is a good one. A good friend in the Lord shared a video on Spiritual Warfare and I found this excerpt after clicking around YouTube :]



"I am a soldier in the army of God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my commanding officer. The Holy Bible is my Code of Conduct. Faith, prayer, and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in this army and I am enlisted for eternity. I will either retire in this army at the rapture or die in this army; but I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there. If He needs me in the Sunday school, to teach the children, work with the youth, help adults or just sit and learn, He can use me because I am there.

I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up or pepped up. I am a soldier. No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me, or lure me. I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name, and building His kingdom! No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards, candy or give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for, or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.

When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will still come out ahead. I will win. My God has and will continue to supply all of my need. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ. The devil cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from this battlefield, He will promote me to Captain and then allow me to rule with Him. I am a soldier in the army, and I'm marching, claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not run around. I am a soldier, marching heaven bound."

See Ephesians 6:10-18

shared by dadgramps on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H41_w1k1R_g&feature=related

Best,
Whit

Sweet Parable

Just going to scratch the surface here.
Hadn't initially planned on blogging this, but after tonight's additional revelation about the weed and the flower, I knew I should! :D

Proverbs 28:26, He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

I came across this scripture one evening as I was reviewing the Book of Proverbs [Wisdom!] :D. The revelation that I received from this scripture, is this: homosexuality.

Read that scripture again, each part.

• "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool:" (trusting emotions and feelings is foolish)
• "but whoso walketh wisely," (choosing right from wrong)
• "he shall be delivered." (set free, delivered, BROUGHT OUT)

Amen. Glory to God.

Now, the parable is this:

A homosexual is as a weed imitating a flower.
Trying to blend in with that which is good.
Whose roots must be plucked from the ground.
From its depths.

Uprooted.

Dying, then being replanted on good ground; assuming a better foundation.
Reborn into whom God created it to be: in His image.
Only when the weed has died, will it begin to grow, and blossom.
Only then will it be delivered, set free.
Rain shall come, floods of blessings. God's covenant with his holy peoples...

This would make a really great teaching lesson.
I give you permission to take freely of it. Thank you Holy Spirit!!
And, thanks mom who has always cautioned me about WEEDS (in the natural ;)

Best!,
Whit

'Persecuted, But Not Forsaken'

Not going into too much detail, as all of this occurred at my place of work yesterday and earlier on today. But, I will share my tweets. Hold down your CTRL key while clicking the picture beneath. It will open in a new window [tweets read from bottom-up]. THAT is what I've been dealing with.

I thank God for resilience that He has generously blessed me with, because I bounce back soooo easily, it's great!! \o/ And, because of my high resilience, I cannot get comfortable, not now.

There is a vision that I must fulfill
and I'm gonna get there!!

An encouraging Word from Elder Craige was in my inbox today when I came home, that related directly to my situation, bold and italics = my personal emphasis, praise God:

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The EX Daily Word for May 5, 2010
'Persecuted, But Not Forsaken'

1 Peter 4:19 - 'So if you are suffering according to God's will, keep on doing what is right, and trust yourself to the God who made you, for he will never fail you.'

1 Peter 4:19 KJV 'Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.'

Many times we feel that the work we do for the Kingdom of God goes unnoticed. But God is always watching and he rewards justly. When we work for him, we reap a harvest from him and he will reward us now and in the afterlife. But some times God desires more from us and so he will allow the very people we are blessing to persecute us unjustly. Why?

When we get comfortable and satisfied with our place in the Kingdom, God will allow trials to come to move us along because he wants us to do more for him.

We cannot just sit on the Gospel, but we must spread it! There are people on your job, in your family, or in your neighborhood that need to hear the truth of God's goodness and if we remain comfortable with our own place in the Kingdom, then we will lose focus and forget about helping others.

Many times, it seems right when you really get where you should be in Christ, all hell breaks loose and things go haywire! And then, just when you fight to get sin out of your life, give offerings faithfully, and walk right before God, another trial jumps up to test you.

Why is this?

Jesus said that God cuts the vine that bears fruit, so it can bear more fruit and that hurts us. (John 15:2) But the freshly cut vine bears bigger and better fruit! And it positions us to do bigger and better things for him.

How did God get the Gospel to the whole world? He caused the Christians to be persecuted where they were living comfortably and they all ran away to save their lives. They thought people were just trying to kill them off, but God was using it to get the Gospel spread around the world.

So, yes, pain is allowed in the Kingdom for gain. God does not allow growth of ministry without hurt and misery!

God is working on something big in you when unexplained persecution comes.

So, suffer through it and grow in his grace, but never forget that when you are persecuted undeservingly, God is positioning you for bigger and better things!

Suggested Reading: Matt. 5:10, 1Cor. 4:12, 2Cor. 4:9, 1Pet. 4:12,
James 1:3, John 15:2

http://www.exministries.com
© 2010 G. Craige Works All Rights Reserved

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Recent tweet:
@Child0fGod This message from Elder Craige is right on time. Some things I have been unable to understand. Thank God for the saints!! Onward I trod. about 1 hour ago via web

Growing in GRACE! (2 Peter 3:18),
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIER!,
Whit

Journaling.

I cannot stress how important journaling is to every believer. It is more essential than blogging, and tweeting. It is a piece of your cornerstone in Christ. A handbook that accompanies you throughout your journey in Christ. A handbook that is second-nature to your Bible.

Just the other evening I lie on my back with my five journals cupped between my hands, held high. A smile came over me. A pleasantry filled my body. I was ecstatic. In my hands, I hold my testimonies, my conversations with God, our time spent together-- His encouragement, His teachings! Everything pertaining to our time together spent these past four years! Revelation, inspiration; it was all there.

Four years, four full journals!
Glory to GOD alone!


(today I took these photos)


(that orange one on the top is my brand new one! i like it
sooo much! hardback and bound; sooo nice! target $7).


(that's the orange one on top again. i LOVE the binding!!)

God has been reminding me how important it is to re-read your older journals, starting with the first, and reading them in the order they were written; kind of like a multi-volume work. New and existing revelations are to be had. Reminders are within those pages; wonderful things await you.

If you have yet to begin journaling your time spent with God (journaliing = hand-written), including recorded scriptures He's led you to, including instructions for "the vision" and so forth,

Get GOING!

From yesterday,
(a stepping-stone reminder): "Start building your foundation early! Things can begin anew with YOU!," WDJ

Habakkuk 2:2-3
²And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

³For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Glory to God, saints!!!

As I share this with you, someone came to join me...

Sincerely,
Whitney