Overflow, Gentle River Wash me Now

Christ Tomlin's "Overflow"

Here I bring my stains and crowns

Gentle river wash me now

Your love is deeper than I know

Your ways higher than I can go

Lead me in Your holiness

I will follow, I confess

Glory is the song I sing

Your life is living me

And where would I be

Without You, without You?

Where would I be

Without You?

I will bow before the cross

Cherish my Redeemer's cost

There is nothing I can do

But only stand amazed by You

Your mercy new with every day

Wrapped up in Your arms of grace

Nothing more, You're all I need

Your life is living me

And where would I be

Without You, without You?

Where would I be

Without You?

Like a waterfall

You fill my heart and overflow

Like a candle flame

You light my way

And lead me as I go

Like a waterfall

You fill my heart and overflow

Like a candle flame

You light my way

And lead me as I go

Lead me as I go

(And where would I be)

(Without You, without You?)

(Where would I be)

(Without You?)

Spirit overflow

Let me overflow

Spirit overflow

Let me overflow

Spirit overflow

Let me overflow

Spirit overflow

Let me overflow

Let me overflow

Early Christmas pics From my Family to Yours!

Happy Holidays!

~Whitney & Daniel

Emotionalism

"Anything can come along and make you feel good... tickle your fancy.... make you feel a "high", if you will. But if you're not careful, you can get so caught up in emotionalism (loose godly faith and trust), until any power/influence can fool you into thinking that the root of your feeling is of God.. or its "OK"... but the question is..what/who do you KNOW? because when the emotions fade/change,its what you KNOW that keeps your mind sane... its what you know that keeps u balanced.. its what you know that keeps you strong when the enemy tempts.. when pain and pressure come to "try" you,what is it that you KNOW.. do you KNOW who God is..do u know the "word"? what influence r u under.. emotion.. or Gods word??" ~Bro. Laron, Spirit of God

Whitney

Happy December 1, Saints!

It's December 1!! Happy Great last month of the year to you all! I've missed you all so much! I'm so glad to be here blogging, we've had such a perfect, blessed, indescribable year you wouldn't believe the joy I've experienced. What a mighty God we serve!

This evening my fiance and I are going to splurge on a wreath for his door! This is our first Christmas and we're going to make it memorable! He said he really wants one and I'm just so excited that he's as excited about holiday decorating as I am! We're also going to put up his Christmas tree!! I say "his" everything because we're not living together yet (that'll be when we get married in 3 months). So, until then we're decorating his home together.

I hope all of you had a blessed and beautiful Thanksgiving. Daniel and I went to Baltimore, Maryland for the 63rd Annual Holy Convocation at their presiding Church. Oh what a prosperous time we had! There were bible forums and services all week long. The theme for the convocation was "Moving to the Next Realm." Each day was filled with two services (day & night), and bible forums. My sweetheart was even able to present at one of the forums on that Saturday. It was a blessing to see him speak to the congregation and their children. They prayed over us an engaged couple that the Lord would bless all that we put our hands to. So grateful for the people of God, bless Jesus.

Other topics included "Is It Worth the Rapture?" and how we must be subject to change. God, I am glorified in You. I am grateful to stand in Your presence and experience Your blessings. You are all that I ever dreamt of, and You've given me all that I could have ever imagined. My Lord I am blessed. I cannot glorify You enough. You've given me my dream-guy, and he even fits in with the vision You showed me on true holiness and being a help to God's people. Hummm, My God I love Jesus!! Not only because of the things He has done, but for Who He is!

Be blessed in Jesus' Name,
Whitney

Sunday Blessings: Getting a prayer through

The Lord has been doing some great teaching today. A few days ago, the Lord had been teaching me about prayer and how to really seek the LORD. If I haven't informed you all, which I'm sure I have not since I've not been blogging lately-- I am enrolled into Pastor Benny Hinn's School of Ministry and we're studying the ministry of intercession and intimacy with God.

God has chosen me to be a set apart lady, purposely planned for His ministry. In my lesson we're learning the Three Realms of Prayer and they are: Asking (is the outer court), Seeking (is the holy place) and Knocking (is the inner court, Holy of Holies). What's wonderful is that the Lord had Pastor Wil (my local pastor/teacher) to preach on it today at service.

He was saying the very things Benny Hinn was saying this past week in terms of Luke 11:9, "And I say unto you, Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you." It wasn't until this verse did I see the words "Ask, Seek, Knock" in one complete scripture.

The people of GOD are not getting prayers through because "Asking" is the realm of prayer in which we are in the flesh (outside-- outer court), we cannot touch God in this realm because you have yet to enter In. The outer court is always going to be: "God give me, Lord give me, Lord forgive me." It's our flesh; in the first realm we ask as our flesh does.

It's not until we get to the Holy of Holies do we really touch God. AND even then, it's not about us. Before touching the holiest place of Jesus here on earth, we must move then to the second realm of prayer, the holy place-- or, "seeking" realm. Seeking realm is not seeking God for what He can do for you (that is the outer court, where no outside man can expect to receive anything of God)-- it is more of a seeking His Fellowship. Seeking Him to come abide with you, commune with you, to dwell with you.

This is setting the stage for the Holy Spirit to come down.

For example;

1. You begin by repenting (outer court),
2. Then you move to seeking God's Holy Spirit to come down (holy place),
3. And thereafter God's Spirit has began to visit you, you really begin melting in His presence and abiding with Him (inner court, Holy of Holies)

It's like you have to allow the LORD to cleanse you before you can even touch His robe. It's as if you must WASH YOUR HANDS and purify your hearts before entering in. And as Pastor Wil was ministering, prayers go unanswered because people are not bringing their sin before the throne of God. The people are not repenting of their wrongdoing before God's altar, amen.

Not repenting of wrong is only one of many reasons why people are not seeing God move. The other two were, asking with wrong motives (not a pure heart-- ie; "asking amidst that they may consume it upon their own lusts"), and lastly, asking outside the will of God. To know God's will, you must stay where He is at all times, to know where He is at all times, you must commune with Him to really know his Spirit. After a while, your will begins to become GOD's will in a sense that you begin to desire the things He desires. And if you desire the things God desires and what God desires for you, there's nothing that He won't do.

Bless you,
Whitney

Some Photos of Us

Daniel & I









God's best,
Whit

I'm Engaged & Happy Birth-day to Me!

Good morning friends of mine!

Baking cookies and enjoying Jesus! The LORD is blessing so much, my friends. Today is my 25th birth-day and I am spending it with my new beloved.

The secret is out now, and I am engaged. We have been engaged for 12 days now, it's so new!! My groom's name is Daniel and he is the light of my life next to Jesus. He loves me with a sweet affection that never fades. His heart is so tender toward me and I love being in his glory.

So glad to announce my engagement to you all! This is a very exciting time in my life and I am so abundantly blessed! Not only are we set to marry next year, Lord willing, but my first baby niece is coming in TWO-WEEKS!

Your friend,
Whitney

Are Unlearned Women More Attractive?

Hey guys! How's everyone! What a great summer this has been so far. Really enjoying myself.

So I have this little philosophy that I wanted to blog about. For some reason or another, I feel like a saved man thinks he can train an unlearned woman. As long as she looks good. A woman who doesn't look good can be learned, but if she's unattractive, she more than likely doesn't have a man or will have a hard time getting one. Plainly: She can be learned and still not have a man because of her looks.

I've seen this in my friendships and even in my own relationship with my sweetheart. For example, I'm still in the learning phase of cooking, but because I am attractive, my fiance can wait. Yet, if I was unattractive and couldn't cook, it would be a different story.

As for the other relationships that I have peeked in on, one girl wasn't saved yet, or where she should be in her spiritual walk as compared to the guy who wanted to talk to her; but because she was cute and looked good, he went for her anyway (that's a problem and may be an extreme annotation).

Yet, I can count four times where I have noticed this. It is somewhat strange to me, although I do know that men are drawn by sight.

What are your thoughts? Will a man talk to a woman who is unlearned just because she looks good?

Whitney

A Thousand Words Thursday: KJV

So I follow certain companies and organizations on Facebook, and one update was:

What is your favorite Bible translation? Why?


photo credit; kimberly1x.blogspot.com

"King james bc I feel my spirit receiving water when I read it but that doesnt happen with the other translations" ~Lina

"..KJV, because when I receive revelation, I know that it was sent by God!"

My answer was the second.

Oh glory!,
Whitney

Courtship: A Deeper Connection

What I've found along the Way that lines up with my intentions and purpose concerning courtship and marriage:

All are excerpts from this article I'm reading: http://www.boundless.org/2005/answers/a0002415.cfm by John Thomas of Boundless.org.

To love is not to share all the same interests, but it is to value those the other person has.

If marriage is anything, it is a deep-level connection. ... Connecting at deeper levels develops over time as trust grows and as an individual feels they are in a safe place to share at that level.

Enjoying one another’s company is a great starting place for any relationship and obviously a requirement, but we can only talk about the weather for so long.

Conversations that touch at the level of emotions, ranging from joy to pain, are the ones that create heart connection.

Remember what you’re doing: First, you’re trying to discern whether you’re in unity on core values and second, whether you can connect at the level of emotions.

My Faith was on FIRE

A friend just posted a video about a man being raised from the dead. A doctor who was also a believer and follower of Christ, was led to pray for a man who suffered a massive heart attack and had been dead for over one hour. He was turning blue and his body was beginning to decompose. The man lived.

This made me think of a very real event in my life. I remember hearing a story on the local news about a little girl who was abused, raped and kept several days by a man close to her. He abused her to the point of her being in a coma I believe. She was near death. They had been reporting on her story for several days now. I remember her story coming again upon the television. They were reporting live from the hospital down the road, following this little girls every move.

I remember the urge to go lay hands on her. Like, literally go put my hands on her and say a prayer. The live coverage was still broadcasting and I walk toward our kitchen window. My faith was on fire within me. I wanted to go to the hospital and go do this thing but I had no one to go with me. I knew this girl was to live. I needed someone to go with me!! Nobody of faith was nearby. I thought of my friend Shannon. She lives not to far from here. I did not call her. I know if she was around that she would go with me. And, she would be praying with me. The girl ended up dying that day.

I think within me. LORD, my faith was on FIRE!!! My faith was on fire!! This is what ministry is about. Two by two saith the Lord! TWO BY TWO!! Lord knows I should have been there, I couldn't go alone so I thought! God is GOOD and I desire to do mighty things in His Name! Lord be with your Best, Your special ones that they may go boldly! Go boldly!! And bring us a friend to come with us along the way!

W