Praise the Lord…the blessings of Jesus. Do you know that your life is a blessing of Jesus? Do you know that waking up this morning was a blessing no matter what state you find yourself in – you are blessed! I am a mood of blessings today. So many times we are quick to think material things when we think blessings and there is nothing wrong with those kinds of blessings as I want them too, but the Lord has blessed me to know that there is so much more than that to our lives.
Our lives are a blessing as we are given opportunities every single day to pass the love of the Lord to all those that we meet. Yet so many of us do not do this, so many of us are scared or afraid of what others will do or not do, some of us are not sharing the love because we do not know how, or think we can do so, some of us are so bitter that as soon as Jesus tries to love us we reject it so we have no love in our hearts. Yet He still loves us. As I think about the love of the Lord nothing but joy takes over my heart, it is the love of Him that brings me to such peace in Him. He has such a wonderful way of Him.
As my sister was saying to me earlier today, order of our steps is what Jesus does. I started thinking about that when she said it along with the love of Jesus – what an awesome combination…our steps ordered by the Lord in Love! What a way to live our lives!!! We are blessed to know Him and to have Him care so much to direct us to a better life in Him.
When I look over my life and all the mess that I endured in my life with all the silliness of the men, the stupid decisions that I made and just my lack of luster for my life, I see how blessed I truly am. It was not all in vain as I move forward in the Lord and see how those things have prepared me for this time in my life. It made me start wondering if these steps were ordered too…yet the scriptures that ring in my head takes on such a stronger meaning than when it did when I was first saved… (A sister in Christ and I were talking about some of these scriptures on Sunday after church, so she may smile when she reads this! Praise the Lord for all that He does for us. I love ya Sister L!)
Proverbs 3:5-6 5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Luke 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
When I came to Jesus these scriptures were what kept me in Him when I did not understand why my momma “left” me when I needed her the most. It was the hardest part of her passing was when she went on to glory. I was mad at God for a minute because I needed her with me but it was in this scripture that I kept thinking to myself that there was a reason for her going on.
Yet even now I have to turn to these scriptures as I am ready to walk away from it all…when I have moments of wanting to walk out my front door and leave it all behind. When the moments of being a wife, a mother, a leader, a sister, a co-worker, a woman, and just who I am get to be overbearing…when I get tired of saying the same thing over for the millionth time to my husband, my son, my coworkers, my siblings, my family members, my sisters and brothers in Christ, and to myself…it is then that the Lord reminds me who I am in Him and who He is to me. It is those scriptures that always come to my mind first because it is in Him that I have to turn too.
So many of us get to that point and just let it go…the struggle is hard…the walk is long…sometimes feels like the blessings are not coming fast enough, sometimes we feel like He is not hearing us, sometimes if feels like He has left us and we are so ready to throw the towel in…we are tired of waiting for our blessings that His word says that we are to get. We believe we are doing what we should be doing in Him and yet nothing is happening for us…things are going in the opposite of what we think they should be going, it is then that we need to cling even closer to the Lord and look to Him. Sometimes it is just a lesson to be learned, sometimes it is a test to endure and sometimes it is our poor decisions that make us end up where we are but it is truly in Jesus that we will survive.
It is when I get to moments like this that I call on Jesus and He blesses me with comfort in His word. He gives me visions and helps me to focus on Him and less on me. When we look at all those scriptures…they hold so much more meaning to us then when we first read them….
Proverbs 3:5-6 5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Luke 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
One thing that sticks out to me in Proverbs, Romans and Philippians verses is the word ALL, it does not say part or half way…they all say ALL!! I think when we stop and really allow the words to minister to us we will have an understanding that He is talking to us about all things in our lives not just some of it but all of our life aspects. Yet the best one is the fact that the things that are impossible for us are possible with God! So no matter what comes our way it is possible with God – it is all in God! It is all possible in Jesus.
So when I have moments of wanting to leave Merv, Jonathan and WL4J behind me and just tell the world to go away and leave me alone, the Lord blesses me to know that He has a plan for my life, that He has my steps ordered in Him and that there is nothing too hard for God for all things are possible in Him! AMEN!
My Honesty Today is a vision that I had of WL4J…It is a blessing to be in the service of the Lord and there is a place for all of us in His kingdom if we just accept Him 100% into our hearts. Sure you will have moments of doubt, mistrust and failure within the task of the day but you know what – God is with you and though you may have doubt, mistrust and feel like a failure – remember that there is no failure in Jesus for we have the victory in all things! It is in Him that we receive our strength and guidance – keep leaning on Him.
Praise the Lord – the Lord has blessed me with a dream of WL4J – a building full of sisters, women, children and men coming for services and help – coming to be a blessing and be blessed. There are facilities for the children to learn and play, there are places for sisters in the middle of trying to come out of situations to be able to be comfortable, there are places for the men to come and meet to talk, places for the women to come and meet. There are places to give food, to give services and to give the word of God, as it is in Jesus that we can do all things. The goal is to empower all those that we meet with the things that they need to make this life a shining place for them to live.
The Lord has given me a spirit of helping, encouraging, uplifting and empowering others…not just with words but with the things they need to do. We have sisters all over the US that are in need of help that are not sure where to turn, churches are not always doing what they used to do, some churches help but do not have all the resources or the know how, some churches only help their congregation, and some churches even only help those that are overseas but yet we see the US failing more and more in helping our people. It is in this the Lord has spoken to me about reaching out to those in need here in the
I have been feeling the change for awhile now and the vision is getting clearer and stronger. I met the sister yesterday and the Lord spoke really loud…it is time to take the lessons to the street, it is time to offer things live in a place where we can do so. I am thanking God and not even worried about the cost for the Lord has blessed us with so much already! Praise His name…may we (WL4J) reach the potential the Lord has for us and the only reason why we will not is because we stopped – not Him! AMEN!! So please lift up WL4J up in prayer for the will of the Lord to always be done. He is sending us even more into the streets and may we have all that we need and when we do not may we rely on the direction of the Lord for all things. Praise the Lord – we are moving forward! AMEN!! Watch out for the grants will be coming soon! AMEN!!
There is a building with our name on it somewhere in the
Well until tomorrow,
God Bless and keep marching forward in Jesus!
Love your sister in Christ,
Sister Alissa Lynne
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