 I’m often asked "You don't want children?" What are you waiting on? I am sure people wonder how I have remained patient with God’s plan for my life when I’m married and 40 years old without children. I’ve talked so much about it, it’s no secret— I do want to feel the joys of motherhood. The truth is that there have been many moments when I’ve been tired of waiting. And I have been challenged by well meaning family and friends, “You need to let go and trust God and wait on His timing,” and that is right, but the question is, “How do you wait?" What have you been praying and asking God to manifest in your life? A spouse? A new career? Change in a relationship? Change in your financial situation? When we pray and ask God, there are only three answers He gives: “Yes”, “No”, and “Wait, not yet”. More often than not, we don’t like the wait answer. But God doesn’t always give us what we want when we want it. And when He doesn't we go into full petition, harass and bully mode to get God to give us an answer other than "wait" and when we do this we forget that we still have a life to live. You see waiting is not about putting your life on hold and doing nothing. He knows what is best for us. He knows His purposes for us. And He knows the perfect timing to bring us our hearts desire. But until you come to that place of abandonment, you will never find peace or contentment in the wait. Relinquishing my will to God has been quite a process, but I don’t want anything now that God has not ordained. Releasing my timetable to God was incredibly freeing. But don't confuse contentment with I I don't think that God will not manifest my miracle. But the key to the place of contentment I found is to not put your life on hold while you wait. For manifestation to occur we have to be active participants. How are you occupying your time while you wait? Are you waiting by volunteering, serving, traveling, taking classes, developing a new healthy and active lifestyle, worshiping, loving, sharing time with friends and living life? Waiting on the Lord doesn't mean you are sitting waiting for a miracle to happen. Miracles happen because you get up and take action. The greatest example in scripture of someone who waiting with expectation and actively walking in faith was Abraham and Sarah. Abrahams' life was filled with huge promises. God told Abraham that he was to become the father of many nations, bu how was that gonna happen when he didn’t have a single heir? Abraham received a ‘Wait, not now’ answer from God regarding descendants when he was 75. Things starting looking quite bleak when Abraham and Sarah were way past the ideal ‘conceiving’ stage. 24 years will pass, but Abraham never stopped believing God because he knew that God is God and He keeps His promises. Someday, somehow, in God’s way and timing, it will happen. Abraham was patient with God because he believed in Him, so He continued to walk by faith and not by sight. So, Abraham did not sit still, He stepped out of his tent and walked confidently through and towards his open doors of promise and it happened! “Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.” - Genesis 21:2 He was rewarded not only with a resounding ‘yes’ but with the honor of blessing the whole world through his descendant Jesus Christ. Are you waiting on God or are you denying your fear of moving forward? Are you set in a pattern of laziness and procrastination? Do you lack the discipline to do the necessary work to attain the manifestation you desire? Stop waiting on some miracle to fall from the sky. It does not manifest this way. On this Intercession Tuesday, open your palms facing the ground, tell God that you want to relinquish your personal desires. Then turn your opened palms over so that they face heaven, and tell your Father that you surrender your future to His will for your life and that while you wait, you will pray, work and enjoy the journey. Then get up and take action to manifest the good God desires in your life now. Enter into Prayer Dear Father,
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5/20/2014 0 Comments You have a decision to make? Pray! Decisions, decisions, decisions! We are faced with lots of decisions every day: what time are we going to get up? Are we going to get up? What are we going to wear? What are we going to have for breakfast? Are we going to turn on the television, or the radio? What are we going to listen to on our way to school, to work, or as we get it in gear and start to work at home? Decisions are an important part of our life. You know we make literally hundreds of decisions every day. Some over the mundane things in life and some over the important things in life, but making good and wise decisions is so important. Ever made a poor decision and dealt with the struggles and strife of that poor decision? The decisions we make chart the course of our life and the lives of others, so making wise decisions determines the direction life takes. You know, some of the decisions in life are quite easy to make. Take your cell phone wherever you go. Pay your taxes? Do your best at school or work? Mow your grass when it gets long? Don’t shave on Saturdays? Some decisions are easy to make? But some decisions aren’t so easy and take lots of effort to make. Who should I marry and spend the rest of my life with? What career should I train for? Where do I send my kids to school? Does God want me to go into the ministry? These are the kinds of decisions that keep us up at night weighing all the options. Many are in a place of indecision. It is not a low place between two hills. It is an undecided condition of the mind and heart. It is the obstacles and doubts with which the inward person is confronted. The place of indecision is the dwelling place of the undecided. An unpleasant condition of life, an unpredictable state of existence, an uncertain future. It is amazing that a person would live in such a condition. Let those who are tired of such uncertain living arise and declare "enough!" Make up your mind and move out of that place of uncertainty today. Yes, some of you right now are facing difficult decisions but are finding yourself stuck in indecision. The rest of you will find yourself having to make difficult decisions in the future. It’s just a part of life. The good news is that there’s help for this integral part of life. God is here and His wisdom is in your reach to enable you to decisions that will guide your life to be the best that God has for you. We want and we need to make wise decisions. And wise decisions are born out of our devotion to God, formed by the Word of God, and confirmed by the Spirit of God. Enter into IntercessionHeavenly Father, the Word of God is very clear on asking for Wisdom, true wisdom comes from God. Jesus declared in His Word, if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. So we come boldly to the throne of grace through the precious Blood of Jesus Christ and ask for wisdom, and we lean on Your promise to us is that our Heavenly Father will give it to me! 5/14/2014 1 Comment The Power of Praying Wife
Why should you pray for your Husband? Dear Father,  Originally posted May 5, 2013 Self-control is defined as, “Restraint exercised over one’s own impulses, emotions, or desires.” The Bible speaks to self-control in these passage: “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.” Proverbs 25:28 (NIV) As believers we have a responsibility to exercise self-control. Self-control is evidence of faith and the Holy Spirit in our lives producing this Fruit of the Spirit. The very concept of "self-control" implies a battle between a divided self. It implies that our "self" produces desires we should not satisfy but instead "control." Jesus said, we should "deny ourselves" and "take up our cross daily," and follow him. Daily our "self" produces desires that should be "denied" or "controlled." Self-control brings up everything from extreme dieting plans to over indulgence. We usually think of self-control as a negative, which is partly true. Self-control is, in part, the art of saying "no" when we should, not merely when we feel good about it. The lack of such control in our culture can be related to chemical abuse, overeating, or a host of other unhealthy behaviors. This should concern every believer, we as believers of Christ should wish to be a lighthouse of God’s grace to those who are “out of control.” Rick Warren author of Purpose Driven Life provided good tips on developing biblical self-control.
In what areas do you need to develop for self-control? The disciplines you establish today will determine your success tomorrow. If we are not training ourselves in the life of godliness and self-control, we will become trained and skilled in greed and covetousness, which is idolatry, the worship of the flesh and its appetites. Without self-control, we become the slaves to the world, the flesh, and the adversary and become incapacitated, unable to serve God and one another or even our own best interests. We end up not only serving ourselves, but we become slaves to our appetites. But it takes more than just willpower for lasting self-control. It takes a power greater than yourself. Today let's gird up the loins of our minds with Intercessory Prayer so that we may walk in the fruit of the spirit, Self-Control. Enter Into PrayerDear Lord, I admit from the get go that self-control is a big issue. It is not that I am determined to do what I want to do or that I enjoy living an out of control life. I sincerely desire a life defined by willingness, not willfulness. That in itself is evidence that you are “at work in me, both to will and work for your good pleasure.” The issue is recognizing that I control who or what is in control of me – my words, my actions, my attitudes, my impact and influence in this world. That is a frightening amount of power. And the use or abuse of that power impacts more than just me. The more freedom I have, the more powerful that power becomes. |
IntercessionPrayer is the expression of man’s dependence upon God and his confidence in Him. When God answers prayer, He magnifies His faithfulness. Prayer is releasing the energies of God and asking God to do what we cannot do. Prayer is the breathing and panting of the Spirit after God. Prayer is a soul struggle. It is the hardest work God has given His children, but it is their most important work. If you have a Archives
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