We Are So Loved!

"For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

BUT God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us."-Romans 5:6-8

Glory! and Amen! This verse of scripture has always gladdened my heart, and this is even more so today, as we celebrate what is today known as Good Friday!

Today as I sat and read this scripture again today, I am so overjoyed once again by it, and by the thought that God loves us so much! My prayer for today, is that people all over the world, would not see this day as just another day, or a day to be off from work, or a day to get a lot of things done. I pray that people would pause and actually reflect on what Good Friday is all about. I hope that believers are grateful for all that  Jesus did for us, and that those who have not accepted Jesus as saviour, or who don't even know Him and what Good Friday is all about, I pray that questions will arise for you and you will ask what Good Friday is all about.

God loves us so much. All the way back to before the creation of the world, God desired a family. Someone that He could love and cherish, pour His love upon, someone that He could show His goodness and kindness to, who He could fellowship with, have a relationship with, who He could preserve and protect, a family of sons and daughters who would be just like Him, and who would love one another, as He loves, and with the same love. So He created us. Created us in His likeness and image, so that we were just like Him. So that we could fellowship with Him, walk and talk with Him, live and love just like Him, rule and reign with Him. But we decided that we didn't want to do what He said to do. We didn't want Him. We wanted to do what we wanted to do. Have our own way, do our own thing! We turned from Him.We broke the heart of God, we had a new master now...satan... a murderer, a deceiver, a liar, and outlaw, a thief! But still God loved us! He didn't walk away from us. We still sinned and lived as we desired, over and over again, following the dictates of satan, yet God still loved us! He was not going to lose the family that He created, loved and cherished, no, no way! Sin continued, and the family continued to enjoy it, after all, sin is fun, but all along...God still loved us, and He had a plan!

When the time was right, when we were still sinners-loving it and enjoying it, God sent Jesus! Jesus, the sinless one, who never knew sin, never stained by sin, the righteous one, sinless, and pure...He came, and He came for sinners, to make us to be joined back to God again! sin and satan cut us off from having a relationship and fellowship with God. Sin stood in the way. God's desire for us never changed. He still wanted His family. He still loved His family. He had wonderful plans for His family...so much love to give, so many blessings to bestow...He had to get His family back! But God's is an honorable God. He said that the soul that sins shall die, and we sure fell into that category! Sin always brings the penalty of death. God is a just God, and justice had to be carried out! God even Himself could not violate His own law. We must die, you, me, all of us...sinners we were! This was a debt that we owed, and certainly could not pay! We must die!

But Jesus came! The Son of God, the sinless, righteous, obedient Son of God, He came for us. He came to pay that awful debt for us...the one that not a one of us could pay. He just decide that he would just die foe all of us."Wow, are you serious? Jesus, are you saying that You would be willing to be nailed on a cross for me. You would be willing to be separated from Your Father for me? Sin brings all kinds of sickness and all kinds of grotesque diseases and suffering with it, and You would be willing to take all of this for me? Be beaten, pierced and die, crucified  for me, and for people who have not even been born yet? Are you really willing to go through all of this!" "YES"... and He did!

Jesus did all of this for sinners...you and me ...people who were dirty, condemned, guilty, polluted, stained by sin. This is how much that God loves us! God gave His Son to die for us, in our place. We were certainly worthy of death. God pierced Him. God put Jesus to grief. It pleased God to cause Jesus to suffer, to give Jesus as an offering for sin, so that we could be saved from death, be bought back into relationship and fellowship with our father again! (Please read Isaiah 53)

As I celebrate Good Friday, I cannot but think about how blessed we are. Even if you have never received Jesus as your personal saviour, or believed that all that Jesus did on the cross was for you, it really was for you, it is not too late to ask Him to be your Saviour and Lord. He loves you. You are forgiven. You can have peace with God, right now, this very day.If YOU had been the only person on Earth at the time, Jesus still would have died for YOU! When He was suffering on that cross, when He was feeling the nails in His hands and feet, He was thinking about YOU! He died for you and for me! Just ask Him to come into your heart. Tell Him that you believe that He died for you. Tell Him that you believe that He didn't stay dead, but that God raised Him up, and in a few days we will celebrate His Resurrection from the dead. Tell Him that you want Him to come into your heart an that you want to live for Him from now on. Ask Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit so that you can walk and talk with Him every day. He'll do it you know...all you have to do is ask! It really will be, a Good Friday!

~Gayle

Having a great Saturday!

Wow, I am enjoying a wonderful Saturday afternoon! Woke up this morning from a great sleep, fully energized and well-rested. Thank You Father for giving Your beloved sleep, and making it sweet! It is His promise, you know, to give His dear child sweet sleep. He wants us to sleep each night, not sit  up worrying about stuff, but to enjoy sweet sleep. It really is a gift from Him to us. Anyway, sleeping has never been a problem for me. Thank God!

Anyway, as you can see, it has been a while since I have added a new post. I have always said that I would not share unless my Father told me too, and He told me to share today. As we spent our quiet time together this morning, He told me to tell everyone once again, that He loves you so much. I am really basking more and more in His amazing love. He is giving me more and more, a greater revelation of Him, and the love that He has for all of us! He loves us sooooo much, and He wants us to know that, absolutely KNOW this. He wants us to know this by experience. He said that He does not just want us to read about His love, but to experience it every single day of our life! His love really is amazing!

When I read in His Word about all that He has already done for each one of us, it is beyond our mind to really grasp. It really does take God Himself to really enable us to really "get" how much that He loves us. We tend to look at ourselves and we look at the mistakes that we make, and we listen to, in many cases, false teachings about God and how He sees us, and about how we are in His sight, and as a result, we come away with a low estimation of us,a low estimation of hoe we think that God see us, and one which is entirely not true! Today, Father told me that He is sometimes saddened, (I asked Him if He could really get sad), because so many of His children are missing all that He has for them. They are missing the relationship that He wants with them, they are missing out on experiencing His love from day to day, they are living life with one defeat after another, they are being overcome with sickness and disease, stress, hopelessness, and whatever else the enemy has put upon them. He said that He has so much more for everyone. He has a plan for each one of us individually. It is a good plan, a plan for our good, to give us a good life, to bear fruit in our life, to help one another to know Him, to experience Him, to help bring God's Kingdom to this earth, through us! Yeah, we talked about all of this this morning! I love spending time with Him, and I love to be able to be free to talk about anything with him. He said that He wants people to really know Him more than anything. He wants us to meet Him in His Word, to know Him through the Word. He wants us to know that he wrote the Word as a personal letter to each of us individually...it is God speaking directly to us. It is Him telling us that He loves us so much, that He gave His Son to rescue us, so that He can lavish all of His love upon us, so that He can be with us from day to day, to live in our home with us, and help us, and protect us, and provide for us, and guide us, and preserve us, and heal us, and care for our every need, and make us more like Him, and make us to live like Him, and be formed in us. He wants to do so much for us, He has done for much for us, but He wants us to know this and experience this and live in Him daily.

He wants us to see ourselves as He sees us...not as sinners, or servants, or slaves, or filthy rags, or worms. He wants us to see ourselves as people who are loved, forgiven, justified as if we have never sinned, as righteous, without guilt or condemnation, as His friends, His citizens, as overcomers, as winners in life, more than conquerors, His ambassadors in the earth, to do His business, to take over this earth with the love of God, as His SONS and His DAUGHTERS! He wants us to see through His eyes! We are special! We are His masterpieces! We are not normal! We are supernatural! Not bound by this world system, not having the same results that the world gets. Not boundaries, not limits! He is in us! This is what God said to tell you today! Have a great weekend. I love you!

~Gayle

The Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdom of Darkness!

Wow, as you can see, it's been a while since I have posted anything. I have been quite busy helping a friend who is preparing for an upcoming wedding next weekend. I had to take a few minutes today to write. Today, as at every time that I have my quiet time with God, I had a lot of things on my mind. Nothing bad or major, just things. I am so happy that I have a Father that I can share anything with. Whether it is how to accurately season a dish, how to repair something, or what His thoughts are about a TV show, I can always talk to Him. I have heard it said that God is not interested in the daily affairs of ones life, just the big, and important things like terrorism, the economy, hunger in the world...stuff like that. Well, I beg to differ! My Father and I talk about everything, and we laugh about things as well. He really does have a sense of humor!

I am almost ashamed to admit that I have let myself get caught up in a television show...Scandal! I am not a big television watcher, I would rather spend my time curled up with a book. I remember stumbling upon the very first episode of this show, while in a hotel on vacation, and I have followed it ever since. I must say that it is a series that will grab your attention. It is a good show, filled with things that are not so good! (I had to ask myself why do I call it a good show, when everything in it is bad!) As I sat there watching it each week, I am at the point where I really don't want to watch it anymore. I on purpose didn't watch it on last night. The entire time that it was on, I could hear my husband and son in their rooms, commenting on the show. It is becoming a bit troubling to me. I do know that it is a secular show, and I do know that it is set in the heart of government and politics. As I sat previously and watched this show, I saw how the world system operates. Taking someone's life in order to see one's personal agenda carried out, is no big deal. The person was in the way, so of course they must be taken out of the way...killing them is of course the answer, right? Lying to cover up something is as easy as breathing. Manipulation, a lack of integrity and honor, deceit, immorality, using power to carry out one's plan, whether right or wrong...who cares! No one else matters, as long as one's personal agenda is carried out! What I want, is what I want...what it is, is what it is! If I have to lie, cheat, steal, kill, manipulate, deceive, sleep with everybody, walk on someone, defame their character, whatever. I will do what I have to do! This is the world system!

God always uses the simple things to teach me. While I sat and watched the show get more and more wicked, God spoke and said that this is an exact picture of the World System...a system without Me! A system void of love. A system that leaves God out of it! A system that cares little for the next person. A system that lacks character, and morals, and integrity, and honor. A system where  a powerful person capitalizes on the smaller person. A system who does not value life, and taking a life does not matter. A system where one's flesh controls their actions! God said to me to really watch and see how satan operates his kingdom...a kingdom of darkness! When I was an early Bible student, I once believed that a kindgom of  darkness was witches and warlocks, blackness, and anything that was ugly and eerie. As I continue to study, I am realizing that satan's kingdom is dark, because it is void of God, of light, and full of him, satan himself! It is full of people who are lost, who are being controlled by satan, many who don't even have a clue! So sad!

When I did watch Scandal, I see more and more that we as Christians, must make our mark in this world. Sure satan is the god of this world, but we are here to take over! We are here to bring the light of God to a dark world. We are here to bring God's presence to our workplaces...not by preaching a sermon, but by being the employee who is always on time, who gives a full day's work, who has integrity, not situation ethics...by being the consumer who gives back extra change that you know that you are not supposed to have...being the one who loves the person who is always rejected by society because of their status in life. We are here to impact change, to transform this world system, to invade enemy territory, to bring the Kingdom of God here on earth! Sure, I know that many are saying that there are some Christians who make mistakes. Of course thee are. I am not saying that Christians do not err, make a mistake or get off of the path. Making a mistake is one thing, but living a lifestyle is something else.

Scandal is a television show, but it is very real!  I have become uncomfortable watching it, and just getting up and going to bed. We have to bring change to a dying, lost world!

These are just my thoughts today...Have a great weekend!

New Year...New Attitude...New Manifestations!

Well, we are beginning week three of a new month, in a brand new year. Seems like Christmas was just yesterday. Time is not standing still, it is moving right along. Every year, many people make New Year resolutions, that many times are abandoned by March! Many do manage to keep them though.

This year as I sat and thought about 2013, I decided that this year would be like no other one, that God has blessed me to live. I have had many good years. Every day that God has blessed me to open my eyes, has produced a good year! I am not complaining about any one of them, I am just determined to have the best one yet. I sat and I thought about who God is, I thought about how He desired a family that He could love, that He could have a relationship with and shower His love upon, I thought about how when man messed up, He provided Jesus to die for us, so that He could justly forgive us, I thought about how He has made a covenant with us that He would always love us, never be mad at us, how He would always provide for us, how He would heal us if we ever got sick, how He would be a Shepherd to us, to guide us, to protect us, I just sat and thought about all that God has already done for each and every one of us, even if we don't believe it or accept it! He has done more than I can list here, but just the things that I listed, are amazing!

I sat and I thought, how can anyone have a bad day? How can any year not be a good one? Every year is a good one, but every year can be a greater one, if we believe God, and if we really live according to His Word, according to Him...not according to the government, not according to your salary, not according to the world's economy, not according to a doctor's report, not according to a bank statement, not according to the roadblocks, the boundaries, the parameters that many times, circumstances present in life. If we live according to Him, and Him alone, we will have a great year! God planned for us to not survive, but to really live...abundantly, supernaturally, completely, life to the full! Flourishing, thriving, NOT surviving!

This year, I decided to just believe God! To bless Him and glorify Him, by living the life that he purposed me to live! I have believed Him all along, but this year I am going to really believe Him, and Him alone! Yes, I will admit that I have read the promises, believed them, still believed them even when something crazy happened that was contrary to what I believed. I still believed, but as time continued and the thing that I was believing for, seemed to not show up, sometimes the expectancy may have weakened a bit. Yes, I'll admit that. I may have let some things slip a bit...but not any more! This year, and forevermore, I will have everything manifested that God has already provided, and promised in His Word! I am tired of reading about the promises, and not holding them in my hands. God's Word said that "He daily loads us with benefits"-(Psalm 68:19). Psalm 103:2 says, "don't forget His benefits!" Benefits-Love, Joy, Peace< Protection, Guidance, Shelter, Forgiveness, a Relationship with Him, Prosperity, Health and Wholeness, Salvation, Completeness! He loads us daily, every day with these benefits! If He daily loads us with health, when do we have time to be sick? If we are daily, every day...loaded with prosperity...how can we and when can we be broke? If He daily loads us with shelter, how can we and when can we be homeless? I just had to sit down and get real about everything! We will either believe God, or not! I am determined that I am loaded! I will never have a bad day, a bad week, a bad month, or a bad year...ever again in life! It is a good day! It is a good week. It is a good month. It is a good year! Not it will be, it is! How can it not be a good day. How can it not be a good week? How can it not be a good month? How can it not be a good year? I choose to believe God, above circumstances,  above the job, beyond what I hear, beyond what I can see with natural eyes! I BELIEVE GOD...and HIM ALONE!

What Are YOU Saying?

Wow, how Amazing is God? Truly, truly, truly Amazing! I just love how He continues to reveal wonderful truths to us, if and when we really take the time to listen to, and really hear Him. I came upon a passage of scripture on yesterday, that really got my attention, so much so that i dreamed about it, and it was the first thing that was on my mind today, when my eyes opened this morning. It was not a familiar verse to me, in fact, I was reading from a Psalm that I was not very familiar with-Psalm 105. The caption over this particular Psalm in my Bible is-God Keeps His Promises. I was captivated by the caption, so I stopped to read the Psalm. In it, it talks about how God is a covenant God, and how He remembers His covenants and promises, and how He moves on the behalf of His people who He is in covenant with. I came to the verses where the writer is talking about the events in Joseph's life, how he was in chains, sold as a slave, some pretty not so good things! Anyway, this one verse, really stopped me, really got my attention...verse 19-Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. You are probably saying, what is so big about this scripture? it was really big to me.
I think about things that the Lord promises me in our quiet time together. Maybe you too recall something that He promised you a week ago..."That bill is paid, manifestation of your healing will show up, your marriage is fixed, your child's life is turned around, I brought them back home". Maybe you really believed what He said, but a week later, it seems like nothing has changed. That has happened to me to at times. You wait for the change to manifest, but nothing seems to change. Verse 19 said, until the time that his word came to pass, (the words that you speak should be the words that God speaks about you) the word of the Lord tested him...the word tested him! That word tested him...by His stripes YOU are healed, I will supply YOUR need, I give you goodly houses to live in, and fill them with good things, I keep my promises, I will not lie to you"!
When it seems so long that we have waited, when it seems like nothing is changing, when it seems like God is not doing anything, that word is testing you, to see if you really believe it! Do you really believe what you are saying? Do you really believe that YOU are healed, when your body still hurts? Do you really believe that God supplies all of YOUR needs when your bank account balance is $5? Do you believe that YOUR child really is a gift from God, when that child is disrespectful and doing drugs, out on the street? The Word says that your are healed, that you are prosperous, that your child is the seed of the righteous and that he or she is delivered. The word wants to see if you really believe IT, or your circumstances. You are the one who will determine which one wins...the Word or the circumstances. The choice is yours! What are you saying about you? What words are you saying about your body? What are you saying about your spouse? What are you saying about your finances? What are you saying about your child? What are you saying about your neighborhood? it is up to you!

Merry Christmas!

As I sit here this morning, in my quiet time with God, I am meditating on who He is, on all of the great things that He has done for each of us, on how much that he loves us all!

I was meditating on the sermon that He gave me to preach on yesterday, from the verse of scripture in Isaiah...Isaiah 9:6. I am not going to write it out for you, because I want you to find it in your Bible, and hold the Word of life in your hands.

As I said on yesterday, this particular scripture has been used as a Christmas scripture at every Christmas. It is always the verse that is preached on, it is the verse that is found printed on so many Christmas cards, but God said on yesterday to me, that it is more than just a "Christmas verse", it is for every day of your life!

I have read this verse many times...but God said on yesterday to me, to really sit and let Him talk to me about it. Here is what he said:

The world today, is talking about, dissatisfied with, angry at the government of their country. They are depending on politicians to solve their problems, get them jobs, fix the economy...and basically anything else that is wrong in their life. More and more, the citizens of the various countries around the world, not just America, or becoming more and more disappointed in the government. God said to me "tell them that it is time to change governments"! God's government, in His Kingdom, is strong, and stable, and solid, and intact! It has no economic issues, not threatened by a fiscal cliff, don't contain a trillion dollar debt. Everything is all good in His government! You can enjoy all of the benefits of His government, IF you are a Kingdom Citizen, and you can enjoy the benefits now! You don't have to die and go to heaven to enjoy God's Kingdom, it's here right now, it is God's will, His culture, His laws, His wealth, His intent, for all mankind, and it is right here, right NOW! It available for everyone...just get into His Kingdom and become one of His Citizens. As a citizen of the Kingdom of God, we have access to ALL that God has, and He owns and has everything...health, wealth, peace, power, anointing, security, wow so many awesome and amazing things, and as a citizen, we have access to it ALL! God's wealth is not for Him, it is for us, His citizens! So perhaps you might want to change governments!

Wonderful! Do you need some wonderful things to show up in your life right about now? Some peace, some joy, a little bit of love, some confidence, some assurance that everything is all-right. Jesus is Wonderful, not only because of what He does, but more importantly because of WHO He is! He is wonderful, and He loves to do wonders! Try Him!

Counselor...are you in need of a Counselor today? He is an excellent one! Do you have a decision to make and don't know what to do? Turn to Jesus, He knows what you need to do, and He will counsel you as to what to do about your situation...whatever it is. He knows about everything...that job that you are considering, that person who has just asked you to marry them, that debt that you are considering, whatever it is, He's a wonderful counselor, and will never steer you wrong.

Mighty God...all powerful God, the one who is stronger that depression, stronger than fear, stronger that cancer, stronger than lack, stronger than anything, and anyone! Cast ALL of your cares upon Him, He is mighty, He can handle and fix every one of them! He has all power in His hands. Put that care, that bill, that child, that marriage, your body in His hands...they are mighty hands!

Rules seem to change every day. I was watching an NFL game on yesterday, and a yellow, penalty flag was thrown on one particular play, and I being the rule "expert" like so many Americans across the USA, disagreed with the call. Of course, the coach disagreed also, and challenged the call. Well, one of the announcers said something that got my attention, he said, "the rule was just recently changed". Wow, in the sports field, it seems like the rules change for every play! There was once a time when a person was hired at a particular company, and they were assured that they could work there at least 30 years...not always true today. Jobs end, companies go out of business, things which were always so stable...are not like that today.
But God...is Everlasting! He is an Everlasting Father! He has been around, and will BE around! You can count on Him! He is an Everlasting Source, Everlasting Salvation, Everlasting  Peace, Everlasting Love, Everlasting Joy, Everlasting Provider and Healer, and Shepherd, and Righteousness...I can go on and on. He is constant, like middle C!

Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace...you can only get it from Him! Not from a bottle, you can't inhale it, you can't smoke something and get peace, not from a pill, not from a doctor, not from a degree...only from the Prince of Peace! He is our Peace! This holiday season, is a source of stress for many people. Some don't have family, many are just lonely, many are worried about not having the money to shop, whatever it is, there is a lack of peace. Turn to the Prince of Peace. Externals won't bring you Peace, not real peace.

This is what God shared with me on yesterday and even more today. He said to encourage the people.
"Many can't even enjoy Christmas, because they are worried about a bill that is due on January 14, 2013".
He said it, I don't know why He named that particular day, but that is what He told me.

Anyway, tomorrow is Christmas. Decide that you are not going to be stressed, worried, or depressed! Decide that you are going to have a great Christmas, that someone is going to invite you to share Christmas with them, that you won't be alone!

I speak peace over you, joy and blessings overtaking you, love and laughter surrounding you, surprise gifts coming to you! I pray you you, that you have a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful, prosperous, Peaceful New Year! All of this can be yours today and always!

Do you KNOW Jesus? have you invited Him to live in your heart? Have to realized that He died just for you on the cross, in order to take away your sins, and that if you were the only person on earth, He still would have died just for YOU? He loves YOU, YOU are already forgiven, you just have to confess it with your mouth. God raised Jesus from the dead for YOU! He is alive for YOU. He will move into your heart today if you ask Him to. He wants to. He has been waiting for you to ask Him to. What an awesome Christmas gift. He is God's gift to YOU. What a great gift for you to receive this Christmas...Salvation, Eternal Life, a new nature, the life of God coming to live with YOU and in YOU forever! Ask Him in today!

Pray this: Dear God, I know that without Jesus I am lost. I believe and confess with my mouth, that Jesus died for me, and that You raised Him from the dead for me. I receive your forgiveness now. Jesus come into my heart, and live in me. Thank you for saving me! Fill me with Your holy Spirit that I may live for You. Thank You Jesus. Amen!

That's it...welcome to the Family of God, to new life, to Freedom! I guarantee you...You will have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Life!

(Please leave a comment. Let me know that you prayed this prayer today)

YOU Do It!

Good morning people. It is 5:13 in the morning and here I sit blogging. I am up and I went to bed last night with a heavy heart, as a result of the senseless tragedy that took place in Connecticut on yesterday, at Sandy Hook Elementary school. I am so saddened by the loss of lives, as well as for the person who committed this awful act. I sat and watched twice this week, shootings that took the lives of innocent people, people that were just living their life, not bothering anyone. Going to a mall or to a school as usual, not knowing that they would leave home one minute, and never return home again. It is so not right. After each of these tragedies, whether it's in a mall, a school, a movie theater, wherever, I watch and listen to the responses of people all over America, saying things like, "what is God doing?, it is God's will, we may never understand why He let this happen, we must pray harder, God is speaking". I hear statements like these, so often after a tragedy.It is as if God Himself, walked into a school and killed innocent children. He did NOT! God did not do this, and He did not allow it to happen, the body of Christ did! Ok, you are really mad now, I know it...but it is true...the body of Christ, the Church, let it happen! How can I say that you might ask? I say it, because it is true. I know that many will say that I am crazy, that I have lost my mind. It is ok, I haven't.

After every tragedy of this magnitude, I hear people cry out to God for Him to do something, but in reality, God is probably crying out for us, the body of Christ, those who claim to be Christians, believers, those who are saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost, He is probably crying out for us to do something!

Why do I say this? I say it because God put us in charge of this earth. He gave us the assignment of governing, mastering, ruling, and controlling this earth, blood bought, believers, yes, us! Those who have been made in the image and the likeness of God! His sons and daughters! (Genesis 1:26) God gave us the dominion to rule Earth. He rules Heaven, but it is our assignment to rule here. I am sure that many are getting even more angry at what I am saying, but I didn't say it, God said it! God put us in charge. God gave us a spirit like that is amazing! We have been created with awesome ability and potential in us. We have the ability to make discoveries, inventions that would change this planet...we already have! Man was created with capabilities that we have not even tapped into yet. Adam, a man with a spirit like God in him, named every animal, insect, every creeping thing on this earth, a man did that. Do you know how many bugs there are on this planet, how many animals exist here, and a man named everyone of them. We have God's ability in us! He gave us power over this Earth, power over hurricanes, sickness and disease, the economy, over all the resources that are in the Earth...the silver and the gold, iron ore, diamonds, everything that mankind would ever need, God put it in the earth and gave us dominion over it! Our capabilities are amazing!

When God delivered Moses and he children of Israel out of Egypt, and they came to the Red Sea, they began crying out in fear. They felt trapped by the sea in front of them, and Pharoah's army behind them. Where would they go, and what would they do? Moses cries out to God to help them, and God in essence asked Moses, "why are you crying to me, you divide the sea"! (Exodus 14: 15-16-And the Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.") God didn't divide the Red Sea, Moses did! God gave Moses the power to divide it. Moses had the dominion that God gave us all the way back to the Garden. God has not changed His mind. We still have dominion and authority in this Earth, we just have to use it! We have been taught that God divided the Red Sea, but Moses did! God would not do what He (God) gave man the power to do! He is still saying the same thing today, "Why are to crying to Me?" I gave you power to stop terrorists, to stops folks from walking into theaters, malls, schools, churches, and taking lives. I gave you power to stop hurricanes, tornadoes, disease, economic problems, corrupt politicians and judges etc. The Church is here on this earth, to stop things from happening, and to not conform and cower under this world system, but to take over! To dominate! To stop the power of darkness! We are waiting on God, but God is waiting on US! These tragedies will continue to happen unless the Church rises up as the powerful body that it is, and take over! That is why we are here, to take over. We are Ambassadors, Heaven's representatives in the Earth, to dominate and take over! We are the light in a dark world!

Jesus has us here to take up what he began while He walked the earth. he told us that the same works that He began, we are to do, and even greater works! We are to heal the sick, cast out devils, not be afraid of the devil, we are to raise the dead, open blinded eyes! Us, yes US! Jesus said so. (John 14:12-"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also, and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father") Jesus said this! We are supposed to do what He did, not cry to God for God to do it. If we want these tragedies to stop happening, we must stop them and the spirits behind the people who do these horrible crimes. These people who do these terrible things, don't even realize that they are being controlled by satan. We ask how can they do these things, they're not, satan is doing it through them! It is so sad that they don't know that they have given themselves to be used by satan, but it is sadder that the Church does not operate in the power, dominion and authority that God has given us. We have delegated authority over all the Earth. We are not to use that power to control people, but we are to use that power and authority to control the evil spirits that are controlling the people! As believers, we have power! We don't have to just sit around and let stuff happen to us!

God said that whatever we allow here on earth, He will allow! So when we hear people say that God allowed something to happen, He allowed it, because we allowed it! If we just sit by and allow satan to put cancer on us, to steal our children, walk into a school and kill 20 innocent children and adults, to steal finances, jobs, steal our peace and joy, then guess what, God will allow it too! He allows what we allow! (Matthew 18:18-"Assuredly, I say, whatever you bind(not allow) on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose(allow) on earth will be loosed in heaven"!) Jesus said this! In other words, if we don't allow sickness and disease on earth, heaven will go into action and see that it won't show up on earth. If we don't allow hurricanes, a collapsed economy, corrupt politicians, judges, bosses, folks going into theaters, schools, malls, our homes or anywhere else killing, then heaven won't allow it either! If we allow peace and prosperity, health, love and joy on earth,heaven will again go into action to bring these things on earth! We have the power! God will not do what He has given us power to do!

Stand up man or woman of God, take authority over those situations in your life that have tormented you! Put a stop to things that are happening to your children, in your marriage, in your community that you know should not be happening! We have the power to turn this world around! I know that many won't agree with what I just said...it's ok. It is still true! (Hosea 4:6- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.)

Love you. Have a great weekend!

~Gayle