Hearing the Lord's voice through all life's distractions

The Lord is speaking can you hear what He is saying?

In this season of time and especially with this presidential upset (so to speak), people are so charged up with their thought's, opinions, beliefs and their hopes of how things should be. It's during these times that believers in Christ should settle themselves to hear just what is the Lord saying about these things. He does have an opinion after all He holds the whole world in His hands.

I believe true prophets and false prophets got things wrong with this election because they were swayed by their opinions, beliefs, their desires and their own logic. They prophesied from what was the logical choice. And some prophets were just deceived -period. They listened to another voice but it wasn't the Almighty's voice. Yet, there were some who got it right. There's was a very unpopular prophesy and one that I'm sure got them into a lot of trouble with others. I'm sure some were ready to throw rocks and stones to silence the "foolishness." Nevertheless, the Lord's message is usually a very unpopular one. It's a message that people usually do not want to hear. It's one that takes courage and trust in God to be able to say among the people.

What can we learn from this? We must be skilled at tuning out the world's chaos and drama and even our own feelings and desires to be disciplined enough to pull away; silence the noise and ask the Lord, what are you saying about all of this? I believe that He will speak to you if you are quiet and steadfast enough to listen.

The bottom line is this: the Lord can NOT be put into a box. We can never count Him out! He moves when He wants to move and does what He deems best. The Lord takes the foolish things of the world to confuse the wise (1 Cor. 1:27).

Wake Up Body of Christ

I believe that we are in a divine time where the Lord is revealing His hand to all those who are paying attention. There are many self-proclaimed prophets of God who are speaking prophesies "from the Lord" and these prophesies are not coming to past. This is the time for all to repent and turn back to God.

As I have sit back and watched the unfolding of this election on the early morning of Nov. 9, 16, I was in total shock and awe at the results. There were so many that prophesied that Hillary Clinton would win and that is not what we saw.  As the red electoral votes lit up the states of the US, I had chills all over. This was not only a win but a landslide.

Now some have said, since the believers came together and prayed, the Lord turned it in the 11th hour while some prophesied years and months ago saying that the Lord showed them that Donald Trump would win. At the end of the day, one thing is certain and that is regardless of who is on office, God remains on His throne. He is in control and knows the beginning of things and the end. The Lord is not the author of confusion. We must be able to discern the time and the hand of God when He reveals it. Like it or not, He has revealed His hand.

Saints it's time to get serious. It's time to decide whose side you are on. It's time to turn from sin to righteousness. It's time to be bold and courageous. It's time to open our mouths and speak the truth according to the gospel. It's time to wake up and stop sleep walking.

STOP PLAYING WITH GOD

Ladies and Gentlemen we are in a very serious hour. It's an hour of judgement and exposing. It's a time of reaping what has been sowed. Judgement begins in the house of the Lord ( 1 Peter 4:17) and He is cleaning up His church. Whether you believe it or not, the Lord is coming back for his bride (the church) with neither spot or wrinkle. Its time for true repentance and a turning back to God with our whole hearts. You don't want to play with God in this hour. He will not be mocked.

God is patient, loving and kind. Slow to anger not wanting one to perish. But God is also a God that is true to His word. In spite of what we see or what it looks like (people disrespecting his name, denying who He is, living in opposition to His word, living in sin-fornication, lusts and perversions) it may look like people are getting away with things but it won't be like this forever. We will all have to answer to Him, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the One true living God, who sees all and knows all.

I pray that our hearts will not be hardened and that when we hear Him knocking at our hearts we will answer Him. In this hour, we have to stop playing with God. We have to stop the pretending, the faking, the hot and cold, the form of godliness but denying the power, the christian on Sunday but living wreckless every other day. Time out for that. We have to be transparent. If we need help, ask Him. If we need deliverance, call on Him until He answers. He loves us and wants the best for us but He will also bring an end to the defiance and sin at some point. We can't keep taking His grace and mercy for weakness. Don't let it get to the point where you have a terminal illness that we decide we will surrender to Him. Because at the same time there is an enemy that wants to seek, kill and destroy all of us.  And when we live in habitual sin, we have given the enemy the license to wreak havoc in our lives.

Let's turn back to God for real and start living for Him today. If you are in need of prayer requests please feel free to leave a comment or send an email to loiellc@gmail.com. God Bless you.

Murmuring and Complaining..BEWARE!

It's so easy to get caught up in talking about and thinking about what you don't like in your current situation or what is bothering you. Before you know it, your spending excessive time complaining. I didn't realize how much I really do complain. It is so easy for me to point out what I don't like and what is going wrong as opposed to focusing on what is actually going right. Beware of murmuring and complaining. Nothing good comes out of it. Plus it keeps you stuck in your current situation, hinders you from seeing beyond and what the Lord may be doing in your life. Challenge yourself to see the bigger picture or better yest ask God to show you the bigger picture.

Pressure bursts Pipes

This year, I have been going through immense seasons of pressure. Most recently, I went through a dreaded move and although it was painful, it taught me a lot.

Sometimes we have so much (clothes, shoes, furniture and things) that there is actually no room to receive. I mean really no room to receive any blessings. We are blessed to be a blessing to others.

The weight of things can also way us down in the spiritual realm and as a result we may not understand why we feel so weighed down, heavy and or weary.

Just know that the Lord does not waste anything -any feeling, emotion, rough patch He uses ALL OF IT for our good.

Whether we realize it or not we are in a battle. The enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy. It's not a game. Stand girded in the truth of the word. Choose a scripture to hold on to and confess it out of your mouth as many times as needed. Make up your mind that come what may, you will wait on the Lord without wavering. Know in your being that despite what you see or are experiencing, the Lord's promises will be manifested in your life. It's WAR TIME y'all. Will you win the battle?

Just Do It

My Pastor preached a critical and time-sensitive sermon on Sunday and I wanted to share:

The 3 ways that the devil defeats us:

1) Not having a plan and/or no commitment to the plan.

2) Losing focus.

3.) Moving to slow.

It is my hope that in this season, not one is left behind from walking in their God ordained purpose an assignment. If you have fallen off, become side-tracked or distracted, GET BACK ON TRACK.
Re-focus, re-commit to your plan and do not delay.

The Time is Now

The time is now...Ready...Set.... GO! Are you ready?

The time is now to move forward with your dreams, plans, visions, persistent thoughts, whatever it is that has been placed in your heart to do. Do it! Don't miss your season of execution. If you do, you will have to wait until this season comes around again.