Pearls Among Swine

Do not mix your pearls among swine. 

Do not throw your pearls to the pigs!

It becomes no more real than this. This is real talk and comes straight from the word. Yes, the word! 

Do not give dogs what is sacred, do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. (Matthew 7:6)

Just take a moment to visualize this....Yikes!! 

When I first started attending my current church, one thing that my Pastor said stayed in my mind until this day. He said, when you don't know the value of a thing, abuse is inevitable. In essence, when we don't know our value, our purpose or our worth we will allow for abuse. It's time to know who the Lord says we are despite what we have been told or believe about ourselves. 

We are victorious! The head and not the tail! Above and not beneath! We are the apple of God's eye!

Dreams Delayed

Ladies, always be on guard and in a state of examining your own heart. Life's disappointments, frustrations and dreams delayed can easily lead to bitterness and a hardened heart. Usually upon further examination, it can reveal lack of true faith and trust in Christ.

The truth is sometimes we are secretly angry with the Lord and don't even realize it. It is one of the biggest hidden traps that the enemy uses to further frustrate us, send counterfeits and hinder us from really hearing God's voice.

When we are bitter, angry and or frustrated especially when it comes to waiting and believing in God for something that has not manifested over an extended period of time; we are in a vulnerable position to be used and abused by the enemy, if we are not examining the condition of our hearts daily.

When our heart is hardened, we can't see truth.
When our heart is hardened, we can't hear the the Lord's voice.
When our heart is hardened, we are secretly in opposition with our Savior. The One and only One that can and will help us!

A hardened heart makes us susceptible to the enemy's schemes.

There is so much coming down the pike in 2015. We must be equipped to defeat the attacks of the enemy. Let's commit to asking the Lord daily to show us what is hidden in our hearts and when He shows us what is there, let's do something about it! With His help of course:)

Medicine for Bondage

         Women of God as we move forward into 2015, we must FORGIVE OURSELVES.

We must FORGIVE the people that hurt us.

We must FORGIVE as God has forgiven us.

In order to unleash our full potential and move forward in Total Freedom. 

LOVE *JOY *PEACE *HOPE *STRENGTH IS WAITING.

INSPIRATION

As we finish out the last few days of 2014, I am INSPIRED.

I am inspired to look back and reflect on the journey. And a journey it has been! Pain, tears, loneliness and heartache. A common theme in my young life. Wanting to live for the Lord but not knowing how to get there. The pull to be loved no matter the cost superseded the "rules" in His word. Wisdom beyond my years but not understood by my peers. Fear of being who I was destined to be. After all, the Lord had a specific plan for me. An emptiness and an ache that no man could fill and my heart could not take......until I met Him.

This is not about preaching or being holier than though. This is about the real life struggles that young women who love the Lord goes through. Because the truth is as Christians we are having sex in the church, we are struggling with lusts and perversions. We've been raped and abused, misused and mistreated. We are drinking, lying, committing adultery and sinning just like the rest of the world. We don't know our worth or better yet, we have yet to learn our identity in Christ.

Its time to become conscious.
Its time for transparency.
Its time for healing.
It's time for understanding why we keep making the same choices and decisions.
Its time to bind those soul ties that keep us connected.
Its time to get to know Him more intimately than our "first love".
Its time to get busy in the Kingdom.
Its time to live on purpose.
Its time to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Its time to become that Proverbs 31 woman.

Its time to be the change that we so desperately want to see. Its time to share our testimonies. Its time to trust God with our whole heart, body, mind and soul. Its time to forgive and let go.
Its time to help the next sister who is still learning her way.

I stand as a witness to the power of the Lord to completely change your life once you yield fully to Him.

Are you inspired?