WHO ARE YOU???

when God created you He created a jewel and unique diamond. 

Don't Cha Know?

"Except we be converted and become as little children, we will not enter into the kingdom of Heaven."  Matthew 18:3 

What does Jesus mean become as children?  

Watch children and how they play, react to people, and to promises we make, etc. Children always forgive and believe what we tell them.  When they look at people they have no judgement in their heart.  Everyone to them is good, until we teach them what and who is bad.  Jesus wants us to be the same way.  To have a forgiven heart, innocent eyes towards people and always believe the word of God.  For the word of God will teach you all things.

Lord Help Us All,

Sister Lo

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Sometimes what we are going through seems bigger than life it self to us, and there's a simple answer. God will tell us do something so simple, but because we are so focus on how big the issue/issues are, we don't believe it takes something so simple to solve something so big. WE PROLONG OUR OWN DELIVERANCE.

Lord Help Us All,
Sister Lo

Don't Cha Know?

"If you keep your hand on the harp. God will keep his hand on the spear."

Words from: Pastor Steven Furtick

Lord Help Us All,
Sister Lo

FOOD 4 THOUGHT

"Complain and Remain"
"Praise and be Raised". 

Words from: Joyce Meyers

Lord Help Us All,
Sister Lo

FOOD 4 THOUGHT

"GIVE NO PLACE FOR THE DEVIL".
Eph. 4:27

Lord Help Us All,

Sister Lo

CASTING DOWN EVERY IMAGINATION

2Cor. 10:5-6 "Casting down every imagination and every high thing that exalteth (eth - continually) itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ: And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."

The first part of these two scriptures is all set and done and I have heard everyone preach/teach it and stop right there at the first scripture, but what about the 2nd half verse 6? The word And is a conjunction word meaning there is more to stay. After the colon doesn't mean stop and don't include what's next to go with what's said before it.  So I would like to address the And to show you what it has to do with verse 5 which is very important, and I now know why its not including in sermons thus far that I have heard, so therefore lets dig in. "having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." Is interpret this way in the Life in the Spirit Study Bible. "And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once our obedience is complete."  Before I start I would like to express my disappointment with my study bible due to the fact that it didn't address verse 6 either, which tells me also that then as the writer was writing he too was probably dealing with somethings or either didn't get the substance of why it was written in the first place, but he do have some cool and awesome notes for verse five, which I will include at the bottom of this page.  Now back to verse 6 explanation.  "Being ready to revenge disobedience when our obedience if fulfilled" (complete) is saying this.  For an example: When I cast down and bring gossiping under the obedience of Christ Jesus, THEN and only THEN will I be able revenge my sister/brother in the lord gossiping spirit, when my gossiping spirit is under the obedience of Christ Jesus.  You see, its simple.  I'll give you another example.  When I cast down and bring into captivity my lustful spirit whether thinking or acting out unto the obedience of Christ Jesus, THEN and only THEN will I be able to revenge (to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of) expiation (the means by which atonement or reparation is made) my sister/brother lustful thinking.  You see.  As we conquer and bring our evil and wrongful thinking unto the obedience of Christ Jesus, then and only then will we be able to help others in that area.  To put it in a nut shell, verse 5 and 6 goes together and is dealing with ourselves. We must sweep around our own front door before we can sweep around another.  "Being READY to revenge all disobedience when our obedience is fulfilled" (complete), one conquer at a time.  Which looks like this will be a continuing thing until the day of Christ that God may get the glory and not ourselves.

I would like to add verse 4 because it too is important and should be addressed with verse 5,6.  I find The Life in the Spirit Study Bible interpretation of verse 4-6 is excellent.

Verse 4-6 "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.  On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.  We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once our obedience is complete."

Notes: Verse 4 (Life in the Spirit Study Bible)  Our warfare is against spiritual forces of evil (Eph. 6:12).  Therefore, worldly weapons such as aggression, violence, political solutions, human ingenuity, talents, wealth, organizational skills, eloquence, propaganda, charisma and personality are in themselves inadequate to pull down Satan's strongholds.  The only weapons adequate to destroy the fortresses of Satan, unrighteousness and false teaching are those God gives such as the blood of Jesus, the authority of Jesus name, the power of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts.

• These weapons are powerful because they are spiritual and come from God.  Elsewhere Paul lists more of these weapons commitment to truth, righteous living, gospel proclamation, faith, love, hope of salvation, the Word of God, and persevering prayer (Eph. 6:11-19; 1Thess. 5:8)  By using these weapons against the enemy, the church will emerge victorious.  God's presence and kingdom will be powerfully revealed in order to save sinners, drive out demons, sanctify believers, baptize in the Holy Spirit and heal the sick.
• The church today is often  tempted to meet the world's challenge through the world's weapons, in other words, through humanistic wisdom, philosophy, psychology, exciting attractions, entertainment-base church performances, etc.  These often serve as a substitute for the basic NT practices of intense prayer, uncompromising commitment to God's Word, and proclamation of the gospel in power.  Worldly weapons cannot bring about the Kingdom of God, for such weapons cannot possibly destroy sin's strongholds, deliver us from Satan's power or overthrow the evil passions running rampant in the world today.  If we use the worlds weapons, we will only secularize the church and separate it from the weapons of faith, righteousness and the power of the Spirit.  Tragically, the church itself will then be overshadowed by the power of darkness and its families thrown down and taken captive by the world's forces.

Notes: Verse 5 (Life in the Spirit Study Bible)  Christian warfare involves bringing all our thoughts into alignment with Christ's will; failure to do so will lead to immorality and spiritual death.  Use the following four steps to bring your thought life under Christ's lordship.

• God is omniscient and He knows every thought and that nothing is hidden from him. Ps. 94:11 The lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity, Ps. 139:2 Thou knows my down sitting and mine uprising; thou understands my thought afar off.
• Be aware that the mind is a battleground.  Some thoughts originate with us, while others come directly from the enemy.  To take captive every thought requires warfare against both our sinful nature and satanic forces (Eph 6:12-13, Matt. 4:3-11).  Steadfastly resist and reject evil and unwholesome thoughts in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Php. 4:8).  Remember that we as believers overcome our adversary by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of our testimony, and by persistently saying "No!" to the devil, temptation and sin (Tit 2:11-12; Jas. 4:7; Rev. 12:11; Mt. 4: 3-11).
• Be resolute in focusing your mind on Christ and heavenly things rather than on earthly things (Php 3:19; Col 3:2), focusing your mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.  Fill your mind with God's Word and with those things that are noble, excellent and praiseworthy (Php 4:8)
• Always be careful what your eyes see and your ears hear.  Resolutely refuse to let your eyes be an instrument for lust (Job 31:1) or to set any worthless or evil thing before your eyes, whether in books, magazines, pictures, television programs, cinema, video's, internet or in real life (Ps. 101:3; Isa. 33: 14-15; Rom. 13:14).

Lord Help Us All,

Sister Lo

DON'T CHA KNOW?

Once you know something, you can't unknow it.

GOD WANTS OUR WEAKNESS

Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might, and at the same time bring your weakness to God that He may be strong in you. For His strength is made perfect in our weakness 😁🤗

Lord Help Us All,
Sister Lo

Encouraging Words

GOD WILL MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE

1Corinthians 10:13 "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."  I want to encourage you in a way that I was encouraged and I pray that I will succeed, so, buckle up, because this is good. Okay, I was watching a nature program on KERA and by the way I love nature programs and could watch them all day, if possible. Anyway, there was this episode about these certain turtles after they deliver their eggs at night and cover them up under the sand, they go back to the sea, but to get back to the sea they had to take this long path of climbing over these big rocks and little rocks before the sun comes up and cook the turtles and they will die.

The narrator said "a lot of turtles don’t make it back because they get stuck in between some of the rocks or get flipped on their backs and can't flip back over before the tide comes back in", which is so sad to me, but the world has to recycle itself, and if no one or nothing dies then this world would be contaminated and over crowed with people, animals and vegetation. Which shows how God was thinking way ahead when He created the world.  He's not like us human who thinks of the now and how we can get what we want and think we need now. Some are still pulling up all earth resources without thinking of the future. Well, anyway back to my story. 

This one turtle the camera focused on was climbing over the rocks breathing in and out as if each breath could have been its last as it slobbered at the mouth but as this turtle went over this one rock she got stuck between the two and it wedged her in place that she couldn't move.  As I was watching this I started talking to the turtle and the lord through the TV.  "Please lord help her, please don't let her die", come on little turtle fight don't give up" and I be so serious about my prayers as watch TV, and this is all the time.  Even though I know whatever I'm watching was shot long before it hit the air, I still watch and pray. 

Anyway, back to what I was sharing. As I was praying the narrator said "now that the tide is coming back in with it waves the turtle could drown, but if the wave can give just enough push, the turtle might have a fighting change."(In my David Attenborough English voice) that I love so much. So, there I was sitting there watching as the tide and the waves was coming in back and forth hitting the turtle. It looked like the turtle gave up and ran out of breath, but as I started talking to the TV, the turtle and God again. One of the waves came in and hit the turtle front fin which waved a little, showing life. 

Then another wave came in and touched her mouth which made her lift up her head.  Then all of a sudden life was in the turtle and she started kicking and bobbing as each wave came in, but yet still stuck between the rocks.  Then one BIG WAVE came in just when I was shouting at the TV out loud, "Come on turtle hang in there, just a couple more waves. I was on edge, but I kid you not when I say, I watched one wave that looked to me to be the hand of God lifting up that turtle and flipping her over as she swam to the sea with her bruises on her belly by the rocks, that will someday tell her testimony, which it just did today.  I started cheering and thanking God with relief and a big smile on my face feeling like it just happened to me and nobody knew at that time, BUT GOD that I was going through a trial of my own.  Wow! It was so beautiful and all I could think about was God, and how God made a way of escape for that turtle and how much more He cares for us.  I just love the way God uses nature to speak to our situations, if we would just open our eyes and see.

 

Lord Help Us All,

ALL SCRIPTURES

All scriptures is giving by the inspiration of God.  So whoever is speaking it or preaching it, as long as it's the truth of Gods word there should be nothing said, back all received.  We should never say anything negative concerning our sister's, brother's, leaders or churches in the Kingdom of God.  If God shows you something concerning His child or church whether in leadership or not.  It's shown to you to pray and not share with others or over the pulpit, that's degrading and a spirit of jealousy, envy and strife (trust me I know what I'm talking about).  The big church was once small and the small church wants to one day be big.  So what's the purpose of all this said?  Small churches/people, get off big churches/people and pray for the leaders.  Big churches/people get off  small churches/people and pray for the leaders. That's what God wants from each and everyone of us because He is the Final Judge of all.  He has the final say so on who's going where in the end, and plus He has mercy on whom He pleases Romans 9:18 notes reads "God intends to show mercy to those who repent and believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior, while he hardens all those who refuse to repent and choose to continue in their sins and thereby reject salvation in Christ.  This divine purpose does not change for any person or nation."  Why do you think you're where you are and they're were they are? Churches today should not compare themselves with other churches, but with the New Testament message and pattern.  Are we seeing and experiencing the kingdom of God as did the early Christians? This is not for all but to each it's own and God knows.  So saints lets pray, focus on our own God given purpose and hope that we will soon see each other in our Fathers House.

Lord Help Us All,

Sister Lo

HELPFUL NOTES

When God is trying to raise you up. Stop embracing the gravitational pull of going back to the familiar.

Be Encourage

God has spoken good towards you🤗

Don't cha know?

"Your image of God has to be bigger than your problem".

BE ENCOURAGED

You may gobble your food down in life, but when it comes to the word of God. Sometimes you can be the slowest eater (understanding person) their is, but don't worry. The slow eaters is the ones who takes it in slow as they let the word marinate and cook slow in their spirit to understand it.  But when your done chewing and swallowing, it will stick to your bones and last.

Lord Help Us All!
Sister Lo

DON'T CHA KNOW?

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor power, nor things present,  nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8: 38-39

DON'T CHA KNOW?

Some are drowning with information, but don’t have the wisdom to obtain it, separate it and issue it out correctly. Daniel 12:4

Sister Lo,

Lord Help Us All

BE ENCOURAGE

When you think and feel, hey is anyone listening to me! Your talking, expressing yourself, sharing the gospel, but no one is listening to you.  God will give you a hung with a word of love that He is listening and that's all that matters. Theirs a season for all things. Even being heard.

Sister Lo,
Lord Help Us All

FOOD 4 THOUGHT

"And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Luke 6:46


Lord Help Us All,
Sista LoLo