To the Woman Warriors - Keep The Faith

To those who know that that they have been truly called to stand in the gap and to be God's intercessors.  I call you Woman Warrior for God has called you into the battle field to fight, to take up your weapons and intercede on behalf of those in which you are connected.   If we fail on this assignment much is at stake, the sick will not be healed, the lost will never be saved, the hopeless will never gain hope, the wayward child will never return home, the rocky marriage will fail, the called and chosen ministers will close the church doors, the frightened teen-aged girl will go ahead and have an abortion, the depressed single mother struggling to take care of her family will just take the pills and call it quits, the discouraged businessman will give up and lay off his workers or just shut the doors all together, the future president will drop out of school, the wayward teen will end up in prison with a life sentence.... nations will continue to go to war, Israel will never have peace, politicians will continue to seek after greed instead of serving the people,.., the poor in rural America, third world countries like Haiti and Rwanda will continue to suffer with no hope in sight..millions of unreached people groups will never no the hope of the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ, millions of children will continue to die in Africa each day from contaminated water.... this looks very bleak and so it is, except, that my prayers, and your prayers are the key to change and turning all of these situations around.  Yes, God is the hope in each of these situations, His word, His Son, His ways are the solution.

The problem is that as Prayer Warriors, Woman Prayer Warriors, we sometimes feel that we too are at our last rope.  We too feel discouraged and hopeless that change is not taking place soon enough, we too feel overwhelmed that we need a change, God has to move, our situations seem impossible.   These issues that we deal with daily are designed to wear us down and wear us out so that we become ineffective in our ministry of intercessory prayer.  When you are being tested do not try to go through it alone, find one trusted friend who is an intercessor to petition God on your behalf.  We can be a strength to one another.  The word tells us the fervent effectual prayer availeth much - in other words passionate prayers get powerful results!!  Perhaps you are at your rope and can't go any further but the good news is that God CAN..  "With man this is impossible but with God all things are possible".

God will send rivers of refreshing, even in your wilderness. Yes, Prayer Warriors go through wilderness experiences too.  He will refresh the weary heart and lift up your head.  He will shine his face upon you.

Sing for the time of refreshing is come!!!We can rejoice in advance for what God will do.  We are called, ordained and chosen by God to do the work of intercessory prayer.  Jesus himself said that we would do greater works. The work of intercessory prayer, fasting and intervening on the behalf of others is that greater work we are called to do!!   If we continue in the faith and do our part, Jesus will take up the baton in this relay race as our Advocate and High Priest, he will then take our prayers to the Father and enter the Holy of Holies.  God will then bring about the change that we are praying for, believing for and waiting upon.

We must remember that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds.  It the annointing of God that destroys yokes and sets the captive free, that changes the heart of an individual, that affects all these things we petition Him for.    So, to the Woman Warrior, I encourage you to continue in supplications and thanksgiving.  God is faithful.    Continue to live by faith in His word and His promises.  For He has promised that your strength shall be renewed, you shall mount up as eagles wings (Isaiah).  Though our adversary may attempt to wear you out, by his tactics, God has promised to continuously Give you strength.

Yaweh is Gracious.  His Grace is like River that never runs dry.   As we go forth in 2012, let's recommit to even more fervent prayers, faithfulness in fasting and interceding for our loved ones, communities, our nations and the world.  Let us take up our weapons of warfare, let us look to those warriors that have come before us for inspiration.  God is still writing names in his hall of fame, will you be one of those who will receive a reward for your works here on the earth.   God is not mocked for whatsoever a woman sows that shall she also reap.  You may never gain a Nobel prize here on earth, you may never gain the recognition or full appreciation for all your years of laboring by faith on behalf of others, but God has the record.  He himself will bless and reward you in the days to come!!!  Let us continue to encourage one another as the day of Jesus coming approaches.  I believe that 2012 will be your greatest year yet!!





Attached is an inspirational video by Vonciel Bryant http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150454182783051

He Loves You That Much!!!

 This topic is really on my mind right now... with so many people are thinking about  the new year and planning to make changes concerning restructuring, reorganizing their lives, dealing with financial challenges, being laid off and looking for a new job or career, maintaining a business or expanding it, dealing with parenting issues, ... relationship issues, etc. What can we do to ensure that we go into the new year poised an ready to meet those challenges, knowing that we are fully equipped to walk in victory and bring about the changes that we seek?   Walking in victory on a daily basis is so dependent on our ability to excercise our faith and see that it is indeed working for us!! My last blog touched on faith, I will continue this subject, we will talk about what is Faith and why we need it.

What It Is

Hebrews 11:1  Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  Faith is believing in something that has not happened yet, perhaps a promise or a decree, a vision a dream something you want to come to pass.  Faith is believing in something bigger than yourself.    God does not consult our abilities, checking account balance, beacon score, etc. before deciding to place a dream inside of us.  His dreams and visions for us are always too large for us to accomplish alone that is why we need this thing called faith to accomplish His purposes. 

It also involves the fact that God chooses to work through humanity.  As a result of that we often find that we have to use our faith to believe God will work out that thing that we are hoping for through a human vessel.  It’s easier to just believe God, but when it comes to believing God to use or work through people this can be a bigger challenge.  Why?  Because people fail, disappoint, and don’t always come through, we have to believe that God is bigger than the human frailty and able to outperform in spite of working through a broken vessel.  Though God uses people we will still keep our focus on God.   Our faith is the assurance that God (who is unseen)  is able, God is capable, God is able to get the job done, God is effective, He is all powerful, He is working on our behalf even in our sleep.  “Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above what we could ever ask or think.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Why Do we Need Faith?

We can’t please God without it!!  “Without faith it is impossible to please God, whoever would approach Him must believe that he exists and that he is  a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.”( Hebrews 11:6)

 Why does it displease God for His children not to walk in faith? Because He is benevolent, wants to adopt us as sons, accept us, make known the mystery of his will to us, give us good gifts, seal us with the Holy Spirit and one day gather the entire family of God together in unity (Ephes 1:4-10)!!  Without the ability to operate in faith we are unable to receive the abundant life, peace, righteousness, prosperity, wholeness, favor, health, etc. that he so dearly wants to give. 

Without faith the power of God is not able to operate. We see this in the new testament, when Jesus was in Nazareth, “he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them.” :6 “He marveled because of their unbelief”. Jesus was not honored in his own country, among his own relatives and in his own house, therefore he could not do his mighty acts as he did in all the other regions. (Mark 6:4). God chooses to limit his operation of his mighty power to need to have to plug into our faith.  In many situations, Jesus said, to the recipient that it was their faith that made them whole (Matt 5:35) In some cases, before Jesus ministered healing, he would put out of the room or house those who were in a state of commotion or lacked faith (Mark 5:35 – 43)

Without it, we are unable to enter into a relationship with his Son Jesus “for by grace you have been saved through faith”.   Without faith in the Lord Jesus salvation is not possible!! The entire chapter of Ephesians 1 talks about trusting in Jesus Christ after we have heard the word of truth (Ephesians 1:12-13) and unfolds Gods plan of salvation for believers. Paul further explains in this chapter the inheritance that God has for his children who believe in Christ, he talks about how having faith in Christ brings splendor and Glory to God and opens up the understanding of the believer to know and experience the “exceeding greatness of His power” (:19) 

What mighty work are you believing God for in the new year?  Better Yet what are you believing Him to do before this year closes, God is not limited to the times and seasons, He is omnipotent and omnipresent... He is able to move in your situation  TODAY, Right Now!!  Take hold of your faith in Gods mighty power to move and act on your behalf, do not focus on what it seems or appears, rather yet focus on the unseen hand and miracle producing power of God.  God is able to change your situation if you will believe and put your faith in Him, His promises and His word.  His word will produce just what He says it will.. God is not a man that he should lie or the son of man that he should repent... His word accomplishes the purpose for which he sends it!!! (1)(2)

Next time I will talk more on what our faith produces in the life of the believer and dead faith versus faith that works!!  Please share this blog with your circle of family, friends, business associates, we never know who is reaching out for answers to issues that we as mature believers may be well versed in.  We get so saturated in the word that we forget there are others that may not for many reasons have as much exposure.  Share the good news…. Pass it on!!  I am joining my faith with your faith today, that Gods word shall be established an accomplished in your life.  Keep the Faith in Him and Watch Him Do Great and Mighty Miracles... He loves you that much!!

Important Scriptures to Remind Us We Can Put Our Faith In HIM!!

(1) God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Numbers 23:18-20 

(2) So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah 55:10-12