I'm super excited for the new life God has given me! It's been a long 4 years of deliverance and sanctification, but the time has come to say good bye to my old life and to step into the promises God has for my future. Turning away from the world and towards the Kingdom of God was the best decision I ever made. And accepting that I couldn't get through this life alone and that I needed to place my trust into someone, was the biggest crossroads I ever faced. It was not easy for me to put my trust in Jesus. I had built a wall of protection around myself at an early age and I kept a safe distance from every person I encountered for most of my life. And while I have always cared for people and I wanted the best for them - I still did not trust them. Truthfully, I still have a hard time trusting myself. 😉 But I absolutely trust God. I have full faith in His sovereignty and His goodness, and I know He will never leave me nor forsake me. I know He will lead me to safe waters and peaceful pastures. I know that as long as I seek His kingdom and His righteousness first, I will always be OK. I know this, because since I asked Jesus to forgive me and be Lord over my life - He has taken care of me like I have never experienced before. He is a good God and He is worthy of my praise, worship, and adoration. He loves me so much - like for real love - and He has kept me safe and protected me from those who wished me harm. His supernatural protection really is awe-inspiring. It is my sincere hope that my writings and videos will bring you closer to entering into a relationship with God yourself, because there is truly nothing like it. If Jesus Christ is YOUR personal Lord and Saviour - please don't keep it to yourself. Because everyone in this world deserves to be loved and everyone in this world should be given the opportunity to be delivered from a life of pain and suffering. Not everyone will chose to repent of their ways and follow Christ of course, but everyone should at least be given the choice. Peace be with you, friends ❤️
So, I can relate to people who follow the ways of the world because I was just like them not too long ago. The truth is, that many of us just don't know any better. We grew up in broken homes, angry homes, abusive homes or neglectful homes. We went to public schools and Universities. We worked in highly indoctrinated fields of study. We were told that we were here by accident - that we were a "cosmic chance". We were told that we didn't matter and we weren't important unless we "made something of ourselves" or did something significant with our lives. We were told all sorts of mean and cruel lies and the consequence was that our hearts hardened a little more each time it happened. Did you know that before I was saved, I was an arrogant, haughty, intellectual snob? I used to pride myself on my ability to debate anyone and win. When people told me that I should be a lawyer, I would smile smugly to myself. I would use my intelligence to make people feel stupid and I would use my charm to win people over to my wicked side of thinking. I’m truly embarrassed when I think of my old self - the behaviour I used to displayed before I met Jesus is cringe worthy. 🤮 But guess what? God can take what the enemy meant for evil and use it for good. ❤️ (Genesis 50:20) The truth, is that I am a good debater – I am quick on my feet, focused, and steady. I'm a master of facts and information. God gave me the gift of communication and the ability to connect dots and see the big picture in a way that most people cannot. But that doesn’t make me special; it doesn’t make me better than anyone else, and I have no right to boast in these gifts….. "For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?" (1 Corinthians 4:7) Now when the unsaved try to use their “intelligence” to make me feel stupid for “believing in fairytales” I can’t help but smile with compassion. “O ye of little faith” I think. “I remember you.” My friend, I wish more than anything that I could open up your heart and mind and place the Truth inside of you, but that’s not how salvation works. I can’t convince you of anything. It is the grace of God that saves – and nothing more. All I can do it plant a seed, pique your interest, point you in the right direction, convict your conscious, or show you God’s grace by forgiving you when you act poorly towards me. Because you have to want to know God; He doesn’t force Himself on anyone..... Did you know that we all started out with Him? That your journey started in the hands of your Creator? Before we are born, we know God and God knows us. We have a relationship with Him. We are one spirit with the King of the universe, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” (Jeremiah 1:5) And then He lets us go…… God sets us free into a world where we are able to choose – to follow our own path or to follow His. To live for ourselves or to live for Him. To remember His love or to find something else to love. To find our way back to Him or to remain separate from Him for eternity. God gives us this choice because He knows that love isn’t really love if it’s forced. “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back its yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.” – author unknown. I have a feeling that each and every one of us told God we would choose Him when we sat in His presence before our birth on earth. The Holy Spirit brings the disciple Peter to my mind as I type this…. "Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing." (Matthew 26:35) But you remember how the story ends, right? When push came to shove – when Peter's words were tested – he failed. He denied Jesus 3 times. This life is a test. Did you know that? God wants to know who is really for Him because it’s easy to speak idle words. How many times have we said to someone, “I love you and I will never leave you?" But it takes integrity, loyalty, and commitment to keep those promises when your faced with adversity. You have to really love God to deny yourself the temporary pleasures of this world. You may have forgotten Whose you are; you may still be under the spell Satan cast over this world; you may be hard-hearted and bitter from the events of your life so far, but that doesn’t change the fact that God exists and before you came to earth you knew Him. God is real. I hope you know that you wont cease to exist, if you admit that you were fooled, my friend. It's OK to admit that you were wrong – God will forgive you. I forgot about Him, too. I lived in sin for 37 years, too. I was his enemy before I became His daughter again, too. And He still forgave me. He’ll forgive you. So stop asking the shadows who you are, OK? Because the light of the world - Jesus Christ - knows your name, numbered every hair on your head, and loves you more than you could ever know. He loves you for real and He's waiting to welcome you home. ❤️ 👇 Click to play song below 👇 I wanted to share some nutrition tips with those of you who are interested in making changes to your current lifestyle and food habits. God cares what you do with your body - it's the temple His Spirit resides in so I'm hoping this information is a blessing to you. ❤️ The first video is a webinar I recorded for my nutrition program and is approximately 1 hour in length. It goes over the 4-steps necessary to be successful in changing your food and exercise habits. 😊 The second video will give you a better understanding of how to create a complete meal using a simple smoothie method. I also go over some important facts about specific foods groups (protein, carbs, and fat). I hope you enjoy the content. God bless. ❤️ Patience is something I needed to learn as an adult (delaying gratification didn't come easy for me) it's a virtue that the LORD has been "oh so patient" to teach me over the years. "Thank you Jesus". Before I knew God, I was the type of person who thought she was entitled to the things she wanted when she wanted them. I had a hard time comprehending why I had to wait for anything. I would think to myself, "why can't I have it now? What's the benefit of waiting until tomorrow? Seize the day, right?" But I was wrong. There is so much value in waiting. When we rush the process of things, we find ourselves at the end of our journey with a house that's built on sand - superficial love, friendships without depth, a decaying body, immoral character, and bad habits. That is the reality I found myself in after I stood before the King of the Universe and asked for His forgiveness. The day His Holy Spirit entered into my body, I was forever changed. Everything looked different. It's not easy walking away from the life you made. To watch everything you once knew and loved sink before your eyes is hard. You have to be chasing after something pretty magnificent to leave everything you build behind to start again. But I assure you, the Lord Jesus Christ is worth chasing after. "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." - Jesus Christ (Matthew 10:37) Walking with the Lord is my greatest joy - but it doesn't mean it's been easy. I've had to let go of people, places and things. I have had to let go of old behaviors and ways of thinking that were contrary to the Word of God. I needed to re-evaluate my priorities and my loyalties. I needed to let go of my desires and wants so I could make room for the plans God had for my life. But it was all worth it.
The pain, the suffering, the tears, the despair. The waiting, the praying, the hoping, the enduring. The stopping, the starting, the silence, the thinking. The time I spent in the wilderness - alone with God, and God alone - was worth it. I feel inclined to say that not everyone needs to walk away from the life they built, but those of us who built their life on sand, those of us who lived in a distorted reality where up was down and wrong was right - do. It's the only way to learn what's right and see the truth; you have to walk away from the lies and the deceit. You have to leave the world as you know it, if you want to enter the Kingdom of God and be transformed. But here's the good news and God's promise. "After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." (1 Peter 5:10) He's a good God, my friend. And He's worth chasing after. Praise God. Praise God, indeed. ❤️ Yesterday God spoke to me about the character trait diligence and He's not finished with that topic. If you are fighting the spirit of delay in your life and falling into the sin of procrastination, I encourage you to watch the video below to understand how improving your diligence can destroy this spirit. Have a blessed day friends. ❤️
The book outlines diligence as having 4 important components - constancy, instancy, exactitude, and carefulness. He plainly states that temporal obedience, delayed obedience, partial obedience, and careless obedience are all, in fact, forms of disobedience. Wow! That was an eye-opener for me. If you want to learn more about this topic, I invite you to watch the video below. 🎥 I imagine the scariest time for a baby bird must be the day she gets pushed out of her nest. I imagine it's also the most exhilarating time. 😉 God's Word tells us there is an appointed time for everything - that sometimes we're in a season of building and sometimes we're in a season of tearing down; sometimes we need to search and sometimes we need to give up; sometimes we need to hold on to things and sometimes we need to throw those things away; sometimes we need to live in peace and sometimes we need to stand up and fight. There is a time for everything - a season for every activity under the heavens, God says. For 4 years, I stood by and watched helplessly as the life I knew was torn down and the people I love the most were taken from me. When I gave my life to the Lord, Satan, the accuser, took hold of the precious people in my life and I experienced a war like no other. Furious with my decision to leave his dark pit, the evil one waged war on me by attacking what I love (present tense) the most. And without the wisdom to know what was happening to me and without the armour of God to protect me from the constant attacks the enemy sent my way, I did the only thing I knew how to do well at the time - I walked away. There is a time for everything, God says. If I knew then, what I know today, I believe I would have done things differently. And if I was back then, who I am today, I think I would have been able to withstand the storm that was sent my way. But I was so broken. So confused. So hurt. And at that time, the only thing I knew for certain, was that when I sat in His presence, I didn't feel broken anymore. The hole that drove me to addictive behaviours was filled, the fear that kept me stuck in delay vanished, and the hurt I had held on too for so many years melted away. I felt safe with Him. Whole with Him. Seen and heard by Him. I felt a "peace that surpassed all understanding" and I was determined to protect the new relationship I had with the Most High God at all costs. 1 year ago, I walked away from anything and everything that tried to make me doubt the Lord Jesus Christ. I threw away everything I owed that dishonoured Him and I gave away everything that distracted me from His presence. The house my husband and I build with our own hands, the new career I had come to love, the city I had built so many great memories in, and the family and friends I cherished with all my heart - all gone in an instant. I secluded myself from almost every aspect of this world because I needed to drown out the lies I had become accustomed too in order to hear the voice of the One True Living God. I spent a year in the wilderness learning how to rely on the Lord for my help and my strength - and I am so glad I did. He healed me, gave me new life, and taught me His ways. He filled my heart with His forgiveness, my mind with His words, and my body with His Holy Spirit. I am a new creation because of Him. I have truly been transformed. There is a time for everything, God says. I picture myself as that baby bird I mentioned at the beginning of this post. Warm inside her nest with the comfort and care of her Provider. Safe under His wing. Sheltered by His authority. Loved by His grace and mercy. I want nothing more than to stay exactly where I am. Even though the nest continues to get smaller around me as I grow - even though the world I observe from my safe nest is calling to me for my help - even though I admire the other birds soaring with purpose above me; I would still rather stay where I am. It's safe here. And for someone who has never felt safe in her past, it's a hard thing to give up. But the seasons are changing. God says. "You are no longer the one who needs the nest." Even though I don't like it, I know what God is telling me is the truth. It's time for me to let go. Time for me to start something new. And as I listen to the voice of God and step onto the edge of my nest to fly for the first time, I am reminded of everything I left behind....... All the precious people who will always remain in my heart and in my prayers. Flashbacks of all the pain and all the joy I experienced in my younger years. All the memories, of a time before I knew Him, dance inside my mind today. I will never forget who I was or where I came from and I am grateful for every person who crossed my path and played a part in my story. I really do love you. But it's time for me to more forward now. It's time for me to stop looking back and wishing that things were different. It's time for me to say good bye and start again. God says it's time for me to build, to search, to hold on to the things of God, and to bring peace to those to seek it. It's time for me to walk the Christian walk. I am no longer a disciple, but an apostle of Christ, He says. So in steadfast obedience to His direction, I spread out my wings, praise Him for saving me from my own destruction, and step off the edge without looking back and with complete trust and faith that God, and God alone, will give me flight. You are deceived if you think you will enter into the presence of God at the end of your life, if all you have done with your time on earth is chased after your own selfish dreams, passions, and desires. If you think you will be rewarded for your disobedience, you are foolish, and if you have convinced yourself that God doesn't exist, you are disillusioned at best, mentally unstable at worst. I used to think that the position someone held regarding God and the after life was a matter of opinion and choice, but I was wrong. The truth is that whether or not you stand for God and His Word tells me something much more meaningful about you - it tells me whether you are friend or a foe, on the side of light or on the side of dark, a child of God or a child of the devil, a person who is saved by Grace or a person who is doomed by their sin. And as the time draws nigh, I need you to hear me when I say this, "there is a line being drawn in the sand and where you stand matters." One day you will stand before the Creator of the heavens and the earth and He will ask you 2 questions. What did you do with the life I gave you and what did you do with the Lord Jesus Christ? "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." (Hebrews 10:31) I pity the fool who ignores their conscience and the pleas from their well meaning Christian friends. My heart aches for the rebel that wars against the Lord and never comes to repent of their sins. My soul is filled with sadness for each person who gives up their chance to live with God forever because they "refused to love the truth and so be saved" (2 Thessalonians 2:10). What a terrible fate to behold. What stupidity and angst one must feel as they stand before the Holy of Holies with no one to blame but themselves; to look around and see nothing that resembles their wickedness amongst the shining light and fire of His Majesty would be despairing I'm sure. What a travesty one must feel trying to compare his own countless wicked deeds to the everlasting goodness of God. And lastly, the embarrassment one must feel as they finally bow their knee - only to realize their acknowledgement is too late. Because the gift of His grace was forever lost when they took their last breathe. It's not too late though. If you are reading this, you still have time. Here is the way to achieve salvation...... A - Admit Admit that you’re a sinner/you have done wrong and ask for forgiveness. Romans 3:23 "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". I John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness". B - Believe Believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose again as a payment for your sins. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life". C - Confess and Choose Confess that Jesus is Lord and choose to allow God in your life. Romans 10:9 "If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." God bless you, my friend. 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