Hidden Sins

     OK, so we're not murderers, not thieves, not adulterers, not drunkards, not gluttons, not slanderers...or are we? We might have a few sins that are not really hidden. We probably recognize them when we look at ourselves and other people probably recognize them in us also. I would love to talk here about people who are Christians that let road rage or their stomachs control there thoughts and actions, but this blog is for a different purpose. 
     There are a second set of sins that we need to be concerned with. 
   The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. 1 Timothy 5:24
     The first set of sins are quite evident to all and as scripture says, they will go before us into Judgment, but then there are sins that are hidden but will follow us, do you think those might be unforgiveness, bitterness, judgment and some that might be hidden in our deceiving hearts? 
     “The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9     There are teachings to help people be healed and set free from the effects of things that have happened in their past. The healing and being set free can take a while to work through, I have a friend that is a Prophet, and they have shared that the face of a person that had wronged them in a much earlier time in their lives, 40 years to be exact, was brought before them by the Holy Spirit, they were shown that they had unforgiveness for the person and HAD to forgive this person! God takes unforgiveness very seriously, His scriptures talk about it a LOT! 
     For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. Matthew 6:14-15
     We are forgiven for everything we confess....and repent from, but what if we hold unforgiveness in our hearts or spirits, it can be so deep that we can ignore that it's even there!
     Please take time to say a cleansing prayer, ask the Holy Spirit to show you any unforgiveness that you may harbor, and then be still and let Him show you, confess your unforgiveness, choose to forgive those He shows you, ask Him to help you forgive, let yourself be cleansed from the effects of unforgiveness! Release those people to the Holy Spirit to deal with, after you forgive them then you are free to be made whole and holy, free to be healed, free to move on from the past. 
     This will take more than one time, I'm beginning to believe it needs to be done daily! Remember my friend the Prophet, they thought they were walking in forgiveness but yet had someone brought to them from 40 years before! Some things our hearts hide from us, and not for our own good!
     Pray for yourselves, pray that there are no hidden sins in your life, pray that all is revealed to you to deal with.....He won't reveal it all at one time, we probably couldn't bear it, so it needs to be an ongoing prayer. Daily pray to be shown any area that may be holding you back from being made whole and holy. 



The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. 1 Timothy 5:24

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. Matthew 6:14-15

Psalm 16

Psalm 16 The Passion Translation (TPT)

16 A precious song, engraved in gold, by King David[a]
1 Keep me safe, O mighty God.
    I run for dear life to you, my safe place.
2 So I said to the Lord God,
“You are my Maker, my Mediator, and my Master.
    Any good thing you find in me has come from you.”[b]
3 And he said to me, “My holy lovers are wonderful,
    my majestic ones, my glorious ones,
    fulfilling all my desires.”
4 Yet there are those who yield to their weakness,[c]
    and they will have troubles and sorrows unending.
    I never gather with such ones,[d]
    nor give them honor in any way.
5 Lord, I have chosen you alone as my inheritance.
    You are my prize, my pleasure, and my portion.
    I leave my destiny and its timing in your hands.[e]
6 Your pleasant path leads me to pleasant places.
    I’m overwhelmed by the privileges
    that come with following you,
    for you have given me the best!
7 The way you counsel and correct me makes me praise you more,
    for your whispers in the night give me wisdom,
    showing me what to do next.
8 Because you are close to me and always available,
    my confidence will never be shaken,
    for I experience your wrap-around presence every moment.
9 My heart and soul explode with joy—full of glory!
    Even my body will rest confident and secure.
10 For you will not abandon me to the realm of death,
    nor will you allow your Holy One to experience corruption.[f]
11 For you bring me a continual revelation of resurrection life,
    the path to the bliss that brings me face-to-face with you.[g]

Crazy Days in Ponca City

This morning the Lord woke me with thoughts about the weekend's ministry.
     The first thought was that what was accomplished was not seen with human eye, yes, we saw people's faces, heard their needs, prayed for them and watched them accept cold bottles of water, but the Kingdom of the Lord moved forward! His Kingdom moved into the everyday world that we have not claimed for a few years. His Kingdom moved out from behind the walls that have shut us off from the people that need Him, His love and His power and need our witness, we let our friends and neighbors see that God's people are happy, smiling, caring, people!
     The enemy has been trying to portray the Kingdom as a sour bunch of people that want to judge and condemn others, but this weekend those people were encouraged to see loving, smiling people that wanted to comfort and encourage them! They saw people that know the answer to their problems and were willing to usher them into the very presence of the King that is able to touch and change lives!
     The Second thought that has come back to me over and over was the police force that was represented there, so many young people in uniforms standing between the average citizen and the dangers that are not often heard about because those officers are in those uniforms doing their jobs! We told them "Thank you for doing such a wonderful job! Come, get some water anytime!" They did appear surprised!
     We were able to be an encouragement to them at a time when they also are under attack, they needed to see the connection they have to the Justice that is part of the Lord's Kingdom and the support that we, His body can offer to them. This weekend they did see our support!
      One of the Officers in charge was offered prayer as he received water, and at first didn't believe he needed any prayer but when it was suggested that we could pray for safety for him and his people he gladly accepted it! As the prayer was spoken and finished the Officer was deeply touched, in his own words he was "left speechless"! How often do you think he has heard himself and his crew lifted in prayer? They need to know that God's Kingdom is a living group of people that are covering them in prayer!
     Okay, the Third thought, the heavenlies were touched by the sweat, the work and the pain of the workers this weekend, do not be deceived into believing that only what can be seen in the flesh was accomplished. There were warring angels in the unseen realm that were at work also, I'm sure that the whole heavenly atmosphere in the Kay County area was affected by the efforts of the people involved in this activity!
     Yes, this work was represented by the people on the street handing out water and praying, and they are mighty and powerful warriors in the Kingdom because take my word for it, that heat took a lot of endurance! But there were people that donated water, ice, ice chests and encouraged behind the scenes! This was a work that took the effort of many and that is how the body does and will work, the Kingdom is built by many, seen and unseen!
     There are a lot of testimonies of the people that were touched and encouraged by the efforts of this ministry, but those are the stories for others to share, my purpose here is to help us realize that there was much more accomplished than we will be aware of this side of heaven! This was our "2 mites" by which the Lord will bless this area!
      Yes, we give all glory to the Lord, but this weekend the Lord was well pleased with His faithful servants!

Competition? Enemy? Unity!

Have you ever seen or maybe even played a game where you have to defeat an enemy to advance to the next level? 
     Last night in a dream the Lord used that scenario and showed me that we as His children, His body, and His Kingdom should not see other believers as the enemy that we have to destroy to advance in the work He has called us too. We need to recognize that all of His body is called into unity and His body and Kingdom has one enemy and that enemy is not one another!
     That does sound like something that we should already know, right? And I would have thought I already knew this, however, sometimes I meet people that bring out the very fleshly, human side of me and I need to be reminded again!
     Reminder to self, even though someone may rub us the wrong way they are not our enemy(repeat, they are not our enemy!), try to let yourself see that they are an opportunity for your own growth(even if you think they are the ones that need to grow!), this is a lesson in letting go of more of yourself.
     To freely give space to someone that may be irritating to you is to free yourself of things that limit you from being who you are to be! Let go of pride and competition, do not seek your own way. Seek unity.

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; Philippians 2:3

Today's Need For Deborahs!

This post is mostly directed at women, but men might be interested also. 
     Society has an attack against men, manhood and masculinity, you have probably noticed it! It probably started with the women's liberation movement, and while that wasn't all bad it has gone way over to an all out attack against men! As a wife, mother, sister and aunt I have men in my life that I love, which causes me to be ready to stand up to society and say
"Enough!". 

     If you feel as I do and are looking for an anointing to pick up and move into, consider the Deborah anointing! 
     Deborah was a judge and prophetess in Israel, it was a time when there was a battle...is there a battle now?(Yes! Against men!) Deborah advised a military leader that this was the time to stand against the enemy. The military leader hesitated and would only follow Deborah into the battle....so Deborah rose up and took the lead! (Deborah ~ Judges 4-5)
     If there are men and boys(future men!) in your life that you love and respect, men that you know are good people that don't deserve the abuse that society has turned against them, then join me, rise up and lead as Deborah did! Stand firm against the world! Do not allow abuse of the men in your life! You are a woman of God! Use your voice to protect the Men of God in your lives, use your prayers to cover them and your respect to empower them!
     Pick up the Deborah anointing and join women who do not want to see their husbands, sons, brothers and friends bashed by society! The movement against men is attempting to destroy manhood in the men and boys that we love and cherish, let's recognize that men have a very important role and job in our lives, let's honor them for being God's creation in whom He was pleased! 
     No more men bashing! Remember they are God's creation, made in His own image and He would not have us bash His work! This Father's Day let's honor all of the men, even if they are not fathers! Let's honor men who are in our lives and the manhood they have been created to walk in! 

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:26-27

Shining Light

We who are part of God's creation tend to take things from one extreme to another. 
      In the past, there was a lot of teaching and sermons about the "Fire and Brimstone" side of our relationship with our Heavenly Father, but now we focus only on the love side.
     We really need to remember that God is a very complex Father and Creator, yes, He is Love but He is also Just, Righteous and Holy. (Psalms reveals so much of His heart and nature that if you long to know your Father's heart I would recommend that you read through it, taking note of the verses that list His attributes.)
     The purpose of this writing is to encourage you to not be deceived into the love side of the relationship with a blind eye to the justice that our Father requires.
      I have been trying to walk a holy path with my Saviour and while it is the best path, it is often too easy to slip off of the path with a word or thought that I need to bring back into line and then climb back to the path of holiness again.
     On this path I have had things of the past brought to mind that were "dirt swept under the rug" that were an issue on the holiness path, things that I needed to deal with, confess and be cleansed from. 
     This morning my prayer has been to be a shining light in God's Kingdom(for His pleasure), that is not an easy thing to do if there is anything that you have hidden under the rug! I had attitudes brought to me of when I have been less than respectful to the people the Lord had put over me as a covering in my life.
     Yesterday I read about how leaders are put in place by the Lord for His purpose, we have had leaders of our nation in the past that I did not think or speak properly of, that did not fit in with His purpose for me if I want to be a shining light! (Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Romans 13:1)
     As a teenager, I was not very respectful of my earthly father, and now that I am older I can see how hard he worked to care and provide for me. I have dealt with these issues I am now forgiven for this, but it was something I needed to put under the forgiveness of my Heavenly Father to be qualified to walk as a shining light.
     There are other examples of course, but my point is that if you desire to walk as a shining light in His Kingdom you need to examine yourself. Yes, He is Love and He does give Forgiveness but we need to be aware of our need for forgiveness and ask Him for it!

If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we’ve never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God. 1 John 1:9-10 The Message

Pursue Love

     I had a Pastor that advised us to be careful about praying for patience, he told us that if we did pray for patience, then we would encounter plenty of things to "help" our patience grow. He didn't warn us to not pray to be "unoffendable" or to grow in "love"! I am warning you now!
     I have prayed for both of those and now I have plenty of opportunities cross my path to exercise and grow in this area. Scripture does tell us to grow in these things, so it's not exactly like we have a choice....you might as well jump in the deep end and start trying to adjust to the shock! No dipping your toes in the shallow end~  =D
     I do think the opportunities are there to grow in love before we pray to grow, but once we say that prayer, the Holy Spirit helps us to become more aware of the selfish ways and conflicts in our hearts. The Holy Spirit is an amazing Teacher, He knows us inside out (must be because He lives inside of us!?) He knows all of the weak places in our spirits that need His "grow" light shined on them, and shine it He does!
     Actually, I said I was going to warn you about saying a prayer to grow in love or to be unoffendable, but that isn't really true. Our Creator does want us to love and we will always need to grow in it, so I advise you to pursue love with all that you are, yes be prepared you will face situations where it is not easy to love but we are not commanded to find and do what is easy, we are commanded to love. Let it be your driving force! and remember, God is love so you are to be also!



Love never stops loving. It extends beyond the gift of prophecy, which eventually fades away. It is more enduring than tongues, which will one day fall silent. Love remains long after words of knowledge are forgotten. Our present knowledge and our prophecies are but partial, but when love’s perfection arrives, the partial will fade away. When I was a child, I spoke about childish matters, for I saw things like a child and reasoned like a child. But the day came when I matured, and I set aside my childish ways.

For now we see but a faint reflection of riddles and mysteries as though reflected in a mirror, but one day we will see face-to-face. My understanding is incomplete now, but one day I will understand everything, just as everything about me has been fully understood. Until then, there are three things that remain: faith, hope, and love—yet love surpasses them all. So above all else, let love be the beautiful prize for which you run. 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:36-39

The whole law is made complete in this one command: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” Galatians 5:14