Hate the World and Love GOD!

I’m sick and tired of young people (and old) dying while sitting right in the “church”. It is time for a generation of true believers to ARISE and SHINE!

Lukewarm Christianity has become the norm NOW. Our young people and the old alike attend “church” every Sunday like it’s just another social event and leave the “church” the same way they came in. I am releasing a cry for the REAL Believers to please stand up.

Believe me it’s not an issue of the Father loving you but I ask you this, “Do You REALLY LOVE HIM?” Don’t be so fast to answer this question with a yes. Let’s look at the Facts:

1 John 2:15-17- Do not love the world, nor the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and also its lust; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.

What is your inner longing? Why do you go to church Sunday after Sunday, Prayer Meeting after Prayer Meeting, Crusade after Crusade, Youth Camp after Youth Camp but nothing has changed? Reality check, you do not really love God and you do not have a revelation of who Jesus is. I can say this because I’ve been there done that. I find myself even now saying God forgive me for getting so caught up in “church” sometimes that I miss serving you. The reason you find yourself playing the “church” game is because you do not believe that God’s way is better. You do not believe that His love is better than the love (lust) for another human being. You have not realized He did not die for you to go to “church”. He died so that you could become the church! He died so that you would not have to settle for less. You are a living sanctuary! You should come to” church” or a gathering place to draw strength from other believers to go right back out and be a light to a lost and dying world. But you come to church and worship God with your lips and your heart is far from Him (Matt 15:8-9). You serve your own gods and live in accordance to customs of the world (2 Kings 17:33). STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!

The word of God says be HOT or COLD! DO NOT KEEP PLAYING WITH GOD BECAUSE IT IS WORST TO CLAIM TO KNOW GOD BUT GET TO HIM AND HE SAY I NEVER KNEW YOU! Choose today who you will serve. Will it be the gods of the age or will it be the ROCK of All Ages? Will it be JESUS?

PLEASE!Come out from among the world and her temporary pleasures. They lead to DEATH! And the worst death is to be among the walking dead and you do it all in the name of Jesus. Repent today for the Kingdom of God is at Hand. Young people ARISE and RECEIVE the gift of salvation. Not because of what you think you can get but because you realize that God loved you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO that He sent His Son to die so that you may live! It’s not enough to just go to “church”. It’s time to ARISE AND SHINE and be the church!!!! Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you (James 4:7)

A Letter of Hope

Dear Child,

I want you to know how much I, God your Father, love you… you who love my Son and are indwelled with my Holy Spirit. You are so special to me!

There is no condemnation for you! Ever! If you think about it all, what in the world can separate us from each other? Shall troubles, distress, or persecution? Of course not! How about famine, nakedness, or danger? No! In everything, I will stand by you, and together we will overwhelmingly conquer all trials.

I want you to have great confidence. Be assured! Neither death or life, angels or demons, anything that has happened in the past or will happen in the future can ever separate us. Think of it this way- my love is higher, lower and stronger than anything I have ever created. Remember the words of my son, Jesus, when he said, “I will be with you always, even to the end of age.” That is a long time! And he meant what he said. I will never leave you or forsake you – believe it!

Remember my love for you is free, with no strings attached.

So never forget: I made you! The Supreme Artist designed you and shaped you, my finest masterpiece. So from now on, walk confidently in this knowledge, in the steps I set aside for you since the beginning of time. Steps only you can walk. I will give you strength to walk in a manner worthy of my love. A lifetime of good works is waiting!

Love,
Your Heavenly Father

The foolish thing that God made wise!

Let’s take a moment and just think back over our lives….. What were you doing last year this time? What were you doing two years ago this time? Now, go all the way back to before you came into the knowledge of who Jesus is. For some of us, we need to think about the times we thought we knew God but we lived hypocritical lives.

1 Cor 1:26-28- Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. BUT GOD chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things- and the things that are not- to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him….. Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord”

I do not know about you but I was foolish, lowly, and despised but by the power of Jesus Christ I have been made a NEW CREATION! So I encourage you to know that you are the one that God called and the one that God is going to use in these last days to show His Power. Verse 18 lets me know that we are not saved yet. We are being saved by the power of the cross every day. We have to make a decision to embrace the cross every day. Embrace the love of loving God who sent His one and only son to die for the foolish, the lowly, the despised, & the weak. Endure my friend and realize that you are being saved every day. Every day that you see your weakness, your foolishness, or your lowliness but you embrace that greater is He that is in you than he in the world, YOU ARE BEING SAVED MORE AND MORE. Remember Our God is not like Man. The race is not given to swift nor the strong but to the one who endures to the end! Be faithful to your calling and know that He that has begun a good work in you is faithful enough to complete it!

Purity Camp August 21st!

" I believe it is possible for us to have a right heart for God and yet to have things all wrong in our heads. And with a wrong head, we may very well live in complete defeat and lose ground in the Kingdom of God." from Paula White book- He Loves Me!

Those words jumped off the page right into my face today! How many of us have a heart to serve the Father? We really desire to walk away from the things and the relationships that are destroying our connection to the Father, but we keep finding ourselves back in the same situations, in the same types of relationships, going through the same old cycles.

God told me "Tiffany it's the way you see things, see people, see situations and see yourself. It's the way you THINK!"

I hear people say it all the time.. "Think before you speak".. "What were you thinking".. "Did you honestly think that was okay?"... "Did you honestly think it would not happen to you?" and the list goes on. If we really answered those questions honestly, YES we thought we could get away with "murder". YES we all have at one point thought that "it" would not happen to me. Why? Because our thinking is based off of the wrong motives.

We need to get a new way of thinking and that is why I am reaching out to the young girls in our community. On August 21st, Youth with GUTS will host our first Purity Camp:"Girl Talk- Purity is still cool". God intended for us live a victorious life full of laughter (happiness). Life will not always be perfect but we laugh at the good and the bad when our mindset is in the right place. This Day will be full of workshops and events that help to transform our minds according to the Word of God.

By the end of day I pray that every young lady walks away knowing the Love of Jesus. They will leave equipped with the knowledge that God's plan for their life is greater than anything the world could ever offer!

Please join me on August 21st, 2010 at the Furnace- 309 Holman Drive Garner, NC 27529

Proverbs 31:25 "she is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh all the days to come." That sounds like VICTORY TO ME! Join me and let's laugh together!

**SEE FLYER under Upcoming Events for more information!**

Releasing the Passion in my LIFE!

It started last weekend. God reminded me that GUTS was His ministry. God has given me the passion to want to see young girls set free! Well I had boxed God into MY Ministry. This weekend God asked “okay what did I ask you to do?” I answered like I always do "to minister to young girls and tell them that they do have to settle for less." The Holy Spirit said –“When are you going to start doing that?”

I was confused, but this morning at 4:30am I woke up and the Holy Spirit had me to pray and look at this DVD I purchased "Sex Still has a Price Tag". Conviction fell in my prayer room. But anytime conviction comes change must follow or it's not really conviction. I started seeing my daughter who is 7. The worst thing that could happen is for my daughter to see me minister to girls 16 and up and she never realizes that her body is the temple of the Holy Spirit at 7. Something had to change!

God is doing something new in this season. We have to stop putting God in our box and trying to make him fit into our ministry. When God gives you a passion you must release that passion back to him! You have to say God this gift, this talent, this vision that you have given to me what is your full plan for it?

Something has to change! We have to Move with God not God moving with us! This morning my vision for GUTS expanded. The word clearly tells us that our thoughts are not the Father thoughts and eyes have not seen nor ears have heard the thoughts and plans that the Father has for our life. So ask the Holy Spirit to expand your passion. Ask Him to expand your vision. Whatever ministry you have or whatever gift you have, you must be willing to give it to God and allow Him to give you everything you need!

DREAM BIGGER! SEE BIGGER THINGS! DESIRE MORE! HUNGER MORE AFTER THE FATHER AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS! ALLOW GOD TO MOVE INTO YOUR VISION SO YOUR VISION CAN COME TO PAST!

What is your calling? Release the Passion that the Father has given you to Him and allow it to change a Generation for His GLORY!

Yes to the process!

There is much more Required!

Many times we ask God to use us and He says YES let me process you.

I was reminded this week “Tiffany there is much more required”. I have been praying to the Father “Lord I do not want you to take me where my character can not keep me.”

When you pray for something from your heart the Lord will do just that! He is telling us “I have much to release to you and I have much to break in you!”

He has a great plan and guess what, His plan is perfect. The Lord declares “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” (Jer 29:11 NIV)

At the same time he says “If anyone would come after me, he must DENY himself and take up HIS CROSS DAILY and follow me” (Luke 9:23 NIV)

He is saying I have a plan but I have a requirement too. We must DENY ourselves and bear our cross DAILY. It is a decision that we have to make daily to answer the call and allow Him to process us so we can walk out the call.

The Requirement is surrender! The Requirement is humility! The Requirement is quick repentance! The Requirement is quick forgiveness! The Requirement is being slow to speak and quick to hear! The Requirement is a word life! The Requirement is prayer in the secret place! The Requirement is fasting! The Requirement is giving! The Requirement is keeping your heart in a place of gratitude! The requirement is knowing that everyone is not for you! The requirement is knowing you will be misunderstood! The Requirement is love! The Requirement is knowing that God is not like man and you must know that He really enjoys you!

The Requirement is knowing that it was for freedom that Christ set us free. We have to receive that freedom and stand firm in our calling. We must refuse to be burdened again by yoke and bondage of the sin. We are a new creation and the old has gone. We are clay in the potter’s hand.

God is jealous for us! We are the work of His hand and we can not tell the potter what to do with His clay!

Cry out with me! "Do what you need to do so I do what you need me to do!"

In a Place called REFUGE!

"Here I am to worship" is the song that is ringing in my spirit today.

On yesterday I know the hand of God was upon me and my family. As I sat here today the Holy Spirit began to speak to me about a place of refuge. On yesterday morning we were hit from behind by a Lexis SUV that was hit by a another SUV. The impact damaged the truck but we walk away with bruises and pain....BUT ALIVE!

As I was thinking about what happened, the Holy Spirit said "you're in a place of refuge." I had just read about this in the book by Bob Sorge Secrets of the Secret Place.

The book explains that Ps 91 says "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty ". But then when you go down to vs 3 it talks about the being snared by the Fowler and being caught by perilous pestilence. Bob Sorge points out in his writings "The fact that God delivers us from those things does not negate the reality of the pain we experience when we are initially caught in their grip"

The Holy Spirit brought this reading back to me today as I reflected on yesterday. Sometimes the enemy will come in and attack you when you least expect him to. We were sitting at a stop light talking and speaking on the goodness of the Lord when BANG! bodies went forward... Mary crying... Mother hurting... Husband in shock with his glasses flying off his face and into his lap...TIME SEEMED TO STOP at that moment.

In our spiritual walk with the Father we may be on the way to our destiny and BANG! But when you are in that place of refuge under the Father's care what should have pushed you into death, moves you but you bounce back. There may be some pain from the impact but you are still alive and ready to keep moving on to what the Father has for you.

The enemy is out for keeps but our protection in found in the care of our Father. Our protection in found in our place of Refuge. Abide today under the shadow of the Almighty. Life may hit you hard but the Lord is with you and He is saying YES when the Enemy in saying no.

Our GOD IS GREATER! Thank you Daddy!