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!

Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!

NIV 2- Timothy 2:19
"Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "the Lord knows those who are his" and Everyone who confess the Name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

If you meditate on this scripture, it is saying those who confess in the Name of the Lord will turn away from their wicked ways. When we turn away from our wicked ways and turn the Father he recognizes us as His own.

How do we turn from our wicked ways? We must be a people of Prayer, of Fasting, and of the Word. Prayer keeps our connection with the Father alive. Fasting helps to kill the flesh and makes us sensitive to the voice of the Father and the Word is a lamp to our feet.

God is calling for vessel that will have a solid foundation. Vessel of Honor that will abide in Him. He is looking for those that will turn from the wickedness of the world and turn to Him.

But is a great house there are not only vessel of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. (2 Tim 20-21)

Repentance! Repentance is our opportunity to turn from things that have been hindering love , and as such, repentance becomes the catalyst for a greater and more profound intimacy with the Father (Bob Sorge- Secrets of the Secret Place)

I want to be in a intimate relationship with the Father. I want Him to call me His very own! And when we repent and turn we will be vessels of honor for noble use in the Kingdom.

Our Prayer today: "Lord thank You for Your grace and mercy. Thank You that Your Son, Jesus, died so that we could be forgiven for our sin. Today Lord I ask for forgiveness for the things in my life hindering love, righteousness and holiness. Lord I desire to be a vessel of honor. I desire to be a instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful for You and prepared for everything that You would have me to do in the earth today. Remove the wickedness in my nature that discolors the fabric of my thoughts, motives, feelings, responses and desire. Show me all the areas of sin in my life like pride, rebellion, unbelief, envy, selfishness, ambition and covetousness. Here I am Lord! I am in need of your touch!I will not relent until you have all of me!"

Reality Check

The Reality is that God Called you to him and not to yourself
The Reality is that He gave you FREE WILL
The Reality is that you can gain the whole world and lose your soul
The Reality is that you must take off the old man
The Reality is that sin has no hold you. It's power depends on you.
The Reality is that Jesus Christ already defeated the enemy and the enemy has no power
The Reality is that you must keep your mind on the Father and then He will keep you in perfect peace
The Reality is that He loves you but He hates your sin
The Reality is that it's His grace keeping you because the word states that the wages of sin is death
The Reality is that if you are reading this blog then you are not dead so God's grace and mercy is active in your life
The Reality is that He created you for His glory and His glory alone
The Reality is that we can know about him but you must KNOW HIM
The Reality is that He wants you to know Him
The Reality is that He wants you to serve Him
The Reality is that He is not like man
The Reality is that He is standing there waiting for you to come to Him
The Reality is that Faith without works is dead!

So check you reality and see if you really are giving Jesus Christ all He deserves from you:

"Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, by his wounds we are haled." Is 53:4-5

This is the song of a desperate heart!

I'm Desperate!

What do you want and how bad do you want it! God is releasing according to your desperation!

When you are are desperate for God nothing or no one else matters to you. You are willing to walk away from some friends. You are willing to waste your life for the sake of Christ. You are willing to submit to authority. You willing to cry and scream until you get you a break through.

The Father is waiting to see if you want a quick fix or are you really desperate for a CHANGE!

What do you want? What are willing to do? What are you willing to give up? Who are you willing to give up? Who are you willing to connect with?

This is the cry of man that said I WANT GOD MORE!

David's cry in Ps 51: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.... Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be cleanse; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.... create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. RESTORE to me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."

It's a cry of desperation that the Father is after. Will you lift your voice and say Lord have mercy for I have sinned against you and you alone! Wash Me Lord. Cleanse me Lord! RESTORE me back to that place were I knew You! To that place where I knew You were good Father and You did not have to prove Yourself to me! Lord let me see the benefits in being Your child. RESTORE my joy in Your salvation. I want the joy of the Lord that is my strength when my flesh is weak. LORD I NEED YOU AND IF YOU DO NOT DO IT WILL NOT BE DONE!

How desperate are you! Get down and dirty and give your heart's cry to the Father and watch Him move in your life. Watch your life change for the better. See how when you are tested and tried your praise will remain the same because you have had a revelation that it's already worth it!

I WANT GOD MORE!