Are You Naked Before Him?

Genesis 3:7 "Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths."

Before they chose to do wrong, the only perspective Adam and Eve had was God's perspective. The reason they could walk in perfection was because not just their physical bodies- but their heart and minds were naked before God as well. God loves every part of us and wants to move in every area of our life until he consumes it with his glory. Even the areas of ourselves that cause us to feel hurt or shame need to be laid naked before the father. Why? Because only He can heal those wounds and fill those parts with his truth and love. Let Him take your hand and walk with you into his victory won by Jesus Christ after he died on the cross, rose from the dead three days later, and sat at the right hand of the Father. He did it for you.

Psalm 147:3 "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

Jeremiah 30:17 "For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’"

John 8:32 "And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

1 Chronicles 16:11 "Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!"

James 1:12 "Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him."

-SP

Walking in the Spirit

It's not possible to walk in the spirit with condemnation in your heart- whether it's self imposed or taken in from those around you.

Romans 8:1-2 "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus..."

Condemnation is often placed upon ourselves as Christians in instances where we we don't realize our identity in Christ (as valued sons and daughters) and instead accept an outside view of ourselves, or we simply want to justify our mistakes of the past or our current failures. In our world it often makes sense to beat ourselves up over past mistakes or present shortcomings. It's not like that in the kingdom of heaven. Although the law of reaping what you sow still stands- No one, not even yourself or the past, can hold you back from your full potential in this moment and every moment after it.

-SP

Wednesday Night

Philippians 2:1-2 
"Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind."

Church was powerful tonight. Krista spoke on unity and then God's tender love just started hitting people as Heather prayed for them. I haven't felt that part of God's heart in a while and for the past few hours I have felt nothing but the weight of His presence like I'm swimming or moving in slow motion. After that, I prayed for three people and was able to pass on what God placed in my heart for them and God confirmed the words spoken through each person gathered there. One body, mind, and spirit. One love- Jesus Christ.

-SP

Freedom from Seasonal Allergies

I used to live by this website: www.pollen.com.  Every morning I would wake up and check it with a huge sigh because every day was in the red like the picture above. Allergy season could be seemingly endless and it usually started in April for me and lasted well through the summer.

Allergies...  Ugh.  It made my life miserable :(  

I had just begun to understand how much Jesus loved me and how he wanted me to live a victorious healthy life here on this earth.  With this new info under my belt I began to pursue Him and everything He had for me which lead to freedom from seasonal allergies!

I had a vision very shortly after my allergy symptoms vanished. It went something like this:

I was stumbling around in my dream, and coughing up loads of tiny creatures. Perhaps like bugs, but not anything I had ever seen. They were coming out of my ears, nose, and mouth and covering the ground around me. They were different colors, nasty looking, some with red pincers and black eyes. I couldn't get them off of me, I was freaking out. In the dream I ran to my mom and dad and as I was struggling to cough up more of the awful things, they looked at me as if nothing was wrong. There I was nearly falling over, crying, screaming, crunching these things under my feet as they came out, and they looked at me as if I were standing there perfectly normal! They told me that I had to find the strength to go on, and that I couldn't let this control me. At the time in my dream I felt a little dejected because it seemed that no one understood. Could they not see the stains on the carpet from these things?!

And then the scene switched and I was in a bed with a sheet over me recovering. I remember feeling bumps all over me from the creatures. But then I started yelling, in my head, (because for some reason I could not speak), I am HEALED! JESUS HEALED ME!! And as I yelled it, I heard what sounded like thunder, and a lightening bolt came from the ceiling and shocked me. I felt an intense heat cover my body and a voice saying, "You are healed". I lifted up the sheet and began to touch my skin which was previously covered with welts, and it was smooth. Like nothing had ever happened.

A few days later this dream was still bothering me, because I had no idea what it was about. I had asked God, and wasn't understanding the purpose. I told my family about it and my dad immediately said, "Allergies". And I heard in my head, "Yes". I didn't even have to ponder if he was correct, I knew it instantly. It gave the dream a whole new depth. No one in my family suffers from seasonal allergies except me. My mom and dad don't have a clue what allergies feel like which paralleled my dream perfectly.

I admit on rare occasion the symptoms try to mess with me a bit. I'll begin to feel a slight twinge and I usually just choose to remember how awesome Jesus is.  I am no longer limited by my symptoms. I mow the lawn, I plant flowers, I go to greenhouses, I visit botanical gardens etc.

I want it to be known this was not an instant healing. I spent many hours studying scriptures on my own and listening to sermons about how much God loved me by Andrew Wommack. This miracle was truly a journey that was all grounded in me getting closer to Jesus.

The process looked like this for me. I would step outside every day fully expecting to be fine. However, I was not fine every single time. I struggled every time. Fought every time. Breath in, I am healed, breath out, I am healed was my continuous thought. I wanted to live in the Spirit, not in the natural. When my symptoms disappeared I must admit it was a bit embarrassing because I didn't notice right away. Why? Because I had been expecting every time I stepped outside that I would be just fine. So when I stepped out and was fine, I didn't even notice anything was different! It wasn't until a few days later that I started to figure out that something had changed... "hey... wait a minute... I feel like I'm taking allergy pills! But I'm not..." My face didn't hurt! Along my cheekbones was always sore like someone had punched me because of allergies. I had the continuous horrible itching in my nose and face. My eyes watered all the time. I sneezed about 574 times a day. But this time when I stepped outside all of that was gone! I looked like a complete fool feeling my face in public, with a gigantic smile.

III John 1:2 - Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

-Kmo

Iron Deficiency Healed!

I have had iron infusions every year since 1998. For some reason my body doesn't absorb Iron. Several months ago in church during worship one of the ladies came over, hugged me and told me that whatever was wrong in my body was now healed. I had just had blood drawn and was waiting for the results so it was a delight to hear the doctor say my iron levels were normal and actually went up! To top it off six months later I had the iron checked again and the iron levels actually went up again! That hasn't EVER happened over the last 15 years. Thank you Lord for your healing hand!

-Tammie