My 22nd Birthday Edition

So tomorrow May 16th is my birthday. I will be turning 22, yes I am a big girl now. I kind of really excited for tomorrow, not because I get to be a year older but because it will be a brand new day with Jesus. And since it’s my birthday I’m expecting Gods goodness to b multiplied. Yeah okay it sounds silly but wait until its YOUR birthday and you want something good from God. It wont sound so silly after all. God loves to bless us. He is just that good. I really don’t know what to expect of tomorrow but I can feel it in my spirit that something awesome and significant will happen. Who knows maybe I will just be full of joy all day. To be honest, even if that was all that happened I would feel like the most special person in the world. Why? Because that means God cares enough to make me happy. Now don’t get me wrong He wants me to be happy every day but you know where I’m going with this. My point is I will be expecting the fullness of His presence, His goodness and His love. Who knows maybe I will get to go on an awesome tour with Jesus through a garden filled with flowers and He will hand me a key to a safe box where He keeps His heart. Oh wait, that already happened :] I am just so excited, my heart is bouncing if that’s even possible.

Good night bloggers… Ask Jesus for more of Him today!!!

 

ASD madness

ASD stands for advanced spiritual discipleship. I know sounds intense doesn’t it? Well it is. Although I was already in ASD #2, while ASD#1 was happening I was backsliding. You can sit there and judge or you can keep reading this post. I’m not ashamed that I backslid because I am now on fire for God and have been for almost two years and God has taken all that shame away. Now back to ASD, the class started again two Sundays ago. The days just go by so much smoother and I’m filled with more joy than ever since I’ve joined the class. This past Sunday I was standing there and in the supernatural I saw an angel. The angel looked at me intently and pointed, after that I felt like I got picked up and placed in something and Immediately after, God started speaking to me about unresolved issues. He only brings those up because He wants to take care of them, not to make you feel like a horrible person. He brought up the issues I’ve had against my dad and salvation for my family. In other words just internal healing needs to happen. I spent most of that class crying my eyes out because the presence of God was so thick and tangible. If you’re in a place where you know you need some internal healing in your life. Where you know you need to forgive others and where you know that the only one that can get you through your situation is Jesus Christ. I challenge you to seek Him without stopping today, take time out of your busy life to devote yourself to God and ask Him to come invade your situation. I encourage you to seek Him now more than ever and to not let this moment pass you by.

Main Goal

My fiance and I went to the swap shop. Honestly its like a third world country there. I know because I came from one. Our main goal for driving 40 mins out of our way to this swap shop was ministry. We wanted to see the power of Jesus in action. It could be very inconvenient to drive that far out but think about it you have drove further out to do other stuff that weren’t necessarily important. Anyways, we get there and start asking people that have obvious injuries if they have pain. Most of them said yes, but said no to the prayer. I mean I guess its better to live in pain, my personal preference is to live in freedom. Finally, after getting shut down about 5 times by different people, my fiance(Vince) asked a man that was sitting down with a cane if he had any pain and if he could pray for him. The man said yes and he prayed, the man said he felt better and he was even walking better. As this is going on a woman that was standing there buying something smiled. I took that as a “ask me if I want prayer sign”. I asked if she had pain and she said yes, she happened to have pain on her left knee. Which by the way, God had spoken it to me a bit ealier as a word of knowledge. Long story short, the woman got healed!!! She was so happy that she was healed, she thanked the Lord. I live for moments like these. I love salvation, healing, signs and wonders and everything else Jesus has to offer. Not in a weird way but that to me is freedom!

Speak life

Sometimes I feel like not telling people where I am from. Not because I’m ashamed of where I come from but because people think that every Venezuelan person is linked to Hugo Chavez. It really does annoy me. I understand the country is marked because he runs it but the people are the people. I understand everyone feels like Chavez is a horrible person. The truth of the matter is everyone has things they need to work out. There’s something’s that I don’t agree with that he does but there’s others that I do. For example, back in 2001 when the flood happened and thousands of people died and others were left homeless, he came through and built houses for a lot of them. I went to Nicaragua last summer and the people lived in cardboard boxes. At least Chavez made some concrete homes for people. He is a communist and everyone wishes him dead and talk about how he’s going to die soon from cancer, how much better are you than him?

I don’t like where the country is going right now but God has a promise that He will keep. I had a dream and Hugo Chavez was in it and I was casting the cancerous demon out of him and He was getting saved. My aunt had the same dream two years ago. Gods will be done. The country shall prosper and the people shall be led by someone who hears God. I’m not going to sit here and speak death into his life. I rather be the one to prophesy his future, the one who speaks life and not death.

Be yourself because you can’t be someone else

Some times we battle with ourselves because we don’t like who we are. A lot of times we don’t like who we are because we’re trying to be someone else. So it’s really not liking who we are, its more of a not liking who we’re trying to be. Now don’t get me wrong, we are all renewed in Christ and there is change. If you think about it, it’s not really change. We are just becoming who God created us to be in the first place. We are leaving who we thought we were behind and pursuing who we are in Gods eyes.

From personal experience: I used to sit around and try to figure out what talents I had. I saw people around me with awesome talents that I wanted, most of the people I know play some type of instrument. Some of them can sing, others are photographers, others draw/paint, some dance and me well I still don’t know if I have a talent. What I do know is that every person is created different with different gifts and talents. I am different therefore I don’t have to be anyone but me. In my walk with God I have learned about my self, I’m not worried about what I don’t have because I know what I do have. I love to talk to random people and tell them about Jesus. I don’t care what anyone says but there’s nothing cooler than seeing someone get healed right in front of you. There’s nothing more awesome than a person crying their eyes out because they are getting touched by God and there’s nothing better than God choosing to use me or you to reach that person.

I have a God and along with Him comes awesome gifts and my identity. Be yourself because you can’t be someone else!!!

Moving

Last Monday my pastor found out that our church would not be able to meet at the school, which by the way we have been at for two years, because the custodians did not want to serve on sundays anymore. I got so excited when I found out, even though they only gave us on week to leave and today was our last service there. I was super excited because I know God has everything under control. We’re not a bunch of people walking aimlessly without a purpose, we are a people walking towards a promise. With that promise comes obedience and some tough times. Due to it being christmas time it’s kind of hard to find a place to meet, but we have one thank you Jesus. My whole point for even writing this is: to be spirit led we have to really just give all control to God and know that He is God and once He speaks something it is because He wants it to happen really bad. He also wants us to want it just as bad as He does. I got saved at the Mission in Delray, at Orchard View Elementary. One sunday morning I realized my life was a mess and that I needed Jesus, so today was kind of an emotional day. I was really trying to not cry but the Holy Ghost + the move + awesome worship= a pool of tears. But happy tears! We are moving to bigger and better things because God wants us to. I can’t wait to see where we’re at a year from now, for now though I’m taking it day by day. Life is good, God is good making church even better! Be blessed!

Back on the block

So for the past few weeks I haven’t been able to write a blog. I have been so busy with moving to a new place and working, it’s been hectic! I am proud to say I am back on the block. Woohoo! I am currently reading this book call why revival tarries by Leonard Ravenhill. I have to be honest, I am not a book reading person. On the other hand my fiancé reads them like it’s nobody’s business. I feel like he eats them.( I know he’s going to read this). Anyways, back to the book. I am only on the 3 chapter but man is it awesome. So far it talks about the prayer closet and how important it is. How we need to stay in prayer in our secret place. I don’t want to give the whole thing away but I suggest you read it. It has been challenging me a lot, to stay in prayer because by prayer we get unction. I definitely want that. If you feel like your fire is not the same as when you first got saved, of conures I would say read your bible, pray and read this book! If you do, let me know what your thoughts are. Have a blessed day!

Don’t stay empty

I came to church feeling drained. The day before we had an outreach in Delray Beach FL, and how many of you know that pouring out into people and walking around for hours makes you feel drained? Well that’s how I felt this morning when I woke up for church. I got there and some stuff happened that made me feel even more drained. I just needed a fresh filling. I know that when I feel so out of it, I need God to fill me up because I start to feel weird and get annoyed quickly. Jesus keeps me where I need to be and He gives me exactly what I need. So during worship I really felt like just giving up and being lazy and sitting down. Note that I came to church and poured myself out at intercession in the morning before service. I prayed more than usual. Anyways of course I didn’t give up or be lazy but it was so hard for me to focus. I fought through it until I finally got to where I wanted to be. Break through is always awesome and so is a fresh filling of the Holy Ghost. The good thing about pouring out is that you don’t have to stay empty. The more you pour out the more you receive and are filled. I want to challenge all of you reading this. When ever you feel out of it or start to feel fleshly or even just feel down, look to Jesus. He brings you exactly what you need, don’t give up because that doesn’t help the circumstance. Ask Him for a fresh filling and you will get it. I feel so much better right now, God is so awesome in every single way.

Favor in the work place

So I work at a restaurant and it’s pretty awesome. Although I would like it if it was a full time job but until I find one I’m not complaining. I get to request days off whenever I feel like it, I might be getting a raise soon and my managers really like me. In other words I have a lot of favor there, thank you Jesus. It’s funny because some people that I work with say: ” I’m not doing any favors because they don’t do me any favors” ready for this one? You Sometimes have to do favors to gain favor. Isn’t that weird how that works? If people spent less time saying no to everything, maybe God would shower them with favor. My manager asked me to stay a double, trust me it was a long long day! I said yes 11:15a.m to 9:00 p.m. She bought me food and I got to pick whatever I wanted. She thanked me like three or four times and the next they I got an invitation to go and have lunch with the general manager and a few coworkers. All paid for full course meal! Just because I said yes to something no one wanted to do. God showered me in blessings. This whole past week was blessings. I finally got my green card( the lady who took care of it is saved) I got a new phone( my mum paid for it) and I got two free expensive meals. Now that’s favor:]

Challenge: Walk as favor and you will receive it! Amen!!

Pastor I appreciate You

Here are 10 reasons why!

1. You preach Fire
2. You are an awesome spiritual father
3. I can come to you with anything and you will listen and give the best Holy Ghost advise you could give(Pray in tongues)!!Lol
4. You keep it real
5. You do everything you can and know to raise us up
6. Outside of church you’re still awesome and I’m not afraid to say that’s my pastor
7. You don’t stand at the pulpit and say look at me
8. You give us an opportunity to grow, minister and work out our gifts
9. You obey God, thank you Jesus for that
10. Last but not least: I have been at the mission for 2 years I want to say and I have seen the change inthe church, the people and you. I appreciate you for who you are in Christ. Keep keeping it 100!

I love and appreciate you Pastor Carl!!