Rivers of Living Water...

As I always say I am not an expert--I am still learning myself so I may have left some things out. I always welcome comments further explaining anything that I have left out. With that said…The anointing is the power and ability to do what any given situation requires. My SF explained it one day like this--“the anointing is that power in and on us that makes G-d, G-d. It‘s smeared on.” It’s not for us, it’s for others. That’s why we doubt that we have it. But the Bible says that we have this power in earthen vessels (2 Corin 4:7). If you recall in (2 Kings 2:14) Elijah’s mantle had the anointing in it that allowed Elisha to part the Jordan. And in the new testament the Anointing in Jesus’ Tallit (prayer shawl) was so heavy that the woman with the issue of blood just touched the hem or the fringes and the blood was dried up and she was healed (Matthew 9:20).

It’s given to us for the edification of the church (1 Corin 14:12). We tend to limit it to kingdom things though a person can be anointed to do anything--for example Warren Buffet is anointed in the area of making money, Martha Stewart in the area of anything crafty and orderly in the home, Zig Ziglar in the area of sales and Tony Robbins in the area of motivation. Now in the kingdom, the anointing is placed or rather given by the Holy Spirit to whomsoever he chooses to do the work that G-d has called them to do (Hebrews 2:4). When it is present in a church burdens are lifted and yokes are destroyed removed. I don’t mean shouting, because noise is no indication of whether the anointing is present. I mean people get the deliverance they need in any area. Delivered from drugs, emotional burdens, etc.

What are your thoughts on Pastors who have amassed a lot of wealth and have material items, however most of their congregation is poor?
I don’t really have an opinion really, but I will speak from personal experience. A lot of churches are probably guilty of it. I have belonged to several huge ministries here. They take large salaries from their congregations and raise offerings to meet the needs of the church. Which is fine if that’s the way they desire to operate. The problem seems to be that the congregations are not truly being taught how to operate in faith thus they remain poor while the ministries grow and Pastors are able to get wealthy. They can’t teach what they really don’t know. It really doesn’t take faith to believe in people so that the money will increase and you are able to make more money. That's a simple economics lesson. Faith is operating in the power of G-d to either create something from nothing or create something new from something already existing. People come because you are large or because they see you with stuff and they think surely they will end up with a lot of stuff too. Nor does it require faith to have a pastors anniversary--which is not bible but tradition in most circles. I watched them raise 40-50,000 dollars in one day for the anniversary, someone would give them a car and not one person was given anything to my knowledge. I have sat in those churches and was not even able to understand how to believe in a car and I did everything they told me. I cut out so much stuff that I felt constricted but I needed the breakthrough and I thought it was worth the sacrifice. I quoted scripture not understanding that I had to personalize it and I waited and nothing happened. And then they were for the most part regurgitating the same sermons--which would not have been bad if they were actually adding new information to it. But just the same old things. People think that faith is simple--it can be sometimes. Especially in the beginning. But try to get your bills paid minus your salary and minus borrowing--simply believing G-d to do it. See, that's a different level of faith. I stayed until G-d moved me.

We don’t pay a salary to my SF. Which allows all the funds to be allocated to meet the needs of the ministry. He has never asked us to sow a seed for buses or building funds or whatever. 99 percent of the time he tells us to give as we are directed by the Holy Spirit. He is forver ginvg to someone. Since I have been a part of my church which is almost 1 year and a half, I have watched him give away about 15 cars. The last one was a brand new Chevy Tahoe limites addition with rims and all--before the it was a brand new cadillac Sts and an Inifinti Q56 fully loaded. Last month he gave at least 15,000 dollars away--10, 000 to one specific person. Shoot, sunday he gave away 1,000. (and of course I told you how he paid my rent for the last 3 months). He's operating as Jesus commanded Peter when he said "Feed my Sheep". It's about more than the word, it's with things as well. But again that's how he chooses to operate. Everyone seems to have a different opinion.

As saints we always say that we reap what we sow not understanding that when we sow need, need is returned to us. Our offering is a seed therefore it operates to attract that which we sow it to. The word says give and IT shall be given unto you…Luke 6:38. I do however think it's a shame because these people are trying to live for G-d and being fleeced as they are in some circumstances, not all, causes people to often compromise and become jaded. The word that we are being taught should nourish us and build us up and cause change in us. It's not about motivation, it's about giving us the truth so that we can walk in holiness and purity because the scritptures tell us that when we do so we can possess our possesions(Obadiah 1:17). We shouldn't reamin the same way, operating the same way. Growth should come at some point if you are yielded.

If G-d ever calls me to handle an entire congregation, it is my desire to operate minus the salary and in the supernatural so that I can be a blessing to my people by not only teaching them what they need to know but by walking it myself.

Please rememeber the second question is an OPINION. It is my own personal experience. It is not however a judgment on anyone's ministry. They are free to operate however they feel the should.

Be Blessed.

Chosen.

I like to start at the beginning of things though I won’t recount the details of our creation. Only to say that when we were created with the man remaining in him until G-d pulled us out we were simply on hold until order was established. I love that G-d never does anything until it is time for it to happen. I think that the principle of us remaining on hold until Adam was placed in the garden and given some work to do is something that we overlook when we read the history to that text. Here Adam thought he was alone all that time, yet we were in him. What he wanted, needed, desired was there all the time. He simply had to be processed. When he took that rib from Adam and fashioned our body, Adam was able to see in the flesh what he had wanted all along. People often like to argue this point by saying how do we know that Adam asked for her since the text doesn’t state that--I have only to say that G-d never imposes on us what we don’t seek him for. We get what we expect from him.

So what are we anointed for? Beyond being Adam’s helpmeet, (which I will discus I greater detail in part 2) We are help for G-d as well. Genesis 3:15 tells us that G-d has put enmity between us and satan. Enmity is an unusual hatred. It’s not something that we have to develop, it’s in us because G-d placed it there after the fall through sin. Though we were the ones deceived, it’s clear that we were able to recognize who the real problem was when we failed to do as we had been instructed. Adam blamed us and we knew that it was the serpent.
Once the word of G-d is spoken into our lives that hatred is stirred up against the enemy. We become “born again” I.e. “saved” which is simply a reawakening of what was already created before. It’s during that process that what was created before begins to take back it’s supremacy. How we think, what we see, what we feel and how we process information. Our spirit begins to dominate, if we yield to it and not to the flesh. The real us that is on the inside that was already there begins to make it’s appearance. I say the “real us” because what shows up minus trials and tribulations is not really us. For the most part it is the flesh “us” we are trained to be. You know the teacher you trained to be or the nurse you went to school to be--the wife, mother, friend that parents, environment and society tells us we should be or are.

Within every one of us are skills and abilities that the earth needs because we were all created for a specific purpose and to complete tasks that no on can do but us. G-d is constantly teaching us who we are--not who we need to become but who we really are minus all our issues and hang-ups. Those things are in us that we have yet to discover. We are anointed to change the things that irritate, vex or annoy us. If it doesn’t make you angry, you can’t change it. Anger propels us into truth and an acknowledgment of that will lead to change.

I have to say that the enemy’s agenda with us is always sneaky--for instance, when Pharaoh was worried about Israel getting a deliverer, he simply told everyone that he was going to kill all the male children--he was in effect open with his agenda. Same scenario when Jesus was born. What we don’t realize is that when G-d was telling us that he would multiply our sorrow we failed to understand what all that would entail. We simply think that it had to do with childbirth. But the latter part of the verse says that our desire would be to our husband and that he would rule over us. Well, if you think about it, he didn’t have that dominion over us prior to sin. The scripture says that male and female he created us and gave us dominion over all. There was initially an equality that after sin we lost because we are susceptible to deception. That’s his #1 weapon against us.

To be continued...on Tuesday.

What constitutes a good man? Is it merely that he loves you, is a good father, pays his bills on time, has a good job and is responsible? By the world’s standard, yes. You can find all of that in plenty of men. My step-Father was all of that but he neither G-dly nor saved. In fact he drank every single day and rarely spent anytime with me as a child. He operated as he did out of morality not direction from G-d. But in the kingdom, a good man must be all of that but love G-d first! G-d desires a G-dly man for his daughters. A king. Someone who will seek him for wisdom and direction. A man that will spend time in his presence on a daily basis so that he is able to be the priest of his home. I hear Christian women hooking up with unsaved men all the time, which wouldn’t be a problem if they are open to the word and open to seeking a relationship with G-d. That should all take place prior to getting married over a period of time. I say over a period of time because true change happens over time-not instantly. If you look in the bible, any man G-d chose to use in the bible, he allowed time to process him. Waiting on G-d’s chosen is about both people being prepared mentally, physically, spiritually. Proverbs 20:21 says that an inheritance gained prematurely will not be blessed ultimately.(Holman Christian Standard Version)Getting a spouse is an inheritance in the sense that you get him and all the blessings as well as the negative things.
As I previously stated, your husband is your priest. That means he should be able to lay hands on you and cast out illness, he has the wisdom of what to do when you face lack shortage and insufficiency in your home. He is responsible for teaching you and guiding you and your children in spiritual things. How can a saved woman plan to do that without a G-dly man? The word says that man is the glory of G-d (1 Corin 11:7). I love that verse 9 reminds us that women were created for the man. Not every man--the man that G-d has chosen. When G-d got ready to give Adam a helpmeet he went back to the man and found in him the woman that he was going to give to him. That in itself is something to think about.
It takes a woman of character, quality and strength to wait on whom G-d has chosen for her.

Any woman can find a man--they are a dime a dozen on any street corner. As G-dly women, we must aspire to a higher standard. A man with no job or who’s on a bicycle should not to even partake of a glance nor answer from you. I’m not telling you not to be pleasant or to be uppity. Far from it. I mean not exchanging numbers. Some of us need to stop lying saying we are not looking for a husband when we are looking for a man. Because if he does things that you wouldn’t want your husband to do, why waste your time? Our time is the most valuable commodity G-d has given to us.

You are looking for a king that G-d has chosen and anointed for you. You are looking for provision, protection, and preservation. Not every man can keep the curse from entering your home, recognize a spirit on someone, choose a place to live where G-d has designated because you can’t live everywhere contrary to popular belief. G-d is a G-d of places. Satan has territory and you a need a man that can see that with his spirit and not his eyes! It’s not about an area being ghetto, it’s about strongholds! Can he pray fast and consecrate himself to G-d waiting on answer vital to your existence? Can he make decisions impregnated with the wisdom of G-d and the direction of G-d? These are things you need to think about.

Women with children have even more to think about. The man in your life enlarges the circle of influence around you as well as your children. You can’t pick whoever because this is someone who will have access to your children and who brings in his family and friends to your lives as well. As a woman who as a child was subject to things due to this, as a woman I implore you to remember that. You will need a man who can minister to children and teach them the word and raise them up to not only affiliate themselves with “Church”, but cause them to KNOW G-d. There is a major difference. Knowing him is the difference between deliverance and being bound, knowing him is the difference between watching your kids stray in rebellion to being able to pray them back into the kingdom, praying them out of trouble and keeping them from the hands of the enemy.

Because this man will have the authority in the home, you will need to understand that your submission will be vital to things running in order. Without submission, things can be cursed. Submission should come easy if you are with G-d’s chosen. You don’t however submit to any man. The scripture says as he is to G-d. If he’s not submitted to G-d why would you submit? You wouldn’t submit to someone who is not in the word, because G-d and his word are one, who doesn’t pray because he’s not communicating with G-d or with someone who is not in a church or faithful to one--why because we are not supposed to forsake the assembling ourselves (Heb 10:5), G-d has given to all of us a pastor (Jer 3:15). These are all things to consider while waiting on G-d’s chosen to find you. Waiting for who G-d has us will renew our strength and enable us to not be weary. Just something to think about.

**Even if I get on your last nerves over here--at least I'm giving you something to think about. Of course you have to wonder why you keep coming over here if I get on your nerves so bad. Your spirit still likes the truth--it's your flesh that hates it.**

T asked the following questions...

1)Someone told me yesterday that she knows she is "highly favored." I have to be honest, I absolutely cringe when I hear talk like that. I do NOT understand what that means. Does that mean there is someone who is NOT "highly favored?" Does that mean that God would create someone and NOT "favor" him/her? Does that mean that God has "favorites" over people HE CREATED? I hear soooo many "Christians" claim to be "highly favored" and I'm thinking if someone is, that would mean, just by definition, that there must be someone who is not. How is this possible? Are you "highly favored" just because you believe in God and try to live like Jesus? Are you not highly favored because you don't? I just don't get it...like at all...and it bothers me big time.

When someone says that they are blessed and highly favored they are simply speaking favor over their life. Biblically we are all saved by grace which is simply unmerited favor. We don’t do anything to earn it. It’s G-ds gift to us. But when someone says that they are “blessed and highly favored” they are speaking more favor over their life. They are talking about favor with man. They are operating in a biblical principle by speaking what they want to show up in their life (Gen 1,Roman 4:17) . Our mouth is what G-d has given us to stop the enemy and to cause things to show up in our life (psalms 8) God has ordained strength in our mouths and it is also what he has given us dominion with. They are not insinuating that anyone else is not favored because G-d calls us the apple of his eye (Deut 32:10, Psalm 17:8, Lam 2:8), his beloved(psalm 60:5, 108:6, 3John1:2) . They are simply claiming something that they have a right to claim. Favor is better than money--favor will cause someone to give you what you need, want and desire. When you operate in favor you don’t have to worry about using your resources to get done what you need done. You need to be speaking it. Don’t let it bother you--you speak it and believe it when you say it so that it can operate in your life.

2)How do you know when it's time to cut someone off?
The mere fact that you ask the question is an indication that you all ready know that it’s time to let that relationship go. G-d is dealing with you on it and you are fighting it because you feel as though it’s wrong for YOU to do something like that. We always try to reason G-d’ advice when the simple fact is, the reason is irrelevant. He can see further than us so we need to just heed him and move on.
You asked that I not use Ecclesiastes 3 as a biblical reference so I won’t--even though that text allows us to understand that our lives are lived in seasons. Everything is about a season--an appointed time. Relationships can only curse us or bless us. It’s black and white. So, if you look at Genesis 12 when G-d told Abraham to leave his family--he was moving him from people that didn’t serve G-d and that's always a hindrance or later in Genesis 13 when he and Lot have to separate because of strife and because he also was not a servant of G-d. Again knew the end from the beginning-so he saw Lot’s daughters sleeping with him and bearing children who would be enemies of G-d all their generations. Lot was able to get out of circumstanse because abraham always interceeded for him or bailed him out. But you could also go to 2 Chronicles 19:2 when G-d asks Jehoshaphat why he is friends with someone who hates G-d. You see, G-d knows the hearts of people towards us. He knows those that go to church and fake, he knows that being hooked up to certain people will be unprofitable for us. Our relationships determine or destiny, our success and our promotion. You already feel that you need to let her go--let her go. I have had to let plenty of people go. Know that this is not the only time you will have to do it.

With that said, be sure to pray about everything that I have said to be sure that it lines up with what he is currently speaking to you.

As always,

Be Blessed.

Chosen

Tomorrow--The woman's anointing...

I am as always the first partaker of my message. So with that said, over the last 10 years I have come into contact with plenty of women that are married and some that are divorced and some that have certificates, but are in their minds still single. (‘nother post-I promise. I just get caught up when I write sometimes).

Lack of healthy weight control.
Now, I have to say that some men enjoy the added weight. They love you and they see you like you were when you first got married, not you after all the children. My husband seemed to think I looked better. But I was uncomfortable. Men are visual. You need to find out what he likes because what he likes, he’ll look at. Better to keep his eye on you than anyone else. I hear women say all the time that if I have to work to keep his eye, then let him go. That’s ignorant. I have 2 things to say to that: 1. Marriage is a ministry. It's like a job. If your job requires you to do certain things like show up on time, dress a certain way, etc- you have no problem doing them, but at home you think it’s supposed to be just any kinda way. Attraction maintains a form of physical intimacy. To do that you need to look like he wants you to--within reason. I’m not talking about trying to be a hundred pounds for a fool. I’m talking about maintaining your physical sexy.(to those of you who were able to do this--I salute you)

I have a question. I get people all the time trying to tell me that they don't give tithes b/c of crooked ministers, etc. And most times I let it go out one ear. But what are your thoughts on tithing w/time versus money. I am of the belief you should do both. But what about those who believe you can do either or?

Tithing is a biblical principle that many people like to get out of simply because they don’t like to part with their money. MalachI 3:10 commands us to bring them to G-d first. Verses 11-12 are his promise to us of what he will do because of our obedience. But even before that when Abraham tithes to Melchizedek G-d was teaching him the principle. Spiritually you can see it all the way back in Genesis 1:11 when G-d said the seed was in itself. I often hear people say that they don’t see it mentioned in the New Testament but what then about Luke 18:12 and Hebrews chapter 7 verses 5-6, 8-9?
It’s more than a principle it’s a spiritual law. Most people that are rich operate in tithing. That’s what charity is all about to them. Though some do church and charity. They operate in it and see great harvests (The one minute Millionaire is a great book example).The IRS takes 10% out of your check off the top but when G-d requires it they think the preacher is lying or something. And even if he is-find another church. I don’t care what my pastor does with the tithes. I don’t expect him to pay my bills I hold G-d to ensuring that things are done. When I give--I let go when I put my money in the envelope. It’s a seed. That’s kingdom operation--we sow, we reap in greater abundance.
I don’t see anywhere it says to tithe time though I do believe working in the church is important. In all things we are supposed to do them as unto the LORD and not to man. Serving must be done with the right heart so if they trying to serve with time only, but they ignore obedience to G-d’s word…I don’t see how you can compare the 2. So to think that we have an option to choiose is error. I used to have a problem with tithing until I fully understood the whole thing.

Singles … Things every single should do for themselves prior to marriage #1

I have to tell you that there are a thousand things that I wish I had done prior to getting married. For instance. The no dating season. I had entered one right before I got married because of a bad break-up. I needed to reflect on my mistakes and why I had attracted this man when I was nothing like him. But somehow I got distracted by that peaceful time because people acted as if something was wrong with me being single.

There seems to be a common assumption that every woman needs to have a man on her arm. If not, she must be a lesbian or confused. I must admit I was enjoying my time. I felt no pressure to spend time with anyone, I was not pulled in a hundred directions at one time and if I wanted to go to dinner with a girlfriend I was able to do so whenever time permitted. No having to check in to make sure my man had not scheduled anything for us that day or whatever. It was a very relaxing period.

From a biblical standpoint in Isaiah 51:2 the word says that G-d called Abraham alone that he might increase him and multiply him. Verse 3 deals with G-d refreshing us. I didn’t know anything about the bible then though I wish that I had. G-d wants to do some things in our lives minus anyone else. Several of the women in my church have taken the time to start businesses, build homes from the ground up and take fabulous vacations. We can also spend that time cleaning up our finances, training for better jobs and most importantly developing the best relationship with G-d. We need to be delivered of our issues so that they don’t affect the relationship G-d brings for us.

Single-hood should not be looked at as a time of loneliness. I wasn’t lonely, just ignorant. Most of the time we don’t know how to be alone. I don’t mean single and man-hopping with no committed relationship. I mean alone without a date and not searching for the next man. JUst enjoying being a woman taking care of herself. Which brings me to another point that women aren’t even supposed to be looking for him, he’s supposed to be looking for you. (And even some that think they have found us need to be thrown back).

I know one thing, this time I am going to enjoy the single period. I am simply looking forward to G-d doing some great things while I am by myself and whoever comes along in the process of time will benefit from all this time I have to give to G-d. I want to make sure he’s truly head of my life.
Married folks tomorrow...Common mistakes women make in marriages.

Be Blessed.
Chosen.

Not really any advice so much as to say that what I have learned is trust is earned. You do not automatically trust anyone just because they show up in our lives. I have done that too many times to count and I have been burned as a result. But society tells us that we should give a person the benefit of the doubt until they do something. Well, I adhered to that (and surely I’m not the only one) and I have hated the day that I did. I have learned to trust him in that area first. The word tells us that if acknowledge him first and he’ll direct us. Whenever I meet people now, that’s what I do. He has never failed to tell me whether or not to go forward in the relationship and he has been faithful to never let fail as long as I trust him. The Bible says that we have a unction to know all things (1 John 2:22). You know how you meet someone and automatically you really don’t like them? They said something or they did something and you just knew. But everyone else liked them, so we tend to go against it because we feel like we haven’t given a person a chance, but that’s G-d attempting to warn us. That’s your unction. After you see what you see, ask G-d to confirm it. Believe it or not, he warns us before we enter in with people. Usually we miss it and we when look back it was clear.

But in general to overcome challenges, write the book of Deuteronomy. You would be amazed at how well it works. Write/type your own personal copy and read it(Deuteronomy 17:18-20). I know what it sounds like but, it works. Take your time and write. It was addressed for kings and revelation 1 does say that we are kings and priests. I also have to state the anointing in our church should be enough to cause deliverance in us. If we struggle, it’s either our lack of application of what we are being taught or we have outgrown the place. The word in a place should both stretch us and challenge us to grow. The level of word should teach us new things that we never saw and the revelation there should be enough to fight any battle with.

Now I know this is weird, but I don’t tend to invite too many people to my church. Only people that are truly hungry for the word, relationship with G-d and real change in their lives. If you come because you heard he’s a multimillionaire, a prophet, that he buys houses and cars for people in his congregation he’ll quickly read your spirit and you won’t stay anyway. Anyone still doing things the old way like in the life they were supposed to have given up, won’t last nor be comfortable unless they CHANGE. When I first went, he had the word but he was hitting me so hard personally that I left angry. But I was ready for change. Secretly I loved him--I had never heard such a word before. Nothing like it on TV or anywhere. But my FLESH. I had to go 2 more times before I knew he was the one. G-d confirmed and I have never been more blessed and never so attacked either. The enemy fights your change with attacks. He figures that you’ll give up and go back to the old way. I decided to go on through. The change in me and my walk is on a higher level.
So I have learned that everyone won’t enjoy a prophetic anointing. Too personal. He’ll tear your mess up! With that said, I have to tell you that I have been a member of the biggest C.OG.IC ministry here--2 years and then one of the largest Nondenominational churches here- 3 years. Just a little time with G-d and I found out how G-d really viewed things. I had no lasting changes at either place. Good little shouting messages--but still struggling at home. My point, It takes getting to the right place for real deliverance to break out in our lives. Ask anyone who has found their place and they will tell you the same. And even then, it’s a process.

Be Blessed.

Chosen.

Serenity's tithing question and singles--tomorrow.