What am I exactly saying?? what am I doing?? Is what I'm saying or doing importan??

Loved ones it's been a whole week!!!
I want to share the Highlight of my week which was a sermon I heard in church. You know what?? It was such a great sermon I think I'll always remember it, especially when I need to be reminded of it.
In essence the sermon helped me prioritize my priorities in life. I think a lot of the time we live life just constantly feeling like we have to achieve so many goals , like making sure I do the 10Krun, I have enough savings, I'm traveling, I’m the best Sunday school teacher ever, I have the best women's ministry in the world I'm married in 5 years, I see my business grow, have my own TV show, own a magazine, earn a higher salary, be the first female something, or first African something, make sure I look younger and slimmer when I'm 40, NEED I SAY MORE!!!!!!!!

I mean we grow up and live in such a goal driven society, not living up to my standards or to society's standards can be a staggering fear or sense of failure.
So what does this have anything to do with Intimacy with Jesus??? NOTHING. Does Jesus care about me being a hot mom in my 40's still walking in h heels?? Probably YES hahah. (I'm only 27 now)
The whole point was that last week's sermon was another WAKE UP CALL for me in regards to my time and a lifestyle of intimacy with the Lord.
It’s as if you start becoming this prayer robot that Loves Jesus for what he can get you through not for who He really is and what he is about.

There's nothing wrong with having big dreams and desires, most of them are from the Lord anyway, but it’s like we start using God's Name in Vain, by creating a platform for our goals & egos all in the NAME OF LORD.
Last week’s sermon was a great reminder that our sole purpose in this generation is to spread the Kingdom of God, through his son Jesus Christ with the power of the Holy Spirit.” But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well"(MATTHEW6:33)

The Lord wants nothing more than to give you & me the desires of our pumping little hearts, especially if they’re allied with his will for us. Does that mean I should seek the kingdom of God in order to get what I "desire" NOOOO. It means my heart's desire and priority should be Jesus because apart from him honestly this life has no sense of purpose.
When I pray I’m not only praying for my business to grow instead I ask the Lord how can you use this business you've given me to spread the Love of your Kingdom?? Instead of always whining about my boss or work to the Lord I say Jesus how I can show my colleagues the Love & power of your Kingdom. So I want to sign off with this encouraging scripture of worth:
John 14: “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it”. (John 14:13-14)
Jesus adores you Woman of Worth!!!
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Fire without Heat

As I walk and live in intimacy with Jesus daily, I've come to realize that the most important part of my relationship with Jesus is knowing and believing that I'm Loved.
I think the Enemy of our souls tries his best to rob this truth from us because of its power. There's massive power that comes with knowing how much God loves you and actually believing it.
When you don’t know and don’t believe in God's love for you, intimacy with Jesus starts to feel like you have to work for it and do your best to maintain it instead of living in it.
The other day I was thinking about Martha and Mary( Luke 10:38-42) Martha thought she was serving the Lord with all her heart and she eventually complained to Jesus and also compared herself with her sister.(which tends to happen a lot among sisters in the church) Now there’s nothing wrong with Martha cooking a meal for everyone,(I would have just asked a miracle from Jesus to feed us all and do the dishes too and clean up)I mean if Jesus(in person) decided to come over my house with all his disciples, I would probably be really under a lot of stress especially he just raised my brother Lazarus from the dead!!! It’s just that in the process of all that Martha was doing, she started to work for intimacy, because she had missed out on how much Jesus loved her. She had missed out on knowing and believing in the Love of Jesus and that his love does not need us to be perfect.
In 1st Corinthians 13:
Paul says “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing”. Basically jumping into a Fire for the name of Jesus is meaningless if you don’t know how much you're loved. God is love, He is all about Love, if we live a life of working for intimacy instead of receiving it and living in it without Jesus who is a Gift of Love from God, it all becomes meaningless.
Serving God without God's love and serving him without knowing how much He loves you is like lighting a cold fire, and that just leaves you absolutely exhausted.
Knowing and believing in God's love for you is the foundation of intimacy with Jesus. When you know you're loved you stop living under condemnation but you begin to live in a life giving relationship with Jesus. John 3:16.
Continue to walk in Love with Jesus, You're Loved
WOW
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An Inconvenient Vineyard

Hey Ladies!!!
I've been doing my best to remain faithful to blogging. So anytime I can find time to squeeze in sharing time I make sure I do it.
While letting God's word speak to me, I've been combining the book of John and the book of Kings (1&2) I truly love the stories in the Old Testament. Some of them just have some serious drama; I mean some really good soapy drama, realty TV going on.
Anyway this week I reflected on a story called NABOTH'S VINEYARD.
Basically the jest of the story is King Ahab sees a nice fruitful vineyard by a hill that belongs to a man named Naboth. The Vineyard just happens to be close to the King's palace and He thinks it would be perfect for him to plant a vegetable garden.
Ok because of the Law (Mosses Law) The King requests Naboth to either give him the vineyard close to his palace in exchange for a better vineyard or buy it from him for whatever amount Naboth Request.
Naboth's response was "I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors,” Naboth replied. "The LORD forbids that I should let you have it!" basically He told the King of Israel a big NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. So the King went home depressed Please read the rest of it 1st Kings 21.
Anyway eventually the King and Queen eventually kill Naboth and his son's for His Vineyard.
Ok when I read this story I just thought of myself as Naboth, and the vineyard being my purity, sexual integrity, my intimacy with Jesus, my spiritual walk, finances, health e.t.c The Lord showed me that these things are gifts and an spiritual inheritance that God has given me, an inheritance that Jesus died for on the cross. And as a young woman I tend to have "King Ahabs" in my life that could lead me to compromise my Godly given inheritance. The funny thing the "King Ahabs in my Life make it sometimes make it seem worth giving up all that God has given me as part of his covenant promise for me.... These King Ahabs offer convenience, wealth, security, flatter, feeding my ego, emotions e.t.c all at the risk of me compromising my God given inheritance.
When Naboth said no to King Ahab, he knew he could put his life in danger or even delay his success. Naboth even got murdered for not selling his vineyard to the King.
I sometimes ask myself when my inheritance ever has to be tested like Naboth how will I stand? but I've learned in the past that every time I've been able to Say NO to the "King Ahabs" of my life (even just by refusing to sleep in and go exercise ha-ha or saying no to Ice-cream on weekdays or buying another pair of shoes just because its on sale ahhaah) I’ve learned that I'm not standing alone, but I really feel my intimate relationship with Jesus helping me stand.
So I truly encourage you that even if in the past or in your life you often find yourself saying yes to King Ahab, that you would know that God's grace and forgiveness has the power to restore your inheritance in him.
You know what?? The Lord made sure that Naboth's death was avenged. Everyone in Ahab's household died horrible shameful deaths and they weren't even buried. So if anyone or anything has forcefully taken away your inheritance, God will make sure that your past dies a shameful death that will be buried on the foot of the cross!!!
So Always know that you're loved and you’re a Vineyard worth everything.
WOW.

Sacrificing Purity For a Golden Calf

Ok, I know the title sounds a little heavy. But you know what a few months ago, I just had the urge to read Exodus, I love the stories in the old testament, no matter how many times I read them, I always feel God through his Holy spirit teaches me something new. I really feel that the word of God is never stale; it’s as if every time you read it with your heart, no matter how exhausted, time of day or discouraged you feel, The Lord always shows you a refreshing revelation. It’s interesting that every revelation is a reminder of how valuable we are not only as women but as daughters of the King.

So I read Exodus 32
When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us gods [a] who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him."
2 Aaron answered them, "Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, [b] O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

You know after reading this scripture I wasn't really upset at the lack of Faith the Israelites, but instead I felt sad that the WOMEN were the first to give up their Jewelry to mold the calf. According to scripture it seems like no one protected the WOMEN from giving up their Jewelry. I started thinking to myself the whole story would have been different if a few husbands, fathers and brothers stood up and said "We refuse to see our wives, daughters and sons give up their Jewelry to fashion Sin".
You know the Lord began to show me that the jewelry used to fashion the golden calf actually represented purity. The Israelites needed PURE Gold, PURITY to construct a god they could worship, a god that would make them feel secure, make them feel valued, provide for them, give them direction.
Unfortunately our world is a lot like the Israelites; our world is willing to sacrifice purity at the expense of God's children to fashion misleading gods that give our world false security, guidance and value. I mean if we look at every marketing strategy for cosmetics, cars, clothes e.t.c, it permits young women to give up their jewels or Purity to get our attention, and for false profitable gain.
I'm not promoting feminism or anything else, it’s just that after I read this scripture I started praying that the Lord would raise up men and women that will fight to protect the purity of this generation. Men and women that will stand and say "we will not allow our wives, daughters, sons, sisters and brothers to give up their PURITY to Fashion a Golden Calf". I pray that as we heal from the hurts of the past and remain healed, we would continue to ask the Lord to guard our hearts so that we would not give up our purity to fashion golden calves that will draw us away from an intimate relationship with Jesus.
As always you're a woman of worth fashioned with God's Love and that makes you a pure crowned princess of God meant to reign & rule with him.
You’re loved.
WOW

The Light Shines On

Hmmm Ok I know its been forever since I've updated our blog. I'm still working in this area of discipline in my life. Its been 3 perfect beautiful months since I've updated. WOW group has been through a lot of changes lately, we've experienced some of our dear sisters moving back to their home countries and we trust that God will continue to ever shine His face upon each one of them.

These Past three months I've personally experienced the Love and Intimacy of Jesus. You Know as I indulge in the WORD especially the book of John, I just find some amazing healing and Loving truths about the reality of Jesus. In John 1:8 It says "He Himself was not the Light(this is talking about John the baptist)He came only as witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyman was coming into the world" You know as I write this scripture verse my eyes are filled with tears, because I truly believe that as we experience a true intimate relationship with Jesus people around us truly see God, they see the likeness of God and NOT of RELIGION. When we Live in the light of Jesus we become living witnesses that the truth of JESUS is the reality in this world filled with Lies. Our Intimacy with Jesus really transforms us to the absolute likeness, image and the presence of the True living God.
Like John the Baptist our relationship with Jesus should proclaim and prepare the way of the Lord in the strongholds and dark places of this world. When were in a true intimate relationship with Jesus the words we speak, the way we eat, sleep, handle our finances, our attitude about work, life, exercise, business, relationships will be absolutely Godly and will bring nations to the true light of Jesus Christ.
Always remember that you're a crown Princess not because of what you've done, because of who God says you are and that is a Women OF Great Worth..
Jesus adores you
WOW.

WORD UP

John 1. In him was life and that life was the light of men” Thank you Jesus that you’re life, you’re WORD is life.
Sometimes we feel that there areas in our lives that are dead, and because of these dead areas or sense of death in us, we can’t truly experience the intimacy we’re meant to have with God. I often hear sermons and read books and articles about intimacy with Jesus and how our relationship with Jesus needs to change from a religious mindset to an intimate lifestyle with him. In our women’s group we often talk about having an intimate relationship with Christ so that we can heal from our past hurts.
However the question always remains how do I have intimacy with Jesus? Is there a formula?? Should I increase my prayer time? Should I attend more cell groups, read my bible more. Have an accountability partner, get married, fast from shopping, or take a 40 day fast from face book or my favorite gossip magazine. All these things seem like the best formula. I’ve tried them and after every shopping fast, I do actually realize that my worth in Jesus is not in my fashion sense
But the Lord has been showing me a lot lately that I can do all these things and still not have intimacy with him. I’ve come to realize that intimacy with God is not how well you hear his voice, oh how many visions you get, and how many people are on your prayer list and all the global issues you intercede for. But it’s letting his WORD bring life to all the dark areas in your life. I feel so many times we try to live life with dead areas, such as insecurities, unhealthy & ungodly relationships, jealousy, competition, addictions, worry, fear ,weight issues, hating our jobs and our boss, need for attention, not liking or loving ourselves you name it. I find it so hurtful and sad that a lot of us in the body of Christ are still wounded casualties not prepared as the army and bride of Christ were called to be. I mean we say we’re walking with the Lord yet still can’t overcome the dead areas in our lives and still live in fear. What is wrong here!!!????(This LARGLEY INCLUDES ME)
So as I spent time NOT READING my “Bible” but seeking and studying the WORD of God, which is the Life of God, the Lord showed me through his WORD I can experience an effortless intimacy with him, an intimacy that will restore, and keep me restored, pour vision, joy, life in the dead areas. Through this I’m being taught that a lifestyle of prayer begins with finding life and intimacy through the WORD of God. When we dig into the WORD we dig into our ROOTS, into the source and origin of who we are and are meant to be and that is experiencing all of God. All we ever need to understand about ourselves is in God. I long to be at a point where I’m daily consumed by HIS WORD in every area of my life and yes that includes my job too, my morning hikes, bathroom time, business deals, shopping for a new non-emergency pair of shoes, even praying life over the celebrities I read about on the gossip columns, because before everything began the WORD was there and it was with GOD and the WORD was God < Jesus the WORD was with God in the Beginning. The journey and lifestyle of intimacy with God begins in the WORD, through the love of Jesus, because apart from him we can’t do anything.

New Aerial View

The will of God is mighty, so mighty and high. I have aerial view, I know, I know what is best for you. You are my child; I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will not leave you orphaned. In the middle of the rain storm I am by your side. When your coat is soaking wet, arms open wide you're looking up to heaven , but I stand behind you with arms wrapped around you tight. I will never leave you, NEVER NEVER NEVER. I am with you now and always. you are MINE...MINE, and I will guard you jealously, jealously, because you are MINE, No one will snatch you away from me, you are MINE, you are MINE, from me you are MINE, YOU are MINE YOU are MINE. FORGIVEN AND LOVED.
Her Royal Highness Princess Vanessa.