God comes first - or so He is supposed to. . . NOT, me, myself & I, like I might have been trying to do.

Hello again everyone. . . It's sure been a good while since I've had a chance to write. Oh boy or boy, where to start!? It's been one big mess - or the devil has been tryin' to make it one big mess anyway. However, he might have succeed a bit, but I did fight him off and I am back on track now! ALL to the Glory of God!! You know, when we put God first in our lives, mind, heart and everything, it really is sooo much easier! I have found that out a while back when I first came back to Him, but also here lately when I kinda put God on the back burner and tried to handle with me, myself & I. NOT a good thing to do. . . not if you are wanting the life, the love, joy, happiness, peace and everything that goes along with God - everything that is God! So, I finally figured out what I have been telling everyone for so long - PUT GOD FIRST. . . start your day out with Him, first & foremost, keep Him there throughout your day and consult Him in everything you do, want to do and pray to Him about everything and anything. Jesus lives on the inside of us, in our heart and we need to keep Him in the forefront of our minds as well. Tryin' to do things our self or our own way - without consulting Him, does not usually end well, at least it doesn't for me since I have made Him my Lord and Savior. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV . . . You will NOT believe that I was trying to think exactly how this verse went word for word and thought, "we'll, I had better look it up so I am not misquoting God's Word and low and behold, this is the verse that was on Biblegateway.com when I went to look up this scripture. . . it's the daily verse for today! Talk about confirmation!! But that is exactly how God works, if you let Him or if you keep yourself open to His Blessing.
So, what I suggest is to 1. ALWAYS, under all circumstances, put God first and foremost, above anything and everything else - including family. There are times when a wife or husbands thinks that they should come first to their significant other or in the marriage. This is NOT true; God comes first even in a marriage. If you put Him first, He is always there for you and helping you in that marriage. Making that marriage stronger and building both of you up, towards Him and Blessing you in everything that you do, whether it be alone or together. 2. Pray about everything! Asking God which direction He wants you to do, what He wants you to do and what He has for you to do or has for you period is the only way to go. ¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray continually, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians%205:16-18&version=NIV Amen! He will guide you, lead you, show you the way in which you should go. . . leading you on the right path, the path that He has in stored for you as a believer, as a Christian. 3. Love one another John 13:34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” As you can see, it plainly states in the Bible that loving one another is a requirement. . . a new command given to us. 4. Pray for others, pray for one another as it says in the Bible. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. We are to always pray for one another, as this is love, as God is love. And God loves it when we pray, for others and for ourselves. He loves us to ask Him for things and just to talk to Him.
If you follow all of these, and you truly believe that God sent His son to die for us, have made Him your Savior and live for Him, then you can't lose. You will be Blessed as God loves you.  He loves you so much, that He gave His only Begotten son to die on the tree for you. He shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in Glory in Christ Jesus!
Just remember, get as close to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit as you can! They are always there for you. . . just don't ever get too comfortable or think you are so in there with God, that you can take it on your own. So don't do what I did, thinking that you can do it all by yourself, because you really, truly can't. God wants us to rely on Him and to give Him our everything - to make Him first, then He can pour out His Spirit and Blessing upon us more than we have ever desired or dreamed!
I love you all with all of my heart!
Be so very Blessed!

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The Lighted Path - God's direction & leading - finding my way and finding myself: GOD'S Spirit - the pouring out of His Spirit

The Lighted Path - God's direction & leading - finding my way and finding myself: GOD'S Spirit - the pouring out of His Spirit: GOD is pouring out HIS Spirit upon me and my family!! He is continuously Blessing me and I am almost overwhelmed!! He keeps depositing peop...

GOD'S Spirit - the pouring out of His Spirit

GOD is pouring out HIS Spirit upon me and my family!! He is continuously Blessing me and I am almost overwhelmed!! He keeps depositing people of stature, prosperity and amazing Blessings into our lives! I just can't get enuff of the AMAZING things that GOD can and will do when you are FULLY committed to HIM and following HIM! I am SOOOO very #thankful and will continue showing my #gratitude forev...er - never forgetting what I once was and who I once was; a sinner who thought that God has forgotten me... someone that thought she wasn't good enuff to have another chance and not good enuff for anything that this world had to offer, much less what God had to offer and what HE always had for me, just waiting. #ThankYOUFather!! In #AWE of YOU! — feeling excited.
Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
The Lord is indeed Blessings me. . . not only with His Spirit and everything He has in store for me, pertaining to all that he wants me to do, but also with yes, material things. Now I know a lot of you think that material things do not matter, and you are right for the most part. What is truly important is God himself and the work we do for Him and His Kingdom. However, it plainly says in the Bible - His Word, in the scripture that I just shared, you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Now what does that sound like to you!? It sounds like to me that He WANTS to Bless us with money, with material things, so that we can lend to others. He is making us a Blessing so that we are able to be a Blessing to others! How wonderful, don't you agree?
My previous posts (above) explains perfectly well why I have not been on FaceBook as much as I had been in the past, or prolly won't be for a while still yet (God's got me #BUSY !) And those that know God and the wonderful things that He can do, will completely understand. Just know that I am thinking of you all and praying for each of my family & friends while I am not online here... you are always in my #heart! He has #GreatThings In store and He is revealing them to me a little at a time!! I'm sooo very excited and I just can't hide it!! HE is moving me to new levels and from glory to #glory!
I am working more here on my Blog and my Christian page on Facebook - not my personal, which I was referring to earlier bout not being on it as much. I am truly enjoying my blogging and learning that I can write. Of course, it is with the help of the precious Holy Spirit. I just let go and the Holy Spirit just takes over my fingers typing at this keyboard - it's wonderful. When I first started this blog, I thought, "what in the world of I going to write?" Of course I knew it was going to do with God and all of His wonderfulness and Jesus, but I just didn't know what to write or how I would even fill up half a page, much less a full page. (But you seen the blog before last right!? Lol, it was LONG!) Now it doesn't concern me in the least bit, as I know once I let go and just open my eyes, ears, and heart to God, He sends His Spirit to take over and leads my fingers where they should go. How amazing this experience is... it's really indescribable unless you've been here yourself. You too can find out though. I promise if you are thinking about it, just give it a try. If it doesn't work out, then at least you know that you tried. But I can promise you that you are gonna LOVE it with Jesus!
Won't you give #JESUS a try and come find out what this is all about!?
All you have to do, is cry out or call His Name, JESUS!! He will answer you, He will save you and He will deliver you and SET YOU FREE! That's all there is to it. You just have to take your salvation by faith and believe that He saved you - no more, no less. Then later, He will reveal Himself to you more and more and will let you know the wonderful things He has in store for you to do, as in working for Him to further His Kingdom. Glory glory glory!!

Blessings and prosperous - life and Blessings or death and curses, what will you chose!?

God's will is for you to prosper, to be healthy & for you to be above only & not beneath! Ps. 35:27; 3 John vs 2; Deut. 28:13
Did you know that we are Blessed!? We have God's Blessings upon us and our lives and our households! We have THE BLESSING! The Blessing of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is what God has given us when we decide to follow Him.

Deuteronomy 28

Amplified Bible (AMP)

28 If you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments which I command you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

² And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God.

³ Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field.

⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock.

⁵ Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough.

⁶ Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out.

Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8 AMP
See how He has #Blessed us!? Isn't that the most wonderful feeling in the whole world!?

¹³ And the Lord shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day and are watchful to do them.

 

¹⁴ And you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
He has made us the head and not the tail. We should confess this over ourselves and our family every day! He has commanded us this day to do what He wants; us to follow Him and commit ourselves to Him and to obeying His Word; His commandments. That's all He asks. . . for us to follow Him and obey His commandments; to forgive others and love other's as we love ourselves. That isn't asking a lot. . . especially if you weigh what He is Blessing us with (not that we should do it simply because of what we are gaining from it, but because of who He is and because He loves us and we love Him!
Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live
See, here He is telling us that we must choose either life and Blessings, or death and curses. . . that choosing life means that we and our descendants may live and live life more abundantly. He has soo many wonderful things for us if we decide to follow Him, commit to His commandments and chose life and Blessings. Oh glory glory glory!! Praise God now and forever!! Isn't this just wonderful and amazing!!?? I know it is for me - I can't get enough of the Good Lord, His Word and His precious Holy Spirit! What have you chosen today? ... Life or death?
Copyright Patti Houston 8/21/2013 @www.facebook.com/patti.houston @Be Set Free

God works all things together for our Good!

Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose,"

This should give us comfort. . . knowing that all things work together for us that love God and we that are called according to His purpose. If we love the Lord our God with all of our heart, our soul, our mind, and our life, then we should know that we are called according to His purpose. We just have to give everything that we have and everything that we are too Him. Place our love upon Him, as He has placed His upon us - He first loved us, as He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in His shall not perish but have ever-lasting life! O praise God!!

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#Allthings4Good

The Lighted Path - God's direction & leading - finding my way and finding myself: The GREAT GRACE and FAVOR of GOD! It's upon me and...

The Lighted Path - God's direction & leading - finding my way and finding myself: The GREAT GRACE and FAVOR of GOD! It's upon me and...: Would you like to know of GOD'S GOODNESS and HIS FAVOR!?! We'll I'm bout to tell you ALL bout it! And how HE is ALWAYS GOOD &amp...

The GREAT GRACE and FAVOR of GOD! It's upon me and it is for you too!

Would you like to know of GOD'S GOODNESS and HIS FAVOR!?! We'll I'm bout to tell you ALL bout it! And how HE is ALWAYS GOOD & FAITHFUL!

I was enrolled in Westwood College online. I was going for my Bachelor's of Science Degree in Graphic/Web Design and had been in attendance for 3 years. . . I took a couple of terms off b/c of the passing of my precious Brother-n-law Bobby, then we had other deaths in the family and unforeseen things going on (the enemy), that really got to me. I had tried to be sooo strong for my sister and be there for her after she lost her husband, and I wanted her to be OK, so I did whatever I could to make sure it would be OK for her. We'll, I crashed and crashed BIG-time! It was just too much on me tryin to be there for her and make things as OK as I possibly could, then on top of bein' there for Charlie as we were ALL suffering from losing him, along with other family and close friends ( we lost like 5 people within a 6 month period).
It took it's tolled on me. . . that nasty lying enemy got his claws into me and tried to get me down. We'll , it worked for a time. He got me into a depressed state. So bad, that I didn't want to get out of bed in the morning. I looked forward to NOTHING! I had to DRAG myself outta bed in the morning, IF I managed to get up at all. Now yes, I have suffered with depression before, actually several times. ( ALL from satan and trying to get me down and keep me down), so bad that I have been suicidal before (something I AM not PROUD of, but something that I can't forget!) I have forgiven myself and God HAS forgiven me as I asked for HIS forgiveness. I have also suffered from panic/anxiety attacks, to the point that I thought I was havin' a heart attack on numerous occasions. NOT fun whatsoever!! I have been diagnosed with clinical depression as well as being bi-polar, with anxiety disorder and panic attacks. (By the way, I am going some place with all of this - IT'S a testimony ppl!!) I have been on medication for many years; antidepressants,  anxiety meds, mood stabilizers, and the latest was pain meds for my back and neck. I was sooo medicated at one time, that I did not know what was going on hardly! Anyway, I'm here to tell you that although I am NOT completely off ALL of the meds, I am NOT taking as much as the doctor or the bottle SAYS to take, PRAISE GOD! I do NOT take an antidepressants at all! I do NOT take a mood stabilizer whatsoever! I do still take a pain med but not what the doctor prescribed, I do not need the whole amount. I do still take Kolonipin for anxiety but again, not what is prescribed. Thank YOU LORD!! And I truly believe AND envision myself totally medication free and SOON! Including the meds that I am on for high cholesterol and for my heart - the blood pressure meds that keep my heart beating regular.

Now, this is bout the time that I met my wonderful, anointed Woman of God, Jennifer Mills, whom later, I would call my mentor and my sister - who would start a ministering page for us ladies of God, called Rubies in the Sand, and also received her minister's certificate to become a Pastor! During the time that I was right in the middle of my depressive state. I knew God, but I wasn't as close to Him as I had been before and as close as I knew that I could be, should be and that He wanted me to be. I had been begging Him to help me, but you see, God is moved by faith. And although I did have a small amount of faith, I was not using my faith to receive my healing. I was talking death and curses, not life and Blessing. I did NOT Have this; Colossians 1:4

For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [the leaning of your entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] and of the love which you [have and show] for all the saints (God’s consecrated ones), . So while I may have believe I was healed, I spoke that I was sick and depressed daily. She helped me so much, even right from the start! I met her on Facebook, where I have met so many of my friends, Sisters and Brothers. I had happened across her page (NO, You don't happen across anything - that was a God thing!) He led me to her as He knew I needed her; needed her guidance, her love, her advice and her counseling. And He was right. . . He knows what He is doing at ALL times, so don't ever let anyone tell you that He doesn't! Anyway, I was soaking up everything that I could from Sis Jenn, as much as I could with the way my memory and my concentration was at that moment anyway. She was hosting teaching sessions on God and how we needed to learn to choose and speak life and Blessing, not death and curses. How we needed to speak into existence what we wanted; healing, prosperity, happiness, joy, peace and to not be moved by what we seen or heard, or what the circumstances looked like - to keep speaking life and positive things and the Word of God over our situation. You better believe that I was EATING it ALL up like a sponge soaking up water! I SO wanted what my Sister in Christ had and I was willing to go to any lengths to get it!

Now, I have to admit that I was learning to speak life and Blessings and NOT the death and curses. I wanted what my Sisters in Christ had and I was doing all I could to get there, even though I was still depressed and it didn't seem like it was getting any better. I continued speaking God's Word over myself and my situation. I watched BVOV everyday. . . I tried to start my morning's out with Kenneth Copeland. I watched the Healing School that Gloria Copeland taught over and over again. I prayed for my whole, complete healing. I believed that I received my healing and I TOOK my healing. I CLAIMED my healing! I took it and claimed it AFTER I believed for it and received it - you HAVE to receive whatever you are wanting after you believe for it! Then, you have to stand. . . STAND for your healing, for whatever you are believing God for, regardless of what the situation says or the circumstances look like, or what you're body is saying or what anyone is saying - you say what the Word of God says and you keep saying it. Stand for it and speak it out of your mouth! You do this daily, hourly is necessary until you have whatever it is you have been standing and believing for. That is what I was doing. However, I started to doubt. . . I wasn't really seeing any results. You know how you want something, then you add God into the situation, knowing or believing who He is and you think that you should have the results right then, right at that moment. However, as I mentioned before, God just doesn't work that way. He is moved by Faith. Yes, there have been situation's where He moved and it was a pure case of the person either not believing because they weren't a believer or where they couldn't believe and He did His miracle. But for the most part, God moves by your faith - even if it's only the faith of a mustard seed as seen here in scripture; Matthew 17:20

He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

 

So see, just because I didn't see those results right away or see myself getting better as fast as I thought it should happen - I mean, heck we are dealing with God himself, He should be able to do whatever He wants to right then and there. He MOVES by faith. The more faith we have and develop the more we will see Him move! I waivered though. I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should and I waivered and started to doubt. This is where the enemy steps in, or tries to. Once he gets you to doubt, by telling you lies that he is famous for, such as, "hey, you aren't healing. He isn't healing you. Are you seeing any results?" then he tries to get you to doubt more by telling you more lies and enticing you with the terrible things he has to offer. It's a trick, DO NOT listen to him and his lies. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy. He does not want you to stand in your faith and believe for your healing in that situation and will tell you whatever he has to to get you to doubt. Once he gets you to doubt, he will move in for the kill. BUT, that is when even though we may have doubted (God understands and knows that we will doubt now and then), we get our Bible and the Word of God and we speak the Word of God over ourselves and our situations - regardless of how much we may have doubted or waivered. We pick up where we left off and just hand in there, keep speaking His Word and standing on His promises for ourselves and our lives. And it will get better!

At times, the miracle or healing does happen instantaneously, but usually we have to stand. . . standing is how we show God our Heavenly Father, that we have faith. That we have the faith to stand and we will continue standing for what He has for us, regardless of what the situation or circumstance says. If we we're given everything we wanted or everything that God promised us when we wanted it, there would be no need to have faith, now would there? Our faith and our speaking the thing into existence is what pulls the healing or miracle of what you are standing for, from the super-natural realm into the material realm. Because once you asked, believe, receive and claim whatever it is you are praying for, it is yours! It is done as soon as you ask for it - you just have to believe for it, receive it and then be ready to stand for it until it is materialized into this natural world. You do not know of what takes place in the super-natural for you to have what you have asked for. That is another reason why at times you have to stand longer than usual. You have to declare a thing (we will get more into this at a later time - as your faith grows, you learn more and are more open minded about something) Matthew 18 ¹⁸ Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be ^[e]what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be ^[f]what is already permitted in heaven. You have to pray and speak the Word of God. . . you cannot pray for something that does not line up with the Word. But healing does line up with His Word. Jesus bore all of our sicknesses and diseases so we could be healed as it is written according to Psalm 103:1-5

¹ Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name!

² Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—

³ Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,

⁴ Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;

⁵ Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!
Do you see these wonderful promises here! Oh glory to God! How could is possibly get any better than this!?  Now to get back to my doubting. I jumped right back into His Word and I quoted and prayed these healing scriptures over myself EVERY single day and night! It did not matter if I woke up sick in the morning. I just rebuked satan and told him to take whatever he was tryin' to bring onto my body down the road to someone else, as I was NOT receiving it in Jesus' name! Now at times, you have to just buckle down and keep rebuking him, because he doesn't give up easily. . . especially if he sees that you are getting close to your breakthrough or if he sees how long you have been standing and he doesn't like that at all. I started watching every Christian channel I could and Word of Faith preachers were my favorite ones. I had everyone I knew praying for me and my wonderful Sister Jennifer Mills was praying in agreement with me. . . she even went so far as to write up a paper (I can't remember what it's called right at the moment, but will find out), but something about an agreement and oh yeah, a prayer of petition (thank you HOLY SPIRIT for bringing that to my remembrance!) She went to the trouble and all of the work to write up a prayer of petition for me, little ole me. I knew at that moment, that she REALLY cared and when she said that she loved me, I knew she meant it. It brought tears to my eyes. I found myself crying every single time that I read a message from her or talked to her on the phone, or when I wrote a message to her. After that prayer of petition was written and I had gone over it and read it and I prayed in agreement with it and her, things slowly started to change. First it was just little things; such as me not really minding if I got up or not, but it was a HUGE difference between that and absolutely NOT wanting to get up. Then in about a week, I started actually kind of wanting to get up. . . I looked forward to watching BVOV - I looked forward to something, WOW! Then I started hearing in my spirit small things. . . I had no idea what was going on, but I knew it was from God and His Holy Spirit. The more I started noticing things, the more things I started noticing. Then I watched Jerry Savelle and I loved him! He taught on the Favor of God. He said that we have to say about anything good, "That is the Favor of God!" and how the more we do it, the more it happens and the more we see it! How amazing, isn't it!? And it happened like that too. I started doing it and it worked. Now I have to admit at first, I forgot to do it all the time. But I soon learned that I have to remember things, so I wrote EVERYTHING down. I read that paper every morning. Here is a list of scriptures that I prayed and read every day over myself and my family; Psalm 103:1-5, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:4-5 are the healing scriptures. Then there are the other scriptures that I learned to pray over myself and my family for protection, Favor. I said about anything, "more grace!" I thanked God for His Great Grace and peace, I thanked Him for His Favor. I thanked Him for His Blessings; for THE BLESSING. I just thanked Him for everything. Also, whatever I was asking Him for in prayed, I thanked Him for in advance. We have to learn to thank Him for everything; whether it's what He just Blessed us with, what He has done in the past, or recent past, or if it's something we have prayed for and are believing Him for. Thankfulness is gratefulness and we must be grateful at all times - with thanksgiving, giving Him praise for everything and for everyone of His Blessings. (I know I've kinda gotten off track here, but evidently this is something that the Holy Spirit has led me to share so someone must have needed this - I will get back to what I was tryin' to say, lol, soon, I promise!)

 

"This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success." Joshua 1:8

 

Psalm 103

[A Psalm] of David.

¹ Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name!

² Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits—

³ Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,

⁴ Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;

⁵ Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!

 

As He has done so for me, He shall also do for you! I have been healed! I AM the healed! I AM the righteousness of God, in Christ Jesus. As it is written; I am wise, I am well, I am healed, I am Blessed in the Name of Jesus Christ! He has healed me and made me whole; He has set me free! And who has been set free, is FREE indeed! I seen the changes, slowly at first, then more and more. At first I didn't pay much attention to them as they were that small in changes. But then I started noticing more and more and the more I noticed, the more things began to change more so, for the good. The more they changed, the more I praised God, sang His praises, thanked Him and continued to do what I had been doing for so long it seemed; standing on His Word and His promises of healing, prosperity, happiness, joy, peace, etc. ALL of the Blessings that are written in His Word! The more I stood in faith, the more things began to look better and be better.

Romans 8:28

²⁸ We are assured and know that [^[a]God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.

And He does work for good to and for those who love Him. Something to think about and remember at all times.

o as I was getting better, I kept quoting " that's the favor of God!" over and over every time something happened. God healed me and He is still working on me and I give Him ALL the glory honor and praise and will continue to do so. Which brings me to the main reason I am here tonight. . . His Great Grace and Favor. As I mentioned, I was in school At Westwood and had been for quite some time. . . as a matter of fact, I only needed two more terms to earning my Bachelors Degree - Bachelors of Science degree. That is when satan attacked with all that depression and health problems that God delivered me from - that Jesus died on the cross for. Anywho, I got withdrew from school for not posting in my discussion posts in two weeks because I couldn't bring myself to get outta bed. I thought, "wow, all that hard work and time, not to mention money on student loans, ALL of it just down the drain for nothing - nothing at all to show for it. We'll, I was pretty down about that and down on myself. I was about to go into default on my student loans ( you have to start paying them back six months after you are outta school). When one Saturday morning I was up early as I had started getting up and watching BVOV and the phone rang. I saw it was the school and almost didn't answer it thinking that they were reminding me about my upcoming payments. But something stepped in and told me to go ahead and talk to them. I am glad that I did (Btw, that was the Holy Spirit prompting me to do what I was supposed to do -answer that phone call). This new lady told me they had decided to call and see if I had finished school or something. She proceeded to tell me they had a new plan to have everyone get their associates degree first then go for Bachelors. Long story short, I found all I had to do was sign up for my financial aid again and get back into school and I could have my Associates in two terms! I was so excited, you just don't know! I started back to school on May 29th 2013 with the determination of I don't know what. But I do know that I had God on my side and that was all that mattered.

I had just got settled in school during the first week, and my husband comes home and says, "I don't know what we are going to do. . . this job is about done and no other job prospects in line". I told him not to worry, that something would come up. Sure enough, God heard my faith and He rewarded us with a phone call from a friend. He had a friend in Shreveport, LA where he lived that needed roofers. He was 40 jobs out and had stopped talking houses because he did not have the men or laborers to do them. An answer to our prayers! We called the guy and worked out the details; money, how many jobs, where, when and what etc. and set up a time to come down and meet with him. Long story short on this part, we are still here working these jobs with no end to them in the near future! Is God good or what!? He is just and faithful! We have been here since the 3rd of June and it's now the 16th of August. Not only did he get us jobs, but he rented us an amazing duplex that is so big and beautiful too! And he gave us a discount. So now we don't have to pay those expensive motels bills each week which saves us money. We still have our home back home, but it's been put on hold while we are here working. However, there was a price to pay by coming down here when we did and having to stay in motels for the first month. I didn't always have internet access which my school work suffered from. Again. long story short here, I ended up failing my courses because of lack of internet access and I was supposed to have passed all of my courses since I had re-entered school. Again. ALL of that hard work, money, time and my excitement down the drain for nothing. I hate to admit it, but I was pretty angry with Charles over this. . . he had promised me internet and he did not follow through on that promise. I was hurt, angry, upset all rolled into one. I didn't talk about it except the one thing I said when I first found out and he knew how I felt. I did however go to God about it. He heard my cry and plea for help and AGAIN, He lavished His Favor and Great Grace upon me! I am sooo overwhelmed, which is why I am telling you of HIS Favor and GREAT GRACE and that it can be yours too!! As I declare and decree the Favor of God over myself and my family daily, His Favor showed up yesterday. Guess what!? I am back in school. I failed all three of my classes but they are changing the rules and letting me re-take them and I will still be able to earn my degree. How's that for amazing Grace and Favor from the Good Lord!? Genesis 26:3

Dwell temporarily in this land, and I will be with you and will favor you with blessings; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Thank You Father for Your Great Grace and Your Favor and ALL of Your Blessings!!

 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. Revelation 3:14,20 AMP

 

Copyright Patti Houston - The Lighted Path  August 2013

All scriptures taken from The Amplified Bible unless otherwise noted.

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