Today I asked my oldest, who is 12 years old, if she is already praying in Tongues. She said: yes, but not so confident as my husband and I or other adults."
I then told her to look at baby language. How many words do they know? Not many, but they can communicate with that to us. Their language will grow as they grow.
I then encouraged her to use whatever utterings she has. It will grow with confidence.
This catapulted my mind into a flow. This is how we are gifted and using our gifts. We have to use them, no matter how small or insecure we are about them. As we get more experience through using them, we will grow and so will our gift. I then remembered the story of the servant who buried his talent. He never took the time to develop it. Maybe he expected it to operate perfectly without him putting much effort into it.
The Lord of the gifts was not amused. The one who mastered his talent multiplied it and was given more.
This means to me now, that as you grow in your gift, you then teach others to use theirs and you will start flowing in other gifts. The Lord trusting you with more gifts.
I desire to grow in the Lord. I am a busy mother and have a growing business too. For me to be able to share my thoughts with you, I feel that i am emptying myself and then I receive more. If I was to contain everything in me, it might be lost trough forgetfulness. But me sharing this with you is, I guess in a way, multiplying this gift. Because I hope you, my dear readers, feel encouraged.
Well, may God bless you in your walk with Him, reveal your gift and help you to develop them.
Just start by using what you have.
God Bless!!
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Rekindling the Fire - A Trip Down Memory Lane of Healings
Mark 16:17 -18
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Lately I have been feeling the desire again to pray for healing. To lay hands on people and command healing to their bodies. This seems so huge to me that it kind of holds me back. I also want to move in operating the gift of Word of Knowledge. This gift I notice more when I randomly pray for people. In my spirit I see like a landscape of happenings ( images) and these I speak forth.
This morning while doing the dishes(!) I reminisced about times in the past when I have prayed healing for people, laid hands on them and they were healed. I just had faith for their healing. Even if I would never hear from them again.
A few incidents came to mind:
* Once I had a college who was regularly going to the doctor for the disease of Crown, a bowel infection. I believe she even had an operation scheduled... I had asked her if she believed the Lord Jesus could heal her. She might have even been a Muslim, I don't fully remember. However I prayed for her, during a time that our canteen was quiet and commanded her body to be healed. A few weeks later I saw her again and asked her how her doctor appointment had been, and she said they could not find anything!!!
* My sister was on her way to the hospital for an required abortion because the doctors said that she had an out of womb pregnancy (I'm afraid I don't know the medical term). She happened to stop by my house on the way there. I then also prayed for her. When she came back to me, she said that everything was fine with the baby and they were not going to abort anymore.
* I had a college who walked limp. She had mentioned that one of her relatives had had a similar condition and that the foot had to be amputated or something like that. This is SO long ago.
I then called her apart and took the foot and prayed healing to it. I felt something pop. Like a vessel was blocked and reopened. Her walking improved immediately and that was that.
* An aunt of mine was in hospital and had a surgery planned. I believe she had already had one, but their was still something going on and she could not eat or so..I also prayed for her and I believe the next day new tissue had grown and the surgery was no longer needed and she was discharged that week.
AMEN!! The healing power of Lord Jesus! These events are of many years ago now, some as old as 10 years up to a few years ago. However I kind of stopped laying hands on people.
After a turbulent time in my faith, during which I had "thrown away" precious things, I feel like now this gift has been rekindled in me to lay hands on the sick.
I am SO excited to see the sick get healed again and even greater things. All for the Glory of the Lord.
Keep me in your prayers as I try to operate in these gifts for the Glory of YAHWEH-RAPHA - The Lord who Heals.
If the Lord has led you to this page and you are reading this now and you need healing and are feeling a stirring up in your heart, then I speak to you. No matter what condition is going on in your body.
1 Peter 2:24
BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED!! BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!!!
Father I thank you for healing this person for the Glory of your name! AMEN!
Now go and repent of your sins and serve Him!
God Bless!!
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Lately I have been feeling the desire again to pray for healing. To lay hands on people and command healing to their bodies. This seems so huge to me that it kind of holds me back. I also want to move in operating the gift of Word of Knowledge. This gift I notice more when I randomly pray for people. In my spirit I see like a landscape of happenings ( images) and these I speak forth.
This morning while doing the dishes(!) I reminisced about times in the past when I have prayed healing for people, laid hands on them and they were healed. I just had faith for their healing. Even if I would never hear from them again.
A few incidents came to mind:
* Once I had a college who was regularly going to the doctor for the disease of Crown, a bowel infection. I believe she even had an operation scheduled... I had asked her if she believed the Lord Jesus could heal her. She might have even been a Muslim, I don't fully remember. However I prayed for her, during a time that our canteen was quiet and commanded her body to be healed. A few weeks later I saw her again and asked her how her doctor appointment had been, and she said they could not find anything!!!
* My sister was on her way to the hospital for an required abortion because the doctors said that she had an out of womb pregnancy (I'm afraid I don't know the medical term). She happened to stop by my house on the way there. I then also prayed for her. When she came back to me, she said that everything was fine with the baby and they were not going to abort anymore.
* I had a college who walked limp. She had mentioned that one of her relatives had had a similar condition and that the foot had to be amputated or something like that. This is SO long ago.
I then called her apart and took the foot and prayed healing to it. I felt something pop. Like a vessel was blocked and reopened. Her walking improved immediately and that was that.
* An aunt of mine was in hospital and had a surgery planned. I believe she had already had one, but their was still something going on and she could not eat or so..I also prayed for her and I believe the next day new tissue had grown and the surgery was no longer needed and she was discharged that week.
AMEN!! The healing power of Lord Jesus! These events are of many years ago now, some as old as 10 years up to a few years ago. However I kind of stopped laying hands on people.
After a turbulent time in my faith, during which I had "thrown away" precious things, I feel like now this gift has been rekindled in me to lay hands on the sick.
I am SO excited to see the sick get healed again and even greater things. All for the Glory of the Lord.
Keep me in your prayers as I try to operate in these gifts for the Glory of YAHWEH-RAPHA - The Lord who Heals.
If the Lord has led you to this page and you are reading this now and you need healing and are feeling a stirring up in your heart, then I speak to you. No matter what condition is going on in your body.
1 Peter 2:24
BY HIS STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED!! BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!!!
Father I thank you for healing this person for the Glory of your name! AMEN!
Now go and repent of your sins and serve Him!
God Bless!!
Sunday 16 June 2013
Don't Be a Leech. Don't Let Greed Fuel Your Prayer.
Prov. 30:15
“The leech has two daughters, ‘Give! Give!’ they cry!"
Other translation reads "greed has two sisters" .
Last night, after I had spoken to the Lord, this scripture came to my mind and suddenly I felt a flow of thoughts I had to write down. I will try to write the flow as accurate as I felt it. I believe it is a Word from the Lord.
Even after almost 14 years of being saved i still don't know how to pray properly. Or rather I know, I just don't do it, because I can get so overwhelmed with my desires, or situations that we face, so the majority of my prayers are in the line of "give, give".
It is really annoying to hear "give give", every time someone speaks to you. Like that is the only thing you are good for. Whenever they spent time with you, it is because they want something from you. But I now realise that The Lord finds this just as annoying if all we ask for is stuff to satisfy our flesh. When the Lord hears all prayers and thoughts, He wants to answer, but we constantly ask for stuff that is perishable, instead of values that we can take back home or ask for the nations.
Here it goes....
“The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry
This is how many of us pray. Small minded, like the Lord does not know what we need or desire.
The Lord's Prayer is filled with much more. Yes, we can pray for our daily bread, but The Lord already provides for us daily.
We chase after our desires, our materialistic desires, when we could and should be praying for so much more.
The Lord hears our prayers. Every word, every thought. We could be, should be asking for the nations. The Lord tells us to. Instead of chasing after our desires.
In the Psalms, which are David's devotional time recorded, do we read of his materialistic desires mentioned? Like "God give me a new this or that"?
We see his plea for salvation from his enemies. This is also a part of the Lord's Prayer, to "deliver us from evil".
We see his expression for loving God's laws and regulations. This also applies the Lord's prayer. "Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven".
David was a blessed man. He lacked nothing, for the Lord blessed him.
If that were not enough, He would have blessed him more.
David spent time with God. He documented his prayers.
We don't even have time to write a letter to God.
Because David documented his devotional time, we now have his words, which are actually God's inspired words through him.
In a smaller way just like I am doing now.
David knew that it is the Lord's blessing that maketh rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. This blessing is a product/result of the Lord's presence.
The Lord's presence is sought and found when we spent time in prayer, in His Word or in worship. When we are mindful of Him all the time.
This will cause us to do what pleases Him. We will do His righteousness.
The Lord is a Holy God. His presence dwells with righteousness.
David knew how to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness (living upright in His sight).
As a result, David was blessed. Everything was added to him.
David was not busy seeking after his materialistic desires in just food, shelter and clothing.
After this I flowed in to how I see God's names in a lot of His promises. Even in the Lord's Prayer the Lord's names are revealed.
I then said to the Lord, "Father it is like I see your name in everything." Then I had the thought, "That is because My promises are steadfast".
I will share His names in a new blog, as the Lords leads.
For now, this was my prayer last night and is today, but I also pray this for you....
“The leech has two daughters, ‘Give! Give!’ they cry!"
Other translation reads "greed has two sisters" .
Last night, after I had spoken to the Lord, this scripture came to my mind and suddenly I felt a flow of thoughts I had to write down. I will try to write the flow as accurate as I felt it. I believe it is a Word from the Lord.
Even after almost 14 years of being saved i still don't know how to pray properly. Or rather I know, I just don't do it, because I can get so overwhelmed with my desires, or situations that we face, so the majority of my prayers are in the line of "give, give".
It is really annoying to hear "give give", every time someone speaks to you. Like that is the only thing you are good for. Whenever they spent time with you, it is because they want something from you. But I now realise that The Lord finds this just as annoying if all we ask for is stuff to satisfy our flesh. When the Lord hears all prayers and thoughts, He wants to answer, but we constantly ask for stuff that is perishable, instead of values that we can take back home or ask for the nations.
Here it goes....
“The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry
This is how many of us pray. Small minded, like the Lord does not know what we need or desire.
The Lord's Prayer is filled with much more. Yes, we can pray for our daily bread, but The Lord already provides for us daily.
We chase after our desires, our materialistic desires, when we could and should be praying for so much more.
The Lord hears our prayers. Every word, every thought. We could be, should be asking for the nations. The Lord tells us to. Instead of chasing after our desires.
In the Psalms, which are David's devotional time recorded, do we read of his materialistic desires mentioned? Like "God give me a new this or that"?
We see his plea for salvation from his enemies. This is also a part of the Lord's Prayer, to "deliver us from evil".
We see his expression for loving God's laws and regulations. This also applies the Lord's prayer. "Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven".
David was a blessed man. He lacked nothing, for the Lord blessed him.
If that were not enough, He would have blessed him more.
David spent time with God. He documented his prayers.
We don't even have time to write a letter to God.
Because David documented his devotional time, we now have his words, which are actually God's inspired words through him.
In a smaller way just like I am doing now.
David knew that it is the Lord's blessing that maketh rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. This blessing is a product/result of the Lord's presence.
The Lord's presence is sought and found when we spent time in prayer, in His Word or in worship. When we are mindful of Him all the time.
This will cause us to do what pleases Him. We will do His righteousness.
The Lord is a Holy God. His presence dwells with righteousness.
David knew how to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness (living upright in His sight).
As a result, David was blessed. Everything was added to him.
David was not busy seeking after his materialistic desires in just food, shelter and clothing.
After this I flowed in to how I see God's names in a lot of His promises. Even in the Lord's Prayer the Lord's names are revealed.
I then said to the Lord, "Father it is like I see your name in everything." Then I had the thought, "That is because My promises are steadfast".
I will share His names in a new blog, as the Lords leads.
For now, this was my prayer last night and is today, but I also pray this for you....
Father, please help me to bring Glory to You in everything I do.
Please help me to serve You and walk worthy of the calling.
Amen!!
God Bless!!
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