There is a book by Gordon O. Martinborough simply entitled "I LOVE YOU". It is a book that deals on how to deal on the struggles of relationships - marriage, parent-teen relationship, love affair. It is a book that best connects human relationships with the Divine relationships with God. When our relationship with God is in trouble, definitely our human relationships are or will be in great danger, as well. It also deals with ways on how to deepen our love relationship with the Greatest Lovern Jesus Christ who loved us before we loved Him.
There is a chapter in this book that differentiates infatuation from love. Everyone of us seek for genuine love and the most common question is "could that ever be true love?" And being human at times we will develops crushes/infatuation ...the teaching in the book helps us test our feelings for someone and helps us identify our feelings as either infatuation or love, when we know its infatuation we then know we need to face it, deal with and move on and if it is indeed love seek God's counsel and direction till we get clearance from God.
1. Infatuation is ruled by feelings, but LOVE is feelings ruled by principle
Love is not composed of feelings only. It is feelings plus principles. In true love, feelings are under the control of principles. The principles are clearly asserted and outlined in the book of Corinthians chapter 13.
Read Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
"Love never fails" (v.8)
2. Infatuation is blind, but LOVE sees and examines
While infatuation cannot see and do not wish too see, true love uses its eyes to see and to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the prospective partner.
Read Mark 8:18
"Do you have eyes, but fail to see."
3. Infatuation is in a hurry, but LOVE takes time
Everything of a permanent value in life takes time. As the famous line goes... true love takes time - time to know and time to grow.
Read Ephesians 4:15
"But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ"
God expects couples in love to "grow-up".
4. Infatuation is obsessed with externals, but LOVE is concerned with internals
True love is concerned with the personality, the kind of person the partner really is. It pays attention to the character, the inner self. While there has to be attraction ...true love is not only concerned with the triceps and biceps and coca cola shaped Beyonce typed figures as these are temporary.
Read 1 Samuel 16:1
"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
5. Infatuation is childish, but LOVE is mature
Infatuation is self-centered but true love is "other-centered". This is one of the most difficult thing to do because we tend to focus on ourselves, on our emotions, and wants. But love is concerned with the welfare of one's partner. It is a self-sacrifice that is given freely without expecting something in return.
Read 1 Corinthians 13:11
It has "put childish ways behind."
6. Infatuation is a human ditch but
LOVE is a divine ladder
It should be clear to us that we do not "fall" in love, we "climb" on to love. Every person has the freedom to choose between the tragedy of one and the triumph of the other! In most cases of arguments, it is important that one goes down, the other goes up.
Monday, August 25, 2008
DATING VS COURTSHIP
HELLO SINGLED OUT AND FAVOURED ONES!!
"BEING A SINGLE CHRISTIAN WHO HAS DATED MANY MANY TIMES AND EXPERIENCED THE BROKEN HEART , THE WRENCHING EMPTINESS AND THE HORROR OF REJECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN SEEN AT ALL THE SOCIAL GATHERINGS WITH A CERTAIN SOMEONE AND STILL BUMPING INTO THAT SOMEONE AT THE SAME SOCIAL GATHERINGS WE USED TO GO ,WITH THEIR NEW MATE WHO IS LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF REJECTION THROUGH THE TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD OF FINDING A MARRIAGE PARTNER (DATING).I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN DATING AND HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT IT IS NOT GOD'S PATTERN, WE CERTAINLY DO NOT HEAR OF IT IN THE BIBLE UNLESS OFF COURSE I MISSED THE PAGE.I BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLICAL DESIGN WOULD BE FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP AND THEN MARRIAGE.FRIENDSHIP IS TWO PEOPLE WALKING TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILTY, LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER.
COURTSHIP FOLLOWS THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO COMMIT TO ONE ANOTHER EXCLUSIVELY-IT IS THE DECISIVE TURNING TOWARD THE AGREED UPON GOAL OF THE MARRIAGE ALTAR.
A MAIN EXCUSE FOR DATING IS THAT PEOPLE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT THERE ARE WAYS OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE HAVING COMMITED TO A RELATIONSHIP AND YET NOT HAVING THE FULL INTENTION OF MARRYING.THERE ARE HOUSEGROUPS OR KINSHIPS, YOUTH MEETINGS, CAMPS OUTREACHS PLACES WHERE WE CAN FORM MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND JUST BEING PART OF A FAMILY YOU LEARN HOW THE OPPOSITE SEX ARE LIKE FROM THE WAY YOU RELATE TO ALL THE BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN YOUR HOUSEGROUP , THIS IS A MUCH SAFER WAY SINCE YOU CANNOT GET HURT OR DECEIVED ,BECAUSE FOR A GUY TO PUT UP AN ACT WHILE IN A HOUSEGROUP HE WILL NOT GET FAR AND EVENTUALLY THE TRUTH WILL OUT, BUT IF YOU ARE DATING THERE IS AN AIR OF FALSE PRETENSE AND WANTING TO BE WHAT ONE IS NOT. IN THE PURE RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE FORMED WITH THE BROTHERS IN MY CHURCH I HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT GUYS THAN I LEARNT IN MY PAST DATING RELATIONSHIPS.THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO KNOW A GUY THAN IN A CHURCH SETTING BECAUSE YOU LEARN WHAT TYPE OF A PERSON HE IS BY THE WAY HE TALKS AND TREATS EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH, THE WAY HE HANDLES PRESSURE LIKE EXPERIENCING A CRISIS LIKE HIS GUITAR STRING BREAKING AS HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF LEADING WORSHIP.
DATING IN A WAY IS TRYING TO HELP GOD FIND YOUR MATE WHEN HE IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING YOUR MATE RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP.HE WILL EVEN SEND AN ANGEL BEFORE YOU AS YOU SELECT YOUR MATE LIKE HE DID FOR ISAAC IN GENESIS 24: 7.AFTER HAVING FORMED MANY FRIENDSHIPS AS YOU FELLOWSHIP, ONE CAN DEVELOP STRONG FEELINGS FOR A CERTAIN SISTER OR BROTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALISED THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME VISION FOR GOD BUT THEY ARE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET CLEARANCE FROM GOD.WHEN ONE HAS CLEARANCE AND GOT SOLID CONFIRMATION AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE HEARD FROM GOD THEY CAN THEN COMMIT TO COURTSHIP TOWARDS MARRIAGE.WHY SHOULD ONE WANT TO DATE AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT READY TO GET MARRIED?WHY SHOULD SOMEONE TRY THIS TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD WHEN THEY CAN HEAR FROM GOD WITHOUT HAVING TO FACE HEARTBREAK?DATING TO ME IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF COURTSHIP BECAUSE WHEN ONE IS IN COURTSHIP THEY ARE COMMITED AND THEREFORE CAN ATTEND ALL SOCIAL EVENTS TOGETHER AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME ALONE BECAUSE IT IS A PERIOD OF LAYING A FOUNDATION AND PREPARING THEIR LIFE TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE.WHEN ONE CHOOSES TO DATE THEY ARE TAKING AN ATTRIBUTE THAT IS WELL INTENDED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS MARRIAGE.ANOTHER THING THAT BAFFLES ME IS THAT IF DATING IS A MEANS OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE THEN WHY DO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER END UP BEING SEXUALLY INVOLVED? A LADY ONCE SAID THAT A GIRL'S HEART AND I ALSO BELIVE A GUYS' HEART TOO IS LIKE A PIECE OF A4 PAPER, THE FIRST PERSON THEY DATE BREAKS THEIR HEART AND TAKES HALF OF THEIR HEART, THE NEXT PERSON ALSO COMES AND TAKES HALF OF THE REMAINING HALF, THE CYCLE GOES ON TILL THE FINAL TINY LITTLE HALF BROKEN HEART AND THIS THEN ENDS UP BEING GIVEN TO THE ONE GOD HAS CHOSEN.WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THE ONE GOD HAS CHOSEN AFTER DATING ZILLION TIMES WE ARE NOT SO VULNERABLE AND AS LOVING AS WE OUGHT TO BE TO THE PERSON.
I DECIDED TO STOP DATING TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT MY HEART TO KEEP ON BEING TORN, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND OF COURSE I GET CRUSHES LIKE EVERYBODY DOES BUT UNTIL GOD SHOWS ME MY FUTURE HUSBAND AND UNTIL HE LEADS MY HUSBAND TO ME I WILL ENJOY BEING SINGLE NO MORE GUESSING, NO MORE TRIAL AND ERROR RELATIONSHIPS I WANT MY NEXT RELATIONSHIP TO BE THE ONE THAT LEADS TO MARRIAGE BECAUSE WE WILL BOTH HAVE GOD'S HAND UPON OUR RELATIONSHIP."
"BEING A SINGLE CHRISTIAN WHO HAS DATED MANY MANY TIMES AND EXPERIENCED THE BROKEN HEART , THE WRENCHING EMPTINESS AND THE HORROR OF REJECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN SEEN AT ALL THE SOCIAL GATHERINGS WITH A CERTAIN SOMEONE AND STILL BUMPING INTO THAT SOMEONE AT THE SAME SOCIAL GATHERINGS WE USED TO GO ,WITH THEIR NEW MATE WHO IS LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF REJECTION THROUGH THE TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD OF FINDING A MARRIAGE PARTNER (DATING).I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN DATING AND HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT IT IS NOT GOD'S PATTERN, WE CERTAINLY DO NOT HEAR OF IT IN THE BIBLE UNLESS OFF COURSE I MISSED THE PAGE.I BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLICAL DESIGN WOULD BE FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP AND THEN MARRIAGE.FRIENDSHIP IS TWO PEOPLE WALKING TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILTY, LEARNING AND GROWING TOGETHER.
COURTSHIP FOLLOWS THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO COMMIT TO ONE ANOTHER EXCLUSIVELY-IT IS THE DECISIVE TURNING TOWARD THE AGREED UPON GOAL OF THE MARRIAGE ALTAR.
A MAIN EXCUSE FOR DATING IS THAT PEOPLE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT THERE ARE WAYS OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE HAVING COMMITED TO A RELATIONSHIP AND YET NOT HAVING THE FULL INTENTION OF MARRYING.THERE ARE HOUSEGROUPS OR KINSHIPS, YOUTH MEETINGS, CAMPS OUTREACHS PLACES WHERE WE CAN FORM MANY FRIENDSHIPS AND JUST BEING PART OF A FAMILY YOU LEARN HOW THE OPPOSITE SEX ARE LIKE FROM THE WAY YOU RELATE TO ALL THE BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN YOUR HOUSEGROUP , THIS IS A MUCH SAFER WAY SINCE YOU CANNOT GET HURT OR DECEIVED ,BECAUSE FOR A GUY TO PUT UP AN ACT WHILE IN A HOUSEGROUP HE WILL NOT GET FAR AND EVENTUALLY THE TRUTH WILL OUT, BUT IF YOU ARE DATING THERE IS AN AIR OF FALSE PRETENSE AND WANTING TO BE WHAT ONE IS NOT. IN THE PURE RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE FORMED WITH THE BROTHERS IN MY CHURCH I HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT GUYS THAN I LEARNT IN MY PAST DATING RELATIONSHIPS.THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO KNOW A GUY THAN IN A CHURCH SETTING BECAUSE YOU LEARN WHAT TYPE OF A PERSON HE IS BY THE WAY HE TALKS AND TREATS EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH, THE WAY HE HANDLES PRESSURE LIKE EXPERIENCING A CRISIS LIKE HIS GUITAR STRING BREAKING AS HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF LEADING WORSHIP.
DATING IN A WAY IS TRYING TO HELP GOD FIND YOUR MATE WHEN HE IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING YOUR MATE RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP.HE WILL EVEN SEND AN ANGEL BEFORE YOU AS YOU SELECT YOUR MATE LIKE HE DID FOR ISAAC IN GENESIS 24: 7.AFTER HAVING FORMED MANY FRIENDSHIPS AS YOU FELLOWSHIP, ONE CAN DEVELOP STRONG FEELINGS FOR A CERTAIN SISTER OR BROTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALISED THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME VISION FOR GOD BUT THEY ARE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET CLEARANCE FROM GOD.WHEN ONE HAS CLEARANCE AND GOT SOLID CONFIRMATION AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE HEARD FROM GOD THEY CAN THEN COMMIT TO COURTSHIP TOWARDS MARRIAGE.WHY SHOULD ONE WANT TO DATE AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT READY TO GET MARRIED?WHY SHOULD SOMEONE TRY THIS TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD WHEN THEY CAN HEAR FROM GOD WITHOUT HAVING TO FACE HEARTBREAK?DATING TO ME IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF COURTSHIP BECAUSE WHEN ONE IS IN COURTSHIP THEY ARE COMMITED AND THEREFORE CAN ATTEND ALL SOCIAL EVENTS TOGETHER AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME ALONE BECAUSE IT IS A PERIOD OF LAYING A FOUNDATION AND PREPARING THEIR LIFE TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE.WHEN ONE CHOOSES TO DATE THEY ARE TAKING AN ATTRIBUTE THAT IS WELL INTENDED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS MARRIAGE.ANOTHER THING THAT BAFFLES ME IS THAT IF DATING IS A MEANS OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE THEN WHY DO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER END UP BEING SEXUALLY INVOLVED? A LADY ONCE SAID THAT A GIRL'S HEART AND I ALSO BELIVE A GUYS' HEART TOO IS LIKE A PIECE OF A4 PAPER, THE FIRST PERSON THEY DATE BREAKS THEIR HEART AND TAKES HALF OF THEIR HEART, THE NEXT PERSON ALSO COMES AND TAKES HALF OF THE REMAINING HALF, THE CYCLE GOES ON TILL THE FINAL TINY LITTLE HALF BROKEN HEART AND THIS THEN ENDS UP BEING GIVEN TO THE ONE GOD HAS CHOSEN.WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THE ONE GOD HAS CHOSEN AFTER DATING ZILLION TIMES WE ARE NOT SO VULNERABLE AND AS LOVING AS WE OUGHT TO BE TO THE PERSON.
I DECIDED TO STOP DATING TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT MY HEART TO KEEP ON BEING TORN, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY AND OF COURSE I GET CRUSHES LIKE EVERYBODY DOES BUT UNTIL GOD SHOWS ME MY FUTURE HUSBAND AND UNTIL HE LEADS MY HUSBAND TO ME I WILL ENJOY BEING SINGLE NO MORE GUESSING, NO MORE TRIAL AND ERROR RELATIONSHIPS I WANT MY NEXT RELATIONSHIP TO BE THE ONE THAT LEADS TO MARRIAGE BECAUSE WE WILL BOTH HAVE GOD'S HAND UPON OUR RELATIONSHIP."
Friday, August 22, 2008
THE ANNUNCIATION-BASED ON LUKE 1:26-56
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL YOU SINGLES A WARM WELCOME TO "SINGLED OUT FOR GOD'S PURPOSE" MINISTRIES .THIS IS WHERE WE SINGLES GET TO FELLOWSHIP, SHARE PROBLEMS AND HELP TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO FAN INTO FLAME THOSE GIFTS THAT HAVE BEEN QUENCHED OUT DUE TO MANY REASONS MAYBE DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A SINGLE MOTHER, OR THAT YOU ARE PAST SOCIETY'S RIGHT MARRIAGE AGE. WHATEVER THE CAUSE OF THAT GOD WANTS TO FAN INTO FLAME THOSE GIFTS,GOD WANTS TO DO SOME MAJOR HEALING WORK IN US, HE WANTS TO DEAL WITH THE MINDSETS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CANNOT BE EFFECTIVELY USED BECAUSE WE ARE SINGLE.HE WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COME S UPON US WE CONCEIVE A SEED OF GREATNESS AND SO BECOME PREGNANT WITH HIS PURPOSE.SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO CONCEIVE DURING THIS MINISTRY , SOME OF YOU ARE ASKING GOD 'HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO CARRY OUT THOSE GREAT EXPOITS WHEN I AM SINGLE?
HOW CAN I GIVE COUNSEL TO A MARRIED COUPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I AM NOT MARRIED? HOW CAN JOIN THE WORSHIP TEAM WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS I AM A SINGLE MOTHER?
I HAVE BEEN DOING A DEEP STUDY OF MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS AND SHE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO GOD SINGLED FOR HIS PURPOSE.MARY WAS YOUNG AND SINGLE BUT OBVIOUSLY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER GOD AND LIVED A LIFE OF WORSHIP SO GOD BYPASSED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS YOUNG AND SINGLE AND CHOSE HER TO GIVE BIRTH TO HIS PURPOSE OF SALVATION(JESUS).GOD COULD HAVE CHOSEN ELIZABETH WHO WAS OLDER, WISER BY WORLDLY STANDARDS, AND ALSO EVEN MARRIED TO A PRIEST TO GIVE BIRTH TO HIS HOLY PURPOSE BUT HE SINGLED OUT SINGLE MARY JUST LIKE HE HAS SINGLED YOU AND ME OUT FOR HIS HOLY PURPOSE.MARY BECAUSE SHE HAD THE SAME MINDSET WE ALL HAVE ASKED HOW IT COULD BE WHEN SHE DID NOT KNOW A MAN.AND GOD'S REPLY TO MARY AND YOU AND I WAS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON HER AND THAT THE POWER FROM THE HIGHEST WOULD OVERSHADOW HER AND SHE WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND FOR US TOO HE HAS A PURPOSE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN US TO GIVE BIRTH TO- MAYBE IT'S A HEALING MINISTRY, A WOMEN'S MINISTRY OR EVANGELISM WHATEVER IT IS GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT IT IS HE WANTS YOU TO GIVE BIRTH TO BUT THE OLD MINDSETS NEED TO BE DROPPED SO WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SINCERELY SAY 'BE IT UNTO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD' THERE IS A BLESSING THAT COME FROM CHOOSING TO BELIEVE GOD THAT WITH HIM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT ALTHOUGH YOU ARE UNMARRIED YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH, LIKE ELIZABETH SAID ABOUT MARY 'BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVED ,FOR THERE WILL BE A FULFILLMENT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TOLD HER FROM THE LORD'.IT IS TIME TO BELIEVE THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN IN YOUR LIFE BUT YOU HAD PUSHED THEM AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD BECAUSE ' IT IS NOT YET TIME AND I AM NOT YET MARRIED AND NOT MATURE ENOUGH 'YOU HAD TOLD YOURSELF. AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY ONLY WORLDLY MEN APPROACH YOU AND NO GODLY MAN HAS FELT AN INSTINCT TO COVER YOU AND PROTECT YOU LIKE JOSEPH DID WHEN MARY FELL PREGNANT ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT WITH THE DESIRES AND PURPOSE THAT GOD WANT TO PLANT INSIDE OF YOU BUT YOU'VE BEEN TELLING GOD THAT ITS JUST NOT POSSIBLE WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD..
I BELIEVE THE LORD WANTS TO TAKE US THROUGH A PROCESS, HE'S NOT GONNA RUSH US BUT TAKE US STEP BY STEP SOME COZ SOME OF US ARE STILL IN THE QUESTIONING STAGE THAT MARY STARTED OFF ON.THEN HE WILL LEAD US TO THE EMPOWERING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CONCEPTION . THEN FROM THERE HE WILL LEAD US TO THE PREGNANCY AND EXPECTANT STAGE .IN THAT PREGNANT STAGE SOME OF US WILL ATTRACT AND CAUSE A GODLY MANY LIKE JOSEPH TO WANT TO COVER AND PROTECT US AND THEREFORE MARRY US.THIS GODLY HUSBAND WILL LEAD YOU SPIRITUALLY TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN THEN GIVE BIRTH TO GOD'S HOLY PURPOSE AND THEN WHEN YOU DO GIVE BIRTH WILL LOVE AND NURTURE THAT WHICH YOU BIRTH TOGETHER WITH YOU AS THOUGH IT WERE HIS OWN PURPOSE LIKE JOSEPH DID WITH MARY.
I AM NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY SIT AND MEDITATE ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN SHARING ON.ALLOW THE LORD TO SHOW WHAT SORT OF MINDSETS HAVE BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK FROM BELIEVING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THROUGH YOU AND THEN WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DEAL WITH THOSE MINDSETS AND DROP THEM.MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE RRIVED AT THE BELIEVING STAGE AND ARE READY TO SAY TO GOD 'MAY IT BE TO ME AS YOU HAVE SAID.'SOME OF YOU AGAIN ARE IN THE CONCEPTION STAGE AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE PREGNANT AND ARE EXPECTING TO GIVE BIRTH ANY TIME SOON.WHATEVER STAGE YOU ARE AT GOD IS AT WORK AND WILL BRING TO COMPLETION WHAT HE STARTED THE DAY HE CHOSE YOU.
MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED AND MAY THAT SEED OF GREATNESS THAT IS IN ALL OF YOU COME ALIVE IN JESUS' NAME
HOW CAN I GIVE COUNSEL TO A MARRIED COUPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I AM NOT MARRIED? HOW CAN JOIN THE WORSHIP TEAM WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS I AM A SINGLE MOTHER?
I HAVE BEEN DOING A DEEP STUDY OF MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS AND SHE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO GOD SINGLED FOR HIS PURPOSE.MARY WAS YOUNG AND SINGLE BUT OBVIOUSLY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER GOD AND LIVED A LIFE OF WORSHIP SO GOD BYPASSED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS YOUNG AND SINGLE AND CHOSE HER TO GIVE BIRTH TO HIS PURPOSE OF SALVATION(JESUS).GOD COULD HAVE CHOSEN ELIZABETH WHO WAS OLDER, WISER BY WORLDLY STANDARDS, AND ALSO EVEN MARRIED TO A PRIEST TO GIVE BIRTH TO HIS HOLY PURPOSE BUT HE SINGLED OUT SINGLE MARY JUST LIKE HE HAS SINGLED YOU AND ME OUT FOR HIS HOLY PURPOSE.MARY BECAUSE SHE HAD THE SAME MINDSET WE ALL HAVE ASKED HOW IT COULD BE WHEN SHE DID NOT KNOW A MAN.AND GOD'S REPLY TO MARY AND YOU AND I WAS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON HER AND THAT THE POWER FROM THE HIGHEST WOULD OVERSHADOW HER AND SHE WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND FOR US TOO HE HAS A PURPOSE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN US TO GIVE BIRTH TO- MAYBE IT'S A HEALING MINISTRY, A WOMEN'S MINISTRY OR EVANGELISM WHATEVER IT IS GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT IT IS HE WANTS YOU TO GIVE BIRTH TO BUT THE OLD MINDSETS NEED TO BE DROPPED SO WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SINCERELY SAY 'BE IT UNTO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD' THERE IS A BLESSING THAT COME FROM CHOOSING TO BELIEVE GOD THAT WITH HIM NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT ALTHOUGH YOU ARE UNMARRIED YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH, LIKE ELIZABETH SAID ABOUT MARY 'BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVED ,FOR THERE WILL BE A FULFILLMENT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TOLD HER FROM THE LORD'.IT IS TIME TO BELIEVE THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN IN YOUR LIFE BUT YOU HAD PUSHED THEM AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD BECAUSE ' IT IS NOT YET TIME AND I AM NOT YET MARRIED AND NOT MATURE ENOUGH 'YOU HAD TOLD YOURSELF. AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY ONLY WORLDLY MEN APPROACH YOU AND NO GODLY MAN HAS FELT AN INSTINCT TO COVER YOU AND PROTECT YOU LIKE JOSEPH DID WHEN MARY FELL PREGNANT ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT WITH THE DESIRES AND PURPOSE THAT GOD WANT TO PLANT INSIDE OF YOU BUT YOU'VE BEEN TELLING GOD THAT ITS JUST NOT POSSIBLE WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD..
I BELIEVE THE LORD WANTS TO TAKE US THROUGH A PROCESS, HE'S NOT GONNA RUSH US BUT TAKE US STEP BY STEP SOME COZ SOME OF US ARE STILL IN THE QUESTIONING STAGE THAT MARY STARTED OFF ON.THEN HE WILL LEAD US TO THE EMPOWERING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CONCEPTION . THEN FROM THERE HE WILL LEAD US TO THE PREGNANCY AND EXPECTANT STAGE .IN THAT PREGNANT STAGE SOME OF US WILL ATTRACT AND CAUSE A GODLY MANY LIKE JOSEPH TO WANT TO COVER AND PROTECT US AND THEREFORE MARRY US.THIS GODLY HUSBAND WILL LEAD YOU SPIRITUALLY TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN THEN GIVE BIRTH TO GOD'S HOLY PURPOSE AND THEN WHEN YOU DO GIVE BIRTH WILL LOVE AND NURTURE THAT WHICH YOU BIRTH TOGETHER WITH YOU AS THOUGH IT WERE HIS OWN PURPOSE LIKE JOSEPH DID WITH MARY.
I AM NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY SIT AND MEDITATE ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN SHARING ON.ALLOW THE LORD TO SHOW WHAT SORT OF MINDSETS HAVE BEEN HOLDING YOU BACK FROM BELIEVING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD ACCOMPLISH THROUGH YOU AND THEN WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DEAL WITH THOSE MINDSETS AND DROP THEM.MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE RRIVED AT THE BELIEVING STAGE AND ARE READY TO SAY TO GOD 'MAY IT BE TO ME AS YOU HAVE SAID.'SOME OF YOU AGAIN ARE IN THE CONCEPTION STAGE AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE PREGNANT AND ARE EXPECTING TO GIVE BIRTH ANY TIME SOON.WHATEVER STAGE YOU ARE AT GOD IS AT WORK AND WILL BRING TO COMPLETION WHAT HE STARTED THE DAY HE CHOSE YOU.
MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED AND MAY THAT SEED OF GREATNESS THAT IS IN ALL OF YOU COME ALIVE IN JESUS' NAME
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