November 8, 2011

Good morning all,

I imagine being a pastor has everything to do with me LOVING testimonies.  The book of Revelation tells us that we OVERCOME by: FIRST - the blood of the Lamb - our personal relationship with Jesus that gives us victory over the power of sin and death.  That is a day to day dependance on HIM to be our Lord.  SECOND - the WORD of our testimony - saying out loud (so satan can hear) the truth of God's word over our circumstance, rehearsing the FACT that God has NEVER been late, been deficient, lied, failed, etc..........   We recite our victory testimonies - OR THE TESTIMONIES of others - because it gives us strength and renewed stability in our relationship with God.   (feel like preaching this morning - wink)   

On Sunday morning I told a young woman I am mentoring that she better OPEN her mouth and declare so that every demonic weapon coming against her can hear the truth about being an overcomer. Our words are powerful!   A woman preacher I love, Dr. Eva Evans, told us once that the WORD of God in our mouth is as powerful as it is in HIS mouth.   The WORD has life - the WORD has hope - the WORD has power.   Open your mouth and speak the truth - remind yourself that God has NEVER failed you and NEVER will!

Here is a testimony I received yesterday and it made me cry - I could SO identify with it:

One of those days where the afternoon brought me wanting 
to eat everything as my PMS time is here again.  I had to stop my thinking 
patterns as I caught myself trying to talk myself into eating some junk as I 
saw some chips.  I really had to fight to not just eat some thinking it will not 

make a difference and won't hurt anything, etc.  I haven't struggled with thoughts 

to binge and get rid of it since the diet, but the thought went thru my head that 

this was my mind thinking at one point in my life when I was in bondage.  

I quickly got that thought captive and asked God to give me wisdom.  I remembered 

I had leftover spaghetti squash in the frig. and I was like YES, God 
provided a way out for me to get full and not eat junk.

What an amazing testimony.   God is a way maker and if we will STOP and take the thought of cheating and put IT into prison - we often find the answer to our problem waiting right there.  The prob - we often act on the impulse and don't make the impulse bow it's knee to the truth, which is I AM FREE!

Choose life and eat to live -PK