"Dear Lord, shock me with your blessings, wear your heavy garment of power on me."
That's how God answered Sister Joan's prayers, and we're still trying to fan her back to consciousness.
If God hits you with that trailer of blessings you've been asking for, will you survive it?
My Dad told me about a man of God that prayed to God for nothing but power. This was his every day and night prayer.
When he wasn't relenting on his request, God decided to visit him. He was in his sitting room studying God's word when He got an urge to visit the room.
Getting to his room, he saw a live chicken on his bed, without hesitation, as if by impulse, he called down fire, and the fire came down raw, devouring the chicken and almost burning the bed, but he acted fast.
This experience wasn't even up to 20seconds. It happened so fast (not in the dream, it happened live). When it was over, he felt so bad, he heard God say to him, "what if that was a human being you weren't expecting to see?
What if someone just came to randomly set you up, is that how you'll call down fire on my creation without hesitation?"
He knelt in repentance and asked for mercy. At that point he knew what he should be praying for wasn't power,
he knew what he needed to work on, his angry and easily irritable spirit.
Many times, it's not that God cannot grant those requests, the question is if you can handle it. Sometimes, when you finally get the capacity to handle it, you might not even need to pray, it'll just come
Some things follow principles. Develop the character to sustain it and your wishes will follow.
If God blesses you with money now, do you have a system to grow and multiply it, or you'll go broke in the next minute?
If God gives you that dream job, will you still stand or we'll have to search to find the girl that was once a believer?
Questions, questions, questions!
I pray we truly look within to scrutinize ourselves and find genuine answers. May we be led.
I had a friend that said their mind, only when telling a joke. They didn't know that I'm God's baby girl and in turn God's paddy. He highlighted the seemingly "meaningless" lines to me as though with a bold marker.
They'd want to express some jealousy, but they'd do it in the form of a joke and for every time they did, I could discern what exactly they intended to say, and that was because I had made a simple but sincere prayer to God.
It went like, "Lord, please I don't want to find myself living Psalm 1:1." God did not only answer my prayer but also gave me the ability to make the right choices and the necessary tools that I needed to do that—The gift of Discernment.
Sometimes, God’s intentionality about us shows in really random things. There are times you have a thought/desire you didn’t even pray about, & you just come across it on your social media or somewhere you weren’t expecting. A God who hears our WORDS and HEARTS. We stan 🙌
There are lovers that listen to every words you utter and grant your desires. Then there’s that lover who not only pays attention to your words, but to your heart too... He listens to every of your unsaid words and satisfies you, how refreshing to know!
The times you craved for shawarma and got it without asking,
The times you needed money and someone just asked for your account number (out of the blues. Lol)
The times you needed a friend and he sent someone to love you... I mean, you remember those times, don’t you?
Sis, You Said No To Him Already, So Why Are You Still Monitoring His Life?
Why are you stalking him, really? Why are you checking his social media to see if he has the picture of another lady? You already said you weren’t interested, so why?
I’m talking to you my dear, why so bothered? Why do you still look out for him at events or gatherings? Oh, I get it, the Bible tells you to be your brother’s keeper, so you’re trying to do your part innit? Lmao!
I’m not done... why does your stomach knot when you see him talking to another lady? What’s the challenge? I mean, the young gentleman met you and spoke to you about his interest, you said no,