On Wednesday night, Gina invited me over for a little spiritual gathering with Eric, Patricia, and her friend Paul. Paul is a minister, and this was the first time I had the opportunity to meet him. It was such an awesome time! God’s mighty presence was there from the moment I walked in, and the anointing that Paul has from God is just a blessing to be around! He has a strong gift of prophecy, and we got to see it in action on an individual basis. I love when God uses His servants to deliver His will!

At the end of the meeting, he asked us to do an assignment for next Wednesday. The assignment is to list five ways that I can glorify God.

Number One on My List:

Demonstrate love and compassion at the hardest times. When my flesh wants the glory, let my spirit prevail!

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I watched an excellent movie on Sunday night called “The Visitation”. It is based on the novel by Frank Peretti.

The movie is about a false prophet that comes to the town of Antioch. Everyone believes that he is Jesus, because of the miracles that are happening. However, they soon realize that these miracles are not from God. The movie is disguised as a horror movie, but it is not your typical Hollywood thriller. In fact, there is no obsene language, or sexual activity, which is quite refreshing, considering all of the trash that is out there now.

After the movie, Patricia, Gina, Eric (my spiritual siblings), and myself had a discussion about the movie and false prophets. This is something we have to be increasingly aware of in these last days. (See Matthew 24:24)

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I’ve learned another lesson recently, and I must share it with you. God has warned me about having spiritual pride. What exactly does that mean?

In my case, I honestly can say I’ve had a huge revelation from God. He has come into my life, and moved in my life in the most miraculous ways. I’ve been a sponge, and I’ve tried to soak up everything about God that I possibly can. These are all great things, but I caught myself feeling some emotions that God instantly told me were not from Him. What I was feeling is that if I could suddenly understand everything that was so complicated before why couldn’t other people. That’s how it starts.

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I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in the spring of 2005. It was the beginning of my surrendering. The sad thing is that I always knew in my heart what the truth was. The details of my past aren’t important in this moment, but I will say that I never felt like I was good enough to be a Christian. I had this feeling that I couldn’t change my whole life, and a part of me didn’t want to change. I was right and I was wrong.

I was right in the fact that I couldn’t change my whole life. I was wrong in the fact that I didn’t think or know that God would be doing the changing in me. Now I understand that God meets you where you are. He wants you just the way you are. You don’t fix yourself and then come to God. You come to God, and let Him fix you!

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Recently, I highlighted a verse (Ephesians 2:8-9) in my bible that really caught my eye. It wasn’t exactly a revelation, but more of a confirmation.

You know, there are so many people walking around the earth that think they are going to heaven because they are a good person. The verse I’m talking about explains why this is NOT the way it’s going to happen. It is a gift of God, he gets the glory, and not the person who thinks they made it to Heaven because of what they did on earth.

It’s the belief that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins to be forgiven. That’s what saves us and reunites us with our heavenly Father. It’s so simple, and yet so many people refuse to understand it. Their eyes are closed to the truth. They’d rather think that God was looking down on the earth one day and decided, “I think I’ll put everyone through a giant obstacle course and call it Life. Then, if they succeed they can join me in Heaven.”

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When I heard the words, “it’s not about you” at a local ministry, my life was forever changed. How could it not be about me? Everything in my life was about me. My plans for the future, my relationships, my thoughts, my emotions, etc. These words pierced my heart with a life altering perpective. Of course people have told me that I wasn’t the center of the universe before, but I simply shrugged it off and continued on with my ways.

When the realization came that it was God who created me, and for His purpose, you can understand why it finally hit me. It is a philosophy that has brought me closer to God, and closer to the answers I have been searching for.

We didn’t create ourselves, so why do we think that we can do anything in this world without God?

I began to search frantically for the purpose that God had for me. By doing this, I was reverting back to my old ways of doing things “on my own”. I stopped, and asked God to show me His will. He is such a loving God, and when he answered, it brought a peace that couldn’t be matched. The talents that he has given me, are what led me to start this blog.

I have had many blogs, and many websites, but I was giving no credit to God for my gifts. Now, as I align myself with God’s purpose, I have complete faith that this project will be a success. God has shown me what this can be, and what it can grow into, and I’m so excited to share with you, my awesome purpose!