God sent us the Holy Spirit to comfort us and seal the deal. The Holy Spirit is like his personal shadow that directs us when we’re headed in the wrong direction or in trouble.  It’s a babysitter of higher authority to watch over and discipline his royal children. It’s his gentle voice that guides troubled children from the storm they’ve caught themselves in. It’s the hand that reaches for the lost and sinking. The Holy Spirit is like a lighthouse where ships can find their way in darkness. It’s a soft gentle voice instructing a lost child how to find their way back home again.  It’s the spirit that whispers telling the seasons to change, and they change. It’s the spirit that comes to meet you wherever you are, it never says too far. It’s the Spirit of truth, knowledge and love.  It’s the spirit of power and authority that was deposited inside of us allowing us the same inheritance as Jesus Christ himself.  I thank God for the Holy Spirit that came to my rescue!  Isn’t it awesome to know that we have a Father that loves us so much that he sends his royal babysitter?  That just makes me want too, AH!



Galatians 5: 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. 18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the Law of Moses.

When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

1Thessalonians 5: 19 Quench not the Spirit.

1Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

16 Rejoice evermore.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

19 Quench not the Spirit.

20 Despise not prophesyings.

21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 Galatians : 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. 25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. 26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

Ephesians 4: 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

My youngest and I were doing a Bible Study together and I was explaining to her that when you ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and ask him to be the Lord of your life.  The Holy Spirit is deposited in you.  And every time you read the word you help the spirit grow stronger in you.  She said I get it, the Holy Spirit is like a seed and the word of God is the water that makes it grow.  She said, now I understand it!  Now, I understand why you read the Bible every day, you’re watering your seed. Have you watered your seed today?

John 14: 15“If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.

We were in Israel with our female Israelite tour guide from the Tribe of Judah.  She was tall dark and skinny. She was use to walking around Israel.  Her feet were her only transportation except when she was giving a tour.  When we reached a hill outside of Jerusalem, my legs and feet became like lead.  I could hardly move.  I started crying weeping.  I told my husband. I don’t know what happened here, but it was something horrible.  When we got a little farther, I looked eternal death into the face.  It was Golgotha also known as the place of the Skull where Jesus Christ was crucified, the true Messiah.  I stood there frozen.  My spirit weeping for the pain he suffered. I could feel the heaviness of eternal darkness as if this were where true hell begins, beneath this Skull. 

This is where all the sins of the world are deposited. This is where the blood of Jesus was spilled for you and me.  This is where Jesus was nailed to the cross. This is where Jesus overcame the power of death and the grave and took the keys from hell.



Matthew 27: 33
They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36 And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.

38 Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lemasabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”

48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”

50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

When we were in Israel I had a vision that Israel was surrounded by concertina wire, and every square inch of wire that the angels cut through.  I could see Jesus, the Messiah wearing a crown of thorns and blood dripping from his head.  The angels were trying to cut an opening big enough for Jesus to squeeze through, but as soon as they would the wire would repair itself. Until, Jesus was blocked from coming through again, and again.  I could see him eagerly waiting with anticipation of coming through, waiting for the day, the hour that he would one day get through.  I grieved for Israel. I grieved for the truth.  Oh, Israel in all your glory to one day see, the light of the world come through on the clouds of redemption’s wings’.

1 Peter 5:8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.


Share the word of God with your children and protect them before it's too late!

Proverbs 15: 3 The Lord is watching everywhere,keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.

Jeremiah 17: 10 “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

I see Young Brides for Christ as a source of how the Lord is reclaiming the hearts of his people back to him.  He’s saying you are mine.  I created you.  You took prayer out of school.  And look what’s happening to your youth.  They’re searching for love in all the dark places.  They’re searching for answers.  Just yesterday we had a missing girl in our community, and all I could think was what if the wrong person got a hold of her?  We would’ve been a heartbroken community that didn’t recognize her hurt and pain.  Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives that we don’t stop to see the red flags.  Luckily this girl was found, but I’m sure like me everyone’s hearts stopped for a moment.  We need to make God’s love readily available to our youth and the brokenhearted to let them know that they’re loved and not abandoned.  I encourage parents, grandparents, counselors and mentors’ to have your kids read the Bible scriptures on “Young Brides for Christ” and give these kids some encouragement, because if you don’t the wrong person is going to coach them in the wrong direction.  Whether it be prostitution, human trafficking or drug addiction, there’s someone there seeing and waiting to make the right move.  I encourage people in their communities to expand Young Brides for Christ, example in the city or town in which they live in.  And let’s make sure that everyone knows that the hand of God is upon our children. 

I also want to make parents aware that if we don’t take time to discipline our children. God will discipline your whole family.

1 Samuel 3: 13 I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.

Jeremiah 29 : 11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.

Psalm 139: 14
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

I was thinking today about "Young Brides for Christ" and what it does.  And, the first thing that came to my mind is that it helps build good character through the word of God.  I was sitting in the doctor's office waiting with my youngest. And as I was listening to her read the Bible verses, It hit me that her heart was changing, and in turn that was going to make her a more likeable and loving person.  Praise God! And to think that it started here by having her read flash Bible verses that help detox and purify her busy mind.  I think as parents that we have to sometimes become creative in how we get our kids to learn the Bible.  They're so busy playing electronics that it's really a blessing to see something good go into their minds for a change.
 

It has been a phenomenal experience to watch the Holy Spirit in "Young Brides for Christ" move.  I can’t get over the growth and exposure that this site has experienced over the last two weeks.  It has been such an enjoyable experience to grow closer to Jesus Christ and to choose the Bible verses that go into this website.  I just want to feed on the word of God intravenously, where I’m hooked up to the Holy Spirit where every word I think or comes out of my mouth is the word of God.  Jesus, I love you so much, I give you my heart and soul, and “Young Brides for Christ” to watch it grow.

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The word adoption is the most powerful word that a foster child can hear.  It’s a word that says that you accept me for who I am.  It’s a word that says that you love me unconditionally. It’s a word that says finally there is someone out there that acknowledges me for who I am.  It’s a word to a lonely orphan that says, there’s someone in this world that loves me, your words are true.  I will no longer be left alone in this world to figure things out for myself. It’s a word that can bring a child closer to you, or distance a child farther from you.  It’s a word fulfilled from God and his promises of hope and a future.

With some kids facing adoption there’s also a loyalty question that comes to mind.  Does this mean that I don’t love my bio parent, if I accept you as my parent?  These are real questions that post adopted children sometimes ask themselves. Does this mean that my bio parent won’t want to see me when I turn of age?  I’ve seen both.  I’ve seen kids run to the word adoption and not want to look back.  And, I have also seen those that the word adoption scares them, and they will try to sabotage their adoption. 

Adoption is the most powerful word that a child can hear.  They will either run to it with an accepting heart, or they’ll run from it, with a questionable heart and beat themselves with what if? 

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future...