tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43427884736582642992024-03-14T18:32:52.764+13:00WOMEN FOR THE NATIONSWomen for the Nations is a ministry that aims to be an interdednominational, international fellowship of women. The aim of WFN is to empower women to discover their purpose, realise their potential, become women of passion, being aware of who they are in Jesus Christ, having an intimate relationship with God, knowing Him in all His ways and having a mature understanding of the Word of God.Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-54061654496074725582014-05-05T09:31:00.000+12:002014-05-05T09:31:35.780+12:00GOODBYEMy dear friends<br />
It is time to say goodbye. I have not managed my blog well as the last year has been crazy with all my responsibilities and travelling. I then received an email from a wonderful lady who would like to use the name for their courses etc. I feel it right to relinquish what God has allowed me to use for so long.<br />
I will start a new blog, please look out for me as I<em> know I will long to fellowship with you!!</em><br />
My new book A NEW SEASON A NEW SONG is nearly ready to be put "to bed" and this title that the Lord gave me seems significant for this season.<br />
So in keeping with the title of my book it is time for the new season and the new song.<br />
I wish you love and happiness I bless you with every blessing of the Lord, may all your paths be straight and may your bread baskets always overflow.<br />
Until we all meet again somewhere<br />
Love and Hugs<br />
Sharmaine<br />
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I wonder if you have ever sat in the midst of here and there? Have you ever sat like a person in the middle wondering who you are and why you have travelled through the tall grasses and dusty roads to end up not at a certain destination but at some destination? Hidden your face from the world not wanting to be "seen"<br />
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So many people today seem to have lost their way, they are unsure what it is that they started out looking for and when they look in the mirror they are unsure of the woman they were/wanted to be/have become?</div>
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The good news is that no matter how far you have strayed from your original path, no matter where you have lay, there is a saviour, His name is Jesus and He has promised that He will restore to you what "the locusts" have eaten.</div>
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So instead of looking down....look up...see your salvation...repent...turn around...it is but a decision away.</div>
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Join a good Word based church and start a new path that leads to new life.</div>
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Remember how special you are, how uniquely you were created and how very special you are to my Saviour who died for you and me. Most of all you are beautiful to our King.</div>
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So often we omit to thank the faithful who are always there for us. Thank you Leonie for your commitment to missions and the WAA meetings, thank you Michelle for your commitment to WAA and the administration.<br />
Dont forget there is a WAA meeting this coming Saturday, Glenys Mills is giving her testimony.<br />
God and I love you!<br />
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Sharmaine<br />
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I am so very excited, my friend Andrew Halsall, a well known photographer have joined forces to finally put together our new devotional "A NEW SEASON A NEW SONG". We will be using some of Andrews amazing photos and new devotional material.<br />
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If any of you want to contribute, please send me your contributions and of course you will get the credit for it.<br />
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So how are you all doing? I was at Forerunners International again and Family Christian Church in Brisbane. God was so incredible I ministered at the missions conference and at the first WAA (WOMANS APOSTOLIC ALLIANCE) conference. What a day we had, a day of intimacy with God, good fellowship and some new friendships formed. It was absolutly fabulous!!<br />
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It seems difficult to get back to every day life! The Lord has been gracious and I noow have my own consulting room and am being blessed with enough work which helps me to travel and preach.<br />
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So for today I stand in the goodness of God and as the song says , "Dancing with my Father in the fields of grace"<br />
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Love you all<br />
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Sharmaine<br />
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Its so great to be back from Forerunners International Prophetic School but at the same time there is a space in my heart that craves the intimacy of worship and friendship that I experienced over the 10 days I was hosted there.<br />
It is amazing to find the place where you come home. It is a spiritual recognition that is not possible to explain.<br />
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Lynne Hamilton is a General and a spiritual giant, a compassionate, caring woman who does not "play games" as she has too much to accomplish and do. I believe she has about 174 churches who relate to her and this is growing daily. How very fortunate I am to be counted as an Apostle in the house.<br />
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So for today I am grateful to Forerunners and all the apostles and Prophets that I spent time with!<br />
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Whoop whoop the future is so exciting<br />
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Love you all<br />
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"You are my hiding place; You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. Selah." Psalm 32:7</div>
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Instead of continuing to run on the path, he jumped through a small opening in the vines and landed in the creek. He immediately doubled back and threw himself under the ledge. A small cave had been cut by centuries of water flow and he hid there with his hand clamped over his mouth so that his ragged breaths would not betray him.</div>
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Soon enough, his enemies' footsteps could be heard pounding along as they went right by his secret hiding place. That small cave is what I think of whenever I meditate on God's name, El Cether. It's pronounced "say-there" and means "hiding place."</div>
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David knew well what it meant to be pursued by enemies. He spent a lot of time in dark caves, eluding those who would do him harm, and it was a natural step to begin thinking of his God as El Cether (God My Hiding Place). But "cether" also means secret.</div>
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It is used when someone tries to secretly whisper into your ear or when someone tries to sin in secret. Jonathan advised David to meet him in a secret hiding place to determine King Saul's intent.</div>
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Abigail used the covering of a hill to meet David secretly in order to avoid a disastrous slaughter. God does not promise to keep all trouble from us. But He does promise to be our secret hiding place. That hiding place is found in our private devotional encounter with El Cether.</div>
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Our faith in His abiding strength and provision is both our hiding place and our shield from the darts of the enemy. Through His Word and His Spirit, He feeds and strengthens us in the midst of our conflict, often right in front of our enemies.</div>
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All we have to do is abide in His presence, clinging to His mighty hand as the world rages around us. Someday, we will hear His voice calling, "My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely." The next thing you know we will be home-safe, warm and with no further need to hide.</div>Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-69131547220069506232012-01-11T09:31:00.000+13:002012-01-11T09:31:20.756+13:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So often we enjoy the things that we stagnate on...George and I have a favourite coffee shop, a favourite drive, I have a favourite outfit, favourite music etc<div>
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2 of the girls have moved, Leonie leaves for Auckland and Myra has moved back to their lifestyle block.</div>
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I was feeling really sad about all the "movement" when the Lord gently reminded me that the devotional I am writing is called "A NEW SEASON , A NEW SONG". Well, yes, we need new songs, not that the old ones aren't anointed but we need NEW WINE! Hallelujah, we need to breathe clean fresh air, we need to drink pure running water, NOT, stagnant water!</div>
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So today surrender yourself to the fresh "newness" of what God would pour into your life, surrender to the plan, because dearly beloved one we are constantly moving forward NOT camping!</div>
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Have you ever told a White lie? You are going to love this, especially all of the Ladies who bake for church events:
Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa, but forgot to do it
Until the last minute. She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and after rummaging through cabinets, found an angel
food cake mix & quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and helping her son pack for scout camp.
When she took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped flat and the cake was horribly disfigured and she exclaimed,
"Oh dear, there is not time to bake another cake!"
This cake was important to Alice because she did so want to fit in at her new church, and in her newcommunity of friends.
So, being inventive, she looked around the house for something to build up the center of the cake. She found it in the
bathroom - aroll of toilet paper.
She plunked it in and then covered it with icing. Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it looked perfect.
And, before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and head for work, Alice woke her daughter and gave her some
money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the moment it opened at 9:30 and to buy the cake and bring it home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found the attractive, perfect cake had already been sold.
Amanda grabbed her cell phone and called her Mom.
Alice was horrified - she was beside herself! Everyone would know! What would they think? She would be ostracized, talked about,
ridiculed!
All night, Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people pointing fingers at her and talking about her behind her back.
The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not to think about the cake and would attend the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the
home of a fellow church member and try to have a good time. She did not really want to attend because the hostess was a snob who more
than once had looked down her nose at the fact that Alice was a single parent and not from the founding families of Tuscaloosa , but
having already RSVP'd , she couldn't think of a believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust old south and to Alice 's horror, the cake in question was presented
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Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the cake! She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about it, but
before she could get to her feet, The Mayor's wife said, "what a beautiful cake!"
Alice , still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess (who was a prominent church member) say,
"Thank you, I baked it myself."
Alice smiled and thought to herself,
"God is good."Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-91961995883699092522012-01-03T20:56:00.002+13:002012-01-03T21:09:55.394+13:00New Year ....New ThoughtsWell precious friends here we are at a new road, new year, new decisions and new thought patterns or maybe not?<br /><br />We start every new year with gusto, lists in our hand feeling so satisfied that we have chosen a higher way, a better way , that this year will be different to any other. We set ourselves impossible goals, impossible schemes and forget to place them all at the feet of the Dream Giver.<br /><br />Oh no, I can hear you dispair "Is it wrong to have goals , to want to change? " <br /><br />No my beloved it is RIGHT! "Well " I can just hear you think , "then how does that fit?"<br /><br />You ask really good questions.<br /><br />When we ponder our goals ponder them with Him, when we set our goals, consult Him our Abba first and see if they fit with His goals for you! This dearest friends is the pathway to success, so often we try and squeeze God into our plans , into our schedule only to find it becomes a minefield of challenges and then we bemoan our fate and ask why it did not work out!<br /><br />So clear the junk out of your trunk, bury old "corpses" ( old stinking thinking, old habits) and smile, face the future knowing who you are and beloved have the best year ever no matter what.<br /><br />Hugs<br /><br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-86851812155828251112011-11-29T22:12:00.002+13:002011-11-29T22:25:09.726+13:00So.....Consider thisHow are you all doing? <br /><br />I have been thinking about Job's wife recently. As you know my "filler" job is counselling until God releases me back into full time ministry.<br /><br />Job 2:9 is relevant. I have been dealing with a few women who have lost so much in the Christchurch earthquake. They have become embittered, even those who know God seem to want to have nothing to do with Him and encourage those they care deeply for to "curse" God .<br /><br />When will you allow your heart not to be turned from the joy of intimacy with Him? When will you stop berating the Lord for the "things" that you believe He has taken away from you?<br /><br />When will you sit and rather hand your grief to Him, the lover of your soul.<br /><br />Ponder today the events of your life, how you perceive them, how you present. Think of God and His great love for you, so much so that He gave His Son for ALL who would believe in Him.<br /><br />God Bless you and I love youevery day !Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-54639845457873647572011-11-04T20:02:00.004+13:002011-11-04T20:22:24.339+13:00Abuse ?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-64mGwDrAFbY/TrOOKogU1jI/AAAAAAAAAbs/QCvpudoC46w/s1600/Mom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-64mGwDrAFbY/TrOOKogU1jI/AAAAAAAAAbs/QCvpudoC46w/s200/Mom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671032669112423986" /></a><br /><br />I know someone who is writing what will be an excelent expose on abuse in the church. The abuse she is talking about is the silent abuse that takes place in Christian homes and what is done about it in the church.<br /><br />This got me thinking about other abuse in the church such as Pastors whose families go through so much that it borders on abuse. God never asked a man to sacrifice his family on the ministry alter! I was told a story of a ministry family that were given a manse, however the church office was in the bottom of their house so they constantly had no privacy! Come on this is not what Jesus paid the price for.<br /><br />What about the way that parishioners abuse pastors and their families.......<br /><br />Judgement comes first to the church.<br /><br />It is time for us to change to allow ourselves be re-arranged, it is time for the bride of Christ to wash her robes, it is time for us to love each other as we love ourselves. <br /><br />Is that not another point, how much do we love ourselves? Are we able to love others if we cannot love ourselves? Of course not!<br /><br />Jesus paid a price that is incomprehnsible for our freedom, He loves you today and everyday, He is our desire, He is our purpose and He is our King.<br /><br />You are so so loved!<br /><br />Hugs and blessings<br /><br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-12837087117108999642011-10-08T08:31:00.002+13:002011-10-08T11:13:21.280+13:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uR6Sk0MVtIQ/To95apiZRNI/AAAAAAAAAbM/mtfB3XuWqvE/s1600/george%2Band%2Bshar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uR6Sk0MVtIQ/To95apiZRNI/AAAAAAAAAbM/mtfB3XuWqvE/s200/george%2Band%2Bshar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660876755361678546" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am sorry that I have been away from familiar for a while, but it has been difficult to articulate the place I have found myself in.How do you even begin to speak about walking through the valley of the shadow of death and similtaneously describing the continuous bombardment of pressure and cruelty,HOWEVERLet the bells ring......I have left my paying job to walk on the water with Him, you and me. We will journey into the hearts of ourselves, into places hitherto unspoken of and sometimes just have a cup of coffee and tea together gathering around the campfires of our hearts to share our secrets and dreams.I may have been away BUT I love you every daySharmaine1 Cor 13Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-83260800698192993662011-04-04T04:50:00.002+12:002011-04-04T05:11:10.583+12:00HEAVEN AND HELLSisters<br />Wete received this from Dr Raynold Bori. When I was at a conference some time ago In the USA I received a prophetic word to tell people that Jesus is coming soon!<br /><br />He is coming soon! Please read this testimony and let it minister to you!<br />I apologise for not including the pictures should anyboby want them contact me and I will send the PDF documnent to you!<br /><br />Prepare to meet your God! The Kingdoms of Heaven & Hell, and the Return of CHRIST by Angelica Zambrano aka.23 Horas Muertra For a period of 23 hours, a young Ecuadorian girl named Angelica was shown the Kingdoms of Heaven and Hell, and the Return of Christ. She witnessed Jesus weeping as He overlooked multitudes of souls lost forever, a world that has rejected Him, a Church that is mostly unprepared for Him, a people that have stopped witnessing to the lost, and an entertainment industry that even lures children to satan. She witnessed many of our esteemed cultural icons suffering in the Pit; singers, entertainers, and even a pope. <br /><br />Angelica was also shown how the Kingdom of Heaven is all wonderfully prepared and ready, an unimaginable glorious place, where no evil exists. Though Jesus is ONLY coming back for a Holy People, and many of God's children will NOT be ready on that day, and will be left behind in a world that will fall apart.<br />(Location: El Empalme, Ecuador. Sept. 29, 2009)<br /><br />My name is Maxima Zambrano and we attend the "Casa de Oracion" Church in El Empalme. We were fasting for 15 days, and crying out to God. My daughter Angelica also joined us. During those fifteen days of fasting, I was able to see beyond the natural, which I've never done before. We were praying and fasting at the retreat, and even continued praying and crying out at home, waiting for God to speak to us.<br />The Lord gave us much encouragement. Because of our trials, we were often ready to give up, but the Lord was there to help us. He gave usJeremiah 33:3 "Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not." My daughter had been emphatically requesting that from Lord, though I didn't know it at the time.<br />My name is Angelica Elizabeth Zambrano Mora. I am 18, and study at the "Colegio José María Velazco Ibarra", here at El Cantón, El Empalme, Ecuador. I first accepted Christ when I was 12, but I told myself, "None of my friends were evangelicals and I felt strange amongst them", so I walked away from God, and lived a bad, terrible life.<br />But God pulled me out of there. On, my 15th Birthday, I was reconciled to the Lord, but I was still double-minded. The Bible says, "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8) and I was one of those<br /><br />Maxima (the Mother):<br />persons. My dad would say, "You don't have to be like that, it looks awful, it's wrong," but I would reply, "This is the way I am, and how I want to be, nobody has to tell me how I should be, nor what I should do, nor how I should dress, or behave." He would respond, "God is going to deal with you. He is going to change you.<br /><br />Angelica (The daughter):<br />"During my 17 birthday, I came closer to the Lord. On April 28th I came to Him and said, "Lord, I feel so bad, I know that I'm a sinner," and I told Him how I felt. "Lord, forgive me. I want You to write my name in the Book of Life and to accept me as Your child." I repented and gave back my life to the Lord. I said, "Lord, I want You to change me, to make a difference in me." I cried with all my heart, asking the Lord to change me. But, as time passed by I felt no change. The only difference was that I began to attend church, to read the Bible and to pray. That was the only change in my life.<br />Then, in August, I was invited to fast for 15 days. I decided to join, but before entering I said, "Lord, I want you to deal with me here." During the fast, the Lord was speaking to almost everybody, except me! It was as if the Lord had not seen me, and that hurt. I would pray, "Lord, aren't You going to deal with me?" I would cry alone and continue, "Lord, do You love me? Are You here? Are You with me? Why don't You speak to me like You do to everyone else. You speak so many things to other people, even words of prophecy, but not me." I asked for a sign that He was with me, and the Lord gave me Jeremiah 33:3, "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." I said, "Lord, did You just talk to me?” Because I heard His audible voice and had a vision of the words written in Jeremiah 33:3.<br /><br />I said, "Lord, is that for me?" I kept it to myself, while everyone else was testifying what the Lord had given them and what they had seen. But I kept it secret and would only meditate on the words: "Call unto Me" means to pray, but what did "great and mighty things" mean? I thought, "This can only mean heaven and hell." So I said,"Lord, I only want You to show me heaven, but not hell, because I've heard that it is a horrible place." But I then prayed with all my heart, "Lord if it is Your will to show me what You must, then do so, but change me first. I want You to make a difference in me; I want to be different.”<br /><br />When we finished fasting, there were trials and difficulties and sometimes I felt faint, unable to continue walking with the Lord. But He gave me strength. I started to hear His voice and know Him better. We became good friends. The Lord is our best friend, the Holy Spirit. I told Him, "Lord, You are my best friend. I want to know You better," and shared all my thoughts with Him.<br /><br />I prayed during all of August and then in November, a servant of the Lord came to our house and said, "May the Lord bless you." I replied, "Amen." He then said, "I am here to bring you a message from God...you must prepare yourself, because the Lord will show you great and mighty things which you do not know. He is going to show you Heaven and Hell because you have been asking, from Jeremiah 33:3." I asked, "Yes, how did you know? I haven't told that to anyone."<br /><br />He responded, "The same God that you serve and praise, that very same God I also praise told me everything."<br />Soon we began to pray. Some sisters from our church, and others from my family were there with us praying. But as soon as we started praying, I began to see the Heavens opened. So <br /><br />I said, "I see the Heavens are opening, and 2 angels are coming down!" The man said, "Ask them why they are here."<br />They were tall and beautiful; with beautiful wings. They were large and shining, and seemed transparent, brilliant as gold. They wore crystal sandals and had on holy garments. "Why are you here?" They smiled and said, "We are here because we have a task to carry out...We are here because you must visit Heaven and Hell and we will not leave until all of this comes to pass." I responded, "very well, but I only want to visit heaven, not hell." They smiled, and stayed there, but did not say anything more. After we finished prayer, I could still see them there.<br /><br />I also started to see the Holy Spirit; He is my best friend; He is Holy, He is omniscient; He is omnipresent! I could see Him, transparent and brilliant at the same time; with a brilliant countenance, I could see His smile and His loving gaze! I can hardly describe Him, because He is more beautiful than angels. The angels have their own beauty, but the Holy Spirit is far more beautiful than they are! I could hear His audible voice, a voice full of love, a passionate voice. I just can't explain His voice; a voice like lightening, yet at the same time He would say, "I am with you." so I would strive to continue walking with God, even as trials surrounded us. We were going through very difficult moments, but victorious ones at the same time. I said, "Lord, let Your will be done." I continued to notice the angels even at school, and in my classes. I was so happy, so full of joy because I could actually see them!<br /><br />The servant of the Lord, who visited my house, told me to prepare myself, because I was going to see Heaven and Hell. But he also told me something difficult. He said,"You are going to die." It wasn't easy when I heard this.<br />"How am I going to die? I'm so young", I asked. He replied, "Don't worry about anything, everything God does is perfect, and He will bring you back to life, so you can testify about Heaven and Hell, which is what the Lord wants all of us to know about." I said, "Amen, but will I be run over by a car, how will I die?" Ideas came rushing into my mind, but the Lord told me not to worry, everything was under control. I said, "Thank you, Lord!"<br /><br />On November 6th, after I returned home from school, the Angels were still with me, even while praising the Lord. They would not speak to me; all they would say was,"Holy, Holy, Holy, Hallelujah," giving glory, honor and praise to our Heavenly Father. The Holy Spirit was there along with the angels and I would rejoice. Many people say that the gospel is boring, but that is a big lie from the devil to keep people from searching for God's presence. I also used to believe this, but after I met the Lord and the Holy Spirit, I know the gospel is not boring, it is the most beautiful experience you can have on Earth!<br />I could see; play with, and even talk to the Holy Spirit. But the angels would not talk to me, but they would praise the Lord. I would say, "Holy Spirit come along with me to do this or that" and He would be there. I could feel and see Him.<br />I saw Him when He would rise to His feet, and would even prepare a seat for Him. Although many can't see Him, He is here! That relationship has continued, there's no reason to stop it, once you've experienced it…there's no way that I would withdraw. When I consider where He pulled me out from, what I was before, I am so thankful for His mercy, for all His love toward humanity and toward me!<br /><br />On November 7th, when I was returning home, I heard a voice that said, "Be prepared, for you will die today," I knew it was the Holy Spirit because I could see Him. I ignored His voice and said, "Lord, I don't want to die today!" But He repeated, "Be prepared, for you will die today!" This time He said it louder and with greater force. I replied, "Lord, I know it's You talking to me; I only ask for a confirmation and after that, do with me as You will. I'll do whatever You ask, I'll surrender, even if I'm afraid, because I know You are with me and You are real."<br />I prayed, "Let that person you used before, bring me the message. Let him be at my home this instant, before I arrive, and let him tell me that today I will die." Now, somehow the Lord knows our past, present and future. He knew what I would request of Him. So when I arrived home, the servant of the Lord was already there.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />When my daughter got home, we were in the kitchen. When Angelica she saw the servant of the Lord she said, "May the Lord bless you." The man of God responded, "God bless you. Are you ready? For today is the day that the Lord will take you, at 4 PM." She just stood there, astonished that the Lord had granted her request.<br />Angelica:<br />When I heard this I said, "Amen...but I don't want to die, I can't die! No, Lord, I'm afraid, very much afraid, terrified!" The servant of the Lord said, “Let's pray that your fear will leave now in the name of our Lord." I said, "Amen" and we prayed. Soon I felt all fear leave me, and an indescribable joy came, thinking that death was the best thing that could happen to me! I started to smile and laugh while everyone was looking at me. They could all see that I went from being dismal to joyful. I was smiling, jumping and singing.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />My daughter instantly felt joy in her heart and started eating. She had a little bit of everything, saying, "If I don't return, well I've eaten and I'm full."<br /><br />Angelica:<br />Everyone started laughing and asked, "Why are you behaving like this instead of being sad, you're happy, you're joyful?" I told them, "Of course: I'm going to see the Lord, I'm going to be with Him, but I don't know if I'll be coming back so I want to give away all my things." They all stared at me and asked, "You're going to give away all your belongings?" My Mom's eyes were wide open in surprise!<br /><br />Maxima:<br />My daughter started giving her things away. She gave everything away, everything! Our church sisters were with us, as usual, and she gave something to every one of them. When I questioned her intentions, she said, "If I return, they can give everything back to me, but if I don't come back, then they can keep everything."<br /><br />Angelica:<br />I can imagine how sad my Mom must have felt when I said that. But I felt so happy, that I started giving everything away: my clothes, my bed, my cell phone, everything, with one condition: If I come back, everything must be returned to me. They all started laughing.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />She was very determined, but as a mother I felt so much sorrow. It wasn't easy. I wondered, "Lord when the moment comes, how will it be?" I couldn't understand. As they started praying, I was arranging thing in the house. They said, "sister, come let's pray." But I replied, "You go on, I will join you shortly. Just let me finish this task."<br /><br />Angelica:<br />They were all observing me as we prayed. I prayed, "Lord, I want to do Your will. You're not a man that You would lie or repent, I know You are real. If I am going to fail You, then it's best if You just take me with You; but If I am going to do Your will, then bring me back, but help me say the truth, prepare me, help me to preach and to tell people to repent." That was my shortest prayer. I told this to the servant of the Lord and said, "Don't tell my Mom what I said to the Lord." He replied, "I won't tell her now, but once the Lord has taken you, I'll tell her." We continued praying and came together in a prayer circle.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />At 3:30 PM, the Lord told His servant to anoint my daughter. So some of us went into the room and anointed her. He gave us two minutes to anoint her all over, from her hair down, everything, all her body. She was fully anointed.<br />Death<br /><br />Angelica:<br />My Mom and another church sister, Fátima Navarrete, anointed me with oil. But as they were anointing me, I felt something covering me, like a glass that was surrounding me. It's hard to explain, I felt covered with something like armor, and I couldn't explain how I was covered. After that, when they tried to touch me, they no longer could.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />As we were praying over Angelica, I was trying to lay my hands on her, but I couldn't touch her! She had some type of covering around her. It was strange, nobody could touch her! This covering started at the top of her head to her feet, about 30cm (12 inches). That was what shocked me the most. I've lay my hands on people before, in service to the Lord, but something like this had never happened before! I said, "Oh, something must be happening," and I started to pray and to give thanks to the Lord. Suddenly, I felt great joy. The sorrow in my heart was gone, the pain was gone, and I now felt joyful and happy! We continued praying and about at 4:00 PM, my daughter fell to the floor.<br /><br />Angelica:<br />During prayer, I felt shortness of breath; I couldn't breathe. I felt a pain in my abdomen and in my heart. I felt my blood going dormant, and tremendous pain all over my body. All I could say was, "Lord, give me strength, give me strength!" because I felt I couldn't go on. I had no strength, it was leaving me! When I looked up to heaven, in the spiritual realm, not with my physical eyes, I saw heaven opening up. I saw angels, not two nor ten, but millions of them gathering together. In the midst of the millions of angels, I saw a Light, 10,000 times brighter than the sun. And I said, "Lord that is You who is coming!"<br /><br />Maxima:<br />When she fell down, we tried to stand her up, but she was unable to stand on her own. At this time, we were able to touch her. She was saying, "Pray. I don't have strength, Mommy, I don't have strength and I feel pain." First, she felt pain in her heart, and then it went down near her abdomen. We kept on praying and pleading with the Lord. The Lord took her life!<br />Never before in my life had I seen anybody die. I had to see my daughter, as she was agonizing! It was not easy at all! I couldn't understand her last few words, and at the end she stopped. I placed my hand on her face, and a mirror to her mouth, to see if she was breathing. She had no breath, she just stood still. I held her, she was still warm, as normal. I took<br />a sheet and covered her up, and in a short while she started to get cold, very cold. Her hair was set back, like the hair of a dead person, and she turned icy cold.<br /><br />Angelica:<br />Jesus was coming down, and I felt my body dying. As Jesus and the Angels got closer, I felt I was leaving, that I was no longer me. I was no longer alive, I was dying, and it was agonizing! When my body fell to the floor, they were already here. My house was full of angels, and in the midst of the angels I saw a Light, stronger than the sun! It was very difficult; I felt tremendous pain, as my soul and spirit were being torn away.<br />I was crying and screaming, as I saw my body on the floor. I asked, "Lord, what is happening? What is happening?" I wanted to touch my body and get inside it again, but when I tried, it was like to grabbing air: I couldn't touch it. My hand went straight through it. None of those who were praying there could hear me! And I shouted, "Lord, help me!"<br /><br />Maxima:<br />My husband arrived while we were praying, and he saw her there. The Lord gave me strength at that moment because I didn't know what to do. It was like she was in a coma, but I knew she was OK, because it was the Lord's work. So I said "Lord, let Your will be done."<br />The Lord Jesus Christ<br /><br />Angelica:<br />At that moment I hear the Lord's voice, a beautiful voice with thunder and love, "Fear not, Daughter, for I am Jehovah, Your God, and I have come here to show you what I have promised you. Arise, for I am Jehovah, who holds you by your right hand and tells you, Fear not, I will help you." Suddenly, I arose. I had been kneeling down, looking at my body, wanting to get back in but not being able to. When I heard His voice, fear had left me, and I was no longer scared.<br />As I started walking, the angels began to open a path. There was a strong light shining, and as I gazed at it, I felt peace. As I looked, I saw a beautiful, tall, elegant, muscular man. Light was projecting from Him. There was too much light for me to see His face! But I could see His beautiful hair of brilliant gold and a white garment with a wide golden girdle that crossed His chest. It read, "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."<br />I looked at His feet, He was wearing shiny golden sandals, of brilliant gold. He was so beautiful! He extended His hand to me. When I took His hand, it wasn't like when I touched my body, my hand did not go through it. I asked, "What is happening?" <br /><br />And He said, "I am going to show you hell, so that you return and tell humanity that hell is real; that hell exists. And also, My glory<br />will I show you, for you to tell My people to be prepared, for My glory is real and I am real." He said, "Daughter, do not fear"- He said it again and I said, "Lord, it's just that I want to go to heaven, but not hell, because I've heard that it's horrible!" He said, "Daughter, I will be with you. I will not leave you in that place and I am going to show you that place because there are many who know that hell exists, but they have no fear. They believe it's a game, that hell is a joke, and many don't know about it. That is why I am going to show you that place, because there are more that perish than those that are entering My glory." When He said that, I could see tears streaming down to His garments. I asked Him, "Lord, why are you crying?" He replied, "Daughter, because there are more that perish, and I will show you this, so that you will go and tell the truth and so that you will not return to that place."<br /><br />Hell<br /><br />Suddenly, as He was speaking, everything started to move. The Earth shook and split open, and I saw a very dark hole below.<br />We were standing on a sort of rock with angels surrounding us. I said, "Lord, I don't want to go to that place!" He said, "Daughter, do not fear for I am with you." In a split second we descended into the dark hole. I tried to see but there was a terrible darkness. I did see a huge circle, and hear millions of voices.<br />I was so hot, I felt my skin burning. I asked, "Lord, what is this? I don't want to go to this place!" The Lord said that this was just the tunnel to hell. There was a horrible, repulsive and nauseating smell, and I begged Jesus not to take me. He responded, "Daughter, it is necessary for you to come and know this place." I cried, "But why, Lord, why?" And He said, 'so that you can tell the truth to humanity; humanity perishes, it's lost and few are entering My Kingdom." In saying this, He would weep. His words strengthened and encouraged me, so I continued walking.<br />We arrived at the end of a tunnel, when I looked down I saw an abyss covered in flames. The Lord said "Daughter, I give this to you." It was a large binder with blank sheets of paper. "Daughter, take this pencil so that you can write all that I will show you, what you will see and hear. You will write everything as you are observing it, as you will live it." I said, "Lord, I will do it, but I am already seeing so much, Lord. I am seeing souls being tormented, and immense flames."<br /><br />Maxima:<br />Time was going by, and my daughter was still lying there. "Lord, what is happening?" Tears were coming out of her eyes, but when I wiped them away, they would just come again. I placed a mirror to her mouth to see if she was breathing, there was nothing. We checked her pulse, nothing. We placed a hand on her stomach, nothing. The servant of the Lord said, "the place where she is, is not a place of smiles but a place of torment."<br /><br />Angelica:<br />I told Jesus, "I will testify that hell is real, that hell exists, but take me out of here now!" And He replied, "Daughter, we haven't even entered that place, and I have shown you nothing yet, and already you want Me to take you out of this place?" "Lord, please take me out of here," I said. Then we started to descend into the abyss! I started to cry and scream, "Lord, no, no, no, no- I don't want to go!" and He would reply, "You need to see this."<br /><br />I saw horrible demons, of all types, both large and small. They were running so fast, and carrying something in their hands. "Lord, why are they running like that and what are they carrying?" He answered, “Daughter, they run that way because they know their time is running out, because time is so short to destroy humanity and especially My people. That which they carry in their hands are darts to destroy humanity, because each demon is given a name and according to the name that is given to them, they have a dart to destroy that person and bring them to this place; their goal is to destroy that person and bring them to hell." And I would see the demons running and exiting toward Earth and He told me. "They are going to Earth to bring and throw humanity into this place." As He said this He would weep, He would weep so very much. He was weeping all the time and I would cry too.<br /><br />Maxima:<br />My Daughter was dead for 23 hours, but I did not notify the authorities. I prayed, "Lord, I will wait for 24 hours. If my daughter is not back in 24 hours, I will call a doctor." But, the Lord brought her back before 24 hours were up.<br /><br />Angelica:<br />The Lord said to me, "Are you ready to see what I am going to show you?" "Yes, Lord," I said. He took me to a cell where I could see a young man being tormented among the flames. I noticed that the cell was enumerated, though I couldn't understand the numbers, they seemed to be backward. There was a huge plaque in that cell, and the young man had the number "666" on his forehead. He also had a big metallic plate that was encrusted into his skin. The worms that were eating him, were unable to damage that plate; neither did the flames burn it. He screamed, "Lord, have mercy on me. Take me out of this place. Forgive me, Lord!" But Jesus would respond, "it's late, too late: I gave you opportunities and you would not repent."<br /><br />I asked Jesus, "Lord, why is he here?" Then I recognized him. On Earth, this young man knew the Word of God, but abruptly he walked away from the Lord, preferring alcohol, drugs and walking on the wrong path. He did not want to follow the way of the Lord. Jesus warned him many times on what could happen to him. Jesus said, "Daughter, he is in this place because anyone who rejects My word already has a judge: The Word that I have spoken will judge him in that last day," (John 12:48) and then Jesus wept.<br />When the Lord weeps, it's different than we do. He would weep with this pain in His heart and He would sob profoundly. "I did not create hell for humanity," Jesus said. So I asked Him, "Then why is humanity here, Lord?" He answered, "Daughter, I created hell for satan and his angels, who are the demons; (Matt. 25:41) but, because of sin and the lack of repentance, humanity ends here, and there are more that perish than those who reach My glory!" (Matt 7:14) <br /><br />He continued weeping and it would hurt me so much to see how He cried. "Daughter, I gave My life for humanity, so that it would not perish, so that it would not end up in this place. I gave My life out of love and mercy, so that humanity would proceed to repentance and could enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Jesus would moan as someone who could no longer withstand the pain, that's how much pain He felt watching the people here.<br />Being with Jesus, made me feel safe. I thought, "If I let go of the Lord, I'll be stuck here!" I asked, "Jesus, do I have relatives in this place." He looked at me as I was crying and He said, "Daughter, I am with you," because I was so scared. He took me to another cell. I never could have imagined seeing a relative of mine in that cell. I saw this woman being tormented, she had worms that would eat her face off, and demons would plunge a type of spear into her body. She would scream, "No, Lord, have mercy on me, forgive me, please, take me out of this place for one minute!"<br /><br />In Hell, people are tormented with the memories of what they did on Earth. Demons would mock people and tell them, "Worship and praise because this is your kingdom!" and the people would scream remembering that they knew God, because they knew the Word. Those who had known the Lord were tormented twofold.<br />The Lord said, "There is no other opportunity [for those here]; there is still opportunity for those who are alive." I asked Him, "Lord, why is my great-grandmother here? I don't know if she ever knew you. Why is she here in hell, Lord?" He replied, "Daughter, she is here because she failed to forgive...Daughter, he who does not forgive, neither will I forgive him."<br /><br />I asked, "Lord, but You do forgive, and You are merciful." And He answered, "Yes, Daughter, but it is necessary to forgive, because they have not forgiven many people, and that is why many people are in this place, because they failed to forgive...Go and tell humanity that it is time to forgive, and especially My people, for many of My people have not forgiven. Tell them to rid themselves of grudges, of resentment, of that hatred in their hearts, for it is time to forgive! If death were to surprise that person who has failed to forgive, that person may go to hell, for no<br />one can purchase life." When we left that place, my great grandmother was engulfed in fire and she screamed, "Aaaah," and began to blaspheme the name of God, she would curse Him; every person in hell blasphemes against God.<br /><br />As we left that area, I could see that hell was full of tormented souls. Many people would extend their hands out, begging Jesus to help them and take them out of there. But the Lord could not do anything for them and they would start blaspheming God. Then Jesus would weep and say, "It hurts Me to hear them, it hurts Me to see what they do, because I can no longer do anything for them. What I will tell you is that I still have opportunity for he who is still on Earth, who has not yet died, who is still alive; he still has time to repent!"<br /><br />The Lord told me there were many famous people in Hell, and also many people who had known about the Lord. He said, “I am going to show you another part of the furnace." We came to a place where a woman was surrounded by flames. She was in great torment and would scream, begging the Lord for mercy. Jesus pointed to her with his hand and told me, "Daughter, that woman that you see over there, surrounded by flames, is Selena." As we started getting closer, she screamed, "Lord, have mercy on me, forgive me Lord, take me out of this place!" But the Lord looked at her and said, "It's late, it's too late. You cannot repent now."<br /><br />She saw me and said, "Please, I beg you, go tell people about this, please speak out and do not be silent; go and tell them not to come to this place; go and tell them not to listen to my songs, nor sing my songs." So I asked her, "Why do you want me to go and say that?" And she answered, "Because every time people sing and listen to my songs, I am tormented even more, the person who does this, who sings and listens to my songs, is walking to this place. Please, go tell them not to come here; go tell them that hell is real!" She would scream and demons would hurl spears from afar into her body and she would cry, "Help me, Lord, have mercy on me, Lord!" But sadly, the Lord told her, "It is too late."<br /><br />I looked all over that area, it was full of singers and artists who have died. All they did was sing and sing, they wouldn't stop singing. The Lord explained, "Daughter, the person who is here, must continue doing here, whatever they did on Earth, if they had not repented."<br /><br />As I was observing the area, I noticed a lot of demons that were spilling down some type of rain. I actually thought it was raining. But I noticed the people in flames running away from the rain and shouting, "No, help me, Lord!...No, this can't be," and the demons would laugh and tell the people, "Praise and worship because this is your kingdom forever and ever!" I saw the flames increase and people's worms would multiply! There was no water there, it was brimstone that would multiply the flames and increase each person's anguish. I asked Jesus, "What's happening?...Lord, what is this?" The Lord replied, "This is the wages of anyone who has not repented." (Psalms 11:6)<br /><br />Then the Lord took me to place where there was a very well-known man. Before now, I used to live as a double minded young Christian girl. I used to think that any person that died would go to Heaven; that those who celebrated mass, would also go to heaven, but I was wrong. When Pope John Paul II died, my friends and relatives would tell me that he had gone to heaven. All the news on TV, on Extra and many other places would say, "Pope John Paul II has died, may he rest in peace. He is now rejoicing with the Lord and his angels in heaven" and I believed all of it. But I was only fooling myself, because I saw him in Hell, being tormented by flames. I looked at his face, it was John Paul II! The Lord said to me, "Look, Daughter, that man that you see there, is Pope John Paul II. He is here in this place; he is being tormented because he did not repent."<br />But I asked, "Lord, why is he here? He used to preach at church." <br /><br />Jesus replied, "Daughter, no fornicator, no idolater, no one who is greedy and no liar will inherit My Kingdom."(Eph. 5:5) I replied, "Yes, I know that is true, but I want to know why he is here, because he used to preach to multitudes of people!" And Jesus responded, "Yes, Daughter, he may have said many things, but he would never speak the truth as it is. He never said the truth and they know the truth and although he knew the truth, he preferred money over preaching about salvation. He would not offer reality; would not say that hell is real and that heaven also exists; Daughter, now he is here in this place."<br /><br />When I looked at this man, he had a large serpent with needles, wrapped around his throat, and he would try to take it off. I pleaded with Jesus, "Lord, help him!" The man would scream, "Help me, Lord; have mercy on me; take me out of this place; forgive me! I repent, Lord; I want to return to Earth, I want to go back to Earth to repent." The Lord observed him and said to him, "You very well knew. You knew very well that this place was real...It's too late; there is no other opportunity for you."<br />The Lord said, "Look, Daughter, I am going to show you the life of this man." Jesus showed me a huge screen on which I could observe how this man offered mass many times to the multitudes. And how the people who were there were so idolatrous. Jesus said, "Look, Daughter, there are many idolaters in this place. Idolatry will not save, Daughter. I am the only One who saves, and outside of Me, no one saves. I love the sinner, but I hate sin, Daughter. Go and tell humanity that I love them and that they need to come to Me."<br />As the Lord was speaking, I began to see how this man received multitudes of coins and bills; money, all of which he would keep. He had so much money. I saw images of this man seated on a throne, but I was also able to see beyond that. While it's true that these people do not get married, I can assure you, I'm not making this up, the Lord showed it to me, those people do sleep with nuns; with many women there! [1 example]<br /><br />The Lord showed me these people living in fornication, and the Word says that no fornicator will inherit His Kingdom. As I was watching all of this, the Lord told me, "Look Daughter, all of this which I am showing you is what goes on, what he lived and what keeps on happening among<br />many people, among many priests and popes existing." Then he told me, "Daughter, go and tell humanity that it's time to turn to Me."<br />The Lord showed me a place where many people were walking to hell. I asked Him, "Lord, how is it that they walk to this place?" He replied, "I will show you." He showed me a tunnel with many people walking through it. These people were chained from hand to foot. They were dressed in black and carrying a load on their back. Jesus said, "Look Daughter, those people that you see there, those people don't know Me yet. That which they carry on their backs is sin, but go and tell them to turn their burden over to Me, and I will give them rest; that I am He who forgives all their sins...Daughter, go and tell those people to come to Me, for I await them with open arms, and go tell them that they are walking to this place."<br /><br />As I was watching the people walking, I said, "Lord, that person over there is my cousin; that young man is my cousin, Lord, and that young girl coming down is also my cousin; my family is coming to this place!" He replied, "Daughter, they are walking to this place, but go and them where they are walking, go and tell them they are walking to hell. Go and tell them that I have chosen you as my watchman...I have chosen you as my watchman, for it means that you are to tell the truth. You must go and tell all that I have shown you. If you do not speak out and something happens to that person, his blood will be poured over you, but if you go and do as I have told you, then that person has an account with me. If the person does not repent, then the responsibility resting upon you will be lifted, for the account will rest upon that person and his blood will not be poured over you. (Ezekiel 3:18)"<br /><br />Jesus told me that many famous people were walking to that place, famous and important people. Take for example,Michael Jackson. This man was famous all over the world but he was a satanist. Although many people may not see it that way, but it is the truth. This man had satanic covenants: He came to agreement with the devil in order to achieve fame and attract many fans.<br />Those steps that he performed, that's the way I saw demons walk while tormenting people in hell. They would slide backward and not move forward, while they shout; enjoying the anguish they impose upon the people. Let me tell you that Michael Jackson is in hell. The Lord showed him to me after Michael died. He let me see Michael Jackson tormented in flames. I cried to Jesus, "Why?" It wasn't easy to see how this man was being tormented and how he would scream. Anyone who listens to Michael Jackson's songs or sings them or who is a fan of Michael Jackson, I warn you that satan is trapping you in his web so that you will end up in hell. Right now, renounce it in the name of Jesus! Jesus wants to set you free, so that you will not be lost.<br /><br />The Lord said, "Daughter, there are also people who know Me, that are walking to this place." I asked, "Lord, how can people who know You also come here?" He replied, "That person who has left My ways and that person who is living a double life." He started showing me people who were walking to Hell. They were tied from their hands to their feet.<br />They each wore a white garment, but it was torn, stained and wrinkled. Jesus said, "Daughter, see how My people have walked away from Me. Daughter, I want to tell you that I am not coming for these people. I am coming for a holy people, ready, without blemish, without wrinkle and without defilement...Go and tell them to return to the old paths." (Eph. 5:26-27) I started to see many of my uncles and many other people who had walked away from the Lord's ways. "Go and tell them that I am waiting for them, to surrender their loads to Me, and I will give them rest." Jesus was weeping, "Daughter, they are coming this way. Go and tell your uncles; go and tell your relatives that they are coming this way! Daughter, many will not believe you, but I am your faithful witness, I am your faithful witness. I will never leave you. Even if they do not believe you, Daughter, go and tell them the truth, for I am with you. I will also show you, Daughter, how people arrive at this place."<br /><br />We went to a tunnel where there were a multitude of people falling into the abyss. Not 1 thousand, not 2 thousand, but as many as the sand of the sea, countless. They were falling by the second, like handfuls of sand being thrown down. The souls were falling rapidly. Jesus was weeping, He said, "Daughter, this is how humanity perishes; this is how it is lost!...Daughter, it hurts Me to see how humanity perishes."<br />Jesus said, "Demons also hold meetings in this place." And I said, "Demons hold meetings?" Jesus said, "Yes, Daughter, they meet to plan, to plan what they will do to humanity. They hold daily secret meetings." And with that, Jesus took me to a cell, where I saw a wooden table with chairs around it. And there were demons – all types of demons. Jesus explained, "Daughter, they are now planning to go and destroy the pastors' families, the missionaries, the evangelists and all of those who know me. Daughter, they want to destroy them; they have many darts."<br /><br />The demons would laugh and mock and say, "Let's destroy humanity and bring it to this place." Jesus said, "Go and tell them that I am with them. Tell them to not leave open doors, to leave no place to satan, for satan walks about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.(1st Peter 5:18)" But the Word says, "he walks as", because the only real Lion, is the Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Revelations 5:5)! Jesus said, "Daughter, they especially want to destroy the pastors; family." I asked, "Why do they want to destroy the pastors' family?" And Jesus responded, "Because they are in charge of thousands of people that are the sheep of the fold; the sheep of the fold that the Lord has given them. They want these people to return to the world again; to look back and end up in hell...Go and tell the pastors to speak the truth. Go and tell them to preach the truth and to speak everything that I tell them and to never keep to themselves what I tell them!"<br /><br />As we left that place and He told me, "I want to show you something else...There are also children in this place." And I replied, “Children in this place, Lord? Why are there children here? Your Word says, 'let the children to come unto Me, and do not stop them: for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these." (Matthew 9:14) Jesus replied, "Daughter, it's true, of such is the kingdom of Heaven, but that child must come to Me, for he who comes to Me I will not throw out."(John 6:37) Instantly, the Lord showed me an eight year old boy being tormented in fire. The boy cried, "Lord have mercy of me, take me out of this place, I don't want to be here!" He kept crying and screaming. I saw demons around this boy, that resembled cartoon figures. There was Dragon, BoyZ, Ben 10, Pokémon, Doral, etc. "Lord, why is this boy here?" Jesus showed me a large screen of this boy's life. I saw how he would spend all of his time in front of the TV, watching these cartoons.<br />Jesus said, "Daughter, these animated cartoons, those movies, those soap operas that are seen daily on TV are satan's instruments to destroy humanity...Look, Daughter how this came to be." I saw how the boy was rebellious and disobedient toward his parents. When his parents talked to him, he would run away, throwing things and disobeying them. After this happened, a car ran over him and ended his life. Jesus told me, "Ever since then, he has been in this place."<br /><br />I looked at the boy as he was being tormented. Jesus said, "Daughter, go and tell parents to instruct their child as is written in My Word. (Proverbs 22:6)" The Word of God is real, it tells us to correct a child with the rod, but not every moment, only when the child has been disobedient to his parents. (Proverbs 22:15)<br />The Lord told me something that is very sad and very painful. He said, "Daughter, there are many children in this place because of animated cartoons, because of rebellion." I asked Him, "Lord, why are animated cartoons to blame for this?" And He explained, "Because they are demons that carry rebellion, disobedience, bitterness and hatred to children; and other demons enter these children, so that they do not do good things, but do that which is bad: whatever children see on TV, they want to do in reality." Hell exists, hell is real, and even children must decide with whom they will go. I said, “Lord, tell me, why are there children in this place?" And Jesus answered, "Once children have knowledge that there is a heaven and a hell, then they have a place to choose."<br /><br />The Kingdom of Heaven<br /><br />There's much more to be said about hell, but now I'll share what I saw in Heaven. Jesus said, "Daughter, now I am going to show you what I have prepared for My Holy people." We left that place, going out through a tunnel. While traveling through this tunnel, we suddenly came out to where there was light. I saw no more darkness, torment or flames. He said, "Daughter, I am going to show you My glory,” and we started ascending to the Kingdom of Heaven! Soon we arrived at a door with giant letters written in gold, it said: "Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven." Jesus said, "Daughter, go in, for I am the Door and he who enters through Me, will enter, will go and will find pastures."(John 10:9)<br />After the Lord said these words, the door opened and we entered. I saw angels giving glory, honor and praise to our Heavenly Father! (Revelations 7:11-12) As we continued walking, we approached a table of which I could see the beginning, but not the end. (Revelations 19:9) I observed a large throne, and a smaller throne surrounded by thousands of chairs. Between the chairs were garments along with crowns. The Lord told me, "Daughter, the crown that you see there is the crown of life."(Revelations 2:10)<br /><br />Jesus said, "Look, Daughter, this is what I have prepared for My people." I saw that the table was covered with a white tablecloth with gold edging. There were plates, gold goblets, fruit; everything was served. It was so beautiful. There was a very large vessel in the middle of the table, which contained the wine for the dinner. And Jesus said, "Daughter, everything is ready for the arrival of My church."<br /><br />We went to another place, where I saw many people in a garden. There were well known people from the Bible, but they were not aged, but young. There was this young man with a large kerchief in his hand who danced and whirled around and praised the Lord. Jesus said, "Daughter that young man that you see there is My servant, David." He was giving glory to our Father. Suddenly, another young man passes by and Jesus told me, "Daughter, he is Joshua; he is Moses; this other young man is Abraham." Jesus would call them out by their names. They all had the same countenance! Jesus said, "Daughter, that woman that you see there is My servant, Mary Magdalene; My servant, Sara."<br /><br />But then He told me, "Daughter, she is Mary. Mary, who gave birth to Jesus Christ, Who I am. Daughter, I want to tell you that she has no knowledge of the things happening on Earth. I want to tell you that you must go and tell humanity, tell idol worshippers that hell is real, and that idolaters will not inherit My kingdom, but go and tell them that if they repent, they can enter My heavenly dwelling place. Go tell them that I love them and tell them that Mary has no knowledge of anything[happening on Earth] and the only One that they must exalt is Me, because neither Mary, nor St. Gregory nor any other saint can offer salvation. I am the only One who saves and outside of Me – nobody, nobody, nobody- saves!" He repeated it three times - that nobody could save; only He saves.<br /><br />Humanity has been deceived believing in an assumed saint, which is not, but is a demon, working through an idol made by the hand of man. But, let me tell you that the Lord wants to give you the best. He wants you to enter the Kingdom of Heaven; to repent and to leave idolatry. Because idolatry will not save you. Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the one that saves, who gave His life for you, for me and for all humanity. The Lord has a great message for humanity. As He wept, He told me, "Please, Daughter, do not be silent; go and tell the truth, go and tell what I have shown you."<br /><br />I saw how Mary worshipped the Lord, and I saw women with very beautiful long hair. I said, "Lord, how pretty the way they wear their hair." He told me, "Daughter, that which you see is the veil that I have given to a woman." He added, "Daughter, go and tell women to take care of the veil that I have given them."<br /><br />Then He told me, "I have something to show you that is very important." I looked far away and saw a shining city, a city of gold! I said, "Lord, what is that? I want to go over there." He answered, “Daughter, I will show you what is over there. What you are seeing is the heavenly dwelling, the heavenly mansions which are ready for My people."<br />We started walking, until we reached a golden bridge. As we walked over it, we came upon streets that were made of pure gold! (Revelations 21:21)<br /><br />Everything was so beautiful, so brilliant, like shining glass, it was absolutely supernatural, inexplicable! We saw heavenly mansions, and watched thousands of angels constructing them. Some of the angels constructed very rapidly, others constructed slowly and others were not constructing at all. I asked the Lord, "why are some angels constructing rapidly, while others are slower, and some have those stopped constructing?" The Lord explained, "Daughter, that is how My people work on Earth, and the angels work as My children work on Earth....Daughter, My people no longer spread the gospel. My people no longer fast. My people no longer go to the streets to distribute tracts telling the truth. My people are now ashamed. Go and tell My people to return to the old paths. Those angels that you saw that were doing nothing belong to those<br />people that have walked away from My paths...Daughter, go and tell My people to return to the old paths," (Jeremiah 6:16) and in saying this He started to weep.<br />I heard other people singing, so I asked Him, "Lord, I want You to take me over there, where those people are singing." Jesus was observing me, I could tell how He was observing me, but I couldn't see His face, only the movements of His face. While His tears were pouring over His garment, I asked Him why He was weeping. But He would not explain it to me.<br /><br />Later we arrived at this beautiful garden. There, among the heavenly mansions, I saw flowers that were swaying. That must have been the singing I heard. The Lord pointed with His finger and said, "Daughter, look, they praise Me; they worship Me! My people no longer do as they did before. My people no longer praise, no longer worship Me; no longer seek Me as before. That is why I told you, Daughter, to go and tell My people to seek Me, for I will go, I will go, I will go - for a people that seeks Me in spirit and in truth, for a people that are ready, for a holy people!" And weeping He said, “I am coming, I am coming!" Then I understand why He was weeping, because He is coming, but not for those that are half-hearted. He will return only for a people that is seeking Him in spirit and in truth.<br /><br />Then the Lord told me that I had to return to Earth. I said, "Lord, I don't want to go back to Earth! What do you mean – Earth? I want to stay with You. You brought me here and I'm not going anywhere because I am with You!" Jesus said, "Daughter, it is necessary that you return to Earth to go and testify that My glory is real, that what I am going to show you is real; that what you have seen is real – so that humanity will come to Me, repent and not perish." Weeping, I fell to His feet; there I saw wounds on His feet. I asked, "Lord, what are these wounds here?" He answered, "Daughter, it's the scar from that yester day, when I gave My life for humanity."<br /><br />He also showed me the scars in his hands, I asked, "Lord, why do you still have that?" He told me, "Daughter, it is the scar that has remained." So I asked, "Will this go away?" He replied, "Daughter, this will go away when all the saints are reunited here...Daughter, I must take you to Earth: Your family and the nations are waiting for you."<br /><br />I tried to refuse but He pointed down to Earth with His finger and said, "Look, those people that you see down there are your relatives; that body that you see there, is where you have to return...It is time to leave this place." Then He took me along a beautiful crystal clear river and said "Daughter, enter the river and submerge yourself." Before I entered that crystalline river of living water, I was experiencing indescribable joy, but after I submerged myself and came out, I was elated. I thought I would not have to return home, but the Lord told me, "Daughter, you have to return to Earth...Daughter, I am going to show you something: How I am coming to Earth for a holy people. I am going to show you how the day of the Rapture will be."<br /><br />The Rapture and Tribulation<br /><br />We walked to a place with a giant screen, and I saw people in it. I could observe the whole world. Then suddenly I saw thousands of people disappearing. Pregnant women had their pregnancy disappear, and they looked like they had gone crazy screaming.<br />Children had disappeared from all over. Many people were running from here to there, screaming, "This can't be, this can't be! What's happening?"<br /><br />I saw those who had known the Lord, that were left behind. They were saying that Christ had come, the Rapture happened. They screamed and wanted to kill themselves, but they couldn't. The Lord told me, "Daughter, in those days, death will flee; Daughter, in those days the Holy Spirit will no longer be on Earth." (Revelations 9:6) There were accidents but I didn't see a single dead person: all of them were alive, although injured.<br />I observed enormous traffic with thousands of people. He told me, "Daughter, look, this is how everything will happen." I then saw people running from one place to another, shouting, "Christ came, Christ came!" They would plead, "Lord, forgive me, forgive me, take me with You!"<br /><br />But sadly the Lord said, "It will be too late. The time to repent is now...Daughter, go tell humanity to seek Me, for during that time there will no longer be opportunity. (Isaiah 55:6) Daughter, it will be too late for all those that stay behind." When Jesus observed how people were left behind, He began to weep and said, "Daughter, I will go to Earth as it says in 1 Thes. 4: 16-17 : “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”<br /><br />But not everyone will go with the Lord, only those who are doing His will (Matthew 7:21)and living a holy life. For the Lord told me, "Only those that are holy will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, (Hebrews 12:14), No one knows, neither the day nor the hour in which I will go for My holy people, not even the angels know it." (Matthew 24:36)<br />On the screen I saw people running around. Magazines and TV news said that “CHRIST HAD COME.” The screen closed, and Jesus finished by saying, "I will go for a holy people." This was all He showed me. After that, He brought me back here to Earth.<br />With angels gathered round, we began to descend these beautiful stairs; white steps with flowers surrounding them. I was crying all the way down, pleading with Jesus, "Lord, please, don't leave me here. Take me with You!" He responded, "Daughter, the nations, your family are waiting for you...Daughter, you must enter that body. You must receive life, Daughter, so you can go and testify what you have seen. Many will not believe you; many will believe you, but I am your faithful witness. I am with you. I will never leave you."<br /><br />Return to Earth<br /><br />Maxima:<br /><br />When my daughter came back, we were waiting there, and she was stretched out on the floor. She went, "uuhmm," nothing else. I said, "Thank You, Lord, because my daughter is back!"<br />We all gave thanks to the Lord. Soon she started breathing slowly, little by little. After about five hours, she was able to open her eyes and talk. At first we could hardly understand what she was saying; it just wasn't clear. She had no strength. We needed to keep the windows covered, because her eyes couldn't handle the light.<br />Being curious, we all wanted her to tell us what she saw. But because she was so weak, she could only tell us a little. It was 2 weeks until she was able to share her full testimony.<br />Demons came to torment her after all this. She could see them clearly, they would try to hide themselves in the shadows. They were here within three days of her return, before she could really talk. She asked them what they wanted and they replied, "We have come to make a pact with you...You must shut up. You must not say anything of what you saw down there, because if you speak, we will kill you."<br /><br />She described the demons as ugly, large and fat, ugly. She said there were no words to describe how horrible they looked. She would rebuke them, but they would not leave. When they came they would jump on her and try to choke her. She would fight back rebuking them, but she had no strength. One time when she rebuked them, a tremendous light appeared and then they fled! It was the Lord.<br /><br />What my daughter went through was not easy. She was given a profound message to all humanity, to seek God. But humanity thinks that what it is doing is alright. Youth that are into drugs and alcohol, they think that's OK, but it's not. One of the greatest experiences that my daughter had was when she saw many entertainers in hell, including dancers, and also Pope John Paul II. It's time to seek the Lord, to repent and to humble oneself before Him. The Word of God is true when it says, "Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away."(Mark 12:31) The Word of the Lord will be fulfilled in its due time.<br /><br />The Lord also showed her a tunnel, where people were walking to hell. Many people are already in hell. It's real! But even the Lord's people don't believe this, many just don't believe.<br /><br />The main message was that we should seek the Lord, not just from our lips, but from the deepest part of our heart, for the Lord's coming is at hand. Jesus said, "I am no longer at the door; I am beyond the door. I will come soon; My coming is near. My people have left Me and gone back to worldly things...Tell My people to return to the old paths." The church today must go back to the old paths, that it is where we are in the fire, seeking the Lord. When the trumpet sounds we must be ready to meet the Lord, and it will be wonderful!<br /><br /><strong>The Lord's Urgent Message</strong><br />Angelica, speaking before an audience:<br /><br /><strong>The Lord told me, "Daughter, in those days the Holy Spirit will no longer be on Earth. In those days, He will no longer be on Earth."(2 Thes. 2:7) And I saw enormous traffic, with accidents. Many people wanted to kill themselves, but Jesus said, "They shall seek death, but death shall flee from humanity. Death will no longer be during that time."(Revelations 9:6) I saw people watching TV and magazines that read, "Thousands and Thousands have Disappeared." Many already knew that Christ had come for His holy people. Those who knew the Lord, but were left behind, went crying through the streets, wanting to kill themselves, but they could not do anything.<br />While in Heaven, Jesus said, "I will come for a holy people and I will come soon for My church." But two weeks ago the Lord told me, "Daughter, I take pleasure in what you are doing, that you are fulfilling what I have given you, but do not tell My people that I am coming soon. Tell My people that I am coming right away." Again the Lord said, "Tell My people that I am coming right away and that I am coming for a holy people. Tell My people that only the holy ones, only the holy ones will see Me!...And do not be silent: Keep on declaring what I have told you."<br />Angelica Praying with the audience:<br />Everybody, close your eyes, and place your right hand over your heart. Raise your left hand and if you feel like crying, then cry. Now tell the Lord what you feel in your heart. For those who want to accept the Lord, repeat after me. Lord, I thank You for Your love and Your mercy, thank You, Lord, for the word that has reached my heart today. Father, I ask for Your forgiveness. Forgive me. Wash me with Your precious blood. Write my name in the Book of Life. Accept me as Your child, Lord. Right now, I forgive anyone that I had not been able to forgive. I renounce to my lack of forgiveness. I renounce all things that have hindered Your flow, and I ask You to transform me and to fill me with Your presence every day. Thank You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; in the Name of Jesus, Amen.<br />Angelica:<br />“This testimony is not a lie; it's not a joke; it is not a story; it is not a dream, hell is real! Hell exists! To anyone that does not believe, I want to tell you that hell is real, very real. I cannot find words to tell you how real it is. I wish that you could experience it yourself.”<br />Angelica, speaking with Narrator:<br />The time is soon, God allows signs to reveal to humanity what is about to happen. Do not remain condemned; that's what the devil wants. Ask yourself if you are already walking through hell's tunnel? Today is the day of salvation, today is the day to invite Jesus, your Savior into your life. These are simple and yet great words to say: "I accept You, Jesus as my Lord and my only Savior. I give You my life and soul with all my heart. I want to be with You for eternity.”<br />Choose your final destiny: Life or death, heaven or hell, Jesus or the devil. It's clear, either you belong to Jesus or to the devil. Either you do what is right or you do what is wrong. You choose your destiny: eternal life or the lake of fire. Think about it. Decide now. Jesus Christ died on the cross for each one of us, for our sins, and He gave us the opportunity of salvation by His mercy. Accept Christ as your only Savior!<br />Now that you've heard this testimony, don't let this moment be the one you regret forever in hell.”<br />“No idolaters” will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.<br />Ex. 20:3-6 You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...<br />Rev. 21:21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.<br />Rev. 21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.<br />Rev. 22:7 Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book.<br />Rev. 22:11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy.<br />Rev. 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.<br />Rev. 22:13-15 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</strong>Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-91338000012691106592011-03-06T20:53:00.002+13:002011-03-06T21:05:22.766+13:00EARTHQUAKE<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5B80mJG0Drg/TXNADEJ9XPI/AAAAAAAAAac/pKDCPIGomXQ/s1600/christchurch_earthquake_4_by_soaringturkeys-d2y1m5d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5B80mJG0Drg/TXNADEJ9XPI/AAAAAAAAAac/pKDCPIGomXQ/s200/christchurch_earthquake_4_by_soaringturkeys-d2y1m5d.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580874784641473778" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DWGxvwPLxC0/TXNAC47iNJI/AAAAAAAAAaU/xBguI7uPgh8/s1600/Google-Person-Finder-helping-to-find-the-missed-people-in-ChristChurch-Earthquake-Newzealand8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DWGxvwPLxC0/TXNAC47iNJI/AAAAAAAAAaU/xBguI7uPgh8/s200/Google-Person-Finder-helping-to-find-the-missed-people-in-ChristChurch-Earthquake-Newzealand8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580874781628183698" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zRA1CBhGXA4/TXNACm_EaCI/AAAAAAAAAaM/lh-OL2nAIog/s1600/ttttttttttttttt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zRA1CBhGXA4/TXNACm_EaCI/AAAAAAAAAaM/lh-OL2nAIog/s200/ttttttttttttttt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580874776811169826" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SIoVPrQiq08/TXNACf_xAoI/AAAAAAAAAaE/k-YL5wwBPnQ/s1600/5488098248_2936d20a73.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SIoVPrQiq08/TXNACf_xAoI/AAAAAAAAAaE/k-YL5wwBPnQ/s200/5488098248_2936d20a73.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580874774935044738" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nEEmaFsxQMA/TXNACZbmXCI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/HXQMf48cFuQ/s1600/62892812-christchurch-earthquake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nEEmaFsxQMA/TXNACZbmXCI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/HXQMf48cFuQ/s200/62892812-christchurch-earthquake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580874773172739106" /></a><br />Dear Friends<br /><br />I apologise for not being online until now.<br />You have all probably heard of the devastating earthquake that has ripped the heart out of our city.<br /><br />As I and my husband continue to work around the clock with shocked and devasted people we covert your prayers. Never before have we needed your support as much as we do now. We personally have lost almost all the university copiers and materials as well as most of our personal possesions. Photographs and clothes...BUT God..He is still on the throne and we love and serve Him with all our hearts please pray!<br /><br />I have attached but a few phots to show a small glimpse of what we are experiencing.<br /><br />All my love always<br /><br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-88755370327687622262010-12-01T15:00:00.002+13:002010-12-01T15:15:19.532+13:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TPWvXIDkBEI/AAAAAAAAAZs/Wt0V0qgiOjw/s1600/purple-hat%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TPWvXIDkBEI/AAAAAAAAAZs/Wt0V0qgiOjw/s200/purple-hat%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545531328010912834" /></a><br /><strong>IN honor of women's history month and in memory of Erma Bombeck who lost her<br />fight with cancer.</strong><br /><br /><strong>IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck</strong>(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).<br /><br />I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth<br /><br />would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.<br /><br />I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in<br />storage..<br /><br />I would have talked less and listened more.<br /><br />I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained,<br />or the sofa faded.<br /><br />I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much<br />less<br /><br />about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace...<br /><br />I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his<br />youth.<br /><br />I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.<br /><br />I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day<br /><br />because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.<br /><br />I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.<br /><br />I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more<br /><br />while watching life.<br /><br />I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't<br /><br />show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.<br /><br />Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every<br /><br />moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only<br /><br />chance in life to assist God in a miracle.<br /><br />When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now<br /><br />go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more<br /><br />'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'<br /><br />But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.<br /><br />look at it and really see it . .<br /><br />live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!<br /><br />Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what<br />Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us..<br /><strong><br />JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU!!</strong>Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-34577540917536181492010-11-15T20:24:00.003+13:002010-11-15T20:57:12.902+13:00Home Again<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TODh_hLLHGI/AAAAAAAAAZk/_3H1fl2Tj0c/s1600/strong%2Btrees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TODh_hLLHGI/AAAAAAAAAZk/_3H1fl2Tj0c/s200/strong%2Btrees.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539676023018953826" /></a><br /><br />We are in the incredibly fortunate position to have our children currently at home with us. Now I think I need to clarify, our children are 27years old and 34 years old. So we not only have our children living with us but we also have our 4 year old grand son living with in our home as well. My husband is a busy person and it takes very little to guess that our home is often likened to a railway staion noise, people and everything else!<br /><br />Home is a vital place in a family, it is a place where masks can be left at the door and pure joy can emunate from every pore of your being or dispair can drape itself like a wet heavy blanket around your shouldres. It is a place of lively communication and often a home can be filled with confidences. It is real vibrant and alive.<br /><br />Our scripture today is:<br /><br /><em><strong>Deuteronomy 6:7a You shall teach them diligently to your sons.</strong></em><br /><br />As parents we have enormous responsibilities to teach our children properly. The spiritual education of a child rests at the parents feet. This would be taught through being a Godly example as well as teaching our children the value of The Word of God. <br /><br />E.M. Bounds wrote this:<br /><br />CHARACTER AND CONDUCT<br />Conduct is what we do;<br />Chracter is what we are.<br />Conduct is the outward life; character is theis the life unseen,<br />Hidden within, yet evidenced by that which is seen.<br />Conduct is external, seen from without;character is internal operating within....<br />Character is the state of the heart, conduct is its outward expression.<br />Character is the root of the tree, conduct, the fruit it bears.<br /><br />I read somewhere that it takes creative parenting to teach our children Christian values and responsibilities. We all have the same amount of time, 24 hours a day.<br /><br />Ann Launders (some of you may remember her column) printed these house rules from a lady in california:_<br /><br />If you sleep on it-<br />Make it up.<br />If you wear it-<br />Hang it up.<br />If you drop it-<br />Pick it up.<br />If you eat out of it -<br />Put it in the sink (in my house I add wash it up!)<br />If you spill it-<br />Wipe it up.<br />If you empty it-<br />Fill it up.<br />If it rings-<br />Answer it.<br />If it howls-<br />Feed it.<br />If it cries-<br />LOVE IT!<br /><br />Living together is often difficult and certainly not easier when you are all adults...however it can be pure joy, and most of the time it is. We have pow - wow meeting every now and again to facilitate honest dialogue with each other...what do you do in your home?<br /><br />1 Cor.13 is our measuring stick always.<br /><br />Let me end with something from John Henry Jowett:-<br />The Bible doesn't say very much about homes; it says a GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEM. It speaks about love and joy and peace and rest. If we get a house and put these things into it, we shall have secured a home.<br /><br />Remember Jesus and I love you<br /><br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-19666715708522597632010-09-15T19:36:00.003+12:002010-09-15T20:20:16.408+12:00Women of The Word - LO RUHAMAH<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TJB59pHMabI/AAAAAAAAAZc/lm9-FFu54N8/s1600/lo-ruhamah.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TJB59pHMabI/AAAAAAAAAZc/lm9-FFu54N8/s200/lo-ruhamah.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517043643443866034" /></a><br /><br />Hosea 1:6<br />Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, "Call her Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer show love to the house of Israel, that I should at all forgive them".<br /><br /><strong>I cannot even imagine being named "UN-LOVED".</strong><br />How devestating it is for any child to know that their name means un-loved, and even more devestating to know that God was using her as an example to her people-an example of their sin.<br /><br />You see God had set the nation aside because of their unbelief, and Lo-Ruhmaha's mother, Gomer had acted on that lack of faith. It is not unreasonable to wonder if Lo-Ruhamah was even Hosea's child?<br /><br />I wondered how a child would be effected by their name and I wondered how this child, this girl/woman would react to her father. Whether it would be easy to be loving to your father while having this knowledge.<br /><br />But...just as God wooed His people back to Himself, I like to think that He wooed Lo-Ruhamah back to Himself as well. When God declares a people or persons sin it is only to seperate them from the sin and bring them back into relationship with Him.<br /><br />I want you to know today that when God called His people away from sin in the Bible it is no different to Him wooing you to Himself today. He longs for you, He yearns for fellowship with you, He wants you in the circle of His love.<br /><br />What are you trapped in today? What sin keeps you seperated from His love? Today when He calls to you, He will seperate you from your sin, He will cleanse you, He will heal you, He will love you......today just reach out to Him...<br /><br />Do not wait any longer..do not be lonley, do not feel lonley, do not crave love...Jesus is more than enough, He is waiting.<br /><br />Remember Jesus loves you,<br />Hugs as always<br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-15177725566844917662010-08-24T20:39:00.004+12:002010-08-24T21:00:40.528+12:00Women of The Word - ZILPAH<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/THOGzBlJGYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/HnlVNJyVeCc/s1600/01gen3001maternelle%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/THOGzBlJGYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/HnlVNJyVeCc/s200/01gen3001maternelle%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508894980359920002" /></a><br /><br />This may seem like a very strange choice of woman to write about, but there is something very special about her and she so reminds me of many other women like her in our society.<br /><br />Zilpah was the concubine that was given Jacob when Leah thought her childbearing days were over.<br /><br />It is noticable that The Bible does not mention how Zilpah felt about being "handed over" as a concubine, but there is one amazing thing that we do know about her, she named her first son Gad. Now Gad means good fortune or "a troop". From this it appears that her outlook is positive even though her lot must have been precarious and difficult.<br /><br />It appears that Zilpah really delighted in her children, we can assume this because she named her second son Asher which means "happy". In amongst her joy there were many marital contentious issues which brought a lot of sorrow.<br /><br />My heart was saddened when I read that when Jacob returned to his homeland it was Zilpah and Bilhah (also a concubine of Jacob) who were put in the front of the caravan. These women were just not loved.<br /><br />Like Zilpah so many of us lead imperfect lives. The challenge that this woman offers us accross the pages of The Bible is to check what we focus on, the negative aspects of our lives or do we rejoice in the gifts, like our children, the blessings that Jesus sends our way.<br /><br />What are you going to choose today, are you going to live a life of being joyous and grateful or a life of complaining? Which one will make you happy?<br /><br />Remember Jesus and I love you<br /><br />Hugs<br /><br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-14611131596702521442010-08-06T12:10:00.003+12:002010-08-06T13:04:04.570+12:00Women of The Word - ABIGAIL<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFtfeLDGI1I/AAAAAAAAAY8/P9j-JxAoowE/s1600/Abigail.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 179px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFtfeLDGI1I/AAAAAAAAAY8/P9j-JxAoowE/s200/Abigail.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502096341729682258" /></a><br />I will be discussing over the next few weeks some of the women of The Word. We will discuss their strengths, sometimes their weaknesses....<br /><br />Join me as we journery forward together and discuss one of my favourite women called ABIGAIL.<br />1 SAMUEL 24:3<br /><em></em>His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman,but her husband, a Calebite,was surly and mean in his dealings.<br /><br />This is surely one of The Words most mismatched couples! Since it was the custom in those days to arrange marriages, Abigail had probably been wed to Nabal because of his wealth, definatly not for the love between two people. Abigail was a faithful and very wise woman who knew how to use her head. Nabal's name meant "fool" and his actions certainly matched the meaning of his name.<br /><br />The Word speaks very highly of Abigail and records the mean-spirited. Abigail had faith and her husband had no time for God - certainly his attitudes and actions were not those of a faithful believer!<br /><br />One of the things I love most about Abigail is that her and her husband's relationship could not have been easy, she did not allow bitterness and resentment to take root in her heart and crush her spirit. Instead she uses her many gifts and graces to bring the best to her household.<br /><br />At a festive time greedy Nabal offended King David. Abigail recognised the danger, and one of the servants knew who to approach. He reported the situation to Nabals wise wife. Immediatly Abigail understood her husbands foolishness and the danger it would place them all in.<br /><br />Abigail did not spend time going and arguing with her husband, instead, she went and prepared food for Davids men and set off to approach their leader and make peace.<br /><br />She met the King on the way intent on exacting retribution.<br /><br />Abigail knew her husbands attitude had risked all his holdings and placed her in a very difficult position-yet she demonstrates her position lay not with her husband but with God. <br /><br />David immediatly appreciated Abigails faith and good qualities and praised God for her quick actions. If Nabal did not know how to recognise his wifes good qualities the King did. Her turned aside his wrath because of this faithful womans response.<br /><br />While Abigail worked out a peace plan her husband partied. She returned to find him drunk! Only the next day could she discuss her actions with him! Nabal literally had a fit - perhaps experiencing a stroke. A few days later he died.<br /><br />David saw Nabal's death as God justice and immediatly sought Abigails hand in marriage. In a moment faithful Abigail moved from being the wife of fool to being the bride of a KING!!<br /><br />In Abigail we see so many examples of her faithfulness and her refusal to turn into a bitter hardened wife who complained and was miserable in herself and made the life of those around her terrible. Instead she endured, was graceful to her household, was wise in her dealings.<br /><br />Humility clothed Abigails strength. She stood in the Peace of God. We know that it is only God that can bring strength and peace into broken relationships and it is only God that can bring tranquility into broken lives, Abigail experienced that and my beautiful sisters so can we!!<br /><br />I encourage you today to be an Abigail to stand clothede in the strength and love of God.<br /><br />Remember Jesus loves you so do I!!!!<br /><br />ref: Pamela McQuadeSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-78684303658983915212010-08-04T05:48:00.001+12:002010-08-04T05:49:51.050+12:00NEW NAMEThanks to those who contacted me about a new name.....God has not settled anything in my spirit as yet so until He does...Women for the Nations we will be!<br /><br />God Bless you allSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-73656579573380883292010-08-01T19:19:00.002+12:002010-08-01T19:21:09.939+12:00NEW NAMEI am seeking a new name for my ministry any suggestions? It is a really bold and important move as I believe that the Lord wants to do a "NEW THING!"<br /><br />Please dear friends, I would so value your input<br /><br />Remember Jesus loves you, so do I!<br />SharmaineSharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-39609943227610437802010-07-31T07:19:00.004+12:002010-07-31T07:33:56.790+12:00Sin Seperates Us<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFMmQUnptvI/AAAAAAAAAYs/hpER3gieaGc/s1600/gospel.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 157px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFMmQUnptvI/AAAAAAAAAYs/hpER3gieaGc/s200/gospel.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499781631804290802" /></a><br /><br />So often we try and compomise the gospel because we want to be "sensitive" to what unbelievers say or do. Beloved sin is sin, it creates a divide between us and our Precious Jesus who shed His blood on the cross at calvery.<br /><br />Yes we love the sinner, no we do not love the sin. It is important that we realise that unconfessed sin will seperate us from God forever.<br /><br />I thank God every day that He made a way back for me, that the cross is the bridge over the divide and that "whosoever shall call on the name of Jesus WILL be saved" I thank God I am WHOSOVER.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFMoGi7ujfI/AAAAAAAAAY0/Wl399xeSbEg/s1600/salvation1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 135px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TFMoGi7ujfI/AAAAAAAAAY0/Wl399xeSbEg/s200/salvation1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499783662871154162" /></a><br /><br />As you go about your day remember HE DIED FOR EVERY ONE OF US!<br /><br />Jesus loves you and so do I! Have an awesome daySharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-23453963484706773202010-07-23T06:58:00.004+12:002010-07-23T07:28:04.339+12:00Perseverence<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TEiVvYT-TRI/AAAAAAAAAYk/OkIIZv_H2xM/s1600/DSC02440.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TEiVvYT-TRI/AAAAAAAAAYk/OkIIZv_H2xM/s200/DSC02440.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496807986418306322" /></a><br /><br />James 1:4 says "Let endurancehave its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing"<br /><br />We live in a society where everything is about instant gratification. I read that so much of life is painted with speed, flash, and sizzle that we get intimidated by everyone else's flash.<br /><br />The scripture today teaches us to persevere with enduring patience. Yes we will have trials in life and many of these trials want to see us defeated, I know. I am aware of how many times one can just want to stop and camp at the border of your pain or trail. Perseverance is a term used to describe Christians who faithfully endure and remain steadfast in the face opposition, attack and discouragement.<br /><br />This can seem so huge for so many of us, however I know that installed inside every one of us is the patience to endure without complaint and calmness.<br /><br />Many of you know about my on off battle with weight and I know that it takes only 21 consecutive days to develop a new habit. So often our flesh does not want to wait, does not want to take the time to develop Godly habits, the flesh screams at us and tells us it "wants it now"<br /><br />Commitment and discipline are not words that the world are comfortable with. This decade wants everything that "feels good." These words are words that demand denial of self or pain. Dr feelgoods people do not like either of these.<br /><br />We need to persevere in :-<br /><em></em><br />PRAYER (EPESIANS 6:18)<br />IN OBEDIENCE (REVELATION 14:12)<br />IN FAITH (HEBREWS 12:12)<br />IN SERVICE (1 CORINTHIANS 15:58)<br />IN SELF CONTROL (2 PETER 1: 5-7)<br /><br />The scripture promises us certain blessings if we will endure to the end:<br /><br />FINAL DELIVERANCE (MATTHEW 24:13)<br />REWARDED FAITH (HEBREWS 11:6)<br />ETERNAL INHERITANCE (REVELATION 21:7)<br /><br />When we live this way the fruit of The Spirit will be evident in our lives. (Galatians 5:22,23)<br /><br />Remember God and I love you!Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-43851636635829068472010-07-21T08:31:00.002+12:002010-07-21T08:38:05.346+12:00Quiet<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TEYJEJtPMtI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ukLZCU0QQDs/s1600/WFN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d6g7dYXTCwM/TEYJEJtPMtI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ukLZCU0QQDs/s200/WFN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496090362182054610" /></a><br />I love Isaiah 30:15, it says, <br /><br />"In repentace and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength" <br /><br />I wonder if this morning we can think about true repentance and what it means, when you have repented do you find rest settling over you? <br /><br />The other part of this is quietness, how often in your day are you quiet? Absolutly quiet? How often do you just sit in silence and wait......Your Father has much to share with you....I encourage you today to just be quiet and be refreshed! <br /><br />Remember God and I love you!Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342788473658264299.post-24137087472561282402010-06-16T14:25:00.000+12:002010-06-16T14:25:27.197+12:00WOMEN FOR THE NATIONS: How do I say thank YOU?<a href="http://womenforthenations.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-do-i-say-thank-you.html">WOMEN FOR THE NATIONS: How do I say thank YOU?</a>Sharmainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417516098290607156noreply@blogger.com0