Prov. 14:1 ~ "The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands."
Prov. 12:4 ~ "An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones."
WOW....what a contrast in these two verses, wives!! We can "build" our house or "pull" it down, we can be a "crown" to our husband or "rottenness" in his bones!! I've never known a woman to purposely do either of these things.
These scriptures brought to mind what I heard Pastor Barclay discuss in his "I Predict" 2012. The quote is as follows..."Women will be under a very severe demonic attack, and many will go ballistic. This will cause families to fail, marriages to dissolve, and our churches to be weakened."
This of course is not referring to "all" women but we can't just assume these demons won't try to mess with us! The first thing I heard, in my spirit, when he spoke that was "Guard yourself!" Women "do" more in the church, give more money, buy more christian books and over all support our churches more than most men. That makes sense why the devil would want to attack women. According to these scriptures though, we have the choice, we CAN guard ourselves by staying in The Word and keeping ourselves walking in love. I know that sounds a little impossible...lol...but it's not! I don't mean that you won't ever be tempted to just "go off" in the flesh when something goes wrong in your home or you feel you were done wrong or not appreciated, but in that moment we can yield to the feeling or to the Spirit of God within us. We can "build" in that moment or "pull" down, we can be that "crown" to our husband or "rottenness"....yuck, who wants to be that?? Not me!!
So in conclusion, make 2012 a year to "build" and not "pull down", be that "crown" not "rottenness." Stay close to Jesus and in the Word, walk in love, and repel the attacks of the devil. Submit to your husband as the one God has placed as head (authority) in your household, stay under that "covering" where it is safe! Then you can see your family flourish, your marriage built up, and your church strengthened and the devil's attack will fail where you are concerned!!
May the Lord keep you in all your ways,
Kathy
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
3/16/11 "Dig Again The Wells of Your Fathers"
At the first of the year when Pastor Barclay was at the KCM Ministers Conference, he spoke on Gen. 26:18 – “And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up…” It made quite an impact on me that day and it hasn’t left. That day I asked God to show me what that meant to me and how I was to respond.
About a month ago while in Sunday night prayer, the Holy Spirit lead me to that scripture, I just put my hand on it and started praying in the Spirit. As I prayed I saw like a slideshow go off in my mind’s eye. I could see great men of God like Dr. Kenneth E. Hagin Sr., Dr. George Evans, Dr. Hilton Sutton, and my grandpa Rev. Thomas Williams. I couldn’t hold back the tears, thinking about the price these, and many other great men of God (and women), had paid for the gospel’s sake, and how many of the modern day “famous” preachers, were teaching things contrary to what they labored to bring to the body of Christ.
He started speaking to me the wells that need to be dug again that our forefathers in the faith had dug. They are as follows:
1. PRAYER – Connecting with God DAILY.
2. FASTING – Food or the things that distract us.
3. HOLINESS – Not filling our lives with the filth of the world, through an avenue it might take (T.V., movies, music, etc.) but separating ourselves to Him so He can flow through us (He can’t flow through a dirty vessel.)
4. FAITH – Truly living by faith, again trusting him daily for every need.
5. HOLY SPIRIT PRAYING – Praying in tongues and being lead by the Spirit what to pray in the natural.
6. RIGHTEOUSNESS – Living a clean life, and one of knowing who we are in Christ.
7. STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD – We must know what His Word says if we are going to make it through these last days. We cannot nonchalantly go through life as a Christian, you must know the “It is written’s” to combat the enemy, who if you haven’t noticed is releasing his attacks with full force. We MUST know the Word that will stop his attacks in our lives and the lives of others we intercede for.
Our forefathers in the faith knew and know (thank God some are still with us) how vital these wells were and we cannot let them or the Father down by not continuing in the things that they taught us.
God Bless and Keep You,
Bye For Now,
Your Sister in Christ!
About a month ago while in Sunday night prayer, the Holy Spirit lead me to that scripture, I just put my hand on it and started praying in the Spirit. As I prayed I saw like a slideshow go off in my mind’s eye. I could see great men of God like Dr. Kenneth E. Hagin Sr., Dr. George Evans, Dr. Hilton Sutton, and my grandpa Rev. Thomas Williams. I couldn’t hold back the tears, thinking about the price these, and many other great men of God (and women), had paid for the gospel’s sake, and how many of the modern day “famous” preachers, were teaching things contrary to what they labored to bring to the body of Christ.
He started speaking to me the wells that need to be dug again that our forefathers in the faith had dug. They are as follows:
1. PRAYER – Connecting with God DAILY.
2. FASTING – Food or the things that distract us.
3. HOLINESS – Not filling our lives with the filth of the world, through an avenue it might take (T.V., movies, music, etc.) but separating ourselves to Him so He can flow through us (He can’t flow through a dirty vessel.)
4. FAITH – Truly living by faith, again trusting him daily for every need.
5. HOLY SPIRIT PRAYING – Praying in tongues and being lead by the Spirit what to pray in the natural.
6. RIGHTEOUSNESS – Living a clean life, and one of knowing who we are in Christ.
7. STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD – We must know what His Word says if we are going to make it through these last days. We cannot nonchalantly go through life as a Christian, you must know the “It is written’s” to combat the enemy, who if you haven’t noticed is releasing his attacks with full force. We MUST know the Word that will stop his attacks in our lives and the lives of others we intercede for.
Our forefathers in the faith knew and know (thank God some are still with us) how vital these wells were and we cannot let them or the Father down by not continuing in the things that they taught us.
God Bless and Keep You,
Bye For Now,
Your Sister in Christ!
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