2/26/23 "You Deserve Better"

2/26/23

5 Minutes of Focus

 "You Deserve Better "

One of the criminals who had been hanged [on a cross beside Jesus] kept hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us [from death]!” But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? We are suffering justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done; but this Man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:39‭-‬41 AMP  

Perhaps, You have been emotionaly scarred by someone who is guilty of everything you've accused them of.

Perhaps, God has allowed you to see their punishment for the wrong that they have done.

Still even in doing so, you feel like you feel. There is no faking your feelings, never has been.

You feel like you deserve better than the abuse you've suffered and you would be right...YOU DO DESERVE BETTER, but here's the thing, You deserve better than that person KNOWS HOW to be!!

They don't know how to be any different than they are. One of the criminals who hung on The Cross with Jesus hadn't changed one bit.

He still was being abusive, and disrespectful up until the end because some people just never change.

But you, don't hang your head and don't cry because your better has a name...His name is Jesus. Only Jesus could hang between two criminals and be unchanged, unbothered.

Despite the pain, Jesus remained true to His assignment. He saved one criminal and the other one, He just let him be.

Luke 23:39-43 NIV

BELOVED, You have to learn to save who you can and who you can't, just let them be and look to Jesus. He is THE BETTER you deserve. So, Focus your eyes & your heart on Him.

[Looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame...

Hebrews 12:2 AMP

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy 

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2/19/23 "Step Up"

2/19/23

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Step Up!!"

Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, then let these men go.”

John 18:8 NIV

This is one of my favorite scriptures. It blesses my soul every time I read it...Because here, Jesus is about to be arrested after being betrayed by Judas and STILL HE has the mindset to protect those who had nothing to do with what was about to happen to Him.

Jesus STEPPED UP and let them know that He was THE ONE they were looking for and to let these men go.

This scripture is powerful because it's a reminder to us all about the importance of taking responsibility, not blaming others, and caring for the well-being  of those around us. 

 So, Just to read that Jesus stepped up and took full responsibility (though He, himself was innocent) and asked that the other men be let go is a refreshing change. 

It's a powerful verse especially since we are living among people who wouldn't mind taking us down with them. ..Their mindset being, "If I go down, I'm taking them down with me."

It's the mindset of the devil who wasn't satisfied until he had managed to take 1/3 of the angels with him when he got kicked out of heaven.

And the huge dragon was cast down and out–that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him.

Revelation 12:9 AMPC

But not Jesus...He didn't want anyone else involved in what His enemies came there to do. So, He spoke up.

Because sometimes being like Jesus means taking it all on yourself, so that others can go free, taking responsibility for what happens next, and being okay with the outcome either way.

That's the kind of God we serve...His name is Jesus; Jesus of Nazareth. 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

2/12/23 "Trust The Anointing"

2/12/23

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Trust The Anointing"

So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

II Kings 4:2 NKJV

Notice how she was quick to tell Elisha she had NOTHING in her house but a jar of oil...She didn't pause to think about it, she just responded. 

She looked at the oil SHE DID HAVE as being 1/2 empty (as being NOTHING), when she should have seen that the jar was indeed 1/2 full.

Keep in mind that the bible in

II Kings 4:1 (NKJV) let's us know she had been the wife of one of the sons of the prophets which means that she had been living with a prophet, had been married to a prophet (meaning that as a married couple she had BECOME ONE with a prophet), ONE with the anointing that sees...But she couldn't see? That makes no sense.

Didn't the bible say, He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward?

Matthew 10:41 NKJV

So, She had a reward coming for the years she had, as a wife taken care of her husband and fed the prophetic anointing that was on his life. 

But still she couldn’t see past the lack...More than money, she desperately needed to renew her mind.

See: Rom 12:2 (NIV)

Beloved, You need your mind renewed to see as God sees. If He's really your shepherd. Then you have no lack. Psalm 23:1

And if you are saved (for real)...There is an anointing on that house you're living in. Why? Because you live there, you reside there. 

Other people shouldn't have to  come to your house and tell you what is the plan of God for your house. Trust the anointing that resides there.

Elisha shouldn't have had to come to her house, because the prophetic anointing  was still there, even though her husband was now dead & gone.

Think About This: It was the prophetic anointing brought in by her deceased husband that still rested on that house and caused the oil to flow & multiple after she had borrowed the vessels.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

2/5/23 "What About Them?"

2/5/23

5 Minutes of Focus 

"What About Them?"

But I call upon God as my soul's witness: it was to avoid hurting you that I refrained from coming to Corinth–

2 Corinthians 1:23 AMPC

Beloved,

You can't go everywhere you want to go ESPECIALLY if your showing up is going to hurt that other person.

The Apostle Paul didn't just show up unannounced, but he considered the feelings of those in Corinth 

who would be deeply impacted by his presence. 

He considered their feelings and decided to refrain from coming.

When was the last time, you considered someone else's feelings ahead of your own?

Some hurtful situations could have been avoided, had you just stop to think of that other person before doing what you did.

So thankful Jesus thought about us ahead of His own wants and needs and stopped asking the Father to have this cup passed from Him. 

See: Matt 26:39 NIV

You see, Jesus understood that sometimes you have to discipline yourself to do "that thing" that is hard when there are other people involved, other people who will be impacted by your decision.

You can't just be selfish and expect that to be the right thing for everybody and not just you.

Stay home, even if you were invited to come, make other plans, make no plans, but steer clear of that person that can't deal with seeing you right now (for whatever reason).

They need time absent from you to get themselves together both mentally & emotionally.

If you really care about NOT hurting them...You will do like the Apostle Paul did and refrain from coming..Be sensitive to that other person's feelings and don't go, don't come, not yet.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy