2/14/20 "All My Love This Valentine's Day"

2/14/20

All My Love This Valentine's Day!!!

One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved [whom He esteemed and delighted in], was reclining [next to Him] on Jesus' bosom. So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask of whom He was speaking. Then leaning back against Jesus' breast, he asked Him, Lord, who is it?

John 13:23‭-‬25 AMPC

Don't allow people to use the intimacy you have with the LORD, just for finding out what they want to know.

This is exactly what happened here in the text,  Simon Peter (of all people) tried to use John's intimate relationship with the LORD to find out who indeed would be the disciple to betray Jesus.

Sometimes, you have to limit people's access to you...So that you can focus on NOT just being a servant of God, serving God, but being a lover of God, loving on Him reclining, relaxing, resting in His Presence.

One of my favorite scriptures talks about glorying in the fact  that I know God personally. 

But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord. 

Jeremiah 9:24 AMPC

In a world where people love to name drop unashamedly making people aware of who they know. Let me take the time to drop the ONE name that's above all names. JESUS....I know JESUS....I know God.

And I wouldn't trade being His for nothing in this world. Being able to lean on Him just because he's there is a privilege, being able to lean on Him as my lover when I am struggling to survive the wilderness, or the wildest, craziness of a situation is a privilege. 

Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved?

Song of Songs 8:5 NIV

I'm privileged to say...It is me once again and FOREVER leaning on the lover of my soul, my beloved.

You see, Valentine's Day is not just for couples, but for you and  your Creator because if it hadn't been for Him loving you when you were unable to help yourself, unable to love yourself. Where would you be right now? Where would I be?

Thankful today for a hope that does not disappoint and for God's love poured out on me, filling the broken pieces of my heart.

How about you?

And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts. He gave us his love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us. When we were unable to help ourselves, at the right time, Christ died for us, although we were living against God.

Romans 5:5‭-‬6 NCV

Happy Valentine's Day God,

Happy Valentine's Day  Jesus....

Holy Spirit, yes you too. 📩 ❣

LPS~ LOVE, Prophetess Stacy 

2/9/20 "There's A Dream Inside Of You"

2/9/20

5 Minutes of Focus

"There's A Dream Inside Of You"

Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

Genesis 37:5 NIV

God had been showing Joseph dreams (plural, meaning more than one) and though it made his brothers hate him even more...Still, God had been showing him dreams, preparing him mentally for what  was to come. Remember,  God knows the end from the beginning. (Isaiah 46:10) So, that by the time, Joseph found himself in that pit, it was that dream inside of him that wouldn't let him quit.

SOMEBODY: You've been wondering how it is that you've managed to keep going even though, you feel like quitting, you wanna quit....It's that dream that God placed in you. It won't let you quit.

In your hardest times, when you're really being tried and tested...Because remember the scripture says:

Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.

Psalms 105:19 NLT

In those times, here comes that dream, causing you to remember what God has shown you. In those times, here comes that dream building your hope up again for it's only a test of your character.  The pit, the prison, and the palace are all levels, stages Joseph had to go through and you have to go through too to get what you're dreaming about. So, you're in the pit now, hold on and press your way to the prison then the palace.

I know many of you probably feel like the Woman of Shunem in 2 Kings 4 NLT when she said to Elisha:

“O man of God, don’t deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”

2 Kings 4:16 NLT

Well, that's exactly what I'm doing getting your hopes up because that dream inside you won't let you quit, because it's yours. It's yours to obtain.

So, be encouraged as you move from level to level...You are getting closer.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS ~Love, Prophetess Stacy

2/2/20 "A Forced Goodbye "

2/2/20

5 Minutes Of Focus 

"A Forced Goodbye "

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:14 NIV

Up until this point, no one saw it coming...Orpah showed no signs that she wouldn't be going to Bethlehem as planned with Naomi and Ruth. But it was that last appeal, Naomi made that forced Orpah to say one last tearful goodbye. 

Last Sunday, The world as a whole was forced to say a tear- filled goodbye to a legendary sports figure. No one saw it coming.... As a matter of fact, heads are still spinning, trying to make sense of this one; this one hit hard.

BELOVED, What do you do when life hits you HARD, strikes without warning and leaves you with NOTHING?

I'll tell you what you do: You reach for the one somebody who from the beginning in Genesis 1 took NOTHING and made it work for Him. He took NOTHING by faith and comprised the whole earth, though it was empty and void when he first saw it.

You reach for the one somebody who  has known BOTH life and death, and came out victorious, still possessing a sound mind and power... That same sound mind and power you have inside of you, when you're a believer.

You reach out to the one somebody who was acquainted (personally) with grief, but managed to deal with it and still function and do the things he needed to do.

Reach for JESUS because he knows how you feel. He himself was forced  to let go of HIS MOTHER on The Cross and he suffered the loss of  his cousin, John The Baptist while serving in ministry....He was beheaded. Jesus felt the loss, but was never given the proper time to grieve. Instead, he was forced to keep going for the other people who needed Him.

Just like you're being forced now to say goodbye, forced to ENDURE the pain, the hurt, and you can't even grieve like you want to, because of the other people who need you. You're trying to be STRONG for them. BELOVED, Jesus knows. Jesus understands. He is interceding for you. Open up your heart and let Him in. LIFE comes with a cost, but salvation is frree.

● John 19, Matthew 14, Hebrews 7:25, Revelation 1:18,

2 Timothy 1:7 NKJ,

Isaiah 53:3 NKJ

Until Next Sunday.

LPS-Love, Prophetess Stacy

1/26/20 "Code Blue "

1/26/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Code Blue"

SOMEBODY: It's seems like your life is always in a Code Blue, you're always fighting for your life, fighting for your happiness.... AND in spite of, what you might think or even be feeling right now...The truth is: God takes no pleasure in your sadness. He does however take pleasure in the prosperity of his servants meaning God likes it when you're up on your feet, doing well for yourself. 

Psalm 35:27 NKJ

But this sadness, this depression that's been trying to grab ahold of you and have a hold on you lately is not of God. Think about it: In Psalms, God is called the lifter of your head.

Psalm 3:3 NKJ

Now why would the same God that desires to lift your head, the same God that desires to change your mental posture take pleasure in your sadness? 

Sure, you will have some sad days here and there, some disappointments here and there...It's called LIFE. 

Need I remind you, how God was behind the scenes working in Joseph's life in some of the hardest seasons of his life from the pit to the palace and everything going on with him in between at Potiphar's house with Potiphar's lying wife?

Genesis 37, Genesis 41, Genesis 39

So, what if they lied on you, mistreated you, threw you away...That's still no reason to hang your head and inwardly blame God.

God is not to blame.  He's actually the one behind the scenes working it all out, making it all work together for you, just as he did for Joseph. There's a promotion coming, NOT a job promotion but a promotion where you will go from being your lowest to be your very best emotionally. Remember, Promotion comes from God and not from a particular direction.  Psalm75:6-7 AMPC

Romans 8:28

BELOVED, That's the nature of God. He wil say something like a promotion is coming to put a smile on your face when you feel like crying. That's why David said: He puts a smile on my face. HE'S MY GOD. 

Psalm 42:5 Msg

He will put smile on your face just when you're battling sadness, in a Code Blue fighting for your life, fighting for your happiness. 

Everything else is just the devil trying to steal, kill, and destroy...But God refuses to let him win. Resist the devil (by speaking the WORD, by praying the WORD and refusing to be off of God's truth).  John 10,10 James 4:7

PROMOTION IS CMING.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

1/19/20 "Be The Better Person "

1/19/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Be The Better Person"

I know it's tempting...With every fiber of your being, but don't pay them back YOURSELF.  Don't waste time seeking, plotting  your revenge. It will not be SWEET. There is no such thing as  "sweet revenge."  One stone thrown will only require another, and another. THEN  instead of settling the score, instead of ending the fight...YOU JUST STARTED A WAR.

Because you messed around and let that "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" part of you take over your emotions. Matthew 5:38 NIV 

You know that part of you, that wants to get back at them, by taking from them what they took from you. You  messed around and let anger cloud your  thinking. Now your every thought is evil towards them, spiteful towards them and it's holding you to them.

It's holding you to them in your thoughts, and in your actions because all evil does is feed what is already toxic. That's why the bible says, Don't let evil get the best of you. 

Romans 12:20-21 (MSG)

Because it does have the power to consume you and pretty soon,  if you're not careful...You'll be the person you swore you never wanted to be AGAIN in this lifetime.  

That's why I urge you; although it's hard...I urge you to  Be The Better Person. Don't let the drama going on with them undo the progress you've made within yourself. You're  better than that now. DISTANCE YOURSELF from them and began to  pray for them (those who despitefully use you).

Luke 6:28 KJV

Overcome evil by doing good to them that have wronged you (when the opportunity to do so presents itself)...Even though, you know they don't deserve it.

That's the mandate of every Christian because that's what Jesus did for us. He knew we didn't deserve it, but he still ENDURED the pain of The Cross out of obedience to the Father on our behalf and when it was finished, Jesus said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."  Did his enemies deserve it,  after they'd  hurt him, insulted him, spit on him?...NO!!! But still. Jesus overcame evil with good. He did it for us, now do it ( in this case) for YOURSELF. 

Matthew 26, Luke 23

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

1/12/20 "Don't You Worry"

1/12/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Don't You Worry"

Don't you waste another day worrying about who excluded you, blocked you, unfriended, treated you like you weren't even family...

Because all of it was in the Will Of God for you.

Had David not been excluded from his own house and the audition for the next king taking place at the house...His own brothers would have sworn it was a set up, they would have sworn David somehow set them all up to be rejected in order to make himself look good in the eyes of the prophet, Samuel.

• Read HIS Story in 1 Samuel 16

But because he was not there, he was excluded, uninvited, treated

like he wasn't even family....There is no way, they could pin what happened on David.  BELOVED, GOD IS TIRED OF PEOPLE TRYING TO PIN EVERYTHING ON YOU. So, he allowed them to get offended and exclude you, block you...So that they couldn't say, "You Were At Fault! (not this time).

David's brothers couldn't fault him for being anointed the next king and taking on a position, a promotion they wanted.... BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THERE. Sometimes, It pays to not be connected, involved all up in somebody's drama.

That way, when God snatches you up out of the field you're currently in and promotes you to something bigger and better than what you could have ever thought to ask or imagine  

(Epesians 3:20)...They will have to acknowledge that it was God.

ONLY God could force people to look at you who would have otherwise overlooked you, looking in favor of someone else; as was the case with Samuel and Eliab. He just knew Eliab was to be the next king.

And so, he ALMOST wasted oil, like you were about to waste another day worrying about who did what.

Let it go...And see the reward God has planned for you at the end of the process. There is an expected end. 

Jere 29:11 KJV

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

1/5/20 "Self-Care"

1/5/20 

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Self- Care"

Abram's  wife Sarai had not been able to have any children.  But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar, and Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine." Abram agreed,

and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife.

Genesis 16:1-3 CEV

BELOVED, Notice ONLY two people came into agreement here. Sarai and Abram agreed. Hagar was never asked if she would be willing to sleep with Abram and carry his child in her body.

So for her, there was nothing to agree on. She was a slave and she was treated as such. Sarai owned her... 

But that was OLD TESTAMENT. 

Thanks to Jesus and the NEW TESTAMENT he brought into play when he was given by God as a sacrifice for the World.

For God so loved the world that he give his only begotten Son.  John 3:16

SOMEBODY you need to know that: Your body is now The Temple of the Holy Spirit which means you house inside of you,  power. You have the power to do and not do whatever you choose. 1 Corin 6:19 NIV

The choice can no longer be made for you.  No one owns you. You don't have to sleep with, or give your body willingly or unwillingly to anybody, just so they can get what they want at your expense. You do have a say-so in what happens to you.

THIS is the New Testament and in the new testament, your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and he grieves when he sees you being taken advantage of, he grieves when he sees you lowering your standards, dumbing down just to make that other person happy. He grieves. And the bible clearly tells us, Do not grieve the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:30 NIV. The NLT says, Do not grieve the Holy Spirit by the way you live.

Therefore, this 1st month of a New Year...Reconsider, some of your actions. The things you were forced into and the things you naively submitted to and ended up forfeiting your power.

Reconsider because Self-Care is not SELFISH...It's caring for yourself.  Something I pray you learn to do this year, unapologetically. 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy