7/3/22 "Forgive & Release"

7/3/22 

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Forgive & Release" 

And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. [Ps. 22:18.]

Luke 23:33‭-‬34 AMPC

Jesus said, "Forgive them" ....

Not forgive them and then go back and let them hurt you again, let them abuse you again. 

No, The mandate was simply to forgive them....You don't have to take them back, or be in their presence to forgive them.  

You might not ever be like you were about them, feel like you once did about them and that's okay. Stuff happens and feelings change.

But real forgiveness involves the posture of your heart.

What does your heart look like towards that person?

Remember, God is looking at your heart. 1 Samuel 16:7.

So, Don't lie. Are you healed enough to forgive or is bitterness STILL at the core of EVERYTHING you say when their name comes up in conversation?

Beloved, Jesus is NOT asking you to sacrifice yourself and your feelings for them.

Absolutely NOT!!

Notice how Jesus asked the Father to forgive them...Even though, they had just hurt him, crucified Him, but HE NEVER said he would be WILLING to sacrifice Himself on The Cross again for them.

So, He's not asking you to sacrifice yourself or your feelings for that person either. 

But Beloved, You do need to forgive and release; forgive them and release them from the chopping board you got them on. They are NOT yours to punish.

That's A Word 4 SOMEBODY:

They are NOT yours to punish.

Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord... 

Forgive and Release.

Rom 12:19 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/26/22 "Love Me NOT!!"

6/26/22

5 Minutes of Focus

"Love Me NOT!!"

e who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

1 John 4:8 AMPC

BELOVED, You can't make them love you especially when they didn't grow up being shown a "healthy" example of what love is in a family, in a marriage, in relationships (in general).

 They don't know how to love you or even how to love themselves, and if they don't give themselves to GOD; they never will. 

Leah wanted Jacob to love her so bad...But here's the thing, Jacob came from a family of tricksters....His mother (Rebekah) taught him how to trick his Father and his Uncle Laban (his mother's brother) had just tricked him into marrying his daughter, Leah.

So, What are the chances of Jacob (a born trickster) being honest with Leah about his feelings? 

Because the bible says, 

Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah....

Genesis 29:14-30 NIV

But was it really love he was feeling for either woman?

Or was it lust?

Think about it!!

He had two women (two sisters) in competition over him)...A competition he could have ended had he just been honest; finished the bridal week out with Leah and then just left her alone, but he didn't do that.

So, Leah kept getting pregnant; hoping to win her husband's heart. 

Bottom line: You teach people how to treat you, by how you let them treat you. They are following your example of what love is and what love isn't. 

Until Next Sunday,

LPS~Love; Prophetess Stacy

6/19/22 "Honor Him "

6/19/22

5 Minutes of Focus

"Honor Him"

Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”

Acts 3:2‭-‬6 NIV

Peter & John didn't have financial wealth to give, but yet they were NOT WILLING to leave this man in a lame condition, trying to fend for himself. So, They gave him what they had and what they had was healing.

SOMEBODY reading this today: If you have a father who is not financially wealthy, but he has NEVER left you in a lame condition, trying to fend for yourself....

But he has ALWAYS stepped up and given you the best he had to offer....

You should honor the gift, God has given you in him.

Just knowing your father was there (he is there) should be  reason enough...When so many of us have a father who is absent, who has always been absent. 

But NOT your father, no matter what, you know he has always tried. It may not have been silver & gold- the best of material things....

But your father has always been there. He has always tried to be a God-fearing man like Peter & John.

AND like MOST God-fearing, responsible MEN...

Your father could be found praying for ways to provide and NOT be a disappointment to his family.

That's because your father is a rare breed... Therefore, Be sure to honor him today with the  best you have to offer (whether he is here physically or not), still honor him.

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you ...."

Ephes 6:2‭-‬3 NIV

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! 🎊 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/12/22 "What You Want?"

6/12/22

5 Minutes of Focus 

"What You Want?"

When Jesus saw him lying there, he knew that the man had been crippled for a long time. Jesus said to him, “Do you truly long to be well?” The sick man answered, “Sir, there’s no way I can get healed, for I have no one to lower me into the water when the angel comes. As soon as I try to crawl to the edge of the pool, someone else jumps in ahead of me.”

John 5:6‭-‬7 TPT

BELOVED, 

It's time you opened up your mouth and say what it is really want. God is not going to offer you a variety of things and then just wait and see which one you will choose....

NOT when you can open your mouth and say EXACTLY what it is you really want.

Time out for making excuses.  God is NOT asking you about who won't help you. He couldn't care less about what other people won't do. 

That's because His concern is for you...He wants to know  your feelings.

How do you feel about being healed?

How do you feel about finally being able to move?

How do you feel about a possible status change?

How do you feel about finally being able to socialize with a whole, new group of people?

How do you feel about your current circumstances?

What are you thoughts about it all? What's going on inside you that you have yet to tell anybody?

God wants to know what you want. He wants to know how you really feel, what you're really thinking....

Because as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Proverbs 23:7 NKJ

Your heart and your thoughts are connected. Therefore, How can you fully heal; help or no help if you're not willing to be honest about where you are at mentally.

Speak up, God is listening. 

Do you truly long to be well, NOT just in one area of your life; but in all areas of your life.

Do you truly long to be well?

Think About It!

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/5/22 "Silent Strength "

6/5/22

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Silent Strength"

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Isaiah 53:7 NIV

Do you know how much strength it takes to NOT open your mouth and say something when you know you have EVERY right to?

Jesus had EVERY right to open his mouth and say something when he was being oppressed, when he was being afflicted, but He didn't; he didn't open his mouth. Instead, He chose to remain silent.

Jesus choosing to remain silent and NOT say what His flesh possibly wanted to say in that moment is a HUGE LESSON for us in strength, in maturity, in disciplining ourselves... Because as His disciples we can't just haul off and say whatever we want, at any given time.

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 NIV

And that takes strength....

We would all do well though to remember the words of the Apostle Paul:

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philip 4:13 NKJ

BELOVED, Jesus has given us BOTH the mental strength and the physical strength we need to do all things, EVEN THE HARD THINGS that life sometimes requires...We can be silent & still be strong!!

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

5/29/22 "They Jealous "

5/29/22

5 Minutes Of Focus 

"They Jealous"

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father. 

Luke 15:17‭-‬30 NIV

Beloved, 

Now that your eyes are open and you can see things from a different perspective....

Don't waste time beating yourself up or feeling sorry for yourself. What's done is done.

When the Prodigal Son came to his senses...The 1st thing he did was he got up.

He got up on his feet because you can not make affective changes to your life, laying down.

Get up!! Stop hiding out from reality. Be bold enough to admit where you went wrong.

Apologize and if that person really loves you, the way the Prodigal Son's father loved him...They will welcome you back with open arms.

Now there will always be a jealous sibling or a jealous individual who will have something negative say.

They don't want to see you celebrated, they don't want to see you restored back....BUT GOD!

God promised that your gift would make room for you and bring you before great men.

Proverbs 18:16 AMPC

Your come back, your getting up is just the beginning, just wait until you start making some real, life-changing connections (all because of your gift)....They're really going to be jealous then.

You see, Every thing that happened PRIOR was just a detour, just a distraction you tried because you were tempted, but like The Prodigal Son you know better now. You had to learn the hard way, but you know better now.

Watch your blessings come as a result of you going back and making things right. 

This Is Your Season!!

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

5/22/22 "Get It Out!!'

5/22/22

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Get It Out!!"

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:6 NIV

She took some of the fruit and ate it, and she then gave some to her husband and he ate it as well. 

Be careful who you take food from, be careful who you take things from in general, especially when God told you not to.

You see, It was AFTER eating the fruit that the eyes of both Adam & Eve were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 

It was AFTER eating the fruit that the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from Him.

AND it was AFTER eating the fruit that the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

And God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Genesis 3:7‭-‬11 NIV

My question to you is what have you eaten, what have you took part in that has caused you to change?

Like Adam & Eve, you used to rely on God for EVERYTHING, but now that your eyes have been opened (enlighten)...Somehow you think you know enough now to fix things yourself.

You used to be bold, confident in the Lord. You used to welcome the sound of His voice, you used to be listening  for His input, but now you're afraid to even have Him come close.

What is it you have eaten, took part in that has introduced you to The Spirit of Fear? Because whatever it is, it's not of God.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear....

II Timothy 1:7 NKJV

Therefore, You need to examine your refrigerator, examine your house, your car, your life and see...

What is it you have eaten, took part in, let in, entertained and ENJOYED that you shouldn't have?

It was good and perhaps it felt good being digested...But spiritually BELOVED, it has messed up your system.

Get It Out!!

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy