8/10/25 "Before You Open Your Mouth"

8/10/25

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"Before You Open Your Mouth"

[38] When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He (JESUS) looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly.

*Tumult -a scene of chaotic emotional disturbance.

Mark 5:38 AMPC

I LOVE this scripture so much because Jesus took the time to look carefully at the people, at what was going on. He looked carefully and with understanding.....BEFORE opening His mouth to speak on the situation.

How I wish people would follow Jesus example and CHOOSE to look with understanding or seek to get some understanding about what's going on with people BEFORE feeling qualified to speak on the situation.

And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation).

Proverbs 4:7 AMPC

If people would just seek to get understanding, to get discernment, to get comprehension, to get an interpretation of what their seeing, BEFORE speaking; just imagine the hurt that could be avoided.

Jesus looked at the people, they were weeping and wailing loudly, and CHOSE NOT to just dismiss their pain like it wasn't happening, but when He did speak on it, after looking (assessing) the situation with understanding.....

He let them know that what they were in an uproar about, what they were weeping about was not a dead situation.

Mark 5:39 AMPC

It's not over yet. You had your moment....Now, Dry your tears.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

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"Honor Your Own Uniqueness"

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"Honor Your Own Uniqueness"

Can somebody tell me...Why do we feel the urge to always check out the way another person is doing, what they do?

It's as if, checking out the way they do it is suppose to "somehow" help us in what we're doing.

But here's what I love about the #ApostlePaul....When #God saved him, and MADE HIM to be an Apostle...

In scripture the Apostle Paul says:

15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

Galatians 1:15-17 NIV

His IMMEDIATE  response was not to consult any human being...He didn't go see those who were Apostles before him. That WHOLE Part!!!

Though they had been walking in their calling as an Apostle much longer than him....

👉 He didn't look to them for a pattern to do what he had been called to do.

👉 In other words, He didn't go check them out.

👉 Instead, He trusted the God that called  him and he began to travel, to move, to operate in what he had been called to.

👉 I hope that right there, frees somebody.

👉 Stop trying to pattern yourself after people, looking to see how they do, what they do.

Have you ever stop to think that what works for them, might not work for you?

Yes, It's okay to have #mentors and to learn from them, but EVEN THEN ...You can't do EVERYTHING they do.

God made YOU #unique in your existence for a reason. He doesn't need you to be EXACTLY like anyone else.

The way they lead, conduct business, do this & that is unique to who God made them to be.

For Example: I love Prophetess #JuanitaBynum and consider her a great mentor, among others...BUT I KNOW, I can't do what she does, the way she does it AND THAT'S OKAY.

Honor your own uniqueness.

Trust the God that #called you and get out there.

YOUR GIFT will make room for you.

Proverbs 18:16 NKJ

So, Take your eyes off them....

Comparing yourself is NOT wise.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

7/27/25 "Let Nothing Stop You!!"

7/27/25

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"Let Nothing Stop You!!"

[24] So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. [25] And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. [26] She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. [27] When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, [28] because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”

Mark 5:24-28 NIV

The woman with the issue of blood didn't let the fact that people were talking about her, calling her "unclean, the fact that she had no money, but had a condition, a situation going on in her body. She didn't let it stop her.

She didn't let the fact that she wasn't supposed to be out in public, she didn’t let the fact that she was both physically and mentally exhausted stop her. She didn't let the fact that all she had left was a recurring thought in her head stop her.

A recurring thought that if she just could touch Jesus' clothes, EVERYTHING she had been forced to deal with the last 12 years would be healed.

Was it faith or just a crazy thought? All she knew for sure was that it was worth the risk.

Beloved,

Is what you need worth the risk? If so, like the woman with issue of blood let nothing stop you, NOT people, NOT finances, NOT your own physical body, NOT circumstances, etc....

Nothing!!

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

#KeepGoing #LetNothingStopYou #ReachYourGoals #Faith #Heal #Believe #Jesus #Prophetic #WordOfGod #RealTalk #RealIssues #HappySunday

7/19/25 "Take The Test!!"

7/19/25

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"Take The Test!!"

[37] Suddenly a storm struck the lake. Waves started splashing into the boat, and it was about to sink. [38] Jesus was in the back of the boat with his head on a pillow, and he was asleep. His disciples woke him and said, “Teacher, don't you care that we're about to drown?”

Mark 4:37-38 CEV

Many of you are like the disciples, After all the storms God has already brought you through. How can you look now and question His concern for your well- being based on ONE storm you don't understand?

Maybe, God is silent now because this storm is your test. The other storms, He knew you weren't ready for them...The other storms would have devoured what little faith you had. So, He stepped in quickly and commanded it to cease.

But not this time, He is testing you, testing the maturity of your faith, testing how well you know Him, testing you to see if you really trust Him.

So, Does He care? Of course, He does. Don't let one storm, how feel in the face of the storm cause you to panic and believe He does not care. NOTHING could be further from the truth.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

#Test #TestTime #Jesus #God #GodCares #HolySpirit #DontPanic #Faith #Trust #GoThrough #TheStorm #StormChaser #Survive #HoldOn #Prophetic #WordOfGod #RealTalk #RealIssues

7/13/25 "Used"

7/13/25

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"Used"

[12] As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance [13] and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” [14] When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. [15] One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. [17] Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 

Luke 17:12-15, 17 NIV

Jesus healed 10 lepers that called out to Him for help, but as soon as they got what they wanted from Him...ONLY one of the 10 was thankful.

Many of you are upset because you went out of your way to help someone and they never even thought to say, "Thank You."

They just took what you did for them for granted, they took YOU for granted and went on with their life like you never invested your time, your energy, and in some cases; your money into making sure they would be okay. YOU FEEL USED!!

Remember that feeling the next time your prayers get answered and you know you're not worthy of His grace, of His mercy, let alone His provision. 

Father God,

Thank you for healing us, cleansing us up out of some of the ugliest situations, ugliest conditions even though we're not worthy. IN JESUS NAME, Amen.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

#BeThankful #GiveThanks #Jesus #Used #People #HisGrace #HisMercy #HisProvision #Leprosy #Healing #Prayer

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7/6/25 "BOTH"

7/6/25

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"BOTH"

[17] Jesus arrived in Bethany. There he learned that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days. [18] Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem. [19] Many Jews had come there to comfort Martha and Mary about their brother. [20] Martha heard that Jesus was coming, and she went out to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.

John 11:17-20 lCB

Many Jews had come to comfort Martha AND Mary....  Because they were BOTH hurting, they were BOTH grieving in their own way.

In the midst of losing their brother,  Martha had the strength to go out and meet with Jesus, while Mary just wanted to stay home.

Whose to say that either choice was wrong?

Martha met with Jesus, but Mary stayed home....

There will be times when you don't have the strength to meet with Jesus, when you don't have the strength to pray. Your spirit is willing, but your body (flesh) is weak.

Matt 26:41

That's why the bible tells us to PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER....There will be times when you need somebody interceding for you, when you need somebody praying for you.

There will be times when you are so hurt, so grieved that the only way you will experience  some form of healing is through somebody else's prayer.

Confess and acknowledge how you have offended one another and then pray for one another to be instantly healed, for tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer!

James 5:16 TPT

God designed us to need EACH OTHER because at any given time, I could be Martha and you could be Mary or we BOTH could be going through something at the same time.

Therefore, Who are we to judge "the way" any of us are handling this life? Let's just confess, acknowledge how we have offended one another (COME CLEAN) and pray.

Let's just pray for each other.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

#Prayer #Intercession #Hurt #Grief #Life #ComeClean #NoJudging #MarthaandMary #WeNeedEachOther #Prophetic #WordOfGod #RealTalk #RealIssues

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6/28/25 "Don't Judge A Book"

6/28/25

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"Don't Judge A Book"

[27] Just then his disciples came back (from the store - according to John 4:7-8 MSG). They were shocked. They couldn’t believe he was talking with that kind of a woman. No one said what they were all thinking, but their faces showed it.

John 4:27 MSG

In the text, The disciples had formed an opinion about the woman Jesus was talking to based solely on the fact that she was a Samaritan. 

They didn't know anything else about her, they hadn't bothered to talk to her.

Jesus was the only one talking to her. He was willing to give a her chance even though it went against the social and religious norms of that time.

Never let society, social media or anything else decide who you can and cannot communicate with.

Forming a negative opinion  about SOMEBODY IN YOUR HEAD and letting it show on your face is not of God. That's why Jesus had sent the disciples to the store, He knew how they would respond.

Put yourself in that person's position and try not to judge, because we all need Jesus in one way or another when the wells of life run dry.

She didn't have anybody else she could talk to who was really hers, who was really there for her. The man she was living with certainly wasn't and Jesus called her out on it in John 4:16-18 NIV

She had lost pieces of herself being in one failed  relationship after another, after another. So, She needed Jesus more than the physical water she thought she was there to receive, initially. 

Jesus who had left Judea, went back to Galilee and came through Samaria to a town called Sychar just to be there for her.

John 4:3-4 NIV

She needed Him, more than she needed her next drink (of water), more than she needed to be in a relationship (at that time). She needed the living water, getting to know Him & receiving Him as The Messiah her soul has been longing for could provide. 

Can you relate? 

If so, Don't judge a book by its cover because we all are uniquely flawed.

Enough with the looks the disciples were giving her.

Study John 4 for yourself!!

 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

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