3/29/20 "Content Is Everything"

3/29/20 

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Content Is Everything"

Check It's Content BEFORE forming an opinion because a book is not always represented well by it's cover. Often times a cover is just a cover up, hiding what's really going on inside of the book, inside of the person, as it was with Hannah.

From the outside looking in, Hannah looked like a drunk that had stumbled into the church and Eli, the priest called her out on it.

But public drunkenness (as it appeared to be) was just a cover...Hannah was really hurting; barren-unable to give life to her dream of having a son. The bible says: She was in anguish & crying and she admitted to being very discouraged. Still she found her way into the church, into the temple to pray.

1 Samuel 1:10-15 NLT

Many of you like Hannah are feeling discouraged and even though you're in the right place doing the right thing...You still got people talking about you; looking and judging you without knowing the real content of your character. As if, they've never been through something that made them act a little out of character. 

So what, if you're not acting exactly like yourself these days with everything going on around you lately...Who can blame you?

You're doing the best you can to maintain some level of normalcy and that in itself can be overwhelming. 

What's important though is not what they think, or have the nerve to say...What's important is that you're fighting through the discouragement, fighting through the anguish -the serve physical or mental distress, fighting through the tears by staying on your face in prayer, before a God that doesn't see you as man sees you. A God who does not judge you, but encourages you to come. Get out the boat, Peter, and come...Come, all who are weary, tired from carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest.

Matt 11:28 CEV Matt 14:28-29 NIV, 1 Samuel 16:7 NIV

Come; you belong to God....Ignore all the "so-called" perfect people who have never struggled with something in life, struggled in their walk with God etc. Truthfully, God is closer to you NOW than He will ever be to them (given their ungodly attitude).

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalms 34:18 NIV

Until Next Sunday.

Stay safe, Stay home.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

3/22/20 "Double Violation "

3/22/20

5 Minutes Of Focus 

"Double Violation "

In 2 Samuel 13 from the NIV translation the bible records in grave detail the ONE horrifying incident that would change Tamar forever. Violated in one of the worst ways imaginable and by her own brother (of all people)... Yet what I consider to be, the second violation (equally as horrifying) in the text is how her father, King David got angry when he found out what his SON had done to her, his  DAUGHTER...But still he did NOTHING in support of Tamar.  It was the ole sexes double standard routine. 

You see,  I think we all know how it feels to  go through something life changing and not have the proper support.

Tamar was going through simply because she was loving and caring enough to show up for her brother who SHE THOUGHT was sick and needed her care.

DECEIVED...Going through without her Father's support making, a violated situation, doubly offensive.

And again, I think we all know how it feels to be deceived into a situation, and not have the support of family to help get us through.

But oh, we serve a God that sits high and looks low, he sees and knows all and he says: You are worth fighting for, standing up for. Yes, they made you feel like you were to blame by not supporting  you.

 But God....As a matter of fact he says, You don't have to do anything...I will fight for you, just be still.

Exodus 14:14 NIV Psalm 138:6 GNT

So, Since, you've been quarantined anyway due to corona...Take it as an opportunity to be still and let God handle everything you were worried about prior to corona. Because some of you were going through before this virus/plaque surfaced.

So, let God handle it all, including your corona fears because you are worth fighting for. Sorry, they violated you, used you, deceived you. You were  completely taking advantage of...

And them not supporting you, silently shows support for tthe person who harmed you.

But God, Watch him fight for you in this season of drought and uncertainty because you're worth fighting for. 

Until Next Sunday,

● Stay safe, Stay prayerful, Watch God, Read Psalm 91 and Wash your hands. 🙌 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy 

3/15/20 "A Second Wind "

3/15/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"A Second Wind"

He said, “Come ahead.” Jumping out of the boat, Peter walked on the water to Jesus. But when he looked down at the waves churning beneath his feet, he lost his nerve and started to sink. He cried, “Master, save me!” Jesus didn’t hesitate. He reached down and grabbed his hand. Then he said, “Faint-heart, what got into you?” The two of them climbed into the boat, and the wind died down. The disciples in the boat, having watched the whole thing, worshiped Jesus, saying, “This is it! You are God’s Son for sure!”

Matthew 14:29‭-‬33 MSG

Here Peter is, feeling like a failure  on his way back to the boat after having attempted to walk on water.

He felt like a failure because he had to go back and face the other disciples (the people he had decided to leave behind)....ONLY things didn't work out as he had planned.

So, he goes back, not knowing what to expect. Is this just it? Will I get another chance to try or do I just accept failure as a part of my resume?

Peter truly didn't know.

But God knew....He knew, Peter would get a second chance to prove to himself that he's not a failure.

SOMEBODY: Like Peter, you just need  a second chance to prove to yourself you're not a failure.

Time out for impressing other people...Catch your second wind. God is releasing a second wind....And this, time you will be able to get yourself together and make it happen.

Peter got his second chance and out of obedience to the WORD, Jesus had given him....Though, he was tired, exhausted already from all the work he had put in, he tried again on the water to make something happen and this time, it paid off.

Luke 5:1-7 NIV

Beloved,  God is releasing a second wind over you...You will be able to make it happen this time. Going back, having to face the same people you thought you left behind does not make you a failure. What it does is buy you time UNTIL you relaunch, UNTIL you restock your brand, rewrite your book,  UNTIL you re-work your business strategy, UNTIL you're able to do successfully what you couldn't do before.

Food for thought.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

3/8/20 "Don't Put That On Me"

3/8/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Don't Put That On Me"

When I heard the Man of God say, "Don't put on me the stuff that didn't work for you" in regards to Saul putting his armor on David in 1 Samuel 17...

Immediately, I thought about the fear that has been put on many of you.

Many of you, you really want to get married, but because  a loved one (someone close to you) is always downing marriage because their own marriage failed...There is a fear that has been put on you. 

You can see yourself getting fitted for that dress, getting fitted for that tux....But then, you remember something that loved one of yours said, you remember the number of divorces that runs in your family...And suddenly, you are rudely shifted back into reality because the last thing you want is to be like the woman John 4 who had 5 husbands (prior) and the man she was currently involved with was not her husband either.

John 4:17-18 NIV

So, now here you are walking around with fear on you, fear has gotten down in your Spirit because you let them put that on you, like David let Saul put his armor on him...And you know, God has not given you the spirit of fear...But still.

2 Timothy 1:7 NKJ

But still, here you are walking around, afraid to take the next step in that relationship, the next step in that career of yours because you fear what will happen.

You let them put what didn't work for them on you. So, now it feels like failure is just around the corner, waiting on you. It feels like marriage for you is doomed even before you say I do.

As a child of God, you have completely forgotten that God said: And lo, I AM with you ALWAYS, even to the end of the age. Amen.

Matthew 18:20 NKJV meaning he will be with you when you walk down the aisle, when you say I do, when you take the next step in your career because always means always to the end, ride or die. 

The scripture concludes with "Amen" meaning so be it!

● JUST  DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE HIM in everything, every step of the way.... Because ultimately, he will be the one that holds things together for you and not you, yourself.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:17 NIV

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

3/1/20 "That Quick Fix "

3/1/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"That Quick Fix"

One day Peter & John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer.

A man lame from birth was put there every day to beg from those going into the temple. When he saw Peter & John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!”  “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

Acts 3:1-7 NIV

Beloved, Be mindful of those who would rather just provide you with a quick fix and send you on your way...They would rather throw material stuff at you than deal with you and your issues.

The crippled man in Acts 3 is the perfect example of this...Nobody took the time to offer him what he needed. They just threw money at his issues like a few coins here and there was really going to solve his issues. They threw money at him and kept going. So, by now, he knew not to ask for anything other than money.

He just excepted what he couldn't do, what they said he would never be able to do. He never expected to have someone like Peter come along and take him by the hand. 

SOMEBODY: You know what it's like to have your needs pushed to the side, to have the issues that burden your heart pushed to the side. Instead, you're offered money, material stuff, anything that would  be considered a quick fix and would get you out of that person's face.

Deep down you wish you had someone who would stop and give you a helping hand (for real), who would see that you are more than what was said, more than the diagnosis or evaluation that was given, someone who would take you by the hand until you are able  to stand and do the very thing, life tried to convince you, you will never be able to do (whatever that thing might be).

You need a Peter...

Not these so- called Christians out here; praying, but not doing much else. Peter & John on their way to prayer, still stopped and did the WORK Of Christ.

Because faith that doesn't lead us to do good deeds is dead...And so is prayer without corresponding action. 

James 2:17 CEV

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

2/23/20 "I'm Not Feeling It"

2/23/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"I'm Not Feeling It"

"I'm Not Feeling It"...You say. BELOVED, Stop being so quick to give up just because you don't feel anything. Happiness is a feeling, sadness is a feeling, but faith, faith is not a feeling. 

2 Corinthians 5:7 NIV says: We live by faith and not by sight....Which implies that faith is not a feeling, faith is not associated with any type of feeling, but faith is a lifestyle. 

God expects you to live faith even when you don't feel it...Because again, faith is not a feeling.

That's for those of you trying to stay in faith, but you don't feel anything and you don't see any thing happening that would suggest that your faith is working.

Do you think Hannah in 1 Samuel Chapter 1 always felt something?...No she didn't. Peninnah was still provoking her, still irritating her and she was still barren, she was still without a child of her own. And the bible says, this went on year after year which means for years, Hannah continued to pray without seeing any results, without always feeling faith, but still she remained faithful to her prayer life.

1 Samuel 1:1-20 NIV

I came to encourage & pray for somebody today: Stay faithful to your prayer life, stay faithful to what you know to do, whether you feel it or not because faith is not a feeling. It's a lifestyle.

Therefore, Some times you will have to travail in faith, travail in prayer...But don't quit  just because you don't see or feel anything.

Father God,

I pray over everyone whose not seeing the results they desire and so they're about to give up on faith, on praying because they don't see anything.

Help them to stop depending on sight to build their faith, or a feeling to determine, if faith for them is actually working.

But help them to live a life of faith before you regardless and to remain faithful to what they know to do.

Because in the end...If they travail, just like you did for Hannah...You will cause all things (the good, the bad, the ugly, and barrenness they've been through)  to work together for the good. Romans 8:28

In Jesus name,

Amen

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

2/16/20 "It's Okay To Wait "

2/16/20

5 Minutes of Focus 

"It's Okay To Wait"

It's okay to let everybody else get out the boat....It's okay to let everybody else get out there and try whatever new thing there is to try. 

You don't have to be in a rush, especially since you don't feel like God is releasing you to move, step out in any certain direction right now.

Beloved, It's okay to be still (for a season) and wait patiently on the LORD. (Psalm 37:7 NLT)  You don't have anything to prove not to your family, not to your friends and certainly not to your foes. This is just something you have to do for you unapologetically. You're not being lazy or rude. What you're being is wise. There's wisdom in waiting, when you don't know what else to do.

Therefore, The other disciples were not fazed by Peter rushing to get out the boat....He saw Jesus walk on the water and now ALL OF A SUDDEN, he wanted to try it. So, he asked and Jesus released him to Come. 

Matthew 14:22-29 AMP

You see, The other disciples who remained on the boat understood that being out on the water was Peter's livelihood, it's what excited him. BEFORE becoming a disciple, Peter and his brother, Andrew (as well as a few of the other disciples), they were  all fishermen. See Matthew 4:18-22 NKJ. So being out on the water was apart of Peter's original career choice.  

Luke 5:1-11 AMP

Again, NOTICE: Being out on the water was Peter's livelihood. It's what excited HIM, the other disciples not so much or at least, they didn't seem to keep going back to it, like Peter did.  Beloved, If this new thing, you see some people around you rushing to try is not something that excites you, motivates you, could be considered your livelihood....You better do like the  other disciples and don't let it faze you. They remained on the boat because on the boat was the last place they KNEW God told them to be. 

Wherever you KNOW God last told you to be, remain there, stay put, awaiting further instructions.  It's okay to wait this one out. Wait on the LORD.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy