7/28/24 "Minding Your Mental Health "

7/28/24

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Minding Your Mental Health"

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:34 NIV

Stop worrying about tomorrow.  The more you worry about tomorrow, the more you rob yourself of time; time you could have spent  enjoying today.

Your mind can't be in today and in tomorrow at the same time. Your mind will be wherever you are. Mentally, you are either in the past, the present, or the future. Where are you?

[9] But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” [10] He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

Genesis 3:9-10 NIV

Adam was in the present, tuned into what he was hearing & feeling in that moment.

He was afraid in that moment because of what he had done wrong. So, He hid.

He hid his nakedness- the fact that he was uncovered and vulnerable... He tried to hide that from God.

SOMEBODY:

Right now, You're trying to hide the fact that you're afraid, you're vulnerable, you're worried. You're not even living in the present. You are living in the past, your mind is  consumed with the past- trying to re-trace the steps of your path that has led you to where you are now. 

Beloved,

You can't do it on your own. Get yourself an accountability partner- somebody whose going to hold you accountable for your mental health, somebody who will help you stay focused.

If Lot's wife would've had somebody to help her stay focused, somebody to hold her accountable for her mental health....Maybe, she never would have looked back, maybe she would have been able to go forward with her husband & family and keep her mind out of what was now the past.

Genesis 19:26 NIV

She lacked focus, and her mental health was not being cared for...and

it cost her the future she could have had.

Don't let what you're afraid of, what you're worried about steal your future, steal your today.

The devil comes only to steal, kill, and destroy.  

John 10:10 NIV

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

7/21/24 "Questions "

7/21/24

5 Minutes Of Focus 

 

"Questions"

Jesus from The Cross cried out:

[1] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

Psalms 22:1 NIV

And in Psalms 13 David said:

[1] How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? [2] How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Psalms 13:1-2 NIV

The point is we all have questions...David had questions, even Jesus had questions.

There is nothing wrong with asking God questions.

God never said you couldn't ask Him questions. In fact, He encourages you to ask in Matthew 7:7 NIV

Asking is the only way the door will be open to certain things, open to certain conversations.

So Beloved, Don't be afraid to ask God the questions that keep you up at night. It's okay to want answers to why this happened and that happened.

If Jesus could ask God why He had forsaken him...and later discover that it was only temporary because He had taken our sin upon himself and God being "Holy" couldn't bare to look at sin NOT even on Jesus...So, He turned his back!!

If David could ask God how long...You can ask God about that situation you feel is taking too long, that situation that hurt you. 

You can ask God, why you were abandoned? Why you were molested as a child? 

Why a loved one died so soon?

Why you had to go through a painful breakup? Why you had to go through a painful divorce etc.?

However, Be prepared like Jesus to not hear the answer, but to discover the answer as life goes on and you're able to put 2 & 2 together via His Holy Spirit. 

Remember, When it comes to asking God questions:

● We have not because we ask not. James 4:2 NIV

● Sometimes we ask amiss. James 4:3 NKJV

● But the sin is never in the questions. 

● So, Ask!!

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

7/14/23 "Listen To Him"

7/14/24

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Listen To Him"

Orpah made the decision to go back to Moab -the place of lack that God had moved her away from all because she couldn't see a husband in the "near" future for herself...The wait time would be HUMONGOUS (based on what Naomi had said). So, Orpah went back to the place she knew right or wrong.

Ruth 1:1-14 NIV

Beloved,

Never make a decision based solely on what somebody else has said to you.

Never make a decision out of fear of what you can or cannot see happening in the future.

Both of these are what Orpah did and it landed her right back where she started from.

SOMEBODY:

You don't have to start all over again. Listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit (right from where you are), He knows what direction you should be going in at this point in your life.

No man or wo-man who has never actually been YOU can tell you what to do for sure... They can give advice, they can suggest what might be the right thing to do, but the Holy Spirit knows for sure what you should do.

[20] Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you. You will see your teacher with your own eyes. [21] Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.

Isaiah 30:20-21 NLT

He knows for sure...

The Lord your God...He is the one who directs you in the way that you should go.

Isaiah 48:17 NIV

So, Take time out to listen to Him.

Until Next Sunday.

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

7/7/24 "Wasted Time "

7/7/24

5 Minutes of Focus

"Wasted Time" 

[10] Elisha sent a messenger to say to Naaman, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” [11] But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 

2 Kings 5:10-11NIV

The bible let's us know that Naaman went away angry...He got mad and went away. But for how long? How long was he away? How much time did he waste being angry, being mad? Was it an hour, or was he away for a few hours etc.?

The bible doesn't say... 

Naaman could've gotten healed sooner than he did, but because he wasted time...

Beloved,

God says, Stop wasting your time being mad...

You could have had your healing, had that job promotion, had that house already...If you hadn't wasted all that time being angry, being mad.

So many opportunities, so many major "life-changing" moments we miss out on and don't receive what God intended, all because of how we felt at the time.

So what, If things didn't go as you had planned or as you had hoped.

[9] A person may think up plans. But the Lord decides what he will do.

Proverbs 16:9 ICB

And the Lord has decided to delay your healing, delay that job promotion, delay that house UNTIL you can learn to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

James 1:19 NIV

Anger resides in the lap of fools (Eccles 7:9 NIV)...and is very costly to the progression of your future.

So, Stop being mad, being angry. Learn self-control.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/30/24 "Because Of God "

6/30/24

5 Minutes of  Focus

"Because Of God"

‭David said:

[18] They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.

Psalms 18:18 NIV

[18] On the day when I faced disaster, they confronted me, but the Lord came to my defense.

Psalms 18:18 GW

[18] On the day disaster struck, they came and attacked, but you defended me.

Psalms 18:18 CEV

If you have ever been confronted with some unnecessary drama at the worst possible time...

If you've ever been confronted, if your character has ever been attacked. If they really had the nerve to come for you for no apparent reason...This is for you!! 

God was your support then and He is your support now, He was your defense then and He is your defense now.

They attacked you, they came for you, but they could not achieve what they wanted because of GOD!!

He reached down from on high and took hold of you; He drew you out of deep waters. He rescued you from your powerful enemy, from your foes, who were too strong for you.

Psalms 18:16-17 NIV

And to this day, they still don't understand the favor of God that's on your life. They think you just got "lucky." that's all...That's how you've managed to survive for so long in spite of everything they have attempted to do to you, in spite of everything they have said about you.

They don't understand that for The Ones that God favors...No weapon means no weapon.  It doesn't matter what it is or who it is that using it against you...Because of God it will not prosper. 

Isaiah 54:17 NKJV

Selah!!

Let them stop & think about that.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/23/24 "Celebrate Them"

6/23/24

5 Minutes of Focus

"Celebrate Them"

The Father in Luke 15 chose to celebrate the son who ran out on him, took his money pre-maturely, the one through his actions, wished that he was dead.

But for the son - the one who had ALWAYS been right there, (been loyal)...There was no celebration. 

Luke 15:11-31 NIV

Don't take for granted the one that's ALWAYS been there...

What if they decide not to be?

One thing's for sure, people don't have to do anything for you. So, If you have someone in your life (family or friend) who has always been there for you, has always been loyal no matter what...Don't forget to celebrate them.

Sometimes that person would like a gift (over and beyond what they already have access to), "just because"....Because you're thinking of them,  just because you care, just because you knew celebrating them in that way would make them happy.

In Luke 15:

The Prodigal Son was the one being celebrated, while his brother hadn't been celebrated NOT even once for all his years of loyalty. 

[29] But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 

Luke 15:29 NIV

There are some good brothers out there that keep getting over looked and under appreciated and just like The Prodigal Son's brother, they're angry and they have every reason to be.

Celebrate The Prodigal's and The Loyal Ones too.

Celebrate The Ruth's and The Naomi’s too!!

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy

6/16/24 "No Excuses "

6/16/24

5 Minutes of Focus 

"No Excuses"

[16] For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...

John 3:16 NKJV

But what if God had changed His mind at the last minute, and decided giving up Jesus for us was too high of a price to pay?

And what if the Apostle Paul (from a prison cell) had decided, he had enough to deal with already and  therefore was not currently in a position to be a father to Onesimus?

[9] It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— [10] that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. 

[18] If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. [19] I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—

Philemon 1:9-10, 18-19 NIV

But The Apostle Paul didn't use his current situation as an excuse nor did God use the excuse of it being too much to pay.

But they both stepped up and made the necessary sacrifices.

Jesus being the ultimate sacrifice for us, clearing our pathway of sin, so we could be adopted and affectionately refer to God as "Abba."

Rom 8:15 KJV

Because truth be told, a lot of men are hiding behind an excuse as to why they can't be a father to their children.

But to The Ones that are walking upright in the footsteps of "Abba", in the footsteps of men of God like the Apostle Paul...Thank you for taking responsibility for your seeds. 

Even though, it hasn't been  easy...Thank you for stepping up. (Your) children are a gift from the Lord. (Psalms 127:3 lCB)...No Excuses!!

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy