Restoration in the middle of a Storm

The past six months of my life have been like a storm. The tides have been high, but I have been holding on to the only thing I know that has been solid in my life. My faith in Jesus Christ. He has been there for me every step of the way, and providing for me with out delay. My test is becoming my testimony. It has build His character in me. I find myself looking in the mirror of the word, and it has been showing the imperfections that I have been to blind to see.

Like the Israelite's who walked around in the desert for forty years. I found myself complaining about everything. Never satisfied with what I already had, and not realizing how much of a spoiled brat I seem to others around me. I have been put in a position to shed the mess to bring out the best in me.
For the past several years of beginning this blog, I had stop writing because I was too much into me and what I wanted to do. Not realizing my move back to where the root of my problems began would mean me coming full circle of the inner me. I have come to learn, and I am still learning that my purpose in life is not about what I want, but what God has created me to be, and that is to live in the service and perfect will of God.

I remember in 2004 when I lost everything, I asked God what was my purpose, why am I here; because nothing seem to make sense. I was in a daze of confusion and nothing was going my way; and the Holy Spirit, which I didn't know it was Him at the time, took me to Ephesians 1, and in that chapter Paul talks about how we were chosen before the foundation of the world; to be Holy and blameless before Him in love. To be in the adopted through Christ Jesus to God which is His pleasure and will. At that moment I found the beginning of my purpose, but wasn't really sure how to get there. So I continue to search not realizing what I was searching for. Each day since than has been a walk closer to Him, being transformed into His imagine,

I will admit I have messed up along the way while finding my true purpose, but I kept holding on in the midst of each and every storm. Layer by layer through each and every storm the restoration became more and more prevalent. My storms made me stronger, and they have build my character to became like the Creator who created me from he beginning.

I respect you "Happy Memorial Day 2016"

Pamela Morris

Hello, whew, it has been a long time since I have post anything on 
"Always in His Presence". You probably thought I fell off the face of the earth, and by right you should think that. However I'm back with a new attitude on life and a lot of experiences to go with it. My life has changed so much in the last few years that I don't know where to begin; but I am back and I am here to walk you through my journey with Grace. I plan to open my mind to new possibilities, gifts and talents that my Father in Heaven has given me;and share them with you. So come and join me as we stay in His Presence and walk with Grace. Below is a poem I wrote a poem in honor of 'Memorial Day". I pray as you listen, it will enrich and encourage you to give a little more love to those who are still with you on earth. 

A Leap of Faith

As humans we believe in many things that we can see. We believe that the chair or couch that we sit on will hold us up without thinking of the possibility that it may come crashing down at any moment. We know for certain that the sun will go down and come up again, regardless if it’s cloudy or not. It’s just fact and it has always been that way since the day we enter the world or since the world began. These are simple things that we take for granted every day, they are the physical and natural we trust and understand. It makes sense to us to see something working already without having to rely on inner instincts, but it’s the not knowing or seeing that makes us uncomfortable.

In today’s society we have been condition to believe that we have to see it before we believe it. We even speak that the possible is impossible without realizing what we have said. It’s been so deeply in grain in us that we repeat the negative without thinking about.  That’s because it has to make sense to us before we can believe that it is possible. Now, I’m sure you’re wondering where I am going with this, why am I talking about beliefs and seeing is believing; Well, there is a scripture that comes to mind when it comes to believing in the possible and taking that leap of faith. Hebrews 11:1 NLT says: What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot see. So with that being said do you have the vision to see what isn’t in front of you; and because to you believe it so much, are you willing to take that leap of faith to make it happen? If your answer is yes, I invited you to take a leap of faith into the possibilities of making life easier for you.

Sometimes opportunities just drop in our laps, as this did for me. It couldn't have happen at a better time. I was looking for another job and came across and advertisement for posting links. So I took a looked into it a little further; as I began to search more into the program, it became clear to me this could be something I can do to gain some residual income. So I paid the money to start posting links and found out it wasn't what I thought it was supposed to be, so I opt out of the program. Now that’s normal, but if I haven’t taken that leap of faith, I wouldn't have come across something that I really love doing, and that’s blogging. Now I've been blogging for about two years off and on; but I never thought I could really make any money doing it; until I got a call from someone who is already doing it and is making enough money to take care of their basic necessities and more. Can you envision yourself doing what you love and making money at it with very little monies to start? Well it’s possible, if you’re willing to try.

I read a face book post from Girlfriendsingod.com the other day that said “Faith doesn't make things easy, it makes things possible.” Meaning that anything you try isn’t easy, but if you willing to try and believe with all your heart that the vision you have to make a difference in your life is there, than with faith nothing is impossible.

Now I’m beginning a new chapter in my life. Who would have thought I would be making money doing something I love. It’s rare that you get the chance to do something you really love to do; but when you pursue to do what you have been called to do, than the possibilities are endless.

Holding on to the Possibilities

Anything is possible if you choose to believe. You can accomplish whatever you desire to do. I believe the reason why most people don't explore their possibilities is because they are afraid of the unknown. Fear has a crippling effect on so many people and that fear keeps them in bondage to pursue their dreams. Past mistakes and failures for some can be very discouraging if they’re not around the right people. However, being around the right people can also be harmful to that person if they don’t understand the dream or vision. Sometimes it pays to keep some things out of the ears of others. Some people without realizing can say something negative that can be harmful or may even hinder the person’s dream or vision.

I often think about John the Baptist's father, Zechariah, who was made mute because he didn't believe in the possibility of his wife Elizabeth becoming pregnant. Now considering the circumstances at the time it wasn't likely for them to have artificial simulation, so the only way for them to conceive was the natural way; and seeing that they have tried for many years to have a child, Zechariah was a little puzzle how this was to be done. Instead of Zechariah just believing what Gabriel said, he was thinking too hard on how this would work instead of just believing. So instead of allowing Zechariah to speak negative words and infecting negative thoughts into his wife, Elizabeth, Gabriel shut his mouth until John the Baptist was born. It was during that time when Elizabeth was carrying the promise of her son, that Zechariah or anyone else who didn't believe couldn't abort the vision, the dream that was given to her. It was during that time that her cousin Mary came to assist her in the birth of her son, because she too was carrying a promise, a vision that and only her and Elizabeth could share and agree on. Both of them doing what seem impossible to others became possible for them, because they believed.

So believe that anything is possible and don't shatter the dreams or visions of others. Doing that could produce fear and abort the vision before they get started. Be like Zechariah, who unfortunately was made mute because he did not believe; but he watch and observed the miracles that were taking place in both his wife and niece. You know the cool thing about John the Baptist and Jesus’s conception and birth is that it was based on a promise that was given four years before, and the person who predicted the birth of these two men did not get to see the full manifestation, but they believed. 

Trusting

Now that the tears have been wiped away,

I can truly say that you’re luring me to trust you each day. 

Although today is tough for me comprehend. 

I still want you to direct me in your plans.

I need your help now more than I ever have before; 

as I grow older I’m beginning to understand a little more. 

This is the point where the circle ends. Each day is a new day 

and I’m willing to try again. Each day somewhere I miss 

the mark, but you’re the glue that doesn't allow me to 

fall completely apart. You hold me, you mold me, and put me back

together again. My will, emotions and thoughts are

being pulled towards you again. Your words, your thoughts,

are like a warm summer breeze that kisses my lips, and 

with one deep sigh, I can breathe again. We’re like lovers

who have grown apart; each one stands alone wanting 

each other’s heart. Standing there, waiting for each other 

to take the first step so we can join together and 

be one mind, one thought. I cry, you groan. 

I throw tempera- tantrums because I want my way. 

You stand there and look at me, and say;

 “I’m still here waiting for you to grow-up and conform to my ways. 

Yes, I’m standing, waiting on you. My arms are wide open. 

Come and rest in my will, my plans have not changed for you.  

I made a promise and the promise is not new, it’s still real. 

It’s the same promise that was made before you were in 

your mother’s womb. My love for you hasn't grown cold.

It’s deeper than you can imagine, because it’s not like any 

love you have ever known. It’s stain in blood that came 

with a high price and you’re cover from head to toe.

I brought you with my life.” 

As I listen, your voice fills my spirit again.

I can feel the warmth of your hug, and my tears 

fall to wash away the pain that try to take control again. 

Like child that is reunited with their parent, like a lover

who has found the other part of their soul, I find myself

at peace again. Knowing that we are one again, knitted 

together without one stitch lost. Etch in the record where

the needle plays in the grooves, but the sound doesn't 

play the rhythm and blues. It sings the songs of Solomon 

and his bride’s heart. We’re like lovers that who seek 

desperately to never be apart, trusting like a child who

knows his Father’s heart.

A Come Back

I have been away for quite some time, and would like to start posting again. Sometimes we have to go into a hiding place so God can work out the wrinkles in our life. Well, He's been using the iron and it's been hot. But I thank Him for working on me. I'm still a work in progress, but I'm better than I was before. 
I am learning to lean on Him like never before. His Grace and Mercy is beyond anything that I could ever image and I know for sure that I would not be alive if it wasn't for the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for me.

Writer: Pamela Morris

It has been through the washing of His word that I have been transform into the person that He has destine me to be. God has, and is still putting His desires in me. He has wrote the vision and made it plain to me. All His promises are starting to manifest and now I see. He has given me dreams and visions that where buried deep in my inner soul, and now they are ready to be exposed.

Choice vs. Murder, Pro-life or Pro-choice; which one are you?

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There comes a time in our lives when we have to fight for the things or issues we believe in or are against. I always wondered what I would stand up for and would I lay down my life for it. Well I believe I have found it. I believe it is something we should all speak out against. We have allowed millions of lives to mutilated and thrown away for the sake of choice. We say that it is the woman’s choice to do whatever she wants to do with her body.  We say that if she can’t afford to take care of the child than it is her choice to choose if that person who is growing inside her should live. We say that if the woman has been raped or was molested and in the process conceived a child than she has the right to choose the life of the child. We say that if a woman’s life is at stake then she should choose her own. We say that if a child will have a deformity or is deform, than take them out of their misery. I say who are we to determine who should live and die, who are to say that this life will bring more harm than good. Who are we to say that their burden will become our own.

We have become a selfish generation that only is thinking of ourselves. We look at children as an inconvenience instead of a blessing. In Psalm 127:3 it clearly states and I quote:

“Don't you see that children are God's best gift?  
the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?
Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children
of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents,
with your quivers full of children!
Your enemies don't stand a chance against you;
you'll sweep them right off your doorstep. The Message

The children that we have allowed to be murdered because choice; were our legacy, they were the ones who was supposed to support, protect and bless us. Like it states in the last passage of verse 3, your enemies don’t stand a chance because the children are there to protect you. They are the balance as far as the young taking care of the old. Sigh, how can we stand as a nation if we don’t have anyone left to carry on the legacy?  We have allowed the propaganda of the women’s movement to cloud our thoughts. Just like Hitler did during WWII with the Germans, concerning the homosexuals and Jews. To even put them in the same category is beyond me, but that’s another topic that I choose not to embellish on at this time. Either way, neither group should have been murder for who they are. However when you look at what is going on now compare to what was happening back then, you can see the similarities. No one had any idea as to what was happening; they went along with the program. Trusting their leadership and not paying attention to what was happening before their very eyes. A whole generation of doctors, lawyer, musicians and scientists lost, a whole nation scared because they chose to look the other way. The Bible speaks on this, in Psalms 82:2-4 it says  

"Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough;
you've let the wicked get away with murder.
You're here to defend the defenseless,
to make sure that underdogs get a fair break;
your job is to stand up for the powerless,
and prosecute all those who exploit them."  The Message 

Like the Germans in WWII who wonder why there was so much black smoke coming from smoke stacks that was in their back yards. Not knowing or realizing that a whole generation people were being murder under their noises. We to have allowed a generation, a population of precious human beings to destroyed. These were our doctors, lawyers, senators and congressman who would have made a difference in society. They were the World Changers of this nation. The problem solvers who would have and could have very well changed and influence a nation even the world.

This is something that is so close to my heart. I cannot allow this to go unnoticed. I will not be a participant of murder. I will no longer close my eyes and continue to let this happen. I will become the voice for the unborn and for all those who have the right to live. We must speak out about this and let this generation know that it is wrong to take a life that is predestine for Gods will and glory on earth.

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves;
ensure justice for those who are perishing. Yes, speak up
 for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice." Proverbs 31:8-9 NLT

Releasing Grace through the Spirit of Tongues

Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Living

I wrote this passage below after hearing a message about:” How to release Grace by Praying in the Spirit.” This is something we must do every day if we want the manifestation of the Spirit realm to come forth in the Physical realm. You may not understand the revelation that was given to me, but there has been a shift in the Spirit realm today.  Sometimes I pray in the spirit and don’t understand why I’m praying that way.  This is something that has been going on for quite some time.  I would start walking down the street and break out in tongues. Changing the atmosphere before my day has begun.  I remember when I began my walk with the Holy One; I would hear a still small voice say “pray, pray;” not realizing that the Holy Spirit knew the power of my Spiritual tongues. He knew that when I would pray in my Holy tongue, a powerful change would take place. The power of His amazing Grace, His glory and will on this earth will be done.

Thy Kingdom come thy will be done, (speaking in my heavenly language), in earth as it is in Heaven. Hallelujah, give us this day our daily (the word of God that is written on our hearts, which is branded on our minds) bread; and forgive us debts as we forgive our debtors.(Our sins and those who have sinned against us)  And lead us not into temptation,(don’t let us yield to temptation) but deliver us from evil,(deliver us from the evil one) for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory,(for it is your Kingdom and your Glorious Power that lives within us) forever Amen.

Pray in the Spirit if you have the gift of tongues. Release those things, those promises, those healings, those love ones who need to know that redemption for them has come. It is time for the Sons and Daughters of the Most High God to come forth as His Glorious ones.  The earth awaits us and it is time for the Father’s Glorious Kingdom to come, and for those of us in Spirit and in Truth to become as one.

I Speak

Urban Life Production 

I speak the things you taught me to say, you made it possible,
you made the way. I have so much power in what comes from
my tongue, there is no room for negativity to come.
No negative word should come from my mouth when it’s already done.


I speak life as you have done; every word has power, because
there is life and death in the tongue.
When I think it, and say it, it is done. I speak what you speak,
you say it is finished, then it’s finished, it’s done.
Look at the power of my tongue, what I don’t feel or see it will come.

I speak from the seeds you have given me.
The sixty six books that I carry with me. They are the power
that you have given me, I ask and it is given to me.
I say it and it comes to me, life not death is a part of me,
Blessings not curses are upon me.
Every word I speak is water to my seed, and the fruit that comes
is what was planted in me. So I speak, I speak, carefully.

A Quite Moment...

Trying to learn not to get attach to people or things,
trying to be the one person that never changes.
Holy Spirit, what do you have for me today?
Is it a rehearsal of yesterday?
My mind was at peace, my heart was with you. I want that again today.
I want to be with you. I want to sit in your presence and be in awe of you.
Teach me something new. Correct my paths so they will lead to you.
Holy Spirit, I’m in love with you, like a bride is in love with her groom.
Awaiting the time to be with you, just me and you, the two of us alone;
that’s the time we deeply explore, you know me and I want to know you more.

Love, loves me

Why is it that I didn’t get to choose love, but love chose me? Love paid a price for me, and it wasn’t free. Love made a sacrifice so I could be free. Whipped thirty-nine times until like raw meat, nailed to a tree and not once did love complain; love lay down and took all my pain. Crushed with thorns that would have driven any man out of his mind, but through the blood in his eyes he saw mine.

I didn’t choose love, it chose me. Complicated is love to me, never ask for love to stand in the gap for me. To give up paradise so I could have eternity. Never asked for love to do this for me, funny how love knew what needed to be. It’s a mystery to the angels and me, how Love can love beyond anything we can understand, and to give us a choice to love freely is something beyond me.
To leave instructions on how it was really meant to be. In the beginning it was Love and me. Walking and talking in the cool of the eve. Where creation was in harmony with Love and me, everything was as it should be. Love teaching me and having everything I need. Nothing missing, nothing lacking is what Love has for me. Love takes care of me if I choose to believe, and with Love I am forever free.
So the question is still left to be answer. Why is it that I didn’t get to choose Love, but love chose me? Because I didn’t create me to be pleasing to me, I was created from love to please Love. I am the in the image of Love and not in the image of me. It’s a complex question with a simple answer.

The Silence is Broken

2010 has come and gone. It's been awhile, actually it's been a year; but I'm breaking my silence. Sometimes it is better to say nothing when you don't know what to say.
I went through a lot of changes last year. I move from the southwest to the midwest. I really didn't want to go, but I had to be obedient and let all my things go. Talk about a culture shock.I forgot how cold it can get in Ohio. I forgot about how twenty degree tempertures can chill your bones. I forgot about the how you have to wear layers to keep warm. Snow boots, hats and coats, forgot about all the snow. I remember real quick when the first snow hit. Started crying, telling God I can't do this. Started complaining one night when I was walking through the snow. He gave me a poem letting me know, there is beauty in everything, even in the snow. Clean and refreshing is the snow. It clears your head and there's no thunder like it is when it rains. No pounding or beating on the window panes. It just lightly falls, God calls it White Rain.


White rain cold and frozen but when it comes
down there is no stain.
Silent in motion it comes down like rain.
Queitly frozen no shapes are the same.
There is a beauty in the falling of
white rain.

As strange as it seems I found a peace watching and walking through the snow. A time to be quiet and listen to the voice I want to know. A season that has me standing still. Learning how and when to do his will. Seeing a change in me each day, whether I'm walking through the rain or snow. It's refreshing to know that your in his will when you learn how to listen an be still.

A Resolution to a New Years Revolution

I haven’t blogged anything for awhile, please forgive me,
but I only write as the Spirit leads me.
The month of January is always a challenging month for me.
A time for new beginnings, a time to trust Him when I can not see.
So many of us become optimistic of the future and what lies
ahead. We start our twenty-one day fast in hopes to make
a brand new start, praying for something new to happen
instead of praying for God to change our hearts.
All our Father really wants from you is to sit with him and
allow Him to dwell in you.
Our temple is for his to habitation, not a place where the flesh
can continue infestation.
A Living Stone our we, with Him as the cornerstone, which is above the
apostles, prophets and priests.
The church is in you, not the four walls you go to. When you attend
church His presence should already be abiding in you,
not in the pews that seat you.
The word is the foundation that must work in our lives, it is
the truth that can not be compromise.
We must not fail to have a relationship with him, it is a relationship of
the beginning and end, today and yesterday so we may have
eternal life with him.
Yes, this month we began anew. I Pray that you will allow the
His Holy Spirit to revolve in you.

Resurrection

The old man dies to bring in the new.
A new reflection is about to be birth in you.
The road you take is nothing new, it’s been traveled
before, long before you knew this road is for you.

Past mistakes need not follow you, for the steps you
take lead to something new. It’s time to let the Spirit
guide the new creature that resides in you, to grant the
desires He place inside of you.

So look to the horizon for something new is about to
breakthrough, but only if you let go of the
past and allow Him to do what He needs to do.

Resurrect yourself to something new. Allow the Spirit
to get you through the next second, minute, hour and all year
through. Open yourself to something different and unique.
Don’t put Him in a box; He doesn’t put limits on you.
Allow His reflection to be resurrected in you.

©All rights reserve 12/31/2009

Grace Came Silently

Grace is silent it speaks to no one.
It came in silently underneath a star that
shined like the sun.
Wrapped in humility that no one would wear,
a sacrificial lamb that would one day carry
the weight of the world.

Yes, Grace was silent when heaven’s angels
spread the news, that the Messiah has come,
Emanuel, God is with you.

Only the humble were called to this place, an invitation
to witness the prophecy that took place.
Shepherds they are called, for they will spread the good
news, to tell the world that grace has come and that the
law can no longer condemn you.


©All rights reserve 12/24/09

It’s Okay to let it out

Its okay to let it out when you’re disappointed and you don’t know what to do. Its okay let it go, tell God, “Lord, I’m confuse, tell me, tell me, what I should do. I’ve done all I know how, the rest I leave to you. I’m trying to be strong and trust in you, but everywhere I turn nothing seems to come through.”
Its okay let it out, let it flow, cry to your hearts content it detoxifies the soul. Don’t hold it in and allow bitterness to poison you. Let it out and cry, “Lord, I need a breakthrough.” I Know know we’re suppose to be strong, but somehow the tears that fall really do help you to go on.
So let it all out when you’re alone. Let him hear your cries, your worries and your moans; for it is his Spirit that speaks to you, the Holy Spirit that intercedes for you.
Crying doesn’t mean you’re weak or upset that you didn’t get your way. It just means you’re human and you know that God’s way is the best way. So let it out and let it go, it heals the mind, body, spirit and soul.


©all rights reserve 12/14/09

What Image Are You?

As the holiday season is upon us, I can’t help but see all the images that portray the season we’re in. It’s Christmas hooray and more, seeing the worries on people’s faces as they run around looking for the best deals for their daily, weekly or monthly wages.
Hum, I think to myself as they race through the store. Have they thought about those who can’t afford? Have they thought about them all year long? Did they know that some one has lost their home and everything they own? They have a gimme, gimme, gimme look on their worried little faces. I pay my offerings and tithes with a smug look on their faces.
They say they are Christians you see, they say that, greater is he who is me; “hey, hey, hey, look at me. I am the image of Christ that’s what a Christian means.” Oh really I think to myself, well let me see. When was the last time you took a friend to church, or called to see if they needed anything, to make sure they weren’t sick or hurt? When did you pay some ones’ rent so they wouldn’t be out with only their shirt? When did you clean out your pantry, refrigerator or give away the best clothes you don’t wear? “I do that”, you say, “I do that once every year.” Oh yes, Christmas time I suppose, that’s when it’s proper to give with cheer,” Tis the season to be jolly, during this time of year.” But what is your image all year long? Is Christ only there when good fortune comes along? Is it there when the haves’ have and the have not s’, not; Um, I think not. The image of Christ is all year round you see. The Image of Christ is not the gifts under the tree or a once a year thing, don’t you see. The image that so many claim to have is when you give your last so your neighbor can have. It’s a sacrifice, an image of love from you to me. The Image that was portrayed by the man you call Savior who die and rose again so we can be free.
It says in his word to love completely, all year long; not when it’s the proper time or when you fortune seems to be on the raise. Give of your time in prayer and song. Give, not just at this time but all year long. This is the image you want others to see, an image of Christ who showed us how to be in his and not in the image of I, you or me.

Everyday is Thanksgiving

It’s the day before Thanksgiving Eve. People are running around trying to shop for the big day. Making sure they have the bird and all the trimmings that go along with it is driving them insane. Calling friends and relatives far and near, wishing them with greetings of “Happy Thanksgiving, wish you were here.” Hoping and praying that there is enough for everyone here, and enough to stretch for leftovers because the grocery bill almost brought them to tears.
Yes, it’s Thanksgiving once again for many of us who hold this holiday as giving thanks for another year, but how many of us give thanks everyday and not just once a year. As we reflect on what we have gone through during the year. I believe giving thanks is something we should practice every minute, every hour and every day of the year.
Giving thanks to Our Heavenly Father is something He cherishes and encourages us to do. The more we praise him, the more he continues to bless us for acknowledging him for bringing us through. For without him we could do nothing, but with him we can do everything. So when giving thanks make sure you give credit to whom credit is due.
Lord, I thank you and praise for everyday I am able to serve you. May nothing hinder me from being in the presence of you and let this day and everyday, be a day of praise and thanksgiving to you. Amen
Happy Thanksgiving!!!

God I don’t understand this man!

This past month has been really interesting. My glasses broke about a week ogo. That was a humbling experience. I couldn't see very well for a day and half. Everything around me seem to be out of focus, both spiritually and the naturally, but God has a way of bringing everything into focus when we can’t see.
Now you’re probably wondering were I’m going with this. Well let me start by saying the day I put my glasses in the shop I realize there was a language barrier between me and the gentleman that repairs glasses. First of all allow me to say this without offending any one. I really have a hard time understanding people who have a foreign dialtic. Which was the case with the Asian gentleman in the shop.
When I took my glasses in for them to be repaired, he told me it would cost me forty-three dollars, Not really happy with the price he quoted me, because my mind was set on paying less than twenty dollars. Why less than twenty dollars you ask, because that was what I was told when this place was recommended to me. Therefore, I had an attitude about the forty-three dollars, but I paid it because I can’t see without my glasses.
Now as I recall the man was speaking jiberish to me. I really didn’t understand what he was saying, so I tried piecing together his broken sentences by repeating everything back to him and replied yes to what I understood him to say, but there is one thing for sure I don’t recall him asking me, and that was what type of metal my frames were. All he told me was that my glasses would be ready by the end of the day.
Well, unfortuatelly there was a problem. He called to tell me that he couldn’t fix my glasses because they are made from titatum mental and that it would cost me sixty-dollars to get them repaired. Natually, I was upset, so I told the gentleman that I would come in and pick up my glasses.
When I arrived there, the gentleman was reluntant to say anything to me, when he showed me my glasses, which was seperated in two pieces,I hit the roof. He tried to explain to me that he could fix them for sixty-dollars, but he was saying it wrong. What he should have said, “I can fix them for an additional seventeen-dollars. We went around and around for about ten to fifteen minutes about the sixty-dollatrs. That’s when I had reached my breaking point and stood in the middle of the man's store and cried out to God "Help me Lord because I don't understand a word this man is saying to me." Then all of a sudden a Hispanic gentleman, Richard Abil spoke up and said, ‘ how much does it cost to fix her glasses I’ll pay for it.” Not realizing that anyone else was in the shop, I turned around and said with amazement “Oh thank you, but you really don’t have to do that.” Richard said, “why not, I serve a good God and he has been good to me. So allow me to bless you by paying the difference.” So Mr. Abil asked the Asian gentleman, “so how much is it really, sixty-dollars or seventeen-dollars. The gentleman said seventeen dollars.
Now I know your finding this somewhat funny, and I did too after thinking about it. However, I realized that God was giving me favor and allowing Richard to practice Kingdom principles.
Favor, you call it. It sounds like to me it was a woman who was having a temper tantrum in the middle of the shop, because she didn’t want to pay an extra seventeen dollars to get her glasses fixed. I suppose you could say that, but when you really look at the big picture, God took my situation and proved that he does have people who live according to the word of God. Who know how the kingdom principles operate and to show that this witnessing tool for the unbelivers. When I really think about it, it wasn’t about my glasses getting fixed or me paying an extra seventeen dollars. It was about God fullfilling his promises through one of his own. He was Blessed to Be a Blessing, and the Asian gentleman needed to see God’s children in action.

"Blessed to Be a Blessing"- This is an ACT of Kingdom Principles.

From time to time I like to show movie trailers or music videos of my favorite artist, but this time I would like to share an act of kindness. This act of kindness is not something new. It was practiced in the early church. The book of Acts talks about how the assembly of born again Christians would come together and give to those in need. The widows, orphans and the poor. They would sale whatever they had and give to those who had a greater need. No one had more than the other. Acts 2:44,45
This church "Valley Kingdom" is a prime example of a practice that needs to be put back into action in all of our churches. Feeding the homeless and giving out rations from the benevolent fund is not good enough. If you have tithe paying members in the congregation, then it is your responsibility to make sure that every member has their needs met. No hand me downs either. Give them the best, because God gives you the best. Set out a basket in front of the sanctuary for people to give every week, better yet take up and offering and let those who are in need take what need from the basket. It is amazing how one dollar can add up when you have a membership of five thousand. It is time for us to step up and not allow the government to be our source, but to give what our heavenly Father has blessed us to give. He made sure your needs are met; now it's time for you to make sure others are met too. For it says in Luke 6:38 Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. Amplified Bible
This testimony should not be so unusual; it should be the norm among born again believers. God wants to shine through us not around us. He wants to show the children of darkness who he is through the children of light. So let us come together and be a blessing to one another as this assembly was a blessing to this young woman and her family.



If you would like more information on the B3 concept-"Blessed to Be a Blessing". Here is their website http://www.vkmi.org
This ministry has blessed the Kingdom of God through word and song. They also have a praise and worship group "Shekinah Glory" that will usher you into His Majesty's Presence.