Our Purpose Given Life
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
"The Wait" becomes the "Game Changer"
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Peace For The World🌎❤
This past weekend was one to remember for some and one to reflect on for others. Friday the 13th 2015 was the day the lights turned off in Paris, France. Over time 100 people died and even more casualties, the world mourned for Paris because we here in America knows how it feels to look evil right in the eyes. So we open our hearts and show our love and support to our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, we show them that we're here even if we're half a world away we're here for you. To show that support, facebook gave us an option by our own choice to filter our profile picture in support of this tragic event and many people made that choice but many also chose not to and in doing that, they had a lot to say. Questions like "Pray for Paris?" Accompanied by pictures of colored men and women being hung, chained and beaten (disgusting) as if to say, we shouldn't pray for Paris because many years ago colored people were abused & oppresed by people of non-color. There were people also upset because there was a moment of silence at a national game for the people of Paris however there was never a "moment of silence" for the #BlackLivesMatter movement (selfish). When is it ever ok to not show empathy or sympathy in a situation where people are dead and dying all because you're upset based on something that never happened to you directly. You hear people of color scream, "My People. My People", the same people that never experienced oppression, rejection or neglect. The problem with this generation is that we feel we're entitled to things that we don't work for, we did not pray for , and that we don't have the God given strength to endure. The difference between "my people" now and "my people" then is that "my people" then had compassion they had humility, instead of complaining about what wasn't right they prayed about it, respected themselves as well as others, even those who tried to oppress them. Times have changed and we live in a divided society based on how much more melanin the next person have than us. The word of God stated in Acts 17:26 the God made all nations of man of one blood. Not black blood. Not white blood, not Asian blood, not Egyptian blood but ONE BLOOD. God's intentions for His people was not to be divided but to be united through His resurrected son Jesus Christ, Yeshua, the Messiah. At some point in time we have to to realize that this war were fighting isnt against each other but against evil. It has been that way since time started ticking. Until we realize that love conquers ALL & grasp the fact that #AllLivesMatters this world will never change. We will always be at odds with one another and that #justice we all want will just be another hope that will never exist.
Pray without ceasing, Love without conditions🌎❤
I love you guys Always
XoXo BevBaè ❤💋
Friday, December 19, 2014
It's Been A While
Sunday, November 9, 2014
OPGL: Walking By Faith
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Daughters Of The King
Like I've said in some of my previous blogs, we all have a purpose, Jesus died to give us life, that we may have joy & peace, that we may experience true love through Him.
But oh so often, we allow the ways of this world to manifest darkness over our lives. We allow people to come in and take the thing Jesus died on the cross for and that's our life. What I mean by this is we become broken, broken mentally, spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Some of us have suicidal thoughts and some of us even took it there, wanting/trying to end our lives because someone has made us feel like we have no life to live for. (NTL) Romans 13:10 "Loves does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all God's requirements." I want us to think back to a time that the one we "loved" the most said or did something that brought us to a point of no self-worth. I'm not just saying it happened once, I'm saying they did so much over a period of time that it broke your spirit, you were broken, depressed, and self-conscious of who you were. We have had times in our lives that changed us, by what people did, so we separate ourselves from God. Whatever was stolen from us, we try to find it outside of God's will, drinking, smoking, being promiscuous, cutting, ever suicide. We feel like there's no hope because we've lost hope in the only man that gave us hope (life) and that's Jesus Christ. We've allowed someone to take what they didn't give and separated ourselves from the one who gave us peace.
We start taking our frustrations out on ourselves, we start not to care about our morals and start feeding our flesh and mind with temporary satisfaction because someone told us that was all we were worth. But let me tell you what we are worth, we're worth the blood of Jesus. We're worth our beloved God giving his only son to die so that we can have life, so that we don't have to be bound by the worlds standard of whats acceptable and whats not.
(NLT) John 3:16-17 "for God so loved the world that He gave His only son so that whoever believes in Him will not parish but have eternal life (17) God did not send His son to condemn the world but to save it." So if God didn't send His son to condemn us, who are we to judge, who are we to make people feel less than who they really are, we are daughters of the most High God and we should carry ourselves in such a way that people can see the glory of God in and around us.
(NLT) Romans 12:12 says, "Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble and always be prayerful." Take joy that God has a special plan and purpose for your life, be patient in knowing that Gods plan will manifest itself in your life on Gods time.
(NLT) Romans 12:21 says, "Don't let evil get the best of you, but conquer evil by doing good."
I've suffered from suicidal thoughts, I've actually tried once, I was that self-conscious girl, I was that homeless woman with children feeling worthless as a mother and a woman, I'm that girl who dealt with homosexual thoughts, I'm that girl that was beaten, that became promiscuous because I was numb to the word of God and focused on how hurt I was by the men I had been with and told myself that I didn't care, all I wanted to do was get my satisfaction and let it be known that I can, "Think Like A Man" (foolishness). I didn't care about morals, I didn't care about what the Word of God said, I didn't care about the only Man that loves me with the purest love and that's my God.
I'm the harsh reality of how this world can break us down to our lowest point how we allow people to come into our lives and steal our joy and when that happens, we lose sight of OUR PURPOSE GIVEN LIFE!
In the worlds eyes, I'm a statistic, a high school dropout, black woman with 3 kids, I've been on welfare, I receive government assistance and the father of my children is incarcerated. That's what the world defines me as. But let me tell you what God defines me as, I AM BEAUTIFUL, SMART, LOVING, STRONG, EDUCATED, LOVED, COURAGEOUS, PEACE, OBEDIENT, I AM, A DAUGHTER OF THE KING!!!! And so are you, when the world cast you out, God's love brings you in, into your purpose. He loves you in your wickedness, He loves you in your lust, He loves you in your NO MATTER WHAT!! So what is it for us to put on the whole armor of God, live according to His purpose and be FREE!! The world called us outsiders, God called us His children, there is power in the name of JESUS by His blood we are FREE, in His name we can LIVE! WE ARE ALIVE, WE ARE FREE!!!
DON'T EVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE AND WHO'S YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE A DAUGHTER OF THE KING!!! GOD!!!
I share my story because I want women to know that no matter what it looks like God has a plan and a Purpose for our lives. People are going to talk, they'll talk about you when your're good and they'll talk when your're down, either way, they're TALKING!! So why not give them something to talk about, let them talk about our success after our failure, talk about how God brought us OUT of our "condition" and situation and brought us into His plan for our lives. GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD! There have been days that I wanted to quit, days that I didn't want to even get out of bed because I was so broken by what I saw but none of that matters now because I understand my purpose and I'm here to show you the way through the Word of God to understand yours. LET'S GET OUT OF OUR CONDITION AND LIVE!!!!!! www.facebook.com/bstrawther
Monday, May 6, 2013
OPGL: Pastors
I just want to start off by thanking God for my Pastor, Pastor James McMenis of Word Of God Ministries in Shreveport, La.
(Jeremiah 3:15-NLT) says, " And I will give you leaders after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge abd understanding", I firmly believe this referring to our pastor J. McMenis. Since I've been a member of Word Of God Ministries my spiritual walk has been nothing short of amazing.
God has blessed him with an anointing (to dedicate to the service of God) to minister the Word, to teach God's Word. Pastor McMenis said something in the part 5 lesson on the series "The Gatekeeper", he said, the easy part of being a preacher is preaching, the hard part is teaching so that the congregation can understand God's word (not in those exact words but basically) and that's a true statement, to teach Gods word comes with wisdom, knowledge, & understanding of Gods word. It takes more than just getting in the pulpit, reading a couple scriptures, taking tithes and going home. It's about using God's word to be planted as a seed to manifest itself in the lives of Gods people, it's about Teaching.
***(2 Corinthians 5:18-21 NLT)
Pastors have some big shoes to fill don't they? Some have to worry about judgement, being ridiculed by people, even christians, because they don't agree with their method of teaching. But would any of that really matter or make a difference if your life is aligned with Gods word? (*1 Peter 3:15-16 NLT) tells us, "instead you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if you are asked about your christian hope, always be ready to explain it. But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ."
I commend preachers & not just the ones that minister in the pulpit but also the ones that are in the streets of their communities & different countries ministering Gods word, the ones that sit in the congregation, listen & get an understanding of what's being taught, they study the word & spread it to the rest of the world. God has his hands on us, He gave us purpose through His word.
(**James 1:19-25 NLT) talks about (19) being quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger.... (21) humbly accept the message that God has planted in your hearts, for it is strong enough to save souls...(22) it is a message to obey, not just to listen to, if you don't obey you're only fooling yourself... (**Read to vs 25)
Some of us sit in church listen to the message and for whatever reason get angry at the Pastor, but why? It's because most of us are sitting there not wanting to hear the truth! You'd rather your feelings be babysat & watched over, well Gods word doesn't work that way and neither should the people teaching it.
Pastor McMenis said something funny but true. He said he's not a coochie-coo preacher, in other words, he's not called to satify us and our feelings by holding back on Gods word ( that was just my take on it) he's in the pulpit to teach the manifested Word Of God so that we can not only recieve God's word but be able to understand it in a way that we can apply it to our lives and bless others as well.
I thank God for our pastor & I pray that God continues to cover his family and bless the ministry. Since I've put fourth my time in Gods word, my life has changed physically, mentally, financially, & most importantly spiritually. I can humbly say that at Word Of God Ministries I'm at my place called there, I'm home & to my pastor, I hear your heart.
OPGL-Xo♥
If your ever in the Shreveport area and you're looking for a place to worship, Word Of God Ministries is open arms to visitors near & far
6645 Bert Kouns Industrial Lp
Shreveport, La 71129
(318) 364-8977
Monday, April 29, 2013
OPGL- The Holy Spirit
(John 14:26-Kjv) says "but the comforter which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things back to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (*Always remember the Holy Spirit can only bring something back to your remembrance if it has already been studied, how can you remember something you never had.)
Have you ever had an ah-ha moment where something just came to you or as a parent, has something dealing with your children ever just came to you? I have and in my mind, I always went back to what my mother use to say "the Holy Spirit spoke to me." (lol) now I got it.
(John 16:13-14 Nlt) says, "when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not be representing his own ideas, He will be telling you what He has heard, He will be telling you about the future.(14) He will bring you glory by revealing to you whatever he receives from me."
Anything you receive from the Holy Spirit is from God. God has placed the Holy Spirit here with us to reveal truth, to bring Gods word fourth in our lives.
Some may ask how do I receive the Holy Spirit? The beginning of receiving the Holy Spirit is believing in Jesus Christ with salvation. How can you believe/receive the Holy Spirit without receiving the one who the Holy Spirit was sent to relieve and that's Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit comes to be a comforter to us, to give us wisdom, knowledge and understanding of Gods Word.
(Galatians 3:2 Nlt) says, "let me ask you a question, Did you receive the Holy Spirit by keeping the law? Of course not. for the Holy Spirit came upon you ONLY after you believed the message about Jesus Christ." (Galatians 3:5 Nlt) ...(5) does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? of course NOT. It is because you believed the message you heard about Jesus Christ." (continue Galatians 3:8-14)
God has a purpose and a plan for our lives but to receive the promises that God promised Abraham, we must first put our faith in Christ as Abraham did.
Christians, don't lose yourself trying to satisfy your flesh by depending on the law to make you right with God, receive Christ through salvation & baptism, have faith in God so that the same promises Abraham received through his faith we can receive through ours, the promised Holy Spirit.
OPGL-
(John 16:13-15; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; James 1:5-8; Matthew 13:15,16; Romans 14:17)
I encourage you to study the scriptures in Gods Word, pray that he brings all things to your remembrance and to receive revelation, knowledge and understanding of His word. God Bless...