Daughters Of The King

   Before I start, I want anyone reading this to declare: Jesus is the King over my life and that Satan's army is subject to my authority. Amen.
   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

OPGL- The Holy Spirit

  Growing up, my mother would always figure things out, even things we thought we got away with (lol) and she'd always say, "the Holy Spirit spoke to me." As a child I didn't understand but as a mother, an adult, and a child of God, I get it.
  (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...
 

Our Purpose Given Life: Intro

  This blog began October 2, 2012. The thought came to my mind just sitting on my couch brainstorming about life. Two nights before, in prayer, I told God I was ready, I was ready to hear his plan for my life. I asked for Wisdom, Knowledge and the complete Understanding of His Word.
  On Monday October 1, 2012, I decided that I wanted to start back in school. I wanted to focus on a field that would drive me, push me, a field that my vision could be seen as well as heard, so I decided to look up fashion design. Some might say, fashion? Yes, fashion! How can fashion be heard? It is a part of you, your style, in my opinion, it reflects who you are, so yes fashion. Well I wasn't surprised when NONE popped up in the search engine for fashion school in Shreveport/Bossier. So I decided to go a different route & BPCC (Bossier Parish Community College) came to mind. I searched through programs of study and came across Mass Communications (Associate in Applied Science in Communication), when I read the learning outcome I knew this course of study was for me.
  The next morning, I had nothing to do so I decided to get a movie and enjoy my day and that's what I did,. Then, like I said before, God spoke to me. "Beverly, start a blog for your community, start something that people can not only relate to but understand as well." So that's what I did.
  This blog to be a vessel for Gods Word to show the world that God has a plan for you life & you (we) we placed here for a Purpose.
  2 Corinthians 9:7 tells us to do whats Purposed in out hearts, meaning follow Gods plan for your life, what God has placed inside of you IS FOR YOU and ONLY YOU! Don't allow doubt to come in and take you away from your value to Gods Kingdom. He wants to use us in every way possible to enlarge (expand) His Kingdom. It's up to us to have the Faith to know that the vision & Purpose he has placed inside of us can and will be lived out, through and by his Word.



I encourage you to explore Gods Word on your own and in doing that ask for Understanding, and He'll be your Guide: 
(Matthew 11:12; 12:29; 2Timothy 2:1-6; Joshua 1:5-9; 2Corinthians 10:4)