LIKE NEVER BEFORE

In this time spiritual maturity comes at a high price and great sacrifice. We as the men and women of God have to stand up for his Word and his way like never before. God is being disrespected and disregarded by men, women and children 'just like before'. The things that are going on in this world now are nothing new to God but for those of us in this season during our pilgrimage on this earth, we are being tried like never before.

People of God, we must cover ourselves for battle in this season like never before ! We must read, study and learn like never before. We must train our children up in the way to go like never before. We must be peculiar people like never before. We must watch like never before. We must discern like never before. We must spend time in prayer like never before. We must be honest , humble and repentive before God like never before.

We must run unto him and hide in him like never before. We must intercede for others like never before. We must encourage our ownselves just as David did like never before. There is so much out there that is not of God ! We must look with our spiritual eyes and hear with our spiritual ears like never before. We must not be tricked by the enemy. YES. God is love,but the question during this season and during this hour, is not whether or not God loves us , but do we love him ? If we do, we must show it like never before !

So many of us are quick to point out God's love for us but we forget that even though he loves us and wants no man to perish, he will still put you eternally where you choose to go. If you choose to live your life like their will be no judgement then you will receive the consequences of that choice . People of God we must speak this into the atmosphere like never before ! We all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God and have done some foolish things in our youth BUT for God's Grace and Mercy we could have been dead and gone and at the point some of us were in our lives, HELL would be our home but God gave us time to come to our senses and to come to him.

God has Mercy and Grace but who knows for how long because no man knows the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will return so you do not know when he will come and you do not know when you will go so we should repent and be ready ! Christians we must tell it to a dying world like never before! Many of our young people are OUT OF CONTROL,which means they are living in disobedience which means they are under the spirit of witchcraft ! Disobedience and rebellion towards their own parents and other adults. We must speak to that spirit of rebellion that is trying to overtake all of our young people. We must look it in the eye and speak the Word of God to it like never before !

The men and women of God are being tested in this season in a manner that may seem, 'Like Never Before.' but it has come before and many have kept the faith and gone thru. Many have trusted and prayed and waited and he has come thru. We must hold on like never before and believe like Abraham. He had faith and it was counted unto him as righteousness ! We must strive to be righteous even in the test we are going thru ! They are test like never before but GOD has to come thru and show himself ! He promised he would do it for us ! He did it for Moses, Joshua, Rahab, David, Issac, Job, Hannah, Abraham, Lazarus, Elijah and so many more before us. God is going to bring us out of the fire without a burn !

We may come smelling like never before, tried like never before, pushed like never before and scraped up like never before but we are coming. This time in our lives finds us in miry clay thick like never before but he will put our feet on a solid rock to stay ! He will open up the windows of heaven and open up the doors no man can shut like never before. He will blow a mighty rushing EAST WIND like he has done before into the lives of his people and he will do it in the presence of everyone. He will do a thing that will cause the very ears of those that hear about it to tingle like never before ! Our spirits will grow like never before !

I am personally being stretched like never before so I have no choice but to seek his face because I am believing him to do AN AWESOME thing in our lives like never before when he brings us out as a family. As a wife, he is purging me and molding me spiritually and making me stronger in him. He is growing my relationship with him like never before. He is making our marriage even stronger like never before..our latter married days will be EVEN GREATER ! I stand as a prayer warrior by the side of my husband. If I stumble or fall while I am protecting him and going forth with him he leans over and picks me up and I do the same for him.

Sometimes the enemy shoots his arrows but we are growing spiritually so we speak a word to that thing like never before and he does not succeed. We are believing like never before, we are praying together like never before and we are believing like never before ! We stand in the deep , deep valley together side by side NO SPACE between us ! We stand like never before against the enemy and his hollow attempts to shut us down ! We stand carrying the armour to do battle like never before because we are fighting for our faith like never before !

'Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: -Ephesians 6 .

God wants his people to stand for him like never before ! I am going to end this message with a scripture that my son Phillip learned a few days ago and it really blessed my soul and Jason's it was a much needed word at this time in our lives as we keep pressing and waiting on the manifestation of his deliverance of us out of this place ! AMEN !

'Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. ' PSALM 102:1-2

SALVATION AND MY SON -A Personal Testimony

On Sunday, October 11,2009 the Lord gave me a gift I will always remember and will treasure forever. Monetary value can not be placed upon it and in this world during this day and time it is a rare 'jewel' indeed. My Pastor, Dr. John. C. Evans jr. spoke the word over us coming from Deuteronomy 28:1-68. When he came before the people, he told us that he was going to preach a sermon like he had never done before. He asked if we were with him and then he began to read the Word. He read the chapter in it's entirety and then when he read the last verse and said the last word, he announced he was finished !

He stood before us and spoke to the people. He told us that we needed to make a decision. It comes down to either we are going to be obedient to God and live obedient lives to receive the blessings of God or we were going to be disobedient and receive the cursings of God but we were going to receive one of the two. He told us it was time to be serious about our relationship with God. I thought it was AMAZING the way he just read the Word and stopped. He said he was done and he had preached and he was right. The Word is RIGHT all by itself. You do not have to add anything to it to make it any better or more powerful. You can speak it and it puts things into motion in the atmosphere. Well this Sunday it moved in the place and when pastor made the altar call, they slowly began to come forth....as I was watching the people come forth who had made decisions to repent and change their lives, I heard my husband say "Ok. we will go." I looked over at him and PJ and I asked where they were going because sometimes PJ goes to the bathroom or to get water.

This time I got a response I was not prepared for, my husband looked at me and said, " PJ says he wants to go to the altar." I can not explain to you the feeling that came over me. The seriousness of what had just been poured into my ear and tunneled into my soul was so deep I was speechless. I just told my mind to tell my feet to move and let them go forth ! I was overwhelmed by the move that had just gone forth upon my own child. My son whom I gave to Christ a long time ago. I moved and allowed them to go past together as Father and Son . I stayed by my pew overwhelmed and filled with awe as I watched my two boys go before the altar. Jason stood behind our son and I could see he was emotional himself. This was a very special moment for us both. I never took my eyes off of my son.

I took in every moment of what the Lord had blessed me to be present to see. I gave God the praise for what he had done. I thanked him for his WORD that is so powerful you can just speak it and things can change. The very atmosphere around you can change. Your heart can change without a physical touch because of the spiritual power of the WORD of God. Because I feel it is so important for my son to see his Father praising God, and see him pray and see him be a husband to me, I stayed in the background. I wanted him to go with his Father before God and give his life. The pastor asked the souls at the altar if they believed in Jesus Christ and that God has raised them from the dead and they said 'YES' and when he said the Word of God says 'Thou shalt be saved" I can not explain the river that flowed forth from my belly and my eyes. I was so very grateful and thankful to the Lord for allowing me to see my son give his life to the Lord.

He and I have talked about salvation and I did tell him that it would have to be his choice of when he decided to do it. He has made the choice as a young child to be a part of the next generation that serves the Lord and makes him the head of their lives. I am eternally grateful to God for that. I am grateful for his WORD that went forth and performed a thing within my son's heart and soul. I will continue to build upon his decision by teaching him what it truly means to be a Christian. I want him to know he can not live according to what man says is the right way, he has to live according to what the Word says. I want him to know that a Christian is not perfect. Only the world thinks they are suppose to be. I want him to know a Christian has made a choice and they strive to live their lives to please the Lord.

I want him to know Christians are wrapped in flesh and within flesh is no good thing. I want him to know only God can perfect us. We have flaws. I want him to know what the Word says is true and is real and the Word is powerful and can cause things to happen in the spiritual and manifest in the natural. I want him to know that a Christian man can fall down , but he has to know his God and his relationship with God and know the Lord will forgive if you truly repent and that he will take you back because he Loves you. I need him to know that if a weight so easily bestows him, he can lay it aside, he can be delivered from what keeps him bound and I want him to know that he can be used to do a work for the Lord.

He is not to young to be about his FATHER'S BUSINESS. It is our responsibility as parents, to teach our children and show them the way. What good is food, clothing and shelter if they do not know the source of it all ! What good is an education if they are ignorant to the ways of the Lord ? If they are ignorant to the Laws of God but know all the sexually explicit lyrics to a popular song ? They need to know how to pray. They need to know how to bow their heads in prayer before the Lord. They need to know how to enter into the house of God and how to leave. They need to know not to eat in the house of the Lord for it is HOLY. They need to know they should stop in their tracks when the Word is being read out of reverence for God and his most Holy Word.

We have to teach them to stop all the walking back and forth in church, especially during prayer. We have to teach them about Holy Communion and the importance of it and the sacredness of the act itself. We have to be the examples, if we fall we have to show them how we get back up and fall back in line with God's way ! If we teach our children they can be the one to remind us when we can not remind ourselves. If we teach our children they will go and get the oil and pour it upon our heads. If we teach our children they can go prostate before the Lord and enter into the Holiest of Holy's. If we teach our children they can speak a Word to the enemy when we can not do anything but MOAN !

If we teach our children we have done as God commanded. 'Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he are old, he will not depart from it'-AMEN. Proverbs 22:6

PEACE be unto you and your seed !

THE HIGH PRIEST-JESUS CHRIST

Today I just want to discuss what it means to me when i hear Jesus referred to as a High Priest. For me, that is the utmost position in heaven and in earth. The Word talks about his role as our ultimate High Priest. JESUS had to be the one to go before the holiest of holies and present the perfect blood sacrifice upon the altar of the Lord. An altar that was the diagram for the altar here on earth that mortal priest, the levites, had to come before on behalf of the people in the old testament. A lamb had to be presented without a blemish. That Lamb was Jesus Christ. He came to be sacrificed without uttering a word. He was the presenter of the sacrifice and he was the sacrifice.

Jesus is our High Priest. He goes before the Father on our behalf. He pleads our case to the Father and he ask for Mercy and Grace towards us. He presented himself so that our sins would not be remembered anymore. Blood had to be shed because it is the source of life so he shed his to give us a chance at Eternal life if we want it and he has sprinkled this blood upon the heavenly altar as it was required of the priest at the earthly altar. The Word in Hebrew 7 tells us about the priest hood of Melchisedec. Melchisedec was a priest of the most high God. Abraham met him after returning from battle and paid him tithe from what he gained. He was a priest continually just like Jesus. The Word ask the question, 'What further need was there that another priest be raised up after the order of Melchisedec and not be called after the order of Aaron?'

Aaron was of the levites he was mortal man. Man dies and if he is a priest, this means he has to be replaced each time. Jesus died only once and he can remain the High Priest forever. If the Law was made in effect under mortal man then shouldn't the coming of Jesus change that Law ? Jesus comes from the tribe of Judah not from the Levites. He was a different priest coming from a different direction with a different mission. His mission was to save souls and offer eternal life. The Law only offered death as the price to pay for your sins. The Word in Hebrews 7:24 says But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.' This means he can not pass this on to another due to death because he can not die again. He is alive and he is interceding on our behalf. Jesus is the high priest that came down from heaven and put on an earthly body that he may truly know what we go through in the flesh. He can relate very well.

According to Hebrews 7:26 says 'For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.' Yet, he gave it all up to come to earth for a short time. He offered up his self once for our sins and he does not have to do it again as did the High Priest in the Old Testament who had to constantly go before the Lord concerning the sins of the people. There was not a blood sacrifice great enough to wash away the stench of the sins of the people THEN along came Jesus. He was and is a priest without any infirmities. God swore him to be a priest forever. He is now seated on the right hand of God the Father Almighty with all POWER in his hands. He is a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle in Heaven which God directed Moses to pattern the earthly tabernacle after.

Jesus came because the Lord promised a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. The old covenant was under the Law and it was not perfect but Jesus fulfilled a new covenant. The Lord saith in Hebrews 8 :10-13

10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Because of the sacrifice and obedience of Jesus Christ we now have a high priest that gave his blood for the errors of our ways and had to only do it once. The earthly high priest under the law had to enter into the second tabernacle alone and had to offer a blood sacrifice of goats, calves, lambs etc...every year for himself and the people. Jesus entered into the holy place with his own blood ONCE and it was not necessary anymore according to Hebrews 9:13-14

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

The Word of God says 'and almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission .' So Jesus had to shed his blood for our sins to be forgiven there was no other way he had to follow the pattern of the old to bring about the new. He is the ultimate HIGH PRIEST because he presented his own blood upon the altar to free us from sin so that we may be forgiven and have salvation when he returns. AMEN.

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MY ' DARLING'-MY SOUL

When you care about something or someone you want to protect it. When you care about something or someone you love it and do what is neccessary to allow it to be the very best it can be. It is your 'Darling' . The dictionary defines the word darling as, ' Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. For those of us that profess the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, Redeemer, Provider and all and all, we should teach everyone that we meet the importance of Salvation. Why ?

Salvation is for the soul. The soul is precious. The soul is the center of this temple we exist in. It should be so loved that we consider it to be our 'darling'.We should be so concerned about it that we want to grow it and nurture our relationship with the Lord thru the Word. Our soul should be regarded as a jewel for Christ. It is the most precious gift we can protect. David in the Book of Psalms described his soul as 'his darling'- Psalm 35: 17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

If you love something, you do what is best for that something. Stepping forth out of the crowd to accept salvation is that something special you can do for your soul. Opening your mouth to confess Jesus Christ is alive because he rose from the dead..believing in your heart that he is the savior is the best gift you can give to your soul. If you love yourself how can you not love your SOUL ? It is your core. The Holy Spirit should be residing there to be all that you need and you should not be ashamed to let it be known that you are in Love with Jesus Christ so much so, that you trust him with your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul. The Word of God says, ' But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 corinth 4:7.

For me, this treasure is my soul. Where it will be for eternity concerns me. I want it to be prosperous, full of joy, love, peace , praise, worship and total submission to the Lord. I have to give it to God so that it can be protected. He knows what is best for it and can take care of it better than I can. His Holy spirit, that excellency of his power, can lead it in the right direction and if it has anything within it that is not of him. Conviction will cause me to open up my mouth and confess sincerely to bring it back in line with his Will. I am responsible for where it will spend eternity. The Word says in 2 Peter 2:4 'For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement.'

Who are we that we would not befall this same judgement for being disobedient ? For not giving our souls to the Lord for his safekeeping to help us to be delivered out of temptations. Our souls will be in eternal life or eternal damnation it is our choice. This treasure that is the very core of our existence is on the earth for a short time but will be in eternity FOREVER. We must love our family , friends and strangers enough to tell them and show them Jesus and to let them read the Word for themselves concerning their soul salvation and how easy it is for our souls to be saved. We must love so deep that we care more about a person's soul than we do about their violation against us or another man. We must reach out to them so that they will be concerned about their souls. That they will love and care for it.

This is not always easy. It can be hard especially when it is a personal violation BUT, we are Christians and we must share the good news that our souls can be saved and that we do house the holy spirit within our very souls. We must not let anyone cross our paths on this journey without knowing how easy God has made it to cover your soul in his blood. He will come into their hearts if they just allow him to . If they will give the most precious gift, the beloved, the soul, Jesus will receive it and us into his body of believers.

Some do not even believe in Jesus as the Savior of the world, they say he was 'just a prophet'. They do not love themselves because they do not love their souls. If they did they would not

bring destruction upon themselves or the 'treasure' within this earthen vessel. Your soul can not receive God's promises without salvation. The Word says' That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent him'-St. John 5:23. Jesus is that gateway. He made the final sacrifice for sin on the altar. He was the lamb without blemish. He shed the very essence of life, his blood, upon the altar as a final sacrifice to his Father for our sins. He is the High Priest who has gone in before the Father into the Holiest of Holys and laid down his life for us so that our sins can be forgiven and our souls saved.

If you feel unhappy and feel like something is missing. You are not quite fulfilled. You are hungry for something or maybe thirsty,you are not sure exactly what it is , but you know you need something to make you feel complete then it is time to offer your soul to the Lord. He will fill the need. The Word says, 'For the Bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.'St. John 6:33. '' I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. St. John 6:35.

Jesus just wants us to love him as much as he loves us. He is the ultimate parent and we are his children. WE have to decide to we want to love him and allow him to take good care of us. Just open your mouth and confess today ! Just give your soul ETERNAL LIFE by accepting him and he will take you by the hand and lead you the rest of the way. Give your 'darling' the very best gift you can ever give. You will not regret it. Pray for me . God Bless.

GOD IS JUST WAITING ON YOU TO GET INTO POSITION !

In Memory of A Living Testimony of God-Mrs. Bobbie A. Cooley

On March 3, 2009 God's Angel came upon the earth to pick up a very special soul . The name of that soul was Mrs. Bobbie A. Cooley, a walking testimony of the Power of Prayer, Faith, Hope and Love in the Lord. Bobbie was special to me along with so many others of our Cathedral A.M.E. Zion Church Family. I met her in my Sunday School Class several years ago. The class was for single women but my spiritual mother, Momma Karen Courts, was teaching the class and it was such a blessing to me the way she shared the Word with us. Some Sundays Bobbie would also teach and she was such a blessing also. I remember her sharing her life stories with us sometimes and lifting her head up a little bit to hold back tears as she shared her testimonies of how she leaned on God and how God guided and directed her. She always let it be known she was not perfect but she knew about the Mercy and Grace of the Lord that could make her Perfect in the eye sight of God.

She was a virtuous woman. She took care of her home and she carried herself like a well kept woman. She nurtured her husband when he was down .She spoke life into her situation and the situation of others. You just had to see her. She was a Saved, Sanctified, Souled-Out, Fashion Diva. I loved to see her on Sunday morning not just because I loved her smile, which was unforgettable ,but because Bobbie, was going to be looking so good. She dressed impeccable like she stepped off of a runway,and even though clothes do not make the person, they do say something about the mindset and circumstances of a person. She dressed like she was going to a formal occasion every Sunday that I was blessed to see her in Cathedral. Church was a big event. It was an Honor and she dressed like it to. When I would hug her and tell her how nice she looked , she would give me that unforgettable smile , tilt her head up, and point up to the sky and say "It's him."

It was 3 years ago that Bobbie shared the news with us that the doctors had diagnosed her with cancer. She stood before us with a voice full of certainity and determination and let us know that she was not going to allow the doctor's diagnosis to cause her to just give up. Bobbie had also been laid off of her job and her husband had suffered a stroke but she was not going to give the enemy any glory. She stood before us and declared , " One thing God has shown me, and that is that he is my sustainer. A job is not my sustainer. God is my sustainer. I do not worry about what I am going to eat, where the money is going to come from for the bills or about the doctor's diagnosis. The doctor has said I have only 6 months but I told him it is not up to him, it is up to God. I will not leave until God says so."

The doctor wanted to remove her breast BUT GOD. The enemy tried to weaken her to stop her from coming to church early on in her chemo, BUT GOD. She came almost every Sunday BECAUSE OF GOD. She walked in with FAITH upon her head like a crown of Jewels. She wore HOPE as her attire and a necklace of ASSUREDNESS around her neck. She entered like a Queen into her church home and gave God all the Praise and Worship her body could bring forth. She encouraged people even in the midst of her illness. She gave God the glory no matter what the situation. GOD showed himself mighty in her life so that she could show others how mighty he is. He took care of her and all that was under her hand for HIS GLORY. The doctors said 6 months but God said THREE YEARS. In those 3 years Bobbie Cooley WORKED. She did a MIGHTY WORK for the Lord . One year-for the FATHER, Two years-for the SON and Three years -for the HOLY GHOST !

She planted Faith, Hope, Love, and Encouragement along the path of Life and all that came upon her path were touched by it. They could see God's Glory, hear God's Glory, Smell God's Glory because he laid it upon Bobbie and she gladly accepted it because she knew how to take her TEST. She knew it would make her wiser about who her God really was and it would grow her and all that watched her , a little higher in their walk with the Lord. Bobbie was given the Honor of being used by the Lord in the way he chose. She accepted that Honor and humbled herself under the mighty hand of God. She humbled herself to his Will in her life and the life of her family. She gave it all to him. She grabbed a hold to the hem of his garment just a little tighter when this cancer diagnosis was spoken and she kept going, she kept praying, she kept speaking faith, she kept clapping her hands, she kept singing his praises and she kept being BOBBIE.

A few months later in the year she was diagnosed, the Ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. held our Local Founder's Day program. I happened to be the chairperson that year and God laid it upon my heart to do something special in honor of Bobbie. I chose to select her for our organization's Z-HOPE award. It is just what it says , an award to honor someone in the community that has given hope, shared hope and shown the power of Hope . Someone who has helped to uplift their fellow man in Mind, Body and Spirit. That person was Mrs. Bobbie A. Cooley. She had been such an inspiration and testimony in my life of the importance of knowing all that God is and can be in our lives. It was an honor to present it to her. Even though, it was a special award, it can not even come close to being presented the CROWN OF LIFE by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on the day of Judgement. She has a mansion waiting on her, She has a new and better body waiting on her and she has an ongoing PRAISE AND WORSHIP waiting on her because of the Blood of Jesus. I just want to hug her and tell her what a blessing she really was. I wonder if she really knew how much of a blessing God empowered and molded her to be.

My last memory of her as a living soul, is of her leaving out of the church about two weeks ago. I was on the right side headed out and I looked over and saw her in a beautiful red dress looking so nice. I was about to go over and speak to her before she left out but someone else stopped me to share some good news with me about a blessing God had bestowed upon a love one and I did not get to tell her how beautiful she looked in that red dress. On today I looked upon her beautiful and peaceful face one last time. She looked beautiful because if you are in God's care he takes care of you like that. She looked so good. No different than when she was alive. For three years God kept her looking healthy and strong. Unless you were given the blessing of her sharing her testimony with you of what she was going thru , as someone just glancing at her , you would never know the sickness inside of the temple that housed her soul. God had her looking just that good.

My eyes have shed tears of Joy and Pain. I am as some old folks say 'betwixt and between' , because I know in FAITH that Bobbie Cooley will stand before the Lord and hear the words, 'Well done my Good and Faithful Servant. You have fought the good fight and Glorified me among men. Here is your Crown of Life. You endured until the end." I am so happy for her it makes me want to cry but physically I will not see this beautiful and holy diva enter into our church sanctuary anymore. I will not see her looking so cute and whole sitting on the mother board in her white dress. I will not see her smile anymore and hear her voice as she talks about how good God is and all that he is in the life of her and her husband. I will miss her smile. I will miss her words of faith and encouragement but most of all I will miss seeing the GOD in her.

I watched them roll her down the church aisle today on the same aisle out the same door that I watched her walk out of on her own accord two weeks ago. This time she was being celebrated for going home to get her reward. I GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR HEALING HER BODY. I GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR USING HER TO SHOW HIMSELF TO HIS PEOPLE. I will end this dedication to Bobbie with the scriptures spoken at her Homegoing Celebration today by my Pastor, Rev. John C. Evans , Jr.

PSALM 71;17-19

'O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God , forsake me not until I have shown they strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. Thy righteousness also, O God is very high, who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee !'

The WORD of the LORD has said it better than I ever could concerning the reputation of

Mrs. Bobbie Cooley among men. Lord I THANK YOU for the living lesson. Bless and Empower the Brown and Cooley Family during this great transition in their lives. Help them to keep going in the midst of your Will for their loved one. They loved her but you loved her even more. You brought her and now you have come back to receive her home. AMEN.

LOVE IS AN ACTION

LOVE. It is an action. We here these words alot, especially as Women. We hear them alot because we say it to our friends and we say to the Men in our lives when we want to remind them of what is really important in showing us how much they care for us. Today is February 14,2009 the day the World has chosen to celebrate love. For some women who are single they get sad or depressed around this time of year because they say they have no one to show them Love by sending flowers, roses or a card. Even some married women just wish the day would hurry up and be over.

Instead of being sad, depressed or feedup with this day of LOVE recognition according to the World, take some time to evaluate yourself and what Love truly is. If Love IS an ACTION, then who in your life has shown the ULTIMATE LOVE for you ? Who has gone out before hundreds of people without any shame and shouted to the WORLD "I LOVE THIS WOMAN ! I LOVE HER SO MUCH I DO NOT CARE IF YOU LAUGH AT ME OR IF YOU ARE ASHAMED OF ME. I LOVE HER AND I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO KNOW !"

Who loves you so much he laid down his life for you. He prayed for you, cried for you and suffered, died and was buried JUST TO COME BACK FOR YOU ?? Who chose to show you by his actions just how much he cared ? Single or Married there is ONE man who will always be by your side and love you unconditionally. He has seen you looking your worse and doing your worse YET he still loves you. You can not seem to get rid of him if you wanted to because once you have opened up your heart to him he pours his conviction into you. He pours his love into you and no matter how you try you can not go forth fully happy with anyone else or anything else until you are back in line in your relationship with him.

If you read his Love Letters to you, THE HOLY BIBLE, you want to cry you are so touched by his words. As we say in the world ' He put something on MY Mind.' He can truly make you feel special if you let him. You know what even though he has many....you do not mind....you know that in spite of that you are SPECIAL to him. He listens to you and allows you to express yourself, If you need anything he can get it for you at the right time. He can lavish you with the best things in Life and has an even greater present for you waiting in ETERNITY. His Love FOR YOU just gets better with time.

He takes care of you. He can dress you from head to toe and make you look so well kept people want to know who is in your life now and tell you how much better you look since he came into your life. He takes such good care of you when you leave from your private time with him you have a 'glow' that can not be ignored. People can tell you got A MAN honey !! He must be treated you right every time they see you, you are smiling and laughing and walking with a confidence they can not figure out. Even if you got storms brewing in your life you have not missed a beat, your MAN got your back and you can just keep going forward.

Who is this MAN that seems to be such a dream come true ? Who is this MAN that has already given is ALL for you. Who is this man that showed the WORLD how much he loves you by shedding the very essence of life, his blood, in a public display of his love and committment to you ? IT IS JESUS OF COURSE !! NOBODY can beat his lovin baby !!! So if LOVE is an ACTION JESUS HAS SHOWED OUT !! He has gone above and beyond and no one can top him ! He can place within you such a love for yourself that you will treat yourself to something nice on this day just to celebrate being GOD'S WOMAN. You have a spirit within you of knowing that no one can treat you better than he can.

If he woke you up this morning he already gave you the ultimate gift on this day. No matter how many other flowers, cards, chocolates or kisses you receive or wish for, if HE did not allow breath in your body this day, NONE of that would matter. If you could not open your eyes on this day, none of that could open them for you. JESUS loves you so much he died for you. He loved you so deeply he died for the salvation of your soul. How many men do you meet in this world that care about your soul ? When a man meets you he is not concerned about what is in your heart, what is in your mind, what is in your soul. He looks first at the physical attributes and pretty much makes his mind up right then by the way you look.

But JESUS. He says come to me the way you are. I can fix you , mend you and make you brand new because I LOVE YOU. Do not doubt him, he has shown you with his actions and they speak even louder than his WORDS. If he had not come to see about YOU where would you be today ? He loved you in this world and he is going to LOVE you in the next !! He 'laid it down' like no other man I know ! He has opened his arms to you and when ever you want him or need him all you have to do is call and he will be there. It will come a time in your life as he loves on you and you accept that love that the very mention of his name will fill up your heart and soul. It will make you shout his name out LOUD ! Because you need to show some action too and show him you love him without being ashamed.

See LOVE, it still is a two way street ! Sooooooo ENJOY loving JESUS and ENJOY JESUS loving you. He shows you all year, each day, each month, each second, each minute that he allows you to breath upon this earth . VALENTINE'S DAY does not stop that love ! So, if there is no male physically in your life to spend time with on this day, do not be depressed or sad, if he is not here on this day by his own choice or because of poor choices, then he has not been there the days and months before, BUT JESUS HAS and that is the love you need to focus on. When you have your business here in order and are prepared for a man to come and head your household, he will send him down your path. Stay in order with him and just love on him for awhile because if you know how to LOVE AND HONOR Jesus, you will know how to love and honor the man he sends to find you.

I am going to end this with a tag line from the email of one of my dance ministry sisters that recently got married. I want you ladies to Soak in it, Eat it, Swallow it and digest it from this point forward in your lives !!

A woman's heart should be so close to God, that a man must seek HIM to find her.

V is for Victory in Christ By Keeping Your Virginity

This title I am sure is SHOCKING !!! But Why is it shocking ? It should be an everyday belief and practice among our young or old women who are not joined in a three fold cord by a covenant with the Lord. Some who know me may say ,"I KNOW YOU AIN'T TELLIN SOMEBODY TO BE A VIRGIN!" Well, I am and I am telling them because they need to hear it. Girls need to be told at a early age and encouraged to hold on to a precious gift. They should be taught just how precious it is.

Yes. I agree that this is the ultimate show of Love and Trust. It is because I believe this that I want to encourage our young girls to keep this prize possession even when you think or know for sure that Mr. Right has come along. Now if you went out and found him you have already got the WRONG MAN ! The Word of God says, ' Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.'-Proverbs 18:22. In other words, 'When a man findeth a wife he findeth a good thing.' The 'light-bulb' word her is FINDETH. The man finds the woman she does not go out and find him. So while he is looking and searching, the young woman or the young girl should be preparing her self for the day he comes to her.

She should be preparing by being a virtuous woman or young lady. She prepares by educating herself so she can handle matters of concern in her household with her husband. She needs to know how to partner with him in decisions about finances and children and other family members. She prepares by keeping her self looking 'Kept by the Lord'. God should be her MAIN concern so if she is busy being about his business he will keep her. She will walk out of her home on her way to school or work looking like he is taking care of her. She should walk out like she knows she is loved. She sets her standards so that only a man that is seeking God first can find her because God will reward him with her.

She must come out dressed as though she knows that HOLINESS is the real beauty. A quite and humble spirit is the real 'attraction' for a young man. She obtains and maintains this by spending time with the Lord. She must be read the Word, explained the Word and taught the Word. When she is being trained up in this manner she learns the true value of herself. She learns that her body is the temple of the Lord and should be kept clean. She learns that if she gives herself to anyone other than her HUSBAND she has violated God's temple. It becomes defiled and when something is spiritually defiled it becomes dirty and unclean in the sight of the Lord. The Bible is her guide to what a woman or young girl of Christ should stand for and what she should represent in her words, deeds and actions. When she learns that her Virginity is a precious jewel only for the man worthy of it,by taking her hand in matrimony and becoming one with her she will not settle for less.

She will know that she should have a spirit of Expectancy when it comes to men and how they are to treat her. She should expect that they will treat her with the same reverence as God did and does the Church. The man that comes into her life must also want to present her without a 'spot' ,or wrinkle, or any such thing but that she be holy and without blemish. The Word tells us in Ephesians 5:27 ' That he might present it to himself a glorious church , not having a spot, or wrinkle , or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish.' A young girl should be trained up to know she has the RIGHT to be saved for the honor of marriage. She should know that if a young man wants her to violate herself by giving herself before her covenant of marriage that he does not really love her. If he loved her he would be concerned about her Soul because he should want a whole woman and that includes Mind, Body and Soul.

If he would not dump dirt upon his own body and soil himself why should she allow him to do the same thing spiritually to her ? Instead of us teaching our young girls how to try and get around the consequences of sex outside of marriage, such as broken hearts, disrespectful actions, disrespectful words, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, HPV and AIDS, we need to be teaching them about the honor of waiting until he has placed the ring on her finger. A fiancee is not a guarantee of a covenant , That statu is just a possiblity, a 'promissory note' that sometimes can not be fulfilled. He is not her husband at that time and has not made an agreement between himself , her and God to honor her , respect her and love her. She must wait until they have sealed the covenant with God's stamp of approval which is the standing before God and making a Vow to him.

This vow should be kept or not made at all. When a young man gives her his last name by marriage , that is going to live for generations to come , then she can become one with him physically. She can give to him what no other man on this earth has ever possessed. She must know how special the gift is that she can give to the man that takes her hand in marriage.It may seem impossible for a young girl to wait but plant this Word within her, Nurture it and watch it grow and you just may save her soul and her virtue. Even if she falls, you have raised her up with the Word and if it is within her the Spirit of conviction will be so strong she will not be comfortable with what she has done. She will have to go before the Lord with a heart full of sorrow and regret.

Because she has been taught the Word she will REPENT. She will stand back up and dust herself up and restore herself because God has the power to restore. He can not only restore but he can clean her up and make her WHOLE again. She would not be comfortable having sex outside of the will of the Lord. She has been taught the importance and honor of saving herself . She has been brought up to carry herself as someone very special and rare. The Word of God says to be in the World but not of it ! The World only discusses birth control methods and safe sex. Well that is for people who do not realize the spiritual consequences of fornicating. Their only concern is not to have to pay the physical price for being out of his Will but there is a higher price and it is spiritual !

Once we have done our jobs as Women of God with the young lady or ladies placed in our path we can only pray a covering over them and send them forth. They will have to take what we have given them and apply to every aspect of their lives. They must make their own decisions about their bodies. I truly believe that what has been planted in them will be cemented there no matter what and they will come out as pure gold because they were taught the right way. I know a woman can go down the aisle as a virgin . There is NOTHING too hard for God ! I am not talking about this mess the world calls 'born again virgin' ! That is a bunch of MESS ! The enemy is behind that mentality. A virgin has never been sexually involved with a man. Her body does not know a man intimately in that manner. She is intact. Once that has been taken it can not be given back. She can not be a virgin again.

She has allowed a man to know her body and to put within her all of the things another man has deposited in the last female he was with sexually. She can not wash that out, can not cover it up, it is there always. She can not say she has never had a man. God does forgive and he makes us all brand new if we want to be forgiven but even he will not give back the precious gift of her virginity once she have given that away. She can however get back up and go forward determined to make herself the best future wife she can be by not allowing herself to be put in that situation again . She will occupy until he comes by making herself the very best woman she can be within the Will of God.

Who am I to say this ? I am the Woman who was once a single, unmarried female, a sixteen year girl once in love, who trusted and believed and yes was CONVICTED. I am the Woman who loves our young girls enough to tell them something NEW. Tell them something of true value, that can truly prosper them and give them favour in the eye sight of God. They will never regret the decision to keep themselves until they enter into the bedchamber with the Man they have joined spiritually and emotionally. A man that she can worship God with. She can call on God with him to fight the enemy in their home and in their marriage because the enemy is going to come for the marriage ! He loves to see us break our covenant with God. She will stand with this man and identify the enemy and will crush him when he attacks !

They are one in all aspects once they marry and they will reverence, honor and love each other and each others bodies. She will learn her body is his and his body is hers according to the Word.-Be Blessed.

HONESTY FOR A WOMAN OF GOD

I have been allowed to come in contact with young girls lately. Pre-teen and teen agers, also young ladies in their early twenties. It has been pressed upon my heart and within my soul the importance of cultivating our young ladies NOW ! We must talk with them about the 'LIVING WATER' that is free to them even at a young age. They must know about this water that you can not buy with money !( Isaiah 55:1-3). As we cultivate them we as older women must not forget that it is by the MERCY and GRACE of the Lord that we have come this forth though we are still FAR from perfect. Some of us did not have a Woman in our lives that was a good example of a Woman of God. We may not have been given examples or advice according to the Word when we were young .

Instead we were brought up with an example of 'just going to church' was good enough. Shouting, dancing and singing in church was what you were suppose to do and it was ok to if you walked out and started cussin, smoking or raising all kinds of HELL when you left out . Mon-Fri. you could do and say what ever you wanted but on Sunday morning when you got in the church you had to show yourself saved and sanctified ! We just had to make sure we did not get pregnant! How about that Mom who said"You can go out to the club on Saturday night but YOU goin to church in the morning !" Many of us did things as teenagers that would have made our mother's hearts almost bust open and the other women in the church we told us to be 'good girls' !

While we are now older and growing in Christ, we need to keep it REAL with our young ladies. We need to try to catch them early before the high school years so they will be able to handle the high school years and college years. We must give them what we did not get HONESTY about how we fell down but got back up ! Honesty about the importance of 'keeping' themselves until marriage and the honesty of SIN ! It may sound old fashioned but you need to call it what it is. If it is not the WILL of GOD it is SIN ! We must be honest and let them know that they are accountable for their own souls and satan will take it if you GIVE it to him !

We must train them up so that they will have a spirit of CONVICTION ! They must know how to call upon the Word of God when faced with situations that will put them out of the his Will. It is not about NOT GETTING PREGNANT..when it comes to sex..it is about teaching abstinence to them. It is not about looking as cute as possible in their clothes. It is about teaching them at an early age that HOLINESS is really what is beautiful ! They must know they are valuable and if a man can not live up to their requirements they can not be with them ! THEY MUST know the demand respect and be given it when it comes to decisions about their minds, bodies and soul ! If we train them up we have done what is required. Then we must allow them to step out on their own. I believe we can make a difference in their actions even when away from us.

We must let them know that some us did not have an example like that . We must let them know some of went through a rough time as teen agers too and we can relate when they act out as though they have to EXHALE ! We must let them know we had heart breaks while dating young men, we must let them know we did not handle every situation the way we should have. We must listen to them and advise them according to the WORD OF GOD ! I can not emphasize this enough. I can only speak for my self, God has truly watched over me through my development into the Woman i am now. When i left for college i left with JOY in my heart. I had felt burden down for so long i was just glad to be free !

I had given myself and battled with conviction about it while in high school. I believed that it was about waiting for some time and then when you met that guy that really proved himself to love you that it was ok to give to him a very special gift, but on the other hand each time i was convicted and dealt with a see-saw. When I went off to college I felt I was responsible enough and mature enough to take care of myself and still carry myself as a young lady. I met a young man my first year there that I really drew to because i enjoyed his conversation, his laughter, his sense of humor and I thought he was so HANDSOME ! I wanted to just be with him and I thought that if he knew this since he liked me too we would be together.

Believing this I gave myself to him because It was just going to be him. I could have gone my whole four years with him. But reality is whether we would have been together through our college years or not I was out of the Will of God to give myself to him in a manner that only a Wife should give herself to the Man who deems her worthy of carrying his last name. My Sophomore year I made the decision that we were going to come forth as a couple or I was going to leave what I thought was a 'relationship'.His actions to me, would prove me right or wrong. I put the ultimatum on the table and he decided 'it was not broken so why fix it'. He wanted me to settle for just knowing we were a couple but for me It had to be shown to the entire campus. Love was and still is an action. I cared a great deal for him but I cared more for myself so as much as I missed him and It hurt me to walk away, walk away is what I did. I had given him something very precious to me..MYSELF and that was a thing of value and it deserved the utmost..not an assumption unspoken.

Later on, I gave my heart again and made another choice based on RESPECT for myself as what I thought that meant and entailed. I went thru devastating heart break and I re-acted in a manner to fool people into thinking I was handling it just fine and did not care. I presented the facade that It had no effect on me in a negative way but it really did ! I put on an act in my other relationships with 'boys' because they were not MEN ! I still had not healed from my decision to end a relationship with someone I gave my heart fully too and I did not trust any male because of my involvement with other males from that point. I developed a 'get them before they get you' mentality and it phased me NONE to pretend to be faithful ! I did what I wanted , when I wanted, with who I wanted ! I was HARD on the outside but crushed on the inside. I presented myself as less than a lady by the way I talked sometimes, The way I treated other men, The way I looked at relationships and my outlook on LOVE !

I could cuss as good as any MAN and It did not phase me any ! HURT can cause you to turn to stone if you do not know how else to deal with it. Who was there in my life to tell me the proper way to deal with it ? Who could I turn to for guidance and release ? No one I felt. I was hard and I was rough and I was proud of that reputation ! I did not TRUST and I was not going to give my heart again ! Then one day, I began to feel tired. I just seemed to run out of GAS one day. I was tired of wasting my time with 'boys'. I was tired of not being able to open myself up and be vulnerable again. It was too risky before !

At this point, I must have caused just a big enough opening for GOD to get in my heart and place a desire within me! I laid my tired and weary body down at his altar ! I laid my broken heart down at his altar. I laid down the tears that had fallen because of lies, immaturity and foolishness of BOYS ! I went down on my knees one night and I called out to him. I asked him specifically for something and I got up believing that he had heard me. I left it there and went on with my life. I started making small changes. I still fell down in areas but I also became stronger in other areas. They were small changes but they were a start. A year had gone by before the Lord manifested my request. It came without me being warned and without any 'bells and whistles' going off.

Along came Jason. He was a complete opposite of me. He was the calm to my storm. He was the trust to my deceit. He was the soother to my wrath ! Most of all he came into my heart before I even knew it and when he came I denied it at first !I did not want to accept it even though I knew what I had asked God for ! I was scared because I was trying to rationalize this by the standards of the World and the World said this could not be REAL and It did not happen this way ! To try and keep my self balanced I was still not being the whole person I should have been with him. One night though, he kissed me and it was so soft, so sincere, and I accepted it. I opened up some at this point. A few months later I took a big chance and did something I believed was really unsafe, I told him I loved him ! THERE !!! I had said those words that always brought heartache ! He confessed his love for me also and the way he held me made me feel he was real ! YES I WAS STILL SCARED !

He read the Bible in a Year with me. This was definitely nothing I had ever experienced in other relationships or whatever you want to call them . He was patient with me as I begin to back out of the world. He waited for me to make changes in my life because LOVE will make you want to change for the person you love. LOVE IS AN ACTION and sometimes it requires sacrifice. It requires a release of the toxins from your past! He was used by God to put me back on my road of deliverance and salvation. I was on my WAY to HELL but for the MERCY AND GRACE of the Lord ! I want to be able to share these stories and others with young girls and young ladies to head them off before they go this direction ! Things seem to be even worse for young people now. The imagination of EVIL is rising up in their minds it seems even higher than our generation of young people. If I can help one I would have done a good deed. She in return will help another young lady and it will grow and It will spread.

If I had not gone thru some of these things though I would not have known that GOD can be a protector even in the midst of your MESS, He can protect you even w hen death is trying to come and take you, He can be a refuge in the time of need and he can keep you safe from hurt , harm and danger that may cost you your soul in the midst of your mess ! I am not perfect now and was not perfect then but I AM GROWING AND STRIVING NOW ! I pray I can make a positive difference in the spiritual relationship of a young lady with her GOD. If I can open her eyes to see that GOD is the ultimate . No man can treat you as good but If you wait on him he will allow the BEST for you to find you !

We must teach our young ladies to let the MAN find you. Do not go out looking for him and do not settle for just any male presence in your life. Set your standards for yourself and the man you date according to the WORD OF GOD. A man should be so close to GOD he has to go through him to find a woman, A mate , a Wife ! I am Jason's blessing and his portion in this life and I believe he is MINE ! He was the one God gave the Wisdom to polish me off and see the real me inside !

Our young ladies must value themselves and we must allow them to confide in us. Most importantly, we must teach them to communicate any and all things to CHRIST JESUS through prayer. GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR YOUNG LADIES..SHOW THEM THE SAME GRACE AND MERCY YOU SHOWED ME !

TRAINING UP THE YOUNGER WOMAN

On January 10Th I had the honor of hosting a 'Prayer Shower' for my God Daughter, Monique Baker, and her family. For those of you who have no idea what this is, it is a creative celebration given to me by God out of a 'storm'. That storm was the first pregnancy of my God daughter while she was still in high school. Her mother understandably was not happy about this and hated to know her daughter was going to have to have her life altered in such a big way at such an early age. Being a Woman of God, she did not want the consequences of disobedience to be celebrated as though there was not a violation of God's Word done by her action.

She did not want a typical baby shower because of the status of Monique during the conception of this child. I had to think of how we could hold something for her that would allow her to get items she would need for this baby but still allow her to understand that she needed to recognize and acknowledge the reality of her actions in the spiritual aspect of things. This was not cute and it was not 'sweet'. It was an act of SIN that caused a consequence that would change her life. She needed though to get it right with the Lord and then go forth seriously preparing for the change in her life and in the life of her family members. How did i as a God Mother do what I was responsible for doing at that time in her life ? As her God Mother I was also responsible for her spiritual growth.

As i sat thinking about this, God did what he always does with my gift of creativity he placed it in my mind with a certainty he gave it to me ! A PRAYER SHOWER ! I would host a gathering of praying women along with her girlfriends and we would pray over her. We would rain a prayer covering over her, her unborn baby girl, her brother and sisters and her Mother. The idea was birth forth from this 'storm'. Her mother was at peace with it and we went forth. It was such a blessing and it allowed her to think about her actions. It allowed her to know though she fell , she had to get back up because GOD still loved her despite her act. She had to know she just had to repent and go forth in the Mercy and Grace of the Lord and he would take care of it from that point. She needed to know we still loved her and would be there for her . She needed older women in her life to be examples of how to conquer a storm when it comes into your life. She needed to know that there were women she could go to if she needed to just talk and release without it being judgement attached.

When she gave birth to Ariel I was at the hospital along with her Mother. That baby girl came out and looked directly at her 'Lady' ( as she likes to be called) as though she immediately recognized her. She knew her smell, her presence and her voice. Monique turned and looked at her baby and I think she was amazed and exhausted. I was excited and so very happy she had finally come forth. I was also feeling a sense of protection and a heart full of desire for a life full of blessings for her and my God daughter despite this transition in her life. Monique's mother and I both hoped she would learn from this and go forth and try to get on track to prepare for her future without this consequence of disobedience taking place again before she was one day joined in Matrimony. Well, that was not going to be the case.

Last year, My God Daughter had to gather up the strength in her loins and call me to inform me she was expecting again. It had been some years now since the birth of her beautiful baby girl and now she had 'fallen' again in the area of 'keeping' herself until marriage and she had not been safe and careful .....that is what the world would say , but we are looking at this from a spiritual stand point. She is my God Daughter and I love her despite the bumps on her head she has gotten from her desire to 'buy ' life's lessons instead of listening and heeding to the Words of Wisdom from the lips of her mother and me. I let her get these difficult words out of her mouth and I let her know I was going to be there for her anyway. She did not need to get things straight with me, she needed to get them straight with the Lord and then go forth preparing for YET another transition in her life.

As she prepared for this new child, she no longer had her job mid way thru the pregnancy,she was not living at her mother's home, she had no money and needed maternity clothing. Most of all she was in need of items for this new baby. HOW was she going to get them ? She needed to have a baby shower YET she had no money to pay for a baby shower and she had no location to hold it. She was in NEED. A virtuous woman, takes care of her household and all that is under her hand. Monique, was under my hand,so it was my responsibility to be a HELP to her. I opened my home for another PRAYER SHOWER for her.She was allowed to invite her friends. She passed out the invitations for a PRAYER SHOWER. Well, you can just imagine the funny looks and the inquiries they gave her. No one had heard of such a thing YET it was what was so much needed in her life.

As expected she did not have many young ladies to come but there were 4 who came and stayed . The mighty Women of God that I had called on came and allowed the Lord to use them in a MIGHTY WAY up in the place. Oh how God moved in this house ! His anointing was present and it was truly felt. The power of PRAYER went forth in this place and it did what his Word always does. It moved GOD. He touched hearts, he brought about conviction, he brought about concern for the soul within all the young ladies present. He used us, the older women, and we showered prayers upon Monique, her Mother, her sisters and her young friends. My Friend, Edith, a mighty sold out woman of God allowed God to use her and she brought forth the MOST IMPORTANT call of the night.

She asked who was saved in the room. She opened up the invitation for the young ladies to come to the LORD ! OH GLORY TO GOD ! This after such a powerful move of the Lord among the young and older women in the room was the ultimate! God had already touched Monique's heart and she publicly asked for Forgiveness from her older sister whom she loved but always seemed to bump heads with. THAT was GOD GLORIFIED right there ! It brought me to tears and it caused me great JOY because my baby girl was growing spiritually and she was not waiting on anyone as she was walking forth in her destiny despite the scars she carried along the way. I knew on that night she was going ! A young lady raised her hand when asked if she wanted to be saved ! I can not explain how this overwhelmed me and humbled me ! Edith brought forth the Word of the Lord according to Romans 10:9 to everyone in the room and ask them to repeat it if they wanted salvation.

After seeing the young ladies pouring out tears of hurt during the prayer shower, we bowed our heads to pray and extended the invitation of salvation. Those young ladies received it and repeated it !!! One little girl was also there that was the daughter of one of my dear friends and sisters in Christ, she is only 12 but on that night even she got saved !!! There is nothing more humbling than knowing you brought someone to the door and they chose to open it and step thru covered under the blood of JESUS for salvation ! The older women must be an example to the younger woman. We must show them, we must be honest with them and we must teach them according to the WORD and not the WORLD. We must extend the invitation according to the Word of God that they may know their young souls are at stake !

We must rear them not the enemy ! We must be that ear when they want to talk openly and ask questions. We must go with them in prayer and show them how EASY it really is to develop a relationship with the Father. We must be the role model even if we fall down, we must show them how God's Grace and Mercy still works in our lives. We must show them how to get back up and get back in line. We must be real about a relationship with God as Women of God. Those young ladies being saved in my home, the prayers that went forth and covered my god daughter, her family and the unborn fruit in her womb were heard by the Lord and i know in FAITH that he received them and will do what has been requested by his Women of God.

It meant so much for those young girls to come forth..but now we must cultivate this thing. We must teach them that it is a slow process like being 'born again'. They are babies in Christ truly and must take their time to grow stronger day by day not second by second. We must GLORIFY God in our development of these young ladies. Deliverance does not come immediately and they have to know that ! They have to want it. They have to want to be released from YOKES and BONDAGE of things so easily besetting them in this WORLD ! Our young girls are the next generation to PRAISE THE LORD but we must TRAIN THEM UP !-GOD BLESS.

LIL ZION WILL BE HERE SOON. HE IS STILL SWIMMING IN THE MIDST OF THE PRAYERS RAINED DOWN UPON HIM IN THE WOMB !