God speaks
I love it when God speaks to me. Around 2001 God spoke to me and told me what my purpose was. Shortly after that my Pastor told me the same thing without the knowledge of what God told me. I let my Pastor know that God spoke the same thing to me and I wrote it down. Some time after that I was having a conversation with my Pastor and he shared some things about my future and even my family. I began to write them down because I wanted to keep the vision in front of me. Shortly afterwards, what he shared with me about my family came to pass. Now, almost 8 years later what he spoke to me in that conversation is coming into reality. I didn't remember what he spoke to me until a couple of months ago I was going through an old notebook reading over past notes and I came across the page where I wrote the prophecy. I thank God because I now know that what I want to do is what I'm destined to do. So in church today, I was very remorseful and sorry about getting involved with Price and about allowing myself to get caught up in my flesh. My Pastor began to preach and prophecy about the new year. He said that there would be restoration and change. Of course we can see the change happening in our society with our new president, but as an individual I've been knowing that I've had to change my mind about somethings. He talked about a bigger vision and I've been thinking about my career and my life and after my Pastor prayed for us God began to speak to me. My Pastor stated that our church is to be a ministry with a "breaker" annointing. Many people are bound by things and we are here to break the chains of bondage over the lives of the people who are lost and suffereing. God began to remind me of my childhood and how we were plagued with poverty, and desolation. We were homeless twice and many times had to go without lights and water in the house. We struggled. However, I knew God didn't want us to live that way. He said in the His word that "I've never seen the righteous forsaken..." He also said, "I come that you might have life ...more abundantly." As a young girl I held on to the word of God and I believed it so God allowed me to go to college to get a careers. He allowed me to break the bands of poverty over my family. I was educated so that I could get a job paying decent wages so that I didn't have to repeat the cycle of desolation. As the oldest I can be an example to my younger brothers and sisters to show them that it is possible to live happy and successful because I grew up the same way they did and I made it. God let me know that I am to offer educational opportunities to the young and old so that they can break the bands of poverty over their lives. I am to educate them on how to be successful and not repeat the mistakes of those who have gone before the. I cried when He was speaking to me because it's like the devil is trying to keep me bound to poverty. Poverty is a state of mind and I've never had that state of mind, but the devil is trying to destroy me in my finances. He's also trying to destroy my character by me associated myself with certain people. My name is all I have and once that is gone It's hard to get it back. So I cried because God was letting me know that this is only a test and I have to pass the test. Once I pass the test I can move on and walk in my destiny. I don't know why God is so good to me, but He is and I love Him for that. So, 2009 is going to be a year of change for me. I've lived this way long enough and I'm determined to pass my test.