Receive His Grace today!

A born-again "Believer" becomes brand new through the Blood of Jesus!

(2 Cor 5:17)

(Gal 6:4-15)

Jesus Christ brought Grace on the Cross FOR YOU!

His experiences - became yours through Faith.  Through Believing!  That's being born again.

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If you are born again but yet, "choose" to constantly walk in and focus on what you "do" or "don't do" -  then that is not "Receiving" what Jesus ALREADY did for you on the Cross . . .

It's bondage of "self".  It's religion.  And it's NOT living free!

(Gal 5:1)

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Receiving Jesus Christ and knowing what Jesus ALREADY did for you on the Cross - Believing, Receiving, talking about, thinking on, grateful for and walking in that total and complete redemptive Blood of Jesus Christ -  leads to Love, Peace, Joy and Freedom of ALL condemnation and shame. 

Jesus came to Save!   And not condemn! 

(John 3:16-17)

JESUS CHRIST brought Grace and conquered the law!  If that were not true then Jesus Christ died in vain.

(Gal 2:23)

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If that statement makes irritation and a "fight" want to rise up inside of you . . . then you have not yet "received" your complete FREEDOM!  You don't receive Grace and His unconditional Love.  You are bound by "self".  "Religion".  "Works".

Oh, yes, you may very well be saved . . .

But most definitely you are not yet living that life of "Freedom in Jesus Christ" that Jesus paid for by His Blood.

Paul told the "Believers" in Galatia . . .

Galatians 1:6

"I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in THE GRACE OF CHRIST, to a different gospel."

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Stop fighting it today and Receive it by Faith right now!

You'll NEVER BE THE SAME!

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"How do you know,  Wanda", you ask.

Because I once was saved but bound by this very thing . . . "Self". "Religion". "Works".

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But NOW!!!!!

I'M SAVED AND FREE!!

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And I pray you will be too!

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Confess your freedom today:

"i am One . . . who Christ lives in! I Receive the Love and Grace of Jesus Christ!  I am Loved unconditionally!  Jesus Christ gave His life for me and I am FREE"!

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Galatians 2:20

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the Faith of the Son of God, who Loved me, and gave Himself for me.

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#iamOnemovement

#throwawaythedebtofshameandcondemnation

#itsalreadybeenpaid

#freedominChristJesus

#BelieversAuthority

Pray! Then Praise!

What if, in the midst of someone not believing or understanding our calling, even if others choose to bash us and throw us under the bus – we prayed and praised God for the victory in our lives anyway?

In Acts 16 – we learn how Paul and Silas's did that . . . even when their clothes were striped off, beaten and then thrown into jail.

I don't believe there is a person alive - and especially anyone walking out your God-calling - who is immune to this type of rejection from "others".. Here in this passage those "others" were the "religious leaders" or "the church folks".  The ones who reject us because we bring healing and the Good News of Jesus Christ are "bound" . . . even if they are in ministry or in the Church.

Let's look at why Paul and Silas were thrown into jail in the first place:

Acts 16:16 – “As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling”.

17 She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

18 And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the Name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

19 But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

21 They advocate customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”

22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.

23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.

24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.


As children of God, we are called to “be free” . . .

Galatians 5:1 - Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

And to “set others free” . . .

Luke 4:18-19 – “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

Matthew 10:7-8 - Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

This is exactly what Paul and Silas did. They set this woman “free”! She was bound by a demonic spirit. She was not free in "who God made her".

I find much wisdom and revelation in knowing that when we "are setting others free" some who are also bound will accuse and attack us; similar to this very example of Paul and Silas.

But, oh, Praise God! Paul and Silas did NOT let their circumstances alter their Faith. And neither should we. It’s a choice. We get to choose how we respond.

Knowing “Who we are in Christ” is knowing God, His heart and The Word of God . . . therefore POWER!  As Children of God we are Powerful!

We learn by Paul and Silas the first 2 steps we must take when we find ourselves in a similar situation. Notice I say “when”. Although we may not be “literally” in the same circumstance as Paul and Silas but most definitely we will, at some point in our lives, be figuratively.

Action #1 - Pray!
Action #2 - Praise!

See this action of Prayer and Praise as choosing to walk in the power and authority that we already have as Believer is Jesus Christ.

John 14:12 - Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

And not works as “getting” God to move. We already have the Power. The action is our “Faith in motion”!

Mark 11:22-24 - And Jesus answered them saying, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.


To me - one of the MOST profound things in this passage of scripture is their PRAISE!

They PRAISED while they were naked, cold and bloody! If they hadn't had the knowledge and revelation of Mark 11:22-24 then how could they have “Prayed” and “Praised”?  I believe it is because they “Believed that they already received it” (Mark 11:24)!

Cha ching!!

Their circumstance hadn't changed . . . YET!!

Oh, Lordy, BUT . . .

Notice in verse 26!

You ever get a "suddenly"?

. . . "and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison were shaken . . .

There's gotta be a "shaken" folks! You in a "shaken" right now? Do you feel naked, beaten and bloody?

Hang on! Keep Believing! Keep on keeping on! A “suddenly is coming”!



Let's "see" what happens!

:26 . . . And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened".

IMMEDIATELY!

You see that? "Immediately"!

After the "shakening" is an "immediately"!

God will work EVERYTHING out for good when we "Believe”!

Romans 8:28 – 31
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

When God is for us! No one can win by being against us!!

Let's continue to study and see how Paul and Silas were used to bring salvation to the jailer and ALL his household!

Yeah, the very dude that was in cahoots with their beating.

It's a "turnaround"!

Verse 27 shows that the jailer was going to kill himself. I'm thinking a couple reasons here. #1, maybe because he feared Paul and Silas because of the anointing and power they possess. If when they "prayed" and "praised" and "suddenly’s” were happening . . . how much more "could happen" with this kind of power?

Or #2, the jailer feared the magistrates and police knowing that his responsibility was to make sure Paul and Silas stayed securely in prison. He lost control of the whole mess. Stuff was happening and he had no control! Walls were crumbling and chains were breaking! What could happen to him having failed at his "job"?

Let's see the GREAT that comes from Paul and Silas because they stayed in their calling and showed "Love".  They Believed! They "Prayed" and "Praised" - even though their circumstances were still not good.

In verse 28, Paul says "DO NOT harm yourself, for we are all here"!

What?

Did Paul say, "Hey you piece of horse crap, let me sharpen your sword and help you end your life"?

Whoa!! Nope! No, he did not. Paul showed him "Love"! Do I show that kind of "Love"? Do you show that kind of "Love"? To our haters?  Hmmmmmm . . . ?

Look what "Love" does!

Verse 29 is sooooooo key!

It's a very important message for us who are "Believers". We must get this, folks! We can share the Gospel - the GOOD News of Jesus Christ WHEN they are "ready"! When they are ready to “hear” the Gospel – the Good News!

The jailer didn't seem interested in hearing about "how to be saved" in verse 24:

:24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

But in verse 30 he was ready and inquired . . . "what must I do to be saved"?

"Believe", they say. "Believe in the Lord Jesus . . . ", says verse 31.

Verse 32 says, "And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house".

Paul and Silas spoke, out of their mouth, God's Word! God's Word cannot return void! Ever!

Isaiah 55:11 - so shall my Word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Bam!

Boo yah!

Glory Hallelujah!

Talk about a "turnaround"!

Do you need a complete 360° TURNAROUND?

Hang on! It's coming!

After you have “Prayed” then “Praised”, keep "Believing"! Then speak God’s Word – the Gospel – the Good News!

Yes! If it was good enough for Paul and Silas then it’s good enough for you and me! Speak (out loud) God's Word in Faith Believing and watch you and your household be transformed!

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Okay, so let's wrap this up, you want to?

So, in verse 33 we see that "turnaround"!

The very dude who was in cahoots with their beating – is now loving on them and helping them "heal their wounds".

You got some "wounds" that need healed? Yeah, me too.

In that "turnaround" God offers healing.

In verse 34 we see "Rejoicing" because they had "Believed" in God!

That's worth some REJOICING!

This is my favorite part . . . "Rejoicing"!

You ever have someone mock your "Praise" or your "Rejoicing"?

Do you think this jailer cared if someone didn’t like the way he “Rejoiced”? Yeah, me either. So why would we? After what we've come through, and we know “WHO brought us through”?  Ha!  Yeah, so let us just go ahead and “Rejoice”, shall we!

Holy Spirit Happy Dance of Rejoice! Whoop! Whoop!

Verses 35 - 40 continue to show the boldness that God has called us to have. Some think "Christians" or "Believers" should be passive mats to be walked on.

When we are actually created, called and equipped for totally the opposite.



Acts 16:25-40
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.

27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”

29 And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

32 And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family.

34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had Believed in God.

35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”

36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”

37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.”

38 The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.

39 So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

40 So they went out of the prison and visited Lydia. And when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

Today

Today

Today I "choose" Peace . . .
            To Believe Peace.
            To Receive Peace
                 through the Blood of Jesus Christ.  
            To speak Peace.
            To think Peace.
            To be Peace. 
            To bring Peace.
            To give Peace.

Today I "choose" Life . . .

To Believe Life.
            To Receive Life

                 through the Blood of Jesus Christ. 
            To speak Life. 
            To think Life. 
            To be Life. 
            To bring Life.
            To give Life.

Today I "choose" Forgiveness . . .

To Believe Forgiveness. 
            To Receive Forgiveness
                 through the Blood of Jesus Christ. 
            To speak Forgiveness. 
            To think Forgiveness. 
            To be Forgiveness. 
            To bring Forgiveness. 
            To give Forgiveness.

Today I "choose" Joy . . .

To Believe Joy.
            To Receive Joy

     through the Blood of Jesus Christ.  
            To speak Joy.
            To think Joy.
            To be Joy.
            To bring Joy.
            To give Joy.

Today I "choose" Love . . .

To Believe Love.
            To Receive Love

     through the Blood of Jesus Christ. 
            To speak Love.
            To think Love.
            To be Love.
            To bring Love. 
            To give Love.

Today I "choose" Jesus Christ.  . .

To Believe in Jesus Christ. 
            To Receive Jesus Christ. 
            To speak Jesus Christ. 
            To think about Jesus Christ. 
            To be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ.
            To bring Jesus Christ. 
            To give Jesus Christ.

Today I have the opportunity to "choose".

Today I "choose" Peace, Life, Forgiveness, Joy, Love and Jesus Christ!

By Wanda Eastwood

Tucker Lives!

Check this testimony out, folks! 

God cares!  

He cares about you!  He cares about your life.  He cares about your family,  He cares about your animals.  He cares for you!

Yesterday (April 13, 2015) we (my friend Lori and I) were driving on our way home from Georgia, from the Daily Audio Bible Women's Conference, when she received a text message from her friend, Lorri, about her dog, Tucker.  

We IMMEDIATELY prayed for Tucker and took BACK his life!  

We prayed a prayer of Faith Believing similar to this.  It is based on the scriptures we find in Mark 11:22-25 . . .  

Father, in the Name of Jesus we have Faith in you, God!  We speak to the mountain of sickness and tumor in Tucker and command it to LEAVE his body in the Name of Jesus! TUMOR you get out of Tucker's body RICHT NOW!  We speak LIFE over Tucker!  Tucker you shall LIVE and not die.  In the Name of Jesus we Believe that we Receive!  We take this healing for Tucker!  We claim it!  We receive it!  It's ours and we take it!  Father, Your Word says in verse 25 that we must also forgive. So Father, we forgive, in the Name of Jesus. We forgive anyone who we need to forgive.  We release them.  And right NOW, we thank You, Lord, for healing Tucker!  We Praise You!  We Honour YOU and celebrate you for the Healing in Tucker!  We thank You, Lord!

Throughout the rest of the drive home (which was about 2 more hours) every time we would think of Tucker we would declare our gratitude to God for healing Tucker . . . 

"Father, we thank you for HEALING Tucker! Lord, we PRAISE You for healing Tucker.  Thank You, Jesus for healing Tucker"!   

You see, Mark 11:23 (NLT version) says "you must really Believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart".

Then verse 24 says "if you Believe that you've Received it, it will be yours".  

It doesn't say "when you see the healing THEN you Believe!  There is a difference!  

"Believing you've Received it"!   That means it's DONE!  

You must Believe that you Received it when you prayed!  At that point, you celebrate the Victory as you "HAVE" it.  Not later on down the road when some day you "might" get it.

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We slayed that lion!!!  Satan is a liar and a thief!

I Peter 5:8 says this . . . 
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."


Luke 4:18-19 says "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free. 19 And that the time of the LORD's favor has come."

Glory to God! Thank You Jesus! As Believers in Jesus Christ, WE HAVE THIS POWER! 

John 14:12 says this . . . 
"I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father."

We are VICTORIOUS through the Blood of Jesus Christ!  As Believers we have POWER and AUTHORITY to stop ugly assignments of lack and defeat in their tracks. 

We were created to live "life abundantly" and walking in the Power and Authority in which the Blood of Jesus Christ gave us!

ALL Praise and Glory to our Father, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ!  

Congratulations, Lorri and Tucker!  We Love you!

Praise report!!! God is in the miracle business... even with our beloved pets. So, Tucker, my 9 year old doggie, became very ill over the past few days, and got much worse today. He was in a great deal of pain, and was unable to walk. I had Benny Allen take him to the vet. They wanted to keep Tucker. Later in the afternoon, the Vet called me and said he had bad news. He said that Tucker had a very large mass in his abdomen. His bladder was on one side of his body and his colon was on the other side, separated by this huge mass. He said that even if he did surgery, there would be no guarantee that it would save his little life. I was put in the position to make THE decision that no one ever wants to make. The Vet said he wanted to do one more thing first. He wanted to completely sedate Tucker, and more thoroughly palpate his abdomen to see if he could determine what type of mass it was. He would call me back. In the meantime, I texted Lori Harrison Garner and asked her to pray for Tucker. She and a few friends have been at the Captivating Conference in Georgia all week. She immediately texted me back and said, "Wanda prayed life over him." A few minutes later, the Vet called back, quite perplexed, and said that he didn't know what was going on, but there was no longer a mass anywhere. Because he had sedated Tucker, they had to keep him overnight, but we get our happy and healthy Tucker back tomorrow morning. PRAISE JESUS! And by the way, I have GOT to meet this "Wanda."

Multiplying! Not dividing.

Multiplying!  Not dividing.

Recently God has directed me to make many "changes" in my life.

There is a season to everything!

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Heaven.

Will we say "yes" to those 'seasons" and rejoice and trust God in those "transitions"?   It is to our benefit to!

Ecclesiastes 3:12 says to "Rejoice" during these times.

If we mourn and fuss and "choose" to be anxious during this time - what good does it bring?
What if we "Rejoiced" and trusted the Lord during these season changes - and Believed that God desires the VERY BEST for us?

I mean, He GAVE His BEST - His Son Jesus Christ! (John 3:16 - 17)   If He gave His best - wouldn't He desire the best for us?

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Often times we leave a wonderful group of friends and enter a new group of friends.

God wants us to "remain" in One with the ones of the past season and "enter" into One with the new season of friends

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Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all One in Christ Jesus.

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Not "Trusting" and "Rejoicing" in the new season would say that there is "division" between these relationships.

God says "NO" that is not true!

God says "I am multiplying you and your efforts, my Precious created, called and chosen - to cover more ground in My Name"!

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A beautiful testimony! Thank You Jesus! Hallelujah!

Check out this testimony received this morning!   This beautiful woman is from Iowa and just recently believed in God as her personal Savior.  Hallelujah!  Glory to God!  We Praise you, Lord!

“ . . . I need to tell you something.   Yesterday God was so heavy on my heart . . .

My sister, which is going thru a lot - such as drinking, etc.; God was telling me to really stress to her how important it was to turn to Him and pray to Him and give Him her problems - and that she cannot find true happiness if she doesn't find her purpose.

I'm a newborn!  

I’m learning new myself.   What is life without a purpose? Correct?  Without God how can I be pure or what am I here for?   I found salvation!    

On another note, God used me to help my sister!  She poured her heart out and cried and asked God in her heart!

And she didn't drink!   All she could do is smile!  And she was happy and stated she had a heart to heart talk with God and she felt his forgiveness!!

I was so happy and said praise God  :))

I prayed last night before I went to sleep and when I woke up I read some scriptures and your blog but I already knew deep in my heart I was gonna have a blessed day!  :)

God is so GREAT!

When we continue to trust in Him, by Faith, and pursue Him, He rocks us beyond our imagination!

He Loves us enough to take us into the healing process in layers.  I see it as how you peel layers of an onion – layer by layer.

A couple of weeks ago God revealed a flash of fear from my past.  The memory engulfed me!  I was not afraid – but excited of the revelation that God was revealing to me.

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I was probably about 6 years old.  I was at a friend’s birthday party.  Many of us little ones were sitting at the picnic table enjoying her birthday.  It was a beautiful summer day.  We had just sung her the birthday song and were beginning to enjoy her beautiful celebration with cake and punch.  I recall laughter and happiness.

  

I also recall the experience being so SPECIAL!  Coming from such a poor family I, personally, hadn’t experienced a lot of ‘birthday parties’ like this one . . .  like the whole cake, punch, banners, balloons, birthday hats, party favors, the whole shebang!  It was a BIG deal! 

We were having a BLAST!

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When all of a SUDDEN . . . gunshots began to ring out!

Car tires began squalling!

The cake was being shot and it was exploding all over us!

The punch cups were being shot into the yard!

We were soaked from the punch splashing from the gunshots!

Kids were screaming!

People were screaming!

I was screaming!

WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE!

The grandma of my friend rushed us into the house and made us all get under the back bedroom bed! She locked the house doors and the bedroom door and began praying!  It was a terrible experience filled with fear and devastation; one that had put a level of fear into me at a very early age.  

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I obviously lived!  Here I am telling you this story.  

Why do I tell this story?  I tell you because YOU need to hear this!  Yes you!  If you are reading this right now – then it’s a divine appointment that God has ordained.  God loves you!  He knows the pain and fear that you have been carrying and wants to heal you.  Heal you beyond what you even ‘think’ you need healed.

 

He says to you right now “what you see in Wanda, right now, is not where she’s been”.

“The beauty in her is Me in her – and I am in you, too, if you Believe and receive me”.

“I will transform you from the inside out”.

“I Love you”.

“I want to save you and heal you”.

“Will you trust me and let me”?

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 I believe, also, this memory has come back so God can heal yet another layer of fear that was put into me as a young child.  Trauma and fear is NEVER His desire for us.  He created us for GREATNESS (I John 4:4) and never for lack or dark.

I find it powerful that the very first scripture that I truly felt was “mine” - is II Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and a sound mind.  That scripture rocked me to my core in 2007.  It lifted me from a broken heart into a healed and restored heart.  It means even more to me now.  God knew I had more fear than I knew I had.  Obviously he continues to restore that.  Thank you Jesus!  I Receive it.

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The vision that God has put inside of me for ‘i am One’ is so crazy BIG that it will have to be full on God for it to happen.  Every single ounce of ‘Wanda’ has to go.  I’m trusting Him into a level I've never been!  God in His so POWERFUL and AWESOMENESS is healing me more and more; and this has to happen to go forward into what He wants to do in my life.

I hear Him say “Wanda, you gotta go through THIS so we can get to THAT”!

God’s wants to take our pain.  He sent Jesus to the Cross so His Grace may abound us.   You see – someone reading this needs to hear that!  Someone has some fear and pain that has tried to haunt you.  God wants you FREE!  He sent His Son, Jesus, for you to be FREE! 

He wants us walking in complete freedom in which He has created us!  He THEN wants us sharing our stories – our testimony – to help others see His Love and Healing!

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Anything we hide and protect – controls us. 

I don’t even remember if I told my mom or dad about this incident.  I don’t recall.  I probably just stuffed it away and tried to forget it.  And for many years, did.

 

One thing I have tied to this memory is why I used to respond the way I did.  For example . . . when life was amazing, super awesome and so many blessings are flooding in – this one ‘thing’ would cause me to hesitate. I could never figure out what “it” was.  Kind of like . . .  expecting a lurking of something ‘bad’ to rise up.

Watch this!  From 6 years old I had carried this. I knew I struggled with this thought process – only at certain times.  My mind couldn't figure out what it was!  Why did I do that?  I thought it was a ‘not enough’ mentality.  I worked on it.  I believed against it.  I spoke against it.  But DANG!  It was just funky!  Something funky!

NOW!  Here it is!  God brought the Revelation!

The earlier part of that day at the birthday party was one of the most awesome days - ever!  The smell!  The goodies!  The laughs!  The sunshine!  The birthday cake!  The punch!  The special day!  Friends!

And what happened?

BAM!

 

Out of nowhere - the alcoholic uncle of my friend came in and created a fear-filled day!  What more would satan want than to use someone's poor choices to put a level of fear like that in a bunch of little girls that were divinely created in the Greatness of King Jesus Christ! 

  

Oh but Praise the Lord!  The God of Love and Healing IS using it for GOOD!  Real GOOD!  Now, at 44 years old!  God says “NO MORE”!  I am praising God right now!  Praising!  Praising!  Praising!  Thankful!  Thankful!  Thankful!

That fear and thought process is BROKEN!  It is called OUT in the Name of Jesus!  Over!  Done!  No more!  

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God has called me to teach others ‘Who we are in Christ’ – to edify and encourage.  He spoke that into me in 2007 – when God brought me out of a legalistic and works relationship with Him and flooded my heart with Joy, Joy, Joy – unspeakable Joy!

So remember this . . . the Wanda you see now – is not where I’ve been.  It is the beauty of Jesus Christ!

The more I learn ‘Who I am in Christ Jesus’ the more Joy and FREEDOM comes!  The more I Believe and trust the Word of God – the more my life continues to be transformed. I know I’ve not arrived but baby I ain’t where I been!  And the more I pursue Him, His Word and Promises – the more healing continues to come.

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I pray this testimony helps you to heal.  Pray and ask God if there is an area in which you need “another layer” healed.  He Loves you and wants you healed!

He’s not mad at you.  He so desires that you live the life of freedom in which He has created you.  You are One of Christ’s divine creation!  And He loves you unconditionally!

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During the journey of my transformed life that I now live – I’ve learned to proclaim (speak out loud) in Faith Believing – God’s Word.  

We carry power in our Words – especially God’s Word.  I have learned how to declare ‘Who I am in Christ’ and take authority over those thoughts of fear and not enough. Taking authority over feelings is monumental in a close walk in the Lord.

Paul teaches to do this very thing in 2 Corinthians 3 -5 – “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”

Also, in Romans 10:17 – “So then Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” 

In Romans 10:8 we learn God wants His Word in our mouths – “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is the word of faith which we preach) that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and Believe in your heart that od has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 18:21 teaches us the power of our words – “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

And then probably my favorite is Mark 11:23 – “For assuredly, I say to you, whosoever says to this mountain, “Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea”, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

Our words are a big deal.  A real big deal!  Life and death!

Will you join me in this Victorious walk in the Lord? 

Remember, Jesus went to the Cross and shed his blood so we no longer live under the law (works) OR our circumstances or what has happened to us.  Ha!  That’s some crazy POWERFUL Jesus stuff right there!  Praise God!

We now are under God’s Grace (Ephesians 2:8 For by Grace you have been saved through Faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.).   

As a child of God sin has no dominion or authority over us because we are covered by Grace (Romans 6:14 – For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under Grace.).

Here are a few of God’s Word that I declare – by Faith Believing – most every day of my life . . .

I am One . . . whom God loves unconditionally!  Romans 8:35-39.

I am One . . . who is more than a conqueror!  Romans 8:37

I am One . . . who is saved. Ephesians 2:8

I am One . . . who is Loved!  John 3:16

I am One . . . who was divinely created by God!  Psalm 139:14

I am One . . . who is Chosen!  John 15:16, Ephesians 1:4

I am One . . . who has been Adopted!  Ephesians 1:5 

I am One . . . he has been redeemed and forgiven!   Ephesians 1:7 

I am One . . . who Christ has set Free!  Galatians 5:1 

I am One . . . who is an Overcomer!  I John 4:4 

I am One . . . who is Healed!   I Peter 2:24

I am One . . . he is forgiven! I John 1:9, Acts 2:38

I am One . . . he calls friend! John 15:13

I am One . . . who is complete in Christ and lack nothing!  Colossians 2:10

I am One . . . who is His workmanship. Ephesians 1:10

I am One . . . in Christ!  Galations 3:28

I am One . . . who is blessed with every spiritual blessing.  Ephesians 1:3

I am who God says I am!

I can DO what God says I can do!

I  HAVE what God says I can have!

I am One

who has been significantly, miraculously and purposefully created.

God loves me unconditionally!

And I am enough!

     #iamonemovement