Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Characteristics of a Woman of God


Characteristics of a Woman of God

* Perseveres in prayer. (They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers) Acts 1:14.
* She has her eyes on the cross, just looking at her objective: the salvation of her soul. (Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other) Luke 6:37.
* Always gives without concern of receiving. (In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive') Acts 20:35.
* Always concerned with those by her side, treating everyone with love and dignity,
regardless of their position within a group or society. (A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity) Proverbs 17:17.
* She is happy, her smile is contagious to all and everyone always wants to be near her. (A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit) Proverbs 15:13.
* She seeks to act upon the Word of God and not just learn it, showing by example and taking to all the Lord's perfume. (Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock) Matthew 7:24.
* Lives in holiness, staying away from sin and seeking a daily communion with God. (Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord) Hebrews 12:14.
* She is honest, lies have no place in her life. (You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy) Psalms 45:7.
* Seeks to have a heart like a child and pleasing to God. (And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven) Matthew 18:3.
* Minds her words, uses them only to bless people and not to tear them down, she listens more than she speaks. (The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright) Proverbs 15:7.
* She has good eyes for all, deviating from judgments that produce bad eyes. (The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,your whole body will be full of light) Matthew 6:22.
* She is humble in spirit. (Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven)Matthew 5:3.

Being a woman of God, aside from these characteristics, is fearing and obeying the Lord Jesus.

God Bless!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Wise or Foolish? Supernatural Faith or Natural Faith?


A women of God can change any situation in her family, work, at school, if only she is depending completely on the Holy Spirit, depend on Him, not her husband, her family, her father, her mother, its only keeping her lamp lit and full of oil. For example, the Bible shows us: At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him! “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out. '‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves. “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us! “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. Matthew 25

While 5 were wise, 5 were foolish, the wise are those who: pray, fast, does not look at the life of others, they are not in gossip, they watch their mouth, they look for the wisdom of God, have daily communion with the Holy Spirit , used their faith daily, they sacrifice because they already know the outcome, or rather she lives in the dependence of the living God and holds daily communion with Him, always concerned about filling her lamp, because if He is coming she will be ready but unlike the senseless lives according to her wishes, she is not humble, she thinks that she is always right, acts without wisdom, and brings bad witness to others, she has malice in everything, evil thoughts, always judge others, she always have an excuse for everything. She can never participate in things of the church, she is never faithful in her promises, and yet she does not sacrifice because she doubts and knowing that she doubts in the power of God and does not obey she know she will not be answered so then, she gives a good offering, but never the true sacrifice, her lamp will be off in a matter of time. When she arrived at the church she acted as a person of faith but today because of the lack of oil she lives like the unbelievers, or rather there is not a difference in her life and the life of a unbeliever, she does not have the mark of God.
Our faith is the most important thing we have in our lives, it is our faith that leads us to the path of conquest, of the changes, of the total transformation of life, but mostly of our salvation. We need to overcome all our enemies of faith daily, which are many: time, doubt, deception, lack of obedience, lack of wisdom, fear, and many others, but the worst of them all it's ourselves, when we do not obey God's voice which is the voice of faith within each and everyone of us ...

We can choose our future, how will next year be and change it through supernatural faith, but if we make wise decisions, today, obeying and changing what we must change, how do we want something different when we continue with same attitudes?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Prayer associated with wisdom


After many experiences with God, and His fidelity through the answered prayers, we are able to say yes, prayer works! As each day goes by, we learn more but it isn’t always easy to learn how to stay in prayer while waiting for God to take control of the situation. I learned how to do this a long time ago, when I was facing a very difficult situation, and God spoke with me, allowing me to understand that my anxiety would only delay my blessings. When we are anxious, we are also creating room for doubts and doubts are the enemy of our faith, so I decided to let God act in my life and to take full control. Many times, when we speak to God about a problem and then say that we place it in His hands, time passes and our problems don’t seem to be resolved. What happens then, we end up trying to resolve it with our own hands. For example; when a husband begins to change his behavior in a negative way, which does not please God, or if a son or daughter begins to show signs of bad behavior, we trust in God through prayer, but after a certain time if we do not see results, we decide to take action in our own hands. We begin to complain, argue and even begin to speak things we should not say. When this occurs, God is not be able to do much more, since we decided to take action upon our hands. It is as if we are removing the problem from the hands of God and placing it in our own hands. At that moment, our prayer loses power. When we try to control our husbands or children with a huge list of things that we would like to see in them, we are acting wrongfully. We should never place our expectations on a person to change for themselves, or expect that he/she is going to change immediately, we should place our expectations in God, trusting that He is going to work in the life of that person and by His power, that person is going to be transformed. Sometimes, things that we may say or do can damage the plan that God has for us, therefore the best thing to do is to keep silent and pray. When we completely trust in the action of the Holy Spirit, everything changes. The form in which we see things can change and become clearer. A prayer associated with wisdom can do marvelous things and you can be sure, we have authority to stop evil from entering our lives and permit for the goodness of God to enter. Prayer is the supreme language of love, and through prayer when we use our authority, we are allowing God to transform our lives. God Bless!!!