Run YOUR Race in 2011

Greetings friends! WHAT A YEAR! WHAT A YEAR! I have both enjoyed it and been challenged greatly in 2010. There were so many mountain tops and so many valleys but at the end of 2010, I know I ran the race this year that He wanted me to. As the year ends I find myself very hungry for the LORD, I just can't get enough of Him. Even after spending blocks of time with Him I still want more. Recently I have discovered sermons by various men of God on Youtube and they have blessed my socks off!!! One in particular by Bishop Michael Pitts. In it he tells about runners running in a marathon and how some people had legs to run, some people had prosthetic legs and they ran. Not only did they run, THEY FINISHED.
Paul says 2 Timothy 4:7,8 New King James Version)

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

As Christians we are in a fight as well as a race, we know much about the fight but the race part hmmm...God wants you to know today that in 2010+ He wants you to "stay in the race and finish!!!" In THIS race finishing is what matters! In the natural in a marathon when the winner crosses the finish line the cheering crowd stays, they continue to cheer until the last person crosses that line! It doesn't matter when you finish, just keep going in 2011 when you get good reports and bad. Sometimes it's harder to stay in the race on the path and the lane that God wants us in because of success, it's not always the failures that tempt us to quit. Lastly "Run Your Race" with your eyes on you! As saints we are not in a competition with one another, because I have my own race to run I don't have to try to preach like Juanita, sing like Yolanda, or evangelize like Billy Graham I'm not in competition with any one, I'm here to run my own race and to get my own crown for doing so. RUN SAINTS OF GOD IN 2011, RUN WITH EVERYTHING IN YOU!!! Like natural runners you WILL get discouraged and tempted to quit but GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU...and HE THAT IS IN YOU IS NOT A QUITTER. During those times get the water of the Word and the Holy Ghost and get back in there and RUN, and FINISH your course for 2011. We love you here at Prayer4every1 Ministries and we are praying God's best for you all in the upcoming New Year
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For the LORD Takes Pleasure in His People..Psalm 149:4

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Tales of Secret Santas and Saints

Greetings friends! It's only 4 more days til CHRISTmas and I know some of you are preparing for friends and family, getting the house ready or maybe you are busy buying last minute gifts, and speaking of buying gifts have you ever seen or partcipated in the Secret Santa game at work. You know you pick a name and then you buy that person a gift anonymously. They either love it or hate it, but because your identity is hidden it's all good. Well that concept is not new really. There are many people who navigate through life as "Secret Saints." You know they have accepted Christ, they go to church but when they get around others they just straight clam up. They don't want to offend anybody, they don't want to make waves, they just want to live a quiet life. If that's you then I have great news for you..God wants you to open up your mouth and represent Him! Jesus didn't leave Heaven, endure the persecution and crucificxion for you, just so you could get yours and keep silent. No. He wants you tell those in your sphere of influence what His Son has done.
Psalm 26:6-8

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

YOU CAN DO IT and you should do it. You may have people coming to your house for the Holydays etc...let it be known that Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Maybe you are ashamed well don't be, because if you are ashamed of Him -He will be ashamed of you.
Luke 9:26
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
TIS the season to share the Good News that Christ was born, died, and has risen again for us. Don't keep Jesus a secret..Go tell it on the mountain...(-:

For the LORD Takes Pleasure in His People..Psalm 149:4

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JESUS is the REAL Reason to be Merry THIS Season!!!

Don't you just love Jesus!!! He's totally awesome! He's wonderful, glorious, holy, rigteous, victorious, triumphant and mighty!!! WHEW!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!
He IS the only way to reconciliation to God, He heals the sick, casts out demons, feeds the multitudes, restores, comforts, and I could go on and on!
That star that shone brightly leading both shepherds and wise men to the Star of Heaven--JESUS is gone now but Jesus the bright and morning STAR still lives!!! When He went back to Heaven He didn't just sit down and leave us on our own. NO! He is in us, He's praying for us, He's working with us in signs and wonders as we teach, and preach His Word! He is working great things through in us and He has given us power (Luke 10:19) and He's given us His name! Remember these Words from Jesus and the acts of the Apostles?!

John 15:16
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

Acts 3:6-8
Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them-- walking, leaping, and praising God.

Acts 3:16 "And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

HIS NAME not yours or mine! Jesus is ALL THAT!!! I love this time of year--people are so friendly and so open to the Gospel and to think JESUS IS THE REASON to be Merry This Season. Now of course everybody doesn't celebrate CHRISTmas for that reason but hey we as Christians do!!! Be honest. Hasn't God been good to you all year long??!?! Isn't KNOWING the Father through Jesus Christ the ULTIMATE GIFT and EXPERIENCE on earth???!! YESSSSSSSSS!!!
Gifts wrapped in wonderful paper and colorful bows, beautiful buffets of fabulous food spread out before us is grand, BUT God knows if we didn't have any of it JESUS WOULD STILL BE ENOUGH!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!

For the LORD Takes Pleasure in His People..Psalm 149:4

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LORD of Direction

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.Proverbs 3:5,6

I shared this yesterday with my FB friends and I wanted to share this with all our friends at Prayer4every1.com too!
Recently, I was blessed with some money and I thought what shall I do with it? As I thought about it I heard in my spirit- License Plates. Excitedly I jumped on my computer and after 1 1/2 hrs. I asked God,What do YOU want it to say. GET SAVD was His will and it was AVAILABLE!!!

I don't know about you, but I have NO PROBLEM spending money but as I press into my relationship with the Father I want His input on everything now, instead of just my own. I've walked almost 30 years with Jesus now and I'm really understanding what it means to "Abide in Him." It means trusting Him and consulting Him, making Him aware of plans and situations. We know He already knows about everything going on, but He wants to hear about them from you and I. God wants us to ask for His wisdom and direction and when we listen we are blessed and others are as well. (-:

For the LORD Takes Pleasure in His People..Psalm 149:4

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Content Clay (-:

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay and You are our potter and we are all the work of Your hand. Isaiah 64:8

Television or you could term it this way TELL- LIE- VISION or TELL-A-VISION whatever way you look at it television represents the works and ways of the culture we live in. From parents and husbands appearing to be as dumb as door knobs, to those celebrities with their flawless skin and perfect bodies(although it may have been photoshopped or cut on to look that way). My husband has a friend who works in the industry and he commented to my husband one day on how sad it is that so many young women see these beauty ads and think if I only have skin like ______ not realizing that underneath that makeup and those photo enhancements is a woman with dry, red blotches---JUST LIKE her.
I said all that to encourage all of us to be content, happy, and appreciative of how God made us. Now while it is true some of us may have to work hard or harder to keep that waistline down under 36 inches to prevent the risk of heart disease,yet the fact remains that God the Potter has given us all of the following:
face, eyes, nails, skin, hair, dna, muscles,bones, figure,intelligence, gifts, talents, nerves, cells.....EVERYTHING!!!
So how we can complain because we don't like how He has created us??? Look at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you are fearfully and wonderfully made, tell yourself you are the best you-you can be. Tell yourself how beautiful you are and that any adjustments that need to be made, need to be made for medical reasons not because you don't like how God made you look. COMPARE AND DESPAIR--DON'T DO THAT ANYLONGER! Be content, rejoice, and celebrate WHO YOU ARE and HOW GOD MADE YOU INSIDE AND OUT (-:

For the LORD Takes Pleasure in His People..Psalm 149:4

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God Bless You