Women of High Standard: Humbled Beginnings: Call for The Kingdom Movement

Last Saturday December 17, 2011 I was given the privilege to visit an all girl’s camp for young girls who have gotten into trouble. I can’t go in to detail, but what I felt afterwards was amazing. As I was standing there giving my personal testimony of hurt, anger, and defeat I could hear God saying “Get ready” it’s so strange because the Sunday before I had a dream that I was standing in front of a crowd of young people and God said “Get ready”. I really don’t think it strange nor is this a coincidence it is real, God is real, and what He has in store for me is Real and bigger than anything I could ever conceive.

Having the opportunity to have a mini conversation with each girl as I signed their books, I was humbled because they thanked me for sharing and coming to see them. My life is not one of hardships or abuse which may be the case for some of us, but we all have a story, we all have gone through something that has taken us from one level to the next. What I have come to realize is no matter what, our stories are relatable. It amazes me because no matter your background, socioeconomic status we are still human<smiles>.

I Love God because He always knows how to bring things, and people together in the most unexpected times, and places. I recently met the most beautiful, educated, and blessed young women of God on twitter..Yep! Twitter I mean we talk like we have known each other from childhood and I love it, because if I need a prayer they are there and vice versa. We encourage one another as sisters in Christ should. Two of my sisters have been on missions to Brazil and the footage is heartwarming. I mention this to say: I believe God is calling for a greater work from his people & I am talking missions. I know we all are not able to go over seas but we have to come out of the confinements of the Church walls. At the age of 30 Jesus began his “Ministry”, we Yes! we as a body of Christ have to stop talking about those who are out on the street, and those in other countries about the way they live, STOP talking about it and be about it.

Yes, we all make choices of the lives we live however, there is more than just a choice there are circumstances that occur, you don’t know the mental state, former socioeconomic status of the man or woman on the corner, they could have been high rollers in Corporate America, who lost their jobs, savings, and then home. You don’t know what made that woman you see on the street corner feel the need to sell her body on the streets, she could have been molested at an early age, she may need fast money to take care of her family, she may have been forced into the life and doesn’t know how to get out & we Yes! We “Christians” turn up our nose's and talk about these people instead of ministering to them, or praying for them as we drive by.

Mary Magdalene was known as “The Sinner”, but hearing the teachings of Jesus her life was changed. All it takes is hearing I know it seems as though when talking to people they are not listening, especially when they are continuing to do the same things, that doesn’t mean we stop. People who have been trampled upon and defeated have a hard time trusting so they test you to see if you are the real deal, do you really care about them or are you just preaching to them. The Bible says we die daily in Christ, plant the seed and watch it grow we all are as children in God’s eyes he tells us one thing we do another, he tells us again we do half of it, he tells us again and again then eventually we do it, and what is it that we say to ourselves “Why didn’t I listen the first time? The Lord told me this relationship, or this move was not the right choice for me”.

In these last days God is looking for His sons and daughters to come together in a Kingdom Movement to win souls, change lives, enrich marriages, mend households, heal old wounds, and deliver mental instability. The enemy is out to kill, destroy, devour, and sift us as wheat, I for one refuse to sit around getting myself together while my brothers and sisters are lost, what do you seriously expect God to say to you at the end “Well done thy good and faithful servant”? Don’t be surprised if He looks at you and says “And what have you done?”<SMH>.

My church has been deemed “The Mission Church” because my Pastor and First Lady have dedicated their lives to home and foreign mission. The Apostolic Revival Center Inc. has several churches in Africa (and wells), churches in Belize, Haiti, Nicaragua, just to name a few. Just recently through the church’s foreign mission offerings were able to purchase Bibles for the Christians in Sierra Leone which is such a hostile environment for Christians, and the ministry continues to be blessed. I ask “What are you doing?”

Get up people it’s time to make a move and give back stop sitting on The Gift “and I am talking God’s Holy Spirit”. Salvation is not just about you being right for the Lord ,and attending church on a regular it’s about sharing the gift, telling people about what God has done for you and how God so Loved the WORLD that he gave His only Begotten Son for Us. My Lord.... If we all could just come together and do as Christ has done. Find out what your church is doing in mission be apart, start one yourself. Like I said we all can’t travel abroad, but do what you can at home. Do you know the power we possess as believers in Christ? Literally people, What Would Jesus Do?

Prayer:

Lord I thank you for the call to help those in need whether it be in foreign mission or home mission. I pray that you continue to order my steps in the direction you want me to go. I pray for the church to hear, listen, and ad heed to your call as you are looking for an increase in the Kingdom. I pray that my brothers and sisters take the time to reach out to their communities winning souls everyday even if it is only one a day you are still glorified. Lord give me the strength to be an advocate and worker in the Kingdom Movement. Amen

Blessings,

LadyB

"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation"
Mark 16:15 (NIV)