There – where is there? Only God knows where our there is going to be. Everyone’s there is different and is continually changing.  When we follow God’s will, we arrive there. Once there, He sustains us with the wisdom and knowledge needed to prosper us. Our there is both physical and spiritual.

Our physical there can be where we live or where we get gas.  We are ordained to be there for a reason.  We often don’t think about the reason we are there unless we don’t like why or where there is.  It is then that we seek understanding and our physical there is revealed through our spiritual there.

Our spiritual there is revealed through the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel and might.  He quickens us and always directs the work of the Lord.  As we seek God’s will and follow the guidance of His Holy Spirit we will always arrive there with His peace and His knowledge.  Never question your physical there when the Holy Spirit ordained you to be there.  There is exactly where God wants you to be so you will continue to seek Him and he can reveal Himself to you. – Donna Warren

“I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jer. 31:34  Because of Jesus and the Cross we are no longer made guilty.  Jesus was and is the end of The Law and the beginning of God’s Righteousness and Grace.  We now have a Spirit led ministry through the anointing of the Holy Spirit instead of a carnal ministry.  Instead of exposing sin, Jesus’ blood covers our sin.  Jesus and the Cross redeemed us; not condemn us.  Through faith in Jesus we live under the Grace of God.  The enemy tries to deceive us by ministering the Law to our spirit of which self condemnation and the feeling of failure always follow.   The devil knows when we discover the Grace of God that the blood of Jesus will cover our sin.  He also knows when we discover the Grace of God, the Holy Spirit begins His convicting, all empowering, supernatural ministry with our spirit that we are not condemned.  The Holy Spirit begins to strengthen our inner being and lifts up standards against the enemy.  He draws a line in the sand the enemy cannot cross.  Don’t allow the enemy to remind and condemn you of sins the Lord has already forgiven; remind him instead of whose blood you are covered.  – Donna Warren

When you’ve been tried by fire rejoice at being counted worthy.   God uses the trials and tribulations to purify our heart.  Our troubles are not from God, they are from this fallen world.  Through faith, we call Heaven down and God reveals to us exactly how He turns all things into good.  This cannot be discerned by the unbeliever because it is our faith in which God responds.  Our revelation can come in the form of knowledge or wisdom to see the way out of our circumstances, it can come through strength to endure our circumstances or it can come in an almighty, supernatural way that is far beyond our comprehension.  Realizing that all of our revelations are supernatural, we look back and rejoice.  We praise Him for counting us worthy enough, for being faithful to us and always showing us the way.    Praise Him today for His provisions in your life.  Praise Him for counting all of us worthy enough to share in His Kingdom.  Rejoice that we’ve been tried by fire and as Tina Wakefield says “Refuse to live below your provision as a child of God”.  – Donna Warren

Our soul will feel what our spirit knows.  Our soul is where the battle between flesh and spirit takes place.  It is there that we willingly choose the winner.  Knowing that our flesh will some day die but our spirit and soul will live on for eternity, we must thoroughly consider the victor.  Once our flesh dies the victor determines where our spirit and soul will dwell for eternity – the pit or the Palace.    Ephesians 1:18-19 “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,”  We all have the measure of faith.  That measure is the seed planted in our soul that ministers to our spirit.  It is the knowing of God’s calling on each of our lives.  As we allow our flesh to beat us down and we believe all hope is lost, that knowing is still there.  The bills come due, the doctor’s report is bad and our marriages are falling apart.  The devil has us convinced there’s nothing we can do.  Oh, but the devil is a liar!  The devil has distracted us, hurt us, deceived us and used us in his kingdom for far too long.  Our spirit still knows.  The seed is still planted.  Our spirit is the eye to our soul which sees God’s mercy and grace.  Our spirit sees God’s arm stretched out, ever faithful, waiting on us to grab hold and let Him help us.  We are not cursed, we are blessed.  Once we accept Jesus as our Saviour and understand He was cursed for us;  “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” Galations 3:13, we must therefore understand we are a blessed child of God.  Don’t let the devil get in the way of your blessings anymore.  Grab a hold of God’s hand and Declare His Word, His Righteousness and His Glory over all the enemy has taken – give the devil a revelation!  – Donna Warren

When we conquer our enemies, we are still slaves to the ongoing quest for self righteousness and exaltation of men.  Nonbelievers live to be victorious, to fight their own battles and make their own way so they too can be counted righteous among the world.  There are many financially successful nonbelievers.  We see them on TV, may even know a few personally.  However, the devil will sometimes exalt those who do not seek the Lord for the purpose of keeping them from seeking the Lord.  If we never run in to the enemy, we could be running the same way as the enemy.  As believers, we take up our cross daily and labor not for the exaltation of our fellow man but remain humble in the face of pride.  We pray for wisdom and knowledge to remain meek among the prideful. To remain meek amongst the prideful requires more strength than the useless labor of  hasty revenge.   As believers we are rulers of our souls by living in righteousness of the Lord.  We understand the battle has already been won, our way has already been made and we take up our cross to labor for the Kingdom and not for the world.  We are counted righteous by God because we believe in Jesus and the Cross.  Stand steadfast and bold on the rock that is the Word of God when the sand of the enemy washes upon your shore.  – Donna Warren

The Holy Spirit is roaming this earth today looking for willing vessels to fill and preach the Word of God. He is gentle and kind yet powerful. Our joy is not in His power but in God’s glory. He is jumping denominational lines and empowering Christians. The Holy Spirit is setting our souls on fire for the Lord and equipping us with the boldness to declare the Word of God in our life and claim God’s property – His children. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” John 13:35  Don’t give the enemy claim to your soul and pray intercession for all of God’s children.  As Pastor Al Jerkins says, literally love the hell out of the ones the enemy is using to offend you. 

God is the same God all of the time. He is only as far as we stray. When the Lord blesses us and we’re high on that mountain, we sing His praises. Then, at other times, we are in the valley wondering why. It is not necessarily that we have “strayed”. God did not promise us there would be no suffering in this world. However, He did make provisions for us to overcome the suffering by sending us His Holy Spirit to be a comforter, to strengthen and to give us the wisdom and knowledge we need to get through the valley. God’s word is infallible and His timing is perfect. If not for Jesus and the Cross and Jesus ascending to Heaven, we would not have the gift of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, so many believers and nonbelievers don’t understand, utilize and receive this gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not an “it” but a “He”. He is a part of the Godhead; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He is gentle and kind. We often, albeit unknowingly, hurt the Holy Spirit with our actions and words. He is with us always, wanting to help each of us carry out God’s will in our lives. Seek His guidance and listen. He is the one sent here to help us through the valley.

Our mortal bodies are neutral. They are empty vessels. They can yield to the spirit of sin or the Spirit of God. Our mortal bodies are creative and powerful yet empty. We are the ones who determines the fullness of our vessels and by which spirit it will be filled. Because of Jesus and the Cross we have dominion over the spirit of sin AS LONG AS we are filled with the Spirit of God. We stay filled with the Spirit of God by faith. Faith in God, covered under the blood of Jesus and living under His grace will leave no room for the spirit of sin to enter into a filled vessel. Being half full is being lukewarm. We cannot be neither hot nor cold. We can’t choose which parts are filled with what. We are either sold out to God or sold out to the enemy. God created our powerful vessels to be filled with His glory and righteousness and to prosper and be in good health. Prosperity is not necessarily “financial” prosperity. Prosperity is your personal relationship with Jesus, understanding His grace and receiving His Spirit. Live YOUR life to its full potential by filling your vessel with the Spirit of God. Make an investment in your prosperity by seeking the Lord. Seek the mind of Jesus and reflect God’s glory!

Emotional anger vs. righteous anger – quite simply emotional anger is between you and God and righteous anger is between your offender and God. Emotional anger is a fertile field for sin. It is self centered and evil. Emotional anger includes greed and revenge and is dealt with by yielding to the Holy Spirit and giving Him latitude to work within us to overcome our anger. However, we must make a conscious decision to yield to the Holy Spirit when emotional anger begins to take hold. Righteous anger on the other hand, is patient and slow to act. It is anger toward the sinful ACTIONS of man and not toward man himself. Righteous anger should always be turned to grief or forgiveness toward the offender and never to bitterness, thus it becomes emotional.   Righteous anger is recognizing evil as evil but not dealing with it in an evil manner. Anger can be used as a prompt. It can be a catalyst for good or evil. Ephesians 4:26-27 “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Neither give place to the devil.” Use your anger as a divine catalyst to show your offender the mercy of the Lord and show the devil the Lord’s grace, glory and righteousness has and will always trump any evil!

No man is infallible. Being filled with the Holy Spirit gives you the boldness for truth. Galations 2:21″ I do not frustrate the Grace of God: for if Righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Salvation, sanctification and justification come through faith in Jesus and The Cross. Hypocrisy is having faith in Jesus, yet seeking sanctification and justification through the Law. Another form of hypocrisy is speaking Grace yet asserting the Law upon the sins of others. This form of hypocrisy is used by enemy as a stumbling block for unbelievers or new Christians. It is a way of judging our sin against another’s sin.   Inconsistencies arise when we are compelled to justify our sins under penalty of the Law while having faith in Jesus for suffering the penalty of the Law. We cannot endure the suffering of Jesus for Him when He has already endured our suffering for us. Jesus’ ministry was of God’s righteousness and grace, not condemnation. As Christians, our life is our ministry. We can choose to live a life of persecution and condemnation or we can choose to live a life full of God’s Grace, declaring His Word and never allowing our Lord to die in vain – choose Jesus!