GOD HAS DONE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS!!! Last week, my friend invited my hubby and I to the last night of their 7 night revival. She had been telling me how good it was and really wanted us to come. I had mentioned it to my hubby but before I even got the rest of it out of my mouth, I felt his resistance. I told my friend that I would love to come but I didn't think my hubby would. She immediately begin to pray that the Holy Spirit would draw him. Indeed it did! Praise God I was shocked myself! He admitted to me days later that he did all he could not to go but nothing worked! I was so pressed in my spirit to get there. All day long that day I felt an 'excitement' an "expectation". I knew that something LIFE CHANGING was about to take place and as soon as we stepped through the door I felt the sweet, sweet presence of God. As soon as the man of God stepped into teh pulpit, God begin to use him to confirm and to teach deliverance to both my family situation. it was AWESOME. BLESS GOD!!! As the night ended and I stepped out of that place, even until now, almost a week later, I KNOW that I have changed. My life has changed, my destiny is now and EVERYTHING has shifted. WE are NOW walking in God's favor, callings and blessings! Not even two days later, my husband got a JOB after being laid off OVER A YEAR! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!! I WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIM AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!! AMEN AND AMEN!!!!

The Lord taught me 2 things today. 1 about leadership and 2 about prayer. Recently, I took the lead with one other person to organize a trip. When the response did not come like I thought it would, I got anxious and angry. I called my sister in law to 'complain' and to make a long story short, she told me that some of my frustrations just come with leadership! Even though she told me that early this morning, it stuck with me and God began to minister to me. Leadership and being a leader means you have to deal with people, many different kinds of people with different attitudes and opinions. Being a leader of a small group or a large group, it doesn't matter, it takes risks, involves frustrations and the ability to be able to work with others. Now, that ties into my the 2nd lesson that was taught to me. All of us read and sing about the Prayer of Jabez. We pray it with all the faith in the world. I have prayed it with all the faith in the world, but the Lord brought to my attention the part about "Enlarging My Territories". Now, honestly, do we think God is just going to enlarge our territories without any responsiblity on our part? The Heavenly Father that I know does not waste and opportunity to TEACH AND GROW US. In order for Him to enlarge our territory, we must be willing to be ENLARGED! That means He is going to lead us into certain situations where we HAVE to step up and take on greater responsibility. I am, in a sense already a leader. I'm a leader in my home and on my job but, God is using this situation to make me a leader on a bigger scale. He IS enlarging my territory!!! Let's not miss God by thinking He is going to do it a certain way: our thoughts are not His. I repented today and accepted the responsibility of this specific duty and I look at it differently now. Praise God!