Matthew 16:24-25 The Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.
In 2006 when I closed my Curves franchises, I remember the puzzled look on Rose`s face when she ask of me what was I going to do next. Without hesitation I responded, "I`m going to work for God." I must confess at the time I had no idea when, where, what or how!
Six years later without formal schooling, I was recently hired by Marketplace Chaplains USA, as a part-time chaplain and member of their chaplain team. If you are like me, you had no clue that such a company exist. So how did I find out about their open position. God! Well, for sure He has been answering prayer and directing my steps. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
My friend, Debbie our administrative assistant at church, invited me to her home to join she and a friend for lunch and a time prayer. Through out the past year Debbie and I have prayed together many times, mid-week in the privacy of the sanctuary at church. Just the two of us, praising and praying to God, soaking in the presence of the LORD.
This time, my spirit filled friend felt the nudge to get her ordained friend Donna, a current chaplain at Marketplace, and I together. She had no clue why, just for a time of prayer. After sharing a delightful lunch Donna and I started chatting. Her job involved visiting work places and ministering to employees as a trained, experienced, dedicated care-giver. I was amazed, that was the exact thing that God had me doing while I worked at my Little Debbie job. That was the reason I started this blog, to share my experiences and to glorify God and His mighty works Psalm 73:28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
Donna also shared that she was planning to leave her position at Marketplace, one thing lead to another. I now have new part-time job. God has placed me in a new and exciting position at Marketplace Chaplains, yes I get paid to share the "Good News and Pray." I`m still in awe of my faithful God!
In the past six years, God had truly taken me by the hand, healed, taught, restored, renewed, answered prayers and directed my steps. What are his plans for me for the next six years, not sure! Maybe some additional education, I`m only 61 years young. He`s large and in charge, and I know his voice; I will continue in obedience with desire for His divine guidance.
I`ve included parts of a Memorial Day message from Marketplace Chaplains, please visit website if you desire additional info.
Blessings and Peace, ROSE, I`M WORKING FOR GOD, AMEN!
Marketplace Chaplains USA's Rallying Cry
"CHAPLAINS CARING FOR WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES"
May 2012
I was privileged to serve for more than 20 years as an Air Force Reserve Officer in readiness for being called to battle. The faces and names of so many with whom I served flood my mind on Memorial Day.
The battlefield is a stark reality and our troops in far distant lands are in danger moment by moment. We pray for their safety and safe return. You and I, here at home, see the front lines of another battlefield in our neighborhoods and communities and, perhaps, in our own families.
The evil one lurks at every turn, seeking to devour and destroy; drugs, depression, discord ... just look at the rate of divorce in our churches, and outside of them as well. Conflict - absolutely ... danger, for sure. Lives literally snuffed out with anger, hate, jealousy and disconnection that impact all of life going forward. We have often heard ... "we're still friends" and "we did it for the kids" ... that is not the reality.
You and I are on the front lines. You and I are setting examples in our family and the extended family of our client employees we visit daily. You and I are being watched ... do you know it; can you feel it
Our strength, presence and image comes not from us, but from Christ and Christ alone. When we are in His Word, when we are prayed up, when we are humbled by the reality of our representing HIM, when there is nothing more of us, then, it is Him, praise God. Those we serve must see that and, I want you to know, they do. The client owners are so grateful for your every expression of care in word and deed, and so am I. When I'm talking to company Presidents everywhere and they say "thank you, I just love my Chaplains," my buttons burst with thanksgiving.
We have built and continue to build our Marketplace Chaplain family with warriors ready to face battle - that's what you are doing, around the clock, moment by moment. I just heard a client owner telling another client owner in the same business that having a Marketplace Chaplain was the very best decision they had ever made. Did you hear that ... the very best decision, to have you by their side, in and through the battle of life. You and I are truly on the front lines and I thank you for your service. You are seeking out the wounded, binding them up and saving lives ... oh, we pray, that none might perish.
Did I tell you I am proud of you - well, I am. To God be all the Glory and Praise.
Press on; keep looking up.
Blessings.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Unbound Day 396
Last week I attended another healing seminar, this one is called "Unbound." Neil Lozano and his wife travel extensively lecturing, teaching and applying their foundations of love for Jesus, as the requisite for all deliverance. Deliverance what an intimidating word! Not. Deliverance is a good word. It is taking hold of the full freedom God has given to you in His Kingdom.
Did I receive deliverance? Yes. Did green bile flow from my mouth as my head spun out of control, of course not! Deliverance is not exorcism, deliverance transfers us from one kingdom to another; from darkness to truth and light. 1 John 5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true---even in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
As I strive and pray to walk a life of holiness, God has begun and continues the tedious job of cleansing, restoring and renewing me to the fearfully and wonderfully made daughter that he created. This on going clean-up is proving to be a long and extensive process, but well worth the work. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thought. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
The Unbound ministry teaches deliverance as understanding, "Five Keys," repent, forgive, renounce in the name of Jesus, take authority in the name of Jesus, and receive the Father`s blessing. How simple is that? Just imagine a treasure chest of riches yours for the taking, five keys open the chest and receive the riches. Freedom and deliverance.
But what stands in the way; is it God given free-will that holds us captive in bondage to sin under Satan authority. Is it my will to stay in the stagnation of hurts, lies and strongholds or do I choose to make healing progress by walking in and through the pain and discomfort. Bring on the Kleenex's Father God, I`m ready. I choose to depart from the wilderness striving to reach the mountain top, receiving all that God has planned for me. Show me the face of Jesus! Matthew 17:1-2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was tranformed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Renounce--- to give up, especially by formal declaration, repudiate,disown; I am so done with this! Renunciation breaks the power of our enemies, verbalizing the authority releases the stronghold of lies over us and breaks Satan's legal access over us. Renunciation is part of our ongoing conversion. After we make a personal decision to follow Christ, we must choose to become His disciple and be like Him by renouncing anything that does not belong to Christ.
In the name of Jesus, I renounce bitterness. In the name of Jesus I renounce hatred. In the name of Jesus, I renounce anger, rebellion, self-will, stubbornness, quarreling, control, retaliation, accusation, rejection, insecurity, jealousy, withdrawal, escape(biggy for addiction), depression, heaviness, fear, pride, doubt, lust, greed, compulsive behavior, guilt, the occult.....anything strike home?
Desire, another very important key. Desire to know the will and the ways of our Heavenly Father! Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of you heart. Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their hearts. Proverb 13:12 Hope deferred makes a heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Isaiah 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world---the craving of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--come not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. What is the desire of your heart?
Last night at another healing and prayer class that I `m taking, my friend Maria said to me, "you look good.....I mean from the inside out good, peaceful good!" I responded, "I`m UNBOUND."
Father God, I thank you for the desire that I have for you, I thank you for the Unbound Ministry, I look forward to sharing what I`m learning for your glory. Amen.
Did I receive deliverance? Yes. Did green bile flow from my mouth as my head spun out of control, of course not! Deliverance is not exorcism, deliverance transfers us from one kingdom to another; from darkness to truth and light. 1 John 5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true---even in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
As I strive and pray to walk a life of holiness, God has begun and continues the tedious job of cleansing, restoring and renewing me to the fearfully and wonderfully made daughter that he created. This on going clean-up is proving to be a long and extensive process, but well worth the work. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thought. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
The Unbound ministry teaches deliverance as understanding, "Five Keys," repent, forgive, renounce in the name of Jesus, take authority in the name of Jesus, and receive the Father`s blessing. How simple is that? Just imagine a treasure chest of riches yours for the taking, five keys open the chest and receive the riches. Freedom and deliverance.
But what stands in the way; is it God given free-will that holds us captive in bondage to sin under Satan authority. Is it my will to stay in the stagnation of hurts, lies and strongholds or do I choose to make healing progress by walking in and through the pain and discomfort. Bring on the Kleenex's Father God, I`m ready. I choose to depart from the wilderness striving to reach the mountain top, receiving all that God has planned for me. Show me the face of Jesus! Matthew 17:1-2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was tranformed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Renounce--- to give up, especially by formal declaration, repudiate,disown; I am so done with this! Renunciation breaks the power of our enemies, verbalizing the authority releases the stronghold of lies over us and breaks Satan's legal access over us. Renunciation is part of our ongoing conversion. After we make a personal decision to follow Christ, we must choose to become His disciple and be like Him by renouncing anything that does not belong to Christ.
In the name of Jesus, I renounce bitterness. In the name of Jesus I renounce hatred. In the name of Jesus, I renounce anger, rebellion, self-will, stubbornness, quarreling, control, retaliation, accusation, rejection, insecurity, jealousy, withdrawal, escape(biggy for addiction), depression, heaviness, fear, pride, doubt, lust, greed, compulsive behavior, guilt, the occult.....anything strike home?
Desire, another very important key. Desire to know the will and the ways of our Heavenly Father! Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of you heart. Psalm 119:2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their hearts. Proverb 13:12 Hope deferred makes a heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Isaiah 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world---the craving of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--come not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. What is the desire of your heart?
Last night at another healing and prayer class that I `m taking, my friend Maria said to me, "you look good.....I mean from the inside out good, peaceful good!" I responded, "I`m UNBOUND."
Father God, I thank you for the desire that I have for you, I thank you for the Unbound Ministry, I look forward to sharing what I`m learning for your glory. Amen.
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