Who’s In Charge?
Posted: December 4, 2011 Filed under: FAITH, FAMILY, ROLWIM, Uncategorized | Tags: Christians, CHURCH, Help, Love, RELATIONSHIPS, Temperance 2 Comments »Today, I am reflecting upon our imagery as believers. Years ago, when I lived in upstate New York, I used to drive almost one hour to sit and talk with a Jewish Rabbi. I wanted to be stronger in the faith and know what the faith represented to our forefathers in Christianity, who were practicing Jews. In one of many visits with the Rabbi, he spoke of our “lives” here in earth. We, God’s chosen, are here to be spiritual beings with the honor of being housed in our bodies. Our bodies are here in the flesh to facilitate that quest. In a world and Christian culture where our flesh just may run our life’s agenda, that was a huge pill to swallow, so to speak. Our holiness should be reflected in how we treat and adorn our bodies. The flesh realm should get the orders from the Spirit man. Therefore, if you’ve noticed, practicing Jews-men and women-usually dress in moderation and never gather with appearances that are revealing.
This concept, or better yet, truth, is something that is challenging in today’s Christian settings. This concept goes way beyond the dress. It goes to the heart of what transpires in the House of God, where what is valued and desirable rests in what is revealed. What is revealed is often enticing and leads to others things that become a primary concern for socialability in the House of God; Is discipline, integrity, and modesty valuable in what is “seen”? Or, does what becomes imaginable in the mind because of what is revealed, valued because of the reality of what makes the world go round when folks are not in church?
We are at a place where the “teachings” and workshops now include what you need in a man and what you need in a woman. I remember a very high profile “Bishop” (and he is by no means a Biblical bishop through qualification, but is recognized as such today) did a men’s conference and told the men what they needed to have when pursuing a woman that would satisfy them. The mindset for that woman to recognize that she is the embodiment of God’s holiness in the earth, was not part of his teaching. Rather, he did relay a vast and explicit description of what it takes to please a man, acquired from his years of fornication, and since he had been married, adulterous living. In other words, he passed along his sin-acquired lustful mindset to a body of Christian men (the session was open with men in the front and women were seated in the back so we could “learn”).
How would this “Bishop”, or any other person for that matter, view others if we saw people through the principles and heart of God? Hold up and wait just a minute. Pause. If we kept ourselves, or even sanctified ourselves and looked for the attributes of Godliness (and sex within the bounds of marriage is part of Godliness) would we be able to see each other in a different light? When we walk into a room, do we want people to see what we look like in another fashion because of what the appearance triggers (swagger or sexual appeal), or should people see that we are a spiritual being, embodied in the flesh that is still beautiful inside and out? The God that sits on the throne made us and gave us free will. What have we done with it in application in our lives even down to so-called “teachings” in the church? Do you think God is in agreement with Lola loving the way Bro. Broad Shoulders reads the scriptures because his broad shoulders reminds her of her last lover, and she is single? This is real talk, folks. The real deal. People like what people like. But, is what we like in agreement with God? We are holy-truck diesel, coke bottle-figured, or healthy plus- and meant to glorify God. All of those attributes are good, God and glorious in a marriage bed, not a lustful mind dictating influence on believers.
This lack of temperance and mis-appropriated lustful desires doesn’t just affect our images, perceptions of virtue and relationships. When we make choices of what to eat, does this truth become a sermon topic that we’ll re-visit next year after consuming a bunch of spicy foods that will incite acid reflux? What about high cholesterol and heart disease in exchange for our favorite fried meal, once again? Why not eat ten pigs because we love fried country bacon and pork barbeque that will clog our arteries and colon, if we eat these kinds of foods all the time? Our grandmother’s did it. And too many of them coasted into the sweet by and by loving Jesus with diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure or related-cancers. Many of them didn’t know; Today, as we learn more and know, what are we to do when there is knowledge that can help our flesh on the quest for our spirit-beings to be spirit-led and glorify God?
When we make decisions regarding our health, does the fact that we are holy beings enter our decision-making process to nip and to tuck or spend five days a week lifting weights so we can so we can look flawless, rather than engage in active pursuit of solutions to fend off high blood pressure and diabetes?
I LOVE chocolate. But, chocolate doesn’t like me. Once I learned it fuels migraines, chocolate became a thing of the past. Why? I need my body and my flesh to house my spirit in its quest to satisfy God. That’s why God wakes us up each day: He already knows whether we will make the choice to recognize who we are and make better choices for our lives.
As we continue to grow in the grace of God, let’s remember the lesson I pass along to you from the Rabbi. We are spirit-beings here in the flesh in pursuit of the spiritual. Yes, a romantic night on the dance floor, a stolen moment at the beach, eating a delicious dessert, sailing on a yacht, going horse back riding, perfecting the soft skin at a fancy spa, playing our favorite Play Station or Wii games, going to the movies, balling, going to a ball game, simply talking to our favorite person in this world or getting our favorite hairstyle is part of this life. But, these things should be done knowing that their importance should not conflict or override our purpose in this life, and they are all complimentary to our eternal life and purpose: to glorify God.
We are thousands of years ahead in time, yet still face the conflict our foreparents, Adam and Eve, endured in the Garden of Eden. While we exist, what will we eat? While we have been given the atmosphere to produce, replenish, and multiply where we can enjoy life, there is an adversary ready to make us fall. Will we consume that which is forbidden through trickery because the enemy knows our knowledge of God and appeals to the lusts of our flesh in what looks good, feels good and satisfies? Or even appeals to the pride of life? Let us know that the flesh worketh enmity against the spirit; Accordingly, let’s keep our flesh and desires that may conflict-not necessarily be a sin-with our Spirit-man’s agenda and purpose in subjection. Eternal victory, contentment and pleasure in Godliness is attainable in every realm of our existence.
Who is in charge in your life?
Prophetess Kim
The Struggle to be Me (Who You Are)
Posted: November 20, 2011 Filed under: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS | Tags: Christianity, CHURCH, Coaching, Forgiveness, God's love, PROPHETESS KIM, Psychology, ROLWIM Leave a comment »Good morning! This has been a phenomenal blogging experience for the past two weeks. Hello and welcome to the new followers and subscribers. To all visitors, please stop by often and let us know what you think.
Well, we have a prayer call each Saturday morning. (Shameless plug: hit the Prayer page for more information.) This past week, a new caller asked for prayer regarding a situation to which I can identify. While she was speaking and sharing her heart, I listened and heard. Listening and hearing can be two different things, but that’s another blog. Nonetheless, I thought of the human struggle we often face when we fight to be who we are, as opposed to letting situations change us.
Here’s a simple example to illuminate the point:
1. Sally’s been told John is selfish.
2. John doesn’t have enough money for rent and lunch, so he has no lunch. He asks Sally for a piece of bread. Sally, thinking that John is selfish, makes an excuse and refuses to share with John. Sally predetermines and thinks, Why share with someone who probably wouldn’t share with me? John is a bit hurt, but realizes he is not entitled to Sally’s bread, so convinces himself not to be offended.
3. Two days later, Sally forgets her lunch. Sally notices John has lunch and mozies on over to sit next to John in the cafeteria and strikes up a casual conversation. Although she still thinks John is selfish, Sally doesn’t expect John to share with her but hopes that today, since she is so hungry, that he will.
4. John notices Sally has no lunch. He always shares with others when he notices they don’t have lunch and he does have bread. Yet, he remembers just two days ago, when he needed lunch, Sally, who ironically thinks he is selfish, refused to give him lunch. He is faced with a choice: Be himself, or react to Sally out of retaliation for what she did to him.
Does John really have a dilemma? Do we really have dilemma’s when who we are becomes challenged by situations or circumstances that make us want to prove something? Or, we react to how we’ve been treated and let that define who we are, and how we respond to others?
Many would say John should repay Sally with the same feigned kindness that she gave John, when she had the opportunity to share. Here’s the challenge: John loses some of himself if he becomes corruptible because of the imperfection of others around him. John, in being true to himself, is a giver. Why not give to Sally who he sees just about every day at work, when had it been a total stranger, he would make the same sacrifice? The joy of giving is an integral part of John’s personhood.
As long as we live past a full five minutes, we will be faced with the struggle to be ourselves. Daddy left me, so I don’t trust daddy. Mama’s never satisfied so I’ll never attempt to make her day. Bob complains, so I’ll never listen to anything he may genuinely have to say. It’s challenging to keep the core of our good, the essence of our heart, and hope of our future when it is so much easier to put up walls to protect ourselves from hurtful situations; or, we opt to put up mirrors where we treat others in the same manner they have treated us, with the hope or satisfaction that they can see how their intial actions when returned, hurts just the same. If we aren’t careful, along life’s journey we’ll find ourselves losing much of who we are because we have given too much of us away to situations or past circumstances. In other words, we’ve let life live us as opposed to living life. We let relationships, experiences and even the expectations of others, change who we are.
We have so much more power than to let ourselves change in negative ways that become “normal” and part of our evolvement in personality because we’ve taken the lesson and learned. What we learn should enhance the moral fiber of our being and reinforce a pure heart towards all men, at all times. Whoa! Whoa, again! I even needed a breather with that! When our “normal” becomes abnormal, we need to go and find ourselves. Yes, go and take inventory of where I left part of me because I “became” as a result of that situation or circumstance. Find yourself and reclaim who you are! Reintroduce yourself to the person that you used to be or hoped to one day, become.
“Pick up the pieces of your life” sounds a little different now, doesn’t it? At least for some of us, we’ve got to go reclaim all that was good before we became changed “because of”. Yes, wisdom gives us the ability to handle all things, having lived past five minutes. Embrace wisdom and stay in the struggle to be who you are. A good place to begin is to focus on you. I do it. “Lord, purify my heart. Help me to keep my spirit, right [before you and all men].” When the heart is pure, it will leak from the seams, GOOD. When we love God and receive His love, John can give Sally lunch. Why? Because when we love God, we manifest who He is in us. And, He is a God of grace. He constantly gives us what we DO NOT DESERVE, and check this out: does it while esteeming us as Kings and Priests.
So, in an ideal world, Sally doesn’t just share lunch with John. John gives Sally everything she needs and wants. He gives her the entire lunch. Why? He sacrifices so she can know what love will do. Love breaks the bands of wickedness and it makes the very ones who have hurt us, when they could have chosen to do otherwise, live to see what the grace of God really is. Our job is to be who we are. Remember, God will do the rest.
Remain in the struggle! And, as my Kenyan brother Bishop Patrick Opiyo would say, “Remain lifted.”
Prophetess Kim
Thank You, Lord!
Posted: November 18, 2011 Filed under: ENTERTAINMENT, FAITH, FAMILY, GOSPEL MUSIC, Prophecy, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLWIM | Tags: Elder Timothy Wright, GOSPEL MUSIC, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM, Thank You Lord, Timothy Wright, Tye Tribbett Leave a comment »It’s cold and starting to act like winter today. I LOVE the changing seasons. There is always something for which we can appreciate God. Something as simple as feeling the brisk weather did it for me today. What is it that you are thanking God for, today? We are admonished to give thanks to God in everything, for this is the will of God concerning us. Truly, I can say I’m learning to thank Him IN everything. A lot of stuff we experience in this life, God doesn’t author, endorse or participate. However, wherever we may find ourselves situated, we can surely say, “THANK YOU, LORD.”
In talking with our Father this morning, I had no idea He was going to usher me into a miracle today. I’m talking about a foot-stomping miracle. I SMH right now! Faith without works is dead. Fight the good fight of faith and put whatever works that are necessary to see the substance for which you hope, appear right before your very eyes.
For those of you who need an extra push today, sometimes it is DIFFICULT to even want to read the Bible or pray. I’ve been there. Remember, it is at our weakest moments that we are made strong through Christ’s strength. Put on strength today by hiding in Jesus. Go and dwell in that secret place of God’s pavilion where He knew you’d need to be. The reservation is made and the Angels of the Lord are in route to carry you. You’ll make it! He’s waiting to give you peace, rest and cover you. You are SAFE in HIM.
Meanwhile, listen to a couple of songs to uplift you as you focus on the only one that can change you as He changes your situation.
Because I am a fan of New York choir gospel, here’s one of my favorite Timothy Wright songs, Thank You Lord:
And, you might as well listen to Tye Tribbett & G.A., I Need You:
Love you!
Prophetess Kim
Be Strong and of GOOD Courage!
Posted: November 16, 2011 Filed under: ENTERTAINMENT, EVANGELISM, FAITH, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLWIM, Uncategorized | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Bishop John H. Boyd, Christianity, CHURCH, Courage, Ethiscs, Ghadaffi, Kadhafi, Khadafi, Morals, Osama Bin Laden, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM, Soldiers, Sr. 1 Comment »I’ve been wanting to blog on this for the last three weeks.
Have you ever heard someone say, “At least I have the courage to live according to my convictions.” Sometimes, this is a wonderful thing. Too many times, it is not. This got me thinking about “courage”.
Courage is defined as:
1. mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.
2. the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
WHAT DO I SEE?
Posted: November 6, 2011 Filed under: FAITH, FAMILY, ROLWIM, Uncategorized | Tags: Christians, CHURCH, Morals, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM Leave a comment »Mirrors.
Mirrors are used to show a reflective clear image.
Many of us use mirrors to check ourselves out; we want to see what we look like. We use mirrors to refine our appearances and to make sure we “work it out” until we see the image of ourselves we desire to see and project.
I’ve walked into homes where mirrors were noticeably absent. Why? Because some people feel that mirrors promote vanity, focus on the wrong things, or reflect too many imperfections. Meanwhile, there are so many people who really don’t like to see the reflection of themselves. A view in the mirror reminds them of what they look like, which can be painful.
If you are one who uses a mirror in relishing yourself and observing the changes that come from day to day, I’d like to ask you consider what you really see. What is being reflected in and of you? What do you see of your soul? Your heart?
It’s easy to kid ourselves into thinking that no one else can really see what we see, or sometimes try to cover up. People who are part of our day to day lives are affected by what we see, cover up, or try to deny. While observing that today just may be a good hair day, what else is there to see?
Could it be that the little information we may have omitted in a report to cover up a sanctionable error will help us to keep our job, but put a co-worker in jeopardy?
Does the mirror only reveal the image of ourselves that loves God and has an awesome devotion each day with Him, yet at the same time conceals the part of us who only calls Kate today to tell her that we love her, because we plan to hit her up for some money next week to take Jane out for a good time?
Do we see the image of the one who just made decisions to flush Bob’s life down the drain?
Do we see the father that can’t afford to pay child support but can afford to to go on vacations every quarter?
Do we see the sister who won’t be faithful to her husband because she has always gone after what she wanted at any cost to herself and those who rely upon her loyalty?
Do we see the man who continually wounds others but can only recognize his deep wounds?
Do we see the leader whose great ambitions for the ministry include opening a bunch of new locations so he can become a multi-millionaire?
Do we see the tender heart that forgives 70 times 7?
Do we see the giving person who would walk on coals of fire to save one innocent life?
Do we see the one who can’t recite the latest bartender’s specials because he’d rather be on his knees in prayer serving the true and living Lord of the Kingdom, who is soon to come?
Do we see the mother that wakes up 15 times each night with patience to tend to her children?
Do we see the man of faith and responsibility who has worked diligently for 30 years to provide for his family?
Whatever it is we do see, know that God sees. Know that others see, too. Others see the real image of what we see in the mirror of our lives when they look at us each day. They see how we live, live in the results of what we do see, or try to deny about ourselves, what we honor, our lifestyles and everything else. Believe it or not, you can be healthy according to your own perception and smoke a joint six times a day. To the ones who smell and see the weed, the image of your health is distorted by what others see and smell. To the man who is now gray-haired, we see his hair color change and battle with the aging process if he projects his insecurities upon us. At the same time, others may see the glory of a man who has spent years being a wonderful human being.
While what we see of ourselves is ultimately between God and ourselves-and sometimes we are our own worst critics-God loves us so much that He makes us over, again and again. In making us over, He makes us suitable for His use for His purpose. He will use a willing and available vessel, with brown or gray hair. When we look in the mirror each typical morning, let’s ask God to reveal what He sees. Ask God to remove the scales from off of our eyes where we can’t see ourselves through the lenses of denial. There are too many things that make-up and a good clean shave can’t hide. As hook ourselves up to look our very best, remember, looking good isn’t cute if we’re not good people of character and integrity. We ought to look our best from the inside-out.
So, as we commit ourselves to observing the true image of ourselves, know that a crooked nose, bushy eyebrows, or a receding hairline isn’t a big deal. Those distinguishing characteristics make us unique and who we are. If you don’t believe it, launch a crooked nostril assocation and promote the new “in” look! We can work on the part of us that can change, but first, we must love ourselves enough to be willing to change. It’s time to enhance what we look like by being who we want to see, and expect others to observe. Isn’t it high time to work on self?
Remember, when we leave that mirror to continue to live, there are people who are attached to the life that we see, or fail to see in ourselves. So, let’s get a clear reflection of the image so that we can give the best of ourselves to God and others in this life.
Join Us
Posted: November 4, 2011 Filed under: EVANGELISM, FAITH, FAMILY, ROLWIM | Tags: Celebration, Christians, CHURCH, Faithful & True Ministries, Pastor Godrey Taylor, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM Leave a comment »Look at how time flies! It seems like yesterday, Pastor Taylor began the Faithful and True Ministries in Queens, New York. This is his 3rd pastoral anniversary, and the local church is growing tremendously. Please join me this Sunday afternoon, at 2PM, as we fellowship together, celebrating the Lord of the Kingdom.
Faithful & True Ministries 136-25 Springfield Blvd (Corner of 136th Rd.) Springfield Gardens, NY 11413
If you can make it, hope to see you there! Be praying for us and the Kingdom of God as we continue in faithful fellowship all around the world.
Luv ya!
Prophetess KIM
In Time, Due Time
Posted: October 30, 2011 Filed under: FAITH, FAMILY, INTERCESSORY PRAYER, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLWIM, Uncategorized | Tags: Christianity, CHURCH, Emotional Pain, Joseph, Love, PROPHETESS KIM, Rejection, ROLWIM Leave a comment »I often wondered what I would have thought had I been Joseph, thrown into the pit by my brothers. The very ones who should have loved him enough to warn him if they saw him about to fall into a pit, were the ones who decided to put him into one.
After those who should have protected Joseph saw to his demise, they sat down to eat bread. Whoa! That says a lot, right there. Throw your younger brother into a pit, then appease your appetites? There is no question that Joseph’s brothers really didn’t care about him. Due time was on the way. It was just a matter of time.
After observing men in commerce, Judah gets an idea: we can sell Joseph into bondage and at least make some money off of him, as opposed to just leaving him in the pit. Let’s get him out of the pit-not because it was wrong to put him there in the first place-but let’s rescue him so we can profit from him. He’ll still be gone and we’ll at least have some mullah in the process.
What was Joseph thinking when he realized that his brothers really didn’t want him around? Rebeun went back to find him, but the others had already sold him. Joseph’s brothers were abusive to him, and had no regards for his safety. What kind of men sell their little brother, take his coat of many colors and dips it into goats blood to deceive their own father, knowing their father would GRIEVE from mourning the loss of a son?
We’ve always had some pretty interesting people in the Kingdom of God. Yes, we have. These same men were CHOSEN by God to be the generation in which the manifestation of Abraham’s promise would be fulfilled. These men were the ones who would be the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel. But, these same men had to live in order to fulfill their own callings. They needed to eat when times of famine hit their land. In time, due time had come. They sat to eat a meal as brethren but under very different circumstances. They had to go where there was sustenance.
Guess who had plenty to eat? Joseph. Guess who survived the pit, the palace and the prison? Joseph. Guess who else, survived? His brothers. They were able to sit and eat bread when there was no bread, because the same brother who they once discarded, was alive and in position to feed them. Their literal survival was a result of Joseph’s heart and fear of the Lord.
Ask God to lift you out of the pit and show you HIS HEAVENLY agenda. There is an agenda in the heavens, to be manifested in the earth. With all that is transpiring in the world today, with time winding up, with kingdoms falling, with the earth groaning, with all that still needs to be established because it already is so, where do we “fit in” to what God wills? When you ask God to give you a heavenly view of what you may be in right now, your outlook towards your present reality changes. You will re-prioritize and be able to be like Joseph and realize you are just a part of God’s plan. Whatever the brethren do, God will shift you right to the place where you need to be. The nation of Israel began to multiply exceedingly and evolved as the nation, God’s chosen, because Joseph guarded his heart. Ask God to help you to keep your spirit right! We don’t want to forsake God because of what others have done.
A heart for God will look at the same “jokers” who thought they would never need you and didn’t treat you as a valuable brother, and cause your eyes to see “my brethren” and give them whatever they need. It’ll make you love them into their own purpose, even when they despised you because of your confidence in knowing your own. God will turn around what is meant for evil, so that you will see it for what it really is: Your good.
Have a blessed day,
Prophetess KIM
Know Who You Are
Posted: October 17, 2011 Filed under: FAITH, FAMILY, Prophecy, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLWIM | Tags: Adam and Eve, Creation, Know Who You Are, Narcissistic behavior, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM, Sexism Leave a comment »On the prayer call this past Saturday, I shared with the people the NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
So many people are convinced that they know who they are, while many will admit that they don’t know who they are, and some are living a life of purpose aware of who they are. Do you know WHO YOU ARE?
Your birthname, surname, or nickname isn’t the answer. What you may have built a longstanding career in, is not the answer. Who you are married to, is not the answer.
The place to begin to answer this question is in the book of Beginnings, Genesis. I encourage you to read Genesis chapters 1-3, repeatedly for at least the next 30 days. Read it again and again. Then pray and ask God to let the revelation of who He is through the Word of God become manifest in your life.
I speak to all Eves:
You were created out of God’s will to perfect the first created human being, symbolic of mankind, just as Jesus the second Adam, is symbolic of mankind. It was not good for Adam to be alone. So, Adam’s answer–Eve–came out of himself. That’s an entire other blog.
Yet, when God charged Adam, he likewise charged Eve. Your purpose and assignment is way beyond the need out of which you were created. Your very existence answered the need. Adam was no longer alone as he became one with Eve. He was not alone in his call to stewardship, rulership, dominion and authority, either. Eve was given the same authority. Eve, know who you are.
Do not become a mere subjective part of any other human being’s existence. This narcissistic teaching is not Biblical and it is a trick of the enemy to keep people walking around confused about who they are. If Eve and her daughters are only defined by Adam’s need, then all of the single, divorced and widowed women in this world have no purpose other than Adam. That is not Biblical, so don’t accept these type of far-fetched stories as your defining purpose. Read the Word and let it be life unto you! Begin to pray that we know our purpose through Creation, our inheritance through Jesus Christ, the second Adam, and the fulfillment of God’s intention for us through the new and better covenant of Grace.
In this study of the first three chapters, please feel free to post questions or comments. We are going to talk about so much of what transpires in Creation which will unlock the current knowledge of self. Now, let’s get started!
-Prophetess KIM
Real Love
Posted: October 17, 2011 Filed under: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, ROLWIM | Tags: Charity, Christians, PROPHETESS KIM, Real Love, ROLWIM Leave a comment »
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Our ability to love one another, and to even love ourselves requires much work.
But, it is not hard to identify. We all need charity and have to give charity. It is our greatest gift.
While we may think that we are “giving” so much as we perfect our ability to be charitable to one another, we are truly gaining more than we can ever give. As we walk in TRUE charity, we can no longer be suspect of others and chose to think evil, rather than good. We can no longer be puffed up, or boast of our charity; We cannot be easily provoked, and the Word speaks for Himself.
Real love MAKES YOU DO. There is no selfishness in charity, only selflessness. When you don’t feel like getting up in the morning when others rely upon you, charity makes you do. Charity makes you forgive, see the best in others, not rejoice in failures, stretch, go the extra mile, do what you don’t want to do, answer the need, edify, be integral even when it is easier to appease the flesh and do what’s wrong, and give of yourself. Charity is truly reflective of our Savior and what He has done, and continues to do for us: Love. He has an unfailing love. That is the same charge we have been entrusted with, in exemplifying a life of love that never fails.
When you are dealing with True charity, it will not fail and continually harm you. So look up, look out and walk in what you have been made to exude: Charity.
I pray that you continue to grow in the grace of Jesus Christ as you are perfected in living a life that edifies. Be empowered today as you live and love and make sure you love yourself enough to receive true love and give true love.
I am thanking God for every person who is helping me to grow in Charity. Remember, some people have to fight to love themselves, so won’t have a picture perfect ability to show you love. Guess what? That means we’ve got to be longsuffering, have patience and hope for the best.
Living and loving,
Prophetess KIM
Who Paid the Price?
Posted: September 16, 2011 Filed under: EVANGELISM, FAMILY, ROLWIM, Uncategorized | Tags: Blood sacrifice, Christianity, JESUS, PROPHETESS KIM, ROLWIM, Who Paid the Price Leave a comment »This is a question we may need to ask more often. In doing so, we might not take as many people and things for granted. Also, we may understand others and why they value who and what they value, as much as they do. So, in asking who paid the price, be prepared to smile as we think of the journey so many took so that we might be who we are, today.
http://trainingyourbrain.org/2011/09/16/who-paid-the-price/
Prophetess KIM
