Undercover Christian

They go to church and sit in the pew scared to mess up their makeup, wrinkle their dress, and sweat out their $150 hair do. They have the nerve to wear stilhettos and short dresses to entice God’s men. They have on enough makeup to paint a mural. I’m not saying we can’t look good and smell good. But don’t you think your priorities should be right? I mean you knew your agenda when you got dressed. You know everything having to be so perfect and all. I mean you had everything so perfect; you did not leave any room for God. You walked up in the church as if you were God.

Wearing a girdle so tight, your blood pressure is off the charts. The un-comfortableness you would go through just for some testerterone. Ugh! Get it together. Women acting like men just to fit in. They use their body and not their minds.  They share juices as if it’s a gift of life. It’s a gift of death and a shame to Christ. I’m talking about the undercover Christians. Is that you?

Are you so desperate? They sit in the pew with not a praise of worship. No hallelujah. You just sit there like a picture on the wall. But behind closed doors you jump for Usher, take off your clothes for R. Kelley and sell your body to the thuggish guy on the block for free. Ugh! Get it together.

Come and give God your heart not the man who gave only a rib when Jesus gave his life. I mean what more do Jesus has to do? Have you forgotten who gives your life every day? Just for you to praise your man and tithe your cars. You have some nerve to see the postal truck pull up at your door, and cry Jesus.

Yeah right Jesus supposed to now pay your bills and not one cent to tithes as you sit in the pew dressed to steal Gods men. Working for the devil must pay minimum wage because my God’s pay is off the charts. I couldn’t sell my soul for so cheap. Besides I can’t take any of these worlds with me. That suits me just fine, just fine.

Then we have the Christians who are just Christians on Sunday. They go on their job and engage in nonsense or won’t speak up for what is right as a Christian. How about getting a job as a cable man and preaching Gods word to your customers. You have plumbers that come in our homes and you don’t know what their religion is. You should know who is in your sanctuary. Become that school teacher and pushing for prayer to return to schools. I mean it’s about standing out not blending in. So are you a warrior for God or an undercover Christian? No judgment placed, just food for thought…

Married & Living Like Roomates.

God is Love & Love is God

Perhaps you know them! They behave like a married couple, they go to functions together, live together, maybe even sleep in the same bed, but there's nothing there, no intimacy, no sex, no making love, no tenderness. Don’t watch movies together, or have quality time for each other. Are you in one of these relationships, or know someone who is?

These couples virtually have no sex for months and years at a time, and unable to talk about it. They're always too busy to listen, or simply can't or won't hear what you have to say. They won't open up to you to let intimacy in and won't open up themselves. Just to be living the facade of a day-to-day marriage, without the "real connection" of true intimacy, the closeness that only a physically complete couple has. Intimacy is the one thing that God ordains to be sacred in a married couple.

They can't have any type of intimate, personal conversations with their  spouse due to the fact that the other spouse becomes angry and withdraws if they feel the slightest hint that their actions or lack of intimacy are being "questioned," or criticized or perhaps the opposite, being told by them: "if you don't like it, leave." Sex should not be used as a weapon to get what you want. This is a big No- Go!

Is this something that’s becoming more common behind closed doors?

To top things off, you don't sleep in the same bed as your spouse, you get completely upset! You think since we don't have sex anymore, and we don't have that level of intimacy between us anymore, I simply DO NOT GET IT (figuratively and literally speaking!) why I need to sleep in the same bed? Do you go to church together and sit as a family and smile as if nothing is wrong? Jesus, alot is wrong with this picture.  

Does your wife dress up for the camera, and not for you?  Is she ashamed to un-dress for you but poses for others to feel like she’s valued?  I pose for my husband but he is the photographer, which is special and makes it more exciting for both of us. Others outside of the home are just that. Perhaps you have a husband who is married to his friends, job, or in most cases the gym. Is it possible for him to use some of that energy and bring some intimacy back to the marriage? You can let him be your camera and you can be his gym. If you understand my drift. You both are then doing something positive to rekindle the relationship.

You must do something, it can’t last forever being married and living as roommates’ with benefits. Get it together! Reconnect the romance and become husband and wife and not roommates. You got a gap in between you so big Susie Mae can lay between the two of you. So Let Go and Let God, lose the baggage and move on to a healthy relationship or be single and serve God either way, married or single. Or be miserable. The choice is yours!

This will just lead to unhealthy living. You will never be happy for other married couples who are living healthy because they have something you don’t have. It’s hard being happy for others when your marriage is a melting pot. It’s your choice to live healthy and have intimacy.

Leave the high school games at the school and be that married couple God has called you to be. Stop hating on others relationships and be more actively engaged in your own marriage. Stop going through the motion. Take the mask off and confront the problem. Put it at the altar and move forward. Remember God is love and love is God.

1 Corinthians 7:3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.  Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Emotional Baggage: Letting Go & Letting God !

   When it's everyone else's fault and not our own, we are in trouble.  So are the people who think that they want us in their lives. If you are concerned that your own insecurities or "emotional baggage" from past relationships may be hampering your emotional growth, or preventing you from entering any love relationship at all, or by causing damage to your current relationship, then it may be time for you to confront the problem head-on, so that you can finally move past the old hurts and attain the relationship happiness you have been seeking for so long.

Even if you have certain ex-partners may have mistreated you in the past, don't make the assumption that every single person you date from this point forward will treat you bad too.  Each new person you meet has the right to be evaluated based on his own merits and flaws, (as opposed to being evaluated based on your past relationship experiences). You certainly don't want to miss out on getting to know a potential "Mr. Perfect-For-You" because you are too busy unfairly projecting your past negative relationship experiences onto him!

Obsessing over certain painful incidents or relationships from your past is not healthy. Start living a happy life today. I speak for all relationships. Don’t carry baggage from family, friends, wives or your husband. I have experienced relationships where a friend would say I mean a lot but didn’t show it. I just smile and move forward and keep living healthy and love him/her anyway. It makes me a better person, and a loving Christian. I refuse to carry someone else’s baggage or play their tic tack toe games.

This doesn’t mean let people run over you or letting your guard down. It means know when to let go or move on. I get it, do you?

recommended book for those carrying baggage.

“Baggage should be buried with the dead.” ( by highlyfavored74 )

Powerful Prayer of Protection

Dear Heavenly Father, I pray this prayer in the power of the Holy Spirit

In the name of Jesus Christ, I bind, rebuke and bring to no effect, all division, discord, disunity, strife, anger, wrath, murder, criticism, condemnation, pride, envy, jealousy, gossip, slander, evil speaking, complaining, lying, false teaching, false gifts, false manifestations, lying signs and wonders, poverty, fear of lack, fear spirits, murmuring spirits, hindering spirits, retaliatory spirits, deceiving spirits, religious spirits, occult spirits, witchcraft spirits (including Jezebel, Delilah and Apollyon) and spirits of antichrist.

I bind all curses that have been spoken against me. I bless those who curse me, and pray blessings on those who despiteful use me. I bind all spoken judgment made against me and judgments I have made against others. I bind the power of negative words from others, and I bind and render useless all prayers not inspired by the Holy Spirit; whether psychic, soul force, witchcraft or counterfeit tongues that have been prayed against me.

I am God's child. I resist the devil. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. I put on the whole armor of God. I take authority over this day, in Jesus' name. Let it be prosperous for me, let me walk in your love, Lord. The Holy Spirit leads and guides me today, I discern between the righteous and the wicked. I take authority over Satan and all his demons, and those people who are influenced by them. I declare Satan is under my feet and remain there all day. I am the righteous of God in Christ Jesus. I am God's property. Satan you are bound from my family, my mind, my body, my home and my finances.

I confess that I am healed and whole. I flourish; I am long lived, stable, durable, incorruptible, fruitful, virtuous, and full of peace, patience and love. Whatsoever I set my hand to do shall prosper, for God supplies all my needs. I have all authority over Satan, all demons, and beasts of the field. God, I pray for the ministry that you have for me. Anoint me, God, for all you have called me to do for you.

I call forth divine appointments, open doors of opportunity, God ordained encounters and ministry positions. I claim a hedge of protection around myself, spouse and children throughout this day and night.

I ask you God, in the name of Jesus to dispatch angels to surround me, my spouse and my children today, and to put them throughout my house and around our cars, souls and bodies. I ask angels to protect my house from any intrusion and to protect me and my family from any harmful demonic or other physical or mental attacks.

I ask this prayer in the name of Jesus AMEN.

You Deserve To Have a Loving, Safe & Healthy Relationship...

Hello followers this article discusses your one purpose in life. That purpose is to find God's will and purpose for your life. After finding that purpose we must be active in God’s place for you. It is really the only way to find contentment. To be in the will of God is the highest honor he has given to us. God has a specific purpose for each of His creatures. God gave us parents, friends, siblings, boyfriends, girlfriends, among others. Now some of you picked those boyfriend/girlfriends wasn't God-Given.  In given us these relationships, he wants us to engage and have healthy relationships.

So here are some important things to remember for keeping relationships realistic and healthy.

God is Love...

First keep expectations realistic. No one can be everything we might want him or her to be. Sometimes people will disappoint us. It is not all-or-nothing, though. Healthy relationships mean accepting people as they are and not trying to change them!

Talk with each other. It can’t be said enough: communication is essential in healthy relationships. This means take the time to really be there. Genuinely listen to the person, don’t plan what to say next while you’re trying to listen. Don’t interrupt the person. Listen with your ears and your heart. Sometimes people have emotional messages to share. Ask friendly appropriate questions instead of making assumptions. Assumptions are huge No No’s.

Flexibility is important too. Most of us try to keep people and situations just the way we like them to be. It’s natural to feel apprehensive, even sad or angry, when people or things change and we’re not ready for it (I have been there). Healthy relationships mean change and growth are allowed!  Take care of you. You probably hope those around you like you so you may try to please them. Don’t forget to please yourself. Healthy relationships are mutual!  Be dependable, if you make plans with someone, follow through. If you have an assignment deadline, meet it. If you take on a responsibility, complete it. Healthy relationships are trustworthy!

I found often from my personal experience that someone has told me they would do something and felled to do so, but I still follow through with what I say because we are held accountable for what we speak and do. If you don’t follow through it is considered a lie. Try to keep your word, practice makes good. Don’t have difficult conversations when you are very angry or exhausted. Set a good time frame to talk and give a general idea of what it is about. Healthy relationships are based on respect and have room for both.

Unhealthy relationship!

Don’t criticize. Attack the problem, not the other person. Open sensitive conversations with "I" statements; talk about how you struggle with the problem. Don’t open with "you" statements; avoid blaming the other person for your thoughts and feelings. Healthy relationships don’t blame. Don’t assign feelings or motives. Let others speak for themselves. Healthy relationships recognize each person’s right to explain themselves. Besides you want the other party to listen right? Not close you out.

Stay with the topic. Don’t use a current concern as a reason to jump into everything that bothers you. Healthy relationships don’t use ammunition from the past to fuel the present. Say, "I’m sorry" when you’re wrong. It goes a long way in making things right again. Healthy relationships can admit mistakes. Don’t assume things, when we feel close to someone it’s easy to think we know how he or she thinks and feels. We can be very wrong! Healthy relationships check things out first. Always be honest!

Most importantly always show warmth in your relationships. Tell them what they mean to you. Give gifts of love. Pray together and love one another. Respect that each person brings something special to the relationship. We are all different and we all like different things. We all have different talents. Why? It takes each and every one of us to make a team. Example: Making a cake: I may have the cake mix, you may have the eggs, and sister may have the oil. We need all these ingredients together to make a cake. Now do you understand how unique we are?

Single Christian: A Gift From GOD !

Women are praised in society when they have found their dream man, but when they still have yet to find " Knight in Shining Armor," they are told that God will one day place a man in their lives as if the sole purpose of their lives is to get married. But what does God's plan for women look like when there is no husband to help, a home to use for serving others, and children to raise?

Does God's plan for your life to start the moment you walk down the aisle and say "I do" or to ever say the words "honey I am pregnant?" If women were created to be helpers and nurturers of life, how is a single woman supposed to live out God's standard before she has a family of her own? And what if God never gives her those things? How should she serve Him?

I realize that this topic does not appeal the same as talking about marriage and motherhood. Those things can seem unattainable. It is like watching the Hu stables on the Cosby Show. Being single doesn't have to be any less wonderful or purposeful. Many of you are single right? Shouldn't you be embracing your calling as women of God? Instead of lingering for ways to serve God, serve him with a pure heart.

Singleness a gift from God. 

 "But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world how he may please his wife. There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.... And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction" (1 Corinthians 7:32-35).

The Scripture teaches that children, marriage and singleness are gifts from God. To some, He gives the gift of marriage; to others, He gives the gift of singleness. Either way, we are to receive our marital status as a gift. This gift comes from a gracious God who loves us and gives us the very best gifts to any of His children who leave the choice with Him.

 

Contentment is a choice. True joy is not the result of having everything I want but of gratefully receiving exactly what God has given me." each one has his own gift from God, one in this matter and another in that"1 Corinthians 7:7.

Single women you are important in Christ. Understand your role in Christ and embrace it. Its not a curse to be single. You have all the time to become more intimate with God. Time to pursue those dreams and set the goals that would build your womanhood and character. Study the word. Marriage has its rainy days too. Let God make the choice of  if, who, when, where, what and how. Its his purpose you are suppose to be living for. Put that flesh in check. I find it funny that most women and men that are married wants to be single. Those single wants to be married... God will guide you to that path of righteousness ! Amen.

I dedicate this article to all single women but to one in particular, Sharonda Davis: a woman of God who has blossomed and stood strong inspite of her storms. A special young lady. May God keep you....Much Love for you..

The Lifeline: Role of a Stay-At-Home Parent

It was Rose Kennedy who said, "I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that demanded the best that I could bring to it." Like Rose, I have found that  motherhood indeed is a profession, and it certainly deserves the best I can bring to it.

What happens at home is central to a child's ability to function throughout his life. Home is where bonding takes place and a child learns to attach to relationships. Children who connect to their parents learn to trust people. Learning to trust is vital for having healthy relationships throughout life.

Home is where a child learns who they are. Each of us is created uniquely by God. We have unique gifts, talents, and temperaments. Home is our safety net.

Home is where we learn whose we are. We're not designed to journey through this life alone. God created us to have a relationship with Him. Home serves as our base camp. It's where we rest our head every night. It's the place we find clean clothes and a warm meal. It's a place of protection from the world and all of its demands.

With all the responsibilities for a home to run properly, someone has to be on duty to stay true to the blueprint of a successful family of love and trust.

The stay-at-home parent ensures plans are followed, jobs are completed, and people are doing what they need to do. There is so much diversity in what goes on at home that the stay-at-home parent is desperately needed. Someone needs to have the time and energy to invest in each member of the family as well as manage all the different facets of home. That's the essence of the job description for Mom or Dad, the stay-at-home parent. Thats me! I make a difference in this family as you will see in time. I am the Wiggs LIFELINE through christ who strengthens me.

I AM THE HEART OF THE FAMILY...MY HUBBY THE ARTERY..MY CHILDREN ARE LITTLE VEINS..GOD IS THE OXYGEN, WITHOUT OXYGEN ALL THE ORGANS SHUTDOWN! 

Family of Faith : A family that prays together stays together!

Maybe you have some anxiety about starting a faith conversation with your children as I once did. Remember, your talk doesn't have to be forced or lengthy; it can be simple, short and spontaneous. Let the discussion be as natural as possible. Getting preachy with your children can be just as unhelpful as avoiding the topic of faith. Your children may appear distant or uninterested about God, but continue because they are listening. They may not apply it now but later they will.

One way to create opportunities to share your faith with your kids is to pray with them every day and do a weekly family devotional, even if only for five minutes. When your children are exposed to God's truth in small amounts, it can, as a friend of mine says, "help them develop a sweet tooth for Jesus."

The best time is at the dinner table, you should eat as a whole family. Thanking our heavenly father for unity and food on the table.

Jesus said, "Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock" (Matthew 7:24-25).

My Journey with Jesus

Have you ever looked back on your faith-filled journey? Have you noticed how far God has brought you? I have been in the valley more than on the mountain top. The valleys have been painful, but necessary for me to grow into the woman I am today.

Are the dark valleys behind me? I doubt that very much, but I know that no matter what happens and when it happens in my life, I can count on his faithfullness. His love, grace, peace, and mercy will see me through the end of my days upon this earth.

So, today I am thankful for the journey I have been on and continue until see my Saviour's face. May my mouth always praise His name and my heart never grows faint. Trusting in Him who took His Journey so long ago carrying the cross for my sins...OUR SINS.

Marvin Sapp - The Best In Me

Shekinah Glory Ministry - Yes

Are You Living or Just Existing?

I thought I was living but sometime within the last couple months I slipped to just existing. It happened slowly and I didn't even notice. How could that happen? I am a fighter!!! Born at 2lbs and 2oz. I am a survivor!! I realized lately that I have just been going through the motions. I have unconsciously let my fears and insecurities take over my life (just for a moment). When asked if I would finish writing my book I would come up with some excuse why I couldn't write. I would say "tomorrow I am going to start back drinking my water, exercising, and eating healthier. (Have you done that,put things off)? Well those tomorrows have been going on for too long. I have been talking to myself a lot lately. I am fighting to gain control back, to not let my fears control my life. Today I feel so much better about me, I believe in me. I know I can finish my book and be a blessing to others. My soul feels lighter. When I look in the mirror I see a beautiful woman of God who is kind, loving, happy, giving, and full of life. I am not disgusted with what I see. It feels good to be reminded of God’s love for me. I wrestled with the thoughts in my mind of why I became frustrated with the book. I finally have the answer too. I love to write. I am a very good writer. I love the peacefulness I feel when I write my thoughts on paper. I love the feeling of not having a care in the world.... I love the feeling of being free! Now my soul is soaring. I came home and looked at my loving husband and beautiful babies and said “God thank you.” I forgot how much writing helps me distress and relax. All these things make me happy and feel alive. I also have a fear of some words when they have to do with writing. Those words are "commitment" and "perfection". When I hear those words, my brain just shuts down; I feel lost, hopelessness, discouraged, and a million other negative emotions. I am learning so much about myself. Some of it is hard to acknowledge... but I know if I want to succeed in publishing my first book I have to face everything... the good and the bad. The pain and the joy. I have faced some difficult times that seemed unbearable. Are you just going through the motions of life(exisitng)?Or are you living out Gods plan for your life? But God says no im carrying you my child. The one set of footprints are not yours but mine.


I DO believe in myself. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS! I am strong... I am powerful through christ... I am a winner... I am a survivor.... I am in control as long as God is my pilot!!!