Are you Listening- Decisions

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalms 32:8

Have you ever made decisions that you have regretted or regretted decisions that you wish you had made? Did you ever considered bringing them before the Lord?

Every single day we are plagued with making decisions that will affect us individually but far worse it can also affect the people you love and the people that surround you!

I have heard many Christians say “God instructed me and told me not to take this step... but, I could not help it! I felt that I could help, so I did it!" Just in a quick second and in a move of disobedience, we can literally throw the Lord's purpose and timing off for our individual life!

Sometimes we do not understand that God promised that the Holy Spirit would be there to instruct us and teach us which way we should go, he would counsel us and watch over us. (Psalms 32:8)

So why is it that we take matters into our own hands and begin to work against God! We need to understand that he is trying to restore us, while the enemy is trying to destroy or disrupt us.

Is it not funny that thing seem to begin to manifest in the time that you are trying to surrender all. Think about it? One question you might ask yourself, “What is God’s instructions and/or answers for this or these situations?” Lay it before the Lord!

Remember that one decision out of God’s timing can affect you and your loved ones.

Pastor Mary Rosales

Just Stand By Me

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4

As a young child, I always seemed to have more courage if my father was standing next to me. There was no way that my father would let me fail!

Once I got married, it was hard to let go of my father! I felt that I had to confer with him about every situation.

Then, I had an encounter with my heavenly Father and little by little I had to let go of my natural father.

I was recently asked to speak at a conference in a city near my father's hometown. Instead of staying at a hotel, I asked the church to book my flight to the airport close to my father's house and from their I would drive to the conference. They were more than happy to grant my request.

When I finally arrived, nothing seemed to be going as I had planned. I made arrangements with my father to allow me the use of his car while in town. Unfortunately circumstances out of his control did not allow him to make it in time to loan me his vehicle, so my sister had to take me on the first night! My father felt extremely bad about everything that I had to endure, so he decided to take me himself on Sunday morning.

I was shocked! You see, my father has never heard me speak. For the past decade my husband and I have done conference throughout the U.S. and abroad and my father had never taken and interest. He just knew I spoke of something.

When he arrived at the church he saw an old acquaintance, who asked him "Are you visiting?" He said "Yes! Just visiting!" He never mentioned to this old acquaintance that I was his daughter! When I finally took the pulpit, I began to share with the audience, that today was no ordinary day! My father was in the crowd and he had never heard me speak! I asked him to raise up his hand and wave! He did! His friend was shocked and told Him "you are her father?" He said "Yes!" and said nothing more.

When you submit to God your desires, you can trust that he will bring them to fruition. Your plans are found only when you intersect the road of His plans.

You see a long time ago, I had a desire that my father would hear me speak to multitudes, but my true desire was that he would just "STAND BY ME" and be filled with honor.