You are NOT who they say you are..

Matthew 16:15 (NLT) Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?"
With this message today I want to really bless someone who may be being held back by the bondage of who you were in the past. I want to tell that you are walking NOW into the fullness of who God created you to be. And in doing so there are some from your past that may intended through guilt and condemnation to keep you from getting there. But today you have to know that your forgiveness is final and your redemption in Christ is complete. Don't let other people's opinions and criticism keep you stuck being the person God never intended you to be. The enemy through the words of other people will be quick to point your past mistakes, attitudes, and behaviors. There are some people in your life that can STILL only see you through the filter of your past. They have no clue who you are but it is because they have no clue of who they are.
There were people close to Jesus Christ that didn't know who He was either.
Matthew 16:13-14 (NLT)
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
"Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets."
In Matthew 9:34 the Pharisees even accused him of being associated with the devil.
So I want to tell those of you reading this today don't be alarmed, shocked, or even hurt by people that don't know you and want to assassinate the work the Holy Spirit is doing in your life.
The ones that should be able to see the change, the growth and the difference are the very ones that don't see it. You just have to forgive them, continue to love them but keep moving forward. Never allow their spiritual blindness to stop how you see yourself. There is a mighty work taking place in your heart, soul and spirit.
I want to remind you today to confess the powerful word of God.
Philippians 1:6 (NLT) And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Be Blessed, Manie

It's your world

Mark 8:36 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? I just have to say that serving Jesus is the greatest life in the world. Forget all that other carnal junk like shacking up with some dude who still doesn't want to married, drinking, clubbing dragging day after day to some dead end job with no hope of advancement and progress. When you have and develop a relationship with God then you get in on His good plans for your life. The plans to prosper you and for you a good future. You realize that as high as it is the sky is still not the limit and nothing is impossible to you. Your friends and family considered your servitude to Christ as extreme and that you missing out on all the fun. For me personally if what the world was offering me indeed was fun then I will pass on anymore of that.
Philippians 3:8 (NLT) Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ. So I will be alone for the value of learning who I am in Christ and what kind of mate I deserve from Him. I will in the mean time learn about real intimacy and true love in the shelter of the Most High. Also I deal with having pray through any pain or hurt and giving it over to him instead of numbing myself with pleasures from the world because I know He causes all things to work together for my good.
Let me tell you saints the enemy is a liar, a deceiver and a destroyer and what he is offering you is NOTHING compared to what God has in store for you.
Maybe people in the world will it doesn't take all that praying, reading your word, giving and offering and church going but that is ok it just means they don't want what you want. People in the world who haven't dealt with their pain can't understand your desire to be whole. People in the world attack our desire for wealth. They have no problem with every singer, actress, rapper, ball player or other media personality being rich but pastors, prophets, ministers and such should be nice little christians and stay broke. I don't always get it right but in my daily life I am representative of the kingdom and so I reflect the image and likeness of Christ and I expect the same. And when I don't get it back I love then anyway but I keep it moving. Believers dont attach yourself to former dead way of living. Choose life. Choose light. Believe good about you are- imperfections and all. Love you. Appreciate You. Leave the world and all its fun and pleasure behind. You are not missing out on anything. As Paul says in Philippians 3:14b By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward- to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back. Be Blessed In Jesus Name, Manie

I got a New Attitude

Ephesians 4:22-24 (NLT) throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-truly righteous and holy. There is a sense of happiness and sadness that comes with freedom in Christ through His renewal. Of course we happy to be free and whole but still a little sad when we see of weak and deceitful were the chains of our bondage. I was in bondage to my attitude and thoughts of inferiority and low self esteem. Especially in regards to romantic relationship. For longer than I care to remember I use to believe I wasn't good enough to keep the attention and affections of this or that guy. The times when I gave pursue some sort of romantic relationship and it ended badly there was always this I told you so speech that I gave to myself. What a load of lies from the enemy I had believed and made my truth. The truth is that the more I believed it the more it manifested in my life as reality. We throw off the old way by resisting and rejecting in the name of Jesus every lie, deception and suggestion from the enemy and the world about who and what we are. Then we put on our new nature by believing and speaking the word of God over ourselves about who and what we are. I expected when I start to renew my mind that I would learn about myself but what I didn't expect through the spirit of discernment was to learn about other people. The truth about people who put others down and treat them badly is that they themselves are full of low self- worth and self-esteem and in me they spotted the one that could be the weaker of the two.
You will notice that when you mature and begin to cast down from you the lies of the enemy and walk away from people that don't celebrate you that your departure is not welcomed. It took a couple of go-backs before I realize they didn't want to me to stay because of me but because of them.
When you grow and mature in the Lord around people who are not seeking the same growth and freedom you will experience the crab in the bucket syndrome. I saw it when I wanted more emotional, financial and spiritual liberty than the people around me. I now have a different revelation of the word to whom much is given, much is required. When you have been given more revelation, you are required to use to give more and go farther. When you have been given much forgiveness you are required to give much forgiveness. When you have been given much love you are required to give much love. When you have been given much mercy and grace from God you then are required to give much grace and mercy to others. If you know that you dealing with someone and they display a certain behaviour then STOP letting it hurt you so much. Forgive them, pray for them and keep on living. I had to and you must stop personalizing the pain. I use to get mad and hurt so easily at others and then I just got tired of letting other people junk bother me so much. So when I was in the presence of someone and they wants to judge me, put me down , control me or in anyway oppress me I had to kindly speak in love TO MYSELF that my heart is a no DUMPING zone. I made a decision that my heart is a garden only for WORD seed and not world seed. See the truth is that someone in the world can say you are ugly and you will believe and receive and allow it affect the way you live. Or you can read Psalm 139:14 (MSG) Body and soul I am marvelously made. As is written in Psalm 40:3 He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. I have fought long and hard for the freedom to love, see, appreciate myself in the way that God meant for me. In Jesus Name Be Blessed, Manie

This is not about you

Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name.

Whatever you are facing today I have a word from the Lord for you and it's that This is not about you. Whatever was done or happened to you is not your fault. It is not about something you did. You in no way deserve this. There are times when we take the actions of others and internalize them as being our fault. I don't know about you but the enemy always had me on the receiving end of some type of offense thinking what is it about me that caused this mess.
Stop thinking you invite chaos and confusion to your life. Start to think about yourself not just in a good way but a GOD way.
It is not because your looks, your personality, your upbringing. People do what they do because of who they are. We have to stop blaming ourselves all the time.
A lot of times I was my own worst enemy in that I thought everything was always my fault. Jesus went to the cross knowing that He deserve NONE of it but yet endured ALL of it.
Repent for your sins and move on.
It's that as a believer in Him I am free from guilt and condemnation.
It's in Him that I am worthy of all good things. I am justified and redeemed.
We have to know how to value ourselves and tolerate NOTHING other than God's absolute best for our lives.
Again let me say you didn't ask for this. Are you feeling disappointed, betrayed or let down? Most people think that trust and love is something that someone has to earn and all I can say is that I am glad that was not the attitude of Christ. I make a choice to love unconditionally and trust openly because I trust in grace of God to keep me from harm. Yes we do need to guard our heart and there is a way even in openness we can do this without closing others out. Trust God not man.
As a believer I trust that anything that comes to me good or bad HAD to first get pass My Father and if He allowed it will be used for my good and His glory. That is a promise from Him.
Decree today that:
You are the Head. You are on TOP. That is all you need to respond to. Let go of the negativity. Just be still because in your life that Father is getting ready to glorify HIs name. All those around you are about to see the goodness and power of the God you serve. Your seeds of obedience to God have NOW produce a harvest of glory. Stay encouraged, be hopeful and remain in faith. The time of favor is NOW.
In Jesus name Be blessed, Manie

I am label free

Matt. 16:13-17 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son if Man is?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am ?" Simon Peter answered. You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, " Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
Hollywood and most of the world in general is obsessed with labels. They think that name tag inside your clothes says it all about who you are and what you are about. At red carpet events before they ask anything else reporters ask what a certain celebrity is wearing.Right now there were some things pressing on my heart about what has been said to and about me over the years. The Holy Spirit started to speak to me about the labels I was wearing. The Holy Ghost is speaking to us today that despite what others have said to us, even what you said about yourself, it ALL doesn't matter anymore. We are not what people have labeled us but what God has called us to be. You are loved. You are accepted. You are healed. You are delivered. You are strong. You are an overcomer. You are the head. You are a believer. You are prosperous. You are a mountain mover. You are a giant killer. You are on the top only. It is time to decree and declare today that In the name of Jesus our minds are no longer trash receptacles where others can DUMP their toxic labels and empty their negative mindsets into them any longer.
The truth today is that In Christ we can learn our real identity and then every other label has to fall from us. You are more than your weight. You are better than just how you look. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
This is as with most things the world has it all backwards.
It is written in 1 Samuel 13:7 The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.
It is mandatory that today you love yourself. It may take some time because confidence (even in yourself) has to be developed. That is why faith comes through hearing and hearing by the Word of God. We must continually esteem and affirm ourselves according to the word of God. So whatever the case, bad hair, acne, or extra poundage. Maybe its a physical deformity from birth or a nasty scar left over from a childhood scar still love on yourself. The enemy will use any and everything to distract us from the majesty of who we are. We are daughters and sons of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Psalm 139:14 (MSG) Body and Soul, we are marvelously made. Of course I know and agree with the truth that there is absolutely nothing wrong improving ourselves. Even now I sit watching as my body release excess fat and manifest my victory over gluttony. My weight was accumulated while in bondage but in FREEDOM it is being released. But this morning The Lord says YOU are more than what you see. The jiggle here and there is not representative of your true WORTH. The price paid for us is to great for us to think our appearance is indicative of our anointing. I decree and declare to all of reading this that right now in the name of Jesus we are healed from the pain of inappropriate and negative labels.
Choose life. Choose truth. In the name of Jesus we renounce every label from the world, people and the devil that we have attached to ourselves and our lives. We accept today that the truth has been revealed to us by our Father who is heaven. Upon that rock Christ has built His church, and the gates of Hell will not overpower it. In Jesus Name Be Blessed, Manie