In An Audience of ONE

In an Audience of ONE


Our Pastor was teaching on Asa, Seeker of God, and the message really stirred something  my heart. We are in a place in this world where we need to have such a deep relationship with the LORD that our love and obedience to Him is so natural that we automatically serve, seek and obey Him fully...holding nothing back and fearing nothing that man can do to us. Having Faith in the 'unseen' that overcomes anything 'seen' in the world around us.  Holding to the Kingdom order,  not the worldly order.  The worldly order is spiraling out of control.  The little g.. of this world is deceiving and making hearts fail left and right.  But the Kingdom is shinning brighter and brighter, if we will just step into it...fully, holding nothing back and fearing nothing we will have peace in our land.   As we look at Asa, remember those before him and those after him, it is always the same story, if you "seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you"  Matt. 6:33   Learn to Seek Him in an Audience of ONE.......

2 Chronicles 14 begins a story about Asa, a great grandson of King David.  v2 "Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. v3 for he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places and brake down the images and cut down the groves".  He was undoing the pagan and idolatrous worship of his grandfather, Rehoboam-he had abandoned the law of the LORD (ch. 12).  

v4-6  Asa built up around him an army of people who were seekers of God. Asa, a man who does the right thing even when no one is looking.....in an Audience of ONE.

Asa's great grandfather, Solomon, was a great man of God but he gave in to the lust of his flesh.  His grandfather, Rehoboam, Ch. 12 "he had strengthened himself, but he forsook the law of the LORD and all Israel with him.  v14 "and he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD."  He openly did not seek the LORD and all was not well with him or his people.  Unfortunately, hearts fail the LORD but we do know that God can restore and mend any broken area of our life.  There is room at the foot of the cross for broken and empty vessels.   

Asa came back to the LORD and he brought the people with him.   He had many victories in battle, peace was in the land!!

What did Asa learn;
   1.  Good holy men overcome by their lust-refuse God- come to RUIN.
   2.  Men who do not seek God end up with NO PEACE.
   3.  The secret to God's favor- constant and consistent Prayer Life! That is the pathway to God's power and peace in your life and in your land.  Seek God..Matt.6:33 but learn to do it even when no one is looking.

 It starts with an audience of one, "the one" knows your heart.  He knows your meditations.  There is no place to hide.  As a seeker of God, you allow "the one" to occupy every space !!!     

Dear LORD,
I pray that you speak to your people today.  Turn them to you with a fire and passion to know you more.  Make them "seekers of God".   Build their faith and fill them with the power of your spirit.      Pour it out on them LORD!!  
Allow my heart to seek you fully, holding nothing back.  Cleanse and heal all the areas of my life, even the secret and hidden ones that only you know.  Let my heart seek you day and night.  Please allow your light to shine through me to those around me and stir in them a desire to know you more and be a "seeker of God" in and Audience of ONE..... 

In Jesus Name,
Amen

Carla

Spring Cleaning the Spirit Within

Breaking Off Generations of Baggage

Matthew 12

  

Sitting at the breakfast table with my husband, discussing the news that his uncle has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, the heart is heavy and we are wishing it were not so.  My husband says, "you know, my mother's mother, my grandfather, my father, my aunt's daughter, all died with cancer...it doesn't look good."   I said, "well, it won't be so...we will just pray".   

I look down at the table and had my bible open to Matthew chapter 12 and had been reading v41 about Jonas.  The next several verses suddenly come alive in my spirit.  

V43-45  "when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest and findeth none.  v44 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.  Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."

My spirit immediately witnesses with the Holy Spirit ....saying that,  "breaking off generations of curses on your family (physical illness and spiritual bondage's) will be done in Jesus name, that  healeth thee"   

Matt. 12:34  "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  v35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.  

Quite simply, fill your heart with the goodness of God and good will flow out of you.  Your body and your mouth speak the good things of God and you will be filled with the good things of God.  

Matt. 12:25  Jesus said, "every Kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:  

v28 "But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come unto you."

If you cast out devils (anything that is against the will of God for our body, life etc...be it illness or struggles) in Jesus name, it must be done.  God gives us the authority to cast out evil in His son's name.  Take the authority through the power of the Holy Spirit and claim deliverance for your mind and body from everything that is against God.  Do the same for each of your family members.  Cast off the generations of illness and strongholds...cancer, addictions, strongholds of the mind, patterns of corruption to our heart, mind and souls.  

Break the things off of you that do not belong!   Clean your house and fill it with the things of God.....so full that the evil of this world can not penetrate!   No room!  No admittance!  No loitering!    

Dear LORD,

Fill our hearts with your word, that heals and delivers!   Fill our hearts with your commands that teach us how to live.  Open the eyes of our spirit to learn of your ways and to not be afraid of the power of the Holy Spirit; to accept it with faith of a child to see the supernatural and accept it as the norm!

We love you, LORD, with all our heart, mind and soul. Break us with the things that break you!

We claim deliverance in the name of Jesus.  We claim healing to us, our children and their children's children.  

In Jesus Name,

Amen!    

Women's Breakthrough Service- Prophetic Release

Prophetic Release Coming...

 I am preparing for our next Women's Breakthrough gathering on May 10.  I am very excited in my spirit for what I know the LORD is planning for this day!!

I keep hearing the word "Release"

Release means;

verb

1.  Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free

                 synonyms: free, liberate,  let go/out, allow to leave, set at liberty

2.  allow (something)  to move, act or flow freely

noun

1.  the action or process of releasing or being released

   "a campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release"

                   synonym:  feeling, liberated, deliverance, bailout...more

A campaign by the Women of AP can release the super natural into our world!  God can super naturally release His spirit to set at liberty an anointing to change our lives!

I strongly encourage you to be in prayer about attending our next meeting;

Saturday, May 10

10am-12

Ambassadors' Pointe East

apministries.com

LORD, 

Let them come expecting to meet YOU! 

love and blessings,

In Jesus mighty name,

Amen

Carla

  

The Joy of the Lord

Joy Complete...no crutches

As I sit and process the past week, my soul is joyed with the way I see God that has intervened without me even knowing.  He has taken a situation that seemed stressful and uncertain and He has turned it into a wonderful growing and developing experience; taking me and the others involved further and deeper into relationship with Him.  Our trust has had to grow.  Our prayer has had to go deep and our praise has had to rise.  But through all of that, His faithfulness has been proven once again.  Oh, how I love Him!

A crutch is something you lean on that stabilizes you when you might be weak or unsteady. It is something you use to prevent you from falling.  It can also be something you use while you get stronger.  

There might be times when we all have needed a crutch or something to stabilize us until we get a little stronger.  When the times comes, that we need to get rid of the crutch and stand on our own, it can be very scary.  That is when I know that I must trust in God...more!   My faith in Him must rise.  I know that I am doing something that in and of just myself, I can not do.  It is in that time of giving up my crutch, that I must lean on Him. Allow Him to help me take the first steps towards my freedom from the crutch.  It is those times that I see my wings spread and I soar on His love, mercy and strength.  When I am weak, He is strong.  This is exactly what I have seen over this couple of weeks.  The situation was tough, we all needed the crutch removed so that we could soar the way God wanted us to.  We all needed to step out in faith, trusting Him to bring us home safely.....and standing on our own two feet.  

He has made us to be dependent on him only.  Nothing else matters! no crutches... and through Him, our Joy is complete.  It is pure Joy to sit here on this bright shinning Monday morning and know that because we trusted in Him, He was faithful...as always.  

That makes my Joy complete....no crutches.   I am in complete awe of Him. 


Lord,
You have shown me your ways once again.  That in you we can trust and all things will work for good.  I understand that my strength is nothing. My ways are not your ways.

Thank you for being who you are...
because of who you are, we give you glory. 
because of who you are, we give you praise.
because of who you are, I will lift my voice and say,
Lord I worship you because of who you are......

Be blessing and honor to Him who sits on the throne.

In Jesus Name,
Amen.

Carla

Double Mint Gum .....Chew on This

Ambassadors' Pointe 2-16-14 Sermon

PSB   Elijah 13

1 Kings 18:41-45

Every revival comes with a purpose to change the body of Christ.  Discern the purpose and implement the purpose....

There had been a famine and drought in the land.  Starting in 1 Kings 18:36, Elijah prayed for God to hear, answer and turn their hearts back to him. God heard his cry.  The fire of the Lord fell and consumed the sacrifice.  The people saw and fell on their faces; they said, "The LORD, he is the God".  The people had turned to God and Elijah knew that now God would move on their situation.

Elijah "cast himself down upon the earth, put his face between his knees"   He was in a position of worship and seeking God.   He then sent Ahab to go up on the mountain and see, "for there is a sound of abundance of rain."   

Ahab came back and said he saw "nothing"  Elijah sent him back seven times!!  On the seventh time, Ahab came back to report that he saw way off in the distance, "behold there ariseth a little cloud the size of a man's hand"   Elijah sent him then to go prepare for great rains to come!

Matthew 11:12 NIV Says that the "Kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and the forceful men lay hold of it"   The KJ version "Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force".   Violent means with "intent"  If you put "intent" into the picture of the "forceful men lay hold of it"  that means they intend to take hold of advancing the kingdom with full intent of taking it.  That is what Elijah displayed through his prayer and sending Ahab up to the mountain seven times.  He intended to see God move in their situation.  Take that to a New Testament translation, he intended to see "thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven"

We need to pray and look for the "sound of abundance of rain" and not stop looking for it until we see a glimmer of God moving in our situation.   

Pastor Baker, "We may miss it in the worship.  

                          We may miss it in word. 

                          But when we see the slightest move of God in a service, GRAB IT!

                          We will always keep order...But we will not put the Holy Spirit in a box!"

I say; Flow and Go!    Revival is coming!!

The original intent of words was for CREATION...there is power in our words.  they are not just for communication.  Use them.  Mix them with faith and watch God move!!

These are the steps Elijah used to get Gods attention. We should use them too.

Elijah's words were used for;

1.  Prophesy- couple prophetic words with a prophetic act.  Elijah said there would be            rain, he also sent Ahab seven times to expect the rain.

2.  Perspective-  get your thoughts in a higher place..think the mind of Christ for your situation.

3.  Posture-  Elijah reverently got on the earth and put his head between his knees. Humble and submissive to His LORD

4.  Perseverance-  seven times he sent Ahab to look...if at first you don't succeed, try try again!

5.  Proof-  a little cloud the size of a man's hand, way off in the distance....Whenever you see the slightest of movement, ACT ON IT...Grab it in faith!!!   The slightest proof that God is speaking...move on it!

The LORD moved supernaturally in this service!  The worship and faith of the people was pleasing to God.  His message to us this day was to "chew" on the words that Pastor had been feeding us.  I pray that you take these notes, chew on them and let them put you on solid ground.  AP is a place of solid ground, we have very solid teachings coming from the mantle that God has placed on Pastor Baker.  May this make you hungry for more!!

See you next service.....the anointing is heavy when the body gathers together!!

Mix this word with faith;

Hebrews 11:1   "NOW FAITH" is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"..........YET !!

Be blessed.

   

Open Your Eyes and Pray ON

Wow!!    God is speaking to His Children.  

In Luke 21:7-28, Jesus talks about the Signs of the Times and the End of the Age.  He warns about the coming of the Son of Man.   v25 "And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars, and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; v26 men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are doing on the earth, for the powers of the heavens be shaken. v27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near"

1 John 4:1-6  v1"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. v5-6 They are of the world, Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.  We are of God.  He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us.  By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."

Jesus tells us that we need to have our ears open and we need to be paying attention to the signs of the times.  My friend, the Signs of the Times and the End of the Age are here.  As a little girl growing up in the move of God in the 1970's, I grew up learning about the book of Revelation and all the signs that would lead to the Rapture and the Second Coming.  I believe that we are in that time of awakening again!  We need ears that hear, eyes that see, and hearts that will understand to the secret things of God that the world can not see, hear, or understand.  We need to be able to test the spirits to know what and who we are listening.  

In "Lioness Arise"  I likened the Pride (a herd of Lions) to the Bride.  I said in my spirit I hear a calling for The Bride of Christ to get ready for His return!  I said that the Lion of the Tribe of Judah was only mentioned twice in the bible..once in Genesis and once in Revelation when Christ is telling His people that The Lion of the Tribe of Judah was the only one worthy to open the seals that would mark and open the beginning of the End of the Age.  

My friend, it is time to get in alignment with the will of God for your life.  His will is that none should perish but that all would come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. No man comes to the Father except that he come through the Son.  It is time for us to get our Pride (our heard of people and loved ones around us) ready for the return of Christ.  

We can rest assured that God is in control and He is sovereign over the world.  Times of trouble and trembling may come but rest in Him and He will keep you.  He will provide! But we must have our eyes open. Do not be lulled by the ways of this world of tolerance.  God does not tolerate sin and defiance to His word and His commands.  This world is turning from Him daily....We need to run to Him daily!   His peace transcends all understanding.  Keep your eyes wide open...not dim, dull, asleep.....

Watch and pray!

Dear Lord, 

Quicken our spirits to the secrets of the Kingdom.  Open our eyes.  Teach us how to pray!

We harken to your voice and your voice only.  You WILL show us great and mighty things, such as this world does not know!  Signs, Wonders, and Miracles!

We are ready, we are listening and we are watching!  Come Lord, Come!

In Jesus name,

Amen!

Carla

For Women Only:

Seat of Influence..... A Woman on the Rock

I love empowering women to be strong and courageous. To leave all their fear at the door and enter boldly into everyday life!  God empowers us to live this way through His word that He gave us and through the redemption we receive when Jesus went to the cross for us.  It is up to us, women, to find and accept all the promises He gives!  It is up to us to understand what He is saying to us in His word.  My hope and my mission is simple:

Edify the body of Christ....Feed Women!  Empower Women! Pray for you to be who God says you are!!

The author is unknown to me but I found this poem that I would like share:

        "Be a woman of substance.

        Be a real woman.

        It is difficult to breakdown a real woman because she will learn from her mistakes, 

        gather her strength from her struggle and overcome the obstacles courageously."

I am not all that and a bag of chips but I am pursuing Him and trying to lay down all of my fears to overcome and be courageous so that I might help those around me.  One of the great women of the bible that encourages me tremendously is a woman that has less than a chapter about her.  Yet, what she did has the power to transform your life.  I am talking about Rizpah.  2 Samuel 21

David has been asked to take seven sons of Saul to be sacrificed as the peace offering for a previous offense Saul had committed.  David took the seven, v 9 "delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD.  So they fell, all seven together  and were put to death in the days of the harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of the barley harvest."   It is important to note that there had been a drought in the land for three years because of Saul's actions.   David had prayed each year for rain but none had come. 

v 10  Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the water dropped from heaven.  And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them (the bodies of the seven) by day nor the beasts of the field by night.  

v 11  And David (the King) was told what Rizpah had done.....He buried the bones of the sons.  And after that, God heeded the prayer for the land.

Dakes concordance says "This act of Rizpah's is not equaled in human history.  Taking a sackcloth and spreading it upon a rock, it seems she kept watch over the bodies of her sons about 5 months...She maintained a vigil in the open field on that shadeless rock, exposed to heat by day and coldness by night from the day of their execution"

She protected their bodies from vultures and wild prey.  She endured extremes of nature.   She did not leave the rock for 5 months.   She laid on the Rock until she got the notice of the King!  Because of her love and determination, God heard and saw what she did and he healed the land.  The rain came.  The drought was over.  The famine was over.

"Be a woman of substance.

Be a real woman.

It is difficult to breakdown a real woman because she will learn from her mistakes, gather her strength from her struggle and overcome the obstacles courageously."

Rizpah was that kind of woman.  Her struggle made her courageous.  Her God saw her plea.  She was a woman on THE ROCK.

Proverbs 31:25  "She is clothed in strength, dignity...she shall rejoice in time to come"

Dear Lord,

As women, we come to you asking you to help us leave all fear at your feet.  We praise you because you are a God that hears and loves us more than we can ever imagine.  We know that you made us unique and with purpose.  We praise you for that!  I praise you because in you, all things are possible.  In you, we can trust!  

Give us wisdom to overcome all fear.  Give us wisdom and understanding to know you.  Lord I ask that you help us to have the strength and the courage of Rizpah!  To know that we can endure all life has because you are our strength.  Help us to realize that, like Rizpah, we can make a difference.....Rizpah changed the world around her.  She brought healing to their land.  Raise up the "Rizpah's" of today Lord!

For unto Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we could ask or imagine through His spirit that is at work within us!

In Jesus name,

Amen

Carla

 

You are invited to join me February 1, 2014

10 am - 12 pm for

Women's Breakthrough Event...

Mark your calendars for a Spectacular event.  Experience 

the demonstration of God's power to be dangerous and fully awake!  The daughter of a lion is still a lion...daughters arise and let the Lion of the Tribe of Judah come awake in you!   Learn the power and the calling of the Lioness... Women have a mighty purpose in 2014!  Come and bring a friend.

Ambassador's Pointe Community Church

visit  www.apministries.com 

for details..

See you there!!