transformation

Our Hidden Time With The LORD

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I am preparing to begin the second month of preaching as the Lord continues to bring complete healing to the Pastor that I am filling in for. I have to say that as I have been walking through preparation for bringing God’s Word every Sunday – it has given me a new appreciation of the process!

I hope that you continually support your pastor in prayer each week. If not, begin TODAY!

I think the photo below gives an excellent visual of what the preparation looks like. Above the water is what is seen and heard from the pastor on Sunday morning. But, the important part is what is below the surface …the hidden time with the Lord.

Preparation time includes research, reading Scripture, and writing. BUT! The most important time in preparation is the time set apart to be with the Lord…speaking with Him…listening for His guidance.

I love 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 and have based a prayer using that scripture that I have written in front of my Bible. I have prayed this many times before giving a message:

“Lord, may my message and my preaching not be in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that the faith of Your people would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!!”

I don’t want to spend time writing a “good sermon” that only involves our emotions and intellect. I don’t want to have people be “impressed” by me…I want to invite people to have an ENCOUNTER with the King of kings and Lord of lords. I desire that the faith of my Brothers and Sisters will be increased and strengthened by that encounter.

Beloved of God, do you have an EXPECTATION of encountering the love and power of God tomorrow morning in your church? Are you preparing your heart and mind and spirit for that to happen?

I would say that the photo below should be what our time with the Lord should look like – whether it’s Bible Study or church or simply our journey with the Lord in life. What is seen above the water is what people see as we go about our daily activities. But, what is below the surface is the life we have that is hidden in Christ Jesus.

Today, I pray for myself and you, dear ones, that there is much undergirding and strength and intimate time with the Lord in our life journey. And as you see from the photo, that which is below the surface is connected to what is seen above the surface. Our daily live’s are directly affected by how much time we spend with the Lord!

I pray that all of those that come into our sphere of influence are impacted by what we bring with us…all of that which is unseen below the surface…the very presence and power of God!! HALLELUJAH!!!❤️💥💥❤️

Well! This post has been transformed to be more than what I planned on it to be. May the Lord speak to you in and through it! AMEN!!

Job Requirement

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It is so easy to look at ourselves and feel that we are not equipped or not able to be who God has called us to be or to do what God has called us to do.

It is so easy to focus on things we have done wrong. Why would the Lord want to use me when I have “messed up” so many times?

It is very enlightening in the Bible to see how God used people who had “messed up“ to do mighty things for His kingdom.

Brothers & Sisters, God can and wants to use you for His glory!! The “job requirements” are not that you have a perfect life.

Do you love the Lord? Do you desire for Jesus to be your Savior and Lord? Are you willing to allow Him to work His good and perfect will in and through you?

Then you have everything you need to serve our perfect God!! Trust Him and take the next step of faith!! He is waiting…

IT’S A NEW SEASON!

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Beloved, don’t assume that what you are doing right now is what you will always be doing! It’s a NEW SEASON!! God has a destiny for you – and it is good!! Get ready for the change that’s coming. Are you willing to step into it? Are you willing to put aside your plan and step into God’s plan?

It’s time to put feet to our faith!!! “For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”
‭‭James‬ ‭2‬:‭26‬ ‭

GRADUATION!

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As I was standing in the choir on Sunday worshipping with my Brothers & Sisters in Christ, I noticed something round and red lying on the floor right in front of me. At the end of the church service, I bent down to pick it up and saw that it was a “Graduation” token that had been dropped during the Graduation ceremony that had been held for our preschool students.

I immediately felt the Lord place a spiritual meaning upon the word “Graduation!” I hear the Lord saying that many are going through a time of graduation to the deeper things of God. Many have walked the path of learning and training in the ways of God and are ready to “level up.” Beloved of God, some of the training and molding and shaping has been difficult…but God has used it all for our good…to bring us to a place of being more like Him.

It’s time to lay aside all those things that are holding you back from being all that God has called you to be. And yes…some of those things are good…but God wants you to make room for His best. Don’t settle for less!!

Are you ready to don the robe/mantle that the Lord has been holding for you for such a time as this? Are you ready to take that walk across the stage of life and accept the call of God upon you?

RESET!

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April 3, 2024

I heard the word “reset” in my spirit yesterday.  I began seeking the Lord about the interpretation of the word.  When I woke up this morning, I felt like the Lord was giving me greater insight into the word I was given:

The world is broken.  The government is broken.  The church is broken.  The body of Christ is trying to fulfill My mandates and will for the Kingdom with a body that has broken body parts.  The body is having a hard time focusing on Me and My kingdom because of the pain and disfunction of the parts that are not in alignment.  

It is time for the broken bones of the body of Christ to be reset.  It will be painful…but it is necessary in order to become realigned and healed.  Some parts have been broken for so long that you have adapted and believe that is how it should be…that nothing is wrong.  You have gotten used to the weakened functioning and think it is “normal.”  

Get ready and trust Me to realign you to walk in My strength, My health, and My will as you go forward with a fully functioning body.  Welcome the healing process!  It’s okay to feel uncomfortable as I mold and shape you into the vessel I have called you to be.  The reset must happen!!

Submitted to the body of Christ for prayer and discernment… Tina K. Roach

Are You Saturated?

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Are you saturated?

When I think of the word “saturated” I think of a sponge. When a sponge is saturated with water, it is full to overflowing…it is dripping…it will overflow with whatever it has soaked up when it is squeezed.

Which leads to the question, “What have we soaked up? What comes out when we are squeezed by life’s circumstances?”

What are we saturated with? God…or something else?

Is Jesus Your Lord & Savior?

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Dearest ones, have you been rescued by Father God? Have you received redemption in and through Jesus Christ, His Son? Are you living confidently in the kingdom of God knowing the truth of your identity in Christ? If you have not received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, are you ready to?

“…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.“
‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭