"I Am the Messiah"

Just wanted to share a testimony about the Power of God with you!!

I am always declaring unto us all the gospel! What it is and how it is the Power of God to those who believe! Well, I wanted to share with you a couple more things from my last video.


A few weeks back I noticed I had a small bump/growth coming up on a sensitive part of my eye. I have shared before when the power of God had removed a pea size knot from my brow bone, but this was a little different. I didn’t bother with it...just kind of dismissed it, which really meant, I wasn’t believing the gospel to get it gone!! I just “accepted” it for the time being and thought “Oh, it will go away, I’ll be believing.” Well you know what, believing is standing in, trusting in, the gospel daily for everything! Not taking anything “lightly”. And I’ve shared with you how I must remind myself too, to keep those things in memory.

Well, you know what, that little growth started getting larger!! And I said to myself, “Misty you better get ahold of this and BELIEVE!!” So I set my heart to believe and to see salvation from the Lord, to see the power of God move.

I began to see a change some days later, and was encouraged, but it was not totally gone! One night while I was sleeping I was praying in my sleep. My body was sound asleep, but my spirit was fully awake and I knew what was happening. I was yelling with a loud voice.. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, over and over for a period of time. When morning came, and I awoke I knew I had been praying through the night the name of Jesus! As I got up to wash my face and get ready for the morning I noticed that the growth was completely gone!!! Thank you Jesus!!


Remember we can believe the gospel ( 1 Corinthians 3-4 ) and we are to remember what Romans 1:16 tells us about the gospel; that it is the Power of God for our salvation to those who believe! I encourage you today to believe, expect to see salvation from the Lord,and do not be moved away from the hope of the gospel!


Psalm 119:116
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

God Bless You!
Misty

The Lord Does Hear Us!

When I was teaching school I loved to get up early and be there long before others would show up. It was some of the quietest and most peaceful times.... and seemed as if the rest of the world was asleep. As I came to know Jesus more and more, I valued those times even more. I found that many times the Lord would talk to me, minster to me, or remind me of some of what he has done in my life. I was again reminded of this testimony in the last few days and would like to share with you here! It is a good reminder to us all that he does hear us!!


We were just a handful of days from leaving Oklahoma. I was finishing my last school day as a teacher on May 30, 2014. Our plan was for me to be all checked out of school, have ourselves loaded up , and pull out for Texas.

We had given away things we would not be taking with us over some time, as well as almost all my school things; but we still had plenty of things left we still needed gone by that Friday and it was quickly approaching! Anthony was working in the garage, and I had made a sign that I was going to put out near the main highway that led to our house.


As I was pulling out I said, "Lord, we need this stuff gone!! All of it!! You could just have someone come and take it all!!" I went on to the road, put my sign in the ground, and as I was turning around to walk off, a couple drove up and said they were headed my way.


By the time I pulled back up to my house they said they were taking everything! They shared how they had recently lost everything in a fire, and they could use the things we had.  What a blessing!! And it was all gone!! We just thanked God!!


Psalm 68:8;
Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.

Remember my friends, every day is an opportunity to believe on the one raised from the dead, and that one, that man, is Jesus Christ. To believe the gospel I share with you in I Corinthians 15: 3 -4. We are told if we have heard it and have received it, we are to stand in it!! To keep it in memory!! And you know what? If we do, we are saved by it!! That gospel, which is the power of God, will work in our lives for everything!! BUT.. it also will not work if our believing has been or is in vain.

I encourage you today, call on the name of Jesus! My prayers have greatly increased to where I am continually calling on that name! "JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, GRACE JESUS".

 The scriptures tell us there is no other name under heaven in which men are to be saved. And that name is Jesus!

God Bless!
Misty

"Faith in the Name of Jesus"

June 12, 2015

" Just Keep Coming! "

John 5: 2 - 8

2: Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3: In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4: For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatever disease he had.

5: And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

6: When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

7: The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

He didn't have anyone that could help him get in, but he was still coming to try and get in.

8: Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

The man received salvation, he was made whole.

 

Sometime back here at the church we began having prayer. We were instructed that if there was anything we needed from the Lord, to believe, and come to the front to receive prayer and whatever we needed. Well I had some things I was after from the Lord! For myself and someone I knew! In Matthew 15 the woman went after Jesus for her daughter, I was after Jesus for this someone too.

It can be uncomfortable going each time, your unbelief starts to arise and try to get the best of you. Will people think you really need a lot of prayer because you keep going each time? But I kept coming! Then one day standing there before the invitation was given, the Lord spoke to me, " Keep coming for ( the person's name )." Now I had no excuse!

Every time the invitation was given I reminded myself of the words Jesus had said to me, "Keep coming for.... " I didn't want my unbelief to stop what was available. And if I had to be like the woman in Matthew who kept coming after Jesus, taking all the crumbs she could get, then I knew I had to keep coming. I would remind the Lord of that.

This person couldn't walk and be there to go to the front for prayer; but I could, and I was there on their behalf, before the Lord.

 Well I kept coming, believing the words spoken to me, and pushing away everything else trying to get me to not go. Even though to my eyes it didn't seem like much was happening, results did come, and that brought a change. A change where they received salvation and were delivered!

That is what is available to us when we serve the man raised from the dead. That man's name is Jesus Christ!

I encourage you to call on his name, Jesus. Call on him, go to him, stay after him for whatever you need!! Don't just go once, twice, a few times, and give up! Be persistent!! Fight for what you are after from the Lord! He is the only one who can bring the salvation in our lives.

God Bless!
Misty

"God Deals with Some Pride"

I've shared before that I did not want to be a teacher, in fact, I was standing in line to walk in our graduation ceremony when a comment was said, “We all know what Misty is going to be… a teacher!” I responded with, “I’ll never be a teacher!” Well, I went on to be one, and you know what? God made me good at it! God gave me the ability to do it well! Do you know whatever you find yourself good at, that ability came from God! Not of your own doing. Jesus himself said, I can of my own self do nothing.

In Oklahoma we had at the time what was called P.A.S.S. These were our objectives that we were to teach at each grade level given to us by the state. There were many that were broken down by categories and listed in numerous outlines depending on what the main objective was. Well, I was a student! And I loved my profession and was always endeavoring to be better and better. I would study those things, and consider how to use them effectively in my classroom. Many times I wouldn’t even try to make one subject connect to another, but I often found that my lesson plans incorporated with these objectives, would flow right from one subject to the next. Honestly, you couldn’t have planned it more perfectly! But you know what, I never considered at the time it was not because I was so great, but it was just God. God that was making those plans work so perfectly fitted together.

Well, as the years went on I could rattle these objectives off pretty good. You could mention the number or letter and I knew exactly what it said, I didn’t even have to look at them anymore, I just knew them. And I honestly took pride in that, although I didn’t consider that was what I was doing.

When we moved to the Tulsa/Broken Arrow area I got a job in one of the largest school districts in the state. Those same objectives applied there too. However, when I would go to express all my knowledge about “Oh, it’s this, or Oh, that one says this”; no one seemed to listen or even hear me. After some time, I began to not seem to even be able to remember the specifics of those objectives. I found my own self having to look things up again and again. I couldn't understand any of it at all!!

It was so frustrating!

You know what was happening to me? God was dealing with my pride! I shared recently how God is after whatever is in our hearts. God will put us in situations to deal with our hearts, to expose them to us, to deal with the wickedness, to deal with those things that are not of him.

Jeremiah 19: 9 - 10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins.....
That’s where I was in my situation!

 

 

Then one day, my eyes were opened, and I saw that God put  me in that situation. I saw that I was put in those meetings to have those situations come up, so that God could show me my heart, and deal with the pride that was residing within it.  I began to see that the reason I could rattle those things off, the reason I had those “perfect” lesson plans at times, the reason I had gotten so many of my own pats on the back over the years, the reason I wanted to be acknowledged for what I knew, was pride in my heart. I saw that I was not so great, I was not so knowledgeable….it had all been, and was, all God. God that had allowed my success, and God that had given me my ability.

 

Psalm 100  tells says it is God that made us, and not we ourselves.

Proverbs 3: 11 - 13

My son, despise not the chastening ( correction ) of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

When I began to understand that God was dealing with my heart, cleaning parts up, you know what? The way I "felt" wasn't there anymore, I wasn't bothered. And I was happier.

Hebrews 12:11

Now no chastening ( correction / instruction ) for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Then I was able to be a help, and not a hindrance.

God Bless!
Misty

I Won't Lose A Kid!

Years ago, when I was in my late 20’s;  I was teaching third grade at a school near my home in Stigler, Oklahoma. I had a young man who was nine, in my class. He was what someone might call “all boy”. And being all boy, he was rough and tough, a talker; and when he wanted to give his love, it was something that was always welcomed.

One of the best memories I have was picture day. He had asked if I would take a school picture with him along with a friend of his, and to be honest, I was “touched” that he would ask me, his teacher, to join him for his school picture.

I thank God for all the media devices we have today. I was someone who was always involved in my kids’ ( student’s ) lives, and I still am today. I am not sure if they’ll ever know how much I appreciate them emailing me, mailing me, visiting me, etc to still be involved in their lives.

Last fall however, at the age of sixteen, this same young man had an accident. I was preparing in my office to go out for the Sunday morning church service when I received some news that greatly troubled me. This kid, my kid, had been involved in a gun accident that left his life in question. It took my breath away when I received the news.  

Immediately upon hearing, with boldness, and in all humility, I said  to the Lord, “I WON'T LOSE A KID!!” I just kept telling him again and again,  and headed out to the church service.

I continued to check in daily with anyone I could reach at the moment. Here he was in a life threatening injury that had a bullet entering in through his chin and throughout facial areas, lodged close to the brain in the temple, along with a shattered voice box. I did not want to see him paralyzed, mentally challenged, or unable to speak! We kept praying and I kept reminding the Lord, “ I will not lose a kid.”

After a 5 hour or so trip in an ambulance crossing state lines, much of the swelling had gone down. He began shortly upon arrival being able to write on paper, which encouraged me that  his mind was fully operating. A person close to the family spent their time reading the scriptures to him as his small rural hometown continued praying, along with this former third grade teacher.

After surgery, and within two weeks he was up moving, eating, and breathing on his own, but there was still a concern with no speech. But then one Saturday morning rolled around. While still in the hospital lying in his bed, a friend continued to read scriptures out of Jeremiah and Isaiah to him. He would write down the prayers as he listened. After some time of this routine, he was asked a question; and expecting to respond on his notepaper with the answer, he instead responded with a voice! He has not stopped talking since!

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He went on to stand on the side lines of his football team as they entered the end of their season that fall, but was fully suited up and ready to play for basketball season by that December; and has done some occasional bull riding this spring in the local rodeo.

I watched the Power of God be demonstrated in his life, and the goodness of the Lord towards him, as well as a whole town. I thank God for my friend, and all those who were praying, believing, and saw the power of God operate in his life; and I thank him for letting me share his testimony. 

"No Special Education"

 I was a school teacher for 14 years, and taught grades 1 - 6 except 2nd, at various times throughout those years. A particular year I had a situation arise that tried me, a time when I had to stand alone believing God!

It was somewhat customary to have a reading specialist in our classrooms; however, when I received one in my room, I saw we had very different styles/beliefs about teaching.

The day came when it was suggested that special education was inevitable for one of my kids. I totally disagreed. I found myself setting in a room with administrators, specialists, psychologists, fellow teachers, a counselor, a whole team of people; and here I was the only soul believing what I believed, believing that this "diagnosis" was incorrect. It was a scary place to be professionally. Having the opportunity, I refused to sign off to have the student tested, in the end knowing I probably looked crazy. 

Without my permission, the student was signed up to be evaluated. I continued to pray, bless individuals, and stand believing God with this whole situation, continuing to refuse to sign off on anything needing my approval. I believed the group I had was who God had given me, and they were my responsibility, and I was after what was right for each one.

As the year was ending, I never heard any more about it, and kept asking what had been found out. The student had been pulled for a series of tests, but no one seemed to know a thing when I would ask. The following year I was to be traveling with this same group for their next grade level.

 The next year was now upon us, and I decided I needed to investigate more about the previous year's findings. I was told all the paper work was lost, then I was told they ran out of time to test, and they wanted to start again, but I could say no, and stop the whole process. So with that, I responded with "No." That wasn't the right answer.

I was on the back porch one evening, and things had been heating up a bit regarding the situation; and I was talking to the Lord. I told the Lord I could humble myself and sign off on this and finally agree; but I could also look like a complete idiot and fight this! A friend I knew once said, "It doesn't matter if the whole world thinks your crazy and you're the only one who believes something is God, just believe." Well that was where I found myself! I just had to keep believing that this was God directing my steps.  

Within a couple weeks they found all the paper work that was suppose to be "missing", and I was called in and told that they would not be doing any more testing due to the fact that the scores showed the student learned too quickly, and did not qualify. Thank you Jesus!!

I thank God for this gospel that I share with you regularly, it is the power of God in every situation you have in our life!! If I didn't believe it, and didn't believe on the Lord Jesus, I'd be running around saying, "What am I going to do!!?? " ( And yes, I have been there!!!) But you and I have the opportunity each day to believe! And when we believe, when we believe the gospel, we can expect it to work in every area of our lives!

I thank God for those times the Lord walked me through! I used to say how the Lord was always reminding me that if I could learn to believe him within those four walls of my classroom, I could believe him outside of them too!

As always, I encourage you to believe on the Lord Jesus, confess him Lord of your life, call on his name, and believe what he accomplished for us all through his death, burial, and resurrection! There is victory in Jesus!!

God Bless You,
Misty