Destiny and Purpose

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Comment by Demetria on October 5, 2009 at 12:34am

Thanks, Minister Jean for the words of encouragement you've been leaving for us here. I enjoy the scripture.

Comment by Minister Jean Wilson on June 4, 2009 at 9:30am

A word of encouragement for this day....
But thsoe who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

Be blessed to today.

Comment by Minister Jean Wilson on March 29, 2009 at 8:19pm

Yes, destiny is tied to certain events in our lives. I look back at events and situations that have happened in my life....if it weren't for those events occuring, I wouldn't be who I am now. God allows situations to happen to propel you toward the calling, toward the vision,. toward the purpose, towards the plan that he has upon your life. Through certain situations occuring, I can now minister to other women that are going through the same things.

Marriage is a ministry that God ordained to bring forth the destiny that he has upon you and your spouse. He knew before the very foundation of the world, that you and the man that he chose for you would be used to birth a certain ministry. I look back at the early years of my marriage and wonder how we made it through...It was God that brought us through and kept us together for such a time as this....

Comment by amages5 on February 12, 2009 at 10:08am

I agree, I was the same way. My bondage was acceptance, approval addiction, fear and self doubt. One day God spoke to me and said He was doing a new thing. He was going to lift my head and give me Christ like confidence. And he showed me like a faucet and you know how water can be turned on or off it just depends on the person who is controlling the flow. He said when He do it, not to let anyone else turn it on or off. And now when bondage try to return I speak what He said. Rachel I was reading what you said at the end of your comment, that is also my main purpose. I want to hear Him say well done.

Comment by Mrs Lady on February 12, 2009 at 9:44am

Morning Jean! What an inspiration you are! Thank you for the feedback!
Also, I was wondering what my favorite scripture for this season in my life would be because it was asked on my profile and it made me realize that I didn't have one. You just layed it at my feet :o). Psalms 139:14! Thanks sis!

Comment by Minister Jean Wilson on February 12, 2009 at 9:29am

Rachael,

I have walked in your shoes of self doubt. I too I have been released from that bondage and made whole. I watched other women as they would minister and like you thought I had to be like them, flow like them, act like them. But God showed me to be just who I am in him. That is all that is required. God made each of us individually; no to people are the same. Each of us has a unique destiny and purpose on this earth...now, we just need to tap into it. I know my purpose is to minister to the brokenhearted, the abused, the lonely, the women with low self-esteem. I have walked in all of that and more...God brought me all. I give him all the glory and praise for who I am in him today.

Psalms 139: 13-15
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth

Comment by Mrs Lady on February 12, 2009 at 6:25am

Ohhhh, I love this small group! I know that I'll be a regular here-LOL. Lately, the Lord has been really dealing with me about my purpose and destiny. Last weekend my church hosted a ladies conference by Jenny Williamson who is the founder of a ministry called Courage To Be You and it was simply life changing! Even the name of her ministry ministered to me! We were all hugging and crying by the end of that session. It was so powerful and I learned so much! I have struggled with self doubt, insecurity, comparison, lack of clarity, and been influenced by what other women are doing and then felt like I needed to mirror that but later found that it just wasn't what God had called me to. I am ready break free from all of those things to live a day by day process with the Lord where He FINALLY gets to show me who I am. I am so hungry to be nothing more and nothing less than who He has called me to be. I used to try to hide my struggle but now I see that my struggle with purpose is for a purpose. I know that the Lord is taking me to a place of God confidence and wholeness and I think that eventually the Lord wants to use my journey to help others who doubt who God has called them to be or who want to find out who they are in Him and how to walk in that. I attended a Christian Life Coaching Workshop at my church last year and it was so amazing! It really planted a seed in me. I felt so fulfilled to be able to coach and be coached. It felt really natural and so very cool that our leader taught us how to invite the Holy Spirit into the session to help guide the questions we asked as well as to help the person we were coaching hear Him give the answers. The leader demonstrated this and then let us practice...simply amazing experience! I'll never forget it! After a long season of book idea & direction drought, I have suddenly been getting alot of book ideas about purpose and destiny. All kinds of instances that come up while I go through my day hit me as chapter material! It's wonderful because I know that God has put books inside of me but really felt lost as to what kind of writer I am supposed to be. He has my attention. I am listening. At this point, I am impressed to just write about my life. I might just journal my journey right now and who know's maybe He'll use it later to bless others. At any rate, I am just so grateful to see His hand and to see more clarity beginning to invade my heart. I want to move in synch with God and just walk this out & in the end, hear Him say, "You did it girl!" I can't wait to hear Him say, "you are everything I made you to be....You did what I put you on Earth for"...that is all I want out of this life!

Comment by Demetria on January 23, 2009 at 11:40pm

Ladies, unfortunately our small group leader, Ms. Barbara Howard, had to bow out. She has had a promotion on her job and has the opportunity to study and will need to devote her time toward that.

Thank you, Barbara, for your time with us!

Comment by Minister Jean Wilson on January 15, 2009 at 5:00pm

Demetria,

Thanks for that. That is encourgement for me. Sometimes we think that we are in this alone, no one else is going through this...not true. God has already opened the door for our ministry by providing a building for us to use...what are we waiting for? Like Victoria, I didn't want to pull my girls out of the ministry that they are in...but you know what, being in the ministry they are in now, was just preparing them for what he has called us to do.

Indeed, what can man do unto me. NOTHING. We have to trust God all the way in this.

I am excited about what he is doing in our lives this year.

Yes, I will be in prayer for God's true church to rise up this year.

Comment by Demetria on January 15, 2009 at 1:38pm

You ladies are in the same boat as my husband and I were not too long ago. For the sake of security (I never know who may join this network), I don't want to say too much, except that we were just recently in the SAME EXACT situation.


We decided to do something about it.

Like Jean, my husband and I were called to ministry...but different type of ministry. A ministry without walls. currently, we do not rent or own a In the near future, we may rent a building...but if we do, we are trusting God for the money to do that...no begging or cajoling allowed! We've been on the other end of that and know how it feels to be UN-fed spiritually and yet feel coaxed or manipulated into giving up hard-earned money for the "sake of the gospel" as they say..but really it was for a bigger church or cuter program. I'm not against the dance teams and choirs, but I don't think God can stand to look upon our "programs" sometimes because of the dirt that comes along with it. When there is no love, there is every evil work. When I feel contention and strife in a church setting, the first thing I want to do is get out, because I refuse to be controlled or manipulated.
One thing God showed me is the scripture: "...what can man do unto me". I've decided not to fear man. that was the hardest part. When people want to control you, the first thing they do is try to make sure that members are intimidated.

very sad, to say the least...

I know that God has some wonderful gatherings of believers out there...we just haven't found our niche locally, though we do visit a few on a regular basis.
Not every church I've been to has been controlling, but like I said, we've been to some congregations where the pastors just completely forgot to trust God...and then it becomes all about "what can you members do for us? You're not doing enough! you're not praying enough, fasting enough, worshipping the way you should, paying enough tithes and offerings, etc."....and it's just the spirit of it all that I believe totally sickens our Savior.

So let's be in prayer for God's True Church to rise up this year and begin taking on the form of Christ - one of Love, Wisdom, and Truth.

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