“A pastors wife told me once that she would pray that the Lord would not place or put any of her children in ministry..she said she knew the cost it took too be there..she knew the heartaches..the sleepless nights..the endless prayers..she knew the fight that it took to be there in ministry for the Lord..so since they were little she would pray that prayer to God..she says it’s not that she didn’t want them to be there in ministry but she just didn’t want them to face ‘ALL’ that came along with it..she says it’s as if you have a BIG Bull’s-eye on your back and the enemy is targeted right for it..Amen..and I thought about it and I thought well she is right..but all the while we want our children and ourselves included in the center of God’s will for our lives..Amen..and yes it does get hard from time to time and the enemy as of a roaring lion seeks about whom it is that he may devour..1 Peter 5:8..but I love how the scripture says roaring lion..see he lets ya know ahead of time that he is there..he isn’t quiet about his schemes or his tactics that he brings to the children of the Lord..Amen..but as well the Lord tells us to resist him and he would flee from us..James 4:7-10..so when the enemy is coming he comes with every intention to tear down and destroy all that God is doing and building in your life..and any time the enemy is trying to take you back to the old ways or the former ways just know that it is him that is scheming up all of that mess to get you to fall..and fall hard I must say..Amen..for the word of God says that no man after putting his hand to the plow is fit for the Kingdom if they are looking back..Luke 9:62..Amen!”

“For you see the enemy always wants us to compromise and or justify our actions..but if God has seen you out of something..just know that God is <<<NOT>>> going to take you back to it!!!..if the Lord has set you free from something..just know that He is not going to speak and say that it’s okay now..Amen..because God is God and NEVER EVER does He change..He is constant and He is the same..the word says yesterday, today and forevermore..Hebrews 13:8..Amen..so if today you my friend are in a battle as I am in a battle..know that God has a plan and His plan “ALWAYS” prevails over the enemy and what he alone tries to bring against His children..Proverbs 19:21..and yes sometimes it does seem as if we have that big ole bull’s-eye on our back and we are getting attacked from all directions..but again just know that God has us in His hands..and God’s protection and His will for us will be done..Praise the Lord!”

“So today let us all keep doing as scripture tells us and that is to cast our every care or anxiety on the Lord for He will sustain us..Psalm 55:22..let us humble ourselves under His mighty hands and He will exalt us in due time..1 Peter 5:6..and know that the enemy is under our feet..he can do nothing to us that we alone don’t give him permission to do..if the Lord is speaking to you and warning you about your life..and what your doing and you keep resisting His commands and His correction as well know that you are placing yourself into a place that the enemy begins to steal away from you..John 10:10..for God has called us all for a purpose and our purpose is too magnify Him and to let others know about Him and His goodness..for you see it’s not us that this life is about..it’s about the Lord..and what He wants from us..so life does and can at times get overwhelming and sometimes can even knock you off your feet and take your breathe away..but if we are knocked off our feet there is no better position to be in to just simply bow our heads and enter into the Lords presence and into His glory..and His peace..Amen!”

“So today heed the warning signs..be obedient and know that the enemy always uses things that you love personally..and most of the time uses the ones you love the most to distract you..but as well know that you are the Lord’s child..and you and your obedience to Him is all that matters in this life..for once again guys everything we do matters and matters greatly..so take heed..and know that yes they’re may be a big old bull’s-eye there but God’s grace, love and tender mercy..keeps us protected..His hands are there covering us and our lives..so we rest in Him..we sit quietly in His presence..and we stay close to the Father..never compromising who we are and or who the Lord has made for us to be..Amen..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi