“So I had attended a Joy time conference for women back in 2019..the speaker was a lady named Joy Greene..and the guest singer was Natalie Grant..it was completely phenomenal..from start to finish all I did was cry..as the Lord poured His love on me..it wasn’t sad tears..it was complete joyful and happy filled tears..Amen..tears of thankfulness and so much gratitude that I was able to attend and able to go..Amen..but the message was found in the book of Matthew chapter 13 verses 3-8..and Jesus was speaking about sowing seed..and at how some will fall among thorns..and how others have no root in them so they never produce any fruit in there lives..but her message was this..it was telling about our hearts..and at how we get offended..we’ve been hurt..even from childhood..from them ones in whom should have been the closet to us..we are jealous of our coworkers..we have bitterness..we have anger..we have so much going on in our hearts..because we still have never dealt with them..or we really don’t know how to deal with them..so we never do anything about these issues..we just mask them over..and we just know how too be manageable while we deal them..Amen!”

“We know how to have good behavior skills so to speak..so that others doesn’t even know that they exist..well we know they do..and of course God knows..God knows the secret places of our hearts..Daniel 2:22/Psalm 44:21..the places that we really don’t like going too..those messy places..Amen..and in and of ourselves we say we forgive..but in our minds we still hold those grudges..we still talk about what people has done to us..we still don’t like certain people..and maybe even we feel we hate them..Amen..but unless we do get down and dirty with our hearts..to pull up those unwanted weeds..those stony hearts that we have..and give them over to the Lord..and ask of Him to really help us..we will never produce the kind of fruit in our lives that we should be..for only we can guard our own hearts..for the Lord tells us that in Proverbs 4:23..that we must guard our hearts above all else..for out from them flows the issues of our lives..Amen..so if we want to be used of the Lord in a great way..we must get busy and get serious about who we really are..Amen..so we really want more of the Lord or is that just talk?..are we really being honest with Jesus?..or are we just masking over those feelings?..Amen!”

“So here’s what the lady said..1.) We must recognize these problems that we have immediately in our lives..don’t cover them up..but recognize them and acknowledge them for what they truly are..Amen..2.) then we must follow the word of God and obey it..whatever it is that it is saying to us..we must obey..Amen..for that is how true freedom comes to us..God speaks to us through His word..so when it says to turn the other cheek..we turn the other cheek..when it says pray for your enemy..then you pray for your enemy..Amen..so whatever it is that you are personally dealing with..if you want freedom to be closer..to yield more fruit..then obey and listen..Amen..3.) we must cry out to Jesus..for He alone is there ready to listen to us..and only Jesus can help us to get free..from all the mess that has been handed to us along the way in this ole life and world in which we live..even if we’ve never done no wrongs towards others..and they have hurt..offended..talked about..you have got to hand it over to the Lord..and let Him know that your mad..that your angry..and that you really don’t want anything ever to do with them..Amen!”

“But in doing so God begins to heal you and give you steps to take to walk out and live out your freedom..4.) then you get up and you kick it up a notch in your life..get busy doing the work of the Lord..don’t just sit around waiting for someone else to do something..because you, yourself have been called and equipped for a great work from our Father..and we all have a part to be playing..and lastly 5.)..after you begin living out this new freedom..then you guard that heart of yours..yes we will be hurt..we will get offended..people will do things..they will say things..they won’t like us and so forth..they’ll even be jealous..but even if..we let none of that take root in our hearts..because each of our hearts are the place as to where our lives begin..the heart holds everything of who we are..in our minds, in our spirit and in our soul man..Amen..so you guard it..yours..because no one else can guard your heart for you but you..so my prayer is that you always have it protected..you always keep a watch over it like a little child..Amen..don’t let those weeds and those rocks get in there to destroy anything that God is wanting to give you..because we hear the word we want to receive from the word..and we do that when the soil of our hearts are soft and are pliable..because God is the Potter and we are the clay..Isaiah 64:8..Amen!”

“And guys when we are pliable God can mold us and make us into everything more that He alone desires..and He can change us as only He can and does..Amen..from glory, to glory..to glory..and that should be all of our hearts desires..to be more and more like Jesus..and all of who He is..sharing and spreading His love and His message to all who will hear..Amen..so get busy seeking God for you and your heart..get in that soil of your heart and see if God is able to plant and grow any seeds that is there..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