“I wonder when did we get to the place as to where we have so many boundaries in our lives..and considering pretty much everything in our lives..we place these boundaries and all of these expectations..of what we should do..what we should not be doing..whats wrong..whats right..how we should live..how we should dress..and we end up with so much placed on us and our lives..that somehow..we have a huge set of rules..and regulations that we are trying to live up too..because we feel if we fall short..we will not be pleasing the Lord..and we fail all together in our lives..Amen..but on the other hand I look at many people in their lives and the things that they consider to be wrong..and not right..and things we can’t do once you become a child of God..but on the other hand..we have many who are children of the Lord..that do a lot of things in their lives..and yet somehow they are free in the life that they are living..Amen..and I consider again all of this..and I wonder how did this happen..and how did this take place to be so different in lives of all of these people?..how some are free and some are not so free..Amen..and I think pretty much what happened is somehow whoever they were influenced by..whoever they looked up too..and whoever they were listening too..Amen..because if we haven’t seen it yet if you are an influencer in peoples lives..you gotta be really careful what you speak to them and over them and their lives..especially if they are new babes in Christ..Amen!”

“Because they’re trying to figure this thing out..Amen..they’re trying to find who the Lord is and they are trying their best just to be good..and talk right..and act right..and live right..Amen..so what we say to them,,well, it influences them and their own life choices they make in their lives..Amen..and they begin placing boundaries over their lives..and rules that are at times very hard and way to hard to live up too..Amen..so for many that I even know personally will walk away..because they feel unworthy..they feel as if who they are isn’t good enough for the Lord..that He will never accept them..that He will be disappointed in them..Amen..but you see guys thats not true at all..Amen..I have learned a lot over the years in my life about who God is..and who He is to me..Amen..and that He is not ever disappointed in me..because my Father knows me and He knows my heart..for He made me..Psalm 139:14..Amen..and He knows me from the beginning to the end..Amen..so to live for the Lord is again a personal thing..and a daily talking to Him..Amen..God frees us from sin..and He frees us from bondage..but people and their evil schemes..they are the ones in whom places these boundaries over us and our lives..because you see..God looks at our hearts..Amen..men they do look at the outward..but our Father in heaven looks at our hearts..1 Samuel 16:7..Praise the Lord!”

“For the word says He knows our words were gonna speak before we ever speak them..Psalm 139:14..for He says it’s not the outside of the man that defiles him but its what comes out of him that defiles him..Matthew 23:25-28..Amen..for out from the abundance of our hearts our mouths speak..Matthew 12:34..Amen..and its not what goes in a man that defiles him because what goes in him comes out from him..Matthew 15:17-19..Amen..so the way we look has nothing to do with how we love Jesus..Amen..and the way we live our lives again has nothing to do with our love for Jesus..Amen..again people always sum others up by what house they live in..the cars they have..the money they may have..the clothes they wear and so forth..and disregard others if they don’t meet the standard of what they think..as being sinful..as being not good enough..or not committed enough..Amen..and again each of us has to truly guard our lives..and what we allow others to speak over us..because words are powerful..Hebrews 4:12..and they can make or break you..and God He does change us from glory to glory..but He does not bring guilt..condemnation..and or this mess of thinking your not good enough all while doing so..Amen..because the Lord doesn’t do that..He speaks to us in His still small voice..and He nudges us if we are living or doing things that is not pleasing to Him..but to bring rules over others and their lives..and place this on them..that they are not doing enough..or living the right way..well, thats not for us to do..we can speak truth at times..if the Lord is permitting for us too..but just to talk and judge and condemn..and make people feel they’re a mess..and they have to do this or that before they can come to the Lord..well, that’s not right and we need to be very careful about it all..Amen..because people need love and people need to know God..and people need to live their lives the way God intends for them to be living them,,so we accept others for where they are..and we love them beyond faults..and we shine and share grace in the midst of it all..being kind..being loving..and being caring just as we should be..making a differnce where we are..and with whom we are around..Amen..not passing an opinion..and not passing judgment..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 do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi ❤