“I think about us all in our lives..and as well I do consider the life of Jesus..and how He modeled a life of shame, hurt, desert places..Amen..and I think about how the Father lead Him into the desert places in His life..Amen..but in those deserts Jesus still held fast to who He was in the Lord and His purpose for His life..Amen..He trusted God regardless if it was in the valley of His life or if He was on the mountain top of life..Jesus held His own against the attacks from the enemy..Amen..because He knew that God was the same..Amen..and that whether He was in the darkness or in the light that God was there as well..so the Lord stood tall in His true identity..as I say even if it was a place of complete darkness..He went on following the spirit of the Lord in His life..no matter where He was lead..He was faithful..as I say no matter what..He continued on being about His Fathers business..fulfilling His plan and His will that God had for His life..even to the Cross of Calvary..He went..and He never looked back..Amen..so I wonder this morning how many of us know our true identity in Christ?..because most of the time we find our what our true identity is in the midst of problems..in the midst of those desert places that we at times along the journey get lead into..Amen..and we think surly God hasn’t brought us here to this place..Amen..but can I say that we have to be prepared for what’s ahead of us..Amen..it’s like bootcamp..Amen..we go through the desert to get prepared for the battle..for the Lord has to get us to a place as to where we are faithful..and committed regardless of the storm in life..regardless of the battle..we are gonna stand firm and keep building and following the spirit of the Most High God..Amen!”

“And of course we all know that when we follow the spirit and walk in the spirit man we will not follow our flesh..Galatians 5:16..Amen..we will go even if it is not what we expected..even if it is not where we would’ve chosen..Amen..we will go..Amen..just as our Lord and Savior did..because we are on a mission from the throne room of God..Amen..so when we stay in tune with the Lord for our lives..we just keep taking the next step with Him..Amen..for scripture says..those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires..it says if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit..Galatians 5:24-25..and when we are in tune as I say with the spirit of the Lord we live a more peaceful and more desirable life..because we fret not about the future..or our lives..or what we need to do..Amen..we just keep taking the next step with Jesus..Praise the Lord..and in doing so again our true identity is shown in and through us and our lives in which we live..because again we are prepared for victory in our lives..we are prepared for the battle in our lives..we are prepared and we are strong because we go where the Lord leads us..knowing that wherever it may be we are there with Jesus..Amen..so we endure and we grow and we mature..and we step over into the place He has for us to be at in our lives with Him..for the word say consider your ways..Haggai 1:5..Amen..so I must ask..how are your ways?..how are you doing in your walk with Christ?…how are you dealing with your desert?..your storm of life?..because guys we all will go through many of them in our lives..but how we choose to go through them makes all the difference in the world..so I pray we go through whatever were going through..with grace..with dignity and that we hold on to the Lord and His hand..knowing that He is with us and that He is for us and that we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus our Lord..Romans 8:37..Amen..so let your true identity shine through for Jesus..let self die..and let the spirit rise in you and in your beautiful life..walking in the leading and in the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God..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 ❤️