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Listen to God, He is faithful!

Our homeschooling journey has been a rollercoaster ride. Why?
I stopped to listen to the suggestion of well intended people above what God was saying. I forgot to stop looking around me and start looking for what my Creator sent me to do.

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God was calling me to homeschool since my first born was not yet in school. I was definitely NOT LISTENING because it meant a lot of work and teaching. Teaching was something I swore I would NEVER DO! I also just kept listening to the voices of men telling me how it could not be done. It was better at the time and easier to listen to them, than that still small voice telling me to Homeschool. I should have learned from that!!! Yet I kept my kids at school. It cost my kid to be brutally bullied at school and beaten by a boy that learned at home that hitting a girl is acceptable.

God and His amazing GRACE surrounded us with amazing people that would help my child channel her emotions and forgive that boy. These wonderful individuals that really spoke life and love into her helped us all through that tuff season.

I ask God to tell us what was next. God showed me how he wanted to homeschool my kids. What did I do again? After a great start with Him as my guide I started to hear the “encouragers” tell me how Abeka was too hard or would be too much or suggestions that I could be doing something more interactive. Did I learn the first time to stick and listened to God, NO!!! This only confused us more and made us doubt our own capabilities to be guided by Holy Spirit in all our academic daily work load. Yes, God needed me doing Abeka because this is how He showed me that He is the one to give us the wisdom, the order, the ability, the excellence, the encouragement, the guidance, the breakthroughs, and the structure we all need to learn as a family.

Today I see how much better it is to listen to our Father in Heaven above other voices. People are always well intended, yet God has His own ways for you and for me. His ways as always meant to edify us. Always trust God’s ways because when He walks with us He is the one to guide and encourage along the way. When God is present everything works out for the best of all that are walking according to His purpose.

In this seasons of life homeschooling is our call to build a home on Jesus firm foundation. His peace is worth every up and down moment of every day. To trust your Father in heaven in the midst of the discouragement and doubts is the key for a better life for everyone involved.

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Relationship and homeschooling

Relationship with Jesus is taking a road of friendship and joy. The way I see this is that when you least expected you are hanging out with Abba and don’t even notice it. I can see beyond my self sufficiency. I can see how much I need Abba now. I need Him to breath, I need Him to think, I need Him to work, I need Him to love, I need Him to laugh, and I also need Him to enjoy everyday.

My kids and I notice Him in everything around us now. We can see Him in a moving car. We can see Him in a homeless person. We can see Him in a sunset or a starry night. We are thanking Him for every opportunity we get to admire His creativity. We are understanding that beyond a friendship with Him is chaos and emptiness. We are understanding that letting go of Abba’s hand means to conform to a world that does not know how to love. Abba is love. We need His love and daily dosage of guidance to live.

I am thankful for every step He has turn in my ways through my life to make me start our homeschool process. Sometimes I just don’t know why He would ask this of me. Many times I am so thankful for the opportunity to see my kids flourish into very capable young girls. I get to teach them how to not only study but be part of a team daily to get stuff done.

I am thankful Abba has been transforming my mind for a long time now to be able to see the blessing in the chaos. I can see how at the end of the day He is the one to organize my schedule perfectly and make me feel as a Super mom. I know that I could never do this without my beautiful loving kids. They are the light of our house. They teach me joy daily. I know, I sure need it, hey! Who does not? Thank You Jesus. 💕

If we let go and let God take the reigns, life becomes fun. Even when you could never imagine yourself having the strength or the patience God is the one to do it all. I know that without Abba I am nothing. He is my patience, He is my reminder, He is my counselor, He is my helper, and so much more.

Pray with me, please…

Abba let me seek you every day with all my heart. Transform my ways to your ways.

In Jesus name, Amen.

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God’s will…

Thank you Jesus that you form us in our mother’s wombs and you knew us, loved us, and called us before the foundations of the earth. 🙌The God of the impossible is our Father. Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice to be daughters and coheirs. Thank you Abba for the truth of your word. Thank you for your love and mercy.

““You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible. ”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭17:20‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Holy Spirit truth to our hearts…

I asked for faith in prayer many times… Jesus is the word! What we say has the power to build up or tear down our faith. Jesus came to die on that cross because He knew His blood would give us back the gift of full access to a relationship with God. God is faithful and all His promises are yes and amen. His will is written all throughout the Holy Bible…

““Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew‬ ‭7:7-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Holy Spirit truth reveal to me through my testimony…

The cure for any illness even when that person is “not cured” is an expectant heart ❤️ full of Christ’s Hope. Believing to receive. We press on believing for one another. God’s will is that all may be saved.

““Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who *believes* in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who *believes* in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his *Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.* Anyone who *believes* in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not *believe* is already condemned, because he has not *believed* in the name of the one and only Son of God.” John‬ ‭3:14-18‬ ‭CSB‬‬

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Jesus prayed this powerful prayer as an example for us… Asking for heaven on earth…

“May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Through my own walk of faith knowing Abba and seeing His miracles of healing and restoration. 🙌All glory be to Jesus, Lord of Lords, King of Kings.🙌

Jesus asked the Father that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I lived it through my cancer. “I asked fervently for faith and not to have pain in my surgery, I experience no pain.” I believe this because I lived it. I also asked the Lord to heal quickly because I needed to start my new job. Open face surgery to remove my cancerous tumor. I was healed in less than 2 weeks and the recovery was supposed to take more than a month. Only God can do this for us. Asking and believing. I did not go to any Sunday school growing up. I only had the promises of healing as my light and I read them so many times during my process.

His will comes by our measure of faith. We all know that in heaven their is no division, no war, and no sickness. Jesus want us to believe that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I pray today…

Lord thank you for your Holy Spirit that always brings truth to our hearts. Thank you Jesus that we are those friends with open hearts that grab the “Paralytic” the ones that can’t believe or don’t have the strength take themselves in faith to your feet, and we all have faith for him or her through Your mercy in us acting as friends to take Him to your feet, for healing without doubting. “But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Believing without doubting…

As Jesus said: As you believe so it will be done…

“Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go. As you have believed, let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that very moment.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:13‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Some healings take longer than others and sometimes God decides to take a life early but this should not change our measure of faith for one another… Lets keep pressing on and speaking truth and life through the word of God to our friends and family who need healing and restoration.

“Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.” James‬ ‭1:2-3‬ ‭CSB‬‬

“And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.” Romans‬ ‭8:27‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Our hearts will be considered when we pray for one another and when we truly believe for one another. God is love. Why did God decide not to end the life of all Israel in the desert, because Moses intercedes in prayer with a humbled heart for His nation not to perish. One man had the faith for many! Lets be that man. Jonas also intercedes in prayer for Ninive and God changed His will, God decided not to destroy the city. Lets intercede for Puerto Rico. Lets be fervent in prayer believing full restoration. God changes the hearts of people to do according to His will. To walk in love for one another the most important commandment. Always walk in LOVE.

“Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.”” Matthew‬ ‭13:31-32‬ ‭NLT‬‬

He wants us to grow as trees in faith to be the words of love, encouragement, and peace on this earth to lift each other up, know we are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. (Ephesians)

 

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Thankfulness = Overflow

Angels are praising God all day with music and exalting His name. God loves to be worshiped and He also loves to be admired. To know the character of God and to go deeper in relationship with Him is so necessary. Imagine how beautiful it would be to see legions of angels singing to the Lord.When we worship in church together the feeling of His tangible love, that we get through the Holy Spirit is so overwhelming, can’t wait to see and be part of heavens worship. All in good time.

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Now, as I explain all this, I realized how important being thankful towards God is. When we usually pray, we just ask for things without really thinking how and if it even makes sense asking for whatever we are praying for. After asking, seeking, and knocking on God’s door of blessings, love, miracles, and provisions for years I can definitely say that when we have a promise in The Holy Bible that “God will give us the desires of our hearts,” it really means that He will align our hearts to His purpose for us and then, just then, He will start giving us the desires of our hearts. I have seen people receiving from our father without really aligning with His purpose because that is the Good Good Father that He is. It is awesome to receive good gifts from our Father in heaven. Now when those blessings align with the will of God over our lives it feels like an achievement and not necessary a momentary delight. We should be thankful for knowing that God gave us a promise and He is a God of YES and AMEN and never changes what He has promise. The important thing is we have to seek to find those promises. Seeking means that we have to go deeper reading and studying the word of God. We also have to ask for them without ceasing. There are more than 8,000 promises waiting for us to decide to meditate and believe in them and make them ours for the benefit of our family.

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I remember very far away from me today how I used to think and feel all the time. I was always thinking about the worse outcomes in every life choice. Always expecting to make the worst choices, always thinking I was not good enough, several times it got so bad I wanted life to end, I hated every person I should love, admire and respect. Through this rough time in my life I hurt every person around me. I had been in a self-destructive mindset for years on end. I had been through many traumatic experiences and became an enemy of God from a very young age. Every day, I thought it was God that caused my demise. Now looking back, I see I could have made better life choices for myself, I chose the wrong path, or did I? God always has a purpose for our lives, sometimes we have to go through deserts in order to admire the oasis at the end of that struggle. I am falling more and more in love with my heavenly Father, Abba. I can see how our Father in heaven keeps caring for me and my family. My self-destructive mindset has left me, when the old thoughts try to come back and taunt me, I know that it’s not what represents me today, so I am able to just ignore and go back to my identity in God. When those thought patterns come back, I just say to myself:

  1. I am a child of God. (Ephesians 1:5)
  2. I am seated in heavenly places (thanks to the grace of Jesus Christ). (Ephesians 1:10)
  3. I am coheir with Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:17)
  4. I am redeemed. (Deuteronomy 24:18)
  5. I am loved. (1 John 4:8)
  6. I am blessed to know who my Father is. (John 1:12)
  7. I am the head and not the tail. (Colossians 2:9-10)
  8. I feel complete and no longer empty. (Ephesians 1:23)

I hope this can be of great help to anyone struggling with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, or self-destructive monologues. Remember I used to be there all the time, I just choose love daily in God. I ask Him to change me daily and help me walk in love. This mindset happen after years of seeking His truth for my life, sometimes without even knowing it. God placed key people in my life to help transform my life. Pray and ask to change for the better and He will help you. Understanding who our Father is and what He has done for us is so important to be set free from bondage in our faith, to be able to acknowledge that we can live with the mentality of reigning in peace “on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6)

I can see and feel a daily transformation taking place deep within me that changes the way my family operates. This is a change that it’s a daily choice to choose love over everything else that comes to mind. I will my desires to do what God has placed in my heart and my thoughts. I know now that my thoughts are not His thoughts and my ways are not His ways. So, I now know that most of my radical ideas are all him. He now places thoughts of love for others around me and I send them messages or go visit them. This is how our walk eventually should be at Jesus’ feet, to bless one another, love one another as He ask us to do. Now the key to do exactly how our Father in heaven has instructed starts from living from thanksgiving perspective. How do we live from a thanksgiving perspective? Well we start saying thank you to the Lord for everything we have received from Him and everything He has done for us from the beginning of time to make us part of this time and space. This thanksgiving should be part of our daily lives at all times. His freedom, His grace, His Holy Spirit, His love is all for the praise of his glory. The key to live in His overflow of love and faith is to thank Him at all times every single day.

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Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. (Romans 15:7)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1Peter 2:9)

Please pray with me today,

God we boldly come to the throne of your grace for assistance in our thoughts and behavior. Please lord help us to quiet any self-destructive thoughts that do not represent your love for us. Lord cancel every thought with truth spoked deep within our hearts understanding. May the love of Jesus overwhelm our minds, body, and spirit today. In Jesus name. Amen.

God loves you and so do I.

Choose love daily, trust the Lord and do not rely on your own understanding. (Proverbs) God has a better way than our ways. He opens doors that no man can shut, yet he also closes doors that no man can open. We have to just trust that His ways are way better than ours. Our mind is so small compared to His.  (Isaiah) Trust in God, have faith.