alicia's Revelife

Laminin

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:32:52 GMT

Who has final authority in your life?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:23:37 GMT

This goes back to a comment I made to a post with some extensions of course

I was in a church where everybody can't discern for their own. For some reason everybody thinks that the pastor and the pastor's wife are the voice of God to them. I wouldn't say the church is a cult, but the pastor does try to orchestrate as much as he could in people's personal lives to get people to serve at the church. I did allow them to do that for awhile during my time there because I was only starting to walk with God. For some reason, I couldn't serve at the church effectively because I keep getting spiritual battles as to whether if it's God's will for me to go into ministry or not. They told me that they see it in me that I'm supposed to be in ministry.

It got to a point that the pastor's wife told me that if I wanted to join her discipleship group, I can't even be friends with the guy I'm dating now - a man who truly does go after God's heart. Thank God that He gave me heads up before she asked me to join - He told me there's a discipleship coming up and it won't be with the pastor's wife. After she asked me, I told her I wasn't getting any peace for joining her group, it was like my eyes were opened. I saw how the pastor would preach something and it is something completely different from the conversations that we would have.

And that's when God told me to make sure that I make His Word the final authority of my life. He told me to make sure that I don't get approval from anyone whether if s/he is a wo/man of God or not. I need to get approval from Him.

I don't hold a grudge against the pastor or his wife, I learned a good lesson. But there are a lot of people who rather turn to a pastor for their life problems or decisions than to God.

People say smoking is a choice. But if you’re addicted to something, doesn’t that rule o

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:52:02 GMT

Uh no. I was addicted to smoking. I was a chain smoker and it was my mood regulator. Whenever I get stressed, I smoked.

I tried quitting many times, but it didn't work. Many reasons to get myself quit smoking, but in the end, it's all down to if you absolutely want to or not.

I quit cold turkey the day I had my first set of wisdom teeth pulled out. The dentist said if I keep smoking, it'll cause an infection. That pretty much did it. There were no cravings because the thought of not wanting to get an infection is far stronger than my cravings.

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Word of Faith Preachers

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:47:14 GMT

Anybody listen to them? Like Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, Jerry Savelle, Keith Moore, etc etc?

Just want to know if anybody in Revelife listens to them and understands the things that they preach?

If you don't like them, that's cool.

Accessing His Glorious Riches

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:30:22 GMT

This is a story on how God paid off my car.

I have my car on 0% financing - that only happens if I sign up for 1 or 2 years to pay it off. It's not bad, but every month, half of my paycheck goes straight to the bank to pay off my car. Half of the remainder goes to tithes, the rest goes into gas, monthly payment to my parents, supporting my grandparents, car insurance, life insurance, retirement investment and offering. There's really not much left for entertainment...... or gifts......

When I first bought my car, I was barely walking with God. I didn't know who God is, all I know is that He is good. But after a year and a half, I learned that being a child of God, I should never borrow or owe money to anybody. It requires a lot of convincing myself that God has unlimited resources to finance, that I'm His child, and that He cares for me. Then God gave me Phil. 4:19. I always knew about Phil. 4:19, but it wasn't until early this year that I actually put the effort to meditate on it. I got the revelation that as long as I have Jesus in my life, God will supply all my needs according to HIS (not my) riches. What are His riches like? He started telling me that His riches are the heavenly riches - the best of the best... and it's unlimited. Whereas my riches.... ? Pretty pathetic compared to His. So we started talking some more....

I said to God, "Y'know, I'm your child.. why am I still paying for this car?"

God said, "You're not suppose to."

So I asked God to pay off my car. I didn't know how, other than using John 14:14 -"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it". I didn't know how God was going to do it because I didn't want to do more freelance. Since that prayer, I sorta left it alone and trusted God to provide.

2 months ago (which is about 6 months left to my car payments), I got a cheque that is more than enough to pay off my car and the insurance that I owe.

How incredible is that???

I had 2 months to doubt God, but I didn't. Even though those 2 months, nothing manifested, my senses were telling me nothing was happening, I could've wavered in my faith but I knew God's Word is true. I convinced myself that God's Word is true, more true than the natural world around me. I was able to convince myself that God will pull through - but He can only pull through if I allow Him to. So that means, if my prayers weren't getting answered, it has to do with me. The same exact situation happened when I listed out all the things I wanted in a husband (about 20 of them, and it's pretty detailed stuff!) and prayed for it. About 6 months later, I met the man I know that I'm going to marry and he fits everything on my list. During those 6 months, I sworn off anybody who doesn't fit my list - even the ones that are pretty close but not really. I just knew God has someone for me that has every single thing I wanted.

Do you find yourself with unanswered prayers? I think the first few questions are, have you convinced yourself that His Word is true? Have you convinced yourself that God is good and He cares for you even though everything around you says that is not the case?

When you say you have faith in God, do you really have faith in God or is it just wishful thinking?

Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God - Romans 10:17.

If your faith doesn't come from the Word, then where does it come from?

Hopefully this will get some of you thinking! Trust in the Word, and things will start to change

Trusting God

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:56:38 GMT

Because of my past, I have come to trust God completely with my life. Not to get into too much details, but I grew up in a non-Christian family with a family line that has never heard of God or Christianity or Jesus. Having to move from my homeland to Canada during my pre-teens created a lot of culture clashes which led to a lack of trust towards my family, and so I ended up making a lot of bad choices. Sure, somebody can say that God probably planned it all so that I can come to know Him, but I must say with a firm no. God was never in my life, so He never made me make any of the choices that led me to walk down a path of sin that brought a lot of sorrow and pain. However, the very moment I turned to Him, He graciously took me into His arms, turn the bad to good and fixed (almost) everything that I personally destroyed, ie. my family, self-confidence, self-image, etc. I say "almost everything" because there are consequences to my choices. But none-the-less, this life with God is a whole lot better than a life without God.

Even though I wasn't going to church or what not, Holy Spirit was already working in my life. I saw how God changed my life, and realized He forgave me for what I have done. All I needed to do was to forgive myself.. and I did and that's when the blessings came.

The very first time I gave up something for God, it was not easy - it was definitely the most difficult decision, I had a lot of opposition and it required me to let go of the thinking that I was used to. I didn't have godly counsels as I wasn't even going to church. But I listened to that voice, and gave up my job in a field I got a university degree for (which now I know was mediocre and adequate but I didn't think it was back then) - all in complete blind faith. God blessed me incredibly. The current job I have is probably the most amazing job specifically designed to meet my skill set, I have fun, I learn a lot (far more than my previous job), I get paid a lot more than my previous job and I see God stepping in doing the work for me when I couldn't do it on my own. Because I let go one area of my life, other areas became a little easier to let go - such as a relationship with a guy who I could've ended in a marriage with but it was definitely an ungodly one as he is a non-believer, and giving away financial resources that pretty much costed my future... but guess what, God blessed me with an incredibly godly guy who fits exactly the 20 items of my husband list and paid me back in full, gave me finances to pay off my car in less than 2 years and MORE!

So.. when God says something in His Word, I trust His Word. His Word is His will. He is the Word. The Word is God.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

If the Word is God then why wouldn't I trust His Word?

Hand of God

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:23:44 GMT

You know, I listen to a lot of sermons, almost on a daily basis.. and they don't get as good as getting a revelation. Haha.

So I just got one which is pretty cool. Not too long ago, I received a prayer request for healing for another person. I start to notice the words that the person used. "I pray that God would heal her."

As soon as I read that, revelation came. IT IS God's will for us to be healed. Healing has happened already when Jesus died on the cross.

1 Peter 2:24 - "who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed."

Isaiah 53:5 - "But He was wounded for our transgressions,
      He was bruised for our iniquities;
      The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
      And by His stripes we are healed."

So it is God's will for us to be healed, and healing is done, complete, finished.

The question is, why then does a sick body doesn't show signs of health when we read those Scriptures in praying for healing?

Let's say that healing is like a written book. The story inside the book is finished, hence the reason why it's published. But the book won't be yours until you reach out to grab the book.

So healing is done, but your body won't show signs of health until you reach out and grab it. And how do we reach out to grab it? We call it in, or we could also command the Hand of God to bring healing into our domain and that's when you know the difference between whether if it's God's will or not for you to be healed. In other words, when you know it's God's will, you will start to speak words of faith such as commanding the Hand of God to move in your life, and that's when you are activating faith - and faith move mountains, faith brings things to pass. If you're still asking to be healed, then you're in doubt because you only ask when you're not sure if the thing you're asking for is yours or not. Sometimes it takes awhile to convince your mind that you are healed, so until then, keep speaking the Word regarding healing as the Word is God's Word, and God's Words are always faith words!!!

Wow. I'm starting to sound like the preachers I listen to.

There's a difference between command and demand. When you command the Hand of God to bring things into your domain, that's when you are (more or less) maneuvering God's Hand to do something for you. But when you demand, it's showing authority and you can't demand God to do anything because you have no authority over God.

I know there are some Christians who doesn't believe in healing.. and prosperity in every area of their lives, and that's ok. But I like victorious living, it's far better than living in poverty of every area of your life

Missions in the Impossibles

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:32:03 GMT

Last year I went on my first ever mission trip, and it was to Nicaragua. It was an eye opener for me not in a sense that, hey, these people live each day with very little and sleep in shacks every night so I have a lot to be thankful for.

To live another day is something I am thankful for every day. I am blessed and it's because He loves me.

The eye opener is to realize that I am important to God. I always thought I was a very little, insignificant person but yet God, the Almighty, the One who created the heavens and the earth, led me to preach the Gospel in front of a crowd... I am THAT important to God to be used by God in such a way.

I had stage-fright until that day. Just like Jesus in Mark 6, when you are moved with compassion, you can overcome all fear, sorrow, etc (for Jesus, He was moved with compassion by the multitude as He was grieving for John the Baptist). I saw the darkness in these people's eyes, the lost of hope from knowing unconsciously that they have no assurance of their eternal lives. The love overflowed and pushed out the fear in me, I was actually eager to share the Gospel with the crowd. I wish it lasted.. because that 15 minutes of being in front of the crowd would probably be the best 15 minutes of my life. To have been given the opportunity to talk about Jesus is definitely a priviledge, and I never thought I'd be so happy to accept.

I'm not sure if I'm going to missions this year with the church, but it looks like God is leading me to a visit back to the homeland this December for a wedding. With that, God has already told me to see it as a mini-missions trip to this land that doesn't know God. I wouldn't say HK is entirely impossible, but it is borderline impossible

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:45:00 GMT

Hello Since Paul changed his name from Saul after meeting Jesus.. I think it's time for me to change mine! HAHA!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:39:32 GMT

Life is good. God is good.