So I was sitting at my table in my lanai when I began to hear these words, “How do you know you are really broken before God?” When most people think of being broken before God, it generally means we have come to the end of our rope of personally, in our own strength, trying to get over, conquer, or obtain something in our life. In that broken place we realize our great need of God and finally surrender all to Him. But what is a true sign of being broken? Just as the way we submit to one anther is a reflection of how we are really submitting to God, our ability to be transparent (free of self-preservation) with someone we respect is a sign of brokenness before God. So I think that being able to lay down our pride is a real sign of brokenness. Many times I have encountered people who are going though a difficult time, whether externally or even a character struggle, and are still holding back or presenting their situation in a way that they still look good or “save face”. If we care what people think, we are not broken! Who cares what people think! People can’t fix us, God can! He is in the business of fixing broken vessels. If we can’t be transparent then were are not really broken. Come on, let go and let God!

I love the beach…..had to use the above picture!

I am still in awe at what God did at our 2012 Dangerous Women’s Conference! The presence of God was so present to heal emotionally and physically. Below is a testimony I received from one of our members at Life Christian:

Pastor Tracy,
The conference was so awesome and God moved so mightily!  The woman who had the internal bleeding was out my table.  Earlier this week she was supposed to go to the ER, however she refused and instead wanted to trust God for her healing.  When you called out that God is healing someone with internal bleeding, she instantly received a physical touch and healing from the Lord.  She began to weep and claimed her healing.  I hope that she will give her testimony for other women to be blessed.  I just wanted to let you know and be a Big Mouth for God.
I love you so much!

This testimony is among the many that are coming in! Woman received their “Hallmark” moment where they made a decision to let go and let God; and God did a fresh work in them. The stage area was filled with people praying for one anther, people giving their lives to the Lord, and those being baptized with the Spirit.

I’ m so grateful for every person who gave of their time and faith to see God do miracles in the lives of people. I feel honored to be apart of such real, caring, people who are “little Jesus with skin on”!

Click here for more pictures of the conference.

what’s influencing you? from Dangerous Women @ Life Christian on Vimeo.

The first thing we must see about our selves is that we are forgiven and loved:

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.

Those that received much from Jesus in His earthy ministry were those who recognized they needed a savior and could not save themselves. Jesus was ever moved by their sinful behavior because he recognized that sin had dominion over them; Jesus was coming to break that! Unfortunately it was those who had grave outward sin who seemed to receive the most from Him (the tax collectors, prostitutes, liars and cheaters). Those who prided their self-worth on their behavior or keeping of the Old Testament law did not feel they had need of a savior and so they died in their sin. Jesus took our place; what was due us He took. He used His own body to be a ransom, to purchase us back and to free us from the power of sin that ultimately destroys our lives and even more so, separates us from God’s love. Once we receive Christ, Christ’s Spirit comes and indwells us. Christ’s Spirit is there to overcome every obstacle life throws at us. The big problem is that many times we don’t FEEL forgiven especially when we make mistakes. We are still forgiven and loved in our mistakes. We may experience some consequences but those mistakes do not separate us or put us in a state of unforgiveness for Jesus death paid for our past present and future sins (Hebrews 10:14).

God sees you in His son not separate from Him therefore in Christ you have redemption the forgiveness of sin!

Say, “In Christ, I have been redeemed and forgiven of all sin- past, present and future”.

I’ll be at Life Christian Troy this Sunday and then Monday night for the Real Women’s meeting at 7:00pm. I look forward to seeing many of you!

If your struggling right now begin to say, “God you are faithful. I believe you have my back!

Over the years of walking with God, I have found that God only presents opportunities for our growth, success and destiny. This is what Naples Florida is: an opportunity to be stretched for further growth. I only anticipate great, great, power and success in our future.

I thought I would also give everyone a heads up about a conference we are doing at the Main campus in Troy. We are doing a conference for single women only- divorced, widowed and not married yet. The conference is called “Living Free”. Several months ago, I had such a burden on my heart for those women who are broken from going through a divorce, death, rejected in a relationship, or even discouraged due to not finding the right one. I presented the idea to the leadership team and they were in agreement for us to reach out and do this. This conference will be a time for ladies to truly get free and stay free! We’ll be doing the conference the first weekend in November 2011.  Take a look at our promo on YouTube and send to you friends!

I heard a preacher say that faith is taking from God’s extended hand. His hand is always in that position but we don’t always see it that way. We wonder, based on our performance, if His hand is truly extended toward us. It is. God understands we need His resources to make it through every day and He is ready to supply the joy strength, strategies, wisdom, health and so much more each and every day. In the above scripture when Jesus said, “O you of little faith”, He was saying in essence, “Why do you ask for so little!” Yes, God wants to give us so much more but we ask for so little. I’ve actually heard people say, “Well, I don’t want to bother God with that.” God’s love is so consuming! He wants to be intricately and intimately involved in everything we do. I have three teenagers. I love being involved in everything they do and think. It seems as if the bulk of my day is spent listening and interacting with them. I love it! God loves to listen and interact with us in the same way!

Today, through out your day, throw your hands up to God and say, “ I’m receiving for your open extended hand.”

The theme for the weekend was, ”Jesus loves me and with that love I can be fearless, confident and all that God has called me to be”! This is something every one of us needs to lay hold of! We shared how guilt and shame are the two weapons the enemy uses to stop our pursuit and growth in God.  We also showed them how to combat those weapons!

The campsite was awesome as well. The students were able to zip line, rock climb, kayak, canoe, paddle boat and of course get a great tan.

I love going to these retreat….I even got some sleep!

Please pray for the TURN youth students for them to continue in what God has begun in them at camp.

When God prepares a table, it is filled with an abundance of good things. He does not spare! Notice how it says in the above verse that a table is set right in the middle of enemies! What does that mean? We live in a fallen world surrounded by the enemies of fear, sickness, depression, poverty…all the negative things that rob us from the abundant life God has provided through the death of His son Jesus. In this fallen world, God has provided a table of blessing and strategies to deal with those enemies in our lives. Enemies will exist in our life until Christ returns. It says, “You anoint my head with oil“. Oil represents the Holy Spirit. God has given the Holy Spirit to help us deal with our enemies. The Holy Spirit has names such as comforter, advocate, strengthener, stand by, counselor, and helper. We need all that in the presence of our enemies! God has such an abundant supply of His Holy Spirit that the Holy Spirit can run over in every area of your life. There isn’t one enemy too big for our God who has supplied an abundance of Grace!  The key is seeing the table. What is the table? The precious promises of God that we use to destroy the power of enemies in our lives: Through the precious promise of the Word we escape the corruption in this world (2 Peter 1:4).

Today don’t look at your enemy, look to Jesus your deliver that has provided every tool and weapon to deliver you from all your enemies.