The Cross

For the past week, every time I get in God's presence I see Jesus on the cross. I can't seem to escape it and I can't say that I really want to. He is looking at me with eyes of compassion. The most compassionate eyes I have ever seen. I can't even began to describe them to you, other than to say that I can't stop gazing into them. He is looking at me and saying, "right now I see all the injustice, pain, hurt, abuse, and sin that is happening in the world and I love my people so much that I am on this cross suffering for their freedom; suffering so that they don't have to be bound by the things of this world any longer. With every whipping and stripe that I bore I saw my children hurting and suffering. I love them so much, that I took the crucifixion so that their suffering could stop and they could have full access to my father's love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, healing, and blessings.

I have all the answers to the world's problems and because you have full access to my father, you have all the answers too. Stop picking and choosing your gifts and accept them all. I died so that you could have access to my Father and eternal life. Rise up people of God and take ALL that I died for!! Full Access, full access. It is all yours. The kingdom of heaven is yours. You have the Holy Spirit inside of you so tap into all that it gives you!! Nothing missing, Nothing Broken!!"

Sharing the Love

Thursday night, a group of us hit the streets of Manhattan to tell people about Jesus. We had a head on love collision with the people at Columbus square mall. We began the evening by praying together and asking God for clues about who we were suppose to talk with and then wrote those clues on our treasure maps. We probably told about 20 people that Jesus loves them, God's not mad at them, and that He is in a good mood!! I saw a guy by the name of Ray walking on the third floor of the mall, and then I saw him again later downstairs. I told him we were treasure hunting and that there wasn't one clue about him on my map at all, but since this was the second time I had seen him, I knew it was God. I was able to talk to him about how amazing God’s love is. He said he knew that God has sent me because he needed to be reminded that God remembered him.
Many came that night to go shopping, get a cup of coffee, or just relax...THEY GOT JESUS!

Love

When I was in Masters Commission I had the honor of sharing my testimony all over the country and I LOVED doing it. I loved being able to share the story of a girl that was broken; a girl who had spent a long time searching for happiness, searching for a way to cope with the pain from the circumstances that life had thrown at her as well as the consequences for her actions during the coping process. I love to tell about the day that this 22 year old girl gave her life to God and was forever changed because of the love, grace, and mercy of her Daddy God. I love to tell about the freedom and restoration that took place in her life; about the joy, peace, and confidence that she now walks in 9 years later after allowing God to do a deep work in her heart.

Over the past few years I have told this story privately more times than I can count but It has been a long time since I have told this story publicly. Today I had the opportunity to share my testimony at a women's home. It was so much fun and the presence of God was there in a huge way. My friend Aaron preached and then I gave my testimony and then altar call. Aaron prayed for several girls to be healed from physical ailments; most of them were immediately healed. I prayed for about 5-6 girls. I was so honored that God would allow me to speak victory and encouragement into the lives of His precious daughters. WOW!! I prayed that they would not be ruled by a spirit of fear, that they would walk in victory knowing who their Daddy God was and that they would realize how much He loves them and cares about them.

When we stop to think about the fact that God loves us no matter what, right where we are, with all our bad moods and mess ups; like WOW!!! That is SOOOO HUGE!!
The revelation that comes when you grasp that concept is like no other. I just recently started to wrap my head around the fact that God loves me no matter what and I am telling you that it has rocked my world. I have always known and even preached about God loving you no matter what but for some reason I could never grasp it in my own life and was always striving to earn His love; striving to earn something I already have. That's the good news!! We don't have to perform for God's love!! He has already given it to us, we just have to accept it!!
WOW!!! JEEEESSSUUSSSS!!

I want to encourage you today to just take some time and let your Daddy God love on you and ask Him to give you and new and fresh revelation of His love!!

What has God been doing?

God is such a good and faithful God. He set me free from so many things when I gave my life over to him. One thing that I have continued to struggle with is insecurity, not feeling good enough and the opinion of man. I have always felt that everyone around me was more qualified, more talented, more equipped. I have always lived my life striving for the acceptance and approval of people, thinking that their acceptance would make me feel loved. This was never really the case. It was always a temporary love fulfillment. However, since I have been in NYC I have really been focusing on God's love for me and what he thinks of me. I have been trying to grasp the fact that God's love is never ending, never fading, and completely unconditional. I have been saying everyday "God, I receive your love". I began to really study what God says about me in His word and what He thinks about me. Last week I was completely set free. I am no longer insecure or ruled by the opinions of others. I am ruled by who and what God says I am. I love myself and the woman that God has created me to be. I will do whatever and go wherever God says. He has given me a a new confidence and boldness. It is one that comes from knowing who my Daddy is. One from a place of knowing that God loves me no matter what and that His love is constant and dependable. God is my heartbeat, He is the reason I live and have breath. He is really the reason that I am able to even write this to you. He is continually showing me new things and revealing Himself to me in a life changing way.

I am still loving NYC and the new adventure that it brings daily. God has provided so many ministry opportunities and allowed me the privilege of pouring life changing revelation into the lives of the people I meet daily. In 2 weeks I have the privilege of going to minister in a girl's home and I am so thrilled to see what God is going to do.

I am working for a company called Caralinn Cakes and I would like to encourage you to check out our blog at cara-thesweetlife.blogspot.com. You really need to read the most recent post Extreme Cake Over. Pray for this new and exciting way to minister to God's people.

Living the Sweet Life!!

What a Sweet Life I live!! God is absolutely amazing and He is such a good God!! When He told me to move to New York, I knew that it made no sense in the natural but I said Yes. I moved to New York with a dream of a ministry in my heart and directive from my daddy God. I had no idea what to expect when I got here but I knew it was right where I was suppose to be. Broken ministries is very alive in my heart and I am excited to see it continue to grow.

I was talking with my roommates the other day and while I was talking with them I started to realize the amazing life that I am living. My roommates are business partners and they own a cake company. I am working for them and helping them prepare to launch their retail location. God just handed me this opportunity on a silver platter. He delicately ordered each and every step that brought me to this place. These girls love God with their entire heart. They are all about ministry and people. We work hard but we have so much fun. We pray, we listen to worship music and we let God direct each and every one of our steps.

When I think about my life I get so excited!! I am living in NYC, being used by God to bring restoration to broken people. I am working at a job where we don't just make cupcakes but God is the focus of everything that we do. I have roommates who are on fire for God and His people; roommates who for fun we go street evangelizing. How cool is that!!

This weekend we sent out almost 500 cupcakes so I learned how to pipe, ice, and put fondant on cupcakes. Don't laugh!! It was definitely an experience but it ws so much fun!! Thank you God for letting me live the sweet life!!

Treasure Hunting

All I can say about this past weekend is WOW WOW WOW!! I joined up with a team from Bill Johnson's church and we went treasure hunting. I am sure you are all wondering what treasure hunting is. Treasure hunting is when you go out and hunt for God's treasure (souls). We took a piece of paper that said Treasure map on the top and looked a little like this:

location:
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

Description (clothes, hair, etc):
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

What prayer is needed:
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

Random things:

________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________

We prayed and then took 3 minutes to fill out our treasure maps. Whatever we heard in those 3 minutes we wrote down. When our 3 minutes was up we hit the streets in search of God's treasures, using the clues He provided. The miracles and changed lives that happened from doing this was amazing!! There were physical and emotional healings, salvations, people's hearts were soften and numerous seeds were planted!! It was awesome to approach people and tell them how God had led us to them. We showed them our treasure maps with their descriptions on them and they were so amazed. It broke my heart at how many people just teared up at the words God loves you, He's not mad at you and He's in a good mood. I think we can often forget that there are people all around us that are hurting, hopeless, and broken. For them just hearing those words can make a life or death difference in their life. I know it did in mine. My life was forever changed when I heard those words and it was forever changed this weekend as I had the privilege to go and share His love with people who are in desperate need of Him in their lives!!

Evangelizing the Streets of New York

Today myself and 4 other people hit the streets of NYC. We went to Columbus Circle and Central Park for the second time. Before we went we prayed for divine appointments and that is exactly what God gave us!! In the 3 hours we were there we talked with 6 different people. I know that 6 people doesn't sound like a lot but what happened there was significant.

I want to tell you about 2 different people that I met today. The first man I met gives tours of Central Park. He is a Godly man that loves Jesus with his whole heart. We were able to pray with him for increase in business but more than that we made a connection. This man is someone that ministers to broken people everyday in the park. We sat in his carriage and he told us tons of stories about people that he has ministered to and the people whose lives will be forever changed. He was so encouraged to meet people that would be praying for him and by the God connection that was established between us.


The second guy that I met has some pretty jacked up views about God, Jesus, and the Bible. However, I was able to discuss his beliefs and my beliefs with him for about 45 minutes. He said that he learned a lot from our conversation and told me that it was okay to pray for him through out the week. He hugged me goodbye and we agreed that I would go back to his place of work on Friday to talk with him some more.

God used us to plant some incredible seeds today!!