Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Plan
I want everyone reading this to understand that God has a plan for your life. It is a plan that is filled with hope and prosperity, not hurt and destruction. God has a great plan for each and everyone of us, regardless of where you've been or what you've done or how bad you feel like you've messed up. His mercies are new every morning and He has a plan for you greater then any plan you could develop on your own. The first step of the plan is to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and to be born again.
Psalm 139:16 says your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. God isn't making the plan up as you go along. He already has it.
Jeremiah 33:3 says "Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come." He is waiting for you to ask Him so that He can reveal to you the secrets that He has for your life. The things that He wants to do in you and through you. The places that he wants to take you and the things He wants you to accomplish.
Like I said earlier, I don't know what my next step is but I know that God has a plan for me and that He will tell me if I ask Him. This week I am going to start praying the plan out. I don't just want to know the next major step is. I want to know what His plan is for me daily. What does He want me to do today? Each day and each step is vital to the big picture. You don't wake up one day to a newly built house. You have a blueprint that is followed day by day and each step in that blueprint is vital for the house to be built correctly and on a solid foundation. I want my life and my ministry to be built correctly and on a solid foundation. I want to live out His plan everyday of my life. I want to be able to say I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. I want to hear God say "Well Done"!
I want to encourage you today; whatever you are facing remember that God has a plan for you and it is a plan for a hope and a future, a plan to prosper you and not to harm you. Spend some time with your Daddy God and ask Him about it so that He can tell you about it.
Much Love,
Dallas
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Running
If I had to describe this season of my life I would say that it is a season of repairing my past, while preparing for my future, all the while living my Kingdom purpose for today. So, what does that mean? I am getting my house in order; I am getting my debt taken care of, debt from my younger years (not that I am old) when I had a problem with materialism and tried to live above my means. That is the past that I am repairing. In doing this I will be able to do whatever God tells me to do and go wherever He says go because I will be financially free. I am also about to start taking some classes on inner healing to furthur my knowledge on the struggles that people endure and how to help walk them through. That is a big part of what Broken Ministries is about. All the while, ministering to anyone that I can right now.
As for me personally, I am runnning after God with all I am. It is in Him that I was and am still able to find joy, hope, purpose and my life!! Things in the natural don't always make sense and are not always how they appear but we must chose to press into Him and keep Him our priority because it is in Him that we find ourselves, that we have our life!! He is the joy of our salvation and He never leaves us or forsakes us. He is concerned with every detail in our lives and as we continually put out trust in Him, He will continually reveal his plan and purpose for us. Proverbs 3:5 says Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. I want to encourage you today, that no matter what you are facing, Trust in Him and not your own understanding. We can't always see the big picture but He does!!! Besides who better to trust than our creator? My prayer for you today is that you run after God with all you have!!
Much Love,
Dallas
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Miracles in Manhattan
I am going to greatly miss NYC and my family there. They have been such a huge blessing in my life and I have enjoyed doing life with them. I find joy in knowing that the bonds we have formed will continue to grow and I look forward to seeing and hearing all the great things they accomplish with God.
I am so excited and filled with anticipation to see what God has in store for Broken Ministries in Alabama!! WOW, look out Birmingham!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
It's a New Season!!
God has recently spoken to me about relocating to Birmingham, Alabama. I have always LOVED Birmingham and have considered it home. I as well as Broken Ministries will be relocating there the first week of August. I am excited about this next season and what God has in store for me. I know that it will be great and far exceed anything that I can imagine!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Don't Turn Around
The other day I was going to visit a friend of mine in Decatur. She gave me directions on how to get to where she was. I began following these directions but then literally right before I should have arrived, I thought that I went to far and turned around. As I turned back around and once again headed in the right direction, I began to think about this scenario. I wonder how many people "turn-around" right before they are about to walk in the destiny that God has for them. How many times do we get a word from God and let doubt or uncertainty get us off track. Following directions when you don't know where you are or if you'll end up at your final destination can be a scary but when those directions are from God, you have nothing to worry about. He is all knowing and will NEVER misguide you. Following His directions will always land you where you are suppose to be EXACTLY when you are suppose to be there.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Friends and Ministry
This past week was a fun week as well as an inspiring week. I had two guests in town. One, a girl I have been friends with for 9 years and the other a girl that came a stranger and left a friend. I love the way God connects people. Having these girls here was so much fun.
On Thursday we went and shared the love of Jesus with the people in Columbus circle. It was an amazing night of spreading the Love of Jesus to people who thought they were just at the mall to go shopping. We prayed with 6 people in all and were able to tell several more that God loves them and has a plan for their life. We also smiled and greeted lots of people saying hi and asking how they were. A lot of people left that mall having their lives forever changed by God!! WOOHOO!!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
4 months into Broken Ministries
In the last 4 months, I have participated in 8 planned street evangelism events, prayed with numerous people that I have come in contact with in my everyday coming and goings, spoke life and guidance to several people that just needed a little encouragement, gave my testimony at a Woman's home and ministered healing and hope to 6 of the women, wrote my testimony to be published in a book, and began writing a 31 day devotional!! WOW!!! God is awesome!! None of this would be possible without him!!
For those of you that are not sure what Broken Ministries is, it is an Isaiah 61 ministry. It is
-A place for the broken, bruised, and hopeless
-A place for the abandoned, abused, and rejected
-A place for healing and restoration
-A birthing place for dreams and purpose
-A growing place for greatness
-A launching place for Destiny
While I do not have a "place" yet; I am hitting the streets on NYC meeting these people and taking the healing, restoration, and hope to them everywhere I go!!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Everywhere You Go
It seems that everywhere I go I see people that are hurting and desperately looking for a way to cope with their present circumstance. Some try to cover it with drugs or alcohol while other try to mask it with materialism or promiscuity. There are a million ways that people try to fill the pain and void in their lives while all the while the answer is found in Jesus.
I want to tell you about the ministry opportunities that I encountered while just hanging out with my friends Aaron and Johanna. While walking to the Subway we met two guys named Cherog and Jaime. They were really nice guys and we ended up talking to them for about 30 minutes. We prayed for both of them, right there on the street corner, before we went our separate ways. We prayed for Jaime's dad to be healed from Alzheimers and for Cherog's life to be blessed.
We went to Port Jefferson a few weeks ago and while we were there, we asked a man to take our picture of us in this cool old time looking phone booth. He did it gladly but stated that he had bad eyesight. We of course took this opportunity to tell him about Jesus and to pray for his eyesight to be healed. I love how we were given opportunities to minister right where we were, right in our everyday worlds. Remember, wherever you go there is hurting people that need to hear about the love of Jesus.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
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!!"
Friday, May 15, 2009
Sharing the Love
Many came that night to go shopping, get a cup of coffee, or just relax...THEY GOT JESUS!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Love
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!!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
What has God been doing?
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.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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!!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Treasure Hunting
location:
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Description (clothes, hair, etc):
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What prayer is needed:
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Random things:
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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!!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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!!
Monday, March 30, 2009
SweetLand!!
While in SweetLand today, we had a visitor. We had a precious little girl come out and decorate a cake with us. She decorated cake and then led us in Holy Ghost prayer time. I was so blessed by this girls faith in God. She has the child like faith that I am constantly striving for. She stood in the room and whistled for the angels to come and then said 78 angels are here with us. She just danced around and prayed in her prayer language to God, all the while just laughing while she was hanging out with her Daddy God!! Amazing!!
We are hitting the streets this Saturday to spread the love of Jesus to Manhattan. I'll update again with the stories of how that goes.
Thank you for your love, support and prayers!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Columbus Circle and Central Park
WOW!!! Today was a day like no other. I went out with the CKE team to go and see signs and wonders in Manhattan. We have been bathing this outreach in prayer all week. Today we all met up at Columbus Circle and prayed believing God that He would show us to the right people. There were about 11 of us in all. We split up into teams of two and hit the mall and Central Park sharing the love and miracles of Jesus. My group actually went out carrying a sign that said Need a Miracle, Free Prayer. The response that we received from this sign was amazing. We were able to pray with 9 different people that approached us wanting a miracle from God. We prayed for skateboard tricks to come easily, 2 people to be healed from cancer, miraculous opportunities to come, job clarity, and we were even able to pray for a monk who asked for a closer relationship with Jesus.
We also had the opportunity to pray with two girls that had just left from having their palms read by a Psychic. Randi and Felicia were walking towards us when two psychics cut them off and read their palms. We decided to pray and wait until they were finished, we then approached the girls and said "We believe in the power of God so much that we are willing to give you $20 to replace what you paid the psychic if you will let us pray for you." They said, "Yes, we are looking for answers." It was absolutely incredible!!
The entire group was able to prayer with over 25 people this afternoon which was just amazing!!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
God is so faithful!
I have some really exciting news!! A friend of mine is publishing a book full of women's testimonies. She is planning on using it as a ministry tool for non-believers as well as believers. I have the honor of being one of the people who testimonies is being published in this book. I am extremely humbled to have the story of God's grace and restoration in life be used in this capacity. I remember one day looking at my life and realizing how much destruction the enemy had brought to me. He tried to destroy me and almost succeeded. The grace of God was so at work in my life and what the devil meant for bad God has been able to turn around and use for Good. I have had the privilege of traveling all over the country and sharing my testimony with tons of people. God has placed my life on solid ground!!
I am so humbled that God is using me as His vessel. It is so amazing how much He loves us. His love is unconditional. We don't have to earn it, win it, or worry about losing it. He loves us just as we are. He took me, someone that was once hopeless, jacked up, and written off; completely turned my life around and is using me to help impact the world. My life and my heart belong to Him. I am sold out and falling more in love with our Creator everyday!
Thank you to all of you for your love, support, and prayers!
In Him,
Dallas
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Two weeks in NYC
I have been in NYC for two weeks now and God has been doing amazing things. I honestly spent most of the 1st week just decompressing and getting acclaimated to my new surroundings. God is so faithful!! He has already begun to connect me with this incredible group of people that are just so hungry for Him. They are some of the most amazing people that I have ever met.
I am sitting here thinking about everything that has happened since I've been here and the stories I could tell you. I will tell you the two that stand out to me the most. Last week, I was eating dinner at a restaurant with some friends; before we parted ways we decided to pray for each other. As we were leaving the hostess stopped us and asked us where we went to church. We told her briefly about our church and invited her to come. She came to the service last Friday night and really enjoyed it. We went to eat afterwards and learned that she had recently moved to the city and had been looking and praying for a church and friends that were of like faith. It was totally neat the way that God orchestrated that connection.
Monday, we were out eating lunch and noticed our waitress was wearing some sort of brace on her arm for tendinitis. We asked her if we could pray for healing in her arm. I am still believing God for that healing and so thrilled with the seed of faith that we were able to plant in her life.
There are many more storeis that I could tell about the powerful way that God is moving but I just wanted to give you all a few short testiminonies of what God is doing here.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Broken Ministries
I have had many people asking me what I am doing these days and why I have moved to NYC. I have decided to start a blog to help keep everyone informed about what I am doing, how I am doing, and most importantly what God is doing. I will let this 1st blog be about my move to NYC and why I come here. Many of you have heard my heart about this move and many of you have not. Ever since the day that I gave my life to God, I have had a burning passion to be used by Him to change lives; to believe in the “nobodies” and the people that the world has “written off” as hopeless. I have always said that if I could be used to change just one life then all the challenges and obstacles I have faced in my life were worth it.
God has spoken to me about what He would like me to do to fulfill the vision and call He has placed upon my life. He has called me to be a missionary in New York City. He has confirmed this call in numerous ways and has truly placed a passion in my heart to see the lives of the people in that city radically changed for Jesus.
Specifically He has called me to start Broken Ministries. You may be asking yourself what is Broken Ministries? Broken Ministries is:
-A place for the broken, bruised, and hopeless
-A place for the abandoned, abused, and rejected
-A place for healing and restoration
-A birthing place for dreams and purpose
-A growing place for greatness
-A launching place for Destiny
I am so excited to see what God has in store for New York City and the lives that are going to be forever changed as I seek to fulfill His purpose for my Life. God has already done amazing things in making it possible for me to begin this new adventure. I have come to New York with the blessings and prayers of my pastors; a prayer covering already in place and an incredible church
with which to link arms.
God is so faithful and I look forward to the many things he is going to do on this city!!