What are you saying??

We've heard this saying ever since we were kids.  Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.   Lie, lie, lie!!!!   Words do hurt and alot of times they are intended to hurt.  We say things from our mouths sometimes that we really don't mean but we are reacting to the situation at hand.  When things get heated in arguements we say very hurtful things and once they are spoken ....you can't take them back.   Truth is we say them and the person they were said to may play them over and over again in their minds.    I have met alot of women that have suffered verbal abuse from their spouses.  I remember hearing someone even say one time that it's hard for them to understand the love of God because the love that they've experienced is painful.     It seems to me that sometimes that verbal abuse takes longer to get over than the physical.   But both are very abusive.   God offers healing for both of these and you can rise above all the negative words and actions done against you.   The Bible tells us in Proverbs 18:21:  Death in life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.   The Message translation puts it simply like this:   Words kill, words give life; they're either posion or fruit you choose.   So for this New Year 2012  I personally have vowed to God  that I will change my thinking and my speaking. We have always done that at our house anyway.   It truly does matter what you say and our negative thinking will not produce any positive results.   Say this:   My negative words can stop God's plan for my life.   So if you want God's perfect plan for your life,  it you want to be properous, and in great health speak forth the WORD of God.   His words produce life!!!!   Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours.......May your Christmas be blessed by the sweet presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Remember it's all because of Jesus~

I am thankful this Thanksgiving for the awesome priviledge of knowing God, I mean really knowing Him in his fullness.   I am thankful that He covers me with His wings, shelters me and keeps me safe.  I am thankful that He loves me unconditionally, no matter what I've done, where I've been.....that as long as I ask for His forgiveness, He showers me with His mercy....His unmerited favor.  

As we gather together with our friends and family, may we forever be thankful that Jesus shed His blood and gave Himself as a sacrifice so that we could have eternal life.    Share the gift of God's love with somebody during the holidays and let Him use you to make a difference in the lives of others!

Well, it's been quite awhile since I wrote a blog. Life can get busy at times, huh? Well we just finished up a very relaxing vacation down at the beach. It was so nice and had been a whole year since our family had went anywhere!! If you're a pastor's wife or worship leader or do anything in the field of ministry, you know that time off is crucial. God expects us to take care of our physical bodies as well as our spiritual bodies.

Been doing a little couponing................WOW......it can take alot of your time if you're searching all those deals on the internet. I'm not going extreme, but I am going to take advantage of savings for my family. Well, have a great week and don't forget to take time our everyday to pray and meditate on the Word of God. We must feed our spirits daily with the Word. Peace and Love to all..........

Are you serious about the life you live??

Great word today from my husband ~ Pastor Marty Mason.

Message Bible translation of today's sermon: Colossians 3:1-2> So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. 2 Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ-that's where the action is. See things from His perspective.

Vs. 1 really should speak to us LOUDLY....if you're serious about living for Christ.....act like it and quit dabbling in the world and playing games. Wake up! There's much work to be done in the Kingdom business. Souls to be saved and the WORLD is looking to you for the answers. You may wear the name but you're playing another game. God is looking for a people that are separate and set apart. If we want to win the lost, you've got to advertise what you are selling so to speak. If the life that you are living is much like theirs then why should they change? You see God is not interested in how many times you attend church, but what you do when you get there. He wants you to GET it, absorb the WORD that's coming forth from the prophet of God and what He is speaking through Him. The Bible tells us to not only be hearers of the Word, but doers also of the Word. Doing is action! Live your life to the fullest, but live it fully for Jesus Christ. The church is your gas station .When your car is running low on gas, where do you go? To the filling station....the gas station. It don't matter if you go to WilcoHess, Kangaroo, Murphy or Citgo, when you are running low, you're gonna go somewhere to get you going again. The place to go when you are running dry in your spirit man, when you feel like you can't go one more step, all your get up and go......has got up and went! Brothers and Sisters it's time to go to the house of the Lord and get you tank filled back up with some JESUS!!! My advice to you is this......My Daddy always told me to not let the needle on my gas tank ever go past a certain point. He said, "you don't want to be found on the side of the road somewhere with no gas." Don't let your spiritual tank go empty. Don't let it get half full. Keep it full of the spirit of the living God. When you're hungry you eat. You gotta feed that physical man because your body is craving food. Just as your physical body needs food to survive, you spiritual man needs the Word of God to maintain in this life. It is your survival. Without God you will die spiritually. My prayer for you today is that you cry out to God and ask Him for his forgiveness and let Him wash you over with His blood. He died to set you FREE from the bondages of this world and the bondages of Satan. Cry out for His mercy and His grace. I promise you, He will hear you and He will answer.

We are here for you if you need prayer but most of all God is ever listening to your hearts cry. It's never too late to start living your life solely and completely for Him. Don't be so absorbed by the things of the world, that you miss out on eternity. Love and Blessings........Scarlett

Why does it seem sometimes that when all is well in life and things are going smoothly, that all of sudden all hell breaks loose and you feel as though somebody pulled the rug right out from under you??
Ever asked yourself that question? Well, if you haven't then you must not be stirring up the kingdom of darkness by standing in your God given authority. Life is sometimes much like a box of chocolates, as Forest Gump said........"you never know what you're gonna get." You must be able to recognize an attack from the enemy. Just before your greatest breakthrough is when our adversary, Satan, will try to ambush you. But if you are obedient and driven by the Holy Spirit, you will notice those little sneaking ways that he tries to come in. Recently I experienced a one of these ambushes. Always remember that your past is just that, it's in the past and you move on and press forward. However, Satan will always try to conjure up stuff to bring it back to your remembrance. Satan uses people sometimes to do that. They may not even be aware that they are being used for your destruction but they are. Ephesians 6:12~ We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against prinicipalities, against powers, rulers of darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places. You see, this battle is not against each other but against Satans kingdom! Nobody wants to have enemies but I'm sure there are some people that I have made mad or who dislike me for some reason or another, but we have to release those people and give them to God. Not everybody is going to agree with your life decisions. You will be criticized and scrutinized but this one thing I know, If God be for us, who on earth or in this universe can be against me? Romans 8:31 Just know that when the enemy comes in like a flood that the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against them, they, her, him or whomever. ~Isaiah 59:19

Just always be on guard for traps set before you. Whenever you are doing Kingdom business and promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ, you are shaking the foundations of hell and making the devil mad. When you get up in the morning the devil should fear you. Arm yourself with the armor of God and listen to His voice by staying deep in His word. Whenever you do that, you are gonna smell trouble and be wise not to entertain gossip, lies, and all the other pitfalls that Satan may try. My husband and I have been in the ministry for almost 21 years now and we have seen and heard it all. Rumors get spread about you, people get jealous and can't stand to see you get blessed and do everything in the world to try and raise a stink. One thing we have learned to do is forgive. Forgiveness is one of the greatest things you can do, and you can't move forward in life until you do.
I don't have to have the applause of men or their approval but what I do need is God's approval and His guidance. As long as we know what we are doing is right and that God has our back we don't worry about anything else. I've told my kids that friends will come and friends will go but the true friends will remain with you when everyone else turns their back on you. What a friend we have in Jesus, our true companion, comforter, counselor, defender, peacemaker, peacespeaker and most of all our Father. It is His good pleasure to make sure that His children are protected on all sides. He has commanded His angels to watch over us day and night.
Don't be fooled by traps, for that is just what they are, they are meant to trap you and keep you in bondage and fear. Jesus has set us free, an whom the Son makes free is FREE INDEED!!!!!