Yvette's Whispers of Faith

Romans 9: 25 “As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call “My people,” and her who was not beloved I will call “beloved.”” As I reflect on this message for today I want to share something with you. One of my Pastor friends came and said that they wanted to pray with me.   Placing a red blanket over my shoulders and as she walked away I read the scripture that was embroidered into the blanket. “an who was not beloved I will call “beloved.””  Truth be told at that time in my life I was down and out and I felt so betrayed and hurt but the one thing I realized is God is always watching. He knows my story and He saw my checkered past, all my flops, my hurts and my painful history and all my deep flaws. The thing is God still loves me. I cannot change what I did in the past, I cannot make things right and I am who I am because of my past. I believe that God is working in me each and every day. Life isn’t always a bed of roses and t...

1 Corinthians 2: 13 – 14 “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man received not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.” I took a decision a very long time ago and I still stand by it. I do not allow people to speak negatively into my life. I recently experience something negative and I took a decision to cut the person off. I feel that it was uncalled for and that I was being targeted. I decided to move on with my life and not be influenced by this person at all. People do things to justify themselves and project things on to us. We need to discern the situation and pray about it. I prayed and moved away from this person. It is clear they didn’t know me and also do not understand me. I check out people, I listen to what they say and how the...

Matthew 22: 37 – 39 TLB Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second most important is similar: Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.” The love question; is something that I want to avoid most of the time, it’s so easy to say “I love you” to my husband and kids but when it comes to myself, I avoid that immediately. Because of my bad self-esteem I struggle with loving myself. I am constantly weighting myself and checking my weight, I am constantly worried about my appearance. My self-esteem is very low and it’s difficult for me to accept myself just the way that I am. I do realize that God wants us to love Him and our neighbors and me. My sister-in-law said that I need to relax a little bit and not be so hard on myself. I should think about forgiving myself and stop keeping myself in prison. She said try and release my true self from this prison in which I have placed myself. With thes...

Psalm 136: 1 KJV “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever.” O what a wonderful week we enjoyed, the LORD blessed us to wake up each day and go to work, do the best we can and come home to our families. The weekend is ahead of us and we have some time to just relax. Taking time to spend with our families and friends and recharging for Mondays. Enjoy your weekend and spend time with your family and friends and don’t forget to go to church on Sunday and praise the LORD for He spared us for another week. We are able to go back to work doing what we love. The kids are in school and they are learning and preparing for their futures. God has a good plan for each of our lives, plans to prosper us and give us a great future. Prayer LORD God we bring praises to Your Name. LORD thank You so much for this past week, we did the best we can and we want to say thank YOU for another weekend. Fridays are every bodies favored day. Praise Y...

Genesis 3: 6 “She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.” In the beginning God created the earth and everything on it and then He made Adam. After a while He created Eve. God has a structure in place and in the scheme of things Adam was first and Eve came next. God placed Adam first so that he would be in charge of all kinds of things. Adam is supposed to watch out for Eve and make sure she was safe. Satan of course was watching Eve and knew that she would be easy to convince. I believe Eve was just like any other woman, admiring the fruit in the middle of the garden Satan saw his opportunity and took it. Where was Adam? When reading this passage it is clear Adam was with her. So Adam followed Eve wherever she was in the garden. Today we know that the wages of sin is death. But we also know that John 10 verse 10, states that when a husband is truly submitted to Christ, he can protect his family. Husbands I want to encourage you today to come to the Lord Jesus...

Proverbs 11: 19 “He that is steadfast in righteousness shall attain unto life; And he that pursuit evil doeth it to his own death.” As I think and study the Word of God it is clear to me that I am reminded to take control of my mind and with that I am able to control my temper too. Yes it is difficult but I am learning to do this each and every day. When a situation presents itself to me and I feel that I am busy losing it I excuse myself from the company and walk away. I ask the Lord to help me and I decide right there and then whether I want to take part in any battles which present themselves to me. I decided not to enter into, and leave the area or company. Constant fighting is so draining and I have decided that I am not open for this kind of encounter any more. God understands my heart and I believe He will guide me and show me the way forward. Don’t think for one minute it is easy, I promise you it isn’t and I really have to watch my mouth and actions when...