Lesson Learned…
I recently wrote a letter to God and I was very specific in what I said and how I felt…I was feeling pretty down about some things and I wanted to express them to the Lord…The Holy Spirit said, “You need to delete that prayer, you are pronouncing a curse on yourself and your family…” WOE…I deleted it and asked God to forgive me. We can be sincere about things, but sincerely wrong…our words are so important…not only our words but our thoughts and the words that we write…There is life and death…in the power of the tongue, the Bible says.
We can speak life or curses… we say things sometimes without even thinking and then we wonder why we get sick or lose our influence or wonder why all hell is breaking lose in our lives. As Christians, especially, we need to be so aware of our thoughts and our words. Thank goodness for the Holy Spirit that He will correct us instantly, but we have to heed what He says.
There’s a reason there are so many scriptures about what we say with our mouth and think in our thoughts…
Lord place a guard on my mouth…Psalm 141:3
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks…Matthew 12:34
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord…Romans 10:9
Let your yea be yea; and nay, nay…Matthew 5:37
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart…Psalm 19:14
Let no corrupt communication precede out of my mouth…Ephesians 4:29
We take every thought captive…2 Corinthians 10:5
Think on these things…Philippians 4:8
Casting down every imagination and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God…2 Corinthians 10:5-7
I am a man of unclean lips…Isaiah 6:5
Pray without ceasing…to pray is to ask…I Thessalonians 5:16-18
For He spoke and it came to be…Psalm 33:9
And God said…Genesis 1:3
And so on and so forth…
God is trying to tell us something about our thoughts and our words…
Our thoughts become words…and our words become life or death…
Let us listen and obey. Let us be quick to hear and slow to speak…amen!!
Things we say without even thinking…
I’m so tired
I can’t stand that
It scared me to death
I can’t do anything right
I’m coming down with a cold
You make me sick
You gave me a heart attack
Get out of my life
I can’t do it
I’m getting so fat
You lie like a dog
I wish I didn’t have such bad luck
It’s too late for me so why bother
I’m so stupid
It’s too hard
I might as well give up
I’m just a failure
I’m so discussed
Now don’t let these sayings get into your mind…flush ‘em as soon as you read them…and replace them with positive words from God’s holy word…amen!!
I think you get the picture…We think that those words are just words and that they don’t mean anything but they mean everything…What you confess is what you possess… So start changing the way you think and pretty soon you’ll be speaking words of life into your life and into the lives of everyone around you.
Food for thought…
Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8-9 The Message (MSG)
~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 8, 2017
God Save the Unborn Children
Holy Father in the name of Jesus/Yeshua the Son of God, I bring before you right now a petition that is heavy on my heart and on the hearts of many believers…this is not about a political agenda…it is not about rights of people…this is a cry for the unborn children…who don’t have a voice…who can’t speak out about injustice and they haven’t got anyone to fight on their behalf…but God you have put a burden on my heart and it cannot be silenced…I am praying right now by the Spirit of the Living God save them Oh God…That woman or women whose afraid and alone and terrified and is with child and has decided to take the life of her child…God I pray right now you will send a Spirit of conviction to speak to her heart and mind and she will not go through with her decision. Connect her with the people who will help her in her situation. Give her an assurance of your Hope and your love that everything will be alright.
God I pray for all the unborn children that you will cover them with your protection and great love. I pray that you will drive back the enemy who wants to kill, steal and destroy their lives…I pray that you will give grace and mercy and that they will live and not die and they will rise up to be the generation that will shake the earth with praise and honor to you Oh God!! Raise them up to be demon slayers, prayer warriors, evangelists, pastors, teachers, Holy Ghost speakers with fire and conviction as the world has never seen…raise up the children to sing and praise THAT tens of thousands times tens of thousands that will not run, hide, cower down, buckle under, or give into this worlds standards… Raise them up to STAND TALL, SPEAK OUT, SHOUT YOUR PRAISE FROM THE HIGH RISES IN CITIES AND YELL YOUR NAME FROM MOUNTAIN TOPS ACROSS THE LAND…THAT THEIR LIGHT WILL SHINE AS A BEACON IN HARBORS SO THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT IN THE FOG…DEMONS WON’T BE ABLE TO SILENCE THEM…GOVENMENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEY AREN’T POLITALLY CORRECT…CELEBRITIES HEARTS WILL TURN TO YOU GOD AND WILL CHEER THEM ON AND THE CHURCH WILL REPENT AND BE CHANGED INTO YOUR LIKENESS ONCE AGAIN…BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN’S HOLY LIVES AND HOW THEY LIVE WILL BE A CONSECRATED, SANCTIFIED, NON-HYPOCRITICAL, NON-JUDGEMENTAL NON-RACIST, LAWS WILL BE CHANGED FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE AND THESE CHILDREN WILL BE FULL OF BOLDNESS AND THE LOVE FOR GOD AND WILL SHARE YOUR WAYS TO EVERYONE THEY MEET…THEY WILL GO INTO THE DARK PLACES, AND SEND THE DEMONS SCREAMING…THERE WILL BE NO PRETENSE, NO LIES, NO MANIPULATION FOR MONEY OR FAME…NO RELIGIOUS SPIRITS…SIMPLY PURE UNADULTERATED LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE!!! AMEN!!!!!! GOD SAVE THE CHILDREN!!! IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
~THANK YOU PAPA GOD! August 8, 2017
No Dirt Baths for Me
I really had no idea people really take dirt baths!
I have something I need to talk about it’s been on my mind and I need to share it. I’m no saint, never claimed to be and never will be. I’ve fallen down many times but thank God I’ve always gotten back up with the help of the Lord. We all sin…we’ve all made mistakes but thank goodness when we confess our sins Jesus is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleans us from all unrighteousness…he helps us to live right before God and helps us to move on. The goal in a Christian’s life should be, ‘to be, transformed.’
I said that to say this…sometimes no matter how hard you pray, no matter how much you cry, and beg God to help you…sometimes you just wallow in self-pity…
I was thinking about how a pig loves to get in the mud and wallow…for one thing they don’t have sweat glands and so the mud keeps them cool and they like it. 
Then I thought about how a horse will lie down in the dirt and thrash all around. A big horse wallowing in the dirt is a something to see…it just simply feels good…
Sometimes self-pity, just feels good…it feels good to our emotions and to our flesh…we can cry and lament and tell everyone who will listen how bad we’ve got it…and how miserable we feel…we lie down in the dirt and wallow until our dirt bath covers every inch of us. But then we begin to stink…and itch and it begins to hurt…people see us coming and they run the other way…they are tired of our wallowing and bellyaching…no one wants to hear our drama over and over again…especially if we aren’t going to change. 
Even God doesn’t want to attend!
When we realize our friends and family aren’t going to listen to our pity-party any longer and we find ourselves all alone listening to our own mess…we realize it’s time for a real, bath…a bath in the water of the Word…and until we decide to get out of our flesh and self-pity we are going to be most miserable and stink to high heaven…
So I’m telling you all this for a reason…as Christians we can’t afford to keep taking those dirt baths…time is short…we have to step up and set a better example…
We can’t afford to live, life, like the world. Be in the world but not of it…
We have to come up to a higher standard…we’ve been taught what to do…we know the word of God and we are supposed to have a relationship with Jesus the King of Glory. There’s no time for self-pity…no more taking the milk of the word like immature babies…we should be feasting on strong meat…those who are mature and have been in the Church World for many years should know better…People are watching…unsaved people are watching and saying, “If they’re Christians and live just like I do, why should I change? Why should I even think about becoming a Christian? They’re no different than me.”
If we say we love God but do not do, what He asks us to do…where is His love? If we are constantly complaining and whining…where is His peace…? It’s time for a real bath…not a sponge bath…not a sprinkle…we need to be submerged and use soap…and get in all the crevices. Go to the well of forgiveness and wash in the waters of life!
I’m not saying this to cause condemnation…I’m saying it to cause conviction…and repentance…I’m saying it because someone’s got to set an example…I’m saying it because Jesus expects us to exhort one another in love and honesty…so we will walk in His peace, free from self and anxiety which causes health issues and soul issues.
I’ll be the first one in line to say, “Lord, I’m sorry and I mean it. Lord, please forgive me for anything that does not line up with your expectations. Help me to walk like you walk. Help me to talk like you talk and think like you think. Lord, help me to set the example of your love and be sanctified by the renewing of my mind to put on the Lord Jesus Christ so that others will see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Amen. If I’ve offended anyone please forgive me. If I’ve been a stumbling block to anyone forgive me. If I have not pleased you Jesus, please forgive me. Let me live by faith and not by sight and Lord let my words and my heart and my actions line up with who you are. So that I will walk in integrity and in honor of whom you are so that I can come boldly before you to be clean and real before you, so that you will hear my prayers when I cry unto you, Abba and you will answer. Self-pity has to go in the name of Jesus. Help me to be quick to forgive and surrender to your will so that souls will see and know that I am not playing church and that they will see you, in me, Jesus. That you will be exalted, high and lifted up, I must decrease so that you will increase. Amen and Amen.
Lord let my heart be humble before you, let me not fall into the pitfalls of the enemy…let my words be pure and true and bring honor and glory to your name. Let me walk as a daughter of the King, a servant to all people and never let me dishonor you Lord. No matter the peer pressure, no matter how difficult the trial or test…Lord help me to remember I CAN DO ALL THINGS BECAUSE YOU, STRENGTHEN ME…That the principalities and powers in high places will know, I am not one to get in a fight with, because I know in Whom I believe and that I am a child of the King of the Most High God…and that Jesus has given me authority and has filled me with the Holy Spirit of Promise and that I am sealed by the blood of Jesus…when I pray let it be in power and truth…when I pray let me stand forgiven and sober with a sound mind and a willing heart…so that I have my wits about me to cast out demons, heal the sick and Lord if it be your will, to raise the dead…all for your glory…most of all let me love as you love.
Let me never bring disgrace or dishonor to you Jesus…I ask all this in your precious Holy Name…SO BE IT!!!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 7, 2017
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:3 King James Version (KJV)
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:16 King James Version (KJV)
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:25-32 New International Version (NIV)
Give God Deep Praise
Are you weary?
Are you tired?
Are you crazy, weak and wired…
Stressed to the max…
Just can’t relax…
Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!
Are you mad, are you sad?
Mind and body given out…
Yelling, discussed and Want to SHOUT!!!
Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!
In the middle of the war…you can’t stop and rest…
You’ve got to keep on going, keep pressing, for this is the test…
Even when…
You want to quit…run away to hide and sit…
Far from all of it…
Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!
In the praise God is found
Not on sinking sand but on solid ground
In praise the standard is lifted high…
Groans and moans will fill the sky…
Where DEEP PRAISE with God is met…
You’ll soar with the eagles…you’ll whip the devils butt…
In the throne room of heaven God will fill your cup
Let loose with a cry that will make the angels sit up
Just do it now…come on and GIVE GOD DEEP PRAISE!!!
I promise you will want to hop, skip, and jump…when praise is released from the well as you pump
Living waters will spring up from within…
Your tired weary soul…will be refreshed as you begin
To…
Give…
God…
DEEP PRAISE!!!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 5, 2017
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:25-27 New International Version (NIV)
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” John 7: 37-38New International Version (NIV)
Who Said You Can’t Walk on Water?
You can’t walk on water, that may be true, but I know someone who, did.
You can’t turn water into wine, but I know the one who said, “Come and dine.”
You see, He, Jesus, walked on water, turned the water into wine. He cast out demons and healed the blind. He called men to be fishers-of-men and He prayed and told the demons to go into the swine…
He broke chains of bondage, and mended broken hearts…Jesus the son of God said, “Greater works than these will you do.” But first you’ve got to make a new start.
He said speak to the mountain and it will have to leave, with just a mustard seed of faith, that’s all you need, to believe…
And with the words, It is written…Satan had to bow, He had no power any how…
Sneaking around in the desert to tempt the Lord…He was no match for Jesus,
Just a powerless wind was all, and nothing more…
God doesn’t want wimps in His army of love…God wants winner’s to serve and seek Him above…
Even if you have to walk on a frozen lake, God will freeze the water if that’s what it takes…walking on water is a piece of cake…when you put your trust in Jesus and let him take the first step…even when the storm rages he’ll be right there to help…
You think being meek is lame and weak…let me tell you something; hear me when I speak…
Facing giants, and lions, and fire, and foe…it takes more courage than the deceived will ever know…
Living with Jesus is the best thing you’ll ever do…
Come on now, you know it’s true…
The battle we’re fighting isn’t about red, white, or blue…it’s a fight with darkness where only you, walk in the Spirit with God whose true…
He’s right there in the lead…guiding and protecting you…
So come on Prayer Warrior’s take up your sword… 
Keep moving knuckle-heads, let’s fight for the Lord!!!!
You’re in the Army now…there’s only one way to go…
Left, left, left-right-left…marching straight into the enemy’s camp…slaying the enemy who stands in the wake…adrenaline rushes as you begin to take, all those poor lost spoils…You are anointed with God’s Holy Oil…
Souls for the kingdom, from POW camps…they’ve been waiting and praying…burning their lamps…
Special Forces tested and tried, prepared and willing to die, if need be, in this spiritual fight…
So fight to the finish, we win you know…
Get up; Get going, this battle is fierce…
You’ve been equipped with the best and trained for the worst…
By faith and prayer you won’t need a hearse…For God has promised new life will emerge when souls surrender to the Holy Ghost…
Jesus is restoring all those, who’ve been held captive for so long…be fearless…victorious, be bold and be strong…
Faith Hope and Love your weapons of choice, in humility and perseverance… the enemy will fall…
Take up your cross; oh hear the call… be one of the few, to surrender your all…
Fight the good fight, let the enemy fall…
Taking back that what’s been stolen, weary soldiers who faced defeat…cries of Victory are being yelled in the street…
When at last we lay down our swords at His feet…
We’ll see the face of Jesus, the Son of God, we will meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But until that day right here, right now, Jesus salutes, and says, “Good Job soldier!”
New soldiers recruited, rescued set free…a furlough in heaven beside the tree…as the angel’s, party, over one lost soul, banners flying everyone whole. What a sight to see…souls restored for the Army of God…Love, Hope and Peace these will never cease.
~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 4, 2017
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12King James Version (KJV)
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. Luke 15:7 New International Version (NIV)
And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked. 2 Kings 6:17-22 New International Version (NIV) 
Just because we can’t see into the invisible world…doesn’t mean it is not there or real!! Ask God to let you see with the eyes of the Spirit.
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. Acts 2:17-18 New International Version (NIV)
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