Garden alone, Verna Lay

Don't look back

"HELL BEHIND ME HEAVEN BEFORE ME"
Once out of Egypt bondage, Joshua who was constantly surrounded by people full of unbelief, fears, & doubt, trying to drag him back to Egypt, or try to make him believe that, he couldn't be the only one that was right and all them was wrong (think of all the multitude of people that came out of bondage & remained there due to unbelief) and you feel like you're out numbered.

Yet no matter how hard they tried, he made up his mind and refuse to wonder around and around for 40 more years, with them in the wilderness, in the spirit of unbelief, fear & rebellion (which is the sin of witchcraft). Look where God had brought them from and where he was trying to take them.

Have you been surrounded by people who don't have a vision & burden, faithless, murmuring & complaining afraid of the giants, & these people also are determined to drag you back to Egypt. I refuse to go back into bondage, I am not looking back or backslide with them, I am going on over into Canaan and possess the land, if I have to go by myself. Hell behind me heaven before me.

I know how to get through Satan's barricades, WAIT UPON THE LORD, and he shall renew my strength. You mean you're right and all these people wrong. I've tasted the fruit of the land, and I'm going on in. We can destroy these giants of fear, rebellion & doubt, that's before us in the NAME OF JESUS. David said, I come to you, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.

The Lord had trained & taught him how to get into that secret hiding place. We also learn how to press and fight in prayer until, we get in side the Kingdom, and set in heavenly places with Christ.

Jesus Commission

WE ARE TO CONTINUE WHAT JESUS BEGAN TO DO AND TEACH.

Mark 16:15..And He said unto them go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

John 14:13..And what so ever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do that the father may be glorified in the son.

Matthew 28:20..Teaching them to observe all things that whatsoever I have commanded you and lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world.

Mark 16:20..And they went forth and preached everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming the word with signs following.

1 Cor. 1:17..For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

John 12:32..And I if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

2 Cor. 4:2..But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.  5.  For we preach not our self but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. 

Cor. 15:1..More over brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and where in ye stand.  2..By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  14..And if Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain.  15..Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.  17..And if Christ be not raised your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

Acts 1:3..To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

Acts 2:22..Ye men of Israel hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know.

Hebrews 2:3..How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.  4..God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own will.

Acts 2:32..This Jesus has God raised up, where of, we all are witness.

Acts 2:21..And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.  

Acts 4:12..Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men where by we must be saved.

Romans 10:9..That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved.

John 1:12..But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

John 20:31.But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name

1 John 5:12..He that hath the son hath life and he that hath not the son of God hath not life. 

John 10:10..The thief cometh not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy.  I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.

John 11:25..And Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection and the life he that believeth in me through he were dead, yet shall he live.

John 14:6..Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the father but by me.

John 17:3..And this is life eternal that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 3:15..That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life.

And this is the gospel we preach the message of truth that is confirmed with signs miracles and wonders, so that you might believe and receive Christ and have eternal life right now.  Amen & hallelujah.

Acts 1:8..But ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witness unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Mark 16:20..And they went forth and preached everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming the word with signs following.

IF NO MIRACLES SIGNS THEN IT’S JUST ANOTHER DEAD RELIGIOUS, RITUAL.

Holy Ghost is for more than just speaking in tongues, shouting, and going back home waiting for the next service to do same thing, shout and get a blessing, shout and get a blessing.  We are to represent Jesus, power to continue to do what Jesus done and teach.  He commissioned them to preach and have power to heal the sick and cast our devils.  That power is in us at all times.  When God sends you out its always there you don’t have to work it up.

Healing virtue is inside us just as it was in Jesus, when the woman with the issue of blood touched him and he felt virtue leave him.  When someone is reaching out to Jesus, that healing virtue in us will also go into them.

A lot can preach but few can minister

A LOT CAN PREACH, BUT FEW CAN MINISTER..
Everyone wants a mic., titles, and a pretty suit, but who wants and has the heart of God, that will go out into the streets and minister to their neighbor's Luke 10:.  Anyone can preach in a

fancy building, but it takes the deep anointing and love of God, TO REALLY MINISTER TO THE LOST...I'm not talking about screaming and howling at them, with signs and telling them that they are going to hell...but to love and minister to them....There is a time for tents, and churches, but HEY THERE

COMES A TIME to go out on the streets and seek and search
  for the hurting, hungry, lost, sick, abused, prostitutes, drunks, on drugs, where ever the Lord leads you.  You can be driving down the road and the Lord will direct you to go down a certain street, go in a certain store, etc.  it's called BEING LEAD BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.  Anyone can preach but how MANY

CAN MINISTER, take their hands, talk to them, pray, cry, what ever they need.  One man I set down beside of, that was setting on a bench in front of a business, he had a brown bag with whisky in it...I began to talk to him, and tell him about the new wine and he said, oh he didn't drink, he was so nice

and polite.  I can hardly hold back the tears as I write this.  I referred him to a church, that was in the town that I was in and he ended up making a preacher.  OH THANK YOU JESUS..so many many more stories I could tell.  I love the tents, churches, home meetings, nursing homes, jails, but OH

GOD I LOVE THE STREETS, your heart is always searching and looking for those that are lost.  Oh saints, I beseech you to please pray and get a heart for your neighbors, which is the ones on the streets, remember the man in the Bible that no one cared about, they just passed him on by even the priest,

then who finally, came by and helped him..THE GOOD SAMARTIAN, the one that had the love of God in his heart.  You must be lead by God, not in your only human zeal, will, but it must be the heart of God, for they know the difference, then they will  not curse you out, for the anointing of God will

pierce through that darkness that has them blinded... It takes the anointing, he don't want to tell them how bad they are and how they are all going to hell, if they don't change their wicked ways.. but he wants to tell them, HOW MUCH HE LOVED THEM AND THAT HE LAYED DOWN HIS LIFE FOR

THEM, SO THEY WOULD NOT DIE LOST.  So they could escape hell, he loved them so much he gave his life so they could be saved...that is what they need to hear.  THIS IS THE GOSPEL...

Power and Authority

"POWER & AUTHORITY"

YOU CAN'T BE A COPY CAT, or an echo of someone else; you have to get your own anointing.

You have to read the same book that Bro. McCrory reads, you can't set with ear plugs in your ears listening to him,
thinking you are going to go out and conquer the devils, you must eat the word that he is preaching.

John 6:53..Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have NO LIFE in you.

You can rest & stay free under the man of Gods shade tree long as he's around, but when he's gone

and you face the devil by yourself & also have to wrestle with your own flesh desires,

you find yourself giving in, to temptation, because there is not enough Holy Ghost power & WORD inside you to keep you, therefore the evil spirits overpower you once again.

Acts 19:15..And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?

The evil spirits jumped on them & overpowered them.

You were safe from evil spirits long as the man of God was around, but when he left all hell broke lose again..

Matt. 13:19..it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden,

and it grew, and became a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it..

The man of God is that tree & his anointing is keeping all those spirits off you, and taking away the desires of your flesh , giving you peace. The anointing breaks the yokes, and the strong holds of the mind, leaving us with peace.

But when he is gone....

You become powerless no defense, your good intentions & zeal don't work, you once again give in to

temptations, no power to resist, remember, Jesus said, I GIVE YOU POWER..

You must have the word inside you by revelation, Holy Ghost revealing it to you, as you read & also as you listen to these anointed messages.

That's how you eat it. Until its revealed, you have not eat his flesh, you have only received it in your carnal mind.

One bite at a time, as you read each day, that's why Satan fights with everything in him to keep you from reading.

When you set your mind to read your bible & listen to these anointed messages, Satan will also attack you to stop you. He will move on some busybody to call you, phone start ringing, or you get a message on messenger, someone will upset you, or maybe all of a sudden you have an overwhelming urge to eat something, maybe pain in your body,

anything to distract you, to stop you from reading. Its a war, fight, wrestling against the powers of Satan. You must set your mind and heart to seek God, no matter what, like Jacob, a made up mind. If not you will always be powerless.

Flesh don't want to set still, that is the worst battle, trying to get your flesh to be still... Once you get the word inside you, no

devil can defeat you, Satan knows that. That is where your strength lies.

He cannot bind the strong man.

No temptation can over power you, the days of giving in will be over.

You will have power to resist your fleshly desires.

No matter what temptation you face, power to walk, tread, on all the powers of the enemy.

A much greater power than Daniel had in the lions den, for the word himself is living inside you,

not religion but the word that walked the shores of Galilee & locked the lions jaws..

Temptations will not go away, but you will have power to keep you, as you say, not my will but thy will be done.

Reminding Satan that nothing you have, can compare to the Kingdom of God inside me, I'm not interested, take your slop, sex & lust elsewhere.

There is another side of God,

this kind loving Jesus who went about healing all that were sick and oppressed of the devil,

also spoke with authority and put the devil in his place when the uncircumcised religious Jews and evil spirits

approached him. When you eat his flesh and drink his blood, that same authority will operate in you,

for it is the word inside you, manifesting himself once again,

raising up with his authority against the unbelievers & demons.

He didn't beg or pray for the demons to come out, he commanded them to come out,

he had already prayed before he started his day.. He is wanting to

carry on his work through us, that he started, manifesting himself, once again through those,

who will totally surrender their will and allow his will to be done through us. Mark 16: these signs SHALL follow them that believe, not maybe.

Many Christians mature so slow,

they keep trying to hold on to something the Holy Ghost is wanting them to

give up, which is weights that's hinder them. You will not grow any farther in God till you

become willing to let go of what ever he is convicting your heart to give up.

Once you become willing your load will lighten and you will be so glad you surrendered and let it go.

Cause God will reward you with so much better.

That is why a lot of Christians are miserable and become slowful, they are simply unwilling to

surrender to God's total will. They are not willing to fight & wrestle in prayer they draw back and become afflicted, sad, depressed, slowful, miserable, lukewarm and disobedient.

If you eat his flesh & drink his blood daily

Your muscles will began to grow like Sampson's, when he killed a thousand Philistines, with only a jawbone, of an ass. 2-17-19

Can't make it home in the dark

Can’t make it home in the dark

December 5, 2004
For we have heard  him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change  the customs which Moses delivered us. Is this you?
You have prayed and  passed your preacher up. You are finding out things that you have never known  before. How? One day you woke up and decided you were going to seek God with all  your heart. You were going to ask, seek, and knock.

Matthew 7:7.
Ask, and it  shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto  you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him  that knocketh it shall be opened. What does this mean?

A lot of people think  and have been taught that, the preacher is the only one that can receive the  anointed word. Romans 10:17.. faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of  God.
Which we've been taught that, you can only get this, by going and  hearing the preacher, when you go to church not so.

In Matthew, he was speaking  to everyone when he said ask, seek, knock. When we seek him with our whole  hearts we shall find him. Get concerned about your soul, stop taking everybody's  word for it. Start asking God (praying). Seeking (start reading, studying,  searching his word). Start knocking. Be determined don't give up. If it takes a  year, remember when you start working out, your body muscles are flabby. You see  no result for a while, but if you keep working over a period of time, you will  see results.

People give up to quick they are use to push buttons. We want every  thing fast. But not so with God, he will see how bad you want him. You will have  to wait and work for it. When you do get determined and don't let nothing stop  you. He will begin to open up your ears and give you a ear to hear what the word  is saying. That's what it means when it says, "he that has a ear to hear, let him  hear. And when you start hearing, it brings faith. Faith comes by hearing.

If  your spiritual ears are closed, you don't hear even if, you go to church. He  will began to give you a revelation, which means a understanding of the  scriptures.
If we study in the natural, just reading the bible, which is  good and we should. Then when he opens your understanding all the natural  reading you have done, pays off. The spirit will began to link all the  scriptures together. Remember he said the Holy Ghost, would bring all things to  our remembrance.

John 14:26. But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom  the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all  things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
See Holy Ghost  is the teacher not man.
Until we seek him for the understanding of the word  for our self, we are void of his word no matter how much we go to church, and  hear the preacher. We have to have ears to hear. And the only way we can have  that is, ask, knock, seek.

When you do you may pass your preacher and have  to look for one that has the anointed word. Cause once you hear, you will never  be satisfied with dead word again.
The harlot or dead churches wants to keep  him (Jesus) dead and you too. When you start seeing they will put you out of  their synagogues (churches). They will make you look like the devil. When God  begins to use you, the devil will come, right in behind you and cause a uproar.

You can find this all through the New Testament. When Jesus helped someone, they  tried to kill him or make the people believe he was a devil. Causing them to  doubt him, so they wouldn't receive nothing from him. See to be healed you have  to have faith. To have salvation you have to believe that Jesus was the son of  God. The devils job is to cause you to not believe. How? By causing an  uproar, making you think they are crazy and don't know what they are talking  about.

Make you look like a liar. How can you discern who has the spirit of  Christ and is telling you the truth? YOU SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS...What  is fruit? Galatians 5:22..love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,  faith, meekness, temperance; Their presence leaves you with one or more of these  fruits. Say if I approached you and talked to you at Wal-Mart, you noticed you  felt loved or peaceful after I left. You noticed I was gentle and didn't want to  condemn and kill you for what you looked like.

You noticed I had time to hear  you, longsuffering. You noticed I had temperance, I wasn't arguing and making a  scene, pushing everyone out of my way, in a hurry. I had goodness, if you need  something I gave it to you. Instead of not caring and being selfish. You felt  love from me, which made you feel special and somebody, instead of hate and  judgmental which makes you feel not worthy and beat down, not good enough... 
The word of God guides your footsteps so you want fall or be deceived. It  shines a light, by giving you ears to hear. The truth sets you free from all the  lies of the false church. And you can live and walk in his divine nature. Which  is the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. A life filled with peace, love, joy, etc.

Christ  convicts not condemns. which means he convicts your heart and shows us our  wrongs, lovingly so we will repent with a broken and contrite spirit. Which  brings us the fruits of his spirit. The devil condemns and beats you down,  points his finger, with his little list of rules at you and tells you how low  down and how you will never be able to live right. That you are a nothing and a  nobody. WHEN ALL THE TIME HE KNOWS YOU ARE A ROYAL PRIEST, YOU ARE A KINGS KID,  WITH ROYAL BLOOD.

We can hear the word, by reading it ourselves at home,  which brings faith. Asking, seeking, knocking. The word as it is opened up to us  brings faith, and it also uncovers the devils. You will start seeing things you  never seen before. Because your eyes and ears were closed. By daily dedication  in prayer and seeking his word, it will cause you to know when you are in the  presence of a real Christian or a carbon copy, of one. You can not fool God. And  as you pray, read you are receiving him into your spirit daily. Until he grows  and grows and we become of mature age.

Ephesians 4:13..Unto the fulness of  Christ. No more children, tossed to and from, and carried about with every wind  of doctrine, by the sleigh of men, and cunning craftiness, where by THEY LIE IN  WAIT TO DECEIVE; Satan (wolves) seeks the unstable souls (babies), the wounded,  the hurt, the cast down, the ones that can't see in the spirit, the blind.

He  lurks or lays in the shadows (which is darkness) to attack them and destroy them  as the flock of sheep goes by. He knows who he can deceive and who he can't. He  usually don't waste his time on the healthy sheep. The healthy ones are the ones  that are of mature age, that can see. They are prayed up and ready.

Their on the  front lines of the battle field.
LITTLE SHEEP, LITTLE LOST SHEEP WHERE  ARE YOU.......come home to Jesus, turn around and start drawing close to him. He  said if you draw nigh to him, he would draw nigh to you.
HE'S ALL WE NEED

Modern day sexey women preachers

Modern day sexey women preachers

MODERN DAY SEXEY WOMEN PREACHERS

The the modern day woman preacher. Who most likely can't and don't have the desire to live like holiness women. And they despise the holiness look. They feel like they are in prison due to not being born again. Because the flesh nature, does not, cannot, and has no desire to live like a santified, dead to 

the flesh nature, Christian. So they break out and try to serve God the only way they can, in the flesh Adam sinful nature. They think and feel like, they have been let out of prison, by leaving the holiness churches, because they were made to do things against their nature, causing misery...but now that they have left, they are still in prison, yet thinking they are free. For the real freedom is 

being born again of the Spirit, which takes away all the cravings of the flesh nature away, producing freedom. Therefore you are set free, you're at perfect peace and you love dressing modest, not sexey, cause the desire is gone, you have no desire to ware tight jeans, low cut blouses, makeup like a clown. So therefore I understand 

where you are coming from when you break out, cause a unborn again Christian cannot live a santified life, it is against their nature. These very unfriendly self righteous snobs, that are in the churches, that dresse modest, are those who are being made to do so, due to their parents and have never really been born again or they are tares. The 

real holiness, modest Christians that dress right, are full of charity & good works, they are friendly and kind. So there are all types of people that fill the churches. Don't allow no one to rob you of your salvation, protect your relationship with Jesus with your life..