Shine Ministries

Remember that when God created you, He did so deliberately. Just as He wanted. Your height was His choice. Your eye color was His choice. The nail shape of your pinky toe was His choice. That birthmark on the back of your neck was because of His choice and delight. Even the very meaning of your name was given by His choice. The gentleness of your heart and the unique sound of your voice were all pre-selected by the Lord to make you uniquely you. And, it gets even better. Once He finished creating you, He thought enough of you to call you His Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10).

Celebrate your differences from other people, even the things that you consider to be flawed, simply by saying Thank You to the Lord for them.

Thank You for my moles and the freckles.

Thank You for my sturdy feet.

Thank You for my hair.

Thank You for the curves that I have.

Thank You for my lips.

Thank You for my personality.

Thank You for a sound mind.

Thank You for a peace-making, peace-keeping will.

Thank You for a gentle spirit.

Thank You for girding me with strength and making my arms strong.

Thank You for making everything about me suitable and meet.

I am unique. All of these attributes combined are what make me unique.

Special. Intentionally designed by You for the husband and the purpose that You gave me.

He and I may be anatomically and emotionally different, but You make us compatible.

And, I choose to celebrate that and You today, Lord;

because it is You, Holy Spirit, Who continuously whispers to my heart

that I am fearfully and WONDERFULLY made.

Thank You for that Jesus.

Thank You.

Amen.

Ishshah, God Personally made (banah) you.

The Hebrew word, banah, implies building with symmetry, precise measuring, and building by original design. He made you thoughtfully. You are who you are, and you are gifted with what you've been gifted with because of the grace of God.

In the first courtship of Genesis, we see in 2:22 that God brought the woman to the man: Bringing the woman to the man suggests that her manufacturing was not done in his immediate presence, but that her unformed substance was knit together away from him; at an undisclosed location, in an unspecified place.

Once the Lord brings the woman into the man's life, the man's immediate persona changes simply because she showed up in his space. In Genesis 2:23 the man's identification goes from adam to iysh: "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman" because she was taken out of Man (isysh)." Who he is when she comes around is immediately different when it was just him and God. He immediately goes from being identified as an unmarried human man to now being a husband.

Ishshah, that's just a touch of the power and the effect that you have on a man and the level of impact that you bring to the earth. Because of the (ezer) anointing on your life to help, your presence can and does modify words, actions, thoughts, and all.

The Lord still has need of you. And what He needs is for you to use the gifts He's given you to be a blessing to someone else.

It's not your job (or mine) to figure out how it's all going to work out for our good. It's simply our job to trust Him and obey Him. 

So show up today wearing the mantle He's given you. Show up today being willing to be a blessing to others today. He'll work out the rest.

Today and every day this year, remind yourself that the Lord needs you down here in the earth; that He has a very exact mission for you to accomplish in this world. According to Colossians 1:16, Jesus has made everything wisely and with a particular purpose, so whatever He's called you to do on top of your basic call as a helper, it's real. It's important, it's serious, and it's vital.

Prophetic confirmation is an imperative, trusted, and personal entity. I know because I've desired and sometimes even required it before taking any action. But lateral prophetic confirmation can also become a crutch when you rely solely on it instead of your faith. Today, remember that because the Voice and Spirit of God lives within you, you ALREADY have enough of Him to do what you are being required to do in the earth. And that is simply using your gifts to be a helper.

While I don't set affirmations or resolutions for the coming New Years, I am thankful that the Lord has given me a plan. While I put no pressure on a calendar, I do cast my cares and put my hopes and sow my faith towards Him.

With that, I am hoping to bring you new podcasts every weekday at 12 p.m. The Lord has me looking at the necessity of "The Basics." Things like:

and much more, will be the crux of our discussions; especially as they relate to being a wife with a WHOLE husband in marriage.

So, please join me here on Anchor, at @Ishshahs or @IshshahMinistries across other social platforms, and on my website blogs: https://www.ishshahs.com/breadcrumbs. I look forward to engaging with you, bringing you what thus says the Lord, and praying about your concerns.

Until then: may the Lord watch between me and thee while we are apart one from another.

Celena

Life is NOT always easy and it's certainly not always fun. But with God's POWERFUL Word, ever-fluid Blood, and comforting Holy Spirit covering, surrounding, and infusing our hearts and minds, we can endure it. Even in the hard times. We can remember the good things that HAVE happened, we can gain the vision of the glory that WILL be ours, and we can use those blessings to empower others who may be going through.

Today, remember that you ALREADY HAVE the victory. Find your joy in that. Recall, confess, and rehears the good things that God HAS manifested in your life. Warn depression to get away from you, by praising the Lord. It's a strong force, but THE LORD GOD, Jehovah Sabaoth IS STRONGER.