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THANK YOU MY FRIEND...

BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MOVIES I HAVE ENJOYED:
THE PASSION OF CHRIST
ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING
BRAVEHEART
MOST HALLMARK MOVIES
ALL SHIRLEY TEMPLE MOVIES
POLLYANNA
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
ANNE OF GREENE GABLES AND ANNE OF AVONLEE
LITTLE WOMEN
SHINDLER'S LIST
GOLDA MEIR
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

ANY MOVIE THAT PROMOTES LOVE OF FAMILY, GOD, AND COUNTRY...THAT INSTILLS GODLY VALUES AND FAMILY VALUES OR PROMOTES EDUCATION ON VARIOUS LEVELS...

A Love Letter From God To You!
My child,
May My Grace, My unmerited favor, and My spiritual peace be yours, sent personally to you from Me. I, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ has poured this grace into your life.
Praise Me! The God and Father of your Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed you, has given you every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms, every possible spiritual benefit as citizens of Heaven! All because you belong to Christ!
For consider what I have done - I chose you in him, in Christ - long before I laid down the earth's foundations. Before the creation of the world, I actually picked you out for Myself as My own. I chose you to be holy, to be set apart for Me; and I see you as blameless and unblemished. I chose you to be My child living within My constant care. I settled on you as the focus of My love.
In love I predestined you. I planned for you to be adopted as my son or daughter. My own child through Jesus Christ. You are My child in accordance with My pleasure and will--(What pleasure I took in planning this!)
I want you to enter into the celebration of My lavish gift giving, which I have freely given you in the One I love. I desire for you to learn to praise that glorious generosity of mine which has made you welcome in My everlasting love, the same everlasting love that I extend towards My Son.
So overflowing is My kindness toward you, so rich is My kindness, that in Him, through My Son, Jesus Christ you have redemption. That redemption or payment for your sins was costly. It was at the cost of My Son's own blood.
And you have forgiveness of sins. You are free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all your misdeeds. All of this is in accordance with the riches and the generosity of My gracious favor that I lavished on you. I showered My kindness on you with all wisdom and understanding.
And I made known to you the mystery of My will. I have allowed you to know the secret of My plan. It is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to My good pleasure. And this is My plan: At the right time I will bring everything, all things in heaven and on earth together under the authority of Christ.
And here is the staggering thing - In Him, in Christ, you were also chosen, having been predestined according to My plan; and I work out everything in conformity with My purpose of will, in order that you might be for the praise of My glory.
And when you believed in Christ, I identified you as Christ's own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom I promised long ago. You were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a guarantee of purchase; or a deposit guaranteeing your inheritance until the day when I complete the purchase of what Christ has paid for as His own; the redemption of those who are God's possession.
As for you, you were spiritually dead, dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you habitually followed the ways of this world, doing what you felt like doing, when you felt like doing it. You drifted along on the stream of this world's ideas of living, and obeyed Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. All lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of your sinful nature; following the impulses and imaginations of your evil nature. You lived out your life in the cravings of your flesh, indulging the desires of the mind. You were born with an evil nature, and you were under My anger just like everyone else.
But, because of I am so rich in mercy and have great love for you; in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which I love you, I made you alive with Christ even when you were dead in transgressions-- it is, remember, by grace and not by achievement that you are saved. It is only by My special favor that you have been saved!
I raised you up with Christ and seated you with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, giving you joint seating with Him. All because you are now one with Christ Jesus.
I raised you and seated you in Christ, at the right hand of God. And I would say to you now that I did that: so that I can always point to you as examples of the incomparable, limitless, surpassing riches of My grace; the incredible wealth of My favor and kindness toward you, as shown in all I have done for you through Christ.
Saving you was all My idea, and all My work. It is by grace you have been saved, through faith-- It was nothing you could or did achieve - it was My gift from start to finish to you!
Salvation is not a reward for the good things you have done. It is not by works, so no one can pride himself upon earning the love of God. You are My own workmanship, created anew in Christ Jesus to do good works, which I prepared in advance for you to do.
Out of the rich treasury, out of the glorious unlimited riches of My resources, may you be strengthened, may you have mighty inner strength through My Spirit living within your inner being. May Christ dwell in you, may He settle down and make His permanent home in your heart through faith.
I desire that you are rooted, rooted deep and established, firmly fixed in My love. And that you will have the power, together with all Christians, to know and grasp how wide and long and high and deep is that love.
In My Passionate Love for you alone,
God

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I WAS BLESSED AS A YOUNG GIRL TO HAVE GODLY GRANDMOTHERS BOTH OF WHOM TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEW. MY GRANDMOTHER SCOTT TAUGHT ME THE GIFT OF EMBROIDERY AND USING A SEWING MACHINE. MY GRANNY MOREHEAD TAUGHT ME TO APPLIQUE QUILT SQUARES AND PIECE QUILT TOPS AS WELL AS THE GIFT OF ACTUALLY QUILTING THEM ONCE I HAD MADE A TOP. I HAVE TAUGHT THIS GIFT TO MY MOTHER AND SHE NOW SURPASSES ME IN TALENT. I HAVE MADE MY CHILDREN ALL QUILTS AS CHILDREN AND NOW MY GRANDSONS. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS...ONE IS FOR MY SOON TO BE BORN GRANDSON. ANOTHER IS FOR MYSELF - IT IS A LITTLE FARMER BOY AND FARMER GIRL QUILT - I HAVE NOT MADE MYSELF ONE YET. I HAVE SOME PRECIOUS PIECES MY GRANNY MOREHEAD LEFT TO ME FOR COMPLETION BEFORE SHE WENT HOME TO BE WITH JESUS. I JUST FINISHED A YOYO QUILT THAT TOOK ME 6 YEARS TO PIECE THE TOP ALONE. MY MOTHER QUILTED IT FOR ME AND I GAVE TO HER AS A GIFT. YEARS AGO I ALSO EMBROIDERED HER ONE THAT IS STILL QUITE LOVELY. SHE QUILTED IT FOR ME AS WELL. I ENJOY THE TOP MAKING MOST.

MY MOTHER PASSED HER LOVE OF BOOKS ONTO ME. I WOULD REMEMBER AS A LITTLE GIRL SITTING AT HER FEET WHILE SHE READ HER BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN BOOKS. I LOVE TO READ BOTH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER TYPES OF BOOKS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS TO CURL UP WITH A GOOD BOOK IN BED OR ON THE SOFA ESPECIALLY IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE SUMMER WHEN I CANNOT GET OUT OR THE COLDEST PART OF WINTER. BOOKS ARE MY FRIENDS ESPECIALLY THE BIBLE.

MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHERS ALSO GAVE ME A BEAUTIFUL GIFT IN TEACHING ME TO COOK SOUTHERN FOODS. I STILL ENJOY THIS TODAY ALTHOUGH I DONOT GET TO DO IT AS OFTEN ANY MORE. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED TO COOK GREEK, ITALIAN, CHINESE AND MEXICAN FOOD.

AS A YOUNG GIRL I BEGAN SINGING SOLO IN CHURCH AND I STILL ENJOY THIS TODAY. I ALSO SANG IN CHOIRS IN CHURCH AND COLLEGE. EVEN EARNING A SCHOLARSHIP TO TWO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES WITH MY VOCAL SKILLS.

MY MOTHER HAS SAID THAT EVEN FROM INFANCY I LOVED TO DRAW, AND WRITE. I ENJOY THIS THE MOST TODAY OF ALL MY HOBBIES AS IT IS THERAPUETIC FOR ME AND HEALING. I OFTEN JOURNAL AND HAVE PUBLISHED POETRY, AND SHORT STORIES AND ESSAYS. I HAVE A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATIONS I WOULD LOVE TO ONE DAY PUBLISH. CURRENTLY I AM WORKING ON A NOVEL CALLED LAUREL'S TEXAS SUMMER. IT IS FICTIONAL BOOK ABOUT LIFE IN TEXAS DURING THE 1950'S.

I LOVE TO DANCE BEFORE THE LORD. I USUALLY DO THIS PRIVATELY TODAY BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH BUT I USED TO DO IT AS A FORM OF WORSHIP AT CHURCH AND HAVE PASSED THIS GIFT ONTO TO MY DAUGHTERS. I ALSO HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO A TEXAS 2 STEP OR 3 STEP OR WALTZ IN MY YOUNGER DAYS AS WELL.

I ENJOY TEACHING PUBLICALLY AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING AS WELL AS PUBLIC PREACHING FOR THE LORD. I HAVE PARTICAPTED IN STREET MINISTRY WHERE I PREACHED AND I HAVE PREACHED AT THE PULPIT WITHIN THE CHURCH. I LOVE TO TEACH WOMEN AND TEENS AND HAVE DONE SO IN CHURCH AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN.

I LOVE THE OUTDOORS...SO MY FAMILY AND I ENJOY CAMPING, FISHING, HUNTING, COUNTRY DRIVES, BIRD WATCHING, SWIMMING, PHOTOGRAPHING BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN NATURE. I ALSO ENJOY GARDENING AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS AND PLANTS...

MY MOTHER GAVE ME ANOTHER GIFT OF THE ART OF CROCHET. I HAVE MADE BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE BABIES AND FOR MY GRANDSONS. I MAKE BABY BLANKETS, BOOTIES, HATS, SCARFS, THROWS, DRESSES, JACKETS AND HAVE EVEN MADE BARBIE CLOTHES FOR MY DAUGHTERS DOLLS. THIS YEAR I JUST FINISHED CROCHETING MY LITTLE GRANDSON HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS. HE LOVED THEM. THIS IS WHY I DO IT FOR HIS LITTLE SMILE...I AM CURRENTLY MAKING MY SPIRITUAL DAUGHTER A BABY BLANKET - SHE IS DUE ANY DAY NOW. I HAVE MADE MANY CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS THIS WAY. I ENJOY THIS GIFT MOSTLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN I AM COUPED UP IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF COLD WEATHER.

I ENJOY WORKING ON THIS COMPUTER...IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS I WOULD NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHERWISE AND IT ALLOWS ME A WAY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND CULTIVATE MY WRITING AND DRAWING SKILLS AS WELL AS ASSISTS MY MUSICAL SKILLS AND IT ALSO IS AN AVENUE OF EVANGELISM.

I LOVE WATCHING A GOOD MOVIE WITH THE FAMILY OR WHEN I AM UNABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. I ENJOY GOING TO THE MOVIES ON OCCASION AS WELL.

I LIKE TO BOWL ALTHOUGH I AM UNABLE TO DO THIS AS I ONCE DID. I HAVE NEVER BEEN VERY GOOD AT IT BUT I ENJOYED TRYING.

I ENJOY CRAFTING ALOT - ESPECIALLY IN USING IT TO MAKE HOME DECOR OR GIFTS. I LOVE SCRAP BOOK MAKING, AND CARD MAKING ALOT. I HAVE OFTEN BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE HOMEMADE CARDS LONG BEFORE IT BECAME A FAD AGAIN. I LOVE CANDLES AND SOFT SCENTS SO I ENJOY DECORATING AND CRAFTING WITH THOSE ITEMS..

I LOVE TO MAKE FLORAL ARRANGMENTS AND DO INTERIOR DESIGN FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT IS A MINISTRY OF SEEDING LOVE INTO OTHERS LIVES AND WATCHING THEM COME ALIVE WITH JOY.

I ENJOY HOSTING FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR GET TOGETHERS - MORE SO IN PAST YEARS WHEN I HAD MY HEALTH BUT I STILL LONG TO DO IT AND HOPE TO REGAIN HEALTH SO I CAN CONTINUE.
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ASV Bible
Joh 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
Joh 3:15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Joh 3:19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

IF YOU HAVE NOT SOUGHT THE FATHER FOR SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST AND WOULD LIKE TO NOW SIMPLY PRAY THE FOLLOWING PRAYER....

"FATHER I COME TO YOU HUMBLED AS THE SINNER I KNOW I AM. I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE MY OF MY SINS AND TO SAVE ME. I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU SENT YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST TO BE BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, TO DIE ON THE CROSS AND TO SHED HIS BLOOD AND TO BE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD TO LIVE AGAIN AND TO NOW BE SEATED AT YOUR RIGHT HAND IN HEAVENLY PLACES, SO I MIGHT BE FORGIVEN AND I WOULD NOT HAVE TO DIE FOR MY SINS BUT THAT I MAY LIVE AS JESUS LIVES. I ASK THAT JESUS COME BY WAY OF YOUR SPIRIT TO LIVE IN MY HEART AND TO RULE AS LORD OF MY LIFE. MAY I BE YIELDED TO ONLY YOUR SPIRIT FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. I LOVE YOU AND I ACCEPT THAT YOU LOVE ME. AMEN..."

IF YOU JUST PRAYED THIS PRAYER, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOW A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS AND YOU NO LONGER ARE A SINNER BUT A SAINT WHO MAY ON OCCASION SIN. YOU ARE FORGIVEN AND YOU ARE NO LONGER CONDEMNED IN CHRIST JESUS. YOU ARE REBORN OF HIS SPIRIT AND OF HIS BLOOD. YOU ARE FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN AND DEATH. FORGIVE YOURSELF. GOD HAS AND HE HAS CAST YOUR SINS INTO THE SEA OF FORGETFULLNESS. HE HAS REMOVED YOUR SINS AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST AND WASHED YOU AS WHITE AS SNOW. REJOICE!!! YOU ARE REDEEMED AND YOU HAVE REMISSION OF ALL SINS NOW. YOU HAVE A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD BUT A BEAUTIFUL ONE. YOU NOW NEED TO GET A BIBLE IN AN EASY TRANSLATION TO BEGIN READING. YOU MAY FIND MANY RIGHT HERE ON THIS INTERNET. TRY WWW.BIBLEGATEWAY.COM OR DO A SEARCH FOR ANOTHER SITE. YOU MAY ALSO FIND LINKS ON THIS VERY WEBSITE TO EXPLORE FOR A BIBLE DOWNLOAD. YOU ALSO WILL FIND NUMEROUS OTHER RESOURCES TO HELP YOU GET STARTED IN YOUR WALK IN CHRIST. I PRAY YOU WILL ALSO PRAY AND SEEK OUT A LOCAL CHURCH TO BEGIN ATTENDING. GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DOES HIS CHURCH - HIS BODY - YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE BELOVED!! I LOVE YOU AND YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR ON HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE COUNSEL ON WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR NEW WALK. GOD BLESS YOU..REV. LORI ANN

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Song of Solomon 2
1 "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."

WHO I AM IN CHRIST JESUS:
THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTRY
YET JESUS DROVE HER ACCUSERS AWAY, FORGAVE HER OF HER SIN, AND TOLD HER TO SIN NO MORE, THEREBY CHANGING HER LIFE FOREVER...
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL...MARRIED NUMEROUS TIMES ...LIVING WITH A MAN NOT EVEN HER HUSBAND AND YET JESUS MET HER WHERE SHE WAS AT, FORGAVE HER, SAVED HER, LOVED HER AND THEREBY CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER....
THE PROSTITUTE WHO POURED OUT THE OIL ANNOINTING JESUS' FEET BECAUSE HE HAD LOVED HER, SAVED HER, FORGAVE HER THEREBY CHANGING HER LIFE FOREVER...
THE WOMAN WHO WEPT ON JESUS FEET, CLEANING THEM WITH HER TEARS AND WIPING THEM WITH HER BECAUSE SHE WHO WAS FORGIVEN OF MUCH HAS LOVED MUCH...THEREBY CHANGING HER LIFE FOREVER...
THE WOMAN WHO SERVED JESUS LIKE MARTHA BECAUSE JESUS LOVED HER...AND THEREFORE CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER...
THE WOMAN WHO SITS AT JESUS' FEET BECAUSE HE FORGAVE HER, LOVED HER, CHANGED HER FOREVER AND SO NOW SHE CHOOSES THE BETTER OF TWO THINGS...INTIMACY WITH HIM...

A LITTLE ABOUT ME:
I AM A SOUTHERN GIRL WHO LOVES HER SOUTHERN ROOTS BUT LOVES TO FLY AND EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS AND PLACES. I AM AN ORDAINED MINISTER, MOTHER OF 3 AND GRANDMOTHER OF 3. I LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL MY HEART. I KNOW THAT IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIS GRACE I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE TODAY. I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING NEW FRIENDS AS WELL AS FINDING A LIFETIME GOD CHOSEN MATE.

MY TESTIMONY:
I WAS SAVED AS A SMALL GIRL AT THE AGE OF 5 YEARS OLD. I DONOT RECALL A TIME OF EVER NOT KNOWING OR LOVING THE LORD. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE A GODLY MOTHER WHO TAUGHT ME OF THE LORD'S LOVE.
ONE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER SHARED OF JESUS'S SALVATION FOR US ON THE CROSS, I WENT TO THE WORSHIP SERVICE. WHEN THE ALTER CALL CAME I ASKED MY FRIEND'S MOTHER WHO SAT BESIDE ME, WHY PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE ALTER. SHE SAID SO THEY CAN ASK THE LORD TO SAVE THEM. I WAS SO AFRAID TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE I WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND WAS VERY SHY. I DIDNOT GO UP THAT MORNING BUT I CRIED FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK BECAUSE I DIDNOT GO UP. I THEN TOLD THE LORD IF HE WOULD ALLOW ME THE CHANCE TO GO BACK TO CHURCH ON THE NEXT SUNDAY I WOULD GO FORWARD. SO THE NEXT SUNDAY WHEN I WAS BLESSED TO GO TO CHURCH AGAIN, I WENT UP TO THE ALTER. I HAD JUST BEGAN TO LEARN TO READ. THE PASTOR ASKED ME IF I COULD READ JOHN 3:16 AND IF I COULD EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT IT MEANT TO ME. I WAS AMAZED THAT I COULD READ IT. IT WAS IN A KING JAMES BIBLE AND AS MANY KNOW THE TEXT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT FOR AN ADULT TO UNDERSTAND LET ALONE A SMALL CHILD BUT I DID UNDERSTAND IT AND I COULD READ IT DESPITE ONLY BEING ABLE TO READ VERY BASIC BEGINNING WORDS. I TOLD THE PASTOR WHAT I BELIEVED IT MEANT. THAT JESUS LOVED ME AND DIED ON THE CROSS FOR ME. THAT FATHER GOD LOVED ME SO MUCH HE SENT HIS SON JESUS TO SAVE ME BY DYEING ON A CROSS - SHEDDING HIS BLOOD AND RISING TO LIVE AGAIN SO I COULD LIVE. THAT NIGHT I RETURNED TO CHURCH WITH MY MOTHER AND WAS BAPTISED. IT IS AN EXPERIENCE I WILL NEVER CEASE TO REMEMBER....
I NEVER LOST MY LOVE FOR THE LORD. I WENT ALL THROUGH SCHOOL LOVING HIM AND SERVING HIM. I MADE A POINT OF STUDYING MY BIBLE AND READING DAILY. I PRAYED WITHOUT CEASING - WHILE I WORKED, STUDIED, PLAYED, IT DIDNOT MATTER... I JUST HAD AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD.
I WAS SEVERLY ABUSED BY MY FATHER AS A CHILD AND OFTEN THE LORD WOULD COME TO ME AT NIGHT IN MY ROOM AND WIPE MY TEARS AWAY AND COMFORT ME. AS A RESULT OF THE ABUSE IN MY LIFE....I BECAME AWARE OF A SUPERNATURAL REALM VERY YOUNG AND SAW SUPERNATURAL BEINGS BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.
AS A YOUNG ADULT I BEGAN ASKING GOD TO GRANT ME SUPERNATURAL FAITH AND HE LED ME TO SCRIPTURES OF FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD , AND KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. ONE NIGHT I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-45 ON MY WAY TO VISIT MY MOTHER WHEN I ASKED THE LORD THIS QUESTION...I JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AND THERE WAS A BILLBOARD ALL AGLOW WITH A PICTURE OF JESUS AND IT SAID, "SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD"....I WAS AMAZED AND HUMBLED THAT GOD WOULD SPEAK TO ME SO CLEARLY ON I-45 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
I LATER WENT THRU A DIVORCE - IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT AND VERY TRAUMATIC. I WAS TORTURED BY MY EX-HUSBAND FOR 5 YEARS AND ABOUT THE THIRD YEAR INTO IT I BECAME SEVERLY DEPRESSED AND ONE NIGHT I ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. I WAS SO TIRED IN EVERY WAY. THAT NIGHT JESUS CAME TO ME AFTER I TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF PILLS. A BRIGHT LIGHT CAME INTO THE ROOM. A BRIGHT WARM GLOWING AUBURN/AMBER LIGHT. I SAW JESUS STANDING IN THE LIGHT AS IF HE WERE THE ONE THE LIGHT CAME FROM...I WAS LYEING ON THE FLOOR UNABLE TO RAISE UP MY HEAD AND THEN I FELT JESUS LIFT MY HEAD AND LAY IT IN HIS LAP. I HAD TOLD JESUS PRIOR TO TAKING THE PILLS THAT IF HE DIDNOT DO SOMETHING I WOULD NOT AWAKEN IN THE MORNING. HE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THOSE WORDS. HE SAID, "I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU LORI ANN. I LOVE YOU PASSIONATLY. DONOT TRUST IN WHAT YOU THINK I SAY TO YOU BUT SIMPLY TRUST IN ME. I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU. YOU SHALL LIVE AND NOT DIE." THE NEXT MORNING I AWOKE WITH A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE. EVEN THE TREES AND SKY HAD MORE VIVID COLORS.
I WAS SUPERNATURALLY LED TO GO TO A LITTLE CHURCH DOWN THE ROAD. IT WAS A SPIRIT-FILLED CHURCH. I HAD ATTENDED A CHURCH AS A TEEN WITH A FRIEND WHERE PEOPLE SPOKE OF SUPERNATURAL TONGUES AND BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED EITHER. IN FACT I BELIEVED AT THAT TIME THAT TONGUES WERE A GIFT AND NOT EVERYONE RECEIVED THEM. SO AFTER I BEGAN TO ATTEND THIS LITTLE CHURCH I FELT DRAWN TO THE ALTER ONE MORNING. I WAS NOT TOUCHED BY ANYONE AND I WAS ALONE AT THE ALTER. I TOLD THE LORD THAT I KNEW THERE WAS MORE TO HIM THAN WHAT I HAD AND I WANTED ALL OF HIM. I TOLD HIM I WOULD GIVE HIM ALL OF ME FOR ALL OF HIM. SUDDENLY I FELT A HOT OIL POUR DOWN OVER MY ENTIRE BODY AND I BEGAN TO TREMBLE AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THEN I WAS BOWED TO MY KNEES AND A LANGUAGE I DIDNOT RECOGNIZE BEGAN TO FLOW FROM MY MOUTH. THEN I WAS SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT. I DONOT KNOW HOW LONG I LAY THERE BUT WHEN I CAME TO, I COULD ONLY CRAWL TO THE NEAREST SEAT. WHEN I PULLED MYSELF UP I LOOKED AT THE CARPET WHERE I LAY. IT GLOWED AND OTHERS NOTICED IT AS WELL. FROM THAT DAY ON I WAS EMPOWERED TO DO WHAT I HAD FAILED TO DO ON MY OWN FOR YEARS. LIVE MORE HOLY UNDER HIS GRACE AND MERCY. I WAS SUDDENLY THRUST INTO A COMPLETLY DIFFERENT PARADIGM. THE WORD OF GOD BECAME ALIVE AND REAL TO ME. I SUDDENLY SAW JESUS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BIBLE AND I BEGAN TO SEE THAT I COULD TAKE EVERY WORD OF PROMISE AS MY OWN PROMISE AND I WAS EMPOWERED WITH A SUPERNATURAL KIND OF FAITH. PROPHECIES BEGAN TO BE SPOKEN OVER ME AND I WOULD HEAR SCRIPTURES THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF UNTIL A PROPHECY WAS SPOKE AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER GOD WOULD CONFIRM THE PROPHECY BY SHOWING ME THE SCRIPTURES. I FELT FIRE COME OUT OF MY HANDS AS I PRAYED OVER PEOPLE AND I SAW MY PRAYERS COME TO PASS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. PROPHECIES OFTEN WOULD SUPERNATURALLY FLOW FROM MY MOUTH WHEN I LEAST EXPECTED IT. ONE NIGHT WHILE ALONE THE LORD SLAY ME IN THE SPIRIT AND SPOKE A WORD TO ME, HE SAID, "I HAVE CALLED YOU AS A PROPHET UNTO THE NATIONS OF MY PEOPLE. YOUR PRAYERS WILL CROSS THE OCEANS AND YOU WILL BE A MOTHER OF MANY NATIONS.YOU ARE MY INTERCESSORY PROPHET AND I WILL DRAW THE HURTING UNTO YOU." HE SPOKE JER.1 AND HE ALSO SPOKE MAL. 3 TO ME. HE TOLD ME I WOULD RESTORE THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THE CHILDREN. HE ALSO SPOKE THAT I WOULD BE LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST, JERIMIAH, ELIJAH, AND ISAIAH AND EVEN MOSES WHO LED HIS PEOPLE OUT OF BONDAGE, AND THAT I WAS CALLED TO BE A FORERUNNER OF JESUS' RETURN.
SINCE THAT TIME THE LORD HAS COME TO ME MANY TIMES AND A COUPLE OF TIMES I BELIEVE HE HAS ACTUALLY TRANSLATED ME INTO HIS PRESENCE IN HEAVEN. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS VISIONS AND I HAVE DISCOVERED GOD HAS A DIVINE DESTINY FOR MY LIFE.
I HAVE CONTINUED TO SUFFER AT TIMES OR STRUGGLE. THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE GONE THROUGH ANOTHER DIVORCE - AND THIS FOR ME HAS BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT AS I NEVER WANTED ONE DIVORCE - LET ALONE TWO. I STRUGGLE WITH NUMEROUS HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL, SUFFERING FROM FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, REITER'S SYNDROME,METABOLIC SYNDROME, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.... I DONOT CLAIM LIFE TO BE WITHOUT TRIALS OR TRIBULATIONS BUT NOW I HAVE THE COMFORTER,DELIVERER,HEALER,AND LOVER OF MY SOUL TO BE WITH ME THROUGH THEM ALL.
I WANT TO SHARE JUST ONE EXPERIENCE WHERE I WAS TRANSLATED ... I WAS IN CHURCH ONE SUNDAY EVENING...I WAS ON A BACK ROW AND I HAD TAKEN MY SHOES OFF DURING THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP...SUDDENLY I BEGAN TO WEAP...THEN I FOUND MYSELF IN THE THROWN ROOM OF HEAVEN...THE SON AND FATHER WERE SEATED ON THEIR THRONES...I SAW PEOPLE I KNEW AND SOME I DIDNOT KNOW ALL AROUND ME. WE WERE ALL TAKING TURNS TO BOW BEFORE JESUS
..... FINALLY MY TURN CAME AND I THREW MYSELF AT HIS FEET LIKE MARY DID AND WEPT....MY TEARS FELL ONTO HIS FEET AND MY HAIR I USED TO CLEAN THEM. I JUST CLUNG TO HIS FEET AND LEGS AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED AND ADORED HIM. THEN HE PICKED ME UP AND SAT ME IN HIS LAP LIKE A BABY IN HIS ARMS AND I LEANED MY HEAD AGAINST HIS CHEST. THEN HE PICKED UP MY FACE BY GRASPING MY CHIN AND I LOOKED DIRECTLY INTO HIS EYES AND HE SAID. "I KNOW YOU WANT TO BOW AT MY FEET BUT I WANT TO LOOK INTO YOUR FACE AND EYES..." THEN SUDDENLY I REALIZED I WAS SITTING IN THE FATHER'S LAP BECAUSE I WAS SITTING IN THE LAP OF JESUS....I DIDNOT SEE THE FATHER'S FACE ONLY HIS HANDS AND LEGS THAT I SAT ON....AND WHEN HIS FINGERS TWITCHED THE ENTIRE ROOM SHIFTED FROM HIS POWER... I WAS SO HUMBLED.....AND THEN I FOUND MYSELF BACK IN THE LITTLE CHURCH. THE CARPET WAS WET FROM MY TEARS AND MY STOCKENED FEET SLUSHED IN THE WET CARPET. I WAS SO SHAKEN I TREMBLED FOR HOURS AND COULD NOT SHARE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME FOR A VERY LONG TIME. GOD IS SO PRECIOUS...HE WANTED TO LOOK UPON MY FACE!!?? HOW MIGHTY A GOD DO I SERVE!!!
IT IS MY SINCERE PRAYER THAT ALL WHO READ THIS TESTIMONY WOULD SUPERNATURALLY BE GIVEN FAITH TO EXPERIENCE SUCH A REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE, FORGIVENESS, THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD, SPIRIT AND SON AND NAME.
*CHECK OUT MY BLOG FOR SCRIPTURES I REFERENCED TO IN THIS TESTIMONY*

TODAY I AM AN ORDAINED MINISTER. MY MINISTRY IS CALLED "SECRET HAVEN MINISTRY", AND IT IS AN AFFILIATE MINISTRY OF "HIDING PLACE MINISTRY", OUT OF BRANDON FLORIDA, WHERE I HAVE BEEN ORDAINED SINCE OCTOBER OF 2000. PRIOR TO THAT I WAS ORDAINED THROUGH ANOTHER MINISTRY SINCE JUNE OF 1998, BUT I FELT GOD CALL ME TO HIDING PLACE MINISTRY IN 2000. SECRET HAVEN IS A MINISTRY THAT IS A SAFE PORT OR SANCTUARY CONCEALED FROM PUBLIC EYE, OR VIEW, FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, A REFUGE FOR ABUSED, ABANDONED TEENS, PREGNANT TEENS, RUNAWAYS, AND ORPHANED TEENS. IT IS A MINISTRY TO HEAL, DELIVER, EDUCATE AND EQUIP THESE WOMEN, CHILDREN AND TEENS TO BECOME GODLY MEN AND WOMEN FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I ALSO TRAVEL TO SPEAK AT WOMEN'S MEETINGS WHEN CALLED UPON AND TO PREACH AT THE PULPIT WHEN ASKED. I SING FOR THE LORD AS WELL AND DO INTERCESSORY PROPHETIC PRAYER. RIGHT NOW I AM NOT HOUSING ANYONE BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH AND FINANCIAL STATUS BUT I AM SEEKING GOD TO DO A MIGHTY WORK TO FULFILL HIS PROMISES IN AND THROUGH ME. HE IS FAITHFUL TO COMPLETE A GOOD WORK IN ME AND HE IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH....HE DIRECTS MY STEPS AND HAS ORDAINED MY PATH AND LIFE ACCORDING TO HIS GOOD PURPOSE AND FOREKNOWLEDGE...PREDESTINING ME - FOREORDAINING ME TO BE HIS DISCIPLE AND PROPHET....
MY MINISTRY IS BASED ON THESE SCRIPTURES....
"HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY FOREVER......" PS. 91:1
"THOU ART MY HIDING PLACE..." PS. 32:7
AND PS 119:114
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THE THINGS I DO LIKE WITH A PASSION ARE...
LOVE, PATIENCE AND KINDNESS TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.... PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AND GOD'S PEOPLE.....
ACCEPTANCE OF RACE, OR ETHNIC ORIGIN...
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION TO PREVENT ABUSE, VIOLENT CRIMES, ABORTION, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE...GAMBLING...
I LOVE......PASSIONATLY...
MY FAMILY...
MY FRIENDS...
THE WORD OF GOD...
THE FELLOWSHIP OF OTHER BELIEVERS...
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MANIFESTED PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...
MY COMPANY OF MY LITTLE GRANDSONS...

JUST A FEW MORE THINGS I ENJOY AND LOVE....PASSIONATLY....
DRAWING, PAINTING, SCETCHING, SINGING, DANCEING, SEWING, QUILTING, EMBROIDERING, CROCHETING, WRITING, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING, READING...
THE OUTDOORS- COUNTRY DRIVEES-MOUNTIAN HIKES OR VIEWS - CAMPING - FISHING - NATURE- FLOWERS- BIRDS- ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS IN THE WILD- PHOTGRAPHY...
ROMANTIC THINGS SUCH AS... CANDLES, POTPOURI, LACE, VICTORIAN ART AND FURNITURE, POETRY, ART, MUSIC...HOME DECORATING....
WORKING ON THE COMPUTER...
COLORING IN A CHILD'S COLORING BOOK...

THINGS I TRULY ENJOY...APPRECIATE AND LOVE....
A SUNRISE....A SUNSET...
A SLOW STEADY RAIN...A RAINBOW....
A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY....THE WIND BLOWING IN THE NIGHT...
A VIEW OF A MOUNTAIN FROM THE VALLEY BELOW....A VIEW OF THE VALLEY FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP ABOVE...
THE LAUGHTER OF A CHILD....THE CRY OF A NEWLY BORN BABY....
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN ON MY CHEEK...THE COOLNESS OF THE WIND ON MY SKIN...
THE COLORS OF TREES IN BLOOM...THE COLORS OF THE AUTUMN LEAVES...
THE BEAUTY OF A FIRE ON COLD WINTER'S NIGHT...THE BEAUTY OF A CANDLE IN MIDST OF DARKNESS...
THE BEAUTY OF A BIRD IN FLIGHT...THE BEAUTY OF A BIRD AT REST...
A GOOD BOOK WHILE CURLED UP BEFORE A WARM FIRE...
THE MOON IN THE NIGHT SKY...THE STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY...
THE SMILE ON MY GRANDSON'S FACE...THE SMILE ON MY CHILDREN'S FACE...THE SMILE OF MY PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS...
THE LOOK OF LOVE IN ANOTHER'S EYES...
THE WORDS I LOVE YOU...
THE TOUCH OF LOVE...
THE SOUND OF POETRY ROLLING OFF THE TONGUE...
THE SOUND OF WORSHIP IN THE AIR...
THE COMPANY OF MY CHILDREN, PARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN...
THE SOUND OF THE OCEAN LAPPING UPON THE SHORE...
THE SCENT OF THE OCEAN AIR...
THE CRISP AUTUMN AIR...
THE BEAUTY OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...
THE BEAUTY OF SPRING FLOWERS...
THE BEAUTY OF A BUTTERLY IN FLIGHT...
THE SOUND OF A HUMMINGBIRD...THE SOARING OF AN EAGLE IN FLIGHT...
THE COLORS OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA...THE BEAUTY OF TROPICAL FISH...
THE VIEW OF A LIGHTHOUSE...THE SIGHT OF A SHIP AT SEA...
THE FRESH SCENT OF CLEAN LINEN...A SOFT PILLOW TO LAY MY HEAD UPON...A WARM COMFORTER OR QUILT TO SNUGGLE UNDER...
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ANGELS ARE WATCHING OVER AS COMMISSIONED OF GOD...
THE SAVIOUR OF MY SOUL AND HEART...JESUS CHRIST...
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD IS MY FATHER...
THE WARM GLOW OF MY HOLY SPIRIT'S MANIFESTED PRESENCE....

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