by Kimmie Liette | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s easy for Jesus to become just a thing in our lives, but Jesus has to be everything and above everything!
Jesus over everything isn’t just a well meaning statement.
It’s a life choice that whatever comes my way, I’m standing on the unshakable rock.
When you’re walking through new situations and change, instead of being afraid, you can be confident because you are connected to the one who doesn’t change.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
Hebrews 13:8
#1. BE FIRMLY FOUNDED ON THE ROCK.
We must have a firm foundation, and that foundation is Jesus.
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
Proverbs 18:10
We must always call on the name of Jesus!
If our faith is not FOUNDED and built upon the rock, Jesus… then we cannot be firm in anything else.
We’ll shift with the sand blown by the storm.
We’ll go along with what “feels right”.
But the Bible says, our hearts are deceitful above all else!
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know (or understand) it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
We can’t follow our hearts. We have to connect our hearts to the heart of the Father.
We can’t live exactly like the world and expect to be able to change the world.
We can’t do what the world does and expect to walk in the fullness of what God intended.
Jesus must be our foundation in which our faith comes from. If we know he is our rock, we’ll remember to cling to the rock when everything is raging around us.
#2. GET CONNECTED.
We need to connect to the source.
A device without a power cord is useless.
I can place my phone near the cord, but that won’t charge it at all.
It’ll simply be close by.
Some people will say that you need to be close to God, but that isn’t close enough.
We need to be more than close to God, we have to be connected to him!
Once we have chosen to be ONE with God, daily seeking his face, then it is much harder for us to be moved away from him when the storms of life come.
#2 STAY CONNECTED-
Prayer and immersing yourself into the word connects us to God. It reveals his heart to us.
What we are putting into ourselves is what is going to come out.
Read your bible every single day! Set aside a special time and place.
If you don’t know what to read, psalms and proverbs is a great place to start.
Also, start reading through a book of the bible and finish it before going onto the next one. (I’m pretty fond of Hebrews right now!)
When we are looking to God and surrendering our worries to him, our fears shift into faith.
We are saying , “Lord I trust in you in this situation or in this area of my life”.
1 Peter 5:7- PUT all of your worries and anxieties on God, because he cares for you.
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT: Acts 1:8- You WILL receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you!
We need the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives.
When we don’t know WHAT to pray, The spirit does and he will pray exactly what we need.
He also prompts us to do the right thing, to convict us, and to direct us.
When Jesus went up to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit as our helper.
So, let us not forget we have a helper!
JOURNAL: When we write down what we are learning and hearing from God, it helps our growth
In the future, we can also go back and remember what he has done for us!
It’s important to remember our victories and the Lord’s faithfulness when the accuser is trying to remind us of our failures.
It’s time to get back to the basics.
The more time you spend with Him, the more you’ll know His heart. The more you know His heart, the more you’ll desire to be like him.
In what ways can you cultivate a deeper intimacy and intentionality in your daily living with Christ?
He’s not just a thing to put on our t-shirts and coffee mugs, He’s everything.
by Kimmie Liette | Aug 31, 2020 | Faith
On 8/27/2020, I was crying out to the Lord and had a strong encounter with Him.
I heard the Lord say “THE TIME IS NOW.”
Those who have been held back from their callings, those who has been restrained from boldness, the Lord is lifting up and empowering with the Holy Spirit. They will begin to preach and declare the goodness and coming of the Lord in many places throughout the USA and the world.
People who are without great influence, “nobodies.”
Isaiah 48:16- And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, with his Spirit.
Where the enemy has tried to cancel our callings, the Lord has been concealing them!
Yet the time is NOW for them to be released like arrows in the hand of the mightiest warrior.
Isaiah 49:2 He has made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
I saw a vision of a triangle. I began to pray against the Illuminati and demonic persons of interest such as Beyonce, Jayz, Lady Gaga and George Soros.
I saw a stack of playing cards set up like a triangular pyramid and where the highest person was, they had confidence that they had built a sturdy empire in which they could operate out of and have great influence for the sake of evil. And yet I saw the cards begin to be pulled, one by one from the bottom, from the middle and in no particular order.
The ground that the enemy thought he had is being pulled!
Filled with the Holy Spirit, I prayed that Lady gaga would turn for Jesus. That were she thought “she was born this way” she would begin to declare that Jesus is Lord and she was born for a holy purpose.
I prayed for Katy Perry, that the ancient ruins of her salvation would be restored, that she would be delivered from her manager and that another person would come into to guide her back to the light and the truth of Jesus.
Human Trafficking victims and slaves of any kind will be set free and will share their testimony of the faithfulness of God!
Will you also continue to fast and pray? Freedom for our land and our country is not a right, it is won on our knees. It is released through continuous fasting and repentance and calling out to God.
THERE IS NO TIME TO WAIT. THE TIME IS NOW.
by Kimmie Liette | Mar 19, 2020 | Writings |
God has placed his unique brush stroke on you.
When re-doing my bedroom furniture, I was chalk paint happy and loved how it came out. However, my husband wanted to help and I let him paint one drawer. Admitedly, I was afraid that he wouldn’t follow the grain pattern right or allow what I thought was the right amount of wood show through the paint.
Time allowed the paint to dry and the final look to be revealed. Brady put the drawers back together and assembled the dresser to put my creative heart in awe. Except, I saw the one drawer he painted. It was completely slathered in paint and looked different than all of the ones I painted.
In art, brush strokes are a “the configuration given to paint by contact with the bristles of brush”, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Simply put, this is the finishing touch of the painter’s creativity, the remaining shape once the brush is lifted up.
There may be many a hundred thousand others with the same PAINT as you, but there is no one else who possesses the same brush strokes that you do.
The world needs your originality, your talents and your inimitable anointing.
The thing that is distinct about you is what sets you a part.
It brings a unique emphasis to your calling.
Instead of talking yourself out of doing what you were created to do, it’s time to
OWN YOUR BRUSH STROKE.
Perhaps you are trying to use someone else brush strokes because it works for them.
My three year old son has a pair of shoes he loves to wear, but they aren’t quite his size. So every time he goes to jump on a rock or skip down the road, he slips and falls down.
Perhaps you also are wearing shoes that don’t fit.
You keep falling down when you try to run, you scrape your knees when you try to land the jump. It’s not that what you are doing is wrong, it’s that you can’t do it right because you don’t have the gear meant for you. God has given you specific talents and ways that may not look like other people’s ways.
Perhaps you are trying to wear the kings armor, but you are struggling to carry it, like David. (Yet, he opted out of the armor and used his sling and some stones because that was what he knew already worked for him. )
Don’t be discouraged. It was never meant to fit you!
Instead, ask the Lord, what is YOUR way for me? What is your strategy FOR ME?
“What is my brush stroke?” And as you discover it, embrace it and let it shine!
The world needs the light you possess and the way you shine it.
Will you set aside the kings armor and pick up your sling, even if it feels silly?
You never know what may come of your courage.
by Kimmie Liette | Mar 30, 2019 | Motherhood |
Happy ONE MONTH to our Dream Come True, Liberty Ann.
Liberty means freedom and her nickname, Libbie means Promised of God !
This is significant to me because Brady and I didn’t know that when we chose her name!
Before I knew I was pregnant, I was reading the story of Elizabeth and Mary and the verse came up, “ Blessed is she who believes the Lord will fulfill his promise to her.” (Luke 1:45)
That verse made my spirit jump and I started dreaming of having a little girl for the first time in years. (Hello, Pinterest board)
If you don’t know this part of my story, about 6 years ago I was pregnant for the first time. Brady & I purchased nursery furniture from a neighbor and it came with the most beautiful girl bedding and decorations. We set it all up in baby’s nursery.
From there, I started dreaming of having a baby girl. I found out that I had miscarried her at 12 weeks when we went into hear the heartbeat and it couldn’t be found.
That was one of the most heart wrenching moments and seasons of my life.
The pain of losing a child, no matter how or how early on, is an extremely painful loss.
Fast forward, I got pregnant again and that sweet baby was miscarried also. I was overwhelmed with loneliness and depression after that, not knowing if I’d ever be able to have a baby.
When I very least expected it (We has just begun looking into infertility testing, got a dog and started fostering three sisters), I found out that I pregnant with Parker, our rainbow baby boy.
I’m so thankful for him, our ‘light‘. Having a son is such a gift. He takes after Brady in his looks, but after me in his personality. (That will be fun in the future.)
And Liberty is the sweet baby girl I had imagined holding in my arms that I hadn’t yet been able to do.
Her ‘coming home’ outfit was something I received at my first baby shower all those years ago.
Putting it on her was the fulfillment of a dream I’ve been waiting for. It wasn’t anything special except that it was special because I held onto it.
Dear friend, I don’t know what or who you’ve lost. I don’t know the dreams in your heart that you aren’t sure will ever come true. But I encourage you to hold onto that dream! You never know when it might come to pass. Believe in that miracle because absolutely nothing is impossible for God.
I haven’t walked in your shoes and I don’t know your pain, but I do know that our stories often look much differently than we plan and expect. Our miracles sometimes come in different packages and timeframes.
We may never know the answers to our deepest questions, but I know that He’s near to the broken-hearted and that there are dreams that do come true.
by Kimmie Liette | Jan 15, 2018 | Writings |
In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will prepare (a prayer and a sacrifice) for you and watch and wait (for you to speak to my heart.) – Psalm 5:3 (AMP)
I’m starting over. Again. It is way too easy for my priorities to fade away, to keep getting pushed further away until they are but a resemblance of what I once knew. Lord, I need you to speak to my heart.
I have been a pseudo happy, lacking the joy that I know can only be found in you.
I have been living moment by moment, hoping that my morning coffee and my daily verse can get me through another day of the grind of life. But it can’t. It’s not enough.
Every single morning, I need you first.
Have I set time aside, prioritizing us? You and me.
Have I awoken with an aching desire to be with you; to speak with you and lay before you my cares and affections?
Have I offered a sacrifice of my precious time, a devoted moment where there are no distractions?
Have I watched and waited, for your voice? Have I eagerly paused for you to speak to my heart?
When is it your turn?
You cannot be replaced. Your words cannot be matched by the mumbling of the world.
“But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.”- Psalm 59:16
That is why, each morning, I need you. It’s refreshing, it’s a new aspect of you that I’m learning, because you are so exquisite.
Exquisite- of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence.
I need you to be my one and only. My first and my last.
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, their faces shall never be ashamed.”- Psalm 34:4-5
When I try to be beautiful on my own, I fail.
When I try to be radiant on my own, it doesn’t last.
I cannot be the wife, mom, business owner, and friend that I desire to be on my own.
I can surely try, but it leaves me exhausted.
What is the quality am I giving out if what is inside of me is lacking?
It’s His peace that transcends understanding, it’s the Joy found in him, it’s love deeply rooted.
If I have those things, if I have Jesus, alive and active in me (not living off of an old word and a stagnant relationship) then I will be radiant, because He will shine through me.
And that’s exactly what I need; Less of me and more of Him.
Make time this week to sit and pour out your heart before Him. Wait and see what He speaks to your heart. Write it down, dwell on it, and begin to live it out.
