 This is gonna be a great sister to sister. There's a question about when someone gives you a word from the Lord. Oh, how about this word from Jesus? Love your enemies. Oh, find out what the sisters think coming up next. Welcome to Sister to Sister. I'm here with five of my best friends. We are women of God and we take your questions and we answer them from our hearts which are filled with the Bible. So I hope that you enjoy this question and it goes like this. Well, this is really good. You wrote, I sit with my friends and they talk about God moving in their lives. I rejoice with them, but I don't see God doing much for me. What am I doing wrong? Well, what are you doing for God? That's my first thing. Okay, Amy. Well, first of all, thank God you have friends that are talking about God moving in their life and that so I would start and I would just say open your eyes to all that God is doing in your life. And I would say it out of my mouth. Today I thank you, God, you're moving in my life. Thank you, God, you're moving in my kids. Thank you, God, you're moving and doing great things with my husband. Thank you, Lord, even my house. I feel your presence in my house. I feel you moving. I thank you, Lord, I'm having dreams and visions. You're speaking to me. I thank you, Lord, I can sit in your presence and in worship and at your word. I thank you, Lord, for great friends. They hear from, like I would change the narrative of what I'm saying. I don't see God moving in my life. I don't feel it happening. I would stop that immediately. God is moving in your life. If you'll just kind of shift your perspective and open your eyes. That's so good. Shift it, shift it. What do you have, girls? Somebody? You know, I just thought of this scripture and I'm not sure where it is but when we compare ourselves amongst ourselves we become foolish. I love what Amy said. She is this cheerleader for the Lord. You've got to do those things and also you've got to remember that God showed his great love for you in that while you were a sinner, Christ died for you. If he does nothing else for you, you've got to thank him like Amy said that he died for you and you're going to live forever for him. And like Kathy said, what are you doing for him? What is he doing for you? So I agree with both of you are saying but I want to hit it from a different angle because there are definitely times that you don't see what God is doing and that's why we're not moved by what we see and that takes a great take of spiritual discipline to get us to that point. So I would encourage the person to just begin to journal. Just journal your day. Not necessarily even looking for what God has done but as you journal it, I believe that you'll begin to see it. Here's the other thing. Things happen in the timing of God. And so I don't know what this person is identifying as a blessing or what they are identifying as God moving in their life. But what I have learned is that Flo needed the expansion in her own spirit man to receive the blessing that God was pouring out so that I could be a good steward over the blessing. Why? Because he said I'll bless you and make you a blessing. And perhaps if he poured the blessing out on me too soon, I would not be in a position or have the mindset to share the blessing or to operate from the overflow. You know, before you answer, you've mentioned journaling on other shows. What are they supposed to journal? Like I had scrambled eggs for breakfast or what do you mean? What do we journaling? You know, one of the things that I have found cause I complicated journaling in the beginning that's why like I have about 5,000 journals I started one here and then I picked up another one. And I just say, you know, the gospel's so simple, we complicated. Just journal what first comes to your, you know, had a good day today. God stuff. You know, no, just. Oh, other stuff. Cause if I'm in God, everything I do is God stuff. Great, that's what I'm pressing for. That's what I'm pressing for. So, you know, like I'm journaling today, you know, woke up, had a good morning, did take sister to sister. Kathy loves me, sister to sister. Kathy really loves me. Kathy and I shared an intimate moment, you know, whatever. I got it. You know, but, and as you do that, it's some simple things like, you know, went to McDonald's and didn't have to pay for my coffee. Those things begin to stand out and you start seeing the favor of God on your life. Yes, come on. The little things. I'm gonna go back to that question about God's not moving in my life. What do you girls have? Well, I spoke. You go ahead. We had a sign in my house growing up on the wall. It was super simple. It said, if you don't feel close to God, guess who moved? There you go. That's good. And I like that. And that was so profound to me. And it goes along with this verse, which is one of my absolute favorite verses. It should be like a life verse. If you don't have one, this is a great one. James 4, 8, draw near to God and he will draw near to you. That's good. So good. That's so good. I am gonna move to the next question though, because I expanded upon that one. But this one is good. I like to get to the things that you wrote to us because you watching us is our greatest blessing, just so you know. Now, here's, oh, this is good. I know we're to extend grace and mercy as Christ has for us, but someone wrote, is there a limit to how much mercy and grace I need to extend, Roxy? Oh, this is a great question. Because really, flow uses the word balance a lot. And I believe it's from the heart of God. You know, Psalm, I believe it's 85 says, mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Mercy cannot be applied without truth. You must approach something from really understanding what is going on that I need to apply mercy. And the scripture says in Micah, seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly. Well, justice spiritually is just punishment for our sin. Okay, that's good. Mercy says, Christ says, he is mercy. I took that punishment. Come on. So when we balance those, we speak truth to our friend, but in love, we have mercy when we say it, but don't deny the truth that is in front of you. Right, right. Who else has mercy and grace? The first verse that came to mind for me was be wise as serpents, but innocent as doves. Because some people take it too far with the grace and mercy. And they're just like, oh, we just literally have to have grace and mercy for everything. And they let people walk all over them and take it too far, even as far as situations of abuse. Or I feel like there are Christians that are just literally let anything happen. And that's not what Jesus calls for. I mean, he literally overturned the tables in the temple. You know? So, you know, we have to take that example, be angry and sin not, you know? And I just think you answered that perfectly. You have to balance that with the wisdom. And truth. Yes. Roxanne made a big thing about truth. Grace has no limit to it. So there is no limit, people that wrote to us. That don't mean that you don't have a limit. Okay. That don't mean that you don't know how, you know, because the thing of it is, is grace is God's, you know, it's His unmerited favor. It is our enabling power. So it's not an excuse for me to be a weak Christian or be weak spiritually. It's not an excuse for me to allow people to run over top of me. It's, you know, like, you don't get to run over top of me because I'm trying to live right. Mercy are new every morning. That's the word of God. It's not about my philosophy, my thought about it. You know, and the grace of God is more than sufficient. What happens is me, myself allowing the Holy Spirit and rolling into the school of the Holy Spirit and allowing Holy Spirit to not only be my friend, my comforter, but my teacher. And I know that there are times that I don't want to extend mercy. I want revenge and I want it now and I want it today. You know, and I wanted on the things that happened yesterday. But of course, when it's me, I want all the mercy and grace that I can tap into or somebody I love. So I just think that the, that yielding yourself to the Holy Spirit is key. Well, Amy, what do you do about extending mercy? Grace and mercy? Yeah. Because man, don't we want to be like the Lord and just have an ending limited grace and mercy? But that doesn't mean no boundaries. And it doesn't mean use me. And be abusive to me, which is what everybody's saying. And I think this idea that I'm just a grace doormat, which, you know, I felt like many times, you know, and you're like, wow, but boundaries are healthy, not just for them for you. So I would just say God's grace is unlimited and he will reach and rescue any person in any situation at any time. His mercy knows no bounds, but for us operating in a natural earth, we have boundaries. Well, the lady that wrote, I think you're a lady. I mean, it does sound like she's saying, is there a limit? Which means she's probably exhausted or something is draining her. So I hope that we answered that for you. And I think we're gonna answer this question for you too. Interesting, a quick little question. And it says, are we living or slowly dying? Ooh, hello. Is the cup half empty or is the cup half full? I mean, I really think this is about perspective and I think there's not one answer for every person. I think this is an individualized answer. Are you living or are you dying? I mean, I think each person has to answer this question for themselves. I mean, ironically, the moment we're born, we begin to die. So it's what are you doing with that life? What are you doing with that life? Are the things you're doing in your life, do they have eternal value or is it an earthly value that's going to literally end when you die? That's good. Because money, you can't take with you. The house you're building can't take with you. The career you're building can't take with you. That stuff is temporal. So to answer that question, you're living a life that is slowly dying. If you are building into the lives of people, your children, if you are involved in ministry service, if you are doing things that have eternal value, you are living. That's great. So I think this is probably one of the best questions we ever had. The best question. A short question. But one of the best questions ever had, everybody should examine their life and say, am I living or slowly dying? Answer it! You know, I so agree and my answers haven't changed over the years. It's the same thing to live a full life and die empty. It's a point once unto man to die. It's not a debate. It's not either or. So you're born, you're going to die. How are you, as you have well said, how am I going to live my life? And so my heart's desire is that I will live in a way, nothing new, said this many times before, that when I stand before him, I don't want him to say flow you could have or you should have, or why didn't you. I want to be empty of every assignment he has ever given me. Well done. Well done. Well done. That's the scripture. You lived and you teach me to number my days, King Davis said, right? And I think about, well, Tim McGraw said, live like you were dying, right? But I think about my mother-in-law, Mimi, who is 80 plus years. And not ever do we talk about dying. We don't talk about when she's gone. We don't talk about all of the things that ale her on all the problems. We're talking about prayer, seeing revival, getting people connected to the church. I'm not going anywhere till revival shakes this city. I mean, it's like you're living. You're not just like, I'm going to die. I mean, those kind of people are just like, just go, you know, live. Yeah. You have a scripture for me. I do. Romans 8, I am dead to the flesh. We live and die, dead to the flesh, but alive in the spirit, as Amy is saying. Right. So we must die daily to our flesh, our own desires, and live and walk in his spirit. Well, just like Corey said, this quick little question is a good one. And the first thing I thought of is my father, who died in 2012, used to say to us, I'm going to live till I die. I'm just going to live till I die. And it was so precious. And as he laid dying in a hospice room, surrounded by 45 of us, really, singing the song McNamara's Band and causing great chaos in the hospital, in the hospice place. And I thought about my dad saying, I'm going to live till I die. And I left that night saying, he's going to live. They have him in hospice, but he's going to live. The last thing he said to me as I walked out the door, my nickname is Shug. So I'm Aunt Shug to 45 people. He said, don't be sad, Shug. Don't be sad. And I said, dad, I'm not sad because you're going to live until you die. Well, the next day he took his last breath. And we will never, ever forget the song McNamara's Band in the hospice room, which we repeat every St. Patrick's Day for my whole life and my children's whole life and through eternal detail, God takes me home. Love it. We'll be right back. Welcome back, sister-to-sister family. I thank you for sharing my life with me. It's really important that you're there. Okay, this question is good too. Oh boy. And it goes like this. What do I do when someone comes to me with a word from the Lord, right? But I don't believe it. Do I let it go or do I say something to the person? What do you have? You know, I'm one who ministers in the prophetic and you're also looking at someone who didn't believe in the prophetic. And so one, I was not able to identify a word from the Lord until I identify the word from the Lord, which means I need to know the word of God. The other thing is, as Paul told Timothy, when you get a prophetic word, you war with it. Another thing is to test and try the spirit. Have you, do you vet that person? Do you know them to perhaps be approving if you will allow me the grace prophet? You know, they all have, all ye can prophesy, so you don't have to be a prophet to give somebody a word. But I do want to reiterate that the scripture clearly tells us Jesus is the sure word of prophecy. So I have gotten many words that I didn't believe and then necessarily feel comfortable with. So thank God that he doesn't minister to me according to my feelings or even my level of faith because it's always to take me higher. And so when you get a word, and let's just say that it's something you're not too sure about, that's okay. First of all, don't condemn yourself. Don't doubt yourself. See what the word says about that word. And if that word lines up with the word of God, then you just do what we are instructed to do and just begin to pray into it. Do not try to will it to happen. Do not try to make it happen. God is God all by himself. He's a big God. He is more than capable of handling all the details that are involved in the manifestation of that word. But I, for one, have gotten words that I've given words that I went, I don't know if that's God, I hope that's God, you know. Well, Amy, you've had words spoken over you, but do you give words? Yeah, yes, but not all the time. And yes, have received many words. And yes, have had to work with people that have built their life around a word instead of living their life and doing what God designed them to do. So I've watched the blessing of it and really a curse of it where it's something, because I mean, we're humans, right? We can miss it. Even in the prophetic, I mean, any man, we humbly write, come and say, here's a word, take it and pray about it and challenge it. But I think a lot of times a word from the Lord will confirm something that's already stirring in you or a gift that was there, you know. But I mean, I've watched people, you know, they had a word and it was, it is so far off from this person's gifting, skill set, abilities. And I'm just thinking, and, you know, if you're not careful, you'll try to build your life towards a word instead of just get up every day, do what God's called you to do, where he's called you to do it and let it unfold and come to pass it. You don't have to force it, I guess, is a good way to do it. Let me just inject this real quick about getting words, because I know there's a lot of teachings out there about, it's gonna confirm something in you. Okay, let's just go with that, I won't debate you on that. But let's go to the Bible for a minute. I'm ministering in Abraham and Sarah sitting in that congregation. And I begin to say to Abraham and Sarah, who have had no children for how many years? Okay, you are gonna be the father of many nations. Your seed is gonna be more than the numbers of the sand. How many people in that congregation are gonna believe that word is from God? How many people, how would Abraham and Sarah laugh? But the word was still from God. So again, I wanna reiterate, it's what we do with it. God, there are things that God will speak to you that may not be something you're familiar with, but that's why you wanna plumb line it by the word of God itself. Take it to the Bible. So my scripture girl, do you have a scripture for this? Oh man, the Bible says test all prophecy. That's right. Because you know in the Old Testament, I'm not advocating this. They stone prophets when their prophecy didn't come true. When you're speaking God's word, you better be sure it is God's word. And what I feel is personal, this is personal. The church does not deal with people that are in error. What do you mean? When they get up and give a prophecy in public. When they get up and give some prophetic word, you're gonna marry somebody or you're gonna go to, but you're gonna go to some country. And it doesn't ever happen. Why aren't we holding people accountable? We look like fools. That's right. So we gotta hold each other accountable. If you're bold enough to say, you better be bold enough to take it back if it's not. I had a prophecy. Some people who minister and they are more, like I like Sandy Culkin. I love, he taught me something. Cause when he minister, Sandy goes, I have a thought for you. He won't necessarily say the say after Lord. Okay, well I just wanted to say one thing real quick that I had a prophecy given to me that I didn't like. Okay, so we're saying, what do you say to someone? Sorry, I'm not taking that. But guess what I did? I went to the word of God and I found this. First Corinthians 14-3, I'm all about scripture. It says, prophecy is to edify, exhort and comfort. So the truth is, if someone is speaking a message in your life that leaves you filled with condemnation or fear, that is not from God. And that's all I got on this one. I'm gonna go to this next question. Okay, last question, so good. How is it truly possible to love our enemies? Ooh, we're called to it, Corey. I mean, honestly, it's not possible to love your enemies without the supernatural help from the Lord. I don't think it's humanly possible to do. That's why all things are possible through the Lord's strength. That's right. It is not, like, that is not something, like it doesn't make sense in this world to love your enemies. And it's super hard to do. And I really love the psalmist's honesty, how the psalmist is like so honest, is just like throwing it out there like, you know, just Lord, put this on my enemies, like just do it. Keep it on. Like, yeah, like there's just so much honesty in the psalms. And you know, and then, you know, just the opposite of just like, thank you, Lord, just, you know, all the thanks in there too. And it's just like, I love that the Lord allows us to be honest with him, that we can just say like, Lord, like I'm feeling these feelings, you know? Like I am angry. I am filled with like, I do not love my enemy, you know? I need you. I need your help. Because this, I don't feel the love. That's good, Cory. What do you have, somebody? Love your enemies. I have difficulty also as we all do. We're human. And the scripture that says, bless them, do good. The one that gets me is pray for your enemies. I really gotta bring my enemy before you, Lord. I have such difficulty, agony. I have to go to other friends and say, I can't pray for my enemy. And they give me another perspective about that enemy. And the other thing is I have to forgive them before I can pray for them. Because God says, I'm not gonna forgive you if you don't forgive them. Well, what was the scripture? I need a scripture, somebody. Well, I just wanted to say, maybe somebody else has a scripture. I just piggybacking off of her is that I've found I've had to develop an attitude of forgiveness, you know? Then that it's a process, not an event. Right, right. And the only thing I have to say before we have to wrap is about love your enemies. There is no greater example of loving your enemies than Jesus himself. He stood in that room with all those Pharisees and Sadducees and they were spitting on him and saying, you think you're the king? Tell me, not a word. Turn the other cheek. So if he can do it, I can do it. We'll be right back right after this. We close with the scripture from the Old Testament. Micah chapter seven, verse seven. Therefore, I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. You know, this passage continues. When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. Are you in darkness today, in your mind or in your actions? First John says that God is light and in him is no darkness. And if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Christ redeems us from sin. And if we sin, we can confess our sin and God is faithful. He is just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Let's step out of that dark place. Let's step out of that sin. Let's make a choice. It may be alcohol, it may be drugs, it may be thoughts, it may be other things in your life that are holding you from the love of God. Step out of the darkness. Take that one step towards the Lord. He is light. Confess your sin and he is faithful. He is just to forgive you of your sin and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Think about today's show and all the things that we learned and all the hopes that we expressed to you. If you have darkness, like Roxanne just talked about, there is a number on the bottom of the screen. Do you know that someone answers that phone 24-7 here at Cornerstone Television Network? But as the sisters, we have a way to end the show and it's real fun and it goes like this. As iron sharpens iron, so does the countenance of a man or a woman or a sister sharpen the other. You see family, they make me better all day, all the time.