Words of Encouragement Blog

Today becomes tomorrow and tomorrow becomes yesterday—Everything must CHANGE!

This incubation period has purpose. When the caterpillar weaves it’s cocoon and eventually breaks out as a beautiful new butterfly the cycle begins again and another level of change happens!

If God can change a Worm 🐛 into a beautiful butterfly🦋, just imagine what he can do with you and I!😇

Let’s Worship while we Wait and Watch The Masters Plan unfold into something spectacular! ~M. Ford

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” (Psalms 121:1-2)

GOD IS WORKING. This is an incubation season for us all. God is using this time of pandemic to pull us AWAY FROM many of the things of this world that so easily distracted us from truly doing HIS WILL.

GOD IS WORKING…to bring about CHANGE, to pull us CLOSER TO himself, and to line us up with HIS DIVINE PLAN.

GOD IS WORKING. Don’t rush The Master as He works to TRANSFORM the mundane into a MASTERPIECE.

GOD IS WORKING. The HEALING of our LAND requires PRUNING. The pruning PROCESS is PAINFUL…but that pain produces HEALING.

GOD IS WORKING. Everything that STARTS must STOP. What BEGINS will END. SEASONS CHANGE…Yet GOD remains the SAME.

GOD IS WORKING. This incubation PERIOD has PURPOSE. Will you let GOD do HIS perfect work in you?

GOD. IS. WORKING. ~M Ford

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9)

Heavenly Father, I come praying Your protection, direction and covering over your children today…those who are called by your name. Touch those who are hurting, sick, disenfranchised, disillusioned, lonely and lost with your finger of healing, restoration, renewal and love in Jesus’ name. Father, bless us with an extra measure of your grace and mercy as we continue to seek your will for our lives. Lord, we desire to do greater works in your name! Help us be the light and salt in this dark and unsavory world! Purge, renew and strengthen us each day and empower us to live Holy. Help us to walk boldly in the calling you have upon our lives, for you have called us out of the darkness of the world into the marvelous light of eternity! It’s in Jesus’ mighty matchless name I put my trust and have hope! Amen🙏🏽

“BE THE WHEAT”

Satan’s malicious intention in sowing tares among the wheat is to cause problems and confusion (James 3:16). The bad seeds grow to become poisonous weeds that allow only the healthiest of the wheat to survive. Tares, like weeds, have never been a marketable product. “Tares” are actually darnel, a seed hardly identifiable from the wheat seed, and “immature wheat” and darnel look alike. To try to destroy the darnel (tare) would mean destroying much of the wheat, and separating one from the other would be beyond the servants’ abilities. Only when the wheat has “matured” can the tares be detected. Then the tares are gathered together in bundles in the field and destroyed by fire.

Many who are NOT in the “process of conversion/transformation” resemble those who are. Just like true Christians, they go to church, pray, and read the Bible, but they are only religious “hobbyists”. Jesus calls them “sons of the wicked one” (Matthew 13:38), and being tares, they will be destroyed. The tares are not originally from the wicked one, but they develop character according to Satan’s strong influence and they are led by the enemy and so are his children (John 8:44).

Let us be the WHEAT because HARVEST TIME IS HERE! Hallelujah and Amen 🙌🏼🙏🏽❤️

Father, I pray for a “spirit of prayer” to spread like wildfire across our homes, churches, land and world until every church becomes A HOUSE OF PRAYER, saturated with spirit-led, prevailing prayer resulting in a harvest of souls turning back to The Lord! Father, cast out every wicked way, every evil thought and every dastardly deed! Forgive us of every sin, transgression and iniquity that has caused us to compromise our faith and walk against your perfect will. Wash us with the blood of Christ and we will be cleansed from the inside out! Father, fill us with your precious Holy Spirit and set our souls on blazing fire with a fervent love and overflow of desire for more of your presence and power to do the work of the kingdom right here on earth—all for Your Glory, oh God! It’s in the saving name of Jesus I pray and praise you always…Amen.

“He said to them, “It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers.” Matthew 21:13

Don’t expect a bountiful harvest if you have no seed in the ground. WORK—WORSHIP—WAIT! In the fullness of time God will send Showers of Blessings that you won’t have room to receive! ~M. Ford

“But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” (II Corinthians 9:6)

Happy 4th Anniversary today to Duty2Delight Ministries! 🎉🎈💫🌈

When I think about what GOD has done over these past years, I can’t help but get excited!🙌🏼💃🏾 Praising God for the past as I press on towards the future…standing on tiptoes of anticipation about what God will do NEXT!🙌🏼☝🏾🙏🏽

A heartfelt “THANK YOU” goes out to everyone who has supported D2D Ministries in some way over the years. Your continued prayers, love and support are appreciated more than you know. Here’s to many more wonderful years of serving God’s people—Love & Prayers!❤️🙏🏽 Mary A. Ford, Founder~D2D Ministries.

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Satan sows seeds of discard. Christ brings clarity of vision. The closer your relationship with The Father, the clearer your spiritual vision will become. ~M. Ford

Father, Open the eyes of our hearts that we might see things the way You see them—not blinded by the pride of life, lust of the flesh, or the wicked ways of the world. It’s in the saving Name of Jesus I pray…Amen 🙏🏽

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.” (Proverbs 21:2)

“REARVIEW VISION”

Looking Back can Bless or Curse you—depending on whether you use “God Goggles” or the “Lier Lenses” of Satan. The choice is yours to make daily. Here are some “DO’s & Don’ts Of Looking Back”:

1. Don’t Look Back to wallow in mistakes of Past Pains😫. Do Look back to see👀 that you don’t make those same mistakes again!☝🏾

2. Don’t Look Back to keep your private Pity-Party going😭. Do Look back to Praise God for how far you’ve come by Faith!🙌🏼

3. Don’t Look Back to sing🎤 the “If I could have, would have” song 🎼. Do Look Back to share Your Testimony Of God’s great Grace!🗣💃🏾

4. Don’t Look Back to take Inventory of what you think you lost📝. Do Look Back to Count your Blessings of godly gain! 💯🆙

5. Don’t Look Back in prideful arrogance of self-accomplishment🤩. Do Look back to give GOD the Glory for manifestation of promises!😇

If you never Look Back, you won’t see WHO you’ve left behind.😱 You may be the very one assigned to help someone else move forward!🔜🙋🏽‍♀️ The choice is Yours…Which rearview vision will you choose? ~M Ford

Many times we find ourselves in the WRONG PLACES in Life simply because we followed the wrong directions.⚠️🛑🚷God’s Word is the road map that contains life-ordained destinations for each of us.📖✅✝️The Father has uploaded an internal GPS (GOD’S Positioning System) within us (The Holy Spirit) to keep us on the right path…even when the enemy try’s to trick, trap and detour our destination.😈🤛🏽🧗🏽‍♂️🎚 Nevertheless…don’t despair! God IS always Watching…👁 and He cares!❤️ For He is our Good Shepherd!🐑🐑 So, Let the Holy Spirit lead and guide you every day…every step of the way!👣🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️He’s a mighty good leader!😇~M. Ford

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