Praise the Lord, Everybody! 

I am so excited in my spirit right now! God has strategically placed people in my life who have been nothing but a blessing to me and I am eternally grateful for my friends, both old and new. You know who you are and I want to tell you that I love you and I appreciate you so much. 

I am ecstatic because I can honestly say that I've got the victory! And nothing particularly astounding has really happened. The things I've been asking God to do, I'm still asking. The prayers that I've prayed, I'm still praying. The promises God made me, I'm still waiting on the manifestation. Despite that, I can still decree, declare, confess, and prophesy that I HAVE THE VICTORY! 

I can do that because I have walked with God long enough to know that my victory is not based on anything I see. It is not based on what people say about me. Good or bad. God has the final say and when He speaks, a whole lot of folks who have been runnin' their mouths will have to get            somewhere and SAT down! 

And while I"m there, let me say this too. When you call yourself praying on me, you better know what you're doing. I'm not an amateur in this thing, Sweetie Boo. I can see you. I know who you are. I know what you doing and I want you to know, I ain't scared. So work all the roots you wanna work. Light your candles and throw your dust. Cast your litleHarry Potter spells. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER. I'm rubber, you're glue. Your little witchy prayers bounce off me and stick to you. You gon' hurt yo' self messin' with me. If you don't know, you better ask somebody. 

So my victory has nothing to do with my circumstances. My victory is based on what God has spoken to me about me when I was on my knees in prayer seeking His very presence. And when God speaks a Word in my spirit, I don't have to wait until the battle is over -- I can shout NOW! I can walk like I got it. I can talk like I got it. I can stand in my garage and see it parked in the driveway. I can go the dealership and pick out my Escalade. I can start packing my boxes. I can start looking at china patterns. I don't have to wait until next month, next week or tomorrow. I can walk in it NOW! 

But just because God speaks a Word, don't think that there will not be opposition. As a matter of fact, expect opposition because the Word that God speaks must be tried. So when your circumstances start speaking to you and making fun of your faith, what you do is go to God and say, 

"Now, wait a minute Jesus. Now, I remember..I was in my living room...I was folding clothes...It was 3:30 in the afternoon. You told me you was gonna bless me. But my circumstances are calling you a liar. I know what you said, God. I know what you told me and I am putting you in rememberance of your Word. Fix it Jesus! Fix it until it looks like what you told me! Fix it until my enemies are my footstool! Fix it until everything you promised me comes to pass!" 

You've got to wage war with the Word that God spoke over you. You've got to talk to your situation and tell it to line up with what He said. You've got to stand on that Word in the midst of everything that is wrong. And if you don't have a Word, you in trouble. You are about to get your teeth knocked in. If you don't have a Word you better go get one. I'm talking about a real Word from God. Not some little patty cake Word your ol' lyin' friends gave you. They don't pray any more than you. No, baby. Get on your knees, get in God's presence, get all that wax out your ears and get a Word from the Lord! 

I am praising God today in the midst of the battles that I am still fighting. Why? 

Because I've been in His presence. And He spoke to me. And He gave me a vision of what He is about to do. And it is marvelous in my eyes! And it won't be long. I am standing in earnest expectation of the manifestation of what HE SAID! 

The manifestation has not yet come, but in my mind's eye, I'm back on the East side of Bartow, "polk County, Florida, at the First Born Church of the Living God...I see the saints, pattin' their feet on the wooden floor of the church, I see Mother on the scrub board while another Mother is beating that one big ol' drum. I hear Mama Alice singing this song, "I've got a feeling that EEEEEEEEEEEVERYTHING is gonna be alright...The Holy Ghost told me....everything is gonna be all right." 

  

If I were to bring it back to modern day, I hear Yolanda Adams singing, "It's already alright..." 

So you don't have to wait 'til the battle is over. Shout now! Praise Him now! Declare that you have the Victory now! I dare you to praise Him! I dare you to bless His name! I dare you to call those things that be not as though they are! I dare you to look in the mirror and prophesy to yourself! Talk to your checkbook! Speak a Word over your children! Tell the devil he's a liar! Look at your enemies and fall out laughing. 

I've seen the final outcome! We win! We win! The Saints win! 

Hallelujahhhhhhhh! 'Scuse me while I praise Him! 

'Til next time, may the Lord, God bless you REALLLLLLLLLLLL GOOD!!!!