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Points of Interest
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Evangelist Phyllis Evans is an anointed woman of God who preaches with great power with signs and wonders following. She is dedicated to ministering wherever God leads her.
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Jesus - The Reason for the Season
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Jesus is truly the reason for the Christmas season. He is the greatest gift we could ever be given and when we receive Him and all He has provided for us we become a new person. We too, are full of the love He gives and our hearts desire to reach out to others and share the beautiful gift He so freely gives to all who asks.
Make a point in the next few days to make a difference in someone elses life. A smile, a kind word or something more if you are led. Five dollars may make a difference being placed in someone's hand. Just be led by your heart and you will feel the love of the season.
I want to take this time to express my appreciation and love for everyone who reads and supports this ministry. I could not begin to reach all the people the ministry does without the support of wonderful people like you. I desire your prayers for they are what lifts me and inspire me to seek the Lord as I minister on this website and in person.
I pray that you and your families have the most blessed Christmas season that you have ever known and that God will inspire you to share your love and blessings with others on a daily basis not only this time of year, but throughout the coming New Year. God bless each of you as you seek the Lord and as you give of yourself to be used by Him to bless others.
Blessings
Phyllis Evans/Voices of Victory Ministries
(Posted on: 2009/12/23)
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God's Promises vs Circumstances
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We have heard over and over the promises of God about a new life, eternal life and that He will give us the desires of our heart. What we don't take into account many times is that we have a major part to play in whether we receive the promises or not. Our circumstances have an important roll every day in how we make decisions. We can look at the circumstances and let those control what we do or we can take the promises of God and stand on those words and refuse to allow our heart and emotions to be controlled by the pressures and problems we face on a daily basis.
God's promises are sure, true and never change, but we have to change the way we look at them and believe they are more real than anything negative in our lives at this time. Our Heavenly Father is in the "impossible business". What seems impossible with man is just a simple thing for the Lord. He is offering each of us an alternative to the troubles and trials. What does His Word say about your circumstance? Find the promise in the scripture that you need to stand on. Read it, say it, believe it until it becomes more real than the problem and then watch Glod work.........................................remember the words of your mouth are very powerful............they will work for you or against you, depending upon what you say. If you speak His promises, they will negate any problelm or circumstance in your mind until you have the answers you need. God promises in His Word that He will never leave us or forsake us..............if we just make the choice to give Him a chance to show us. Call out to Him today in your place of need; find out the Word to stand on and then allow the Lord to reach out and bring you out of where you are............He's been waiting for you to ask Him to help!
(Posted on: 2009/11/18)
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When Storms of Life Rage
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All we have to do is listen to the news or talk with someone in the store to know that everyone is facing personal storms on a daily basis. Just as natural storms come and go, so do the storms in our lives. They can leave destruction and loss that are just as devastating.
No matter what kind of storms we face, we have to look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith for answers. Just having faith is not enough today. If we don't put it into practice, it will be powerless in our situation or personal storm.
If we look back at scripture, Jesus spoke to the storm in Luke 8:24. There is power in our words. We must learn to speak to our storms and raging winds of adversity in our lives. We can sit back and let them cause destruction in our lives and the lives around us or we can stand up and speak to them and refuse to be silent while all "hell" is raging around us.
As Christians, we must start speaking to the circumstances in our life and declaring what the Word of God says about it instead of what it appears like in the natural. If we don't take control with God's Word, then then enemy is just waiting for something negative to come out of our mouth to use the power of our words against us.
When negative news comes, find what the Word says about the problem and begin to speak that over whatever the news is. Declare what God says about it. It works..................God never fails.
(Posted on: 2009/05/11)
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Plans and Purposes
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If today, you came before God's throne and had to give an account of where you've been in life in reference to what you've done in God's kingdom, what would you say?
Where would you be and what would you be doing today....and if asked....what would your plans be for tomorrow?
God had a plan and purpose for each of our lives when we were created. Our environment played a part, our family, our friends and our own decisions have molded our past and brought us to where we are today.
We have been molded by circumstances and outside pressures of situations in our lives and people we've been surrounded by.
Have you ever had a deep desire to do something as a child, but you were told, so many times, why you couldn't that you finally believed it and forgot about the inward prompting?
Do you have a perfect peace in your heart or are you unhappy about where you are in life?
You can't change your past and you can't change what you were when you awoke this morning, but you can change where you'll be and what you'll be doing tomorrow and the days thereafter.
God knows our hearts and He knows if we are willing to by led by Him or if we will follow after man. He knew you before you were formed. He knew things you would encounter along life's path, but He equipped you with all the tools you would need to get through every adversity.
Seek Him today for the answers to your questions of heart. He will let you know where you belong and what you should be doing and if you are on target you will have a peace in your heart that only the Lord can give. He has all the answers you are seeking................Ask Him now..............and listen.
(Posted on: 2009/02/09)
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Grace
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Grace is the unmerited favor of God...........the favor we didn't deserve. Nothing we could ever do would earn us God's grace.
It has brought us out of so many messes in our lives, protected us, kept us and placed us where we needed to be at the right time.
Have you ever asked for the Lord to bless you? Well, grace is the spiritual blessing the Lord sends to us by the Holy Spirit.
Grace can't be bought, because it is priceless. The blood of Jesus Christ paid for that grace or unmerited favor and spiritual blessings.
Ephesians 2:5 says in the Amplified Bible that we are saved by His grace and unmerited favor that we did not deserve but that grace is a gift of God.
As with any gift, we have to receive God's grace. He's been offering it to us all along, but we must choose to accept it and let it change our life, our decisions, our dreams and where we spend eternity. His unmerited favor is extended now, yes, His grace can rewrite your life..................reach out.................take it............It's free.
(Posted on: 2009/01/20)
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An Experience In His Presence
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The emotional hurt and pain can be so great that you don't possibly think you can endure it another minute...........................
Then, suddenly, you feel caught up and you're sitting with your forehead cupped in the bend of a neck...........Your head is on a shoulder and arms surround you. Never have you felt a greater love and peace. It has to be the arms of Jesus. He begins to talk to you and let you know that He understands.
Questions arise out of your heart and He answers them before you utter a word. Your eyes see things you could not have imagined. Only He could have shown them to you. The beauty is so far beyond words that no pen could write them or paper could show them.
Your heart is being healed a little more, as much as you'll let go of today. It was such an intimate time you never wanted it to end. You must be willing to meet with Him again and allow that perfect love to restore what is broken. All will in time be made whole.
Keep entering His presence.....
(Posted on: 2008/12/02)
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Strength
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Strength......it's something we need to meet our everyday challenges.
We often get accustomed to what is comfortable for us. When we feel
something is beyond what we can do reinforcements are call for.
This can be spiritual or physical. If everything seems to be going okay,
we are not as likely to call on the Lord for help.......we can do in in our
own strength.
When it's too heavy to bare, we ask the Lord to take the burden, when
all along He's been there asking us to cast that care and not carry it.
When it's human strength, we often draw back and wait for help in
in moving or carrying something. We don't really realize how strong
we are if we aren't challenged to use the muscles God hasd given us.
The more we use our muscles, the stronger they grow and the stronger
we become.
The more of God's word we know and operate in, the stronger our faith
grows. The more we pray and fellowship with Jesus, the stronger our
relationship with Him grows. It's all said in Phil. 4:13 and Neh. 8:10.
With Him we are awesomely strong!
(Posted on: 2008/10/19)
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Perception- How We See Things
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Things that are at a distance from us, sometimes seem more fierce than they really are. We perceive them as being more of a problem or situation than when we actually have to face them.
If we have a fear based life, everything always appears to be worse and the more fear we operate in the greater the issue becomes. A faith based person looks at the same issues and sees what it could be, but takes the time to pray and call things that be not as though they were.
Problems become potentials for blessings. Situations dissolve into nothings before they actually happen. Our thoughts work for us or against us. We get to choose. If our thoughts don't line up with God's Word, then we need to cast them down.
Don't carry those bad thoughts and feed them so they will grow. Starve them by cutting off their fuel with God's Word. It stops fear, worry, and doubt in their tracts.
When something appears in the distance, deal with it immediately. Don't wait until it gets bigger and robs your peace.
Keep peace.........it's worth the work!
(Posted on: 2008/10/03)
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Portals of His Glory
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A few days ago I was riding in the car and I glanced over and looked up at the clouds that were beginning to darken, even though it was still light and late evening. To my amazement, there was a cloud that the sun was coming down through and it appeared to be stairsteps coming through the brilliant light that the cloud was projecting from the sunbeams. It was literally breathtaking. The picture I have included is not the one I saw but is close to give you an idea of what it looked like.
It seemed as if I heard the Lord speak and say," This is just one of my portals of Glory that I am now opening all over the world. My people are hungry for Me and I am opening up the portals and releasing My Glory like never before". I sat almost numb when I heard that (I wasn't driving by the way). I have sensed in my spirit that the Lord is about to do something beyond anything we have ever seen or heard. His Glory is about to burst out over every church body that is hungry for His presence and in places we would least likely expect it.
Are you hungry for the Lord? Do you want more of His presence on a daily basis? Do you need a miracle in your life or in the lives of your loved ones or friends? Then begin to ask the Lord to make you hungrier than you've ever been for Him. Ask Him to show His Glory and manifest miracles in your life.
We are so close to miracles every day. Many times we are snared by the words of our mouth and lack of faith. We get caught up in listening to the world instead of God's Word. I am very aware of what I am writing because I now am walking in this very thing now in my own life. We are beginning to hear of great meetings where God's Glory is being manifest and signs, wonders and miracles are taking place. Don't seek the miracle, seek the miracle maker. His name is Jesus and He is just a prayer away. Look up to the clouds, He might just show you in the natural what a portal from Heaven looks like in the spirit realm. I realize that was just a phenomenem of clouds and sun the other day, however, I believe the Lord showed that to me to explain what He is doing and about to do everywhere. The Lord has always spoken to me by examples and then explains what I am suppose to glean from it. Seek the Giver and not just the Glory. He is here, waiting for you to call on Him. Do it today, and then begin to expect the greatest outpouring of blessings, miracles and great wonders in your life. (Amplified Bible) Colossians:1:26-27 - The mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations from angels and men, but is now revealed to His holy people, the saints. To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of (realizing the) glory.
(Posted on: 2007/11/20)
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