CHAPTER 5 - I NEED A HOME

CHAPTER 5 -   I NEED A HOME   1995  Luke AFB Phx AZ                           

   At this time in my life, I have been having many supernatural things happen all at once.  My prayer had been for Gods will to be done in my life and I submitted to the Holy Spirit to take over my life.   For the first time I was Shop Chief over 13 men in the Air Force.  I really didn't like to play the political game that it took to be a shop chief, so they brought in a misfit MSgt and put him over me.  He immediately started making sexual comments to me and I told God "look what he is doing, I will go to the President If I have to, just tell me what you want me to do."  So I went home and opened my bible looking for an answer and He said "turn the other cheek."  Oh my goodness, my flesh screamed out "no way", and I sure felt the flesh warring against the Spirit!  As I submitted for the first time to the Holy Spirit, a job came open to be a dormitory manager and that MSgt said why don't you take it?  And I thought to myself, no way I'm staying here to keep you on your toes.  And again, I went home and asked God for His will; and not long after that, I took that position.  I had to swallow my pride to take that job because normally they only put people in that position who could not fulfill their primary duty.  But I felt God leading me, so I did. 
   Not long after being in the Dormitory Manager position, I hear God tell me, "get out of the Air Force, I am going to bless you." I sure wrestled with that word from God because military was all I knew.  I even had a chance to get out early a year earlier and get a sixteen thousand dollar incentive and I passed it up.  And now its time to reenlist, and God is telling me to get out.  Wow it sure wasn't making any sense to me, but I know I heard God.   I asked God to give me a word of knowledge to confirm He was speaking to me and the very next time I went to church, this man stands up and gives a person a word from God.  And then he looks at me and says to me "because of your travailing and faithfulness, God is going to save your whole household and....God is going to bless you."  Wow!  I got my word.  So I got out of the Air Force with a 5 year old daughter and only $100 to my name.
   A week or so goes by and I ask God "okay Lord, what is next?"   As I took a walk around the block one day, I see an 8x10 piece of paper on the ground that said in big black magic marker "I NEED A HOME."  I picked it up, I knew it was from God to me; so I prayed Yes Lord I need a home, where do I go now?   And in the middle of the night, He wakes me up and says "have a yard sale."  So in the morning, I start to put things out in the driveway when  three ladies pull up.  They asked if there was more, I said its not all out yet and they said can we go in and look?  And I let them in my house, and then more people were coming in and they were all asking how much, how much?   Oh my goodness I had so many beautiful things, I had brought back lots of antique furniture and things from California.  Even lots of antique dishes and nick nacks.   I ended up having a yard sale for 4 months.  Selling and giving away and throwing away all my things to follow God and have His perfect will in my life.  His anointing was so strong on me again.  I had several roman statues and other art forms of pagan gods in my house and when I would just walk past one of them, my skin would crawl.  I would then take it out to my back yard and smash it to the ground.  I had quite the pile going.  And then there were other things that the Lord showed me had a hold on me because it was calling out to me "you better polish me or else, you better take care of me or else."  And then other things He told me to get rid of because I loved it too much, more than Him.  Everything had a spiritual significance.  I would take my daughter to her preschool in the mornings and I would come back home and prayer walk.  Walking and praying with my hands in the air praising and worshipping Him, I could hear him so well!  And people were still coming from all over to come to my yard sale.   While driving back home one day after dropping my daughter off at her school, I heard God tell me "I am making you a MOTHER OF MANY NATIONS."   I cried because I knew I just heard Gods voice speak to me, but then I thought, but what does that mean?
   While walking one morning God led me to this piece of land that was for sale.  Nothing on it and it was being tilled and cleared.  I walked that land claiming it for the kingdom of God and seeing visions of a God centered community all helping each other.   Many times I went back and walked around it at Virginia and 63rd Ave.  And I started feeling a cool breeze, like cool water around my legs and up to my knees.  It was awesome when God told me that was His river flowing.  Anyway that piece of land has a housing community on it now, so I cant wait to see what it will look like after Jesus comes back. 
   Later, God revealed to me that that piece of paper I found while walking that day that said "I NEED A HOME" was Gods love letter to me.  Telling me HE NEEDED A HOME IN ME!  He was cleaning this house to be a worthy habitation for HIS HOME IN ME.  His dwelling place in me!   He had to remove everything that was not of Him or from Him or things that had a hold on me or controlling me.  Or things I loved more than Him.  And the Holy Spirit did it all!  One step at a time as I submitted to Him, He cleaned this house and moved in!  Praise God!!!

   Don't miss next chapter, still so much more to come.  Follow me as I follow Him.  Your Father is calling you!!!