Up at 3 with God: My Meeting with the Holy Spirit

© 2012 by Opal K. Ferguson. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 06/26/2012

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Contents

Acknowledgements Page

The Lord’s Prayer

A God for All People

A Kings mentality

A kings mentality part two

A Lesson Learned

A Lions Heart

A mighty Power

A Moment’s Notice

A Ravel Undone

A Reckless Spirit

A Recycled People

A Thirst for Fellowship

A Thirst for Fellowship part 2

A vipers heart

Adrift in a sea of woes

Angels cry holy

Apple of His Eye

Are you a leaky boat?

As a Moth to a Flame

At what cost Christ

At What Point God?

Awaken your faith

Beautiful Creator

Behold

Bound By Nothing—Released By Faith

Cautions Child

Cell Phone Society

Christ Unveiled

Conquerors for Christ

Contradicting Christians

Daily Washing

Doing Business with God and for God

Doggone lucky

Enraptured in Christ

Expectations

Failed Pursuits

Fellowship of Soldiers

Finish the Walk

Fit for the Kingdom

Followers of Christ

Forgiveness

Free To Live

Freedom To Stand

Glorious Creator

Glorious Display

God’s cubbyhole

God’s Wondrous Ways

God is not a Half—Way God

God is not a silent Partner

God speaks to the silent

Gods Empowerment

God’s Pilgrims

Great Counselor

Hands of Sin, Hands of Glory

Heavenly Jambalaya

Heavens Bling

How do Your Feet Fair Today?

Hungry for the word

Hypocrite or Warrior

I will do a New Thing

Identity Theft

In wisdom Unfailing

Jesus Walks Here

Just rewards

Keeper of words

Keeping order

Kinship of the Father

Learning Patience

Live With Expectancy

Living in freewill misery

Living in the Land of make Believe

Lord hear my Prayer

Loves Promise

Godly Visions

Lucifer’s Bad Dream

Making the Grade

Marked for Freedom

Melody of the Heart (my prayer)

Merciful Father

Mighty Hurts, Mighty Healings

Mine eyes have seen

Motion sickness

New found ground

No hostages taken

Once saved

Ordinary Vision

Our Word

Over comer

From whence we came

Free the Sparrow

Pass to Heaven

Pastors are human too

Paul’s Persistence

Practice makes perfect

Prince of Peace

Promises spoken

Punished no more

Ready for Tomorrow

Realizing Your Worth

Realm of the Impossible

Reign of the Spirit

Released to praise

Retreat to Peace

Run From Sin

Scurrying like field mice

Seed Sown

Seek depth with God

Seek Me

Set Apart For a Higher Purpose

Share the good news

Sinless Creator

Soldiers for Christ

Spirit of a Dove

Stare God Down

Stepping out of the Fear Factor

Stop! Do Not Enter!

Streams of Light

Supreme Judge—Gentle Father

The Exhaustive Power of Negativity

Teapot Society

That Glorious Day

The Challenge of Tomorrow

The Chosen, The Few, The Godly

The Circumcised Heart

The clinging Habit

The Collective Soul

The Desire of Hope

The hand of the Holy Spirit

The job no man would want

The Lamp of God

The Leaves of a Tree

The lone wolf

The Long Arm of God

The luck of the draw

The making of a new day

The Miraculous

The Paths of the Many, the Just of the Few

The petals of a flower

The Stronghold Satan’s Game

The Thousandth Generation

The unseen Hand

The Wayward Child

The what ifs

The Width and Depth of God’s Love

The Will of the Spirit

The winning hand

Theatre of the Mind

Think and Speak Highly

Thread of a Deeper Truth

Thy Brothers Load

Time and Space

Time and Space

Time for a Challenge

Time to Care

To Begin Again

To err is human

To Seek Is To Know

Toxic people part one

Toxic people part two

Troubled no More

Unconfessed Sin

Unlimited God

Unrighteous Ways

Walking the high wire with Jesus

Ways of Dress

We are not alone for God is closer than you may think. He is our Father and he is our friend.

Weak on my own—Strong through Christ

Web of Deceit

What do you expect?

When all else Fails

When Christians Don’t Speak

When Heaven Falls Down

When Preachers Go Bad

When Refreshing Comes

When Stars Fall

When Two Worlds Collide

When your despaired

When Your Soul is on Fire

Where Destiny Fades

Wings of Fire

Wisdom Begets Wisdom

Wisdom for Now

Within God’s Reach

Woman of prayer, Woman of song

Worthy to be loved

The Lord’s Prayer

Acknowledgements Page

First and foremost, I wish to give thanks to God, if it were not for Him, I would not be writing this book. And second to my Husband Shawn, for encouraging me. And to Lauri for helping to edit this book, up until she could not, because of a brain tumor. The first copy goes to her. And for my other friends Danny, Brenda, Bobby, Billie, Barry, Betty, Denise, John, Louis, Rodney, and other friends .thanks for all of your encouragement!

And thank you to Author House Publishing! For your patience with me! Bless all of you! Love OpalWarning contains imperfect Grammar

For all of you scholars out there this page is for you. If you cannot bear to read any book that is grammatically incorrect then, you may need to forego reading my book. My book is not perfect, but, it is about the message that God wants me to convey to the reader. Not about mistakes in grammar. I have tried to get down on paper what God has spoke within my heart. And sometimes audibly through the Holy Spirit. And sometimes if I were to change a word, or to change something as simple as a comma then it would change the context of what God wanted me to say.

This is my first book, I’m sure that I will get some good feedback and I expect some bad too. I’m sure that some Christians or Pastors will be upset. And of course some will totally disregard the book as yet another God book But no matter, I will move forward in the things that God wants me to do. And I must say that I am deeply honored that God would choose me to write for Him. I have to ask forgiveness on a daily basis, as I am still being shaped and molded by Father God.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name,

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is

In Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts,

As we forgive our debtors, And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the

Power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

A God for All People

I am a God for all people, all races. I do not change. I will be your God and you shall be my people.

You are ‘called’ as are many. But some will fall by the wayside into Satan’s traps.

I will avenge every hurt done unto you and I will set everything right again. Know this, dear ones, I rule with great mercy and justice. All will be within its appointed time.

Many will rise up in My name, but do not believe them. More will be deceived in my name than saved in that great day. Under no rock can the wicked one hide, for I own all that the human eye can see. But I will be there for my beloved ones in that Great day.

Take heart, My precious child, I am coming soon. God spoke to my spirit these words.

Read; (Matt.13:18-23), (Mark.13:22), and (Matt.24:11).

A Kings mentality

What type of thoughts do you have positive or negative? It does make a difference you know.

When we are negative in our thinking it attracts more negative vibes into our life, which

Can lead to a disillusionment of our faith.

We often tell ourselves that everything will be ok when faced with a problem, but as soon

As we say that or think it, something in the back of our minds tells us everything will not

Be ok.

I am convinced that Satan lives in the back of our minds. For it is with these small thoughts

Of doubt that we slide over into negative land. And Satan thrives in our fears and doubts.

God never meant for us to live that way.

We were created by a glorious heavenly Father who changes not, he’s not negative one day

And positive the next. God is not human that he should err. God wants the best for his Children.

God gave you a beautiful wonderful mind, you were created for greatness! Why settle

For less than whom God meant for you to be? A king usually has more to deal with on

A daily basis that you or I. But a king’s mentality has to do with a Grandeur type of

Thinking.

A kings mentality part two

What makes a good King? Well, for one, a wise King would first seek the council of God.

And would not be too proud to listen to the opinions of his people. And the more we

Believe we can accomplish something the closer we will be to living up to the Greatness

God wants for us.

Low thinking brings about low living. And likewise, higher thinking brings about a higher

Standard of living. This in turn brings about blessings for every one we come in contact

With on a daily basis. Or it should, if we are living in a Godly manner.

We have the power to transcend time and space through love for God and one another.

Reaching ahead to future Generations and teaching them the truth about God and thinking

In the right way, then we can truly have a Kings mentality.

A Lesson Learned

A lesson learned is a lesson earned the hard way. Why do we always seem to repeat past

Mistakes? Are we that stupid? Not necessarily, we have a tempter and deceiver called

Satan who loves it when he can get us to fall into the same pattern over, and over again.

The only way to stop this pattern is to pray and read the bible ask for God’s divine hand

To guide you and pray for willpower to overcome the problem. And even when that is

Not enough seek out the elders in your church to lay hands on you, and anoint you.

The bible says rebuke Satan and he will flee from you. As Jesus did in matt; 17:18

The apostle Paul had a thorn in his side he spoke of in the bible, we don’t know

What this thorn was, but I believe it had to do with a sexual weakness. And yet,

Whatever the thorn was, He still kept pressing into God, what an amazing man!

And what an amazing God we serve! Who is always ready to forgive and forget.

Unlike humans who feel it’s their duty to keep your past thrown up in your face

All the time. Stay away from these people, because that is not from God! That

Is that person’s way of trying to control you. So, don’t despair, Dear Heart, know

That God loves you! And keep pressing into God.

A Lions Heart

King David had the heart of a lion. What does that mean? Well, lions are brave and fearless,

And King David