3 Person in One

- Servant Heart - Busy Bee -

Tag Along Lord help us to identify those that you want us to do life with. As we get closer to the New season help us to see with a clear vision. Hear with an open heart, and walk with a steady step. There are times when I see more than what I am ready to see. I see their motives, the tricks, the old self, their habits, the fear, and insecurities. How the natural man is entangled, how the flesh comes and takes over. The time has come to move forward. To take the steps of faith. Leaving old self behind. We can no longer live on yesterday's manna. We can not carry the new wine on old wineskin. You are calling us higher. For greater things like this, we would do. Let us not be so busy running from here to there, like busy bees; that we take for granted the lesson we ought to learn. Let me look inside my own heart and expose what lay there dormant. Waiting for the right time to be awakened. Let me do a self-inventory and check my own motives. I am going after my own personal interest? Show me, Lord. Don't let me go where I am not ready to be. If you don't go with me I will not go. Don't let me go where my anointing won't keep. Don't let me go ahead of yourself. I need to stay faithful available and teachable (FAT)I am a daughter. I have an inheritance to claim. As I daughter I do things differently, for I go after my father's interest. Learning to serve without hiding motives. I am not serving man but God. Thank you, Lord. For you do not keep me in the shadows. You speak to my soul. You teaching me the language of the heart. Thank you for showing the 3 types of people I need to be aware of. Thank you for this word is for me 1st, then to share so others can look and see. Love you, Lord. Ivette Diaz-Yee 11/25/23

In The Palm of His Hand

Heavenly Father, I come before You today, seeking Your protection and strength. You are her refuge and fortress, our God, in whom we trust. I ask that You surround her with Your loving presence and cast out all fear from her heart. Fill her with Your peace that surpasses all understanding, even in the midst of this storm. Lord, I pray for courage to stand firm and to seek the help she need. Give her the wisdom to make the right decisions and the strength to follow through, even when she feel afraid. Help her to see her self as You see her, worthy of love, respect, and safety. Protect her from harm and guide her to safe spaces and supportive people who can help her. Break the chains of abuse and violence, and let Your light shine in the darkness. I ask that You deliver her from this situation and heal her heart, mind, and body from the wounds inflicted upon her. May Your angels watch over her and may Your Holy Spirit comfort her. I declare that fear has no place in her life, for You have not given her a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. Ruth 8/12/24 https://victimconnect.org "See I have engrave You on the palms of my Hands". Isaiah 46:16

Trust Me

I still remember the words my husband said as we drove around a late Sunday afternoon. “Do you trust God?” His tone was scary and firm, I knew something was going to happen and changed our lives forever. I said “If He is allowed to happen, He would see us through”. Was what I said, holding my breath and expecting his answer. The landlord is selling the house. We have 30-60 days to moved out. I stood silence for what it seems a long time. For the last few months I had asked if he was going to take advantage of the market and sell his property.  We had been there for 12 years. No it was his answer, every time I asked. We had pushed ourselves to paid off my new car. Since I had been driving ugly Betty a 27 year old Oldsmobile. Which literally was breaking on me. We only had one month to pay it off. My husband had always wanted a new truck so before we made the purchase, once again I had gone to the landlord and asked “Are you selling” No you would be the 1st to know. We went and purchased (finance) his new truck. A month later right before Mother’s Day I was told by my husband that we had to moved out. I felt my whole world coming to and end, how we would do this? Do we have the savings to pull this through? Are we going to be able to find a house in  this market? So many questions. I felt numb. Frozen. I could feel fear, anxiety creeping in. As we prayed. We came up with a plan. The following Tuesday at my lady's group I told them what had taken place. To hear them giving me referrals,  connections. I also heard my own children’s telling us, you can’t pack and move in 30 days, you’re crazy if you think that is going to be possible. Get ready for be taken advantage,  the market is hot. Be ready for a bidding war. You are going to over paid. The next day I had a medical appointment in which due to my level of anxiety my doctor recommended for me to see a psychiatrist and even putting me on medication. Which I refused. All I heard was Crazy. Every one was throwing that word at me. Little that they know. I had been fighting the system for 20 years. Due to my family lineage, mental illness run deep in my family. One uncle committed suicide and another aunt is under medication and even been in mental institutions. My sister and niece they both had mental breakdowns. So when I heard psychiatrist all I heard is you are crazy. As I came home or what had been our place for the last 12 years I heard in my heart the Lord saying “I have your home all you have to do is find it “ and yet at the same time another voice whispering and laughing “yeah try to find a house in this market is like finding a needle in a haystack”. (The Lord speak to your heart the enemy whispers in your ear) I had to closed myself to everyone and everything around me. Working full time, trying to find a realtor every thing all happening at the same time. I felt like I was inside a tornado, all around me was spinning out off control. But God. He kept me under the wings of his protection. He send a pastor friend my way to hear me and to listen to my cry, my fears, my anxieties.  I walked out of her office. Ready to confront the storm. Next day I found a mortgage broker who put me in contact with a realtor. Few times during that week, I visited few homes, other times that an offer was taking place. One night after we finishing driving around looking a new listing, we made few changes on our “demands” (my husband) we not longer where looking for garage or 2nd bathroom. Once we let go of the wants the Lord provide for us the place we were to call home. As I am driving to see the house The Lord said “claim it for is yours” as I drove to the house I said that “this is it, do what ever you need to do to get it “ what happen if they increased the price ? Then it isn’t for me. Are you going to look around? “I don’t need to” I heard myself saying. For I know the Lord himself had picked the house for us. So far he has make a way for the landlord to give us 6k, something about he saving our percentage for the years we had lived at his place. That took place on Monday, Tuesday we had a phone call from our realtor, they had accepted our offer. The other buyers had pull back. By the Grace and mercy of God. The help from my core, we moved exactly 45 days later. The Lord provided for us. He said “it’s about time Ivette, this is the fruit of your faithfulness”. When we allowed God to work for us, we work less. In the economy that we are. We were able to purchase a house, at incredible price, get extra money so we could start our new life’s in our new home. We had consecrated to the Lord. My office had become the headquarters for my Intercesory prayers.  The Lord said  “Trust Me” and we had. We look at Gods economy not at world economy. The Lord provided for us and He would continue providing.  Thank you Lord for your faithfulness and your grace. Ivette Diaz-Yee June 23, 2021

City on The Hill

I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” In celebration of what God will do. Seeing our Temple. Looking ahead. In this scripture twice “The Lord Almighty says”, and twice “He Declares”. Not out of repetition, but out of emphasis. Standing in fasting and prayer for what The Lord would do. Waiting with anticipation. Knowing to well this is just the beginning. Don’t let us loose heart and let us run the race marked out for us; running with blinders on; focusing in the call, the purpose and the mission. Ready for the race ahead. Let us don’t get distracted with civilians affairs. “The harvest is plentiful BUT the laborers are few, let US ask The Lord of The harvest to send laborers” The time is now, today is the tomorrow for which we prayed and fasted yesterday. We are walking yesterday’s prayers. Thank you Lord for your faithfulness. Love Ivette Diaz-Yee 🔥⚔️🔨🙏🥷 2/9/24

Restore

To make new, to transform into, to be changed for the better. A new chance to start again. Today started just like my typical day going into the shelters to share my experiences with the girls. As I got ready to go out the door, The Lord spoke to my heart and said for me to pick up some mints I had in the draw. I get donations from different vendors which in return I use for props at the shelter, as an illustrated message. Today is not different than any other day, since I will be sharing from 2 Samuel 9 and the life of the “Mephiphoyet” the son of Jonathan, grandson of Saul. How life has not been fair to him. (read 2 Samuel 4:4) His nurse attempting to save him after his parents had been murdered, fled trying to protect him. In her haste, she fell and the 5 years old boy became cripple on both feet. He wasn’t born crippled, but due to someone else mistakes, he became cripple. To finish it up, he lived in a place considered a ghetto town in Biblical times; Named Lo-Debar, a place of desolation, isolation, and separation. Now going back to the mints. I asked who wanted to have some. I took the small box, tore open the protective paper, pried open the boxes, took a mint, and put it inside my mouth. Closed my eyes and enjoyed the freshness that I felt inside my mouth. I was showing the girls that it was safe to have a mint. Each one of them took the mints and put them inside their mouth. After a few seconds, I asked if they liked it. To share the taste and the feeling inside their mouth. Refreshing, clean, and minty, were some of the answers I got back. The Lord wants to do the same in your life. But we need to want. Reach out and get what he had to offer us. pry open our hearts and let his sweet presence, clean us up. From the inside out. Life has not been fair to us. We have been cripple, left behind. shame, guilt, and resentment had kept us in a place of isolation, desolation, separation, and desperation. We had reached rock bottom. But God. In His love and mercy for us, He has sent His son Jesus Christ to die and to look for us. Today we could sit at the banquet table. Which covers our cripple legs. No longer living in a place of despair and hurt. But truly living a life of freedom in Him. Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart. Forgiveness is at hand, but you have to want it. God wants to take you from the house of shame to the house of freedom, peace, and restoration. He wants to bring you in. Would you let him? Would you raise your hand and ask him to come in your heart? My prayer is that you would welcome him into your heart and your life. Ivette Diaz-Yee March 2024

Vote

As I sat near the tabulator machine, I was able to see people faces, noticed their attitude, few of them express their discontent, mistrust and frustration. Victory Over The Enemy, was the word the Lord gave me for the last primary. Today it seems a little difference. How go are we able to have victory over the enemy? This is what The Lord gave me as I sat there. I had given my day off to be here. To do my civic duties. If we want change we have to do our part. I am doing mine The Lord would do his. Not the Dunkie or the Elephant, but The Lamb. Your Vote your voice. - Voicing our right to vote - Voicing our right over the darkness around us - Vindicating the wrong that had been taking place around us. - One more chance to make a change - Overtaking our rightful position as children’s of God. - Taking back what has been stolen, taken, or hijack due to our lack of concern. - Teaching others the value of their vote. - Telling others to understand and know their voting rights. - Exercising our rights. - Empowering your right to vote - Examining and studying the candidates. - Electing those who carry your values. We can expect change if we are not willing to make the change ourselves. The Lord is willing to help us, but we need to be able to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Get out there. Get involved. Be present. Hopefully this would help you. Original notes taken from Nov 3, 2022 Ivette Diaz-Yee

Irrelevant

Definition according to Google; The lack of a relation of something, Not confected with what you are discussing or dealing with, un necessary, not having anything to do with the matter at hand Not revelant or applicable to a particular matter or situation. IR= without, not inconsequential, insignificant, pointless, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated. Personal definition. “Out of style, outdated, not longer needed, not longer accepted, non trending.” As we look around at what is taking place, it’s very easy to get distracted, with the mundane. Never in millions years I thought I will see and experience the ugliness that is taking place. There is not a save place to go. Every one is doing what they think is best in their heart. What was holy it had become unholy. What was wrong had become right. Darkness is over taking the land. As I watch I see mimicking behavior, patterns, easy to recognize, since the enemy can’t create, he counterfeit and duplicate. With laughter, and joke I see how he deceits many. Bulgar jokes, which are intended to be funny. We are becoming desensitized. Normalizing sin has become the norm. And here I stand surround by all asking God what is happening? The word I hear in my heart is “ I have become IRRELEVANT for these people” Our Lord and savior, has become irrelevant; out of style non trending, outdated, not longer needed or accepted. Lord have mercy upon us. Help us to continue being the light in this world of darkness. Help us to walk in love but at the same time standing firm in our conviction. Not to compromise who we are in you. To understand that this is a spiritual war. This world and its pleasures one day will come to end, until then helps us to stand out, stand firm, to swim against the current that is intended to brings us under. We can’t do it without you; help us Lord. We choose to stand firm, for greater is He that is in us than him that’s in the world. Let us not loose heart. Continuing pressing forward. Dispersing the darkness around us, bringing hope to the hopeless. Reveal yourself to us. In Jesus' name. “I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them” Isaiah 52:6 Love and prayers Ivette Diaz-Yee 3/20/24

Unbelieving Heart

But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matter” 1 Cor 2:14 As we continue breaking ground, making heaven more crowded, advancing toward what The Lord has for us, as a body of Chris. As we make room for MORE. Believing and taking God at His word. That He is able to do immeasurable MORE than all were ask or imagine. We are going to confront those who do not carry the same zeal, the same anointing, or the same calling. As it was in the days of Noah, so it is now. People with unbelieving hearts. Will come around us, to tell us, it can't be done. You are out of your mind if you think this is going to be possible. What you are trying is impossible. But for God, everything is possible, for Him who believes. Just because it has not been done, doesn't mean is impossible. The word of God will be manifested, no eyes has seen, no ear has heard no mind has conceived what God has prepared for US. Let us run the race assigned to us, let us avoid worthless and foolish talk. The time is now to raise up our anchor and sail away. Everything may look the same, but where the Lord is taking us is totally different. The old foundation has to be destroyed in order for the new foundation to stand. We can not put new wine in old wine skin, for it will break from the pressure. Sweet water and bitter water can not come out of the same well. Let us not listen to empty chatters, foolish talk, doubt, fears or insecurity. God has spoken to your heart, don't loose heart. For the one with you are more than the ones against you, and in this place God will build His house. The glory of the new temple will be far greater than the one before. The time is now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. Stay persistent, don't give up, keep the course, don't get distracted. Hold on to the word spoken to your heart. The vision he planted in your soul. We got this. The Lord has chosen you to build his house. He has called you back to what is familiar. You are not alone. We are standing in the shadows, behind the scenes watching, working, and praying for you all. We had put our hands to the plow, we had raised up our sleeves, and we are rowing together. There's a lot of work still to come, dust your knees get up, and walk. This is a fixed fight. Holding you in prayers. You are not alone The Yee’s

Anniversary 9/11

A year and half ago I walked through the doors of this church in search of a place we could call home. Out of desperation and need, I stumbled to the doors. As the choir is ushering us in, to His presence I heard a whisper in my heart wELCome home. Our lives have changed tremendously. Just a year prior, we were looking for a place where we could call home. A place where we could take root. The place where we will continue growing in The Lord. Everything its new. The Lord had blessed us with a new home in a new town. Away from what had been familiar with and where we had become accustomed. In 2020 The Lord had said to raise up my anchor and be ready to move. Everything was going to looked the same and familiar but at the same time everything was going to be different and new. Today as we looked back; we are bless to call ELC our home church. We are learning to elevate our thinking. We are aligning ourselves with others of the same faith, and new friends have become our family of choice (FOC). We are rolling up our sleeves and putting our hands on the plow. Roeing together Knowin in our heart The Lord himself brought us to the doors of this church. So here we go. Waiting with anticipation and expectation to see what the Lord will do. We are going after our inheritance. Reaching out for the promises he have given us. Knowing that nothing will be as before. The Lord is making a way for us, with our new family, we will grow old together. Thank you to my pastors, your obeDIEnce and your sacrifice of Love will sprout out much fruits. Love 💕 Ivette and David. 10/1/23

Costly Price of Convenience

It was a sunny warm fall day, as I glanced at a wood pile, I remembered that I needed some to put in the Solo fire pit once I got home. It wasn't a need but a want. I knew I was going to get overcharged for something I could find around town once I got home. Thinking at what I needed to do, and the traffic, I may have to go out of my way to pick them up. This was just so conveniently right there; and honestly that's what I did. I didn't think twice. I picked up the bundle of firewood, overpaid for them, and carried them to the car. As I walked to get inside the vehicle I heard “Convenience is costly”. I knew in my heart that The Lord was talking directly to my heart. Human nature is to try to justify our actions. Make excuses as to why we do what we do. Trying to find a shortcut, saving time. I knew it was a lesson to learn. Every situation when we allow, it will become a teachable message. Because we don't want to take the long route. Because everything is within our reach, we accustomed ourselves to easy and fast, no matter if we overdo, overwork, or overpay. The same way the enemy works with us. He watches. He studies the best angle and when we less expect, without notice, he traps us in his grasp. Slow fade. Because we don't want to do the research. We don't want to study the outcome. We go for what is easy and convenient. We take someone else revelations and make them our own. We exaggerate out of fear of missing out (FOMO). We become someone else echo. We devalue ourselves. We don't recognize our worth. We give ourselves away, out of convenience. Our talents and gifting are put out like a tag sale event. Given away to the faster buyer. If we pay attention to our surroundings we will see how here and there we compromised and how we do things out of convenience. It will cost us. Some may have to pay a higher price. Let us look inside ourselves. Do a personal inventory. Take the long route. Make the stop. Who knows if God has someone there waiting to hear from you? Below is the meaning, definition, and synonymous words that may help you; do things a little differently. (according to Google) -”a quality or situation that makes something easy or useful for someone by reducing the amount of work or time required to do” -being able to proceed with little or no difficulty. convenient * acceptable. * advantageous. * agreeable. * available. * beneficial. * comfortable. * conducive. * favorable. If this has blessed you feel free to share. Ivette Diaz-Yee Sept 2023