“Search The Matter Out” by Sis. Perri
Hello People of God!
Well, as promised the new word for the week is here! Now that we’ve entered a new year, it’s very important that we do a self-examination as a part of the purging process. Once again, the Holy Spirit has provided a few questions to consider that we may discover what lies in our hearts.
Imagine yourself as a Holy Ghost archaeologist digging for treasure and revelation in God. Let’s use these prophetic questions to provoke our hearts and minds to ponder and probe us to dig deeper! So, get your flashlight and shovel out…we’re going on a treasure hunt!
Self Exam:
Q 1. Am I where I need to be for God to bless me with the desires of my heart? Find and study 3 scriptures (for example, Psalms 37:4, now you dig for 2 more)
Q 2. Do I have spiritual discernment? Find and study 3 scriptures (for example, 1 Corinthians 2:14, now you search for 2 more)
Q 3. Am I prepared to handle long-suffering and/ or have I been through the training that births the fruit of long-suffering in my life? (Galatians 5:22) My understanding of long-suffering is ________________________ What has it produced in me?
Q 4. Can God trust me? (Trust you with the divine assignment He has for your life in His kingdom on earth).
Q 5. Have I been purified through the fire of the Most High God? Find and study 3 scriptures
Q 6. Have I seen a change on the inside?
Q 7. If so, is it showing on the outside?
Q 8. Am I ready to launch out into the deep waters in the kingdom of God to become a fisherman/woman of mankind? Find and study 3 scriptures
Q 9. Have I been given the necessary tools and the training to catch the fish? Do I have a net? Have I been supplied with a hook? What type of bait am I using?
Q 10. Do I have the skills to go and do what I have been called to do?
Q 11. Will I go? Will I ignore the order? Will I delay in the instruction?
Q 12. Will I reject the request from the Lord? (It will take your own free will to follow and be steadfast in your pursuit to complete the assignment in God).
Til we blog again!
Peace out & God bless,
Sis P.
~ by sisterperriblog on January 23, 2008.
Posted in Sisterperri Messages
Sister Perri, I love the new site… My Goodness I miss you… I have not lived in Atlanta for sometime now. I live in Northern Dallas in The Colony and have been sure to keep up with your ministry. In your ministry, it was the first time I ever experience the laughter (joy of the Lord) and the weighted glory to where I was literally drunk and spiritually dripping with the presence of the Lord. THANK you for being His vessel… Blog:
2008 has been a new beginning, but as you indicated in your blog.. more of a time of self-examination. Reasons made abundantly clear that many of my life’s hindrances were caused by me, not the devil. Lack caused by my willful disobedience while I called it fear and doubt. The realization that all that I’ve experienced was never about me, it was about what He could perform through me. I pray I am thorough in the self-exam and to follow it, that I’m pro-active in maintaining the best outcome that my ways Please HIM… working on my scriptures to follow up the revelation of where I really stand in Him.
In His Grace, Theresa aka LovelySpirit
Hi Sister Perri!!! Praise God for the momentum of Phase 2 and the continuous “Showers of Blessings” that are reigning on you and your ministry. In reference to the “Self Exam”, I am happy to report that after pondering and answering ALL 12 questions, that I can see light and gold at the end of the tunnel. You know as a child I was always fascinated by the idea of finding “treasure” or a “treasure chest”. It is now that I am an adult, that I realize you cannot find “true” treasure without some deep-diligent “soul” digging and exploring. The Lord showed me that my heart was the cave that held my treasure and that by doing this self exam it would help me to get to the “lost” or “hidden” treasure that I needed. When I begin answering these “self exam” questions the “treasure hunt” began. I found things that I thought were lost forever and even somethings that I thought was dead. Wow……..when we ask God to come in with His supernatural flashlight and show us the dark and scary places, He’s faithful to do it. There was one particular section in my cave (heart) that the Lord wanted me to see. This place had garbage in there and I never knew it. There were dirty pieces of paper(feelings) with “unforgiveness, anger, and gossip” written on them in the corners of this room. Without Jesus and His flashlight (the word of God and the Holy Spirit) I would have never seen these pieces of trash balled up in the corners. But we went threw each corrider and tunnel until ALL debris was removed. BUT that wasn’t the end…..guess what we found after we got rid of the trash?………GOLD……we found pure Gold and I didn’t even know it was there because I had allowed trash and clutter to cover it up. The Gold which is God’s word, God’s promises, and my heart’s desires were made plain to me after completing my “Self Exam”. Thanks for provoking me into a deeper examination of my heart. 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Keepin’ it Crunk, until He Appears,
1 n the Crunk Crew!!!!!
OOOh this is all IN MY BUSINESS, Sis. Perry! Just what I needed to wake me up again! God Bless you.
Silly me, I thought perhaps you would give us the questions 1 at a time, then with a week or so to ponder them. BUT…God told you to drop all 12 on us at one time:) Umph! Ok – I may be out of town for a few weeks going on this treasure hunt, but surely, I”ll return, better than I was before I left. Luv you so Much Sister Perri. Well, I”m off, with a shovel and pick in my hand….
HEY WOMAN OF GOD THAT WAS AWESOME, YOU MADE ME THINK LITERALLY. I MEAN THE QUESTIONS GOD GAVE WAS FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST TO DO A DAILY CHECK UP…KEEP THEM COMING GOD BLESS YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING SERVICE ONCE I MOVE TO ATLANTA..
Well, Well, Well… I don’t know. These are questions that we ask GOD, or desires we proclaim before HIS Presence,But do we really act on them? I will surely have to print these out.
These are truly questions for this particular time. It is awesome how the word of the Lord is so on time. He said his ways are not like our ways and his thoughts are not like our thoughts. Just when we think our new beginning is all these promises of God that are about to come to pass… he says “ are you in a place in me to receive what I have for you? I’ve been charged and accept the challenge to explore what God sees in me. Keep moving in the things of the Lord Sister Perri.
I don’t find this a coincidence that THIS was posted on my birthday.
God Bless you Sis. Perri. This website has truly been a blessing to me. As I ponder on these questions, my spirit is happy. Thank you for allowing GOD to use you and be a blessing to others.
Hello,
God bless you my sister.
Thank you for your website.I don’t understand all because i’m french but I encourage you to persevere in your ministry.
Today,with Internet you can talk with different people in the world(french,spanish and other).
Personally I use a dictionay to read your articles and that I improve my english.
GOD BLESS YOU SISTER PERRI!!!
Hey Sis. P,
How Gods’ blessings are upon you !!!
I pondered on your blog questions of the week and , may I say again, I am sooooo happy for you
God ’s blessings are upon you !!!
Here’s a thought that came to my mind as I read the questions.
Is it not what do you, or I believe ?
For so a man thinks in his heart so he is
These scriptures kinda explain my thoughts :
Psa. 40:17 [As for me] I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought and plans for me. You are my Help and my Deliverer. O my God, do not tarry!†
Prov. 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].
1Cor. 10:12 Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands [who feels sure that he has a steadfast mind and is standing firm], take heed lest he fall [into sin].
1Cor. 13:5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
Phil. 3:4 Though for myself I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more!
Is the glass half empty or half full !!!
Hallelujah
Just my thought. Love Ya and God Bless
Godson
Hello Sister Perri
The last couple of weeks I have been looking at my self, doing some evaluations, and just dealing with some things that are irritating me. I was happy at first to get the email saying Oh sister Perry has word for us from the lord. Then I saw the title I did not want to read it so I printed it out and thought I will get back to it later in which I am now getting back to and I still did not want to read it. So I thought I will stroll over it just to say I have read it and go back to it. Therefore, I go pull the web page up and I get a phone call talked with my sister on some things that are irritating me. At this time, I had the prophetic flows playing vol 1 and I had to turn it off because it was interrupting me from acting angry or the attitude I wanted to have. (The track was Oh, Oh my soul worships U.) My sister ask me a question and gave me the word of God and I replied (I understand, I do and that would be the right way and I do not want to hear it), but I will handle this a different way and the line drop. I would call her back and the call would drop again. I finally gave up on calling her back meanwhile I go back to the web blog answer’s question number one, decides to leave it alone and I stroll down until my eyes hit questions numbers 11& 12 (Reading just these two questions hurt.) Will I go? Will I ignore the order? Will I delay in the instruction? 12. Will I reject the request from the Lord? WOW!! Twenty minutes had not gone by after I made my confession of rebellion. TO SAY IT ALL
This self-examination has been a process that truly hurts because I hate what I see but now I’ am finally catching small glimpses that it is for my good. So thank you Sister Perri
I am in my lane. My scriptures are Prov.10:24, and Isiah 26: 8. I have some discernment. That is a petition always before God. My scriptures are Eph.6:12, Hebrews 5:14, 1John 4:2-3. I am prepared to handle longsuffering. I have experienced long suffering. An example would be sickness in one’s body. It is a circumstance or problem that requires patience because it is not going to be removed right away. It birthed in me humbleness, faith, and peace. God can trust me. I have been purified through the fire. I know there is more purification needed in some areeas. My scriptures Malachi 3:2-3, Jer. 23:29, and Isiah 43:2. Yes I have seen a change on the inside. It does show on the outside. There are times where if I am frustrated , I may look that way. I am ready to launch out into the deep waters. My scriptures are Matthew 13:44, 2 Cor 11:25, and Isiah 58:11. I have the necessary tools. I have the training to catch fish. I have a net. I have a hook. My bait is my testimony, the word of God when appropriated, and the love of God in me. I have the skills to do what I am called to do. I will go. I will not ignore God, or delay. I will not reject the request from the Lord. I am seeking nad searching out information now for my assignment. I donot want to let God down. Until later.
Well, Well, Well….must you cut a sista to the core???????? I guess so if I am to really grow in the things of GOD. I have read the questions, I have pondered some answers, now I will seek out GOD’S word for real!!!!!!! All I can say is ouch and ouch again. This preparation to do Kingdom business is quite necessary. It keeps me on my toes, it keeps me before the FATHER forever crying out for help, for wisdom, for more discernment, to stir up every gift inside of me so I can do HIS will, always. I love how you allow GOD to use you, Sister Perri. You speak a right now word that makes us think on another level. After reading what GOD has given you, if we don’t change it’s because we don’t want to. I look forward to everything that GOD is sharing with you to share with HIS people. Please know you are loved dearly, you are prayed for daily, and you always got a Crunk Crew ready to ride or die with you. Much love always…Celeste aka Grandma Crunk Crew for life!!!!!!!!!
Wow!! What can I say??? That was real talk!! I could easy go through each question and say the ‘right thing’ however, you caused me to consciously discern the intentions of my own heart! The last time I saw you, you said that sometimes you have to just be real and tell God how stupid you are! LOL! It was funny, but real! I gotta long way to go. BUT, I am soooooooo thankful that I am not where I began!! I thank God for that spiritual check up! It encouraged me to Keep It Moving!
LoveYouLots!!!
Wow! Those questions have really forced me to be introspective and become aware of something’s that I need to work on. The Question that I dread the most is #3 am I prepared to handle long-suffering and or have I been through the training that births the fruit of longsuffering in my life? Go is currently taking me thru this process. He has promised me some things. Told me they will happen, given me dreams and visions, confirms and reconfirmed some things however like Gideon I want to receive more confirmations! Why? Because of doubt in what is unseen. God is trying me and is trying to get me to that place of Faith where I “Know” that all things work together for the good…” He wants me to trust him at his word and not waver like the sea. His word says that His word does not return unto him void and he is not a God that shall lie. He wants me to align up with his word and his promises. So until I get to that place of rest in his sovereign will He will not release the promises that I am “suffering Long” for. I am being tested, but it is up to me. Am I willing to go thru and handle the PROCESS! I am a willing vessel. I just have to get my flesh out of the way! Pray for me.
This is WAYYYYYYYYYY off subject, but I have to say this–just a few minutes around I was hopping around my house like a bunny hooked on espresso because I got so excited over the idea that you put a new CD out!!!!! Your song, “Benefit of the Doubt,” caught me when I was half-asleep at age seven, and I loved your music. I wanted to be a singer like you. As I got older and grew in a relationship with Christ, I hoped one day that I’d know that you were doing the same. So when I saw you on TBN with a women’s ministry in ‘03 (or ‘04), I rejoiced. Now you have an inspirational CD out–I’m so blessed to know that. May God continue to bless and use you!
Unbelievable!!! I was in a “transition”; its such a new place for me that, that’s all I can call it. I have been called to do something that I fought, and fought and fought. The Lord brought me to your website and I have been transfixed! I said yes to him, quietly- honestly releasing even the breath that resisted him. Peace immediately came, but truth also rose up in me with all of the reasons why I resisted. Father is bringing these truths to me about the price of the call and he is beginning to strengthen me. Sister Perri said exactly what I needed to hear. I believe it was in her interview with the radio host, man oh man….did it bring deliverance. I am thankful today and I am thankful for Sister Perri, this ministry, my brothers and sisters. I am trying to become a partner so I will talk you all often. I am also praying that the Lord will allow me to come to Atlanta and worship and grow with the congregation. I love you all. Love Monica