Up at 3 with God: My Meeting with the Holy Spirit
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Opal K. Ferguson
Greetings! My name is Opal Ferguson and I live in Loxley AL, a small town that is full of friendly people. I am married, and have no children, only dogs and cats. I have been working on this book for over two years. I have had many setbacks, but, now as I am finished with this book, I can see where the hand of God has helped me all along the way, and I am deeply grateful to him, It is His book, and I pray it is a blessing to everyone that reads it.
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Up at 3 with God - Opal K. Ferguson
© 2012 by Opal K. Ferguson. All rights reserved.
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Published by AuthorHouse 06/26/2012
ISBN: 978-1-4772-3231-6 (sc)
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ISBN: 978-1-4772-3229-3 (e)
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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