Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

The Church: A Living Organism- not an Organization! By Mary Ann Wray “As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ….But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2: 4-5 & 9-10 I was raised in ‘church’. I went to mass every Sunday after giving my confession on Saturdays. I did everything the church told me I needed to do in order to be right with God and accepted by Him. There was no guarantee I would go to Heaven. Chances are I would go to a place called purgatory after death ...

 Turning Mistakes and Missteps into Miracles! By Mary Ann Wray “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams. When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said. “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it. As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. Judah said to his br...

KNOW THEM WHOM GOD HAS SENT TO YOU! Mary Ann Wray I've come to understand something in the Kingdom of God in terms of discipling/ mentoring people, leading others in a group and even ministering to people that come my way at work or at church etc. The Lord has taught me that we are NOT called to EVERYONE. There are those whom God will send to you that receive everything   you impart to them with a teachable spirit and a hungry heart. But then there are those who will drain your time, resources, life etc. The enemy uses them to SAP the life right out of you! These are those who want to complain about their lives and whine to someone about how bad things are but really do NOT want to change.  If you are not careful, they will attach themselves to your life like spiritual leeches and it will become very difficult to remove their attachment and power over you! Here is a definition of a leech and what it does to help paint a spiritual picture in your mind: ...

Churchdom   works vs Kingdom exploits Mary Ann Wray My wonderful husband wanted me to post this article again. Thanks for the encouragement honey! I hope this article speaks to your heart! There are too many people stuck in a religious system and think that by going to church on Sunday, cheering on another man or woman of God, giving your tithes and offerings to support 'their' ministry while you sit back and watch, is what Jesus Christ requires of his disciples. This is NOT the same as serving the King/ advancing God's Kingdom. When are we going to understand and learn that there is only ONE King? We serve THE KING in HIS Kingdom as priests in a royal priesthood; not as kings in a kingshood! We are His ambassadors/ representatives in a world that is not our home. Selah. When He returns for a thousand year reign, THEN we will reign with Him as Kings. We are not ready for it now....our egos and flesh would only pollute our kingship just as Saul's...