Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

A "See-Him" Anointing! Pastor Mary Ann Wray “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will “look up” (tsaphah) Psalm 5: 3 The word for today is ‘tsaphah’ pronounced ‘saf-fa’. It sounds a bit like ‘so far’ but nothing could be farther from the truth! Tsaphah means: “to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await:—behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).” See Jeremiah 6: 17 What this means for us is when we are in trouble, walking through a difficult season, or dealing with struggles in our relationships etc., rather than looking down, or looking around, or looking inward through an analytical, natural or emotional lens, we should look up (tsaphah) to The Father for His perspective so we can See Him! You see, He watches over us to perform His good and perfect will in our lives. He is for us; not against us! He truly desires to work All things t...

Silence of the Lambs... An Overcomer's Testimony Pastor Mary Ann Wray "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the power of God unto salvation for the Jew first and also the Greek." Romans 1: 16 "The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan]; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army)." Psalm 68: 11 I want to encourage some people today and I hope this testimony encourages you to be bold and to be strong for the Lord is with YOU...This brief testimony is especially for all you women (preachers, ministers, mothers, workers etc) out there and men of God (preachers, fathers, ministers and workers) who are not ashamed of Jesus Christ or afraid to back down from the spirit of this age (Jezebel). You dare not compromise and pollute the FULL GOSPEL of Jesus Christ for an exorbitant fee or to win popularity. This testimony is also for those of you who may be in a cloud of darkness, confusion and crisis... Je...

The Favorable side of Familiarity... "As iron sharpens iron,so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27: 17 Pastor Mary Ann Wray As a culture we tend to view "familiarity" as a complete negative and demonize it for pretty good reasons. We’ve all heard the expression “Familiarity breeds contempt” and it can be very true. Because we know someone’s humanity as in the case with Jesus and his own natural family and town, familiarity can be used by the enemy as a hindrance. But as in the case of just about everything, there's a good side to familiarity. I believe we do well to recognize its advantages and partake of it. The negative side of familiarity is seeing another's humanity with their faults and using that as an excuse to reject them or what they say and do for the Lord. These excuses often cut relationships off, shut people out of our lives, and put up a wall where we don't heed their admonition, instruction, encourag...