Every Sunday my family and I gather around the kitchen table to read God’s word and discuss Christian living and I have the pleasure of empowering my children and husband through the Holy Spirit. My husband recently had a stroke so I lead mostly the discussions for now as the stroke affected his speech. He does his best to chime in and I encourage the children to give their thoughts and opinions. In this hard time in our life as a family we are learning everyday how much God’s hand is on our lives and how He provides for us. My children are begging to exhibit great gifts and talents at a rate I have never seen before and God is leading us to everything He has for us.
It’s a constant cycle of giving and receiving.
We read in Isaiah 49 today how God formed him for His purposes, to bless him, for Isaiah to know Him but also for Isaiah to be a light to others. Did you know that God does that with you as well? That the moment that he made Adam and Eve He not only made them to have a relationship with Him but He made them that they may live life abundantly and then turn around in that abundance and give back to others. It’s a constant cycle of giving and receiving. What a massive blessing! But unfortunately we live in a world that wants to constantly take. People create and do so they can get something from someone else and I think we are all realizing that more and more. But I want you to know that God’s people give as much as they receive because that is who God made us to be and if anyone knows that clearly it should be us. Despite what the world is doing we should be following after our savior Jesus Christ and His Father; our Father. Living a life like this is where we can began to live a life of abundance. That circle of receiving and giving shouldn’t feel like a chore but should feel as good as a flowing river of life springing forth nourishing the seeds of faith and love within us. Be bold in the gifts that God has given you when you create. Make sure you do it not only for God’s glory but give to others while your doing what He’s called you to do. And you will begin to see the blessing of God on those around you and in your own home.
The Lord has been speaking to me so much in gardening these days. If you garden this may resonate with you. When you begin to grow a plant the plant has already done all the work that God created it to do to give you the seed. So then you take that seed and prepare it for sleep so that you can save it for sowing season. When it’s time to wake the seed up you do what needs to be done by rehydrating the seed then planting it. It’s up to you to nourish, water and make sure the seed is given plenty of sunlight. The seed begins to do what God created that seed to do. And eventually because of you giving your time and abelites that seed gives back to you ten fold. Now you have fruit to eat and to live off of. The world wants us to believe we live in a dead world but in fact we have life all around us. This world is overflowing with life! But in order for God to give the increase you must give as you have be given to. May God be with you Kingdom family!
Well I have some exciting news to share! I have began to work with an organization called CareNet Pregnancy Services here in Kentucky. When I was pregnant with Victoria I had this growing hunger to get more involved with the pro life movement. That was God sowing in my heart desires I never thought I would want. After all, It was only a few years ago I was pro choice myself even while being Christian because of not knowing the fullness of what abortion was. I have been mentoring women in crises pregnancies for almost two months now! This was something I went fuller into detail on my channel on Rumble. I was honored to attend their banquet earlier this month for their ultrasound machine fundraising and I got to all about their efforts and future plans for the organization. God is truly doing amazing work through them.
Today I spoke for the first time at a church who humbly invited volunteers of CareNet to speak for their baby bottle campaign they are doing here in Northern Kentucky. I want to share with you my speech so you can see a small bit of the work CareNet does and also my heart concerning these things. Often I have say this will be the work of my time and the war I will happily fight. We are living in an historical moment no matter where your stance is on abortion and I hope that WordPress does not hinder me from continuing to speak freely on this issue. I say that because I have been censored and targeted by certain social media companies. I aim to only share my work and not to harass anyone. I hope this speech blesses you!
Me Attending CareNet’s Ultrasound Banquet
Good morning! I wanted to first say thank you for having me! I’m so very grateful for the opportunity to speak to you on behalf of CareNet Pregnancy Centers of Northern Kentucky
My name is Johnnatta Giles, I’m a mom of 5 and I’ve been married to my husband James Giles for almost 10 years now. I serve as a volunteer mentor to women in crisis pregnancies at CareNet Pregnancy Services in Williamstown Kentucky. I want to tell you a little about me. My mother was an addict. Yet she gave me life. When I was 3, I was put into foster care because of her neglect due to her illnesses and later adopted out of the foster care system.
I am grateful everyday that she let me go so I could one day grow up and make a life for myself. Many women face hopelessness like my mother and what I do is carry my story and give them what my mother never had. Not only do we encourage women to choose life, but we help them live abundantly. It is a humbling honor to serve them.
The lives of more than 2,300 precious babies hang in the balance every day because women and men facing an unintended pregnancy think abortion is their best option. The pro-abortion culture denies the sanctity of life and works hard to normalize abortion. They promise abortion is “safe and easy.” But in reality there is no such thing as a safe abortion. The method they push the hardest is also the easiest to get—the abortion pill.
In 2020, the abortion pill accounted for nearly 54% of all abortions. The FDA allows abortion pills to be shipped straight to home addresses in states where it’s legal. They don’t even require a physical exam, let alone that a doctor be present during the abortion. That puts women at risk.
Not long ago, a young woman who thought she was only a few weeks pregnant came to Care Net. The abortion pill is aggressively targeted to women like her—those thinking about abortion and no more than 10 weeks’ pregnant.
We thank God that she came to Care Net for an ultrasound—she was actually almost four months along.
Women and their partners need to know the truth about the humanity of their babies. They deserve to know the truth about abortion. Our greatest tool to change the mind of a mother or father at risk for abortion is the ultrasound.
Ultrasounds not only date the gestational age of the pregnancy; it also confirms the unmistakable proof of human life. Since we began offering ultrasounds in 2006, more than 1,351 babies have been saved—208 last year alone. We’re able to offer more than 100 ultrasound appointments every month. Calls to our helpline are answered live by our staff 24 hours a day.
All three of our locations—in Florence, Cold Spring and Williamstown—offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and education on all of their options. We follow up with material help and mentoring by trained volunteers in 21 educational programs. Last year moms and dads who desired to become great parents attended more than 2,000 parenting and education classes. Some of them break generations of poor parenting and lead their young families in entirely new, healthy directions. Glory to God!
All these life-changing services are free because people like you support pro-life efforts like the baby bottle campaign your church is participating in now.
To fight the abortion industry head-on in the marketplace, we have begun buying online advertising. Our ads are reaching more abortion-minded clients than ever, and still over 87% who see their babies by ultrasound choose life. We thank God for this success and are expanding our medical staff so more babies can be saved.
The Supreme Court could very soon rule on Roe v. Wade. This ruling could give the states back their authority to regulate abortion. Right now there are already states that can abort a child up to 9 months. The fight to save these babies’ lives and give their mothers and fathers hope will only increase.
Pregnancy centers are being targeted and vandalized ever since the supreme court draft leak. We need the support of Christian communities and churches as we continue the work that God has called us to. Saving lives. Women could potentially run from state to state to access abortion but also order the abortion pill online putting them in even more danger than ever before. We must be ready to help these women and we ask you to help us be ready!
Please pick up a baby bottle today and fill it with coins, bills or checks. Use it to start pro-life discussions with your children, too. Then return your bottles to church on your collection day. You can also give online at carenetnky.org.
As more clients come, we also need more volunteer advocates and mentors. In each bottle is a card you can return to let us know if you’d like to volunteer. If you own a business and want to stand for life by sponsoring an event, please let us know!
On behalf of Care Net’s board, staff and volunteers, and especially on behalf of those we serve, thank you for participating in this Baby Bottle Campaign. We are deeply grateful for your support. Thank you, and God bless you!
Today’s independence day is very bitter sweet. I’m not new to patriotism like so many are today. I grew up loving my country and had deep respect for our men and women in service who fight and have fought to keep it safe. I have always thanked them for their service and I still believe to this day they are our real heroes. I thank God everyday I was born on this soil. Yes even if some of my ancestors were traded here by force because this is the greatest country on this earth and no one will ever convince me otherwise. In our infancy our founding fathers knew that. They were always trying to make changes to an imperfect society so that it could be a place of freedom for all one day. And here we are their dream realized fully free in so many ways. My generation is the most free of them all yet many of us are allowing it to be torn apart. I don’t understand the hearts of mankind sometimes.
The other day I came out to my porch and happened to look over my shoulder. I was surprised to see my flag hanging on the side of my house. Our flag has a rip in it. You can barely see it but my husband said your supposed to replace it if it does. So we put it up in the laundry room not even for one second touching the ground. We were supposed to go hunting to replace it but the flags are only now surfacing and we just forgot with everything going on in our lives. So I was surprised when I saw it hanging outside. My husband just decided to hang it up anyway. I went over to it to see if I could see the tear. Its hardly noticeable. I stood back and just looked at it. There is something powerful about that flag I can’t explain it. But for the first time in my life when I looked at that flag my heart heart. Even as I write this my tears are falling. Because just like that tear that is barely noticeable on my flag there is also a tear in this country that not enough of us is noticing. A rip that may never heal. I’m not talking about political divide. No, political division is actually what made this country great. The differing ideas and arguments created conversation and battles to change and better this country. I am talking about the spirit of our nation. There is a giant rip in the heart of it and not enough of us is trying to heal it. Its only getting worse and as many continue to ignore it our country will continue to decay. My heart is broken and its hard to celebrate with a broken heart. But as long as it is still day I will continue to love fight and pray for my country men and women. To speak out against injustice, to stand on truth and thank God for the soil my house stands on and my beautiful children run and play on. I will always love and be praying for the U.S.A.
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I’m going to be honest with you guys, this is a post I was not so sure I would want to write. With the atmosphere we are in I have gotten to the point where I have grown so tired of it all. The lies the media is spreading in our country are getting so old laughter is replacing my fury. But for some reason here I am at almost 12:00am, knowing there is something I must share with anyone who may come across this page.
Shut out all the things you have heard. Come to a place of silence and remember this before you take any action in the coming month. God is truth and in Him only will you find it. I am amazed at the flip flopping of the world but then again I had to remind myself that outside of Him this is to be expected. But not from you Love. You daughter of the King, Son of the Living God! You should be rock solid among the earthquakes of the world.
The world gives you bits and pieces of truth, love and joy but they can never give you the fullness of it. That dear brother and sisters is only found fully in God alone. Only He can give you eyes that see right through the fog of manipulation and decption. And through this only can you recieve the abundance of all life itself has to offer. If you want answers don’t look any farther from the Father. It is there where what is hidden will be revealed, what is lost will be restored and what is broken will be healed.
Make no mistake the choices we make define our future individually and sometimes nationally. That goes for us all around the world. Seek God in pureness, be led by the Holy Spirit in everything you do. If you need some teaching to figure out how to be truly led by the spirit, I will point you to a book that greatly helped me in learning how to truly hear the spirit of God and live by the spirit as well. I have hopes that I will one day share that journey I have walked since childhood, but for now here is a book I highly recommend.
May God bless you and may truth reign in you through the Holy Spirit.
My brother Stu at “Something to Stu Over” nominated me for this award. It’s not the first time he has done this and I am full of gratitude that he continues to encourage me and root for me! May God continue to bless you brother as you continue to be a blessing for others!
“You have been chosen for this recognition because of the encouragement and inspiration you bring to your readers.“
The way this works:
Thank the person who nominated you, and share their blog.
Think of five bloggers that encourage and inspire you and nominate them.
List five things about yourself.
Lastly, ask your nominees five questions. Why five? Because is the number that signifies grace.
5 things about Janet
My pen name is J.S. Giles but my real name is actually Johnnatta. People call me Janet for short. My whole life I have had many nicknames because it’s hard to read and pronounce my real name at first 🙂
I grew up in two different cultures and so I talk two different ways. If you ever watch my videos you will notice that!
I have struggled with insomnia since I was a little but through the Lord I am fighting to over come it.
I really really love pretty things. Clothes, shoes, jewelry you name it! But I hate shopping so I have very little of all of those things. Doesn’t make sense I know!
The Questions
1. Who in your life is your biggest encourager?
My husband hands down. Apart from the Lord he is my best friend. He has been my constant helper and leader.
2. How do you see yourself as being an encouragement to others?
I guess I just try to stay close to the Lord, do His will and share the hope of Christ. If I am a blessing to someone that blesses me.
3. When was the last time someone gave you words of encouragement?
Well Stu just did! But my husband and I have been painting the outside of the house for over a week and it’s been exhausting! I started to head in the house and he said “Good job babe!” It’s the little things, the little things!
4. When you are down, what encourages you to get back up and keep pressing on?
A lot of prayer. I still struggle with loving and believing in myself and so I know when I am getting close to a pit of despair I need to go pray. I give whatever is on my mind and heart over to God and ask for His peace. I ask that He will remind me of what He says and to never leave me. Without Him I can do nothing and I will not do one thing apart for Him.
5. Who was your greatest encourager when you first accepted Christ?
It is sad to say but when I accepted Christ no one knew about it. I walked my faith journey alone with the Lord from the time I was 7 until I was 21. Then I met my husband and he was the first person I ever met that loved the Lord like I did. I know I keep talking about this guy but hey it it what it is! The Lord led Him to me not only for marriage but he was also my mentor. Now I mentor him… JK lol
Stu I can’t agree more these questions are perfecto and I am asking the same questions I answered as well! I am nominating all of you because your writing is such a gift to me and really help inspire me. I love you guys and God bless as you continue to do God’s plans for your life. My nominees are:
I am excited to do my very first feature on My Father’s Symphony. I hope that in the future I am able to do more as time goes on. My husband and I don’t get to read the Bible together every night because of his work schedule. But throughout the week we send each other verses and articles we find and then we either call and talk about them over the phone or we talk back and forth through email. While I was reading this I thought to myself “Who wrote this? These are powerful truths!” I had a feeling I knew but was not sure. So while we were outside painting the house a few nights ago I asked him who had written that article. “I did.” he said and I immediately asked him if I had his permission to share it! There are many truths in this writing and maybe one day I will elaborate on them more. But for now I hope this blesses you as it did me.
Truth about addiction:
Addiction is not a drug, addiction is not the alcohol, addition is not sex, addiction is not to the internet, addiction is not to work, addiction is not a thrill seeker, addition is not anything the world has ever told you, but it is a spirit that we have allowed in our lives. You cannot take a pill and get rid of it, you cannot go to a therapist, there are not ten easy steps to get rid of this spirit. It will take different forms in your life. If you give up one thing then it will take the place of something else in a different form. The only way to get rid of this is to give it to Jesus, but sometimes it is so deep rooted in our lives that we will have to be anointed with oil, prayed over for many days and hours. To be delivered from this evil spirit.
If you do not get set free of it, it will miss lead you,
will cause you to believe that everyone that is trying to help you is out to
get you. Addiction along with many spirits have been so deep rooted in many
people’s lives, it will take almost death to separate them from this Demon.
Many spirits have masked themselves so well and people are so confused about what they believe, that they do not recognize the true spiritual warfare that is really going on in their lives. The people I refer to are people that confess to be believers. They have to make a choice to allow God to be real and be their God. Sickness is not the same as a disease, Disease is a demonic spirit that has attached itself to them, just like addiction.
In these end times as lies are spread like wild fire to choke out truth, let us not forget what our God says about who He is and who we are . Who we are as sinners and who we are as redeemed children in Jesus Christ. How we are to worship Him and how we can seek and find Him. I can’t even began to explain to you the countless useless arguments people have thrown at me to defend their version of God’s word. And I am sure you’ve seen and heard the media, certain groups or communities claim that they know the true God and He’s is okay with their lifestyles and choice of worship. My response as always is never my own truth and believer yours should not be either.
Do I need to say anymore than what the Word already says? Do I need to interpret, add or remove from our God’s words that has been preserved for thousands of years? I know better and I read so many times that He is the same today as He was yesterday. His law remains and no amount of time will change that law. No new “woke” generation will change who He is. And no old religion has authority over the covenant of our savior Jesus Christ.
My husband sent me these two scriptures that solidified everything the Holy Spirit has been leading me to do all the years of my life. Seeking wisdom and knowledge. Walking away from sinful people and my own sinful desires. Allowing Him to restore truth and life in me. It takes a warrior to stand up against the dark forces in this world. And we are all called to be one. We can no longer ignore the death in us. If we do not turn from the lies and defend the truth, we will soon join the grave with the living dead among us.
Job 28:12-28
But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? 13 No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living. 14 The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.” 15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. 16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli. 17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold. 18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. 19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky. 22 Destruction[a] and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.” 23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells, 24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters, 26 when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm, 27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it. 28 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure: then peace loving. considerate, submissive. full of mercy and good fruit. impartial and sincere. Peace makers who sow peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Long ago I sleepily entered an old church in Downtown Cincinnati. It was Sunday and the early morning dew met with my black dress shoes as I entered the side door. This was not my favorite place. Unwillingly I had been here many times, but I had no idea that day would be different.
As a child church confused me and greatly terrified me. There was never a place more isolating to me than the place of worship. At the start of church we would first gather in the sanctuary. The sanctuary was where I felt more comfortable because the crowds swallowed me up. I could hide and not be seen and blend in. But Sunday school was a whole different story. There was not many kids there and being extremely shy I had not one friend. It was a constant reminder of how alone I really was and brought up my feelings of abandonment.
One Sunday a crowd of kids showed up. It must have been Easter Sunday because that was the only time our Sunday school room was so full. I did as I do in crowds and hid among the many excited kids waiting for the lesson to start. At the end of the presentation the leader began to speak of something I heard every Sunday after the lesson was done. Salvation. But this time my ears were opened and I met my God for the first time.
I received salvation in a baptist church around the age of 7. It was just me and the Lord and no one knew about it. And as I grew up with a new awakened Spirit in me, no one also knew the struggle I had with the church itself. There was my love for it, because it was the only public place I could feel the spirit of God move and hear the word of God preached. The only place I saw people gather and encourage each other no matter how rare those occasions were throughout the year.
But as I grew up, in my heart, there also grew a hatred for it. The pressures each denomination placed on me to be what they said was Holy. The hypocritical people that were open about their sin, causing constant turmoil and pain in the church walls. So at the age 16 I ran away from all forms of congregation. I was angry but in truth, I set off to find out who God was on my own. To this day I have never regretted that.
But when I was 22 years old I rejoined a congregation with my husband and first daughter. That church split and we went with those who left. Soon we were given heartbreaking news that the pastor was giving up. And so I found myself confused and lost not knowing where to go. We eventually settled into a new church home where we served for a few years only to be, this time, called away from that congregation. It was exhausting to say the least. And I see now more than ever, I am not alone in my experiences. I know many of you have been hurt by people in a congregation. And I get that. In fact, it was professing Christians that betrayed me, used me and rejected me.
So believe me when I say I truly understand. I want you to know that your feelings and pain does matter. I would never tell you that your wrong for feeling what you do. But do not let you pain overtake you to the point where you turn your back on God. God is not the church and I can say for a fact that He would never call you anywhere that would hinder your relationship with Him.
I am not saying to do what I did. My family and I chose to do what God called us to do. But what I am saying is, never let the pain of what someone has done to you be the basis of your decisions. My first break from the church was not based off my anger, it was my hunger to know who God really was. As daughters and sons of God, we are to be led by the Spirit not by our feelings. To those who do judge others for leaving the church and never returning, we also have no right to judge what God calls His own to do.
If the Lord calls you to a church I want to share with you what He showed me: Jesus never commands me to be apart of a church. Men may, but He does not. But if He does call me to be apart of a church I have to understand that the church has nothing to do with my relationship with God. A church is a place to serve and do the will of God no matter how I feel about the people there or what they try to do to me. I am there for Him and Him only, therefore my leaving is according to His purpose for me.
Because of me understanding this, I was able to serve in a church with my full heart until I was eventually called away. I will not return to a congregation, not because I have been hurt, but because I go where God leads me only. God is wherever I am and my place of worship is forever held in my heart. Though I was in a church when I received salvation, the fact still remains that it has always been just me and my Abba from the beginning. And that will be all that matters in the end.
When the sea moves back to the deep, I will sink and crash into You
I wrote this on our way home from Virginia, where I learned again to release my control over my life and give it back to God. From recent traumas I had picked back up what I had laid down because of fear. I struggled with myself and God because I lost so much and the thought of letting more go was hard for me to swallow. Before this trip I had been giving Him control again little by little and hoping He would give me mercy. I am so glad He is rich in it because I was struggling so hard with my flesh. But one night on this trip the battle ended and I once again rested in familiar waters. There will be moments like these in our lives. It is important to understand that you are human and will frequently go through trials that may test your faith greatly. You may have to re do some things you’ve already done. But don’t ever think these are setbacks in your faith. For some seasons there may be some familiar bridges we have to cross again, but once you cross them they lead to another place you never were before.
Psalms of My Heart #3
No desire is more greater
Than to be at the shores you call me to
No hunger is more fiercer
Than to be able to climb the mountains where I can hear You
Yes this is where my heart sleeps
Where I lay it all before You
When the sea moves back to the deep
I will sink and crash into You
When I am surrounded by hills in the valley
I will not shake for I choose to see
Only You can make something that beautiful in me
I’m moving from what was
And now I’m accepting what is
I haven’t always listened
But now Lord I am all ears
I have walked far
This journey has been so long
But no matter where I go
No matter what I see
Your home is always where I belong
J.S Giles
When I am surrounded by hills in the valley, I will not shake
I don’t think I have ever mentioned this on my blog before and forgive me if I have, but I have struggled with mental illness since I was just a toddler. My medical records state that I started showing signs of depression at 4 years old and would often go into “my own world” I received therapy only to eventually be given up on because of never speaking. They always said I was just “really shy” and “very well behaved.” Everyone loved a child like me back in the children are to be seen not heard era. But I wasn’t shy I was afraid, alone and in constant turmoil.
When I think back to those years It angers me greatly. I can’t help but think how many other little ones have or are going through this and not getting the help they need from the people who are supposed to be helping them. I am always brought to tears and I pray for them often. The lost children are not only the ones that are physically lost from their homes, but also those who are lost within the walls of a place that is supposed to be their home. I have hope through my testimonies that adults and children like me will not only now there is a way to be healed fully but also that they are never alone.
May you come to know the Lords love for you and receive the hope that sets men truly free.
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