Its A Small Cost

How much would you pay to see your father happy? How much would you pay to see your parents reconciled for real?

How much would you pay to see man man and kryle and tungie and marke and all of the rest of our family saved?

How much would you pay for the generational curses to be broken? How much would you pay to see Christ glory revealed in us? 20, 30, 40, 50 thousand?

Its a small cost.

I woke up this morning with new revelation, this wedding is about changing lives, destroying yokes, breaking generational curses, mending families and most important revealing God in us to all invited that they may know that He is real and that He loves His people and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

I had lost focus on the real mission behind the wedding. It is to display Gods glory in us. I started looking at what it cost and just wanted it to come and go neglecting the relevance of why it has to be the way it is.

I started wanting it to hurry up and come so that I dont have to think about it anymore and so that my body would pleased. But it is a small cost and I would pay it twice.

We had to be holy to show the world that holiness still exist amongst the people of God.

God is about to blow our minds and the minds of everyone around us. Im ready to see the salvation and glory of my lord and king.

After everything I've done and been through even after straying away and acting outside of His will for me. He still chose me to reveal His glory.

And you know what....

Ill take it.

Thank you lord

House Hunting

So I had this dream. I dreamt that we were looking for a house. I didnt see tyler I just saw us. We went into this one house that some body was still living in. We looked around and looked around but we didnt like the house. I said "1270 s 24th st is under contract, but the contract can fall through... then I said it again the contract can fall through then I spoke in tongues and then said the contract can fall through"

So as we looked around in the house we were in. We noticed that there was food there.  Biscuits in the microwave and chicken in the microwave.  As we were going up stairs there was a lady who started getting mad at us because she thought that we were breaking in. Then yvonne asked if the nack door worked so we could leave and the lady said yeah ill be down to show you how wait right there (in a sarcastic way) then yvonne said no, dont worry ahout it.

I then said lets just leave out the front door. As we were leaving the lady came down the stairs and she I gave her a business card and said you know me. She was like yeah you're Ronald. I thought she knew me from sprint but she didnt and I couldnt see what the card said. I shook her hand and she didnt want to let go so I had to almost snatch it away. Then we left.

Its 1:30 in the morning. Im wide awake and can't go to sleep. Im going pray and then just lay down and try to go to sleep.

I kook forward to laying next to my beautiful wife to be.

To have and to hold. Not making love all the time but to feel her laying on mt chest to hear her breathing and rub my fingers through her locs and kiss her gently on the forehead and whisper "I love yous" in her ear while she is sleeping so that when she wakes up she will know how mich u love her.

In due season in due time. I thank you Lord for this time of waiting and preparation. It makes us strong and our love for one another has never been deeper.

This time has forced us to go to another level of intimacy that can only be achieved in the absence of sexual intimacy. So when we wed, iur relationship will be strong.

Thank you God.. you do all things well. Imma go pray now.

Thank You Lord

Its been a little while since Ive written anything, but I feel like this is a special occasion.

God is Great and doing great things in my life.

I have more of Him each day. He's teaching me different things.

He is grooming me quickly for what he is calling me to. Wow.

Now do I know what that fully means? No.

Is everything in already where it needs to be? No, but its all moving in the right direction. 

Everything is lining up and I am waiting for glory. Not of my own but glory of the Father to be manifest in me.

Im know there is greatness to soon be revealed so I will continue to humble myself before the mighty hand of God and let Him complete the work He has begun.

Father thank you for my help. You really are perfect in all your ways and this father was one of the best gifts you've given me. I hear you say "it is not good for man to be alone" then I think of how perfect the woman that you habe chosen for me. You loved me enough.

Wow..

Me.. you loved me enough to save me and bless me with one of your daughters. Not just anyone but the perfect one for me.

God...

Thank you!

You can really see the love. I want to post it everywhere.

Ron & Yvonne from Andrew Thomas Clifton on Vimeo.

Father

Lately I have been praying a lot about bring glory to your name. In doing so you have shown me a lot of my ways and myself. Father I all I want to do is be pleasing to you. To bring honor to you and to bring glory to your name. I don't want to hinder anyone from calling on you. I don't want to do anything that is dishonorable in your sight. I want to be righteous and holy before you a holy God. To be honest, in the beginning I wanted to get married because I loved Yvonne and I wanted to spend my life with her. I wanted to have long lasting Godly companionship. However, somewhere along the lines we allowed the enemy to come in and deceive us. Then we went from simply long lasting Godly relationship to fornication. Which in turn turned our desire to be married into God I don't want to be in sin. I want to be able to make love to the person I love without guilt. How many of us know that that is wrong. Before we got to the one year count down you gave us some instruction to follow. We followed partially and still left us feeling guilty. It wasn't until convocation that I really saw what was happening. Bishop Vaughn said that the devil knows that he can't stop the will of God over our lives so he gets in there with you and have you do it wrong. We allowed the enemy to come in and pervert the gift that you had given us. Each other. Then we refrained. However we would still make out in the car like teenagers. How many of us know that that to is unacceptable. Then my developing prayer life begin to grow more and more intense. You started to speak to me and give me power and wisdom. My mind has shifted. My thoughts are different about marriage and about my life as a whole. My focus has shifted from pleasing myself to pleasing you. Father here is my reason for wanting to be married. Throughout my life I have known you and known of you. You have kept me through many trials and tribulations, many storms and many test. Many ups and many downs. I have perverted my body I have done all sorts of evil in your sight. I have defiled my temple with strong drink, women and masturbation. I have defiled women though never disrespectful I still took advantage of their virtue that was created for there husband's. Father I have done all sorts of things that you hate. I've even stolen the virtue of the woman you promised to be my wife. First I want to apologize for my selfishness and my ignorance. The reason I would like to be married is to restore the honor.that you have placed in me to bring you glory. I'm grateful for all that you have done and have been to me and to show my gratitude I want to bring honor to you. To live holy and acceptable to you. To live righteous. I love Yvonne lord and you have given her as a gift to me. I will never defile her again. I will protect her virtue I will protect her spirit and I will protect her mind. Through the means in which you have given me. For all the wrong I have done my king let me do 100 times more right. Let me be 100 times more righteous than before. Through my marriage give me the opportunity to prove my faithfulness to you. I believe what you say and I take it to heart. Now avenge all of our disobedience now that our obedience is fulfilled. I surrender this courtship, the wedding, the honeymoon and the reception as vessels to bring you honor. Let your holy spirit keep me and endow me with all wisdom and knowledge. Father of I don't keep my word to you in this vow. Please do as you have said and kill me so that I do not contaminate anyone else. It's time out for foolishness I am more serious about you lord then I've ever been. Thank you for your word of you are cleaning us up mad preparing us for you glory. Do Lord. Do it.

The Lord Our GOD is One

I had the craziest dream last night....

My family and I were looking for someone to save our family. Then someone had a baby. Crazy part was when the baby was born. Everybody kept saying he is a son.. "Jesse said that he found the one. come look Jesse said he found the one". But when we all got there we were on the steps of the church (STWC) the baby was dark skin and had two teeth. When I picked him up he started crying. I held him and he was crying and crying. Then as I was about to give him back I looked at him and he stopped crying. Then he looked at me and said "God bless you" I said what that boy say then he said it again "God bless you" so Im asking everyone, "does anybody else here this. so I started passing him around and everyone who's hand I put him in he said "God bless you" but I seemed to be the only one astonished by what the baby saying, or that the baby was talking.

28 years later, I looked at the baby and it was that I was looking in a mirror. The baby was indeed me. later as Im walking around the house I go outside and I end up in this car. The windows are broken out and there is this white guys really shabby with long dirty blond hair and he was offering me something. Im not sure what it was, but I got out of the car in fear. Then the spirit of the lord came upon me and I started to bind the up satan, and the guy started to run, but I begin to chase him. You can see him begin to get frustrated. Then he looked at me and I said. "The Lord Our GOD is One, there is no one like him, there none beside him but the Lord our God is one, so get behind me satan and flee.

So the white guy went into the crack of this shabby house that we next door to the house I lived in. As I started back into the house, the white man turned into a black woman and she said about how much does it pay and I said about eighty thousand and said oh I need that. Give it to me. I walked away from her and went into the house but she followed me in and when I went in, we were in my mothers house and mikala was standing in the middle of the floor and she looked at kala and said "hi kala" but the voice changed a little bit, and I grabbed kala by the hand and said come here lala and my mom said "whats going on" and the girl said "I asked him for..." but before she could finish the spirit of the lord came upon me again and I grabbed her by the arm and took her into the living room and I said "What did I just say to you?" she tried to speak and I called her name and silenced her. I said "Francis Jones, shut up" then I looked her in her eye and said what did I just say to you and satan spoke through her angrily "The lord our GOD is One". Then I woke up.

I got up and prayed for a little bit. Speak lord for your servant hears. God is calling me to another place in Him... He is going to use me to save my family. To be a light to them and draw them to Himself. Letting them know that He is God and that there is none like Him. My prayers will protect them and keep them safe. He is going to establish on a rock that is higher than I and He will lead me in all my ways. He will guide me and protect me as I war against the enemy. Fear not for He is with me. He makes strong. I will be strong in the lord, for He is my help and my salvation. Even when the enemy disguises himself the spirit of the Lord will come upon me and I will discern the enemy and fight against him and triumph. There will not be one who can stand against me for the lord fights for me. He will establish me with wisdom.. wisdom for everyday life. Seek the lord, while he may be found. do not cease from seeking His face. Ask His council of all things for the Lord directs my path in all things.

Thank you father for all that you are, and thank you for your word! I love you.
amen!