Joanna Prem

07/18/2020

Every time we step out to achieve great things for God and every time we get ready to launch ourselves into a fresh project or dream God has placed in our hearts, there is bound to be resistance. At every corner a new storm will rage trying to throw us off our course.

Instead of focusing on the raging storm, let’s focus on the One who has the authority to rebuke it saying “Be still.” Even the winds and the waves obey His voice. This is the secret and the power to press onward.

07/06/2020

https://youtu.be/ttYKa6eJvpk

A vision and a Voice -
LOOK UP CHILD - Don’t give up now - Don’t turn back now - Labor and Deliver

A labor room is pretty messy. After hours of toiling, exhaustion takes over. Feeling weak, the mother can hardly push anymore. But she knows that if she wants to see her baby she has got to keep pushing. She could rest a while but one way or the other the delivery has to be completed.

Recently I had a vision of something along similar lines. I was walking up a high mountain trying to get to the top but toward the end I was ready to give up because, well I was physically and mentally tired of how long this was taking. But just when I said “I am done Lord. I can’t do it anymore,” God removed the veil off my eyes to see that I was only few steps away from the peak - the very point I had been aspiring long to get to. And His voice said to me, “Look Up Child. You have come too far to turn back now.” So I had to push through the steep and narrow incline till I finally reached my goal.

I wonder how many times we have all said “I am done” when there’s still some miles to cover.
Tired of waiting for these quarantine waves to be over - tired of waiting for jobs and some stability - Tired of waiting for answered prayers - Tired of waiting for the dreams and promises God conceived in us - tired of fighting for truth - and I could go on.

But through it all God’s voice echoes, “look up child. You can’t do it by your strength but I will help you with my Spirit. So hold on to my hand and keep pushing and soon you’ll hold your baby in your hands.”

So now. now. The night is nearly over. The day is almost here. Few more pushes, few more steps, few more miles before those dreams and promises come to pass. We need only to
because it’s not by our might not by our strength but by His Holy Spirit.

You can listen to the full vision and mini message in the link below

https://youtu.be/ttYKa6eJvpk

07/06/2020

A vision and a Voice -
LOOK UP CHILD - Don’t give up now - Don’t turn back now - Labor and Deliver

A labor room is pretty messy. After hours of toiling, exhaustion takes over. Feeling weak, the mother can hardly push anymore. But she knows that if she wants to see her baby she has got to keep pushing. She could rest a while but one way or the other the delivery has to be completed.

Recently I had a vision of something along similar lines. I was walking up a high mountain trying to get to the top but toward the end I was ready to give up because, well I was physically and mentally tired of how long this was taking. But just when I said “I am done Lord. I can’t do it anymore,” God removed the veil off my eyes to see that I was only few steps away from the peak - the very point I had been aspiring long to get to. And His voice said to me, “Look Up Child. You have come too far to turn back now.” So I had to push through the steep and narrow incline till I finally reached my goal.

I wonder how many times we have all said “I am done” when there’s still some miles to cover.
Tired of waiting for these quarantine waves to be over - tired of waiting for jobs and some stability - Tired of waiting for answered prayers - Tired of waiting for the dreams and promises God conceived in us - tired of fighting for truth - and I could go on.

But through it all God’s voice echoes, “look up child. You can’t do it by your strength but I will help you with my Spirit. So hold on to my hand and keep pushing and soon you’ll hold your baby in your hands.”

So now. now. The night is nearly over. The day is almost here. Few more pushes, few more steps, few more miles before those dreams and promises come to pass. We need only to
because it’s not by our might not by our strength but by His Holy Spirit.

You can listen to the full vision and mini message in the link below

https://youtu.be/ttYKa6eJvpk

06/23/2020

Lately, my heart has been aching and longing for eternity. A glimpse of heaven, a vision, a dream of what it must be like has literally overtaken my very being. Then I realized that eternity has already begun for me. The day I traded my sordid past for a glorious future, when Jesus became my Lord and Savior, that day was when it was embedded in my heart. We were created as immortal creatures bearing the image of our creator. But the fall of man was what cancelled that promise. Then the second Adam came along and restored what was rightfully ours. We are once again immortal deathless beings. Heaven is right here where we are because eternity is already in our hearts – Jesus! Still, I pictured in my mind what my future home must be like. Thus came a poem out of a longing yearning heart to see that lasting abode – WHITE SHORES!

Lately, my heart has been aching and longing for eternity. A glimpse of heaven, a vision, a dream of what it must be like has literally overtaken my very being. Then I realized that eternity has al…

05/31/2020

05/30/2020

I always wondered why Jesus had so many different names. What is the significance of his many titles and names? What can I call him by? Why would he make it so confusing for us?

Of course, much of these thoughts and questions came from an immature infantile understanding of my relationship with Jesus. So, I embarked on a task...

https://thisburningheart.wordpress.com/2020/05/25/jesus-and-his-different-names

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,…

05/21/2020

I’ve been journaling what trusting God in the now looks like. It got me thinking of unexpected interruptions and seeming delays to our plans. Things that are sure to disappoint us, wreak havoc, turn our world upside down and give us a false sense of defeat because as it says, it was unexpected and most often they’re also unwelcome. But God was always ready, intricately weaving and orchestrating everything for good to fit into his eternal plans. These delays and interruptions become his sanctuary, his secret place to meet with us, his training ground to arm us and his farm bed where he can prepare our soil and cultivate in us empathy and the perfect message of hope to a hurting world. These unexpected interruptions are bound to have unseen blessings in them. These moments are all leading up to a greater purpose. But till we see them, we can rest and trust, letting the gardener quietly work in us.
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05/15/2020

I don’t know if this has happened to you. But have you ever felt like God has become distant from you? Have you felt like He doesn’t see you anymore or has forgotten you? Does He seem silent? Have loss after loss, blow after blow, things happening back to back before you can get back up or catch your breath has left you crushed and weary? Many times it looks like God has time for everyone else but us. He heals everyone but us. He promotes everyone but us. The very prayer I have been praying for gets answered for someone else but not me. And we feel exhausted by the repeated rejections. If you are someone who feels overlooked and left behind with a broken and weathered heart, I pray this SUPER VULNERABLE encouragement, a (that would be me) where I’ve bared a wounded heart reminds you that you’re not alone and that GOD REALLY DOES SEE YOU! HE IS CLOSE TO YOU! GOD SEES YOU AND HE WILL HELP YOU TRUE TO HIS WORD! All it takes is Trust.

I don’t know if this has happened to you. But have you ever felt like God has become distant from you? Have you felt like He doesn’t see you anymore or has f...

02/04/2016

I don't know much about football but I do know what I will be doing during Super Bowl 50

https://shoutsfromtherooftops.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/what-does-superbowl-have-to-do-with-human-trafficking/

A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty. Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction. (Proverbs 22:16-17) It is ...

01/08/2014

Faith and fame- this is how it works

Who agrees?

12/31/2013

https://www.facebook.com/joanna.prem/posts/10151798537560925

06/28/2013

Tip of the day for actors - Know your script. Read, re-read and then read again, and not just your own lines. From this foundation you can go on to identify the reason for your lines, this will help you react with the right lines and make remembering easier.