hello my friends...
there is something that is happening a lot among young adults that has me very concerned. that is bulimia and cutting.
man, it is out of control. i just ministered in a church where a very attractive young girl about 16 confessed to me that she was on meth, bulimic and cutting herself pretty often. in fact, she said under her jeans were over two hundred self inflected cuts, from knives, razors and various other sharp objects. '
people this is just plain sad and it can also be very demonic. yes, demonic. there is a evil force that wants to harm the human race. and it is serious about people causing physical harm to themselves. while some feel it is a release from pain, a control thing, or just feeling something in the cutting rather then not feeling anything emotional at all... it is still a force of darkness that wants to hurt, deform and deface your body and your heart.
if i can be of any help, to talk, pray or just let you know how valuable your life really is, contact me via email, carol@carolkornacki.org.
i will do all that is in my power to help you. i will pray for you.... please before you pick up that knife or razor.... get in touch with me. years ago i abused my body by inflicting pain... i want you to know i am free of that and so can you... call me.. lots of love in Christ... carol
On "Daystar Television" this past week. I told my story of drug addiction, sexual abuse, mental illness, suicide attempts, sinful living, theft, abortions and the list goes on.
sometimes it is hard to go back to those years of living the "wild life." overdosing, driving cars into embankments, putting loaded pistols in my mouth and living to get high and forget the pain of my life.
yes, it can get redundant, especially when people request it over and over again. the same story the same crazy life...
i have shared my story, on street corners, conventions, conferences, churches, radio and television, women's conferences and jails. as many times as i have shared it the response it unbelievable. every time!
on the "Celebration Live" show with Marcus and Joni Lamb, i shared it again. there were 150 salvation's reported through the telephone lines while i was sharing my life. countless people excepted the Lord and never picked up a phone.
my point, WHILE THERE IS A BREATH LEFT IN ME, I WILL TELL PEOPLE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE, AND LOVES YOU. I WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS THAT HE IS A LORD OF SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH CHANCES.. THAT FOR ALL WHO HAVE TRIED THE REST.. NOW TRY THE BEST... HE IS THE MAN.. THE LORD, OUR GOD AND HE ROCKS...
I am alive and living a full life because HE LIVES...
BLESSINGS!
sometimes it is hard to go back to those years of living the "wild life." overdosing, driving cars into embankments, putting loaded pistols in my mouth and living to get high and forget the pain of my life.
yes, it can get redundant, especially when people request it over and over again. the same story the same crazy life...
i have shared my story, on street corners, conventions, conferences, churches, radio and television, women's conferences and jails. as many times as i have shared it the response it unbelievable. every time!
on the "Celebration Live" show with Marcus and Joni Lamb, i shared it again. there were 150 salvation's reported through the telephone lines while i was sharing my life. countless people excepted the Lord and never picked up a phone.
my point, WHILE THERE IS A BREATH LEFT IN ME, I WILL TELL PEOPLE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE, AND LOVES YOU. I WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS THAT HE IS A LORD OF SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH CHANCES.. THAT FOR ALL WHO HAVE TRIED THE REST.. NOW TRY THE BEST... HE IS THE MAN.. THE LORD, OUR GOD AND HE ROCKS...
I am alive and living a full life because HE LIVES...
BLESSINGS!
I'm praying, nothings happening... why???
I have to tell ya, there are a lot of people that are discouraged and disgruntled. I get a ton of phone calls and emails with the same rant, "I pray and nothing seems to happen, where is God?" And honestly, there are times I don't know what to say. Some one may say, "Oh, Miss Preacher, your suppose to have an answer for everything!" No.... no one has ALL the answers. Only God.
Let me share with you some of the things people are walking through.....
A woman named Anne, had her husband die "suddenly!" I am talking "suddenly." One minute they were carrying on a conversation, the next, he was gone.
She was stunned. Shortly after the memorial, she found out he left her with NOTHING! ZERO! Except a pile of bills and two mortgages on the house. She was instantly broke. she could barely afford to bury the man. Her precious daughter had a nervous breakdown and landed up in an institution. This widow is busted, broke and broken....she lost her husband, she thinks she is losing her home and she almost lost her child.
A wife calls me to tell me her husband, who she just married, fell down a set of stairs and is now confined to a bed. This once vibrant man is now on life support. she barely got to enjoy her new life with him when this happened. In a short time she went from a happy new wife, to a full time nurse for him. She is confused and "a very lonely woman."
A young girl contacts me, she is discouraged. People at the church don't treat her right. She was once on drugs and practiced witchcraft. Before her conversion, she got a bunch of "tattoo's." She feels that because she is pierced and tattooed, the church people do not accept her and it has hurt her walk with God. (
A guy who is a hard, dilegent worker, who sings in a worship group at church and reads his bible regularly, just had a heart attack. He is out of work and feeling "abandoned" by God.
"I am a faithful thither Carol, he told me, where is the money to support my family. I feel like I am falling apart!"
All of the above people tell me, "I pray, I believe, but He doesn't answer!"
Lets talk.
First of all, I have felt the very same way. I have watched people who sin openly and uncaringly prosper and do well. And I have watched good men and women suffer and travail in prayer. only to feel like God isn't listening.
Let me start here.
God is always listening... oh, I know that sounds like a "pat answer" and most people respond with, "He is? then why is nothing happening?"
The fact is, something is happening. It may not be the way we think it should, but He is working things together for our good!
I have found in the times that I feel over welmed or discouraged. OH YES, I FEEL THAT WAY SOMETIMES TOO! there are three things that hasten God's move on my behalf and make me feel the "PEACE" that I need to get me through.
Here we go....
1. I stop talking negitive. The devils dwells in negitive talking and thinking. He loves when a Child of the King, is flapping his/her jaw and saying all the "POINTLESS AND HOPELESS" THINGS. Change the way you talk, it will change the atmosphere around you and charge it with HOPE.... FORGET WHAT ISN'T, SAY WHAT THE WORD SAYS ABOUT YOU.....
2. I FORCE MYSELF TO HAVE RECKLESS FAITH. okay don't think my words are "reckless."
I mean I choose to believe that God intends to meet all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. I choose to release my faith, even if it is a morsel or a tiny little bit... I let it go... I declare God's provisions, peace, my needs met, hope, deliverence.... etc...
Faith pleases God, it moves mountiains of distress, finances, etc...
Faith PLEASES GOD AND SETS US UP FOR A MIRACLE.... YES A MIRACLE..
3. I try to meditate on the last time I was discouraged or down and God in His faithfulness and rich mercy met me at the point of my need and rescued me.
I think on these things, good report, worthy of praise, happy things, Gods goodness.
REMEMBER, THE DEVIL WANTS YOU DEFEATED, LOST, AND HE WANTS TO CONVINCE YOU GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU... don't give into that MESS. He is a liar.
I find that if I practice the above. I feel better and eventually.. through faith and patience GOD COMES THROUGH EVERY TIME... HEY, TRY IT... let go of the discouragement and let it be replaced by "courage." Courage to believe, when it looks impossible. courage to go on, marching forward and in the hope that only the Holy Spirit can provide.
Give the devil a black eye, don't let him hear all the negitive.... split his lip with POSITIVE, FAITHFILLED, NEVER GIVING UP .. NOT GOING DOWN... TALK!
GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.. HE WILL, HE IS ABLE.. DON'T GIVE UP... I DIDN'T AND I AM STILL HERE... BECAUSE "HE" LIVES.... I CAN, CAN, CAN AND WILL FACE TOMORROW.
Let me share with you some of the things people are walking through.....
A woman named Anne, had her husband die "suddenly!" I am talking "suddenly." One minute they were carrying on a conversation, the next, he was gone.
She was stunned. Shortly after the memorial, she found out he left her with NOTHING! ZERO! Except a pile of bills and two mortgages on the house. She was instantly broke. she could barely afford to bury the man. Her precious daughter had a nervous breakdown and landed up in an institution. This widow is busted, broke and broken....she lost her husband, she thinks she is losing her home and she almost lost her child.
A wife calls me to tell me her husband, who she just married, fell down a set of stairs and is now confined to a bed. This once vibrant man is now on life support. she barely got to enjoy her new life with him when this happened. In a short time she went from a happy new wife, to a full time nurse for him. She is confused and "a very lonely woman."
A young girl contacts me, she is discouraged. People at the church don't treat her right. She was once on drugs and practiced witchcraft. Before her conversion, she got a bunch of "tattoo's." She feels that because she is pierced and tattooed, the church people do not accept her and it has hurt her walk with God. (
A guy who is a hard, dilegent worker, who sings in a worship group at church and reads his bible regularly, just had a heart attack. He is out of work and feeling "abandoned" by God.
"I am a faithful thither Carol, he told me, where is the money to support my family. I feel like I am falling apart!"
All of the above people tell me, "I pray, I believe, but He doesn't answer!"
Lets talk.
First of all, I have felt the very same way. I have watched people who sin openly and uncaringly prosper and do well. And I have watched good men and women suffer and travail in prayer. only to feel like God isn't listening.
Let me start here.
God is always listening... oh, I know that sounds like a "pat answer" and most people respond with, "He is? then why is nothing happening?"
The fact is, something is happening. It may not be the way we think it should, but He is working things together for our good!
I have found in the times that I feel over welmed or discouraged. OH YES, I FEEL THAT WAY SOMETIMES TOO! there are three things that hasten God's move on my behalf and make me feel the "PEACE" that I need to get me through.
Here we go....
1. I stop talking negitive. The devils dwells in negitive talking and thinking. He loves when a Child of the King, is flapping his/her jaw and saying all the "POINTLESS AND HOPELESS" THINGS. Change the way you talk, it will change the atmosphere around you and charge it with HOPE.... FORGET WHAT ISN'T, SAY WHAT THE WORD SAYS ABOUT YOU.....
2. I FORCE MYSELF TO HAVE RECKLESS FAITH. okay don't think my words are "reckless."
I mean I choose to believe that God intends to meet all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. I choose to release my faith, even if it is a morsel or a tiny little bit... I let it go... I declare God's provisions, peace, my needs met, hope, deliverence.... etc...
Faith pleases God, it moves mountiains of distress, finances, etc...
Faith PLEASES GOD AND SETS US UP FOR A MIRACLE.... YES A MIRACLE..
3. I try to meditate on the last time I was discouraged or down and God in His faithfulness and rich mercy met me at the point of my need and rescued me.
I think on these things, good report, worthy of praise, happy things, Gods goodness.
REMEMBER, THE DEVIL WANTS YOU DEFEATED, LOST, AND HE WANTS TO CONVINCE YOU GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU... don't give into that MESS. He is a liar.
I find that if I practice the above. I feel better and eventually.. through faith and patience GOD COMES THROUGH EVERY TIME... HEY, TRY IT... let go of the discouragement and let it be replaced by "courage." Courage to believe, when it looks impossible. courage to go on, marching forward and in the hope that only the Holy Spirit can provide.
Give the devil a black eye, don't let him hear all the negitive.... split his lip with POSITIVE, FAITHFILLED, NEVER GIVING UP .. NOT GOING DOWN... TALK!
GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.. HE WILL, HE IS ABLE.. DON'T GIVE UP... I DIDN'T AND I AM STILL HERE... BECAUSE "HE" LIVES.... I CAN, CAN, CAN AND WILL FACE TOMORROW.
Betrayal, The Deepest Cut
From the first page to the very last, you won’t put this book down. “Betrayal, The Deepest Cut” is riveting and captivating.
Carol tells twelve different true stories of people who have been betrayed in the worst way: adultery, sexual abuse, a broken confidence and abortion just to mention a few. Each story will stir your heart.
Carol has included much of her own life story. Having come from a dysfunctional home filled with alcoholism and violence, Carol learned early in life how deep the wound of betrayal can go. Feeling unloved and rejected, she fell into a life of drug addiction, sexual promiscuity, abortions and mental illness, all along feeling betrayed by God and a mother that never loved her.
This book will impact your life, you will learn how even the deepest wound… can be healed.
How has "Betrayal, the Deepest Cut" affected your life?
The Truth About Giving, The Way I See It!
When I first got “saved” I was happy to get the “free gift” provided by Jesus Christ. His forgiveness and a new life through His powerful mighty Blood!
But when it came to giving? I was like, “forget it!” Don’t touch my wallet!
Now, I am NOT here to tell you five stories about how I gave and it came back “mega bucks!” Nope, that is not the reason I am writing this.
My purpose is to share what I feel is the “truth about giving” and pass it on.
Certainly, I expect you to search the scriptures yourself, (the problem today is that most people don’t, they just take some one else’s word rather then God’s Word.) oops!
Okay, first of all. Even in the “world” in my most miserable state, I knew that giving had a way of coming back to you. Kind of like the law of gravity. What you throw up has to come down. Seemed it worked (kind of) the same way.
However, when I was “saved” I had fallen so madly in love with Jesus Christ (considering He died in my place and took the nails I deserved) that I would have given Him; anything, without hesitation. I mean anything!
So I started to listen to the law of giving as it was preached, eager to learn all there was to know about the KINGDOM OF GOD and its principles.
Finally, I tried it. I gave when common sense said, “I shouldn’t,” and my wallet said “I couldn’t.” And sure enough it came back, usually in a super natural way.
Now stay with me here……….and by the way, at the end of this message, I am not taking up an offering. Honest!
Anyway, I started checking this “seed stuff” out. I found out that the WORD of God is the seed, Jesus said that. He never called “money” seed.
But I got the point when it was taught that money was like “planting” seed.
However, it didn’t really do much in the way of “convincing” me to give.
But the “seed” teaching seemed to be influential and so I thought, “why not?”
So I began to “plant seed” everywhere I heard the teaching. I planted for blessings, health, salvation of loved ones, prosperity, a new job, a new watch, a new car, etc, etc, etc…..
I wasn’t picky what type of ground my “seed” was planted into, just get it there and get the “blessing,” and of course, the 100 fold return.
Got to tell you, some of my “seed” produced, (and that is to be expected.) But a lot of it didn’t.
I began to ask God, what am I doing wrong? What was I missing?
I feel like God began to show me something…. I was planting in the wrong ground with the wrong heart!
I was moved by need, desperation and influence, rather then a “cheerful” heart, and truly seeking the Holy Spirit on where to give
People, giving isn’t “rocket science!”
We are suppose to give to the Lords work because we love Him and want the world to know how wonderful Jesus is.
Listen, The gospel of Jesus Christ is free, but it takes money to get it out!
But if we give because we have been, manipulated, emotionally moved or even threatened that God will curse us? Then something is very wrong!
We give because we love Jesus, with all our hearts; we aren’t bargaining with Him at a wholesale house!
When you love “HIM” with all your heart, you want to see your gift to HIM produce, food for starving people, the gospel to reach all nations, the church to be equipped with the five fold ministries, outreaches, missions, aid to hurting and broken lives and so on.
If we are giving because we think we are playing some sort of “lotto” and God can be “bingo-ed” we are sadly mistaken. Giving is to meet the needs of the church and for our “benefit” when we give as The Holy Spirit leads.
I learned in my giving to find out if “my seed,” is being planted out in the fields of “lost souls” and human needs!
Because if my seed is going into that kind of soil? It will indeed produce. I don’t want my seed to rot in ground that is not nourished by the planter.
Precious saint, giving is part of being a loving and caring Christian.
Giving DOES have a law attached to it, “give and it will be given to you……” but I strongly encourage you to be sure that the place you entrust your “seed” is making sure that “your seed” is being planted in ground that God is honoring.
When you give with a pure heart and open hands for HIS GLORY you can’t go wrong!
I assure you; if you have a pure heart and give to the gospel because you love Christ… you will be blessed and satisfied in your spirit.
God loves you; He will guide you and instruct you, if you seek Him, FOR YOURSELF! YOU are capable of hearing His voice.
I have since experienced a “new way” in my giving.
I pray this way…
“Lord, I love you, because while I was yet a sinner, you died for me and accepted me as I was. You cleaned me up and made my life worth living.
So I give to the work of the kingdom of God, cheerfully, and yes, carefully… seeking You my Lord, to know where you would have me “plant my seed.”
And because I give with a pure heart of love and blessing your work with gladness, my needs will be met, by your “riches in glory in Christ Jesus… Amen!
Tightly in His grip,
Carol
But when it came to giving? I was like, “forget it!” Don’t touch my wallet!
Now, I am NOT here to tell you five stories about how I gave and it came back “mega bucks!” Nope, that is not the reason I am writing this.
My purpose is to share what I feel is the “truth about giving” and pass it on.
Certainly, I expect you to search the scriptures yourself, (the problem today is that most people don’t, they just take some one else’s word rather then God’s Word.) oops!
Okay, first of all. Even in the “world” in my most miserable state, I knew that giving had a way of coming back to you. Kind of like the law of gravity. What you throw up has to come down. Seemed it worked (kind of) the same way.
However, when I was “saved” I had fallen so madly in love with Jesus Christ (considering He died in my place and took the nails I deserved) that I would have given Him; anything, without hesitation. I mean anything!
So I started to listen to the law of giving as it was preached, eager to learn all there was to know about the KINGDOM OF GOD and its principles.
Finally, I tried it. I gave when common sense said, “I shouldn’t,” and my wallet said “I couldn’t.” And sure enough it came back, usually in a super natural way.
Now stay with me here……….and by the way, at the end of this message, I am not taking up an offering. Honest!
Anyway, I started checking this “seed stuff” out. I found out that the WORD of God is the seed, Jesus said that. He never called “money” seed.
But I got the point when it was taught that money was like “planting” seed.
However, it didn’t really do much in the way of “convincing” me to give.
But the “seed” teaching seemed to be influential and so I thought, “why not?”
So I began to “plant seed” everywhere I heard the teaching. I planted for blessings, health, salvation of loved ones, prosperity, a new job, a new watch, a new car, etc, etc, etc…..
I wasn’t picky what type of ground my “seed” was planted into, just get it there and get the “blessing,” and of course, the 100 fold return.
Got to tell you, some of my “seed” produced, (and that is to be expected.) But a lot of it didn’t.
I began to ask God, what am I doing wrong? What was I missing?
I feel like God began to show me something…. I was planting in the wrong ground with the wrong heart!
I was moved by need, desperation and influence, rather then a “cheerful” heart, and truly seeking the Holy Spirit on where to give
People, giving isn’t “rocket science!”
We are suppose to give to the Lords work because we love Him and want the world to know how wonderful Jesus is.
Listen, The gospel of Jesus Christ is free, but it takes money to get it out!
But if we give because we have been, manipulated, emotionally moved or even threatened that God will curse us? Then something is very wrong!
We give because we love Jesus, with all our hearts; we aren’t bargaining with Him at a wholesale house!
When you love “HIM” with all your heart, you want to see your gift to HIM produce, food for starving people, the gospel to reach all nations, the church to be equipped with the five fold ministries, outreaches, missions, aid to hurting and broken lives and so on.
If we are giving because we think we are playing some sort of “lotto” and God can be “bingo-ed” we are sadly mistaken. Giving is to meet the needs of the church and for our “benefit” when we give as The Holy Spirit leads.
I learned in my giving to find out if “my seed,” is being planted out in the fields of “lost souls” and human needs!
Because if my seed is going into that kind of soil? It will indeed produce. I don’t want my seed to rot in ground that is not nourished by the planter.
Precious saint, giving is part of being a loving and caring Christian.
Giving DOES have a law attached to it, “give and it will be given to you……” but I strongly encourage you to be sure that the place you entrust your “seed” is making sure that “your seed” is being planted in ground that God is honoring.
When you give with a pure heart and open hands for HIS GLORY you can’t go wrong!
I assure you; if you have a pure heart and give to the gospel because you love Christ… you will be blessed and satisfied in your spirit.
God loves you; He will guide you and instruct you, if you seek Him, FOR YOURSELF! YOU are capable of hearing His voice.
I have since experienced a “new way” in my giving.
I pray this way…
“Lord, I love you, because while I was yet a sinner, you died for me and accepted me as I was. You cleaned me up and made my life worth living.
So I give to the work of the kingdom of God, cheerfully, and yes, carefully… seeking You my Lord, to know where you would have me “plant my seed.”
And because I give with a pure heart of love and blessing your work with gladness, my needs will be met, by your “riches in glory in Christ Jesus… Amen!
Tightly in His grip,
Carol
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