So, why in the world would I show you all my dirty laundry? Well, not laundry. I would never show you that! But, why would I show you my mess? Because the Lord impressed something so precious on my heart, as I walked through the mess, stepping over wires from my husband's studio, and trying to find a square foot to set my bags down on after work. You see, I just finished speaking at a lovely weekend retreat called Revealed Retreat: Discover Who I Am in Christ. I challenged the ladies to give the Lord the deepest parts of their hearts - even the rooms of their hearts that they have shut the doors on for years. In the fight to stay positive and to keep from drowning in pain, sorrow and despair, people tend to avoid difficult conflict that arises when dealing with broken relationships and pain from the past. It's easier to ignore things and to just keep stuffing. These are things that may give us PTSD, if we decide to unpack them.
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Day 19 ~ Finding your Healing
Do you want to see a breakthrough in your life? Do you ever feel overwhelmed by a weakness in your personal life, in relationships, in your health or in what seems to be a constant barrage of what some may call “bad luck?” Does one thing happen after another, until you feel pulled underneath ocean …
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 16 Power from On High
For years I thought fasting was a good idea. I talked about it. I even taught others about it, as if I knew about it from practical or personal experience, when really, I was speaking of it in theory. I had fasted occasionally, as in once a year for one meal. Or every few years, …
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 12
The very first sin entered the world through eating. Just absorb that thought. Food is a gift from God. He designed it to taste delicious and to smell desirable. But, even in our eating, God gives us limits. From the beginning, the desire for more than we need or were created for has dominated our …
21 Days of Fasting and Prayer – Day 7
7 is a holy number to the Lord. 7 is a number of perfection. It is the number of God. Today is our 7th day of fasting. Let's worship the Lord for his goodness, since he has helped us and given us strength to fast for a full week! By this day of the fast, …
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 5
Do you need time of refreshment? Are you someone who looks for enjoyment at the spa, or taking a nap, but once the "rest" is over, you feel all the rest drain right out of you, when reality hits? Proverbs tells us how to refresh our bones through repentance and surrender. Now, that is some …
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Day 3
Do you ever get frustrated when praying for a breakthrough and you can't seem to get it? There was a situation like this where Jesus' disciples, who had already been given power by the Holy Spirit to heal people and cast out demons, found themselves unable to help a boy who was demonized. Matthew 17:14 When …
Praying the Psalms~ Psalm 13 Finding Healing
From the time I was a small child, my parents, Mike and Jeanne Dean taught me these biblical principles of forgiveness that have allowed me to walk in freedom through very difficult and dark places. God has victory for the believer in Jesus. There is no hurt too deep, there is no mountain too high …
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Before it’s too late…
Joel 2:12-27 “Even now,” declares the Lord,“return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may …
Hiding Behind Our Shades….
Hate evil, you who love the Lord, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Psalm 97:10 NASB So, if you are like me, you have strong opinions about the new movie coming out this week, 50 Shades of Grey. I am pretty sure that anyone who reads …