Fasting is a popular word that you may hear in connection with health trends. In my social media newsfeed I can regularly expect a friend to share about the benefits of intermittent fasting to purge the body of impurities or to "reset" your biological systems. People are usually on board with anything to help strengthen …
How Does Perfect Love Cast Out Fear?
(NEW MATERIAL in the September re-release! of Revealed in Ephesians~ The Mystery of Who I Am in Christ. This is from week 11 on the Breastplate of Righteousness. “How does perfect love cast out fear? The Discovery Bible’s HELPS Word-studies indicates that the Greek verb tense for “casts” is present indicative active form. This simply …
A Call to Fast to End Abortion part 2
When Jonah was sent into Ninevah, he was sent with the message: "God will destroy his city in 40 days." Ninevah was a pagan city, yet the Lord sent a reluctant prophet to warn the people. God didn't want to destroy Ninevah. He didn't delight in its demise, so he sent a man of God …
Cleaning Out Your Closet for Greater Joy
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 21 Overcome!
He may have found you as a wretched sinner in the mud of your sin, but he cleansed you by the blood of his Son Jesus, raised your dead spirit to life and filled you with the Holy Spirit of the living God. Walk in the goodness and victory of your salvation!
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting – Day 13 Praying for Your Family
The prophetic ingathering of Israel's children to their homeland is a beautiful picture of the Lord God redeeming and delivering families. Isaiah 49 is a complex Messianic prophecy about the foretold Messiah and his purpose -- to restore and redeem Israel and to be a shining light to the Gentiles. Jesus -- The Messiah -- …
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21 Days of Fasting and Prayer – Day 10
Are we there, yet?! This is what my kids say when we are in the car taking an all day trip across the country to visit family. We know our destination will be delightful, but the wait in the car can be brutal. This world is not our home. We have a delightful destination beyond …
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 …
11th Day of Christmas Prayer Challenge~ The Promise of peace!
Every time I get to this phase of Christmas I am so surprised at how my optimistic planning is looking a bit lackluster. I am breaking all kinds of promises to myself about what I would and wouldn't do this year. I have a smile on my face and my heart, though. I can't lie …
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