Women's Prayer Meeting

Tomorrow is our First (not really, but true all at the same time) Women's Prayer Meeting at our Church. I am so EXCITED! God wants to do something, but we need to be PREPARED to RECEIVE it! So I want to be:

PURGED

PRUNED

AND

PURIFIED

Prepare...Still on my mind...

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him

I heard this scripture from Beth Moore this morning as I was driving in to work, it has just struck me. I always thought this scripture was meaning what was prepared for us in Heaven. But this morning, I am in awe...It's for us, Here...Now...We can have things like this NOW! That just joys my soul.

I just can not put into words what this is speaking to me...

When we can get into the place where we TRULY love God and seek HIM out and desire to see HIM so strongly, then it is unimaginable (see above scripture) what God can do/give/send to us.

Just think of all of the wonderful things that has been seen by the Eye....

Think of all of the wonderful things that has been heard by the Ear...

Think of all the wonderful things that you imagine in your Heart...

None of these things, NONE of them can even compare to What God Has in Store for us.

Let's bind together, Pray, and Fast, so that we can see MIRACLES that have never before been seen, so that we can see a REVIVAL of the church that has never been seen, so that we can see CHRISTIANS BINDING TOGETHER, like never before.

I want my eyes, ears, and heart to be overwhelmed by what God has PREPARED for the ones that Love HIM.

Lord, THANK YOU for speaking this word to me, THANK YOU for sending me this daily bread, THANK YOU for showing me this today. I ask that my love for you be so evident in my heart, my actions, and my spirit that everyone around about me can feel your LOVE for them! I want to see an AWAKENING in the hearts and souls of my fellow man...I want to see, hear, and feel the things that you have PREPARED for us! I want to see a Revival in the hearts of men around the world, I want to see a REVIVAL like never before at our church (February 14Th) and that you just pour out BLESSINGS in abundance to all, that we all bind together and become as a united SPIRIT where my burden is my sister's burden, where my brother's burden becomes my burden...Where the prayer is as one-so that we may see HEALING, SALVATION, AND RESTORATION happen. Lord I ask that you just feel up our SPIRITS in a way we have never had before. I want this, I need this. I ask these things in JESUS, HALLOWED name, AMEN.

AWAKE, ARISE, AND PREPARE

A while back I emailed a few of you to pray about a Women's Prayer Meeting to start at our church...I felt like it was needed, but I did not want to take leadership of it (we have so many wonderful women in our church that would do better at that)...Well it has also been laid upon a heart of another woman in our congregation and after speaking with her and praying...We asked the Pastor for his approval....and the verdict is:

Hallelujah-YES!

We feel like this is also maybe going to lead to a woman's conference one Saturday....I am so excited...God is so good.

A couple of things that was on Diane's heart was, exactly how she titled it, "Awake and Arise". The word God gave me about this is: PREPARE.

The common that brings all of this together is in Diane's writtings she included Luke 13:2-9

2: And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4: Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6: He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7: Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8: And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

See verse 8...Dig about it, and dung it....

Dig about our roots with Prayer

Dung our roots (or fertilize) with the WORD OF GOD.

I am expecting MIRACLES and PRAYERS to be answered...

"Lord, I ask that you bind us together and that there is an awakeness for you from the ladies of the church. I ask that we all come together with one mind and be in one accord. That we pray and fast fervently, that our desires to make it to Heaven grow stronger. I pray that through this prayer group you put a fire, a new fire-that blazes and shines bright in our hearts so that there will be found not one speck of darkness within us. I ask that you use us and work through us, that you fill our mouths, that you AWAKEN us out of our sleep-even if it's not a deep sleep and ARISE us, fill our spirits, fill our cups so that it will overflow onto others. Lord, bless this meeting. Help us to PREPARE for whatever may lie ahead of us-only you know what that maybe...but if we are PREPARED for it with you we can overcome it. I love you my Lord and Savior. In Jesus Holy name I pray...Amen."

Guilty Questions...Maybe not...

"God, Why me? Why must I experience this?"

Common question, I am sure we all have asked this-maybe not asked it out loud but thought it. If you are like me, these two questions sit in the back of my mind...never said out loud...never directed towards God...Never mentioned in prayer...because It is just wrong to think these things, wrong to feel this way...and just wrong to question what God does/has done/is doing. Regardless if it is wrong or right, I have these two questions to haunt me. Maybe not all of the time, maybe not every day...but they are there in the back of my mind.

God created us, not just our spiritual bodies...but our fleshly bodies. God may not have created our minds to work as they do in this day and time-since the Adam and Eve that was placed into the garden was sinless-but after Eve allowed the first sin to occur, the human mind and thought process changed instantly. (see Genesis Chapter 3)

Jesus was a human...He was not here as an angel in form of man, but was born of woman...born into flesh. I believe that Jesus was a sinless man and the only sinless man to walk here on this earth, Agreed?, Agreed. But do you not think it was so important for Jesus to come here-to live amongst us, to speak amongst us, to learn amongst us. He had friends of the flesh...Mary, Martha, and Lazarus...were some of His friends-He wept (John 11:33-35)

33: When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34: And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35: Jesus wept.

Pay attention to 33-groaned...the m-w.com definition of groan is:

1: to utter a deep moan indicative of pain, grief, or annoyance 2 : to make a harsh sound (as of creaking) under sudden or prolonged strain

Indication of pain...we experience pain when we lose a loved one...grief...that is another physical experience we have...annoyance-yeah maybe he was a little annoyed at Martha for accusing him of letting Lazarus die...

Surely when looking at these verses with the definition of groan there...I believe that Jesus experienced the same pain of a loss of a loved one as we do and I believe that this groan was a loud cry accompanying His weeping. I believe Jesus felt the same mourning pain we do.

vs. 38

38: Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

Groaning in Himself...maybe (just my thought)...He was just thinking..."My God-Why? Why must this be?" But the whole time Jesus knew what the purpose was...

vs.40-41

40: Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41: Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

The purpose was to see the GLORY OF GOD. But then look at the end of verse 41...Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.! That just confirms with me that He was groaning a silent prayer to the FATHER!

So let's just be honest with our prayers and what we tell the Father...He knows what we are thinking anyway...if it is something that is just sitting there in the back of our mind...tell it...confess it, so that we may be healed of it (if need be). Jesus knows.

Winter has Fallen

Winter has fallen
It's all around
Sweeping from the Heavens
Down onto the Ground.

Winter has fallen
Bringing joy to some
Filling people with Laughter
Filling others with None.

Winter has fallen
Yet it is just one Season
Bringing in Cold
Without any reason.

Winter has fallen
And I dread to see it come
Even with excitement of the first snow
It then leaves me cold and Numb.

Winter has fallen
Even though I want to live in Spring
Yet God said this season would come
But why does it have to fall on Me?

Winter has fallen
Landing on my flame
But on this DAY
I will kindle that FLAME.

Winter has fallen
Yet my fire is still Burning
I will keep adding logs
Until this all melts AWAY.

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Free Will Baptist

I am not sure if many of you know about Free Will Baptist...but I do want to give you an opportunity to look us up...(I did not know that we were so rare until I was an adult).

The Wikipedia has a very good description there. I would classify myself in the Randall Line.

I have attended Churches in the John-Thomas Association, New Durham Conference all of my life. My dad was ordained through the Conference and sat on council. I remember sitting through these conferences as a small child-my mother was reporting Secretary for the Church we belonged to-so not only was dad required to be there she was too (for a year or two).


Some things that I hold strongly too are:

• abstinence from alcohol
• KJV-even though I respect other Bibles in circulation-but I do not get the same meanings from other Bibles as I do the KJV.
• That Prayer is important
• Baptism-in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
• I believe in the Holy Ghost and being consumed in it
• I believe in the gift of speaking in tongues (That it is a gift, not a necessity to be a Christian)
• I believe in the unknown tongue
• I believe in annointing with oil and calling upon elders of the church to pray for you
• I believe our God is a merciful God
• I believe in tribulations
• I believe that you can go back to being a sinner-after you have been saved. That you can fall away from your salvation. I believe the only way to get saved is to be drawn in by the Holy Spirit and pray from your heart.

For whatever reason this is...I just felt like sharing.

With Love
Tessa