“Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. Matthew 26:52a (NLT) “Put Away Your Sword, Patricia!” Those were the exact words I heard at 5:30 in the morning. I was lying in bed, talking to the Father. Like the impertinent friend of Luke 11, I was bringing my heart’s desire before the Throne again, together with a list of perfectly reasonable explanations as to why God should make it happen. NOW. As I lay there, shocked and half asleep, the meaning of the reprimand became Continue Reading
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She Is Safe – Rescuing Young Girls Around the World (Atlanta Journal Constitution}
“I have walked the brothel hallways with our partners in West Bengal and seen little children living under the beds of their young mothers, who are sex slaves. Without intervention, children of sex slaves are put to work in the brothel at an even younger age than their mothers.” I sat across from Michele Rickett, founder and president of She is Safe – an international organization with a mission to “prevent, rescue and restore women and girls from abuse and slavery in high-risk places around Continue Reading
Petty Distractions – Satan’s Subtle Weapon Against You
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. (Psalm 23:5 NASB) It was summertime, and the temperatures were rising quickly. The shepherd looked up the mountain and saw the nebulous, dusty cloud on its peak. It would be another dry, dreadful summer in Judea. He walked towards his flock, frowning while approaching the dirty sheep. The mosquitos and gnats that filled the Judean Mountains that time of the year were Continue Reading
Finding Elim: A Lesson On Chasing Holy Ever After {#RechargeWednesday LINKUP}
"It was there at Marah that the Lord set . . to test their faithfulness to him." - Exodus 15:25 - One of the last statements to reach my ears directly from the mouth of my college sweetheart was: "Now I can finally live happily ever after" - words that would coincide with the marriage to her "new" husband. In the rear view mirror was a 21 year marriage and divorce where quite possibly she was more married to an idea than to a man . . an idea of a kind of life as a Pastor's life that was free Continue Reading
A Mother’s Day Gift: No More Guilt and Fear {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
I held the 16-ounce, $5 jar of mayonnaise in one hand, while looking at the 32-ounce container of regular mayo sitting on the shelf in front of me. The regular mayo was on sale — buy one, get one free. All reason within me shouted that I should buy the least expensive kind, and put the outrageously expensive jar back in the shelf. And yet, I found myself carefully placing the organic mayo inside my shopping cart. Sigh. Torn between common sense and guilt, old, fear-ridden reasons danced Continue Reading
Could God Be Waiting on You? {Recharge LINKUP Party}
Luke 17:11-14 “When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.” v.14 They left their hiding place when they heard that He was passing by. They approached the gathering from a distance, for they knew they weren’t welcome. They saw Him and the multitude that followed. Was He really Messiah? Was He really the great Healer and Deliverer? Shame and pain took over their souls, as bystander’s watched from afar, running Continue Reading
