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Introducing Our “Poppies” Binders
Our Leather Travelers Notebook Binder is designed with 6 strings that hold 6 notebooks. Our leathers have unique characteristics that has been hand-crafted from Italian/Brazilian vegetable-tanned leather and dyed with a low VOC water stain unless otherwise noted. Why...
Forgive Yourself – God Does!
If you are having a difficult time forgiving yourself, you are not alone. When my children were little, I struggled with condemnation over my lack of prayer. One morning, heaviness fell upon me. I felt like such a failure. I stood at my kitchen counter and cried out...
Position Yourself for Blessings to Follow You
Did you know that God desires to shower you with blessings? You are blessed, just because you are HIS and He lives within you. SAY: I AM BLESSED. Let Your blessings shower down upon Your people. Psalm 3:8 (VOICE) Now position yourself for God's blessings to follow you...
A Mother’s Prayers
Mothers -- You Are God's Birthing Vessels! Giving birth to your children is not the end to your labor pains. You have the privilege of laboring in prayer until Christ is formed in them. Plant the Seed of God's Word, water it with your faith and reap an eternal harvest...
Is that You God?
Is it You God? Are You knocking at the door of my heart? Someone suggests I read a book called Health And Wholeness Through The Holy Communion. Months later another person hands me an article on Taking Daily Communion. And yet another stops by, saying God told them to...
Anointing
A vial of anointing oil is what I see in a vision, being handed to me by an anointed man who I know. “Yes Lord, I receive it! I so want the anointing that I am seeing in the Spirit.” But when the man finally prays for me a few days later at church, he says, “The only...
A Divine Interruption
Coffee with my friend Robyn … Three hours later, as usual ... Spilling over with laughter and excitement as we share what God has done … Hands waving in the air as her story unfolds … And then … A Divine Interruption … A beautiful, lanky, grey haired, 80 something...
Bearing Another’s Burden
When my 28 year old daughter called and said, “Mom, I'm at the hospital and the doctor says I have a tumor and it is cancer...” my world as I knew it stopped. She would be flying home the next day, so in a daze I headed to the grocery store. I stood in the bread isle...
God … I Need Your Hand Upon My Life
... the hand of the Lord ... was upon Ezra ... (Ezra 7:9, 28; 8:18, 31) The hand of God brings strength, protection, favor, open doors, anointed ministry, success. Do you need the hand of God on your life? What was Ezra's secret? Ezra's dependance was on God. He...
Crafting a Prayer Strategy
If you've seen the movie the "War Room" you may be wondering how to craft a prayer strategy. Some have created a war room in their closet, where they tape scriptures and scriptural prayer strategies to pray, on the walls. My daughter Kate, who is standing for healing...
What Are You EXPECTING?
What Are You Expecting? …defeat? …failure? …poverty? …sickness to return? …children to go deeper into sin? …your spouse to have an affair or be in bondage to pornography? Are you expecting the worst? Or are you expecting God to fulfill His promise to you? Check your...
Too Busy For God
Run ... Run ... Run ... Busy ... Busy ... Busy ... To busy to pray ... Too tired to read God's Word ... Too busy doing God's work to spend time with Him Frustrated ... Anxiety ... Feelings of defeat ... Running around in circles ... Not making much headway ... Trying...
Your Heart – God’s Garden
In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation garden of your life. James 1:21 (MSG) Your heart is God’s garden just waiting to flourish, so let’s join Him in cultivating it! Whether you are an experienced gardener or not,...
God’s Protection in Spiritual Warfare
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord. Psalm 112:7 AMP When I sense a battle ensuing around my loved ones, I immediately stand on God’s promises, speaking them out, appropriating them...
Uprooting Unbelief
One of the first things a Gardener does when planting a garden is test the soil's condition, removing stones and weeds to ensure that the seed will take root. If weeds aren't removed, any good seeds planted will not flourish. One of the most detrimental weeds in a...
First Step in Intercessory Prayer
Prepare Your Heart! Intercessors, it is time to prepare your heart to hear God’s Voice. Victory in spiritual warfare does not come from just repeating a few verses. It comes from connecting with the One Who knows the hearts of all men and women! Are you connecting...
Pray For Daily Direction
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” (Eccl. 3:1,2 NIV) I must admit, I need direction from God most every day of my life. The problem is that I haven't always run to God first. But I have gotten better over time. Many years...
The Miracle is in Your Mouth!
The Miracle is in Your Mouth -- Speak God's Word! When you speak God’s Word – God’s angels work on your behalf. Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! Psalm 103:20 (NASB) The Angel Came in Response to...