Reflections On Our Last Meeting!

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
~ Colossians 3:16 ~

The Year 2010 is now here! I am 'wowed' beyond belief of how fast time flies 'right through us'.

I am honored to share of what took place at our last 'get together' in November, 2009. It was such a blessing and we are going to continue with this as the Lord leads.

We were truly provoked to share those 'favorite' verses from the Word of God that we cling to no matter what we are going through. As we came together, prepared and ready to share, tears came to my eyes to see the transforming power of God's Word, which does not and will never return void. God's Word constantly returns with great power, indescribable to even articulate.

On Wednesday, November 18th, we came together, pouring our coffee and cream, sipping with great delight. We came together to the King, Almighty God as we prayed committing our time to Him.

It began with Mollie. We were all blessed by her stirring passion from within and the preparation that she put forth to share for the glory of God. It stirred each one of us with great passion for our God. She shared with us a beautiful hymn that is very dear to her heart. A favorite hymn that they sing at their church...

"For All The Saints Hymn"
By: William How, 1864
(Not all the verses have been included)

"For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the Apostles’ glorious company,
Who bearing forth the Cross o’er land and sea,
Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee:
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For the Evangelists, by whose blest word,
Like fourfold streams, the garden of the Lord,
Is fair and fruitful, be Thy Name adored.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

For Martyrs, who with rapture kindled eye,
Saw the bright crown descending from the sky,
And seeing, grasped it, Thee we glorify.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
All are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
And singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!"

Mollie continued to share so beautifully and passionately as she reflected on God's Word. The scripture she shared from were the following:
Hebrews 12:1-3
Revelation 2:10
Revelation 14:13
Revelation 17:14
It was so powerful as tears streamed down my face of the awesomeness of God revealed by the Word she had shared!

Another beautiful mom, whom I also adore; is Jeanne~Mari. She and her husband are youth pastors, which is an amazing story in and of itself. She shared from her heart Hebrews 11:1 and Romans 12:1&2. She so beautifully spoke of being a living sacrifice and trusting God.

After Jeanne~Mari shared, wonderful Rachel shared from Matthew 6. It was so beautiful how her heart revealed the desire to truly trust God remembering that she would be taken care of. Not to worry, as she is constantly reminded that God will provide all our needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.

I also got to share one of my favorite scriptures II Timothy 2:20-21. I was allowed to share how on truly making the choice to be what He has made me to be...a vessel of honor, set apart and useful for the Master prepared for every good work.

I am truly blessed beyond my wildest imaginations that God would place such a core group of women together with different backgrounds and 'denominations'. The true Denominator with all of us is that we believe Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and have accepted His Powerful, Awesome Gift of Salvation by the shedding of His blood, giving us His life and in turn the Power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead obliterated the gripping hold of death, hell and the grave.

Lord, I am so ever grateful for these precious women. Your daughters that are equipped by Your Mighty Right Hand!

Thank you for the fire of You to spread throughout this district to see more mom's rising up on behalf of the gifts you have given us...our children! May be their voice and may we always seek out Your righteousness and be moved by Your Spirit! In Jesus Mighty, Majestic, Holy, Powerful, Indescribable Name! Amen!

Dedicate 2009-2010 School Year to You O Lord!

As Warrior Mom's starts up again for another school year, I am geared up to meet with my sisters in the Lord!

We are here for a purpose in this season of our children's lives. I pray the legacy of our faith in God would transcend through the generations to come.

Thank you Lord for the opportunity to pray for our children, teachers, faculty and families. As we pray for them, thank you for Your All-Consuming Fire to burn up any assignments against our families, schools and our bodies. May your purposeful assignments be the only ones to flourish and prosper.

We love you Lord and we dedicate this school year to you Father. Thank you for revealing any deceptions, plans of the enemy before they can come to fruition. May we be senstive to Your Spirit in Jesus Name!

We commit the school year of 2009-2010 to You Father! Hallelujah!

Fellowship

Three women getting together, in unity, enjoying each other's fellowship and getting to pray to God together, now that is truly rewarding and fun!

It's amazing to tangibly see the Hand of God at work, before we even send forth our requests. God knows our needs, before we do. He not only knows, He provides. He may not provide in the time frame we think He should or the way we think He will, but He does provide. His timing is ALWAYS perfect and more than we could ever imagine, hope for or think.

The Lord is awesome all the time! Today, as I had a headache, all I wanted to do was lie down and do nothing. I didn't feel like praying nor did I want to pray. However, the Holy Spirit challenged me...praise ME right now, on purpose. Magnify My Name as what you are going through is "de"-magnified. Wow! The praising Him was a "miracle" in and of itself...that headache went away within 10 minutes and that heavy feeling was lifted off of me.

I thank the Lord that in that moment of weariness, His "anecdote" was to praise Him, and the result was powerful. Whether, the headache went away or not, my mind and heart were now focused on Him and not, guess who? Me.

I know it sounds so elementary, but yet it is so profound.

"We can either fear the storm, or choose to dance in the rain...you'll be amazed by the ONE who leads."

January 10, 2009

Wow, time has flown right through us!

We are meeting back together the first time this year on Thursday, January 15th at 8 am.

Everyone is bringing a breakfast dish....so if you want to join us please do so! We would love to have you!

I am excited to hear the praise reports!

It is awesome to see the Lord working as He does so majestically and powerfully! I am in awe of how many people in the particular school district we are in, including teachers and staff who have a relationship with Jesus Christ! That is what is great about the prayer group, it is coming together, no matter the denominational church we attend. The walls come down as we worship, praise and declare the awesomeness of our God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit!

Lyrics to 'Let The Walls Come Down'
by Steve Green

All throughout the spirit realm a fearsome battle rages
The fates of men and nations hang suspended in the fray
Walls designed by satan in the twilight of the ages
Now stand as great divisions all across the world today
Walls not born of government nor strife amid the nations
But walls within our churches and between denominations
Stones of dry tradition carved in fear and laid in pride
Become a dismal prison to those withering inside

Chorus
Let the walls come down
Let the walls come down
Let the walls that divide us
And hide us come down
If in Christ we agree
Let us seek unity
Let the walls
Let the walls come down
Let the walls
Let the walls come down

The body weak and powerless, crippled by division
The victim of a tragic and most cruel civil war
Brother fighting brother over culture and tradition
While countless lost and dying lie as casualties of war
It's time to end the foolishness of warring with each other
And kneel in true repentance that our union be restored
May we then as brothers rally round the cross of Jesus
And carry on with diligence the mission of our Lord

Chorus
Oh children of God
Oh soon to be bride
Let us humble ourselves
And crucify pride
Throw off the flesh
And its pious facade
And unite in the name of God

Chorus

This is a powerful song and rings so true. One of my dad's favorite songs, to constantly remind us of what we don't want to be guilty of.

If you have any prayer requests, praise reports regarding your school, teachers or staff please write us at wmcip@yahoo.com

Proverbs 16:3~ "Commit all our ways to the Lord and He will make it successful."

Proverbs 3:5-6~ "Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He WILL direct our paths."

The amazing part of these scripture verses is the ways we may think we should go, He will direct them according to His plan. We may not understand it for a moment and sometimes for a lifetime. However, we must know that the steps we take today, will affect not only our tomorrow, but also our children's tomorrow! So let's make sure that our steps are on His path as we trust in the Lord with and in everything!

It's so hard to do, isn't it? But if we keep our focus on the King of kings and the Lord of lords, our Jesus and praise Him on purpose, whether it be our actions, or our words or both, we will find that His grace is sufficient for us! We will look back and be amazed at how He has brought us through as we spoke blessing over those situations, even when the people or circumstances were driving us to speak otherwise!

As I have been looking at pictures of the stars, the galaxies, the moon, the universe that goes on for eternity, then I look at the creatures of the deep sea, the beasts of the field in the remote places of Africa. Just our earth itself, it literally paralyzes my mind to even fathom that we are so blessed to be able to have a relationship through Jesus Christ with our Father God who created all of those things that I see, let alone the things I have not seen! Wow! He is MORE than WORTHY to be praised!

Psalm 104 is a glimpse of what I described...to even step into a glimpse of the awesomeness of God, you literally must bless His holy name. As we bless His Holy Name, who is clothed in Majesty, we can somehow worship Him anywhere at any moment and all the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches and the lust of the flesh has no place and has no ability to penetrate the mind at that moment, as the Lord is worshipped in spirit as we are led by His Spirit and in truth...who is truth? Jesus Christ!!!!

Be blessed as you read Psalm 104 today! Please write and share with us what you got out of it. Thank you so much for reading the blog and supporting us in prayer unto the Lord God Almighty!

Christmas Break!

Merry Christmas to everyone! We are excited to meet back together in January. Later I will post the date of when that will take place.

Enjoy your families as I know we will enjoy ours! God bless you all and we continue to pray for the staff at the schools in our district! We praise God for Who He is!!!!

If you are interested in meeting with us to pray, please contact us via email at: wmcip@yahoo.com

My beliefs...

What a blessing to be able to meet together and fellowship as we have!

Thursday was our 3rd coming together in fellowship...a lot of it...and prayer...

If you have any prayer concerns over your children and/or schools, please notify us via email at wmcip@yahoo.com we would be blessed to pray over those situations and hand those "cares" over to the Lord right along with you!

We continue to pray over our elementary, middle and high school's in our district. If you believe you are to start a prayer group and you have questions or comments, please do not hesitate to call Teresa at (515) 681-2562. It is a blessing and privledge to assist you in any way.

If you are wanting to know what I believe, please read the following:

My beliefs...

* Are that God the Father, God the Son, and God The Holy Spirit are One. I also believe that Jesus came to reveal the Father, and the Holy Spirit has come to reveal the Son, Jesus
(Genesis 1:2 & 26, Matthew 10:20, Matthew 28:19, Luke 24:49, John 1:14, Acts 1 & 2)!

* Are that Jesus is THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE and NO ONE comes to the Father but through JESUS CHRIST. ~ John 14:6, In other words, He is the only way to the Father God.
* Are that the Word of God is the final authority, as Jesus is the Word made flesh (John 1:14).

* Are that just as Jesus Christ healed on the earth during His ministry as He was always led by compassion, so we too can operate in those gifts by the power of the Holy Spirit.

* Are that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6)

God bless you!

Second Prayer Meeting!

Praise God! We met for our second prayer meeting today!

It is amazing the sweet fellowship time that we have when we come together!

I do have a praise report! I was able by the power of God through the Holy Spirit to minister to a young girl on the phone the night before. She is struggling with both bolemia and anorexia. O what a lie from the enemy!

As the Lord poured forth wisdom to know what to say, so many great things manifested over this young woman as I was able to minister to her. I have struggled with bolemia since the age of 21. It is amazing how we unknowingly worship our bodies and the one's we compare our bodies to.

The one underlying theme in the whole scheme of things as she was talking to me was that lying and manipulation had become a way of life for her. This was her way of surviving through the lies of what she saw in the mirror.

To make a very long story short, there was truth that needed to be revealed to people that she was closest to, such as her doctor, and coaches on her cheerleading team. She was confronted earlier in the day yesterday about an eating disorder by her cheerleading coach and she denied it. As she denied it, the coach threatened to take her suspicions to her authority within the school. She knew the reprucussions of this would most likely be suspension of being on the cheerleading squad.

First, I told her to calm down and I told her you have to make the choice not to lie. She stated, "You don't understand, for me to go to the doctor was a big step for me, but then to be confronted of why I went to the doctor when she knew I wasn't sick, it makes me think I made a mistake of going to the doctor." Without all the details, the Lord kept pressing me to tell her to call her coach and to be upfront with her and to be honest with her. Praise God! She did call her coach last night. Her coach is obviously a very good one, because what has taken place is amazing and it is a God intervention!

The coach told this young woman that she would not take this any further and because she called her and let her know, she will do whatever it takes to keep her accountable. She will still be allowed to cheer, praise God, as I know that this was really the only biggest factor of what keeps her going to school. The coach is going as far as calling her doctor to find out ways they can assist this young woman while she is cheering. This young woman has lost 36 pounds since October. She has been excessively working out and either not eating or eating then purging. Because of the massive weight loss within such a short time, you can see why concern has been hurling around this young woman.

She called me today and left a message and was so elated that she called her coach. The coach did make her aware that she would have to let the head coach know what was going on as well. However, she would not make this known to the other cheerleaders, which was one of her biggest concerns, knowing that this could truly hinder her healing process. When you struggle with an eating disorder, you truly believe that you have it under control, when really it has full control of you.

God is AWESOME ALL THE TIME, and we are praying and believing that she will receive the healing of God upon her life and be delivered from this horrible bondage of vanity. The book I have written, addresses the issue of how we perceive ourselves. The way we perceive ourselves is the way we assume others sees us. I know that as I struggled with bolemia, my perception of who I was and what I looked like misconstrued the way I heard people, received people and interacted with people. Why? Because whether I knew it or not, I thought it was all about me.

We pray for innocence to be upon our children! We also pray for righteous holiness to bubble up within our children as they desire to serve the Lord and please Him in all they do!

Finally, we continue to pray for our school district, staff at all the schools, the board of education, for boldness over teachers and favor over the one's who serve the Lord! We are praying for teachers to rise up and to see supernatural ability and strength come forth as they educate our children...what a responsiblity.

If you have any questions, comments or anything you would like to add, please post them via email at: wmcip@yahoo.com

God bless you all!