During engage week of reviveTUPELO, I remember looking at my bracelet and feeling overwhelmed with joy. The verse inscribed on it is Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”  I knew at that moment God was calling me into full time ministry with TTR.  For years, I have battled with the question…”If you could do anything and knew you wouldn’t fail, what would it be?”  My answer was always to quit my job and work full time for the Lord!  Little did I know that He was preparing me for such a time as this!   The collage shows the MIP’s being commissioned at Dallas Bible Church and the response from my husband after viewing it online!  My cup runneth over!

I had an amazing time reconnecting with a friend today and watching how the Lord used her even though she was in midst of her own trials.  I was reminded that God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called!

My team ended up going to the Salvation Army during lunch.  One of my church’s Sunday School classes where feeding the homeless.  I ended up having an opportunity to pray for as many of my church members as I did homeless!  The Lord also crossed my path with a few people that I had met a week prior during the Point In Time homeless count.  I was able to follow up with them and pray with them too.

On our way back to the church, we saw this tow truck and at first we mistook it for a cross.  We all agreed it was a cool illustration that Christ is the source of all our help and if we pick up His cross and follow Him daily, we will be right where He wants us to be.

Throughout my first trip to Indiana for my MIP interview, I heard the Holy Spirit whisper “connect.”  I pondered it’s meaning, thinking the Lord might want me to connect with the locals.  My heart has still been burdened for the discipleship program.  I woke up one morning at 3:00 after watching a reviveSARASOTA video of an alcoholic pouring out all of his whiskey.  He surrendered his life to the Lord and requested follow up.  The Lord reminded me how difficult it was for someone who was not an alcoholic to relate to me when I was first getting sober.  The harder I tried to explain my feelings and the harder they tried to understand, the more frustrated we both became.  My prayer for this gentleman has been that he finds a mentor to help him grow spiritually, but also someone in recovery who can relate to his experiences and struggles of addiction. Now, I am believing the Lord wants me to connect local resources/ministries with churches so they can help new believers along their journey and enhance their lives!

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This afternoon my team felt led to go to the golf course.  Right away, one of our team members recognized a friend of his and we were able to pray for him.  He suggested that we find the owner and offer her encouragement.  While we were looking for her, we prayed for her son and another employee.  The owner’s son gave us directions to her home and we were able to pray for her and her mother.Continue reading “Glorious Day!”

This morning during our prayer time, the Lord showed me a vision of mesh and my team leader saw a white shirt.  As we turned out of the church parking lot we realized we had a flat tire.  We pulled into the closest driveway and right away we noticed there were two bows made of mesh on the pillar of the house.  We knocked on the door, but nobody was home.

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The theme of Revive Tupelo was “Switching Tracks.”  I had the privilege of working with the teens the last night of engage week.  During their time of worship they sang “Break Every Chain.” One of the verses says “there’s an army rising up” which is truly fitting of our youth.  Kyle shared we need 19 people to start a Revival here in Tupelo. Well, there were just that many youth when we counted! As they were concluding, we heard a train whistle in the back ground! I heard the Lord say Revival is HERE; let us not grow weary and keep the fire burning!  Let us keep pouring into our youth and communities!

On the last morning of engage week, one of my team members heard the word “tractor” while praying for direction.  As we headed down the road towards a business that sells tractors, another team member asked to stop at a convenience store first.  The checkout cashier had a kind demeanor.  We asked if we could pray for her and one thing led to another and she prayed to receive Christ!  There were several other employees that were listening as she was reading through the scriptures and we were able to pray with them too.

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This afternoon, I felt led to go to the Tupelo Police Department.  My husband is a police officer and it just seemed fitting to pray for the safety and protection of his brothers in blue.

When we got there we met with the Chief.  Instead of us leading him in prayer,  he began praying over us!  He commented that he needed prayer more than anyone and I believe this was the Lord opening a door.Continue reading “Thin Blue Line”

Luke 18:16-17

But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.  Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”