We all have received invitations either online or in the mail. When you receive an invitation it will
ask for a YES__ NO__ MAYBE__ answer or to RSVP to the one who sent the invite.
We make a choice. The Word is full of scriptures that say we need to make choice.

"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom
you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other
side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me
and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24: 15

"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your
descendants may live;" Deuteronomy 30:19

"If you choose to follow good counsel, divine design will watch over you and
understanding will protect you from making poor choices." Proverbs 2:11

"Everything seems to go wrong when you feel weak and depressed. But when
you choose to be cheerful, every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness."
Proverbs 15: 15

We have choices to make every day about everything in our life. Everything we do is a choice. In
the Children's Church material, I am using it gives this definition of grace - Grace means that
as Christians we are not controlled by God, but we get to choose to follow God. He has
an incredible amount of love for us that we don't deserve.

In our Women's Conference this weekend, our theme is Forever Free - "The Anointed One
has set us free - not partially, but completely and wonderfully free!" Galatians 5:1
"At last we have freedom, for Christ has set us free! We must always cherish this truth
and firmly refuse to go back into the bondage of our past ."

We each make our choice of being free in Him or tuning into the bondage of our past. We can
only make the choice to be free through the power of Holy Spirit. We are set free but we are
not controlled by God - He set us free to choose. It's His freedom He has given to us but we can do
nothing without Him.
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"I am the vine, you are the branches. He abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5

Right now, the choices you make in this time in history are going to make a difference in all you
do. There is so much evil and deception being thrown in our faces that we must choose on purpose to choose life. The greatest choice that we have all had to make this past year has been to stay in his peace or listen to fear. It takes humility to choose God's way of doing things. What we see before our eyes and listen to with our ears affect our heart. What is on our hearts is what controls us. "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23:7

God is Almighty, all Powerful, all Knowing and much more. But He has given us the freedom to
make our choices. He will ALWAYS guide us, warn us, advise us, in all our ways but we ultimately choose. He chose us and died to give us an opportunity to choose to believe in Him.

"For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son. God gave his Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost but have eternal life." John 3:16 We had to choose to believe in Him.
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"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all
your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

Most of us have quoted and prayed this verse in Proverbs through the various situations in our
life. We have to choose to trust Him. Most of us can also say that until we actually made a
choice, through His power working in us, to trust Him completely instead of leaning on our own
understanding, life was still hard. He never leaves us, never stops talking to us, never forsakes
us but He also never controls our decisions.

"At last we have freedom, for Christ has set us free! We must always cherish this truth
and firmly refuse to go back into the bondage of our past."

We must cherish this truth! That's huge. Cherish this truth that He has set us free! Cherish it
like nothing you have ever cherished before. This is His Truth! We must believe that it is
truth. If you don't believe it, you will not experience it even though it is there right in front of
you. Firmly refuse to go back to the bondage of our past.

These three points will make all the difference in how you live your life.
Cherish this truth
Believe that it is truth
Firmly refuse

His Word has to be so precious to you. You have to have a passionate heart for His Word and His
Truth. Those are the choices you are going to have to make right now to able to firmly refuse
anything else that the world will try to force and control you to choose. This is a time like no
other that we have seen and you must make choices for Him and not be tossed too and fro in
confusion. You MUST know He has set you free to choose Life and He will empower you to
choose and live in this freedom no matter what is going on in this world! Choose Life today!
Receive the invitation to be
FOREVER FREE - Not partially, but completely and wonderfully FREE!

​April 11, 2021
I’ve had a hard time knowing what to share this week. This was the week following Resurrection and my heart was so full of all He has done for me, for us all. I meditated on that so much and thanking and acknowledging Him in every little thing. My heart is rejoicing in Him. My heart is having an awakening just as the rest of the Body of Christ is. It’s powerful. It’s amazing. It’s real!
 
My heart’s cry is to be a listener. I want to listen and hear the Lord and I want to hear and listen to the hearts of people. This week I heard His voice in many ways. I went to my Mom and Dave’s this week to help them with some things. I had not been there for about 5 months. As I drove over the beautiful mountains, He spoke to me through His creation. The trees are beginning to bud out, the rivers and streams are bubbling along with fresh water from the melting snow.  I heard an answer I was seeking as I drove by a pasture and stopped to watch a calf be born. It was amazing He had me at that place at that time.
 
We have seen a total turn around in Summer in the last few days. Even though we always pray and believe for her and expect the unexpected we saw our answer as we were watching the Passion of Christ. We knew He was speaking to us when we watched Jesus stump the head of the enemy in the Garden. The situation with Summer we have always known was an attack and we have prayed, broken off the attack and believed. But when we saw with our eyes and felt in our hearts the impact of Him stumping on the head of the enemy, we knew that was what we were to do. So, we did. It was an amazing release and as I am writing this she is lying outside in the sun, something she hasn’t done for 2 months. Thank you, Jesus.
 
I was able to spend precious time with my Mom for a couple days and serve her in things she needed done. What an honor to be able to do that. I cherish every moment I have with her. Also, so thankful for Dave’s total healing. We remember 2 years ago now when all this attack on his body started and a year ago when He received a treatment that saved his life. It was a treasured couple of days.
 
There’s a song I sing a lot because it is so powerful. Great Are You, Lord. It’s Your Breath that I Breathe. As I sing this, I know that my body is His and no weapon formed against shall prosper. No virus can trespass in my body because it’s breath in my lungs! That’s a powerful truth! What the world is saying, and offering is a lie and deception. I’m breathing His breath and I shout for joy and let every breath I breathe praise Him!
 
I’m going to close with the lyrics to that worship song. As you go about your days and week, notice the littlest things. Hear Him in a movie you are watching or in nature as new life is springing forth. You’ll be amazed how close He is to you as you focus on Him and His love.
 
Great Are You, Lord.
 
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
And great are You, Lord
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore (You restore)
Every heart that is broken
Great are You, Lord
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
Great are You, Lord
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only

April 4, 2021
Happy Resurrection Day!!! All week I asked the Lord what I was to share on this glorious day• Then He brought to my remembrance a song we used to sing on Easter Sunday. I've been singing it all week. It's a powerful song if we take the words into our hearts.

With the uncertainty of what's ahead in our world this song helps bring the focus completely on Jesus. Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. I hear people say often they don't think they can face tomorrow. But if we keep our focus and hope in Jesus we will know that because He lives we CAN face tomorrow.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds my future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

​I'm going to interrupt the song right here. Because He lives, all fear is gone. Wow! ALL fear is gone! If I truly believe He lives and lives for me my fear will be gone. When the anointing of Jesus fills our minds, we see the heavens open up and fresh revelation will flow. You will then perceive the visions of God but you have to come to Him without fear and know that He is a good Father that keeps you from ALL harm.

Because I know He holds my future. It is a step of faith and total belief in our Savior for us to be able to say that we know He holds our future and our future is good. Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." He holds our future and it is full of hope and peace. We rest in the anointing and see things we have never seen. We hear things we have never heard. Through the power of the resurrection, we can KNOW our future is secure without fear.

And life is worth the living just because He lives. Throughout the course of this last year, we may have had the thoughts that we are ready for Jesus to return. I thought that a year ago. From the time I was a little girl I remember people saying, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus!" I do know that the Bible talks about being ready and wanting His return yet a heart of fear about the future will also make us want to escape and want the easy way out. "What's the use living like this?" attitude. I have changed how I think about that. I am excited for the outpouring that we will have an opportunity to be a part of. I want a clear vision of what the Lord is doing in these last days. In our authority over the enemy, I see Believer's taken back what is ours, taking dominion over this life and life is worth the living because He lives inside me! I don't want disillusionment but clear vision seeing heaven open and His promises being fulfilled.

​Here is the reason we can live in victory if we have Him!
God sent His son they called Him, Jesus
He came to love, heal and forgive
He lived and died to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds my future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

When this crisis started a year ago, I was so concerned for my grandchildren and what their futures would be like. I wasn't thinking that His promises were true for them, I was just seeing the control in our government and all the things the innocent children were having to give up and not be able to have a childhood like we did. Then the Lord stopped me short and reminded me that He understands the children more than we do. He let me know that He has His hand upon them and that they would be okay since they were born for such a time as this.

How sweet to hold a newborn baby
And feel the pride and joy he gives
But greater still that calm assurance
This child can face uncertain days because He lives
Amen and hallelujah that He is taken care of our little ones when we don't know what to do next for them!

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds my future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

I know this is just a song someone wrote but it's a song given by the Holy Spirit to let us know we have EVERYTHING because He lives!

Today we celebrate His resurrection. He shed His blood for us, He went to the cross for us.
He lived and died to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

What does that mean for us? It means that right now, no matter what is happening in the world around He is our hope, our peace, our joy, because of His great love for us! We have EVERYTHING that pertains to life and Godliness. There is NOTHING lacking! We choose to live in lack, doubt, fear and our own understanding when we choose to live by the world's standards.

Take time to listen to His heart. Choose to spend some time just focusing on Him, talking to Him without any distractions. Seek His heart for you. Praise Him. Worship Him. Rejoice because He is risen. The answers we are looking for are not on this earth, they are in His throne room. Take time to visit Him today in a very intimate way and let Him clarify His thoughts and plans for you, for your family, for the church family. Let's come together and worship Him and take back what the enemy is attempting to steal. We are victorious and

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds my future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

Have a wonderous day celebrating Him on His resurrection day!!!