"Woman At The Well" is a twenty minute drama of the Samaritan woman who asked the Messiah for Living Water and is followed by my personal testimony. She knew the Messiah would come but that didn't change her life. When she met Him face to face her life was never the same! I was the 1970's version of the woman at the well. Having been through divorce I struggled with low self-esteem and my life was spiraling downward and out of control. Even though I grew up in a Christian home and knew about Jesus, my Savior, I did not know Him as Lord. At twenty-nine years old my life changed when God spoke to my heart in the dead of the night as I drove home from "the big city." His words "I have had enough of your ways. You will come back to Me" took my breath away. It still took several years for me to grasp the whole meaning but the moment I walked down the isle of Faith Memorial Church and accepted Him as my Lord, I immediately felt His compassionate love for me changing my inmost being. The Holy Spirit guided my steps that day in May 1986. I wish I could tell you I have never strayed off the path since then, but the reality is when I turned to the right or left, He guided me back. Sometimes it was gentle, sometimes it required suffering; but He never left me. Through trusting Him and obeying Him I was overwhelmed with His love and blessings. I am humbled that He will use a Samaritan woman like me to tell others how He is still in the restoration business!
"Behind the Veil" Go with Mary, the mother of Jesus, as she walks you through the Old Testament Tabernacle in the wilderness. You will understand the different veils mentioned in the Bible from the one that hid the glory of God on the face of Moses to the one that covers the heart of the unbeliever. I can envision Mary at home alone in with baby Jesus, removing her veil and dancing with him in her arms. Did she hold him tightly as she and Joseph went to the Temple for purification? They were to give a lamb but it was too costly so they gave 2 pigeons as their burnt offering and their sin offering. Did Mary know then, that she held the Precious Lamb of God in her arms and that one day she would watch as His arms were stretched out for the precious children of God? He who knew so sin would become their sin offering. He conquered death and passed through the heavens and now lives preparing a place for those who believe in Him. Why couldn’t the people understand? The design of the Tabernacle was the foreshadowing of Jesus – the Christ, the Atonement. Jesus fulfilled the requirements for worship. Moses had a special relationship with God…..….. and the Almighty wants a special relationship with His people. Mary tells her neighbors about her Son so they will know they too can go behind the Veil.
"The Women with the Issue of Blood" is a drama of a modern day woman trying to use everything and anything to heal her pain. Finally she goes to a church and finds Jesus. As I enter into the Sanctuary I am asking "God are you here? They told me I would find You here. Where are You? I need You." The ten minute graphic drama of a life of abusing medications, alcohol and illegal drugs is then followed with a message of how we search for love and comfort in all the wrong places. We not only lose our self-esteem but also our family and friends as they give up on helping us. As she desperately reached for the hem of His garment for His power to be released in her, don't we desperate seek Jesus to receive the power of His Holy Spirit to heal us? He is the great Physician and will give us a hope and a future.
"Spiritual Spa" - Creating a ministry in your church to hurting and brokenhearted women is not outside of your reach. If you have a heart for women to meet God in a powerful way, and are ready to be transparent, so that others will see Christ is still in the restoration business, this is a ministry you can start. Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring a group of ladies of one accord together for this outreach ministry. Hear how God used spiritual warfare to birth Spiritual Spa, willing servants to develop Spiritual Spa and godly pastors and elders to launch Spiritual Spa. This will give you an insight into birthing your own intimate ministry for women of all ages, all races, and all denominations. In closing a Power Point presentation of the Spiritual Spa, One Day Event will also be given. If you decide you want to have a Spiritual Spa ministry in your church we will train you and present the first Spiritual Spa.
"Can God Use Me?" - Empowering Women to Reach Other Women For Christ. God has a ministry for each of us. It may be to your neighbor, sister or friend. Or it may be to stand in front of a group and share your life story. One of the most important ministries is to raise up believing children that will lead our country God's way. No matter what He calls you to do, you are important in furthering His kingdom here on earth. Don't let your sinful or slothful past or fear of the future cause you to think you are not able to serve God. After serving Him for several years I began to have panic attacks and was afraid to do anything. I thought I would be "out of my mind" for the rest of my life. Not so. He was pruning me for this ministry to show me He is the vine and I am a branch and I can do nothing without Him. Believe me, He can do the impossible!
"Living Love Letters" - Women to Women Relationships. We are post-it-notes to some, greeting cards to others. In the Bible we are referred to as poems and love letters. You may not be a love letter to all your friends and that's ok. This message helps us to release false expectations we place on others and those they place on us, and propels us into showing love in every encounter we have. 2 Corinthians 3
"Fragrant Lives" - We are the aroma of Christ! Paul reminds in 2Corinthians 3 that we are to God the aroma of Christ. What fragrance do you leave behind? How do we put on the fragrance of the knowledge of God so we will walk in triumphant procession? Do people want to be around you to "breathe in Jesus?"
"Leaving a Legacy" - Sharing our faith with our children through pictures, words, and actions. A good Mother's Day message. Two years after giving this message God demonstrated in my life just how valuable pictures of loved ones are. I saw the importance of having family scrapbooks filled with love as my fourteen year old niece, Brittany, battled brain cancer. She left behind many memories of love that her family and friends are able to hold in their hands. My sister has encouraged her three children to creatively keep their artwork, projects, pictures and the most precious poems they have written about their families.
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