Praying For Nepal
Sommer Kelly • September 4, 2026
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I also hope and pray that each of you ladies are going to have a good Labor Day tomorrow on Monday since it'll be all our day off work and school as well as some family time. I know that some of you may be on vacation and I don't plan to go on another vacation until after Christmas which won't be until a few months from now. Anyhow I hope and pray that y'all are doing well. But as y'all read the rest of the blog, you're going to notice it becoming serious quite quickly. The reason is because the title of the blog says ''Praying For Nepal''. Why is that important? Well because almost two weeks ago Nepal was hit with a severe flood that damaged countless lives and countless properties! Now you ladies may or may not remember that earlier this year and last year, I wrote blogs about the severe flooding that we Wisconsinites got and how it turned our world upside down. I also shared about another severe flood that Wisconsin got back sixteen years ago back in 2010 and at that time I was a teenager when that happened! I wrote blogs with praying hands to pray for Wisconsin. Now I want to do the same thing for the precious people of Nepal. For those of you ladies that may or may not know, Nepal is a country located in Southern Asia and I know a missionary couple from my former Mega- church. I know, right? So that also explains why I have concern for the people of Nepal because I know a missionary family that's out there. If I'm not mistaken I think they've been missionaries out there for the past thirteen years if I remember correctly. I know, right? With that being said let's dive deeper into what happened during the flood. The flood took place on Thursday August 27th and some observers felt that it was a ''landslide'' that probably contributed to the massive flood. What took place was absolutely horrible. When it rained severely it caused so much damage! Another thing reporters were saying was that there also was a huge chunk of ice, water, rocks, and mud that also were problems not to mention the damage of properties and massive loss of human life. Now Nepal has had many floods before but many reporters believe that this was one of the most severe floods they've ever had in many years. There's been damage to homes, roads, bridges, and suffered severe power outages! Folks I remember back in August of last year when it flooded in Wisconsin and we suffered power outages but thank goodness my cell phone worked and I was able to find ways to charge my phone and such. But that was still pretty scary though and I did pray a ton too. The severity of the flood now has 20,000 precious people needing their homes to be rebuilt and countless other houses that were completely destroyed by the flood to the point it's rubble. How many human lives were impacted by this flood and I'm sure this part may break you ladies hearts. It's estimated according to reporters that 1,287 lives were lost with a reported number of 5,083 people still missing! With all of that being said there seemed to be a ton to pray for Nepal huh? Well ladies let's pray for those precious people. Number one pray that in the midst of this tragedy to pray that these people of Nepal will see their need for Christ and pray that missionaries are able to give the gospel to them. As we ladies know that's the most important part for the lost to see their need for Christ and I'm sure many of you ladies know that God uses ''rock bottom moments'' to help with that. Now am I saying that God likes to make people's lives miserable? No!!!! But we know that's often moments like that in their lives and moments like that in our lives often makes us see our need for Christ. Perhaps when life gets the darkest, perhaps is when God's light needs to shine brighter and we know the Scripture Matthew 5;16 ''We are to let our light shine before men so they will see our good deeds and praise our Father in heaven''. Let's also pray that God sends people to help the people in Nepal in practical ways. Let's pray that organizations like ''Convoy Of Hope'' and other places are sent to help these people with food, clean water, medical supplies, hygiene materials, as well as for folks to find a place of shelter because some people lost their homes. And for those other 20,000 people, pray that God enables them to rebuild their homes after doing severe damage. Pray that as these precious people of Nepal are getting ''practical help'', to pray they sense the love of God and are able to receive the help as well. Let's also pray for people that may be traumatized after dealing with that. Many of you ladies know that I'm very transparent about going to counseling, processing one's emotions, and talking to God about them. How do you think these precious people might be feeling right now after seeing such a massive flood bring so much destruction? I don't know if mental health has ever really been discussed with the people of Nepal but I'm sure after this incident, they probably will realize the importance of mental health. Let's pray that God comforts their hearts, heals their minds, and perhaps if need be hopefully go to counseling to deal with all of that. Let's also pray that a tragedy like this will motivate people to help each other to help rebuild so they can be a thriving nation. And lastly , let's pray for those who are missing to be found and to be restored back to their loved ones. I don't know if those are people from Nepal or foreigners perhaps both but either way, pray that those missing persons be found. Think if one of your loved ones was missing how traumatizing that would be for you because I know it would trouble me if I'd be in their situation. Of course we pray that folks be ''spiritually found'' (I mentioned that already!) but we need to pray that those who are ''physically lost'' get found too. Ladies, if you'd be in these people's shoes, would you want others to pray for you and your loved ones even if they don't know you? I'm sure you would and I know I would too. Ladies, let's pray for the people in Nepal and as my prayer meeting will take place two days from now as usual, I pray the Holy Spirit reminds me to pray for the people of Nepal. Or I may have to put some sort of reminder to make sure I bring it up at my prayer meeting. Ladies as I mentioned about the severe floods we Wisconites have encountered and I asked others to pray for us, it's our turn to pray for others too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, happy early Labor Day, and let's lift the people in Nepal in prayer too.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm going to be switching gears a bit in my blogging. The title of this blog is called my ''Upcoming Virtual Fall Youth Program''. Many of you that have known me for quite sometime I've been working on and launching my virtual youth club called ''Young Live Art Center''. I've led it for quite some time and it's for young persons ages three years old through seventeen years old and it's a virtual faith-based after school club! Where did this idea come from? Well from February 2016 until Covid of 2020, with the help of a wonderful Christian lady from my former church ''Discover Church'' (my parents still go there and I now attend and a member at ''New Life Assembly Of God Church'') who helped me get a job at ''Milwaukee Recreation'' at ''Milwaukee Parkside School Of The Arts!'' (I worked at ''Walgreens'' for a short time before that.) I learned how to deal with co-workers, (some good while others were toxic) learned to deal with kids in the public school system, while encouraging them to have fun among other things! This went on for four years until Covid happened. Here's what so sad about Covid. My last day of work there was on a Friday and little would I know that would be the last time I'd ever see my former bosses, co-workers, or kids ever again after that. To make matters worse, I didn't know hardly any ''work-from-home jobs'' either which brought me once again to unemployment. I also was learning how to use techniology such as Zoom, Google Duo, Google Meet, and fb messenger that featured that video part! I know right? Covid forced me how to learn how to use those things which was a learning curve for me and for other people too. (That was the time I had to do my college classes at MATC virtually and when I transitioned from ''Discover Church'' to ''New Life Assembly Of God Church'' as well too. I know that's crazy transitioning churches in the midst of a pandemic but it happened though!) That's that in a nutshell. By God's grace I got connected to a website holder called 123 websites who is both responsible for creating my youth website and my womenswarriorsacademy.com website! I know right? I also am blessed that God connected me to wonderful mentors who coach me how to run a business as well too. I believe especially these days since there's so much secularism in our world today and especially in both our school and after school system, it's so important to support organizations that support and endorse Christian values. That's where this virtual program ''Young Live Art Center'' comes into play. If any of you ladies have kids or grandkids or know someone who does, I'd encourage you to share this blog with them or to go on my website youngliveartcenteronline.com to check out registration for classes. The classes that I feature are writing, book club, music, art, and Spanish to name some all to honor biblical values. The price that I ask for is reasonable and even though it's through virtual means, it's still very interactive. I plan to get this started after Labor Day so I'd encourage y'all to pass this along and I've been making videos on youtube, sharing on my regular fb, and encpuraging others to share about it too. Want something fun for your kids, grandkids, or nieces or nephews for something fun to do this fall? I'd encourage y'all to check this our and register them for this. Also I'd encourage y'all to please keep this in prayer and side note about prayer, I host virtual prayer meetings on most Tuesday nights! If you or someone you know that needs prayer, I'd encourage y'all to please come to my virtual prayer meetings where we cover a ton of things in prayer. Cover this virtual club in prayer and let's also remember to pray for kids and teens going back to school as well too since we're in about that time of the year. Also don't forget to pray for other teachers and for other Christian business owners as well too. Don't delay, pray, and sign them up today. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Tuesday, and hope y'all share this with families looking for a faith-based/virtual based after school club!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for this blog is called ''The Importance Of Training Women''. In this context I'm talking about the importance of training women for the ministry. I know that throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testament God has used godly women for His kingdom. Many names you ladies maybe familiar with such as Miriam, (sister of Moses and Aaron) Deborah, Huldah the prophetess, Queen Esther, the Virgin Mary, Anna the prophetess, Mary Magdalene, Priscilla wife of Aquila (the Apostle Paul's co-workers and friends) just to name several. Ladies can we also be brutally honest. I know after the time of the Apostles in the book of Acts, the Church as a whole has gone through many transitions. Doctrine, church leadership, the gospel spreading to various parts of the world, Bible translations to name some but somewhere along the way, alot less women were being used in ministry. Perhaps it's because men or society tried to silence them, perhaps the belief the only woman's place in life is in the home, (sadly there's still men who think like that today) or various opportunities were denied because a person was a woman! Ladies that had been going on for quite sometime and that was until Maria Woodsworth-Etter who became America's ''first lady preacher and healing evangelist'' that paved the way for women to be in ministry today! She went through a ton of opposition through her denomination, critics, or even her family but she pressed into prayer, the Spirit of the Lord anointed her, and lives were touched and changed because of her ministry! Other women after her came on the scene such as Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Kathyrn Kuhlman, Nancy Dufrese, Joyce Meyers, Lisa Bevere, Lysa Terkeurst, Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirrer just to name several well-known female ministers. By God's grace we have so many examples of godly women who became well known female ministers (the purpose of course is not to be famous) who paved the way to shape women's ministry today! That is what now leads me to what I'm about to say next. Because we had so many women leaders before us pave the way to where we are today, it's essential to keep paving the way for future women leaders. That's where my training comes in handy and I've shared it on previous blogs. Also a Scripture that comes to mind is a Scripture that doesn't get talked about alot but it was written by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration from the Holy Ghost the book of Titus. In the book of Titus 2;3-5 where the Apostle Paul told his ''spiritual son in the faith'' Titus to teach older godly women how to properly live for Christ, to not be drunkards, liars, or slanderers, to be reverent, and teach what is good. What was the purpose of that? The rest of the verses continue on saying after the older women are trained so they can train younger women to love their husbands, kids, busy at home, be kind, and be subject to their husbands so that the Word of God won't be maligned. Wow! So even the Apostle Paul understood the importance of training for women! How much more is that needed today? Many of you ladies may also be familiar with Proverbs 31 that it demonstrates how a godly woman, wife, mother, or single woman takes care of the house as well as does work outside the house as well as having godly character. How many of you ladies know how important that is especially these days? That's also what my women's training is about is to train the next generation of women leaders especially in the body of Christ and give them better opportunities in ministry even better than the ones that I had! For those of you that may or may not remember in the previous blog I mentioned that prior to me going to MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College) and graduating from there in 2025 last year, I attended a Bible college called ''DSOM'' (District School Of Ministry) from 2012 and finished in 2016 but I wasn't able to get into the ministry right away but rather worked at ''Milwaukee Recreation'' after school club for the next four years from 2026 until 2020 Covid time. Another thing I don't like to talk about but it is a fact that no ''regular church'' has hired me to be on staff for them and I prayed to the Lord about what to do about that! For those of you that may or may not know this virtual women's ministry ''Women's Warriors Academy'' started in 2021 with only just two people! But God has continued to grow this and I believe this is another way for this virtual women's ministry to grow. I want there to be more female prophetesses, pastors, and teachers sent out in this ministry and also to be women's pastors at ''regular churches'' as well too. That's my heart, my prayer, and whole mission behind this! The truth is we need more women in ministry today more than ever! We need women spiritual leaders who truly are intimate with the Lord and anointed of the Lord. We need women spiritual leaders who are sound in doctrine, led by the Spirit, and seeks to impact the lives of others. Those are women that God desires to have in the ministry as well too. if you're reading this and you sense a tug on your heart or want to recommend this to another godly woman, I'd highly encourage you to reach out to me. I'd also encourage you to check out the women's website where it's under ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' to register and important note, classes start after Labor Day which is coming up and if I were y'all I wouldn't procrastinate. As I've previously stated I only have one student enrolled so far and it's my prayer that more women enroll for both my adult high school diploma training and my associates degree training as well too. The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2;15 written by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit said; ''Study to shy thyself approved. A workman needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the Word of truth''. Again let me encourage you ladies to pray about this training and if it's not a fit for me, let me encourage you share this with another godly woman who is looking for it! This training will be outside the regular virtual Bible study time and regular virtual prayer meeting time and during the day on weekdays for godly women who want to be future female spiritual leaders either in this virtual ministry or in a ''regular church setting''. Also later tonight at virtual Bible study I'll be concluding the ''book of Daniel series'' because it's the end of the month and hope you join me for that. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, see y'all at Bible study, and hope to see as many of y'all in my upcoming women's training!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called ''My Upcoming Women's Training Part 3''. Part 3 I know right? (I've written blogs about my upcoming women's training for both Part1 and Part 2 already!) There's a reason why God is having right part 3 possibly part 4 because I believe that He's urging me to push this for this precious group of women. Let me start off by saying this. My call to ministry has been a bit of a crazy ride. For those of you that may or may not know, back in 2012, I graduated from high school from being homeschooled! (My sister later did that in the year 2014 while my brother graduated from a public high school in 2018.) Not long after that, I received the baptism in the Holy Ghost evidence of speaking in tongues and enrolled at ''District School of Ministry'' or (DSOM) to study for ministry over the next four years until I finished in 2016. Y'all would think that after that training, I'd get right into ministry right? Well life didn't happen that way. Let me backup. I didn't get my first ''real job'' until 2015 when I was 21 years old when I worked in Walgreens from September until October 2015. I transitioned from being DSOM to working at Milwaukee Recreation for the next four years from February 2016 until Covid 2020! I also sought to apply for ministry positions from different churches and received countless rejection. It wasn't until 2021 that the Lord put on my heart to start a virtual Bible study that only had two people the first year! Then in 2022, He had me start a facebook group, a website called '' womenswarriorsacademy.com '', and a virtual prayer meeting. Then in 2023, He called me to write blogs and two years later in 2025, I graduated from MATC (Milwaukee Area Technical College) after being there for several years and led me to start the women's training y'all now see! As of the current writing of this, I only have one student enrolled so far! So simply put ladies, my journey in creating this virtual women's ministry has come with hills and valleys and another thing I need to say is that my denomination (the Assemblies of God) that I love dearly wouldn't hire me at a regular church! I know, right? I'm not here to ''badmouth'' my denomination because many of you know that things I teach at my virtual Bible study and virtual prayer meeting were rooted from my denomination! I want y'all to know that! Another thing as I've mentioned before I still submit to a local pastor Pastor Bowen and I wrote a previous blog at a women's event that took place at my local church! Another thing you ladies may not know and I have this mentioned in the ''About Us'' tab at the womenswarriorsacademy.com website I mention in depth that I started a virtual Bible study Sunday nights because most churches don't do Sunday night services anymore! I know, right? You ladies might be wondering, ''What does us knowing this information have anything to do with the upcoming fall training?'' Well let me say this. It helps to have a good understanding about why something got started so you can better support it. Another thing I'm gonna say and I believe I mentioned in a previous blog is that not many Bible colleges out there are catered to women only. Another point to know is that not many are offered virtual, even fewer are offered to women over twenty-two years old! I know that may sound bizarre but if you ladies look at the majority of Bible colleges such as ''North Central Bible College'', ''Trinity Bible College'', ''Evangel University'', ''Texas Christian University'', ''Moody Bible Institute'', ''Pensacola Christian Academy'' just to name several, most of them cater to Christians who graduated from high school and heading straight to college! Is there anything wrong with that? No of course not! You also notice that hardly any Christian past the age of 22 enrolls at those Christian colleges! I'm just keeping it real ladies! Another factor to consider and I've mentioned before is that many of those Christian colleges I mentioned by name (and even Christian colleges I didn't mention by name) are very expensive and are far away from our state Wisconsin! Ladies, I'm just keeping it real! That also bothered me which is why I went to the Lord in prayer about this and asked Him to be a solution to the problem. The Lord laid this women's training on my heart that I'm now sharing with you ladies. I am currently offering two courses, one that one can obtain an ''adult high school diploma'' (for those who dropped out of high school and don't have their GED) where I offer basic teachings of the Christian faith and certain subjects from school with a biblical theme. The other is an associates degree course for the Associates degree program that offers the ''People Of The Spirit'' that urges one to go deeper in the Holy Ghost and trains one to be in ministry! (In the future I may get rid of the adult high school program and replace it with the bachelor's degree program) Another important point to mention is that not many Bible colleges even allow for adult high school diplomas and pray that if y'all know a Christian lady that needs to get her adult high school diploma to check out the part of the website that says ''Womens Warriors Bible College'' to enroll and get the directions. If you or another Christian lady who has her high school diploma or adult high school diploma is seeking to be trained to be in ministry, I'd encourage you ladies to also check out the ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' tab as well too. Ladies as many of you know, I'm the only leader on staff on this incredible virtual women's ministry but I've been praying to gain ''staff ministers'' for this! I also believe that the Lord wants more harvesters in the field too! My goal is to expand this women's ministry to the point that it becomes hybrid both in person and virtual! But you need staff for that and that's where this training comes in handy. I really want if any of you are reading this and have been praying to the Lord for an opportunity to go back to school or desire to be involved with ministry, I'd encourage you to consider registering for this! Another important thing I need to mention is that I plan to start these courses after Labor Day which will be September 7th which is coming up so I'd urge you to pray, not delay, and to join me with this! Like I said I only have one student so far but I've been praying and believing for more women to take this training. I'd encourage you to share this with other women from your church about this and encourage them to be a part of this! I believe that God is in the business of raising up more women ministers in this last hour to be used by Him just as He did in the Bible times if not more! I'm also praying to not only gain staff through this training but to bring more women ministers who are assistant leaders to help spark revival in Southeastern Wisconsin both in person and virtual campus! That's why this training is very important. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Again, let me encourage you ladies to register on the ''Womens Warriors Bible College'' tab and register for these upcoming courses for this upcoming fall. Also I'll be hosting my virtual prayer meeting later tonight and hope y'all check it out. Blessings, see y'all at my prayer meeting, and hope y'all consider enrolling for this fall!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called ''My Latest New Life Women's Event''. For those of you that may or may not know I've been attending ''New Life Assembly Of God Church'' since Covid and have been a member there for the past five years. We've been hosting many women's events since February this year and we meet every two months. Now I wasn't the one that hosted it but I got to participate in it though and by God's grace, I've gone to every last one of those meetings! The food was free and I got to eat some fruit, some chips, and ate some good old fashioned fried chicken! I know, right? The speaker was a lady from our church, a ''matured lady'' if I can put it like that. She shared a topic that's near and dear to my heart about ''Healing From PTSD''. That's something ladies that many of you know doesn't get addressed enough in the Church as a whole like it should and I'm sure that many of you know that. She talked about how it impacts childhood, present, our future, current relationships, and even to the point of our walk with the Lord. Ladies I know that hearing that touched my heart deeply as it did the hearts of many other women. It left room for discussions and I know that after that meeting, the Holy Spirit and I had some deep conversations about that. As many of you ladies know, I've always been transparent about mental health almost throughout the year and why it matters. Another thing the speaker said and maybe some of you can relate to this, sadly in the Church as a whole Christians alot of times ''spiritualize trauma'' and that absolutely drove me and the speaker crazy! To be brutally honest ladies I believe that's what my upbringing was like despite the fact I grew up in a Christian home and despite the fact I got saved at eleven years old! I'm not badmouthing my upbringing but one big problem was mental health much less trauma was not talked about in the house. To make matters worse, encouraging to get help outside of one's parents or pastors was completely not acceptable either! Another painful reality about my upbringing too was it was encouraged to use ''religious words'' instead of addressing the deep wound. It also creates shame causing me to feel guilty for being sad, angry, and traumatized which also delayed healing! (Side note that could be why I've had some additional challenges because of the reasons that I just mentioned! But I'm happy as an adult that the Lord is continuing to help me heal and giving me practical tools to heal from my past trauma which is on an ongoing basis!) Do you ladies see why that session on Saturday August 15th meant so much to me and why it matters so much to me in my meetings especially my virtual Bible studies? (We also cover it in prayer on Tuesday nights or occasionally Monday nights depending when we meet. We pray for both the physically and mentally ill too.) The speaker did encourage the ladies to not be afraid to get practical help in addition to spiritual help. Ladies, that was music to my ears! I'm going to encourage you ladies with this, don't be afraid to get practical help if you need it! Ladies that's something that I do quite a bit! I go see a Christian counselor maybe not every week but quite a few times during the month! I tell her when I'm not okay while keeping the Lord in the center of everything! Ladies this past week when it was time to pray for those who lost loved ones, it fell on me to pray for them. One thing that I prayed for was besides them not getting bitter towards the Lord but I prayed at the virtual prayer meeting for them to get help through grief counseling if they need it! I know, right? Another thing about trauma is it impacts the emotions, the mind, and even to the point it can impact one's physical health! Ladies, I know that from experience! Any of you who have been around me long enough know some of the things I went through and how traumatizing life has been to me and how I've had to lean on the Lord. Ladies again let me emphasize if you're dealing with this, don't hesitate to reach out to your pastors or hesitate to reach out to a Christian counselor to help you through life! As a matter of fact, the very next day I shared with my new pastor Pastor Bowen just me and him after church some stuff I never told my parents about some abuse from my past without naming names! Ladies, perhaps in the future I may reveal more details about it but my pastor did pray with me about it without anyone in the congregation knowing it! I believe it wasn't a coincidence that ''New Life's Women's Event'' took place on Saturday August 15th which is where the Lord continued to do deeper work in me in order to heal. Maybe not at the meeting but certainly afterwards! The truth is none of us can change the past but we can change the future. We can learn to forgive others and ourselves, be honest about the hurt, pray,and talk to trustworthy people (especially a counselor) about it. I want you ladies to know that if you share something personal with me, especially prayer requests I'm extremely confidential with them! I want y'all to know that! I know especially when it comes to prayer requests after virtual Bible study I take it seriously what things you ladies share with me and take it to the Lord immediately. Going through trauma is alot for anyone to endure and I want y'all to know that I understand that firsthand! God is still healing me from trauma past as well as present! There are some things going on presently that I'm not at liberty to talk about right now but I trust that in time I'll reveal some more of what God has brought me out of in the time to come! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. I don't always talk about what goes on at my local church ''New Life Assembly Of God Church'' but if it's a life impacting event I make sure to share with you ladies so y'all know that I do submit to a pastor even though he might be completely aware of this women's ministry yet! I believe that a woman leader needs to submit to a male covering in order to better fulfill her assignment. (That's for another blog for another time to better explain that!) Also ladies I'll be hosting my third virtual Bible study tonight and hope y'all join me for that. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and hope y'all have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for this blog is called ''A Desperate Mother Calls To Jesus''. For those of you ladies that are unfamiliar this account is mentioned in Matthew 15;21-28 and Mark 7;24-30. This woman was a pagan woman and not a Jewish woman with a demon possessed daughter! How many of you ladies know that it's serious for someone to be demon possessed? Of course this was not the first or the last time that our Lord encountered people with demon possession. There was one incident when Christ was preaching in the synagogue and a man was possessed by a devil and Christ cast it out! Another incident where Christ drove out a legion of demons out of a man mentioned in Luke 8 and in Mark 5 and his life was restored. He also cast out seven demons out of Mary Magdalene who became a female disciple and friend of His and drove out an evil spirit out of a teenager mentioned in Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9. So simply put, this situation wasn't new for Christ at all. (Side note demon possessions isn't always a physical manifestation in a person. Sometimes demonic activity could be happening that can impact a person's mind, personality, entertainment, relationships, or in the media that can influence people to do crazy things! I also believe that demons are behind narcissism and Halloween but that's for another blog for another time.) But there was a problem. Like I said this woman was a pagan and not a Jew. Mark's account mentioned that Christ needed some privacy and looked for a quiet place when this desperate mother found Him! My former pastor from my previous church believed that this woman was at her wits end. Perhaps she tried a mother's love, maybe she tried taking her daughter to the doctor but the doctor couldn't help her. Perhaps she tried her pagan religion but none of that worked. Ever heard the old saying, ''Desperate people do desperate things?'' I believe that pagan mother went to Jesus out of desperation! (I'm sure there are unsaved women going through different challenges in their family, work life, or some other area and it hasn't worked. Perhaps if they call on Jesus, things will turn around for them!) I like to believe that ''desperate people pray desperate prayers''. Now here's where the story gets a bit crazy. Even Jesus' own disciples asked Christ to have her go away! Isn't that wild? This pagan woman is in desperate need and Christ's disciples ask her to go away! But this precious mother refused to give up. Then Christ said something very interesting. He told her ''it's not right to take bread from the children's table and toss it to their dogs.'' Now I know in our modern day what He said sounds confusing but let me explain what He meant. Think about the English royal family. You know that the current king and queen consort of England are King Charles and queen consort Queen Camilla right? Well who's the heir to the throne? Well the crown prince Prince William and his wife princess consort Princess Kate are the next heirs to the throne! You might be thinking. ''What does this have to do with Jesus and this precious desperate mother?'' Would it make sense for King Charles and Queen Camilla of England to take what rightfully belongs to Prince William and Princess Kate and entrust their heir to someone outside of the family? No!!!! Of course not! Also Prince William and Princess Kate also know what rights they have because they are the heirs of the English throne. What Christ was saying is that healing is part of the children's bread and we know that Christ was sent to the house of Israel right? The Jews were the children of God's kingdom at that time. Gentiles at that time didn't have access to the gospel and according to the Jews, gentiles were considered ''dogs'' or outsiders. Let me also be clear about something else. Christ didn't say what He said because He was racist! Let me be crystal clear about that! Christ never has nor never will be racist and it breaks my heart that people who claim to be Christians are racist! (People like that need to repent in Jesus name and I'm unashamed to say that! But that's for another blog for another time). He said what He said because this was before the cross and resurrection of Christ. Prior to those events happening, Gentiles didn't have much access to the gospel as we do today. Christ was telling this woman it wasn't right to take what rightfully belongs to Israel and give it to outsiders. Then this precious mother said. ''I know Lord. But even dogs can eat the crumbs what falls from the children's table.'' For those of us that have dogs we know this to be true. I have a dog so I know! Dogs look for what food they can get right? For example you have a piece of bread and the dog wants it but it knows it probably won't get the whole thing. How many of you ladies notice that if you give a dog a crumb of food they'll eat it? I've seen that happen with my dog time and time again and it works! What this precious woman was saying was ''Lord please give me a crumb of Your blessing despite me being a pagan!'' Wow! What great faith did this woman have! Christ also commended her of her faith and the Bible goes on to say that her daughter was healed and delivered in that very hour. Whew! Ladies, what desperate situation do you find yourself in that you need Jesus to intervene in? You may not have a child or loved one that's demon possessed but you cry out to Jesus to help your loved ones don't you? I know I sure do! Perhaps you have unsaved loved ones that need to be saved or a wayward son or daughter to come back to Christ that you're concerned about. Ladies I have unsaved loved ones that I've been praying for years and asking the Lord to save them. Perhaps a loved one has an addiction and you're concerned that it's gonna take them out especially when it comes to alcohol, drugs, homosexuality, and pornography just to name a few. Maybe you're asking Jesus to deliver your loved ones from those things. Perhaps you have a loved one in prison justly or unjustly (like I do right now though I won't disclose names) and you're praying that God gets their attention. Perhaps if they're there justly for them to get saved, repent to God and victims they hurt and those unjustly there, you're praying for the Lord to bring them out and court to straighten it out! (I'm in that zone right now ladies and prayers for me and this unnamed loved one would greatly be appreciated.) Perhaps you're praying for your spouse because there's friction in the house, maybe adultery, or some other challenges going on in your marriage and you're asking Jesus to intervene. Perhaps a loved one is either physically sick or mentally ill and they desperately need a touch from heaven to make them whole. Perhaps you or a loved one are dealing with financial challenges or vocational transitions that you need Jesus' guidance for that. Either way ladies, I want you to know that Jesus cares about us and cares about those we care about. That's a good reminder right there! This precious pagan mother begged for JEsus' help because she loved her daughter and realized her daughter needed His help! Perhaps that's why you're reading this right now because you're thinking about someone that you care about that desperately needs help and let me say this. Don't give up praying for yourself and don't give up praying for them! I know that when we Christians pray God may not answer us in the way or timing we want but that's still no reason to stop praying! Be like this precious mother who hung in there and pressed into Jesus long enough until she got a breakthrough! That's what I'm determined to do for unsaved loved ones and for a loved one that's unjustly in prison that I won't stop praying until I see change. I won't stop praying until I see change in America and I won't stop praying until I see change in my life too! I pray that this blog reminds you ladies to press into the Lord and surround yourselves with other intercessors until change happens in your life and lives of your loved ones. Id's also encourage you ladies to join me during our virtual prayer meetings so you ladies can pray for yourself, your loved ones, for your community, and nation as well too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and pray that you have a blessed week.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and prt each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called ''My Women's training Part 2'' to share more in depth about this. Many of you know that I recently wrote ''My Upcoming Women's Training Part 1'' and if you haven't read it I'd encourage you to read it! Some of you ladies may be asking. ''Why on earth would I want to do a women's training?'' There are several reasons. Number one it's important to be trained in God's Word. In fact the Bible says in 2 Timothy 2;15 says. ''Study to shew thyself approved. A workman needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the Word of truth''. As many of you ladies know, that was written by the Apostle Paul under the power of the Holy Spirit. We know how it's important to train to be a doctor, lawyer, school teacher, engineer just to name some occupations but how much more valuable is spiritual training? The other reason is because of my desire to raise another generation of female leaders! Ladies can I be real about something? I've been around some churches or organizations where the leader is only concerned about themselves and not seeking to train another generation of leaders! How sad is that! But not me! I want to have women leaders raised up here which is the second reason for this training! Another reason is because there's not alot of ''women only seminary training'' out there! I know, right? Ladies I've done some research and prayed a whole bunch and I haven't found many women only training in person or online with the exception of ''Lifeway Women's Academy''! I know, right? When did ''Lifeway Women's Academy'' start? Well it started in 2022 and it's an online training for women to be in ministry! Unlike ''Women's Warriors Academy'' that has virtual Bible study and virtual prayer meetings, ''Lifeway Women's Academy'' is under the umbrella of training women for leadership! Ladies, am I ''antimen''? No I'm not! But this is made by a woman and for women though men are welcome to be guests! Another point I want to make about this is I want to make education affordable. Now ladies I'm sure you're well aware there are many trainings or colleges out there but many of them are expensive or far away. Let me give you ladies some examples. Have any of you ladies heard of Christian colleges such as ''Bethel College'', ''Evangel University'', ''North Central Bible College'', ''Trinity Bible College'', ''Canon University'', ''Pensacola Christian College'', ''Northwest College'', ''Belmont University'', just to name several? What do those Christian colleges have in common? There are Christian colleges that are in different states and they are expensive! Let's just call it for what it is! Am I trying to put these Christian colleges down? No I'm not! I admire these Christian colleges because many Christians especially ministers I know, have gone and graduated from those Christian colleges but I know for many of you ladies going to those Christian colleges would be expensive and too far away! If you're looking for economical training, you won't find many offers like this and I'd encourage y'all to take advantage of that. Another reason why I created my training the way I have is to make it available for Christian women from diverse ages. Now why is that important? Remember those Christian colleges that I just mentioned? Alot of them only cater to high school graduates heading for college. Is there anything wrong with that? No! But I want you precious ladies to know that while these classes are available to high school graduates who are Christian young women, it's also available to Christian women who are in their twenties and older! Many of you ladies know that I graduated from ''MATC'' (Milwaukee Area Technical College'') last year but I want you ladies to know that the graduates from that college are various ages, not just in their early twenties! Some of you reading this may think. ''Well I'm in my thirties and older. There's no way I can go back to college or go back to training!'' Well not so with this training! That's another reason to get involved with that. Another reason to sign up for this training or college is because it offers getting an adult high school diploma. Now I know many of you ladies already have your high school diploma but I'm well aware that not every lady was blessed enough to have that. Ladies to be honest not many Bible colleges offer that for many women and this one offers that! I don't know how long I'll have this offer available but let me encourage you ladies if you know a lady who dropped out of high school seeking to gain credits to get into the associates degree program. If you check out the ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' tab you ladies will see what books you will need for the adult high school diploma and to get one's associates degree. Another thing I want to share with you ladies is the purpose of this training or Bible college is to either train ladies to be on staff at ''Womens Warriors Academy'' but also to be women's pastors at regular churches. The purpose of the training isn't just for academics but it's for the intention to be sent out! We need ministers in the harvest! Jesus said in Luke 10;2 says. ''Behold the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest field''. I want more women's ambassadors for both this women's ministry and beyond! God wants ambassadors as well too. Another thing I want to say is these courses start after Labor Day this year! When is Labor Day? Labor Day is September 7th which is coming up! The adult high school diploma will happen September 8th on a Tuesday and the associates degree program will start September 9th on a Wednesday! Another thing I want to share with you ladies is that ChatGBT is the one that helped me make the beautiful flyer that you see for the cover of it! I hope you ladies think it's pretty and Chat GBT did a great job making it look professional! I couldn't be happier. If this is something that you or another Christian lady have been wanting to do or something you've been praying about for quite some time don't hesitate to reach out to me or go on the ''Women's Warriors bible College'' tab on the website to sign up and see what materials you will need for this! I only have one student so far but I'm praying and believing for the Lord for increase this training! Also I'll be hosting my virtual Bible study later tonight and hope that y'all join me for that. Blessings,happy Lord's day, and pray that you ladies consider signing up for my upcoming women's training for the fall!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for this blog is called ''My Upcoming Women's Training Part 1''. You ladies might be wondering. ''Why would I launch another women's training?'' Let me say this. As many of you know God has enabled me to lead ''Women's Warriors Academy'' for the past five years by His grace! As for right now I'm the only leader on here and the only one on staff so far! I don't say that to brag but that's how it is for right now. But God has been urging me to ''make room'' for others who may want to be on staff in the future and He's given me strategies to do that! If any of you are praying about being on staff in a ''nontraditional church setting'' I have some good news for you! You can be a part of the ''Women's Warriors Academy'' staff! However there are conditions that come with that. If you want to come on staff for my virtual women's program ''Womens Warriors Academy'' you have to go through my training! It's somewhat like going to college and thus far I only have one student that I've been training since after Labor Day September 2025 for the past eleven months! It's been some grueling but beautiful process and I pray that she'll be prepared for Labor Day next month. I've been asking the Lord to give me more women to train for my virtual women's program after Labor Day! (Side note I shared a video on youtube on social media called ''My Upcoming Women's Training For The Fall'' I shared something that I hope that you ladies consider checking out on facebook and on youtube!) I have two courses that I'm offering and one of them is an adult high school diploma and the other one is an associates degree. What's the purpose of the adult high school diploma? The purpose of the adult high school diploma is for Christian women who dropped out of high school and don't have a GED who need extra schooling! What books are you gonna need in order to take this course? ''Bible Doctrines'' by Stnaley Morton and ''Science And Health'' by Mary Baker Eddy which will be needed for the fall semester and ''The Book Of Romans'' by John R W Strott will be for the Spring semester as well as a Math course! That's what will be needed for those getting their adult high school diploma who wants to train with me this fall through Spring semester! For those who already have their high school diploma, GED, or adult high school diploma, you'll be able to get into my associates degree program with the ''People Of The Spirit'' by Gary B Mcgee where it encourages the Christian to dive deeper in the Holy Ghost, learn about leaders with ministries that had the Holy Ghost, as well as empowering leaders called into ministry to rely on the Holy Ghost. I am especially looking forward to teaching that course and I'm praying that God will send me the right women willing to sign up for the ''People of The Spirit'' course! Not only for that course but also to sign up for my adult high school diploma course and the stuff needed for that too! If you or another Christian lady that is looking to take courses like this, (It's also affordable compared to many other trainings) I'd encourage you to go on my website to go on my ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' tab to sign up and check that out! These courses will take place outside of virtual Bible study and outside of my virtual prayer meeting and will take place either on Zoom or other virtual means on certain days. (Again you'll have to check out the ''Women's Warriors Bible College'' tab to check out what days these courses meet and additional requirements as well too.) The Scripture says in Luke 10;2 ''Behold the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few'' and I'm praying that the Lord sends laborers of godly women willing to work hard to prepare for ministry especially here! (Side note: I offered this same offer last year but only one signed up for it! One is better than nothing but I'm praying to the Lord for more women to sign up for it this year!) Understand, it's a two semester commitment, I'm expecting hard work, women willing to learn, women hungry for the things of God, and women who feel called to ministry. If this is of any interest, please feel free to reach out to me and perhaps we can book a call and talk more about this! Plus God has given me a vision to have two campuses for ''Women's Warriors Academy'' to have in person campus and virtual campus (One that we currently have) but we need laborers for that to happen! So that's something to consider thinking about and praying about and that's what I wanted to share with you ladies! Blessings to each of you ladies, have a blessed week, and feel free to reach out to me if you have interest in being part of these courses after Labor Day!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called ''My Time On Vacation''. The truth is I don't take many vacations that much so this one is special. Let me say this. First of all, before my parents got to go to work, they dropped me off early at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and from there I got on Greyhound for the second time! I wasn't very happy to have to take Greyhound again but I figured it was cheaper than to fly an airplane. (I did fly in April of this year but there's details I chose not to reveal at this time about that.) There were some challenges I dealt with such as losing one of my belongings, one of my bus transfers was late and I had to pray with an intercessor for the bus transfer to show up! I know, right? After ten or fifteen minutes of praying and waiting, another bus showed up to make that two buses! I was able to get on the last bus to head to Detroit and eventually I got off the bus and had to head to the Detroit bus station! I ubered from that to get to the conference and thankfully the uber driver was on time and not late! Why is that important? The reason is because last year, my bus transfers came on time but the uber driver was close to an hour late! I know, right? Anyhow I made it to the service but I didn't have time to change clothes much less to head to the hotel! I also needed to get my guitar replaced which was a crazy story about that. I later met my roommates at the conference because my parents refused to go with me. The conference I was at was from July 30th through August 2nd Thursday through Sunday night and it was a refreshing time in the presence of the Lord. I took a trailer bus and luggage to my hotel. I had to wait for close to an hour or more until they got there. I later finally got into the room and eventually went into the room. I later slept in and a voice in a dream not knowing it was the Father, Son, and the Spirit but it was about me getting instructions how to resolve some issues with my roommates who I won't reveal names. After lunch I was able to talk to them and God was good. He helped clear up the issue! At the conference I got to witness people getting saved and getting physically healed! I also witnessed a woman getting healed of mental illness! Things progressed some more and on Saturday I was at the morning rally and I got a message on my phone that my guitar was on the way to the Laquinta hotel! Eventually when the meeting was over, I ran and walked back to the hotel where I noticed a package behind the desk and I said it was for me! She checked to see my room number and realized it was meant for me! I later got to record a video on August 1st while my roommates weren't back yet! (I later posted the video on youtube and later facebook!) I got to go to church Sunday morning and got to be a part of my godfathers birthday celebration too! My godfather's birthday party was like a ''gospel night'' where there was wonderful gospel music playing (yes that's right my godfather is a Christian) which made me and some people dance and enjoy the presence of the Lord. Plus there was great food and I enjoyed the cake as well! I also got to meet my godfather's lawyers who are Christians and they were really nice too. God was gracious. I didn't spend much on food because I packed some of my food, my roommates shared some, and I took some food from the hotel for breakfast. I didn't want to go back to my room as well. I got to see precious friends that I don't get to see in person all that much and it was nice to see them.My godfather is one of the best men in the entire world and I love him so much! Despite what he's been going through (especially legal troubles) he remains godly, humble, bold, and caring as well. If y'all can keep my godfather in prayer about his legal troubles it would be helpful and there are various details I'm not permitted to talk about until a much later time. (I do believe that God is going to come through in this legal situation and turn what the devil meant for evil and turn it around for good. I also know his legal team believes in God and they pray together despite the challenges they have to deal with. But certain details I won't say until a much later time.) I got to take a shuttle bus for free which was nice and one of the shuttle bus drivers offered to give me a ride Monday August 3rd to head to the Detroit bus station which was great and I gotta make it there early! The bus transfer was smoother this time and I got to make a new friend on the bus who I later found out was at the same conference I was at but didn't see her! (Side note I did tell my roommates I had to leave early for the bus and I let them know I made it home safely and my loved ones out of town I let them know I made it home safely too.) My dad picked me up at the airport because my bus dropped me off there and eventually I got to head home, eat dinner and join another conference call! I know, right? (I got back in town around 6;15 or 6;20 P.M. on Monday night August 3rd.) It was a bit of a crazy ride but I'm happy my friends cheered me on about my adventure which meant so much to me. Those that prayed for me about this that means so much to me! I probably won't go on another vacation until after Christmas close to New Years time! I pray that I'll be able to carpool this time instead of taking Greyhound, that is if folks are willing to go with me! That's the reason why we didn't do virtual Bible August 2nd because I was out of town and I needed some time off! Yet I shared a blog about ''The Importance Of Sabbath Rest'' something that I felt I needed during that time! So that's the ''quick version'' of my four days on my vacation. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Now I'm back I'm doing my virtual Bible study tonight which I can't wait to share what the Lord has laid on my heart to share with y'all. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm kind of switching gears a bit here and going to share something different but important. The title I have for the blog is called "Pray For Wisconsin". As many of you ladies know that I'm born and raised in Wisconsin as many of you are as well. For those of you who may or may not remember last week Monday on July 27th, severe rain and severe storms plagued Wisconsin. Prior to that occurring, I believe our state has had record breaking heat causing it to be a hot summer! Not only that, due to the Canada fire, the fire spread across the Northern states especially to our state! The smoke odor filled the air causing it to feel unbearable but by the grace of God I was okay. Anyway my mom and my grandma always say whenever the weather is sticky it's eventually gonna rain. Also have you ladies ever heard the saying. "When it rains it pours?" Well that's exactly what happened last week Monday on July 27th and it rained for most of the day until 5 PM when the sun came out! Early in the morning when I was praying and reading the Bible, I couldn't believe how dark it was outside! In fact my brother took a picture on his phone and showed how dark it was where he lives! (Side note: I'm the only one who lives with my parents because my other siblings moved out. I trust the Lord's timing when it will be time for me to move out.) It was raining hard both in the Northern part of Wisconsin and Southeastern Wisconsin! (Southeastern Wisconsin is where Milwaukee, my hometown, is located.) In fact in the Northern part of Wisconsin (Appelton to be exact) there was a tornado that occurred and it did some damage to precious people's properties. It only left one person dead but at least 19 people were injured. The news reporters were also saying that this is one of the worst tornadoes in Wisconsin since 1984 if y'all can believe that! (Those precious people had to do massive cleanups the next day on Tuesday July 28th which was last week.) Not only that, quite a few places (like stores, libraries, and some people's houses) suffered power outages! I got to say by the grace of God, our power stayed on the entire time! Of course as many of y'all know this isn't the first or last time severe rain has occurred in Wisconsin. As a matter of fact four months ago in April of this year just a week after Easter Sunday, Wisconsin was hit with severe flooding causing there to be water in our basement twice! (I hosted my virtual prayer meeting in the basement on day one of the flood in April of this year!) People also lost some items due to that flood and the Northern part of Wisconsin got hit with a tornado! (Side note: on the third day it flooded we were in an indoor concert with Christian rapper KB at "Discover Church" my parents church!) But by God's grace there was no flooding in our basement that time. I additionally remember a year ago a week after I got back from being out of town, there was severe flooding to the point we lost electricity and it didn't come back on until Sunday night 10:30 PM a couple hours after my virtual Bible study! In both incidents, mom cleared out the water in the basement both last year and in April of this year and dad likely had to help her! I remember sixteen years ago as a teenager me, my siblings, and mom were home during the summer (I don't know if dad worked a later shift or was out of town) we ate dinner and it started raining. Mom told us to go to the basement and there was severe flooding. But we were there to help get water out of the basement! Simply put we've had some severe flooding in Wisconsin but I got to say this last incident it's a miracle water wasn't in our basement! But I'm sure there are others that weren't so fortunate. I'm asking for us to pray for our precious state of Wisconsin. Pray for those who were affected by the tornado and pray that they're able to recover all what was lost from them. Pray that God will send people their way to give them food, water, shelter or anything else they may need after this. Additionally may we pray for those who were affected by the flooding and most of all pray in midst of this this will cause people to turn to Christ and not get bitter at Him. Let's also pray that the next time it rains it doesn't rain too severely! I don't know about y'all but having severe rain can be traumatic for people. In fact I had a slight panic attack about that last year after the flood in August! The state of Wisconsin has gone through alot in recent years and of course the joke we have is you can experience four seasons in a week! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. I'm sure many of you live in multiple different cities in the state of Wisconsin and I'm sure that some of y'all were impacted by the storm. Thank goodness the Lord brought us through. Blessings, have a great week everyone, and let's continue to pray for our state not only to recover after the storm but also pray that a massive revival breaks out in our state too!
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Importance Of Sabbath Rest". This is based from the fourth commandment from the ten commandments when God told the Jews to make the Sabbath day Holy. Holy means set apart for the sacred. If course we know as Christians when we got saved, we were called out of darkness to God's glorious light. When we get baptized in the Holy Spirit evidence of speaking in tongues, (that experience is separate from the salvation experience) that gives us grace to walk in the fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 3:22,23) and to be holy. We Christians are called to both walk in love and walk in holiness. We are called to be set apart from the world and into living for God as a daily lifestyle. I'm sure many of you ladies already know that but what does that have anything to do with the Sabbath day? Do you ladies remember the story of creation mentioned in Genesis 1 and 2? God created the world for six days such as sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies, plants, water, animals etc and called everything good. When God created Adam and Eve, He made them and us in His image and called what He made very good! Of course we know that Adam and Eve (as well as the rest of us) were created for relationship with God but it got broken because of sin. (Thankfully God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross to restore that relationship.) But going back to the creation story, God made the world in six days but rested on the Sabbath day seven! Now we know the number seven is significant because that number represents completion! (You can do your own study where the number seven appears in certain places of the Bible.) Did God rest because He was tired? No!!!!!!!! He rested to set an example for us! Remember when I mentioned the importance of holiness and what it means? Holy means to set apart for the sacred and I already mentioned that we Christians are called to walk in love and holiness. But just as we're called to walk in love and live holy, the Sabbath is supposed to be a holy day. That means we are to set a day aside not only to rest from our work labor but also for us to have a day set aside for the Lord! Now again is everyday a gift from God? Yes. Each day we're giving is a blessing from the Lord! Some of you who grew in church maybe used to hear the old saints say. "Thank God He woke you up this morning" or heard "What a blessing it is to be in the land of the living". Those are very true sayings and something to be thankful for. Also should we carve out time each day to spend quality time with God in prayer and His Word everyday not just in Sundays? Absolutely! Should we live for God everyday? Absolutely! But again we must make it a priority to prioritize the Sabbath to set a day aside for the Lord and physical rest. You might be thinking. "Why are you addressing this in a blog? The reason is because as you ladies know we live in a busy busy world. We know that our days are filled with work, bills, taking care of our families, running errands, additional relationships and so many things can fill up our days to the point we burnout! I'm sure you ladies know the challenges of dealing with burnout as well as I! We know if we don't set healthy boundaries how to structure our time, our day to day life can get the best of us. Ladies I believe that God knew that before time which is why He set the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. Not only that Hebrews 10:25 says. "Let us not stop the forsaking the assembly of meeting together as some are in the habit of doing but encouraging one another all the more as you see the Day approaching". What is this Scripture saying ladies? It's very obvious not for us Christians to stop meeting together at church! That has something to do with the Sabbath day! Also it says we should do it all the more as we see the Day approaching. Why did they capitalize Day? Day here isn't just any day but Day here represents the return of Christ! Going to church and being with other Christians is one of many ways to help prepare us for the return of Jesus in the rapture! (In another blog for another time I'll share more about the rapture!) Isn't that something? God wants us to make His house a priority to have time for Him, fellow Christians, and not think about the burdens of work! Ladies another thing I want to share is it used to be back in the "old days" that not many places were open on Sundays! The only places that used to be open were the police station or hospitals were the only places open on Sundays. Places like gas stations, restaurants, and most jobs back then were closed on Sundays! Isn't that wild? We know today sadly many places are open seven days a week and competes for our attention especially being in God's house. Another thing I want to share about is the Sabbath day is to be a time of rest. I think about when Jesus visited Mary and Martha of Bethany's house mentioned in Luke 10:38-42 where Martha was busy serving while Mary sat at the Lord's feet to listen to Him! You ladies know the story that Martha got upset and begged our Lord to have her sister Mary to come help her! Now was Martha doing in of itself wrong? No. She was caught up serving that she forgot to sit at the Lord's feet. How many of us Christians can admit we've been guilty of doing what Martha did? Is serving a bad thing? No. Is working a bad thing? No. But everything must be in its proper place and Martha has misplaced priorities. We Christians can do that too but I believe that's another reason why God made the Sabbath day for us His people to have time to be at His feet. Again should we spend quality time in prayer with Him everyday not just Sundays? Of course! But again we must prioritize the Sabbath day and protect it. That's another point I want to my. Ladies there has been attacks against churches in America and I believe it's essential for us to pray more than ever for each other, our pastors, and churches. As some of you ladies may remember, during COVID many churches couldn't meet in person and only could have ten people at the most there! (Side note during COVID I transitioned from "Discover Church" a mega church to a smaller church called "New Life Assembly Of God Church" and I was still able to go to church then and now by God's grace! I'm a member there now and "Discover Church" when COVID died down, resumed to regular services.) I believe that was an attack on churches meeting and I don't know if you ladies are aware, there are pastors who have been going through legal battles, others raided by corrupt officials, and others unjustly jailed in our own country! I believe that's an attack on churches and our religious freedoms and I believe it's time for us to take a stand! It's time for us to stand on our religious freedoms, stand for and pray for our pastors, and fight for the Sabbath day! That's important especially these days. As for me I'm on vacation right now but even on vacation, I'm still going to church! I may not be at my home church but I'm attending another church far away from home until I return back home! This church will do an evening service which is why there's no virtual Bible study tonight.(But I'll be back the following Sunday night August 9th to resume virtual Bible study!) I'm on vacation for me to reset! So I would encourage you ladies to pause and reflect. How well are you prioritizing the Sabbath day? How well are you taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental health? Are you praying and standing up for religious freedom? Are you resting in the Lord? These are things I've had to ask myself lately and I know the Lord is helping me with balance! I'm sure some of you ladies need to ask the Lord for help in those areas as well too. Prioritizing the Lord daily is important, prioritizing our mental, physical, and emotional health is important, and prioritizing the Sabbath is important. It's easy to allow other things especially our day to day responsibilities (not that in themselves are wrong) to crowd out our God time is why we need to guard it! We also need to pray for our pastors for God to help them especially those dealing with legal battles and being jailed, pray for protection for God's house, and us to continue to be a country that honors God's house and His Word! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week. P.S. I will be coming back home soon too as well!