If you remember, on our last couple of devotional letters, I shared that after almost 10 years of writing Sacred Journey Devotional Blog, there will be a change coming. It will not be an ending but instead a transformation.
Many of you know that I began this Blog to journal my spiritual journey. I wanted to share my life as a Christian, just in case other people were going through some of the things I was facing.
You are NOT ALONE.
Our spiritual journey is never an easy or straight road, but instead, it is filled with highs and lows and all the places in between.
I know that my blog is not for everyone, but for those who don’t want to walk this earthly spiritual journey alone, feel free to walk with me. I honor your presence on the path.
So what is coming in January 2026???
Beginning January 1, 2026, the daily devotional prayer series will begin. 2026 will have a devotional prayer every day of the week! At the end of 2026, I hope to publish the daily devotional prayers we have shared.
I hope you are as excited as I am. I’m looking forward to what God is doing. Let me know if you are as excited as I am. I would love to hear from you.
I will still be writing throughout the rest of 2025, but I wanted to share the news with you about 2026.
Please keep me in your prayers of protection and peace.
Spirit of the Living God. We bless your holy name. We speak the name that is above every name, when we call on Jehovah Rapha because YOU, Lord, are the One who heals. We cry out in repentance to you. There is no part of us that does not bless your name.
Spirit of the Living God, forgive us for being lovers of ourselves and placing so many idols in front of you. We repent for making idols of people, places, things, politics, religion instead of a relationship with you, money, and so many other things that satisfy our flesh and cause us to turn away from you.
Spirit of the Living God, those of us who are in a relationship with you, we rip our clothes and mourn our selfish ways and the selfish ways of those on earth. May your Kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We have made a mockery of the name of Jesus as we hide behind our personal and global agendas. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We turn to you, Lord, for an intimate relationship with you and nothing else. We have no other agenda but you. Search our hearts, Lord. Burn out any unclean thought, seed, weed, and root that is not like you.
As we turn back to you, may we manifest your glory. As we turn back to you, may we manifest your peace. As we turn back to you, may we manifest your Love.
We lift these prayers to you, Lord, and we ask that the Blood of the Lamb, our Chief Intercessor, and Redeemer cover them as they rise to you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Morning Prayer: I Will Surrender · Karen Drucker Songs Of The Spirit 4 ℗ 2009 Karen Drucker Released on: 2009-09-02 Auto-generated by YouTube.
I have some exciting news to share. I have been in prayer lately regarding the future of Sacred Journey Devotional Blog. I was thinking, for some time, that it may be time for this chapter of my life to come to an end. I have been writing these devotionals for exactly 10 years.
Once I became quiet enough to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice, I realized that I was confusingEnding with Transformation!!!!
God led me to Isaiah 43:19 earlier this year and it keeps popping up in different areas of my life, which gives me confidence of the word that I heard. Not an ending of something but a transformation of something.
WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF TRANSFORMATION!!!!
Holy Scriptures
Isaiah 43:19
New International Version
19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Time ofPrayer
Spirit of the Living God, thank you for your faithfulness and love. Thank you for always calling us to a higher place and consciousness. Allow our thinking to expand to be able to follow you with complete surrender and joy and allow our faith to do the rest. I will trust you through the blessed wilderness as you lead us to a new place both inside and out. In the matchless and powerful name of Jesus Amen.
Spirit of the Living God, thank you for your faithfulness and love toward us. Thank you for every opportunity you provide for us to learn and grow. May we never miss or take for granted having a divine encounter with you. May today be the day that we step boldly on the path you have set for us. May our hearts be attuned to the frequency and vibration of heaven so that we will know how to adjust to your divine will. We lift this prayer as a sweet fragrance to the Most High God in the name, power, and authority of Jesus Christ, our Wayshower, and Redeemer. Amen.
Holy Scripture
Psalm 118:21-24
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.[a]
Worship and Rejoice
Official performance video of “This Is The Day” from Maranda Curtis’ album Open Heaven – The Maranda Experience.
Family, go out today with joy in your heart and this melody by Minister Maranda Curtis in your stride. The Most High God is on your side!!! If that is not a reason to rejoice, I don’t know what is. Amen.
Love your neighbor as you would love yourself. That has been the cornerstone of the Christian faith and many other faiths as well. As Christians, it is about sharing the love and character of God with others.
Why do we share the Love of God? Sometimes, we are the only contacts others will have with Jesus. People may not go to church, and they may have lost faith in God.
A simple smile, a kind gesture, a kind word, can all change a person’s life.
But what if it your kindness isn’t received? What if people are mean and unkind, even when you show kindness?
Why do we have to be accountable for our actions as Christians?
The reason is that Love is an ACTION word.
No matter what love faces, the response will always be More love. Love never fails. Even when it doesn’t feel like it, Love plants a seed in the heart’s of those It meets.
No matter who we meet or see each day, please know that every encounter is a Holy encounter. We are accountable for our love, even when it comes to loving ourselves.
Holy Scriptures
Matthew 5:1-12
New International Version
Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.
The Beatitudes
He said:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Family, I know showing and sharing love will not always be easy, but what a reward when we get to see Jesus face to face and we are asked, “Did you love others as I instructed and demonstrated for you while I was here on earth?”
Family, have you ever heard the acronym P.U.S.H. which stands for Pray Until Something Happens? I know you may think I’m crazy but I think the acronym is so funny. Not “funny” as in comical but funny as in, if we were to pray the way Jesus taught us to pray, there really wouldn’t be a need to P.U.S.H.
When the disciples of Jesus asked him how to pray, this was his answer:
Matthew 6:6-14
New International Version
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation,[a] but deliver us from the evil one.[b]’
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Family, have you ever been around a complete stranger, but something about them was drawing you to them? Then come to find out you are both two people that have a close relationship with the Lord.
Do you know “what” caused the attraction to each other? Well, I will tell you. You and the stranger were each vibrating at the same frequency.
Heaven has a vibration and a frequency. As we spend more and more time with God and being in Jehovah’s presence, we begin to match the frequency and vibration of heaven. We are carrying the fragrance of Heaven.
Heavenly Worship
Family, when you are in your secret prayer place, play this song or any worship song that ushers you into a deep worship. In that moment, pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then, leave your prayer at the altar and have faith that it is already done, according to the Lord’s will and the will of Heaven.
I love you with the amazing and everlasting love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, Savior, and Risen Redeemer!!!!
I pray that this letter finds you in the will of God. I am writing you from my current path that has been ordained for me. So many times in my past, when I encountered difficult or hard places of my journey, I would choose the easy or less strenuous path. The problem in choosing the easy way is that I don’t grow and I get comfortable.
Over the past year, I decided to say, “Yes” to the more difficult Paths. The end result is that I have faced so many things that have tested and challenged me. I’ve cried tears, I’ve screamed at God, and I screamed at myself.
Getting out of my own way has been one of the hardest things I have ever done. It has been a matter of changing the way I look at life and the world around me. When I changed my mind, I changed my world.
Now, I am on a new path, and I have encountered amazing truths about myself and the world around me. I am learning to be a student of the Universe as a liberated child of God. I have learned that there is so much in me that had never been tapped into until recently. That is the reason I have been quiet for the last few weeks. I was in a season of metamorphosis. I’m grateful for the person I am changing into. I know that this is just the beginning.
Holy Scriptures
Colossians 3:12-17
New International Version
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Worship Video
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Changed · Tramaine Hawkins All My Best To You Vol 2 ℗ 1976 Platinum Entertainment Released on: 2001-01-01 Producer, Composer: Walter Hawkins & The Family
Family, don’t be afraid to tell the Universe and yourself, “Yes.” Your Yes will allow you to tap into the very best version of you.
May the Peace of the Lord be with you always and in every circumstance.
Family, have you ever started a new routine? Was the routine getting up earlier, starting a new exercise program, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, or was it spending more quiet time with God each day?
I have found that as I have been growing in the things of God, my egoic flesh has been having a straight-up tantrum. In my head, I am kicking, screaming, and crying.
My spirit man keeps telling me, “Marcia, don’t give up. You have greatness inside of you. Being uncomfortable is part of the process.”
What does the Word say about not giving up ?
Holy Scriptures
Galatians 6:9
New International Version
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Philippians 4:13
New International Version
13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
James 1:2-4
New International Version
Trials and Temptations
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Songs of Encouragement
Family, I know that when God is allowing us to be stretched, it is always for our growth and His glory.
What I also now realize is ….my BIGGEST BATTLE is with me. The Old Me vs. the New Me.
Spirit of the Living God, I welcome the preparation I have to go through in order to get to my next level.
And I let it be… And so it is…
In the powerful and precious name of our Chief Intercessor and Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Today is Friday, June 20, 2025, here in Georgia (USA).
My heart’s desire, as children of an awesome and incredible God, is that we would learn how to harness the authority that Jesus said we have in him.
First, let’s start with what Jesus said we have. In John 14, Jesus lets us know that whatever he can do, we can also do on an even greater level because he was going to the Father on our behalf. Jesus said that if we ask in faith and pray in his name, He will do the rest.
Holy Scriptures
John 14:10-15
New International Version
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.
So, how do we believe on the level of Jesus?
Faith!!!! Faith is a frequency and a vibration.
If we change our speech to, “My faith is on the frequency and vibration of Jesus and heaven!!!
Family, can you imagine how our lives will change if we purposefully decide to raise our energy and vibration so high that we unlock the Kingdom of Heaven??!!
How do we begin the journey of increasing our faith through a higher vibration and frequency? Protect your gates!!!! Ears, Eyes, and Mouth. Surround yourself with the things of God. It matters what we listen to, watch, and read. It matters whose voices we allow around us. It matters how we treat others. It even matters how we care for the world around us. Protect your TEMPLE!!!
Soaking Worship
Video of the Week
Anointed Worship / Jesus Image
Why was the Centurion’s daughter healed? Why was the woman with the issue of blood healed? Why was the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda healed? They tuned into the vibration and frequency of faith.
Find ways to increase your frequency and vibration. Family, if you notice repeatedly that certain people, places, or things are pulling your vibrations and frequencies down, then you know who and what will need to be gently removed from your life with grace.
I love you all with the amazing and everlasting love of our Lord, Savior, and Wayshower Jesus Christ.
I was talking to a friend yesterday about people’s relationship with church and organized religion as a whole.
We both knew several people who wanted a relationship with Jesus but did not want a relationship with the church. I know that church hurt is one of the toughest hurts to heal because it involves the mind, body, soul, and spirit of a person. A lot of layers of healing that must take place…
There are so many people who have lost faith in organized religion. The main reason is that people forget the three most important aspects of Christianity and being followers of Christ.
Our first lesson, as Christians, is to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. The second is to love our neighbor as we would love ourselves. The third and final rule of Christianity is that Jesus said the world would know we are His by our love.
If we can’t get these three aspects of our faith down, we should not worry about any other aspect of “church” life. Churches should not be able to move forward building congregations until these three building blocks are successfully practiced.
We are the Lights of Christ. When people have an encounter with us, they should be having an encounter with Christ. We are the ambassadors for Christ. We are beacons of Jesus’ holy Light.
Holy Scriptures
John 13:34-35
Tree of Life Version
34 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you must love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Matthew 22:37-40
Tree of Life Version
37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love Adonai your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [a]38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ [b]40 The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
1 Corinthians 13
New International Version
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Worship Video of the Week
I Am Light
This week’s video is by one of my favorite artists, India Arie. When she sings, she sings to the spirit of a person. She reminds us, in this song, that we are all connected to and divine reflections of a beautiful God. When so much of life tries to crowd out our spirit, this song calls us to remember who we are…We are the Lights of God. We carry the Light of God. Remember who you are and SHINE BRIGHT!!!
Music video by India.Arie performing I Am Light.
Once we get back to a place where we make our soul work a priority, so many things will change. What if every spirit journey, across the globe, was about the mastery of Love? How would our world change?
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