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Are We Alone???

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Good morning, Precious Family:

I pray that this letter finds you doing well and  dwelling and living safely in the all-encompassing Peace of the Lord.

In every letter that I write to each of you, I try to be as honest and transparent as I can possibly be. With that said, I need to be completely honest in my letter to you. I had a hard time earlier this week.

I try not to watch the news too often, as it can be so depressing and scary. Well, I made the mistake of watching the news this week.

Family, I would be lying if I didn’t confess that some days, it feels like my prayers aren’t going anywhere and that evil is winning. I can not understand how evil keeps getting ahead.  God, “Are we all alone? Are we making a difference against evil?”

I avoided sitting down and talking to God this week, until I found out that my great nephew was very sick and had been admitted into Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, through the emergency room.

I immediately went into prayer warrior mode and called on all of God’s Intercessors and Prayer Warriors to take their battle positions. The war went on for four days and then God began turning things around. God heard OUR prayers!!!

God reminded me, like He had to remind the servant of the prophet Elisha, in 2 Kings, that I was not alone and there was more WITH ME than against me, in my battle against evil.

Holy Scriptures

2 Kings 6:9-17

Modern English Version

9 But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, saying, “Take care not to pass through this place, for the Arameans are marching down there.” 10 The king of Israel sent word to the place of which the man of God spoke. He warned him and was on his guard there more than once.

11 The mind of the king of Aram was troubled by this, so he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me who among us sides with the king of Israel?”

12 Then one of his servants said, “No one, my lord, O king. Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

13 He said, “Go and see where he is, so that I may send for him and take him.” And it was told to him, “He is in Dothan.” 14 So he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.

15 When a servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, a force surrounded the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What will we do?”

16 And he said, “Do not be afraid, for there are more with us than with them.”

17 Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, open his eyes and let him see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha.

Songs of Faith

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Family, I am so thankful and grateful for God’s unfailing faithfulness to be there at just the right time. Please know that there is indeed a spiritual battle going on, but we are not alone. There are millions and millions of saints around the world praying and intercessing to God, in the name of Jesus. WE ARE NOT ALONE!!!

Continue to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Continue to study and dwell in God’s Holy Word. Finally, remind each other that God has the final say and the enemy is defeated each time we take our battle positions by worshipping, praying, intercessing, and at times fasting. May we see those who are in God’s holy army.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington/Atlanta, GA

Crying Out…

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Greetings, Precious Family:

I pray this week’s post finds you in a place of peace. As we walk with our Lord, we walk knowing that we are never alone. I know that we have all gone through seasons in our lives where we may feel as though God has abandoned us.

One thing my mother would always say, when I felt that God’s presence was gone from my life, is that God never walks away from us, but instead it is us who have knowingly or unknowingly walk away.

In those times, it is we who must humbly cry out to God and ask Him to pull us from the place we have found ourselves. We may have fast, pray, and consecrate our lives back to God, just as the Prophet Joel spoke about in the Old Testament. Without fail, God will hear the sincerity in our cry.

Scriptures of Consecration

Joel 1:13-20

New International Version

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings
    are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out to the Lord.

15 Alas for that day!
    For the day of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a]

16 Has not the food been cut off
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness
    from the house of our God?
17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[b]
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

19 To you, Lord, I call,
    for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;
    the streams of water have dried up
    and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.

Song of Consecration

Ron Winans

Family, may we all be in a place that we are so close to God’s heart that we can hear in the whisper.

I love you all with the amazing and everlasting love of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington/Atlanta, GA

Focused Mind…

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Good morning, Precious Ones:

I pray that your life is on the most divine path possible. I encourage you to follow the voice of God and to always get confirmation that it is God’s voice you are following.

The Godly path will take trust even when the path looks unsure. Whenever God directs our path it does take trust and it also takes being intimate with the Holy Spirit.

If you have something in your life, like an addiction or stronghold, that you keep fighting with and you want to break free from, it may require a deep level of fasting and prayer. The main thing to remember during any fasting is to make your focus on getting closer to God. God is a Waymaker and a Miracle Worker.

Our Prayer: Father God, our hearts are turned toward you. We are crying out to you and seeking your face. We know you are the God that heals, restores and redeems. Thank you for being the healer and restorer of our mind and body. I specifically lift up Pastor John Gray and his health. We surround him with intercessions to heaven. Restore, redeem and heal every part of his life and body. We visualize and see him perfectly whole and standing in perfect health in this earthly plain. Strengthen his family and surround them in your perfect peace. In the precious and perfect name of your Son, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Sinach

Be blessed family. I love you with the everlasting and amazing love of God.

Rev. Marcia Davis