Tag: Encouragement
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Are You Facing A Trial?
By Kathi Pelton Trials come to all of us. Rarely are they desired or invited but since we live in a fallen world, these trials come. When you are in a time of trials you are given some choices of how to endure them. You can focus on the pain and hardship— which is very…
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The King Has Extended His Scepter— And It’s Dripping With Honey
By Kathi Pelton As we enter the celebration of Purim, when the Jewish people remember the victory over Haman’s plot to destroy them, let us also remember the victory that Jesus provided for us upon the cross! Here in most of North America we just entered Daylight Savings Time, where our clocks are set forward…
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Dwell! It’s Time To “Behold His Beauty”
Kathi Pelton Once a month at our church here in Portland, Oregon we have what we call our “Dwell” night. It is an entire evening set aside to come together as a church family and dwell in His presence through worship and adoration. It is such a special and deep time for everyone that comes…
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This Is Your Time To See Turnarounds!
By Kathi Pelton I always begin my daily prayer times with praise. Jesus is so worthy and deserving of our thanksgiving and praise for all that he has done for us. Therefore, we should enter the gates of prayer with thanksgiving and the courts of his presense with praise. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go…
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All Who Are Weary— You Will Find Rest Once Again
By Kathi Pelton This morning I had the words to the song, “All Who Are Thirsty” come before me. All who are thirstyAll who are weakCome to the fountainDip your heart in the stream of lifeLet the pain and the sorrowBe washed awayIn the waves of His mercyAs deep cries out to deep (we sing)Come…
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The Fire, The Sound and The Breath— It Is Here!
By Kathi Pelton THE BLAZING FIRE I have been meditating on the story of Gideon’s army. This began when the Lord spoke to me saying, “It’s time for My people to become blazing torches.” I was immediately shown Gideon’s army of 300 men going out against the mass (uncountable) number of Midianites. As you know…
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Living In The Unfamiliar
By Kathi Pelton I used to think that my family was unique in the fact that God had called us to constantly live in the place that I call, “the unfamiliar.” Gos has called our family in different seasons to many different regions, states and nations so it is rare for us to be familiar…
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God’s Whirlwind Is Coming Upon You
By Kathi Pelton I heard and wrote this word quite a while ago and yet the Lord has brought it back to the forefront and said, “This is a ‘now’ word from my Spirit.” Receive it! I have been experiencing what I can only describe as a “whirlwind of God.” I was taken into the…
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The Preparation of Pillars That Will Bridge Nations
By Kathi Pelton Recently I received a prophetic word from a precious sister from Russia that spoke of my husband and I being like a bridge that would span or connect East and West in our nation. Along with the word she sent a time lapse video of an incredibly long bridge that has been…
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Never Regret Your Yes
By Kathi Pelton Next year marks 40 years since the first time my husband and I gave our first “yes” to the Lord and left the home that we loved and all our family to say yes to him. That first “yes” was a bumpy road— partly due to our youthfulness (and the crazy homesickness…
Oceans in the Desert 