Tag: miracles
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Joyful Expectations
By Kathi Pelton Did you know that in many instances in the Bible the word, “hope” can be translated to mean joyful expectation? To lose hope is to lose faith because as Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. It…
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Believing Beyond What We Can See
By Kathi Pelton In seasons of pain, loss or waiting it is easy to get stuck in only what is before our eyes. After all, isn’t there a saying, “Seeing is believing”? In my life and in the life of most believers— what we see is rarely a true gauge for what God is doing.…
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It’s Time to Align Your Hope With Assurance
By Kathi Pelton “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” Hebrews 11:1 When God speaks a promise to me, through His still small voice, through a prophetic word or through His written Word, I access it by faith. This amazing gift…
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Awe and Wonder Will Appear in the Darkness
By Kathi Pelton As most of you know, on December 21,2020— on the darkest day of the year (first day of winter: shortest daylight of the year), around the globe we will see the night sky lit up with what looks like a Christmas star. In reality it will be the first time in 800…
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The Impossible Will Happen!!
By Kathi Pelton As I waited on the Lord the Holy Spirit led me to read out of 1 Kings 18. This chapter tells the story of when the prophets of Baal challenged Elijah as to “who is God?”; Baal or the God of Elijah. They both set up offerings and then called on their…
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Declare, “I Believe!”
By Kathi Pelton Yesterday I woke up with two songs playing in my head simultaneously — I knew immediately that they were from the Holy Spirit to bring hope. The first song was a line from the song, “When You Believe” (from the Prince of Egypt soundtrack). The line says, “Who knows what miraclesYou can…
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Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick
By Kathi Pelton If you’ve ever dealt with “hope deferred” you know that deep heartsick feeling. When my husband and I began trying to start a family we experienced years of hope deferred. Throughout those years we watched most of our friends make announcements of “We are having a baby” or “It’s a boy” or…
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𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀- 𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽!
By Kathi Pelton “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping,carrying seed to sow,will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Psalm 126:5-6 As I meditated on these two verses the Lord highlighted the portion that says, 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜…
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Grace and Help in the Month of May
By Kathi Pelton “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 The Lord spoke to me that today begins a month of extravagant and extraordinary grace; 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒! He is inviting His people to 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚…
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It’s Time For Your Vats To Overflow!
By Kathi Pelton Did you know that as believers we are not under the control of the chaos, confusion and circumstances of the world around us? The promises of God are above the bad reports of the earth below. Today I was praying through the first and second chapters of the Book of Proverbs and…