Generation R

Arise and Shine – Time to Prepare!

genr — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:32:28 +0000

A couple of years ago, I was driving to work and it was a morning that I decided to go in earlier than usual. It was dark outside and as I drove I was noticing signs that were lit up and restaurants I had never noticed in the daytime. The Lord started speaking to me saying that there were going to be dark times coming and those that were prepared in the Body of Christ that no one had ever noticed or that people thought were foolish for believing in Jesus Christ before were going to shine in the dark times.

Now it has been a couple of years since that time, but months ago, I was listening to a pastor preach these verses:

Isaiah 60:1-4“Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you;  your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.”

When I heard this it overwhelmingly came back to me that time I was driving and I knew he was making a prophetic declaration.

With all this being said, I believe that we are in a time that the Lord is saying to the Body of Christ, especially in America…”Wake up and prepare yourself. I want to use you in the coming days, because gross darkness is about to cover the earth and I need My people to be prepared to hear and recognize My voice to lead them.”

The Bible says that the Lord does nothing without letting the prophets know. (Amos 3:7)

Since the time of hearing this sermon, there has been preacher after preacher saying the same verses.

Here is a great starting point to preparing yourself to be used in this endtime, as a LIGHT in the world:

Hebrews 12:1aTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.

We need to get anything out of our lives that would hinder us from hearing the Voice of God. We need to declutter our lives spiritually, physically and emotionally. As much as possible to getting back to the basics in all areas of our lives.

The greatest days for the Church are in front of us. We will see unprecedented miracles. Souls will come in the Kingdom in great numbers, but we MUST prepare ourselves to be used by God.

AMERICA, We Need the Power of God Again!

genr — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:43:37 +0000

Today, I went to one of my favorite places to eat, Chipotle. As I drove up to the restaurant I saw a teenage boy standing outside and as I looked at him, I felt like he was gay, or definitely struggling with it. By the time I got out of my car, he had walked in Chipotle and I ended up standing behind him. He was with an older gentleman and as I watched him, it seemed like the Lord started talking to me about the condition of our nation.

We have young people struggling with sins and the answer should be found in church. Yet, how many churches in America can a young person go Sunday and ask for someone to pray and break off any “spirit” that is attacking them or if they need demonic strongholds broken.

I felt like the Lord spoke to me that we have failed a generation as a church. We have put together programs, instead of walking in the Power of God each Sunday. Each of us individually should have the POWER of God on our lives.

This overwhelming grief (or intercession) came on me in repentance for what we have “served” a generation.

Keith Green said, “Every generation of ministers is responsible for that generation.”
A hearty, “YES” resonates within me.

I want the Lord to mark my life with the POWER of God so that whatever the need of my generation, I am available and ready.

My prayer is that tomorrow that we would let God move in POWER in churches all over the USA, in every denomination. Then each christian would take that same power to Walmart and every area of our lives.

We need revival and the Holy Spirit to come break that Spirit of Religion off of our church houses and our individual lives.

We should leave church and as the disciples said in Luke 24:32, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us….…?”

We need to walk with the Holy Spirit with “burning hearts”!
My prayer: Jesus, raise up Billy Grahams, John the Baptists, Mother Teresas, Aimee Semple McPhersons, Charles Finneys and the Leonard Ravenhills in my generation.

How can we change a nation and a generation when are hearts are complacent to the things of God? Our hearts need to respond in repentance from our lukewarm living to say, “Jesus, make me a ‘burning one’”.

“We have lost our SALTINESS”

genr — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:55:02 +0000

We as a church have lost our saltiness to influence a generation and a nation. Matthew 5:13 says, “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
We call good evil and evil good. If someone tries to preach a holiness message we call them legalistic. We need revival to awaken our God-conscience again. We give a platform to those with charisma, instead of character. We have lost our way. The way to the Cross has been defiled in our messages that teach a self-serving, man-pleasing gospel, which is no gospel at all. If the message makes us uncomfortable, then it must NOT be God…is our theology! GOD HELP US!

Our hearts need to “burn” again for the things of God. We are more excited about the newest movie, style or electronic gadget than the movement of the Holy Spirit in this nation. We see with “eyes of the world” than the “eyes of God”.

My heart burns to see a generation in love with the Creator of the Universe, to live holy and to share the love of God with the lost and dying world.
Compassion to help single moms, visit the elderly and feed the homeless.

Could we be so close to God’s heart that whatever He wants to do on the earth our hearts are listening and “in-sync” with His?

Just dreaming of the day that our hearts will “burn” for the Lord and live according to HIS Word, not our own consciences. Christianity in America today has a “seared” conscience. We NEED the fear of the Lord!

My Prayer: Lord, if there is anything in me that is not of you, I repent.
I stand in the gap for a generation that overall does not know Your power. Visit us with the fear of the Lord and with the Power of God. We ask you for a personal awakening, as well as, a national awakening. Have mercy!

What Ever Happened To The Power Of God?

genr — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:48:26 +0000

When I was 20 years old I gave my life to Jesus Christ. My boss at that time had been sharing with me about how much Jesus loved me, I knew my parents and family loved me, but when I heard that Jesus Christ loved me, the Holy Spirit began to transform my life. We all think we know what love is, until we encounter the Lover of our Soul. I was so AMAZED that Jesus Christ loved ME. Every break at work I would ask her to share with me about this “love”. As she was sharing, there was so much peace that was invading my hectic life.

Then one day she invited me to a “revival” at her local church in Tallahassee. When I went there the first thing I felt when I walked in the door was peace. I loved being there. As the service started the music was wonderful, then the evangelist got up to speak and he was sharing on the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”. All I knew was I need what he is talking about and to be honest I wanted him to stop talking so I can come receive. When he finally called all those that were wanting to receive the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”, I ran up to the front. Now remember, I did not grow up in a pentecostal church, I had no idea what he was talking about, but the Spirit of God was drawing me. As I got up to the front, the evangelist came by and prayed for me, then a lady came and stood with me and explained what was going to happen. Who would of ever thought my life would never be the same again. Some other language started to come out of my mouth and I hit the floor. The Power of God swept through my body and Jesus started to take away all the depression that I had battled the last couple of years as a teenager. For 2.5 hours I was on the floor and God was shaking everything out of my life that did not need to be there. When I finally got up my life had totally changed.

The changes in my life could not have been changed through positive thinking, or some 10 step program. I needed the Power of the Holy Spirit. I am so glad that the church I was visiting did not preach a sweet message and then say, Goodnight, see you tomorrow.” They gave me a chance to experience the Jesus that the Bible talks about.

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and there are some of the most amazing ministries that are here. The problem with some of this is that we are having multiple services where we are getting in and out of the services. Some churches don’t even give altar calls. It is also very rare for me to hear someone giving a call for the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit”.

My question is: If we have taken out the Power of the Holy Spirit, why are we gathering each week? I can read and study the Word of God at my house.

I do know this, if I was a teenager today having to face the pressure of the secular school system and attended church I would definitely need the Power of God to stay pure, live holy and be used in my school to make a difference. We as ministers/christians need to have a normal lifestyle of the Power of God, so the next generation sees and knows that their God is greater than anything that they see in front of them.

When I look at the condition of the youth groups and how many young people that are shacking up, the holiness level of churches and ministries, we are no better than the world. No wonder we have a generation that looks at us and decides that the world looks better.

We need some power and demonstration of the power back in the local church. Sometimes it seems that the “high calling” of the Sunday morning service is to make sure we get out at 12noon. I would love to interview some young people after Church and ask them if what they experienced in that service would draw their friends to Christ.

Just a thought: What if we as leaders would come in and ask the Holy Spirit what He wants to accomplish in church today. It would probably SHOCK ministers to really hear people share about their encounter with visiting churches. People are so hungry for the supernatural, if we don’t demonstrate it we will see a generation be drawn to New Age and other religions. Wait, I think that is already happening.

I love Jesus Christ with all of my heart. I am so grateful for people in my life that when I am going through a lot that I can ask them to pray for me and they have the Power of God on their life. I can’t imagine my life without them.

I am sharing my heart, because I know it is the will of God to have power encounters with His people and the people that do not know Him yet as Savior and Lord.

Prayer for today: Lord, please start in me that I be a person that walks in the demonstration of power. And I would release it wherever I go to show others the love of Christ.

“What You Honor You Will Receive From”

genr — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:42:56 +0000

A close ministry friend of mine called me this evening and as we were talking about what is going on in each others lives, our conversation got stuck on talking about HONOR.

Since one of the things I feel called to do is “merge the generations” to work together to establish the Kingdom of God. I purpose myself to always dialogue with people multi-generationally.

I was sharing with my friend how when I was in a conference how I heard the question ask by a young lady to an older lady, “What does honor look like to you?”

Now you have to understand that I have dialogued A LOT with people on honor and I have never heard that question asked. So of course I wanted to know the answer and in that moment God started to expand my view on honor.

At the end of that dialoging time between the generations they spoke a “blessing” over each other. I was later told by the host that the act of blessing broke the conference open. To be honest, I don’t know spiritually all that happened during that time, but there were many tears shed that day.

After that conference, there is no one that can convince me that there is not hurts that the enemy has put between the generations. Reconciliation and repentance has to occur for the “mantles” to be passed right. Now don’t get me wrong, there are some wonderful leaders that have done it right and raised up someone next to them to take their place.

But my focus at this time is to teach and bring to light the other side.

I want to share the view from my seat.

I love people of all nations, tongues and ages. I really respect all that people have been through and honor them. But what I hear in conversations is how each generation views the other. This is a conclusion that I have come to: There are some basics things on honoring each other, but I think the “look” of honor is different in every generation.

For instance, “honor” to me, and I will say to most people in my age bracket that I personally know, is that you “listen and understand when I am sharing and what I am saying”. If you cut me down or cut me off that is “dishonor” to me. You are saying that what I am saying as a person is not valid and therefore you do not receive me as a person. I want to say that if I feel someone is being dishonorable to me it is very hard for me to receive from them. Now I know the statement, “You honor because you are honorable, not because that person deserves it”. I am on a journey where I purpose to go past my feelings and honor people that are dishonorable to me no matter how they treat me and with the help of the Holy Spirit I have passed many tests.

Now to my parents generation, honor will mean something totally different. For example, honor to them could be me not just saying words, but me carrying out the actions that they have asked of me.

Let me say this, no one generation is more “right” than the other, we are just different and when you can love and honor the difference you will see much “fruit” in those relationships.

My job is to learn and dialogue what is “honoring” to each generation and working my best to make them feel honored, as they would me. When this happens, hearts are opened to receive from each other and “what you honor you will receive from”.

“Elijah’s LEGACY is found in Elisha, and Elisha’s DESTINY is found in Elijah.”

PRAYER: Lord, please help us to be more understanding to each other and to love each others differences. We need each other to establish Your Kingdom.

“Some Lesson I Have Learned As A Young Leader”

genr — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:02:29 +0000

1. Be FAITHFUL.
Being a person that is considered faithful is one of the greatest honors you can have in your life as a leader. This world is full of people giving empty promises that have wounded the hearts of so many. From unfaithfulness in marriages, to fathers leaving their children, etc. I have made it a discipline in my life to be a person that keeps their word. If I tell you I will do something I will do it.
This is something I constantly work on. We as young leaders need to not make vows or covenants with people and break them. We need to be people that are found faithful in every area of our lives.

2. Be LOYAL.
If this world ever needed some young leaders that are loyal, it is NOW! Loyalty seems to be bought out by greed, selfish ambition and fame. As with faithfulness, I choose to be a loyal person with the help of the Holy Spirit. I have had many times in my walk as a young leader that I was “standing in the balance” of being loyal. In those times, I always remember my pastor, while I was in college always drilling into us about how he felt alone when he was praying for revival and how he had an ex-marine tell him, “Pastor, if God has spoken to you, I will stand with you.” Somewhere in my heart that story has always stayed. Through the years when challenged with being loyal in MANY situations, I hear my pastor telling that story. I remember how I told God that I wanted to be like that man, to always stand with a leader through “thick and thin”.

3. Be HOLY.
Living a life of holiness is a “must” for every leader. Lila Terhune, the head intercessor for the Brownsville Revival (1995-2000), told me that the Lord told her, concerning them as intercessors that “holiness is your protection”.
Holiness really is purity of heart toward God. You are living for Him and not allowing anything in your life that would offend or hurt your relationship with Him and not giving the devil any open doors in your life.

4. Be KIND.
You would think that every leader is kind and considerate. Ummm, that is a no. We as young leaders need to walk in the Fruit of the Spirit. It is our daily bread. We need to choose to walk in love, patience, etc.
When I sit in some meetings with young leaders, I feel they say anything that comes to their mind! Please, if it is not filtered through love, we probably don’t need to hear it. The Fruit of the Spirit of self-control should be used.
I really don’t remember the last sermon I have heard of anyone speaking on walking in the Fruit of the Spirit/being kind. It really comes down to character.
I want people when they look at me to say that I am a kind person. That I think of others before myself. Kindness is a foundational piece in every christian’s life.

These are some practical lessons that I have learned as a young leader. We are tools in the hand of God and He is looking for those that are constantly being sharpened and are willing to be changed for His Glory.

I personally feel like I am ALWAYS being sharpened. Thank you Jesus that tests and trials are used to strengthen our character and make us stronger leaders.

My prayer: May God raise up a powerful army of young leaders that love Him, walk in the Spirit and love His people.

Revival or BUST!

genr — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:36:46 +0000

Waking up this morning thinking about revival. I am so tired of church as usual. I can walk in a church service and know exactly how it will go. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the local body of believers, as I am part of one. But I am remembering the day when I did not know what God was going to do that particular Sunday morning church service. He may come with healing, deliverance, or He may just come to love on His children. I am at a place of spiritual discontent. Revival has to start in me first. I want to be a person of the supernatural, not flaky, but operating in the genuine power of the Holy Spirit. The Lord has allowed me to see so much since I have been a christian. I don’t want to be so analytical that I reason God right out of a church service to proceed with my agenda.

I grew up in the Brownsville Revival and experience revival firsthand. I fell in love with Jesus Christ. What I do everyday is because I love Him. Real revival will always create a greater passion in the hearts of the believers for Christ. To increase my hunger even more, I heard about the revival in Argentina, so I went down to Buenos Aires and spent some time with one of the pastors on staff at Rey de Reyes. He told me about how the Argentine revival started in their local body and how many were renewed, refreshed and saved. As he was telling me stories, you could still see the hunger for revival on his face after all those years.

Books after books I have read about revival, and I usually end up putting the book down and weeping. I long for the day that the supernatural will enter our american churches again. Sinners and saints need to hear the voice of God again.

My heart is burning to see a move of God! I want the Lord to purify every part of my life so He can use me powerfully.

Dreaming with God is dangerous!

P.S…..I know that there are many that wants Christ to return now, but I am not one of them. There are so many souls lost all over the world. I am dreaming of a day of hearing on my TV that there is a move of God in the middle east. My dream of a children revival in Afghanistan and conversions that will rock the hierarchy in the Arab world. I need to see global revival before Jesus comes back. If my soul had an imprint on it today, it would read: REVIVAL or BUST!

Legacy: What are you leaving behind?

genr — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:39:12 +0000

1. Personal Legacy: Personal legacy is a choice we make everyday. We choose to get up, spend time with Jesus Christ and walk in the Fruit of the Spirit. Our daily walk turns into our weekly walk, which turns into our monthly walk, etc. Consistency, discipline and obedience to God will start you into creating a Godly legacy or heritage for you as an individual.

2. Family Legacy: As with personal legacy, it starts with you and then on to your family. You choose as a family, “As for me and my household we will serve the Lord.” Morning and/or evening devotions as a family will create a “center stage” for Jesus Christ to not just be Lord over you, but your household.

As a family you will pray and ask the Lord to be the Lord of your home and that all that goes on in your home will honor Him.

The dad is the “head” in the family and the mom is the “heart” of the family. Each part is needed to create the family legacy.

I like the saying that says, “ A family that prays together, stays together.”

3. “Mountain” Legacy: Mountain legacy is your everyday job. Whatever God has called you to, whether it is owning your own business, being the mayor of your city, superintendent of your school district, being a mother to your 2 kids or being a pastor you do it UNTO Him.

You have the chance everyday to influence those that are around you in a work environment. Your lifestyle will either drive them to Christ or away from Him. Your integrity, character and hard work is the “Bible” they will read everyday.

Becoming the BEST at what you do and asking the Lord to open doors gives Him “glory” as others see your excellence in that arena. I personally want to be the best at what I do, when others look at me, I want them to say that she is a “GREAT” example of excellence and she always honors the Lord in what she does. Though, I am still working on this, I am definitely a “work in progress”.

4. Church Legacy: Every church has a church legacy. The pastor is the visionary of the church. He will implement the vision that God has given him for that area in that city. A local church body is “like” a human body. Each person in the church has a role to help the body function and flow. In the Book of Revelation, churches individually were addressed. So we see in the 7 churches that they were either creating legacy that honored the Lord or that which dishonored Him. There were blessings for those churches that honored Him and sharp rebukes for those that did not honor Him.

Each believer in a local body should ask the Lord, “Lord, what is my role in this church? What is my family’s role? You have called me and/or my family here and I want to do my part and honor You. I want to be a world changer by changing my world around me.

Closing Word: How and what kind of legacy you leave behind is up to you. You WILL leave a legacy, it is your choice WHAT kind of legacy you want to leave.

Elizabeth’s Devo: Elisha’s DESTINY was in Elijah, but Elijah’s LEGACY was in Elisha.

“Back to the Basics-Fiery Christianity”

genr — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:00:36 +0000

For some days now I have been going over in my heart the condition of the american church in the age group of 18-39. We have many youth movements rising up and one thing that we are seeing over and over is a “lack of holiness”; of course, this is some, not everyone. If we have young leaders under us we need to always gauge their “holiness” level. We are overseers over their souls and will stand before God for their spiritual growth or lack of growth. I believe in these leaders and the mission of their movements. But please let us not forget the foundation of our lives and of each movement, which is the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Blood represents, the “sanctifying work of Jesus Christ” and the Cross represents the “redemptive work of Jesus Christ.”

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and I see daily the condition of the church from those I interact with weekly, even monthly. We have this “form of godliness, yet, we deny the Power” to change our lives.” (2 Timothy 3)

We call evil good and good evil. We entertain ourselves with the “vomit” that satan has put in the minds of the ungodly to produce films, that in turn pollute our souls (I do believe that God is looking for those that will produce films for the Glory of God). Yet, week after week we go rent/buy these movies. Our television is a “gateway” into our homes. Then off to church on Sunday we go, as we raise our hands weekly in church services, and tell Him who suffered an excruciating death for the redemption of our souls, “Oh, Jesus how I love you.” How is it we raise our hands, with “stained-spotted robes”. Have we lost the “fear of the Lord”? Have we grieved the Holy Spirit so long that we don’t even know if He is in our midst.

When I was 20 years old I gave my heart to Jesus Christ. A couple of weeks after giving my heart to Jesus, I did not feel the nearness of Christ as I did before. So I went to visit my pastor and he sat me down in his office and talked to me about “grieving the Holy Spirit” and if I had things in my life that separated me from God that I could have “grieved the Holy Spirit”. I have NEVER forgotten that conversation with him. For years now, I have pursued a personal, daily walk with the Holy Spirit.

I have a deep burden in my heart to warn those that are mixing the profane and the good. We see a deep increase of those that try to make Christianity a “cool” religion. We have those that have polluted the minds of others with mixing eastern religion in with our biblical beliefs, for example yoga, karate, etc. And let me not even start on the “tattooing” trend.

Our sugar coated messages that gives the listener the sweetness of some false gospel, instead of the transforming work of Jesus Christ. Last week I called a wonderful lady that I have been friends with for 13 years, a powerful saint of God and I shared with her my burden and she told me that the Lord spoke to her and told her to tell me, concerning the condition of the american church, “ If salt loses it savor, what good is it.” (Mark 5:13) YIKES, how POWERFUL is that statement!

We need minsters of the Gospel teaching about the abominations that are invading the christian culture. People with good intentions that are polluting the Body of Christ and allowing the stains of the world to get on the “dress” of the Bride of Christ that is being prepared for the Bridegroom’s return.

Some have chosen leaders in the Body of Christ that have not been proven over time and we “pick” them to lead because they have the charisma to draw people, or to accomplish the task needed. As I read the Book of Acts, it seems that when the apostles would go to choose a leader, they would pray and ask the Lord for direction on choosing a leader. We sometimes choose leaders that have not been “tested” and “approved” by God.

This is not the message of the Cross, it is the cool, american christianity. I wonder how many churches when picking leaders ask them about their salvation experience, not “Have you grown up in church and know the ways of the church.” Even to ask them the question, “what is God saying to you?” We ask them, “Do you play golf?” I am not against sports, as I am a basketball fan, but I am against putting the temperal things over the eternal things.

My heart grieves because where much is given, much is required!

Lord, start with me, if there is anything that is hindering the flow of God in my life remove it from me. Cleanse my heart from anything that does not represents the Kingdom of God. Any impurities, that keep me from your Presence. Stay close to me Jesus, or should I say I will stay close to you through living a “holy” life!

“A Mother’s Blessing: A Moment That Changed My Life”

genr — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:28:20 +0000

A mother is defined as different things to different people. To some she is the one that wipes your tears away, to another she is the one that cheers you on as you sing your first solo. Whatever the role that your mother has had in your life, she did it with this thought in mind: I want my son or daughter to be the BEST in life and I want them to succeed and do more than I ever could do.

I remember when I was growing up mom always made me feel like I could be the best. One day when I was a little girl, I told my mom, “Mom, I want to be with you until I am 40.” Spending time with my mom was very important to me, there were times I would get up early in the morning to go help her in the garden. I just loved being with my mom.

When I was in elementary school there many days I would call my mom at work just to talk to her. It didn’t matter what she was doing, she always had time for me. Anytime I was sick she would made me soup and even made me some not so tasty things to drink, telling me this “remedy” will work to make me feel better.

Then, as the years went by and I went off to college and moved to a different city. The talks were shorter, and some would only be a brief, “How are you?”, that meant so much to me, even if it was only for 5 minutes. My mom’s love was the same but in a different way, she was still telling me to work hard and do my best.

Being away from home, the Lord started to put other wonderful women in my life. They would encourage me in many areas of my life and become strengths in times of weakness for me. I know in our life God gives us natural mothers and He also gives us spiritual mothers. I believe that God gave me the best mother growing up. She is still one of the most kind and giving people you will ever meet.

As previously said, there were powerful women that have spoken into my life through the years and will always be treasures in my life. One of the most precious times in my life was when Brenda Kilpatrick prayed for me. Who would have ever thought that I would have needed such a simple, yet powerful moment. Mrs. Brenda put her arm around me and started praying for different areas of my life and was asking the Lord to bless each area. She asked the Lord to fill any area of my life that did not have His love. She continued with, “Lord, I speak a mother’s blessing over Elizabeth’s life.” Who could have ever thought that nine simple words would impact my life the way it did. To be honest, I still don’t understand fully what happened at that time. I don’t think anyone on this earth “in full” understands what takes place when someone lays hands on you and blesses you. The next morning when I awoke, I had tears running down my face, remembering the sweet words that Mrs. Brenda prayed over me. I don’t want to ever forget that beautiful moment in my life. I believe ONLY eternity and Jesus Christ will know the lasting effects of that “mother’s blessing”.

Please don’t look at this story like I had a perfect life, by no means, not even close. I have had many hard times and disappointments, even in spiritual authorities that were over me. Only Jesus Christ truly knows the tears that I have shed throughout my life. Seeing how He surprised me and gave me such a beautiful mother’s blessing from Brenda Kilpatrick, whom I love so much. My life will never be the same. I know that Mrs. Brenda’s desire in her heart is like my mom’s growing up, “I want Elizabeth to be the BEST in life and I want her to succeed and do more than I ever could do”.

Closing Note: I have talked with many young leaders and they have shared with me privately how they are looking for someone to mentor and/or believe in them. What they are really telling me is, “I want a spiritual mother and/or father”. It would surprise many people some of those that have voiced this privately that have not moved forward because they desire this “blessing” in their life. I know that Jesus Christ sees all our pains, hurts and disappointments that we have in life. It is very natural to want a mother or father to embrace you in those hard times, just like any natural mother would to their child. I am praying for a “generational movement”.

Elizabeth’s Devo: There was a season in the life of Elijah and Elisha where they ran together, every day of their life together was not recorded in the Bible. I know there were times that Elijah sat down with Elisha and taught him things. Elisha saw how Elijah responded to things going on in their land and the people. Was there one day that Elijah laid hands on him and “bless him”?

MY PRAYER OF ENCOURAGEMENT: For all you young leaders, I want you to know I am cheering you on. I know what it feels like to desire the blessing. Believe me, the timing of the Lord is perfect. The devil would like to take you out by saying that God doesn’t care, but Jesus Christ has amazing plans for your life that you can’t even imagine.

“Let us as young leaders: stand together, encourage each other and declare that our God reigns!”