Hello friends! I hope you and your children are doing well. Most kids are now back-to-school this last week. Our Esther Prayer Group will start meeting together for corporate prayer again.

It’s important to cleanse and prepare your heart before the work of intercession begins. I find this prayer work to be different compared to when I pray for my own needs, family members or a friend’s requests. It feels like I enter the most holiest inner throne room of Almighty God and I need to be more careful about my heart and intentions. Despite the weightiness that I feel in this place of corporate prayer I also feel that it’s the greatest honor to meet with God in very tangible way for the needs of the people around us. Many times I break down and cry uncontrollably because I feel the pain of the situation and the Holy Spirit groans inside me to utter the petitions in words too. Please don’t be alarmed when praying people cry. It is a holy experience that only happens on earth since there are no more tears and sorrows in heaven.

Hello friends! I hope that you are doing well. I’ve been thinking a lot about this concept called “hard-easy” that I learned from my husband’s business coach several years ago and I believe that I should share this concept with you.

Hello friends! I hope you and your family are doing well. This summer has flown by as expected, which makes me think about the brevity of life. 

Pastor RT Kendall recently delivered messages about hell and heaven. I’ve heard plenty of sermons and even read couple of books about heaven and listened to many testimonies of those who’ve been to heaven. They are always so encouraging. However, Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven during his ministry on earth, to warn us. Therefore I think every Christian should at least hear one biblical message warning us about hell. It is a dreadful topic but this knowledge about hell keeps me from getting into trouble by staying away from willful sin and pride; and staying close to Jesus Christ and his people in the church. Here is the link to his messages delivered at TSC:

https://sermons.tsc.nyc/speaker/r-t-kendall/

Hello friends! Ever since I read a book from Jon Gordon about starting a new year with a word of the year, I’ve been doing this since 2016. Since my new year follows the academic calendar, I spend the summer praying about the new word and a bible verse to anchor my word.

I listened to these podcasts recently and I thought how full of wisdom they are. Please give these a listen and pray about sharing them with the young people in your life or those who are still on the fence about their wholehearted commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord. It is very difficult to truly give lordship to Jesus Christ for many reasons. In my experience, it is a daily decision to submit to Jesus’ lordship. This is the main reason why I start my day in the morning with prayer, repentance and reading God’s word.

Hello friends! I hope and pray that you are all doing well. Summer is sure going fast. Speaking about going fast, our lives are also going fast. This past week I came across two news stories of women in NJ who died at age 71. Since I’m 51, I thought “wow that’s only 20 years away from me.” Whatever years that we have leftover, no one knows except God. One certain thing is that we all will die. I pray that rather than building your house on the sinking sands of this world structure; you are building your house upon the only foundation that holds and matters eternally – Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Hi friends! In case you can use these resources in your life, relationship and ministry. Also, if you can please pray for the requests below, that would be wonderful. Thank you so much.

I hope these resources can help you to strengthen your faith and to share your faith with others. I’m generally looking for opportunities to share my faith with others. I’m not always very brave about sharing but we all must try. Navigators’ ministry offered a very nice and simple guidance on how to explain to someone about the gospel of Jesus Christ and steps to salvation. Please read this short article and download their pdf sheet too.

How to Recognize When Someone is Ready to Hear the Gospelnavigators.org

This morning I woke up with a thought and I’m jotting it down before I forget. Basically it’s a thought that going uphill towards heaven is hard work. While going downhill towards hell is easy. Why did I wake up with this thought from the Holy Spirit? Because I believe it’s from this sharing that I wrote to my prayer group ladies yesterday. Thank you Lord Jesus for this wisdom. 🙏

There is a movie that came out this week on July 4th about a true story of a man who started this organization that rescues children from sexual trafficking. Please check out the movie trailer.

Here is a short interview of the actor who plays the lead role in the movie “Sound of Freedom”. Please let us pray that this movie will have far-reaching impact to combat sexual trafficking of children and vulnerable people worldwide. This quote in the article stands out to me: “The only true antidote to spiritual warfare, Caviezel explained, is a deepening dependence on God.” – https://www.faithwire.com/2023/06/27/more-afraid-of-the-devil-than-they-are-of-god-jim-caviezel-offers-warning-to-modern-day-christians/