Mercy Multiplied

“Mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.”  Jude 1:2

Father in Heaven, Lord, we ask for You to multiply the mercy, peace and love of Deeper Still.  We ask for you to expand Deeper Still.  We ask for You to multiply healing of those wounded from abortion to across the nation and the world.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Sobs interrupted by gasps of breath filled the car as we left the event. 

We had just left a fundraising event for a local crisis pregnancy center.  The guest speaker was Pam Tebow.  The crowd listened intently as she shared her powerful testimony.  The doctors had encouraged her to abort her son due to health reasons.  She chose life.  As a result, Tim Tebow was born.  Tim Tebow is the famous football player known for writing scripture under his eyes and his bold kneel for Christ. 

I left the event broken and desperate.  Sobbing all the way home in the car.  That night I wondered the “what ifs” and the “what ifs” broke me. 

God had been leading me on a journey of healing my abortion wounded heart for the past 20 years and I have to admit, up until that night I felt pretty good and healed.  I didn’t see the need to go any deeper.  I thought, “I’m good right where I am.”

However, that night my heart whispered more.  God spoke to me during the event and said, “It is time.  It is time to go deeper.”

Three weeks later, He led me to the Deeper Still ministry through a friend and I attended the Deeper Still Ministry training two months later.  God led me deeper and drastically changed my life.

In a little over a week, Deeper Still will have a training meeting to teach others how to minister to those wounded from abortion.  People from across the nation will gather to learn how to start a Deeper Still chapter or will come seeking knowledge not knowing the end of their endeavor.

 

God is multiplying His mercy, peace and love.  Thank you for joining us in prayer as He multiplies His Kingdom.   

Between His Shoulders

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him, who shelters him all the day long; and he shall dwell between His shoulders.”  Deuteronomy 33:12

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that Deeper Still dwells in safety by You.  Thank you for sheltering Deeper Still and that the Deeper Still team rests between Your shoulders.  We also pray for all the Deeper Still participants, that You would shelter them and nestle them between Your loving shoulders as You work in their lives.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Today I watched as my seven year old daughter played with her seven month old cousin.  As he sat up, wobbly and unsteady, she went behind him.  She lovingly supported his back, his head resting between her shoulders.  She surrounded him to keep him from falling, protecting him.

 

What a beautiful picture of how the Lord also protects His beloved.   We may be wobbly and at times unsteady.  However, He envelopes His children with loving arms, and keeps us nestled safely between His shoulders.

 

Nestle up to the Lord and find rest, protection, comfort and care.  There is no place I’d rather be than resting between His shoulders, in His arms of love.  

The Lord is Our Battlement

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory;  no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly."  Psalms 84:11 

Father, we thank You that You are Deeper Still's sun and shield.  Father, we thank you that you give grace and glory to the Deeper Still Ministry Team and that You do not withhold any good thing.  Thank you Lord that You protect the team members of Deeper Still and surround them as a battlement.   In Jesus' Name, Amen.  

"The Lord God is a sun and shield."   The word "sun" in the original Hebrew is shemesh and it can mean brilliant, shining, or battlement. 

Battlement?  

A battlement is the top part of a castle.  They were used as protective agents during attack.   On towers or building tops, the flat roof is used as the protected fighting platform. 

The Lord God shines brilliantly and surrounds us as a battlement and shield to support us and protect us especially during battle! 

In one week, the Deeper Still team will join together to fight the forces of darkness on behalf of the 10 participants coming for the summer retreat.  

Thank you for joining us in prayer in fighting the battle to regain the ground from the enemy in each of these ladies' lives. 

Thank you, Lord, for these prayer partners you have brought to support Deeper Still Ministry in prayer. Lord, I thank you that you are their sun and shield.  Thank you that you give grace and glory and withhold no good thing from them as they walk uprightly with you.   In Jesus' Name, Amen.