Last week, I was thinking about the new year, about goals, desires, all the usual things I mull over at the start of the new year, and I was telling the Lord that I really want this to be the year that I choose to believe His word. Totally. 100%. He says to us "put me in to the test", and I really want to do just that. God's Word is so powerful, and let's face it, if there is anything that we Episcopalians and so many other denominational people admit, it is that we do not know the Word of God. This is why people don't know how to believe God, or what to believe about situations they face, and will believe most anything our culture is putting out right now. The Scripture says in Psalms 119:92,

"If your law (WORD) had not been my delight, I should have perished…."

The Word is our Shield and our protection. As Christians in this world, we are UTTERLY HELPLESS WITHOUT IT.

Last year God set me free from roots of rejection. He transformed my life! This year I want to continue to walk in that new found freedom and learn how to stay free. It is our nature to want easy answers, quick fixes; however, there are no short cuts in the kingdom. Becoming a disciple takes commitment. The most powerful thing we have to commit to is His Word! Joshua did! He meditated day and night on the Word and God gave him the promised land in 6 ½ years. He was a strong warrior with great prosperity in God's purposes at age 81. Why? The Word!

One of the consequences of Original Sin is feeling isolated or rejected. WE feel weak and afraid. "No one really likes me. I feel so alone, etc." The big "I" in sIn. Our focus shifts from our relationship with God to ourselves, and our fallen nature, "the flesh" tries to resurrect itself. That's why Paul said, "I die daily" (1 Cor 15:31). How do we die daily? How do we stay free from these thoughts that assail us? WE take every thought captive to the knowledge (obedience) of Christ. (2 Cor 10:5) WE choose to believe God's Word! We renew our minds daily in the Scriptures. Sometimes, several times a day! A metamorphosis takes place as we renew our minds - we are transformed into the image of Christ! Can anything be more exciting, more wonderful than that?

Beth Moore recommends "Truth cards." I have been using them for sometime now and I see the Word changing my heart. You make them yourself. These are 3x5 spiral index cards that you purchase in any office supply. They are a wonderful way to keep our minds renewed. Whatever your are dealing with, there is a solution in Scripture. Find out what God says about it. Write down one or two verses on each card, with chapter and verse. Carry this with you everywhere you go. When you are stopped at t traffic light, instead of fuming about how long the traffic light is, or when your' waiting forever in a grocery store checkout line, having a coffee break at work, waiting for your spouse to get ready ( and you are already late!) etc. - you get my drift - pull out the cards and pray the Word. Thank God for working that truth into your life. There will come the day when we realize that Truth has set us completely free, and we reflect it to everyone we meet! Hallelujah!

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2008

August 22-23
Alpine, Texas
OSL Conference
Contact Thelma Hoyle for information
1-432-837-2088

September 5-6
Plainview, TX
Harvest Christian Fellowship
contact: Alecha Sheppard
alecha@harvest
christianfellowship.org

September 21-24
Shrinemont
Orkney Springs, VA
contact: John Harler 
jharler@verizon.net

October 3-4
St Alban's Church
3001 Wisconsin Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20016
contact: Jim Cantwell
jcantwell@cox.net

October 17-19
La Porte, TX
St. John's Episcopal Church
Contact: Sandi Harris
281-471-0383
sandi@stjohn-laporte.org

October 24-25
Christ Healing Center
135 W. Olmos,
San Antonio, TX
Contact: Hope 210-930-7760
Region V- OSL Healing Conference
Please register!! Space is limited
Speakers: Norma Dearing, Healing Touch Ministries and
William Standish Reed, MD

November 14-16
Del Rio, TX
St. James Episcopal Church
OSL Healing Conference
Contact:  Diane Pattison
830-774-5286
t6airplane@yahoo.com

2009

January 10-11
Houston. TX
Healing Mission
Mission Bend United Methodist Church

February 2-7
Cruise Your Blues Away!
A women’s healing retreat at sea. (spouses are welcomed)
Anna Marie Leading &
Angela Nelson of The 4th Voice providing
Praise and Worship!
Click here for registration form    

February 20-22
Lake Havasu, AZ
OSL Healing Mission
Contact: Jim Wright
928-453-8404 (h)
jimgloriawright@aol.com

March 6-8
Hudson, FL
OSL Healing Mission
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
The Church is north of Tampa, about 40 miles and is located on the coast just
north of Tarpon Springs, Fl.
The church office phone #:  (727) 863-8560. 
Fax #: (727) 862-9275. 
Email address:  stmartins123@aol.com  
www.stmartinshudsonfl.org. 
Our Order of St. Luke Chaplain: Fr. Fred Scharf
fred.scharf@verizon.net

March 13-14
San Antonio, TX
Christ Healing Center
OSL Mission
WE host: Speakers: Don Jaeger and The Rev. Nigel Mumford
Come hear Don’s awesome testimony of  healing from Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Please register!! Space is limited!
Call: Hope 210-930-7760

April 24-25
Philadelphia area
Healing Conference
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church