From Dr. Shelia's Desk

Hello Friends,
I hope you all are having a great summer! Summer yes, but not for long; time passes so quickly! With only 3 months to go we are gearing up for our annual, Experiencing Revival Crusade...This year's theme is, "The Awakening!" To be honest, it seems like it took forever getting a theme for this crusade. I pray earnestly for the right direction and then what guest speakers would assist the focus that I feel God would have us take. The Awakening is strong in my spirit, as I believe we are past needing a wake up call! Our Country right now is in a very critical state. Everywhere you go people are talking about what is going to happen.....have you noticed there is no "good news!" I will agree that it looks like an impossible feat even for God! Our Country has never been in as much debt as it is at present. How did this mess happen? Who has the answers? This is only one issue facing us as Americans.......This is one of the reasons I felt so strongly about this theme. God is the only answer for our dilemma as a Nation and as a Christian. The church must stand up and take her rightful place.....I truly believe if the church would wake up the world around us would see a nation that is led by God and only God can win a victory for us.....King David....in the Word of God, time and time again faced many obstacles, enemies and failure....Yet despite all, he knew where his strength came from. He was victorious only when he obeyed the direction of the Lord. While revival is happening in many places, still the church as a whole is desperately in need of a "Holy Ghost Shaking!" Only then will we see things begin to turn around. My prayer is that God will use this crusade as a wake up call for all of us.....We so need God's presence and power to fill us to radically moving out and conquering the enemy! Are you READY for A MOVE of GOD like never BEFORE!!!!!!! Seek Him while He may be found.....time is running out....Let's do this thing!!!
Blessings,
Dr. Shelia

WOMEN ON A MISSION

God is amazing and certainly has a lot of faith in us at times to carry out brand new assignments. After the crusade in the fall I had decided that I would take a break and not do a crusade at all in the Spring. Generally we do a crusade somewhere out of state. The key word here is "I" decided, not the Lord. He reminded me quickly that He had not given me that command, but was directing me to do something that I had never done. Crusades I love, but they are always for the entire body of Christ. Now, I felt the Lord directing me to present a crusade just for "women." It was partly inspired by some wonderful women that God has allowed me to know. I kept hearing statements like, "Please have something just for us girls. Let's have a girl crusade!" After taking this thought to the Lord in prayer I immediately felt the direction to proceed with this new and yet exciting assignment. Never doing a "women's thing" I wondered just what the Lord had in store. It wasn't long before the theme came and everything proceeded to follow. It has been a blast preparing for this crusade. Women are a special species with very special needs. And, we women need those times when we can just have "girl time!" I want to encourage you ladies to make plans to attend this awesome weekend. We are going to laugh, cry and enter into the presence of the LORD. I don't know what all the Lord has in store for us, but I do know it's going to be super exciting!!!! Great music, dynamic word, extraordinary testimonies and much more.......The deadline is MARCH 18TH So, hurry and get registered. I really hope you'll join us!!! Remember....Every Woman has a MISSION!!!!! See you there!!

Dr. S

"ON THE ROAD"

It's nothing like being home, but after awhile, my husband even says, "time to get to work, my Love!" He's so right, I detest being too idle. I feel like I am useless although even home I stay extremely busy. On the Road in January is a risk because you never know what the weather may be like. Candace, my armor bearer and me arrived in Missouri Friday morning, Jan. 28th after driving from Virginia all night. It was an easy drive, just long! We were beginning revival at Brookside Church in Branson, Missouri. Pastor Kevin and Cindy Reich are long time friends and pastor a great church. They have been hosting, "God Encounter" weekends for several months which gathers people from miles around to come corporately to seek God and "have church!" Pastor Kevin and I had been praying about me coming to be a part of this continuing revival but being so far away posed a problem. Timing certainly plays the biggest role in being somewhere......Finally we got here, and Sunday morning when I arrived for the service, I was taken back by the "anticipation and hunger" that the people displayed. It was so exciting to finally be somewhere where people were set past go! And go, we did! Sunday morning was wonderful, we came back to a church full of hungry people on Sunday night. The Lord certainly did not disappoint us! HE CAME! His glory filled the house, as many were touched by God's presence. So beautiful was the blessings being poured out upon people that longed to be changed. Can I tell you this is the environment I long for! As a Revivalist, it is a continual search for times when God comes, takes full control, we get out of the way and HE does what HE does best......."CHANGE PEOPLE!" On Monday the weather forecast was looking grim......with a blizzard on the way? It was blowing our mind......" God you have got to be kidding.....I come all the way to Branson to become a part of a revival that is building and now SNOW!!!!" Needless to say I was so disappointed....WE had church on Monday night.....people came even though they were expecting all this bad weather. Branson has not had a forecast of this caliper since the 1800's.....go figure!!! Because revival had broken out, Pastor Kevin decided to extend the meetings, but when we woke up Tuesday morning ,it was to an inch of ice followed by 3-4 inches of fresh snow.....Well, Branson is not accustomed to snow, so there was no road preparation or snow plows. Not to mention the temperatures were someone around 5-9 degrees! Ok, so for 3 days we were unable to have revival services. As for Candace and me we have been well taken care of....a beautiful apartment and food being brought in by the church members...they are wonderful! So where are we now?.....Well...Church tonight, Saturday evening and Sunday AM....then on to New Life Temple, in Holliser, MO with Pastor Bruce Haynes. I am blessed to have two churches here that I love! Both Pastor's and congregations are certainly worth the drive to Branson. So, I would ask you all to pray for us.....Monday me and Candace need to head back to Virginia.......Can't wait until Spring!!!!(Smile).....We need a major THAW!!!!

Blessings,
Dr. S

A New Year!

Happy New Year! January is here and so is the nice cold weather! I know the snow and cold is not a favorite to a lot of people, but I really like Winter. I love the snow and the beauty of that first blanket of white when everything seems still and quite. January is the month for me to refocus, regroup, re-energize and plan ahead. It's funny that at the beginning for a new year, no matter the extreme difficulties there just seems to be a new found hope for a new year. I want to say, "Hey just because the calender tells us it's 2011...all the "stuff" in 2010 just rolled over with you!" Well it did, but the word, "new" gives us a sense of motivation that challenges us to begin again. It helps us to take on a new perspective to the situation. It's as if the slate has been wiped clean and we have another chance to do this thing! Well, I say whatever it takes to keep us moving forward is, okay. I must admit......January is like leaving all those mistakes, failures and unsuccessful events in the past. Whatever Satan has thrown into your path, just jump over it and keep moving!!!! NEVER allow your past to dictate your future....it's all a game .......a device that Satan himself knows too well. So..... how do we begin again? Forget what is behind...........All it takes is a made up mind! That's it! Just make up your mind that this is going to be a great year! Simple!....Make that your goal and move from there........With God on our side, whatever this new year brings, we'll get through it!!! I wish for you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Blessings Abundant,
Dr. S