Tony Francis's Blog, page 31
October 13, 2020
The seasons have changed!
By Cheryl Shepherd
This past season has been a whirlwind of ups and downs, wrongs and rights, perhaps a search for a deeper meaning or just prayers for the strength to hold on and navigate the stormy waters!
Through all of the confusion of this past season, I won’t pretend to understand the purpose or meaning of it all, but what has become clear is the many things that seem to have overshadowed the former peace and security we once enjoyed as a nation.
As we grasp for understanding of the...
October 12, 2020
Dreams of Comfort for the Brokenhearted
By Cheryl Shepherd
Have you ever received a dream that you knew was from God for the purpose of providing comfort during a particularly desperate time? If you’re a skeptic, based on my studies in Psychology and Sociology, I certainly would have agreed before my mind was changed by a very incredible dream.
I was recently reminded, while listening to a story told by evangelist Perry Stone, of how drastically my mind was changed.
Perry spoke of a dream he had about a child that he and his wife...
October 8, 2020
Experiencing Grief
By Cheryl Shepherd
Grief is such a strange thing. It seems to know just how much we can handle of it before we will crumble beneath it’s weight.
It shows up suddenly and ever so quietly leaving a wake of shocking raw emotion, then…dissipates into a million pieces, attached to the memories it came with and returning us once again to our previous state…
-numbness
-denial
-anger
-fear
-regret
…but little by little, doing the job it came to accomplish – forcing us to heal – forcing us to take o...
August 17, 2020
Jesus the River
Rivers are a shadow of Jesus. When God made rivers, he was thinking about how to display the glory of the Son in this form of expression. Before a river was for drinking, swimming, calming, or any activity, it was to unlock a facet in the Son of God.
Why am I talking about rivers today? Am I bankrupt with other topics? Not at all. The Holy Spirit is highlighting it to me to speak to you about today. You will never be the same! You may be saying, oh my God, this is crazy, how can a river chan...
July 1, 2020
June 15, 2020
Heroes of Holiness Will Arise!
By Robert Hotchkin
As we come into the new era of this new year, God is inviting His people into something that He’s been very intentionally leading up to for more than two decades.
For well over 20 years now, God has been pouring out a revelation of His Father’s heart along with the tangible reality of His certain love. This has been one of the main messages and manifestations of charismatic Christianity since heaven invaded the earth through the Toronto Outpouring in early 1994. It has ...
Kool-Aid And A Cookie
By Kay Franklin
One of my fondest memories from childhood is the cup of kool-aid and a cookie that I would get on Tuesdays after attending Mrs. Butler’s bible class. Mrs. Butler would share a bible story, kool-aid, and a cookie one day each week after school with a room full of elementary school students. It was a highlight for us. As I reflect on those days when we would make our way to her house, I’m grateful to have such a memory to share. I wonder where the other children are now and if...
June 1, 2020
She killed him then he killed her
When Elijah the prophet fled because he got scared of Jezebel’s threatening to take his life, he became tired, drained, depressed, and suicidal but it started with fear. Then God met him on the mountain in the cave, and asked him what are you doing here Elijah? He asked him that twice and twice was the same answer.
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I ...
May 26, 2020
3 Things Every Christian Must Know During COVID-19
By Robert Hotchkin
We are in the midst of some really interesting and challenging times. There is all sorts of information, theory, confusion, opinion and conjecture swirling about in regards to this COVID-19 CCP Coronavirus pandemic.
Some voices are shouting that the virus is a man-made conspiracy meant to “thin the herd” with a bio-weapon. Other voices are barking that it is a natural occurrence and evidence that the earth is trying to “shake off” humanity so it can rebalance its ecosyst...
