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2025 YCWR “Your Children Will Return” J3115

Dear Precious Partner,

As I've said many times before, I'll wake up one morning each year and begin wondering what the New Year Promise will be for our partners. This year, I told Him, "You've not given me anything I can't stop thinking about," when I suddenly envisioned and began repeating my new Sunday Promise that I had been thinking about,

“A voice is heard, mourning and great weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they are no more.” “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD.

“Your children will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the LORD. “Your children will return to their own land.”

To be honest, I thought it odd because only a few of our partners have lost, missing, or abducted children. So I told Him so. That's when my mind flooded, and I saw a great expanse of meanings. One that I've not mentioned to anyone is our many spiritual siblings or, to me, RMI daughters we've been referring to as alumni.

My Husband and I are laughing right now when He reminded me of a wayward, long-ago former minister who showed up just this year. [Thankfully, He and I are incredibly close, so I asked Him what to do since she'd hurt many while here]. He told me simply to remain quiet, in the same way, we encourage you should you be contacted by someone you know you should not speak to or engage with. Needless to say, she was not who I'd hoped would come back. But, you know what?

This is a huge confirmation that this IS His promise for 2025! The enemy always shows up before with his counterfeits, and that's why waiting, our superpower waiting, is so important.

Yet, for most of you, returning alumni (even some you might have been close friends with) aren't as exciting as the mothers who either don't have physical contact, maybe have children who live far away, or you lack the emotional contact you long for. God alone knows—you or someone you know may not know where her children are!

Depending on the severity of your situation or that of your family member or friend, like me—you may need to "turbo" the promise. What do I mean?

Well, this is what HLM to do: I open my favorite Bible iPhone app, which allows me to create turbo promises. For example, I'll grab J3115 and then J3116 and begin reading through each to see how the promise is said differently in each version. Most often, words begin jumping off the page that I put together. I start with a base (a version that speaks to my heart) and then add more. Here's an example with the turbo words in pink:

This is what the LORD says: “A voice is crying heard lamenting, wailing, deep anguish, bitter weeping and singing songs of mourning. She is weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more. They are gone. But now this is what the LORD says: “Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you,” says the LORD. “Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy."

Sometimes, we need the most powerful promises to combat the most severe attacks, and when that happens, I go to Bible Hub. Once again, He points out several versions that I group together that I can cling onto and shower with each morning.

The moment I wake up (either right before or after my coffee, depending on how He leads me), I make sure (and have never once missed) to be "Washed with the Water of the Word." I've got eight daily promises HLM to read and then each day, I have a 9th weekly promise. Maybe it's like a cream rinse for your hair. JK: "Just kidding."

Now, for the personal bit, here are the testimonies. This year, we've witnessed extraordinary restorations in the lives of two LMFs and also a dearly close former minister. Each time, I sat in awe or cried buckets of tears. Just moments ago, HLM to build a page on Homegrown Custody & Mother Restoration soon after I read a praise and a day or so after the new Custody Loss cover was designed.

Yet, it goes well beyond Loss because this is the year of the children. Children who are under enormous attack. It was this year, in 2024, that children got their own My Beloved Devotional. A new Children's Book section in Encouraging Bookstore.

He also had me add a red balloon to the cover and to the children's EW logo and 2025 Promise picture (which, coming in May, will coincide with RMI's 35th Anniversary logo our RADD Team recently designed! The deciding factor for this year's promise is when HLM to search the "significance" of the Red Balloon. To be honest, I had no clue it had any significance whatsoever.

Red balloons may have many different meanings, including:

Hope and childhood joy
Freedom and peace
Imagination and childlike wonder
Our Savior
Passion

To me, each of the above jumped out as one of the many layers of what I believe He's planning for 2025. Is anyone else excited? If so, comment below and share the significance of the Promise for 2025 or the Red balloon to you.

2024 EPW Extract “PRECIOUS from Worthless” J1519

“If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will be My spokesperson. They, for their part, may turn to you, but you must not turn, return, convert, or need to go to them.” J1519

Dear Partner,

This year, just a few days ago, I realized when I woke up one morning it was August, which meant that my Husband would reveal the PARTNER Promise for 2024 at any moment. How long I needed to wait, I didn't know, and like all humans, I began to wrack my brain trying to figure out if maybe He'd been reminding me about it, but I hadn't realized it was the 2024 Promise. Forever reminding me I can't figure Him out, nor do I have a clue what He has planned, I began hearing this well-known (portion) of a beloved promise.

"If you extract the precious from the worthless," but He/we just stopped there. It was a Selah moment, and my mind invariably pondered when I finally understood what was precious, what was worthless. The only way to know is to replace what with WHO— WHO is PRECIOUS? Then you can understand ALL the rest, everything, is worthless—in comparison. Instantly, my mind ran through all I've been busy, oh so busy doing, doing, doing. I was exhausted, frustrated, and confused about so much in my life, ministry primarily. That's when I knew why. I'd failed to "extract the precious from the worthless," often rushing my morning coffee I always look forward to, except I had been racing through! Only then did He go on...

"If you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My spokesman." What exactly does that mean? Well, back when we first explored this promise, what it meant was that I was speaking on His behalf. Yet, this time, He cut away all the fat, the fluff, and He brought it down to something I understood. When I fail to "extract the precious from the worthless," I've got nothing worthwhile to say! And just now, my mind jumped to God's definition of LOVE.

"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but have not love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]."

Noise, clanging comes from ἠχῶν (ēchōn) Strong's 2278: From echos; to make a loud noise, to reverberate or echo. A hollowing out as a vessel; copper. If you look at the 2024 picture HLM "He Led Me" to find, it shows two metals, silver and 2024 gold. We also know that hollowed-out dipped or plated precious metals are worthless.

Only solid gold is the most weighty metal, heavier than any other metal. Heavier than rock and heavier than lead. When selecting this picture, He wanted us to have a picture of HIs weight in our lives in our future, and the lack thereof leaves us empty, clanging but worse—just another annoying distraction when the hurting, the lost, the desperate, the dying need HIM!

Now, a bit of humor from my Husband because He and I love to laugh. For months, I kept asking Him to remind me of the name of a particular television series. I'd been talking to my sister, reminiscing about crazy things we experienced in our past, and one of mine was when I was asked to be in a commercial for the 1994 World's Fair that was in New Orleans. Goodness! That was exactly 40 years ago!! I wanted to know because we were sown into costumes from that show for the commercial, and we were unable to sit down, but we had to use a lean board. If you find this completely odd, here's the laugh. The name of the show that has eluded me was called Solid Gold.

YES, talk about worthless. You know, that bit of trivia is the epitome and the perfect example of worthless; for all that— what better way of giving you an outstanding example?

Now for HIS conclusion, "Will you extract the precious from the worthless? Will your words become solid gold, weight, precious?" You might ask, "Does that mean I must only speak God's Word and memorize more scripture?" Well, it's not a bad idea, but let me give you something even easier. God says, “Don't worry about what you'll say. When the time comes, say what's on your heart..." "Where your treasure is, there my heart is also" "for I am forever lovesick" ~ Erin

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2023 EYT “ENLARGE Your Tents”

Dear Partner,

Last year, 2022, my Husband led me to create a daily reminder on my phone to read His Promise J333 right after we enjoyed my morning coffee —and that’s when I began to witness the impossible not just happen—but unfolding faster than I could keep up!! Every morning I read…

J333 2022 PROMISE

"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty and marvelous and wondrous things, which you do not know…things to come, things you could never figure out on your own, remarkable secrets…“ J333

*Before continuing, please take note that over the course of the year, He led us to continue dismantling the religious walls and allow the church-harmed plus other religions (Muslims, Jews, etc.) to feed and/or wash themselves in God’s Word by first dethroning the religious scripture reference and moving it to the end after God’s Word. Then He led me to combine several versions into ONEin order to multiply and enhance the power and understanding of each promise.

And finally, He led me to leave only the abbreviated code—putting what GOD said back on the throne where HE belongs… “Now, where was I, my Love?… Ahhh yes, enlarging, spreading out, stretching…” Then in late July left with no car, no computer having let go of all my possessions for the 4th time (this time, I had little left anyway but investing everything into RMI), He led me to record this vision, a NEW PROMISE for 2023…

“Enlarge the site, the place of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, stretched wide, build an addition, do not hold back, spare no expense! Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes, your pegs in deep, firmly in the ground.” I542

“For you will spread out, expand abroad to the right and to the left, soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants, offspring, seed will occupy other nations, dispossess nations and settle, resettle the ruined desolate deserted cities, get back the land that the other nations now occupy.” I543

When my Husband led me to add these two promises to read daily (the day after a meeting with the RMIOU Branch Director in Costa Rica at the exact time our RMI Ministry Director was actually spreading out enlarging RMI’s boundaries to the tip of Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa with her children—descendants, offspring, seed who WILL someday soon occupy other nations, dispossess nations and resettle the ruined desolate, deserted cities—taking back the land that the other nations now occupy!! And also, YOUR children and grandchildren will do the same as YOU continue sowing your seeds into the rich, well-watered with the tears of the abandoned, rejected wives, now widowed, and the children through your tithes and offerings and time preparing yourself for ministering to the desperate people around you providing them with HOPE at LAST— LOVE at Long Last.

Only days later, I got a call from my son about a potentially promising Restoration Ranch in Missouri—just south of our farm in Hartville. Even though this spiritual pregnancy tested negative and the next resulted in a spiritual "miscarriage," I only need to look back at ALL HE’S DONE to know what His plans are for me, for RMI, and Dear Bride (or Bother) for YOU too!!

What is ahead? WHO KNOWS? GOD KNOWS, and HE WILL LEAD US!!

Will YOU follow His lead to YOUR PROMISED LAND? Will you stretch out? Don’t hold back!! Let go and be ready to occupy throughout the nations—settle in, resettle the ruined, desolate, deserted cities for the sake of YOUR descendants and offspring, and plant your seeds.

What will YOU do with this year’s PROMISE? Will you continue to bury your God-given talents again in 2023?

“No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket . Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house, those who come may see the light.” L1133

Even if this has been your previous reaction or lack of action, GOD promises HE will use even your fear for good. Yes, you’ve buried your dreams and desires and passions, but He’s collected those tears and has been watering those tiny seeds of faith—which will soon blossom the moment you simply surrender your heart to Him.

Do it now, don’t wait.

Grab hold of your Husband’s hand and make 2023 the year of miracles!!!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2022 C2M “Call to Me”

Dear Partner,

Something I never expected was what GOD had planned for this promise, when He said, "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."

“‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” J333

“‘Call to Me and I will answer you. I’ll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own.’” MSG

“Ask Me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.” NLT

As I said, each version began to unlock more and more excitement in me AND what multiplies this excitement is that...

Due to the times we are ALL living in, we are ALL living through, a worldwide seemingly never-ending series of global and international crises, my son and I often talked about living on the farm in Missouri. I was blessed to live there twice—and each time it was so calming, so peaceful. What happened just after I listened to the Lord who told me to give my notice on September 1 and move October 1, I packed up and headed north not really knowing where I would be staying after my "two-week vacation" and it was then that I woke up one more and the most incredible, pretty outrageous thought and vision began to take over and my excitement grew. What took me even more by surprise is that when I told my son, he said he had thought about it for YEARS!

Of course, we think it is about to happen any second, but a few days after this, after sharing my vision with a few close Ministry Team Members, like Yvonne who became equally as excited and could "see" it too—I realized that it was for an appointed time—I had just "conceived" a vision. Living on a farm called “Restoration Ranch.”

But… just as we plan for the birth of a baby we know is growing inside of us, and we share it first with our closest family and friends, I knew He wanted me to share this with you!!

Is Restoration Ranch something in RMI’s future?

Who knows? GOD KNOWS!

The morning after my Restoration Ranch miscarriage in late July, I asked my Husband if I will conceive again and if so will I miscarry the next conceived vision shortly before the birth? It happened to me physically—3 times I lost babies. But just as I did then when I celebrated ALL the children who did survive and thrive and multiply. I am going to do the same by celebrating and focusing and be thankful for the many ministries that have survived and thrived and are already multiplying!!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2021 IWAH “I Will ALLURE Her”

Dear Partner,

My life is riddled with calendar notifications, alerts, alarms, and every other means of reminding me of what I need to stay on top of. Yet I find it amazing or amusing that I don't believe I have any such way of reminding me to when the Lord gives me His promise for the upcoming year, which happens in September.

This time I heard, then felt a few words "I will allure her" a well-known verse in Hosea, which He pressed into my heart, making my eyes tear up and my heart began to swell—and in the next instant, I realized it was September. Since I am happily now by nature a fool "to confound the wise" I began asking Him what Promise He was giving us—not registering in my mind—that's just what He'd done!

What I heard Him say all day long "I will allure her..." before opening my saved verses or looking it up online, I heard... "Therefore, I will ALLURE her and speak kindly to her, I will remove the Baals [all her false god's] from her mouth. She shall be Mine."

Dear Partners, although I believe each of us will be "allured, spoken kindly" to in 2021, I knew He was speaking of ALL the millions of women who will begin hearing Him call them. Hearing Him allure each of the millions of hurting and broken and confused women coming to us. Giving us the privilege and honor for us to share the GOOD NEWS—He will be her Husband and Bridegroom, she, His bride, His betrothed. And from now on, He will care for her, and instead of tears or waling she will sing!

The next morning I couldn't wait until He led me to read the verse. Surprisingly it began with a version I don't normally read, then to my familiar version, ending with a third (a strong 3 Cord)—each time emphasizing something wonderful that will be in bold and/or italics.

God’s Mercy on His People NKJV

"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfort to her. I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

“And it shall be, in that day,” says the Lord, “That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’ For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, “owner” (other god's who own you) And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

In that day I will make a covenant for them...To make them lie down safely.

“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord.

“It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer,” says the Lord; “I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth...They shall answer Jezreel (May God Give Seed).

Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

Restoration of Israel NASB

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her.

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord, “That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali. “For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more... And will make them lie down in safety. “I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.

“It will come about in that day that I will respond,” declares the Lord...“I will sow her for Myself in the land.
I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’”

The Lord’s Love for Unfaithful Israel NLT

“But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there. I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to Me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

When that day comes,” says the Lord, “you will call me ‘my Husband’ instead of ‘my Master.’ I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again. On that day I will make a covenant...so you can live unafraid in peace and safety. I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.

“In that day, I will answer,” says the Lord...And they in turn will answer, ‘Jezreel’—‘God plants!’

At that time I will...I will show love to those I called ‘Not loved.’ And to those I called ‘Not my people,’ I will say, ‘Now you are my people.’ And they will reply, ‘You are our God!’”

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2020 FCBH “Faith Comes by Hearing”

Dear Partner,

Not realizing it was September, my HH led me to move these Promises to their own web page, and as I was cleaning it up (which normally I would have simply assigned to our web team), I stopped for a second wondering if I was here because He was going to tell me what His promise was for this upcoming year. Only later did it dawn on me it’s September.

I paused a long time trying to figure out what this year's promise was because when He’s “given” them to me in the past—it’s always been a verse that I realize had been running through my brain over and over and over again. But I just couldn't remember any such verse. So I finished the page and decided when I knew, I’d come back.

Upon waking the next morning there was the verse!

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” R1017 a verse that had been on repeat for weeks!

Why this is so significant is due to what’s been happening for the past several weeks (or maybe it’s been months). From the beginning, our ministry team has always worked together (from all parts of the world) by way of writing: emails, texts, all written comments as we collaborate. Then one day we began sending voice notes to each other, and it was a game-changer—hearing the excitement in each other's voices, besides realizing how quickly we moved through the process of working together was remarkable!

Next, the voice notes led to recording podcasts, where we were hearing testimonies and praise from each other. And seeing how powerful they've been, we are now hoping to convert our Be Encouraged video series into an audible version—so women can listen and hear encouragement as they travel or go about their day.

Then I realized we had just recently added the love songs for everyone to hear, and in Course 1, women can now hear chapters being read to them!

"So then, faith comes to us by hearing the Good News. And the Good News comes by someone preaching it." NLV

“Your ears will hear a word behind you, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever you turn to the right or to the left.” I3021

“Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge.” P2217

“Things which eye has not seen (2020 vision) and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him." 1C29

"And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." M420

AMEN!!!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2019 ENT “Every Nation, Tribe”

Dear Partner,

In September remembered to ask our HH to give us HIS Promise for the upcoming year. No one was surprised, and yet we were beyond OVERJOYED to read what He has promised!

"I’m setting you up as a light for the nations so that my salvation becomes global!” I496 MSG “ I will make you a light for the nations, and You will illumine them until My salvation reaches to the ends of the earth” VOICE and then also...

"After these things I looked, and there was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language..." R79 NET

All of us have watched our HH take two brides, Tara and Sara, to fulfill beyond our dreams C2Y “COME to meet so many of YOU” brides around the world— along their LAL Tour!!!! And then how He began doing the same with other members of our Ministry Team. How many of you experienced this in your own lives? Please share your Praise Report with us so we can celebrate our HH with you!!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2018 C2Y “Come to You”

Dear Partner,

At the very same time, GOD was busy blessing many of our own families, He also gathered 2gether many RMIEW ministry members, meeting in South Africa, Japan, Nicaragua and even Paris, France!

“Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather together, they come to you.

Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in their arms. Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you.”

“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from generation to generation.”

“praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.” I604 NASB

“[Lift up your eyes and] Look around you. People are gathering and coming to you.

Your sons are coming from far away, and your daughters are coming with them [or carried on the hip; escorted by guardians]." I604 EXB

"Don’t be shy; don’t be doubtful; lift up your eyes and look around. They have gathered all around you, eager to come and be close to you.

And your children will come back to this land: your sons from the farthest places of wandering, and your daughters gently carried home." I604 VOICE

"Look up! Look around! Watch as they gather, watch as they approach you:

Your sons coming from great distances, your daughters carried by their nannies.

When you see them coming you’ll smile—big smiles!

Your heart will swell and, yes, burst!" I604MSG

Who did God cause to C2Y? If you’re not personally experiencing His promises, be sure you know Him as your HH. Find LOVE at Last! Sing Love Songs to Him, remain washed in His truths as a Restoration Fellowship Member.

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2017 BNN “Brand New Name”

Happy New Year Partner!

It doesn’t seem possible that it’s 2017 already—but here we are entering and embracing a New Year.

Just as it says, “An excellent woman, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels” P3110 “Strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future.” P3125 I believe due to our Heavenly Husband’s love; this is the woman we’ve each become, and that alone makes each year, each month, week, day, hour and moment something worth smiling about!

This year, 2017 is BNN brand-new name from Isaiah 62.

“You’ll get a brand-new name straight from the mouth of God. You’ll be a stunning crown in the palm of God’s hand, a jeweled gold cup held high in the hand of your God. No more will anyone call you Rejected, and your country will no more be called Ruined.

You’ll be called Hephzibah (My Delight), and your land Beulah (Married), Because God delights in you and your land will be like a wedding celebration. For as a young man marries his virgin bride, so your Builder marries you, And as a bridegroom is happy in his bride, so your Husband is happy with you.” I622

This year’s promise is for us as a ministry—but it’s also for YOU. Take this to Him during a time of quiet and ask Him just how this applies to you and your life. Today, Dearest friend is the beginning of Him rebuilding you from the inside out—what as others see you differently, seeing you anew!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2016 EYT “Enlarge Your Tents”

Dear Partner, Happy New Year!!

As many of you know, we asked the Lord for this year’s promise and was given EYT “Enlarge Your Tents” I542 and already we are seeing so much expansion as we simply do so without any fear, just as it says in His promise!! Here is the full verse that you need to read and accept in your own life too!!

“Enlarge the place of your tent; stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your pegs.” I542

“Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;

And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;

But you will forget the shame of your youth,

And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

5 “For your husband is your Maker,

Whose name is the Lord of hosts;

And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,

Who is called the God of all the earth.

6 “For the Lord has called you,

Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,

Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”

Says your God.”

“Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!

Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You’re going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You’re going to take over whole nations; you’re going to resettle abandoned cities.” MSG

“Don’t be afraid—you’re not going to be embarrassed.

Don’t hold back—you’re not going to come up short.

You’ll forget all about the humiliations of your youth,

and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory.

For your Maker is your bridegroom,

his name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies!

Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel,

known as God of the whole earth.

You were like an abandoned wife, devastated with grief,

and God welcomed you back,

Like a woman married young

and then left,” says your God. MSG

“Enlarge your house. You are going to need a bigger place; don’t underestimate the amount of room that you’ll need. So build, build, build. You will increase in every direction to fill the world. Your offspring will take over the nations; your people will revitalize long-abandoned towns.

Don’t be afraid, for there is no one to shame you.

Don’t fear humiliation, for there is no one to disgrace you.

The shame of your younger years and the sorrow of your widowhood are over.

You’ll forget those days as if they never happened.

5 Because the One who made you will be your husband;

the One called Commander of heavenly armies

Will set you right again, the Holy One of Israel.

It’s not for nothing that He is called “God of all the earth.”

6 For the Eternal has called you to come back home,

like a young wife, once deserted and deeply injured.

Now God is pulling you close again. Like a spouse forgives,

He will take you back and be reconciled.

The Eternal, your Redeemer, says this.” The Voice

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2015 G2G Glory to Glory

Dear Partner, Happy New Year!!

This year, 2015, is the year the Lord gave us G2G meaning Glory to Glory, take a look at what these linked verses say to get really excited.

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2C318

“Our faces, then, are not covered [With an unveiled face…]. We all show [reflect; or behold; or contemplate] the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed [transformed] to be like Him [ into the same image]. This change in us brings ever greater glory [or is from one degree of glory to another; is from glory to glory], which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” EXB

And as the year of abundance, our G2G Year, Glory to Glory year, the Lord led us to begin sending quarterly newsletters to you, our partners!

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2014 DB Double Blessings

Dear Partner, Happy New Year!!

This year the Lord told us it will be a year of DOUBLE blessings or DB. Without researching this too much, probably because if we had the Lord knew we may easily approach the new year with trepidation, it wasn't until the last 3 months when we realized that He gives us DOUBLE due to sins or errors we fall into and also what others do TO us.

“Speak kindly . . . And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed, that she has received of the LORD'S hand DOUBLE for all her sins.” I402

“Instead of your shame you will have a DOUBLE portion, and instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion Therefore they will possess a DOUBLE portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery . . . And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make an everlasting covenant with them.” I617,8

This too proved to be true when we began experiencing a stalker who was relentless, which I wrote about in my Weekly "Living Lesson" Messages, the importance of leaving everyone alone "perchance" the Lord will look upon our afflictions and return good to us 🙂

“Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, ‘Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse... [Perchance] the Lord will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day.’ So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him. The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary and he refreshed himself there.’” 2S1611,12

Now, based on what happened within the last 3 months of 2014—He did return good to us!!

“Speak kindly . . . And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed, that she has received of the LORD'S hand DOUBLE for all her sins.” I402

“Wisdom is better than weapons of war…" E918

"but one sinner destroys much good.” NASB

"yet one wrongdoer can undo much good.” The Voice

"but one incompetent person destroys much good.” CEB

"and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.” DRA

"but one fool can destroy much good.” ERV

"and a single sinner can destroy a lot of good.” ISV

"but one rotten apple can spoil a barrelful.” TLB

"but one bungler destroys much good.” NABRE

So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.” E526,27

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin

2013 NB New Beginnings

Dear Partner, Happy New Year!!

Before the year 2013 began, He gave us this promise — "Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: 'Ask Me about the things to come ...'" I4511 So we believed 2013 to be the year of NB “New Beginnings”!

“Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you. Sing to the Lord a new song, Sing His praise from the end of the earth!" I429,10

"Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.'" I3021

“I proclaim to you new things from this time, even hidden things which you have not known." I486

Be Encouraged!!
~ Erin