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Calvary Women's Leadership

Getting ready for this year’s Hosea bible study!

Meet this year’s Calvary Women’s Leadership and Bible Study Group Leaders! We are ready to meet you, pray with you and support you this year as we go through the book of Hosea together. Join us this year for an in-depth look at Hosea. For details about bible study and how to register, click here. God bless you! We’ll see you soon.

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Protecting Yourself and Your Children

Watch this very important video with Michelle Randall and Morgan Beeler about protecting yourself and children. Watch until the end for a special segment on self-protection. God bless you!

“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Genesis 6:5. Ladies, it’s hard to ignore the chaos, lawlessness and willful sin in our nation. We wanted to spend some time to help you be aware of how to protect yourself and the children who are in your care against a growing danger. Kidnapping and trafficking isn’t limited to big cities. It is happening more and more in our neighborhoods, where we may feel safer and less on-guard. Thank you to our special guest, Morgan Beeler for sharing about her children’s almost-abduction story in a Target store to bring awareness to this growing problem in our neighborhoods.

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REVIVED 2020

See the REVIVED gallery and watch the event sessions here.

REVIVED 2020 was beyond words. Praise God for showing up big time! And thank you to my fellow sisters and teachers, Patti Height, Gail Mays, and Sandi Stauffer for having my same heart. One heart, 4 bodies.

I knew it before but have come to realize it even more that the CHURCH must be together right now! It’s vital for the health of the believer! As iron sharpens iron, so one friend sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

I was so blessed to see and hear the response of hundreds of women to the worship and the Word. As we waited on the Lord, the women responded by recommitting their lives to Jesus, surrendering burdens, laying down idols and exchanging wills (ours for His).

God did an amazing work and the women left REVIVED! We can’t wait to do it again.

-Michelle Randall

View the photo gallery and videos of each session below.

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REVIVE US O’ LORD

Revive us, O Lord.

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“REVIVE US O’LORD Psalm 143:11

Something has happened recently—something more than covid, quarantine, and riots.

God is at work in the midst of all of this, refining hearts, removing sin and drawing people to Him by many different vehicles. In the last week I’ve heard of more people having dreams of Jesus, visions of Jesus, and experiencing the miracles of Jesus than I can remember. Acts 2:17-18 tells us of these things; “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”

It appears that we’re living in the last days that Acts talks about, where God is pouring out His Spirit upon those who are asking for it. He is reviving hearts, restoring lives and renewing joy. To Revive someone is to return to consciousness or life, to become active or flourishing again. Revival happens when God's people are prepared. It happens when we are ready for it, asking for it and expecting it. It happens when we have tender hearts and humble spirits. We can't orchestrate a revival, it’s a work of God. Our job is to pray and wait for it.

Realizing that we are sinners in need of a Savior is the first step towards revival. Repenting of our sin and receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior follows. A desire for the truth of His Word (living, loving and learning it) should also be present along with obeying it. Asking, pleading and waiting on God in prayer should follow, and a pouring out of God’s Spirit on the church is what occurs.

This is a unique time in our history. God is desiring to do a greater work in and through the church if we are prepared for it. The problem is that not many are prepared. We’ve been forced to be home,scattered and alone. Sheep were never meant to be alone. We are a flock needing to be lead by a shepherd. Instead the church has been home isolated from others and vulnerable to the attacks from the enemy. We’ve become lazy instead of expectant. Jesus told His disciples to go and wait for the Helper. Not fully understanding what it was that they were waiting for they obeyed and eagerly waited on God together for 10 days and then it happened—power fell upon them as fire from God. (Acts 2:3).

One of the things that stands out to me in the book of Acts is that revival came to the church when they were together not apart. The Spirit fell when they were together, the apostles performed many signs and wonders when they were together, they continued together in the Word, prayer and fellowship.

Revival is contagious. It starts with one tender hearted, obedient, humble person and quickly spreads to others. The question is “do you want it?” If so, ask for it , seek God for it, prepare your heart, turn from sin,humble yourself, obey God’s Word, get with God’s people, and He will do it.

Revival starts with me, and you! It starts with the individual and then spreads. Why not be the one. Be the changed one in your home and trust the Lord to spread the love! Submit to Jesus, surrender your life and seek His face and you will be changed. The number one sign of being Born Again is CHANGE. And the number one sign of a personal revival is a RENEWED LIFE. How’s your life? Is there a renewed passion? A joy is the Lord? An excitement to hear His Word and obey it? A dependence upon the Holy Spirit and a desire for more of Him?

God is on the move and He’s looking for those that are strong and loyal to Him. He’s looking for you! “The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” 2 Chronicles 16:9

-Michelle Randall

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Titus 2 Devotion - May 26, 2020

We as believers shouldn’t strive or strain to be seen, heard or noticed.

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Oswald Chambers said;” The people that influence the most are not those who buttonhole(draw attention to) and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold us.”

As I read this I thought to myself; “Stars don’t try to be seen, they just are.They don’t have to shine, they just do—and lilies don’t strain to be beautiful they just are. Likewise, we as Believers don’t need to strive or strain to be seen, heard or noticed.

When we are rightly related to the Lord we automatically shine brightly for Him. We stand out amongst the darkest sky, and the most beautiful valley.

The world is watching us, looking for someone who will point them in the right direction, give them instruction, guidance—give them hope in a hopeless world. We, the Church have the answer—we have HOPE. Our HOPE is in JESUS the author and finisher of our faith(Hebrews 12:2). We hold the roadmap in our hands and we have the potential to influence the world in a bright and beautiful way. God has given us a unique opportunity—FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!!! Are you taking advantage of your opportunities to share JESUS with the world around you? Are you shining bright for Him? Standing out amongst the rest? The most influential person in all History JESUS CHRIST lives inside you—what are you doing with Him?

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1

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