by Carolyn Rice | Feb 28, 2018 | words
“There have been things spoken over you,” my friend said as we prayed. She felt these ungodly words were hindering my everyday life. Those who abused me had spoken awful things, and the words had penetrated my heart, seeping down into my very being, leaving me wracked...
by Carolyn Rice | Feb 21, 2018 | healing |
When you are hurting, it can be hard to imagine ever being happy again, let alone joyful. I remember someone saying to me, “The joy of the Lord is your strength” (See Nehemiah 8:10 ). I was so far from joyful, I didn’t feel strong at all. In fact, I felt the farthest...
by Carolyn Rice | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
You are God’s Valentine. He loves you so much He can’t keep His eyes off of you (Psalm 139). He has your name written on the palm of His hands (Isaiah 49:16). He can’t stop thinking about you (Psalm 8:4). And He is filled with such great love for you...
by Carolyn Rice | Feb 7, 2018 | healing
It nearly swallowed me whole. The emotional and spiritual pain became my sole focus. I prayed about the pain, cried to God about it, and then talked about it to anyone who would listen. I was really searching for someone, anyone to help me. You, like me, may have been...
by Carolyn Rice | Jan 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Often, when you have suffered abuse, you feel the most alone when you are with people. It’s hard to come out of yourself. You’ve been trained to hide, to not allow yourself to be vulnerable before others. When the church we went to started talking about getting...
by Carolyn Rice | Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
I did it every day. After I took my kids to school in the morning, I turned on some worship music in my kitchen, and while nobody was home but me, I belted out songs of worship and spent time with the Lord. Sometimes I cried, bringing Him my tears. Sometimes I was...
by Carolyn Rice | Jan 17, 2018 | spiritual growth |
As soon as I opened my Bible I felt the oppression come. There was definitely something that did not want me to be in the Word. At the time, I did not know what it was, but I now know that because of the doors that had been opened to the enemy (the devil) in my past,...
by Carolyn Rice | Jan 10, 2018 | Forgiveness, healing |
Every time I went to church, the wound in my heart ached a little more. Week after week I saw the people that hurt me serving in ministry like nothing had happened. Leadership had been told, had even been apologetic, and yet, nothing. Sadly, for some people, churches...
by Carolyn Rice | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sleep was not coming. Again. Night after night I struggled with fear and anxiety. An oppression hung over my home, and I swore I could hear things like someone walking around my room when there was no one there. I was afraid to talk to anyone about it, thinking they’d...
by Carolyn Rice | Dec 20, 2017 | healing |
The speaker in chapel that morning instructed us to close our eyes, and ask God to speak to us about our situation. As I sat quietly, a picture came to mind. I stood in the midst of a graveyard, yet instead of people, the names on the graves were things I had...
