Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A Message from Beth...
Dear Sisters,
I can hardly wait to see you at our Deeper Still conference this weekend! I am not kidding when I tell you that I've never failed to see God show up with a stunning outpouring in North Carolina or South, for that matter! I've never quite been able to put my finger on why! Often Travis, the team and I see God's mightiest outpourings in some of the smaller areas where people have far fewer events to attend. They are desperate for worship and revelation and, because God delights in that kind of anticipation, they usually get it. The part of the country where we're gathering this weekend, however, is a center notch on the proverbial "Bible belt" yet I've seen God do some of the wildest things there. To be seasoned - but UNSPOILED - followers of Christ is a rare and wonderful trait only the Holy Spirit can explain. I can hardly wait to see what He'll do now.
I am so honored to serve beside my dear friends and co-laborers, Priscilla and Kay. I deeply respect both of them and my own walk with Christ is always refueled by their influence. We haven't been together in a while so it will be great to team-up again. It's a beautiful thing to share the platform with other speakers because, the way I see it, if you don't like one of us, as diverse as we are, surely you'll like another! All of us have different tastes and different learning styles, even if we wish we were too mature for preferences. At one time or another, yours is surely going to get hit this weekend and, if not by someone on the platform, by someone sitting next to you! Far more importantly, God will overcome every obstacle and speak to every willing ear and, if you'll really listen, cause you to receive exactly what He brought you to hear. I'm counting on that for myself. I am coming for a word from God, Girlfriend, and I am positive that I'm going to get it.
Recently I've had a fresh appreciation for what we get to do this weekend. My staff at Living Proof Ministries and I are going through Jennifer Rothschild's Me, Myself and Lies together. (I do tons of other people's Bible studies - like Kay's and Priscilla's, for instance - just for my own personal walk. My worst nightmare is that I'd get where I only listened to my own voice. Can you spell I-M-B-A-L-A-N-C-E??) While we were having group discussion last week and I was marveling over the NOW word God was speaking to every single one of us, I could nearly have burst into tears with the wonder of it. I said to my staff, "It's just hit me afresh that this is the very kind of thing we get to do: we get to encourage women just like us to get to know the Maker of Heaven and Earth and His Son, Jesus Christ, through the living, breathing pages of Scripture. He causes every study - no matter who wrote it - to become exactly what the willing person needed at that exact moment in her life. It's not a man-thing. It's a total God-thing. I do not know where I would be, even right now in this season of my own life, without the hope and direction and exhortation of God's Word. What we're doing works because He works."
That, Beloved Sister, is what we're doing together this weekend. We're reminding one another that God STILL SPEAKS and that He is perfect in His timing and His relevance. If you've never really gotten to know Him personally, this is a terrific time to get started! If you've been listening to Him speak through His Word for years, well then, there's a place to go that's deeper still!
I am floored to be able to serve you. God is merciful and kind to this former pit-dweller. I'll see you Friday!
In His exquisite love,
Beth
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Comments (12)
Karen said...
I can hardly wait for this weekend! I went to the Atlanta Deeper Still event with my two best girlfriends last year and we are still talking about it. I'll go with the same two friends plus 23 ladies from our chuch here in Virginia Beach. We are all ready for a fresh word and some major "girl time"! Praying for a downpour of His Spirit this weekend.
Harriet Caviness said...
Hello my sister in Christ. I am so excited about this weekend. I am about to cry as I wright this. I know God has a special blessing for me this weekend. I am a single mom of to precious little boys. { 7 & 4 going on 40! lol} My life has been extremely hard here lately and this is something I so desperatly need. I have been searching for my soul mate and God has choosen to have me wait. Mine you this is extremely hard for someone who has no patience!!! I had been praying for a soul mate and I always found the WRONG ones! Finally after years of begging and screaming at my heavinly Father to answer me he did! He told me what to pray to get my answer. My Pastor told a story of a woman who was a missionary who had formaly had all the comforts of life. She was in a another country and living in a stall. The flies were extremely bad. This is what she prayed. Lord please take these flies away, BUT if your not please let me be able to eat without them bothering me. Now I do not know the answer she got ,but I knew what to pray for after that. My prayer was to please send me my soul mate or to give me peace with this. The song I heard on the radio days after this was "no more looking for love in all the wrong places!" As we say in N. Carolina "aint that sumthan"!! See you Friday!!!
Karen Sykes said...
This weekend was absolutely wonderful! To God be the glory! I was just wondering if we could get a copy of the commission that we recited at the end of the session? I want to have that as a reminder of God's faithfulness. He used the "Deeper Still" conference to change my life! Praise His Holy name!
Karen
Josefina Escolastico said...
Thank You God for such a beautiful gift, for all the blessing you have pour down on me not just this weekend but every single day in my life. I love You, I believe in You, I have faith in You... Thank You Lord for teach me this weekend that even knowing I have a long way to go, I can trust that I am growing Deeper Still in You!
I had attended the event in North Carolina this weekend. It was so awesome, Thank you so much for all your dedication and for all your teachings. I had never heard who Kay, Priscilla or Beth was before and I just did some research the day before the event. It when BEYOND BEYOND my expectations! Beth got to pray over me and I feel so blessed and so thankful that you did that. Thank You all. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You from the bottom of my heart! God Bless You All!!!
Josefina
Stuart Meyer said...
Yes, God does still speak. Yes, He did pour out His Spirit this weekend in North Carolina! He spoke to my heart by asking me to seek Him diligently, not just looking for relief from pain, but to find Him. He encouraged me to look for Him to do way beyond beyond my expectations in relationships and in His plans for ministry. He also asked me to enjoy Him and be still with Him daily.
Over the last several years, God has used the symbolism of the seed in my life. He has torn down the walls that I have built around my heart and made them into a beautiful stone path by a river. He has planted black eyed susans and other flowers along the path to make it beautiful and safe to walk alongside. On Friday night as Kay spoke, He gave me a seed. As I fell with my face before Him, the seed was planted and watered with my tears. The roots of that seed grew so deep this weekend that there were grounded in His love and grace. On Saturday, as Priscilla spoke, the Lord showed me how the soil has to be tilled up so that it can be made healthy. Without healthy soil, the roots cannot grown deep, nor can fruit grow. The Lord then spoke to me through the artist as he drew a tree, deeply rooted in Christ's love and grace. Finally as Beth spoke, the Lord revealed the truth of being still with Him, enjoying Him, allowing Him to walk with us each moment of our lives. He will meet all needs and satisfy our lives! He is calling me to help others build that foundation in Him so that they can grow Deeper still...
I thank God for all of you who made this weekend happen. God does still speak, I am certain many lives were touched by Him this weekend!
In His Hands,
Stuart Meyer, a pastor's wife from Raleigh, NC
Erica Kim said...
Dear Beth, Kay and Priscilla,
I just returned from the Deeper Still Conference in Greensboro and wanted to write to you to say thank you. Thank you for the encouragement. Thank you for the gentle reminders that God is Able, that I can fix my eyes on Him, and that He is Love.
My husband of 5 years passed away almost a year ago at the age of 30 in a motorcycle accident. I have struggled through this grief and with the questions of "does God love me, How could He do this, Am i being punished?".
My hair stylist bought me the tickets to see and hear you, and I am so thankful.
The anniverary of my husband's death is this weekend. I know I would have been a sobbing zombie if I had not been filled to overflowing at Deeper Still.
Thank you,
Erica
Robbie Banks said...
Will you please post the commission we repeated at the end of the conference. This was an incredible time and I felt God's presence as we all worshipped together.
Pam McAbee said...
I was so blessed to be in Greensboro this past weekend! God mightily moved in that place. Hearing thousands of sisters, and a 'few brave men', singing praises to our King must be just a glimpse of what Heaven will be like!! There was a transformation that took place in my heart and the hearts of my sisters. Thank you. Thank You, Jesus.
Kimberly said...
Tears in my eyes I just returned from NC to WA state last night. These have been the most incredible days (and nights) full of insight, encouragement and RELATIONSHIP with my Savior. I have been waiting the past 1-2 years for God to show me why my journey took me to NC. It is a very long story otherwise I would type it all out.
Thank you for sharing God's love with us (((tears)))
Linda Stone said...
What a powerful time we had in Greensboro, NC at the Deeper Still Conference - Thank you Dear Sisters in Christ for allowing God to use you 3 mighty women of God to take 11,000 plus women Deeper Still with Him. Thanks to Travis and the worship team for ushering in the very presence of our Abba Father as we worshipped Him unashamed and with our whole hearts - for me personally - the Lord did exceedingly, abundantly - beyond - beyond more than I could have asked or imagined and for that I am eternally grateful - my life has changed forever because He met me personally and is taking me deeper still each day. I love you Kay, Priscilla and Beth and Travis - thanks for making Jesus even more real to me this weekend and thanks too to Betsy and the team from Lifeway for doing a wonderful job - I love you all. Linda Stone - Greensboro, NC
Lianne H said...
I was so blessed by Deeper Still in Greensboro, NC! This is the first time my Mom and I have ever been to a Christian Conference together. It is also the first time she has seen you three. She was blessed Beyond Beyond! It was a very special time for us.
I would love to get the DVD's of all the talks. Where can I purchase these?
Thanks ladies for your faithfulness it encourages us to seek his face!
Karen said...
I can hardly wait for this weekend! I went to the Atlanta Deeper Still event with my two best girlfriends last year and we are still talking about it. I'll go with the same two friends plus 23 ladies from our chuch here in Virginia Beach. We are all ready for a fresh word and some major "girl time"! Praying for a downpour of His Spirit this weekend.
Posted by Karen | Jul 28, 2009 at 09:02 AM