Counselor’s Corner IT’S TIME!

By Louise Alleva, D.Min. C.T.C. L.C.P.C.

Email: Louise.alleva@gmail.com

I have been praying for days for a topic to share.

Then recently I read an article on the life of Mother Teresa, the wonderful, godly nun, and her total devotion to the homeless children of Calcutta.

I have read about her before, but this article focused more on her quotes and how she lived what she was sharing. My favorite was several lines written on the walls of her children’s home entitled “Do It Anyway.” I printed it, framed it, put it on the wall in front of me to read every day. I encourage you to look it up, and maybe see a little of yourself on that page as I did.

Today I want to share one of her many other quotes that I feel needs to be heard right now. It said, “I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.”

Mother Teresa.

As we look around us we may see many changes happening in our daily lives. For all of us, life changes are common with raising families, aging, retirement, etc. But change can be stressful just by moving cross-country to a differ ent culture, a different lifestyle, or even a different church denomination like Nick and I did. I read in one of my counselor studies that the top three stressors for everyone are death of a loved one, divorce, and moving! I didn’t agree with the moving stressor for a long time. NOT ANYMORE!

But now we see the world around us changing to a much darker time. The news brings in discouraging reports of those who want to control many and destroy their personal beliefs in God the Father, Jesus, our Lord and Savior, and the power of the Holy Spirit. But Mother Teresa understood the power of prayer changing lives by living in the very slums of Calcutta offering a hospice for babies and children where they could get medical care, and later loving care, to be educated, citizens for God’s Kingdom. It’s all about prayer that can change others and change us to bring, freedom, healing, and victory, to those we pray for. We will also begin to see peace, joy and victory, and new conviction in ourselves as we love the unlovely.

The hunger for prayer is coming back though. Just ask the Students of Asbury College. God showed up. Many young people prayed together. Many were healed from depression, past hurts, loneliness, and lack of joy to name a few. Many hundreds received Jesus and their Lord and Savior. The revival of these young people started with prayers of others from a committed army of God’s soldiers to pray for revival on this college campus. The call then went out to pray for other college campuses. God’s army of prayer warriors is stirring again just like he stirred Mother Teresa and now many hundreds of children have become under His protection. I pray this is a call from God to whoever will hear. Let the Holy Spirit stir your heart to pray for revival! All it took was one little nun and now a college of Christian students. The Holy Spirit will move forward to help us combat the enemy in our lives, our children, our city, and our Country! Let’s mark MARCH 2023 as a victory for Jesus our Savior Forever. Blessings and Love Louise, D.Min.

...Peter do you love me... Feed my sheep...

WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHEN YOU

- Admit that you are a sinner. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

- REPENT AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while wewere yet sinners, Christ died for us.” confess now that Jesus is Lord of your life. Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

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