by Alyssa Loope | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
No doubt as 2023 opens, New Year’s resolutions are on our minds. This season though, I have sensed the Lord saying, “that instead of restricting, try more offering.” To offer Him something more. An offering is defined as a contribution or an act of gratitude. It’s...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Nov 11, 2022 | Arise + Shine
This last season I have been a little quiet. God has been stirring something in many of us that has felt more private than public. Although words have been in plenty, they have been mine for process and review. I had to learn how to better throw confetti in a culture...
by DeAnn Carpenter | May 23, 2022 | Arise + Shine
Last week I woke up at 3:22 to my phone dinging to a new email, riveting I know…but my spirit quickened because in Revelation 3:22 it says, ”he who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit is saying to the Churches.” I knew the Lord was just getting my...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Apr 13, 2022 | Arise + Shine
The last couple weeks the Lord has been putting this phrase with me, ”April showers bring May flowers.” Meaning: what we sow in one season, we reap in another. It feels like reaping season is about to be upon us. We will be reaping next what we are sowing now. The...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Dec 18, 2021 | Arise + Shine
I took my son to his eye doctor the other day, in truth the eye doctor called because I almost missed his eye appointment. I made note of clock, 10:10 and being prone to symbols it made me wonder what else I might be missing. John 10:10 reads “a thief comes only to...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Nov 12, 2021 | Arise + Shine
Ecclesiastes 3:8 says, “there is a time and season for every matter…” Yesterday was the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 11/11. Eleven is the number that often represents transition and yesterday I felt the shift significantly. I felt lightness where there was...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Nov 3, 2021 | Arise + Shine
All week I’ve been seeing pictures of snow plows and then hearing this phrase in my spirit, “dig deeper, I’m clearing a path.” It’s an interesting phrase because work is required from both God and from us. The digging deeper is ours to observe and reflect internally....
by DeAnn Carpenter | Sep 22, 2021 | Arise + Shine
Son-exposure Today, Sept.22, is the official last day of Summer. About a week ago I was walking around our lake and heard the Lord start to whisper to me, “summer is over.” I tried at first to act like I couldn’t hear Him and focused my attention on the heat burning...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Jul 30, 2021 | Arise + Shine
Today I caught my breath after making a move to Wyoming’s back country. I’ve unpacked a house, unpacked defining spiritual lessons for me and our team at refuge, and now I find myself unpacking homeschool curriculum for the days ahead (don’t tell me God isn’t...
by DeAnn Carpenter | May 13, 2021 | Arise + Shine
What do birthing and building have in common? If you thought to yourself PAIN- FEAR- & SLEEPLESS NIGHTS… I hear you! They are also both the beginnings of something new, full of hope and wonder. I keep reading, hearing, dreaming, and seeing signs of things to...
