{"id":644,"date":"2018-03-19T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/we-stood-on-holy-ground\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:13:15","slug":"we-stood-on-holy-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"We Stood on Holy Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having spent the last 4 days at Camp Copass in Denton, TX with 79 beautiful \u201csisters in Christ\u201d and experiencing God’s peace in this away-from-it-all location, was what God ordered for us. I knew we were on HOLY GROUND when we arrived at the campus and this sign welcomed us: SHOW ME YOUR WAYS O LORD, Psalm 25:4. That is why we went there in the first place.<\/p>\n

My word for today is: Holy Ground — sacred grounds or areas; it is not necessarily that the ground, itself, is holy, rather, it is the presence of the Holy God that makes it holy.<\/p>\n

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That is why we went to Camp Copass \u2013 to be in the presence of our Holy God and come to know His ways even more. Finding ourselves in many occasions to see AND hear God\u2019s ways enveloped us in His tangible love through \u201csisterhood\u201d. <\/p>\n

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We often sign our emails or other notes as YSIC. One of the retreatants asked “What does YSIC mean?” It means “Your Sister in Christ”. After all we are God’s daughters and when His daughters get together, we are Sisters in Christ. We were single and married, young mothers and more mature mothers — all living with daily opportunities to face conflict AND noise, who needed a break and refreshing, — from careers, family dynamics, attending school, raising children, health, relational, and financial challenges, etc. And, in this place of quiet and stillness, we had the incredible opportunity to refresh, restore, and rejuvenate.<\/p>\n

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Serving as a one of the 39 team members and preparing for this retreat meant weekly meetings for 3-1\/2 months , plus much study and prayer, and diligence to give those 40 retreatants a HOLY GROUND experience that had the potential of tremendously impacting their lives. Every time we met, we knew we were on HOLY GROUND, as we fellowshipped, prayed for each other and for the retreatants. Our Mission was accomplished \u2013 based on the many testimonies of those precious women who left this weekend transformed. <\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the best part of the retreat. We disconnected from the busy, fast-paced, hustle and bustle of everyday life. What does retreat mean? With an army, it means to withdraw from enemy forces, and maybe that army looks like the forces the enemy of our soul uses when we\u2019re stressed, overloaded, under-appreciated, and facing fears and challenges. For us, \u201cretreat\u201d is better defined as withdrawing from the routines of life to go to a place of refreshment and revitalization, being able to rekindle and deepen our relationship with God. We get to leave behind usual distractions we all face, to have our faith deepened. as we look inward to the HOLY GROUNDS of God in our lives.<\/p>\n

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Before I left this HOLY GROUND yesterday morning, I took the time to drive around the campus and capture photos of this camp\u2019s \u201crules for success\u201d, God\u2019s tools from His toolbox (His Word) and His faithful promises to us. Wherever we are \u2013 not just at a camp where the signs appear, but anywhere we will be standing on HOLY GROUND \u2013 because He is Emmanuel \u2013 God with us \u2013 and where He is, holy. Our homes, our places of work, our children\u2019s school, the grocery store and the gas station. All are places where the Spirit of God is, because we show up at all those places \u2013 and, then, SO DOES HE! In our hearts and minds, we can “check-out” of the routine and experience HOLY GROUNDS — any time and in any place. He’ll meet us there. I KNOW! I’m there right now! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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