Beauty For Ashes…

Pastor Vic had recently shared a message entitled “Slaying Your Giant”. At the end of the message, the entire congregation was invited to anonymously write down the giants they face in their lives and put what they wrote into a basket. These hardships and struggles were then prayed over by our church leadership and prayer team. Brenda Golden, a member of our prayer team, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to illustrate what God does with these kinds of burdens. This illustration was shared this past Sunday morning, and Brenda also shared a testimony of how God had given her victory over the giants that needed to be confronted in her life throughout the years.

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

Isaiah 61:1-3