The Beginning

 The Beginning

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

5:39 AM

When the Lord first breathed the plans of Power of Twelve in me He told me "the women will save the children, the grandchildren and the great grandchildren."  The encouragement ministry of Power of Twelve was to be  multi-generational group, a mix of older and younger women coming together to share an hour of encouragement with each other.  I have found after 8 years this plan is harder than I thought it would be.  The younger generation is too busy for an hour a month.  The younger women are stressed with jobs.  The younger women are bouncing everywhere with family activities.  So how Lord, do we get the attention of the younger women for an hour?

How do we let these young women know that one hour of encouraging words will help not add to the stress?  How do we get them to understand that older women have done this juggling act and know it does not work in the long run and the stress continues to pile up on not only each woman but also on her spouse and her children.  How do the older women save their own children from the snares of the world?  How do we get them to listen?

Even the women who no longer have young children in the house do not want to participate in Power of Twelve.  They are too tired from their jobs and careers to spend one hour a month with other women even if it is an encouraging time.  They covet that one hour a month for themselves.  I have been there and I know how each precious hour during the month is coveted for self-preservation.  To sleep.  To have down time.  To go for a walk.  To dig in the flowerbeds.  To do anything that requires nothing.  How do we get them to understand that this one hour can be a blessing to their souls and their spirits?  How do we get them to understand it will only bring them closer to the Lord?

Lord I ask that you give me and the other Leaders of groups the ability to speak into the hearts of the younger women that gathering together for one hour a month will be beneficial and worth the sacrifice of coming together to encourage each other in our daily lives.  Help each of us have the right words for each woman we speak to about joining a group.  Please send the Holy Spirit before us as we approach them with an invitation to come together in order to save the children, the grandchildren and the great grandchildren.

In Jesus mighty name I pray! Amen!