Christian Women In Action

• The prophecies from the MAY 2019 CWIA Prayer Breakfast Meeting are now available and can be found by clicking HERE.

• Our annual CWIA Catholic Conference will be held October 4-6, 2019. It will be a spectacular conference with invited speakers: Bishop Tamayo, Msgr. Brady, Fr. O’Hara from St. Louis, Deacon Waters from St. Lawrence, our own Stella Davis, and a testimony from Mrs. Martin from Columbia, South America about how she beat depression, and much much more! Click HERE for more information.

• The next CWIA pilgrimage will be September 24-27, 2019, leaving from the Holiday Inn - Eisenhower at 9:30am. Seats are going fast. To reserve your spot give a $100 check deposit to any Board Member right away. First stop - Lancaster, Pennsylvania for Sight & Sound Theatre's production of JESUS. Next - the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa to see the Black Madonna, the National Centre for Padre Pio, and the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at Mt. St. Mary's. We will be joined by CWIA friends from other countries as well! We hope you will join us. 

• We need you! Please volunteer to be a worker at for our annual conference. Men and women. See one of our Board Members to volunteer.

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, the peace of the Lord be with you!

Today I am speaking to you about peace.

In Matthew 8, Jesus had a long day in Capernaum at Peter’s home, casting out spirits and healing all who were sick. Afterwards, Jesus was tired, and when they got into the boat to go to Gadarenes, He fell asleep. Soon there arose a great storm — waves were crashing, and the boat was beginning to fill with water — but Jesus remained asleep. The disciples began to fear, and awakened the Lord, begging Him to rescue them. They knew Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God was in the boat with them, but they still worried. Are we like that sometimes? We know deep down that God hears our prayers (1Peter3:12), but after praying, we often don’t take the next step and rest in Him, saying  “Thy will be done.” Jesus rebuked the winds and sea, and there was a great calm. Jesus gives us His peace and tells us not to worry or be afraid (John 14:27).

Another time, in Matthew 14, Jesus and the disciples had just learned that John the Baptist had been murdered, so He wanted them to get away to a quiet place for rest, but when they got to the other side, there were throngs of hungry, needy people already waiting for them. He had compassion for them, and with the disciples’ help, fed the five thousand men, and all of the women and children. Afterwards, they were even more tired, so Jesus dismissed the crowds, sent the disciples in their boat to the other side, and went up in the mountain alone to pray. In the fourth watch of the night, the storms raged, and the waves beat against the boat. The fourth watch is between 3am and 6am, and is the darkest part of the night. The fourth watch of the night is when Jacob wrestled with the angel (Gen32:24), right before getting his blessing. The fourth watch is for us the hardest part of our lives - when we’ve done all we can do, but the storms just keep coming, and coming, and coming. Many believers are  experiencing that fourth watch right now. Have no fear, because it is in these darkest moments, that we experience His glory. So the disciples’ boat was being tossed to and fro, and when they looked up, they saw Jesus walking on the water and were frightened, but Jesus said, “Don’t worry! It’s me, Jesus. I am here! Don’t be afraid!”.

Jesus is telling us the same thing right now. He is here with us, but we often don’t recognize Him. He walks alongside us through the storm, but sometimes we doubt. Peter said “Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you.” That “if it is you” we heard during Jesus’ temptation in the desert, when satan tried to get Jesus to doubt that He was The Son of God (Mt4:6). How did Jesus handle Peter? By saying plainly, “Come!” How often do we come to Jesus? Only on Sundays or when we have an emergency? Peter did trust Jesus and actually walked on the water! But then he shifted his focus away from Jesus and back onto the storm. Oh we of little faith, why do we doubt?

Philippians 4:4-7 tells us to rejoice in the Lord always - not just when the sea is calm, but always. Give your fears and worries to God and leave them there. “The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Rejoice through the storm. God’s peace will keep our minds in Christ Jesus. That’s His promise. 

Go to Confession, receive Holy Communion as often as possible, attend adoration, and read your Bible whenever you can. If time is limited, get a Bible app and play it in the car, or as you fall asleep. May the Peace of Christ be with you… (and with your Spirit!).

Your servant in Christ,
Stella Davis

Our Prayer Breakfast in July was phonomenal and the Holy Spirit rested on us in a mighty way! Some have been calling me to provide the prayer of protection for our homes that I read. This prayer is as follows:

Dear Lord Jesus, please surround us, our families, friends and our homes with  a perimeter of Your love and protection throughout this day and night and every day - 100 yards in all directions. Lord Jesus, render any demons that are here or should try to come deaf, dumb, and blind. Strip them of all weapons, illusions, armor, powers and authorities. Disable them from communicating or interacting in any way. Bind, sever, and separate them, binding them directly to the foot of the cross, without manifestation or harm to us, or to anyone else, to be dealt with by You, Jesus, as You see it fit. May Your precious blood cover us. May the Holy Spirit fill us, and Blessed Mother, place your mantle of love and protection around us in our homes, from any event of fire, theft, vandalism, flood, storms, elements, and accidents of any sort, distress, hardship, curses, and all unwanted things. I ask all this in Your name, Jesus Christ, and through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and in the power of the Holy Spirit. We call upon St. Michael, St. Joseph, St. Padre Pio, and St. John Paul II, and all the saints and angels, to pray for us. Amen.