Carol Cutler

Carol Cutler

Carol Cutler is known throughout Oklahoma City for her 16 year ministry as Teaching Leader of Bible Study Fellowship. It is her continued passion to teach God’s Word at retreats and home Bible studies. She also has a ministry of encouragement for hurting women in her home. In the past five years, the Lord has given her six trips to teach women in Peru and Argentina as a member of The World Needs Christ Organization. In her book, God Illumines My Darkness, written after her husband, Ken, passed away in 1997, Carol shares her experiences of knowing God’s peace in the midst of pain. She is the mother of three children and five grandchildren.

The Divine Edge of Opportunity

  • The Divine Edge of Opportunity

    I have been very enlightened by reading Sandi Patty’s new book called, The Edge of the Divine. It has caused me to think differently about the opportunities God sovereignly designs for us. He gives us the choice to step over an edge into something He has planned to work for our good. Romans 8:28. The good results honor Him. Revive has now stepped over the edge in accepting the responsibility to carry on ShareFest in Oklahoma City. This is a city wide, one-day event that provides an opportunity for hundreds of volunteers to work together to do good in our community by answering the various cries for help. The date for this one day project will be Saturday, April 16, 2011.

    In the meantime, we are asking you to pray for the Revive Board in this time of transition. There are many decisions to be made and many more edges to step over. Please pray for these 11 women to have the mind of Christ at every meeting; to work with joy and energy of the Holy Spirit, and to experience a great support team of people who will pray regularly. Let us also pray that many more church volunteers will be excited and willing to step over the edge and work when that time is opened for them. This will result in transforming our city with the love of God and hard working hands
    Genesis 16 tells the story of Sarai, Abram’s wife, who had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. When Sarai became impatient with waiting to conceive her promised child, she chose to take things into her own hands and give her servant to Abram as his secondary wife. There was an obvious lack of prayer. Hagar became pregnant and looked down on Sarai, despising her. She sent Hagar away, but not away from God. Hagar felt scared, lonely, distraught and abandoned. But The Angel of the Lord found her and told her to return to her mistress and then told her about the baby she would have. Hagar called Him, “The Living One Who Sees me.” Gen. 16:14 Amplified Bible.

    Dear Friends, The Living One Who Sees is the same today. Aren’t we thankful!!! He is our God who has promised to meet our needs. Phil. 4:19. He sees the Revive Board and their needs. He sees every situation in our City and hears the cries of those who feel scared, lonely, distraught and abandoned and who need help. He is preparing our hearts to be the answer to these dear people who need us. We are on the edge of a divine opportunity to make a difference in the lives of many people in Oklahoma City. God’s timing is perfect. This is a time for us to pray and to prepare our hearts and hands to be ready to share our energy, time and resources with those God guides us to. Let us be prayerfully excited about a new and divine opportunity to respond to the Living One Who Sees. He is creating edges for each of us to cross to serve others and honor Him.

    On the edge with you,
    Carol Cutler
    Friend of Revive

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Devotion Feb 08

The Path of Blessing

John 13:17 NLT

“Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He now showed the disciples the full extent of his love.” John 13:1 NLT

How did Jesus display His love to His disciples? “He got up from the table, took off His robe, wrapped a towel around His waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he had around him.” John 13:4-5

“After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because it is true. And since I, the Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. How true it is that a servant is not greater than the master. Nor are messengers more important than the one who sends them. You know these things—now do them! That is the path of blessing.” John 13:12-17 NLT.

With a distressed Spirit, Jesus predicted his Betrayal. He was giving Judas an opportunity to humble himself and turn from Satan’s enticement. Judas chose not to respond and Satan entered into him. He left the room at Jesus’ command to carry out his betrayal.

Jesus then told his disciples that it was time for the Son of Man to enter into his glory and that God would receive glory because of all that happened to him. It would happen very soon. He called them dear children in verse 33, mentioning the brevity of the moments he had with them before he left. He gave them what he called a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:31-35

Jesus comforted his disciples in John 14 by telling them: “Don’t be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you. If this were not so, I would tell you plainly. When everything is ready, I will come and get you so that you will always be with me where I am. John 14:1-4

He continued teaching them with a promise: “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth….He lives with you now and later will be in you. 15-17

Verse 20: “When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them.” verse 23: “All those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them and we will come to them and live with them.” Verse 31 “I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father.”

What is our ‘Path of Blessing?” It is the very same as Jesus’ path:
1-Showing others the extent of His love! How?
2-Listening to His Words and believing them.
3-Humbling ourselves as He did and recognizing ourselves as His servants.

Revive Ministries invites you to come to Metro Tech on February 9th to listen to ministry leaders share their testimonies of their Path of Blessing. The promises of Jesus above have all been experienced by these servants and they will be a blessing to us.

Posted on Friday, February 1, 2008 by Revive Ministries