Is the Triune God Giving Americans Time to Prepare?
Are American Christians prepared for the persecution that is coming. The Triune God is giving us sightings it may be coming.
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Wanda Parker
Wanda Parker
A Day of NO! Love? Justice?
The previous couple of days have been difficult as “Terror” has raged my body. Sunday night panic hit me like a wallop making me feel as if I could lose my sanity. Horrid Monday afterno…
9 min readA Perfect Imperfect Family
The “Vlog” is going to give a little insight and understanding into how the Triune God poured His love into His creation of this perfect imperfect family.
2 min readLife Today, January 2019: Accepting God’s Plan for Me
I have often struggled with God’s plan for me. I envy … the beauty of othersthe talents of othersthe relationships of othersthe human success of othersand on and on From my journal 12/07/18 You hav…
11 min readLife Today, October 2018, SATISFACTION – Where Do I Get Mine?
Below is a recent prayer, it just seemed to flow out of my heart – my heart was so heavy! But it shouldn’t be. “Father – so many thoughts flood my mind – my heart is heavy – I am overwh…
9 min readLife Today August 2018: The Seduction of Outcomes
The other day I was hit by a horrid OUTCOME. It wasn’t at all what I expected. I felt nauseous; my body tensed up; I didn’t know where to go to escape the feelings and thoughts flooding my mind. On…
6 min readI Screamed! I Begged! Jesus Responded
As Joe and I ran errands, the internal terror was horrid. I was losing my sanity. I silently kept screaming at Jesus… Please, please, Jesus; take me home. I don’t have the strength to contin…
4 min readWhat Drove Me; Triune God? Pride? Terror?
It wasn’t the Vision that caused the problems – it was how I handled the Passion. “When the passion wells up in Wanda’s belly, you can hear the rumbling and you better get out of the way.” A …
8 min readPassion & Vision … Passed On
I will never tire of watching adults walk children into the “experience” of a spiritual truth. As the children intuitively grasp the truth, a light goes on in their eyes. God gave me a great…
6 min readLife Today, February 2018
As mentioned in the Forward of Refiner’s Fire this is the story of God’s sovereignty in the life of a sojourner. It is the story of how the Triune God has had me on a path of refining for ma…
5 min readPassion and Vision… Amidst Terror
In the midst of all that I share below, the terror never lifted. Everyday began as I shared here in a previous post. Rarely did I share my internal terror – the responses I got were too pain…
11 min readFed Up! Ever Been There?
From my March 2, 1982, Journal: Precious Jesus, I humbly come before You – recognizing my total dependency on You. I am unworthy to greet you. Your unending love is marvelous. Your compassion is b…
6 min readGod Continues to Provide Strength
Though the terror has a way of striking at any time, any place, “life” doesn’t stop. 1981 was another year of change, including … A new job — way beyond anything I’d ever done. Buying a home …
4 min readChristmas 2017
What is the Christmas season like for you? Is it a time you look forward to or is it a time you dread? A time of anticipation – this first tree is from my childhood, it was a t…
4 min readWho/What is the Refiner’s Fire?
I was sharing with a friend how the song “Refiner’s Fire” by Steve Green had helped to hold me together when terror struck and I didn’t think I could survive. My first official task in my new job h…
3 min readA Difficult Beginning
It was my first day on the job. That evening an APPRECIATION BANQUET was planned, thanking Sunday School teachers for their faithful leadership. All I had to do was show up and say a few wo…
5 min readThanksgiving 2017
This annual celebration brings families together for a moment to think of all the things we “should” be thankful. Sunday’s sermon on Thanksgiving went deeper than any sermon I have heard onT…
2 min readGod Opens Another Door
“Angels and lambs, ladybugs and fireflies, told everybody in sight that, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, on that Christmas night… ” God used a children’s Christmas musical to open a door, fulfilling a…
6 min readHOME! MOMENTOUS CHANGE COMING …
We returned from China and settled back into the routine of “normal” life. Sure enough, God had more change in mind. Normal for Him… HUGE FOR US. After dinner one evening, Joe gathered all f…
4 min readChina! God Has A Surprise For Me …
In Cuba, the Triune God had given me an amazing experience where I KNEW without a doubt I was in the center of His will. In China, Almighty God was about to give me a keen insight into how my own s…
6 min readChina! God Nudges Me Again …
Have you flown overseas? How about in an orange-colored full-range jet aircraft? Yes, “orange! I mean from Los Angeles to Seoul, South Korea on to Canton, China – all on Easter Sunday 1979.…
6 min readHome From Cuba … and Life Returns to (Some Kind of) Normal
Life had to go on. My internal terror continued. Life may have seemed normal to the rest of the family, but I was learning my new “normal” – and how there would never again be a normal. I clung to …
6 min read2017 Life Still Isn’t Normal
Today’s Coffee Chat is a unique posting – it is the whole post. Pour yourself a cup of coffee—real or imagined. I wish we could sit face to face as I share what has been happening in the pa…
10 min readThe Day Arrived… I KNEW This was Where God Wanted Me! CUBA!
I was excited. But I was also afraid. To be precise, I didn’t know how my time in Cuba would work out… a real test of my faith! This is why our team was in Cuba: Tonight – the Bibles entrust…
5 min readI’ll Always Remember CUBA!
The view from our hotel was stunning. I remember walking out to the protective wall and looking at the beauty of God’s creation. Then I turned and looked back toward the city and felt…
5 min readCuba! Father, Can I Do This?
Did I misunderstand Joe? (Joe, with a big smile!) “Wanda, you and I are invited to be members of a Bible delivery team to Havana, Cuba. We leave in one month. Isn’t that exciting? “By the wa…
6 min readMORE BLESSING! In The Midst of Terror
The internal terror was a continual presence. This lie tried to convince me I wasn’t capable of doing anything. It tried to immobilize me. But the Triune God gave me the desire and strength to push…
5 min readBlessing! In the Midst of Terror
God works in strange ways His wonders to perform. As I struggled with internal terror, God used people who lived through real terror to strengthen my trust in Him. Joe’s first trip into Eastern Eur…
5 min readSettling into a Life of Terror
By the time Joe returned from his meetings at the Open Door’s office in California, the kids and I were settling into “our own” routine in our new home. “New normal” for the Parker family be…
5 min readTerror! The First Taste
1978 A few days before Labor Day weekend we were ready for Oregon. All our belongings were packed for the moving van, which was scheduled to arrive the day after our California departure. The car w…
6 min readA “Door” Opens
Let’s go back to when the terror began. When this picture was taken I had no idea where God was going to take me in the coming year. 1978 was one of the most exciting years of my life.…
5 min readBROKENNESS! IT’S A GIFT
From inside my car all I could do was stare at the church. Was I ready to go inside? I took a deep breath. I was broken AND IT FELT SO GOOD. All my life I’ve felt unworthy of love; at the same tim…
3 min readStripped Emotionally Naked, Then Abandoned!
“Hello, Wanda this is Dr. Smith. How are you doing since returning home?” I shared with him how my week had gone since being home from the psychiatric hospital. “Well, I wanted to let you know that…
5 min readThe Mistake I Made
Don’t make my mistake. My parents walked through difficult days in their younger years, though as seniors, they were blessed financially. In 1947, my parents made a financial gift to help ministry …
6 min read“A God Sighting!”
I was longing for a coke but the soda machine was on another wing of the hospital. This meant I had to find a BS (Behavior Specialist) to walk me to the other wing. BS Lucy said she was free…
5 min read“Brain Problem”
It was a week of darkness! But I never lost awareness of the Triune God. As I think back over the week in the psychiatric hospital, my mind is flooded with memories. My roommate, Liz, suffer…
7 min readThe Ride of Terror
As we drove toward the hotel, my body raged. If I thought I had felt terror before it didn’t come close to what I was going through now. I couldn’t catch my breath. In the past, I couldn’t f…
4 min readNo! This Can’t be Happening To Me! This is Crazy!
Descending the steps from my doctor’s office, I spotted a woman I would pass about half-way down. Her grating, joy- filled voice called out to me, “Isn’t this just the most wonderful day to be aliv…
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