About 6 years ago I was having a conversation with God (aka prayer) and I was complaining about having to travel to Florida, or South Carolina or Dallas..etc. to attend a Women’s Conference. I felt Him respond, “ Why don’t you stop complaining about it and start one!” “What? Who me? I don’t know anything about Women’s Conferences!” But that day the Lord planted a seed, a dream about having women gather from across Long Island, from all denominations and come together for a Women’s Conference.
Fast forward 3 years to the summer of ‘19.. during a time of prayer a pastor that I had only met 3 times, and who did not really know me said, “I sense the Lord saying that the dream you have in your heart to start a Women’s Ministry and host conferences is not your imagination, that was God who put that in your heart, and He’s saying it’s time to go and gather the women!” I was sobbing, I couldn’t believe how specific this word was and I believed it was from the Lord, it was a confirmation and it was time!
The very next morning during my prayer time I said, “ Father since this is Your idea, You name the ministry! What do You want to name it?” Immediately the Holy Spirit brought the following Scripture to mind: Jeremiah 9:20 “ Now, you women, hear the Word of the Lord open your ears to the words of His mouth.” NOW WOMEN jumped off the page and I knew God had just given me the name!
NOW hosted our 1st conference on March 12, 2020 the day before everything shut down due to Covid. With God’s leading, we continued to host a conference every 6 months throughout the pandemic and no one ever contracted COVID, thanks be to God!
