Nov 14, 2022 | Blog
Just as (in his love) he chose us in Christ (actually selected us for himself as his own) before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy (that is consecrated, set apart for him, purpose driven) and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined and...
Nov 11, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
MERRY MONDAY with Parris Bailey “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” Isa. 11:1 Who knew a shoot can come from a dead looking stump? This weekend our church put on a “Women of the Spirit” conference. What made this...
Nov 4, 2022 | Blog
Ephesians 1:9-11 (TPT) And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desire for to us- the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time. And because of God’s unfailing purpose, this...
Oct 7, 2022 | Blog
by Pastor Rachel Young There’s no place on earth quite like Mary’s Song! I have been here for almost 11 years and I never cease to be amazed by the supernatural nature of the Holy Spirit in His work of redemption. In a moment of time, He can change everything!! By the...
Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
Jennifer Murphy This week of saturation has taught me several things. First that at anytime I can tap into His presence regardless of where I am or what is going on around me. I have free access at any given moment to be washed, cleansed, enabled and empowered by...
Jul 27, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
Merry Tuesday with Parris But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Psalm 92:10 The other day while biking riding through the trace, I started hearing the words “fresh oil”. I found myself repeating it over and again...
Jul 18, 2022 | Blog
Isaiah 55:1: “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. The Lord has set before us a banqueting table, and all are invited. The Lord has thrown the feast of...
Jul 11, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.” — Matthew 9:12. When I was growing up, calling a doctor wasn’t the first on the list. I mean we had to be pretty bad off. I’m not saying that was wrong of my parents, it just was...
Jun 15, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
MERRY FRIDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY Acts 3:19 Amplified Bible – “So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that...
Jun 15, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but...
Jun 6, 2022 | Blog
By Rachel Young “This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place...
May 25, 2022 | Blog
“Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]” (AMP, Heb. 11.1). As...
Apr 23, 2022 | Blog
Exodus 24:15-18 15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites...
Apr 23, 2022 | Blog
“But He holds His priesthood permanently, because He continues forever. Consequently, He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” -Hebrews 7:24-25 In 2016, I remember all of the...
Apr 11, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
By Pastor Parris Merry Monday it is! “For you bring me a continual revelation of resurrection life, the path to the bliss that brings me face- to- face with you.”Psalms 16:11 (a precious song engraved in gold) “labyrinth; a complicated irregular network of passages or...
Apr 6, 2022 | Blog
By Tanya Dubroc For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will imprint My laws upon their minds {even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding}, and engrave them upon their hearts {effecting their...
Apr 2, 2022 | Blog
By Heather Pizzolato We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews...
Mar 31, 2022 | Blog
“This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Hebrews 8:10) I have now worked at Mary’s Song...
Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
“Remember those who are imprisoned, as if you are imprisoned with them. Call those to mind who are afflicted, as if you are the people who wear their bodies.” Hebrews 13:3 ABPE God is love. To be a child of God is to be a child of love. As He is mindful of us, we are...
Mar 11, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, John 20, Merry Friday
Merry Friday by Parris “Then said he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.” John 20:24 For some unknown reason we read in John that Thomas wasn’t present the...
Feb 14, 2022 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Expect a Miracle, Luke 1, Merry Monday, Miracles
A letter to a young pastor’s wife Merry Monday by Parris “Celebrating 43 years as pastors of Victory Church” “God took one good look at me, and look what happened—
I’m the most fortunate woman on earth! Luke 1:46 Today in the morning service I listened while my...
Dec 27, 2021 | Blog
By Pastor Rachel Young Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; I love this scripture! The reality that Christ came to me in the vulnerability of an infant leaves me UNDONE! How can a heart not be moved by such condescension, humility, and love?...
Dec 16, 2021 | Blog
My name is Jade and I‘ve been a student at Mary’s song for 5 months. I grew up in a small town in the country, with two older siblings, my mom and dad. Through abuse, and other things, he enemy slipped in and I began to believe lie after lie. I was less than, I wasn’t...
Dec 3, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Greatness Of God, Luke, Luke 1, Merry Friday, Parris Bailey
MERRY FRIDAY! BY PARRIS BAILEY “But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.” Luke 1:19 It’s hard to imagine after the book of Malachi that 400...
Nov 3, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Luke 1, Merry Tuesday, Visitation, Zechariah 1
MERRY TUESDAY WITH PARRIS Zachariah replied to the angel, “Do you expect me to believe this? I’m an old man and my wife is an old woman.” Luke 1:18 Sunday morning while reading Luke, I felt the Lord really get my attention. Lk.1:8 – “It so happened that as Zachariah...
Aug 21, 2021 | Abundant Life, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Peace, Psalm 37
MERRY SATURDAY BY PARRIS “Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace” Ps.37:37 The end of that man is peace! Sometimes in our heart we begin to feel the weight of walking daily with the Lord. No, it shouldn’t become a burden at all....
Aug 17, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Martyrdom, Persecution, Revelation 6
MERRY TUESDAY BY PARRIS “And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?” Rev. 6:10 All of our eyes have turned toward Kabul, Afghanistan this week, watching the...
Jul 6, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, five loaves and two fish, John, John 6
“One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?” John 6:8,9John Wesley said; ”Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the...
Jul 3, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Fisherman, Mark 1
Mk.1:17,18 – Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. After that paralyzed man was healed, I knew we would have to leave my home town. There had been some...
Jul 2, 2021 | BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Fisherman, Jesus, Peter
Mk.1:17,18 – Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. My name is Simon Peter and this is my last day on this side of eternity before I see Jesus again, so I...