Daily Reflections of Life: Poems and Pieces to ponder

By Debra Perkins Adams

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669837985

Debra Perkins Adams

Debra Perkins Adams taught her first class on her front porch at the age of five. Equipped with a table, a chair, a group of pretend students, and a great sense of passion and conviction, she taught them all that she knew. No one could tell Debra that she wasn’t a real teacher. Following in the footsteps of her first teacher and mentor, her father Mr. Donald L. Perkins, she eventually became a classroom teacher, serving special needs learners in the New Orleans Public School District for 15 years. In January of 1996 she was appointed Human Resources Coordinator for 81 elementary schools. She was responsible for hiring teachers for all 81 schools. She truly enjoyed this role. Having the privilege of selecting the best teachers for students was her joy. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans and changed the course of Debra’s life. She relocated to Atlanta and became a Program Manager for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta. She returned to New Orleans in 2007. Upon returning to New Orleans, her work continued as she filled several roles in the Human Resources department for the Recovery School District. These positions included: Coordinator for Certification, Coordinator for the Teacher Support Center, Human Resources Director, and Coordinator of the Parent Center. Additionally, she worked with Advance Innovative Education as a mentor and coach to future school leaders. In November 2009, her vision met her desire when she started The Teacher Place, LLC. The program is currently in the developmental phase, and once it’s completed it will be a one-stop-shop for teacher support. She loves children and is very passionate about the growth and development of teachers. She believes that investing in children is one of the greatest investments an adult can make in life. It is for her own children and those like them that she has committed her life to education. In total, she was served in the education system for over 33 years. Debra’s assignment continues as she works to effect change in the New Orleans Public School system. She is forever grateful for the love and support she received from her parents Mae and Donald Perkins, Sr., who planted the seed to love children and people. Although she is recently retired from the Louisiana education system, she still continues to mentor leaders, write, and speak. She is enjoying being not only retired but re-fired to do as God leads. Her program, PenwithanIMPACT, will soon be fully operational. She currently has blog that operates under the program’s name. She also has a couple of published works and looks forward to releasing more. Debra has two adult children, Jeremiah and Jessica, who also have several scribal gifts operating in and through them. She looks forward to the full releasing of their strong prophetic and writing voices in the future. Within the last few years her gift of seeing has been enhanced through photography (seeing God in everything) through events she attends (recording family legacy), dancing, the clouds, the trees, and whatever else God leads her to capture. These pictures along with framed scriptures, allow others to be encouraged through the Word and the Glory of God seen in everyday life. Debra’s burning passion for this season in her life is to help other scribes to awaken and arise to who they are in Christ and all that God has placed on the inside of them to release to the souls assigned to them. Debra Perkins Adams is a prophetic scribe who uses the voice God has given her to comfort, encourage, and exhort those who are assigned to her prophetic voice and writings. Through her pen, she speaks what the Holy Spirit has given her, whether it’s during the night, through a sermon, during trials and triumphs in everyday life, about current events, or just a few words randomly placed in her spirit. God also uses Debra to release the prophetic word to others through prose. It is a unique gift that touches people on a personal level. When she writes and when she speaks, she has one motive in mind and that is to lead others to Christ and to help strengthen their personal relationship with the Father through the Holy Spirit.

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CONTENTS

Dedications

Endorsements

Introduction

THE LOVE OF GOD

Wounded Soldier

Reaching the Father’s Heart

Questions

INTIMACY WITH GOD

A Sound from Heaven

Sit With Me My Child

An Audience of One

Evidence of Living for an Audience of One

Teach Me to Tarry

The One Thing That Matters Most

Finding a Quiet Place

A Simple Prayer

CONVICTION

Wake Up From Your Sleep

Leave Nothing on the Table

Holy Spirit Help Me

Let Us Not Think More Highly of Ourselves Than We Ought

No Longer Leaking

An Invitation from Heaven

The Revival of His Glory

Unplugged

What Sin Desires

Where is Christ in Your Christmas?

Who Will We Choose? Is it Barabbas or is it Jesus Christ?

When God Says No

Teach Us

A HUMBLE HEART

Willing to Be Played by Him

A Kingdom Kind of Love- Furious Love

Reputation Belongs to the Father

Doing Life God’s Way

SALVATION

Dear Father God

Coming to Their End

Resurrection

The Blood of Christ – More Than Enough

The Father’s Love – A Promise Kept

Jesus Already Drank the Cup

GOD’S CHARACTER

Forgiven

And the Brook Dried Up…

MY HEART’S CRY

My Old Shoes Feel Just Fine to Me

I Want My Dream Back – My Heart’s Cry

Lord Am I Well-Pleasing?

Love Without Measure…

FAITH AND BOLDNESS

Women of Valor

Daddy’s Girls

SERMONS THAT SPEAK

Worship - Far Beyond a Song You Sing

FALL on the SWORD

God is Still Good

PIECES TO PONDER

Wake Up From Your Sleep (After Thoughts)

The Hijacking of a People Group – Captivating Their Minds- Gravely Deceived

The Dusty Love Letter

Questions (After Thoughts)

A Scribe’s Prayer

The One Thing That Matters Most (After Thoughts)

What Sin Desires (After Thoughts)

The Womb of God Part 2

Bend Our Knees and Sit at His Table

Reflections from the Author

Dedications

This first volume of Prayers, Poems and Pieces to Ponder is dedicated to my beautiful and loving parents; Donald and Mae Perkins who in 2012 left this present earth and went to their eternal home. They were my greatest cheerleaders and encouragers in life. In my estimation, my parents were perfectly chosen for me and my six siblings. They profoundly impacted the

ir communities in New Orleans for over 50 years and In Haynesville, Louisiana for seven(7) years after Hurricane Katrina. They both were 80. They had the Heart of Jesus and represented Jesus while on this earth.

Jeremiah my oldest and Jessica the youngest are two of the greatest gifts God has given me. God chose me to be their mother. It was and is always my delight in being part of birthing them and giving them life. Both of my children have encouraged me to put my writings in a book as far back as I can remember. Both of them are excellent writers, creative and naturally smart. They would probably not admit it but it is the truth. They keep my heart beating and I am so very grateful and thankful for them. They have never subtracted from me but have added to me more than I can put in words. They have asked the question often, "Mom when will you finish that book.

Endorsements

Prophet Debra is a modern day scribe. Her gift and anointing is unique. Prophet Debra has an ability to go beyond the veil and into the presence of God. She not only hears from God, but prophet Debra records what she hears and brings it back to be a blessing to the body.

--Gathia Willis

Introduction

Pieces, Prayers, and Lessons Lived

For every poem scribed by pen, there is a message.

For every piece given from the heart of God, it had to be written.

For every prayer prayed, it has been lived.

Every part of this book that you choose to read, God has a message just for you.

I was the vessel chosen to write it, and my prayer is that every reader, who is a believer in Jesus Christ, is exhorted to get more personal with the one you accepted as Savior and Lord. May you walk in wisdom and stay the course.

For every reader who is not sure which side of the fence you are on, may you be encouraged to choose life. It is the path that leads to the Father in heaven through Jesus Christ. There is only one way to the Father, and it is by the shed blood of his Son. He died, was buried, and rose again. He is the resurrected savior, no longer on the cross. The cross, by itself, represents a piece of God’s heart.

For every reader who is living for self, it only leads to destruction and death.