RESTORE
THE
ROAR
By Pat & Karen Schatzline
Early one morning last fall in my (Pat’s)
hotel room in Pennsylvania, I was
awakened by the voice of the Lord. He
said to me, “Pat, where did your roar go?
Where is the roar of My lions?” Startled,
I sat up in bed and immediately began
to pray. The whisper of God had shaken
me to the core, bringing to mind one of
my favorite verses in the Bible, Matthew
10:27: “What I tell you in the dark, speak
in the daylight; what is whispered in
your ear, proclaim from the roofs.”
God will often whisper a message to
you that eventually becomes a public
proclamation. This was one of those
times.
knowledge. They have lost their will
to fight. Fear, exhaustion, and culture
have taken their roar away. They must
be awakened and realize they are called
to be voices of truth that carry freedom
in their hearts and fire in their spirits.
Restore the roar! Tell My lions to roar
once again!”
I must admit I was perplexed and
confused, and I began to weep before
the Lord. In fact I stood in my hotel
room that day, praying and crying out
for over an hour with the realization
that I too had become quiet. You see,
Karen and I had just spent a year in fear.
The battle had been intense. Just as a
The Lord went on to say to me, “My parent awakens a child from sleep to
p eop le are peri s h i n g fo r l ack of get ready for school or a teacher raps
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