Rely on the True Word

If all you have to go on is your
own experience, you don't have much
more to say about your faith than
anyone who claims to believe anything.

But when your words and thoughts are based
on the true Word of God , you have a real
leg to stand on.

In the book of John Chapter 8; Jesus tells us that
if we continue in His word we are truly His
disciples. That we will know the truth and that it
will set us free.
Free from all the worry, and deciet, and destruction
this world can bring to our life.
We need to engrave the true Word of God upon our
hearts and rely on it to lead us daily.

AWAKE AT THE WHEEL

Thank goodness God is not looking for
perfection in us. Thank goodness he is
not looking for people who are afraid to
make mistakes. Thank goodness he doesn't
mind when we might be made to look foolish
when we show our genuine love and compassion
for His cause.

Our journey with Christ is not just showing
up at church every Sunday and Wednesday, it
sometimes means taking a stand for what you
believe is right, sometimes you just have to
put your passion where your faith is.

I don't want to be "asleep at the wheel",
only going through the motions. I want
to be "Awake" and alive and growing and
moving in the direction that Christ has
in mind for me. I want to be living for
the things that matter in His Kingdom.

His Kingdom is here for me today and it
comes with a promise of eternity with Him.
Regardless of what we face today, the
disappointments, the hardships, the burdens
and grief.
One thing is for certain....His Kingdom will
stand when all others have fallen..

School Day Prayer

Lord we ask you to watch over our
school children as another year
begins. We are such a blessed nation
to have the priveledge of education so
readily available to our children.
God help each and everyone of our
teachers and administators to understand
the impact that they may make on the young
lives that are intrusted to them.
We pray that they will be Godly examples.

We pray for your protection over the lives
of our children and teachers, keep them safe
and secure in the knowledge that you are
a watchful God who protects those that He loves.

Although we battle to keep your name and presence
alive in our school system, they cannot stop us
from loving and prasing you in our hearts.

Prayer for Today and Always

Father,
I ask you to please guide me along paths
that I travel that may be unfamiliar..

Turn the darkness in my life into light..

When I follow my heart and feel I am in
your will help me to rejoice if I should
encounter rejection from others who know
not of your glory..

Do not let me miss one opportunity to
exclaim of your wonder, beauty and love..

Guide me in Your truth and teach me..

Be my refuge from my enemies, keep me
as the apple of Your eye: hide me in the
shadow of Your wings..

Your love never fails, never ends, never
dies, never changes...let me never forget..

FEELING GOOD

I have to tell you for the first time in a long
while I woke up feeling special; I know I have
to be a pretty important person, why? Because
Satan fights for me all the time! This lets me
know that he knows just how much my God loves me!

For the first time in months I feel liberated
and focused, like a huge burden has been lifted.
It is exhilarating to be a child of God and feel
secure that HE has your whole life under control.
Although, I still have a truck-load of troubles in
my life, I do not have to face any of them alone.

All I have to do is keep on keeping on, pray
without ceasing, read and study God’s Word,
exercise my faith, and trust in the incredible
love of the Father.
God’s word makes it clear that He rewards those
who earnestly seek Him.
Father, the Cross was certainly reward enough for me !

FORGIVENESS

God has forgiven me for so much.

As Christians we are presented with many challenges.
The challenges I face may be very different than
those of others. But no matter how different those
challenges may be, every believer will sooner or
later deal with the challenge of forgiving.
God wants us to live in the likeness of
Jesus. And no other word seems to compare His
character in relationship to us like the word
forgiving.
I realize people who have hurt me, might
not have realized that they had hurt me or what
the results of their actions might cause.
I only know that we never look more Christ like when
we simply forgive those who have hurt us.

God's Assurance

There is no safer place in the world
than in the center of God's grace.

My Everything

There are days when I want to go out
and shout to those around me the importance
of Christ in my life.
I want them to understand how good serving
Him can be, and living for Him is worth every
sacrifice you would ever have to make......
Unfortunately, somethings can only be known by having the
Holy Spirit living inside of you, teaching you, showing you.

Casual Religion

The following is simply my view and opinions and
is not meant to be critical or judgemental..

I am so old school.....but I am not blind or
deaf ....

I truly struggle with the contemporary
world we've become. I know in many
instances the changes that have come
are good and some church communities
thrive with their contemporary programs.

For me I liked old time religion when
we didn't have to struggle to "have" church.
People looked forward to going. The whole
congregation meeting together, coming before
the Lord with Praise and Worship in one accord.

I liked when we showed respect for one another and
children showed respect for their elders.

I liked it when our young adults felt they could benefit
from mixing with the older members at church, and didn't
have to meet separate from the body. I am not against
small groups, I think they can play a vital role in church
growth and education...but they should be in
addition too not in replace of church.

I liked it when our whole body came back to
church on Sunday evening for services, not
just the skeleton crew.


I recently read this statement by -Tom Sirotnak-
Christians who begin to treat Jesus casually
often become casualties.

What do you think have we become too casual
with our spiritual lives and views?...I would love to hear....

HE LOVED EVEN ME !

It is amazing that the very people we shun and
try so hard to stay away from because they don't
look just right or sound like our kind of people are
the very people that Jesus sought out and wanted
to interact with...

I have had that thought in my head for almost
two weeks and wondered why...

I recently had a chance to see why and came to
to the realization that as we give ourselves over
to God the people He decides to send our way
might not always fit into our "comfort zones"
of sociably correct.

But loving Him gives us the great gift and privilege
of being able to demonstrate what His love looks like
from our reactions to their needs...

Our main goal in loving others is that they should see
the love of Christ shining in us.
God will always take care of the rest when we're
confident in His love.

DON'T OVER THINK IT !

I think we have turned into a society that
totally "over thinks" everything. We tend to
dissect, and evaluate, ponder and propose.
In some instances I believe that the rule
"better safe than sorry" does apply and we
need to be cautious about our actions.

But, for me and the way I want to worship.
I'm just going to blow caution to the wind,
I'm not going to "over think" it. When I want to
sing, I'm going to sing, when I want to clap and
praise the Lord, I am going to step out and do it.
When I want to raise my hands and glorify the
Lord I'm going to do it....

Our praise and worship should just come natural
to us, but again we stop and worry and wonder
what will people think?
I am so grateful that Jesus didn't stop and ponder
if we were going to be worth all he was about to go
through...he didn't "over think" it...He gave His all...