Every Day Is A New Day

Blogging World seems to be Fading

2006-03-22T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well...I don't update much because it seems pointless...there isn't many people keeping up anymore. So my plan is to keep checking up to see everyone elses blogs every great while and if it seems as though people are updating I may just update on what is going on in my life. But until then I hope all is going well for everyone and that everyone is growing closer and closer with God everyday of their life!

God Bless
And live everyday to the fullest...because each day is a gift my friends!

The Holy Spirit is Here and His Power is Real !!!

2006-02-13T09:18:00.000-08:00

I don't even know how to begin to put into words what I want to share with you all.....

This past weekend was amazing! With the Silje's parents here this past weekend there was so much revelation of God and so much spurring on that came with the week! We had Arne (sp?) on Wednesday night....and both of them on Friday night for Discipleship group...and Arne again Saturday morning, and Chriesty (sp??) on Saturday night at Desire meeting....then we had them both on Sunday morning of course! Every moment spent with them was so enlighting and encouraging! Seeing how they really move in evangleism they really encouraged us and shared with us the keys to successful evangelism. It was so amazing how complicated we make things and how simple God really is! Arne really encouraged us to keep culitvating, planting seed, and watering the soil....but reminded us that there is always a harvest in front of all us now that is ripe! So needless to say God opened our eyes wide this week!

So at the end of the meeting on Sunday after Arne shared with us how to be in fellowship with the Holy Spirit He prayed a general prayer that we would all come to be more and more in tune with the Holy Spirit and to move in the Spirit like never before......

Well....God anwered that prayer!!!!

Sunday after the meeting and after a couple baptisms....a bunch of us young adults went out to eat and hung out for a while....after people began leaving God had tugged on my heart to invite two of the people that were there to come over to our house, and hang out and watch a movie with James and I.

Domoinic and Ivory were these people. Domoinic is a guy that started coming to our church in September I believe. He is from Swittzerland and just turned 27. He found out about our church through Amanda who is Micheal Krafts girlfriend...and he has been coming ever since and became a member a month ago. Ivory came to know about our church last year around this time when he came to the Holy Spirit conference last year. And has been coming on and off due to other commitments to his church, and has recently been coming more consistently and feels like God would have him here at this season. James and I have already been getting to know Domoinic through life group and have had him over once before.

So directly after the resturtant Dominic came over and Ivory was going to come after he went to help His mom move.....

James dropped me off at home and once Domoinic got there James and Domoinic went to get the movie. While I was waiting my knee and hip started hurting really bad...which has been and issue for a while along with my back pains.....While they were out I got out my heating pad and sat with it on my knee and started praying....as I prayed God reminded me of how a year ago I found out that one of my legs was a half an inch longer than the other (thanks to Lousie c.)
So I sat down against a wall in my livingroom and checked again to make sure that it was still the case...and it was. So I sat back on the couch and said another prayer. Then God reminded me of how two and half years ago when Annette hope was here which was Arne's last visit....Arne prayed for Annette's leg which had the same problem ( which I was not yet aware of my leg).And I thought to myself how I wish I would have remembered my leg during church this past sunday morning so I could have asked for healing!

However God had a better plan!

James and Domoinic came back and as they sat down Dominic asked me about what was on my knee and I started telling him about my knee hurting...and only becuase God had remined me of the problem with my leg shortly before....had I thought to share it with Domoinic. As I shared it with him I went back to that spot against the wall and showed him....

God had been orchestrating this all day....

First Domoinic shared with me how during church he felt such a burden and desire to heal someone ....but didn't feel it was the right timing while the elders and Arne were praying for people.....then he shared with me how when he was at bible college there was a time of healing once and how this guy who was praying looked at Domoinic head to toe and asked Domoinic if he had one leg longer than the other and Domoinic didn't know and come to find out he did and the guy prayed for him and his leg grew and he was healed. Then shortly after Domoinic finished his bible schooling he had got together with one of his friends to catch up and se how he was....and it had turned out that all the back pains that this guy had were connected to the fact that he had one leg longer than the other....so Domoinic asked his friend if he wanted to be healed and they prayed and his friend was healed....Domoinic said that his friend thought that domoinic was pulling on his leg since he felt stretching and pulling on His leg but as he looked Domoinic wasn't. So of course....I knew what God was in the midst of doing. So We all put the pieces of day together and prayed....Domoinic asked me to pray first....then James prayed...and then Domoinic prayed.....and I can't even begin to put into words what God did, and what I felt as He did it! When we stopped praying and looked it over....we noticed that it had grown...but that it was just a tiny tiny bit shorter still....so we prayed and believed and asked of our God who is a complete and abundtant God for a complete healing and when we were done my legs were exactly the same length!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I could do was cry with overwhelming joy and amazement of my God! God is so awesome! And looking back at all the things that God did inorder to get the three of us to that divine moment is even more amazing!

So of course that would have been enough for the night.......but God thought otherwise!!!!

So after that we started the movie and Ivory showed up shortly after that and we all watched the movie! Then when the movie was done we had a chance to share with Ivory what had happened before he got there. And after that he had said to us, "while God is answering prayers can we pray for my situation." So from there God continued to do what He had planned for the night! And we ended up praying for everyone! The Holy spirit was on a role....can I just say that when we hold nothing back the Holy spirit is unstoppable! I can say that everyone of us couldn't help but cry with overwhelming amazement with the clearity and direction that God brought to each of us through each other! God's power works through all of us just as much as all the amazing leaders that go from church to church...the difference is the availablity that we give to the spirit!

So those of you who are still reading this really really long post....I pray that you are encouraged and that The Holy Spirit moves more and more in your life as well!

And just to follow up on God's healing power....as I write this today I am overwhelmed with such thankfulness and uncontable happiness, to be completely with out pain today, I don't even have the bareable small ounce of pain that I have on a good day! And for the first time in a long time, with out praying to have a good night sleep I slept so well last night with out any back pain waking me up! I feel 21 rather than 50! Thank you Jesus!

I pray for an out pouring of God's spirit on all of you!
And I would love to hear the testimonies of the Spirit moving in your lives! So please share!!!!
God Bless,
Lynnsy

HURRY LOU HURRY!!!

2006-01-10T13:44:00.000-08:00

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT OUR DEAREST, LOVELY,BEAUTIFUL, SWEET, FABULOUS, LOU WILL BE WITH US ALL THIS WEEKEND! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER....IT IS A GOOD THING THAT I AM ALREADY UP EARLY ON SUNDAYS IN ORDER TO BE TO CHURCH BY 8:30AM....BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT I WILL WAKE UP EARLY UNABLE TO SLEEP DUE TO SUCH UNCONTAINABLE EXCITEMENT!

I LOVE MY LOU!!!!!! NO MORE BEING BLUE FOR LOU....WELL UNTIL SHE LEAVES AGAIN THAT IS! BUT I AM NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT...I AM JUST GOING TO THINK ABOUT SPENDING FIVE DAYS IN A ROW WITH HER!!!!

HURRY LOU....I CAN BARELY STAND THE WAIT!!!

The Joy of the Lord

2006-01-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

Warning this is a long one....for those of you who don't like to read the long ones...you can stop now! :0)

"The Joy of the Lord shall be my Strength"

When you think of this scripture what does the part " Joy of the Lord" mean to you
Does it mean a Joy that only the Lord can give.....Does it mean a joy that comes from salvation and being of the Lord....Does it mean a joy that comes from the Lord being apart of our lives...Could it be all of the above and more?

Although God is obviously many, many, many things to me in many different ways....if I had to choose one thing about God that has seemed to be so largely evident time and time again....it would be the Joy of the Lord! Through all the bumps in the road, I can look back and say that the joy of the Lord has always been what pulls me through! I have always, through the joy of the Lord been able to, at some point, be positive about each trial that has come my way! And because of the Joy of the Lord, I have come to a place that I wouldn't take away the things that I have been through because of what I have learned, how I have grown, and how it has all brought me closer to my God! The Joy of the Lord has a way of numbing the pain as it is going on around us...he doesn't take it away because it must come to cause us to grow. It is like having an operation...no one wants one...however we know we must in order better ourselves...however there are shots and medicines that can numb us or knock us out while it takes place....although we do not feel it, it is however still taking place. The joy of the Lord is like the shot, it helps us be able to get through the circumstances that life brings and that God allows for the growth of our character and walk with Him!

As the new year has rolled in, I have been praying about the "Constant" that God has for me this year....I know that everyday is new, and that I am going to be growing in new ways and will face new trials...however I found that with God there tends to always be something that seems to be a thread through it all, something that is the glue to all the pieces that God has for the year. Today as I have been working at my desk and listening to God and asking more of Him....two songs came on the radio within a 20min time frame, both in which were about the Joy of the Lord. And as I listened God spoke. God told me that this year the Joy of the Lord will be my strength. At first I wondered....and thought to myself..."now I am not complaining or anything...but I was excited for something new in my life...seeing how it is a new year and it is usually exciting to experience something new and all." Then God spoke again....(which is the part when we realize that we should of just listened a bit longer and trusted that God had nothing but the best in store for us)... God said that in the past my strength has come by finding joy in all that God is, and all the things that God He has been teaching me, and in all that God has been doing in my life. All that God has been to me, gives me joy and in turn has given me strength for any situation.
Then God revealed the new part....He opened my eyes to understand something new.That this is a year that I will receive strength when I find joy in the things that my Father finds joy in! Not that the Father doesn't find joy in the fact, that I find joy in Him, however there are many things that our Father finds joy in that we don't know about or that we don't naturally think of as something that could bring Joy. God, I believe is going to open my eyes to bigger things this year...things that bring Him joy. Things that may not seem like things that bring me joy, but will in turn become a joy to me as well. I have a feeling that it is going to be a year of dying to self more than I ever have....because I believe that God is going to reveal to me things that He finds joy in that are going to require me, to give my time to in order to bring that very joy to God. I can't really put all this into words so if this confused anyone I am not surprised. However if anyone did understand this long entry and is experiencing God speaking to you for the year as well, I would love to hear what God is speaking to all of my friends about this year. I am excited to hear just an ounce of what our Father has in store for you!

So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It!!!!

2005-12-27T11:19:00.000-08:00

Congrats to my dear friends Caleb and Alix! I am so excited for you guys! You better plan the wedding at a time that flights are lower, since I know that you guys want to have the wedding in England and all, and James and I want to be there soooooo very badly!

Well of course have the wedding when ever you want since it is the day that is all about you guys ( and Jesus of course since it is all his doing)! But I hope so very much that we will be able to be there to help you guys celebrate! It will be so fun to be there and support you two since we got to see the first sparks fly on the GAP team!

I Love you guys very much and wanted to write a post just for you, and also to vent out some of this uncontainable excitement that I have for the two of you! It is awesome to think that the huge distance between you two is coming closer and closer to an end!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS MY DEAR FRIENDS!

Purify Me Lord

2005-11-22T17:00:00.000-08:00

As I am going through a season with God of being purified and being molded to be more like Him....I find myself being reminded of the natural process of purification. I think about how gold doesn't start off shiny and perfect...and that it takes much heat and detailed purifying to become so beautiful! Without the heat the imperfections can not come to the surface to be removed....it takes intense heat to separate the
imperfections from the true treasure of gold!

So as I am being faced with things that God wants to remove in my life and things that I must grow in....I think to myself....that even though it is painful and even though God is heating me up to separate the imperfections in my life from the good that he has already crafted within me....it is so worth it to know that with each pain and each humbling from God....I am beginning to look more like my Father. And I am coming to a place that God is able to receive more Glory because of it!

Thank you Father that you are making me more like you...not for myself...but all for your glory and for your Kingdom!

AMEN

2005-11-02T17:00:00.000-08:00

"Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked"

~Psalm 84:10

There is not only no place like God's presence, but there is no place like the personal special place that we each have with God in His presence!

I am so very thankful for the place I so often find myself in, where I am awe-struck and completely covered by the grace and love of God so thick I can't hardly move! I love my God and the fact that He takes time to spend special and intimate time with me that is unique and personal! God gave me a picture once of a place that he sits and waits for me to come running into His arms to spend time with Him.....As I was praying once I saw myself walking on a trail that led to a garden door....and I walked into the garden and it was breathtaking....God has picked such a beautiful place for just Him and I! And I can never put into words how vivid and real this place is to me....and how much it means.....But knowing our God you all have one of these places uniquely for just you and God too!

There is NO place like the being in the presence of our God....and because of what I experience in His presence I would rather be a doorkeeper in His Kingdom than dwelling in the tents of the wicked....Because of God's presence that is always open to me...there is never a reason to desire anything more extravagant than what and where God would have me be in His Kingdom!!
AMEN!

Chains are Falling

2005-10-18T16:00:00.000-07:00

This is the Year of the Lord"s favor and the harvest fields are ripe! Those who are called to free those in captivity and bondage are rising up to bring a crown of beauty instead of ashes to those who mourn! The time is here when we as God's children stand up and fight for those who the enemy has had his chains of bondage on!

It truly is a season where the enemy is losing his grip on those that are rightly claimed for the Kingdom! Can you hear that sound.... the sound of tons of chains falling to the ground as many are claiming and walking into their freedom!

Monday October 17th, Mary H., Andrea H., Mindy Green, Karen E., Cher S., Kassie C., and Myself all went to a place called Sacred Beginnings. Sacred Beginnings is a House in Grand Rapids that is pretty much a rehabilitation center for women who have decided to turn away from the lifestyle of drug, alcohol, and sex abuse. God laid it on Mary's heart when Mary read an article about the woman that started this particular group, named Leslie. Mary called Leslie and asked her if she and some girls could come to Sacred Beginnings to pamper, bless, and make them feel beautiful! She agreed and last night was the night we went! Mary had showed us all how to do the spa treaments to them, and we all pampered them and just spent time getting to know them and making them feel loved and accepted! I must say that it was a bit intimidating when we first arrived....I didn't know what to expect, and they seemed as though they had walls up (rightfully so) that no one was going to get by! Which made me really nervous seeing how I was going to be signing a song to them later and felt as though they would be offended or maybe not receive it. Most of them weren't the type that like girly things and being pampered so they didn't really seem interested in being pampered....However before we knew it they began to melt in the presence of God, and they loved it....they felt so good and enjoyed it so much and were so thankful. As we continued to pamper them, they each opened up more and shared a little bit of what they have gone through. It was incredible to hear Leslie the leader...tell us her testimony! HOLY COW...that woman has a calling on her life....she had tons and tons of situations that she should have been naturally killed by...but she miraculously survived each of them....she told us of a time where she remembered waking up in a body bag because she was declared dead....but some how wasn't! Talk about freaky but powerful! She has been stabbed liked 30 some times... been addicted to almost everything under the sun...and is still alive and living powerfully for Jesus. Leslie has been clean for 25 years and is now the leader of these woman, she has custody of her granddaughter, and not to mention has been battling cancer!!!! In Lesile's exact words,"I have my boxing gloves on and I am a fighter, Satan doesn't have a chance!"Leslie loves what she does and knows fully that God has purposed her for this.

After getting to know these woman a bit more...I just knew that God was going to heal them through the sign/dance that I was about to do. And the Holy Spirit filled my heart with such love for these women that allowed me to give it my all! I did the sign/dance to the song "RESURRECTION" by Nicol Sponberg! This is a song God laid on my heart for my mom who is a recovering alcoholic, and others that are in captivity and bondage of addiction! Needless to say with God's presence it was powerful and they loved it...it was amazing to me just how much God softens hearts and just how no matter how "hard core" these woman maybe the love of Jesus can soften them! This is just a stepping stone for where I believe God is taking me, but it was a life changing experience!

Can you hear the sound....the chains of bondage from the enemy are falling to the ground!

The World As I Know It

2005-10-05T13:40:00.000-07:00

Well I finally realized that I don't update much about what is going on in my life in general...So I thought it was about time to dedicate a post to informing those who are interested, what is going on in the world as I know it!

Well most know that James and I are married now....And yes married life is just peachy! It is fun living together, watching movies, cooking, and having people over for dinner! We really enjoy living in the neighborhood that we do because it is so clear that God has a purpose for this neighborhood. My cousin Heidi and Jon live two blocks away....Annie and Sarah Brady will be living in the neighborhood about 6 or 7 house down from Jon and Heidi, and we have met some of the couples that Jon and Heidi have gotten to know and we are excited to see what God is going to do, plus it is fun living close to people we know.

Now although Marriage and owning your own house is just peachy....it is of course a lot of work....it is still weird working all day and then coming home and making a meal, cleaning up the meal, and than having to pick something else up or do the laundry or organize this or that....it usually leaves about 2-4 hours of the day to either work on a task in the house that has been waiting to get done, or maybe possibly just relax and read, or watch a movie.

However having our own place is nice...because on those days that we don't feel like doing the dishes we can leave them for tomorrow and not get in trouble or feel quilty for not doing them...it is rather nice!

I must admit am I rather girls-night deprived! I was so use to having girl time with all the welton girls like almost everynight...at least with who ever was home for the night! I haven't been with just girls since the night before the wedding in the bridal suite with all my bridesmaids and Laura ,Amy and Amber! So I am thinking it is about time to get some girls rounded up for one!

Well it is crazy but I am finally giving in and going back to my high school for the good 0' homecoming game....This is the third homecoming since I have graduated....I can't believe I haven't gone back for anything yet...I wonder if I am even going to know any of the players...that will be weird to not even know who is on the feild! Anyways Go Wildcats!!

Well that is a little bit of the world as I know it!

At the Feet of Jesus!

2005-10-04T03:30:00.000-07:00

There is no place like the place God has reserved for each of us each day to come and just lay at His feet!

Our prayer group had another amazing encounter with Jesus and being in His presence! We were silent most of the time...and just felt God so literally and closer than ever before! We all felt the exact moment that we all really realized that Jesus was literally sitting in the room with us all. It felt as though He had just entered the room, but that wasn't the case since Jeus was already there and is always already there just waiting for us to notice and include Him and let Him have his way!

We all felt Him so close that we were almost touching Him...There is no way to describe the intimate and powerful time that it was...But we all realized that God calls us all the be more like Mary in the Bible who in three specific times is found at the feet of Jesus and because of it has an intimate moment with the Saviour each time.

Then on Sunday...there was the Prayer Furnance, and man o man was that a good time also! God spoke so many things but there was one Word/Song that really opened my eyes an spoke to me in a few different ways....the word was:

"Not by Power, Not by Might, But by My Spirit!"

This opened my heart and eyes right up....It is by the Spirit that all things are done! But in order for the Spirit to work through each of us more and more....we have to learn to recognize Him and notice Him more....the Spirit is always working on something or more than one thing that is going on around us it is just a matter of whether we tune in and recognize the Spirit in the working! I must be familiar with the Spirit because it is the Spirit that is going to change my life....not might and power....it is the Spirit that is going to save the lost, not power and not might!

T.Austin-Sparks says, " The value of everything in the eyes of God, is according the measure of the manifestation of Chirst in it" (Calebs blog)

Well it made me think when I put these two together....The manifestation of Christ, is Christ revealed, and made known, that means that the manifestation of Christ is the Holy Spirit since God gave us the Holy Spirit to be with us here on Earth to guide us and empower us to release Him in the world! Therefore the things that Christ Values (in other words what he treasures and holds close to his heart) are any moments and any situations that His holy spirit is at work revealing Him to the world in anyway! And this very thing doesn't come by power and might but simply by His spirit. So thinking deeply about this I realized the deep cry of God's heart for us all to be so much more intimate with His Spirit, because it is by His Spirit that all things can be done...

Just as Martha missed out on the intimate moment with Christ while busy with preparation in the kitchen, it is just as easy for all us to become side tracked with preparation and miss out....God is calling us all to be people familiar with His Spirit by coming and just laying at the feet of Jesus! There is more preparation that comes from spending intimate time with the Spirit than there is in most of the preparation that we all get wrapped up in and busied by!

The book "Intimate moments with the Saviour" has a part that wraps all this together nicely!
"Guard my heart this day from the many distractions that vie for my attention. And help me to fix my eyes on you.
Not on my rank in the Kingdom, as did the disciples.
Not on the finer points of theology, as did the scribes.
Not on the sins of others, as did the Pharisess.
Not on the place of worship, as did the woman at the well.
Not on the budget, as did Judas.
BUT ON YOU !!!!!!"

Well I know that people have told me that my blogs are to long to understand and concentrate on, but there is something that happens every time I write one....I receive more revelation about what God is speaking and doing in my life....and I have come to find out that my blog is just another place for God to speak to me....so if they seem too long then get what you can from them...but for some reason I can't help it! I hope that even an once of what God is speaking to me can encourage you in someway!

JEHOVAH JIREH

2005-09-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Our God is so big that there are so many things that He is to us! Our God has many names....El Shaddai, Elohim, Adonia, Yahweh, El Elyon, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Mekadesh, Jehovah Rohi, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Tsidkenu, Jehovah Shammah......and Jehovah Jireh!!!

Jehovah Jireh is our Lord who is our Provider!

Lately I have just stood in amazement at the incredible blessings that God has provided for me....
Whether it be the very love and friendship that He gives so freely, the awesome man he has given me to love and be loved by abudantly, the irreplaceable friends, the comfortable and cozy house I live in, the family that I have, the body of Christ, the unique spiritual gifts, the Holy spirits power, comfort, peace, joy, strength......I could go on forever........our God provides everything we will EVER NEED plus the things that our hearts desire!

I would love to be encouraged by how our God has provided for all of you whether it be something in the natural or spiritual....specific or general....everything you have has been given to you by our God!

Encourage us all by your testimony of God's Provision if you will.......

FELIZ CUMPLEANOS TO ME!!!

2005-09-19T15:00:00.000-07:00

So it is my 21st birthday today....well I don't have average 21 year old excitement today...of finally being legally able to drink all the time...It is weird actually to think that I can drink now!!

It is funny how growing up our birthday is such a big deal to us...it is a day that we use to anticipate for like a whole 2 or 3 months....of course it is because we use to have huge parties and lots and lots of presents....then we grow up little by little as we come into the teenage years and it seems as though there are only 4 birthdays that we anticipate...which are the big 16, 17, 18, and 21. When we turn 16 it means freedom...driving!!! When we turn seventeen it means rated R movies and curfew changes on the license!! When we turn eighteen some are excited that they can now vote while some it is now legal to smoke and buy the cigarettes! Then there is the big 21, inwhich you become legal to drink! So all the birthdays in between those are just another year to get us closer to the age that gives us a new freedom! Then every birthday after that doesn't matter unless someone else takes time to make it matter. Birthdays just become a day that makes us another year older which becomes more and more unwanted!

It is sad really how this world has so easily established what a birthday should be about.....
Jesus's birthday was the only one it seems that was for everyone else and not for him really!
His birthday never gets old and is never unwanted.....

Well as I celebrate my 21st birthday, in an unaverage way, I celebrate the life that God gave me to bring glory to His name and to bless others as well! Just as my Jesus did! If there is any ways that I have been able to bless any of you I would love to know...not in any way to glorify myself but celebrate some of the ways that God has been glorifed through this life that He died for!!!!!

I WANT TO MAKE MY BIRTHDAY ABOUT JESUS.......SINCE HE MADE HIS ABOUT ME!!!!!!

Warning...Enemy on the Prowl

2005-09-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

For those of you stepping out in Faith and coming to a higher level of faith...be looking for satans old tricks and schemes to attack you! He knows that it is a season that many are getting ready to take huge steps for the Kingdom and the Glory of God! He is fighting with all his might (which isn't much) and trying to delay as much as he can!

The other day at work I was sitting on a picnic table eating my lunch on my break time...and I noticed the stopped train...on the train track that is right in fron of our office building....there were some guys working on it...well what had happened was the train derailed and was off the track...it was leaning and you could tell what was wrong. While I watched the train being worked on I felt as though this situation was significant for reason but didn't know why at the time...

While this week there has been somethings that have really got me down...and it bothered me more so because I didn't know how to put my finger on why and what the core issue was...well unfortunately I kept it all inside for too long and the enemy chewed it up...he came and attempted to start to attack me in an area that I have already been delivered in...Satan began to feed lie by lie into my mind and heart about inferiority...and he got me to a place of feeling intemidated and less...I didn't even regonize his old scheme!

Well he may of tricked me some but I have caught him and I am standing on and claiming my deliverance in this area and satan will not rob me of the faith level that God is calling me up to... and now that I that I see the same old scheme in the right perspective now I see exactly why the enemy did it...Satan knew that I have caught the season that God has for us in moving in our faith and he say me as a threat! But thanks my SWORD (the word of god) I have stuck it to him and he has lost this battle with me!

So after all this God reminded me of the other day with the derailed train, and how the enemy is tring to derail this train of my life and others that is forcefully advance the Kingdom!

I just want to encourage you all who are about to move to a new and higher level of faith beware the enemy is on the prowl and he will try to get ya...but we are more than conquerers and he has no chance...take time to remember the things that you have struggled with in the past..not to remind yourself of the bad...but to remind yourself and claim the freedom that you have already received in those areas! So that when he comes a knocking your ready to fight and he will not waste any of your time!

fAiTh Testing!!

2005-09-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

For those of you who have read my faith post ( the post before this one), I have a FAITH TESTING story for you.....

So just to warn all of you God is serious about our faith and when we catch on He isn't messing around, that is for sure....

So about two and half weeks ago right before this whole faith series started at church and before the revelation that God gave me about that scripture...James and I were in Discount Tire getting a new tire for my car since I got a flat tire in my cousins drive way. And while we were waiting there was this girl whom I am guessing was about 23 or so, and she and her little boy were also waiting. You could tell she was getting frustrated with the boy who was very antsy. Well nothing was said and it wasn't like one of those moments you just know that you have to say something or that God is pushing you to say something....so that was that!

Well a day after God spoke that scripture (that I shared with you all in my last post) to me I was at a prayer group that my cousins and James and I and some others have started to pray for the church and our neighborhood...and a scripture was read and it was powerful. It was Isaiah 61 which is about the Spirit of the Soverign Lord being upon us and anointing us to preach the good news and free the prisioner and bring those in darkness into light and freeing the broken hearted....Well as the scripture was read...it came alive and I truly believed that I could do the things that was said.....I walked away asking God to keep the word in my mouth and heart so that it would be the very word that would proclaim my faith....Boy oh Boy....God tested me on this one

And a few days later James and I were grocery shopping at meijers...and guess who happens to stroll by with a cute little boy in the front of her cart...It was the girl from Discount tire...James was somewhere else at the time....so as I waited for him to come back, I just knew I had to say something to her...so when he came back I told him I would be right back and I went down the lane she was in and remindered her about the time I saw her at the tire place and then I just said to her, " I know that this may seem out the ordinary for you with me coming up to you and all but I serve and Love Jesus Christ and I love him with all my heart and I know that these things happen for a reason...and I don't know what you think of Jesus, but He wants you to know that he loves you very much...and for some reason I really feel that you need some good friends in your life right now and I really feel that God has brought us together for a reason, I don't want to freak you out and ask for your number so I will give you mine and really hope that you call me!" She smiled and said that I was very right and she needs some good friends....and she would enjoy getting together sometime! So There you have it God testing the Faith. The girls name is Ashley and she hasn't called my YET, but I know she will, and if any of you think of saying a quick prayer that she does that would be great.

fAiTh!!!

2005-09-08T15:03:00.000-07:00

For all you New Lifer's out there who are apart of the Faith series starting in our church...here is some food for thought, just something God spoke simple yet so clear to me during some good o' devoution time I had...

" The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,
that is, the Word of FAITH we are proclaiming" -Romans 10:8

This scripture really opened my eyes afresh!!

If we are truly in the Word, and spending time putting the Word in to our mouths, and in our hearts then We have to have faith! Because without the word there is no faith to proclaim! The word is what shows us what to have faith for, and examples of how to have faith! If we truly GRASP the Word for ourselves and believe 100% what God tells us in His Word, then there is no reason that our Faith should not be moving mountains! If we do not have faith or lack in the measure of our faith.... it is simpling because we are not filling ourselves with the Word or because we have not truly received the Word to be real life, breathing upon us!

It's time I kick myself into gear and get into the word deeper than I ever have before! So that I can have a faith to truly do what God needs me to do for His Kingdom, through this temple He has given me to live in here on Eart

I've Got the Blues For My Lou!!

2005-09-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

Today is the day that our precious Lou flies away to start the next season of life that God has for her...I am very excited for her, but I am not gonna lie I am a little blue for my Lou! She is on an air plane as I write...And it feels as though she has already been gone for too long!!!!
And I am sure that I am not the only one who is Blue for Lou!!
So I was thinking about my Lou today and I of course started thinking about all the great memories.....Lou is a great person to be around and to invest your time in! She never lets you down for a good time or a good laugh!! But whats even better than her making us laugh was to hear her Laugh...Lou has one of the best laughs I know of...It is totally her and when you hear it you just know it is her and you can't wait to find where she is at in the room or building!!
Lou is such and encourager and I will miss her always making me feel as tall as the sky! She is one to always make sure that your head is held high...looking into the eyes of Jesus to see the reflection of who Jesus truly sees you as!
As I think upon this time in our lives as a good friend has moved to a new season of life ....it reminds me to think again about the true gift of friendship....and that all of those who we are blessed to have as a friend all come from God. God loans and entrusts us, his children, to one another to be friends with each other while we are here on this Earth doing His Will. And knowing our God and his uncomprehendable plan, it is impossible to know just when he will need his children to go here and there for a new task in his Kingdom...
I of course want the best for the Kingdom of God and for each and everyone of my dearest friends to doing their best for the Kingdom and their lives in Christ...it is hard to think about the fact that you just never know just how much time you have to be with your friends that God has blessed you with!
So to all my friends...I hope that you all know how much I love you and that I am reminded at this time in my life just how blessed I am to have you as a friend and that I can not take a single one of you for granted!!

OvEr My HeAd!

2005-09-02T15:05:00.000-07:00

Okay, so being that I have no clue about this blog thing and the fact that I am trying to get into it and all, it wasn't a good idea to go and visit Roger Albrey's blogs seeing how his is so amazing....WoW. His is so complex and so informational! So yeah then there is me that has going on four blogs now, and haven't really put anything profound on it yet since no one really knows that I have a blog yet....so it is kinda like writing to myself in a journal or something and that is just weird!!! But just as my blog says Every day is a new day so that means just maybe tomorrow I will know how to be a better blogger!!!!

What the Heck am I doing??

2005-09-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

So I have only written like three blogs now, inlcuding this one of course...I just found out about this whole bloggy thing right before my wedding, it seemed interesting and I tried starting to get into it but then didn't have time....so today I am totally bored at work which is not the ordinary...so I started reading some blogs of people that I knew and started to realize just how cool this whole blog thing is, and realized I have time know!! So once I figure more out about this whole thing I hope to be able to find all my friends out there that have been doing this for a while!

Fifteen More Days

2005-07-21T12:51:00.000-07:00

Thank goodness the wedding is only 15 days away. Today is a boring day at work and it is so hard to sit here when all I can think about is vacation quickly coming up.

New-Be

2005-07-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

I found out about this whole blog deal from my friend April....it seems to be a good way to keep in touch with friends so I thought I would give it a whirl!