No Doubt!

Ok, I admit it, I'm human. Go figure!! NO Really!! Have you ever asked God to send you that neon sign? The big picture? An earthquake to calm your doubts and fears?

I have and still do! Well, I did somewhat recently and guess what?

MY EARTH HAS QUAKED! I HAD TO BLINK FROM THE NEON!
IT'S AMAZING!!!


Ask and you will receive! Go for it! His Word is all around me and I can't stop smiling! Thank you God for picking me!

"Nondiscipleship costs abiding peace, a life penetrated throughout by love, faith that sees everything in the light of God's overriding governance for good, hopefulness that stands firm in the most discouraging of circumstances, power to do what is right and withstand the forces of evil" (Dallas Willard)

Thanksgiving..

I just want to say how thankful I am for my beautiful daughters, Samantha and Nicolette, my best friend and boyfriend, Mark and the close circle of friends that God has blessed me with. The list is long and they know their names, from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, God has taught me the true meaning of brothers and sisters in Christ.

I'm one lucky chick!

Wishing all of you a very Happy and Loving Thanksgiving!! May we take the time to thank God and those around us for all the little and big things in life!

Validation...

God's voice, His words, His actions. His messages are always there. If you're saved you know that God speaks to you on all levels.

I am often blown away by His message. This week it has been one validation after another. Who but God would speak to you, me, in homework? Yes, really, my homework!! My life has been pretty interesting lately, now please let me make this clear, I have no regrets! When I have felt weak and beat up by society I have considered closing the door and just moving on. When those moments occur, I open my Bible. I turn to my dearest of friends. And that's when it happens. Imaging yourself, walking the yellow line on a major interstate. Vehicles are passing you by at high rates of speed, vrrrrmmmm, beeeeeppppp. It's one close call after another. You feel death with each passing vehicle. Then it happens. You lose your balance, you wobble and BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your hit!!!!!!

Which side of the yellow line are you going to fall on?

I have to say, when you're tired, beat up, completely frustrated with life and those around you. Fall on the GOD side... I can't explain it. Words can not justify it.

WOW, it's sooooooooo cool! A smile can come from the darkest of moments.

Loving Thyself...when it's a challenge.

What happens when you love the world and struggle with loving yourself?

Tonight a friend read me this:

"I pray for ________. I am not praying for the world, but for ________ you have given me, for _________ [is] yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through _______. I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that _________ may have the full measure of my joy within [him/her]. My prayer is not that you take _______ out of the world but that you protect [him/her] from the evil one. _______ [is] not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify _______ by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent ________ into the world. For _______, I sanctify myself, that ________ too may be truly sanctified. Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and ______ know[s] that you have sent me. I have made you known to ________, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in ________ and that I myself may be in _______" (John 17:9-10, 13, 15-19, 25-26, NIV).

She took it from a Bible study she is doing... The Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood. Take a moment... read it. Read it and place your name in the blanks. If you listen hard enough, you can hear God reading it to you.

We may not always feel like His child but in our hearts we must never forget who we are. We are the children of God. Remember, the day before He died, He said, "You in Me, and I in you" (John 14:20)

Print this verse and when you doubt your own heart, take a deep breath and read it. KNOW HE is in YOU!!!

Ouch my head hurts!

It's sort of like the commuter train on a Monday morning. Every seat is full. No one is energised. It's just the same ol, same old. Predictable actions. No one can look eye to eye. It's easier to pretend you're sleeping. The woman at the counter hands you your coffee, never wishing you a happy day. You glance the day's headlines, nothing catching you by surprise. The man who sat next to you at work has been let go and all the department can do it gossip. Friends announce a divorce, you pick sides. A kid shoots another, because it was something to do on a Friday night.

Ouch my head hurts but my heart hurts more. This world has become heartless. Today they announced no more hugs in school. Relationships have been replaced by iPods, Playstation, TV/Tivo, IM-ing, Texting, My Space, Face Book, You Tube, Drunk girls passed out from alcohol and plastered all over the internet, this is our past time. No more family outings. Dinners together are shared in the car driving from one activity to the next. Your too busy to make it to church on Sunday. We no longer put our hearts in life but instead have heart attacks trying to live it. What's wrong with that?

Members Wanted...Needed

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP


Name: _____________________ Age:____

Previous Church:_____________________
(we will be contacting them for their opinion of you)

Address: ______________Phone:_____________

_____________________ Race:______________



Please check all that you are guilt of:

Lying___ Cheating___ Stealing___ Adultery___ Murder___ Assault___Lust___ Discrimination___ Cursing___ Offending___ Judging___ Denying Forgiveness___ Manipulation___ Disrespect___ Gossip___ Slander___

Fears: ____________________________________

Judgements:________________________________


I read something this week that is really challenging me. It was a post by someone I have a lot of respect for when it comes to his ability to reach others. He was asking us, the Christians of the Lehigh Valley, to imagine a church where the ideals just seemed, so CHRISTIAN. Unfortunately our reality is the above. It's an application that many of us use to judge those who walk in the doors of our churches or even worse....those who we, you and I, should be reaching out to, to share the Word of God with. Isn't that what being a Christian is all about? Or are you a Christian, just for you own selfish reasons? Be careful, God's listening.

Being Christian, is about a behavior. It's not the four walls of a church, it's not a sticker on the car. It's about God's love working through and in your actions.