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Job Vacancy - Elder

10/31/2014

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An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.  Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.  Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.  He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

As part of what I do, I help search for talent, and I help fill positions, like match making, but for careers. I couldn't help but think of that when I was reading today's lesson for me.  If I was looking for an elder. Would I be able to find it?

I think I could...and that is exciting!

How about you, does it fit?

Share your thoughts!


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The Last Thing Someone Says...

10/30/2014

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My Grandfather just passed away, and as we all do, I reflect on the last words he spoke to me.  The last time we visited him, which was about a week before he passed, he talked about the farming, and how everyone was doing on the farm.  He talked about how terrible it was for people to get handouts because they developed a mentality of "I deserve" and they begin to complain about everything.  He stated that people should work hard when they can, because hard work teaches character and how to appreciate things.  He asked my husband about how the sewer project was going in the City.  As always, he reminded me what a "lady" my Grandma was and how she was his "angel", and He told me that he was proud of me, because the Sheriff had stopped by to tell him that I was an asset to the County.   That sums up a lot about who my Grandpa was, and it was all said the last time I spoke with him.  I will remember a lot about my Grandpa and the lessons he taught me, but those last words will stick with me forever.

As I read over God's Word today, in 2 Timothy 4:3-5, I can't help to think that this must be really important to pay attention to, as this appeared to be Paul's last days.  He talks about finishing the race strong, which implies he is at the end.  

Paul talks about why he did what he did in life.  Paul used to kill Christians until God got a hold of his heart, and from there, Paul's life changed.  There was a transformation.  Paul's reward in this transformation was simply this: Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.  

Well now that doesn't sound like what the world thinks we are doing it for....to the world the Christians are "forcing religion down their throats".  Christians want to gain power and wealth or something.  Christians want to hurt people that want to do things their own way, and Christians are judgmental when we/they speak against anything the Bible does.  Sound familiar?

Well those things used to bother me, they hindered my walk with Christ, because I didn't want to be disliked and I certainly didn't want anyone to think I was bad.  So I didn't press forward I ran the race, but really I just walked.

Now that I'm a little more mature in Christ, (I say that with the most humble tone) I don't know what other race I'd rather run.  I don't know anything more free, more loving, more forgiving, more life changing than living for Christ.  Now you are free to run whatever race you wish, that's the beauty of life, but when you are tired of bondages you carry, you can hand them over at any time, and Christ will take it, no matter what you've done.  Tell me anyone else that would do that for you. As for when you should hand it over, I'd say at least a day before your last day, which unless you know when that is, might be best to start today.  After all, why waist all that time waiting for freedom?

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.


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Timothy's Letter is a Bit Disturbing

10/29/2014

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Whenever I read in the Bible where it is talking about the "last days", my ears perk right up. Not because I think it will be happening today, but because there is nothing in them that isn't happening today.

I can't imagine what it is like for a person who doesn't know Christ to be living today.  I would imagine there is a lot of hopelessness, discouragement, hatred, bitterness, deceit, and those types of feelings.  The world is not a very nice place right now.  You turn on the news and it is negative, it is destruction, it is doom and gloom and it is fear.  You hear of brother killing brother, the slaughter of women and children, wars and diseases, all in the name of humankind's quest for power.

We are in the last day friends... (2 Peter 3:8)  But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.


Are we ready?

After that heart sinking doom and gloom post, I want to encourage you.  The end is always meant to come, here on earth.  We are not made to live here forever, we will go, and the end could be in a moment.  We should never consider premature death, we should live life to the fullest, regardless of what "circumstances" come our direction.  There is a hope in Christ that through him and by his grace we are saved to live an eternity with a God that has created a home for us that is perfect.  There are no tears in heaven.  There are no sorrows.  You can listen to any Sam, Dick, or Harry that you want that tells you what they believe happens when you die, some say nothing, some say there is no hell, some say all go to heaven, some say you can go to purgatory until you are prayed out, but what does the Bible tell you?  I will take my chances on a book that no one can disprove, and that scientists try very hard to discredit only to find out they can't.  It's God's word friends, you can bank your life on it.  Wait until God calls you, until then you have purpose!

So what's it take to be ready?

Sell yourself out to Christ.  He's there for you, right where you are.  You don't have to find him in a Church, he comes where the Spirit is invited.  Ask the Holy Spirit to invade your life and wash you clean, thank Jesus for paying the price for your sins, know that he is God's Son and that he loves you, and know that the God we serve is big enough to save us all if we ask.  Stop hurting people, as God to remove the scars in your life, as for your mind to be renewed and your heart to be healed.  You should then surround yourself with other believers, but don't be deceived, not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" will be entering the kingdom of heaven. Read your Bible, understand it, ask God to reveal it to you and to protect you from deceit.  Guard yourself, be ready, because the thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy.

2 Timothy 3:1-5
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God--  having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

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Who Wins Your Arguments?

10/28/2014

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My Son loves to argue, about everything.  I know he received that wonderful gift from me.  I wanted to be a lawyer, so does he, both our reasoning, because we love to argue.  As I got older I simply learned to "choose my battles".   I'm currently trying to teach my son the same.

Until today.

I'm reading along in God's word, and I'm in 2 Timothy 2.  In this area of the Bible, you can really read it like it was a letter written to you, because it was a letter written with Holy instruction.  

The first thing that strikes my interests is how the writer is pleading with us, to remain on the path of Christ.  He references a soldier, who is not there to please the civilians, but to please his commanding officer.  What a great way to put it.  With our respect for our military men and woman, we can relate to this.  Every husband, wife, child, and friend know that when Uncle Sam calls, we come second.  It should be that way with Christ also.

Next in the letter it goes on to instruct us to keep from arguing and quarreling about "words".  It actually says avoid "godless chatter".  I thought about that.  What is "godless chatter".  I mean I know what it implies, it means that you shouldn't argue about things that aren't going to matter to our salvation, or that makes God look like it's a debate.  God is God, He doesn't need a debate, the world is under his control and it will go as planned.  We have free will.  Our lives will either go as God planned, or as our free will plans.  That is up to us.  I played the freewill game for 30 years, it was much harder and much easier.  I got to do whatever I wanted and I paid for the consequences of it too, the consequences of my choices were painful and overwhelming.  The good news is, nothing can happen that God can't use.  I'm glad he used my mess, to give me a message to share with you!

So what would it look like if a Christian wanted to lead others to Christ?

2 Timothy 2:22-26 says:
Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.  Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.  Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,  and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

I definitely have some work to do, how about you?

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Do Christian's Get Discouraged?

10/27/2014

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I see these mighty men and women of God day after day, through podcasts, webinars, TV, radio, etc., get up and boldly teach us God's word.  It seems these people never have a down day, or get discouraged, or even have poor thoughts.  Or do they?

As I read through 2 Timothy 1:6-10 and bring it home to life today, I'm reminded that even the strongest men in the Bible struggled, but they struggled with purpose.

I've seen so many of my friends come and go in the Lord.  They go for many reasons, doubt, tribulations, hurts, but mostly because they don't get their own way.  I'm not pointing fingers, I'm speaking from experience.   You have to decide what is important in life, because through my own experience, the moment you set your sights on Christ, the opposition comes.  It comes from family, friends, other Christians, and nonbelievers alike.  It's like it becomes a battle and you are continually struggling to keep that flame alive.  

Everyone wants to decide the way of life, interpret it, change it, present it.  Really friends, all you have to do is pull up your big boy/girl britches and live it!  

We need to lock arms, to pray for God's will, we have to be strong in the Lord, not in ourselves, we have to unwavering, even at the point of being unpopular.  We need to hold each other up, we need to walk it out.

Who's in?

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 

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What If I Said Jesus Didn't Come to BRING Peace?

10/23/2014

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Do you ever think about how the world is ever bickering?  Always fighting, always in an uproar?  What if I said that's what Jesus came to do?  Would you believe it?  Well, I don't want you to believe anything I say, until you look it up in scripture and decide for yourself.

This morning I was visiting with a dear friend who is struggling about loosing a relationship based on a Christian belief.  It is the most hurtful feeling in the world and I have been there several times.  I nearly always get frustrated and tell God I feel like I'm doing something wrong, because living for Christ should actually draw people to him and not away from him.  I always blame myself for saying something wrong, or in a wrong tone, or at the wrong time.  I always put the blame on myself when someone has a hard time with Scripture.  Especially when I'm the one that says it, and I feel like I lost a soul to heaven because I did it wrong.  It's a terrible feeling friends.

BUT THIS MORNING SOMETHING CHANGED!  I love when God changes perspective.  You'll see me say this a lot.  This is what GOD MOMENTS are all about!

Take a look at  Matthew 10:34-39 New International Version (NIV)

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.  For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.  Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.


What does this mean, that Jesus doesn't like peace, and that you will never have it?

ABSOLUTELY NOT....He is peace and He lives in you...He assures you in John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. You see this is one of the million advantages in knowing Christ and asking Him into your heart.  His presence in your heart will calm the troubled waters.

He did however come to bring the sword.  The sword is the truth and it stirs up a holy dissatisfaction in people.  My response to my dear friend was this:

Satan gets in there and deceives us. I stick to God's word because there are things in the world that "make "sense" to me too.  Sometimes people need a firm foundation shown to them in the way others live, Otherwise, we will believe anything. Keep sharing the word of God, even though it hurts. Keep your head up. You are loved and loved more. The relationships will mend. Jesus said, I came to turn daughter against mother....what He meant I think is he will cause a holy separation that will draw people to truth, but one will believe and one will struggle. He puts lights in families to draw them all. Way to be a light!.


Friend wether you are the light or you are the one struggling, God is pursuing you and blessing you.  He loves you, He is drawing you near, and you are Chosen!

Have a great day!

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Angie's List for a Successful Marriage in 2015

10/19/2014

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Everyone has their list of ways to improve something.  I'm no different.  My list comes from 25 years of experience in a relationship with one man and the biggest ups and downs from here to there.  Through addictions, through temptations, through adultery, through kids, we've pulled through some massive moments.  I'm going to give you the Top 10 things that I BELIEVE will get you through any marriage and allow you to be a Divorce Free couple!  Is it hard??? Only has hard as your perspective and heart.  Is it for you???  It can be.  Can you do it? Absolutely!!!   Let's dig in...

Father, I pray that Your word will pour through these people reading this.  Father, I pray for these marriages, right now, in the name of Jesus.  If you are currently not in their lives, God, I pray that they will ask you into their hearts right now, as a three strand cord cannot be easily broken.  Holy Spirit, I would ask that you flood our spirit with Yours and present a doable package of marriage, in Jesus name.  Amen.

1) You Must Both know Jesus Christ.  If you both don't know Christ, you will struggle.  I'm not talking about going to church, I'm talking about a relationship with Jesus.  A relationship with Father God, and a relationship with the Holy Spirit. I'm talking about reading the Bible and applying it to your life.  If you abide in God's word, then it will flow from you.  Will you be perfect?  No far from it, but your chances of lasting without this is slim.  If only one of you is willing now, never give up, lead the other by setting a solid example.

2) When you marry your spouse, you become one.  When you decide to get married, make sure you are old enough.  Once a husband marries his wife, they leave their families and start their own.  If you have to continue to rely solely on other people to support you, it will become a huge burden and challenge to bond together.  Marriage is tough, and you have to have time to learn how to communicate and live together.  It's time to cut ties with Mom's and Dad's as far as your relationship goes and let God form your marriage.  If you're not old enough to do so, wait.  If you didn't wait and are in that situation, it's time to figure out how to do so.  For my husband and I, we rented a run down house with the kitchen floor caving in, but it was ours.

3) Get rid of any friendships that are not for your marriage.  I've even been knocked out of friendships for this.  Yes me, sometimes it's extremely hard to see what people do in marriages, and as a society most time our answer is Divorce. If you have friends that are constantly encouraging you that you should end your marriage, telling you you deserve better, then you should not be including them in your circle of close friends.  Now don't go to extremes with that.  If you are in an abusive relationship or your spouse is constantly committing adultery, I would assume your closest friends would be the only one's brave enough to suggest to you to get out of the relationship.   What I'm referring to, is all marriages have issues.  Everyone has a very long drawn out process of learning to "live together, in peace"  I'm talking about normal arguments, fights, blown out of proportion arguments, and such. I'm not saying every relationship is healthy, and I'm not saying you should stay in every one.  What I am saying is that you should be sure before you get married that you are going to be committed for life like your vows state, or that you have a major reason for getting out if you don't stay.  I think some of these reasons include danger to your life, or your children's life, obsessive abuse, or adultery.  

4) If there is an addiction, seek rehabilitation now!  Stop being prideful.  Addictions are extremely powerful, and anyone that has had one, knows that the addiction grabs a hold of your soul and to overcome it can take a mighty work.  Stand by one another, if you went through treatment once, go again.  If you can't afford it, seek help from Social Services.  If you can't get help, find a hospital that can assist.  If you don't have insurance find a church.  Explain your situation.  Find resources, there are free groups out there all over.  Rehabilitation should be an absolute must.  You cannot live, nor function a normal life in an addiction.  Drug/Alcohol, Porn, Food, Gambling, Prescription Drugs, Addictions to people pleasing, whatever it is...it has to go.  Deal with it now, deal with it often, deal with it together. Set your mind on whatever it takes, you will do.   We all have an addiction of some sort.  Take care of it now, and don't come up with an excuse.  Do it.

5) You married the person of your dreams, everyone else is off the market!  If you are married, you have no business looking, lusting, imagining, or commenting about anyone else. Your wife is your queen, your husband is your king.  Build them up.  You are best friends, going through this world side by side.  When the rest of the world comes down on you, you have each other.  That bond is not to be broken by anyone else, your marriage bed should never be defiled by anyone else.  EVER.  No nudie pictures, posters, air fresheners, or magazines, no lusting after movie stars.  You are not in high school anymore. You are older and responsible, you are dedicated and a protector.  Protect your queen from any insecurities, and protect your kings security.  If you broke your wedding vows, go renew them.  If you broke them again, and you both want to continue to renew them again.  If there is secret darkness, bring it out in front of the light.  Take responsibility.  Stand before the congregation time and time again, until you can do your vows right.  If you can't, God does say you can get out of the marriage.  No one can withstand this type of thing.

6) Communicate!  Every argument has a misunderstanding and every fight has a cause.  You can disagree, but always seek to understand each other.  Allow each other to openly confess what has caused the fight/misunderstanding.  Don't go to bed mad or angry.   Don't expect each other to do what the other person wants all the time.  We all have needs and goals in life and we all have ways of debriefing stress.  Allow each other to be individual at the same time.  No controlling each other to simply get your way, however, if there is something that you can do to compromise without losing who you are, work for peace in the home.  If your spouse is screaming about your video game usage because the house is a disaster...clean before video game.  Then spouse, let them play, unless it is of course an addiction, then see #4.

7) Never point out all the things you don't have in your marriage.  Listen, if you want to make your spouse feel inadequate.  Immediately start talking about how the Jones have a bigger house, a better car, more well-behaved children, a new kitchen, nice clothes, etc.  Let's just go ahead and say "I'm not satisfied with you because you are not enough" shall we.  Seriously, stop it.  We have more than most, even if you have very little.  Have a spirit of thankfulness.  Always.  Work hard!  Stop complaining, thank each other everyday for what you have.  Enjoy what you have.  Quit searching for more.  It all rots anyway.  It's your relationship that won't ever rot if you take care of it.

8) Pray on children.  You don't have to wait until you can afford it, because you will get through whatever you have to, but wait until you both are ready.  Kids are the most beautiful things on earth, but also one of the most challenging.  You will be pulled in all directions at all times, and unless you are together on the same page, there will be stress. Even if you are on the same page, there will be stress.  You are going to raise little yous.  They will pull everything you did and then some.  You have to set goals and follow them.  You have to stick together and you have to include them in your lives.  Children should be able to have input, but never make the decisions of the home.  That's up to you and your spouse to provide a solid structure.  Remember, you are raising yous...and they will grow up to raise their own yous someday.  Spend time with them...train them TOGETHER.

9) Never cut each other down to your friends or social media.  For goodness sake, you are not going to find any resources or solutions to your problems by spewing them to other people.  Matter of fact, I bet it's one of the fastest ways to destroy a relationship.  Keep your little snotty comments and hurts for God.  He has all the answers anyway.  Seriously, stop spreading your spouses dirty laundry into other homes.  If you need advice, then by all means find a couple that you can trust, or a Pastor and do some accountability counseling.  Whatever you do, allow those people you go to to have the ability to speak openly and don't get offended and shut them out.  We all do things that aren't helping our marriages, don't shoot the messengers for helping you see them when you can't.

10) Walk side by side.  Through it all, just like in the army, you never leave your battle buddy alone.  They are your responsibility.  Your battle buddy will go through hurts, wounds, sicknesses, hard times and emotions that will attempt to destroy them.  It becomes your job to carry them.  God said, it is not good for man to be alone, I will make him a helper!


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Have a great day!

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God Speaks...Do You Listen?

10/15/2014

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My last post was Sunday, after an amazing encounter with God.  I love them.  I actually have God Encounters a lot.  Most times they are confirmed through someone else that couldn't possibly know what my God Moment is yet.  I have a "sidekick" (I will call him) that has been nudging me for a while now...I tend to step in and then jump out when things get hard on my heart, but this person that keeps after me isn't the emotional type, so he just kind of "says it like it is" and pushes me back in the game.  Kind of like the one that says "there's no crying in baseball!"  because if you knew me, you'd know I'm emotional... most time overly sensitive.

I'm a lot like the people of the bible.  God would tell them to do something and they would complain, run, hide, and say no.  They would look at the world and it's mountains instead of God and His ability.  I actually hear from God often, actually most times I speak with Him, He responds back.  Whether I hear him or not depends on whether or not, I'm pouting or determined to get my own way despite what He says.  Then there are days, many, that I don't share it because really what would people think?  I hear Him in dreams, I hear Him awake.  

I really have a very intense, daily Father, daughter relationship with God, and I play the part of the daughter very well.

I don't always listen.....

Well, here is a for instance.  Sunday I dream about healing a track team, you can read about that in the last blog.  (I found out yesterday that we had a cross country track meet in my town for the first time in 19 yrs.)  I didn't go....

Sunday during church, my husband was "called out" several times because of a picture I took of him (seen above) trying to resemble our Pastor and Pastor began to call him P.T. (Pastor Tony).

On the way home on Sunday, I told my husband, I believe you are going to be a Pastor of Healing.

On Tuesday I get a video of a Bethel Healing by my trusty sidekick.  If you are unable to view it here, you can go to my Facebook page and view it there. 

If God isn't speaking loud enough, I don't know what loud enough would be.

Today, I'm listening....are you?




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Not a Partial Healing, but a Complete One

10/12/2014

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We were at a track meet...there were several injuries, and a friend and I decided to go bold and pray over the track team.  Several people were healed, and others came to Christ because they witnessed the healings.  It set off a chain reaction, and instantly other teams from other towns came and asked for healing prayer too, and soon the audience was standing in line awaiting healing prayer.  It wasn't strange, it was necessary.  No one doubted, everyone was excited about it.  One man, who had a demonic force, came forward and asked for prayer.  My heart jumped for joy, I approached and my friend and I laid hands on the boy and we started to pray, a powerful prayer, but then, the boy said, "except I don't want her to pray for me."  He pointed at me, his face was stern, and my heart broke, with tears in my eyes I walked away...

I woke up, and my heart was devastated... it was a dream, but his voice lingered on, "except I don't want HER to pray for me."

My heart felt broken.

I got the kids ready for church and I prayed.  I jumped in with my friend, and I had to share the dream with her.  Again, I said, I feel devastated. 

She smiled...Satan doesn't want you to pray, because he knows you will pray for complete healing.  Sometimes there are partial healings, and sometimes there are complete healings...he knows you have the prayers to do the complete ones.

We got to church, and there was a girl in our seats..."oh well" I thought, "I'll sit by her, ask her if anyone is sitting by her."  She said no.  I asked her if my family and I could sit by her.  She said yes.  I asked her who she was, if she was new... she was a sweet young lady and you could tell she was expecting a young one of her own.  As she spoke it dawned on me that I had received a text from the worship singer a few days earlier telling me about a girl that might be at our church and would I sit with her?   I didn't know who this girl would be, or what she would look like, but all of a sudden, I realized this was her.  I said "did Marne ask you to sit here?" she said no.  I said "of course not" and smiled.  Marne walked out of the prayer room and said, I see you found her.  I smiled and shared the brief story... that only God could have arranged. 

We stood in church and we gave testimonies of healings.....

We began to worship....

One final breath he gave
As heaven looked away
The son of God was laid in darkness
A battle in the grave
The war on death was waged
The power of hell forever broken

The ground began to shake
The stone was rolled away
his perfect love could not be overcome
Now death where is your sting?
Our resurrected King
Has rendered you defeated


I began to weep, almost uncontrollably...the power of the Holy Spirit had fallen on us and began to heal and bind wounds...the power of Christ in a broken heart is unlike anything I've ever felt before.  It doesn't just happen once, it happens every time God finds a place in your heart that continues to have scars, and he opens them and heals them completely...

not the partial healing like sometimes you see, but complete healing....



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What Names Do You Call Yourself?

10/10/2014

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I'm not good enough, I'm judgmental, I'm selfish, I'm insecure, I'm inadequate, I need to encourage more...  those were the answers when I asked my Christian Study Group to describe themselves last night.  I even said write down two things "good or bad".

What names do you call yourself?

Who started calling you these names?

Where did you hear it?

When did you begin believing it?

I wonder how many more names we could have come up with; lazy, rejected, gay, retard, Jerk, hypocrite, goody two shoes, spiteful, addict, overachiever, gossiper, bible thumper, slut, hor, pig, pervert, hater, drunk, alcoholic... as well as many others.

The question was presented, What if we really are these things?  My answer is.  What if we are?

That's the reason for Christ.  He makes all things new....

Friends, there's no benefit that I know of for me to sit here and try to share Christ and Christ-like life with you, other than to provide you a better life for yourself, and your families.  The beautiful thing about Christ, is that all the names you know yourself by, can be erased and you can start fresh.  Another beautiful thing is that you never have to wait for an open enrollment period to decide, or a check in date at the treatment center.  Jesus is available right now, right where you are to wipe clean the mistakes you've made, and you have an opportunity to start new.

What if I mess up and fall back into old ways Ang?

Guess what, it's common, you pick yourself back up and you do it again, every day is new, every moment is new, there is no time frame, or no length of sinning, that can change that.  You all have the same opportunity no matter what life you used to live.  You can start new.

And...there is no condemnation in Christ!

All those names that you call yourself or others call you...are names that people everywhere need to be healed from, and there is a one stop shop to take care of every one.  Every name shall bow down to Jesus.  He is the sin destroyer, the Warrior, the Savior and He does it with ease, even if we struggle.

God calls you, CHOSEN, FORGIVEN, HOLY, ACCEPTED, LOVED.  He is telling you all the time...He is speaking to your heart all the time.  God is never silent.  He left us His words, his love letters, when we can't hear him with our ears, we can seek him out at any time, any moment, anywhere.

God knows....

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