I have told a lot of people lately about how God has been working in my life. mainly with the fact that I like to tell God, "no" when he asks me to do something. I like to stay comfortable in my situations so when something comes up that stretches me a little bit, I immediately duck and hide, run for cover, and get out of dodge. don't look at me like that!!! like i'm the only one!! but do you know what i've learned recently?? these situations in life are when God is trying to bless us! and if we say no to what He asks us to do how can He possibly give out His blessings.if Jesus would have said no, would he have been crowned king of kings? if david would have told God no, would he have been labeled a man after God's own heart? if paul would have said no, would he have been one of God's main sources to write His Word? these are just a few biblical examples but they still had to make the choice whether to say yes or no to what God had called them to do. the same is true for you and the same is true for me. I don't want to miss what God the Father, the Creator and my Savior, has for me. my prayer is that this is your desire as well.
God bless
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Control Freak...
We had an awesome night tonight (Wednesday). God amazes me more and more every time. It seems that when things look to be in the worst possible situation, He always comes through and speaks to us in ways that we never see coming…
It was just one of those days for me. You know, nothing was going right, things weren’t happening the way I wanted them to go, and I was just down on myself and life in general. I mean, it was cold outside, which usually means no one is coming to church and I was not fully confident in what God wanted me to teach about…
Guess what that means?? GOD HAD TO BE IN CONTROL!!!
Why is it that we always have to be in control of things? It always works out better on the Father’s terms anyways! So, wherever you are at in life or whatever may be going on, don’t try and make everything happen the way you want it to happen. Just take a step back, trust God, and let it happen the way He wants it to.
The blessings that you receive will come out of nowhere!
Our God is an awesome God! Luke 11:13
It was just one of those days for me. You know, nothing was going right, things weren’t happening the way I wanted them to go, and I was just down on myself and life in general. I mean, it was cold outside, which usually means no one is coming to church and I was not fully confident in what God wanted me to teach about…
Guess what that means?? GOD HAD TO BE IN CONTROL!!!
Why is it that we always have to be in control of things? It always works out better on the Father’s terms anyways! So, wherever you are at in life or whatever may be going on, don’t try and make everything happen the way you want it to happen. Just take a step back, trust God, and let it happen the way He wants it to.
The blessings that you receive will come out of nowhere!
Our God is an awesome God! Luke 11:13
Monday, January 4, 2010
Awkward Moments......
Awkward Moments…
Number two…
Pigeon Forge, TN. EXIT Conference 2009.
Ok, I don’t really know how to tell this but it was awkward and hilarious so here goes…
God did some absolutely amazing things this week so please don’t mistake this for something it is not…
we were in sevierville returning to pigeon forge after watching alvin the squeakuel (or something) with everyone else from the conference. van full of twenty-somethings and teenagers. traffic in these towns are CRAZY (to say the least) and cars are bumper to bumper for as far as you can see. well, unfortunately, we were treated for another free show that we did not intend to see. the passengers in the car in front of us begin to partake in, let’s see, extra-curricular activities!!??, I don’t know, let’s just say they were doing more than driving and we’ll call it the “French” version. and their windows were not tinted at all. I’m boxed in driving the church van and absolutely no where to go. I’m kind of minding my own business and all of a sudden I hear a resounding, “OOOOOHHHHH” come from behind me! needless to say, we laughed and watched. I mean, what was I supposed to do? they were right in front of us and I could not get around them! nonetheless, very awkward moment. I told everyone that they were married! hahaha!
Number two…
Pigeon Forge, TN. EXIT Conference 2009.
Ok, I don’t really know how to tell this but it was awkward and hilarious so here goes…
God did some absolutely amazing things this week so please don’t mistake this for something it is not…
we were in sevierville returning to pigeon forge after watching alvin the squeakuel (or something) with everyone else from the conference. van full of twenty-somethings and teenagers. traffic in these towns are CRAZY (to say the least) and cars are bumper to bumper for as far as you can see. well, unfortunately, we were treated for another free show that we did not intend to see. the passengers in the car in front of us begin to partake in, let’s see, extra-curricular activities!!??, I don’t know, let’s just say they were doing more than driving and we’ll call it the “French” version. and their windows were not tinted at all. I’m boxed in driving the church van and absolutely no where to go. I’m kind of minding my own business and all of a sudden I hear a resounding, “OOOOOHHHHH” come from behind me! needless to say, we laughed and watched. I mean, what was I supposed to do? they were right in front of us and I could not get around them! nonetheless, very awkward moment. I told everyone that they were married! hahaha!
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