Wow God!

This morning was so incredible!  Shockingly enough, I DID get up and go to Sunday school and church today.  I was very much blessed, to say the least!  God is working in ways that we cannot imagine!!

In Sunday school we read the book of Philemon; the lesson was over forgiveness.  Josh said, we need to forgive each person every time they need forgiving, no matter what because that is what the Lord has told us to do.  Also, forgiveness doesn't guarantee the relationship goes back to normal, a trust has to be earned again. <--This went along perfectly with what happened in church today.

"Think About His Love"

Think about His love, Think about His goodness.

Think about His grace that's brought us through.

For as high as the heavens above

so great is the measure of our Father's love.

Great is the measure of our Father's love.

^As we were singing that I was listening to an innocent child
behind me singing the words to this song.  My heart melted.

I don't remember the exact words to this quote, but it's something like this... 

"Pray, even on the days you're not going to feel like it."

I'm not always going to feel like praying, going to church, studying, or exercising...  but I still need to do those things because those things are good for me!  The more often I do those things, the easier it will become to continuing doing them.

As I was sitting in church today, I was thinking... maybe I need to feel lonely at times, so I recognize that God is with me and that I need to focus on Him, and not those around me.

Matthew 3:8

"Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God."  God looks beyond our words and "Christian" activities to see if our life backs up our words.  Do your actions agree with your words?

^Something in my Bible that, yet again, went along with today!

Jesus didn't die on the cross, so I could live the life I want to. 

It's not knowing every word in the Bible, it's LIVING IT.

Having all the "things" in the world won't fill that
emptiness & void in my life, only Jesus can!

The invitation today was the most moving part of the entire service.  God really showed up today!  I'm not going to put their business on my blog for everyone to read, because it's not my place to tell it.

I do ask that you please be in prayer for my pastor and his wife along with our church.  Satan tried to destroy their lives, but because of the His grace, mercy, love, and forgiveness God has made them stronger and is rebuilding and repairing the damage.  This morning our pastor and his wife admitted that some big mistakes were made and lives have been forever changed.  I couldn't be more proud of the leaders of our church!  This had to be one of the hardest things to ever admit.  No one is perfect, every one make mistakes, but if we a Christians aren't there to offer forgiveness, show unconditional love, and help in any way we can, we shouldn't call ourselves a Christian.

Pray for Bro. Dale's health. 
His wife, Mitzi, as she has turned her life back to God. 
Their relationship with each other to be healed and made stronger. 
And our church family as we support these two amazing people in this time of rebuilding.

This is just the beginning of what the Lord is going to be doing in the future within the church.  I cannot wait to see how He is going to work in all of our lives!!

My aunt said this, "Never ever get away from your church family. They are what holds us up when we are down." <--How true is this!  These are the people we can go to when we are hurting, when we have messed up and they are still going to love us no matter what!

Today was a BLESSED day!  Day Camp kids did an AMAZING job tonight!!  :D I am so proud of all the kids that participated!! 

  


PRAYER REQUEST:
-I need ultimate peace and God's ahead to make a big decision!  The pros outweigh the cons.  But making a decision for me is hard because I ALWAYS second guess myself.  I think this would be a good move for me... again please pray for me in making this decision!!