I always have so much to talk about, so, you’d think I’d be posting something on here every day. But, I guess I have been staying busy and learning how to manage my time better. I’ll squeeze in some blogging time this next week more often. We have a busy week ahead, besides homeschooling, we have a field trip and a camping trip coming up.
I am so excited and geared up with everything that is coming up. One, is that Matt Maddix is going to be at our church in November for a Soul Winning Rally! I am SO excited that there really is no other words to say than just that…”I am SO excited!” We are ready to take our city for Jesus Christ! It reminds me of the song by Mark Condon, “To the East we profess, to West we confess, the enemy and his kingdom must come down. To the North we cry out, to the South we will shout, the enemy and his kingdom must come down. We cannot be silent. We cannot sit by. We must take this city for the cause of Jesus Christ. We are bold, we are strong, we are ready to march on, through Christ, we will take this city.”
And, our services have been so great and uplifting. I am excited what God is doing my life and my kids. This morning, Brother Pitts taught about Jonah based on a book titles “Chased” by Pastor Rodney Shaw. It was So insightful! I learned some new things about that I never knew. The Bible talks about how the people of Nineveh we are wicked people. But, it was brought out this morning about some the rituals and practice of the people of Nineveh. No wonder Jonah didn’t want to go. There were so many good points brought out in the lesson. Jonah decided to run from God. He took the complete opposite direction, thinking that everything was going fine and dandy – his way. But, when God is not through with you, you are not finished. God used others and the methods of others to get Jonah’s attention, to wake him up…even though Jonah made some wrong decisions against the will of God…God still wanted to use him. You know, we do not think well when we are not consecrated to God or we are running from Him. We can make the wrong decisions and some of those may be life changing decisions that may alter things along the way…BUT, God is not through yet, He still wants to use you. We were made to serve and please God. And, when we begin to run from Him, our lives take a down-ward descent.
And, Pastor Lucas McManus once again preached an awesome, encouraging message. He talks about how we serve a God with infinite possibilities. God agenda for our lives differs from ours. We have all made mistakes and sinned. But, when we line ourselves up with God and let Him work in our lives, the possibilities of what He can do with us become infinite. If we trust in Him and cast our cares on to Him, He will do something great – He will restore us! We have to get our foot standing firm on the “Rock” and make up our minds on whether or not we are going to do things God’s way or our way. Yes, this may mean we need to step out of our comfort zone…but, with God, the possibilities or infinite! We must be willing to set everything aside and follow Him. In Mark 12:41-44, the widow gave her last mite. The Word of God says that she gave everything she had. Meaning, she gave everything that she possessed. It didn’t matter to her that she was left with nothing material. We need to have the same mind-set…what are we willing to let go of to be everything that we need to be for Him? We look at things and see the impossibilities and question what is going on. But, with God there are infinite possibilities! There is no limits to what He can do! The possibilities are endless, inexhaustible, immeasurable and fathomless! What an AWESOME God we serve!
I just love it when we can start the week off after service like this. God knows exactly what we need to hear. I am encouraged and excited about what God is doing. ♥
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