On Saturday, 4 women spoke sharing scripture and testimony of its truth:
First up: Angela Thomas an author and speaker. She was great, she spoke on "running the race" (as the Christian life is described in Philippians) and persevering to the end... as in not quiting... This is how I'm applying what she taught: when we need rest from this world we rest "in Christ", and we don't quit Christ.
Next: Lysa Tyerkhurst also an author and speaker, spoke on the 4 different ways of dealing with anger: exploding, exploding while shaming self, stuffing, and stuffing to build retaliation. She gives testimony of how the Holy Spirit can come in and help us in those seconds before we do one of these things and that is a choice we make in asking Him for help.
Third up, Candace Cameron Bure, the actress who played DJ Tanner in Full House, author, & speaker! Wow! She was great and she hit it home, I know that not one woman walked out of that place knowing that she needed to change something in her marriage. She talked about partnering with the Holy Spirit in honoring our husbands! Treating them the way God intends us to treat them... whether they deserve it or not. The degree that we honor our husbands is the degree to which we honor God. ... and I know that this is impossible without the help of God. Completely partnering with Him, allowing Him to work through us!!
Lastly, Kim & Krickett Carpenter spoke, they are the true story behind the movie "The Vow" with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams. Here's a video of them:
kinda neat.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Friday
Sorry about the two quiet days. This post is in place of Friday:
Friday night I was at the Extraordinary Women Conference; I got to hear Joe White share the gospel message from the view point of the man who built the cross. It was amazing! Here is a YouTube video of the same type thing from the view point of the men crucified next to Jesus & Jesus Himself. Amazing!
I'm so thankful for Jesus making a way to God for us, because as Romans 7 says, it is impossible for us to completely obey the good and bad of the Bible! Christ made a way for us; in HIM, that we could LIVE a full life with Him. The closer we are to Him...
Then Casting Crown performed (they are a very popular Christian Band)! I know most of their songs, but cried through most of them as the Lord spoke to my heart. Here are a couple videos of amazing songs:
This first one is "The Well" the exact message of being "in Christ" which I wrote about a few days ago!!
The next one I've heard over and over again in the last couple of years. It's one of my favorite songs, and as I listened Friday night, the Lord spoke some new things in my heart. Time to live a life of walking on water as opposed to sinking because of shifted focus from Christ. Walk on Water folks the God who created you, me, & every single planet, sun, & star can and does make the impossible possible in our lives every day. Of course I'm not gonna literally go try to walk on water unless God tells me I can, but you know what I'm saying... what God tells us in scripture is true and when He directs us in certain ways we need to listen to His "Voice of Truth"!!! <3
Friday night I was at the Extraordinary Women Conference; I got to hear Joe White share the gospel message from the view point of the man who built the cross. It was amazing! Here is a YouTube video of the same type thing from the view point of the men crucified next to Jesus & Jesus Himself. Amazing!
I'm so thankful for Jesus making a way to God for us, because as Romans 7 says, it is impossible for us to completely obey the good and bad of the Bible! Christ made a way for us; in HIM, that we could LIVE a full life with Him. The closer we are to Him...
Then Casting Crown performed (they are a very popular Christian Band)! I know most of their songs, but cried through most of them as the Lord spoke to my heart. Here are a couple videos of amazing songs:
This first one is "The Well" the exact message of being "in Christ" which I wrote about a few days ago!!
The next one I've heard over and over again in the last couple of years. It's one of my favorite songs, and as I listened Friday night, the Lord spoke some new things in my heart. Time to live a life of walking on water as opposed to sinking because of shifted focus from Christ. Walk on Water folks the God who created you, me, & every single planet, sun, & star can and does make the impossible possible in our lives every day. Of course I'm not gonna literally go try to walk on water unless God tells me I can, but you know what I'm saying... what God tells us in scripture is true and when He directs us in certain ways we need to listen to His "Voice of Truth"!!! <3
Friday, October 5, 2012
Lyrics
This song describes so well where I am today:
Casting Crown's lyrics to "who am I"
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours
Casting Crown's lyrics to "who am I"
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
Vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
2 Tim 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7, NLT.
One to repeat to ourselves.
One to repeat to ourselves.
Steady my heart
Kari Jobe singing what it is to be "inChrist":
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=KmaBhMOXXHg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKmaBhMOXXHg
This subject is just staying on my mind this week for some reason.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=KmaBhMOXXHg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKmaBhMOXXHg
This subject is just staying on my mind this week for some reason.
Monday, October 1, 2012
freedom
Thinking more about what it means to be "in Christ", tonight. (continued from yesterday's post)
2 of the scariest things I can ever thinking of happening are Cancer &/or the death of a child (born or unborn). I've experienced neither & I can't say how I'd react... but I know a few people who have been through these situations. The one's who I know and who had a strong relationship with God beforehand--they were in Christ before...-- they are the ones who stay buried in Him through it all, constantly praising God. Yes, they ask Him hard questions. Yes, they fight with Him over the loss or sickness. Yes, they were devastated. Yes, I'm sure they sobbed incessantly for months. Yes and Yes again. But they did not desert God, instead they hurled themselves deeper into Him. And they came out with peace on the other side. My friend who I referenced in my post "Violets" misses her son everyday... gosh there are days that I miss him. I cried my eyes out when Nathan opened his birthday present from her; I miss her little boy who would've been just a couple months younger than mine. I know she doesn't take a breathe without wishing that things couldve been different. And there are somethings on this earth that we will not get answers to. God may not give us the answers we desire, but He does give us the peace we are starving for. Peace that He promises will pass understanding. And when we are "in Christ" we can have that peace.
There are other friends who I've known to be extremely strong Christians--in Christ-- and the enemy comes to sift as Jesus warned is the desire of our foe. He will pick us apart if he can just distract us from Christ long enough and we will come up empty. When we are in Christ we have this choice to open our hearts and give Him everything which causes Him to flow through more and more freely the more we give over to Him, but we can shut ourselves off to a certain extent which causes much harm in our hearts. These people, they gradually change and suddenly everyone is wondering what's going on with so and so... I've been this person... more than once. and it is not fun, it is painful and nothing has ever made me feel more empty. Who I was before I gave my life to Christ becomes more evident than the person I became after, and that is the very reason for the empty feeling, even though I'm still technically in Christ, I had cut off the steady streaming flow of Him into my heart and started filling it with all kinds of other things trying to satisfy myself. But nothing satisfies except Him, which is why going back to His Loving embrace is the only answer to the filling feeling of freedom.
2 of the scariest things I can ever thinking of happening are Cancer &/or the death of a child (born or unborn). I've experienced neither & I can't say how I'd react... but I know a few people who have been through these situations. The one's who I know and who had a strong relationship with God beforehand--they were in Christ before...-- they are the ones who stay buried in Him through it all, constantly praising God. Yes, they ask Him hard questions. Yes, they fight with Him over the loss or sickness. Yes, they were devastated. Yes, I'm sure they sobbed incessantly for months. Yes and Yes again. But they did not desert God, instead they hurled themselves deeper into Him. And they came out with peace on the other side. My friend who I referenced in my post "Violets" misses her son everyday... gosh there are days that I miss him. I cried my eyes out when Nathan opened his birthday present from her; I miss her little boy who would've been just a couple months younger than mine. I know she doesn't take a breathe without wishing that things couldve been different. And there are somethings on this earth that we will not get answers to. God may not give us the answers we desire, but He does give us the peace we are starving for. Peace that He promises will pass understanding. And when we are "in Christ" we can have that peace.
There are other friends who I've known to be extremely strong Christians--in Christ-- and the enemy comes to sift as Jesus warned is the desire of our foe. He will pick us apart if he can just distract us from Christ long enough and we will come up empty. When we are in Christ we have this choice to open our hearts and give Him everything which causes Him to flow through more and more freely the more we give over to Him, but we can shut ourselves off to a certain extent which causes much harm in our hearts. These people, they gradually change and suddenly everyone is wondering what's going on with so and so... I've been this person... more than once. and it is not fun, it is painful and nothing has ever made me feel more empty. Who I was before I gave my life to Christ becomes more evident than the person I became after, and that is the very reason for the empty feeling, even though I'm still technically in Christ, I had cut off the steady streaming flow of Him into my heart and started filling it with all kinds of other things trying to satisfy myself. But nothing satisfies except Him, which is why going back to His Loving embrace is the only answer to the filling feeling of freedom.
Redeemed
Read Romans 7:7-25 by clicking here
I'm sure we'd all agree that the second we're told not to do something we desperately want it. I rarely eat PB&J sandwiches but when I spent a little time in a country with out, I couldn't wait to get back to the states to have one! Remember when your Mom told you no cookies til after dinner... when I was grown and could have nothing but cookies for dinner, I did... that is until I realized it made me feel terrible. The very idea of someone--God or man-- telling me 'I can't' do something makes me want to do it. Every time with out fail.
That's what these verses are about... my inability to be good. I mean we can do good if it's to make ourselves feel better about ourselves, it's being good for self. Think about it. Then when I tell myself I can't eat this or that for the sake of a diet... I immediately want to eat those things. And of course we're made with innate morality, which according to C.S. Lewis is proof of the existence of God (read "Mere Christianity"). Let's face it though, no one likes to be told what to do. No one. And our first instinct is to do the opposite of what someone is telling us to do. It's natural to human nature.
Then comes some good news:
Romans 8:1, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
and
Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer life, but by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me, I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
When I gave my life to Christ I suddenly had a choice to live by the natural ways of humanity or by the Spirit of God. My humanity still wants to do what it wants or not listen to what I should do and sometimes it wins... but when I stay in Christ (reading Scripture, praying- staying with Him as He is not in me) doing what I'm supposed to do is possible and it happens. And God redeems my life.
This song just explains it all:
Redeemed by Big Daddy Weeve
Thank you Lord for redeeming me. I love You.
I'm sure we'd all agree that the second we're told not to do something we desperately want it. I rarely eat PB&J sandwiches but when I spent a little time in a country with out, I couldn't wait to get back to the states to have one! Remember when your Mom told you no cookies til after dinner... when I was grown and could have nothing but cookies for dinner, I did... that is until I realized it made me feel terrible. The very idea of someone--God or man-- telling me 'I can't' do something makes me want to do it. Every time with out fail.
That's what these verses are about... my inability to be good. I mean we can do good if it's to make ourselves feel better about ourselves, it's being good for self. Think about it. Then when I tell myself I can't eat this or that for the sake of a diet... I immediately want to eat those things. And of course we're made with innate morality, which according to C.S. Lewis is proof of the existence of God (read "Mere Christianity"). Let's face it though, no one likes to be told what to do. No one. And our first instinct is to do the opposite of what someone is telling us to do. It's natural to human nature.
Then comes some good news:
Romans 8:1, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
and
Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer life, but by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me, I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
When I gave my life to Christ I suddenly had a choice to live by the natural ways of humanity or by the Spirit of God. My humanity still wants to do what it wants or not listen to what I should do and sometimes it wins... but when I stay in Christ (reading Scripture, praying- staying with Him as He is not in me) doing what I'm supposed to do is possible and it happens. And God redeems my life.
This song just explains it all:
Redeemed by Big Daddy Weeve
Thank you Lord for redeeming me. I love You.
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