What a merry christmas morn'
The saviour of the world is born
The God of all the universe
Is bringing light into the earth
So everybody join and sing
Celebrate the newborn King
November 30, 2011
Worship Wednesday (Christmas Time)
What a merry christmas morn'
The saviour of the world is born
The God of all the universe
Is bringing light into the earth
So everybody join and sing
Celebrate the newborn King
November 27, 2011
Women are...
I LOVE being a woman!
Women are classy, women are strong, women are sensitive, women are loving, women are influential, women are the staple of the home! Women are captivating. Women have the ability to bring so much joy to a room. Women can be tough AND gentle. Women are beautiful. Women are kind. Women are smart. We are important. Women are courageous. Women are faithful. Women are victorious.
Clothed in STRENGTH
Women are fighters!
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November 22, 2011
This is Your Brain on...
FAITH
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. -Hebrews 11:1
Faith-filled minds are knowing that no matter what God has got this!
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. -Matthew 15:28
Faith says With God all things are possible!
Repeatedly in God's word it says "your faith has healed you, your faith has made you well, your faith has cleansed you". Such power in Faith!
Faith is an act of obedience! The Lord wants us to trust Him in all things and to have faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. -Hebrews 11:6
Minds on Faith BELIEVE!
Believe God has GOOD for you! Believe God is GOOD! Believe the best is yet to come! Believe in hard times! Believe God holds this world in the palm of his hand.
Believe! Have Faith!
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord -Acts 11:24
So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. -Acts 27:25
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. -Romans 3:22
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God -Romans 4:20
Faith heals, strengthens us, makes us righteous, speaks volumes to the world, it gives us hope, and makes us humble.
How do we get faith???
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. -Romans 10:17
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. -Romans 10:10
Tasty Tuesday (Potato Crusted Salsa Quiche)
Using left over mashed potatoes, spread evenly in a pie pan to form your crust
Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes
whisk 7 eggs
add about 1/4-1/2 cup of half & half
add 1/4-1/2 cup of salsa
1/2 cup of cheese
salt & pepper
Pull out your crust
add egg mixture & bake at 400 for 30-45 minutes depending on your oven
Voila!! It's delicious! Enjoy!
November 17, 2011
Thursday Thoughts (making the most)
Colossians 4:4-6
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. -NIV
Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. Don't forget to pray for us, that God will open doors for telling the mystery of Christ, even while I'm locked up in this jail. Pray that every time I open my mouth I'll be able to make Christ plain as day to them. Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. -MSG
Pray that I will be able to preach so everyone can understand. This is the way I should speak. Be wise in the way you live around those who are not Christians. Make good use of your time. Speak with them in such a way they will want to listen to you. Do not let your talk sound foolish. Know how to give the right answer to anyone. -NLV
Ephesians 5:15-16
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. -NIV
So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. -NCV
So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! -MSG
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. -NIV
Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. Don't forget to pray for us, that God will open doors for telling the mystery of Christ, even while I'm locked up in this jail. Pray that every time I open my mouth I'll be able to make Christ plain as day to them. Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. -MSG
Pray that I will be able to preach so everyone can understand. This is the way I should speak. Be wise in the way you live around those who are not Christians. Make good use of your time. Speak with them in such a way they will want to listen to you. Do not let your talk sound foolish. Know how to give the right answer to anyone. -NLV
Ephesians 5:15-16
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. -NIV
So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. -NCV
So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! -MSG
What are you doing to make the most of your every opportunity?
November 16, 2011
Worship Wednesday (Power of Your Name)
I will live to carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
I will give with the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion to see the world be changed
November 15, 2011
Whose Approval?
Most of us have had the feeling or experience of rejection.
When others reject us for merely being ourselves, our self worth and esteem becomes so deeply bruised it crushes us.
That feeling of not being good enough or never measuring up can be so demeaning and heart-breaking.
As I write this, I am reminded of the Pretty Woman moment, where "Vivian" is shopping and the ladies reject her because of how she looks. They are beyond rude and snotty to her as if their poop doesn't stink just because they "appear" to be better.
Appearances aren't everything though.
Surely some of the prettiest people can have the ugliest hearts.
So, Julia Roberts or "Vivian" goes shopping with her sugar daddy & gets this whole new look & major confidence booster. With her new lease on life she walks in to the exact store she was in the day before, she reminds the ladies she was there earlier and is able to go on to say my favorite line in the entire movie!
"BIG mistake, BIG mistake, HUGE!" (at 3:20min)
Oh how I'd love the opportunity at times to tell someone they made a big mistake when they have rejected my family or me! How I'd love to show someone who I really am. To prove haters wrong. To say "You made a huge mistake" or "you were wrong about me". Or to make it known that "dissing me was the stupidest move one has ever made".
Perhaps someone has made you feel less than. Maybe you have been told you aren't good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, fast enough, skinny enough, mature enough, wise enough, etc. Maybe you have been wrongly labeled or pegged something you are not. Or people have narrowed in on only one of your traits and made that all you are about when you are about so much more. Maybe you have felt like you can't do anything right. Maybe people use your past against you, causing you to feel like you can't move on. Maybe you continuously feel rejected or like an outcast.
BUT...
It doesn't matter what people think.
If we are so concerned with the opinion of man, then the base of our self worth has been seriously misguided and is in need of some major redirecting. It's time to live for an audience of one. The One. The only One who matters.
If what you are doing, what you say, how you do it or how you say it, is pleasing to God, then nothing else matters and we can trust Him to have our back. We can trust God to allow all else to fall in to place.
People are going to disappoint us our entire lives. (insert debbie downer music here) People will let you down, because that is man's nature. God is fair. God is just. God doesn't disappoint. Whether you always agree with Him or not. Understand His ways or not. He is good. He is full of favor for those who love him & live for Him. Life is not fair, but God is. Circumstances are not fair, but God is. People are not fair, but God is.
Seek to please God first & foremost and you will be amazed at your new found confidence. Live for an audience of One rather than trying to please everyone on earth.
When we run around trying to appease man we resemble chickens running with their heads cut off. It's impossible. Just as people will let us down, we are going to have our moments as well. We will let others down. But we are to not live for the approval of man. Unless we enjoy the cycle of letting people down & being let down...over, and over, and over again.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. NIV
Do you think I speak this strongly in order to manipulate crowds? Or curry favor with God? Or get popular applause? If my goal was popularity, I wouldn't bother being Christ's slave. MSG
Do you think I am trying to make people accept me? No, God is the One I am trying to please. Am I trying to please people? If I still wanted to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. NCV
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. KJV
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. NLT
When others reject us for merely being ourselves, our self worth and esteem becomes so deeply bruised it crushes us.
That feeling of not being good enough or never measuring up can be so demeaning and heart-breaking.
As I write this, I am reminded of the Pretty Woman moment, where "Vivian" is shopping and the ladies reject her because of how she looks. They are beyond rude and snotty to her as if their poop doesn't stink just because they "appear" to be better.
Appearances aren't everything though.
Surely some of the prettiest people can have the ugliest hearts.
So, Julia Roberts or "Vivian" goes shopping with her sugar daddy & gets this whole new look & major confidence booster. With her new lease on life she walks in to the exact store she was in the day before, she reminds the ladies she was there earlier and is able to go on to say my favorite line in the entire movie!
"BIG mistake, BIG mistake, HUGE!" (at 3:20min)
Oh how I'd love the opportunity at times to tell someone they made a big mistake when they have rejected my family or me! How I'd love to show someone who I really am. To prove haters wrong. To say "You made a huge mistake" or "you were wrong about me". Or to make it known that "dissing me was the stupidest move one has ever made".
Perhaps someone has made you feel less than. Maybe you have been told you aren't good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, fast enough, skinny enough, mature enough, wise enough, etc. Maybe you have been wrongly labeled or pegged something you are not. Or people have narrowed in on only one of your traits and made that all you are about when you are about so much more. Maybe you have felt like you can't do anything right. Maybe people use your past against you, causing you to feel like you can't move on. Maybe you continuously feel rejected or like an outcast.
BUT...
It doesn't matter what people think.
If we are so concerned with the opinion of man, then the base of our self worth has been seriously misguided and is in need of some major redirecting. It's time to live for an audience of one. The One. The only One who matters.
If what you are doing, what you say, how you do it or how you say it, is pleasing to God, then nothing else matters and we can trust Him to have our back. We can trust God to allow all else to fall in to place.
People are going to disappoint us our entire lives. (insert debbie downer music here) People will let you down, because that is man's nature. God is fair. God is just. God doesn't disappoint. Whether you always agree with Him or not. Understand His ways or not. He is good. He is full of favor for those who love him & live for Him. Life is not fair, but God is. Circumstances are not fair, but God is. People are not fair, but God is.
Seek to please God first & foremost and you will be amazed at your new found confidence. Live for an audience of One rather than trying to please everyone on earth.
When we run around trying to appease man we resemble chickens running with their heads cut off. It's impossible. Just as people will let us down, we are going to have our moments as well. We will let others down. But we are to not live for the approval of man. Unless we enjoy the cycle of letting people down & being let down...over, and over, and over again.
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. NIV
Do you think I speak this strongly in order to manipulate crowds? Or curry favor with God? Or get popular applause? If my goal was popularity, I wouldn't bother being Christ's slave. MSG
Do you think I am trying to make people accept me? No, God is the One I am trying to please. Am I trying to please people? If I still wanted to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. NCV
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. KJV
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. NLT
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