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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Lift your blog!
Sometimes it is hard for me to get enough prayer and bible time in a week. Between homeschooling, raising three kids, church planting, and sometimes just sheer lack of self-discipline I don't realize that I haven't taken a time out to get refreshed and built up. That is always a recipe for disaster...all of a sudden I am doing everything in my own strength or if I am out the presence of the Lord for too long I lose my desire for HIS desires! Once I no longer want to do His will for my life there goes my peace, joy, purpose, etc.
A few things that save me and bring me back on course are prayer meetings and long times of worship. I am a big believer that when we linger in the presence of God we find life and truth! I believe the lies of the enemy cannot stand up in our minds when we are really praising God with our hearts and voices. I have so many things revealed to me during worship just because my mind was off all the tasks, worries, and distractions, and on God!
Sometimes when I just can't seem to pray I put on a great worship song and just start praising the Lord and soon enough I am able to focus. Some of my greatest times of prayer and worship are in the car by myself. With three kids sometimes that is the only way I can get away, pray, and refocus. These times are often intentional, but sometimes they catch me off guard. A few times even I have seen God force these times. Like the night I had to drive home from Colorado Springs at 3 am because Micah REFUSED to sleep at the hotel we were staying at. What an amazing night that was!
Some of the songs that are really helping draw my heart into worship right now are:
A few things that save me and bring me back on course are prayer meetings and long times of worship. I am a big believer that when we linger in the presence of God we find life and truth! I believe the lies of the enemy cannot stand up in our minds when we are really praising God with our hearts and voices. I have so many things revealed to me during worship just because my mind was off all the tasks, worries, and distractions, and on God!
Sometimes when I just can't seem to pray I put on a great worship song and just start praising the Lord and soon enough I am able to focus. Some of my greatest times of prayer and worship are in the car by myself. With three kids sometimes that is the only way I can get away, pray, and refocus. These times are often intentional, but sometimes they catch me off guard. A few times even I have seen God force these times. Like the night I had to drive home from Colorado Springs at 3 am because Micah REFUSED to sleep at the hotel we were staying at. What an amazing night that was!
Some of the songs that are really helping draw my heart into worship right now are:
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Here are some pics from the Hallelujah Party. Thankfully it went great. It is such a blessing to minister and hang out with all the kids and young adults that come to The Light House! We had a ton of junk food, games, a video scavenger hunt that was so fun, and another faulty pinata! I wish I would have gotten more pics, but my camera is terrible during the night time when people are running around! Gramma Joan made my kids awesome costumes. What a blessing. Jack was Luke Skywalker, Jacey was a jester, and Micah was an Ewok. Josh was a little kid, but we joked that his make up made it look like he was going for the joker! The kool-aid mustache didn't quite work out. In fact one of the kids that came to the party asked Josh what he was and when Josh told him he was going for a little kid, the kid answered "what went wrong??" Lol
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Friday, October 23, 2009
prophesy to the dry blogs...
Sooooo...this has been a very dry blog lately! Sorry about that. A friend reminded me today that I promised to update with the miracles God has been doing in our lives since we stepped out in faith.
To be honest it has been hard for me to really nail down my feelings into a post. God had us take this giant step of faith (Josh quitting his job) not just to have us trust Him for finances and grow our faith. He has had us there before, but I think we were in a desperate season. He was trying to teach us so much and there was no way it was all going to register unless everything was stripped away and we could just focus.
In this season Josh has been able to spend his days reading and praying and really get back to why we got into the ministry in the first place. The past few years God has stripped us of our preconceived notions of what a Pastor, leader, church planter, Christian, etc. was. The last few months He has opened our eyes and has been rebuilding our hearts with His vision. It has been amazing. Painful...yes, humbling...yes, exhausting...yes, worthwhile...ABSOLUTELY!
Good things are on the horizon!
I can also say that God has been providing. Donations have come in every time we have really needed them. Our three kids have been fed, our car payments paid, and most recently an unsolicited support check came and paid our mortgage for the month!!!
God is so faithful. I constantly remind myself of that when worry starts to creep up. I catch myself dwelling on Christmas and wondering how in the world we are going give our kids presents or what if we lose the car or what if...
I mean it does seem a little crazy. In this economy why would people to sacrifice to help a small church pastor! But, God has made a way. Even in our little congregation people have stepped up to bless us. One day I was thinking about how my son had outgrown his bike helmet and wishing I could buy him a new one. The next day a friend noticed my son without it on and took it upon herself to get him one without me saying anything! Someone else volunteered to pay for my daughters dance lessons if we couldn't afford them. We have some family members who have bent over backwards to help and encourage us through many different methods.
I want to use this post to say thank you to everyone who has helped us through support and prayer thru this journey. We have amazing friends, family and brothers and sisters in Christ and we love you so much!
To be honest it has been hard for me to really nail down my feelings into a post. God had us take this giant step of faith (Josh quitting his job) not just to have us trust Him for finances and grow our faith. He has had us there before, but I think we were in a desperate season. He was trying to teach us so much and there was no way it was all going to register unless everything was stripped away and we could just focus.
In this season Josh has been able to spend his days reading and praying and really get back to why we got into the ministry in the first place. The past few years God has stripped us of our preconceived notions of what a Pastor, leader, church planter, Christian, etc. was. The last few months He has opened our eyes and has been rebuilding our hearts with His vision. It has been amazing. Painful...yes, humbling...yes, exhausting...yes, worthwhile...ABSOLUTELY!
Good things are on the horizon!
I can also say that God has been providing. Donations have come in every time we have really needed them. Our three kids have been fed, our car payments paid, and most recently an unsolicited support check came and paid our mortgage for the month!!!
God is so faithful. I constantly remind myself of that when worry starts to creep up. I catch myself dwelling on Christmas and wondering how in the world we are going give our kids presents or what if we lose the car or what if...
I mean it does seem a little crazy. In this economy why would people to sacrifice to help a small church pastor! But, God has made a way. Even in our little congregation people have stepped up to bless us. One day I was thinking about how my son had outgrown his bike helmet and wishing I could buy him a new one. The next day a friend noticed my son without it on and took it upon herself to get him one without me saying anything! Someone else volunteered to pay for my daughters dance lessons if we couldn't afford them. We have some family members who have bent over backwards to help and encourage us through many different methods.
I want to use this post to say thank you to everyone who has helped us through support and prayer thru this journey. We have amazing friends, family and brothers and sisters in Christ and we love you so much!
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