Filled to the Brim

The Flow

2009-12-28T19:31:00.000-08:00

God pressed it on my heart to read "How to flow in the Super Supernatural" by John Osteen, and I am going to put something on here from that book.

He was talking about Ezekiel 47:1-5, 8-9:

¹Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

²Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

³And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

⁴Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

⁵Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over....

⁸Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

⁹And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

And here is what John Osteen said about these scriptures:

"As long as you are ankle deep, knee deep or only waist deep you still have your feet on the bottom! You can determine your own destiny. You can get out of the water whenever you choose. You can stay close to the edge. You are running your own life.

You are in the flow of God, but the flow is not in you!

COME ON OUT INTO THE DEEPER WATERS. TAKE YOUR FEET OFF THE BOTTOM.

LET THE RIVER TAKE YOU WHEREVER GOD WANTS YOU TO GO.

This river is coming from the throne of God. It is flowing out to a world that is lost. It will bring salvation, healing and deliverance from demon powers.

It is flowing throughout the world. Let the river take you.

It is safe.

Take your feet off of the bottom. You can trust the move of the Holy Ghost.

You can trust God.

Do not compromise!

God wants you to have a full measure of the power of God. He wants you to be a supernatural witness to this world.

A lot of your trouble and heartache will be over when you stop being double-minded.

Jesus said in John 5:44: "How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?"

As long as you try to please man only, you cannot believe God. But when you just want to honor and please God alone, you can believe God for all things!

Hear this prophetic Word of the Lord:

'THUS SAITH THE LORD: MY VOICE IS COMING TO YOU, INTO YOUR VERY SPIRIT, FOR THIS IS THE HOUR OF DECISION. THE DAYS ARE SHORT AND THE HOUR IS SERIOUS. YOU MUST GIRD UP THE LOINS OF YOUR HEART. STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN. DECIDE TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP WATERS OF THIS RIVER OF LIFE. IN THIS HOUR, I AM SAYING, COME UP HITHER.

I AM DRAWING MY PEOPLE UNTO MYSELF. I AM CLOTHING THEM WITH MY POWER.

WHO WILL COME? WHO WILL COME? WHO WILL WALK WITH ME IN THIS HOUR, SAITH THE LORD.

YOU ARE THE CHOSEN OF THE LORD. BELIEVE AND FOLLOW ME, SAITH GOD.

FOR MY NAME WILL BE LIFTED UP. IT WILL BE MAGNIFIED, SAITH THE LORD. THAT NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME SHALL BE LIFTED UP AND ADORED AND MAGNIFIED. YOU SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL NAME IN THE UNIVERSE.

THE ENEMY SHALL CRINGE IN FEAR AS HE SEES THE POWER IN MY NAME. MY PEOPLE WILL ARISE WITH THAT NAME AND THEY SHALL GO FORTH IN THIS HOUR. THEY SHALL LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS. THEY SHALL MAGNIFY THE NAME OF JESUS. THEY SHALL SEE AND DEMONSTRATE THE VICTORY THAT I GAINED BY THE CROSS AND EMPTY TOMB.

OH, MY PEOPLE LISTEN AND RECEIVE MY MESSAGE FOR THIS IS THE HOUR OF DELIVERANCE. I WILL USE YOU, SAITH THE LORD.'

Get your feet off of the bottom of that river. Get into the waters that cannot be passed over.

TRUST GOD WITH YOUR LIFE!

MAKE YOUR CHOICE!

LET THE RIVER OF GOD TAKE YOU WHERE IT WILL!

THIS RIVER IS FLOWING TO ALL THE WORLD!"

Awesome, right?

Now that I know, I am responsible

2009-12-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

This has been stirring in me, that now that I know, I am responsible. I'm going to expound on this some.

James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

This scripture holds a lot in a few words. Think about it. If you know what you are supposed to do, and you don't do it, you're sinning. You may ask God for forgiveness, but if your not doing what God has told you to do, you are in a continual state of sin. If you heard what Pastor Susan taught this morning, or you heard any word that is for your church at that time, I'm going to tell you something....If you don't act on that word, (speaking of the word that Pastor Susan taught) you are not going to turn the corner and you will be in a state of sin. Now, do you really want to be like that? Oh man, I have been having to beat my flesh soooo bad, because satan has been trying to put so much fleshly things in front of me that have successfully enticed me. Anyways, I'm getting off subject here.

Luke 12:47-48 That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

I want to say something about doing His will. It says if we don't do what the master has told us to do, we will be beaten with many blows. You know, those blows, God will not inflict them on us. He does not want us to stray away from His plan, b/c when we do, we get out of that protection of God and satan has free range in our lives. The devil inflicts those blows b/c God has to take His hand away from us, b/c God can't come in contact with sin, b/c the Glory of God, the manifest presence of God, burns up sin, and God doesn't want to burn us up, so He has to take His hand away!

"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." I know that much has been given to us. We have an assignment to fulfill. I'm going to tell you right now, that God does not give you an assignment without equipping you! He gives you strength, joy, peace, and everything else you need! He has given us a grace to do what He has told us to do.

I'm going to finish this with this:
Luke 12:47-48 (The Message) The servant who knows what his master wants and ignores it, or insolently does whatever he pleases, will be thoroughly thrashed. But if he does a poor job through ignorance, he'll get off with a slap on the hand. Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!

Wow, that is powerful. Don't ignore God and do whatever you please to do, unless it is doing God's will. What I wanted to get out of this scripture is the part that says "ignorance."
Ignorance - The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed.
We are not ignorant.
We know what we are supposed to do.

Philippians 3:15-16 (The Message) So let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you'll see it yet! Now that we're on the right track, let's stay on it.

The mind.

2009-12-24T20:03:00.001-08:00

I decided to post finally! God brought this back to me as a way to give out that fruit that is on the inside of me. Wow. God is amazing.

I'm going to be talking about the mind. The other day a verse just came up in my spirit:
1Peter 1:13 prepare your minds for action....
and I just kind of ignored it, but it kept coming back up in me. So, I decided to look up the scripture, and when I did.....wow! He started bringing up many many scriptures in my spirit and I was on fire!!!!! Hallelujah! He not only brought those scriptures to me, He brought much revelation with the scriptures!

He brought back to me a scripture I remember Pastor Kevin using in one of his sermons not too long ago:
Exodus 12:11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover.
And Pastor Kevin put along with that, "Eat as ready for a journey." And God said to me "You must be ready in every way. If your mind is not on Godly things(Colossians 3:2) then you won't be ready.
Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night.
When I read "your mouth" I heard "your mind, heart, or spirit." So, He was telling me not to depart the Word from my mind, as well as my mouth. You have to keep it in your mind all the time.
Matthew 6:21 (the message) The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
(NIV) For where your treasure is, there your heart[FOCUS] will be also.
I added focus in there because Pastor Nate always said that whenever he would say this scripture, and I thought it went good here. When you focus on something, your not just focusing with your spirit, but you are also focusing with your mind. Put your treasure in Godly things.
Colossians 3:1 set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Your heart is set at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above not on earthly things.
Your mind is not set at the right hand of God, so you must think on Godly things, so it will all tie together.
Romans 12:2(NIV) be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
(AMP) be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude].
Ephesians 4:23-24 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Changing your attitude is changing your opinions, thoughts, and disposition. When I saw that I had to look up disposition in the dictionary.
Disposition-state of mind regarding something.
Romans 8:5-8 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.¹⁸
Philippians 3:18-19 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.

There's some stuff to just think about that God has put on my heart. And I hope this encourages you to:
2Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

This is very important! We must set our minds, our hearts, and our WHOLE focus on God! That is the only way we will ever grow or ever be able to fulfill God's plan for our lives! It's time to get serious guys! You know, I wasn't going to put this until another blog, but I just really felt like I'm supposed to. Here is a definition of pressing that God gave me. Pressing is wanting so bad to get somewhere that you will give up anything to get there. We need to do as Paul said he did in Philippians 3! We need to press with all we have! Come on! WHO WANTS TO SEE MORE? COME ON GUYS!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, God has a plan, and the only way we will fulfill that plan is by pressing! WE MUST PRESS! WE NEED TO PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD HAS CALLED US HEAVENWARD IN CHRIST JESUS!!! AMEN!!

Okay, I will stop internet screaming at you. lol. But, you know, I'm talking to myself as much as I'm talking to anyone else. I hope all this made sense. =]

Nothing But the Blood of Jesus

2009-09-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Now by this I’ll overcome—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
Now by this I’ll reach my home—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Glory! Glory! This I sing—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
All my praise for this I bring—
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Understanding the wonders of His Person

2009-09-18T14:38:00.001-07:00

I have nothing to say today but I wanted to put of these scriptures. Is that OK? The word is good!

Philippians 3:8-10 (Amplified Bible)

8Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),

9And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law's demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith.

10[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [[a]which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]

God's heart and desire...

2009-08-25T14:54:00.000-07:00

Me and Jordan went to several places in Fort Smith this last Friday and I noticed something. There is a lost and crying people in Fort smith(not only Fort Smith but the surrounding areas too). I felt it so strong I almost couldn't enjoy the evening because I was about to cry. I was telling Jordan "I know why Jesus had compassion on the people." I was also just meditating and thinking on that on the way home and I had a revelation. It's not about me! It's not about me at all! I am here to see the glory reach all the earth. And I have had enough of sitting back. Something came to me as I was praying today..."The Lord has called me and I will respond! No longer will I back down! This world is crying for a Savior and He is the only one that can save them. I WILL NOT BE SILENT!" And these scriptures also came to me:

Matthew 9:35-38
³⁵Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. ³⁶When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. ³⁸Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Prayer is such an important part in the harvesting of souls. I encourage you soooo much to pray for that.

Matthew 20:16
For many are called, but few chosen.

I remember Go Ministries always saying that this scripture meant "Many are called, but few actually choose." I don't want to be one of the ones that are called but don't do what God is calling me to do. We are all called to do our part. Are you doing yours?

Luke 14:15-24
¹⁵When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."

¹⁶Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. ¹⁷At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

¹⁸"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'

¹⁹"Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

²⁰"Still another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.'

²¹"The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'

²²" 'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'

²³"Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. ²⁴I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.' "

In my bible I have out to the side of these scriptures "They all had a call but they all had an excuse." I'm not using anymore excuses, there really is no excuse good enough. I've had enough of me thinking about myself. "Oh, I went to bed at midnight last night so I am just going to sleep a few more hours." That's not a good enough excuse....if you feel like you need to get up early and read the word or pray, then you better just do it. Like I said, there really isn't a good enough excuse. I don't want to be left out of the great thing that is coming because I didn't want to do what God wanted me to do. He made it simple.

Another thing I said to Jordan was,"I don't want people to look at me when it's over and say,'Why didn't you tell me about that(Jesus)?'"

To end this I'm going to write down the lyrics of a song. We got the new Hillsong United CD that day and was listening to it and this song came on and it was just what we were talking about.

Tear Down the Walls - Hillsong United
Tear down the walls see the world
Is there something we have missed
Turn from ourselves
Look beyond
There is so much more than this

And I don't need to see it to believe it
I don't need to see it to believe it
Cause I can't shake this
Fire deep inside my heart

Look to the skies hope arise
See His majesty revealed
More than this life there is love
There is hope and this is real

Cause I don't need to see it to believe it
I don't need to see it to believe it
Cause I can't shake this fire burning
Deep inside my heart

This life is Yours and hope is rising
As Your glory floods our hearts
Let love tear down these walls
That all creation would
Come back to You
It's all for You

Your Name is glorious
Glorious
Your love is changing us
Calling us
To worship in spirit and in truth
As all creation returns to You

Oh for all the sons and daughters
Who are walking in the darkness
You are calling us to lead them back to You
We will see Your spirit rising
As the lost come out of hiding
Every heart will see this hope we have in You

That fire/desire is burning deep within me. I only put this blog up to hopefully stir up that flame inside of you. This is Gods heart.

Change-the first step to a God lifestyle

2009-07-25T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hello, everyone! I haven't been on here in a very long time. I just really felt like posting this. Change. Change is something everyone needs no matter who you are. I really struggled with it for some time. I thought I was letting God doing the changing for the longest time, but I wasn't. I was doing it all myself, and that is why it always failed. For example, I was watching movies almost everyday and I knew I wasn't supposed to. I would go to church and be like "Wow! That was so for me! I am totally going to quit doing that stuff!" And I would go home and do the same things. Now, I know that God is the true changer. He changed me SO much! He can change you too if you let Him. I started getting into His word everyday and that was what did the changing! I had no desire to watch tv, or movies, or any of that other stuff. I just craved God! I craved Him soo much! I wanted to go deeper in Him! Ahhh!!! It's so amazing what He can do if you just sumbit! I truly started listening to the messages that were being preached! OH, I can't even explain what I was feeling! It was amazing! Now, I am ready. I am ready to go to camp and be changed even more! To go deeper you must change!

Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

If there is any other scripture that goes along with this, please post it, because I was looking for a certain scripture and couldn't find it.

The next time I'll post will be after camp! bye!

The Neverending Story

2009-04-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

I just got done watching The Neverending Story with Jordan. I've got to say.....It wasn't that bad. A little weird, but overall it was OK. Have any of you guys seen it??? If so, what did you think of it? I thought the luckdragon(in the picture) was so cute....in a weird way. haha Anyways, I guess that's really all I have to say today!!! bye!

Hello again!

2009-04-02T14:36:00.000-07:00

I am finally going to post! I decided I needed a new look and and new post...even though the blog itself doesn't look that great...oh well. I thought It was cool that I found "filled to the brim" was in a book I was reading! Anyways, I thought I would just say don't stop reading b/c I haven't posted in a long time!

I found this scripture the other day when I was studying and I loved it!

1 Timothy 4:12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

I love that! anyways, I guess that's really all i have to say today!

bye!!!

¡Hola! ¡Muy al azar! [very random]

2009-03-02T13:54:00.000-08:00

¡Hola todos! ¿Cómo está usted individuos? I apesadumbrado haven' ¡t fijado en un rato largo!

Hello everybody! How are you guys? Sorry I haven't posted in a long time! [I used babel fish, so I hope that was right. haaha]

I decided to put a tribute out to me about to begin learning spanish, if that made sense. I think I'm about to go over to Grandma's house to get the stuff for it.

I'm still reading my book for class tonight. I'm not very far along.

Last Friday was very fun! I actually got some clothes!

I haven't put anything up about the Winter Jam yet, so I will do so now, i guess. Well, all I can really do is put some pictures up and say it was really awesome!

Brandon Heath

Stephanie Smith

Toby Mac

We were really far away!

Well, I guess that's all the random I can give today!
¡Adiós!

one year more.....

2009-02-16T21:24:00.000-08:00

God is sooooo good! He just wants to make you happy! Especially on your special days. Today I turned 15 and he made it so special! I woke up at noon [I stayed up watching Lord of the Rings really late, like 2:30am] and me and mom watch the Lord of the Rings, yeah lots of lord of the rings. and that took up the whole day and while we were watching it we were making my cake and we ate LOTS, well I did, of chocolate!!!! yummy! Then God blessed me with an amazing message from Nate at class tonight! and now I'm about to go make up a video thingy, which I LOVE doing, and then I'm going to watch the last lord of the rings! yay!

I love God...he's amazing!

I am a very ordinary layman of the Church of England......

2009-02-07T21:01:00.000-08:00

My next blog was going to be about the winterjam... but I decided to put this up instead...

"I know very well when but hardly how the final step was taken. I went with my brother to have a picnic at Whipsnade Zoo. We started in fog, but by the end of our journey the sun was shining. When we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and when we reached the zoo I did. I had not exactly spent the journey in thought. Nor in great emotion. It was more like when a man, after a long sleep, becomes aware that he is now awake."

-C.S. Lewis

Stand by me would you love, as if queen and pawn.

2009-01-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

As all of you may know, we went to see Children 18:3, the wedding, and Disciple. It was amazing! Children 18:3 did an amazing job and I felt like me a Jordan were the only ones that knew their songs. Like, no one knew them. I was so glad I saw them! The wedding, they were good, but not my favorite. Disciple did good too. I had fun when I knew the songs they were playing. After the show was over the lead singer preached a message and got a lot of people to say the salvation prayer!!! AWESOME!!!! Well, I guess that's it for now. Oh, and anyone that hasn't seen it yet NEEDS to download the podcast The 3 Revelation Gifts by the Fifth Service on itunes....IT'S AMAZING!!!!

PS. The guy in the photo is David from Children 18:3.

It's close enough...

2009-01-17T10:08:00.001-08:00

It's close enough to valentine's day to get something like this isn't it???

sorry it's sideways.

Tofu.....or burger?

2009-01-10T17:37:00.000-08:00

All the ladies in our house are on a diet. Well, Jordan decided to try to do stuff with tofu(in the picture). It has lemon juice and honey in it. Which, if you ever want to try tofu....it tastes like nothing. It only tastes like the stuff you put in it. It wasn't bad, but I would like it better with different tastes. On the other hand, dad made some amazing burgers on the grill!

I love you and your tofu Jordan!!!!!

Are you ready to sweat!?

2009-01-05T15:15:00.000-08:00

You guys, I have a confession to make....I LOVE SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES!!!!!!! I've been doing it for a few days now and it really works...and it's really fun! You just can't feel stupid, because you could have a tendency to do that when you doing it. But it's still fun and I know I'll lose lots of weight!

In this world, we are different

2009-01-01T23:07:00.000-08:00

I was looking at youtube and some stuff people added to what I said on some videos....And a lot of it was horrid...people saying bad stuff about God. I almost couldn't bare it. I almost broke down right there and cried, that's how bad it was. But then I saw that there was a new music video for Hillsong United's Point of Difference and I almost started balling again....but this time it was good. The song said "In this world, we are different. Let your love become us, as we live to make you famous." And I thought, thank you Lord I am not of this world. Even though those people are and no matter how harsh the words they said, I still love them. And this is what we are here for, to tell those people and everyone about Jesus!

I love all you guys so much!

Well....

2008-12-29T19:11:00.000-08:00

I had a great Christmas! Me and Jordan got Ipods. Mines the gray one and she has the purple one. They are so stinkin' awesome! I'm not really sure what else to say about Christmas, so I guess I'll move on to my next subject. I wrote/copied, I'm not sure what you would call it, a Colossians confession thingy. It's just a few scriptures I had highlighted through out Colossians that I would read aloud that I thought were very good confessions. I love Colossians! It goes like this:

All over the world the gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing in me since the day I heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. And I pray that I may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: I am bearing fruit in every good work, I am growing in the knowledge of God, I am being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that I have great endurance, patience, and joy. I will continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as I was tought, and I am overflowing with thankfulness. And I will clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. I will forgive whatever grievance I have against anyone. I will let the word of Christ dwell in me richly. And whatever I do, I will work at it with all my heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. I will be wise in the way I act toward outsiders, and I will make the most of every opportunity. Lord, let my conversation be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that I may know how to answer everyone. In Jesus name I pray, amen.

How is it? Hopefully it's OK. I'm going to leave you with the words to this song I love so dearly.

Chad Blondel - Home

You brought me to this world
and it's only by your grace that I live another day
And all you've done for me is more than I deserve
So I'll follow you today

And though I live this life
Heaven is my home
And now this life I live in Christ
Who gave his life for me
And until the day I die, I'll sacrifice my all
Cos I know this place is not my own
It's only in Your arms that I'm home

When all is said and done and the dust returns to dust
And the old has passed away
And all the kings and queens finally understand
That a house is not a home

Though I live this life I've never felt like I belong

If you guys don't know who Chad Blondel is, you really need to listen to him! www.myspace.com/chadblondel
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How do you know a real adventure?

2008-12-17T20:25:00.000-08:00

As all of you know, I haven't posted a blog in a long time. Before church, I was trying to think of what to put. I was going to put stuff about the youth party and the Christmas drama...and then I went to church. Everything changed. Nate preached and it changed my outlook on things. His teaching always does that to me. He is truly anointed to do that.

I may sound like a dork when I say this, but whenever I read the Chronicles of Narnia, I almost feel it to be true. I always wanted to go there and have a real adventure, battles, lost princes, and meeting creatures not of this earth. I always thought that was the only true way to have an adventure. But something that Nate said just changed my whole outlook. He said that God made Adam, then man sinned, and the whole bible is pretty much God trying to get us back. What this said to me was that the whole bible is an adventure. He had men doing so many things to get us to come back, to show us he truly loves us! And we can have adventures just like this, healing the sick and calming storms, if we just do what God tells us to do. You may not kill witches and giants in battles, but the reward for what you do do is great!

I ask you, if you ever read the Chronicles of Narnia, don't get so caught up in it you forget what you are really here for! Just remember it's only fiction. But the bible is truly real.

Let your memories grow stronger and stronger.....

2008-11-30T17:32:00.000-08:00

Wow! This last week was crazy! So many things went on!

Tuesday me and Jordan got to hang out with our cousin Aaron! We went to the mall, Tuesday morning, Cici's, books a million, and then starbucks in target. That took all the day if you could believe it!

Wednesday we did a bunch of stuff, I just can't remember what. haha Thursday,of course, was thanksgiving. We went to my dad's cousins house.

Dad and Kaleb playing video games.
Then later on we went to grandma's house for dinner...which I could barely eat anything!
Then friday we put up Christmas stuff and I colored my hair!

sorry the picture is sideways. hah.

anyways.....

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

haha! I can't wait to do the Christmas drama!

well......I guess that's it. shot. simple. to the point. hah.

I am washed by the water!

2008-11-20T18:03:00.000-08:00

Hey! I haven't written one of these things in a long time! I hope no one stops reading! haha

Well, last night we had a great time a worship and then Nate spoke. That is totally what I needed!!!! Nate was talking about like bathing in Gods word. I looked up some scriptures on that this morning.

John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (New American Standard)

1 Corinthians 6:11 But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (New International Version)

2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (New American Standard)

Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. (King James Version)

And then he said, "How are you supposed to shine when your dirty?"
That really got me!

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

And then I thought to myself, I feel clean, now I need to stay clean!
I can truly say that that changed my life! I actually got up, prayed, read the word, and said my confessions today!!!!

I love Nate and Evan! They are such a blessing to me!

I did it!!!!!

2008-11-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

Well, I did a lot of stuff this weekend, but the one I'm talking about right now is I baked a cake!!!!!
It's called Cappuccino Kissed Cheesecake. It's pretty much a chocolate cheesecake with coffee in it. It was tasty!!!!

Well, this weekend was fun! Friday we watched Get Smart. HILARIOUS!!!!! I loved it. It is a must see. Saturday we went to our cousins soccer game. I liked soccer more than I thought I would! Then we went to Target/Old Navy/Books-A-Million. Then we went to taco bell....where Jordan pricked her finger on a cactus behind her. haha Then we went home and watched Journey to the Center of the Earth. That was pretty good too. It kinda reminded me of Indiana Jones. Anyways I guess that's it! Bye!

It's not over, 'till it's over

2008-11-06T20:02:00.000-08:00

God laid this on my heart

It's not over 'till it's over
Watch out look behind you now
Watch out 'cause there's gonna be a change
It's not over 'till it's over
So don't you dare tell me otherwise
It's not over, no no, it's not over
Lookie there, dressed in your disguise
The light will show the real you in time
Watch out, it'll catch you like you never knew
It's not over 'till it's over
So don't you dare tell me otherwise
It's not over, no no, it's not over
Wait, wait and see, the end is near, but it's not here yet.
Wait, wait and see, the victory is ours

Sorry if it sounds stupid....i don't know!

Random stuff I've been thinking about....

2008-11-04T12:34:00.000-08:00

I wish I could vote...but now it's a bit scary. The Obama supporters are attacking the McCain supporters so they can't vote!! =/ I've been listening to Sean Hannity.

I really want to go fishing!

I want to bake a cake.

That's it. haha This was a stupid blog. =/

Music

2008-11-03T19:26:00.001-08:00

Music is one of my passions and I have a song that just stuck out to me. I was listening to this song:

Eternal-Sanctus Real

I know this life I lead will pass away
Along with every other earthly thing
So I will set my heart on a higher plain
Where my treasure lies with You

And in this marriage of our hearts
There is no death do us part
For You are eternal
And I am eternally Yours

And I could never lose Your love to sickness
Oh I could never lose You to divorce
And there's no concept of abandonment
For I am safe within Your arms

And in this marriage of our hearts
There is no death do us part
For You are eternal
And I am eternally Yours
Oh I am eternally Yours
I am eternally Yours

(No abandonment)
(Safe within Your arms)

I never had enough until I found You
I never knew love until I met You
I never had enough until I found You
And now I have everything

And in this marriage of our hearts
There is no death do us part
For You are eternal
And I am eternally Yours
And I am eternally Yours
Oh I am eternally Yours

I could never lose You
No I will never lose You
I could never lose You

And this life will pass away
But You will never change
Oh this life will pass away
Oh but You will never change

And I thought of this scripture:
Ephesians 5:25-27
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

And then when I was look for that scripture...I stumbled on this scripture:

14for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

And it reminded me of this song:

Sleeper-Wavorly

When I’m left alone
Down at the heart of it 
My doubt was never a sign of strength
I wish I’d known that You were never far 
I guess I would’ve known if I would’ve been awake  
I’ve been dreaming life away  
Sleeper, no deeper 
Lift your eyes 
Awake from dreaming
Sleeper, arise and you will find life 
The answer is in Me  
Every dream I knew was but a mere attempt 
At what I truly thought would satisfy 
Seeking out the truth 
If real or make believe 
My eyes wide open will really see
Love and life in all You say
Sleeper, arise and you will find life 
You will find life when you give your life away

I love bands that write songs like this!

Everyone of you guys needs to get We Need Each other by Sanctus Real. It is such a good word filled CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trivial Pursuit and Food Boy

2008-10-27T14:38:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was so much fun!! The family had a game night, which I loveeee game night. I force them to play! We played Trivial Pursuit, which I think the only question I knew was about Chinese inventing the compass. Then we played Taboo. That was pretty fun too. Saturday we rented a few movies. Indiana Jone and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Food Boy. Indiana Jones was better than I thought it would be! A lot of people said it was stupid, but I liked it. The only thing I had a problem with it was the aliens...and I know that's what the whole movie is about...but still. Food Boy was pretty good, funny. Dad just said, "That was a corney movie." haha. It has Lucas Grabeel from High School Musical. I recommend it, but it's not a movie to watch a second time, unless you like corney movies, haha. Anyways, this week will be very busy, so I don't think I'll be posting too many blogs. Tomorrow, I have to go get the rest of the stuff for our trunk. Wednesday, school work and church. Thursday, grocery shopping. Friday...I have to put the trunk together, which will probably take all day, and then go to the Harvest Night. I'm soo excited!

Anyways, I guess that's it! Bye!

Bobcat Xing!!!!!!!!

2008-10-19T20:22:00.000-07:00

Well, my Grandmas from Texas were here this weekend. We had lots of fun, but the most crazy part was meeting my Aunt Beverly's bobcats!! Peanut hated me! She kept growling at me!That's Peanut.

Snickers, they say she's meaner...but she was nicer to me than Peanut!

I would not get too close to her.

Dad had no problem with her!I was just standing there posing...I didn't want to get hurt!!

She soo sweet!!! [Only when she's with Aunt Beverly!]

On a lighter note...we had some other fun!

Oh yeah!!!

He wanted to body slam them! haha j/k

Dad having fun with the pellet gun! haha I shot with it too! I hit the target!

I have a video of Peanut making some weird noises...but it won't let me put it up! I'll try again in a little bit.

Anyways, I guess I'll go on for now! Hope you enjoyed it!

That was ME??

2008-10-16T21:08:00.001-07:00

I was just looking at these old pics of me and I'm like...wowwww!

Very very old!!

I had to put that on there for the people that get grossed out easy. haha

We're shinin' the light of salvation!

2008-10-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

Jordan was singing that song, so I put that as the title.

So, prayer was awesome!!! If you were there, you know. Church last night was awesome too!!!! Yes, all are supplies are needed!

And, I can't put up anymore Nateisms.....because he actually knows about them now. But anyways....

I'm not really sure what to put on here so it'll be kind of random.

I'm on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!!! It's awesome so far!

I need to study for my drivers test.

I love Jess and Joanie.

I'm striving to loose weight.

Yeah, that was pretty random.

Bye!

I love it...

2008-10-13T12:41:00.000-07:00

I love The Chronicles of Narnia...and if anyone knows me, they know that.

On the series I'm on Prince Caspian. I'm on chapter 12, Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance. Oh man...I love it. And I'm very excited about that movie coming out on DVD, December 2. I saw the movie in theaters. It was amazing. Now that I'm reading the book, the movie is so much different than the book! Same with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Oh, and I also found out that they are making a movie for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!!!!!!!!!!!! But it's coming out in like 2010. haha But I'm still excited! OK, I really need to go read the book some more...I'm just sooo excited about what's going to happen...even though I already know what's going to happen! haha OK, I'll talk with you later!!!!!!

For Narnia and for Aslan!!!!!
(haha i'm a nerd!)

Oh, I forgot something

2008-10-09T16:45:00.000-07:00

When Nate preached last night....this was just awesome.

First, seek his face, then you'll find your place, then you'll get his grace.

awesome isn't it??

Matthew 22:14 "For many are called, but few are chosen."

Well...

2008-10-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

I will say that our family is fasting too. Our whole family is fasting TV, (cricket cricket) that means it is very quite in this house...you could hear a pen drop! Sometimes that's ok, but sometimes it make me want to CHUCK SOMETHING ACROSS THE ROOM!!

haha.

Anyways, I'll get to what I was going to write.

I've noticed a lot lately that I've been hearing people say to not listen to what the world is saying. Example: the world is saying that we will be in like another Great Depression(or whatever they're saying these days).....BUT what do we say??? We are blessed!!!! All are needs are met!! Yayyy!! haha

Anyways...I think every Wednesday(even though it's Thursday) I will put a Natism(if he preaches)....what is this you may ask???? Something really funny that he says that sounds like something only Nate would say. And what is it for tonight??

Nateism: We need to be like drunk people!!

hah!

OK, that's it for now!!

Changing Things

2008-10-07T17:21:00.000-07:00

I had this long sermon that Jeremy Pearsons preached at camp that I was going to put on here(I might put that up tomorrow) but I felt like I was just supposed to put the lyrics to this song up.

Where the Love Lasts Forever- Hillsong United

Your mercy found me,
Upon the broken road,
And lifted me beyond my failing,
Into Your glory,
My sin and shame dissolved,
And now forever Yours I'll stand.
(Pre-Chorus)
In love never to end,
To call You more than Lord,
Glorious friend.
(Chorus)
So I throw my life upon all You are,
Cause I know You gave it all for me,
And when all else fades,
My soul will dance with You,
Where the love lasts forever.
(Bridge)
And forever I will sing,
Lord forever I will sing,
Of how You gave Your life away,
Just to save me, Lord You saved me.
With You, where the love lasts forever.

I love this song so much. It is just so sweet. I just love it.

Selah.

Random, but not random.

2008-10-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

I decided I wanted to do a very random blog with a lot of stuff that has happened... here we go.

I was just thinking about this video, so I'm going to put it up so you guys can see it, probably again.

I can't believe that this was a year ago!!

Anyways, I'm going to move ahead to a few weeks ago. We went to Hot Springs. I was very sick, throwing up a lot, and I almost didn't go... well, I'm glad I did. We went to Magic Springs the first day, I didn't get to go in b/c the heat made me throw up, but they said it was nothing special, so I guess that's ok, of course mom stayed out in the car with me. Then we got to go to Embassy Suites....that was SWEET!!! That place was soo stinkin' nice!! I have some pictures of it:The Elivators

An Upward View

The TV room

The hallway

Then, after we checked out, we went to Mid America Science Museum:

Jordan making fun of the museum.

Some weird contraption thingy.

Me in a mirror thingy.

The place where the Laser show was

A turtle!!

I didn't get very many pictures. After that we went around town and I took more pictures:

OK, I'm almost done, bare with me. Then this last Friday, we went to the Alma homecoming game. I'll just put one picture to explain the whole night:

Kyle told me to take a lot of pictures of him and tag them on facebook, and this is one of them. That night was very fun!

OK, I guess I'm done. I'll see you tomorrow!!

Helloooooo!!!!

2008-10-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

I'm sooo excited about doing this! Mom is making me do at least four posts a week...like a school assignment.

About what I called my blog...the day before we were going to leave for Champion 4 Christ grandma told us to be filled to the brim by the Brim...aka Billye Brim. haha

Ok, so I guess this is it for now, see ya!!