Just a few mins before midnight

I have minutes to get my Wed blog in!! This week has been a great week! We have spent 13 hours already this week working with our youth ministry.....we are having our first worship service this week. I am really believing God to come and whoosh down on us. I dreamt that The place was packed and that God just moved! That is my prayer that God would make Himself real and that He will lead the night, anoint the boys as they lead us in worship. Father let it rain down on us as we worship you! Father I pray for freedom to worship, a freedom like never before, Father may this be a life changing nite!!

Yep we are quite excited!!
Anyhow have a great night
Be blessed and remember to worship the Lord in the good, the bad, the stressful, the fun,
Phillipians says whatever is pure, what ever is good etc..think on these things
it also says When you are weak He is strong....rest in HIs strong arms today!

Church Politics and freedom

Last night Trev and I went out with a couple of our youth! What a great time we had talking about worship, vision, etc. We came away so blessed! These youth have so much to give, so much wisdom, even insight on who God is to them. We were so encouraged! It grieves me when adults think youth are just youth, They are so much more! There is so much more to them then what we think. Adults don't give teens enough credit. If you know some youth..then I encourage you go hang out with them, get to know them, you will be so blessed!

It was intresting because we started talking about Church politics and you know I found this verse about politics....which is silly, but unfortunatly every church has them. I thought it was intresting to read what we said last night.



Galatians 2:

17-18Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren't perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous. If I was "trying to be good," I would be rebuilding the same old barn that I tore down. I would be acting as a charlatan.

19-21What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work. So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be God's man. Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not "mine," but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that.

Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily.

What amazing words.....what freeing words!!...
God is good, and He is so encouraging!

Be free today to be Who God has created you to be!!!

Worship, praise, sing, change

Well I have one child crying, another asking questions, another sulking! .......yes I have a sound mind....yes I have peace. I will worship through this,
Your strength is all I need...
I have a sound mind...I am disciplined!
This is a new week...I am starting a new discipline..... having a sound mind, life.
Lately I have been feeling like I am losing it especially when it comes to the children! The bantering, the winning, the presence, the responsibilities.
At the youth retreat the Speaker said when life is hard, not going right, when you are under attack, when you can't seem to kick whatever is bothering you....what should you do? WORSHIP!
Worship the Lord, sing, praise,
Keep worshiping despite how you feel...even if all you sing is "You are Holy" It will lift your spirit, change your perspective, calm you, give you peace,
Worship, sing, praise,........worship, sing, praise........worship sing praise...don't let your self think there is no hope.....look to God.....He holds you in His arms, rocking you, protecting you....
Like the song Rock a by baby.....when the winds blow, when the cradle rocks, even when the bough breaks,.....your Daddy will catch you!!!

No Matter what

so if any one is intrested i didn't play the piaon last night, well I did but not for worship! It worked out really well! Our speaker talked about How God has adopted us...this is so true. God's love is so amazing!! That He loves us no matter what we have ever said or done, no mstter what our past was, no matter what!! He love us.....Last night i just felt so overwlmed by His love and blessing! I cannot even fathom how much God love s me! It is mind boggling! If we can even grasp a small measure of His love, we aren't even close to the abubdance of unconditional love. When we see God as our Father who has adopted us...wow our lives are changed....how can they not be? We all are searching for someone to love us despite our faults, attitudes, streeses, past, etc...no matter what and here God is handing out the love we have always wanted ....will you choose to accept it as real today? Everyday? It's comes back to our choice!! My favroite word....choice.... No matter what....God love you! Be blessed today!

to work or not to work....

That is the question of the day? I have the phone right now.......it's a bit of work to sort through the disorganization.....Trev is stressed out ...When I had the phone i was stressed yet Trev wasn't our schedule ran smoothly, our lives ran smoothly...now it seems more disrupted....I don't know what to do? Do I work and homeschool? I am at a loss..what is important? I could not homeschool....and focus on working, youth etc....or do I homeschool and work, and youth, or just youth and home school......so yeah that's how my day is going........Lord Help!!
Yep and tonight I have Ladies night...I am playing the piano, I have been praticsing so hopefully I will do ok...Ill let you know.. Hope you all have a great day!!

All over the place

This is a week of friends...right now I am listening to the children have a snack and talk with their friend who is over.....it is quite humerous to listen to them ...they are talking about birds. Children can bring us so much joy!! I am so blessed to be a mom! It can be stressful at times, yet I believe those times don't outweigh the amazing times!! It is the same with marriage too! So I ve come to realise once again....life is about choice! Every thing we do or say or think is a choice whether conciously or subconsciously choose! I believe that we have the power to control our choices.....it is taking control of our thoughts, feelings, and words.
It is so easy for us to say negative words......on Saturday night at the Date nite I had the couples read 1 Cor 13, but where love was to put their own name.

Love never gives up. Vangie never gives up
Love cares more for others than for self. Vangie cares more for others than for self
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Vangie doesn't want what it doesn't have
Love doesn't strut, Vangie doesn't strut
Doesn't have a swelled head, Vangie doesn't have a swelled head
Doesn't force itself on others, Vangie doesn't force herself on others
Isn't always "me first," Vangie isn't always me first
Doesn't fly off the handle, Vangie doesn't fly off the handle
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, Vangie doesn't keep score of the sins of others
Doesn't revel when others grovel, Vangie doesn't revel when others grovel
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Vangie takes pleasure in the flowering of truth
Puts up with anything, Vangie puts up with anything
Trusts God always, Vangie trusts God always
Always looks for the best, Vangie always looks for the best
Never looks back, Vangie never looks back, but keeps going to the end
But keeps going to the end.

So these are stong words...always looking for the best.....how many of us do that .....it says ALWAYS not sometimes!! The one I heard the most on Sat was ......"I always fly off the handle" .....I was kinda blown away. not that these people fly off the handle...we all do that....trust me I am a pro.......but I was blown away by the confession made.......our words are powerful......if we say we fly off the handle all the time.....then you know what we will.....negative confession! But if we were to say "I will not fly off the handle today....I will be calm, peaceful, and relaxed" or even better say....I AM PEACEFUL! I AM CALM! I AM RELAXED!
So I am totally talking to myself here..... I need to be aware of my words....are they building myself and others up or are they tearing myself and others down. Are the postive or negative?
I challenge you today and myself too..to watch what we say......lets CHOOSE to build up....be positive..and turn our habits of speaking what we think is truth (I can'ts, I am's that are negative) and start speaking what God says, lets honor ourselves and walk in confidence of who we are in HIM! Ask the Holy Spirit to make you aware of the words you say....when you become aware then you can choose to change your words to be words of life..not death!
You don't have to fly off the handle!
You don't have to be stressed Remember God doesn't let you go through anything you can't handle...but you gotta turn to Him, ask for help!... worship him! SIng, praise, talk to Him! TRUST HIM!!

Choose your words today carefully ...lets build ourselves up, lets take control!!

busy weekend

Wow I do not remember when I had such a busy go go go weekend. It was fun but busy!! We had our Bible School course, then we had youth, where we planned and set up for our Date nite whuch was on Saturday night, as well as Church, and then another Bible school course, since we can't be there next Thursday. To top the weekend off, we decided to relax and watch a movie, but the movie ended up being a tense movie!!!! Needless to say this morning it is hard to get going!!
This is where I am so glad to be homeschooling. The Children just got up and started their work,,,no one had to rush out of the house...it is so much more relaxing!!
So our Date nite was a success!! It was so fun to watch couples be romantic....relaxed? It was alot of work, but well worth it!!
However the seasonal me...is so glad it is over!! Now I can relax untill the next idea comes along!!!!
I guess the next ideas are our mini retreats coming up! That will be fun to plan!!!
Well have a blessed week!