Jesus is the Way!

Got one of those songs that just knocks your socks off?

Here's a few of them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KAGZ8HmiWCM

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a992007a89b39eb29628

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=75e45bba028a21ed3804

Emergent Church Movement

I heard a great program tonight off Moody Broadcast Network about the "Emerging Church" movement. I had been reading up on it for the past few months as there is also an Emerging Church Worship. It's worth listening to and reading up on so you're aware of the terminology and movement for your edification and God's glory.

God bless you!



May 30, 2007

The Emerging ChurchAs our postmodern culture changes in the 21st century, so does our approach to evangelism. On Wednesday’s Open Line, Chris Fabry talked about the Emergent and Emerging Church with Moody Bible Institute professors John Koessler and Kevin Zuber who took a look at those who defend or oppose emergent thinking. What does this term “emergent” mean? And why is it important?Resources Mentioned:For more information about John Koessler, visit: www.johnkoessler.com.

05/30/2007 The Emerging Church
Host: Chris Fabry Guest: John Koessler & Kevin Zuber Issue: Religion/Church

http://www.mbn.org/GenMoody/default.asp?SectionID=3CFD0531A9F34516B2CDACA689964EBE&date=200705

Moody Broacasting Symposium
Click here for a copy of the slides from the Moody Broadcasting Symposium on the Emergent Church.
http://www.johnkoessler.com/bookssite_files/emergent.PDF

Got a 4 yr old that can play on the internet?

What a kick!

My baby was catching strawberries in a basket using the left and right arrow keys on Stawberry Shortcake's website. What a howl to hear her laugh and get excited about catching each one. I'm getting a kick out of watching her grow.

She has a variety of habits we enjoy. She calls solitaire, solitarey. She just started writing her name the right way (not dyslexic). She's left-handed where we are all right handed. Rich is both handed. She likes sweet treats all the time, and chewing gum, but she likes the healthy stuff as well.

She enjoys riding her bike, pulling grass for the parakeets, digging dirt, being a help to her parents. Her name means God's grace. She was named after God.

She's a sweetie!

Had a bad day?

Last night I left the stove on High over night, and today I made my kids hurt and cry by accidentally killing our smallest goldfish 'Dash'. I didn't realize when I emptied the tank the poor fish fell in the sink, and I washed him with hot water as I was cleaning all the other parts to the tank out before I noticed. :( I didn't want to go anywhere today for fear something else bad might go wrong.

The kids had some virus thing too last week where they were just yucky and unable to function like normal so I'd been cleaning house like crazy the past couple weeks to find the culprit if it was here. They've gotten better, and the house is looking better Spring Cleaning. We've been really struggling financially a lot the past few months, but God has been faithful. Some friends have a connection with the food bank once a week and graciously have been giving us a box of food which has been helpful to supplement our needs.

Rich has been looking at another job that may require us to relocate if he gets it. I'm a little nervous about it, but am open to God's direction. It will require him to travel once a month for a week away from the family and that's the part I don't like. I'm deprived enough as it is from a relationship with him.:( It will be 90 days before he even knows or gets an offer. Personally, I don't think it's worth it. It's $3,000.00 more annually with a potential to increase salary three stages with the Army, but what guarantees does life really have? Rent there is double than what we pay now. We have some other alternatives we're looking at to supplement our income. One was with a cleaning service and the other www.agloco.com/r/BBDC9694 where you can make money while surfing the net. We thought we would clean homes, offices, etc. But that one doesn't sound fun. In fact, it doesn't sound fun at all, hahaha. I have trouble keeping my own house clean, and although I like to help other people clean and re-organize their homes, I can't see doing it regularly while homeschooling three little ones. We were talking about putting the kids in public school and me working, but I don't want to do that either after hearing some kid brought a gun and 89 rounds to Barnette. I want to do something, but I don't know what it is yet. We've talked about different business where we could sell Samoan and Italian Christian merchandise, be able to share the gospel with customers. I'm not sure what our passion is. In the meantime, I'm still working at the church for now, and I don't really like doing that, but it's a paycheck, and it's flexible hours which is what Rich can work with for now. I do like it as far as helping the church, I don't like it with everything else on my plate, and the accountability to do the job right. It just seems like alot is on me, and I want to do the right thing. It is physically demanding so I must be up for the task with good energy. I've got a few studies I'm working on, and some ladies I want to mentor/disciple. I'm also involved in some ministries like Prayer and Worship Team which I'm trying to control and just do what I should be doing not getting in over my head.

I'm not fond of moments like these because I feel unsure about the future, and I just want to be sure sometimes. I know we can't always be except for some things in Christ. At times like these I'm reminded about Betty Honeywell who's moved up to live with the Lord with her honey Pastor Russ. They've told me and I'll never forget it, that unsure moments are opportunities to trust the Lord. Do I trust You Lord? I know I do. Look at my past record, and the countless answered prayers. How can I doubt You? I'd be stupid, too. Take today for instance. Because I didn't want to go out, and I wondered what I'd feed the family out of what we had. God turned some flour, sugar, buttermilk and other ingredients into pancake and muffins, some left over frozen chicken into chicken soup, and we had deli meat with cheese toasted on tortillas for all of our meals today. It may not sound like much but it served to the fill. It wasn't much in quantity either, but enough to fill the family. I got compliments all day from Rich and the kids. Lord, You are faithful. Praise You Holy Father. Where we would be without Jesus!

11-Reveal Jesus to Someone Today

Scripture: “And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment…” -John 16:8

Prayer: Father, we thank You that mercy triumphs over judgment. You are slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, and are ready to show compassion to all who call upon You.

Jesus, You see the many lives that are facing the tug of war between life and death. We ask that You would release your Holy Spirit to convict about eternal realities. According to Your promise, we ask that there would be a sudden awareness of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

We claim Your word that says that You do not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. Let it be so! Father, we ask that You would touch someone in Baghdad today with the revelation of Your son. Bring back to their memory the stories they have heard about Jesus; release an awareness of Christ’s presence; and let dreams and supernatural signs come down that confirm You are the Lord, and the Prince of Peace.

Break him or her free from the power of darkness. I bring them before Your great throne of mercy, and ask that the sacrifice of Jesus be laid to their account. I thank You that You decree them forgiven and free, just as You have for me. In Jesus name, amen.

Prayer printed from Baghdad Prayer Patrol: http://prayercentral.net/baghdad

Praise Jesus!

Praise God that we have the greatest God, the only wise God, the true God, Eternal.

Praise the Lord for a cool bike ride I had last night.

Praise the Lord for Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron's debate last night where the gospel was preached across the nation. Hallelujah! Praise God for souls saved, and seeds planted yesterday. Glory!

Praise the Lord, today is my Pastor's birthday!

Praise the Lord, it's raining and I washed my car! Hallelujah!

Praise God that our momentary troubles are storing for us treasures in heaven that will outweigh them all.

Praise JESUS!

His Kingdom come. His will be done!

Hey Will, move out of the way. I want God's will for my life.


Can you tell we're having a good day? LOL. It may not be a good hair day, but it's a good day in the House of the Lord! Hallelujah! Glory to God!

Better is one day in Your courts THAN a thousand elsewhere! :)

Who do you listen to somewhat regularly during the week?

God - re-reading thru Classic Christianity's Bob George

Rich - My Husband

Ravi Zacharias
http://rzim.org/radio/archives.php?p=JT

Chip Ingram
Experiencing God When You Are Gripped By Fear 2
Experiencing God When You Are Gripped By Fear 1

Nancy Leigh Demoss
http://www.reviveourhearts.com/

Moody Broadcast Network
http://www.mbn.org/GenMoody/default.asp?SectionID=EF7E4AC13F40482686E530BB57890B42

When Nothing Else Matters


Have you hear about the story of the 3 killed in Turkey? It's absolutely horrible. The story can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_publishing_firm_murders_in_Malatya

If there's one time it sickens me to be a human, it's to hear stuff like that, but I am...human. There is also a part of your spirit that sickens you to death.

Our church received following from a missionary couple serving in Turkey:

Dear Friends,

Last week as we were writing out our monthly
newsletter, we received news
that three believers were martyred here in
Turkey. In a moment, all
of our struggles and needs seemed so
insignificant.

Ugur was about to be married. His finace's
family is isolating her
from all the believers. The other two were
married - one had two children,
the other had three. Necati served as
the pastor of the church at
Malatya. His one ambition was for people
to hear about Jesus. Tilman
and his wife were German "workers" who had
lived here for nine years. He
was buried here in Turkey "among the
people he loved." One had been stabbed
156 times before he was killed
because he refused to deny his faith or give the
names of other believers in
the city. If my overriding question is "How
could God let this
happen?" then I am blind.

Is God sovereign? Is He good?
Is He wise? Yes. I can have no response but faith, hope and
love. God is constantly bringing beauty out of ashes. I think of the
cross, the Jerusalem persecution in Acts; I think of my own
life.

So what is God doing? So much more that can be
told! A rally
was held in Istanbul to protest the murders.
Multitudes of people gathered
and chanted to show their solidarity with
the murdered, "We are all
Christians!" People are asking
questions. Nation-wide television
broadcasted the widow's message of
forgiveness. 71 million Turks are
seeing first hand the love of
Jesus! (John 13:34-35).

And perhaps, three new arrivals in
heaven are looking down and
smiling.

I've been thinking about
priorities alot this past week. We've been
called to live for God and
to seek His kingdom first (Mt. 6:33) - before
personal safety, before health
or wealth or success, before anything.
About a week ago, my priorities
were not as they should be. Now, I want to
be right. I pray that
God would teach me His way , so that I would walk in
His truth. I pray
that God would unite my heart so that my one focus, my
desire is Him
alone.

..they did not love their lives so much that they were
afraid to die (Rev.
12:11).
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the
death of his saints (Ps.
116:15)

Don't worry about our safety -
Turkey is fully as safe as the U.S. (maybe
safer!) Instead pray that
God would use us and all believers (both
national and foreign) to proclaim
His kingdom.

http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=703#more-703

Ugur Yuksel

Tilman Geske

Necati Aydin

“35 Others were tortured, not accepting their release, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection; 36 and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword . . . 38 men of whom the world was not worthy.” -Hebrews 11

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsID=511