Friend in Friend

Man I tell you what, I have so much swimming in my head right now that I can’t even think or see straight. I am back now from my trip to Texas, and as much as i tried to prepare emotional, and spiritually for this trip, I arrived EXTREMELY unprepared! I am trying to process everything right now.

The Good was very good and sweet to my soul, the Lord did some amazing things and it encouraged my faith in him greatly, however the enemy was there. I am struggling with bitterness and hurt, there was a spiritual battle, and i came out wounded. I share this for the sake of prayer, I do not want the enemy to steel my joy from all that I have seen the Lord do those 5 days in Texas, pray for me the strength to let it all go and embrace the goodness of the Lord.

I look forward to sharing some pretty cool things that went down… in time though, I need to spend a few days with the Lord in his Word, be recharged, drowned in TRUTH for a while, ya know?

Until then, peace to you in the Lord!

~C

I love this picture, it is one of life’s peaceful moments, the sun rising on a blanket of fresh snow, every day is a new day to be enjoyed. Another day to rest in the Beauty and goodness of the Lord.

So this is my last day before I leave on this crazy trip to Texas, it will be me and my sweet Annikka (7 months old now). My Papa is not doing well, his health has declined over the past years, and it appears that his life in this world is coming to an end very soon. I am not sure of where he is with the Lord, so it will be hard, so those of you reading this who pray, please pray for his salvation.

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…What the wiil of God is?

I think this is one of the MOST asked questions by us as believers and followers of Jesus Christ.  Job oppertunities pop up, New relationships begin, Conflict will happen, and Trial is Sure to come, So ……. How do we know, how do we really know what the will of God is in those times?

Well the ONLY way to truly know the will of God is to rely on His Holy Word ALONE! I was reading in Romans this morning and Paul clearly answers this often asked question.

Romans 12:1-2

Lets break it down:

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, Holy and Acceptable to God. Which is your spiritual worship.”

As true believers whom have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit, our desire is to please God because it is His Spirit that we now have, however we are still in flesh and can be deceived by it. We desire to do that which Paul is appealing to us in Romans, but what is it to be a “Living Sacrifice” that is “holy and acceptable to God.“?

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Our Mariage

Is proof that through Jesus Christ

ALL things are possible.

I am glad that The Lord dreams bigger and greater then I.

“Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing ; but that she would be holy and blameless.”

~Eph 5:22-27~

I GET to Submit to my Husband and REST in his lead

What Freedom there is in God’s word and in his TRUTH

Thank you Father for today!

Samariton Woman at the Well

John 4:15-18
” The woman said to him,
“Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty,
or have to come here to draw water.”

Jesus said to her,
“Go call your husband, and come here.”

The woman answered him,
“I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her,
“You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have
had five husbands and the one you now have is not your
husband. What you have said it true.”

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Finally in verse 18 “Sir give me this water”, she stops resisting his promise (GIFT) and starts to turn, asking him for what he offers her.  Jesus faithfully pursued her, even in the midst of her unbelief. In Gods word it says that an unbelieving heart is evil (Hebrews 3:12), so while she is still yet evil he pursues her. Now as a woman we all desire to be pursued, in our eyes, to be pursued it to be loved, and Jesus pursued this woman in a way no other man had. Jesus pursued her, not for his own personal gain (sexual pleasure), but it was for her gain, he pursued her because he wanted to GIVE to her.
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JOHN 4:7-14 ~Review~

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,
“Will you give me a drink?”
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him,
“You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you
ask me for a drink?”
(For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).

Jesus answered her,
“If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a
drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you
living water.”

The woman said,
“Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where
can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob,
who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons
and his flocks and herds?”

Jesus answered,
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever
drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give
him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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JOHN 4:11-12 Woman

“Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the
well is deep. Where do you get this living water?

*This woman is questioning Jesus because of her unbelieving heart
~The HOW, The Where (How can you do that, where are you going to get that) Doubt

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John 4:10
” Jesus answered her,
“If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink,
you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

This Samaritan woman at the well is caught off guard by Jesus speaking to her, that instead of hearing
what he is saying to her she only sees who she thinks this man is and what she thinks he is asking her.
What Jesus is revealing to her in verse 10 is that there is so much more going on here, much more at
work then what she can see, and standing before her is something greater then she has ever known or
will ever know. That IF she really knew and understood the gift that the Almighty God desires to give
her, and IF she really knew who it is that is speaking to her (not just a Jewish man), then she would be
asking him for what he has to give to her. And what he would give to her will be much greater then
what she could ever hope for, much greater then what she could ever  do for herself.

IF we truly knew what God has planed (the gift) for each of us, would we really settle for the empty
dead life that we live apart from him?

IF we could see Gods plan (the gift) in all our relationships, especially the ones that are dead or slowly
dying, wouldn’t we joyfully run to him and receive this gift?

Do we really know and understand the Gif of God?

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THE STORY

John 4:7-9
“There came a woman of Samaria draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink?”
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him,
“You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?”
(For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. )”

Wow, did I say already that I LOVE this story!

Earlier in the study for this week we focused on verses 3-6, getting into the set up of the story and a little history in which this story takes place. We also touched on the deeper side of the story, the set up of something amazing that is about to unfold! We were also challenged to relate to this woman, a woman bearing a burden, a woman with a need with a thirst greater then that which a well of dirty water could satisfy. We are more like this woman then we realize, or that we would ever care to admit, no matter where we are with God and our Faith in him.
Over the past several days we were to be examining our lives, and asking the Lord to reveal what our Burdens are, again What are your Burdens?
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WELCOME!

Here I am!

Thanks Josh for the new site

I LOVE you!

Romans 11:17-23

“If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.”

So this morning I was drawn to this passage in Romans, and like many mornings lately I have struggled with what I have always been taught and Gods Holy Word, they don’t match,…… At All! Read the rest of this entry »