Thankful Thursday - Summer Fun

Summer Fun

Vacations

Grilling out with Family and Friends

Camping

Camp Fires

Smores (yum)

Teen Church Camp

Having Kids out of school

Sitting on porch earily with a cup of coffee, reading my bible

Sitting on porch late at night talking with hubby enjoying the night air

Swimming

Fireworks

Going to the Drive In

Picnics

Going to the park for walks.

I will stop now or this list may go on and on lol.

A Few of My Favorite Things

One would have to be my computer. Love bloging and meeting new friends, keeping in touch with family. Love reading other christians blogs. I find it very motivating and in couraging. Love seeing how God is moving in everyones Life. I must say my cell phone. I love texting!!!! Sending pictures to friends when Im out and just seeing somthing neat that they may like and when they do the same to me. My worship cds, love putting them in and just Praising God in my living room, daning and being free in the spirit and seeing my 5 year old joining me. Well those are a few of my favorite things!

Word-Filled Wednesday

How Blessed are we to have such a compassionate Lord!!!

Don't be distracted

Recieved this in an email and had to share!

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address he said, "We can't keep Christians from going to church." "We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth." "We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their savior." "Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken." "So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, but steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ." "This is what I want you to do", said the devil: "Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!" "How shall we do this?" his demons shouted. "Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow." "Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles." "Keep them from spending time with their children." "As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!" "Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice." "Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive." "To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly." "This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ." "Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers." "Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day." "Invade their driving moments with billboards." "Flood their mail boxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products , services and false hopes." "Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives." "Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night." "Give them headaches too!" "If they don't give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere." "That will fragment their families quickly!" "Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas." "Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and power over sin and death." "Even in their recreation, let them be excessive." "Have them return from their recreation exhausted." "Keep them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's creation." "Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead." "Keep them busy, busy, busy!" "And when they meet for spi ritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences." "Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus." "Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause." "It will work!" "It will work!" It was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get more busy and more rushed, going here and there. Having little time for their God or their families. Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives. I guess the question is, has the devil been successful at his scheme? You be the judge! Does "busy" mean: B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?

Praising God

Well feels good to sit down an blog a bit. Have had a wonderful weekend. First my boy is back home from Church Camp. Boy I sure did miss him, but so glad he went, he had been blessed so much and really has come backed filled with the spirit. Praise God. Such and awesome feeling seeing God move in your kids.

My mom is out of hospital and doing great. I got her to come to church sunday and boy she got a great touch from the Lord, and see the change in her. She really needed it to. She has been struggling alot through the years. I tell you just keep praying for those who need to know the Lord and one day they will. I have been praying for so long, and she was so touched; and my dad is coming next Sunday. They are divorced and both last year loss their spouses to cancer. So praying God moves on my dad next Sunday.

I was hoping to have some pictures of Church Camp but as always I kept forgetting my camra so sorry about that, Took some with my phone but where not very clear, but picture couldnt even tell you the great move of God there it was powerful!

Hope you all are having a blessed day, and your week is filled with blessing from the Lord

Busy week

Hey everyone wanted to stop in and say hi, and let yall know this week has been kinda crazy my mom went in hospital and was scary there for a couple days. But Praise God she is doing better and should be home tomorrow or Friday. My middle son has been at church camp and I heard he is being blessed so I'm so excited because I'm going out to night for the service and cant wait to see him miss him. The camp is over Friday and will be going back out again. So my week has been been busy. I will be back blogging next Monday. I will post picture of the camp then also. Hope everyone is having a blessed week.

~Michele~

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for my BIBLE! You know anything you are going through, there is scripture that tells you, how to handle it, get through it, encouragement you. Now why would you not go there for strength through storms in our life. The answers are there. The Bible is your: Infallible AuthorityAll Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,for correction,,for instruction in righteousness.II Timothy 3:16 Deed of InheritanceSo now,brethren,I commend you to God and to the word of his Grace,which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance amoung all those who are sanctified.Acts 20:32 Guide for your lifeYour word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.Psalm 119:105 StabilityHeaven and Earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.Matthew24:35 StrengthI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.Philippians 4:13 I know this is one book I want in my home, reading every day.

My Favorite Things

Date night with my hubby is definitely one of my favorite things. Very important to have that time just for you and your spouse to enjoy each other. Family time, rather its game night, playing ball outside or watching movies together. They grow up way to fast not to have that time. Watching our church softball team. Watching my husband play and enjoying Christian Fellowship.

Word filled Wednesday

Boils Oh The Pain

I have had started getting these painful boils since the beginning of this year. Don't know how I got it . I know my husband has had them before but they bust and go away. My son who plays football had gotten a couple last football season which is common in athletes. Well I had gotten a really bad one on my rear I believe in March that the hard mass was size of a tennis ball and the redness infection was size of a saucer plate. I have never felt pain like this in my life was awful. Well had gotten so bad that it started killing my skin, I had gotten staph and mrsa infection with it. It took to months to fully heal. I have had 6 since then . The last two I just was in hospital this morning for getting cut on so they could squeeze and drain them. The pain is just awful. If anyone knows ways to help prevent these please any suggestions I will try. Don't want to get anymore. I haven't been able to go to a regular doctor for them because our health insurance we didn't have until April but making appointment to see if there is something I can take or prevent these things. Well this was basically my weekend filled with pain.

A New Life.

A New Life.

Why do we try and hold on to the old, when we have the new?

When we have given our self to the Father, and live the new life. So many times we hold on to the old. We have a hard time letting go of what we are use to. Which can cause us not having that fully new life in Christ

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No one Sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment,making the tear worse. Neither do men poor new wine into old wineskin's. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskin's will be ruined. No they poor new wine into new wineskin's, and both are preserved
Matthew 9:16-17

What got me thinking about this was in a devotional I''m doing.
A New Home is the title of my third day working in this devotional. I was working on this week, and she talks about if you are living in an old RV so small you cant stand straight up. With clutter every where, and the smell is awful: but you have gotten use to it. Now imagine you have been offered a new home, on solid ground huge rooms, tons of closet space. Clean and Beautiful! So you rev up the old RV and plow right in to the new house and the RV is in the middle of the living room. You sit back in the RV seat , take a deep breath and what for something fresh. But the breath taste alot like the old.

That's like are relationship with God. When we accept God into our lives and we want to change and have this new abundant life, well have to give up the old to fully live in the new. He has all this new to give us, but we must let go of the old. The wasn't good and we are looking for the good so why hold onto it. Lay it down ; So we can get the full wonderful abundant life God is trying to offer us.

I know we have all been there. Its could be something very little we try to hold on to. Just give it to God, so you can be living in the new and getting all God has to offer.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come
2 Corinthians 5;17

I hope you all have a blessed filled weekend. Living in the new!
~Michele~

Thankful Thursday

There are so many to be thankful for in our lives.

I'm thankful for my Pastor. Last nights church was really good. Love when he gets me thinking and motivated.

Thankful for being able to teach at our church, and the excitement on my 5 year old face when he knows I'm teaching his class.

Thankful for the comments that make me smile that our 5 year old says. Just yesterday before church daddy was helping him with his shoes and when daddy went outside he looks at me and said daddy is a great guy isn't he mommy. Just melted my heart.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Some of my favorite things are my church, my Pastor and church family.

My church we have been at for a year now, and finally know this is truly where God wants us to be. My soul was so hungry for so long and wanting more. Now its being filled with what I need, to keep me strong and teaching how to deal with those storms that come against me. So I'm so thankful.

My Pastor is one of the most caring Pastors I have met. He is so there for his congregation. What I love about him is he a tell it like it is Pastor, word for word from the Bible and if you don't like what he has to say oh well he not going to candy coat anything and gives it they way it is said and what God wants of us and he not change Gods words to please no one. I love that about him!. I dont need to hear what make me feel better but what Gods wants from me, so I can be with my Father in Heaven.

My church family is awesome also. They are caring loving people who you know when you need them they are there. You know they are praying for you and they Love you.

Word-Filled Wednesday

Well toot toot I'm a going to do lol. Yesterday I started my diet once again, but this time something feels different, because I also while doing this and getting help from God to help me through this have also decided to get closer to God. I started a devotional that a friend had sent me. Its a 40 day Devotional Journal. Looking forward to these next 40 days. Yesterday went good did my devotional had some prayer time, and did great on the diet. I feel so motivated which I haven't felt in a while, so excited about getting this weight off and also what really has me excited is the relationship with my heavenly Father getting stronger. I want to be a open to what God has for me to do and alot of time I let my weight hold me back. Well I decided I will not anymore, I'm going to fix the problem. I'm also fasting something this week also. So this journey is going to be awesome!

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Marriage Monday- Traveling with your Husband

Traveling with your Husband

This is the topic for this weeks Marriage Monday.

We don't get to really travel much with three kids gets expensive.

Though we did just come back from a week long vacation to Pigeon Forge, which was very enjoyable. I so enjoyed the whole thing with my hubby. When ever we get anytime for long periods together it is so enjoy and hate when it ends. We also do go camping a couple time a year which I also love. Sitting around a camp fire with him, walking and holding hands and talking gets no better thank that. So I know we don't travel much but what we have done has been nothing but very pleasurable and looking forward to more of it.

Happy 4th of July

Well with it being Holiday weekend this will be my last post untill monday. Getting ready to head over to my moms and hang out with her. Then tomorrow heading down to friends camp and watching Fireworks, if the thunderstorms stay away. Look forward to spending time with family and friends. I hope all my friends here have a blessed,safe and great 4th.

~~Michele~~

Thankful Thursday and a Few of my Favorite things.

In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free

Psalm 118:5

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed

John 8:36

Freedom I am so thankful for. I'm thankful for those who risk their lifes everyday to give me my freedom. That I live where I have the freedom to still worship my God. The freedom I'm mostly thankful for is the freedom from sin, through my savior Jesus Christ. What a awesome thing to have freedom!!!!!

Dear Lord,
There is no greater feeling of liberation than to experience this freedom from sin and death that you have provided for me through Jesus Christ. Today my heart and my soul are free to praise you. For this I am very thankful.
On this Independence Day I am reminded of all those who have sacrificed for my freedom, following the example of your Son, Jesus Christ. Let me not take my freedom, both physical and spiritual, for granted. May I always remember that my freedom was purchases with a very high price. My freedom cost others their very lives.
Lord, today, bless those who have served and continue to give their lives for my freedom. With favor and bounty meet their needs and watch over their families.
Help me to live my life in a way that glorifies you, Lord. Give me the strength to be a blessing in someone else's life today, and grant me the opportunity to lead others into the freedom that can be found in knowing Christ.
Amen
~unknown author~

This is my first time doing this one, and seems really cool so I decided to join in on it. Thanks Lauren for sharing it.

So here are a few of my favorite things:

Being a wife is one. I love being a wife and being my husband support and shoulder he needs. We are not just husband and wife we are best friends, and being his wife is one of my favorite things.

Second would be being a mommy. I love it. I have been bleesed with three healthy boys. That make me laugh everyday. Being a mom is one of my favorite things!

Word filled Wednesday