Silent by GSL

Silent by GSL

I am the wind 
Or air
I will move around my enemies
Or move them with my strength
I am a Christan
Because he has risen!

Prayer Night by Elizabeth Feteau

So I wasn't able to make the call tonight, but I still want to share. Last week Thursday I attended a group meeting with 5 beautiful women around town. The group was to discuss this new book called "Radical" by David Platt. I haven't read it yet but OMG it got straight to the point ... So the question to ponder was, 'When you think of the word RADICAL, what picture comes to your mind and why?' ... I got the thinking and right away I thought of daring, taking risks, stepping out on faith, etc. I mean it really got me thinking above and beyond the normal things of what gets in the way of praising God. Was there a right and wrong way to praise Him? In the work book that we follow, it says the definition of Radical comes from the Latin word radicals  meaning, returning to root or proceeding...

How important is it to LOVE?

Did you know that the word love is used over 551 times in the NIV ( http://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_WordCount.htm )? 

Why is this? Well according to Jesus in : 

Mark 12:29-31

New Living Translation (NLT)

29 Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] No other commandment is greater than these.”

***So according to Jesus, there is only one God, 2. We have got to love God with everything within us! 3. We need to love ourselves, love the life that we've got and embrace the person that we are in order to do #4. Which is to love others. Respect other peoples lives and their worth on this earth. They our on this earth for a reason, just as you! 

***This is important information for us to know especially in the times we live; as it says in:

2 Timothy 3:1-4

New Living Translation (NLT)

The Dangers of the Last Days

3 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.

***Its crazy how we take for granted the honest meaning of LOVE and hide it under glass like a prized possession but never really treasuring it! Whenever I feel the need to calm my thoughts, about a situation or a person; I read these verses:

1 Corinthians 13:12-13

The Message (MSG)

12 We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

Beauty & the Beast within...

My Thoughts - Beauty can sometimes be curse when it gets in the way of your spiritual life. So many of us worry more about what we eat and how we work out but we have a hard time making time for Jesus.

Seekers United!

My Thoughts - 

Going after what you want to win your game of life. You have to have the courage to go, after what you want in life. When things are not going well for you and you don't take control of your life and go out and make some changes; how can you always complain that nothing goes your way. Have the courage seek out your own golden snitch, and win your life back! AMEN

Movie - Harry Potter Sports - http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Quidditch

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Seeker  - Seeker is a position in the wizarding sport of Quidditch. There is one Seeker per team. The goal of the Seeker is to catch the Golden Snitch. They play a crucial role in Quidditch, as a game does not end until the Seeker catches the Snitch. A team whose Seeker catches the Snitch receives 150 points, which almost always wins the match for that team. Seekers are generally the smallest and lightest players on a team, and there is a certain glamour attached to playing as a Seeker. Generally, the Seeker is also the most fouled player on the team.

Scripture - 

Isaiah 55:6

The Message (MSG)

6-7 Seek God while he’s here to be found,
    pray to him while he’s close at hand.
Let the wicked abandon their way of life
    and the evil their way of thinking.
Let them come back to God, who is merciful,
    come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness.

Proverbs of Anne Shirley

My Thoughts - the future, we all plan for it as if it is a guarantee that we will have one. However we never seem to live like today might just be your last. If we get tomorrow don't let yesterday's issues lead your tomorrows!

Movie - Anne of Avonlea

In the end of the film Anne learns a valuable lesson and she says “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.” 

Scripture -  

Proverbs 27:1

The Message (MSG)

You Don’t Know Tomorrow

27 Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow;
    you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.

My Lovely Jesus Christ

My Thoughts - Being able to take what little you got and making the best out of it. With Sam-soon, she was given less than a few hours to make a cake for and pastry job interview. She did not have time to go out and buy things, so she used what was at home. The cake was not pretty but it was made with honest love of baking and it was delicious and she got the job. With Christ he only had five small barley loaves and two small fishes; with that he was able to feed 5000!. Now of course he is Jesus but it was the lesson; of making due with what you've got with an honest love of who and what you are doing in life. 


Tv Show -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lovely_Sam_Soon  Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo (Lee Kyu Han), cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun (Hyun Bin), a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fights like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feeling for each other and Sam Soon agreed to post as Jin Hun's girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun's ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States intending to win him back.

Scripture - 

John 6:1-15

The Message (MSG)

Bread and Fish for All

6 1-4 After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge crowd followed him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When he got to the other side, he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.

5-6 When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?” He said this to stretch Philip’s faith. He already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered, “Two hundred silver pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece.”
8-9 One of the disciples—it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter—said, “There’s a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But that’s a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this.”
10-11 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, having given thanks, gave it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as much as they wanted.
12-13 When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted.” They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves.
14-15 The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done. They said, “This is the Prophet for sure, God’s Prophet right here in Galilee!” Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.

Interesting Reads - 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude

http://blog.adw.org/2012/07/what-are-your-five-loaves-and-two-fishes-a-meditation-on-the-gospel-of-the-17th-sunday-of-the-year/

Music Video -  

Patti LaBelle If I Can Help Somebody 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5G-4bHHdMg

This song says,

If I can help somebody, as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song,
If I can show somebody, how they’re traveling wrong,
Then my living shall not be in vain.

If I can do my duty, as a good man ought,
If I can bring back beauty, to a world up wrought,
If I can spread love’s message, as the Master taught,
Then my living shall not be in vain.

http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=K7D66PNX

Five Loaves and Two FIshes. 
By Corrinne May.
A little boy of thirteen was on his way to school.
He heard a crowd of people laughing and he went to take a look.
Thousands were listening to the stories of one man.
He spoke with such wisdom, even the kids could understand.
The hours passed so quickly, the day turned to night.
Everyone was hungry but there was no food in sight.
The boy looked in his lunchbox at the little that he had.
He wasn't sure what good it'd do, there were thousands to be fed.
But he saw the twinkling eyes of Jesus.
The kindness in His smile.
And the boy cried out.
With the trust of a child.
he said:
"Take my five loaves and two fishes.
Do with it as you will.
I surrender
Take my fears and my inhibitions.
All my burdens, my ambitions.
You can use it all to feed them all".
I often think about that boy when I'm feeling small.
And I worry that the work I do means nothing at all.
But every single tear I cry is a diamond in His hands.
And every door that slams in my face, I will offer up in prayer.
So I'll give you every breath that I have.
Oh Lord, you can work miracles.
All that you need is my "Amen".
So take my five loaves and two fishes.
Do with it as you will.
I surrender
Take my fears and my inhibitions.
All my burdens, my ambitions.
You can use it all.
I hope it's not too small.
I trust in you.
I trust in you.
So take my five loaves and two fishes.
Do with it as you will.
I surrender
Take my fears and my inhibitions.
All my burdens, my ambitions.
You can use it all.
No gift is too small.