I have had something on my mind the last day or two. Children.
I think we as Christians (myself included) don't give children of all ages enough credit.
I believe that children can work miracles, evangelize, get visions or use any of the spiritual gifts just as an adult can.
I believe the Spirit of God is powerful and it can work through anyone regardless of age and for that matter regardless of how long you have been a believer.
As a parent myself of a wonderful little girl I look at her and think she could impact and change lives for the Lord. When thinking about this my mind actually drifts to when she is "older."
I think the Lord has been convicting me the last couple days showing me NO Nikke she can impact and change lives now, a year from now or even 4 years from now.
I thought I had always believed this but I guess I haven't completely when I take a deeper look at my minds process.
I think it is time as Christian parents (again me included) to tell our kids and really believe it that they can do ANYTHING through the Spirit of the Lord.
I do not want to be the one that has held my daughter back from doing God's work because I thought she was too young.
This has just been on my mind and heart lately and I hope I have made some sense here.
So, in closing.
Lord, I pray that you would shape and mold me as a parent to guide and direct Chloe as You see fit. I pray that I can be a good example and I can teach her of your ways and not my own. I pray that You will use her mightily to expand your kingdom.
Lord, she is your child and you have blessed Adam and I with her and we thank you and praise you!
Amen.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
20 seconds of revelation
angie here..
i haven't blogged in a long time.
too long.
i got into the bad habit after a while of feeling that i didnt really need God in my life whether or not i wanted to admit it. i stopped trusting him and i stopped making him the center of my life because i seemed to be doing just fine on my own. you see none of this was intentional. i hadn't really realized what was happening til about a week ago when God sort of gave me a little kick in the rear since it was about the only way he could get my attention. at the time it was about 6:40 in the morning and i was riding the bus to school listening to my ipod as always and i had it on shuffle.
All I Need Is You by Hillsongs came on. It had been a while since i listened to Hillsongs. I started singing along and soon realized that the words I was saying were empty because I felt that I didn't truly need God.. an alarm went off in my head and it became apparent to me how messed up my thinking had come to be. it has also been awhile since i've been able to attend a church service at the celebration center. but when this brick hit me something pastor chris said during the last sermon i had heard of his popped into my head. that Jesus can save us by giving us eternal life yes, but sometimes we need to be saved in a different way by him. i remember pastor chris specifically mentioning being saved by a way of thinking.
I asked the Lord to do this. to save me from this way that I was thinking.. this trap being set up for myself
and of course he did. and i became so overwhelmed with this i realized that the only way i would truly realize that God was all I needed was for him to take everything away from me. for me to see then that He is more than enough when there is nothing else left in this world for me. You always hear "God giveth and God taketh away" but for the first time I saw how God taking away can be an immense blessing rather than a curse. truly immense. in about 10 seconds time i went from being ignorant to learning one of the most important lessons of my life. i understood why theres death. why theres pain here. why theres tragedy why nothings perfect because through suffering we find the true glory of God. in a way we couldnt if the world was providing us all we needed. i had known already that suffering was a way for us to grow closer to God but i had never understood it on this level before.
the more trials and suffering we have the closer we get to God.
and then something else amazing happened! all these little fears i didnt know i had subsided. and i was aware of it because i suddenly i didnt care if my home burnt down. if i lost all my possessions. if my hands got cut off and i couldnt draw anymore. if i didnt have anyones approval. if all my friends suddenly turned their backs on me and abandoned me. my attachments to all these things snapped because not only did i realize that God was all i needed.. but i saw myself wishing that i had more hardships in my life because i wanted so badly to know God on a new insanely intamite level. i found myself asking the Lord to throw something at me.. to show me true struggles if thats what it took for me to see His glory. all in about 20 seconds.
i'm not sure why but i feel as though God wanted me to blog about all of this. i'm not sure who's going to read it or if anyones going to read it at all. but God wanted me to put these words here.. for some reason. i dont know.
But God is all I need. and that is all that matters.
i haven't blogged in a long time.
too long.
i got into the bad habit after a while of feeling that i didnt really need God in my life whether or not i wanted to admit it. i stopped trusting him and i stopped making him the center of my life because i seemed to be doing just fine on my own. you see none of this was intentional. i hadn't really realized what was happening til about a week ago when God sort of gave me a little kick in the rear since it was about the only way he could get my attention. at the time it was about 6:40 in the morning and i was riding the bus to school listening to my ipod as always and i had it on shuffle.
All I Need Is You by Hillsongs came on. It had been a while since i listened to Hillsongs. I started singing along and soon realized that the words I was saying were empty because I felt that I didn't truly need God.. an alarm went off in my head and it became apparent to me how messed up my thinking had come to be. it has also been awhile since i've been able to attend a church service at the celebration center. but when this brick hit me something pastor chris said during the last sermon i had heard of his popped into my head. that Jesus can save us by giving us eternal life yes, but sometimes we need to be saved in a different way by him. i remember pastor chris specifically mentioning being saved by a way of thinking.
I asked the Lord to do this. to save me from this way that I was thinking.. this trap being set up for myself
and of course he did. and i became so overwhelmed with this i realized that the only way i would truly realize that God was all I needed was for him to take everything away from me. for me to see then that He is more than enough when there is nothing else left in this world for me. You always hear "God giveth and God taketh away" but for the first time I saw how God taking away can be an immense blessing rather than a curse. truly immense. in about 10 seconds time i went from being ignorant to learning one of the most important lessons of my life. i understood why theres death. why theres pain here. why theres tragedy why nothings perfect because through suffering we find the true glory of God. in a way we couldnt if the world was providing us all we needed. i had known already that suffering was a way for us to grow closer to God but i had never understood it on this level before.
the more trials and suffering we have the closer we get to God.
and then something else amazing happened! all these little fears i didnt know i had subsided. and i was aware of it because i suddenly i didnt care if my home burnt down. if i lost all my possessions. if my hands got cut off and i couldnt draw anymore. if i didnt have anyones approval. if all my friends suddenly turned their backs on me and abandoned me. my attachments to all these things snapped because not only did i realize that God was all i needed.. but i saw myself wishing that i had more hardships in my life because i wanted so badly to know God on a new insanely intamite level. i found myself asking the Lord to throw something at me.. to show me true struggles if thats what it took for me to see His glory. all in about 20 seconds.
i'm not sure why but i feel as though God wanted me to blog about all of this. i'm not sure who's going to read it or if anyones going to read it at all. but God wanted me to put these words here.. for some reason. i dont know.
But God is all I need. and that is all that matters.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
You rock my world Jesus!!! ( Random blog )
Hey ya'll this is Nikke here. I just wanted to share a bit about what has been happening in my life lately.
2008 was a hard year for the most part. Lots of good stuff in between but overall hard.
With me not working and being a at home mom finances were pretty tight. God straight up told us that at home is where I needed to be so we have obeyed.
We have had to learn how to manage our money better (a good thing).
Adam started a second job in addition to being an apprentice electrician as a news paper delivery boy for the TNT.
The amazing thing is we needed X amount of dollars to get by and the route he got at the TNT covered what we needed almost to the dollar!! God is amazing!
Our goal is to be completely out of debt in 8 months and thus far the plan is going well.
Have I mentioned God is so amazing?! =D
We had to give up our car because we could no longer afford. It and that was tough but we need to be wise. We have made some poor decisions but we are learning from them and I am so thankful we are learning this now instead of later. Since we are still young.
Our families stepped up to help us out in our time of need which we are so thankful for and God has really shown us the meaning of giving.
Again God is so amazing!!!!
We have pretty much completely changed the way we spend money and now have a monthly plan each month to keep us on track.
It has been really tough having one vehicle the past 5 months or so but it has also been great at the same time. God has shown me that it is ok to ask for help when you need it. Like for a ride to church on Sunday or to help babysit at church. (Thanks Hansler's and Caroline) =D
Today, our friends Nathan & Kirsten called us and asked if we would like to have their extra car that they have. A resounding YES!!!!!!! was what I said =D
God is so AMAZING!!!!
It came at such a perfect time. It is hard being at home alone all the time and not being able to hang out with other moms and things during the day. At times I will admit it did depress me. God is so faithful though and has gotten us through all of this!!
I guess my whole point to all of this is we have been through a bit this year and God has shown us how merciful, compassionate and faithful He is.
We made our own mistakes with our finances and God didn't have to provide. Once we showed that we can and are willing to be responsible and take responsibility for our own actions God completely blessed us with what we needed. He didn't give us a ton of cash or anything like that He gave what we needed and that is perfect!!!
I am so excited to see what God will entrust to us in the future as we grow and mature even more!
I am excited for the day when we are out of debt and we can help others the way we have been helped!
I cannot even begin to explain just how BIG and AMAZING God is!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has blown me away with his mercy and love this year and continues to do so. He blesses me even though I am unworthy and that is just completely and totally off the hook amazing to me!!!
Lord,
Thank you for You provision and for loving me and my family. Thank you for Your mercies that renew every single morning. Thank you for friends and family that love us and continually pray for us in times of need and times of blessing.
Most of all thank you for putting me in a position now where I can be a better servant of you! You rock my world Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen
2008 was a hard year for the most part. Lots of good stuff in between but overall hard.
With me not working and being a at home mom finances were pretty tight. God straight up told us that at home is where I needed to be so we have obeyed.
We have had to learn how to manage our money better (a good thing).
Adam started a second job in addition to being an apprentice electrician as a news paper delivery boy for the TNT.
The amazing thing is we needed X amount of dollars to get by and the route he got at the TNT covered what we needed almost to the dollar!! God is amazing!
Our goal is to be completely out of debt in 8 months and thus far the plan is going well.
Have I mentioned God is so amazing?! =D
We had to give up our car because we could no longer afford. It and that was tough but we need to be wise. We have made some poor decisions but we are learning from them and I am so thankful we are learning this now instead of later. Since we are still young.
Our families stepped up to help us out in our time of need which we are so thankful for and God has really shown us the meaning of giving.
Again God is so amazing!!!!
We have pretty much completely changed the way we spend money and now have a monthly plan each month to keep us on track.
It has been really tough having one vehicle the past 5 months or so but it has also been great at the same time. God has shown me that it is ok to ask for help when you need it. Like for a ride to church on Sunday or to help babysit at church. (Thanks Hansler's and Caroline) =D
Today, our friends Nathan & Kirsten called us and asked if we would like to have their extra car that they have. A resounding YES!!!!!!! was what I said =D
God is so AMAZING!!!!
It came at such a perfect time. It is hard being at home alone all the time and not being able to hang out with other moms and things during the day. At times I will admit it did depress me. God is so faithful though and has gotten us through all of this!!
I guess my whole point to all of this is we have been through a bit this year and God has shown us how merciful, compassionate and faithful He is.
We made our own mistakes with our finances and God didn't have to provide. Once we showed that we can and are willing to be responsible and take responsibility for our own actions God completely blessed us with what we needed. He didn't give us a ton of cash or anything like that He gave what we needed and that is perfect!!!
I am so excited to see what God will entrust to us in the future as we grow and mature even more!
I am excited for the day when we are out of debt and we can help others the way we have been helped!
I cannot even begin to explain just how BIG and AMAZING God is!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has blown me away with his mercy and love this year and continues to do so. He blesses me even though I am unworthy and that is just completely and totally off the hook amazing to me!!!
Lord,
Thank you for You provision and for loving me and my family. Thank you for Your mercies that renew every single morning. Thank you for friends and family that love us and continually pray for us in times of need and times of blessing.
Most of all thank you for putting me in a position now where I can be a better servant of you! You rock my world Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen
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