Monday, November 26, 2007

Sunday, November 25, 2007

byrons day

well today byron gave the message , great job byron, he preached on the rapture the tribulation and the millenium. he did an awesome job and spoke in a way everyone understood a subject that i would find a little hard. i wouldve handed out the left behind series and said please watch this. byron thru god led two people to salvation during basket delivery and one today after that message. god is using byron and i personally am so thankful to see him smiling again. byron and i have had our diferences but i have always had nothing but great respect and admiration for him, a few said next week is my turn, i thought ok, but then kinda got a little sick to my stomach thinking about it, i am not shy by any means but that would really be out of my comfort zone. im sure they were kidding, but im open to whatever god wants. hoprfully our new pastor is coming soon...............praise god

Sunday, November 18, 2007

busy busy day

today was sooo busy, delivery of all the thanksgiving baskets, amy looked so worried getting everything in order, but as always she pulled it off, and every basket was full and given out. praise god, then we had two very nice baby showers together for janie and katie. that was very nice.also today was special as our deacon rose gave the message, i was so proud of her,i thought byron would be giving it, but it was nice to see rose and she did well, obviously in preparation for gods calling on her life. life is good and god is awesome................

Sunday, November 11, 2007

god is faithful

when god first laid the food pantry ministy on my heart, the one concern i had was god please dont let amys ministry miss one single basket because of this ministry, the thanksgiving basket ministry was important too, and i told amy from the start, i wanted her to continue that. all week i have been praying for god to provide for that and amy stood up there so humbly today saying we were giving 11 baskets, 11 short of last lear but that was ok, if thats what god wanted that was ok. amy is so sweet, so i get home and i say jordan donate something please for thanksgiving baskets we need more, he said yes which turned into, praise god a weekly donation to food pantry as long as i reassured him that was part of tithing, of course it is, so praise god. then im thinking who do i know in the community that could give turkeys, the first selectman came right to mind as i have known him for years, so i call rose for her advice, thinking is it ok to solicit turkeys? im ready and willing to do it. she says, susan dont even worry we already got a large donation today from one of the members to get more baskets and the leftover is going to food pantry. god is amazing. the message today was on how awesome is our god.....oh yeah..... so anyways i just said a little prayer, god if you put the first selectman in my path this week, i will speak to him about helping with food pantry, so we will see. dont know if thats gods will or not, but we will see. and keep thinking next year christmas, we are going to do something for the children, write the vision make it plain, oh yeah. praise and glory and honor all to jesus.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

the names of god

i love hearing all the names of god. i get a voice mail every morning from pastor jamal bryant and today it was on the names of god and i dont remember all of them, but as i was listening i was in awe of god as always, jehovah jirah our provider, jehovah rapha our healer, jehovah tsidknew'bet that is not right, but it is our righteousness, jehovah nissi our banner. wow i love the names of god and will do a study on them. yesterday my mom and i walked with one of the ladies in our weigh down and decided twice a week we will commit to this, she talks alot but she is so interesting the 45 minutes flew by like nothing. today lisa nad i had lunc at my house with another one of the ladies in our group, i made chef salad and apple pie. what a weird combo, but neither of them complained and it was a nice visit and laura my daughter joined in which i was thankful for.tommorow night is my turn for prayer group to meet at my house so all day i have been shaping meatballs, i cant have people come and not feed them. this is why i am overweight. we gave three boxes for food pantry this week and know their is enough for one more, just waiting on god, but someone has come to mind, so if i still have this urging we will do it after church on sunday. god is so good he warns me always ahead of time when opposition is coming and i did get a little, as some do not feel food pantry is important but god keeps impressioning on my heart ecc 11, which to me is saying keep going do as i told you and trust me. there will always be someone who disagress with what god tells you, not like it or be jealous. i should definetely have learned that by now. i still get surprised but i definetely recuperate and shake it off way faster. praise god he has always showed himself faithful and vindicated me. thank you jesus. he is definetely my vindicator. every tongue that rises against me in judgement i shall condemn, this is the heritage of the servants of the lord. wow has this word stood the test of truth in my life. thank you jesus. even with all the good things in the ministry, the enemy has tried to hit me hard but god is knocking every single hit out one by one. thank you jesus. god is faithful , i love that song i put on my blog, jesus is the best thing that ever happened to me, this is the truth. well gotta go as it is up at 4.30, this is getting old but i have made some good friends and have had major chances to witness. one woman is a back slider who always tells me she misses god. he is working on her. god is missing her too.

Friday, November 2, 2007

god is on the move

wow what a week, i am a little tired. packed our 9th box of food today since sunday, cannot believe we ministerd to nine families with food this week. praise god, his hand is in this all the way, and now we have a church full of clothes to give away, i have already found a few food pantry families willing to come in and take a look, what a way to get them in to meet some more of us. praise god..........it did take a little toll on me, i just want to get under the covers and go to sleep. thank god for rose, the practical one who keeps me grounded, she says we dont have to do everything in one day.........praise god. looks like we may be losing our interim pastor, that made me almost cry as he has grown on us which must mean our permanent one is coming. cannot wait to see who god has for us, thank god pastor graves isnt staying any longer if i was already about to cry.........i thank god for the time we have had him, and know he is being prepared to be someones pastor, i pray he walks out all god has for him..............blessings in abundance to him.....our weigh down has built quite a few new relationships with the community, i love this class, and the sharing of our lives and gods word. what an array of different gifts and personalities. life is exciting, i feel i am being prepared for something.......i feel i have been in preparation for years for what is ahead. what is god up to? it is exciting to think about, well going to rest now.......................let the lord be magnified, who takes pleasure in the prosperity of his servants..................