tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11936719913088429482024-03-04T22:07:41.136-08:00Shining For HIS GloryMamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-43704825850526822602019-12-02T01:34:00.001-08:002019-12-02T01:34:05.693-08:00Two Years Into My Journey-More Than Conquerors! <div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ca93_b20d_f161_1737" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/58aFB7RdIM-ZUV8XCnQApaW0sHEHt_oOvPYo8Uo-rgHxutT7-7HR6puNg-Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">It was two years ago that God began to stir in my heart that He wanted to help me overcome this idol of loving food more than I should. It had become an idol that I ran to instead of God. He was so personal and persistent and I was overwhelmed with a desire to get this area right in my life. I loved Him with my whole heart, but I had to learn how to run to HIM when I was happy, sad, excited, bored, anxious, instead of bowing down to food! Though I desperately wanted to find the perfect plan that would do it all GOD wanted me to turn away from this world and to turn to HIM and so it began an imperfect journey of seeking Him, obedience, falling down, getting up, falling down, getting up, and every single time He would rescue me. Here is what that looked like:</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">1-My first step was </font><a href="https://whole30.com/blog/" id="id_3e37_3196_aac5_fbb5" target="_self">WHOLE30</a><font size="5">. There is nothing magical about Whole30 itself, but God used it to have me FAST from foods that had become a distraction to me. They temporarily satisfied an emotional state, but brought death to my health. Whole30 was no grains, sugar, dairy, sweeteners. I wanted to share how hard it was, but truthfully it wasn’t! God so empowered me through that 30 days that I sat in awe of how quickly it flew by and I lost 15 pounds. At the end of the 30 days I spent the next few months maintaining up and down, but stayed close to my loss. Whole30 gave birth to more than weight loss...it kicked off the journey and fanned my flame to keep going and to be a student of what worked for me.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">2-Step Two was a plan called </font><a href="https://transformhq.com/the-transform-app/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiZPvBRDZARIsAORkq7eFLvLHWLhCpVbb2NP4dSpDVv9l0ccRf49qq0ORBvoECmNd0HK1eycaAjLnEALw_wcB" id="id_8206_74bc_b982_7e5a">TRANSFORM APP</a><font size="5">! The premise of this plan was that you eat 5 smaller meals a day and exercise. I know that the purpose of God leading me here was that it gave birth to falling in love with exercise for the first time in my entire life. I still remember going to the gym the first time and how my husband who is a weight lifted and has worked out diligently for over 30 years would lovingly coach me through using weights. I fell in love! As I gained courage I began adding classes like Body Pump and Yoga, in addition to the weight training. This took off about 15 more pounds for a total of 30 pounds. Just in time for my oldest son’s wedding!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Next came a season of testing! In the midst of all these exciting changes the Lord had me turn in my notice at my job as a Support Representative with Classical Conversations and little did I know why...but HE did! Right after our oldest was married my grandmother’s health spiraled downwards and my life changed drastically. It was probably the hardest and longest season from 8/2018 through 8/2019. Grandma not only became physically ill, but she developed dementia. My entire life became consumed with her care. I lost my mentor, cheerleader, and matriarch and I had to cling to God like never before. As grandma’s journey was winding down a new one began....my mom was diagnosed with stage IIIB lung cancer. My grandmother died on 10/26/18 and my mom began her radiation on 10/29. We were consumed with caring for my mother who has spent her whole life caring for others. We asked her to move in with us so we could take her to Moffitt for her care. The next three months were filled with radiation and chemotherapy. (My mom was a hero) For awhile I maintained my weight loss and even continued to workout. My mom encouraged me in these things even though we were going back and forth to Tampa five days a week! But once she finished and moved back home I began to have an affair with my flesh and in the aftermath I began allowing old habit to creep in. (Not consume, but creep in). I gained back 18 pounds of the 30 that had been lost. I did not love how I felt and it scared me to see the weight coming back and I cried out to God and He answered. A friend that I’ve known online since my kids were young began posting pictures of an incredible transformation. The Lord moved on my heart to reach out and she introduced me to the next step in my journey...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">3-</font><a href="https://brightlineeating.com" id="id_2b9_fa66_44e2_aff6">BRIGHT LINE EATING</a><font size="5">! As of this morning I have lost 23 pounds in about 8 weeks. This next step has been teaching me practical ways to live a life of balance and self-control. Where Transform App helped me to understand and love exercise...Bright Line is all about the food plan! I feel such freedom and I love the simplicity. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Every step of the last two years has had absolute purpose in teaching me to turn away from idols and to turn TO the living God! </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">➡️I’m so thankful for Whole30 as it was the beginning of changing the way I think about my relationship with food.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">➡️I loved how Transform App helped me to fall in love with exercise.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">➡️I am now incredibly grateful to BLE (Bright Line Eating) for giving me a super easy, doable eating plan that has weight fall off fast and has a history of maintaining for a lifetime. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">I currently have a FB page where I post what I eat in Bright Line and links and encouragement. Starting in January that page will become a community for those wanting to join me in their journey. They can totally do BLE or whatever GOD leads them to. It’s just a place of encouragement and accountability. If you would like to follow my (imperfect) BLE journey just click </font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/983274598676623/?ref=share" id="id_e880_ecf9_3145_84eb">HERE</a><font size="5"> </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3c4_a3b3_c8d9_e855" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hhKg7WKDWowSgggKqJAg8N09ZpNZcznVXBouKA_ra6dMFRl5vUgKwGbwi7c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">I have a long way to go and I will fall down over and over again! But I am so grateful to God and HIS WORD which tells me...</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><i>“No, in all these things we are <b>more than conquerors”</b>—Romans 8:37</i></font></div>MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-7257180018532606392019-10-09T10:32:00.001-07:002019-10-09T10:32:17.857-07:00Emergency Action Plan!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6800_7fd1_f542_cef9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UBsTZ8QkPxkWe_ZlkLBG_CV-79h6w8EpW4WeiW2cf8wDoTeIbThiNAa4yJE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I was watching a video this morning where a gal was talking about how important it is to have an EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN in place when temptation comes your way. Whether it’s to overcome overeating, smoking, depression, or simply to stop and keep your focus on the Lord this is a tool that will help get you to God!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_e6ea_88af_6602_a0d0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7Ws_4vtNkLLxyn3IJQ1Oj5GseqbDCTChYyX9TzWVpFwuaoyOZSCTGkPDaVc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">I began writing out verses in my spiral bound pack and carry it in my purse to help when I need to refocus.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_8838_dd09_b7cd_c167" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TYgBHZcEO9HMkxoBXP1oOJYki91LHiKwwfR3TQAO5-GVPfZJho5fiBqeh9Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_fff2_a431_3551_d532" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/PnNWLdmXtv3fNq_Z-3DR373jWEtce2URs0EpXMlyPnkOiRJCB3T6TSxE1a4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_4ae7_933a_bfa1_15ca" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_LLKhv_18xZq5D4pnS6avznc10hoIG-F4Lun5tUzjelp2J0wcYqLrOFizr8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_d161_6418_fe10_797e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6D22DeSqazNa4A9A5zZ6CTW_DgE5COdnvrOoh56oRTDYYbEPdHTlgZdHCmE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_d009_967c_7c4f_8f58" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FMl7CNirIFKN9OV61MkBfoDIuP1lltFGumHEbzoTsbB6i04zbpfefvu5XCQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I also have begun a play list on Apple Music called Emergency Action Plan<br></span><img id="id_7244_a41_7d6_9995" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cqfYO9UScPuz1-WywtwgHRzpVU7DnqVo3jAJIfQQHAAyl3q4Vmg2Wt7RjiU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-11388339188983519212019-09-23T03:45:00.001-07:002019-09-23T03:45:29.747-07:00WEEK TWO ESTHER WRAP-UP!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_43c2_9972_f4cc_b763" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/GKVUsFqCQPTIcExi3o4FbuNsYHElbqS9ovdnfXD6d2MDfAcwY-KRiWyNQkY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Last night was an incredible evening filled with awe and wonder at how God masterfully puts together HIS plans, in HIS timing, and how we can trust Him even when we can’t see where He is going. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_73df_1a86_83f1_ca67" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YVjs5YPU65rjKAcu6vgifvqX5C4TjgG6vs_VsmaTdl5iK6qVmDAxc18VD2w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><u>This Weeks Memory Verse</u></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>—Psalm 139:16</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ecef_24e5_812f_9aa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tamasFeQvm1DJKVUBQixJGHg0ksTKu1KLRmI3vBdj4gQAlc7xXQGaOU9l6Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">It was such a JOY to visit Holliday and Cathy’s group last night and to hear how God spoke to each woman using His Word to confirm and affirm what He was showing them in Esther and then how that lined up with our lives today.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑Jane’s Take-Away took her to other scriptures that God brought to mind:</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑<b>Esther 2:10</b>: “<i>Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, BECAUSE MORDECAI HAD FORBIDDEN HER TO DO SO”</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑<b>Exodus 20:12:</b> “<i>Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the lord your God is giving you”</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑<b>Application</b>: <i>God <b><u>always</u></b> blesses OBEDIENCE and His Word is His Will. Esther honored Mordecai who had become a father to her.</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_edde_697b_3373_19c7" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OPrSOT2Gv8yEhbgHM2qpW_PXbZ6rrK2Q3mIQd8FC2Xz6xr5ujo71SFWx1r0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Holliday’s take-away took her back to our study last fall in 1 Peter: As she thought about how young Esther must have been and how scary her life circumstances must have felt she remembered that suffering gives birth to eternal fruit...</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">“<i>But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” —</i><b>1 Peter 3:14</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_7af_7ad9_10ee_ad3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_7QUNKzzVJ1_RgiFcIaWAiVakMQIv6eHEW8_6imBnEZvUTU1V9oWooAnu3I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>She would not return to the King unless He delighted in her and she was <u><b>SUMMONED</b></u> by name”</i> Esther 2:14</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>SUMMONED</b>-To Call into the presence of another; to appear at a place</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑God delights in us and SUMMONS us into His presence each and every morning and then asks us to be purposeful to STAY IN HIS PRESENCE ALL.DAY.LONG! </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑“<b>I KNOW MY SHEEP</b> and my sheep know me” — John 10:14</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have <b>CALLED YOU BY NAME</b>” Isaiah 43:1</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whosever <b>ABIDES IN ME</b> and <b>I IN HIM</b>, he bears much fruit.” John 15:5</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">👑“For we know, brothers (daughters) loved by God that <b>HE HAS CHOSEN YOU</b>.” 1 Thessalonians 1:4</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_2c43_ffb8_2d2d_5eff" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/n9ujuWmuuvN2Eam5Nw2R7lCDikwUw0U-aOW8PXB1rN6YbYXrMnWHkXk2UDc" alt="400" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>And she FOUND FAVOR in the sight of all who saw her</i>.” <b>Esther 2:15b</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">FAVOR-To promote, support, afford advantages—The Lords providential plan!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>Now the king LOVED ESTHER more than all the other women, and she FOUND FAVOR and kindness with him more than all the other virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen in the place of Vashti.” —Esther 2:17</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>When her turn came to go into the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai the kings eunich who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther FOUND FAVOR in the sight of all who saw her.” —<b>Esther 2:15b</b></i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>“Now the young woman pleased Hagai and FOUND FAVOR with him” —<b>Esther 2:9</b></i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_4129_f503_d66f_538a" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VB1VD4JXSq5TUaXzF2HCTYEg-jUyxdiESfpXxOhsrDWASJZlNDkOJf6OKTk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Josie Dean and her walk in OBEDIENCE!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This week we had many conversations about Esther’s OBEDIENCE👑</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">OBEDIENCE-Acting in patience and submission</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This summer Josie humbly shared that she felt God calling her to step away from college this year. There was lots of confusion as she waited for on the Lord to make His will crystal clear. She had already completed one full year of college and was doing well, but God was moving in her spirit to WAIT ON HIM. She was confused because there were no other plans at that time. Just as we talked about with Esther...as she moved <b><i>by faith</i></b> and walked <i><b>in obedience</b></i> God gave her a new direction for this year. If you are moved by the Holy Spirit to pray for or to financially support this God-Given dream here is a link: </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/ywam-october-2019?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet" id="id_b470_8c25_1c72_53ca">SUPPORT JOSIE</a><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_eb41_a692_c6c5_197" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9se0o62WMh6LVZaxYv7Vn1FHnrDFMYoLEfNQbt6XlUzKi0HBtMKKJ34qBHI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">PUZZLE PIECES 🧩 </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This time last year Lani and her husband Chris were visiting from Oregon for my sons wedding. While here Chris was being interviewed for a position in Illinois and he had made the top 3 out of 500 candidates. We were positive that this is where God wanted their family and had been praying hard. It was overwhelmingly disappointing when we discovered that Chris did not get the position...</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">BUT GOD❤️</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Little did we know that just a few weeks later he was going to be offered a position right here! God was going to move their family back home after 11 years of traveling the country while Chris serves his country. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">GOD’S GOODNESS❤️</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Lani’s mother had just been diagnosed with dementia and Today they find out if the lump in her mother’s breast is cancer. Had God given them what they wanted her life would be filled with chaos and confusion as she would have to travel to be with her. </font></span><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">BUT GOD IN HIS INFINITE wisdom and ability to see beyond today, to know what’s coming, moved their family exactly where they are supposed to be.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“<i>Trust IN THE LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight”</i> —<b>Proverbs 3:5-6</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I don’t know what big decisions are looming in your life, but I know the ONE who does! As you cry out without holding back and seek HIM with all your heart HE IS FAITHFUL and HE WILL SHOW YOU!<br></font></span><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><font size="5"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-61725835536837566822019-09-16T03:45:00.001-07:002019-09-16T03:45:14.015-07:00WEEK ONE ESTHER WRAP-UP<div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">WOW! What a P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. night of take-away’s! We had such an amazing evening packed and FULL of big aha’s! What I love most about Sunday nights is that we get to take what God has shown us and share...but then we get to take what He has shown others and we get to learn with them and from them. I encourage you to read every word here! Your heart will be so overcome by the Holy Spirit as you get to see HIM in action among your sisters.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c0c_a6_ae8c_2e9e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/7rl6C354EzkSbQCbDXFv6oH6PfvQdUeS5o7PZXtEfKPkMkvkDWOQ0YbNKBA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">FUN FACTS, POWERFUL PERSONAL APPLICATION, & DEFINED WORDS:</b> Each Sunday night your small group leaders send me some big aha’s that were discussed in your group. It’s my joy to share just a few with you so that you get to see how much bigger and fuller God’s Word becomes when we walk in community...WE’RE BETTER TOGETHER! </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">Take a moment to discover how scripture is truly living and breathing and active! It’s not just a history lesson, but it applies personally to YOU today for whatever you are going through. Oh how He loves us! </font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"></font></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">I love the visual here of the round table. In Salt & Light we do not have master teachers...we just know the Master Teacher, Jesus Christ. We simply get to be Learners❤️</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_aa82_6049_2301_e376" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7XtC-_J_q2BX1c9GezaUKgSXv8j01f261uYEqRGmteDW9DOFsUT17pI0en8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><font size="5"><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FUN FACT:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ahasuerus is a title</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(like Cesar) and not his actual name. (</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Verse 1:1</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">)</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8745_a82_a8f0_b353" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YB9d64-yWzUEq4M7d56nivKOzV_Am8fJ_VomuHinqJ4cSUdGAOxtuamkEKc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FUN FACT:</b><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Tammie from Angela’s group brought two tiny maps of the entire area that was under King Xerxes dominion. One was the ancient map from when the story of Esther took place and the other modern was from modern day...it was HUGE and covered so much!</span><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(Think Greece, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, The question the group pondered was how long it took to get decrees out? What type of transportation did they use? A donkey? A camel? A horse? (</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Verses 1:22</b><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_163f_1d46_2959_8ec1" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/peE6i-oBzeomy3OAsABJI3uGntsnXoOkCoHDKnpnDEcKl16Bxj-bCL6oiWE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">POWERFUL PERSONAL APPLICATION:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The details that were put into the banquet</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> from the draperies to each goblet being completely different from the other and </span><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">how each of us are unique and different</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">. (</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Verses 1:4-7</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">)</span></font></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">“<i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">You see ALL things; you saw me growing, changing in my mothers womb; <b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">every detail of my life was already written</b> in your book; you established the length of it <b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">before I was born.</b>”</i> Psalm 139:16</font></span></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9c54_c3ad_fd53_97ab" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/v80xI6e3WuH3EswMmPXhhLtV7kF-rG4vE6q_yzc3Q2NRYK0Y6iIJtA4FgHA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">POWERFUL PERSONAL APPLICATION:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Though it seemed unfair to some that Queen Vashti was banished or killed we were reminded that God had to remove Vashti so that Esther could carry out His plan to redeem His people. (</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Verse 1:19</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">)</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">“<i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">He controls the course of the world and all the events; He removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.</i>” Daniel 2:21</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_1486_dff2_e88_b537" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/i0FLip88PrYT92naop-zhv5ZA3xhUnqDzltgqUREkFoSZ-LzlFc7ckQCWIM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑<font size="5"><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">POWERFUL PERSONAL APPLICATION:</b> Xerxes was a show off, his life was extravagant, he loved to show off...Splendor, Glory, Majesty, but without God they mean nothing! What are our hearts set on and chasing after? Is it God or is it the beautiful things of this world? (Verses 1:4-7)</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“<font size="5"><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will be also</i>.” Matthew 6:19-21</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_dd85_f291_bae7_8c90" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/k8BrTxq2LgEoX1MwbM0_P48e_JcOoYra_IT_XJt_oC3MVRjv3KLNrGSoWJk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">POWERFUL PERSONAL APPLICATION:</b><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> The King drank a lot of alcohol and while in that state made a request that he might not have made in a sober state. Once that action took place consequences followed that could not be undone. </span><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">His heart was joyful with wine. </font></i><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(Verse 1:10) Alcohol can take us places we might never go in a sober state and though wine itself is not a sin...too much is. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Does alcohol stir your sinful nature to want more? Then hang onto 1 Corinthians 10:23...”All things are permissible, but not all things are profitable”. Scripture tells us that as believers we are to be Holy as he is holy. (1 Peter 1:6)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_87a2_880f_d8e6_3e48" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/R84C3L2NaR060gPCtsFq_A75NvZ9oi8HWMt-m7MbxeAqaqIOS3uOZDUiSJY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FUN FACT: </b><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Vashti was the daughter of Belshazzar! Belshazzar was the grandson of King Nebuchadnezzar. (Think Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c7ed_a9f7_3d4a_200a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/n9b4Dhqwhl3PYKeGy1gi6DqtqDSoibBo8D_OzB9ra-L-szOC7AbEo3Ycdlw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">👑</span><b data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BETH’S DEFINED WORD: </b><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Crown-The 1828 dictionary quoted Proverbs: A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. Of course, Xerxes didn’t seem very interested in Vashti’s beauty and royalty. God is concerned with the inside of the package, not the outside, and I need to be a “Crown” of virtue.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_afb5_ba37_265d_4fa9" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/j1TKoFPE_UdTP_swFNq82SSkn9EskD8VFgMO1v7isGJPoBSaYvbih-Z7wzM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">(<font size="5">Beth is in the red</font>)<br></span><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">THIS WEEK: We get to dive into Chapter two! Get ready because it just keeps getting better and better!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_57de_8bbc_40c5_caa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bS7OP8rtHOMyTAM858S-U0cIF2RZidkPGqwGnEAK4m54sJz1ZDNQmjyXEc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div></div><div dir="auto" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">“<i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16">For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your Father’s family will perish and who knows, but that you have come to your Royal Position for such a time as this!</i>” Esther 4:14</font></span></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-7153573726382430082019-09-13T15:29:00.001-07:002019-09-14T10:38:01.305-07:00FCC Esther Study—For Such A Time As This👑<div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_be61_d1c_4e59_8e3f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r6siL9qIMoB9XiRFPly6ZnDK8pA1nYOcJ1jwNgLtXtVRB3Pc-epjNwldMG8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 350px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">We are so excited to launch our FCC Salt & Light Style Esther Study. Fifty four amazing women are gathering together every Sunday to seek the Lord through His Word and specifically through the book of Esther. We were so excited to kick off our evening with food, fun, fellowship, and photo’s.</font></span></div><font size="5"><br><br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_538_e728_afda_6a8a" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CCtEGWhB5sErMy8czjYDpTwJf2_XOdz3PleOkqphWVTNQ-ZZz1Md_HYaquY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Week One Memory Verse</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_7fad_e1ec_e521_7643" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FDV7yl40SDfgHiG6V1uzsq3pc-7l6cCugB4GXpS10zvzQs-etitUVU6o0Pw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Sherry, Merri, Gail, Denise, Judy, Barbara, and Sue👑</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_985c_471f_d001_f6ea" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x3IpnZpU5b3j_Zk_75teIg3n_91wRI_qQ4uejF2_z1kDUb8LGi5UZqccuRM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Melanie, Angela, Margaret, Susan, Tammie, Jolie, Gwen, Erika, and Angela👑</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_5170_d6a_1b6f_3f05" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/utvWsPt4oMCMA1To4oWr_etFnjbBd-0Wb83drv8gbkN9YQvYn5ct3xoXLeA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Holliday, Michelle, Angel, Cathy, Cathy, and Aja👑</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_14ef_1040_9817_5ca" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OdDNScxukHqoX-oAyn-KTrJl3n6KWLFKISEABGC4vKjuFRPw3mCl7C6xDpw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Tammy, Kathy, Marsha, Lynn, Kaila, Carol, Marissa, and Valerie👑</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_cc16_498f_413d_a50d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XkGtEtl1T7IXPzWRxaBwktdK6s9YdwzBL1_vmmDeGIGX69gX8RK97S-hmoM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Beth, Amanda, Marjorie, Kim, Linda, Nancy, Kim, Lani, Marissa, and Mary👑</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_eaef_107e_b9c6_7db9" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/R4WU1bdXvnlXeugd1doWI7aLV5C9UYnZt5CTRKne46VVGHcciK5dFJVQbvs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Chelsea, Jenny, Patty, Kelly, Cindy, Camille, Leslie👑</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_5d72_7058_bd08_68a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Y_sThoqSabr7xcR5s6E8Bu4GHNGAOO1Im-YadVjEHhiV4n1XwdYAtfxMDOM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">We spent the evening digging into the first three verses of Esther...it was powerful👑</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6936_9e21_7a42_2fe0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/21BmJxUGHnd_n3a3zjeyYZQzREF7ReJo0wQXoyJppBjITrTVWxG2fU8bgYs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">This week we began the journey of getting to know King Ahasuerus, Queen Vashti, Esther, and Mordecai👑</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_fd92_d20f_a258_f44f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uEAzUS9s0k-R0Z2hoCBQEF3kwb3S_LEkqLcBrSRdqsGMOOlElPBFHbCtl8I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I love these two ladies leading our worship...Build My Life, God, I look to you, and Great Are You, Lord 🎶 </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="7">“FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS”</font><br></span><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-79495827659124524122019-03-26T16:02:00.001-07:002019-03-26T16:05:18.534-07:00Teach Me To TURN!<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e897_dfc1_e9a1_b461" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1hsfMyZzS_ylXeoLP1k-HhfcGVVi-Surh" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>☕️<font size="6">Coffee W/Jesus☕️</font></div><div><font size="6"><br></font></div><div><font size="6">Based on Romans 3:6-8</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Oh how deceitful our hearts are! I can relate to the Jews in Rome who were trying to manipulate scripture to justify their sinful actions. We swing back and forth in our devotion and faithfulness to God. We manipulate scripture to justify gratifying our flesh. We want permission to indulge that which we think will make us happy, but in the end brings spiritual death. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner”? Romans 3:6</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Because God’s Word cannot contradict itself:</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“But your iniquities (sin) have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that He will not hear you.” Isaiah 59:2</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u>Lord, TEACH ME TO TURN!</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><b>Teach me to turn</b> away from my sins.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><b>Teach me to turn</b> away from foxes that want to sneak in to my thoughts and whisper lies that lead to death.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><b>Teach me to turn</b> away from any other voice but yours!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">“<i>So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your life, daughter. Then you won’t do what your sinful nature craves.”—Galatians 5:16</i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-61502232766873868102019-03-26T15:58:00.001-07:002019-03-26T15:58:54.392-07:00The Purpose Of Our FEELINGS<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8801_e431_af2a_45e8" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1jmnlZuKRi_5HhMYeN0jR-e42L7ZS1Blo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="6">Feelings are REAL...but that does not necessarily make them TRUE!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="6"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="6">Feelings are INDICATORS...They alert you when you’re off and remind you to turn away from how you’re feeling, but more importantly you turn TO God!</font></div><font size="6"><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-84172839766243247822019-03-26T14:54:00.001-07:002019-03-26T14:54:08.354-07:00Live By FAITH<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_20bb_2059_47be_c4d8" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1zxERy7MFKqAx_V8j0-cqVhW-KdedIpjg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><div><font size="6">Based On Romans 3:1-5</font></div><div><font size="6"><br></font></div><div><font size="6">”To whom much is given, much is expected.” Luke 12:48</font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Paul addresses the advantages of being born Jewish...They were entrusted with the Holy Word of God and they had ancestors that modeled for them what it looked like to live it out. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The gentiles were new to the game and had to play catch up...they did not have the rich history or examples to learn or pull from. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The DISadvantage of coming from the Jewish culture is that they had been raised to value and set their hope on the law, and now they were being asked to set their hope on FAITH! (Big Difference)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Law=Rules To Be Obeyed</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Faith=Holy Spirit Belief</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“Now FAITH is the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance of what we do NOT see.”—Hebrews 11:1</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">For a Jewish person in that day they had to switch gears and go from being the teacher to being the student. They had to start all over again. It was humbling. I totally see how pride would be a logical response when asked to give up the privilege of having all the answers and to instead being mixed in with the newcomers. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">APPLICATION #1: Now that you have the privilege and gift to live your life by FAITH are you walking in it? What big things are you praying about CONFIDENTLY? What are you hoping for, but cannot see right now? Are you walking by FAITH or are you walking by what your human mind can conceive.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">APPLICATION #2: Do I have heart that is teachable. Do I listen and learn from those that God brings into my life...or do I need to share my perspective and opinions. Teach me to lay down ME and pick up YOU!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div></div><font size="5"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-73114865835921507052019-03-26T14:50:00.001-07:002019-03-26T14:51:02.863-07:00 Are YOU A True Jew?<div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5d76_be64_9484_bb0" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1rbmYxoxqfz92PieeJVYRo7FVV6fy2XiZ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font size="6">Believer...Are you a True Jew?</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“A TRUE JEW is one whose heart is right with God, and true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; RATHER, it is a change of heart produced by the Holy Spirit and a person with a changed heart seeks praise FROM God, and not from people.” Romans 2:29</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">As Paul is pointing out why gentiles are now entitled to share in the blessing that the Jewish people had claimed as their own He says...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌It’s not knowing the law!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌It’s not obeying the law!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌It’s not the knowledge of God!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">NO! A TRUE JEW is one with a heart that is right with God. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">❤️It is motivated by LOVE for the Father and not by RULES. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">❤️It doesn’t focus on privilege of heritage</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">❤️It doesn’t focus on knowledge of scripture.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">❤️It doesn’t focus on keeping track of the rules. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">INSTEAD, a <b>True Jew</b> recognizes what Jesus Christ did for them on that cross and they gratefully receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and lean on HIS understanding, HIS grace, HIS moving, and HIS direction. </font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><i><b>TRUE JEWS</b></i> are transformed in their thinking by the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The old Jew is caught up in the cycle of death that the law brings—because no man or woman could ever fulfill it in it’s entirety except Christ. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The reason Christ showed such contempt for the Pharisees (Old Jew) is because they pretty much said...we reject that you have anything to offer us. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The Old Jews—Pharisees said...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔We know the rules </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔We’ve appointed ourselves to oversee them. (Even though they themselves could not obey them)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“<i><b>He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of HIS MERCY. He saved us through the washing and REBIRTH and RENEWAL by the Holy Spirit.” —Titus 3:5</b></i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">All whose hearts are right with God are TRUE JEWS-That is, part of GOD’S family...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.” — Galatians 3:7</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Lord, I am so thankful that you have adopted me. I have the privilege of being your very own. I was not born with this privilege, but because of your great mercy you have extended it to me and I RECEIVE it, RELISH it, and RESPOND with a heart of gratitude.</font></div><br><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-31689807798537749412019-03-26T14:45:00.001-07:002019-03-26T14:45:44.588-07:00Are You Works Based Or Do You Bear Fruit<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_943a_8f38_42fe_7fb2" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=11KFb5L0DmczdUENH5XddzkTAdVcfIwGm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br></font><div><font size="5">☕️</font><font size="6">Coffee With Jesus</font><font size="5">☕️</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Based on Romans 2:12-16</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">“<i>For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is OBEYING the law that makes us right in His sight.”</i> —<b>Romans 2:13</b></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">As I dig into the rich history of Romans and look at the church in Rome I see an interesting movement and shifting taking place. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Paul speaks to it in noting how the Jewish Christians have everything they need (from the known and physical side of things) to walk closely with the Lord. They had scripture, tradition, culture, and community...but they were totally MISSING the gift God had given them because instead of it making them closer to God it made the puffed up, arrogant, judgemental. They became hearers of the Word. They KNEW their Torah, but they were not acting as a people who knew their God. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">On the other hand...here come these gentiles. They lacked the rich culture, community, and knowledge of scripture and yet they were filled with a hunger to KNOW GOD personally. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">I go back to what God showed me yesterday...Fruit or Works? </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔WORKS: Many of the Jews were very works based. (Works is motivated by human effort) They knew the law, but they didn’t really know their Lord. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💝FRUIT: The Gentiles were displays of His glory as their fruit pointed others back to God. They had nothing to do with fruit blooming...it came out of their relationship with God. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">This morning the Lord is reminding me again and again...quiet times are not about gaining knowledge, but getting to know the ONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGE and wisdom all wrapped up in ONE!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“And this is the message I proclaim. The day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s SECRET thoughts.” — Romans 2:16</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔WORKS will store up sin in my secret life. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔WORKS causes me to perform. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔WORKS makes me want to follow rules and check boxes.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💔WORKS leads to DEATH!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💝FRUIT will store up blessing in my secret life.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💝FRUIT causes me to rest, while GOD performs His work through my life</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💝FRUIT makes me want to follow the Holy Spirit.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💝FRUIT leads to LIFE!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6">Lord, I want to know you and not just know about you❤️</font></div></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-83321550232865740852019-03-26T14:41:00.001-07:002019-03-26T14:41:49.894-07:00 God Wants to TRANSFORM your works into FRUIT!<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d04e_4f7a_dd3b_67d2" src="https://alexdenk.eu/blogtouch?id=1BGzeUk_LRThbMwEVK_nUwHy4CI2tnjSz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div>☕️<font size="6">COFFEE WITH JESUS</font>☕️</div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>Based on Romans 2:8-11</i></font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">That church in Rome sure does remind me of us modern day believers. I am not saved by works, but I am known by my fruit and the evidence of it in my life.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">WORKS IS WHAT “I” DO AND FRUIT IS WHAT “HE” DOES. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Works happens when I try to obey the rules, but my heart is not really there. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Fruit is what happens when I sit and soak and let God take over. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">My thinking is revealed by how I consistently live my life...in the spot light and in private. They should go hand in hand.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Paul’s audience is the christian Church in Rome. It was predominately made up of gentiles, though there were some Jews. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">He is saying...You who claim to be born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible. listen Up! Incorruptible seed cannot be self-seeking, cannot proclaim the truth written in scripture and yet not live it out in your daily life.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Their fruit was causing him to come in and to challenge them, to remind them, to shake them up...and what Paul says to them in this passage is what God says to me this morning. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Daughter, are you seeking my attention or the attention of man? Are you promoting ME or are you promoting YOU? Come to me...let Me fill you up, change your thinking, set your purpose ON ME...surrender yourself TO ME. Let go of your own plans and ideas and be still in presence and in my Word.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-28605857307061701322019-03-22T19:29:00.001-07:002019-03-22T19:31:21.340-07:00 KEEPING ON, DOING GOOD, SEEKING AFTER!<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_3dc7_a009_754f_7eba" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1y0y0UePuqum0bQX7KQ4LoQeXXTpOq1UR" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font size="6"><b>Based on reading Romans 2:5-7:</b></font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">When we are stubborn, unrepentant, and refuse to turn from our sin, scripture says we store-up WRATH. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The problem with storing up wrath is that it is often a slow steady drifting away from truth. It’s through the little daily things I choose NOT to walk in obedience to—things that don’t seem like they’re a big deal. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">As I become desensitized to the little things...the bigger things become less big in my eyes...until I am so dominated with my sinful actions and turned away from truth that my life shows the fruit of being transformed by this world instead of the one to come. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">This actually happened to me early on in my walk. I fell completely away from that first love. I was chasing happiness which is temporary, instead of JOY which is Eternal. My rebellion felt good for a moment, but then morning would come and the happiness had turned into sadness or disillusionment. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Satan comes to fascinate and then he assassinates.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">There’s a better way...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“He will give Eternal Life to those WHO KEEP ON doing good, SEEKING AFTER the Glory and honor and immortality that God offers” Romans 2:7</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Friend! Are you like I was? Are you chasing after happiness and finding that it doesn’t last? Are you hoping that finding the right friend, spouse, diet, workout routine, job will make your life complete? IT NEVER WILL! </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. BUT THEY DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, MEDITATING ON IT DAY AND NIGHT. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.” Psalm 1:1-2</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">TODAY I must Keep on doing good, seeking after God with all my heart, looking for HIS glory, HIS honor, and HIS immortality.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-33174228162966914582019-03-19T03:40:00.001-07:002019-03-19T03:40:44.147-07:00 What Type Of Fruit Am I Bearing?<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_66c_c07d_19e1_41a9" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1X2OZKKDTJstj4_15T8KqUtTOYTSeIAj1" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font size="6">☕️Coffee with Jesus☕️</font></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Based on Romans 2:1-4</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The problem with the Roman Jews is that they wanted to deflect from their own sin and to point at the sins of others. They looked at the outward behavior and made judgements about the inward heart of their brother or sister. They did this based on their own finite knowledge which can never measure up against God’s INFINITE all-knowing wisdom. And one big take-away here is that man could never have the grace and mercy of God who sees beyond today. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">These judging Jews did not want to wait on God. They wanted to take action right away, but here is what God’s Word says...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“The Lord is not slow in keeping His promises, as some understand slowness. Instead, He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">With that said, we are going to see that as Christians we do have the responsibility of gently judging the believers around us. The goal is to get them back to God...but be careful that you yourself do not fall. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Jon Courson says that we judge the fruit which is what helps to identify true believers, not to judge the heart. (Identification versus Condemnation)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">IDENTIFYING THE FRUIT in those around us that publicly claim to be born again believers...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is Love, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 (I’m not sure the judging Jews were producing the kind of fruit that keeps in line with Galatians)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">So, if I want to be known that I’m FOR GOD by my fruit, what do I need to do?</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">“<i>Whoever abides in me and I in Him will bear much fruit—for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5</i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">I must ABIDE IN HIM!</font></div><font size="5"><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-6311290362527516262019-03-19T03:36:00.001-07:002019-03-19T03:38:23.320-07:00 ELOHIM VERSES YAHWEH...<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ac1c_bf43_46fc_121c" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1EUif7X1JE3-sGy0uv_W_aBuGdubvG3cA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><font size="6">☕️COFFEE W/JESUS☕️</font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Based on Romans 1:21-23</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The Roman Christ Followers fell away! They became caught up in their culture of excess and wanting to indulge the flesh. Man-made idols enticed their hearts and minds because they tried to intellectualize and create a God that fit their image. They knew Elohim...Creator God, but they did not know Yahweh the personal God. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">This morning I lift up my heart to YOU my God...Yahweh, Jehovah! Lord, mold me into your image...sanctify those parts of my flesh that want to indulge and hang out with my sinful nature. Help me to catch foxes (SOS 2:15) and remind me that I have no obligation to my old ways. (Romans 8:12) Help me to identify those sinful areas in my heart that I keep tending too and instead would you pull them up by their root and plant NEW SEED that hungers after obedience and Holiness. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">You are Glorious, Exalted, Resplendent, Majestic and lifted up! Your ways our higher than mine...your thoughts are higher than mine...your love endures forever! Thank you for making me yours!</font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-55021886355222263782019-03-18T06:50:00.001-07:002019-03-19T03:50:35.551-07:00ROMANS WRAP-UP—WEEK ONE<div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8845_1cc3_42cf_4f50" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12BCFc8kOdH4iTAiX1EZ_H2rZpMsp5qfz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">WEEK ONE MEMORY VERSE:</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>“Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, BUT <u>THOSE WHO ARE CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT</u> “THINK” ABOUT THINGS THAT PLEASE THE SPIRIT” — Romans 8:5</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e140_e4a9_c0b5_37a6" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1eVAQOcJCvipvmhftCCFGMYkX-gj-M5QS" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><b><u>DAY ONE</u></b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Romans 1:1-7</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><i>Daughter, you are a slave...a bondservant of Jesus Christ! You were CHOSEN and PAID for at a very high price. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><b><u>DAY TWO</u></b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Romans 1:8-15</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mary, who you associate with shapes what you believe. Choose carefully who you allow to shape and influence your life and make sure that you never get caught up in giving advice...</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">POINT THEM BACK TO ME!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><u><font size="6">DAY THREE</font></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><u><font size="6"><br></font></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Romans 1:16-17</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><i>Mary, never be ashamed of the Gospel! This GOOD NEWS is valid and sound and it is all about the POWER OF GOD—completely independent of anything you could ever do. (John 15:5)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><font size="6"><u>DAY FOUR</u></font></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><font size="6"><u><br></u></font></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Romans 1:18-20</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: x-large;"> <i>Mary, God will never support your sin, instead He wants to restore you.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u>DAY FIVE</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Romans 1:23-24</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <i>Mary, turn away from your human inclination and futile man-made knowledge...instead turn to the LIVING GOD...HE IS GLORIOUS, MAJESTIC, EXALTED, AND LIFTED UP ON HIGH</i>!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="6"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u>DAY SIX</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Romans 1:24-27</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Mary Arnold, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature is urging you to do! if you follow it...YOU WILL PERISH! BUT, through the power of the Holy Spirit you can turn away from it! CHOOSE HIM, not them. (foxes...thoughts, people, situations that lead me away from holiness)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u>DAY SEVEN</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><b><u><br></u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Romans 1:28-32</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5699_5a72_333e_ca52" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1YTrPJLCckj9YkouxElnFbZbfOvsEDxoU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_897e_d50d_1a68_3ce9" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1mPLG4pOvU-GKdZcRPbCQ-gRbnlotGpqQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>Precious Sister Who Has walked this walk!</b></font><br></span><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><i>So Mary, do not allow yourself to be dominated by your sinful nature...catch foxes (thoughts) that are trying to sneak in and steal your holy focus. You are born again and have no obligation to them! You are not working for a victory...you are working FROM the victory. Instead, turn to the living God and let your thoughts be controlled by the Holy Spirit, This brings LIFE!</i></font></div><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-9675597937692538882019-03-04T02:05:00.001-08:002019-03-04T02:05:24.500-08:00FCC FREEDOM WORKSHOP FINALE’<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_8fff_b2ba_b4a4_caca" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dvzWczxsIIM/XHz4UiL3ncI/AAAAAAAAP5M/J8qTNMC3ZYoWyjD_vKJ292tFkAmusPGAQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">WOW...What a Finale’</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">It was such a JOY to close out our final evening with a BANG! Food, Fun, Fellowship...HOLY SPIRIT❤️</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_a3a3_b4e1_8a5d_8af1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-syFWG-BqexE/XHz4VDIDgYI/AAAAAAAAP5Q/KsXL7C2IXe0LM4N7v2x2wg-F6u8S-aCbwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Thank you to all the ladies who cooked, prepared, ran to the store and bought 😉, participated!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Thank you for all your hard work!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_29e8_7a22_7fca_e1db" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aF-r663p43c/XHz4V1URgaI/AAAAAAAAP5U/pSQ9UfEvORge2FjrVO1UPou7FFCE2jWOACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">I love the FELLOWSHIP that God gives us as we rest in Him.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_abc1_1908_583b_d3b5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wEUsCFu8TfY/XHz4Wal6nYI/AAAAAAAAP5Y/oVHRuzcPOTUhK5CFeXZ9u3mCrUPpes1sQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">I’m thankful for these highschool/college students who serve selflessly and who love lavishly!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_b012_4006_2b79_481b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RrOTIjzMZt8/XHz4W2P2bWI/AAAAAAAAP5c/d8a2nRkOJ2A8xU2o6cO6fZf3GPN2jvkOgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Thank you to the whole worship team for giving, serving, and spending time modeling what it means to rest and trust in the Lord. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_2be7_5f3a_1009_1ca4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6iQQqE0On3w/XHz4XaWIRrI/AAAAAAAAP5g/le9lW7eC6-UENO3hworqOmhG5GOUxHbLQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I think THIS is my favorite activity out of the WHOLE series. I love when we re-write scripture in the OPPOSITE meaning and then compare it with the truth of God’s Word. To my right was the sinful nature and to my left was the Holy Spirit led group. Who are we serving?<br></span><br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_bd0d_8d54_b03a_b341" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lrdRDexLNC8/XHz4YMEFmaI/AAAAAAAAP5k/N0Rrg2SnWzUUv1ui9L0MVoMh7xP5pTCIwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">It was a JOY this past six weeks to hear God’s Word being personalized, spoken, and prayed.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_70d6_7ff5_344_7a90" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6wqU22SV8iM/XHz4YuRESiI/AAAAAAAAP5o/2vwOc-v73wIBn0SCM5167BDgVox2HL_cwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Beautiful ladies😊</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Quick Ladies! Catch those foxes that want to eat the fruit of your love and your life!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">May the JOY of the Lord be your strength!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">You have NO obligation what so ever to do what your sinful nature urges you to do!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Seek the Kingdom of God FIRST!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">You cannot serve two masters...Choose GOD!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: x-large;">Once you were dead and now you are ALIVE!</span></div><font size="5"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-54844938199344336212019-02-25T04:28:00.001-08:002019-02-25T05:36:36.747-08:00Freedom Workshop Wrap-Up Week FIVE!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ef00_2346_3e5a_3b5b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UldCRWU774c/XHPfS9oswYI/AAAAAAAAP3Q/_Ce8S76UfrEeVi3c4FW85YVOZaA2EdHLwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Pastor Kevin Opening us in prayer</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">We are very grateful to have a lead pastor who loves God’s Word and supports ministry that encouragers others to read through the most beautiful love story ever written...the bible❤️ He leads like King Jepsophat in the early years of his reign...he models his own love for God and it is from there that he teaches others humbly.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6ce3_11eb_93ea_a260" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bze6BzwXKr0/XHPfTTP94tI/AAAAAAAAP3U/PdBjG1kjgvkHdK6sIRkuf1Dvrm_36QO1gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">God has been so good to me...He moved Lani here literally days after I lost my grandmother. After 25 years of friendship we get to live in the same area for the first time in 12 years. I’m so grateful for this season of having her near. It was a blessing to have her friend Lynn visit from North Carolina. They both played Forever and lead us in ...His Love Endures Forever!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_80ca_33fb_828f_f9e4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jr7AisIneYo/XHPfTt-SDeI/AAAAAAAAP3Y/_7RH_SeC0g8wEtmqwYr9ltWjMuTf2XDAgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">My greatest blessing this workshop has been co-leading the teen and young adult table. These girls are AMAZING! Lucy was sharing how she had to take captive her thoughts last year, as foxes were running through her mind one morning. </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">It was her first day with her drivers license and as soon as she got in her car to drive herself to school...she started having thoughts and hearing voices telling her to panic. God brought to mind <b>Song Of Solomon 2:15</b>: <i>Quick! Catch all these foxes before they steal the fruit of your vineyard,</i> and turned and cried out to God. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">He rescued her and she was able to experience the fullness of JOY as she drove herself to school that very first time..The JOY of the Lord was her STRENGTH! #Victoriousnotvictim</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_d25d_149b_198d_dd80" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JP1c_NF2Ifg/XHPfUCDtnuI/AAAAAAAAP3c/fE2lSKSKmD4NbBDdL5Uj93uDfXiZsNL0QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Last night Maddy brought tears to my eyes as she shared how the Lord had her take a section of scripture and personalize it.</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: x-large;"><i>“But <b>Madison</b> will not even need to fight. She just needs to take her position and stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with <b>Madison</b>. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out tomorrow, for the Lord is with you, <b>Madison</b>. Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low to the ground. And <b>Madison</b> did the same, worshiping the Lord.” — II Chronicles 20:18-18</i></span></div><font size="5"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><img id="id_d825_6ef6_fbc3_5b4c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fvfW-7Sp9Bs/XHPfUpeLWMI/AAAAAAAAP3g/3BWO_7SYD2ceRKAo4cCZlpso4Z9MGW4RgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">My favorite table activity last night was <i>defining, comparing, and contrasting the Fruits of The Spirit and the Deeds of The Flesh!</i> #powerful<br></span><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_c525_2a0c_9f83_fa9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PsdQrHgDl7Y/XHPfVGnXdRI/AAAAAAAAP3k/-N_y853f1IMEcg4g2fNP9O996ntA5yaDwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>DEEDS OF THE FLESH</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: Sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and others sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God.—Galatians 5:19-21<br></span><br><br><br><img id="id_5fe6_b4ed_9193_a412" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HOylXRwqqUc/XHPfVogiIMI/AAAAAAAAP3o/njWQWJT7Z5oHfcVPN3aX94S81MYtks2RQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of FRUIT in our lives; Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. There is no law against such things! Those who have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. — Galatians 5:22-25</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_40d4_5148_6b48_5e2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mC0Tc1OVwys/XHPfWDGkzoI/AAAAAAAAP3s/M1XH7S1jEGcAoVVRmMLxSBmbMl6O7h5IQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Comparison-What do the fruits of the spirit and the deeds of the flesh have in common?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><font size="5">They both give birth</font></li><li><font size="5">They both bring pleasure (one temporary and one Eternal)</font></li><li><font size="5">They both start with a choice (Obedience Verses Disobedience)</font></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_84fd_6bf7_f0c9_b56" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eJS2G-3pNQY/XHPfWXVy0RI/AAAAAAAAP3w/qweFCcFzoJQ-XRdPqKi1rp_QUFCBqtujACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">Comparison-What do the Fruits of the Spirit and the Deeds of the flesh have that are <u>NOT</u> the same and completely different?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><font size="5">Deeds gives birth to DEATH and BONDAGE</font></li><li><font size="5">FRUIT gives birth to LIFE and PEACE</font></li><li><font size="5">Deeds starts with obeying the flesh</font></li><li><font size="5">Fruits start with obeying the Spirit</font></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_30e5_f774_90b7_bac0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e57YDYfQveI/XHPfW8KEJJI/AAAAAAAAP30/xEwI8HMtvDM4R90wBEdx3FrIaI0-cUQzACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><i>Yes, I am the vine; You are the Brandice’s. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”</i> — <b>John 15:5</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">We must set our soil up to be at it’s richest so that our tree can give birth to ripe, healthy, supernatural fruit. We do this by obeying the Holy Spirit, Ignoring the foxes, Worshiping the Lord, knowing our position, standing firm and looking at HIM and not our circumstances.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_b825_1550_87f2_edf2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wEwRxzir1CY/XHPfXVgvrdI/AAAAAAAAP34/6hW7O-zGgpwNdZiNMd_wIKLOo4QuCRu0gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>When we recognize that Deeds of the Flesh lead to death...we understand that not everything is a satanic attack. When we disobey the spirit....or obey the flesh...it gives birth to sin:</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. James 1:14</span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death —James 1:15</span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-large;">He chose to give birth to us by giving us His true Word. —James 1:18a</span></li></ul></div><font size="5"><br><br><img id="id_522d_83e8_2928_8676" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zh7ogy9XKc4/XHPfXrUu1YI/AAAAAAAAP38/qzzivkzAxkMlbqtJRVXim0vlYY5tLhC4ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things. But those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think abo9ut things that please the Spirit. Romans 8:5-7<br></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><img id="id_9129_cb46_e93d_1e09" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5s35AzjNSGg/XHPfYK1VScI/AAAAAAAAP4A/lelmMUOwmhMN7P7GahFMONL6S8pITRaeACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. FIX YOUR THOUGHTS on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. THINK ABOUT THINGS that are excellent and worthy of praise.” Philippians 4:8<br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br><br><br><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-77777999796829029912019-02-11T03:54:00.001-08:002019-02-11T05:10:33.737-08:00FCC Freedom Workshop—Relational Reading!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_7d43_bf04_7c63_765d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i3wZc1fkMjc/XGFiYJK73XI/AAAAAAAAPzs/CqJz_9mGXf06eF_ldTqRgcZ5wtyZj1QgQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Such a sweet sweet night of Worship and God’s Word❤️</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_9341_4f8b_45e4_2b18" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l-N0RibzrbI/XGFiY_d0dCI/AAAAAAAAPzw/ose82A8plx4FX_DuqW0OATw4GIKPfTYDQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Joel Hostler I’m grateful for your gift of music and very specifically for your heart of worship! I’m thankful the Holy Spirit inspired you to write this song🙌</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_27c4_a42d_b62e_ed54" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qhDSkdkGCe4/XGFiZaClM3I/AAAAAAAAPz0/i56zbbH4NJgeMyXC8hIWbsAOknNKx9u2ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>When I rise, be my portion Lord. Sanctify my heart and make it yours. Cause I don’t want to falter, I don’t want to fail. Lord, I want my soul to stand in freedom.</i> (From I Want To Be Holy)</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6089_8a45_63cc_598a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KytH7oMY_pw/XGFqhmuRngI/AAAAAAAAP0E/mLdzQAIO71UUiwv-5vj4fljesouQGtQcgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>Purify, my dark and lonely Spirit. Clear my eyes, so I can live and see it. Don’t want to be a stranger, don’t want to be a fool. Lord I want to be yours, and be faithful. </i></font></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">(From I Want To Be Holy)</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_cade_ce88_fbbd_f4a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L0N3MS1jXyQ/XGFqiPGryBI/AAAAAAAAP0I/BwFreuWSLOkdzr_eNBTG_zy6rdZuBTsFwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>I want to be Holy, Holy, Holy like you are...I want to be Holy, Holy, Holy like You Are. (From I Want To Be Holy)</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ecd6_b38d_3faf_5770" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hAKf4DLdX0Q/XGFqikmS6rI/AAAAAAAAP0M/p1aFWciyLC0O6BpK5MZjOmIx56iUHUoagCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>I want to be Worthy, Worthy, to stand before you Lord...I want to be Holy, Holy, like you are Lord. (From I want to be Holy)</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><u><font size="5">RELATIONAL READING</font></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_3fe4_9479_a94d_b2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CI0A67wcMFc/XGFqjXDQMkI/AAAAAAAAP0Q/uAFlxKkoSuYnMex6cuWr6JftORN_TbQGACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span>One of my favorite parts of the Freedom Workshop is when we get to learn and practice Relational reading. It takes your bible and brings it to LIFE!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_465c_152e_dced_bce0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q-tCR9zj_qc/XGFqj_jPBuI/AAAAAAAAP0U/UowTrnsfdCI8f79Trp5BopAn2Nee1ZDUQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">My favorite part of the whole evening was when we relationally read through Psalm 139...women were sobbing as HIS word penetrated our hearts.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_5a0c_4bec_edb6_54b6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDePGh7rW0WrAYRZZLK3FSSTokcXhbKgtana9jSUUbJ1iczga9IHS3wf-1TA0Uddw6N_9jwbDRQwz5WzyBxLGu_NUFQJo8ke7cDpoj10qlbt2e071hy9nz1T682oo1nmNcArvxE6ku1c/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know what I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—Psalm 139:1-2</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_f686_6b6f_b2d_a00" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lRmtaIitJ58/XGFqk9lj74I/AAAAAAAAP0c/fInlFcjYln8ppasiHY4Oz-etLz9IN1NggCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—Psalm 139:4</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_1c90_1149_eb03_b684" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oG5ubwofj1c/XGFqlQqVx4I/AAAAAAAAP0g/-tdVdjn80vIbE7__1hwMh_5d8a9Luh7cwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>“I Praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—Psalm 139:14</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_21c7_ac51_3c22_918b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QgCBUPzgoBg/XGFql-Dko8I/AAAAAAAAP0k/1LbI5-SVgkU9OSYf9didluV4mw0lMitNQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>Your eyes saw my unformed Boyd; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.</i>”</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—Psalm 139:16</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_4c6f_7a3b_2ec9_681f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2mY_FDyJdUk/XGFqmWUCCbI/AAAAAAAAP0o/9PZv3umciT8kaXr4X7Ufd7u5tCu3KCLVQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them</i>!”</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">—Psalm 139:17<br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><img id="id_d0e0_b93e_7b24_f262" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QpIPrw2zD5U/XGFqmjWyxbI/AAAAAAAAP0s/WF9zaXgIkTIR8bBw3RGYIZh7TTFxmwQ0ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><i>Another highlight of my night...Noelle sharing her take-away from reading the Word this week.</i> </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_5357_8b33_c4bc_8023" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XG_v68PU9Fg/XGFqnAg29FI/AAAAAAAAP0w/_TAGzza4f-MgrcVNl3R8WJiDuF6fHP6LgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">God is raising up our teens to know Him so they can make him known. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_3a38_aebc_1585_1f66" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vANqV48FE_0/XGFqnq6vlcI/AAAAAAAAP00/r4aah9Bl89Q_p5WEBW8kurGH1aDIVgM8QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I’m grateful for our tech team...we couldn’t do what we do without them!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_c53f_f20a_ec20_56b9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IDGw3HpG1yY/XGFqoNQUSOI/AAAAAAAAP04/eGBrNFKE_mQ4Ctqh4xSLkjfV0ZYshn8gACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">JoEtta’s testimony at the end gave great glory to God. Her humble, authentic, testimony pointed us to the CROSS!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_afa8_7079_51aa_80e6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T8S6M0rGxYk/XGFqol8FruI/AAAAAAAAP08/bOA8hajxnKUthpe5t6wfECDOeuMLEyfawCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Have a GREAT week...I can’t wait to see you next Sunday!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-47612233294514536912019-02-04T13:27:00.001-08:002019-02-04T13:27:55.576-08:00FCC Freedom Workshop—The POWER in Holy Bootcamps<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_d16d_aefb_d63_dc11" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mb9N3z8TeGs/XFiuO57FblI/AAAAAAAAPxs/xMlEp4l6vTsxqWK79I9ZpAO8nLQ5c7cugCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">What an AMAZING Night...Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here❤️</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_9a9e_6f4e_4440_be30" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zczkQKe1aus/XFiuPmYwkEI/AAAAAAAAPxw/S7rNHLu6rZs6wvz5ufrSNVUIj-Mp2edEQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from your Majesty’s hand. </span><i style="text-align: start; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But EVEN IF he does not, we want you to know, your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” — Daniel 3:17-18</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🔥One of my favorite take-away’s from these amazing girls...”<i>Disagreement does not have to mean disrespect</i>”. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were respectful even as they refused to bow down to another God. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🔥We can disagree respectfully.</font></span></div><font size="5"><br><br><br><img id="id_1db7_11fb_792a_b8ea" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IRqiYeQwakI/XFiuQM9jZcI/AAAAAAAAPx0/q8a0XbR-XOY0hsNs7XsNY5Vi3qKzZHSrQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">“<i>Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.” Daniel 3:17</i></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🔥Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego could hear King Neb threatening their lives and they could also smell the smoke and feel the heat of the furnace, but they did not let those things become louder or more powerful than God’s voice.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_a67_db33_dff_a1d3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PwiJK6XmMyA/XFiuQvYPu-I/AAAAAAAAPx4/FRXhbHM7P4AgnqsBB46bQx4901uHSAU1ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5">“Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in Him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve and worship any other god except their OWN GOD.” —Daniel 3:28</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🔥Zechariah 11:11: “The oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the Word of the Lord.” </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🔥This verse is a powerful reminder that others are watching us as we walk through our own Bootcamps.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🔥I wonder how many in the audience went home stirring with hunger to know Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s God?</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🔥Do we respond to those hard and unexpected circumstances that come are way with the faith these men did?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><img id="id_f29e_401b_847_c156" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M8MiNt6UvZo/XFiuRDIa-MI/AAAAAAAAPx8/gIdW8GCMFUczXTPY4uZnzazVpAGHJ7eigCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:18-20</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥King Neb was a Chaldean.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Chaldeans were known for the love of knowledge.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego also loved knowledge...but sought God’s Wisdom First!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><img id="id_2971_9059_b5d2_5fa7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SdB9Y1eyEd0/XFiuRmB-p3I/AAAAAAAAPyA/7u2hq1222cM86983DFaImD5F9CNX0oz3ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. And these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. Then King Neb leapt to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire? They replied certainly, your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see FOUR MEN walking around in the fire unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of gods.” Daniel 3:21, 23-25</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Jesus had not even come to earth yet...but He is being made known!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Are we on fire for the Lord and filled with amazement or has our vision become dulled down?</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Do we trust that the Lord will rescue us no matter how bleak the situation?</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><u><font size="6"><b>POWERFUL TAKE-AWAY’S FROM EACH CLASS</b></font></u><br><font size="5"><span style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><img id="id_3fc7_59e6_1a8f_34fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TQYHoP5Tm5g/XFiuSfbjqhI/AAAAAAAAPyE/D2kZs9QpTEkM9c7WNfnwo9xFfih92SPKgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><img id="id_e9c_308e_1eb6_a03f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k_DuUenJt-A/XFiuS3zJmFI/AAAAAAAAPyI/U5pIhcYbfhAD2NYMinCFMg5xkwxA37PkwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f775_2a4f_30a8_2453" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xC79Er7saYw/XFiuTobzBVI/AAAAAAAAPyM/oYKMd8ZND-U_byuxiR75C0_l2n75FbrcwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_f2bd_d3a0_d354_79c2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7CuoVBS7c-k/XFiuUKh7YAI/AAAAAAAAPyQ/bBZ8d53QZMwxIc-iB6NYMrmDr9S9Qx3qACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><img id="id_27cc_43a9_2157_600b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dp-1YOPTa9Q/XFiuU2OZ8oI/AAAAAAAAPyU/o4plKIQYiUE_rXQczg1bnywB7hm7pvQ2QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><u><b>LARGE GROUP TIME</b></u></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_dc7f_26f2_a263_2a01" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mdkB0hC7roo/XFiuVLtwdkI/AAAAAAAAPyY/aWn-DFCx7LYaGI0lgr-ydYgcg91dGrg9gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">It was so inspiring to hear the real life testimonies of how God rescued the ladies from those voices (aka; foxes) that were trying to pull their attention from God this week!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Believe the best about others</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥God is FOR US and not against us</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥We can trust Him to go before us into battle and to fight for us</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Freedom is not defined by making a situation go away...TRUE FREEDOM is when we fly above the pain while it’s still going on</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥EVEN IF...the worst outcome happens God is GOOD and HE always working on our behalf...even when we cannot see it.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><font size="5"><br><img id="id_85a1_67c_6d94_6541" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TvdknLYEzpk/XFiuV8JHaEI/AAAAAAAAPyc/Pbt640zLp9YjT0ZrEPg3-s-VgKa0nq3rACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">So grateful for this forever friend who walks with me...</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥What a joy it was to compare and contrast King Neb and the three men</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Choices matter</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥God-Centered or Self-Centered?</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">🔥Are we chasing after worldly knowledge (King Neb) or Godly Wisdom (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)</font></span></div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_772a_62b2_1d1_7a63" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OaevOf2L-nM/XFiuWbQSCrI/AAAAAAAAPyg/sb7DFInAdasW91dKJJioJ7OfDRDEsFRMwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Erika closed the night with her humble testimony of the battle she is walking through as she loses her eyesight. Stay tuned for a blog post that will share her testimony in FULL.<br></span><br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><font size="6">“</font></b><font size="6"><b>Be STEADFAST, Immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord”</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><b>—1 Corinthians 15:58</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></font><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-78700472778936123312019-01-28T06:54:00.001-08:002019-01-28T06:54:44.551-08:00 Purpose To Holy Bootcamps... <div><div style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto"><br><br></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u><font size="6">What is the purpose of Holy Bootcamps? </font></u></b><font size="5"> </font></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_261c_da41_bad_4ca6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1fRnSEzjJq8/XE78FaoDcSI/AAAAAAAAPwU/sA9rg7JCfEE86JfgSXgyxGkgzzM_dVz8wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div><span style="text-align: start; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">They teach us to take our eyes off this world and to set them firmly on the one to come...</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,<span class="crossreference" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28878A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-28878A" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"></span>since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18</font></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">For now, we can only see a dim and blurry picture of things, as when we stare into polished metal. I realize that everything I know is only part of the big picture. <b><u>But one day</u></b>, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">when Jesus arrives,</span> we will see clearly, face-to-face. In that day, I will fully know just as I have been wholly known <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">by God</span>. 1 Corinthians 13:12 VOICE</font></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_f08b_1ba_9b82_b2c7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MrYfGNIlv90/XE78F4aCANI/AAAAAAAAPwY/QKagV1AlwqUYqsbjPNBSJNADNK0v_twEwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="6"><u>Holy Bootcamp Instructions</u></font></b></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">We are NOT victims! We are VICTORIOUS because of what Jesus Christ did on that cross! Do not roll around in your feelings, get up, stand firm, Be Still, and let the Lord your God go before you and fight for you!</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Let your feelings be indicators that get you to God. </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Are you angry, hurt, offended, sad, lonely...</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Cry out to God without holding back</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Make sure that your audience is GOD and not a conversation with yourself</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Pour it all out...throw it all up...get it all out (verbally, Keyboard with the King)</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Let God get in there and do His Work supernaturally...What does His Word say? </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Stay there and rest and continue having the conversation with God over and over</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Exodus 14:14</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Now it’s time to intercede for those around us, those who hurt us, those who might be grieving like us...</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️REPEAT</font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="6"><i>“I cry out to God without holding back...O, that God would listen to me”</i></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br></div></div></div>MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-4806402146376387642019-01-28T04:56:00.001-08:002019-01-28T07:09:42.599-08:00FCC Freedom Workshop 2019–WEEK TWO!<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_22fc_e8da_fb26_cd31" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsReWmB3i-cwsNlU6HzAfULK4ikXKRbFzropsrmIQBAB0Oho_GhrvuiJ5V0l8QAGZzPeUsg9-C9iGyTsK6Va2BDuAkyff6XCyJG9D5goadJKIWJyB4dEHiHa4x2yzV3zqqJddTpd3q94/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>What a great time of worship...Thank you, Lucy, Maddy, and Seth! Holy Spirit you are welcome here...I can’t wait for next week!</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_b96b_3e0f_9e49_dafd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VkkLIyrzRuM/XE77_dSuQ_I/AAAAAAAAPvo/lSgqogDktzwMkynBIT5dDor4-YN4nGKTgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Small Group Time was POWERFUL!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_c332_b6e8_233a_1087" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gWhrqPywmPs/XE77_x0Xc0I/AAAAAAAAPvs/WNSqsbgQG2cLUF7KOrEtKPlPoYrF1-MPACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I love how God is leading our discussions directly from HIS Word and not from human thinking.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_410f_fa3a_6387_6e80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fV6oRRTHQLxWFUOaq6ePGdpkGwZMxksd3IVUzOMfp9l-wdNCp_QxHqY7-BWp2QiPsaKzQQ28VN5e-Yu_6_jRtrmqJfiJBwi0weQHDsPTMlrDT3Tmb0_XCM0Wc7bPjfnf2cjeii9UZDE/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">One of my favorite parts of the night was digging in and discovering each of the people we met this week in 1 Samuel. Whose voice were they listening too? <b>Can we relate to David..</b>.<i>a boy who stayed in his own lane and was fully focused on pleasing the Lord</i>...<b><u>OR</u></b>...<b>do we relate with Eliab</b>, <i>who struggled with needing the attention of man and because of that was motivated by a root of jealousy?</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_cd70_350a_7932_bf46" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7MVr25uVwB8/XE78A98zt1I/AAAAAAAAPv0/YOVXMMMGb58r85SrLq_Iv-y__-IW5EC7ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">David heard Goliath’s voice but he chose to listen to God’s!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><i><b><font size="5">Is it a sin to hear a voice contrary to God’s?</font></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">➡️NO! </font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">➡️We can walk in Romans 8:12-14 and <i><b>turn away from it through the power of the Holy Spirit!</b></i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><b>BUT...</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">➡️If we forget to remember to turn to God and we ENGAGE that voice —THAT is when we become dominated by our sinful nature!</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_7b7e_45ee_2f58_37fd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5e21w5G7SPo/XE78BQhlKlI/AAAAAAAAPv4/MWN807vyOrcRZI63p2pFTq7ThrWeIeDcACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">DAVID:</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪He did not let age keep him from being used mightily by the Lord...<i>Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. 1 Tim 4:12</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪Wholly Devoted To God</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪Did not covet fame, favor, or approval from men or kings</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪Trusted God enough to let others share his responsibilities without worry of them outshining Him</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪Motivated by love and loyalty to GOD</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪Was not focused on his ability, but God’s</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪David knew who He was created to be and was able to serve confidently because of that</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪David pointed others back to the God of Israel</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">💪David Remembered who God was</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ef6b_fa4e_5635_b82" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dq5sM_t6I6U/XE78CLFM5dI/AAAAAAAAPv8/yNi7_f5PdqQwujenpNTdmjH37dgdVAMCQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br>Eliab & Goliath</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Eliab was stirred by jealousy</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Eliab was motivated by envy</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Eliab allowed those things to become a bitter root in his heart</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Goliath was stirred by arrogance</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Goliath was prideful </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Goliath was strong in his mortal body but weak in God’s strength</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Goliath enjoyed bullying and taunting</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🦊Goliath was born to Orpah from the book of Ruth...she turned back to the land of false God’s</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">💪David was born to Jessie, son of Boaz and Ruth...she chose to leave everything to live in the land of the LIVING GOD</font></div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><font size="5"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">Quick! Catch all those foxes, all those little foxes, before they steal the fruit of your vineyard.”</font></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><b>—SOS 2:15</b><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_31a1_7bb2_c5ea_52c0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lLqUQ08973A/XE78CqsMNbI/AAAAAAAAPwA/nIVSitPOUw0Z4GdcGNnYAk-pTIRmcBxGgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">`Let’s focus on keeping our vineyards FREE FROM FOXES this week as we catch those conversations we’re having in our heads and change our audience to having them with HIM!</font></span></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">Remember to catch those voices you are listening too...</font></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: start;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_6aa0_dfed_9bb1_95f8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9HaaOQOE4ZQ/XE78DG0MHAI/AAAAAAAAPwE/NcE0edHfQokQwZ2bpzTt4p9KGxKq7m_9gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><i>The flesh wants you to see this cute little fox, but watch out!</i></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">The enemy disguises itself...here’s what’s really going on:</font></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_7cf5_f00d_ec48_410f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zVRmSH_Yt40/XE78DnB8ibI/AAAAAAAAPwI/PNXlTg4208geJWPvRBHnxpGXTkTJJ0FygCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><b>The enemy loves to fascinate and then he comes in and assassinates! </b></font></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. –Ravi Zaccharious</font></i></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_a54c_546a_aeab_dd8a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3IZRzCU1Kw7nsglAfBg_o9TH2PCIFr2VarSCsuVVMTPQZeOkPRCAps9tumn6_3DoJsfKyqiHoXXDIM87P7Mv1N9jwNMYMqCyEewkSJuj3GvVQh-0ryDYy3nrvYaT3IKwMGZpyfLRQjQ/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️Those who are DOMINATED by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are CONTROLLED by the HOLY SPIRIT think about things that please the Spirit. Romans 8:5</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️So, letting the sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the SPIRIT control your mind leads to LIFE AND PEACE. Romans 8:6</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️For the sinful nature is ALWAYS hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. Romans 8:7</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. Romans 8:8</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️BUT YOU ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY YOUR SINFUL NATURE. You are controlled by the HOLY SPIRIT if you have the Spirit of God living in you. Romans 8:9</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">❤️The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Romans 8:11</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">THEREFORE, DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT YOUR SINFUL NATURE URGES YOU TO DO! </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">—Romans 8:12</font></span></div></div></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><font size="6"><b><u>HOLY BOOTCAMPS</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_b2c3_47fd_d3a3_a574" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p3QQ8NohW78/XE78E1G6HRI/AAAAAAAAPwQ/ToO1feREayYJqYpm9RVS_DkswgJAjnabgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: start;"><b><u><font size="5"><br></font></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: start;"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" size="5">➡️What we <u><b>THINK</b></u> is what DOMINATES us...</font></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">➡️What we <b><u>FEEL</u></b> reminds us WHOSE VOICE we’re listening too...</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><b><u>➡️WHO WE TURN TO</u></b> determines if we are going to choose LIFE or DEATH...</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font size="6"><i>“So dear brothers and sisters, you have NO OBLIGATION to do what your sinful nature is urging you to do. For if you keep on following it, you will perish. BUT IF THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT you turn from it and its evil deeds YOU WILL LIVE!”</i></font></span></div></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-52548676052410708382019-01-21T10:20:00.001-08:002019-01-21T12:45:35.372-08:00New Beginnings...FCC Freedom Workshop 2019<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_83a0_5bfd_961d_56" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--q1-bRKDe2c/XEYNW3FCBTI/AAAAAAAAPr0/UVsJy46qugEBHmNcRvFLZdWszszdTrLngCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">FCC FREEDOM SERVANT TEAM</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">(Missing our sweet JoEtta and Carol who were out of town)</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_716b_4d89_32c1_f880" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DiGtRVrOCUM/XEYNXmMSFkI/AAAAAAAAPr4/3i-a5Cp0FNw0c8WCmL29_-XS1IeKXVWawCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">What a powerful night! It was filled and overflowing with the Holy Spirit, as He led us in worship, teaching, and fellowship. What a JOY it was to see those women pour through the doors and immediately began to connect with their groups and then with God. It was such a sweet sight to behold. I’m so grateful for each one of you that began your Freedom Workshop journey this morning❤️</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_55c0_eb19_a639_bd8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HMbswKNP5nI/XEYNZxJKlwI/AAAAAAAAPr8/DZQnpccjxO4UvmM1hBEtaanQktZRwXsRwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">HEARTWORK</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Remember to keep it SIMPLE! Have FUN! Use stickers, glitter, and colored pens if that stirs your heart...or grab a pencil and simply bullet point thoughts. <b>The purpose of your guide is to get you to GOD!</b> Simplicity equals CONSISTENCY! <i>Consistency when empowered by the Holy Spirit</i> leads to TRANSFORMATION and renewing of the mind. Don’t skip your quiet time! Spending time in the Word is the most important part of what we’re doing. I’m praying right now for all of us.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6190_9f0f_989c_cea3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HgAAAkkwFxA/XEYNa5Rb5dI/AAAAAAAAPsA/O9UhBsjqgdwK2q8Td3MSAtYmyBSIoYvlwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">It was so fun getting meet new faces and reconnect with old🌷</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_6ade_1612_6359_e2e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t9PEgCCApRI/XEYNbzOoUCI/AAAAAAAAPsE/M50doDsIXGsXHrUbSDNoH-N7jn3ANr5gwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>My heart has heard you say...come and talk with me. My heart responds, Lord I am coming”</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"> — <b>Psalm 28:7</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_ac46_2c79_16be_10e1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l0SIdjSxF7A/XEYNc-jvnMI/AAAAAAAAPsI/HGzHAFHICO8jgDs9D5n0E5hWuC7rbPzfACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me” </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">— <b>John 10:27</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_372a_1f53_d102_661a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lSzmQSY39d0/XEYNdncL8mI/AAAAAAAAPsM/AEJS07eTh1AzvrcK3RpNc_Oge7Y-RSieQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">The Lord delights in RESCUING us from our sinful nature...</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_2b93_520f_f2ab_64d0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dlQ2qw0C-AM/XEYNfZlFOeI/AAAAAAAAPsQ/-1KV9YjeLiAKtkB9CGufc-zK3iZD0_5qACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you; across the skies in majestic splendor. The Eternal God is your refuge and His everlasting arms are under you.” </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—<b>Deut 33:26-27a</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><img id="id_88ae_cc0f_c6b2_80f1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TUL9mHQkzBA/XEYNgMdcO2I/AAAAAAAAPsU/rSfMVqmfb6gV5-eqI_JqhbIwwEuR5ND1gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>Now that Christ has really set you free, now make sure that you <b><u>STAY</u></b> free.” </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">— <b>Galatians 5:1</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_a022_6cfb_eee4_cc80" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cu54Ub7PBl8/XEYNg1tEXII/AAAAAAAAPsY/Q-GSpR5-OxQLJVgI6rfg8zUQPkooyDDJQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>Quick! Catch those little foxes before they steal the vineyard of love” </i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">—<b>SOS 2:15</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><img id="id_95d3_f636_3aac_b7fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cZ0sL29okdg/XEYNhwOs4VI/AAAAAAAAPsc/ZPVtVm8uWcIsJA4YFWxHCRAIy6vx6RaggCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">“<i>Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.</i>”</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">— <b>1 Timothy 4:12</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4a6d_9f25_bd79_e589" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bt5CR06ca6s/XEYvaCFARlI/AAAAAAAAPtI/q7_ShH3PYLYb2JbNpyDJdqkMCMKXR54FQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><font size="5">Thank you for being willing to step out in faith and stand on that stage to share how God spoke to you!</font><br><br><br><br><img id="id_da7c_88d6_b349_f972" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BzgzjKQln58/XEYvauLvVNI/AAAAAAAAPtM/7W_wdZaH7isINmfCWhHme6JNOvI5slFrACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><font size="5">Thanks for participating in our FUN PHOTOBOOTH!!!! <br></font><br><br><font size="7"><b>Our Goals For Week One:</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><font size="5">Let your feelings be INDICATORS to tell you which voice you are listening too.</font></li><li><font size="5">Let that feeling help you to TURN and talk to GOD</font></li><li><font size="5">Come, just as you are and let God do what only He can do</font></li><li><font size="5">As you read through the story of David and Goliath pay close attention to whose voice you believe each person is listening too.</font></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a57d_2154_4738_142" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_1cMCGd58vo/XEYvbX00VYI/AAAAAAAAPtQ/f-tOzAxU4RorM3ul-U0SnKEGSVoq9WMgwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 450px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="7">WELCOME TO THE FREEDOM WORKSHOP...<i>Hold on for the ride of your life!</i></font></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-86258853096055965702019-01-09T05:32:00.001-08:002019-01-09T07:03:28.148-08:00 Giving God My Best...<div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e17a_aae8_53c_3f05" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X55bLTEetAM/XDX3z0tnJYI/AAAAAAAAPqc/Omfvmucw_CQilahY7G0E1DlP2fMIELyHgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br><div><font size="5">Are you feeling forgotten by God this morning? Is there a dryness to your relationship with Him? Are you longing for intimacy and deep connection with Him? Listen to this...The Lord spoke so clearly to my heart through Malachi 3:6-11... </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The context is God speaking to HIS people and the personal application is that He STILL SPEAKS TO US...</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">6-You can trust me! I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">7-You keep turning away from me-STOP IT-Return to me and I will return to you.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">8-You act confused-How are we turning away from you? Really? Don’t you see how you rob me from the first fruits of your life...you give me your leftovers.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">9-Because you give me your leftovers you will be cursed as you sin against me and rob me of your very best</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">BUT LISTEN...THERE IS HOPE!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">10-STOP IT! Return to me AND I WILL return to you. Starting today I want you to give me the very best of you! Your finances, your marriage, your ministry, your margin, your whole life! I WANT YOU TO TEST ME so that I can show you that you can TRUST me. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Mary, I am the same yesterday, today, and forever! As you walk by faith and learn to lean on and trust In me, I will throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing (beyond finances and temporary treasures) you will not be able to contain it...it will bubble up, overflow, and spill out! </font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="6"><i>“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. STORE YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.” Matthew 6:19-21</i></font></div></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-79462493246287317782019-01-09T05:28:00.001-08:002019-01-09T05:28:24.013-08:00FREEDOM!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><div><br></div><div><img id="id_644a_282_1d4c_6036" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XBNyAldmMEI/XDX29eOMYeI/AAAAAAAAPqU/T7WD4GoBaaktYF8Z6UEDH0_aYqH5azavgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="6"><i>“So IF the Son sets you FREE, you WILL BE FREE INDEED.” John 8:36</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">This morning as the Lord spoke to me through His Word...”IF” kept popping off the page. ”If” is conditional...I have an active role in being set free. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">“But the scriptures declare we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom ONLY BY BELIEVING in Jesus Christ.” Galatians 3:22</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom from LEGALISM and LAW </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom From DEATH</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom for being a victim to temporary CIRCUMSTANCES</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom from FEAR</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom from ADDICTIONS</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">🙌Freedom from FEELINGS</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Are you feeling overwhelmed and all consumed by feelings of hurt, pain, fear, betrayal? Let the Son set you free! (Stay tuned this week for information about an 8-week workshop coming up that changed my life and can change yours too) </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><i><font size="6">“So, if the Son has set you free, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED!” John 8:36</font></i></div></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193671991308842948.post-59950027076898085292019-01-09T04:39:00.001-08:002019-01-09T05:24:51.667-08:00HE IS FAITHFUL...<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_9728_f14e_7874_a1c9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-biYCWTZF-Co/XDXriKjcJZI/AAAAAAAAPp4/13E93VigE7IltuM9tI5Me6ZrrdCiRXntQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="6">“<i>The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid.” Deut 31:8</i></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><b>FORSAKE</b>=Leave entirely, desert, abandon, reject, withdraw from</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">This morning I am preparing my heart to go to the cemetery for some final details. It will be the first time I’ve seen grandma’s finished site with the engraving completed. I woke in the middle of the night and felt small anxiety wanting to rise up...I immediately cried out to the Lord and He settled me right now. Then today this was our assigned reading in our God’s Promises study...</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_4db8_946a_b212_11c5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T5UUcFAhNs8/XDXrjG4VL7I/AAAAAAAAPp8/ZJ7m_yEY27g_xvh4FrAnTPJnrLQAL1TowCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"> “The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid” Deut 31:8</font></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></i></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><img id="id_bea3_b082_dacd_2e0d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9aDk3ioKaz4/XDXrjp8ad7I/AAAAAAAAPqA/jmbF2IOUVPkfgIrgDwvfjEXWrJFdxwoFACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 400px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"></font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">Mary, I will go before you. I will be with you. I will never leave you...not today, not in the middle of the night, not when you are ready to take your last breath...you do not have to be afraid. What a good and gracious God we have. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">What are YOU going through that is robbing you of peace? I’m asking the Lord to stir your heart to run to HIM as you read these words...</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🌷“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🌷“God is the source of our strength and the shield that guards us”. Psalm 27:8</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5">🌷“Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” — Lamentations 3:22-24</font></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><br></div> MamaMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532142011965224noreply@blogger.com0