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Give God the Glory!!!!

"Therefore, whether you eat or drink,or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

1 Corinthians 10:31

Fear not...

Recently I have been walking a new journey, learning how to walk in my Savior's footsteps, and how to walk in His light, (1 John 1:7). So here is the story...

A few weeks ago I had this sudden urgency to watch the movie The Last Sin Eater. So I searched the library, requested it, they would not buy it, asked friends, looked on the internet, and tried to find anyway possible I could watch it for free.

Nothing...

Then, I believe the Holy Spirit told me, I remembered that there was the book. So I requested it at the library and started reading it.

The Last Sin Eater, at the point I was at, exhibited and explained the walk of these two children walking in faith and standing boldly for their God. Yes, they were scared but the Lord told them not to fear, so they stood boldly and courageously!!

Then a new situation arose in my life where I needed to stand up for my faith and be bold. I didn't really want to stand up and I didn't know how. I didn't want to stand boldly because I knew it would cause problems and conflicts, I just wanted to feel safe and comfortable. But then I knew I had to be bold and courageous to show my Jesus in this person's life. So finally, still struggling with the battle between flesh and spirit, through my Bible reading and reading The Last Sin Eater, I realized I was afraid and I wasn't trusting God. I don't know why I didn't realized that earlier, but, I know now, God orchestrated His perfect timing. So then I wanted to finish the Sin Eater as fast as I could to learn and grow and see how they handled their circumstances.

So after I finished reading the Last Sin Eater I turned to the Word of God...

"Fear not..." Gen. 21:17
"Fear not, for I am with you..." Isa. 41:10
"Fear not, I will help you..." Isa. 41:13
"Therefore, do not fear them..." Mat. 10:26
"The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" Psalm 118:6
"For He Himself has said, 'I will not leave you nor forsake you.' So we may boldly say: 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'" Hebrews 13:6
"In that day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." Psalm 138:3
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."Deuteronomy 31:6

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The Bible goes on and on about how to be bold, courageous, and to fear not.

So anyways, God filled me up with courage and strength and boldness through my situation. Through His spirit, He gave me the words to speak. Now, I have said what God directed me to say and now I must.....WAIT!

Waiting,oh, waiting! Isn't it so hard. I never really understood waiting on the Lord before. Yeah the Bible says to wait upon the Lord, but I never put it into my life. I heard it but did not do it. Then I was reminded of a song, "Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord." (Strength will rise by Chris Tomlin)
"But those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength..." Isaiah 40:31 So when I wait, God will give me strength, boldness, and courage. Now at this point of my life, in this circumstance I must...WAIT UPON THE LORD!!!

Through trials and tribulations I have been learning so much!!!

-I am reminded of God's promises to me in His Word, His faithfulness, His love.
-He has told me to FEAR NOT, but trust in Him for He is with me. He has told me to be "Not ashamed of the Gospel, not ashamed of Jesus Christ," and "stand and boldly say that this is my life", ( Not Ashamed by Jeremy Camp) and (Romans 1:16).
-He has reminded be "Ask and it will be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7 When I ask for courage and boldness He will give it to me in His timing!

-He also reminded me that the people who live in the dark, who don't know the Savior, will not like the light. There will be conflicts, we should expect them for God's Word says there will be, but we should face them with joy. "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed." John 3:20 BUT, "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials..." James 1:2
-He has also exhibited His perfect timing in my life. All of a sudden His spirit told me to find the book The Last Sin Eater. And at His perfect timing, I read it.
-He showed me all I must do is, obey, and he will do the rest.
-He has told me to wait and He will give me strength.

"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes..." Romans 1:16

(Let this not be to boast in myself but I pray that God would use the things that He is growing in me to help others around me.)

"Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong." 1 Corinthians 16:13

"...PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR..."

1 John 4:18

"I sinned. And straight, post-haste, Satan flew

Before the prescence of the most high God,

And made a railing accusation there.

He said, 'This soul. this thing of clay and sod,

Has sinned. 'Tis true that he has named Thy name,

But I demand his death, for Thou hast said,

'The soul that sinneth, it shall die,' Shall not

Thy sentence be fulfilled? Is justice dead?

Send now this wretched sinner to his doom.

What other thing can righteous ruler do?'

And thus he did accuse me day and night,

And every word he spoke, O God, was true!



Then quickly One rose up from God's right hand,

Before Whose glory angels veiled their eyes.

He spoke, 'Each jot and title of the law

Must be fulfilled; the guilty sinner dies!

But wait-suppose his guilt were all transferred

To Me and that I paid his penalty!

Behold My hands, My side, My feet! One day

I was made sin for him, and died that he

Might be ppresented, faultless, at Thy throne!'

And Satan fled away. Full were he knew

That he could not prevail against such love,

For every word my dear Lord spoke was true!"



Martha Snell Nicholson

Prayer Requests...

-Please pray for my dear friend Emily, (Pink "Pray for Emily" ). She was diagnosed with cancer a while ago and the most recent thing I heard was that she was getting a spinal tap for her horrible head aches!!! Please pray for healing, comfort, and peace through this hard time!!!!

-My aunt was just diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas. It was a shock to everyone!! She is having a surgery on Thursday to try to get rid of the damaged tissue. After that we will see if she has to go through chemo. and radiology. She is not saved...yet! Pray for, first of all, salvation and healing, in God's timing, and peace through this difficult time.

+Plus, this side of my family is not saved yet, but many of them are seeking the Lord through this. Sadly it has to happen this way, but God has a plan.

-My friend just had a major complication with her heart. It is all figured out now and she is home but please pray for comfort and peace in her home. She also has diabetes, a lung disease, and other health issues. Please lift her up in prayer, too.

-Please pray for this beautiful family, The McCourtney's. They have 12 children, so far, and are probably going to take in a few more soon, and live in Northern Uganda ministering to the lost souls there. They are a wonderful family striving to please God and do His will! Pray for guidance, blessings, funds, and wisdom...Their blogs are...

http://www.mamainuganda.blogspot.com/

and

http://www.fromglory2glory.blogspot.com/

The McCourtney's...

"Ask and it will be given to you; Seek and you shall find;

Knock and the door shall be opened to you."

Matthew 7:7

Thank you, friends!

Puzzles...

Look what we have been working on for weeks!!!

Winter here is the longest season, or so it seems.

We needed some good ideas for the long winter days to come

...so...

we got out our PUZZLES!!!

This puzzle took a good amount of time,

but we worked together as a family

and eventually it was finished!

Just like Christ's body...

When we work together, all keeping our eyes

on the head, Jesus,

God's plan is accomplished!

All for His glory!!!

"Approved by God...

"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don't, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with some one else. But you must be willing to go through God's wine press where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God's truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God's wine of strength to some one else. But if you are not diligent and say, "I'm not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I'll just borrow my words from some one else," then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from who, you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn't know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.

Sharing your Christian life with others is so important!! Your journey can change others journeys... and ultimately, lead them to God!!