I was reading this morning in the message bible and I came across some verses I just have to share with you all. I am reminded that this is how you guys are through these verses. love you all
Love from the center of who you are; don't fake it.
RUN for dear life from evil
Hold on for dear life to good
Be good friends who love deeply, practice playing second fiddle
Don't burn out. keep yourself fueled and aflame
Be alert servants of the Masters, cheerfully expectant.
Don't quit in hard times, Pray all the harder.
Help needy Christians, be inventive in hospitality.
Laugh with your happy friends, when they're happy
Share tears when they're down.
Get along with each other, don't be stuck up.
Make friends with nobodies, don't be the great somebody. Romans 12:9-16
Obedience from the heart! God wants us to offer ourselves as living sacrifices - daily laying aside our own desires to follow him. Putting ALL of our energy and resources that he has given us at His disposal and trusting Him to guide us!
We do this out of gratitude that our sins have been forgiven!
Do it joyfully for His service.
Praying for each of you during this precious season
Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Blessings you recieved from Revelation study!
Hello Ladies
As I have been reflecting on the book of Revelation, I have been wondering how it is affecting your life by now?
Here is a list of blessings that you had on the last day of our study:
1) Trust and Rest in the future
2) A picture of Satan accusing us in front of Jesus like a tattle tale, but when we ask for forgiveness it is gone and Jesus says what??
3) Be READY I don't want anything in my heart to miss out on heaven
4) I now know that this world in not my home and know what is coming for us - be encouraged
5) greater desire to witness
6) greater understanding of Rev.
7) Always wondered is this all live is??? now I know this is not our home
8) Chapter 9 the description of Hell - chapter 21 description of heaven if they just read this, who would not choose heaven
9) I am coming soon....be ready
10) Sign on our foreheads - a testimony of how we live
11) learned how evil Satan is - Time is short - what is important is eternal things!
12) Time is NEAR
13) Confidence of my salvation
14) All things NEW
15) May I not waste a single blessing
16) Churches WAKE UP and where I am in the warnings to the Church's
17) Time is short
18) Over all Be obedient - Be listening - Be Bold
19) Took away the fear of dieing
20) God was in control all the time From Gen to Rev.
21) Excited for end times- need to witness each day
22) Need to remember Satan has no hold on me
23) If we hang on to unforgiveness we can not hang on to our first love!
24) Prayers of the Saints are so important
25) Book of Hope
26) Not knowing was the fear of Rev, now it is gone
27) We are overcomes -
28) Worship - full of worship to our God
29) end of Rev. very comforting, everything will be made NEW
30) I am longing for Home, I have eternity set in my heart -
Any day we can be finally home with our Lord!
There is nothing that needs to happen for our Lord to come and get His bride.
Rev, 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say "come!" And let him who hears say "COME"
Who ever is thirsty let him come and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life!
AMEN COME LORD JESUS COME!
Now I would like to hear how the Study of Revelation has changed your perspective on how you view others. Do you see them in a different way. In verse 17 the Holy Spirit, the bride (which is the church) is extending the invitation to all the world to come to Jesus and experience the joys of salvation in Christ.
Are you (wE) being those feet and hands to take the message of Jesus to others?
Tell me about those divine moments. (You can post right here, you do not have to email me)
The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen
Love you ladies!
Carolyn
As I have been reflecting on the book of Revelation, I have been wondering how it is affecting your life by now?
Here is a list of blessings that you had on the last day of our study:
1) Trust and Rest in the future
2) A picture of Satan accusing us in front of Jesus like a tattle tale, but when we ask for forgiveness it is gone and Jesus says what??
3) Be READY I don't want anything in my heart to miss out on heaven
4) I now know that this world in not my home and know what is coming for us - be encouraged
5) greater desire to witness
6) greater understanding of Rev.
7) Always wondered is this all live is??? now I know this is not our home
8) Chapter 9 the description of Hell - chapter 21 description of heaven if they just read this, who would not choose heaven
9) I am coming soon....be ready
10) Sign on our foreheads - a testimony of how we live
11) learned how evil Satan is - Time is short - what is important is eternal things!
12) Time is NEAR
13) Confidence of my salvation
14) All things NEW
15) May I not waste a single blessing
16) Churches WAKE UP and where I am in the warnings to the Church's
17) Time is short
18) Over all Be obedient - Be listening - Be Bold
19) Took away the fear of dieing
20) God was in control all the time From Gen to Rev.
21) Excited for end times- need to witness each day
22) Need to remember Satan has no hold on me
23) If we hang on to unforgiveness we can not hang on to our first love!
24) Prayers of the Saints are so important
25) Book of Hope
26) Not knowing was the fear of Rev, now it is gone
27) We are overcomes -
28) Worship - full of worship to our God
29) end of Rev. very comforting, everything will be made NEW
30) I am longing for Home, I have eternity set in my heart -
Any day we can be finally home with our Lord!
There is nothing that needs to happen for our Lord to come and get His bride.
Rev, 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say "come!" And let him who hears say "COME"
Who ever is thirsty let him come and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life!
AMEN COME LORD JESUS COME!
Now I would like to hear how the Study of Revelation has changed your perspective on how you view others. Do you see them in a different way. In verse 17 the Holy Spirit, the bride (which is the church) is extending the invitation to all the world to come to Jesus and experience the joys of salvation in Christ.
Are you (wE) being those feet and hands to take the message of Jesus to others?
Tell me about those divine moments. (You can post right here, you do not have to email me)
The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen
Love you ladies!
Carolyn
Friday, December 10, 2010
Chrsitmas Risk
Today we go from a Christmas Challenge to "Christmas Risk", and it has me thinking. So much of us love our comfy chairs and a "relationship with Jesus". We like the assurance of heaven and feeling like we're good people. It's all very...nice. But we're not called to "nice". We're called to follow Jesus wherever He leads--not just to our favorite row in the sanctuary, but to the trenches, over the edge, into the deep.
Jesus calls us to pick up our crosses and not look back, and to follow Him. Matt. 16:24
We seek what's pleasant, but we should be seeking God. I think if we know that if we listened--really listened--to the Holy Spirit, we'd lose a lot of comfort. We think that's the thing we want to avoid most, but somewhere inside of us isn't there a place that yearns for the challenge of hard-core obedience?
Think about when we watch reality shows where people push themselves for a goal. It's the reason people spend hours cheering on the favorite teams or playing video games. We were made for battle, but we've condemned ourselves to being warriors on the couch. I'm right there with you!
I don't want to be a powerless Christ-follower. I want in the game. I want to go where He leads, sacrifice and endure and work for whatever plan He has for me.
I want the risk. I want His Will....how about you?
Jesus calls us to pick up our crosses and not look back, and to follow Him. Matt. 16:24
We seek what's pleasant, but we should be seeking God. I think if we know that if we listened--really listened--to the Holy Spirit, we'd lose a lot of comfort. We think that's the thing we want to avoid most, but somewhere inside of us isn't there a place that yearns for the challenge of hard-core obedience?
Think about when we watch reality shows where people push themselves for a goal. It's the reason people spend hours cheering on the favorite teams or playing video games. We were made for battle, but we've condemned ourselves to being warriors on the couch. I'm right there with you!
I don't want to be a powerless Christ-follower. I want in the game. I want to go where He leads, sacrifice and endure and work for whatever plan He has for me.
I want the risk. I want His Will....how about you?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Love Came Down at Christmas
Hello Ladies
As you are busy with getting ready for Christmas, I thought it would be good to just think
on the love of Jesus for a little bit.
Lets think of the wonder of God’s love during this Christmas time?
The Christmas message of God giving us His Son Jesus can often be forgotten, and not just because of the busyness and presents. But something even more important is lost during Christmas. Something much deeper-- the wonder of God’s amazing love for us.
Maybe you were blessed with a warm, loving childhood, and the wealth of memories from Christmases past leaves you feeling full of joy and cheer.
But for many others, Christmas recalls memories that dredge up dark times and feelings of despair. The sights and sounds of Christmas may be a painful portrayal of family fights, broken promises, and loneliness. Memories may be buried but leave a trail of betrayal and hurt. But oh remember!!
"Oh, How He Loves You and Me"
Another message so often lost during Christmas is that the journey of Jesus doesn’t begin with Christmas. It began whereever time began, he always was.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning” (John 1: 1-2).
Chuck Swindoll’s said last week: Jesus didn’t have to come. He was with God the Father from eternity past and yet He chose to be born in a stable and die on a cross. Why?
Love. A word we throw around so casually all the time.
So how can we even begin to grasp the power, depth, and provision of this kind of love shown to us by God?
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17
My challenge to you: “Do you ever just let God love you?”
Heart of Christmas is Love
This may be the real Christmas challenge, the one we forget and secretly struggle with daily. Not just that Jesus is the ‘Reason for the Season’ but that God’s love is behind it all. The warmth, the joy, the happy memories – they all come from one Source. We need to simply accept the gift of His love and let Him love us.
Yet it is one we forget so easily. And sometimes it is not just Santa that distracts us. we get wrapped up in, wrapping presents, the endless list of parties, shopping, programs and making food, cookies and candy and every other well-meaning distraction.
Because all of that still misses out on the deeper message: He didn’t have to come. But He did-- out of a deep depth of love for us. (Ephesians 3:17-19) We can not understand this kind of love. That’s a difficult message for us (me)to grasp. Even after decades of being a believer, I know I still struggle with it. Santa and worldy things are so much easier. But So is the cute little baby boy and the wonderful story of His birth.
But the real heart of Christmas is the love that started it all, way back before Mary and Joseph got turned down for a place to stay in Bethlehem.
Here's your "Christmas Challenge" for all of you who chose to accept this:
It’s the message for us to share with those around us -- especially the ones hurting who need it the most. You know---the not-so-lovables? Perhaps like the scraggly shepherds that God chose to send His angels to long ago. (Luke 2:8-20)
God wants us to heal the brokenhearted and to set the captives free (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18). He wants to shake us and remind us why Jesus came at all: I LOVE YOU, He shouts! But all-too-often we can’t hear Him over Santa’s sleigh bells and carols about baby Jesus.
The Bible is a book of love, God’s desire for a love relationship with us, and the gift of His Son. How can we stretch outside our comfort zone, go beyond the commercial ‘reach out and touch someone’, and truly love someone this Christmas? (1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7-11)
Oh, and don’t forget to let the wonder of God’s miraculous love in to bless you this Christmas.
Love you all so much and praying for you all
Carolyn
As you are busy with getting ready for Christmas, I thought it would be good to just think
on the love of Jesus for a little bit.
Lets think of the wonder of God’s love during this Christmas time?
The Christmas message of God giving us His Son Jesus can often be forgotten, and not just because of the busyness and presents. But something even more important is lost during Christmas. Something much deeper-- the wonder of God’s amazing love for us.
Maybe you were blessed with a warm, loving childhood, and the wealth of memories from Christmases past leaves you feeling full of joy and cheer.
But for many others, Christmas recalls memories that dredge up dark times and feelings of despair. The sights and sounds of Christmas may be a painful portrayal of family fights, broken promises, and loneliness. Memories may be buried but leave a trail of betrayal and hurt. But oh remember!!
"Oh, How He Loves You and Me"
Another message so often lost during Christmas is that the journey of Jesus doesn’t begin with Christmas. It began whereever time began, he always was.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning” (John 1: 1-2).
Chuck Swindoll’s said last week: Jesus didn’t have to come. He was with God the Father from eternity past and yet He chose to be born in a stable and die on a cross. Why?
Love. A word we throw around so casually all the time.
So how can we even begin to grasp the power, depth, and provision of this kind of love shown to us by God?
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17
My challenge to you: “Do you ever just let God love you?”
Heart of Christmas is Love
This may be the real Christmas challenge, the one we forget and secretly struggle with daily. Not just that Jesus is the ‘Reason for the Season’ but that God’s love is behind it all. The warmth, the joy, the happy memories – they all come from one Source. We need to simply accept the gift of His love and let Him love us.
Yet it is one we forget so easily. And sometimes it is not just Santa that distracts us. we get wrapped up in, wrapping presents, the endless list of parties, shopping, programs and making food, cookies and candy and every other well-meaning distraction.
Because all of that still misses out on the deeper message: He didn’t have to come. But He did-- out of a deep depth of love for us. (Ephesians 3:17-19) We can not understand this kind of love. That’s a difficult message for us (me)to grasp. Even after decades of being a believer, I know I still struggle with it. Santa and worldy things are so much easier. But So is the cute little baby boy and the wonderful story of His birth.
But the real heart of Christmas is the love that started it all, way back before Mary and Joseph got turned down for a place to stay in Bethlehem.
Here's your "Christmas Challenge" for all of you who chose to accept this:
It’s the message for us to share with those around us -- especially the ones hurting who need it the most. You know---the not-so-lovables? Perhaps like the scraggly shepherds that God chose to send His angels to long ago. (Luke 2:8-20)
God wants us to heal the brokenhearted and to set the captives free (Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18). He wants to shake us and remind us why Jesus came at all: I LOVE YOU, He shouts! But all-too-often we can’t hear Him over Santa’s sleigh bells and carols about baby Jesus.
The Bible is a book of love, God’s desire for a love relationship with us, and the gift of His Son. How can we stretch outside our comfort zone, go beyond the commercial ‘reach out and touch someone’, and truly love someone this Christmas? (1 John 3:23, 1 John 4:7-11)
Oh, and don’t forget to let the wonder of God’s miraculous love in to bless you this Christmas.
Love you all so much and praying for you all
Carolyn
Monday, December 6, 2010
Mary Was a Reflective Woman
“My mom used to keep a record of things that happened in our family. But it was more than just a list; it became a book for each year, (I still have them today) As I look back on it, I realize how much work that would be and how much time that must of taken her!
It’s hard to take time to reflect when we’re so busy. It seems like any spare minutes we have get filled up with email, cell phones, or texing or face book.
We can learn something important from Mary of Nazareth. The Bible tells us that after she gave birth to Jesus, “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.”
Twelve years later, when she and Joseph found Jesus talking with teachers in the temple, once more she “treasured all these things in her heart.”
In the middle of her responsibilities, Mary took time to contemplate what was happening in her life and to meditate on what God had done.
When was the last time you were quiet before God and pondered all that He was doing? I hurry to spend so much time studying but then I forget to take time to sit back each morning and look out the window and longingly seek Him.
Since we have studyed the book of Revelation together, I see the importance of this. As we begin to look to our new study, I have a question for you to ponder.
How is your spiritual love life? (the study of Rev. and the study of Ruth goes along with this!)
1)On a 1 to 10 how would you rate your concern for others?
2)Are you ready to pay the price that comes with a sincere loving concern for your sisters?
This is what the bible says: "Little Children,let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them and show it by our actions." 1 John 3:18
We will find this thread of self-sacrificing love as we dig into Ruth. I am excited please sign up and join us~!
Love to all Carolyn
“My mom used to keep a record of things that happened in our family. But it was more than just a list; it became a book for each year, (I still have them today) As I look back on it, I realize how much work that would be and how much time that must of taken her!
It’s hard to take time to reflect when we’re so busy. It seems like any spare minutes we have get filled up with email, cell phones, or texing or face book.
We can learn something important from Mary of Nazareth. The Bible tells us that after she gave birth to Jesus, “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.”
Twelve years later, when she and Joseph found Jesus talking with teachers in the temple, once more she “treasured all these things in her heart.”
In the middle of her responsibilities, Mary took time to contemplate what was happening in her life and to meditate on what God had done.
When was the last time you were quiet before God and pondered all that He was doing? I hurry to spend so much time studying but then I forget to take time to sit back each morning and look out the window and longingly seek Him.
Since we have studyed the book of Revelation together, I see the importance of this. As we begin to look to our new study, I have a question for you to ponder.
How is your spiritual love life? (the study of Rev. and the study of Ruth goes along with this!)
1)On a 1 to 10 how would you rate your concern for others?
2)Are you ready to pay the price that comes with a sincere loving concern for your sisters?
This is what the bible says: "Little Children,let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them and show it by our actions." 1 John 3:18
We will find this thread of self-sacrificing love as we dig into Ruth. I am excited please sign up and join us~!
Love to all Carolyn
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Monday night
Hello Ladies
I am so excited to see you all Monday night!
It is a special night filled with fellowship, food, fun and gifts.
Wonderful gifts that you all are bring. That gift that is sitting in your house
and you sure do not want it anymore. That thing that you wonder why you ever bought or someone gave you!!! Come out and join the fun, you will not be sorry.
You are to bring a salad or a dessert and your wonderful gift. See you all Monday night at 6pm. Invite or better yet, Bring someone from church that had not joined us for a while!
The Joy of the Lord is our strength!!
love you all Carolyn
I am so excited to see you all Monday night!
It is a special night filled with fellowship, food, fun and gifts.
Wonderful gifts that you all are bring. That gift that is sitting in your house
and you sure do not want it anymore. That thing that you wonder why you ever bought or someone gave you!!! Come out and join the fun, you will not be sorry.
You are to bring a salad or a dessert and your wonderful gift. See you all Monday night at 6pm. Invite or better yet, Bring someone from church that had not joined us for a while!
The Joy of the Lord is our strength!!
love you all Carolyn
Sunday, November 21, 2010
GI 101 meeting planned for Jan. 8th
ladies, those of you who are going to the Domincian Republic in Feb and those of you that want to go on a mission trip in the future, there will be a GI-101 meeting for you.
We want everyone that is going on a missions trip to go though these.
It does not matter where you are going, it is a meeting that will inform you and get you ready for your missions trip.
We are excited that these will now be at our church (New Life) instead of having to go over to Nappanee. These will be led by Dean Bontrager, Marian Byrnes and Clara Miller.
Our meeting will be Jan 8th. 9 to 11:30. All you that are going to the DR, please plan to come to this meeting.
Therefore GO and make disciples Matt.28:19
Love you all
We want everyone that is going on a missions trip to go though these.
It does not matter where you are going, it is a meeting that will inform you and get you ready for your missions trip.
We are excited that these will now be at our church (New Life) instead of having to go over to Nappanee. These will be led by Dean Bontrager, Marian Byrnes and Clara Miller.
Our meeting will be Jan 8th. 9 to 11:30. All you that are going to the DR, please plan to come to this meeting.
Therefore GO and make disciples Matt.28:19
Love you all
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