Lord, Once again I come before you to tell you how much I love you, and how thankful I am for you!

Isn't it great to know that no matter who you are or what you've done in your life, Jesus accepts you just as you are! All you have to do is accept him into your heart and let him take control!

I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord(1 Cor. 6:17 )
I am bought with a price(1 Cor.. 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth ( Matt.5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ(1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant ( Phil.3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God(2 Cor.5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God( Rom.8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor.1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8: 28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16 ).I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor.. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship(Eph. 2:10 )
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven(Col.1:14).I have been adopted as God's child(Eph 1:5)
I belong to God

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive it isn't.

Here are some prayer requests for today

1: Keep prayin for my friend Nicie and her son Cameron, they are still having problems with school.

2: Please pray for my friend Elisabeth. Her Boyfriend did her wrong and she's really
heartbroken.

Thanks!

Remember, God will give you what you need, though it might not be what you want!

Dear Lord, I thank you for putting Nicie in my life. She is such a wonderful person! She's helped me get back on the right track, and get myself closer to you again. I pray that our friendship will last forever! Once again, THANK YOU LORD!!!

As we prepare for the New Year, I pray that God will bless each one of you, my readers!

As we prepare for Christmas, let's not forget that Jesus is the reason for the Season!

Readers:

I have a couple of prayer requests for you:

1: Please pray for my Sister Lori and her family, they're having real bad problems.

2: Please pray for my friend Nicie and her son Cameron, they're having trouble with his school.



Thanks!

The sermon in my church today was on the birth of Christ. Jesus could have came as some conquering hero, but instead, he came onto Earth as a baby. He went through all the things we humans go through every day. He played with the other kids, (dunno if he got into any fights, what do you think?) probably gave his parents a bit of trouble like we did as kids, came crying to his Mommy when he got banged up and scraped from playin, and got sick like us. Anyway..I'm glad he came that way, so he could relate to us!

God has a plan for us all, all we need to do is believe in Him and Seek his will in our lives!

Patience and Expectation are important when it comes to prayer. First off, you must have patience when waiting for a prayer to be answered. It may not be God's time for it yet. Second, You must enter into prayer with an expectation that if what you're praying for is in God's will, that IT WILL HAPPEN. So many people (Me included several times before) after they're done praying and seeing that nothing has happened right away say "It's not going to happen". People, just keep praying about it! Whatever you ask for (if it's in God's Will) will be given to you!

Here are some prayer requests for this week:

Pray for my Pastor, Dan and his family as he gets ready for his surgery and as they search for a bigger house.

For my best friend Kat, as she works through problems in her life.

For the People displaced by the California Fires.

And as always, for my family and I!

To all my readers, please pray for my Pastor, Dan Howard. He's going to have surgery sometime in the near future, an I pray that he will make it through without incident.

As a long time chatter online, one thing that really gets to me is people who PM you, ask for money, and when you say No, they use religion to try to put a guilt trip on you. This is so wrong! Although we as Christians are supposed to look out for our fellow man, we should also use discresion and common sense. Plus, I don't think Jesus looks very highly on those who try to rip off people in his name!

Sometime, I wish I could have lived in the time of Jesus. Wouldn't it be awesome to be in His Presence, and actually watch him perform all the things the Bible said he did? Reading about them is one thing, but seeing them in person---WOW!!!

Lord, as I enter another year of my life, please continue to guide me!

Sometimes to do his work, God takes us out of our Comfort zone. Take for example Carrie Langley, the new Mission Service Corps Volunteer who has come to work with our church. She has moved all the way from Texas, giving up a teaching job to come here and help us develop a ministry for the kids in our church. This is not a paying job, she had to get support from people and churches in her own town, and had to find a house and a new job on her own here. Just goes to show you, that when God tells you to serve, expect some personal sacrifices!

Dear Lord, I pray that you would please help Kat get through all her health problems, and the other problems going on in her life! She is my best friend in the whole world, and I don't know what I'd do without her.