The Rapture

Today In Church the sermon was on the Rapture.   I hope it happens during my lifetime! Won't it be wonderful when Jesus calls us home and we're taken up into Heaven?  I can't wait, cause I know I'm going there!

Something To Remember

God Has A Reason For Everything That Happens In Your Life.

These days, I do beleive that God would be shaking his head in disbelief at how Christianity has been divided into so many different denominations. How could people get totally different ideas of what His word means?

God, I thank you for our generous friends from Church Who helped out Dad with his truck. It's sooo nice that you've put such great people in our lives. There are not that many people who would spend their own money on someone that they hadn't known for that long.

Today as we celebrate Easter, Let 's not forget what it's about! Jesus is risen after dying for you and me!

Ten Ways Jesus Changed the World



1. He split our calendar in two: B.C. and A.D.

2. He showed us God is love.

3. He refused a crown to bear a cross.

4. He occupies no grave.

5. His sermon on the Mount set forth the highest standard for how we should
live.

6. He modeled forgiveness in a world of stone throwers.

7. He transformed fishermen and tax collectors into world changers.

8. He healed the sick and raised the dead…enough said.

9. He challenged religion devoid of compassion.

10. He willingly accepted a cruel death so that we might have life.

The scriptures tell us that God “showed his love among us — He sent his one and
only Son into the world that we might live through Him.”

Our Revival Services this week had a profound effect on me. Especially the first night, which dealt with bitterness. I'm getting over all the stuff I've been through, slowly but surely, but it's not easy...

Lord, I thank you for the new friends I've met the past couple of weeks. For Mikey, for Rev. Mike, and Keeper, they have been so good to me, I thank you Lord, for putting them in my life!

Some Prayer Requests For Today:

1: Comfort For the families of those killed in the NY plane Crash

2: For the US to pull out of our financial problems

3: For My Church To Continue to grow

4: For my friends that God will take care of their needs

5: For My Family especially my 2 sister, who are unsaved

6: For me, That I can lose weight, and that I can find someone.

Dear Lord, hear my prayer:

Please forgive me for my occasional lapses in faith. I know that you are here for me, but sometimes I am just impatient in waiting for my prayers to be heard.

Can you imagine what it was like the night Jesus was born? How the shepherds felt when the angel told them about The birth of the Savior? How the wise men felt when the finally reached the baby Jesus? How Mary felt knowing she had given birth to the Son Of God? The responsibility that Joseph must have felt knowing that it was his duty to protect Jesus till he grew up? I wish I could have been one of the people in Bethlehem that night!

As we Celebrate Christmas, please don't forget it's true meaning! The birth Of Jesus, God's Son and the Savior of the World! To me, his gift of forgiveness and eternal life are more precious then anything else!

As the song goes, "I can only Imagine"

It overwhelms me when I try to imagine what it's going to be like to be in the presence of Jesus. What will it be like? I know that everyone will bow before him, both saved and unsaved. What's it going to be for the saved? Will some of us just run up to Him and embrace Him after he says "Enter, my good and Faithful servant"? Will some of us just be so over whelmed that they will jump for joy and shout? For the unsaved, It will be a lot different...

Bible Reading for last week of Oct. and Nov.


10-26: Isiaiah 12-13
10-27 " 14-15
10-28 " 16-17
10-29 " 18-19
10-30 " 20-21
10-31 " 22-23
11-1 " 24-25
11-2 " 26-27
11-3 " 28-29
11-4 " 30-31
11-5 " 32-33
11-6 " 34-35
11-7 " 36-37
11-8 " 38-39
11-9 " 40-41
11-10 " 42-43
11-11 " 44-45
11-12 " 46-47
11-13 " 48-49
11-14 " 50-51
11-15 " 52-53
11-16 " 54-55
11-17 " 56-57
11-18 " 58-59
11-20 " 60-61
11-20 " 62-63
11-21 " 64-65
11-22 " 66 Jeremiah 1
11-23 Jeremiah 2-3
11-24 " 4-5
11-25 " 6-7
11-26 " 8-9
11-27 " 10-11
11-28 " 12-13
11-29 " 14-15
11-30 " 16-17

WHY I CHOOSE TO BE A CHRISTIAN

I have been a Christian for 11 years. Why do I choose to be one? There are a lot of reasons why I follow Jesus. Here are some of them:


1: Jesus died for EVERYONE, we are all sinners.
2: By trusting in Him, my sins are forgiven.
3: Because my sins are forgiven , I will have eternal life and be in Heaven.
4: Without Jesus, I would be on the way to Hell.
5: He loves me more than any human could.
6: His plan for my life is a lot better then what I could design.
7: When you pray, he hears you, and listens without any preconcieved notions.

I was not forced into Christianity. God spoke to my heart and said “come to me.”

When I was a kid, I did not believe in God. I figured “If there is a God, why isn't he helping me when
I'm being tortured and picked on in school? If he does exist, he must not think much of me.” When I became a believer, it became clear to me that He allowed it to happen so that I would trust in Him. It took me a long time for that to sink in, but it was for the best, and has made me a stronger person.

I've had a lot of things going on with me the past couple of weeks. I've told you all about my problems, but God seems to be tellin me something.  A couple weeks ago, I found a magazine at Church, with 2 articles that could have been written about me.  The first one was about a   guy that was dealing with a weight problem, and he was turning to God for help with that. The one thing that really gave me hope was that he was married, even though he checked in at over 400 lbs.  I'm not that big, but it gives me hope that there's gotta be some woman out there that can look past stuff like that.  Second article was about a guy who got picked on in school like I did and it took him a while to get over it and forgive.  Ok..Saturday, while at the store, I ran into the lady that got my Mom hurt.  I walked away so that I wouldn't cause a scene.  Then on Sunday, wouldn't you know it, the sermon was on forgivness?  Funny how God lines things up to happen, isn't it? Well, after all this stuff, I feel a LOT better, letting all that crap go. 

God hears our prayers, but it's a 2 way street, we have to listen to what HE has to say!

Today in Sunday School, the topic was forgivness. I've posted about this before, because it's a bit difficult for me to forgive, when it comes to all the things I've been through. But, I'm trying with everything I have to come to terms with what happened to my Mom and what happened to me in school , and hopefully soon I'll be able to put it all behind me and forgive the people involved.

Lord, after hearing about how some of the people who live in a trailer court near where I live are in really bad straights, please help me not dwell and complain about my problems!

Some Prayer Requests for today:

For My Mom, who has to have some medical tests in October
For me to lose more weight
For everyone who needs help anywhere in the world.