Prayer...that was our focus. I do love acrostics and that's what Eddie used to walk us through a fabulous message on prayer...Adoration,Confession,Thanksgiving,Supplication.
Eddie said right out of the gate that of all the things the disciples could have asked Jesus to teach them, they asked Him to teach them to pray. I think that's so interesting compared to what I usually ask Jesus for. However, the disciples knew that if they learned to pray and connect with God through prayer, that would be the key to everything else. Prayer is definitely the power source. My fave part was the statement...suppose our blessings of tomorrow depended on our thanksgiving today. I love that because so often I'm guilty of having a prayer answered and my feelings are that of thanksgiving but I so often don't stop and speak thanksgiving to Him. I need to stop in my tracks more and really SAY thank you.
The past 14 days Eddie and I have been doing the Daniel fast together. It has been harder than I thought it would be. One of the things it pointed out to me was the fact that so often I don't really care to have something until I'm told I can't have it. I wanted so many foods that I never focus on wanting until it was all of a sudden on my don't list. How often are we like that in other things? We don't want a certain guy until another girl gets him then we want him or vice-versa. We don't want a material object til someone else gets it then it's all we want. We may not want to be friends with someone until someone else is or all of a sudden they don't care to be ours. Why is our flesh that way???
I did get some major prayer requests answered on this fast. I am VERY THANKFUL for those. There have been some of those things on the very top of my prayer list that God chose to answer in a way that gave much needed peace. He answered a few in a way that I wouldn't have chosen but now I'm just praying for the grace to receive and accept that answer and be good with it. Fasting is one of the disciplines that I've practiced very little but I'm hoping to incorporate it more often.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Monday Morning Perspective
First, let me back up and say if you didn't get to be there for State of the Church like me, go listen to it online. It's always good to get info from the top instead of 2nd, 3rd, or 4th hand. It was awesome and Eddie and I are so excited about the privilege to serve at Millbrook at this time. I know sometimes we only see what's going on in our specific group or area of service but we are fortunate to see the big picture of Millbrook and God is moving and working ALL OVER!! People are visiting, sunday school classes from young to old are crowded, people are getting involved and inviting people...awesome time for our church. He is blessing and we are blessed. Be encouraged and encourage others.
The Christian Wife was the message yesterday and thank you to my man for the day off. He offered the opportunity to preach that one but I probably needed to hear it more than preach it so I appreciated the option this time, usually I don't get that haha. Great sermon, very convicting, very challenging!! It was applicable to us as wives but also just in our general relationships. The statement Eddie made in closing to "do the unselfish thing, step outside of your own needs and stop thinking of how your spouse needs to change and find out how you need to change" is powerful and should be how we deal with all of our relationships. It's way too easy to think about how others are acting in a wrong way or what's wrong with them but when we turn it on ourselves we find that there's plenty of work to do inside our own lives.
Happy Monday to all and speak a good positive word to someone today.
The Christian Wife was the message yesterday and thank you to my man for the day off. He offered the opportunity to preach that one but I probably needed to hear it more than preach it so I appreciated the option this time, usually I don't get that haha. Great sermon, very convicting, very challenging!! It was applicable to us as wives but also just in our general relationships. The statement Eddie made in closing to "do the unselfish thing, step outside of your own needs and stop thinking of how your spouse needs to change and find out how you need to change" is powerful and should be how we deal with all of our relationships. It's way too easy to think about how others are acting in a wrong way or what's wrong with them but when we turn it on ourselves we find that there's plenty of work to do inside our own lives.
Happy Monday to all and speak a good positive word to someone today.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday Morning Perspective
Yea, yea, yea, I know it's not morning but couldn't bring myself to break out the computer with so much good conversation with the hubs going on. We get into talking church and I don't want to cut it off. We are just both so excited about some things right now and praying and expecting some huge things from God on behalf of our church family. We are also praying that our Millbrook family will join with us in this excitement and praying for this new year for Millbrook.
Anyways...loved the message yesterday!!! Also loved the passion with which it was preached. All these years and I'm still amazed at the anointing of God on Eddie as he stands to preach, absolutely mind blowing.
We looked at the marks of a wise Christian and I must say my toes are sore and the conviction was heavy and come 6am this morning after my wakeup call from David Caver about school closing I was praying over those things from the message and how God needs to continue doing a work in my heart.
When we were talking about being controlled by the Holy Spirit, I couldn't help but think of a friend who was attacked about her son by a mom when their boys were very young maybe 5ish. I remember this friend just "taking it" when she could have easily tore into this lady. To me, when you can do that when your child is involved, you are a wise Spirit-controlled Christian. Oh that all of us would respond that way. Wise, Spirit-controlled people are the ones I am deliberately surrounding myself with. However, we all have to be on guard at all times...prayed up and people in the Word so that Satan doesn't catch us with our guard down. That's usually when we blow our witness and the respect others have for us.
Praying all are safe in this snowy winter wonderland...how I love it. Just for everything to shut down and have a day or two to stay put and enjoy being together drinking that hot chocolate and sitting by the fire and yes even blogging when I know that's what I should do but now ready to turn this thing off and get some spaghetti going for dinner and enjoy the BCS Championship game with a room full of my favorite people and really missing my 2 upstate children. Blessings to all!!
Anyways...loved the message yesterday!!! Also loved the passion with which it was preached. All these years and I'm still amazed at the anointing of God on Eddie as he stands to preach, absolutely mind blowing.
We looked at the marks of a wise Christian and I must say my toes are sore and the conviction was heavy and come 6am this morning after my wakeup call from David Caver about school closing I was praying over those things from the message and how God needs to continue doing a work in my heart.
When we were talking about being controlled by the Holy Spirit, I couldn't help but think of a friend who was attacked about her son by a mom when their boys were very young maybe 5ish. I remember this friend just "taking it" when she could have easily tore into this lady. To me, when you can do that when your child is involved, you are a wise Spirit-controlled Christian. Oh that all of us would respond that way. Wise, Spirit-controlled people are the ones I am deliberately surrounding myself with. However, we all have to be on guard at all times...prayed up and people in the Word so that Satan doesn't catch us with our guard down. That's usually when we blow our witness and the respect others have for us.
Praying all are safe in this snowy winter wonderland...how I love it. Just for everything to shut down and have a day or two to stay put and enjoy being together drinking that hot chocolate and sitting by the fire and yes even blogging when I know that's what I should do but now ready to turn this thing off and get some spaghetti going for dinner and enjoy the BCS Championship game with a room full of my favorite people and really missing my 2 upstate children. Blessings to all!!
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