Can I just get real with you and share something on my heart???!!! I wanted join an egroup that my Pastor's amazing wife leads alongside another amazing woman of God that helped start our church-Heather Bishop (great examples of Godly wives and mommies) and when I got in touch with her she told me that she was not going to be able to lead a group anymore and 2 days later at church I found out why.
At church we found out that Heather Bishop and her family were moving to Toronto, Canada to start our new campus Elevation Toronto. Funny how I got an answer and explanation within days of each other...
It gets better.......
So, my Pastor, Pastor Steven, makes a comment (paraphrasing here) that they are leading the way and we should follow their example and pick up where they left off (the campus that is and the Bishops). We should go and start something ourselves if we see a need for it and want it. The Lord at that moment said-"Angelina, since you cannot be in that group that you desired to be in and cannot seem to find one (for young married women/with or without kids) then step out and do it yourself!
It gets even better..........
At the end of the sermon, they make a call for people to step out and lead an egroup! YEAH, GOD WAVING A BIG OLE YELLOW SIGN NOW!
The plane is about to land........
So, I am asking God which study that I should do either "Greater" by my Pastor Steven Furtick or "Unglued" by Lysa Terkeurst (both NY Times bestselling books with awesome mesages). The next day-a sunday my husband and I decide to drive over 30 minutes away to another church campus not to the one 10 minutes away (we have 7 church campuses) and GUESS who is preaching about Unglued, Lysa Terkeurst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, here I am without all of the resources that I need for the study on the day that my group begins SEPT 20, 2012 (meet and greet day) (mind you, we start the study in the 1st week of October), and I am discouraged because for the past 24 hours I have lost over half of my egroup members :( and I am doubting it all. In my devotional I read Psalm 42:5
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
I then go to my favorite blog by Pastor Holly Furtick on the very same day to find this http://hollyfurtick.com/giveaway-time/..A blog about her giving the UNGLUED dvd set and resources to a commenter who is leading an egroup or is in one! ON THE DAY I START THE GROUP!!!!!!!!!!TODAY!!!!!!!
Now did I win it, yet ;) ????
-no BUT, I am reminded about one huge thing-HE IS A GOD WHO KNOWS YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES AND IF HE CALLS YOU TO SOMETHING YOU BETTER BE SURE TO REMEMBER-REMIND YOURSELF OF HIS PROMISES AND REMEMBER THAT HE COMPLETES WHAT HE STARTS! HE HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN AND TODAY, WITH ALL MY PERHAPS', I TRUST HIM AND I WILL MAKE MY BOAST IN HIS GLORIOUS NAME! HE IS A GREAT BIG GOD WHO LOVES ME!
At church we found out that Heather Bishop and her family were moving to Toronto, Canada to start our new campus Elevation Toronto. Funny how I got an answer and explanation within days of each other...
It gets better.......
So, my Pastor, Pastor Steven, makes a comment (paraphrasing here) that they are leading the way and we should follow their example and pick up where they left off (the campus that is and the Bishops). We should go and start something ourselves if we see a need for it and want it. The Lord at that moment said-"Angelina, since you cannot be in that group that you desired to be in and cannot seem to find one (for young married women/with or without kids) then step out and do it yourself!
It gets even better..........
At the end of the sermon, they make a call for people to step out and lead an egroup! YEAH, GOD WAVING A BIG OLE YELLOW SIGN NOW!
The plane is about to land........
So, I am asking God which study that I should do either "Greater" by my Pastor Steven Furtick or "Unglued" by Lysa Terkeurst (both NY Times bestselling books with awesome mesages). The next day-a sunday my husband and I decide to drive over 30 minutes away to another church campus not to the one 10 minutes away (we have 7 church campuses) and GUESS who is preaching about Unglued, Lysa Terkeurst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, here I am without all of the resources that I need for the study on the day that my group begins SEPT 20, 2012 (meet and greet day) (mind you, we start the study in the 1st week of October), and I am discouraged because for the past 24 hours I have lost over half of my egroup members :( and I am doubting it all. In my devotional I read Psalm 42:5
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
I then go to my favorite blog by Pastor Holly Furtick on the very same day to find this http://hollyfurtick.com/giveaway-time/..A blog about her giving the UNGLUED dvd set and resources to a commenter who is leading an egroup or is in one! ON THE DAY I START THE GROUP!!!!!!!!!!TODAY!!!!!!!
Now did I win it, yet ;) ????
-no BUT, I am reminded about one huge thing-HE IS A GOD WHO KNOWS YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES AND IF HE CALLS YOU TO SOMETHING YOU BETTER BE SURE TO REMEMBER-REMIND YOURSELF OF HIS PROMISES AND REMEMBER THAT HE COMPLETES WHAT HE STARTS! HE HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN AND TODAY, WITH ALL MY PERHAPS', I TRUST HIM AND I WILL MAKE MY BOAST IN HIS GLORIOUS NAME! HE IS A GREAT BIG GOD WHO LOVES ME!
Psalm 34
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God
A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.
34 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel[a] of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.
And delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel[a] of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
AMEN!
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