Our Great Commission

"I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth."
Acts 13:47

Pray

Pray
by Stellar Kart

It's loud and clear
Your silence has been breaking your heart
Like no one hears
You feel you may have fallen too far
But even if
You don't know the right words to say

Pray
Sit back and watch the scenery change
Hold on to the promise that help is on the way
Pray

If you think
You're not good enough to receive
What you need
Have a little faith and believe
God is not
A stranger to the things you might say

Something beautiful
Your miracle
Is waiting on you

Call On Jesus...

Call On Jesus By Nicole C Mullen I'm so very ordinary  Nothing special on my own  I have never walked on water  I have never calmed a storm  Sometimes I'm hiding away from the madness around me  Like a child who's afraid of the dark CHORUS:  But when I call on Jesus  All things are possible  I can mount on wings like eagles and soar  When I call on Jesus  Mountains are gonna fall  'Cause He'll move heaven and earth to come rescue me when I call lalalala.... Weary brother  Broken daughter  Widowed, widowed lover  You're not alone  If you're tired and scared of the madness around you  If you can't find the strength to carry on CHORUS Call Him in the mornin'  In the afternoon time  Late in the evenin'  He'll be there  When your heart is broken  And you feel discouraged  You can just remember that He said  He'll be there

Sticking With You...

Sticking With You
by Addison Road

Come on, it's me you're talking to
There's something going on inside of you
Don't have to say it, but I wish you would
Cause it would be much easier

You always hide behind yourself
You walk a lonely road with no one's help
I hate to break the news
You're headed for a fall

And if I have to jump
Then I'll jump
And I won't look down
You can cry, you can fight, we can scream and shout

I'll push and pull
Until your walls come down
And you understand I'm gonna be around
I'm sticking with you
(I'm stinking with you)

Even if you try and shut me out
I'm staying here cause that's what love's about
I might let you down, but I won't let you go

So lean into me, I want to know
Everything about the fear you hold inside
Cause you and I are better than just one,

So if I have to jump
Then I'll jump
And I won't look down
You can cry, you can fight, we can scream and shout

I'll push and pull
Until your walls come down
And you understand I'm gonna be around
I'm sticking with

If that's what it means to love you
If that's what it means to have your back
If that's what it takes to show you
Then I'm in, I'm in

If I have to jump
Then I'll jump
And I won't look down
You can cry, you can fight, we can scream and shout

I'll push and pull
Until your walls come down
And you understand I'm gonna be around

And if I have to jump
Then I'll jump
And I won't look down
You can cry, you can fight, we can scream and shout

I'll push and pull
Until your walls come down
And you understand I'm gonna be around
Cuz I'm sticking with you.
(I'm sticking with you)

He is So Good to Me!

When I think about the Lord
How He saved me, how He raised me
How He filled me with the Holy Ghost
How He healed me to the uttermost
When I think about the Lord
How He picked me up
Turned me around
how He set my feet
On solid ground

It makes me want to shout
Hallelujah! Thank you, Jesus!
Lord, You're worthy
Of all the glory, and all the honor
And all the praise!
Hallelujah! Thank you, Jesus!
Lord, You're worthy
Of all the glory, and all the honor
And all the praise!

Lyrics by Shane & Shane

Ephesians 2:4-7

But God--so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,

Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation).

And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.

2 corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

   

God is writing my .... sitcom??

Who is this God that I serve? Who is this One that provides in unimaginable ways? Who is He who makes the impossible ... possible? My God, my Savior, my Everlasting! The things He does totally blows my mind. I think often about all the things He's done for me, and those on this wild ride called life. How can anyone deny the incomprehensible power of the Lord?

So this week, we were believing for some money to come into the company to be able to do the things we needed to. So we prayed. And believed. And sold a coffee kiosk to missionaries in Yemen. Yemen? Yes. Yemen! Now tell me......who could arrange something like that besides God? I'm just giddy inside as I attempt to wrap my mind around it!

And yet....we've seen these miracles before. Miracles happen on a daily basis for us, and I shouldn't be so shocked when it happens. But perhaps it's more "awe" than "shock". I am so in awe of what He has done and continues to do. So today begins another part of the journey. I just want to laugh and cry at the same time at the awesomeness of it all. If you are close to me, then you already know the story behind all this. So more of this saga will unfold as the weeks go on. I'm just so excited that words can hardly describe the elation in my heart. And I'm rambling...again. ;-)

I get to share my story of how this all began for me Sunday evening at a Missions meeting at church. I'm excited to be able to share it. Not many know about it, or grasp the magnitude of it. For me, 5 minutes painting a dorm room changed my life forever. Really. :) God orchestrated it, and I just followed through with where He led me to go.
I'm a little nervous, as I'm not exactly a public speaker. I stutter sometimes and say "umm" a lot. *cringes* But nonetheless, I will share, because it could help someone else step out in faith and believe for the impossible.

Impossible = Me, a Missionary

Possible = God making it happen

I need another adjective here.....But I really am excited to see what and how God is going to work out these next several months. Stay tuned on this Sitcom of my life....written, directed and produced by the Almighty God.

White Chocolate.... but is it really chocolate???!

So a friend had me intrigued over his statement that White Chocolate isn't even Chocolate. (*shock, gasp*)! So of course I go to the most reliable source I know....wikipedia! Check out this stuff:

White chocolate is made of cocoa butter, milk, and sugar. Most often, the cocoa butter is deodorized to remove its strong and undesirable taste that would negatively impact the flavour of the finished chocolate^[3]. Regulations also govern what may be marketed as "white chocolate": In the United States, since 2004, white chocolate must be at least 20% cocoa butter (by weight), at least 14% total milk solids, at least 3.5% milk fat, and less than 55% sugar or other sweeteners. Before this date, U.S. firms required temporary marketing permits to sell white chocolate. The European Union has adopted the same standards, except that there is no limit on sugar or sweeteners.^[4] Although white chocolate is made the same way as milk chocolate and dark chocolate, the ingredients are different. Because of the ingredients, many people (including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) don't consider "white chocolate" to be chocolate at all ^[5], but in most cases, it does contain cocoa butter: a product that, like many cocoa solids, is derived from the cacao bean. However, some preparations (known as confectioner's coating or summer coating) are made from inexpensive solid or hydrogenatedcocoa. These preparations may actually be white in color (in contrast to white chocolate's ivory shade^[3]) and will lack cocoa butter's flavor. vegetable and animal fats, and as such, is not at all derived from

Because it does not contain any cocoa solids, one benefit of white chocolate is that it also does not contain any theobromine, which means it can be consumed by individuals who must avoid theobromine for medical reasons. Theobromine is only found in the cocoa solids and other ingredients of chocolate that give it the characteristic brown color. In contrast to white chocolate, dark chocolate contains the largest amount of theobromine, because it contains the largest amount of cocoa solids. The theobromine content of milk chocolate falls somewhere between white and dark chocolate.

So White Chocolate has less chocolate (cacao) than Milk or Dark Chocolate. Do I think it is really chocolate? Knowing that it now contains cocoa butter (isn't that what the put in lotions?) and vegetable and animal fats (eww!), it is hard for me to consider it real chocolate. I think I'll stick to dark chocolate. ;-)

Everything About You

Everything About You
By Sanctus Real

Be my light in the darkened room
I'm on my face and I'm calling you
I can't fathom all you've done for me
Every time it finds me on my knees

Like sunlight in the winter cold

Everything about you, it takes my breath
Away...Hallelujah
I tried this once without you and it was my
Great mistake...Hallelujah

Questions fade when you invade
You chase all my fears away
With your love in my atmosphere
All confusion disappears

And nothing but your truth remains

Questions fade, you remain
You are color on a page of white, bright
Like eyes beneath black lights
Like a glowing city on the plains, you call
My name

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah