How we used to be or was......

This week we have a special "guest writer" - Enjoy this word!

While in prayer this word came to me.
That; that was "meaning how we used to be or was"
not to determine what is or to be.
Meaning your history no matter how bad or where you came from is not to influence where you are going in your destiny in God.
It is God that calls things that be not as though they were. Remember it was God that called Abram' Abraham' meaning a father of multitude before he had children. God knows endings as well as beginnings.
God is interested in restoration as well as his destiny for our lives fulfilled. He sees what we can be, knowing where we are even now. He sees the potential in us.
If we as a body of Christ are interested in God's heart that's where it is at.
So a warning to the body of Christ; there will be those that will come in with a bad start that we could reject with gossip and with judgmental attitudes and put them down. But God is raising up leaders who are willing to get messy in order to see a fulfilled destiny in there lives.
Remember it is not where you was that will determine your fulfilled purpose in the plan of God.

Rev. Charles DeBord
5/15/2011
revdebord@yahoo.com

**Special Thanks to my uncle Charles for writing this post! Thank you for always listening to the Lord and giving us such great and power words of wisdom!

Somebody Like Me....

In this crazy, mixed up world that I live in, I can't help but wonder sometimes when the drama will end. I know that God has everything in complete control and I trust Him beyond measure! With that being said I was sitting at a family members house this week and thinking about all the things that I have been going through lately and decided - pitty party - table for me - I was feeling really sorry for numero uno!! Is it not amazing how we as human beings think that the world strickly revolves around us and that even though we care about others - our problems just seem way more than theirs. Ever had one of those times? Who hasn't right?

Well in my pitty party moment at the family members house, I started to look around me and I saw somethings that touched my heart! I saw a couple family members who stepped up and took care of things - just to help the other one out -- I mean that's what families do -- well at least my family, but it was in this and then coming to another family members house and hearing a song that somethings just clicked in this hard headed round thing attached to my shoulders!

I was listening to the song by Jason Crabb called "Somebody Like Me" and the words seemed to just jump out at me that day. It made me sit and think, when are we as Christians going to quit with the pitty parties and the looking out for numero uno and when are we going to become the Church that Christ taught us in His word to be. The song paints a picture for me - a ole drunk comes to church - fully knowing that's where he needs to be - but the self righteousness of the congregation gets in the way and he realizes they don't want him there so he gets up and leaves and no one stops him. Can you imagine what might have happened at that church - if somebody would have gotten up and came and sat down beside that man and welcomed him to that church or when he felt uncomfortable would have met him at the door and asked him not to leave and sat back down with him. I pray God give us the boldness to be a somebody who will take a stand - to go against the grain - be a difference maker -- I think I'm going to have to use this song as my new daily thought -- somebody like me -- Lord let this somebody like me - reflect you - let this somebody like me do your will -- not mine -- take the me out and let this somebody be your reflection and your hands extended. True to the words of that song if we would be the somebody like me - that ole drunk would have probably stayed in that service and became a beautiful new creature - just an ole sinner saved by grace!

Let's be that "somebody like me" be the somebody who reflects Christ in everything that we do!

Trish D

Going to be a brighter day....

I'm sure it's safe to say that everyone of us at some point in our life have struggled with feelings of insecurities and other horrible thoughts, if you haven't WOW can you tell how you've done that. I have struggled for years with my weight and with just feeling like I'm not worth alot. So recently I have had several things knock me to the ground with my feelings and I have been fighting and praying my way out of that area.

I know that as a child of God I completely trust and rely on my Savior Jesus Christ. So when feelings of insecurity come how do we handle it. For me I turn on the radio or my mp3 player and look for a song to lift my spirits. So recently when I was having a moment this song begin to play, it ministered to me so much. I am so thankful that no matter what we go through and no matter what we face in life there is going to be a brighter day.

Through Christ we can always have a brighter day. I realize that life is not always going to be roses, but I do know that as it says in Philippians 4:19 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I also love what it says in Luke 18:27 - I learned this when I was in Honduras so I learned it first in Spanish which says "Lo que es imposible para los hombres es posible para Dios" which translated says "What it impossible for man is possible for God!"

So through Christ we can have brighter days!

Trish D

Give me a revelation

So the past few weeks I have been going through some pretty tough situations for me and a lot of times I just throw my hands up and say God I can't do this anymore PLEASE HELP ME! Have you ever had one of those times...you know times when you feel like you are screaming on the inside, or times where you wonder what you did to walk into this mess.
It still amazes me how in those times God is always there with His loving arms and He knows what He's doing - and even though the storm is still raging inside - He sends little things through other people to help us along the way.
Today was one of those days for me - God knew I needed something! He's so smart - guess that's why He's God! As I was sitting at work this morning I remembered a video clip that one of my aunt's had sent me - it was of a Third Day song called Revelation. Have you ever heard it -- well the start of the chorus of the song says "Give me a revelation Show me what to do Cause I've been trying to find my way and I haven't got a clue"
That song is so me right now! So it's then that I know above everything else I'm walking THROUGH this storm and I know that God is going to be there to "Give Me a Revelation!"

Is there something that you need Christ to "Give You A Revelation about?"

Trish D

I GOT CONFIDENCE

When trouble is in my way
I can't tell the night from day
I toss from side to side
Like a ship on a raging tide
I don't worry and I don't fret
God has never failed me yet
Troubles comin' from time to time
But that's all right, 'causeI'm not the worrying kind

Because I, I've got confidence,
God is gonna see me through
No matter what the case may beI know
He's gonna fix it for me

This is powerful song of how God is going to see us through.

So many times we get caught up on our problems and

we can't see past our troubles. But if we remember that God has everything

in control. He will see us through. Why should we worry and why should be fret because

God is going to see us through. We just have to keep the faith and trust God that

he is able and he will never fail us.

We can rely fully on the confidence that comes from Christ if we just allow Him to be that

confidence for us. We are the ones who struggle with it, Not Him, He is in control, He has a plan.

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6

BE CONFIDENT IN GOD!

Have a Blessed Weekend

Karen