Spirit Man...

Just like our body needs food, OUR SPIRIT MAN needs food too. Not the kind of food that we eat, but SPIRITUAL food. You may be wondering: "where can I get this food?". Well the answer is simple. God gave us MANY things to feed our spirit man. Here are some of them:


- the bible
- prayer
- God's mercy
- forgiveness  or forgiving others
- gratefulness, showing gratefulness


 We should feed our spirit man with things like that, unlike things like:


- drugs
- lying
- stealing
- anything that God doesn't want you to do!




Don't forget to feed your spirit man EVERYDAY! Not just ONCE A WEEK, where you fill your mind with bad things and only on SUNDAY you don't. It doesn't work like that. Do it EVERYDAY! For example, a dog. You feed it EVERYDAY, not just when you feel like it. It is because you KNOW that the dog needs food. Just like WE (as Christians) should KNOW that our spirit man needs food.
Also if you stop feeding a dog, what will happen?? He will end up...dead.
Your spirit man won't die, you will just not notice it anymore and you will start ignoring God or anything having to do with Him. Thank GOODNESS for God's MERCY too :)


I know that this is a short blog, but I hope you enjoyed this and I PRAY you will feed your spirit man EVERYDAY :)

F.R.O.G

What do think of when you think of a FROG? Maybe you think "gross" or "slimy" or maybe you think "cool" or "awesome". Well did you know that FROG means something? My brother and his class (1st and 2nd grade) did a message for chapel and it was REALLY GOOD! I am going to share the message with you in this post :) Okay, so what do you think F.R.O.G stands for?

Fluffy

Rug

On

Ground

NOPE.

Fat

Rock

On

Grass

 

NOPE.

It stands for...

FULLY

RELY

ON

GOD!

Isn't that cool?

But, this is the question... Do YOU FULLY (as in 100%, as in NO DOUBT) rely on God?

Yes, it is hard to do. Especially when you are scared something bad will happen or anything like that. It is hard. But we HAVE to trust in God!

-Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

-Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8  (He was trustworthy before, so He is STILL trustworthy today)

MANY, OTHER VERSES TOO!!

SO REMEMBER...HAVE FAITH LIKE A FROG.

BECAUSE THEY CAN...

Fully

Rely

On

God

Just that simple...

BE HAPPY.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

SHARE GOD’S WORD.

Those are probably the top 3 things God wants from us! They are pretty simple too, aren’t they?

-Jesus died on the cross for us, yet we still are grumpy and/or mad.

-Jesus loves us, yet we still are rude to people and try to start a fight for no reason.

-Jesus gave us the bible and prayer, yet we “don’t have time” or are “too busy” to share HIS word.

 BE HAPPY- I know this is a short blog post, but I just want to tell you to be HAPPY (you never know, you may die tomorrow or a close relative or friend may die, so be happy and loving towards EVERYONE you meet) you don’t want to have regret because then you feel guilty, and that doesn’t make you happy.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER- Be kind. Don’t start a fight. End the fight.  Act like Jesus would act. Would Jesus shove someone just because they accidently bumped into them? NO! Would Jesus call someone an idiot just because that person didn’t know an answer to a math problem? NO!

SHARE GOD’S WORD- It’s that simple. Share the good news of God, share eternal life, share Jesus’ mercy and grace. HE DESERVES IT.

Encouraging Others

We are told to encourage others.

So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. 1 Thessalonians 5: 11

Notice that it says “just as you are already doing”…we should ALREADY be WILLING AND WANTING to encourage OTHERS.

EVEN IF YOU…

• Don’t get a “thank you”
• Don’t get an encouraging word from that person
• Don’t like that person
• Don’t feel like it
   MANY OTHER REASONS TOO!

So the next time someone wins something- don’t be like “I deserve to win” or “You cheated”- remember to encourage him or her and to say “Great Job” or “You deserved it”. Because not being nice or encouraging to others…causes strife later on.

   MAYBE, you are the type of person that doesn’t think they can be encouraging when he or she DOESN’T win. BUT, you can, and I have the PROOF right here:

You can do it! God WANTS you to do this, so He will give you the strength...All you have to do is ASK!
Now that I think about how many, many, many people won't just give one encouraging word- it is pretty sad.
We won't do it while there is a God who sent His ONLY SON FOR YOU TO DIE ON THE CROSS!
He gave his LIFE, while we won't let ONE encouraging word come out of our mouths- because that is how SELFISH, RUDE, AND STUBBORN we are (yes, this includes me to) (no offense, but we all know that it is true)
ENCOURAGE OTHERS!
 <what will you say?

Musical part 2

Today was our FIRST show... (dress rehearsal) besides some technical difficulties, it went WONDERFUL!

THANK YOU SO MUCH GOD FOR ANSWERING MY PRAYERS!

Now, I am ready for TONIGHT'S show at 7:00pm.

I have a GOOD FEELING that everything will go great!

The actors, dancers, singers are all WONDERFUL (great job!)

Also the storytellers (I am a storyteller, and I hope I did good :p)

Here we go...I'm ready!

Another quick prayer:

Dear Lord, Help everyone do their very best and to especially do it for YOU, Lord. Amen.

Also thank you for everyone coming tonight and I pray you all have safe drives and I bet you 100% that you will enjoy this show :)

Our school musical

Our school is having a musical on three stories- by the way, the theme is THE SAILOR’S BIBLE - NOAH, JONAH, AND PAUL.

We have been practicing A LOT, and I want to PRAY that everything goes SUPER GREAT! Tomorrow morning at 9:00,  tomorrow night at 7:00.  PLUS ANOTHER SHOWING ON THURSDAY AT 7:00!!

I have a feeling that everyone will do a GREAT JOB! Here is a simple prayer for EVERYONE who will be performing:

DEAR LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERYONE PERFORMING, I PRAY THAT THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST AND MOST OF ALL , DO IT FOR YOU. AMEN.

 

I will tell you how everything goes on Friday after both of the shows are done J

We should all act like all of those three people mentioned:

 Noah: He listened to God no matter what other people thought of him.

Jonah: Even though he went the wrong way on purpose, he still found his way back in the end.

Paul: He continued to be faithful to God and to preach God’s word even through all of the beatings, imprisons, and hate.

Prayer

Yes, I know, I have done a blog post on this topic already...BUT, the reason why I am doing it again is because...IT IS SO IMPORTANT!

1 Thessalonians 5: 17 just has to words...and they are:

PRAY CONTINUALLY.

This doesn't mean to pray EVERY SINGLE MILLISECOND OF THE DAY; This means to keep it a "habit", where you go to God in prayer for EVERYTHING.

Not just the BAD THINGS-which most people tend to do (I am guilty of doing it sometimes)-we should pray to God in the GOOD things too. We are told to PRAISE GOD. That doesn't always mean singing and dancing to Him, it can also mean PRAISING HIM BY PRAYING. Here is an example:

"Thank you God for such a WONDERFUL day today, and thank you for dying for my sins. I love you, Lord. Amen."

IT IS THAT SIMPLE!

God is not a genie, where you come to him (in the bad-or because you want something) and ask Him for it. Then you expect a GREAT, HAPPY (so we think) change. UH. NO. THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

God is not our genie. He is our God. He is the one who died for you. So that you can be with Him in PARADISE.

And when all God is asking for is for you to believe in Him...then I think we can give Him (the one who DIED for you) a little bit more appreciation...by just saying a nice, simple...

PRAYER.

Thank you :)

THANK YOU LORD FOR...

FOOD

DRINK

FAMILY

FRIENDS

PETS

YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST

YOUR MERCY, FORGIVENESS, AND GRACE

SHELTER

AND MANY OTHER THINGS!
NOW, I WANT YOU TO TELL GOD HOW GRATEFUL YOU ARE FOR HIM!
In the comments section, type in 3 things you are thankful for.

God wants you to be happy, so be thankful.

God has given you so many things to be thankful for, so be happy :)

God sent His ONLY Son, Jesus Christ, to DIE on the CROSS for YOU!

BE THANKFUL

BE HAPPY

PRAISE GOD

ENJOY LIFE...

IN THE STUGGLES...IN THE PAIN... AND MOST OF ALL...SAY TO THE LORD...

Happy Mother's Day!!

I had a GREAT time on Mother's day! First, I want to say :

“HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY” To my wonderful mom! Anyway, we had my mom's favorite muffins, (they are honey bran) they are SUPER good, then we went to church, and then we went over to our grandma's for dessert and got to spend time with her and our aunt and uncle. AFTER that, there was a surprise for US, and MOM, but she already knew about...we got GIFT CARDS to Old Navy and we got to shop with our mom :) It was SO FUN!


We tried on MANY funny outfits and hats

 (mom, we rocked those jumpsuits :p) My brother, Matthew and sister, Brooke, and I also made mom a BIG card and we each made a PERLER BEAD thing, if you don't know what that is...

They are really FUN!

Again, WE had such a GREAT time :)

REMEMBER, to show your mom how much you love her and how special she is...NOT JUST ON MOTHER'S DAY...EVERY DAY!

I LOVE YOU MOM :)