Verses from Prayer Circle on March 23rd

Here are the verses from Thursday's prayer circle:

Isaiah 30:21--> If you go the wrong way- to the right or to the left- you will hear a voice behind you saying ' This is the right way. You should go this way'

Joshua 1:8-9--> Always remember what is written in the Book of Teachings. Study it day and night to be sure to obey everything that is written there. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything. Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go.

Matthew 6:34--> So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Summerland blog # 3

Saturday: We basically hung out at Julian's house for a while... I went up on the hill behind Julians house and was just pouring my heart out to God. It was awesome..when I came back down I found out that Kevin and Angel went to pick up Ben. So I got to spend some time with Julian and his brother. That was fun. Julian taught me how to play golf. That was awesome. Then Kevin, Angel and Ben came back and Ben joined in the golf. That was awesome. Then we went to Boston Pizza. That was a fun night. I got to chat with Sierra and Steph. They are cool people.

Sunday: Angel and I woke up early..the guys (Julian and Kevin) slept in.. and Angel and I went out on the trampouline and talked (we spent a lot of time together and we got to talk about a lot of stuff) Julian's dad suggested that we take the dogs for a walk. So Angel took Sam and I took Panda..and..well..they took US for a walk lol.. we walked and saw horses and lambs. That was cool. Then Angel and I got the eggs from the hen house and put them into the carton for Julian's dad... Then we came back and waited for Cody to pick us up for church. We get to church and we are welcomed. I felt quite at home there. The youth band was playing the worship music...that was awesome. I got to see someone I hadnt seen since RAW. Didnt talk to him until later that evening.. We sang songs that Angel and I knew...it was awesome. We came back from Church and woke the guys up..they still were not up. geez! Then we went for a hike up the hill.. awesome experience! We went to the top of the hill and saw over summerland. We came back down and we made dinner.. they had salmon and I had veggie kabobs. I was done eating (didnt eat much) and Julian's dad puts another on my plate.. lol... so i had to eat that one too. lol. Then we went to youth. THAT WAS AWESOME! I spoke! woo... Randy was talking about God speaking to us.. and he asked if any of us had God speak to us.. Julian spoke and I spoke.. Then we went to small groups and we talked more about it. We had to go upstairs so we took the elevator.. we all squished in there.. they fit 18 people in that small elevator.. lol The Summerland group is soooooo welcoming. I felt so at home there. Then after small group we went downstairs for cookies and juice. And I got to chat with Tyrone, Sierra, and Julian. I was talking to Sierra and I was saying how I hate that I cant start a conversation with people and that I really wanted to talk to Drew and I wish he would come over and talk to me and like 5 minutes later he comes over and we had a really nice conversation. That was awesome. Then we left.. I saw Drew outside and he gave me a high five. That guy is so cool! Then Sierra, Julian and I went to pick up Tyler and his friend to go to Timmy's. I was sitting in the back of the car and Julian was in the front and when Julian got out to get Tyler I jump in the front. He comes back and sits on me and shuts the door LOL.. Sierra was not going to drive like that tho lol.. too bad eh? Then we get to Tim Hortons and man that was a fun fun fun time! LOL... I cant remember the last time I laughed for THAT long. I laughed for the whole time we were there.. we got there around 930...left at 1045.. aha... almost an hour and a half of laughter. Everyone was laughing cuz i could not stop laughing. Julian wasnt helping any either.. he kept looking at me and saying "stop laughing" but he was smiling so i would laugh again.. lol... That was the highlight of my week. Then we went back to Julian's house... and thats where blog number 2 comes in.. i wont explain it here cuz it was already explained. lol. oh and Tyrone slept over

Monday: We left at 10.. :( We played around with the Koosh.. haha "you have just been kooshed" ha ha ha ha ha.. Then we went for a walk. It was getting around the time that Ben was coming to the house so kevin and angel went back to the house. Tyrone, Julian and I went up the hill to see another view. that was awesome. Tyrone gave me his hat (oh and Tyrone? What did I tell you.. my dad DID make a comment about me wearing the hat backwards LOL) ha ha.. then we all pile into the car (ben, kevin, angel, julian, tyrone and I...yes thats 6 people aha.. Julian lied on us the way to the school) we dropped ty, julian and ben off at the school and we were on our way.. we stopped at Summerland Sweets to get treats for my parents. Then we went to Vernon. We get to Clint's house and Ethan comes and opens the door. He was happy to see us....awwww... then Clint took us for a tour of Vernon... went to the Vernon College there.. dunno what its called.. and there is an AWESOME view of kal lake from the cafeteria..wow.. Then we went to the church that Clint works at.. we saw Mark Touzeau. We jammed with him. I played the bongos and Angel played drums and he played electric guitar. haha. it was awesome. Then Angel and I played Ping Pong. then Clint showed us the prayer room and then the Talking Donkey (or the Chatting Ass LOL) and we got a coffee..

Then we were on our way :( I was very upset... I really did NOT want to leave. I wanted to stay in Summerland. In fact I am ANGRY that I am home.

I just ask for some prayer.. I need direction from God. I have a few BIG life changing decisions that I need to make before I graduate college (3 years) so please pray that God will give me direction and to help me make those life changing decisions. This is a big decision that I am about to make and I need to have God's hand in it to make sure that it is what I am supposed to do..and make sure that this is where God wants me. and if it is God's will that I do what I want to do then I need prayer that he will provide the things I need in order for that to happen.

Thanks guys

Uber amounts of Blessings on you!!!!

Summerland blog # 2

Tonight has definitly been very interesting. Julian, Tyrone, Sierra and I were lying on Julian's trampoline and Julian got up to get more sleeping bags and he came out and saw something very creepy. He said he saw a shadow of a man with a brown sleeping bag. THen he turns around and it wasnt there. He was very creeped out and he told us what happened and then I was freaked out. I went inside and told Ben and the next thing I know, he is outside doing a prayer walk. I was very scared. We both started praying. Very very weird spiritual stuff went on this week. God has been working through all of us and Satan does not like that so he is trying to ruin us. But my faith is rebuilt.

Summerland was freaking awesome. I am still here but we leave at 9am. That sucks really bad..but.. Oh well.. Ill hopefully get over it. I will blog about the rest of my trip when I get home.

Blessings...

Summerland Trip..blog # 1

Hey guys, I am in Summerland, I am having a great time. Lets tell you the details so far:

Thursday.. we left bright and early (4am) and let me tell you...the trip up here was very very very interesting lol... we turned the wrong way in Merritt and ended up in the VILLAGE of Ashcroft. I didnt know that there were villages! We got quite the laugh out of that one lol. So we finally get to SUmmerland at around 10 and we basically just settle in... I played Ping Pong against Julian for a while..that was awesome. I love Ping Pong. Then we went Downtown Summerland... Ben had a dentist appointment so we went with him and then we met up with Julian while Ben was in the Dentist.. we walked around for a while.. just basically hung out.. it was quite fun. Then we got back to Ben's house and hung out there for a good while.. I got to see lambs.. awesome!!! We basically sat around. I like sitting around cuz we came here to relax and not think about stuff back at home. We went to the SUmmerland Sweets place too.. and then we went to a Train Bridge... I knew something was up with a couple people in our group..but i had no idea what was to come until later that evening..but i dont want to discuss it. Then at 7 we went over to Jeremy's house for Bible study. That was awesome. The people here are so incredibly accepting..they are so kind. These people are awesome! At the bible study we just basically talked about some things that God has been telling us.. and there were many verses that came up. But I will blog on those later.. *note to self.. blog that*

Friday (Today) we woke up at 10...had a shower and I basicaly stayed downstairs and read my bible for a while... I was having a bad morning...cuz ya.. something that happened the night before.. and then we went out.. we went and just drove around...we stopped at the youth centre..and ben, kevin and angel went to get the camera and Julian and I hung out and played Pool at the youth centre while they were gone. We played 2 games.. I won both :) it was fun. THen we came to Julians house and hung out again. lol.. we are doing lots of hanging out ... I love it! We went and made dinner..that was awesome. I love Julians family. They are awesome. Then the Bonfire happened and still is happening I think. I am definitly having a better day today.. sorta. Wellll thats all for now.. I will blog more later.

Chao!
Blessings..

Summerland

Dear faithful readers,
I apologize for the lack of blogging. Things have been crazy here. First thing *twitches* its 3:15 AM and I just got up. I am leaving for Summerland in 45 minutes. SO I will be gone for 5 days. I will be back Monday evening/Tuesday morning, not sure when.

I promise that I will blog my RAW experience and my Summerland experience.

Pray for safety and protection please and thank you.

Blessings...

RAW

Hey everyone, I would just like to ask you all to pray for RAW this week. We leave tomorrow to go to RAW. We come home to sleep in the evenings and then go back in the morning for the morning programs and such.

I have heard that there are going to be things that are going to make me step out of my comfort zone. I am totally ready to do that. I just want to ask you to pray that I will not run on my own strength this weekend, cuz I am pretty tired from staying up last night for the all nighter. SO MUCH FUN. So I just pray that I get a great night sleep tonight and be ready to serve tomorrow!

I wont be blogging for a week due to RAW... So stay tuned :)

Blessings everyone!

Quote

If we only desire a small piece of God in our lives, we will similarly have only that same measure of His peace in them.

Brian G. Jett

Religion vs Relationship

I got this email devotional, and it really got me thinking. It was about Religion vs Relationship

Religion - "the belief in a God or group of gods to be worshiped."
Relationship - "the condition of being related; connection."

Are you a member of a religion or are you really involved in a relationship with Him? Are your beliefs just about something or truly in Someone? When we are talking about Jesus Christ, relationship with him is so much better than just religion. Demons know who Christ is, so I think that they had "religion", and they had a "relationship" with Satan i would imagine. When Satan got kicked out of Heaven, he took a bunch of the angel's with him because they worshipped Satan instead of God.

Some people of the world just settle for religion instead of a relationship. God wants a relationship with us!Ephesians 1:5 says, "He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ in accordance with His pleasure and will."

The devotional said that "Religion provides identity (who you are), security (what you’re worth) and community (who you’re with). But, so can alcohol, drugs, illicit sex, gangs...and so can materialism, intellectualism, workaholism, and peer pressure. There’s only one REAL option: to wake up from whatever lifeless religion we practice and trade it all for a living relationship with Jesus Christ!"

Be very careful, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity. Do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Don't just settle for religion. Have a RELATIONSHIP with Jesus Christ. You wont regret it! It will be the BEST decision that you will EVER make. He will make you the HAPPIEST person in the world. You will go through trials, but you will get through them with the strength of Jesus Christ!

Bless you all!

154th post

Sorry Stephen. i win again :) muahahahahahahahahahaha

God rules

GOD RULES!!!!! anyone agree ?????

Job

I have been reading Job lately, and I dont know about you guys, but I want to be like this guy. No I don't want to go through all those horrible trials he went through, but I want to be like him in the way he handled it. He didn't sin. He didn't accuse God of being wrong. "In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing." Job 1:22

Its amazing to me how someone can go through so much and yet not sin against God.

sorry this is a short blog, but I just had to mention this..

Father, help me to be like Job. Help me to not sin against you when you put trials my way. For all those times where I have sinned against you when you put trials my way, I ask for your forgiveness and your mercy. Amen

Quotes

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often
harder than to work.

Peter Marshall

Cure yourself of the condition of bothering about how you look to other
people. Be concerned only. . .with the idea God has of you.

Miguel de Unamuno

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate
context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite a virtuous from the standpoint of our friend
or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.

Reinhold Niebuhr

What you are as a single person, you will be as a married person, only
to a greater degree. Any negative character trait will be intensified
in a marriage relationship, because you will feel free to let your guard
down - - that person has committed himself to you and you no longer
have to worry about scaring him off.

Josh McDowell

No husband is so undying and everlasting a husband as Christ is; death
separates all other relations, but the soul's union with Christ is not
dissolved in the grave. Indeed, the day of a believer's death is his
marriage day, the day of his fullest enjoyment of Christ. No husband can
say to his wife, what Christ says to the believer, "I will never leave
you, nor forsake you"

John Flavel

It's time to stop being gripped by fear and to start gripping God.

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