God's Grace!

It's election day! And I have a few thoughts to share with you. First, it's a privilege to live in a country where we are free to vote, and as your mother might have told you when you didn't want to eat your vegetables, "Children in China would love to have that right." God, by His grace has allowed us to continue to live in a democracy so be thankful and show your gratitude by voting.

Secondly, contemplate today how blessed we are that we can vote our faith. We can choose to vote for a candidate that shares our view on life and marriage. It's clearly possible that a time could come where Christians can't participate in the democratic process because there isn't a single candidate that it wouldn't violate our conscience to support.

Lastly, as you vote, pray for our country. It only takes a clicking through the channels to see the moral condition of our land. Pray and ask God to show mercy on us and send revival. Sadly the country that was founded by Christians has so strayed from her roots. Ask God to help us return to Him.

God, please bless America.

Reading With a Purpose!

Happy Monday! I'm posting the diagram that we have been using in class to help you in your personal Bible study.

The Bible is not casual reading, it's the Word of Life, our very sustenance for living. I promise you that if you will read looking for a promise or a truth you will find one!

I want to encourage you to finish out Chapter 6 using the diagram and don't forget the best part:

When you have finished with your list, praise the Lord for what you've learned of him and petition him to help you in your shortcomings. Then, use the description of the lost man to pray for those who you know who haven't experienced His saving grace.

BOLO - is one of my scanner terms, and I am officially putting out our own BOLO (be on the look out) for those around you who you can breathe grace on. You might find them in your own home or down the street, but LOOK for someone to share your faith with this week! Believer or unbeliever, share what God is doing in your life.....and if He's not doing something...ask yourself Why?

Busy Bee....

I'm sorry for not blogging more this week, but it has been a busy one!

This is what I know...

I think we have contacted in some form or fashion all 13 of the new ladies enrolled in our class. Let's all reach out to them in the name of the Lord. He has brought them our way for a reason.

Secondly, Caacie's Dad has been in the hospital, had a stint put in and is still on his way to California with her mom. He will only be in training so no physical work yet. But please be praying for their travel and Archie's health.

I saw the movie Fireproof last night. It was refreshing to see a movie that openly spoke of God, Christ and the power of love in a marriage. It was a good movie. I recommend it. Not theologically deep, but sound.

Post "Wonder of It All" we need to continue to make sharing the Gospel our focus. It's easy to jump on board for a few weeks, but it's our lifelong calling.

I hope to see you all in class tomorrow...where we will fill our hearts and minds with God's Word.

P.S. Pray for my dear friend, and our sister in Christ as she shares with a group of ladies from Ridgeview Baptist in Talladega tonight and tomorrow morning. May God give her the words to speak and receive glory from her willingness to share.

More Cute Kids

Bad Lighting, Bad Photographer, Cute Kids!

It's Moving Day

Today was Leslie G.'s moving day! They have worked tirelessly for 8 months on the remodel of the new house and today they are moving in! On behalf of the class I took them food to feed their moving crew, but be praying for them. You know how exhausting it can be to move. They have good help from friends and family and by noon it was looking like a home.

Don't forget about tomorrow. Pray that the Lord would bring us many visitors, and that He would be pleased to fill their hearts with His love through us!

I hope we will all be in our places and welcome our guests!

Wednesday! Already!

We have Visitation tonight! It's the last one of our enrollment campaign. If my facts are right, we will be going door to door inviting folks to Sunday, "The Wonder of It All." I hope you will all try to be there.

Don't stop looking for people to enroll. We have almost made our goal. Beyond that, I am convinced that God has already allowed us to enroll some ladies who need our prayers! Praise Him that He would consider us worthy to reach out to them.

Would you like to know the best way to prepare for Sunday? Well, I'll tell you anyway :) Spend some time between now and then thinking on how wonderful Christ is to you. List His qualities and characteristics that you have personally experience, then praise Him for them. If we will all come filled up with the joy of the Lord, and the gratitude of a beggar who has found bread, our guests will see our Lord through us!

I hope you will spend the next couple of days asking, begging, beseaching, compelling as many as possible to come! Who knows, this might be the one time that they will come and hear of the Good News of Jesus Christ.

PS. You might be wondering why the picture of the pansies. I'm off today and that is what I hope to spend some time doing, planting pansies in my window boxes. The hummingbirds are gone for the season and I need something to watch out my window :)