"Oh, It's no coincidence!"

Okay. So after my two previous posts I just knew I had to post this one. :)

After my prayer and Rally concoctions that God planned out I thought this was great.  We're at church tonight and Pastor Andrews says "Please stand for the reading of the Word of the Lord." and he says "We're gonna turn to 2 Peter 3:10." At that point I did a quadruple take. If you look at my post from after Friday morning prayer you'll see that 2 Peter 3:10 was the exact scripture that set the concoctions in motion on Friday! 

So anyways :) He's preaching away and it's all about what I felt and heard on Friday and he brought up the man in New York who spent his life savings of $140,000 on promotion and advertisement about his idea of the Lord coming back this Saturday (May 21st)  sometime before 6am. And so our church had their share of crazy looks about what this guy was trying to say. So I know me saying that had no specific meaning but I was in my notes from our Pm service. :)


So now I'm just going to share my notes from tonight's message. :)


3 Things that need to happen before Judgement Day:


#1. The Bride must be Ready.  - Rev 19:7
Which basically talks about living a Holy Life, having Holy standards, Holy conversation, ect, ect. 


#2. The Bride must be Compete - Rev 7:9


#3. The Bride must have finished her Task - Matthew 28:19
                                                                               Matthew 24:14
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The next part of his sermon was 'How do you Disciple Others?' 


#1. Luke 6:40 "The disciple is not above his master; but everyone that is perfect shall be as his master." 
-Be a Disciple
- "The disciplER, has to continue to be a DisciplEE to ensure growth within churches."


#2. Be an Encourager - Acts 18:23 - Strengthening Disciples - 


   "Never stop encouraging people. Someone could be depressed, sad, lonely, or just down and you're encouraging comment could be the thing that turns their day around. God likes positivity." - Pastor. 


#3. FOLLOW UP! - Acts 14:21
      Pretty self-explanatory.  Make sure you keep people plugged into the church services, church family, and bible studies so that they feel loved and valuable in God's family. 


#4. We ALL have to Teach - " I say this with love to my church family. Whether you're 12, 20 or 200 you HAVE to TEACH!  If you can't teach, you can't be a disciple and if you can't be a disciple your not following the Word of God." - Pastor. - Mark 4:34 - Acts 11:26 - 


#5. Give your life. Give your time. - "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all it's righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." 


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So that's the end of my note's for that sermon. :) Just a few people I want you - the readers - to pray for if possible. :)


-Friday night after the rally Pastor was on his way back and missed his exit with Sister Andrews, Claire and her friend Kerra and they ended up in Minneapolis by the Washington Street Bridge and a man rear-ended him (nothing serious he just hit the bike rack), the man drove away but Pastor got his license plate # and reported it to the police. As he was waiting for the Police he was standing on the side walk and a man walked up and said "You know you're kind of in a bad area of town." and Pastor replied to the man and explained his situation and the man ended up explaining that he used to be a UPCI Music Minister. and that things happened within his church and it got out of hand and he left. So Pastor has asked the church to pray that this man calls him soon for lunch. He wouldn't give Pastor his name or # but Pastor gave his information so now he's waiting on a call. 


- The Gudry's (Missionaries to Spain, Brother Gudry and his wife, daughter and son)


- Sue. (not sure about her last name) She went to grade school with a family friend and they just re-united a couple of Months ago and our family friend Denise brought her to our church today -She has been giving her bible studies up until today- and she got baptized today, but not the Holy Ghost, so please pray that God works in her life. 


- Special Friend of Mine. She just needs prayer. She's given up on serving God and has made herself clear that it's her mom's church and not her's. My friend Ivy had a vision about her Friday morning (Literally the few minutes I was praying for her in prayer) and a few other people had visions and had her laid on their hearts these last few days. So pray for her, that she would come back to God and understand her potential in Christ. 


- Pastor and Sister Andrews - 


Thanks to all who are praying!!!

Jesus Knows-

You know what's funny but completely planned out? Last night we went to a Rally in Columbia Heights, and Nathan Thompson preached. And he preached about separation and how the warnings and signs that have been passed down from generation and generation have been blurred and changed. and the whole point of the message was that God and sin don't mix and we don't know when he's coming but it's going to be any day/minute and what are we doing to have people ready? Our friends, our family, everyone. What are we doing to show them the truth? We can't save them. But We can show them how to be saved. So in order to show people this we have to be separate from the world. Be cause God and sin don't mix. like Water and Oil. They just don't mix.

This was the most anointed message I've ever heard. By far. Such a REAL message. Not beating around the bush. Just getting to the point and being real. I have high respect for a preacher that completely lets God take control. 

Comments Welcome. As Always.

M. :)

the last one standing -

I have this reoccurring nightmare (not a real dream but my idea of how things could turn out) about my life and where I stand and then where the rest of my youth group stands. 

See here's the thing. More and more lately, left and right, one of the youth will just stop caring about standards. and when you stop caring about standards you don't focus on God. and when you don't focus on God. You loose your way. I feel like life recently has been a game of 'The Last One Standing' like a spiritual game of 'king of the hill'. As with every Friday morning we had prayer at 6am. I wasn't expecting anything different about prayer, the same ol', same ol', Friday prayer service. and I was reading 2 Peter Chapter 3:2-10 



                ' ^1-2 My dear friends, this is now the second time I've written to you, both letters reminders to hold your minds in a state of undistracted attention. Keep in mind what the holy prophets said, and the command of our Master and Savior that was passed on by your apostles.

 ^3-4First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their puny feelings, they'll mock, "So what's happened to the promise of his Coming? Our ancestors are dead and buried, and everything's going on just as it has from the first day of creation. Nothing's changed."

 ^5-7They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God's word. Then God's word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised, ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and destruction of the desecrating skeptics. ^8-9Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change.

 ¹⁰But when the Day of God's Judgment does come, it will be unannounced, like a thief in the night. The sky will collapse with a thunderous bang, everything disintegrating in a huge conflagration, earth and all its works exposed to the scrutiny of Judgment.'

 I was torn up. I had no idea why but my only conclusion was that, God wanted me to read this. So I just started praying. I usually always speak to God as someone that I ask for stuff to or like he can't communicate back but what I realized is that he wants us to TALK to him! (I know it's deep. I should've already comprehended this by now!) He wants to be our best friend. So I just started voicing my concerns and usually there's only 3 people in prayer but 7 showed up today! So God's presence was strong and everyone could feel it. So of course prayer was amazing. God's presence was constantly building, and building, and building and I understood that it's easier to talk with him rather than ask him for things, and beg and plead for things you want.

So in all of this-what I was reading- all I could think of was 'Man knoweth not the day or the hour...' There's a part of me that wants to say 'I can't be around them due to their influence on me' but I also know that when the enemy comes to push you off the hill. Stick together, hold hands, link arms - especially with God- because, there's no guarantee of how long we have to make things right and how long we have, so stay on the hill when people try to pull you down, you fight heck, because there's no guarantee of a tomorrow.

I hope this isn't too jumbled up to understand it! I kept thinking of stuff that wasn't necessary to throw in and what I needed to take out. But I hope that you got my point :)

Comments Welcome. 
God Bless You -Reader-

M. :)

skipping spring for summer :)

I'm SO excited for summer! I've never been this excited. Friends. Family. Camp. Summer :) I just can't wait. Bon Fires, S'mores, Pool, Sun, Tan, Flip Flops, Hopefully Florida by the end of October :) 


I'm pumped. and Incredibly blessed! 


M:)

Love?

So me and my youth group went to a Hutchinson lock-in last night and me and my friend got chit chatting about those people who are so desperate for love and marriage that they make fools of themselves. She was telling me that her mom and her mom's friend were on the phone and they were talking about love and about how if love hadn't found her she would have been fine. She loved life just like it was and she was content with her situation. and her friend was getting mad because her only dream is to get married and the right guy hasn't come along yet, blah, blah blah. We've all heard the 'I want a husband' rant. So we were talking and I was like 'That's why your mom has a husband. She figured out how to make it as a single mom and she embraced life and love just came to her. She didn't track it down and force herself into it!' 

The term 'fall in love' is self explanatory. But for those 'I want a husband' people  they think they have to go out and find love. Whether it be a dating website or something else. 

So let me tell you this. and I think I'm right about this. If you're single. Or a single mom. You have to learn to love yourself. Without a man by your side. You have to embrace the fact that you're strong enough to make it on your own. You have to learn to love your child and your life. and WHEN you can love yourself for who you are. Then God can put the perfect man in your life. He can't give you someone to love like you love yourself if you don't love yourself. 

So learn to love yourself and embrace your life as it is, then God can change it. 

It's a little rambley but it was on my mind. 

He found me, and then, he let me find them :)

Things have changed a lot for me in the past three years. For the good and the bad. but there's a few special people that I'm going to write about today. They probably won't read this for a long time but I feel like writing about them, So I will :)

First, My mom. She was a great woman of God, mother, daughter, wife, and friend. She helped people left and right even when it wasn't necessarily convenient for her. She never really did get the thanks she deserved, even from me. But she was greatly loved but she gets to spend the rest of eternity in complete happiness and bliss. and for that, I am grateful.

Whitney - My twin (or so people think) We look a like we act alike, ect, ect. She's always there. Yes, we fight. But what sisters don't? Exactly. We get over it and it's like it never happened. She'll always be there for me, and for that, I am grateful.

Kelsey - We don't always get along but when we do we have a great time. Shopping or eating or watching movies.  She's always gonna be my sister, and for that, I am grateful.

Natashia (My other sister <3) - I've known her for about five-ish years and at first she was Kelsey's friend, then she was Whitney's, and now she's managed to love me too. Like a sister. I love her so much. She doesn't always get told how appreciated she is but I hope she knows how big of an influence she's been in my life. When I look at her and everything she's been through I see strength, hope and most of all, peace. The peace that only comes from Jesus himself.  She has a vision for Uptown, she is writing a book, she isn't always cheery or put together, but that's how she's perfect. She has accepted the fact that it's okay to not be perfect, as long as your striving for perfection through Jesus. I am truly grateful for my semi-censored/filtered sister :)

Nathan (My brother at heart) - Him and Whitney used to be the closest but I'm glad I've gotten to the part of him where he's a brother and friend to us all. Me, Kelsey and Whitney. He's always willing to sit there and listen to vents or to show you a song he loves. He's not easily swayed by the worlds tactics. He's an picture of strength to me. and For that, I am grateful.

Brenda - The first time I actually hung out with Brenda was about a week after my mom's funeral (09). I had friends, but they weren't super close at the time and It was a rough summer for her so we both felt the peace  and freshness of a new friendship, of starting over. To this day we hang out occasionally, not as much as we used to but we still do. She's been through A LOT yet she still seems to find strength, joy, and happiness through Christ, for that, her testimony and the fact that she's where she is today, I am grateful.

LaKoya Kathrine Reyes - Also my sister :) We met what almost 7 years now? She hasn't had an easy life, but she's still there for the people that mean the most to her. She's always there to listen to your problems when you need her to be. I don't think she understands how much potential she has, I also think she's mildly mis-understood. People don't realize how she didn't grow up in church and that her outside influences are so strong around her. So she's easily swayed. She may be a little crazy, a little stubborn, a little disrespectful but at the same time she's my sister <3 and I feel she just wants to be understood. But for as long as I can remember she's been a friend, and for that, I am grateful.

Angie McGuire :) - I guess you could say my mom raised her mom from the teenage years and up. So me and Angie have been friends since, well, birth. We didn't used to get along. But we do now. and she's always there for me and I hope she knows I'll always be there for her too :) For her, I am truly grateful.

 Ms. Kris Newman/Mom/Teacher/Author/Personal Proof-Reader/Friend - I know she's reading this. So I'm going to talk directly to her :) You've been through a lot in life and you still somehow manage to laugh and smile and make other people laugh, and smile! You're such a great person and teacher and especially a good mom. You deserve the best and I believe that's what God has in store for you. You've made me laugh, smile, understand, and love, so for YOU, I am grateful.  (P.S. I love you! :)

My Momma Julie - Like everyone else in this post, she hasn't had an easy life. But through my eyes I see strength, and family, and most of all Jesus himself. He shines through her. She like my mom and best friend rolled into one. She always lets me vent and when I need advice, I turn to her, because she was 'raised' by the best. She retains the wisdom of many years of learning from my mother and I see it in her every time we talk. She is a great role model of family, love and being a daughter of Christ. For her also, I am grateful! (I plan on sharing this with her, so if you're reading this.  I love you :)

I know God blessed me with these people for a reason. For THEM, I am immensely grateful and blessed :)

As Momma Kris would say 'Thanks God!' :)

Hope you've enjoyed learning about the people that fill all the places in my heart. (Not ALL but a lot of them) 

Bin Laden's dead. What now?

Since this is a national situation, I figured it's a good opportunity to write. I would like to rejoice that Bin Laden is dead. and I started to. and then I saw a comment that a friend made on a post and he said 'why are we rejoicing for the death of a man who had a soul? when God has been trying to teach us forgiveness? We should be at least a little sad that a soul left earth without Jesus.' and that got me thinking. I understand that man has brought a kind of Hell on this Country but I also know that 'all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.' so if Jesus were here in America at this time, leading this Country would he be happy or sad? Would he rejoice or be weary? Because Bin Laden was a human being, I'm not justifying his ways, or what he's done, because it's affected all of our lives. But do we have any right to judge him? Or should we be saying. 'Bin Laden is dead.' and leave the judgement to God?

Proverbs 24: 17-18 has compelled me to go on with my theory. It says this, 'Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.'. Why are we rejoicing? Yes, the enemy has fallen. But God still reigns. and it goes against everything he's taught us to boast and brag about it!

Another friend said "A soul is a soul- and one lost to hell is a tragedy regardless of who it belonged to."