2 posts tagged “obedience”
Psalms 119:32 "I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free."
I am so excited. As many of you know, Joe and I made a change in our lives and one of them was leaving our home church. We knew the Lord wanted us to leave, but just didn't know where He wanted us to go. Well, we finally jumped ship, stepped out in faith and went to the church we believe that He wanted us at.
He is now beginning to open doors like I have never seen before in my life alone. It has been absolutely amazing. More ministering to the homeless. Hearing of a man who had received one of my water bottles, and he told our new pastor. Our new pastor did not know who it was that gave it to him. The man told the pastor that I told him I would pray for him, and he said "and I knew she would." That so encouraged me.
On Sunday I had one of the worst headaches ever, but I knew the Lord wanted us at church on Sunday. I didn't want to go to the ER, so we prayed, and I got up and moved around continuing to pray in the spirit. The Lord did a change in my mind and my heart about whatever this illness is that is attacking my body. I am no longer going to be a victim to it, but I am going to be victorious in Christ Jesus!
Even though my body still hurts, and at times I just have to rest, and I still don't know what it is, I have a different mind set thanks to the Lord. Even though I felt like crap that morning, I went out and bought more water bottles, granola bars, and fixings to make my family breakfast and dinner AND we got to church. At the end when they prayed for everyone, I felt the Lord move during that time and do more healing in my heart. It was awesome and amazing.
On Monday, the senior pastor invited Joe and I to come to the pastors/elders prayer meeting so they could pray for us, and they wanted us to share. We were so honored. They let me share what was going on in my life, and whatever else I wanted to share. It was awesome to be able to share my testimony again, and the new additions that the Lord has added.
I also set up a facebook site because I had joined a knitting group at my new church, and she had information on her facebook. Well, that opened up a whole new opportunity. All these people that I had gone to school with in high school are all connecting with me. It is absolutely the coolest thing ever!
I don't know what is next, but I know that the Lord is with me every step of the way. His word says He will never leave us nor forsake us, and I am holding tight to that. I continue to pray for healing, but am embracing this journey in my life and excited about who and what He wants to bring next. May Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
I'm posting this on my blog because there are many from TRC (www.therockchurch.info)
that I don't have your emails, and I have already emailed many of our friends at TRC. Joe and I, and our family have a change coming in our lives, and wanted to share it with you. Isa. 43:19 "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."
Since about September 2007 we have known that the Lord was moving us from The Rock Church and into something new. He told us to remain faithful where we were until He told us otherwise, and we have. In April 2008, we prayed that if it truly was the Lord's will that we leave TRC that He make a way for us to be done with Celebrate Recovery. Two weeks later an announcement was made that CR was being canceled -- and in place a new wonderful ministry called All Things New, that Ron and Kathy Warren are leading with many of the leaders that had been in CR, which is awesome!
We have continued to pray and seek Him as to where He wanted us to go and when. While we are not 100% sure of the where, we are stepping out in faith and now is the time. This has absolutely nothing to do with TRC -- it has to do with us being obedient to the Lord and the call that He has on our lives. TRC has been a wonderful home to us, and we are eternally grateful for the leadership at TRC and for all we have learned through the process of becoming more like Christ. He has done some absolutely amazing things in our lives over the last 4 1/2 years, and I have seen wonderful things in all of your lives and ours.
While we don't understand it 100% -- we're okay with that. We have grieved having to leave TRC, but we do intend to come back to visit from time to time. Our kids have plugged into a local youth group ministry and are flourishing greatly there, and things at home couldn't be better. The Lord truly has blessed us.
We are excited now about where He wants us to go next, and are excited for this next leg of the journey in our lives. We pray the Lord blesses you all, and we hope you will all keep in touch with us as well.
I intend on continuing with this blog, as I believe at this point in my life it is the Lord's will -- and I will write of all those things I have always written about. The things He wants me to share - hopefully nothing more, hopefully nothing less.
