Faith and Works

Or should I say Faith Works? Yes, I believe I should. Isn't God faithful? Wait, that isn't a question. It's a statement. God is faithful and His faithfulness overwhelms me at times.

As most of my blog followers know, my husband and I just recently started Trailhead Church. Yes, we started it from the ground up, plowing our way through a city via door knocking, door hanging, carnival handouting (so not a word), street inviting, personal inviting and through the local newspaper. I must admit, we have had grand thoughts of Men and Women of all different shapes, sizes and backgrounds flooding in through our Ramada Church doors; praising God until their arms fell off, praying ever so fervently. Did I mention that we have seriously handed out a few thousand invite cards?

So faith without works is dead. We just had our fifth Sunday of Trailhead and it was wonderful. We had a mini fall festival for the children. I would like everyone to know that up to this time the children of Trailhead has consisted of my two boys and a couple of in and outers here and there. I had it in my heart to do a fall fest. I was at first discouraged, because you want children to attend when you put together an event such as this. I am the children's pastor and I want God's best for Trailhead Kid's...even if it is just my two boys! I was praying about the event and God just so wonderfully placed that scripture in my spirit. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD! It was confirmed, a fall fest we shall have and we will do it in faith.

We had nine kids at our first fall fest...and I am so blessed. Zechariah 4:10 Despite not the day of small beginnings. This is just the beginning of what great things God has in store for Trailhead Kids. We had a wonderful event and the kids were so excited and had the best time. Isn't God faithful!

And yes we will have a group of people ready and willing to praise God until their arms fall off and to pray ever so fervently that revival just has to break loose. I see it now! A people in search of more...how exciting.

Faith without Works is dead

T.V.

I just have to explode for a moment.

Why does it seem that every single channel that you turn to on TV has either explicit language or inappropriate behavior going on... no matter what time of the day. I can barely change a channel with out my three year old hearing a word that we prefer to not use in our household or his eyes seeing something that should never be seen.

What has this world come to? Sit-Com's are dropping four letter bombs left and right. Cleavage is at an all time high and don't even get me started about SEX on TV. Pre-teen girls are dressing like porn stars and having sex with boys right before our very own eyes. What happened to FAMILY TELEVISION? I enjoy watching a good show and even getting hooked on a great story line but, I don't enjoy getting convicted while watching a so-called family program at eight o'clock on a tues. evening. My husband and I can't even sit down and watch a program without our children hearing bad language or seeing naked people. All I can say is, "Thank God for the discovery channel and HGTV."

And thank God for prayer! I am going to pray that television will get a moral upgrade. Anyone in agreement? Please say amen!

Shake It Up!

So I was making chocolate milk for my three year old this morning, as I do every morning. His request is always, "don't shake it mom!" He loves to see the syrup float around the bottom of his sippy cup. Who knows why? I figure it has to be healthier for him, so I just go with it. I was thinking about how I have alot to be joyful about in my life. I have chocolate syrup flowing into my sippy cup all the time. I have a wonderful husband, a great home, two beautiful healthy boys, I only have ten pounds of baby weight left, (lol had to throw it in!) our bills are paid, we have awesome friends and we just started an anointed church! But, so many times I just leave all of my syrup floating around, not allowing it to fulfill it's purpose.

What is the purpose of chocolate milk? Well, for my son it causes much joy in his life. Like that cup of chocolate milk has made his day. He will dance like a crazy kid and sing silly songs the moment I give it to him. It's amazing what will make a child happy! Why can't we adults be more like that?

When I choose to shake up my own chocolate milk real joy will come. Their are times that you just have to stir it up and get happy. We have so much to be joyful about and yet we choose to let our joy just float on by. We focus on the negatives and not so much the positives. What would the world be without chocolate milk? If we would choose to shake it up and allow God to mix in some joy with our daily chores, how much more would we get accomplished throughout the day. How many more lives would we effect in a positive way? We would be the best tasting chocolate milk ever! So, I've decided to shake it up today and everyday for that matter. And I believe that my joy will be full!

More Than Enough

As I was sitting here eating a Totino's Pizza I began thinking about God's Provision in my life. If you don't know what a Totino's Pizza is I shall tell you. It is the one dollar pizza that is consumed by college students and those of us that are needing to save a little cash and still have a good meal! Our family is in love with Totino's Pizza at this moment in our lives. What does this mean? It means that we have More Than Enough.

After living in a comfortable environment where we had a nice home and a nice paycheck every other week, eating Dijorno's on a regular basis, we headed out to Burlington, NC. We stepped out in faith. We made the big move and followed God's plan for our lives. We started Trailhead Church. No, we did not have jobs lined up with mountains of cash flowing our way. What we did have was a promise from God's Word that God would supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). And God has done just that. So who cares that we aren't ordering out for Pizza Hut every week or buying a large Papa John's when I just don't feel like cooking that night. We aren't going to base God's Provision by our one dollar Totino's Pizza's! We will base it upon God's Word and in knowing that we are in His perfect plan for our lives. Isn't that what it's all about?

I am thankful that God takes us through stages and phases that push us to use our faith. This allows me to grow and to really trust in His Word. God is faithful to those that diligently seek Him. We are doing just that and because of this we have More Than Enough!