Let's talk about Faith....

I remember when my now five year old was almost two, and I was getting her dressed for sunday school, I was explaining that we were going to God's house, and that she was going to be talking to Jesus,giving her dollar to Jesus, etc... I was explaining all of the good manner rules. Little did I know that she was so excited to go to God's house and talk to Jesus, we get to her class, she goes right in, well, I went on my way, and then went back to pick her up and she was furious, she teared up, I asked what was wrong, and in the sweetest little two year old voice she said, "but Momma, I didn't get to see Jesus today!" So I ask, what is Faith? Hebrews 11:1 tells us that Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we cannot see. We can't physically see Jesus, therefore many doubt Him, that is where our Faith comes in, there is no logic in Christianity, many things and ideas and beliefs cannot be explained, they are simply verified through Faith. I find it interesting though, that when Jesus, was in human form and walked the earth,and he could be visibly seen and physically touched, that people still doubted Him, His very on disciples wrestled with Him, and when He walked on water, He was thought to be a ghost, and He was feared. Today, we cannot visibly see God with our own two eyes like we might see another human, but when we seek Him, He will be found, I challenge each of you today, to seek Him in everything that you do today and everyday, and He will be as real to you as anything that you can see visibly, hear audibly, and touch physically. In our Christian Faith, we have to remain focused, and certain of what we do not see! Don't miss the many ways that God is making Himself known ,and the many ways that he reveals and "verifies" Himself on a moment by moment basis!
Faithfully His,
Kimberly
Hebrews 11:1

What is prayer and why do you pray?!?!?

Now , I know a fabulous answer to the above question is that we, as Christians pray because Jesus did!! That is correct, however, let's make this question real and personal in your life today~ put your name in the blank "Why does____ pray?" There are so many Christians that pray at night before bed, and at mealtimes, maybe they squeeze in a morning time prayer~ not that these are bad times to pray at all; however, you will have a life changing occurance when your prayer becomes constant and continual~God tells us in His word to pray without ceasing, how many of us really do that? My favorite thing is when God wakes me up in the middle of the night and puts one of you on my heart and I wake up and sometimes, just like last night between the hours of 3 and 5~ I had a wonderful conversation with Jesus~ If you placed yourself in a car for 24 hours with your spouse or friend, and you never said a word ~ at the end of that long road trip, you would know nothing more about them than when your journey began! Without prayer, we cannot seek God, without 2 way communication, we cannot know Him more, we cannot know more about who HE is and who HE wants to be in our lives~ As I continue to grow, I am learning to pray in different ways, sometimes, I pray with petition for others, sometimes I just have prayer full of praise and thanksgiving, and adoration. Lately though, I am learning that prayer is also when I am still and quiet, and when I am listening to what God wants to say. For those of you who know me know that this is difficult, I am a motor mouth!! I've had many of you ask me how do we hear God ,how do we know that it is Him, God's word will not return void, simply ask Him, He will give you evidence that the "I am" is speaking to you!! Over the next 6 weeks on Wed. nights we will be talking about prayer, the different kinds of prayer, and how amazing it is that we serve a God who desires that direct communication with us~ when praying this week~ don't remain so focused in frusteration of trying to understand or know God's exact plan on your life that you miss the journey that you are travelling to ultimately see His face. He promises to fullfill His purpose in your life, simply ask Him in your prayer time, seek His word through the Bible, and He will speak to you this week, HE WILL SPEAK, the answer might be yes, no, or wait~ BUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE AN ANSWER, just make sure that you are ready to accept the answer that He chooses to give. He wants to be EVERYTHING in your life! This week my prayer for each of you is this~ that you will know Jesus more today than you did yesterday, that you will seek Him in different ways than you have before, and that He will become real to you and in your life! I pray that you absolutely crave two way communication with your Father today and always~ when times are good and when times are difficult~ HE REMAINS~ the "Alpha and Omega!"

Moment by moment~
Kimberly
Ephesians 1:17-18

Ignorant Impatience

Well, this blog is about how Jesus loves us enough in our ignorant impatience that He keeps holding on to us and providing us with ultimate protection! This weekend a couple of the glory girls and I took a beach trip~ we had a great time, last night we were on the way home and I was exhausted and sunburned!! We stopped at this gas station and I prepaid $80~ I go back out to the pump and it is pumping at the slowest speed I have ever experienced (to give you an idea it took like 20 minutes or more to pump the gas)I had decided that at $40 I was going to stop, and just go to another gas station~ well I looked across the street and the only other gas station was closed, so I lean over and start a conversation with the man pumping gas on the other side of me, I asked how many miles I was from B'ham, he said 150, I began calculating and I knew $60 would definitely get me there, we got to $50 something and I was throwing a fit, and one of the girls in the car got out and said "Remember the verse be still and know that I am God" Well, I calmed down, but kept complaining as I prepared to go in and get the refund, the man said,"wait I miscalcualted it's about 170 miles to B'ham, so I kept pumping, when I got to $70 the pump started pumping fast and I continued on to my full tank,we drove and drove and I saw a sign on 65N~ we were like 42 miles from B'ham and I was thanking Jesus~ all of a sudden, I see red lights everywhere ~ traffic halted~ I began to pray~ I knew whatever was taking place at the moment was bad, I didn't realize at the time just how horrific~ police cars came behind us, so I knew that we were there just right after the accident took place, two and a half hours passed as we sat still on that interstate~ we saw tow trucks remove cars that were indescribable, one of the girls, saw the officials that announce death~ I got out of my car and like many others, I paced and I prayed, paced and prayed~ it was as if God spoke so clearly~ "remember that gas pump"~ this morning I woke to find out that a 17 year old boy David House, and a 68 year old man R.L. Webb, lost their life last night on that interstate, David's mother Marie, was airlifted to UAB~ this was a 4 car collision~ I wept~ I thanked God, for His protection over those sweet girls and those babies and myself in that car last night, and yes, I thanked Him for the man on the otherside of the gas pump that miscalulated the mileage to B'ham~ my friends, God is in every detail that involves the story that He is writing for our lives. He never sleeps, and last night in my ignorant impatience, He still loved me enough to hold me in His all knowing, and all consuming, protective hands~ Please be with these grieving families and Thank you Jesus, I love you, and I am sorry for my ignorant impatience! Jeremiah 29:11