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Thursday, 18 June 2009

  • life to the fullest

    my life is FULL of awesome things right now!

    i just got hired as office administrator at hanley academy here in hamtramck! it happens to be the same school TJ works at (he teaches technology.) what a huge blessing from God! i've been unemployed for a little over 3 months. i didn't even have to toil to search for this job- God put it right in my lap! and in this economy, that's a huge MIRACLE! "the blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it" (Prov. 10:22).

    this week a team of students from minnesota are working with real church to share God's love in our community! TJ and i are with them every day and night. they are amazing! and God is doing great things in them! i'm seeing so many of them (AND our repo students!) overcome selfishness, laziness, and fear this week. we're doing community service, and going out and meeting people to tell them about Jesus and invite them to real church.

    next week i'm gonna be a camp counselor for a bunch of junior highers from all over michigan! the week after that i'm going to virginia with TJ to go visit my twin sister julie!

    this week has been so good for me. challenging students to live for God is challenging ME to live it too. i've talked to more people about jesus and invited more people to church (even in "non-ministry times") than i can remember in a long time! when's the last time YOU shared your hope with someone? when's the last time YOU invited someone to church? you be the answer to your prayers!

    jesus gives us life to the fullest! what's stopping you from having it? selfishness? laziness? fear? push past your feelings and choose to do it anyway! at the end of yourself, you find Jesus.

Monday, 01 June 2009

  • the hamtramck challenge

    starting today, for the next 3 months, TJ and i will be doing what we call The Hamtramck Challenge. basically, we will live like the average citizen of our city. what does that look like?
    • doing all of our shopping, hanging out, & entertainment within our city
    • walking everywhere we go (only using our car for ministry reasons & to serve others)
    • only leaving our city if we catch a ride with someone else
    hamtramck is a 2x2 mile city with hardly any big name business or chain stores, so groceries are more expensive, and entertainment options are very limited. (that's probably why bars, drugs, and violence are so prevalent.) most people we have met from real church don't own cars so they walk or ride bikes everywhere. they have push carts to transport groceries, laundry, etc. from place to home. (our neighbor just gave us one for free!) most of them never leave our city, unless someone else gives them a ride. most of the teenagers we work with have never been farther from hamtramck than just detroit.

    why on earth do we wanna do this?
    • to identify with and understand the people of our city
    • to discover and appreciate all that our city has to offer
    • to meet and love more of the people in our city
    • to know ourselves and show others God's love, and that it is possible to be holy & JOYFUL in all circumstances!
    this is not some kind of social experiment or amusement. i'm sure i'm gonna find it really difficult to do at times. but it's something we believe God's told us to do in order to change us and to change others thru us. it's been marinating in my heart for a couple of months now, and i'm really excited about it!



Saturday, 30 May 2009

  • things we take for granted

    sometimes we just need to step back & remember everything we take for granted:

    • God made everything! the whole universe! thru Jesus, for Jesus.
    • right now, Jesus is holding all reality together by His word
    • someday, all creation as we know it will be gone, rolled up like a blanket by God
    • Jesus tasted death so that I would never have to
    • he became human and suffered so that he could identify w/me- so that he could understand what temptation is like, and help me when i'm tempted
    • in his death, he broke the power of death that satan once held. now anyone can be free!
    • Jesus is so merciful, and so faithful!
    this should make us go, "wow! you are awesome! thank you!" if it didn't click yet, read it again!



Friday, 29 May 2009

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    Why Revival Tarries
    By Leonard Ravenhill
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    prayer/quotes

    i'm reading a really amazing book right now. it's challenging the crap out of me! for those who enjoy quotes, here's some of the best so far:

    "No man is greater than his prayer life."

    "The 2 prerequisites to successful Christian living are vision and passion, both of which are born in and maintained by prayer."

    "A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning."

    "There are no reduced rates for revolution of soul. If you only want to be saved, sanctified, and satisfied, then the Lord's battle does not need you." (dude!)

    "He who fears God fears no man. He who kneels before God will stand in any situation."

    "Unless we are desperate to get into real victory, we are so easy on ourselves and so hard on others!"

    wow! right? which one stands out to you most & why?



    COMING SOON: The Hamtramck Challenge

Thursday, 28 May 2009

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    hey jess! my summer is pretty good so far! im actually cin friends over the summer... as u can c=]! howz everything out thea? hope ur havin a great time!

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