Everyone needs compassion,
Love that's never failing;
Let mercy fall on me.
Everyone needs forgiveness,
The kindness of a Saviour;
The Hope of nations.
Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave.
So take me as You find me,
All my fears and failures,
Fill my life again.
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in,
Now I surrender.
My Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave. (x2)
Shine your light and let the whole world see,
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus (x2)
My Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My God is Mighty to save,
He is Mighty to save.
Forever, Author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave. (x2)
Shine your light and let the whole world see,
We're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus. (x4)
As always I love VYC's for those that dont know already they are a monthly youth event where different youth groups and leaders get together and have a good time praising God!! Tonight was no exception was a great nite!! Young people giving God the glory and wanting to know him more and serve him more its amazing!!
Tonights message was simple and Im writing it here for all to see, as its not just for the youth or me and mine but is for everyone!! God wants all to come to know him and love him as he loves everyone!!!!
the points were
a) ACCEPT, accept Jesus as your saviour, into your heart as your God and king,
b) BELIEVE, believe that He is a big God that he died for your sins that he made heaven and earth and all in it.
c) COMMIT, commit your lives to him, give him your all, receive and accept what God has planned for you and act on your calling.
Simple a,b,c. That's all he asks and he's done so much for us! God wants us to follow him, he is the only way! If your wondering what's this life all about? Is this it? Then come to know God he has so much more than what the world has to offer!!
I was asked today how I have changed since becoming a Christian, I said simply I'm still me!! But a better version! That's what God has done in me! Without him I'm nothing! Then I was asked what a difference knowing God has made in my life, and why I'm a Christian. I answered, God is someone that's always there for me, no matter what,when or where, he forgives me and loves me for who I am, he's someone I can rely on, he helps me day to day throughout my life. He's awesome!! People seem to think that when you become a Christian your like some alien being LOL, unable to have fun, or relate to people that are not Christians thats so untrue!
As I've said already but am gonna say again God isn't just for me and mine he's for YOU too!!! He accepts you as you are, Dont ever think your not good enough for God no matter what he's mighty to save as the song says, he forgives all sins!! He's the best!!
Be blessed!! xxxx:)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hope '08
Here I am again and has been a while, what can I say I'm a busy woman hehe. Just wanna share about some amazing things that have been going on at my church, Aberaman Pentecostal church that is. Why do I wanna share? Well because it's good news and lets face it we dont hear enough good news these days, I find the news really depressing!! But it's real and is what is going on in the world around us! Anyway here I go again going off on a tangent LOL. My news:) We had planned a missions weekend at our Church, that had been planned since the beginning of the year almost. The evangelist team at my church, invited a team of outside evangelists to come to our Church for a weekend and co-ordinated meetings for these days and special events and services for all ages!! I have to say a lot of work and effort was put in by these guys and lots of others at the church!!! Brill work u guys!!
This weekend (well 4 days actually) took place at the beginning of this month, seemed like forever that we waited for it to come, then poof it was there!! As a church we prayed that people would come, leaflets went though doors, posters in windows, in workplaces and shops. (had some in my work but sadly no one came).The kids put them up in their schools, lots of them LOL even on the cars hehe. The heading on this notice, *Hope '08 at Aberaman* then on the bottom it said, *Miracles still happen today*.The team that came was led by Marilyn Harry (who is an international evangelist and is Welsh too!! Fab lady!!) with her she had a team from all over the UK all lovely people!
The Thursday was the 1st day with a Mums n Tots group, a prayer and healing meeting and a gathering in the night as an ice breaker to meet the team and have food! (love food and meeting people of course). The Mums n Tots saw lots of new people, the afternoon meeting saw someone come to know Jesus and someone be healed!! The evening get together was lovely too, the team were just lovely, so warm and welcoming and very encouraging!!
The Friday, a coffee morning, which saw again a lot of people, and these people didn't just have a coffee then leave (as people often do) but they stayed until it was over, happy, relaxed and chatting in the house of God!! As everyone should be!. Details of the afternoon meeting am not sure of but am sure all that went were blessed, it was another prayer and healing meeting. The night was then the youth event!! (wooo hooo) I work with the youth hence my enthusiasm!! :D Theyr a great bunch!! Love ya all!! For a while leading up to this night things have been relatively quiet at youth, steady but quiet. You may say well this is a good thing, yes it means our jobs are easier, but i prefer the manic, madness of a full house of kids from outside the church!! As then I feel we are doing what we are there for, reaching the lost yes!! Well the Fri night was pretty busy!!!! Lots of new people came, my daughter Tam invited her mate from School too. There was the team, a band (woo hoo, which consisted of the youth!!! and of course my handsome talented nephew on bass!!) They were really good!! We had a guest speaker for the night, a young lady from Newport who had an amazing testimony of how God had touched her life! I didn't get to hear it all, that's another story, which I will share in a bit, but in order I wanna say the good first!! She shared how she'd been through a life on the streets, and how she had been on drugs etc. (sorry details are vague as I said I missed it). And God had changed her, she was so exitable and happy, u could see God had done a great work in her!! the kids just sat mouths open watching her as she moved around talking! Then there was an appeal for any that wanted to come to know Jesus. Well 4 I believe went forward,( but i think this number increased to 7 afterwards) 1 of these was Tams mate!! others of our youth went forward for prayer too, It was awesome! I had the privelege of leading a young lady from our Church to come to know Jesus. No one wanted to go home, It was such a great atmosphere and I know what it was, It was God at work in peoples lives. ! young man went forward who had been a real pain the week before and was really quite aggressive, and now he has a bible and is getting on great with everyone, and get this!!! has been apologising to anyone he has been nasty or rude too!! how God works on and in people!! Hehe hes a great kid!! They all are!! Many that didnt make a decision that night have since come back for more youth, so we have a new bunch of young people coming which is fab!!
Right back to why I missed the speaker, I was on door duty! With my beloved hubby, who's job it is every week to man the doors (basically he's the bouncer). This may sound harsh for a church youth group, but believe me u gotta see it to know why we need him there!! That night he called me for assistance, as there was a gang of girls out there too of which were extremely drunk. Im not gonna say too much about this, just that he was concerned. Things got a bit ruff with the 1 girl, she ended up being cuffed and taken by the police, the other I rang her mother to collect her, she was very emotional. Both of these girls are in care, and it was awful to see how vulnerable, and distraught these 2 were, just needing and craving to forget about their lives, and to have what we all want someone to love them and make them feel secure!! This came on the same night that all the good things happened inside, why I wondered, as me and hub went home feeling drained emotionally, after the buzz and exitement of what went on indoors, to this outside. Well maybe it happened to try and discourage us, an attack because we were doing something good for Jesus,either way it made me feel more determined than ever before!!!!!! That what we do there every Friday at youth is so important because people need to hear about God!!!
Saturday came, I was told that the am. Kids club was really great!! Lots came and enjoyed!! Again not sure of how the afternoon went. The night was another meeting, lots came, lots went forward for prayer for healing, and I believe 3 or 4 gave their hearts and lives to Jesus!! We did our drama (I was in it too!! and Tam!) the live and death of Jesus!! Powerful drama!! The crucifixion part is truly moving and equally awful, but thats what happened what our Jesus did for us right!!
Sunday the last day. (I missed the morning one we went to another church!! SHOCK!! LOL to support good mates of ours!!! My bezzie mate Jayne's hub was preachin. We had a great time there!!) the meeting was at 4 pm in the afternoon, again lots there and lots went forward again for prayer and baptism in the Holy Spirit. Was a great meeting, had the privelege of praying for and with someone that wanted to put their life back right with God. Then thats it the end, they all went home and the weekend was over!
Since then as I said the youth that came have come back, Tams mate is going on with God and learning, reading her bible she's a great gal!! And is being encouraged by her mate Tam (whos fab!!) Sometimes when something like this happens tho it can leave you feeling deflated afterwards, like right whats next and what do we do now, and what have we got to look forward to now. Like after a hol somewhere hot, or after Christmas (as I love Christmas) :) Well thats how i have felt anyway. But then i thought right the God that was there when the team came wasnt only there because they brought him was he??? NOOOOOOOO of course not, he moved because we prayed he would and all of us together wanted the same thing, hearts of one accord, let's see you move God!! faith to believe he would and he did!! He is still here, he still wants to move, this weekend wasnt to come and then all go back to normal NO!! God wants us to carry on the work he has began, this weekend was to show us that yes miracles do happen, hellooooo u guys I'm alive and here waitng wanting to touch peoples lives!! It was a kick up the bum and the push and encouragement i needed to carry on pushing running the race back for God!! He needs us all to do the same for others to be reached.
Wel thats about it for today, for those that love Jesus already I pray that this has been an encouragement to you!! For those that dont know him, he's awesome really!!, he's made a difference in my life and I can't imagine life without him ever!! He may not change what we are going through, life is still tough and eventful, but he makes the difference as he's always there!! Never changes!! guiding me, helping me, re-assuring me!! he loves me like no other can ever!! Sure Im not perfect and those that know me know that hehe (too well u prob say!) but God doesnt condemn me, I know Im a sinner and am only saved because of him and his love for me!! On my own Im nothing!! A hopeles case!! But in him Im a new creation!! Im a beautiful creation that he loves and cares for and he died for me and you too!!
Thats all folks be blessed :) xxxxx
This weekend (well 4 days actually) took place at the beginning of this month, seemed like forever that we waited for it to come, then poof it was there!! As a church we prayed that people would come, leaflets went though doors, posters in windows, in workplaces and shops. (had some in my work but sadly no one came).The kids put them up in their schools, lots of them LOL even on the cars hehe. The heading on this notice, *Hope '08 at Aberaman* then on the bottom it said, *Miracles still happen today*.The team that came was led by Marilyn Harry (who is an international evangelist and is Welsh too!! Fab lady!!) with her she had a team from all over the UK all lovely people!
The Thursday was the 1st day with a Mums n Tots group, a prayer and healing meeting and a gathering in the night as an ice breaker to meet the team and have food! (love food and meeting people of course). The Mums n Tots saw lots of new people, the afternoon meeting saw someone come to know Jesus and someone be healed!! The evening get together was lovely too, the team were just lovely, so warm and welcoming and very encouraging!!
The Friday, a coffee morning, which saw again a lot of people, and these people didn't just have a coffee then leave (as people often do) but they stayed until it was over, happy, relaxed and chatting in the house of God!! As everyone should be!. Details of the afternoon meeting am not sure of but am sure all that went were blessed, it was another prayer and healing meeting. The night was then the youth event!! (wooo hooo) I work with the youth hence my enthusiasm!! :D Theyr a great bunch!! Love ya all!! For a while leading up to this night things have been relatively quiet at youth, steady but quiet. You may say well this is a good thing, yes it means our jobs are easier, but i prefer the manic, madness of a full house of kids from outside the church!! As then I feel we are doing what we are there for, reaching the lost yes!! Well the Fri night was pretty busy!!!! Lots of new people came, my daughter Tam invited her mate from School too. There was the team, a band (woo hoo, which consisted of the youth!!! and of course my handsome talented nephew on bass!!) They were really good!! We had a guest speaker for the night, a young lady from Newport who had an amazing testimony of how God had touched her life! I didn't get to hear it all, that's another story, which I will share in a bit, but in order I wanna say the good first!! She shared how she'd been through a life on the streets, and how she had been on drugs etc. (sorry details are vague as I said I missed it). And God had changed her, she was so exitable and happy, u could see God had done a great work in her!! the kids just sat mouths open watching her as she moved around talking! Then there was an appeal for any that wanted to come to know Jesus. Well 4 I believe went forward,( but i think this number increased to 7 afterwards) 1 of these was Tams mate!! others of our youth went forward for prayer too, It was awesome! I had the privelege of leading a young lady from our Church to come to know Jesus. No one wanted to go home, It was such a great atmosphere and I know what it was, It was God at work in peoples lives. ! young man went forward who had been a real pain the week before and was really quite aggressive, and now he has a bible and is getting on great with everyone, and get this!!! has been apologising to anyone he has been nasty or rude too!! how God works on and in people!! Hehe hes a great kid!! They all are!! Many that didnt make a decision that night have since come back for more youth, so we have a new bunch of young people coming which is fab!!
Right back to why I missed the speaker, I was on door duty! With my beloved hubby, who's job it is every week to man the doors (basically he's the bouncer). This may sound harsh for a church youth group, but believe me u gotta see it to know why we need him there!! That night he called me for assistance, as there was a gang of girls out there too of which were extremely drunk. Im not gonna say too much about this, just that he was concerned. Things got a bit ruff with the 1 girl, she ended up being cuffed and taken by the police, the other I rang her mother to collect her, she was very emotional. Both of these girls are in care, and it was awful to see how vulnerable, and distraught these 2 were, just needing and craving to forget about their lives, and to have what we all want someone to love them and make them feel secure!! This came on the same night that all the good things happened inside, why I wondered, as me and hub went home feeling drained emotionally, after the buzz and exitement of what went on indoors, to this outside. Well maybe it happened to try and discourage us, an attack because we were doing something good for Jesus,either way it made me feel more determined than ever before!!!!!! That what we do there every Friday at youth is so important because people need to hear about God!!!
Saturday came, I was told that the am. Kids club was really great!! Lots came and enjoyed!! Again not sure of how the afternoon went. The night was another meeting, lots came, lots went forward for prayer for healing, and I believe 3 or 4 gave their hearts and lives to Jesus!! We did our drama (I was in it too!! and Tam!) the live and death of Jesus!! Powerful drama!! The crucifixion part is truly moving and equally awful, but thats what happened what our Jesus did for us right!!
Sunday the last day. (I missed the morning one we went to another church!! SHOCK!! LOL to support good mates of ours!!! My bezzie mate Jayne's hub was preachin. We had a great time there!!) the meeting was at 4 pm in the afternoon, again lots there and lots went forward again for prayer and baptism in the Holy Spirit. Was a great meeting, had the privelege of praying for and with someone that wanted to put their life back right with God. Then thats it the end, they all went home and the weekend was over!
Since then as I said the youth that came have come back, Tams mate is going on with God and learning, reading her bible she's a great gal!! And is being encouraged by her mate Tam (whos fab!!) Sometimes when something like this happens tho it can leave you feeling deflated afterwards, like right whats next and what do we do now, and what have we got to look forward to now. Like after a hol somewhere hot, or after Christmas (as I love Christmas) :) Well thats how i have felt anyway. But then i thought right the God that was there when the team came wasnt only there because they brought him was he??? NOOOOOOOO of course not, he moved because we prayed he would and all of us together wanted the same thing, hearts of one accord, let's see you move God!! faith to believe he would and he did!! He is still here, he still wants to move, this weekend wasnt to come and then all go back to normal NO!! God wants us to carry on the work he has began, this weekend was to show us that yes miracles do happen, hellooooo u guys I'm alive and here waitng wanting to touch peoples lives!! It was a kick up the bum and the push and encouragement i needed to carry on pushing running the race back for God!! He needs us all to do the same for others to be reached.
Wel thats about it for today, for those that love Jesus already I pray that this has been an encouragement to you!! For those that dont know him, he's awesome really!!, he's made a difference in my life and I can't imagine life without him ever!! He may not change what we are going through, life is still tough and eventful, but he makes the difference as he's always there!! Never changes!! guiding me, helping me, re-assuring me!! he loves me like no other can ever!! Sure Im not perfect and those that know me know that hehe (too well u prob say!) but God doesnt condemn me, I know Im a sinner and am only saved because of him and his love for me!! On my own Im nothing!! A hopeles case!! But in him Im a new creation!! Im a beautiful creation that he loves and cares for and he died for me and you too!!
Thats all folks be blessed :) xxxxx
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