As i live out my life one thing i know for sure it that God is real to me and that i know he showed us how much he loved us by sending his son to die for us. My favorite bible verse is this : "Greater Love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends" John 15:13. How can you not fall in love with someone who loves you so much that he would die for you- not only would die but DID DIE for YOU!!!I LOVE GOD, He is my everything, but one thing i am hoping for is this- is that my Father in heaven will say to me "well done my good and faithful servant".
Do you Love ........? 2 weeks ago
So at the moment I am reading "The Pastors Wife" by Sabina Wurmband. She, the wife of a pastor in Communist Romania suffered for the gospel for Jesus Christ. Throughout the book she tells her story, and as you read it you can't help but be challenged by the things that are...
So heres a bit about my life so far, sometimes it feels like so much has happened in my life already but when i look back sometimes i feel theres so much more i could have done, not for but for others who were around me- those who didnt know who Jesus was- especailly all my school friends who even though they knew i was a christian, i could have set a much better exaqmple than what i did. Anyways lets startd from the begining. Born in Herfordshire, U.K. Whilst growing up we moved quite a bit we lived in Ware, Eaton Bray, Beckensfeild, Jordons, Aylesbury and Newmarket. I was born in a Christian family and i have the best Mum and Dad ever. I love them so much- and my younger bro- Joe. When i was 8 i chose to become a chirstian for myself at a family bible conference called New Wine. Its funny cos bk in England this last time my Dad was saying that when i was 8 at new wine he felt that God was saying to him that my parents had to let me go- they didnt understand until i got older why! As a child i would say i had a quite strong realtionship with God. In my teens i went to a youth conference called Max. I got to go on 2 missions trips with them- Denmark and Sri Lanka. The leaders there were great encouragement to me and even took what i learnt there back to my home church and did family services. But when i turned 18 even though i went to church i went clubbing and drinking and i was turning more and more like my friends. When i was filling out my application for University i decided to take a gap year becasue i knew there was sonething more, i remeber wanting to go to China one day and do ministry for my life, i didnt really want to be stuck in an office working to pay of 10s of 1000s of pounds before i could do that.So i took a gap year. During this time, i realized a lot of things. God began to bring me back to him. I worked the first half of my gap year and travelled the rest. During the first half i was planning my trip and i had wanted to do a summer camp but when i got the application through- it didnt feel right, so i spoke to Mum and she mentioned about metro ministries and within 2 weeks i had a visa and everything was planned- 1 month Cambodia, 1 month australia, 4 months NYC with metro ministries. Well just around the same kind of time as this happened God really gave me a wake up call which i never really told many people about- I had been going out clubbing with people from work and another branch in Norwich of the same store andi had been getting to know them all well, they knew i went to church, and even though i went clubbing and stuff i would never loose my virginity until i was married and i had made that clear to them. Well one weekend we were meant to go clubbing in another city and stay over at one of there houses but the person who was going to drive couldnt so we didnt go. One of the guys told me the next week that it was a good job i didnt go cos some of the guys had had a bet on to see who would be able to sleep with me and even some of them had bought a rape drug. It hurt me so much and i never went clubbing again. I knew i had to get back close to God. since then God has changed me so much, i am back on fire, the dreams i had as a little girl i have again. I went on my travels. My 4 months at metro ministries was one of the best 4 months of my life, i had so much fun but loved being able to minister to the kids. I felt closer to God daily, i knew he began to develop the gifts he put inside of me. During that time it was also hard as my whole family got hurt by some people in my home church. A lot of different hurt even though i went out doing ministry i held onto it. I ended up staying at metro ministries on staff for anothr 3 1/2 years. During that time it was good but also hard- God really built my character and taught me a lot more things about myself but also about ministry. In October 2006 i started to go to the Gathering church. Alot of hurt i had been holding onto i began to let go of. I became more secure in who i was i began to learn more about who my God was and for the first tome in a long time, i began to open up to people and make friends. In the last year and few months i have really seen a difference in me and have become a lot stronger. I began to see why God had wanted me to stay at metro and how that fittied in to the next part of my life cos if i werent at metro i wouldnt have met Pastor Randy and Ms. Becky. When they began to talk about the vision of the church and there dreams for the city , i was crying so hard. It was all how i imagined church to be and what i wanted to be a part of and i could see those dreams from my childhhood fitting into place- i love how God works and how he really has pre-destined each step of our lives. So after a year of being invovled in The Gathering chruch i am volunteering for them- totally depending on God which sometimes is scary but also so great! .............and thats were i am at right now but this is not a closed book as we are all on a journey that i intend to finish strong, seeing people come to know Jesus and live for him totally all out- on fire for him- i am so excited...........God i give you glory for everything you have done for me and what you are also going to do in the future in me and through me:)
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son andof The Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that i command you. And Behold i am with you always to the end of the age.
!ALYSSA! says:
oh yes!! i cant!!
posted Jul 3