Babble Time

So today during what I am now calling Babble time with the Lord.  Only because I kept going on and on and was talking so much about things I had to laugh.  I am just glad he is one who is patient enough to actually listen to everything everyone has to say and or ask.  I kind of had a ah-ha moment though.  I realize now that one of the reason's he wants me to go through school and learn his word, is not only to grow closer to him.  But to also take me out of the comfort zone when it comes to being a evangelist.  I tend not to post thing on facebook because I don't want to offend people.  But in doing so I may not be reaching that one person that may need it that day.  I have to think back to when my friend Lucious posted the video that forever changed my life.  If he would have not posted it that day where would I be that day?  I need to step up to the plate.

Have a blessed day in the Lord

Jocelyn

Tears

I am not sure what is actually happening this week.  But it all started Sunday at church when I felt a over whelming since of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit has not left me yet this week.  Yesterday & today when I was having my personal time in prayer with the Lord I have come to tears.  Yesterday the Lord put on my heart that this soon to be marriage my brother is jumping into is going to be OK.  I have to throw all my concerns about it and have complete faith.  I will be the rock my brother and soon to be sister in law need instead of being the negative person in their life.  There was other prayers in there but I am not going to get into all those personal ones here.  Today while I was having my daily prayer I asked the Lord to give my grandpa a hug and for me and it literally brought the tears on for some reason.  I miss that man everyday he was the father figure in my life and I am grateful that my last words to him were I Love You!  I know it would be weird for me to tell everyone on my life Love you when I hang up or am saying goodbye when I see them.  But I feel that need everyone who means something needs to know how much I truly care for them.  Whether I know you personally or not please know that each and everyone of you is in my life for a reason, God wanted us to cross paths and for that I am grateful for everything you do.

Love,

Jocelyn

Courage

Last night i listened to a sermon for school and it was beyond amazing.  He focused on joshua 1:1-9 how God didn't just come to joshua in a dream he came to him personally. Think about it courage rest on the assurance of God's presence.

He challenged the crowd to study all of God's challenges in the Bible. 

I'll leave you with something he said: don't ask for for a task that equals your power.  Instead ask for power to do a task.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

The power of the Holy Spirit.

I am not sure what was so different yesterday at church, but man could I feel the Holy Spirit.  There was 3 points yesterday when I cried.  The last time I stopped fighting it and just let it flow.  I had goosebumps a few times.  The amazing sound of hearing everyone in the congregation sing it beyond amazing.   To know that God is looking over our church even through the rough times we have been having lately excites me.  It tells me he likes the vision our leaders have and he wants to see it grow.  I love the feeling of when our plans fit with God's plan.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Verse of the day much needed

I am counting on the Lord; yes I am counting on him.  I have put my hope in his word. Psalm 130:5

That was the verse of the day per my bible app.  That was very much needed today.  Monday I had a really bad experience with a Dr. who I have learned is very very unprofessional and I shall not return to him.  The devil sure does peak his head in at a person's most vulnerable times.  Well you fail once again,  I will trust in the Lord that he has a better Dr. out there for me and I will rise above your nasty schemes.  With God as my ultimate body guard nobody will beat me down.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn 

getting out of my comfort zone

recently i realized that by me leading my thursday night life group it is only helping me,  it is teaching me to walk out of my comfort zone of talking in front of groups of people.  i believe this is only going to help me on my way of my path in ministry.  i love that each week i can look at what the lesson is and think what can i do differently this week to make people excited about the lesson instead of just reading the question and talking about the answers.  i think the group i am in is awesome because everyone literally everyone gets involved with what i have in store.

have a blessed day

jocelyn

Sometimes it takes one moment

Sometimes it takes one moment one phrase to bring a crowd to tears or  together or to God. Garth Brooks is my favorite country star (probably the only). I not only cried watching this but i smiled because of his statement about the sign and saying how God reached out his hand.  Makes me wonder how many people felt the holy spirit in that moment.  I want there but i could tell it must have been powerful in the stadium that night.

http://faithtap.com/2050/garth-brooks-gives-guitar-to-fan/

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Holy spirit

When you listen to this song sit in a quiet place, close your eyes and just take in the Holy Spirit. Enjoy

Kari Jobe - Holy Spirit (Live) ft. Cody Carnes: http://youtu.be/XPPMSfCdUng

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Balled my eyes out.

So today towards the end of the day a member at where i work came in and was telling us about when her husband died a week ago.  She was telling us that towards the end he was happy he even told her i get to go meet my creator.  In his last days she said he was looking at the ceiling and looked at her and pointed up and said can i go up there now?  I had to excuse myself so she didn't see me cry. Even in his sickness he never lost his faith in the Lord what a beautiful thing. .  Rest in peace Mr. Forey i pray you are at peace  now.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Poison

What is there to do other than pray for someone who is poison in a church?  When people leave a church because they do not agree with the change that is happening, or lie about why they are leaving.  Is the church better off without that person?  Or should the church contact that person and try to get them to come back?  I personally believe in order for a church to grow for the better it is sometimes better for the poison to leave.  If those people cannot come to grips that life changes everyday and a church needs to change to become appealing to people who need him more than anything.  Plus is the poison of the church just wants to be at the church and that is it, then they truly are not part of the church.  To be a part of the church you have to be part of the church.  You should want to volunteer your time, whether it is to be involved in greeting, nursery, children's ministry, a life group or the service projects.  People who just want to be at church to say to the world I am a Christian I go to church on Sunday's and that's it, may not be a true Christ like follower.  Now if those people leave the church and get involved at another church you can be thankful that they are still following the teachings of Christ and pray they are finding peace in their decision.  I am very excited about the road my church is on and those who are not should get off the ride at the next station because in order for us to reach the lost we need to all be united and be excited for what God has in store for us.

Have a blesses day

Jocelyn

Meat-Eaters

Genesis 1:30and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so.

After reading Genesis for school while getting to this part.  I started thinking was every meat eating animal originally a vegetarian until sin fell upon on the earth?  If so then everything in the world that breath's air has born into sin and not just human"s.  I for one know that I treat my dogs as they are my children and a extreme part of the family.  Can we feel comfort in knowing that when animals die they to are met at the gates of heaven?  My mind goes a million miles a minute at some things.  I know this is probably really far out there.  But it was something on my mind at the moment and had to share it.  

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn 

Mellow

Lately while I have doing my reading for school or taking my quizzes I have been listening to Joshua Bell.  I love the sound of the violin and something about his arrangements is just peaceful to me.  I may even try this music when I have my time with God.  Just me God and relaxing music to help me out.  Everyone has to have there own little quirky way to have their alone time with God.  What is yours?  Do you have it in weird places?



Have a blessed day



Jocelyn

Have to toot my own horn here.

So today I completed my Christian Basic course.  On to the next class.  I was one to not enjoy school but when it is about the Lord there is something different with enjoying it.  Today is a great day the Lord is making waves and I'm on the track to be one of them. 

94% Have Nomophobia -- Do You?

Ok so I just read the following article and had to share it with you.  I know way too many people who actually have this.  There are times that I feel like I have to have my phone but half the time when I get home from work I don't even worry about my phone.

"Nomophobia" is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.  The psychological term abbreviates "no-mobile-phone phobia."  "Cell Phone Loss Anxiety" is a related term for those who lose their mobile devices.  Such diagnoses are more needed today than ever.  According to a Psychology Today report, when asked how they felt after misplacing their cell phone, 73 percent said they panicked, 14 percent became desperate, and seven percent became physically sick.

 

The founder of an online dating site observed, "People in the 21st century are alone.  We have so many new ways of communicating, yet we are so alone."  One expert notes: "It's a great psychological truth that if we don't teach our children how to be alone, they will always be lonely."

 

How would Jesus have handled a cell phone?

 

We find a clue in Mark 1:35.  After large crowds gathered to meet our Lord, did he begin the day turning listeners into followers?  Networking with his leadership team?  Forging strategies for continued growth?  None of the above: "Rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed."  He knew that we must be much with God before we can be much for him. (Click to tweet)

 

In Genesis 46 we read, "Israel took his journey with all he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.  And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night" (vs. 1-2).  Israel (Jacob) learned that sacrifice precedes revelation.  I must get alone with God in worship and submission before I can hear his Spirit's voice clearly.  Solitude does not earn revelation—it positions us to receive what our Father wants to tell us. (Click to tweet)

 

Lent begins today.  This is a season for contemplation, reflection, and solitude. (Click to tweet) My Lenten guide for 2015, Transformed: How Stories of the Cross Are Changing the World, is intended to help.  (To read the free download, click here.)  Whether you use Transformed or other resources, I encourage you to make a strategy for deepening your walk with Jesus across these sacred weeks.

 

Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) was a German philosopher and theologian.  In a sermon on sanctification, he notes: "Everything settles in its own appropriate place; now God's proper place is that of oneness and holiness; these come from sanctification; therefore God must of necessity give himself to a sanctified heart."  I want to have such a heart.

 

Eckhart also observed, "To be full of things is to be empty of God.  To be empty of things is to be full of God."  Which is more true of you?  And he promised, "What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."

 

When last did you plant in such soil?

 

 

Publication date: February 18, 2015

 from the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture

What is my purpose?

Oh there are so many morning when I wake up that I ask what is my purpose.  I am sure everyone asks that question every now and then.  But this is what I am truly searching for lately.  I am taking the ministry courses because I truly felt the push to go that way and by doing so I hope God opens doors and opens my eyes to what he wants me to do with it.  Call it the winter time blues or what not but this weather does truly have me down in the dumps.  So many things on my mind lately and this is the time I need to de-stress myself.   I need to focus on getting through this Christian Basic's course and get my house in order as well.  Can we say Jocelyn is going to be listening to lecture's while cleaning.  Please Lord make this day better than it started.

Have a blessed day.

Jocelyn

Simple act of kindness

I know it's been awhile again.  I've started school and have been studying. Planning things for my weekly group meetings.  I like to mix it up and get everyone involved.  I read this article today and it brought tears to my eyes.  The simple act of kindness and great people at this target.  It is things like this that make me have faith in humanity.  Please read the article with the following link. .  http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/28074351/teen

What a week so far

What a week so far Michigan got pounded with snow and we have more coming Saturday.  Work has been nuts, I have been by myself and people have been crying about their snow removal.  On top of that the most exciting thing about this week is that I have started classes for Ministry.  I am so excited and nervous at the same time.  Right now I am still working through the Basic program.  But the readings and the video lectures that I have watched have opened my eyes to so much already and I have just begun.  How exciting.  God is opening doors and not just for me for everyone you just have to make the CHOICE to walk through it.  Trust me it may be scary at first but the feeling I have in my heart is indescribable.  I have been asked before about what it was like when the Holy Spirit knocked on my heart spoke so loud that I jumped in with both feet and haven't looked back, but I could not describe it at all.  The only way I can possibly come close to it is, when you are on a mission and you are so focused that you don't see anything else but the end result and know that you can relax and breath when that is done.  I am excited for the moves that GOD is making in my life and I know it will only benefit me for the better.


Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Reason to stop obsessing over Heaven.

I read this article about obsessing over Heaven.  What an interesting way to point things out.  I will copy the link to the article so you can read as well.  But I must share this is my favorite part of the whole article.

As my professor said, heaven isn’t our final destination—it’s the first stop on the way to a renewed heaven and earth. And Mike Wittmer agrees, “As great as it is to be a disembodied soul in heaven with Jesus, there’s something even better: enjoying Jesus as a whole person on earth, where resurrected bodies are meant to live. So praise God that those who die in Christ go to heaven. And praise God even more that they’re on the first leg of a round-trip journey.”  

http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/christian-trends/4-reasons-to-stop-obsessing-about-heaven.html

The parts I underlined and put in bold are my favorite.  This is so true and I for one cannot wait until I can walk with Jesus.  Some people get so caught up in the moment that they forget the little things.  If I make this place enjoyable to live right now, I can only imagine how wonderful it will be at that final stop of the journey.


Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

When Little Ones Pray - The Power of the Meek

http://nolongeraslumdog.org/the-power-of-the-meek/

Prayer Defeats Death

After a little while, the center staff brought the children to the next village over to pray for the sick boy. Praying fervently, these children returned day after day and witnessed Jesus' healing touch on this dying boy. His brain tumor was gone!

This part of the the link above is so awesome to hear.  Now when you click on the link and if you watch the video just know I am not posting this for people to think they have to adopt a child.   If you feel like God is on your heart to to do so then you can follow that.  I just love the thought that when a child prays and they see that prayer answered completetly makes my heart smile.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Open the book

Today I brought my bible with me to work.  Now mind you I have two bible's on my desk already, but I put my everyday bible in my bag.  While I have been sitting here in a bit of silence while my work phone is quiet.  I took it out and opened it.  Man do I have lots of notes written on papers.  I found three pieces of papers shoved in a random place from the book of Joshua 24:2-24 and Joshua 25-28 man do I wish there was more notes with this to remind me why I was studying Joshua. But the message is so very clear, DO NOT WORSHIP FALSE GODS.  Too many of us put things in front of God everyday, whether it be social media, t.v., gossip, etc.  I need to train myself to talk to God first thing every morning and start having car conversations with him again about my prayers.  I have gotten off the path he set me on I need to do a Michigan left hand turn and get back on the right path.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn

Broken Vessels

This is so beautiful.  Just pull up the following link and listen to the beautiful song and amazing voice and soak it in.

http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WP6Z77NX

Been awhile

I know it has been awhile so here is an update on what I am been up too lately.  First I have been folding into the winter blues with not being inspired not doing much around the house.  But the past few weeks I have been leading our weekly Life Group and I have been having so much fun in doing so.  I have been trying to be creative and make the weeks different.  The first week I challenged our group to come up with something we as a group can do.  We have a few things we are working on doing.  I am excited to see where this goes.  Last week was probably my least favorite of the weeks.  I am stuck on how he put the whole concept of breath into God breathing into us as our first kiss.  That part didn't sit well with me.  So last week we watched the video and then discussed the information and then proceeded to talk about our challenege and what we have come up with.  This week I am looking forward to he talks about playing the game chess so I am putting my own twist on that concept.  I am not giving away my total idea since a few people that attend other groups read this.  I have to work on my one on one time with God, I have been slacking lately.  I have a friend whom I hope is getting baptized soon.  I am glad she is finding a place that she fits into.  I am hoping with the inspiration of the upcoming topic in church it will get me motivated.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn