Waiting on His best!

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Kutless LIVE Harvest Festival Anaheim 8/12/11

Awesome This would be my heaven :)

The Response: A Call To Prayer For A Nation In Crisis (montage)

An awesome anointing

Just had to share!


John 14:21

New International Version (NIV)

21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the


 one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved


 by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself


 to them.”

:)

Riding Rain Drops 

Words I love to think about

"stang"

"all stars"

"strawberry wine"

"board games"

"sand"

"sun"

"summer time"

Trusting God in the midst of bad circumstances

Trusting God in the midst of bad circumstances

I had this realization that seems really obvious, but for some reason it took me a while to get it.

I should be just as confident that things are going to work out when they look crazy as when everything looks fine and dandy. The opposite is true as well. Even though things look peaceful and calm, that is not an indication of security. Our security comes from God. It is not at all dependent on what is going on around us. Whether it is the economy, our finances, our children, our marriages, we can (and should) trust God with all of it.

Romans 8:28

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

It just dawned on me recently after going through a faith test that it really doesn’t matter whether it is easy or difficult to trust God. As my circumstances began to “look” better, I noticed myself trusting a bit less in God and a bit more in myself. After all my circumstances weren’t requiring as much faith. I kind of slapped myself a bit and realized that I am no less dependent on God when things are going good as I am when they are going terrible.

The good circumstances are only an illusion of security. When things look good, it is easy to understand how things will all work out. But isn’t it amazing how quick I can go running back to God with Faith when things look bad again. I quickly realize how insecure “good circumstances” really are.

The great news is that for believers, bad circumstances are only an illusion of a lack of security.

Trust God in the storm

It reminds me of Jesus sleeping on the boat during the middle of the storm. He said, “let us go to the other side.” But yet when things started looking bad enough, they started to doubt that would happen. The truth is, no matter how bad things looked, they really were no more insecure. They had God in the flesh on the boat with them! How could they really think that they wouldn’t make it?

Mark 4:35-41

On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

When they finally were freaking out enough, they woke him up and frustrated with their lack of faith, he told the storm to calm down. They just didn’t get it. They didn’t realize who Jesus was. They didn’t realize that it didn’t matter how bad it got, He was there with them.

It is no different for us today. We have the promise of God that He will never leave us, nor forsake us. It doesn’t matter how bad things look, it is merely an illusion. Don’t be deceived, when your trust is in God, you could not be more secure.

Trusting God brings peace… It just dawned on me recently after going through a faith test that it really doesn’t matter whether it is easy or difficult to trust God. As my circumstances began to “look” better, I noticed myself trusting a bit less in God and a bit more in myself. After all my circumstances weren’t requiring as much faith. I kind of slapped myself a bit and realized that I am no less dependent on God when things are going good as I am when they are going terrible. I choose to stand in His presence :)  

We were hardwired for passion.

Not just momentary emotional highs.

Not short-lived bursts of inspiration.

You and I were created to have overall purpose etched into our lives. That purpose becomes a passion that-whether we always feel it or not-helps to guide our decisions and defines the way we live.

Crusader Youth Camp 2011 15-17 week

And here we go 

Pack up the car with our belongings, our faith, our witness, and our sanity. Ok the latter will be left somewhere between home and cyc. Its 15 and up week

Climb in and join the fellowship! 

I will be adding new pics to this blog as the week goes on :) 

The arivial 

Calm before the storm :)

Code making his rounds

Me and Erin :) 

Ma signing in the campers

Leigh Ann :)

 

Blurry dad working on the sound system Johnny boy and DC

Worship

  Our preacher for the week

Sam Sumner 

Gods message is "To Desire Him" and " To be Uncompromised " "Are You Worshiping an Idol "

and

"You ARE Accountable For What You Have Heard!"

hahaha boo

Connor, Leia, Bailee, Erin

Katie and Katie, Abigail, Katelyn, Brookie, Leigh Ann

Devo time

It amazes me how God brings His message together.  Devo, class, and the church service all went together even without a meeting! Awesomeness thru obedience!

I love to see it amaze the girls too. It shows them that God is alive and He does care about their lives. Thank you God for this opportunity to serve 

Colt and Kasey

Adri

Sleeping beauty lol 

up all night with the girls

I caught a few winks :)

Ma and Katie

class

music class

dishes ugh lol

Kayla

class

canteen 

Rainy days we ride the campers across a huge field up to the tabernacle

Kristin the music teacher asked DC to teach the signs while she stepped out for a few. It was a cute gag on the campers You can see when Kristin comes back into the room DC ditches lol

MINUTE TO WIN IT 

This is ma's demo-of the minute to win it games to be played on thursday

Quite entertaining minute and the kids will love it.

DC

ball girls hahaha those close to me will get this

ball players

ball girls and ball players :)

ball fans me and JT

 wranglers at work

fellowship

 Brookie laughing at Katie

haha katie

lunch lady lol

 Staff table invaded by a few campers ( Adri, Jeffery and maybe Abby ) 

 Ma and Code

Megan

Wrangler  prank

Daulton wrapped Colt's jeep

Nice!

 awesome worship

 Testimonies 

LAST BLAST!

Generation U