What has happened in the past few months!

Hello wonderful people. :) Did you realize I haven't blogged for MONTHS!!! So much has happened since then, and thankfully, God has been continuing to change things for the better as I allow Him his rightful place on the throne of my heart!
       First of all, I've been busy with G.E.D. classes which I've been taking for the last few months. I thoroughly loved them. If you are thinking of getting your GED, I'd recommend taking classes in your local town. Not only have I grown academically, but I've also prepared myself for the actual GED tests, knowing what to expect. If your teachers are anything like mine were, you would love the experience. To me they were like family in a way; very supportive and encouraged and helped me succeed and reach my goals. Being there also gave me a chance to be a witness-- not so much my words necessarily, but my actions; showing forth the love of Christ! My teachers are normal people, and they have bad and goods days. God gave me a burden to pray for them, especially my main teacher. I didn't want to be just any other girl going there, but that there would be a difference! I wanted that difference to be Jesus Christ! So many nights I'd pray and cry out to the Lord for him to fill me with HIS love for them, that they could taste and see that God is good, just, merciful and I love him with all my heart; He is my passion, my one true love; I want nothing else! God gave me words to pray, and filled me with His compassion for them. May they see from me that God is worthy of all praise. You know that the most you can do for someone is by spending time alone with God yourself! I've seen time and time again how people react differently to me when I've really been in the presence of the Lord. All of a sudden people want to be around me. They want to talk with me. I can then smile genuinely with a light in my eyes that only Jesus could put there!
         
 I've also had a couple litters of puppies born in the middle of February, and gone by the beginning of April. That kept me pretty busy to say the least, but it was good. Those nights I had to stay up with the mother dogs, exhausted and tired, that's when I really needed God to be me strength in a reality. You know you will never know God truly as your strength until you're weak and can't do it yourself! I realized how much I needed God; I couldn't do it on my own. Some of those nights became incredible opportunities to spend in prayer with the Lord for others, and just singing songs to the Lord out there in the barn alone. Just me and God. The dogs loved the worship songs, and I read aloud the bible to the dogs actually. Believe it or not, reading of the bible and singing songs of worship to the Lord really effected the dogs. Whereas they were hyper, and nervous, they became calm, relaxed and scooted closer to me. The baby puppies would all go to sleep peacefully. Even dogs can sense the greatness of God.

I wasn't sure I wanted to share this, but I will so God can be glorified! Some of you may already know that our little home fellowship had a split a couple months ago. Naturally, when things like that happen, you have questions like why God? When I saw that things were getting tense, I did alot of praying that this divide wouldn't happen... I know I wanted the Lord, and it seems as if everyone did, but it appears people get focused in on a single issue instead of seeing God in his greatness. When divisions come in churches it is easy to become bitter and resent those ones who disagreed with your family. I found the greatest healing in forgiving, and asking the Lord to fill me with a love for each one. HE DID. I still love those families that we not longer meet with, and am good friends. Satan wants to use any and every situation to turn your heart away from God; bitterness is something he uses alot. One amazing thing is this: Darkness CANNOT defeat light. God is Light, and in him is no darkness at all! Praise Him! What my I wants is that everyone would really know the Lord and let Jesus be everything and have everything. My family prays that those families continue on in the Lord, and that is really what is important! People don't have to meet in our home with us in order to be saved and walk with the Lord! What individuals need, is to truly KNOW who God is, and allow that one and only true God to come and be everything.

Well, this has been one loooong post, and I wonder if you read this far yet :) If you have that's awesome! I hope it has blessed you in some way to realize there is no other like Jesus Christ!

Love to you who are reading this now, and all I can say more is this:

SPEND QUALITY TIME ALONE WITH GOD.

Fall pictures etc.

So much has happened this fall, can't begin to talk about it all!

Here are some pictures that I've recently took with my new camera which my dear brother Isaac bought. It is technically his, but he bought it for (mostly) his dog business of which I am manager.

So naturally I get to use this camera whenever I want to pretty much so I can get good at taking pictures!

It's amazing what a difference a few hundred dollars can make!!

The above picture is of a beautiful pansy,oh the creations of God almighty.

My little sister Gloria.

My bible, my treasured possession of wealth.

A fall leaf in water...

Gloria and Ella, one of my dogs which will be having puppies soon!

Go to www.grizzlykennels.com  to see more pictures of my dogs and see what I do for work!

A thistle pair <3

Fall storm coming in....

Volley ball is something our church plays almost every sunday afternoon. (mostly just us "kids")

This is Alyssa

Kirsten 

My brother Manny on the left looks like he "owned" tim on that one. Boys, seems like they're always the best in the area of sports.

Austin has gotta be the most accurate volley ball player here as far as almost never not hitting the ball. He's a great server as well.

Volley Ball I've found out brings out people's true colors, and you see things about yourself you've never seen before! I've noticed bad attitudes I've had towards others that God has convicted me of!

Thank the Lord for the Holy Spirit which convicts us of sin so we can change!

I have so much more to say, but can't right now since I have other things to get to.

One thing I can say with confidence,

SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THE LORD WHILE YOU CAN. 

ALWAYS PUT HIM FIRST AND FOREMOST IN EACH DAY.

Sorry.......

Well, first of all I'm sorry for not writing. And especially sorry about those of you who might read this and that I owe letters or emails to. I haven't been writing  to anyone, hardly emailing, google + ing and facebooking, and obviously I haven't blogged for ages. 

I believe all those dear friends of mine who have taken the time to write or email probably think I don't care about them which is the opposite!!!

Thank God for those friends who have sent me loving and encouraging letters or emails messages or posts, I've been really blessed by them!
(this is a picture of me with my favorite pup from a litter of pups I just sold {with God's help})

Since this summer as been SO busy I haven't wrote much recently, but what are you most interested in hearing about regarding my life? I'm just curious if my posts have been a blessing to you, or if you just don't relate! I want to be an encouragement and a friend.

Also the main reason for not writing is because there's SO much going on!! What DO I write about?

God has been answering prayers left and right and I'm just like "WOW GOD" what else do you want me to believe you for? It would take for ever to write down all the recent prayers he's answered! How my unbelief has limited God!!! I believe my next post will be about this AMAZING book my dear brother Isaac gave me for my 18th BIRTHDAY!!!

(I know, I can't believe I'm that old!) And I really, really have been challenged and convicted to seek the face of God much more than I  have up to this point!

 Also my mom and brother Isaac just got back from a trip to Myrtle Beach, SC. Where they attended my Granny's 80th birthday.(my mom's mom) They were gone for a week and we were REALLY busy here.

Anyways, I hope each one of you that read this are encouraged in the Lord!!! 

Love,

 

I got baptized today!

This is something that nobody forced me into,but the Lord put on my heart and it was so clear to me that this was the next step of faith.Also in obedience to Gods word and an open profession of faith for all those around me to see!

I'm just SO glad that God is going to be continuing to work in my life, he already has been doing So much more than I could ever ask or think!

These verses about baptism really stuck out to me it is :

Acts 2 :38,39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹ For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

 It seems like there is always repentance followed by water baptism! It is like proclaiming to satan that I'm no longer alive to him any longer, like in Romans  6 where it says :

 "Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? therefore we are buried,by baptism unto death. That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in newness of life!

I'm SO thankful that we CAN be dead to our flesh! Also in Acts where it says: " and ye SHALL receive the gift of the holy ghost" Oh God you know I want that! It is something I can ask the Lord to give me, he is SO good!

I also wanted to say that the river was surprisingly not NEAR as cold as I expected, and I couldn't have had a more sunny morning! It was at 9:00am so It definitely could've been very cold! God is good in every way!

 One more thing I thought I'd share! I wanted my dad to baptize me for another reason besides him just baptizing me. If you'd know me before I was saved and seen how my relationship was with my dad you would've been shocked to see how I really almost hated him! It was horrible.

After God saved me (from myself) There was a miracle, yes MIRACLE that took place between us! God taught me how to respect my dad, and see the amazing things the Lord was doing. I didn't even ever like to be around my dad,hug him or talk with him. Now all those things I can do with Love in my heart towards him. So when I asked him to baptize me and he led me by the hand down to the water ,it was also a testimony of what God had done between us, it was totally His work, not mine in any way! So I am just SO glad that God is ALIVE and WORKING in my heart and in the hearts and lives of people around me!

I hope this makes sense. Oftentimes I can't express on a blog what's in my heart!

Lord bless you all richly! ~Katie

Here are the pictures!!

me and dad

me and dad again

dad praying over me

i was dunked under!

(my dad's facial expression is so funny, he was freezing the whole time!)

and getting dried off!

coming out of the river

God's will in everything including a marriage partner...

I was just happily surprised recently a few days ago when my cousin Andy with a lovely lady and also a friend of mine, Alyssa Barnard announced their engagement!!

That coolest and most amazing part was how BOTH of them had given the area of marriage up to the Lord, and not trying themselves to find a marriage partner!

So anyways to make a long story short, the Lord spoke to both of their hearts and after Andy got permission from the father, he started to court Alyssa and it was clear to them both that this was God's will and Alyssa said "yes" and yes they are totally in love with each other...it is SO cute to see them together and how much they have BOTH matured in the Lord! 

Folks, that is how every relationship that is of the Lord should be! If you're only growing farther from God when you're in a relationship it's not right!

Just remember that what God has in store for us is always going to be best!! That is true in everything!

So yes, here are some pictures I took!!! One of them Gloria Marie my little sister got to be in :)

I want to know God.

I  haven't posted in a while....I don't know if I will for quite a while, I know I can spend so much time just checking my stats...LOL (and realizing they were all from me checking and/or viewing my blog....I know I could do "don't track your own page views, but my numbers go up so slowly.....I'm being honest...it's pathetic! I just spend way to much time online. No necessarily on BAD stuff per se...just wasting alot of time.....

I WANT TO KNOW GOD.

And I find myself having these dry times where I don't even want to pray or read my bible, I have to "try" to be nice to my siblings and respect my parents, it's not like it's flowing out of my because of my love for the Lord.

I've experienced being broken before God and seeing my wretched state of being who I am apart from GOD, Really seeing that truly, and knowing in the depths of my heart that my righteousness is as filthy rags, and without Christ I am nothing. I want to always be broken before the Lord and want his desires!! 

God has been so gracious and long-suffering with me, I don't deserve how many chances he's given me!

I'd appreciate your prayers for me as God puts it on your heart. I want to REALLY love God! Compared with his love for me, my love for him is nothing! I want to love him more, just become closer and only more like him every day! I really really want to be a shining light wherever I go, and never be ashamed of the gospel! Praise the Lord for those ones who have went before, conquerors IN Christ!

I love you all lots dear friends. May God give us all HIS vision, and may we ask him what our purpose is here on this world, and why God put us where he did! 

                                                     Katie Cline Elizabeth Vannoy

ps. I know this is probably a ramble and doesn't make sense in some areas....

How did you meet me and how long have you know me approximately?

Hey Everyone!

This is that awkward moment when, as you're reading this I ask you how you know me.

It's not really that awkward though in all reality! I just thought it would be SUPER fun to see how do you know me....So just comment on this, ok and I'll get to see how many of you will actually do that for me!

I'm so excited, yes I am, so bring it on! Also you could write honestly what you impression was of me when you met me. I know I've not always come across as a sweet angel. actually hardly ever. And I know that if you honestly tell me how I seemed when you  first met and/or saw me, will help me learn how to change too! God helps us see our mistakes and change as well as see where he's made us beautiful and how we can continue in it!

P.S.  don't  make up something good about me if it's not exactly true, this is suppose to be truthful! ;)

 

Sermon Index....

Those of you who have already listened to sermon index down loads know how wonderful it is that there are so many!

So, I have all the down loads here on my blog now! So if you just want to scroll down to the bottom of my page, there right there for you to listen to any time!

I have only listened to a couple, it's like I've hit a gold vein!

Paris Reidhead,Corrie Ten Boom,David Wilkerson, A.W Tozer. just to name a few!

The other nice thing is when you click on them, a whole new window doesn't open, just a little pop-up where you can listen to it while you're on my blog....:) I just thought I'd let you know, and "share the wealth" with you! 

So, God bless you! Happy listening!

~Katie

Talent....will it be used for the glory of God?

This is one song I've listened to OVER and OVER and OVER again! Want to hear a child prodigy, then listen to her! So, when I was listening to this song for the 100th time, I was just so saddened by the though, what will she be like when she's even 10 years?She is  so innocent now just enjoying her music.When people get famous they almost always seem to compromise (if they were any kind of Christian to start with) and have no relationship with God because they have so much....but really it's SO little. Everything on this earth, is nothing compared with one Jesus Christ!

It seems like whenever we have a talent, or ability to do certain things well, satan will come weasel his way in and corrupt what gift God has given! How horrible is that! 

I play piano, cello, panflute ,ocarina,guitar,accordian & violin....well, practically anything I can put my hands on. I wasn't as talented as this girl was when I was 7, oh no! But God had given me a talent, an ear for music. It has always came easily to learn any instrument, especially learn songs by hearing them once or twice. 

There have been so many times that I just played for attention, or play because I'm proud of myself or for many other selfish reasons.

Who am I to try to take the glory for what's not mine? God has gifted me, like he has everyone, and it's up to us to give him back the gift and let him show us how to use it!!

I want all areas to glorify him....

 

Witnessing.....

I have pretty much found THE best book about witnessing. The bible is best, but this brings out what the bible says about this subject!

It's by Ray Comfort, those of you who have watched the documentary called "the 180 movie" know who he is:)

So he has this book he wrote with questions people have asked him, and his answers! It is called "The Blue Book On Evangelism"

I've just started reading it, but am already so "wowed" by it that I couldn't keep from sharing ;)

The funny thing is, I can read different questions in this book, and be like "ya that's totally for this person" and " she/he should read this paragraph, they need it" 

It hit me, "what about me?"

I'm not applying this to my own life, but thinking about how others should read this part and that part.

I'm not saying they shouldn't but, my attitude should be to have an open heart for what God wants to show me through it!

Ok, so here are a couple of the questions & answers  out of that book.

 

Question 7 :

Is it wise to send new converts out into the battlefield before they are grounded in the word and apologetics?

It is the best thing you can do for them. The woman at the well didn't go to a seminary before she testified of the Savior,and she brought a whole village to Him. After finding Christ, Andrew immediately told Simon Peter. The first thing Philip did was find Nathaniel and immediately tell him about the Savior (see John chapter 1) If new converts came to Christ under the sound of the Law,they know enought to go and do likewise with the lost. They will make mistakes.They may get bruised.But that is how we learned to walk in this life, and the same is true spiritually.

(that one was really an eye opener for me, I thought that I shouldn't be witnessing when I myself am a new convert really, even if I've been raised up in a Christian home)

Question 14 :

Our motive for sharing and reaching out to the lost must be the love of Jesus.If it is anything else,our motive will be exposed and we'll be ineffective.How can we be sure our hearts are in the right place before hitting the streets?

Ask God to search out our motives.However, I would add one thing. Even if your heart isn't in the right place (I'm not talking about sin, but if you are going because of a sense of guilt), you should still go. If you were rescued from a burning building by a fireman who left the firehouse because he felt guilty not coming to the fire, as far as you are concerned, his motive for rescuing you is a non-issue. He did it. That's all that matters. So don't get hung up on why you reach out to the lost, just do it, while there is still time. The quality is in the seed, not the sower.

(I've felt like that alot, and that was something that prevented me from going, like I wasn't going for the right motive, and I thought I should'n't go if I was going out of guilt because I should've before etc etc...I know I'm not explaining  what I want to say right, but  you can read it the question and answer for yourself:)

So that's only two questions....so you should really read the whole book! 

I must be struck with the reality that there are souls dying going to a place they can NEVER come back from....it's horrible that I can be so comfortable while so many around me aren't told about Jesus Christ. Not religion!

Love you guys!

 

Procrastination .....

Why does it always have to be that I am constantly procrastinating! I hate it so much too!

It's not that I'm bad a cleaning, or working etc. It's just that it takes me an eternity (almost literally) to finally start my work/job whatever it is!

Once I get started, I just go, and go and go until the job's done...but usually what happens, is while I'm doing something, then I see something else that needs to be done & some other detail that needs doing...and pretty soon I get up to my neck in all sorts of projects at once, which usually takes hours....or they're all half done...

So I think I'm always having trouble starting something, because I know that it's going to be a long time before it's done. 

So now it's like I save up everything till night, like 8:30pm-12:30am, that way I get so tired that I just get my work and/or jobs done.....

The bad thing is this, I'm more tired, It's harder to get up early, and I have a horrible habit of only doing things later in the evening when I feel like it.Besides that, If I ever have a home of my own, I can just let everything be a complete disaster  and wait to do my cleaning, or wait to wash dishes at midnight. I need to be prepared now when I'm single :)

It's areas like these that I keep failing in! I must ask the Lord to help me! It's like I remember to ask him later on at night, in my room all alone with God; the real trial is when I'm procrastinating and then ask God to give me the strength to go and do my work, and that I'd focus on the job before me, and not just start things and not finish!

God wants to be involved in EVERY area of our lives! May I always let him be head!

You know what! I'm procrastinating right now! WOW! I should be sweeping and washing a floor... it's not quite 11:00 pm, but the new "spring forward"  time would mean it's 12:00 am....o my, time to clean! It's better to start now, than waste any more time on here!

I can talk all day about how bad procrastinating is, and not actually change, so, Lord, I know I should've gotten to this sooner, but now is better than never. Tomorrow is a new day, only with God will I change!

Have a wonderful  day/night whenever you read this!

The type of guy I told myself I'd never marry if I got married.:P

I don't know how many of you have read either of Debi Pearl's books on marriage. There are two for Ladies ; 'Preparing to be a help meet' & 'Created to be a help meet'  if you don't like them then that's fine, but I love them to death. Not literally, but I've learned SO many wonderful things from both of them that are vital in marriage.

I don't think marriage is something in the near,near future for me, but you never know! You could be 18 or 30 when you get married, but it never hurts to be prepared.

I used to write down  or think of what the perfect guy would be to marry, and tell myself that I would ABSOLUTELY not want to get married to the  "Command Man" type. If you've read either of Debi Pearls books, then you know exactly what I mean...I should actually put down some of that here that you can read...Anyways, so I was thinking about if I say "I WONT" That may be the very type of guy I do marry one day! I was amazed at how much I want to keep control in so many area's of my life, and don't want to surrender to the Lord! It's like I'm saying, "Lord, I love you, and know you know me better than I know myself, but I want to be boss"  Rather ridiculous isn't it!  If God knows me better than I do, then who better  to direct my life!! Really there is alot of comfort in that!! Marriage is one of those things most girls think about as they get closer to their twenties, and I  don't want that to be something that is always on my mind, or thinking about what type of guy would suit ME best! It's like I'm always thinking about ME ME ME. I want my focus to be on God! There is a verse about single ladies minding the things of the Lord.
I don't need to be worried about anything in the future! God has that all in his hands. But I want God to have his way in my life in EVERY area! And now I'm not saying I won't marry that type of guy...What ever is God's will in my future, is PERFECT and I'm not about to forget that if I keep my eyes on him!(I may not ever get married!)
Ok, so here's some different  portions from the " mr. command man" from debi pearls book.


A few men are born with more than their share of dominance and,on the surface, a deficit in gentleness. They often end up in positions  that command other men. We will call them Command Men. They are born leaders. They are often chosen by other men to be military commanders,politicians,preachers and heads of corporations. Winston Churchill ,George Patton and Ronald Reagan are examples of dominant men. Since our world needs only a few leaders, God seems to limit the number of these Command Men.


They are know for expecting their wives to wait on them hand and foot. A command man does not want his wife involved in a project that prevents her from serving him.If you are blessed to be married to a strong,forceful, bossy man as I am, then it is very important for you to learn how to make an appeal without challenging his authority. 
Command Men have less tolerance,so they will often walk off and leave their clamoring wife before she has the chance to realize that she is even close to losing her marriage.


She is on call every minute of the day. Her man wants to know where she is,what she is doing,and why she is doing it! He corrects her without thought. For better or for worse,it is his nature to control
A woman can fight till she's blue in the face, yet the command man will not yield. He is not as intimate or vulnerable as are other men in sharing his personal feelings or vocation with his wife. He seems to be sufficient unto himself .It is awful being shut out. A woman married to a command man has to earn her place in his heart by proving that she will stand by her man,faithful,loyal,and obedient.When she has won his confidence, he will treasure her to the extreme.....


Anyways...there is alot more to the part about that type of guy.....and I think the reason that I didn't like that idea of marrying someone like that, is because I am very head strong and bossy...I don't like to be one to lose. I know that I doesn't matter who I get married to one day, if I really learn to be faithful,loyal,and obedient to the Lord! Then I will continue being like that with the man I marry , doing in unto the Lord!! People aren't perfect, Period! So we're always going to be disappointed, but in the LORD we will NEVER be disappointed!
So my point of this email, was just to say that, I shouldn't ever say I'll never do this, but, just want God's perfect will in my life!
I don't need to worry about my future, I have today to live for the Lord, I want to live each day as my last one! I know up to this point, I really haven't!
I know those of you who know me slightly well, know that I am rather a person who rambles and doesn't make much sense.....

God is always good without fail!

I know I haven't been very faithful at blogging!

God has been teaching my so many things though and I've been so entirely blessed that he would speak to me and listen to me when I've shut him off when I wanted to just do what I wanted! What a mighty God we serve!

Recently there have been answers to prayer in my life, small things maybe to someone else, but to me it's a miracle that God would care about such little details in my life!

One thing is the golden retriever puppies, I usually haven't had a problem selling them, but we always did put lots of ads in the newspapers in multiple towns in Montana.

This is the first litter of pups I've sold since I've gave my heart to the Lord, and I know God has blessed that!

There were 10 pups, and by 3 1/2 weeks old all 10 of them were sold, one ONE ad was placed in the newspapers! You might think it was just a coincident , but I say it was the Lord looking after his business! It's the Lords , and God does know how to take care of what is his!

I just want to praise him for that!

There are other little things like the Cord to my camera I lost, then after asking God to find it It was found!

Lots of things that seem so small, but are actually huge to me! Any time a prayer is answered by God it is amazing!

Another thing that has been on my heart , is doing things unto the Lord! It brings a new meaning to everything if you look at it in that way!

Like if you don't think someone deserves you to treat them a  good, don't do it for the person because they're worthy, but because GOD is worthy!

We as a people are so selfish it seems! Always everything we do, even if it's nice to someone else, it's always for our own benefit in some way! We can think it's not, but I was realizing it was for me, if I didn't want someone else to notice, then I was doing it for my pride's sake... How different it would be if in ALL things I did, I did it unto the Lord!

I want to grow only closer to God !

God bless you all! Press on to know God more!    

I have another BLOG!

Hello there everyone!!                                                                                                                    I just thought I'd let you know that I have made another blog, it's for  "GRIZZLY KENNELS" I'm kinda like the manager I guess, and I will be writing all about what I do, different fun things I get to do when we have little puppies! Also, if you love pictures, and little darling puppies, I'd recommend going there to check out my blog, even become a follower if you like the pups! Those pups are sure cute....just sayin!Love you guys lots! Hope your day is blessed and God really works powerfully in your life, just let him!    

I care about you.....so much!

DEAREST PEOPLE.....I just wanted you to know that I care about you! Each one of you so much ! And if you're not right with God, don't hesitate to get right with him! You don't have to wait for a "certain" time when everything is all laid out perfectly.... God may be giving you one last chance! You never know when your last day is! I beg you not to harden your heart, or think that you're find because you're a good person! God says our righteousness is as filthy rags!....I was just thinking about how much God loves and cares for us, and how we just keep living for ourselves! It's like we don't appreciate what he's done for us!I know I care about you so much, and want nothing more than to see you all ,each one of you walking in the truth and delighting in the LORD!! But no earthy love compares with the love of God! It is something we can't even comprehend really!   When we really see God for who he is and then see who we are, you're just in so much awe, that God in heaven would care so much for you, to reach down and touch our hearts. Heal us. Cleanse us from sin! It is really amazing! How can I keep from praising him ? Even after all he's done for us on the cross, I still can forget about it !! Anyways, I just wanted to say....you are loved, and cared for!! God sees the finished work, the masterpiece he will create you into!  My God is powerful, and can do ANYTHING....we must yield to him! He will not force his way into our lives...we must let him! He's given us all a free choice. He doesn't want robots, he wants sons and daughters that love him, and want to serve him because of the love they have in their hearts for him!





 

My very awesome brother Isaac

I just want all the people that view this blog, to know how awesome my brother is!
I don't know where I'd be honestly if I didn't have Isaac as an older brother!
I will list some of the things that I love about him!! I know it's sorta just out of the blue to write about him, but any of you who have an older brother you love and respect will understand why I like to talk about my brother!

• He is totally on fire for the Lord
• He is the best example of how to act in daily circumstances
• He inspires me to pray more
• He always encourages me in the good things he notices about me
• He doesn't  lose his temper or react to up-set people with a bad attitude
• He is the best business man and sales person
• He is very talented on the violin(although recently he's been too busy to play it)
• I don't ever remember not respecting him, he always has treated me with kindness
• He really cares about souls, if God puts it on his heart to go out and witness to people, even if he's feeling sick, he still goes because he wants to do what makes God happy!
• He is a good boss, paying well when I work for him
• He has quite a good little account going for me to help me  save money; when he pays me for my work I do with the dogs/puppies, I have the option to  keep the money or give it back to him to save for me. Here's the good part, if I  give him back like 300 dollars for him to save for me, he will put 300 of his money in WITH my 300 dollars, doubling my money! That is how much he wants to help me save money! (I get to use the money when I'm 18)
• He isn't afraid to exhort me when I'm really out-of-line...and does it in SUCH a good way, and it always helps me!
• It seems like nothing bad could ever happen to me if my brother Isaac is near by...

In conclusion, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!


Daily I thank the Lord for a brother that lifts up the name of the Lord always....
I pray he never loses his burning love for the Lord!


Those of you who know him, know what an inspiration he is, how excited about the Lord :)
This shell below, is one he brought back to me from when he was on a business cruise to some islands down in the Caribbean ! He is so thoughtful, especially for most guys! ;)

When do I need God?

This past week, my brother Isaac has been gone as well as Ryan. They both kinda run 'USA Freedom Diesels.So for the time they are gone, it is my job to ship items, try to fix problems and take down orders.... 
First I all I really know practically ZERO about diesel parts for Dodges ,Chevys or Fords. And I have to talk with these people, and try to help them if I can, like look up parts online for them, find prices etc.
So you can imagine that I did ALOT of praying, and you're absolutely right! I did, and the reason I did was because I really truly needed him! Each day became a time where I would talk with him throughout the day, and he would just give me such a peace calling up the manufacturers of different parts asking them questions. So yesterday evening I was wondering why I just felt so empty and just kinda "dead" feeling, and I realized that that whole day I really didn't spend any time with him, and the reason for that was, I didn't need him!  I had had such a slow day, nothing that thought I needed God for, and the day slipped by slowly, and I didn't even read my bible all the hours of being down there.
It is so sad how it's easy for me to  pray and seek God's face when things are going hard, and I need him, and it seems like he's always there.  then there are times when  things are going better and I forget about him!
One thing that I should see, was this: In the hard times God IS the blessing, and in the good times God IS the blessing.... It's not that he blesses us with something necessarily but that HE is the blessing!
I must always be in a state where I need God! And if I think I can do it all on my own, then I'm relying on my own righteousness and what I can do!
But God I pray that always in every situation, I can be hungering and thirsting about you!!
 Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.


We can't already be full, or he can't fill us himself!


Like that song says :
"room for Jesus king of glory, hasten now his word obey! Swing you heart's door widely open, bid him enter while you may."


That is just the chorus, the whole song is powerful!


So, how much do I need Jesus?
All the time and everywhere and in every situation! I want to always be in need of him, want to have a deep love for him that I can't stand to be away from him!!
                              
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My biggest fault....

-LAZINESS-
That is the offensive name! It seems like we all have that one thing that gets in the way of our walk with the Lord! Whether it's something you do, or have, it's all the same in a way.
Recently I really have 'wanted' to get up in the mornings before the others are up, and spend some time with the Lord before our usual family devotions.
So I set my alarm for 6:00 am. Morning comes and the alarm goes off. I wake up partially...Look at the clock, and then how dark & cold it is....."God you know I want to pray and have a quiet time reading my bible, but I really NEED this sleep....I will get up extra early tomorrow morning " and with that resolve making me feel like a "good" person, I go back to bed.
I get up about an hour later,  asking myself why I didn't get up earlier? Tomorrow I will get up early FOR SURE I tell myself.
And on and on the same routine every day!
It was on Wednesday night when we had a meeting here, that we were reading in 2 Chronicles 20 
I will put down some of the main verses(at the bottom of the page) but I'd highly recommend reading the whole chapter!
These verses are talking about how God said how he'd right for them etc. And then before they saw the dead bodies of their enemies they worshiped and Praised God! It was when they stared to sing and to praise God  that God went before them and their enemies were all killed!
It was because they had faith in God's promise, that they praised him ahead I time, they BELIEVED that he would do what he had said! I think God really wants to take him at his word!!
 Anyways last night I realized that I never had faith that God would get me out of bed in the morning, I totally was disbelieving in God that he would help me overcome the enemy in my life called "laziness" So last night I just praised and thanked the Lord for getting me up the next morning, and had faith in him , and the morning comes around, and wow God really had defeated that "lazy" spirit , I got up, and really was awake and had my quiet time in the morning feeling so much refreshed!
I must daily have that faith in him!
There is a reason the verse says "faith as a mustard seed" you don't need to work up this "big" faith, just a pinch of the real thing, and God can actually do what he wants to do! I was just like THANK YOU GOD!!! he's so amazing, I want my life to bring him Glory, although sometimes Its so easy take my eyes off of the light!

15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

¹⁶To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of 

Jeruel.

 ¹⁷Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be 

dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

¹⁸And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

¹⁹And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

 ²⁰And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

²¹And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

 ²²And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Powerful message with clips from 3 Godly men!

This is something you should watch!!
Here are some things that are said in it:
 "If he cannot control ALL of you  then he can't control any of you"
" you have to go through hell to get to heaven"
"Christianity hasn't been tried and found wanting, it's been tried and found difficult and rejected"
"A force of evil can only be overcome by a force of righteousness!"
" The church today is helpless without the Holy Spirit."
" It's not a struggle that I'm trying to be a Christian, it's LIFE!!" 
(I have come that you might have life, and that you might have life more abundant)
"give God the right to be God 24/7  7 days a week!!"
  
You MUST see this for yourself!!! It was a gigantic eye opener for me! It is so convicting and serious, but if you really want God , you will be not only convicted by it but hopefully changed!!

Keith Green - The Lord Is My Shepherd (23rd Psalm)

Another powerful song!!! I have listened to this one SO many times

Not only amazing words, but also the tune is beautiful!