hey y'all!
today was alright. it was the usual thursday. B-day. dance class. bleh. but candace did ride home with me and hung out here for a little while, & that was fun. but tomorrow is friday, thank goodness. i must say, i am ready for the weekend. y'all please keep our hiphop teacher London in your prayers b/c he was in a car accident and he broke 3 ribs and messed up his face pretty bad.
so i did my devotion on worshiping together! Hebrews 10:24-25 says, "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the day approaching." every believer should be party of a community of faith. we should all associate with fellow Christians & it should be uplifting, enlightening, encouraging, and most of all, consistent. we need to be active members of our churches! God gave us talents for a reason, and that reason is to use them to glorify him. and what better way to do that than to get involved with fellow Christians in programs and ministries at your church! the fellowship of believes is intented to be a powerful tool in spreading the word of God. God wants us to be a fully contributing member of that fellowship. if the lost see us having a great time and worshiping with others, it will make them want to be a part of that as well! worship reminds us of the amazing power of God. we all need to worship him daily...and worship him together! so...are you ready to be an active member of your church & show others how much fun worshiping our amazing Lord can be?!?!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
spritiual maturity
hey y'all!
its wednesday. i love wednesdays. me & candace have named it "church day" haha. and its great. candace is now known as my sister. haha. mitchells a goofball, as always. he had me laughin so hard when my hairband whent flying across the yotuh room and his face. it was soo funny. hes like "...oops..." haha.
so i did my devotion on gaining spritual maturity. 1 Corinthians 13:11 says, "When i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. When i became a man, i put childish ways behind me." the path to spritual maturity unfolds each and every day. and each day offers the oportunity to worship God or to rebel against him. when we worship him in all that we do we are blessed by our relationship with God. if we ignore him, we rob ourselves of his blessings. everyday offers the opportunity for spritiual growth. we can do this by obeying his word, seeking his will, and walking with his Son. Billy Graham said, "The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful." and i agree. when we accept Jesus, life makes sense. we all have a purpose in life that Jesus wants us to fufill. and we do that by following his plan. and my devotion book says something i really liked, it said, "Spiritual maturity is a journey, not a destination." which is true. b/c can we ever stop growing spiritually? i think not. the Bible teaches us lots of wonderful things, and we can never stop leaning from it. God always has something new that he wants us to learn. all we have to do is seek it.
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
its wednesday. i love wednesdays. me & candace have named it "church day" haha. and its great. candace is now known as my sister. haha. mitchells a goofball, as always. he had me laughin so hard when my hairband whent flying across the yotuh room and his face. it was soo funny. hes like "...oops..." haha.
so i did my devotion on gaining spritual maturity. 1 Corinthians 13:11 says, "When i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. When i became a man, i put childish ways behind me." the path to spritual maturity unfolds each and every day. and each day offers the oportunity to worship God or to rebel against him. when we worship him in all that we do we are blessed by our relationship with God. if we ignore him, we rob ourselves of his blessings. everyday offers the opportunity for spritiual growth. we can do this by obeying his word, seeking his will, and walking with his Son. Billy Graham said, "The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful." and i agree. when we accept Jesus, life makes sense. we all have a purpose in life that Jesus wants us to fufill. and we do that by following his plan. and my devotion book says something i really liked, it said, "Spiritual maturity is a journey, not a destination." which is true. b/c can we ever stop growing spiritually? i think not. the Bible teaches us lots of wonderful things, and we can never stop leaning from it. God always has something new that he wants us to learn. all we have to do is seek it.
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
God can handle it!!
hey y'all!!
today was good. school was bleh, as usual haha. it was B-day...again. my goodness i am sick of B-day. i am always sick of B-day. haha but praiseband practice was good :] and i got to talk to mitchell for a good bit bc my mom & mrs rhonda were talkin. :]
so i did my devotion on how God can handle anything. Hebrews 11:6 [one of my favoriteee verses] says, "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that rewards those who earnestly seek him." everyones life is a series of wins & losses. every step of the way, God is walking with you. whether it be through triumph or defeat. and he is ready & willing to strengthen us. if your courage is tested, remember to take your fears to God. if you call upon him, he WILL answer. and he will comfort you. when you place your faith, your trust, & your life in the hands of God, you'll be amazed by the marvelous things he accomplishes through you. so you need to strengthen your faith...this is key. a few ways to do this is through praise & worship, prayer, and through bible study. someone said, "The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us." and that power behind is is God. remember whenever you live in the center of God's will, your also in the center of his protection. with God everything is possible. whatever your challenge or trouble is, God can handle it. so ask yourself this...Hes ready to use you...are you ready to be used??
i love y'all!!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
today was good. school was bleh, as usual haha. it was B-day...again. my goodness i am sick of B-day. i am always sick of B-day. haha but praiseband practice was good :] and i got to talk to mitchell for a good bit bc my mom & mrs rhonda were talkin. :]
so i did my devotion on how God can handle anything. Hebrews 11:6 [one of my favoriteee verses] says, "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that rewards those who earnestly seek him." everyones life is a series of wins & losses. every step of the way, God is walking with you. whether it be through triumph or defeat. and he is ready & willing to strengthen us. if your courage is tested, remember to take your fears to God. if you call upon him, he WILL answer. and he will comfort you. when you place your faith, your trust, & your life in the hands of God, you'll be amazed by the marvelous things he accomplishes through you. so you need to strengthen your faith...this is key. a few ways to do this is through praise & worship, prayer, and through bible study. someone said, "The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us." and that power behind is is God. remember whenever you live in the center of God's will, your also in the center of his protection. with God everything is possible. whatever your challenge or trouble is, God can handle it. so ask yourself this...Hes ready to use you...are you ready to be used??
i love y'all!!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
Monday, September 3, 2007
GO TIGERS!
GO TIGERS!!
they're up 24-11 right now against the seminoles.
c'monn!
i'll post tomorrow b/c its late. we just got home from mitchells like 30 minutes ago. haha.
God Bless!
they're up 24-11 right now against the seminoles.
c'monn!
i'll post tomorrow b/c its late. we just got home from mitchells like 30 minutes ago. haha.
God Bless!
Sunday, September 2, 2007
great day :]
hey y'all!
today was amazing. i LOVE sundays. sundays are always amazing. our guest speaker did a good job this morning preaching!! then me & candace hung outside with mitchell & kody for awhile & then went to my gpas and then it was off to her house, to take a nap. haha. and tonight we went to church & then went to see a Christian concert at simpsonville park. it was good. i ran around with mitchell while we walked back &forth like 500 times b/c he couldnt figure out what he wanted to eat. haha. and then mrs rhonda took us home & of course my mom talked for like...20 minutes haha. but thats okay. mk so Weston, has found God :] & came to Christ. and i am VERY proud of him. so please pray for him. God finally gave me the strength to witness, well, actually, idk, i didnt say those things i said to weston when i witnessed the other night. God did. it just kind of popped out. i cant even believe i said it. but then i realized, i didnt. Jesus did. :]]] wow. and i was just talking about how i wanted someone i witnessed too, to see them come to God. oh my it is amazing. goodness i LOVE to see the amazing things God does. i've watched this boy change drastically over the last three years. oh its just great :]]] i cant wait to see it again. Hillcrest High School, get ready. b/c change is commin.
so mister allen asked us a question today. and it really made me think. so your a Christian. but if you were asked, "who is Jesus?" could you answer? i mean could you give an honest definite answer? because i got to thinkin and if a non-believer walked up to you, and asked, "whos Jesus?" and you claim to follow him, but reply "i dont know" its not gunna look real good since thats bascially saying you have no idea who your following. Peter hit the nail on the head whenever in Mark 8:29, "...Who do you say I am?" & Peter replied "You are the Christ." and thats exactly it. so who is Jesus. well this is who he is. He is our Savior. our Messiah. our Redeemer. our Friend. [like the song You are Holy says] and like the song I am says, our Creator. Maker. Comforter. Healer. Lord and King. Beginning and the End. I Am. and thats right He is. hes everything. and so next time someone asks you "who is Jesus?" what will you say?? b/c mister allen really got me thinkin about that.
oh && HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTER DAVID!! WE MISS YOU!!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
today was amazing. i LOVE sundays. sundays are always amazing. our guest speaker did a good job this morning preaching!! then me & candace hung outside with mitchell & kody for awhile & then went to my gpas and then it was off to her house, to take a nap. haha. and tonight we went to church & then went to see a Christian concert at simpsonville park. it was good. i ran around with mitchell while we walked back &forth like 500 times b/c he couldnt figure out what he wanted to eat. haha. and then mrs rhonda took us home & of course my mom talked for like...20 minutes haha. but thats okay. mk so Weston, has found God :] & came to Christ. and i am VERY proud of him. so please pray for him. God finally gave me the strength to witness, well, actually, idk, i didnt say those things i said to weston when i witnessed the other night. God did. it just kind of popped out. i cant even believe i said it. but then i realized, i didnt. Jesus did. :]]] wow. and i was just talking about how i wanted someone i witnessed too, to see them come to God. oh my it is amazing. goodness i LOVE to see the amazing things God does. i've watched this boy change drastically over the last three years. oh its just great :]]] i cant wait to see it again. Hillcrest High School, get ready. b/c change is commin.
so mister allen asked us a question today. and it really made me think. so your a Christian. but if you were asked, "who is Jesus?" could you answer? i mean could you give an honest definite answer? because i got to thinkin and if a non-believer walked up to you, and asked, "whos Jesus?" and you claim to follow him, but reply "i dont know" its not gunna look real good since thats bascially saying you have no idea who your following. Peter hit the nail on the head whenever in Mark 8:29, "...Who do you say I am?" & Peter replied "You are the Christ." and thats exactly it. so who is Jesus. well this is who he is. He is our Savior. our Messiah. our Redeemer. our Friend. [like the song You are Holy says] and like the song I am says, our Creator. Maker. Comforter. Healer. Lord and King. Beginning and the End. I Am. and thats right He is. hes everything. and so next time someone asks you "who is Jesus?" what will you say?? b/c mister allen really got me thinkin about that.
oh && HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTER DAVID!! WE MISS YOU!!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
Saturday, September 1, 2007
purpose!
hey y'all!
today was greatt! candace came & got me around 11ish and we went back to her house & hung out & then we went & got her moms car and drove around simpsonville/mauldin & went to woodruff road & to kohls in search of a clemson shirt for candace and then to this Christian store. i love Christian stores. and then we called this guy and screamed in his ear & then hung up. it was sooo funny. kody & mitchell went fourwheelin today. i was a little scared, them two plus two fourwheelers just sounds dangerous. but they're okay. haha.
welp i did my devotion on living on purpose. Ephesians 4:1 says, "As a prisoner of the Lord, then, i urge you to live a life worth of the calling you have recieved." life is best lived on purpose. and that purpose, begins with God. God has a plan for every single one of us. we each have a divine calling, a direction in whicch God is leading us. when we welcome God into our hearts & have a relationship with him, he will begin to reveal his purposes for our lives to us. sometimes his intentions will be totally clear to us, other times, they'll be a little cloudy. but we just have to put our trust in him completely that he will reveal his plan for us. we never need to lose sight of the fact that God created us for a reason. he has important work for each & everyone of us to do and hes waiting on us. it just up to us to do it. Angela Tomas said, "You can believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior, make heaven and miss hell, but never realize the power God intened for you to know in this life." now do you really want to go through life like that? missing out on the awesome things that God wanted you to do for his glory?!! but discovering God's purposes for us requires us to be open. Gods plan unfolds day by day but we have to keep our heart & eyes open so he can reveal his plans to us. he may have a few lessons to teach us before we can do his will and fufill his purpose. so remember. dont miss out on the awesome power of God!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
today was greatt! candace came & got me around 11ish and we went back to her house & hung out & then we went & got her moms car and drove around simpsonville/mauldin & went to woodruff road & to kohls in search of a clemson shirt for candace and then to this Christian store. i love Christian stores. and then we called this guy and screamed in his ear & then hung up. it was sooo funny. kody & mitchell went fourwheelin today. i was a little scared, them two plus two fourwheelers just sounds dangerous. but they're okay. haha.
welp i did my devotion on living on purpose. Ephesians 4:1 says, "As a prisoner of the Lord, then, i urge you to live a life worth of the calling you have recieved." life is best lived on purpose. and that purpose, begins with God. God has a plan for every single one of us. we each have a divine calling, a direction in whicch God is leading us. when we welcome God into our hearts & have a relationship with him, he will begin to reveal his purposes for our lives to us. sometimes his intentions will be totally clear to us, other times, they'll be a little cloudy. but we just have to put our trust in him completely that he will reveal his plan for us. we never need to lose sight of the fact that God created us for a reason. he has important work for each & everyone of us to do and hes waiting on us. it just up to us to do it. Angela Tomas said, "You can believe in Jesus Christ as your Savior, make heaven and miss hell, but never realize the power God intened for you to know in this life." now do you really want to go through life like that? missing out on the awesome things that God wanted you to do for his glory?!! but discovering God's purposes for us requires us to be open. Gods plan unfolds day by day but we have to keep our heart & eyes open so he can reveal his plans to us. he may have a few lessons to teach us before we can do his will and fufill his purpose. so remember. dont miss out on the awesome power of God!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
Friday, August 31, 2007
character.
hey y'all!
T.G.I.F. [[thank God is friday!]] haha. its been a longg week. today was good. i got up early & rachel came & got me & we went out to eat breakfast at chic-fil-a this morning with katie and then we went and got ashley & then went to solid rock. which is a Christian thing where we do praise & worship and then hear a sermon every friday morning at school in the band room. its pretty awesome. the guy preached on sin this morning, and over comming it.
my devotion was on understanding the importance of character. Psalm 25:21 says, "May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you." character is what we are when nobody is watching. but, Bill Hybles said, "Every secret act of character, conviction, and corauge has been observed in living color by our omnicscient God." so can you hide your true character from everyone? nope. maybe ignorant people, but God is always watching. if we sincerely wish to walk with God we must seek to follow his commandments. and our character will take care of itself. character is important. and in order to have a good character we need to follow God's commandments. it doesnt matter what we try to hide from other people, God is always there. always watching. no matter where we are, or what we're doing. so instead of doing misdeeds that we need to hide from people, when we're really not hiding them at all, we should follow God and do good deeds for his glory and have a good character that everyone can see and want to imitate!! ohhh and my nanas friend in Germany's mother got saved today, so please pray for her! thanks!!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
T.G.I.F. [[thank God is friday!]] haha. its been a longg week. today was good. i got up early & rachel came & got me & we went out to eat breakfast at chic-fil-a this morning with katie and then we went and got ashley & then went to solid rock. which is a Christian thing where we do praise & worship and then hear a sermon every friday morning at school in the band room. its pretty awesome. the guy preached on sin this morning, and over comming it.
my devotion was on understanding the importance of character. Psalm 25:21 says, "May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you." character is what we are when nobody is watching. but, Bill Hybles said, "Every secret act of character, conviction, and corauge has been observed in living color by our omnicscient God." so can you hide your true character from everyone? nope. maybe ignorant people, but God is always watching. if we sincerely wish to walk with God we must seek to follow his commandments. and our character will take care of itself. character is important. and in order to have a good character we need to follow God's commandments. it doesnt matter what we try to hide from other people, God is always there. always watching. no matter where we are, or what we're doing. so instead of doing misdeeds that we need to hide from people, when we're really not hiding them at all, we should follow God and do good deeds for his glory and have a good character that everyone can see and want to imitate!! ohhh and my nanas friend in Germany's mother got saved today, so please pray for her! thanks!!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade
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