Write God a letter to express your gratitude for how accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior has changed your life in ways you never thought possible.
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I thank You God for life, for breath, for the ways in which you reveal Yourself to me, for loving me more than I can fully comprehend. I thank you for the MOST extravagant display of Your love, when You sent Your Son Jesus to come to this planet, leaving behind, the glory of heaven. Thank you for allowing your Spirit to be encased in flesh in Jesus. In Him, I can see You, in Him I can learn about Who You are, in Him, You give me the role model in which I could pattern my own life. Thank You for allowing me even a glimpse of the AWESOME God that You are. I love you!
I thank You Lord for all the beauty that I see with my heart, soul and eyes every day. I thank You for all the blessings in my life. I thank for You my family and my church and all the wonderfully loving people that I have met there. You truly are an AWESOME God whose love for me abounds in ways that I can't and don't understand. I thank You for absolutely everything, both good and maybe not so good that has happened and is happening in my life. Because even though I don't always understand, there is a plan that only You know. I love you more than words can describe and I thank You for loving me even with all my imperfections.
Dear Mary, How beautiful an expression of love and praise to our Creator. I can feel His smile shining upon you!
"May the road rise up my friend to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face today, And the rain fall soft upon your field, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand"
I just KNOW that there is somebody out there who can add a post to this blog! It's nice blogging with Mary...but we've agreed that in this case....the more the merrier!!
It has been a truly glorious day in NEPA!! I awoke to the beauty of the birds singing and the leaves falling. I thank God every day for the beauty that surrounds me and my family. He truly is the Master Planner.
God is so amazing, and he has brought so many wonderful people into my life. I told a dear friend of mine that my walk to the Lord has been YEARS in the making and that I would need an entire series to give my testimony. All I know is that since I accepted the Lord as my Saviour and was baptised things have been amazing!!! That isn't saying that everything has been perfect or easy, but it has all been amazing. I actually wake up in the morning eagerly anticipating the gifts that will come that day. I like the "new" me (and so does my hubby).
I agree, it is so cool to have a blog and so wonderful that we have our own space on the net to tell others what God has done and continue to do in our life and how thankful we are to be His children. It is so powerful to read comments from our dear brothers and sisters in Christ. I appreciate Paula's comment, calling out all of us to express our gratitude and let every single internet users knows how accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior has changed our life in many good ways and for the best. This is definitely a great tool and who knows...could be a great resource for people who have a burning desire to know more about God and let Jesus take over their entire life. Definitely, sister, I am in...
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1
...good to have you join us Gerald...Mary and I welcome you and anybody else who wants to sing the praises of our beautiful, wonderful, unimaginable, ineffable God!
I want to thank our God today for teaching me to hear His voice. I used to think about the words of Jesus...when He said that His sheep follow Him because they know His voice...I used to wonder if I recognized His voice. I wanted very much to be His sheep...and yet doubted that I truly recognized His voice. There are so many voices out there. I thank you Lord Jesus, for revealing Yourself to me...I thank You for teaching me to recognize Your voice. I pray that I can become more and more in tune with You..and less and less distracted by the noises of this world.
I woke up this morning to a 3 year old who wouldn't quit talking and an almost 1 year old who wouldn't quit crying (he has another ear infection). My husband was grumpy and it was snowing, and getting progressively yuckier outside. As I stood in the kitchen, drinking my coffee and watching my children and husband, I immediately began to thank God for such a glorious day. Most people would probaby say that I was nuts, however I don;t think I am. Every day I am reminded that even though things look hectic and yucky, they aren't. There is a wonderfully loving Father who is so giving and kind that it amazes me. This morning all I really saw were may blessings, and they were all gifts from Him. He blessed me by bringing my husband into my life 14 years ago. I was further blessed by the Lord when my husband actually married me. Again we were blessed by our magnificient God when we had our children (according to medical doctors, we were not supposed to able to have any children, let alon 2). And we are continually blessed by having a roof over our heads, food in our home, and vehicles that run and get us around town in this snowy mess. My life is full of blessings, and I thank My God EVERY DAY!! He truly loves us and no matter what He is always there (whether we see Him immediately or not). I can go on and on and on and on (just ask Paula). I am so filled with joy and excitement for my heavenly Father. He is AWESOME!!!
It is so wonderful to count all of His blessings even though things are not going the way we would like them to be, but God knows and He is in total control. Such comments and personal experiences bring others closer to God and help others understand how wonderful our God is even in the midst of our sorrow, pain, anxiety and hectic moments. As I read your comments, I can not stop thinking about the movie “Facing the Giants”, where Coach Taylor and his wife were facing all kind of struggles. Financially, they could not afford another used car - Coach Taylor in his six years of high school football has never led his team to a winning season, they needed a baby so bad, and the list kept on growing. But Coach Taylor never doubt for a second that His current life/ situation is God’s will for him and he has to let God use him in the midst of everything to make something great with his situation, to turn his community and his world upside down. Everyday He thanks God for his wife, his job, the breath of Life, his health. His motto: “Everything is possible with God” which is also my favorite verse in the Bible “Philippians 4:13. As you said, a child who would not quit talking, a 1 year old who would not quit crying, and a husband not on his mood that morning and in the midst of everything, you are thanking God for His blessings and Glory…This is so powerful and a good example for myself. In the other side, we can not count how many people are praying God continuously for a husband – a child, just one! But you have the wisdom and the discernment to praise Him in the storm for what He gave you…This is so cool Mary! Thanks for sharing it and for teaching me this great lesson of faith and thanksgiving. I always ask God for wisdom and patience in my daily prayers and you know what? Sometimes I get upset and mad for anything, at my life, at my family, at my peers, at a friend… and even though I am mad, I can still picture God looking at me with a smiling face saying: “Gerald, I love you, I sent my son Jesus to die on the cross for you so you can have eternal life, a life of happiness, full of joy, so you can overcome your anxiety, your problems and leave everything up to me…come on boy (tapping His lap), come here… Let’s start over from scratch and not let anything in this world trouble you. I gave you a job, a family, friends, a church family to grow, to love…love them no matter who they are, what they do, take care of them as I am taking care of you.
Mary, you are truly a blessing and we are so proud of you and happy to have you in our church family. Let God continue to use you and so we can learn more from Him through you. To conclude with the movie “Facing the Giants”, Coach Taylor had all of his prayers answered one after the other…He got a brand new car sent from heaven, his team won the championships and at the end of the movie he could not believe that he is going to be a father. A good lesson of faith, obedience, power of prayers and Thanksgiving. Check the DVD out in our church library.
I'm here laughing out loud....I JUST GOT FINISHED telling my two boys that we're going to pop in the movie "Facing The Giants"...that I took out of our church library!! I took a minute to check out this blog while Jimmy was getting his jammies on. ...and now Gerald has gone and given away the end of the movie!! (Thanks alot Gerald!!) Ha! Ha! ... Seriously...I am always impressed when a person can see our Father's blessings while in the middle of a storm. That is so....un-human like and very Christ-like. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 says that we should give thanks in all circumstances....and Mary...that's what you did. YOU GO GIRL! When you chose to thank Him in the storm, you are honoring Him and HE is glorified! Thank you for letting Him shine through you. Isn't He beautiful?? ...gotta go for now...the boys are waiting to watch the movie...and don't worry...I won't ruin it for them like Gerald did for me!! (tee hee)
Leave it to my brother to give away the ending of a movie that I was looking forward to watching. At least I know how it ends in the event that the power goes out. My boys are sleeping now and it is peaceful again in our home. I am praying that Scott makes it home from work tomorrow morning safely with the weather that is starting to roll in. I am amazed every day, that no matter what I am faced with, I am able to make it through. I don't understand why my family and I have to "go through" on an amlmost daily basis. It is not mine to understand, all I can do is lean on my Father, lay everything at his feet and get on with my life. It isn't always easy, like Paula said it is un-human. I don't do it all of the time, sometimes it is hard for me to "let go" but I also that it is ok if I can't. I just need to ask for forgiveness and it is granted. I can't speak enough of how fabulous I feel in the midst of this storm. My favorite song is 'Jesus, Lover of My Soul' because it is soooo true. He is so wonderful. But you guys know that don't you?? Thanks for sharing the secret (so to speak) and thank you so much for so lovingly accepting into the church family. I finally feel as though I am home. :)
I just wanted to say "hey" to anyone out there and say that I appreciate all of you at BCC. My wife and I and kids have been coming for over a month now and we have really felt "at home". You and your members have been very nice and welcoming to us and we appreciate that! We feel that God's love shines through you and it is evident to us He is at work there. I am not sure if this is the purpose of the blog, but since Gerald told us how to get in, I thought I'd give it a shot. Thanks again! And maybe more to the purpose of the blog.....today, I thank God for reminding me where my help comes from. It comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth........Ps. 121:1-2
Welcome to our Blog, and many thanks for taking the time to visit our website and post your comment to our blog. It is so nice to have you and your family worshipping with us here at BCC. As you said God is really at work here at BCC and we are trying so hard to put ourselves available to Him in order to use us, mold us and help us to be the Christians that He wants us to be.
Again many thanks for visiting our blog, and we are so happy to have you and your family in our congregation.
I completely agree with you. I showed up at Bloomsburg Christian Church for the first time in May 2007. My life has not been the same since. Everyone was so warm and welcoming, it was very unlike anything I had experienced before. God really is at work through BCC and the members there. I am so thankful for all of the people there that I have met. Each of them brings a special gift to my life and the life of my family. I am so glad that you are a part of the congregation as well. I hope to one day meet you and your family in person. God's love to you.
Greetings Andy! Good to have you join us. It is great to hear that you've found the love of Jesus shining at Bloomsburg Christian Church. I can't tell you how much I appreciate belonging to a family of believers that is seeking hard after our God... how blessed we are to be surrounded by fellow 'rescued sinners'... living, working, worshipping, serving together. So glad that our ever-orchestrating God has led you and your family to us!
"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together!" Psalm 34:1-3
This is Andy again with a different screen name. Thanks for all the encouraging words! I appreciate seeing and reading those words that lift up! It has been a while since I've written in. I guess I thought that I had to have something profound to say, but realized this morning that if it is God's Word, it will never return void, so I've decided to do a little more blogging. In fact, my kids have been blogging for a while on other sites and this is my first one, so we've been chuckling about how "Dad" is participating in a blog. Well, gotta go.....looking forward to the N.O.W. in February. Have a great day....and "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." - Eph. 3:20-21
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I thank You God for life, for breath, for the ways in which you reveal Yourself to me, for loving me more than I can fully comprehend. I thank you for the MOST extravagant display of Your love, when You sent Your Son Jesus to come to this planet, leaving behind, the glory of heaven. Thank you for allowing your Spirit to be encased in flesh in Jesus. In Him, I can see You, in Him I can learn about Who You are, in Him, You give me the role model in which I could pattern my own life. Thank You for allowing me even a glimpse of the AWESOME God that You are. I love you!
'...hello.... anybody out there??
I thank You Lord for all the beauty that I see with my heart, soul and eyes every day. I thank You for all the blessings in my life. I thank for You my family and my church and all the wonderfully loving people that I have met there. You truly are an AWESOME God whose love for me abounds in ways that I can't and don't understand. I thank You for absolutely everything, both good and maybe not so good that has happened and is happening in my life. Because even though I don't always understand, there is a plan that only You know. I love you more than words can describe and I thank You for loving me even with all my imperfections.
Dear Mary,
How beautiful an expression of love and praise to our Creator. I can feel His smile shining upon you!
"May the road rise up my friend to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face today,
And the rain fall soft upon your field,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand"
I just KNOW that there is somebody out there who can add a post to this blog! It's nice blogging with Mary...but we've agreed that in this case....the more the merrier!!
It has been a truly glorious day in NEPA!! I awoke to the beauty of the birds singing and the leaves falling. I thank God every day for the beauty that surrounds me and my family. He truly is the Master Planner.
God is so amazing, and he has brought so many wonderful people into my life. I told a dear friend of mine that my walk to the Lord has been YEARS in the making and that I would need an entire series to give my testimony. All I know is that since I accepted the Lord as my Saviour and was baptised things have been amazing!!! That isn't saying that everything has been perfect or easy, but it has all been amazing. I actually wake up in the morning eagerly anticipating the gifts that will come that day.
I like the "new" me (and so does my hubby).
Hay Paula -
This is great!!! Our own Blog - how cool is that!!! I feel so special :)
Maybe one day Gerald, Marybeth, Lisa, Eric, or anyone from BCC will join us!! I look forward to that day.
Dear Mary
I agree, it is so cool to have a blog and so wonderful that we have our own space on the net to tell others what God has done and continue to do in our life and how thankful we are to be His children. It is so powerful to read comments from our dear brothers and sisters in Christ. I appreciate Paula's comment, calling out all of us to express our gratitude and let every single internet users knows how accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior has changed our life in many good ways and for the best. This is definitely a great tool and who knows...could be a great resource for people who have a burning desire to know more about God and let Jesus take over their entire life. Definitely, sister, I am in...
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1
...good to have you join us Gerald...Mary and I welcome you and anybody else who wants to sing the praises of our beautiful, wonderful, unimaginable, ineffable God!
I want to thank our God today for teaching me to hear His voice. I used to think about the words of Jesus...when He said that His sheep follow Him because they know His voice...I used to wonder if I recognized His voice. I wanted very much to be His sheep...and yet doubted that I truly recognized His voice. There are so many voices out there. I thank you Lord Jesus, for revealing Yourself to me...I thank You for teaching me to recognize Your voice. I pray that I can become more and more in tune with You..and less and less distracted by the noises of this world.
Glory and praise to YOU LORD JESUS!
I woke up this morning to a 3 year old who wouldn't quit talking and an almost 1 year old who wouldn't quit crying (he has another ear infection). My husband was grumpy and it was snowing, and getting progressively yuckier outside.
As I stood in the kitchen, drinking my coffee and watching my children and husband, I immediately began to thank God for such a glorious day.
Most people would probaby say that I was nuts, however I don;t think I am.
Every day I am reminded that even though things look hectic and yucky, they aren't. There is a wonderfully loving Father who is so giving and kind that it amazes me.
This morning all I really saw were may blessings, and they were all gifts from Him.
He blessed me by bringing my husband into my life 14 years ago. I was further blessed by the Lord when my husband actually married me. Again we were blessed by our magnificient God when we had our children (according to medical doctors, we were not supposed to able to have any children, let alon 2). And we are continually blessed by having a roof over our heads, food in our home, and vehicles that run and get us around town in this snowy mess.
My life is full of blessings, and I thank My God EVERY DAY!! He truly loves us and no matter what He is always there (whether we see Him immediately or not).
I can go on and on and on and on (just ask Paula). I am so filled with joy and excitement for my heavenly Father. He is AWESOME!!!
sorry for all the incorrect spellings and all the grammar errors in the above post :)
Dear Mary
It is so wonderful to count all of His blessings even though things are not going the way we would like them to be, but God knows and He is in total control. Such comments and personal experiences bring others closer to God and help others understand how wonderful our God is even in the midst of our sorrow, pain, anxiety and hectic moments. As I read your comments, I can not stop thinking about the movie “Facing the Giants”, where Coach Taylor and his wife were facing all kind of struggles. Financially, they could not afford another used car - Coach Taylor in his six years of high school football has never led his team to a winning season, they needed a baby so bad, and the list kept on growing. But Coach Taylor never doubt for a second that His current life/ situation is God’s will for him and he has to let God use him in the midst of everything to make something great with his situation, to turn his community and his world upside down. Everyday He thanks God for his wife, his job, the breath of Life, his health. His motto: “Everything is possible with God” which is also my favorite verse in the Bible “Philippians 4:13. As you said, a child who would not quit talking, a 1 year old who would not quit crying, and a husband not on his mood that morning and in the midst of everything, you are thanking God for His blessings and Glory…This is so powerful and a good example for myself. In the other side, we can not count how many people are praying God continuously for a husband – a child, just one! But you have the wisdom and the discernment to praise Him in the storm for what He gave you…This is so cool Mary! Thanks for sharing it and for teaching me this great lesson of faith and thanksgiving. I always ask God for wisdom and patience in my daily prayers and you know what? Sometimes I get upset and mad for anything, at my life, at my family, at my peers, at a friend… and even though I am mad, I can still picture God looking at me with a smiling face saying: “Gerald, I love you, I sent my son Jesus to die on the cross for you so you can have eternal life, a life of happiness, full of joy, so you can overcome your anxiety, your problems and leave everything up to me…come on boy (tapping His lap), come here… Let’s start over from scratch and not let anything in this world trouble you. I gave you a job, a family, friends, a church family to grow, to love…love them no matter who they are, what they do, take care of them as I am taking care of you.
Mary, you are truly a blessing and we are so proud of you and happy to have you in our church family. Let God continue to use you and so we can learn more from Him through you. To conclude with the movie “Facing the Giants”, Coach Taylor had all of his prayers answered one after the other…He got a brand new car sent from heaven, his team won the championships and at the end of the movie he could not believe that he is going to be a father. A good lesson of faith, obedience, power of prayers and Thanksgiving. Check the DVD out in our church library.
I'm here laughing out loud....I JUST GOT FINISHED telling my two boys that we're going to pop in the movie "Facing The Giants"...that I took out of our church library!! I took a minute to check out this blog while Jimmy was getting his jammies on. ...and now Gerald has gone and given away the end of the movie!! (Thanks alot Gerald!!) Ha! Ha! ...
Seriously...I am always impressed when a person can see our Father's blessings while in the middle of a storm. That is so....un-human like and very Christ-like. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 says that we should give thanks in all circumstances....and Mary...that's what you did. YOU GO GIRL! When you chose to thank Him in the storm, you are honoring Him and HE is glorified! Thank you for letting Him shine through you. Isn't He beautiful?? ...gotta go for now...the boys are waiting to watch the movie...and don't worry...I won't ruin it for them like Gerald did for me!! (tee hee)
Leave it to my brother to give away the ending of a movie that I was looking forward to watching. At least I know how it ends in the event that the power goes out.
My boys are sleeping now and it is peaceful again in our home. I am praying that Scott makes it home from work tomorrow morning safely with the weather that is starting to roll in.
I am amazed every day, that no matter what I am faced with, I am able to make it through. I don't understand why my family and I have to "go through" on an amlmost daily basis. It is not mine to understand, all I can do is lean on my Father, lay everything at his feet and get on with my life. It isn't always easy, like Paula said it is un-human. I don't do it all of the time, sometimes it is hard for me to "let go" but I also that it is ok if I can't. I just need to ask for forgiveness and it is granted. I can't speak enough of how fabulous I feel in the midst of this storm. My favorite song is 'Jesus, Lover of My Soul' because it is soooo true. He is so wonderful. But you guys know that don't you?? Thanks for sharing the secret (so to speak) and thank you so much for so lovingly accepting into the church family. I finally feel as though I am home. :)
Ok - again please forgive the misspellings, missing words and grammar errors. This is something that I need to work on...
I just wanted to say "hey" to anyone out there and say that I appreciate all of you at BCC. My wife and I and kids have been coming for over a month now and we have really felt "at home". You and your members have been very nice and welcoming to us and we appreciate that! We feel that God's love shines through you and it is evident to us He is at work there. I am not sure if this is the purpose of the blog, but since Gerald told us how to get in, I thought I'd give it a shot. Thanks again! And maybe more to the purpose of the blog.....today, I thank God for reminding me where my help comes from. It comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth........Ps. 121:1-2
Hi Andy!
Welcome to our Blog, and many thanks for taking the time to visit our website and post your comment to our blog. It is so nice to have you and your family worshipping with us here at BCC. As you said God is really at work here at BCC and we are trying so hard to put ourselves available to Him in order to use us, mold us and help us to be the Christians that He wants us to be.
Again many thanks for visiting our blog, and we are so happy to have you and your family in our congregation.
Welcome Andy!!
I completely agree with you. I showed up at Bloomsburg Christian Church for the first time in May 2007. My life has not been the same since. Everyone was so warm and welcoming, it was very unlike anything I had experienced before.
God really is at work through BCC and the members there. I am so thankful for all of the people there that I have met. Each of them brings a special gift to my life and the life of my family.
I am so glad that you are a part of the congregation as well. I hope to one day meet you and your family in person. God's love to you.
*****REMEMBER GOD MADE YOU SPECIAL AND HE LOVES YOU VERY MUCH :)****
Greetings Andy!
Good to have you join us. It is great to hear that you've found the love of Jesus shining at Bloomsburg Christian Church. I can't tell you how much I appreciate belonging to a family of believers that is seeking hard after our God... how blessed we are to be surrounded by fellow 'rescued sinners'... living, working, worshipping, serving together. So glad that our ever-orchestrating God has led you and your family to us!
"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together!"
Psalm 34:1-3
Hello All,
This is Andy again with a different screen name. Thanks for all the encouraging words! I appreciate seeing and reading those words that lift up! It has been a while since I've written in. I guess I thought that I had to have something profound to say, but realized this morning that if it is God's Word, it will never return void, so I've decided to do a little more blogging. In fact, my kids have been blogging for a while on other sites and this is my first one, so we've been chuckling about how "Dad" is participating in a blog. Well, gotta go.....looking forward to the N.O.W. in February. Have a great day....and "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." - Eph. 3:20-21
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