Feb. 2009

Newsletter 2009 – Edition 1 – Jan.

The theme for 2008 was Matt. 6:33 ‘Seek first the kingdom of God.’

This verse really set the course for the year.

I began to focus and read though the Word starting in Genesis; making notes – writing it down as God spoke. As I did this I found God speaking even more to me. I found healing, freedom, revelation, understanding flowing in fresh ways. A year later I find a fresh love for the Word of God has grown deep within and my time with God is more precious to me than ever. It’s become my life source. While Matt. 6: 33 was theme for 2008 2 Timothy 1: 7 also had a big impact on me…

As we approached 2009 I was asking ‘God what is your word for 2009’...

He spoke Ps. 37: 4 ‘Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart’...

This was a significant verse for me and I entered 2009 excited about God and what the year ahead would hold although I had no clue about what it might be.

To date I’ve spent about five weeks studying this verse and have made lots of notes. A year ago if you told me I spend over a month studying one verse and have over 20 pages of typed notes (and I’m still not done) I would have raised my eyebrows and thought anything is possible but me – likely not.

But God’s Word is changing me... As I’ve got more and more into the Word, the Word is doing it’s work and as I read books, hear teaching cd’s and the word on Sundays I’m hearing with new ears. Oh the words may be the same but I hearing things , seeing things in a whole new light and depth I thought I knew before but now it’s like I only ‘had a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof’ 2 Timothy 3: 5

Oh I’ve not arrived but any means but being in the Word 2008 has laid a foundation that is allowing me to go to new levels (as long as I continue therein)... highlights to follow as I discover them.

The Motions by Matthew West best summarize in song where I’m at.

Check it out.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJF9vaIJ_0

The Motions by Matthew West

This might hurt
It’s not safe
But I know that I’ve gotta make a change
I don’t care
If I break
At least I’ll be feeling something
‘Cause just ok
Is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
Without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking
What if I had given everything?
Instead of going through the motions

No regrets
Not this time
I’m gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love
Make me whole
I think I’m finally feeling something

Take me all the way
Take me all the way
Take me all the way

My favorite web sites to assist me in the study of the Word are

www.biblegateway.com and www.biblecrosswalk.com.

My favorite radio station continues to be www.praise1065.com

Books I’m reading are ‘The Divine Mentor’ by Wayne Cordeiro and ‘The Blood Covenant’ by E. W. Kenyon.

Let’s end up with some humour.

Proverbs 17: 22 tell us that “a merry heart doeth good like a medicine”.

Maybe one of these jokes will bring a smile to your face and heart today.

Little Johnny wanted to go to the zoo and pestered his parents for days. Finally his mother talked his reluctant father into taking him.

"So how was it?" his mother asked when they returned home.

"Great," Little Johnny replied.

"Did you and your father have a good time?" asked his mother.

"Yeah, Daddy especially liked it," exclaimed Little Johnny excitedly, "especially when one of the animals came home at 30 to 1!"

*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*

Worship brings all kinds of responses, as I observed in church recently. An elderly woman was standing with eyes closed and hands raised in prayer and praise. The three-year-old standing in the pew in front of her turned around and gave her a high-five!

—Jennifer Smith, Fort Gratiot, Michigan. Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."

According to a recent article I just read on nutrition, they said eating right doesn't have to be complicated. Nutritionists say there is a simple way to tell if you're eating right. Colours. Fill your plates with bright colors. Greens, reds, yellows.

In fact, I did that this morning. I had an entire bowl of M&M's. It was delicious! I never knew eating right could be so easy.

I now have a whole new outlook on life.

*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh

B l e s s I n g s B e y o n d Me a s u r e in 2009.

Scott