HEY K7! I HOPE THE TITLE GRABBED YOUR ATTENTION AND GOT YOU STOKED, BECAUSE I'M SO STOKED ON WHAT GOD'S BEEN DOING IN LITTLE OLD TERRACE BC! I'M SORRY, I HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE AT KEEPING IN TOUCH SO HERE'S AN UPDATE THAT BRINGS OUR FAITHFUL GOD SO MUCH GLORY!
ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO ALLISON CAME TO CHRIST, SHE WAS SO READY AND WANTED IT SO BAD. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PRAYED FOR HER, WHO SHOUTED HER NAME UP TO THE LORD AT THAT CHAPEL DOWN AT THE DOCK BECAUSE SHE IS HIS! PLEASE PRAY FOR THE LORD TO CONTINUE THIS GREAT WORK HE'S BEGAN IN HER HEART AND PRAISE HIM!
GOD'S BEEN DOING SOMETHING POWERFUL IN MY DAD'S HEART. THROUGH SOME CONVERSATIONS AT GRAD HE'S BEGINNING TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY THE LORD'S CAPTURED MY HEART AND MY DESIRE TO PURSUE HIM AT BRIERCREST NEXT FALL. ONE EVENING MY DAD GRABBED ME BY THE HAND AND PROMISED ME HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THAT HE'S ENCOURAGING ME TO CONTINUE ON THIS PATH. HALLELUJAH! PLEASE PRAY FOR A CONTINUED SURRENDERING OF THESE EARTHLY THINGS THAT HE HOLDS TO SO TIGHTLY.
I AM OFFICIALLY THE CHURCH MINISTRY SUMMER INTERN AT THE TERRACE PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY! I AM IN AWE AT THE WAY THE LORD PROVIDED THIS MOST PERFECT 'JOB' FOR ME THIS SUMMER. IT JUST SORT OF FELL INTO MY LAP AND I JUMPED ON IT! I AM SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO BE GETTING PAID TO SERVE THE LORD EVERYDAY THROUGH CHURCH MINISTRY. I START TOMORROW DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AND SOON I'LL BE RUNNING ALL THE KIDS PROGRAMS! PLANNING AND LEADING SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND VARIOUS OTHER KIDS EVENTS, WORKING AT THE CAMP AND JUST LOVING ON THEM LIKE CRAZY! PLEASE PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD BE FILLING ME EVERYDAY FOR THE SERVICE THAT HE'S CALLED ME TO, FOR STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, PATIENCE, LOVE.
HELLO HOLY SPIRIT LIKE I'VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE! THIS PENTECOSTAL EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS BEEN CAUSING ME TO SEARCH DEEP IN SCRIPTURE! SUNDAY MORNINGS ARE AN AVERAGE SERVICE BUT YOUTH AND CAMP ARE ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY. SPEAKING IN TONGUES, FALLING OVER IN THE SPIRIT, LAUGHTER, HEALING, CHEERING ON THE PREACHER WITH 'HALLELUJAH' 'COME ON' 'AMEN' 'YES', THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EXPERIENCED SO FAR. I'VE HAD MANY GREAT TALKS WITH PASTORS ABOUT HOW THIS ALIGNS WITH SCRIPTURE AND EDIFIES THE BODY OF CHRIST. THROUGH SEARCHING, PRAYER, AND EXPERIENCE I'M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND, AND AM SO GLAD THAT I AM AT THIS CHURCH. I'M LEARNING DISCERNMENT! AND TO NOT BE FEARFUL OF WHAT GOES BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING. PLEASE PRAY FOR GUIDANCE, WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS I FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BIBLICAL, WHAT I BELIEVE, AND THAT I WOULD STAY GROUNDED IN THE TRUTH AND NOT UPON SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCES.
MY MOM CAME TO CHURCH TODAY! LAST NIGHT AT CAMP AT ONE OF THOSE SPIRIT FILLED SERVICES, AS PEOPLE WERE DROPPING TO FLOOR, PRAYING IN TONGUES, BOWING BEFORE THE KING, IT WAS REVEALED TO ME THAT IF I SPOKE TO HER THIS NIGHT SHE WOULD COME TOMORROW. I WAS OVERCOME WITH JOY AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING HOME, COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME TO HER TO TALK WITH HER AND ASK HER AGAIN TO COME WITH ME, THIS TIME KNOWING THE RESPONSE WOULD BE YES BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL! SHE SAT AND SEEMED AWKWARD DURING WORSHIP BUT SEEMED SEMI INTERESTED IN THE MESSAGE OF COMMUNITY AND UNITY AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS. PLEASE PRAY THAT SHE WILL COME AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
THESE ARE ALL STORIES OF THE GOOD WORKS THE LORD IS DOING, BUT IT HAS BEEN SO HARD AT TIMES. A ROLLER COASTER IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, HIGH HIGHS AND LOW LOWS, BUT OUT OF THE LOWS HAS CONSISTENTLY COME A HIGH. BEING HOME, SEEING OLD FRIENDS DOWN TOWN KEEPS ME PRAISING AND BEING THANKFUL FOR THE WAY THE LORD HAS TRANSFORMED ME. I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED!!!
ALTHOUGH THIS IS MY FIRST POST, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE LOOKED AT THE BLOG, I HAVE BEEN IN PRAYER FOR YOU GUYS AND I HAVE PICTURES OF KALEO IN FRAMES ALL OVER MY ROOM SO THAT YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY SLIP MY MIND. PRAYING FOR ALL OF K7 RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD LEAD LIVES PLEASING TO HIM WHO HAS RESCUED YOU, THAT YOUR WORDS WOULD BE RIVERS OF TRUTH AND LIFE, THAT YOU WOULD FIND MANY REASONS TO PRAISE HIM THROUGH OUT THE DAY, AND THAT YOU WOULD ENTER DEEPER INTO WORSHIP HERE ON EARTH AND BE STOKED FOR ETERNAL WORSHIP!
LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU!
CLAIRE
PS. ROSCOE SAYS HI AND HE MISSES YOU GUYS AND HE'S SORRY FOR SMELLING LIKE FISH AND SEAL POOP.
PSS. LIKE YOU WERENT ALL WAITING FOR ME TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT POOP IN THIS MESSAGE.
5 comments:
CLAIRE!!!!!!
YOU'RE ALIVE! :D praise God, I thought you might have been eaten by a Grizz.
I couldn't help but read all of these capital letters hearing your voice shouting at me!
HAHA, I love Roscoe even though he bites me despite the time I brought him a bone. What is that really when Abs bites me anyways. Say Hi to him for me!
WOW is pretty much all I can come up with right now.... this is all SO incredible!!! Reading this has brought so much hope and joy to me. God is so powerful, so good! I love it, I love it, I love it... all the things he is doing in your life and the life of those around you! I lift my voice in praises!
Thank you so much Claire for sharing!... (it's about time ;)) I LOVED hearing from you. You are in my prayers sista!!
-THE HALEINATOR- comin' at cha rubbing my chest with an angry face babe. (typewriter exclusive, we are the greatest, I know.)
Claire! Wow, it is so good to hear from you. It is so evident what God has done in you! Wherever you go he is producing a wake of his glory and grace. I pray for revival in Terrace. I just finished a book by a Chinese Pastor who talks about revival and he says that it comes first through a commitment and knowledge to the Word of God and second through obedience to the Word. Thank you for your obedience and love for God's word. I pray that through this fire that the Lord has given to you, and as you shout out his name from the rooftops, Terrace will experience revival. Praise God for what he is doing there in your friends, in your parents, and in you.
"For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace, the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress. Instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle, and it shall make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
Isaiah 55:12-13
I am glad you wrote IN CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE WHAT GOD IS DOING WITH YOU IS WORTH EXCLAIMING ON THE WEB! So glad for the doors God continues to open wide before you. Praying for soft hearts for mom - hers and yours.
God is good...all the time! All the time...God is good!
LOVE THIS!!! and yes, I was waiting so thanks for sticking that in there at the end :)
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