Everyday for Jesus

Painting for the Lord*

2008-05-10T14:18:00.000-07:00

I give God all glory and praise for this remarkable day full of blessings.
I went with a few women of our housechurch to do worship painting today in an old farm place. It was a lovely, sunny day and the lord really led us into new techniques with water colours and acryl.
Moreover he enlarged my way of viewing and painting... I paint with passion for the lord for two years now but this day helped me to develop new ways and to step out of my own way of viewing, painting and helped me to draw out of the ligne :-)
The painting you can see is one i have painted a years ago. Pictures of today will be following soon.

Oh happy day!

2008-05-09T12:56:00.000-07:00

Im so thankful that God gives me days full of sunlight and his Grace :-)
I went for a very long bike ride today and had a wonderful time with my lord and just dreaming and enjoying His creation! Awesome. Especially around where I live you can see apple trees blossom everywhere, the green colour of the lawn and yellow lawns full of flowers.
I strongly believe that these are signs and gifts that God gives us to make us happy and praise him!!
Oh praise him, Oh praise him, he is holy, he is hooooly!

2008-05-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

Can you describe the haunting, wistful fragrance of a bunch of violets?
Peter Marshall

Friendship

2008-05-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

What is friendship?
It is the crimson blossom of color,
harbored at the height of the blooming flower.
It is the gentle patter of raindrops across a sidewalk,
As you sit at the window, whispering your secret talk.
It is the knowledge that you are million miles away,
But your friend will always close to your heart remain.

How do you know when you’ve found it?
You know, because your friend will come at any hour,
regardless of, or perhaps because, you are angry, sad, or sour.Or you think to yourself “she must lonely; I haven’t called in a day”,
Even though you both know that phones are not your forte.
When all else has blown to bits, and you stand alone,
They step up, face the wind, and you’re never on your own.

And how do you maintain it?
Sacrifice yourself; appreciate the sacrifices they’ve made for you,
Tell them you love them; hug them, even when that’s not what you usually do.
Care for their needs; listen to what they have to tell,
Build a mutual relationship, and confide in them as well.
Be yourself, always give and take equally,
Willing or not, a need is a need, friends are still friends in difficulty.

Truly, what is friendship?
There is the hive, bee, flower, and pollination, then the sweet honey;
The stormy blast, thunderous vibrations, then is it sunny.
Life is hard, but possesses priceless learning,
Friendship is work, but that’s what makes it worth earning.

by Rachel B.

The power of prayer!

2008-04-30T13:57:00.000-07:00

No ocean can hold it back.

No river can overtake it.

No whirlwind can go faster.

No army can defeat it.

No law can stop it.

No distance can slow it.

No disease can cripple it.

No force on earth is more powerful or effective than the power of prayer.

By Lynn Carlson

Friends, never ever doubt what a single prayer of you can move when it is honest.
Regardless of all our wants and wishes, it is about the relationship between us and Jesus. Let us dearly long to be with our lord through Thanks giving, Praise, Stillness, Meditation and Intercession!

Rays of sunlight

2008-04-30T04:40:00.000-07:00

this is my first poem/ mix of thoughts:

Affected by spring`s beauty,
encircled by little flashes of elegantly coloured flowers,
immersing into the endless sea of sunlight,
catching every single ray,
sipping the glow of comming spring,
having a scent of beautiful trait,
smelling pure, entire, phenomenal nature,
perceiving by the soft winds touch,
titilating my nose,
afreshing my soul,
allowing me to drown even deeper into the ever green paint of meadow,
watching cherry trees flourish,
bringing forth luscious fruit.

Tell me, oh teacher of all art,
how could a human mind,
a passing stranger,
not listen to the singing bird,
not seeing the peerless eagle,
soaring in the paddling clouds,
not feeling the fresh winds rush,
that you send like a pinch/prize of the burning sun?

How small I am compared to all this?
But still you attach value to me!
I feel flattered by your presence,
I feel at ease when you call my name.

Do not forget, oh my soul,
what you have seen and heard from your Lord,
so that when this beauty is all gone,
and autum arrives,
you can still say,
that you feel at ease,
for where your Lord is,
there is no darkness.

2008-04-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

"Nearly all God`s jewels are crystallized tears."
Mrs. Charles Cowman

Gods design

2008-04-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the "rests." They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the melody, not to change the keynote. If we look up, God Himself will beat the time for us. With the eye on Him, we shall strike the next note full and clear. If we sadly say to ourselves, "there is no music in a ‘rest,’" let us not forget "there is the making of music in it." The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!

– Ruskin, from Streams in the Desert

Drill team experience

2008-04-28T05:58:00.000-07:00

I had a really blessed weekend, spending friday to sunday with my crazy texan and californian friends in Viernheim. Thanks to my dad, who gave me the car to go there.
On saturday morning we went to watch Sid`s drill team performance on the american post/ high school in Mannheim. I felt like being in America though it was Germany...fascinating!
There they had this drill team competition, competing against two other american high schools in germany. As far as i remember i think they made it to the second place.
It was awesome!!! Watching americans marching and performing a Choreography synchronically is just really amazing to watch as i love dancing and studying those moves.
Since i have been told to share more of what i experience lately, i though you might be interested what i did this weekend ;-)

The rest of the weekend i just spend enjoying the sun, my friends and relaxing... next saturday, they gonna move back to texas for a few weeks, so this was the last time actually seeing them before they go. Gladly they gonna be back soon :)

Be blessed!!!

Words for each day*

2008-04-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

"A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." Proverbs 17:22

"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Psalm 119:103

"When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise." Proverbs 10:19

"Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing."Probers 12:18

"Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24

Matthew 19:29

2008-04-21T00:55:00.000-07:00

"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[f] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."

This is hard, isnt it. But i have decided to let go, to let go of circumstances, people and my wishes. And i need to practice this each and every day. Each day, we have the chance to go with Jesus anew. No day is ever the same. Thanks to God who does this work in us so we dont have to fight for it. All we have to do is to put our focus on our lord :-) God have mercy with us so that we do this!

Rachels poem

2008-04-18T02:01:00.001-07:00

When sorrow or pain rolls in
- as a stormy rain or thunderhead -
close your eyes and rest in Him,
still your mind, let yourself be led.

Cuz as the rain comes crashing down,
the water immerses and cleanes you.
So do not fear that you will drown,
there is NOTHING that God can't do.

And in a moment, it's all over,
and the screaming wind departs.
Your mind is clean, there's nothing to remember,
except that He held you in his arms.

The Son has risen, the rain is gone,
rest and cry, He'll sing you to sleep.
His strength won't run, nor His love,
you are always His to keep.

A Cord of three strands

2008-04-18T01:40:00.000-07:00

Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:

If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

I am really thankful to be blessed with friends! God has especially put two very best eartly friends on my heart to thank them for their friendship, time and love that they showed to me over the last years.
One friend is sitting in her final exam right now and the other friend strengthened me with her poetic talent this morning. Selina & Rachel, I dont deserve you both... Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything. I am especially glad that we all have Jesus as our Lord and the word promises that a cord of three strands is not quickly broken- so i know for sure that in the Fathers hands, a lifetime is not too long... to live as friends!

I love you both immensly... I have no other words.
God bless you!!!

My wonderful friend`s website!

2008-04-04T03:12:00.000-07:00

I just want to recommend a really good website of a most precious friend of mine. She is an incredible young American girl who is really in love with Jesus and has it on her heart to tell people how wonderful he is and what he has done in her life! She is really important to me and i love her lots!
Please have a look at her side and read through her articles:

http://himinme.weebly.com/index.html

with highest regards and love
Julia*

2008-04-01T05:30:00.000-07:00

Portrait- Danny Plett

Today I drove home in the rain,
feeling that old familiar pain,
up at six pm,
cried cold tears again,
why do I always hurt you with what I say and do,
tell me when will my image be the image of you.

This and only this: is my heart felt wish:

Please paint a portrait
of a man that`s seen through your eyes,
paint a portrait of what you make me to be...

To begin and never cease,
paint a single masterpiece,
paint in my eyes your love enfold me but a trace.

Paint a portrait in the likeness of your face.

Awake my soul be sleepless,
Awake to be the empty canvas,
Paint my soul so clear,
Paint it evergreen.

Paint your heart within me,
fill the picture frame,
create me master artist and sign me with your name.

This and only this and my heart felt wish/ filled with:

Chorus

Once I was a faded old forgotten photograph living
in an attic that I built there for myself.
But he put his heart within me and he filled the picture frame, and then the master artist picked me up & signed me with his name.

Chorus

Paint a portrait (3x)
in the likeness of your face.

I wanna love you*

2008-03-12T07:19:00.000-07:00

I wanna love You regardless if anyone else does
I wanna serve You even if I'm all alone
Though others forsake You I wanna give you my faith and trust
Faithfully follow everywhere You go

Chorus:
You are my sun in the morning
My star in the night
You're my manna from heaven
You're my fountain of life
You are my oil, you're my healing
My constant delight
You're my Shepard protecting me
You are my guiding light

I wanna praise You regardless if anyone else does (I wanna praise You)
I wanna thank You for the wonderful things You do (I wanna thank You)
It doesn't matter if I am poor or if I have plenty (It doesn't matter)
Everything I have give to You (I give to You)

Bridge:
Some people say You're not reality
Some people see just what they want to see
I see Your power all around me
I feel your presence deep inside of me

I wanna love You regardless if anyone else does (I wanna love You)
I wanna serve You even if I'm all alone (I want to trust You)
Though others forsake You I wanna give you my faith and trust (and I will follow You)
Faithfully follow everywhere You go

I wanna love You regardless if anyone else does
I wanna serve You even if I'm all alone

Words and music: Gary Miller and Brian Wiersma

Scriptural Reference:

"He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth." 2 Samuel 23:4

2008-03-09T10:49:00.000-07:00

“i want to stand in Your counsel
sit at Your table
speak to You face to face
as a friend
i want to stand in Your fire
wherever Your eyes fall
may You find me faithful
to Your heart

and let me be found
with a heart after You

may Your eyes find
this heart loyal to You . . .

and may You be all that’s on my mind
all of the time
and let my heart be torn in two
and until Your will is mine

dearly Beloved of my soul. . .”

song by luke wood

Mehr als nur Überwinder!!!

2008-02-26T10:11:00.000-08:00

Mehr als nur Überwinder!!!

„Aber in diesem allen sind wir mehr als Überwinder durch den, der uns geliebt hat.“ Römer 8,37

Überwinden= erobern, besiegen, bezwingen, sich durchsetzen, die Oberhand gewinnen!
Was hat Jesus für uns überwunden?

den Feind: Jesus hat den Feind nicht für sich selbst überwunden, sondern für uns:

„Weil nun die Kinder Blutes und Fleisches teilhaftig sind, hat auch er in gleicher Weise daran Anteil gehabt, um durch den Tod den zunichte zu machen, der die Macht des Todes hat, das ist den Teufel, und um alle die zu befreien, die durch Todesfurcht das ganze Leben hindurch der Knechtschaft unterworfen waren.“ Hebräer 2,14+ 15
Dämonen: Jesus hat die Lügen des Feindes nicht geglaubt. Er diskutierte nicht mit ihm:

„Und sogleich war in ihrer Synagoge ein Mensch mit einem unreinen Geist; und er schrie auf und sagte: Was haben wir mit dir zu schaffen, Jesus, Nazarener? Bist du gekommen, uns zu verderben? Ich kenne dich, wer du bist: der Heilige Gottes. Und Jesus bedrohte ihn und sprach: Verstumme und fahre aus von ihm! Und der unreine Geist zerrte ihn und rief mit lauter Stimme und fuhr von ihm aus.“ Markus 1,23-26
die Welt: Jesus hat alle seine Siege als Mensch hervorgebracht!

„Dies habe ich zu euch geredet, damit ihr in mir Frieden habt. In der Welt habt ihr Drangsal; aber seid guten Mutes, ich habe die Welt überwunden.“ Johannes 16,33
Jesus hat allewillen, und sie haben ihr Leben nicht geliebt bis zum Tod!“ Offenbarung 12,10-11

Lasst euch nicht vom Feind anklagen und glaubt nicht seine Lügen! Durch Jesus steht ihr gerecht und frei vor unserem Herrn. Liebt euer Leben nicht bis zum Tod. Ihr seid mehr als nur Überwinder!
Wie wird diese Wahrheit unsere Wahrheit?
Wie werden die Verheißungen Jesu in unserem Leben sichtbar?
„Denn die er vorher erkannt hat, die hat er auch vorherbestimmt, dem Bilde seines Sohnes gleichförmig zu sein, damit er der Erstgeborene sei unter vielen Brüdern. Die er aber vorherbestimmt hat, diese hat er auch berufen; und die er berufen hat, diese hat er auch gerechtfertigt; die er aber gerechtfertigt hat, diese hat er auch verherrlicht.“Römer8,29-30
„Ebenso aber nimmt auch der Geist sich unserer Schwachheit an; denn wir wissen nicht, was wir bitten sollen, wie es sich gebührt, aber der Geist selbst verwendet sich [für uns] in unaussprechlichen Seufzern.“ Römer8, 26
Der Heilige Geist bewirkt eine Transformation in uns, damit weniger von uns herrscht und mehr von ihm!
Einem Sieg, muss ein Kampf vorrausgegangen sein!
Und Jakob blieb allein zurück. Da rang ein Mann mit ihm, bis die Morgenröte heraufkam.

„Und als er sah, daß er ihn nicht überwältigen konnte, berührte er sein Hüftgelenk; und das Hüftgelenk Jakobs wurde verrenkt, während er mit ihm rang. Da sagte er: Laß mich los, denn die Morgenröte ist aufgegangen! Er aber sagte: Ich lasse dich nicht los, es sei denn, du hast mich [vorher] gesegnet. Da sprach er zu ihm: Was ist dein Name? Er sagte: Jakob. Da sprach er: Nicht mehr Jakob soll dein Name heißen, sondern Israel; denn du hast mit Gott und mit Menschen gekämpft und hast überwältigt. Und Jakob fragte und sagte: Teile [mir] doch deinen Namen mit! Er aber sagte: Warum fragst du denn nach meinem Namen? Und er segnete ihn dort.“ 1. Mose 32, 25-30

Wenn wir bekennen, dass wir Überwinder sind, wird es uns nach unserem Glauben geschehen! Siege bereits für uns am Kreuz errungen!

„Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wer an mich glaubt, der wird auch die Werke tun, die ich tue, und wird größere als diese tun, weil ich zum Vater gehe. Und was ihr bitten werdet in meinem Namen, das werde ich tun, damit der Vater verherrlicht werde im Sohn. Wenn ihr etwas bitten werdet in meinem Namen, so werde ich es tun.“ Johannes 14,12-14
„Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte und der Lebendige, und ich war tot, und siehe, ich bin lebendig in alle Ewigkeit und habe die Schlüssel des Todes und des Hades.“ Offenbarung 1,18

„Und ich hörte eine laute Stimme im Himmel sagen: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft und das Reich unseres Gottes und die Macht seines Christus gekommen; denn [hinab]geworfen ist der Verkläger unserer Brüder, der sie Tag und Nacht vor unserem Gott verklagte. Und sie haben ihn überwunden um des Blutes des Lammes und um des Wortes ihres Zeugnisses willen, und sie haben ihr Leben nicht geliebt bis zum Tod!“ Offenbarung 12,10-11
Lasst euch nicht vom Feind anklagen und glaubt nicht seine Lügen! Durch Jesus steht ihr gerecht und frei vor unserem Herrn. Liebt euer Leben nicht bis zum Tod. Ihr seid mehr als nur Überwinder!
Wie wird diese Wahrheit unsere Wahrheit?
Wie werden die Verheißungen Jesu in unserem Leben sichtbar?
„Denn die er vorher erkannt hat, die hat er auch vorherbestimmt, dem Bilde seines Sohnes gleichförmig zu sein, damit er der Erstgeborene sei unter vielen Brüdern. Die er aber vorherbestimmt hat, diese hat er auch berufen; und die er berufen hat, diese hat er auch gerechtfertigt; die er aber gerechtfertigt hat, diese hat er auch verherrlicht.“Römer8,29-30
„Ebenso aber nimmt auch der Geist sich unserer Schwachheit an; denn wir wissen nicht, was wir bitten sollen, wie es sich gebührt, aber der Geist selbst verwendet sich [für uns] in unaussprechlichen Seufzern.“ Römer8, 26
Der Heilige Geist bewirkt eine Transformation in uns, damit weniger von uns herrscht und mehr von ihm!
Einem Sieg, muss ein Kampf vorrausgegangen sein!
Und Jakob blieb allein zurück. Da rang ein Mann mit ihm, bis die Morgenröte heraufkam.

Wenn wir bekennen, dass wir Überwinder sind, wird es uns nach unserem Glauben geschehen!

Habakuk 3:17-19

2008-02-25T23:08:00.000-08:00

"Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls,Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments."

me in the dead sea

2007-08-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

Oh guys, israel was such an awesome experience :-)
God blessed me and the group in such a great way :-)
All praise be to him!
more to israel will be here soon!

my boys

2007-08-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

ps: they are just my cusins ;)

Arts

2007-04-24T21:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, We took some gorgeous pictures in our arts lesson! Enjoy!

Drivers License

2007-04-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

Heyyy Guys,
I got my drivers license now *yeah* Praise God!
I´m really thankful God led me through this tiring time of driving lessons and actually prepared me perfectly for my test last wednesday!
Sorry I haven´t written for a very long time. At the moment Im really busy with all my school work and exams.... Yet God is there and takes me through.
Hope you guys are all well, hey it would be great if you would just say hello again after a long time of not writing. Be blessed and embraced by Gods love :)

You raise me up- by Selah!

2006-12-25T01:55:00.000-08:00

When I am down, and oh my soul, so weary.
When troubles come, and my heart burdened be.
Then I am still and wait here in the silence.
Until You come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You raise me up to more than I can be.

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You raise me up to more than I can be.

There is no life �Eno life without its hunger.
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly.
But when you come and I am filled with wonder.
Sometimes I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You raise me up to more than I can be.

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas.
I am strong when I am on your shoulders.
You raise me up �Eto more than I can be.

Patience

2006-11-28T04:59:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, how are you doing? I´m really sorry i haven`t writen in my blog for quite a while! But you know I´m very busy with school at the moment- like everyone- and even my weekends are full of programm or meeting friends- so excuse that please! I ask you for patience, my next comment will not be very soon. Its not that i don`t experience massive important things- but please understand i dont have the time to write them all down. Its much more worth spending time with god than write in that blog- thats what I´m going to do now before going back to schools`sport lesson (PE) have a nice week, blessings!

Between the living and the dead!

2006-11-14T05:27:00.000-08:00

I just listened to a sermon of Bill wilson about "making a difference" in this world. It really touched and I don`t want to forget what He taught me. Guys, live seems so hard for us, but do we really know what it means to live Cities like Berlin, München, London, New York, Hong Kong....? Thats where the worst conditions are for children to grow up. Most of them live big flats, if you die- no will will recognize because your parents don`t take care of you anyway. Either your parents are drug dealers, alcoholics or linked to some violent groups, planning the next street fight. Or they don`t even have money to take care of you because you have happened by accident! No of course not, you happend on purpose! It was God who wants you to live and he has his special unique plan for your life!
The thing i wanted you to know is not that i tell you "GO to new york city and change the world!" But to change the world, to make a difference at this time at this place where you are right now. And most imprtant- Be thankful! God has given us so much, he always provides and we overprodected people here in germany(me included) always complain that life is so hard and anyway- we do have our wishes and longings and demands! Of course we have! I won`t argue about that and i think its ok. But God wants to use us. And if we look on ourselves and our problems and on what we don`t have or like to gain.... we will miss the actual aim and purpose why we are on earth! "We don`t become Evangelists or great Christians if we cross the sea, but if we see the cross!" Thats the first step! The other thing is not looking at the cross and relaxing but bearing our own cross to come closer to Jesus and to MAKe a DIFFERENCE in this World!
You think you`re not qualified? God knows you are! You think you`re too young, or too old? Its not you who has to do it, it`s christ through you! Amen? Halleluja!
Go and change the world, what are you waiting for? At work, at school at home, in your city, village, town! Anywhere!!!

Give Thanks!

2006-11-10T14:35:00.000-08:00

My Lord Jesus,
I just want to thank you for all the things you give me in my every day life. Things that seem to be normal like food and warm clothes. Thank you for guiding me at school, during my exam time and in my family. Thank you so much for providing! You´re faithful and your promises prove true. You give me clothes in time of need and you provide by sending money from relatives or friends. For YOU all things are POSSIBLE! Thank you so much for forgiven my sins, when i didn`t act or think the right way. Sometimes I´m absentminded and forget to rest and to talk to you- in all the day troubles ! Thank you for beeing faithful nevertheless :-) You´re praise worthy and your name is full of power! Thank you for giving me time and peace where the devil tries to destroy and exhaust me. You´re my Victory and because of YOU I´m save in your hand and we will win the battle!
Thank you for sending me to places where there is no love, peace and satisfaction! You placed me there on purpose. You`re thoughts are much higher than mine and you will be honored from generation to generation! I will follow you all of my days!
In Love, your daughter <3

Mission live

2006-11-01T06:39:00.000-08:00

I just had two weeks on holiday, where i went to a conference with "youth with a mission" have you heard of them? Anyway, we had an amzing time and listened to stories from christians who went to india and other nations to preach the good news about jesus! It was so powerful! And because so many cultural people took part, it was very international, german and english and during worship time, we really celebrated jesus and danced! That was so atmoshperic :-) During the day we took i in turns- dancing, listening, eating, talking, sleeping! Actually the whole day was filled with any kind of activity, mostly woshipping and listening to the evangelists stories! One girl gave a short report about her life and how she really obeyed god and broke up her education though her parents told her sheßs crazy. That really touched me. I strongly believe its not about breaking up something right now in my life, but in case you really hear god telling you something, obey and act! She also mentioned bible verses that I´ve heard before but haven`t really thought about it yet. For example:

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? James 2:14

Then Peter said, ‘Look, we have left our homes and followed you.’ ²⁹And he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰who will not get back very much more in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.’ Luke 18:28
Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you." Isaiah 55:5 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple Luke 14:27

So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple. Luke 14:33
think about that! Are you really willing to follow jesus in every situation of your life?

Indescribable by Chris Tomlin

2006-10-23T00:56:00.000-07:00

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea.

Creation reavealing your majesty,
From the colors of fall, to the fragrance of spring,
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exlaiming

Chourus:
Indiscribable, uncontamable.
You placed the stars in the sky, and you know them by name,
You are amazing God.
All powerful,
Unchangeble,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim,
You are amazing God


Verse 2:
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go,
or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow.
Who imagined the sun and gives source to it's light,
Yet conceals to bring us the cooless of night,
None can fathom













Indiscribable,uncontamable.
You placed the stars in the sky, and you know them by name,
You are amazing God.
All powerful, unchangable,
Awestruce we fall to our knees as we humbly  proclaim,
You are amazing God,
You are amazing God.

Incomprable, Unchangeable,
You see the depths of my heart,
And you love me the same,
You are amazing God,

You are amazing God.

Landscape

2006-10-19T01:31:00.000-07:00

By Roy Lessin,
Co-founder DaySpring Car

Your life's like a landscape and God has the brush.
The work is in progress, He's not in a rush.
Each stroke has a purpose, nothing's by chance.
To see all His wisdom takes more than a glance.

Notice the sunbeams that shine on the dew --
Even the clouds can't keep them from view.
Look at the pathway that turns at the hill --
Its course will reveal what's next in His will.

The stream that's flowing with water so blue
Is bringing down blessings meant just for you.
The trees that are planted close to the stream
Will bring forth more fruit than you've ever seen.

The bird in the nest with mouth opened wide
Is just a reminder that God will provide.
Now look at the sheep in the meadow that's near
And notice the Shepherd that keeps them from fear.

He's brought them to pastures which give forth the best,
That cool and refresh, and keep them in rest.
The eagle above, that soars o'er the gale
Is God's way of saying, "My strength will not fail."

That part of the painting which now seems unclear
Will take on new meaning with each passing year.
So trust God to work in His own perfect way
And rejoice in the beauty He's painting today.

And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again. Philippians 1:6 NLT

Call on Jesus

2006-10-17T04:29:00.000-07:00

by Nicole C. Mullen
from "Talk About It"

I'm so very ordinary
Nothing special on my own
I have never walked on water
I have never calmed a storm
Sometimes I'm hiding away from the madness around me
Like a child who's afraid of the dark

But when I call on Jesus
All things are possible
I can mount on wings like eagles and soar
When I call on Jesus
Mountains are gonna fall
'Cause He'll move heaven and earth to come rescue me when I call
La la la la, la la la la

Weary brother
Broken daughter
Widowed, widowed lover
You're not alone
If you're tired and scared of the madness around you
If you can't find the strength to carry on

But when you call on Jesus
All things are possible
You can mount on wings like eagles and soar
When you call on Jesus
Mountains are gonna fall
'Cause He'll move heaven and earth to come rescue you when you call

Call Him in the mornin'
In the afternoon time
Late in the evenin'
He'll be there
When your heart is broken
And you feel discouraged

You can just remember that He said
He'll be there

Un momento de relax - juls on holiday!

2006-10-16T01:05:00.000-07:00

hey guys, today is my first day on holiday and I´m quite glad to be able to sleep til 10 o`clock in the morning, that`s quite luxuries :) This night some friends are comming to me and we`re going to cook together and play many many games through the night. I´m very excited how god leads because i wanted to do that in order to show them that they`re not incuriously to me :) Guys, i would really appreciate if you could pray for a good atmosphere, good talks and just fun together! The next days I´m planning to finish painting the impression God gave me and working for school. I also have to meet with a friend from england, who has been dashed very badly ( please pray for healing) and a youth conference in tabor takes place again, so i think I´m going there at least once (it takes place the whole weekend) probably on thursday or friday and I´m bringing a good friend of mine there from school. The weekend I want to meet with some guys from weiterstadt... It isn`t sure yet how we can handle that but we`ll see.... :-) hope you`re doing well? What are you guys planning to do in your holidays? mmh.. AHHH you guys from niederasphe, please call me so we can find a day when we could meet up and yeah just do something ... lol

Jubilee Kids!

2006-10-14T23:22:00.000-07:00

Awesome Worship!

2006-10-08T10:09:00.000-07:00

Last night we had a teaching in weiterstadt and after that an awesome worship time! I was just dancing and praising the Lord, he is so good. Everyone joined in in the end and we built a circle and just worshipped the Lord :-) It was powerful! I´m just sooo in love with my Jesus!
This afternoon i went on the huge lawn before my forest and cried before God. I had to tell him how good he is and how much i love him! Especially if you look at what he created... that fascinates me every time anew!
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 34: 1-4

I need prayer!

2006-10-03T05:22:00.000-07:00

Hey friends!
I can`t tell you really but please just pray for me! Pray for healing! Pray for forgiveness! Pray that satan has no power over me anymore! Just pray for joy! "For the joy of the Lord is my strength!"

Thanx so much, you can`t imagine how much that means to me :-)
I´m glad I have friends in Christ!

God bless you and keep you guys!

happy weekend!

2006-10-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

This weekend was pretty awesome!
On Friday night i went down to frankfurt by train with my friend olesja where we went to "Deutsche Bank"! Hans Jörg picked us up and took us to Weiterstadt then where we celebrated miss deanas, sandra and sabines birthday! It was cool to get to know the guys from there and we had some really good talks! I slept at jac`s house and we spent a wonderful staturday together, went to the Rhein and just had fun. I love this family :) Later on i was painting a waterfall and a flower with acryl colours :) `cause i asked God what to paint and for me it means the flower only grows when there is water. And a waterfall means there is life and the life is going on!
At night we went up to marburg again and listend to a very good talk in our house church about "If we do our responsibility, God will do his responsibility"! It really taught me to grow and to go on in my faith. Not to just listen to sermons but to act as well! The communtity was so good and as I spoke to miss debby she really encouraged me that its normal if we sometimes feel immature in faith! Then this morning we went down to the service again and prayed together for the peace of Jerusalem. Folks, we should really keep on praying for that `cause God says "I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you." Genesis 12:3
We are all one family and we should think of our brother and sisters in jerusalem and also because jerusalem is gods chosen land!

How great is our God?

2006-09-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, thanks for all who prayed for me this week. I had two wonderful exams and it wasn`t too bad, so... :) God really led me there!
I´ve got an amazing weekend in front of me, I´ll go to a friends 18th birthday party near frankfurt today and we take the train this evening. After that I´m going to sleep at miss jackys wonderful house and go back to marburg next morning.... learning.... and THEN going to the housechurch of my aunti where pastor charles will come and have the teaching! It will be awesome!
Monday and Tuesday there is no school so I´ve got loads of time practising for school then!!!
Have a nice weekend! Be blessed

Like a river

2006-09-25T06:40:00.000-07:00

My weekend was so awesome. Actually i didn`t really know how to handle it beeing about to do so much. On Friday I went home after school knowing you have to prepare for monday exam but also preparing a present for Thomas birthday at night AND last but not least it was my turn to clean our church that day. Well somehow everything worked out fine and i wasn`t to tired and even had time on saturday to recover and also having my hair cut :-) Don`t worry it`s not too short!
After praticing for school Olesja came and we had a nice dinner and talked about books and subjects Dereck Prince (thanx martin ;)) writes about in his books- amazing! You should read books by him!
On sunday morning we went to weiterstadt to Rehin valley church again where we had a wonderful time of worship & prayer and after that a sermon about "Vison and decision"! Hans Jörg talked about dreams we have where its necessary to lay them down before the Lord and not making our own desions but to first ask God for his plan with our life. It was pretty good and helped me to intensivate the issue Im dealing with at the moment. And guess what "Praise the lord" though i haven`t learned a lot and spend much time doing other things, it was a very good exam today. Thank you all those who prayed for me :) Please also pray for Wednesday when my Politics and economic exam will take place !!! Cheers!

I´m impressed !!!

2006-09-23T05:56:00.000-07:00

I´m going to write my Arts exam on monday! Please, pray for me.... I´m very excited!

2006-09-18T11:37:00.000-07:00

goregous, genius, smashing :-)

2006-09-14T12:05:00.000-07:00

isn`t it good to know that even if we had a long busy day, there is someone who doesn`t say "you have to do..." God says relax and let ME care for you .... ahhh that`s enjoyable indeed :)

For I know the Plans I have for you... They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a furture and a hope! Jeremiah 29:10-15

2006-09-13T10:08:00.000-07:00

That`s what my word for today said yesterday:
As the Creator, God has made us for a purpose. We need Him to help us achieve the future He has planned for us. The word for "future" in our key verse again becomes richer when viewed from the perspective of the original language. In The jewish mind there are a number of pictures associated with words. One picture for "future" is:

A boat going down a river. It is a two person boat with God and you aboard. God is facing the direction in which the boat is travelling and you`re facing God and can only see where you`ve come from.

In Life it´s essential we practise listening to God and trusting him!

Worship Concert

2006-09-10T06:16:00.000-07:00

This weekend was so awesome. At saturday night we went to a life concert by Danny Plett- an canadian guy! Though he is from america he spoke german fluently and the texts really touched me. It was like you could really concentrate on jesus and worship him alone! His english album is called "like a river" and the german one "wie ein Strom" in case you want to buy it, what i really recommend! This morning i went to Rhein valley cell church in Weiterstadt ( near darmstadt) which was really good again. Three young people had the sermon today. Its wonderful how God uses people who are willing to obey him :)

Dance of Joy

2006-09-04T12:59:00.000-07:00

Today I went on a prayer walk to the forest in my village, i just needed time alone with my God! It was so amazing, `cause i just sang worship songs and danced for joy. . . I just had to sing and dance and to get renewed by Gods spirit. That is the song I`m sing quite a lot at the moment, it`s just what i feel and long to become:

"Now my heart's desire, is to know you more
To be found in you, and known as yours
To possess by faith, what I could not earn
All surpassing gift, of righteousness"

What i also learned today is how much power we have of the words we say and confess. We should not give men the power to judge over us to tell us our destiny, NO we shouldn`t depend on when the doctor says you`ve got cancerand you`re gonna die. We might have it at this time but it doesn`t have to be forever, we don`t have to die because of it. God is mighty, He is indeed and if we BELIEVE what his word says he will do great miracouls! And he does a lot if we have faith in him. And even if we die then, we die because God wanted us to die and not because the doctor said it so!!!

Find out Gods plan for your life!

2006-09-03T09:29:00.000-07:00

Today my mum, selina, olesja & me went to a American church in weiterstadt that is called Rhein Valley Cell Church. It was my second time there and my mum goes almost every sunday to this church. I really liked the kind of freedom they had. They all huged us in a friendly way and introduced us to the pastor. The worship was pretty different as well and everyone danced around the whole room.... :-) That was different but fun!
Pastor Charles talked about our destiny and that God gave everyone of us a destiny even before we were born. It was really good and encouraging. He also talked about how he became a pastor and that he never wanted to talk in front of other people but one day knew its God`s plan for his life. The first time i went to this service people prayed for me and God gave them a picture abou me... that was wonderful. This time i didn`t expect anything to happen, but Pastor Charles suddenly wanted to pray for me. He also asked me what i want to know. I said that I´m really interested in what God`s plan for my life is. As he started to praying in tounges, he told me to get a pen& paper and my aunt wrote anything down he then said to me. He asked me if I`m nervous, and i said not really but he told me to better be. It was AMAZING. Imagine this guy didn`t even know me but talked about Gods plan for my life in all the areas I struggle with. He talked about problems I have, which are absolutely the point.... I just know it comes from God , this is so obviously.
Now I know Gods plan for my life and know he wants me to work on it, he want to lead me into this destiny. I´m sooo excited :) and thankful, I really am.

"Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,..." 1. Corinthians 1:26...

"...that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,..." Ephesians 1:17...

"I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,..." Ephesians 4:1

"Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble." 1. peter 1:10

Faithful!

2006-09-01T05:27:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to thank Jesus how faithful he is and how he led me through the last week. I really prayed for my christian friend at school (the only christian i know at my school) to get a passion for jesus and have the dream of living for him. God has done a miracle :-) It was the first thing she told me that her life has changed completly and she suddenly has such a passion for jesus and knows she belongs to him *halleluja*
On thursday my friend from Tabor visited me and we had a wonderful time together. Later we went to a service "im Hinterland" called "arche". It was sooo amazing. The pastor talked about Isaiah 43:1,2 : "Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are Mine. When you pass through waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you." He said that even in times when we walk through fire and are scared God is with us and tests us and strenghen us in our faith! It all has its sense.It was wonderful!
This year my main courses are english and arts and its pretty different than i thought. In the beginning i was really scared because everyone talked perfect english (the guys who were in america for one year) but i just know its my place to be in this course. So this morning i had a little presentation and was nervous but God just showed me his faithfulness and that he never leaves me :-) PRAISE HIM!

Knowing Jesus =)

2006-08-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

All I once held dear, built my life upon All this world reveres, and wars to own All I once thought gain, I have counted loss Spent and worthless now, compared to this

Knowing you, Jesus, knowing you
There is no greater thing
You're my all, you're the best
You're my joy, my righteousness
And I love you Lord

Now my heart's desire, is to know you more
To be found in you, and known as yours
To possess by faith, what I could not earn
All surpassing gift, of righteousness

Knowing you, Jesus, knowing you
There is no greater thing
You're my all, you're the best
You're my joy, my righteousness
And I love you Lord

Oh to know the power of your risen life
And to know you in your sufferings
To become like you in your death my Lord
So with you to live and never die

Knowing you, Jesus, knowing you
There is no greater thing
You're my all, you're the best
You're my joy, my righteousness
And I love you Lord

"Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund" - Early in the Morning!

2006-08-28T06:29:00.000-07:00

Today it was my first day at school after 6 weeks at holiday. i was wondering how my first day would be, also because I´m in year 12 now and all the exams count for my abitur! This morning I woke up, realized it`s half 6 and time to take a shower- everything was still normal- but when i finished taking a shower it was 7 ish and i only had 20 minuts left til my bus left... well never mind, just hurry a bit BUT as i knocked at my fathers door wondering why he was still assleep he told me it is 6 ish, i got up a hour too early .... mmmhh... My first thought was "nom d`ume pipe en bios!" or you better say "damn" but i remembered myself praying yesterday night for a good start to school and thanked God for giving me the possibility to spend time there praying and reading his word!
GOD IS AWESOME!

England 2006 !

2006-08-24T10:18:00.000-07:00

week 1:
London! It was sooooo hot you can`t possibly imagine! The very friendly Gurnett family invited me to stay with them for 2 weeks where i worked with `youth for christ` and saw LONDON town which was quite fascinating for me :) At the office we made invitations for all the young leaders in London who helped during the second week to run kids clubs. The heat however hindered this so we hung around all the time and watched TV, lay in the sun, slept in the office and made "cold dog" (`kalter hund´- german chocolate cake) !!! Once I went with Claire (the older sister) to help her at the primary school where she works. There I decided that i would like to do my work experience in january and luckily the headteacher gave me permission too. Hehe :)

week 2:
Jubilee Kids !
This is how a day looked like:

Yesterday we started our children programme in a part of london called charlton, where loads of flats, big houses and families are who are quite poor. But still a lovely place with a big garden in front of the flats. One christian family who lives at a flat called cherry orchard has a really big garden and we could do our programme there.

Our day looks like that:

coming together, building up the tents,

praying, worshipping the lord,

when the children arrive they first have to register and then they can play some games and also eat & drink!

Later on the programme starts and people from the jubilee kids team, including me, tell the children about jesus, play some games with them, do sketches, songs, pray (always using the sketch board) luckily the children are really enthusiastic :)

Yesterday Tory prayed for the exzema on my hands which helped a lot. Jesus really heals me! it doesnt hurt anymore.

The community and unity that the team has is also really amazing and i met loads of nice people, you just feel how God leads them and they have a big joy in their lives which is wonderful :)

Yesterday a girl gave her life to jesus *halleluja* and she now comes every day and loves it.

In the afternoon the children can do: dancing, crafts, choir or football! I did crafts yesterday and dancing today- fun hehe :)

After that the children can do "jesus action". There we go around the estate and wash the windows of the people and planting flowers in their garden- doing something really nice for the people! The children love it, it is fun indeed!!! :)

then the children go home and we have a big team dinner :)

just wonderful to do this job. I did the prayer yesterday and today i did the actions to the songs and were doing a game! :) thanx jesus for the day!

We did that the whole week and in the end the team leaders gave everyone a card telling they continue to pray for us and many thanx for helping!
It was a unique experience and I´d love to do it again someday. I really feel working with Children is what i would love to do in the future and i`m very thankful for this community & experience!

weeks 3 + 4:
Lee Abbey!
On Saturday the 29th the Gurnetts drove me to Victoria station in London where i got the coach to Taunton and surprisingly met Selina (on the coach) so it was a nice journey!
There we had to wait for a while til we got the special coach to Lee Abbey.
Here is an example of an typical day:
In the morning someone walked around the tents and tried to wake all the campers up. This was about 8 ish. At 8:30 we had breakfast. Over all we had 6 meals a day *yummy* !!!
Everday we had loads of activities for example: Swimming, volleyball, football, tabletennis, games in the lounge, relaxing, bible study, discussion groups ( big buds) , seminars, workshops like arts, making earrings, t-shirts etc..... !

In the evenings we always had epilogues with certain issues like the book of Daniel, The passover, sexuality, holy spirit .... This was the only thing that was compulsory- the epilogue!
One day we dressed up in fancy dress to play podex against the House (lee abbey community centre)! Podex is a mix of American football and Cricket! It is lots of fun!

Another we had a formal evening (Black tie evening) where the girls wore dresses and the boys shirts&ties. After a delicous dinner we went dancing in the big tent, like a disco. It was fun! hehe :-)

We also went on many walks to find our way around! There were nice paths on the cliffs where you could see the whole area ! In half an hour you could walk to the next villages - lynton and lynmouth! There weren`t a lot of houses at all. Once in Lynton I wanted to buy ice-cream but I also wanted to have a flake but didn`t have the money so the ice-cream man asked me where I´m from and because he likes german people he gave to me free.

Camp was a really fascinating experience for me. Although I had been there last year it was very different and many things were new to me. It was good to see all the friends again from last year and it didn`t take long till you got to know them because you already knew them :)
Obviously people changed over the year. But I also realized how different I am to last year, know more about life, grew in faith and met new people over the year. It really changed me and it emcouraged me a lot when people said that I´m quite mature for my age.
Of course there were many knew people i met too who were just smashing :D
God challenged me in so many ways at camp: He gave me the opportunity to talk with people about Gods calling for my life, I gave God the pen to write the most beautiful love story for my life (not written by me but by him) and though life is not easy always I know he forgives me and cleanses me that I will be as white as snow (psalm 51) !!! I´m glad i can live with jesus.

"With God ALL things are possible!" Matthew 19:26

God sometimes can`t act because we don`t put enough faith in him! It`s then our fault not his!

week 5:
My stay in Nottingham!
After Camp i visited my friend Alison in Nottingham. I had a really nice time getting to know her better and doing different activities like
visiting "Cadburys Chocolate world" in Bournville. That was fun, all the delicous smelling chocolate.

On the first day we went to Alison`s church in Toton and i met Louise from Germany who was currently working there as a youth leader. The other day we went to Nottingham, met her friend Naomi and went shopping. It was really nice to see Nottingham again.
On Thursday we went to Alisons School to get her AS-level results. Alison was quite pleased with her German exam result. I think it was an B. B is like a 2 in Germany!
I had a really nice time at her house indeed and I´m really going to miss them!
Anyway, school starts tomorrow and I hope everyone is looking forward to studying again ;)
Peace be with all of you! Be blessed!!!