💙💙 This week has flown by... I am having a hard time differentiating between this week and last! But I know that last Sunday was an awesome day to be in church! I know that I have really loved our new pastor who is a marvelous shepherd of his flock, but Sunday he demonstrated his huge gift of expository teaching. He was the most dynamic pastor I have ever heard! Thank you Lord for leading us to this church and for providing such gifted leadership. This is exactly what the church needs today!
💙💙HAHA the dining room was looking so beautiful in its new blue walls and gentle decor for spring, but today as I look at it ... bah! We had to empty the kitchen counter tops and other items onto the dining room table.. it is now a catch all room as we are working now on the kitchen. But this room should go fairly quickly, once we get the wall paper border off the walls, Thankfully, it is just on the chair rail so I can help on this effort..I find I am pretty good about peeling border!!Lord, give us the strength to get the ceiling painted, and the border off so we can paint the walls and finish up this project.
💙💙I have been going around the work zone trying to straighten it up as much as possible because yesterday our Core group leader called to ask if he and his group partner could stop by to meet with us in our home.. And I do think meeting in the home is a great thing to really get to know people with whom you will be serving and calling brother and sister, I told him we were in the middle of a home project and please don't look too closely.. but he just laughed and I did too! But first impressions do mean a lot to me. so... I have therapy this early afternoon and must do as much as I can this morning! At the same time, I feel blessed to have such caring Core Group leaders!!!
💙💙If you've read my blog you probably know that I am quite a home body and enjoy time spent on my own.. But I do have a small list of very true friends and I am excited to be going out for dinner tonight with one very special girl friend, Gerri, whose husband will be attending a men's meeting at church tonight that includes dinner. I think Gerri and I will have more fun! We are going to Rimini's our favorite Italian restaurant!!
💙💙 I highly recommend going to Allen Jackson's site if you are interested in committing to read your Bible daily. His schedule for reading is the best I've found in all my years of attempting to read through the Bible in a Year. I find too often I read to just say I read it without giving much thought to what I am reading because most schedules give too much to read each day. Not so with Allen's schedule. All you have to do is download the app and there it is each day on your phone or tablet!!You read from the Ot then from the Nt and it is surprising how much the passages go together. I have stuck to this routine now for coming up on a quarter of a year and I'm going strong.
Also, I cannot tell you how much you will enjoy listening to Allen 's sermons. Lynn and I listen most nights. He is amazing and mainly because his sermons are timely to the times we are living in! He is a brilliant speaker, very well educated in Israel, and he isn't afraid to speak the truth in godliness!!
So enjoyed reading your Fridays Fave Five, you are indeed so blessed to have such a wonderful pastor and church! Thank you for sharing the link to minister Jackson"s app.
ReplyDeleteYour remodeling sounds like it is going well, it takes lots of patience when remodeling, but when it is finished we look back and say it was so worth it.
Have a great weekend
That's the trouble with decorating - the whole house seems to end up in chaos. Enjoy your night out.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to find a vital, growing body of True Believers who aren't afraid to preach TRUTH. I feel the same way about our pastor. As a core (we call them small groups) leader, I also like to meet my lady members first to get a good "feel" for them and also just to get to know them a bit and hear how they became a Christian (if they did.....i have one member who is on the edge!!). I'm glad your leaders could visit with you.
ReplyDeleteENJOY that Italian restaurant and time with your friend.
This week has just disappeared! Renovating is a hassle while it is happening, but it will look great when it's all done! xx
ReplyDeleteThat's how I read the Bible too. I start in Genesis and in Matthew. I usually read one chapter from each, each day. Some days I focus on a verse or two that really touches me or applies to something I'm going through. And yes, I'm always surprised at how well the OT and NT stories coincide with each other!
ReplyDeleteI have a chronological Bible split into 365 days of reading. And there are explanations and commentary added. This is my third year of reading it. Keep going strong on yours!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're done with the house redo, you'll have to write a post on the easiest room and hardest room to renovate. Kitchen can be either one, depending. Here's to a quick finish!
I'm glad you have such a dynamic church and great teacher. We've been blessed in our churches.
Happy Week to you!
Ah yes, home projects do tend to spread themselves around until they are complete. Hopefully this stage goes quickly for you and you'll have your home back to normal. So glad you found a church to connect in where you are getting fed the Word of God.
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