By New Years I Will Have Read These:

Yep! I got it for 5 dollars today and by the way I am stoked about reading it.

I got this one for 3 dollars and I am stoked about agreeing and disagreeing with it!

(I'll let you know how that goes.)

And I got this one at full price! Yeah...Jeff has inspired me to read Richard J. Foster...

MATTHEW VANCE BOUGHT ME THIS FOR MY B-DAY! 

I am extremely excited about it.

"And it was good"

A Word From David Wilkerson

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011

THE FATHER’S KISS 
by David Wilkerson

A great blessing becomes ours when we’re made to sit in heavenly places. What
is this blessing? It’s the privilege of acceptance: “He hath made us
accepted in the beloved [Christ]” (Ephesians 1:6). The Greek word for
“accepted” means highly favored. That’s different from the English usage,
which can be interpreted to mean “received as adequate.” This signifies
something that can be endured, suggesting an attitude of, “I can live with
it.” That’s not the case with Paul’s use of the word. His use of
“accepted” translates as, “God has highly favored us. We are very special
to him because we are in our place in Christ.”

Because God accepted Christ’s sacrifice, he now sees only one corporate man:
Christ, and those who are bound to him by faith. Our flesh has died in God’s
eyes. How? Jesus did away with our old nature at the Cross. So now, when God
looks at us, he sees only Christ. In turn, we need to learn to see ourselves as
God does. That means not focusing solely on our sins and weaknesses, but on the
victory that Christ won for us at the Cross.

The parable of the Prodigal Son provides a powerful illustration of the
acceptance that comes when we’re given a heavenly position in Christ. You
know the story: A young man took his inheritance from his father and squandered
it on a sinful life. Then, once the son became completely bankrupt—morally,
emotionally and physically—he thought of his father. He was convinced he’d
lost all favor with him. And he feared that his father was full of wrath and
hatred toward him.

The Scripture tells us that this broken young man was full of grief over his
sin and cried out, “I’m unworthy. I’ve sinned against heaven.” This
represents those who come to repentance through godly sorrow.

The Prodigal told himself, “I will arise and go to my father” (Luke 15:18).
He was exercising his blessing of access. Are you getting the picture? The
Prodigal had turned from his sin, he’d left the world behind, and he’d
accessed the open door his father had promised him. He was walking in
repentance and appropriating access.

So, what happened to the Prodigal Son? “When he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed
him” (Luke 15:20). What a beautiful scene. The sinful son was forgiven,
embraced and loved by his father, with no wrath or condemnation whatsoever.
When he received his father’s kiss, he knew he was accepted.

Weekend With Karly And Konnor and Awesome God

Tonight

I sit in a neighborhood tonight after living in the middle of nowhere for a most amazing month... and it is weird.
It is really weird to be in an Americanized place.....
I think about the kids in Egypt tonight.
I think about the Christian families and schoolteachers in Pakistan tonight.
I think about those sleeping in slums... and those who live in dangerous life-threatening villages.
I think about those who are ignorant of what is going on.

I realized this week that to FEEL what GOD FEELS is costly...
Example:
God's heart was broken over His Israel who kept running away from Him. Hosea felt something like this when God asked him to marry a prostitute who would love other men and raisin cakes.
God still pursued Israel.
Hosea still pursued his wife of prostitution.
God still pursues us..........
Let's pursue the lost, the poor, the prostitute, the rich, and the hungry with the love of Jesus... How costly is this? What will this look like for me? For you?
Let's do the radical things.

I dont know if that made sense but i needed to write it down.

Week 2 of Camp!

These are the songs we have been using for week 2 of camp!

Open the Eyes of my Heart-I don't even know who wrote this song
How Great is our God-Chris Tomlin
ALABARE!-
The Time has Come-Hillsong
So Good to Me-Cory Asbury
Furious-Jeremy Riddle
Commission my Soul-Citipointe Live
Our God-Chris Tomlin
The More I Seek You-Zach Neese
Faithful God-Zach Neese
Beautiful-Phil Wickham
You are Good-Brian Johnson
I think I might have done more....but I can't remember.


SO.....Nothing brings joy to life like the LOVE of Jesus Christ!

I love this song: Click on the link: You know you want to:
Lovesick-Misty Edwards. Check this out!

Kasey

Is it Worth It???

Hello all.

I am challenged today to do what I know God has called me to do. I am still doing what He wants, I am giving all I am to do this in a way that is pleasing to Jesus no matter what it costs me... Unfortunately, the enemy really really likes to attack the Lord's children who are obedient to Him and love Him. The wonderful amazing thing is that it feels like it has been years since I have been challenged like I am being here---And a great exciting challenge it is! For a long time, even though challenges are hard, they really excite me more than most things... Why?
Because I grow the most when challenged.
And because I like to be victorious over these challenges.
My name means: Vigilant Sign of Victory.....who can sew(Taylor--Tailor)
I feel as though victory is built into my being, and I want to push others into victory in the Son of God.


Here are some things I have been meditating on:

The Lord's goodness to the poor-spiritual and material and relational
We are all poor.

The comfort of and from the love of God is the only TRUE COMFORT and we can only minister that to others once we receive it from the Father, Himself.
In the world we have perverted what comfort really is and how it comes into effect in our lives.


God is faithful to do what it takes to lead you to trust Him... even when it hurts.  
I want to follow Him
Jesus, my friends, is worth the fight in the challenge of following Him.


Knowing He loves me


Trusting He sees me


Believing He leads me

Kasey Lauren Taylor
Vigilant Sign of Victory who Sews.

It Starts Today

So..... What's up?

Hello Friends!
Sifat has been so very wonderful these past few days. The Lord has been doing a lot in my heart as my job is actually to lead worship...... everyday. I am pumped about students coming in on Sunday and appreciate your prayers for everything to come together like God desires.

Here are some things we can think on....

How are YOU in POVERTY?

How are YOUR hands OPEN to GOD?

Are YOU ready to move WITH God?

Are you trusting?

Much love

Kasey

June 1, 1930 - One new lesson(BY FRANK LABAUCH)

June 1, 1930 - One new lesson



Inwardly this has been a very uneven week. As a whole my end of the
experiment has been failure for most of the week. My physical condition
and too many distractions have proven too much for me, and God has not
been in the center of my mind for one-fifth of the time, or perhaps onetenth.
But today has been a wonderful day, and some of yesterday was
wonderful. The week with its failures and successes has taught me one new
lesson. It is this: “I must talk about God, or I cannot keep him in my mind.
I must give Him away in order to have Him.” That is the law of the spirit
world. What one gives one has, what one keeps to oneself one loses.


Do you suppose that through all eternity the price we will need to pay for
keeping God will be that we must endlessly be giving him away?