deserves a rerun

I would like to share something very special with you, I published this in 2002, in our newsletter. It is so wonderful it deserves a rerun.

Amanda, as you may know, is our 13 year old. She is a blessing to us and to the Kingdom of God. This month at her school she was given an assignment in public speaking class. She was told to speak on, “What you are going to do for God in the New Year.” Please relax and enjoy the heart of a child.

“What you are going to do for God in the New Year.”

By Amanda Barnes

When I first got this assignment, I did not know what to say. So I asked my dad what I should do, and he said to go to my room, turn off the lights and ask God what He wanted me to do for Him this next year. Well I was not really in my bed, more like in my bathtub! Well anyway, I said “Lord, I want to serve you, I want to please you, I want to do what you want me to.”

Now, I’m the kind of person that hears from God with songs and Praise. Any way, here’s what He told me He wants me to do!, and this is what I’m going to do for the Lord in this New Year.

1. He wants me to seek Him (His Face)

2. He wants me to study His word

3. Have faith and believe

That is what He wants me to do, and that is what I am going to do.

I really don’t have anything else to say, so I thought that I would read some scripture, pertaining to what He told me to do.

Ps 27:8

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

2 Tim 2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, ...

Rom 10:17

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

This verse pretty much sums up what God told me, so I’ll end with it.

Heb 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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What can a mother add to that? Till next time, be blessed, walk in the Light, seek Shalom (our Peace is Jesus).

The Soldier's Creed

The Soldier's Creed

I am a Soldier in the Army of my God.

The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer.

The Holy Bible is my code of conduct.

Faith, prayer, and the Word are my weapons of warfare.

I have been taught by the Holy Spirit,

Trained by experience,

Tried by adversity and Tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in this Army, and I am enlisted for Eternity.

I will be translated in this Army at the Rapture

or die in this Army;

But I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or pushed out.

I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable.

If my God needs me, I am there.

If He needs me to teach in the Sunday school,

to visit the Prisoner,

to help at a Mission,

to cook for the Hungry, clean a commode,

or Pray in the Gap.

He can use me

because I am there!

I am a Soldier.

I am not a baby.

I do not to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up.

No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me,

entice me, or lure me.

I am a Soldier.

I am not a wimp.

I am in place, saluting my King,

Obeying His orders,

Praising His Name,

building His Kingdom!

No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards, candy or give me handouts.

I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for,

or catered to.

I am committed.

I am a Soldier.

I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around.

I cannot be discouraged enough to

turn me aside.

I cannot lose enough to

cause me to quit.

When Jesus called me into this Army,

I had nothing.

If I end up with nothing ,

I will still come out ahead.

I am a Soldier.

I will win.

My God has and will continue to

supply all of my need.

I am more than a conqueror.

I will always triumph.

I am a Soldier.

I can do all things through Christ.

Devils cannot defeat me.

People cannot disillusion me.

Weather cannot weary me.

Sickness cannot stop me.

Battles cannot beat me.

Governments cannot silence me

and

Hell cannot handle me.

I am a Soldier.

Even death cannot destroy me.

For when my Commander calls me from

this battlefield,

He will promote me to Captain

and

Then allow me to rule with Him.

I am a Soldier in the Army of my Lord,

And I am marching on,

Claming VICTORY.

I will not give up, pull up, or shut up.

I will not turn around.

I am a Soldier,

marching Heaven bound.

HERE I Stand!

Do you stand with me?

Free-Radicals

Get close to God! Now more than ever before, the need to be very aware that you are in Him and that He is in you, is crucial. Please, if you do not know your propose in the Body (His Church is His Body), seek God with everything in you, till you have answered that question. A cell in your physical body, that does not have a direction or propose, is called a free-radical. They are the cause of cancer and most all other DIS- EASE in the Body. So it is also true in the Body of Christ. Free-radicals in the wrong place at the wrong time, rushing about with no assignment. If you do not know who you are in the Body, you can not discern what orders apply to you and what do not. The time is very short, and we the Body have a few more important missions to carry out, before we are out of here. So, pray,listen, pray, listen,pray,listen…
PS: pray means to converse!

In Him

Don’t waste
Your Time
My Time
With words
Not heard from Me
My Will
Must Fill
Your mouth
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One need
The seed
To sow
That you may grow
In Him
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His Light
Tonight
Makes bright
Your sight
Please take this time
To make
The choice
To Right
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His voice
Your choice
His Love on a tree
Broke you Free
To walk in light
His might / His fight
for your mess
Take His rest
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The work is quick
The air is thick
With power
Of life
Or death
So choose
This day
To go
The Way
Of right
Become the Light
Go quench the night
With word not heard
By man;
But Pray
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Fulfill My Will
My voice
Your choice
Don’t speak
Your mind
But speak
Of Mine
Don’t ask in lust
But pray My Will
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