IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVING OUR SAVIOR!: ....THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

....THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL!

My family is celebrating the Christmas holiday in the morning because we will be on duty with the boys for Christmas. Traditionally we let the kids open one gift on Christmas eve. Since today is "our" Christmas eve we let Lyndsie and Ethan open one gift. The gift Ethan picked out to open turned out to be a new Bible with his name on it. He is very proud of it. The gift Lyndsie opened is one that we picked for her to open because it was a toy Pomeranian puppy and I didn't know where to hide it for the night. Lyndsie loves her! (Name yet to be determined. She is taking suggestions.) She has been begging for a pom for two years. Tomorrow we will get up and have Christmas with our kids and then Saturday we will have Christmas with the Senior Boys. I know the kids will be grateful for everything they get. I just wanted to say Thank you Lord. I am so thankful for the greatest gift of all. I know that I will love everything my husband and kids got me for Christmas, but my salvation is the gift that I will cherish the forever. I am so thankful that God gave me an eternal gift. The gift of going to heaven for eternity. You don't have to beg for it and you don't have to wish that you had it. All you have to do is ask God, believe and it will be given to you. Such an easy way to get the greatest gift of all. Thank you Lord for loving me enough to hang on that cross and suffer for my sins so that I may spend eternity with my Heavenly Father.

I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. I DO NOT SET ASIDE THE GRACE OF GOD, FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COULD BE GAINED THROUGH THE LAW, CHRIST DIED FOR NOTHING.
GALATIANS 2:20-21

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Our Beggining and how it all got started

My husband, Gary, was the pastor of a church in Conway, AR. He resigned because we felt like God wanted us some where else. We came back to our home church in Little Rock, AR. and waited on God to show us where to he wanted us to go. I prayed every night; Lord show me where you want me to go and I will be willing to follow. I prayed for a full-time ministry and for the Lord to show me how to love as he does. I felt I didn't really know how to love and I wanted to learn. Gary soon got a call from a church by our home that was looking for a pastor. We went there for several Sunday's for him to preach and was told that the church was going to call him to pastor. On that same day, I received a call from my best friend to please pray for a set of house parents at ABC Homes. Immediately I knew what God was asking us to do. Two weeks later we set off for our trip to visit ABC Homes. I was very excited to be going, but thought I can't do this. I liked my time to myself, I liked to get up and go when I wanted. I didn't want to be around a house full of kids and kaos all day! God put me in my place real fast. He let me know how selfish I was being. I had just told him the night before, you tell me where to go and I will follow. Now I was telling God I couldn't? Well, he convicted me real quick on that one. We spent the night at ABC homes in Monticello and got to know some of the kid's. They were so happy and so full of love. Gary and I got up the next morning and walked through the campus. I started crying feeling overwhelmed by the presence of God. God was all over the campus and he said; Denise, this is where you will serve me. Gary felt the same conviciton and we knew God needed us there. We stayed for almost a year and felt God asking us to move on. We gained custody of a 17 year old boy, Jackie, who is on fire for the Lord. We are very excited about what God has instore for our family and very excited to have kids to minister with us. God is so good! We seek his will for our lives always!

OUR LIFE

I am so glad you dropped by to read what we did today. It is so nice to know that we have prayer warriors on our side. Please continue coming back and viewing the blog so you will know where some of our prayer needs are. God bless you all. We love you and hope you have a great day!

Love, Gary and Denise