IT'S ALL ABOUT SERVING OUR SAVIOR!: ANOTHER YEAR.....ANOTHER RESOLUTION

Friday, December 31, 2010

ANOTHER YEAR.....ANOTHER RESOLUTION

It's the start of 2011. I can't believe how fast the past year has flown by. This past year Gary and I have really been down some rough roads, but God has always seen us through. January 2010 I picked a word that I hoped to be able to live by for the year. My word was "serenity." I can't tell you how many times I found serenity this year or how many times I read it on something. I found serenity in places I went and seen God's beautiful creation. I found serenity in a elderly woman's smile. It seems like serenity was every where for me this past year. This year I thought about what I wanted to do. I want to make a New Year resolution. You may want to quit smoking, lose weight or read the Bible all the way through. You may want to become closer to God or buy a new home by the end of the year. All those are fine and good. I'm sure you all have a goal that you would like to set and meet. I want to be all that I can be for God. I want people to look at me and say; I want what shes got. I want to be different, the one that stands out in the crowd. And I want to be the one to get up and go when God says go! I want to be God's soldier, no questions asked. I want to be his worker bee. And I want my Lord to be pleased with me and the work I do for him. I was thinking about God putting me here at ABC Homes. I thought; he must have a lot of faith in me. (More than I have in myself that's for sure)I want to show my God that I can be a faithful servant. A servant smiling from ear to ear because I'm working for my father. I am going to pray daily for the Lord to help me reach my goal and prayerfully I will. What is your New Year resolution? Whatever it may be, pray about it and pray for God to help you with it. Type it in the comment box below. I would love to read them and I will pray for you to be able to reach your goal if that is God's will. Have a Happy New Year. God loves you and we do too!

NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN ALL WE ASK OR IMAGINE, ACCORDING TO HIS POWER THAT IS AT WORK WITHIN US,
EPHESIANS 3:20

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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