Prepared for the Blessing

"It is true that we must wait God's time for revival, and cannot force it; but is it not also true the HIS time is the Church is prepared for the blessing? There is nothing fluctuating or spasmodic about God's desires for His people. Their UNPREPAREDNESS is the only problem. The Church might have revival as wide and deep and as powerful as she please, if she would only comply with the conditions on which God can grant it.
One of the most important things to observe in our Christian life and service is the CONDITION attached to any blessing that we may need....when there is obedience on our part to the divine condition, there follows abundant blessing and continuous victory."
~James A. Stewart

Revival in the body of Christ has been on my heart a lot lately. (How could it not, when reading James A. Stewart's "Opened Windows"? Of which I highly recommend.)

And the big question has been, "What can I or should I do to help bring revival about?"

And really it goes back to being "a one-man revival." All I can do is make sure that I am doing the will of God for me and serving Him in obedience. But practically, what does that look like in my life?

Well these are the steps that He has shown me to prepare the soil of my life for the harvest He wants to grow there:
1. Turning away from ALL known sin in my life.
2. Obeying His Word even in the small stuff.
3. Interceding for His body, the lost, our nation, and the world.
4. Serving others with the love of Christ.
5. Living out His priorities for my life.

Those are some huge things. But God promises to do each one in my life.
"As His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." ~2 Peter 1:3-4

He's only asking me to be faithful in my day to day life. And He's promising His strength and help. In some ways it doesn't seem like enough to bring about the revival I desire to see in the Church today. I can easily fall prey to doubts. But God desires MY faithfulness. He doesn't ask me to save the world; He already did that! He asks that I live a holy life that others can see. He asks that I serve those closest to me with joy so I can then with good conscience serve those in other places. He asks that I be prepared for the blessing He wants to send.

Like Pooh Bear

I am now 5 1/2 months pregnant. I feel huge. I look huge. And I am only going to get bigger. Slightly depressing...except for the fact that I can comfort myself with the fact there is a baby in there and I'm not just fat :D

Moving around is getting awkward. At work today, I was picking up toys in the daycare room and started singing that "Up, down, touch the ground" song that Winnie the Pooh sings. I feel like I'm starting to look like him, so it's a fitting song.

Here's a link to the video. It made me chuckle and remember my childhood, watching Winnie the Pooh.

On other topics...
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Ours will be very busy, but fun. Luke's brother is getting married on Saturday and then we'll be heading up to Crawfish Lake for the rest of the weekend to celebrate the 4th of July.

Catching Up

It's been 2 months since I last wrote and I have a lot of catching up to do :) Some big things have happened around here!


Spring has come. Hopefully we'll have some apricots this year from this tree. Last year we didn't. Now summer is on the way...


This is unleavened bread. We had a Passover celebration at Luke and I's house with several friends over. It was a great time of comparing the Passover and what the Israelites were remembering to what Christians have to remember with Christ's death and resurrection. He was our Passover Lamb! Thank you God!


I got to plant flowers in my pots. They are so beautiful. This is my favorite flower I've planted so far.


I've been experimenting with kefir. This is a jar of water kefir. (Sorry I didn't have time to rotate the photo!) Kefir is still a mystery to me. Strange little growing creatures...but I do like to drink it. To find out more info, check out this site: http://www.culturesforhealth.com/expert-advice/compare-milk-kefir-versus-water-kefir.html


And the BIGGEST happening of all...I'M PREGNANT! It was a surprise, but we are happy. I am now 4 months along and as you can see in the picture, am starting to grow a belly. My due date is October 15th. So that is definitely something you will be hearing more about later.

That's what has been going on in my life in a nutshell. Talk to you later!