Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Unveiling new WFTO Website
Hey friends! We are in the early stages of unveiling the new Waiting for the One Website. I will always update my blog each time the website is updated. I am super excited about what it is turning into. We are going to have tons of articles about God, guys, friends, and fashion. We also have a couple new events like the "Rethink Purity" conferences and also the "Breaking the Mold: Saying No in a Yes Only World" all girls events. So keep checking out WFTO to see what is going on these days.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Jesus Marveled
"When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!" -Matthew 8:10
"And He marveled because of their unbelief." -Mark 6:6
This is absolutely amazing to me that the Bible records two times that Jesus marveled. The first is when He marveled at the faith a non-Christian possessed! The second is when Jesus marveled at His own hometown's (Nazareth) unbelief. There could have been people who were saved, witnessed first hand that mighty power of God through the miracles of Jesus, and chose unbelief...Jesus marveled at that.
Wow, how often might He marvel at my unbelief? I am one who knows Him, serves Him, and loves Him, but it is so easy for me to reject His power in my life. It is so easy for any of us to do that.
I play piano and sing on the worship team at my home church and more often than not, I struggle with insecurioties. When I lead a song, thoughts like "What if no one likes my voice? What if they make fun of me? Am I really that bad? I shouldn't even be up here singing." Slowly those thoughts spiral downward until I feel as though I am at my lowest and ready to give up due to my insecurities. But what I have to remind myself is that no matter what, worship has nothing to do with me, except a willingness to be used. It doesn't matter what people think about my voice...it's not about that. Worship is about our Savior and Creator Jesus Christ; to bring Him glory. Through my insecurities, I take the focus off of Jesus and place it on myself and lose faith.
My voice doesn't move people to worship...the Holy Spirit working through me moves people to worship. Now that is what I must remind myself of. I must believe in the power of Jesus and how He moves through us doing all the work. He works not because of us, but in spite of us. He looks for a vessel willing to be used.
Allow God to work through you and practice the faith the Jesus marvels at.
"And He marveled because of their unbelief." -Mark 6:6
This is absolutely amazing to me that the Bible records two times that Jesus marveled. The first is when He marveled at the faith a non-Christian possessed! The second is when Jesus marveled at His own hometown's (Nazareth) unbelief. There could have been people who were saved, witnessed first hand that mighty power of God through the miracles of Jesus, and chose unbelief...Jesus marveled at that.
Wow, how often might He marvel at my unbelief? I am one who knows Him, serves Him, and loves Him, but it is so easy for me to reject His power in my life. It is so easy for any of us to do that.
I play piano and sing on the worship team at my home church and more often than not, I struggle with insecurioties. When I lead a song, thoughts like "What if no one likes my voice? What if they make fun of me? Am I really that bad? I shouldn't even be up here singing." Slowly those thoughts spiral downward until I feel as though I am at my lowest and ready to give up due to my insecurities. But what I have to remind myself is that no matter what, worship has nothing to do with me, except a willingness to be used. It doesn't matter what people think about my voice...it's not about that. Worship is about our Savior and Creator Jesus Christ; to bring Him glory. Through my insecurities, I take the focus off of Jesus and place it on myself and lose faith.
My voice doesn't move people to worship...the Holy Spirit working through me moves people to worship. Now that is what I must remind myself of. I must believe in the power of Jesus and how He moves through us doing all the work. He works not because of us, but in spite of us. He looks for a vessel willing to be used.
Allow God to work through you and practice the faith the Jesus marvels at.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Desired
"DESIRED" Isn't that a word that you long to be? As women, we all long to be desired. And I mean LONG. We want to be completely and utterly special in someone elses eyes. We long to be loved and adored.
What I have found is that whatever it is that we long to be desired by, we become the type of person that would be desireable by whatever it is that we want to desire us. Could you follow that?!? Let me explain...
Many years ago I desired so greatly to become a professional snowboarder (funny, huh?). But in all honesty I did. Well, in order to be desired by the snowboarding industry I had to fit their ideal. What exactly did that look like? Well not me at that moment. In order to be desired by them, you had to be good at snowboarding and I mean really good! You had to know what you were talking about and you had to have the right connections. I know there is more, but this is still just an example. So, I did everything in my power to become desireable by the snowboarding industry. I wanted them to want me. <--That was all I wanted.
Well the crazy part is that if you don't fit the "ideal" of whatever you long to be desired by, they throw you to the curb with nothing. It wasn't that I didn't fit the "ideal," but God asked me to give up snowboarding before I could go pro and after I did, no one in the industry cared. They were onto the next big thing and I was left empty. BUT, what is so amazing about the God that I serve is the fact that every single one of us is completely and utterly desired by Him! And we don't have to fit any form of mold or "ideal." He loves us exactly how we are because He created us! You don't have to fit any cookie cutter mold or dress a certain way, or wear ounces of make-up, or be a specific dress size to impress our God. You just need to be you and He desires you more than you could know!!!
Song of Solomon says, "You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes.." (4:9)
I love that verse because even though it is Solomon saying this to his Beloved, our God says this about us! He has been utterly captivated by us and He has so much in store for everyone who surrenders their life to Him. So know that you are DESIRED and that you will be so blessed when you allow God to be the one you long to be desired by!
What I have found is that whatever it is that we long to be desired by, we become the type of person that would be desireable by whatever it is that we want to desire us. Could you follow that?!? Let me explain...
Many years ago I desired so greatly to become a professional snowboarder (funny, huh?). But in all honesty I did. Well, in order to be desired by the snowboarding industry I had to fit their ideal. What exactly did that look like? Well not me at that moment. In order to be desired by them, you had to be good at snowboarding and I mean really good! You had to know what you were talking about and you had to have the right connections. I know there is more, but this is still just an example. So, I did everything in my power to become desireable by the snowboarding industry. I wanted them to want me. <--That was all I wanted.
Well the crazy part is that if you don't fit the "ideal" of whatever you long to be desired by, they throw you to the curb with nothing. It wasn't that I didn't fit the "ideal," but God asked me to give up snowboarding before I could go pro and after I did, no one in the industry cared. They were onto the next big thing and I was left empty. BUT, what is so amazing about the God that I serve is the fact that every single one of us is completely and utterly desired by Him! And we don't have to fit any form of mold or "ideal." He loves us exactly how we are because He created us! You don't have to fit any cookie cutter mold or dress a certain way, or wear ounces of make-up, or be a specific dress size to impress our God. You just need to be you and He desires you more than you could know!!!
Song of Solomon says, "You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes.." (4:9)
I love that verse because even though it is Solomon saying this to his Beloved, our God says this about us! He has been utterly captivated by us and He has so much in store for everyone who surrenders their life to Him. So know that you are DESIRED and that you will be so blessed when you allow God to be the one you long to be desired by!
Monday, June 29, 2009
I Hate Purity Conferences
Actually, I always loved going to purity conferences. I went to so many between jr. high and high school. I read every single purity/dating book that was ever printed in those years and I followed everything they ever said to do. I signed a commitment card, I wore a purity ring, I wrote out a list of qualities that I wanted in my future husband, I never dated, I drew the line of how far was too far, and I did many other things. But what I found out is that all those things can be good, but those are not what makes you pure. Wearing a purity ring doesn't magically make you pure.
Purity is the by-product of a right relationship with Christ.
Only by Christ's grace an power are we able to live a life of purity. So, I just hate how purity is explained by works. Purity isn't something that we have to work for or check off the steps to attaining purity. We just need to sit at the feet of Jesus and allow Him to work in our lives. He sees us as pure when His blood washes us clean. We need to follow Him!
Check out our site at www.ihatepurityconferences.com
Purity is the by-product of a right relationship with Christ.
Only by Christ's grace an power are we able to live a life of purity. So, I just hate how purity is explained by works. Purity isn't something that we have to work for or check off the steps to attaining purity. We just need to sit at the feet of Jesus and allow Him to work in our lives. He sees us as pure when His blood washes us clean. We need to follow Him!
Check out our site at www.ihatepurityconferences.com
Monday, May 4, 2009
Set Apart
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that You present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
~Romans 12:1
“Six hours, one Friday. God is on the cross. The Creator of the universe is being executed. Spit and blood are caked to his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps. Taut nerves threaten to snap as pain twangs her morbid melody. Yet, death is not ready. And there is no one to save Him for He is sacrificing Himself.” (Six Hours, One Friday, Max Lucado)
Jesus offered His whole life for you. He chose to be the sacrifice so you can have life…everlasting life! A living sacrifice is one who lives their daily life in a constant state of surrender to God’s will. Be a living sacrifice for Him who gave His everything for you!
~Romans 12:1
“Six hours, one Friday. God is on the cross. The Creator of the universe is being executed. Spit and blood are caked to his cheeks, and his lips are cracked and swollen. Thorns rip his scalp. His lungs scream with pain. His legs knot with cramps. Taut nerves threaten to snap as pain twangs her morbid melody. Yet, death is not ready. And there is no one to save Him for He is sacrificing Himself.” (Six Hours, One Friday, Max Lucado)
Jesus offered His whole life for you. He chose to be the sacrifice so you can have life…everlasting life! A living sacrifice is one who lives their daily life in a constant state of surrender to God’s will. Be a living sacrifice for Him who gave His everything for you!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Walking Uprightly
“Who may worship in Your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter Your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends. Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts. Those who lend money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.” ~Psalm 15 (NLT)
We should desire to live blameless lives and walk uprightly. The way we will be able to do these things is to ask God to fill us with His power. It is only through Christ that we live blameless lives. Pray that God would strengthen you to walk uprightly and practice these things listed. Then you will never be moved!
We should desire to live blameless lives and walk uprightly. The way we will be able to do these things is to ask God to fill us with His power. It is only through Christ that we live blameless lives. Pray that God would strengthen you to walk uprightly and practice these things listed. Then you will never be moved!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Be Sin For Us
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” ~2 Corinthians 5:21
God, out of His eternal love for us, sent His only Son to become a man and die for all of our sins. He took upon Himself all the sin of the world and paid the price so we wouldn’t have to. His blood covered our sins. He knew no sin, He was perfect, complete, and He became sin just so we might have life. It is because of His blood that we are now righteous in His sight. Not because of who we are or because of what we have done, but because of who He is and what He has done!
God, out of His eternal love for us, sent His only Son to become a man and die for all of our sins. He took upon Himself all the sin of the world and paid the price so we wouldn’t have to. His blood covered our sins. He knew no sin, He was perfect, complete, and He became sin just so we might have life. It is because of His blood that we are now righteous in His sight. Not because of who we are or because of what we have done, but because of who He is and what He has done!
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