Not our works....

I kneel in awe this morning at the foot of the cross and in tears thank my Lord and Savior for his provisions. For his works. He is in control.  His hands are leading us in all that we do. He has a great work in St Pete and we get to help him with this and he is taking care of us and I am in awe......

  Earlier this week we broke down on the side of the road in Greensboro, NC in our New Car !!! (well it's not brand new, but newer)
We found out it was the transmission and the cost would be about 2800 dollars to fix it.  I made some phone calls to Buick customer service and the dealership and we had to rent a car to get home, but God orchestrated it all and the results are better than we anticipated, and I give all the glory to God !!

    I was reading in the wonderful book of the Bible and stumbled across this verse. I really love the verse before it," God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind...". I love that verse and I read on down below it and was blown away even more as the verse is so fitting for ministry work. I feel closer to Paul as we have been going through the book of Acts and as he started churches and did ministry work the verses become real and applicable to us. Not just now in our new venture but in everyday life.
This particular scripture is written by Paul too and its great:

Who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.(2Tim 1:9-10)

But I really like he called us----All Christians, he called you, he called me, he called the great preachers, but he called the lay-member as well, he called us with a HOLY calling to him.

Not according to our works----there is nothing WE can do, it is all Christ !!
According to his own purpose !!!!

We are not going on mission and ministry for our selves... but for him, not through our own works, but through him, his hands, his strength, and his will.

GOOD IS GOOD!!!
He is on the throne and he is mighty !!

On Mission

With my job in the hospital, I often meet all types of people, patients, and other staff come around and the topic comes up about me moving. Then they start asking questions about my move. I tell them we are starting a church in Saint Petersburg and they give me the oddest look. I realize some people cannot fathom the faith it takes to start a church, or go into the mission field, but I usually leave the conversation feeling foolish.( A feeling I am sure Satan wants me to feel)  Maybe I am not wording things right and should just say "we are moving to do missions in Florida"...haha....
     I find it interesting as well how it is really more acceptable to be going to do foreign mission than to actually be doing missions right here in the USA, because that is what were are going to be doing. Of course establishing a church as well, but if you have read the book of Acts that's what Paul was doing, preaching, healing, meeting people, establishing relationships and starting churches.
   When I think of Jesus and the Great Commission, he commanded us to go out.... and there is such a great need right here in the US as well as overseas. So at the end of the day, I claim my faith and the trust found in Jesus Christ and know what we are doing is not of ourselves. I know there is a need and I know that Christ will be right there with us cheering us on!!


Matthew 28:18-20 
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (NIV)