Tornado in Greensburg, KS

Please pray! My aunt and uncle are from Greensburg, KS and last night their house was flattened by a tornado. Praise God that both of them are still alive. My cousin drove three hours when he found out about the tornado and he found his parents in the basement before the search team was able to get to them. Much of the city was destroyed. I know that my aunt and uncle will make it through this hardship because they love our Lord Jesus Christ so much, but please just pray for strength. My uncle, Rod, just had a stroke a few months ago and they were still recovering from that. Thank you for your prayers! If you want to read more about this here is a website http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/3613943p-12909173c.html.

Thanks for all of your love and support!

UPDATE: The town was totalled and the most recent update is that 9 people have died.

ONE MORE WEEK!!! : ( : )

  : ) Wow! I think I say this every time that God never ceases to amaze me, but I only say it because it is true! I love to look back and to see the road that God has taken me on and how much I didn't trust Him, but how much He used me and changed me. I praise God because He knows exactly what I need to learn and exactly when I need to learn it. For example, this next year I will be taking a year off of school (if you want to know more about this just ask me, but I don't want to post it on here) and before this year I know that I never would have been ready to go and serve in the way that God is asking me to. First off I would say that I was not as secure in Christ as I needed to be. I didn't understand His freedom, I didn't understand that I can be fully satisfied by Him, I didn't understand that He would take care of all of my needs. I praise God that He has brought me to a point at which I can say that I understand those things at least most of the time and when I don't I know that I can seek Him and His truth and understand.

   Please pray that God would continue to teach me and continue to draw me closer to Him in everything that I do. I am going to miss my friends here at school...especially the ones that I will not see after this year because they are graduating sometime between this May and next May, but I know that all will be ok because God is on my side and He will sustain me!

It has been a good week! I got to see my family on Monday and Tuesday...including my sister so that was really fun! Other than that we are supposed to have sports camp tomorrow, but some of the outdoor sports might have to be cancelled because of rain. We will see...so if you want to throw up a prayer ask that God would dry up the land enough that we could have the outdoor sport camps! Thanks!

Satan's Lies

I don't know who is reading this, but that is ok. I hate Satan's lies. I have believed them, I still do believe them. But that is not who we are. God created us in His image and anything that goes against that is a lie from Satan. Yeah, we have a choice to believe it or not, but we need to not be deceived. We need to know God's truth.

  I have a really good friend who is believing every lie that Satan is telling her. She has believed them for a long time and she believes that there is no release from them. That saddens me that Satan can have such a  hold in our lives. Especially when God says we are free. We don't have to live in bondage. I know that I have lived in bondage in several areas of my life and I am just realizing it now and I have been a Christian for several years. In my opinion that means Satan is a pretty good liar. If he can let someone believe lies about themselves even when they are under God's authority and love that is good deception if you know what I mean.

  I HATE IT! I HATE SATAN! I HATE HIS LIES! And I pray that none of us would be deceived by him or believe what he is saying about who we are. I pray that none of you would fall into that trap. If any of you are struggling in this area I pray that you would read the books Victory Over the Darkness and The Bondage Breaker both of which are written by Neil T. Anderson.

  I love you all and want you to know that you are all God's children!