Absence Has Made My Heart Grow Fonder.....

I am a horrible blogger; I admit it. I have been so busy and neglected you. So, let me update you. We just had our Youth Convention. The theme was "Experience the Glory" and boy did we. It was absolutely amazing!!!!! My cousin entered courtship and I'm counting down the days until she walks down the altar. So, that leaves me as the token single girl in the bunch now. This basically translates to avoid ALL events where it will be a couples thing instead of friends hanging out ( I discovered that people in relationships are always trying to hook up their poor single friend, lol), seek out my single SAVED friends and start hanging out more often (this means the friends who love the season of singlehood they are in; not  the ones counting down the minutes, seconds, and milliseconds until they are in courtship), and enjoy this time to myself to work on anything I want. I am going to try to blog on a regular basis.......

I've Been Busy These Days....

Sorry for the neglect. Where do I begin? I'm still sticking to my no-dating for a year. I've been looking into design classes and realize I have a love for event planning that I didn't think I would have. I am working with the girls on dances for the upcoming Youth Convention; that translates to exhausted! I've changed my hair colour yet again, lol. Remember the highlights I mentioned? Yeah. It's copper. I like it, at first I thought that it was too much but now its growing on me. I'm entering the Brides Magazine Operation Dress 2010 contest. We have to enter a dress design that will grace the cover and David's Bridal will make......did I also mention you win $10,000 dollars?! The song from Annie "Easy Street" just popped into my head, lol. I actually feel like watching it right now. What else did I forget to mention? I have a new phone: HTC Touch Pro 2. It's alright. That's it. Just alright. I will talk to you later.

Experience the Glory

We have our theme for our Youth Convention: "Experience the Glory". It is taken from Haggai 2:9: "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts." (KJV). I like the theme, but it really had me thinking: have we really EXPERIENCED God's Glory? I feel that lately (speaking for myself here) we have put God on a time schedule. We speak to Him when we have the time and we want God to move when we feel. The problem with that? how many times did I mention "we"? God is God all by Himself; He doesn't need us and He won't be any more or any less with us there or absent. It's time to let God be God; to work our schedule around Him. Why can't we just let go and let God? Is it really that hard? I was thinking about how the church has lost its power lately. You hear more about being politically correct instead of going by what God has laid down as law......sigh. Maybe its just me, but I would like God to move like He did in the old days. He is still the same God but are willing to let Him be that? I'm going on the Daniel's Fast again next Sunday and I am so excited. The fast last year gave me so much strength spiritually to deal with what happened down the year. I know that I have to give up coffee (I can do it...) and no carbonated drinks, sugar, meats, preservatives, etc. but the end result will so be worth it. Some of the young women will be fasting as well and we will be praying corporately about some situations. One of the things we will be praying about is power and anointing; something a lot of us have been lacking lately. Also, strengthening of our gifts....there's so much to say on this but I feel like I rambled on enough. Be blessed.

A Little More

I feel like sometimes my co-worker is trying my nerves. My supervisor is on vacation and I won’t lie and say I don’t miss him. I want him back asap! I am convinced I might loss my mine if he doesn’t come back. Yesterday, we went to visit another church in Brooklyn to support one of our ministers that spoke at a Youth Convention. I enjoyed the dancing. There was this one group that danced to “Waging War" by CeCe Winans. I loved it, I thought about it on my way home. It makes me enjoy dancing and ministering through dance. I fell bless that I can touch others without using words.

Perfecting Holiness- Day 7

“I’m pregnant with Purpose & Destiny”. Well that was the topic this morning spoken by our Youth Vice President Minister Dr. Karen DeLisle. She is such a humble, on fire, Woman of God. You can’t help but love her. God is going to have such a reward for her in heaven. The message this morning was a good one. She said that my cousin (the preacher in the making) and my other friend were pregnant with purpose & destiny. It’s so easy to see God moving in their lives. They can’t deny it. Sometimes I wonder if I have anything to do in God’s kingdom. I don’t want to be a prophetess, a preacher or minister, but I would like to know what job God has called me to. But I won’t fret or give place to the devil. I will wait for God to reveal it to me.

Perfecting Holiness- Day 6

Today was Open-Air Service. That is when we have our service outside the church on the street. It was a lot of fun, we were dancing in the street, singing and rejoicing for the world to see. It was a great service. Afterwards, I rehearsed with both the girls and the womens' Praise Dance Team. Let’s just say I was exhausted by the end of the day.

Perfecting Holiness- Day 5

AMAZING! That’s all I can say about tonight’s service. The speaker was an awesome, on fire, Man of God! He was really a teacher more than anything. He was teaching the youth about letting go of certain things in our life. All I can say was it was AMAZING! Tomorrow is outreach service; we are taking it to the street. The Minister’s wife wants me to design for her, I have a new client! I am so excited! Off to work!

Perfecting Holiness- Day 4

I….need…..caffeine…bad. I have been drinking tea for the past 3 weeks to show to the Lord I can give up what I depended on the most. But because of the Youth Convention, I have been sleeping for about 4-5 hours a night max. I am so tired, its not even 10:30 in the morning and I can barely keep my eyes open. It is so worth it though. Last night service was amazing. The topic was “It’s Time to Make a Move”. I am telling you that after last night, I can really say the Youth won’t be able to go back to how they used to be without consciously knowing that is not where they are supposed to be. Apostle Stanley Gorrell was an amazing speaker. It seems to get better and better everyday!

Perfecting Holiness- Day 3

Tonight was very good. I know that doesn't quite sum it up for you but it seems that I can't find the words. You should have been there.

Perfecting Holiness- Day 2

Last night was amazing! Minister Courtney Bradley (True Worship; Brooklyn, NY) was a great teacher last night. I love when the word isn’t built on emotions and yelling and shouting but part of the worship experience; when the service is done, we can still enjoy the fellowship. His topic was “Perfecting for the Effecting”. My favorite quote for the night is “Just like oxygen is for your natural life; Holiness is for your spiritual life.” I like that visualization. It makes you look at things differently. Later today is Day 2. I want the Lord to move like never before in the Youths. I want there to be not just an emotional experience but an experience so life changing that they can’t think about being in any place but in the presence of the Lord.

Perfetcing Holiness- Day 1

“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” 2 Corinthians 7:1.

For the next week, the youth at my church will be having our Youth Convention. Our theme this year is “Perfecting Holiness”. Looking at the theme and than taking a look at myself, I can’t help but wonder: “how can I perfect something that I totally suck at?” I am an honest person, and I will be the first to admit that everyday is a constant battle to just stay holy and pure in deeds (forget about thoughts, lol), and I feel the only way to be able to win that battle is to ask God constantly to renew your mind and thoughts. Everyday is a new day. We must constantly seek the Lord to keep us, the minute we don’t we leave ourselves open to the adversary.

Keeping On Track

It is always so easy to become distracted and not do what you’re supposed to do. I can always do it later; or I’ll take care of it tomorrow; are the normal responses we have. I am starting to experience that in my Christian walk. I am so busy with church work that the time I do have, I want to sleep. I realize in a relationship, the only way to make things work is if you communicate. If I don’t make time for the Lord on a daily basis, how can I say that I have a relationship with Him? We are going into prayer this week for our upcoming Youth Convention. We want God to move into our youths heart and take permanent residence there. I personally want more than an emotional relationship with God, I want a close and personal relationship where I am constantly looking to please Him, commune with Him, and hear from Him. I know that it will take time; I remind myself that it’s a daily thing to grow in Love with someone. I know I am looking forward to it……

Sharing is Caring

Blessings to everyone on this day! I am trying to encourage myself in the Lord today (I'm not in a spiritual battle; I just have a really bad toothache/earache/headache that I'm trying not to think about).
I have found blogging to freeing and relaxing. It feels good to share my random experiences, thoughts, etc. I just won't share any of my friends and families names for fear of being attacked by them (lol).
The Lord has been revealing His awesomeness to me day by day and I am in constant amazement by Him. The songs I love a lot lately are "Amazed" by Lincoln Brewster and "All I Need Is You" by Hillsong United. It could be that I am in a constant worship mood lately because its time to rehearse praise dances to Minister on Easter and our upcoming Youth Convention; I love those songs none the less.
But I digress. I have been slowly finding blogs by other saints in Christ that both entertain and speak to my spirit. It seems that these days people either don't talk about Christ or force feed Him to you. I think the best way to reach others and introduce them to Christ is by living Him. You have to live in Christ EVERYDAY so that others can see Him in you. I could stand on a soapbox on the corner of a street and preach until I pass out or I could live the life everyday and minister to others that way. I am a freshman in Bible School and the first year is Evangelism. It's a powerful class; everyday feels like you live what you have learned in classroom. That being said, I realize how important it is to share the Gospel. It's like everyone in the world is dying. Someone gives you the vaccine and saves you from death. You have the vaccine now, will you give it to others or will you keep it to yourself? Think about it.