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gramps is lookin' a bit old!!! ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!!!

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Hey guys, i'm back! i'm sure you were all worried since i haven't posted in a while haha just kidding. so here it goes.
i have been feeling a little far away from god lately. while i was in kansas city over the summer a girl told me that she got a vision from god that i needed to pull the weeds out of my life. when i got home, lets just say i planted more weeds than i had before. i am really struggling to stand out and be myself, i don't want to be held down but for some reason i am.
at girls group last week i brought the music and i chose a song by superchick called stand in the rain. when i listened to it it pulled together everythingthat had been going on, you need to stand through your pain and stay with god in order for you to be happy, i am still struggling with this so sorry, no big finish, but sometimes it isn't supposed to happen that way.
if you could please pray that i could be more like myself
-anne

so kids...

i suggest you get those passports!
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I have never posted a blog entry before so here it goes. I'm Kacey and I'm a poster person for this awesome blog about God. There was a couple of weeks ago when I felt extremely distant from God. I wasn't really sure why but it just seemed like I lost all contact with him but I realized that he never left I just was so busy that I didn't pay attention and didn't take the time to listen to him and I think that is what happened.
But this week, God has spoken to me quite a few times. I have been worried about school and family but He seemed to let me know that everything was going to be okay and nothing was going to happen. Sense then my grades in school have improved. He is always there to tell me that stuff is going to be okay when I'm pretty much freaking out. I have also learned that you need to put forth all your trust towards Him and let Him guide you though life. I know he talks to everyone personal and you just need to take the time to listen and set aside a time were all focus is on Him. I also believe that if you pray to God, He will answer all your prayers.
To all you bloggers out there, Love and God Bless
-KaceyRitchey

Walking on Water

I saw that there hasn't been a post in a while, and I haven't posted yet, so, I guess it's my turn. This will be easy, because God has been speaking to me quite a bit the past few days.

God has been speaking to me about faith a lot lately. Faith is something I've always thought I didn't have. When I would read the verses about asking for things in faith, I would believe them, but I still didn't have full faith when I asked God for something. I thought it was just a gift I didn't have, and I always wondered why.
But God revealed my error to me. Instead of just believing that God would give me what I prayed for, I asked myself whether I believed or not. That left a door open to doubt, and I didn't have the faith I needed. But God didn't just show me my error, but he showed me the way to fix it as well!
He showed me that I needed to just believe. Not questiong if I believe, not lacking faith, but just believing. I can't seem to explain it very well, but the point is, God explained to me about faith, which I had long wondered about, and lacked.
God brought me to this passage, and He showed me something in it that I had never seen before:

Matthew 14
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

While I had noticed the reason for Peter's failure, I hadn't applied it to my life. I realized that we don't just need faith to start the journey, but we need it every step of the way. Without it, we will begin to sink whenever a trial comes.
I am walking on water, through God's power, but without faith, I will sink. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. We need to have it to walk this Christian walk. I probably didn't say all of this exactly right, but it doesn't really matter. All that matters is the point, and I will walk by faith. God bless!

Chase