Okay, so i am seriously wondering what your honest opinion of Jonathan is right now? The kind of allegiance to David he has shown and it seems to be one sided. Sadly i think our world today would portray that as mushy and weak and desperate for a friend. When i first came to Christ God raised up some women just like this to surround me. They were calling me all the time just to see how i was, sending me notes of encouragement, offering to watch my babies, bringing me meals. I thought they were so WEIRD. not nice, WEIRD! I remember Wendy bringing dinner to my house one night, she didn't want to come in and hit me with her Bible for hours she just dropped it with a nice note and left. The conversation at dinner went like this. "Why? Why did she do it? Thats weird. I know. Why? Why did she do it? Thats weird! I know!" (note our heightened drama)
Those precious ladies loved on me and i thought they were weird. Christ absolutely used them to melt my heart. Now i pray i am just as weird as them, if not weirder.
Know that when we see something over and over again throughout the Word it is because He so desperately wants us to get it! (1Sam18:1-4, Genesis 15, Deut 7:6-9 I John 4:10 & countless more times!) He chose us. He loves us. Even when we are unlovable. Even when we don't love him back.
Does anyone want to share how they came into their covenant connection with Christ?
Anybody confused about it? Anything else jump out at you???
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My Covenant :)
Well, I prayed to recieve Christ in the 2nd grade with Debbie Moenning as my small group leader. I don't think I really understood what it meant, honestly. I think I just did it, because my om had done it, and she said it was like the best thing ever. My 6th grade year, life was rocky. I didn't have the best relationship with my family, I hung out with the wrong crowd, cussed a whole lot, lived a double life (angel around church family and horrible at school when I wasn't around Christians.) lied gossiped, the whole nine. Even though I was super bad, I told all my super bad friends I was a christian. One time, one of those "friends" brought it up and was laughing. Saying how they were glad I really wasn't, or they wouldn't have me as a friend. That kind of let me know right then and there, HELLO! you're not living like you should, and you need to start NOW. I let go of those "friends", reaffirmed my faith with God, reprayed the prayer you pray when you accept Christ and just started following him like he wants me to. I'm so happy I did :)
WOW Mrs.Lori! That is so awesome and you definatly are like them now I have seen you love on people so many times even to me you have impacted my life so much!
Megan, you are such a great lady of christ.I see him shining through you all the time.Just knowing what you have been through and your decisions makes me respect you so much! im glad you are doing this bible study with us! =]
As for how I became a christian I was like megan I accepted christ at a young age not really knowing what I was doing but I remember the night like it was yesterday I was at vbs.During middle school years I wasnt strong in gods word. I dont think I was too much of a light in public school during 6th grade. But if I hadnt gone through all of that I wouldnt have learned from it. Well it wasnt until we came to PRF that I really decided to grow strong in faith and RKL as Tom calls it READ it KNOW it and LIVE it. um I was baptized at this church also after that I just went strong for god with all of my heart.I was sick of being a "FAKE christian" A few of lights in my life who helped me through that have been tom lauren and luke. They all helped me so much with every struggle in my life!
I think it is cool how david and johnathan had such a bond,even though it is one sided.It kind of reminds me of how I can rely on some of my friends for anything I need, but some times honestly im not always there for them or vise versa.
I really liked day 1 ALOT!=]
love you girls!
Whew! So happy we are taking this week to catch up i have wanted to respond to ya all forever!
Megan it is funny because i read this morning about how when we feel convicted we need to respond and i think its just totally awesome at such a young age that you even felt convicted about the comment of your friend. Not everyone is sensitive to th Holy Spirit and it just totally encourages me to see you all wanting to get in the Word and live for Him!
It's funny because i have heard different opinions on the matter of if kids really know what they are doing when they make this big decision at an early age.
My own story is just crazy to me. I went to church for about a month when i was 6 and during that month my sister and i went to VBS one week. I totally remember sitting on the floor next to a couch and praying but then my mom left and we never went to church again. We never prayed, never read the Bible, nothing. I can honestly say i have racked my brain over the years trying to remember if i ever even thought about that. Nope, nothing. Then when i was 21 we went to church one Sunday morning(that is another crazy story for another time!)they were having revival week and at the end of the week i got baptized and have been pressing on ever since then. HERE IS THE COOL PART! if i haven't lost you yet! a couple years later i was struggling (story for another time:) and went to clean out my closet and found my little certificate from the childrens pastor at the VBS church and the date on it was August 4, 1981, that seemed familiar to me (aka Holy Spirit at work)so i ran to find my baptism certificate(whats with us and certificates!). Okay i was baptized exactly 15 years to the day of when i was just a silly, lost, little girl who so did not know what i was doing! Coincidence, i think not!
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