Yvonne smiddy's Blog – July 2009 Archive (10)

When I was first starting out in prayer, I read a real good book by Andrew Murray called, With Christ in the School of Prayer. I believe that was the name of it. It said it takes 21 days to develops a habit. That's what I remember about that book. I was determined to develop a prayer life, a prayer habbit! If I can develop a habit of smoking cigarettes, or drinking, or some other hobby, then I knew I could do this. Of course I wasn't doing any of these things... at this time.



The… Continue

As I was re-reading my last post on prayer, I giggled, as I realized, that way back then, I was asking God to let me hear His voice. Today I ask Him to let me see His face and His glory!! This makes me laugh! God is so good to me!

I have dreamt many dreams about climbing a huge hill. Sometimes it's a slight incline, and sometimes it's right, straight up, and I almost don't make it. I have to hang on for my life, and even as I write this, I get this sensation in my chest that I'm going to… Continue

PRAYER IS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER. God has taught me so much about prayer. He has taught me so much...if all of us as christians would take the time to talk to our father, He would talk back. If we tooke the time to really listen, we would know how to walk and how to get over this life! He has taught me to come to Him first. He is the most important person in my life, therefore He does come first.



When I first started developing my prayer life, I remember making a commitment… Continue

CONCERT ON THE LAWN

TO BENEFIT FORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES

Serving the Jails of Benzie, Leelanau and G.T. County



SATURDAY JULY 18 FROM 4 PM TO 9 PM



Mt. Zion FWC

4950 Silver Pines Road, Traverse City, MI 49684



FOR MORE INFO (231) 946-4200 OR CALL DARREN (231) 392-6048



BRING A CHAIR AND A FRIEND, INCASE OF RAIN, CONCERT WILL BE INDOORS



AUTHOR, SPEAKER, VOCALIST JOHN COLLIER

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN RECORDING ARTIST VIRGINIA… Continue

OK, SO EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE STORY OF L. AKA LYDELL! HE'S THE ONE I HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF PRAYING FOR, A WEEK AGO, LAST THURSDAY, AFTER HE OVESDOSED ON PILLS AND HE RESPONDED!! SO THEN HE WENT TO WORK WITH US AT THE CHERRY FESTIVAL.



SO TURNS OUT HE HAD SOME OTHER TROUBLE TO DEAL WITH IN VIRGINA, SO HE IS LEAVING TONIGHT TO HEAD BACK THERE. I COULDN'T LET HIM LEAVE WITHOUT PRAYING FOR HIM AGAIN AND LEADING HIM TO THE LORD, SO, DAVE AND I WENT TO SEE HIM AND YOLANDA… Continue

THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE LORD HAS BEEN STIRRING MY HEART TO SHARE AND TEACH ABOUT OFFENSES! HOW OFFENSES COME OUR WAY, AND HOW WE OFFEND OTHERS!



LUKE 17:1, THE JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, " IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT NO OFFENSES SHOULD COME, BUT WOE TO HIM THROUGH WHOM THEY DO COME! SO WE LEARNED THAT OFFENSES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO COME OUR WAY, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE SAY, OR DO TO US, THAT MIGHT CAUSE US PAIN, HURT, TORMENT...



YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN… Continue

GREETINGS TO ALL IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME!



I COME TO YOU TODAY WITH SUCH REJOICING IN MY HEART OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL THINGS GOD HAS DONE AND IS DOING AND WANTS TO DO!!



THE YOUNG MAN, THAT TRIED TO OVERDOSE ON PILLS LAST WEEK, CAME TO THE CHERRY FESTIVAL WHERE THE MINISTRY WAS VOLUNTEERING. I SAW HIM AND RAN UP TO HIM AND HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG AND I HELD HIM AND CRIED AND CRIED AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH JESUS LOVED… Continue

HEY, HEY, HEY! AS OF FRIDAY MORNING, L. WAS STILL OUT OF 'IT!' THE DR'S THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE HORRIBLE LIVER DAMAGE, SO WE PRAYED AGAINST THAT. HE DID RESPOND VERY LITTLE TO YOLANDA ABOUT REMEMBERING ME AND HEARING THE PRAYERS!

THE OTHER WOMAN THAT WAS THERE THAT NIGHT TOLD YOLANDA THAT, 'THAT WOMAN'S PRAYERS WERE POWERFUL! HE HEARD HER AND HE MOVED! HER PRAYERS MADE HIM RESPOND!' SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE HAD GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER HER WHILE I WAS PRAYING AND THEN ESPECIALLY WHEN HE STARTED… Continue

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OK, I SURE HOPE YOU PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR ME AND THE JAIL MINISTRY AND THE 'FRUIT' THAT IS MANIFESTED FROM THIS MINISTRY!!



LAST NIGHT AFTER JAIL, I TOOK YOLANDA SOME GIFTS, AND I MET HER FIANCE. HE ALSO HAS JUST GOTTEN OUT OF JAIL, AND HE REALLY LIKED YOLANDA'S OUTLOOK ON LIFE...NICE YOUNG MAN.



SO THIS AFTERNOON I GET A CALL FROM YOLANDA SAYING SHE'S GOING THRU SOMETHING AND SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO ME. I DIDN'T… Continue

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF 'LOVE?' WHAT IS YOUR PERCEPTION? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE 'LOVE?'



JAMIE WOULD NOT OPEN HERSELF UP TO LOVE FOR OVER A YEAR! SHE HAD ISSUES WITH 'REAL, TRUE LOVE' ABANDONNED BY HER PARENTS, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE REALLY WAS, OR IF IT EVEN EXSISTED ANYMORE. TIA WAS VERY CONFUSED ABOUT LOVE. WAS THIS 'REAL LOVE' OR WAS IT JUST 'LUST?'



SO WE LOOKED AT SOME SCRIPTURES ABOUT GOD'S LOVE.

1 JOHN 4:16 AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD… Continue