Merry Christmas!!! (2014)

He came into the world to bring GREAT joy for ALL people. He came, quite as a lamb, to bring hope. He came into the world as a tiny, little baby to heal the sick, and the wounded. He came so that the BLIND could SEE, the DEAF could HEAR, the LAME could LEAP, the DUMB could SPEAK, and so that the DEAD WOULD LIVE AGAIN! JESUS came into the world as a baby. Quite. Gentle. He came to set us FREE. And even though He came as a baby... He was still fully God. Even though, to most, He probably seemed just like any other baby, He was still the King of Kings. Most looked at Jesus, lying in His mothers arms, and didn't realize that one day He would die a painful death on the cross to save the world from sin. Because you see, that tiny, gentle baby... was holding a promise in His hand. A promise of salvation for ALL who would believe. For you and for me. THAT is why we celebrate Christmas. Because JESUS came.

Luke 2:11 (ESV)

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." 

May the Lord bless you and your family with a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!! May He allow you time to sit and meditate on the REAL reason we celebrate Christmas!!! Love you all!!!! =D

Please enjoy the video below!

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The Sovereign Word of God

The Word of God is sovereign, holy and to be taken seriously. My heart is broken at the number of people from different God believing religions who pick and choose what the want to follow or believe out of The Bible. This may be a longer devotional than usual but let's set things straight and if I offend you I am sure that you can find the "unfollow" button or simply stop typing in the URL, depending on where you are reading this. It won't hurt my feelings, I will pray for you, and we can remain friends.

As I was saying, to be clear. There are 66 books in the bible, there is an Old Testament and a New Testament. BOTH are equally important and NEITHER should EVER be forgotten or downgraded! The trinity is super important and yes, it does exist. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). This is NOT to be mistaken as serving three separate gods. There is only one God, but three persons (that is my extent of explaining the trinity at this time). Jesus IS the Son of God. He is fully God and fully man but either way He was/is sinless. Jesus was NOT just some prophet claiming to be the Messiah, He IS the Messiah. There is a VERY REAL place called Heaven and PLEASE understand HELL IS REAL!! It's not a scary story for parents to get their kids to act right it is REAL!!!! I don't want to be too harsh about this but at the same time you need to understand if you don't get right with God you are looking at an eternity in hell... hell is not a place to party with all of your drinking buddies or do everything that you like to do up here now, you will suffer for eternity there.

The gospel can be put in many different ways (all meaning the same thing) but really at it's simplest form, it comes down to this:

Jesus came to earth and lived a sinless life.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins
Three days later Jesus rose from the dead
40 days after his resurrection Jesus ascended to the Father
and... Here is the big one... HE IS COMING BACK!

No matter what you believe grace is for EVERYONE!!! "God so loved the WORLD..." (John 3:16) that means me, you, the person holding a sign on the street, the person tending bar, your boss, your co-workers, and the list can go on and on and on. The fact is, at least before the rapture, there aren't just 144,000 of us going to heaven or "elect" ones, when the world comes to an end. Now just because God loves us does NOT mean that He loves our sin. You aren't supposed to be going out and getting drunk or even staying in and doing so. If you really want to get technical because your body is "the temple of the Holy Spirit..." (1 Corinthians 6:19) that means you shouldn't be putting ANY toxins in your body which means you shouldn't be smoking either. Let me take it just a step further here you shouldn't have obscene words coming out of your mouth either (Colossians 3:8). If you don't know what the word obscene means off the top of your head, it means profanity or cussing. My point?

STOP PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT YOU WANT TO FOLLOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND START FOLLOWING THE WHOLE THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will not apologize for my ranting here, or for offending you because I did it out of love. I love each and every last one of you because God loves you. I want you to see Heaven and ALL it's splendor.... I have brothers and sisters in different parts of the world who are dying because they REFUSE to deny Jesus.... They aren't backing down... so why in the world should I or any other Christian for that matter, back down?

May the Lord impress on your heart the seriousness of this devotional. I love you all so much with the love of Jesus. May the Lord bless and keep you.

It Matters

Romans 12:2 (ESV)

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." 

I know I am about to step on a lot of toes but that doesn't really bother me. Sometimes, toes need to be stepped on in order for hearts to be touched. Too many of us have become conformed to this world. We watch the entertainment that television networks have convinced us is okay, when in reality we are breaking God's heart. Too often I hear the words, "it doesn't matter what I watch, it doesn't matter what I listen to, it's not that big of a deal, it's just a show, it's just a book, it's just a movie..." All the while you are sinking deeper and deeper into one of the LARGEST sin industries in the world. IT DOES MATTER!!! IT'S NOT JUST A TV SHOW OR A BOOK OR A MOVIE!!!!! 

Philippians 4:8 (ESV)

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." 

Let me give you a few things that aren't true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and most definitely NOT worthy of the praise that sadly they receive anyway:

1. 50 shades of gray (movie or book)

2. True Blood

3. The racy Hardee's commercial (yes, I went there)

4. Orange is the New Black

5. Family Guy

6. Addicted

7. Let's be Cops

Have I gone far enough? It's not just a funny show, it's not just a funny movie! You are filling your minds and your hearts full of filth and at the same time you are breaking God's heart!!!! DON'T YOU GET IT!!!! Tears are pouring down The Father's face, because you are allowing your heart to be entertained by a god of this world. PLEASE STOP!!!! I can not stress to you just how much it really does matter what you watch and listen to. Music is not much better, today it fills your head and your heart with words that should never come out of your mouth. It talks about pre-marital sex, one night stands, and gay relationships as if all of it is okay. It gives the message that it's okay to drink heavily, cuss heavily and if some drugs get involved what could it hurt right? WRONG. It's time to put an end to the profanity, the pornography, and the vulgar comedy. It's time to stop holding back to spare peoples feelings and start speaking out to save lives for the Kingdom of God! 

I am begging you, with all of my heart, please STOP BREAKING GOD'S HEART! Turn off the television when garbage comes on, don't keep watching the movie if it is impure. Turn the radio station... open your bible. I am praying for a MIGHTY move of God in America. Will you join me? Will you step up and remind our brothers and sisters that it DOES matter? Will you tell those who don't know, that there is hope? Or will you sit back, will you be quite, and spare the feelings... 

Matthew 10:33 (NIV)

"But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven." -

You don't have to speak to disown Him. You can stand by, and say nothing,and share nothing..... spare feelings and you are doing just as much harm. May God guide and direct you according to His will. May He pull your heart close to His so that your heart will break for the reasons His does and so that your heart will rejoice at what His does. I love you so much my sweet, wonderful brothers and sisters. 

I am Humbled.

I know that a lot of ya'll are waiting for that post that I've been working on and I want you to know that I am still working on it but almost finished. However, this post is a little different than most. Today I decided to take a look it at my audience that makes up the 1,721 views on Great News!!!!! What I saw took me by surprise a bit and I am humbled. This is what I saw:

United States: 1201
Russia: 252
France: 46
Malaysia: 28
China: 19
Germany: 17
United Kingdom: 14
Poland: 7
Romania: 6
Sweden: 6

To some of you this may not mean a whole lot but when I look at these numbers my heart is overjoyed to know that these people have come to my blog, my ministry for hope, love, peace, encouragement. To read my devotionals, and my other posts. I see these numbers and think about the countries on this list that are experiencing some seriously hard times, and persecution. Some of these viewers may very well be risking their safety just to read a blog with God's Word and they chose mine! This is only 1,596 of my readers, so I apologize for those that its not showing me but I want you to know that I love each and every one of you with the love of Christ, and I thank God for each of you. If you ever need prayer or need to talk please feel free to send me an email. Its under my profile. 

"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace." -Numbers 6:24-26 (NLT)

"I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." -Romans 15:13 (NLT)

"Dear brothers and sisters, we can't help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing. We proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering. And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you." -2 Thessalonians 1:3-6 (NLT)

"The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure." -1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)

Thank you all some much. May God bless you:)

EASTER 2014

John 19:16-18 (NLT)
"So they took Jesus away. Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha.) There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them."

He was treated like a criminal. He was beaten beyond recognition, had a crown of thorns placed on his head, mocked and forced to carry the cross that they would later nail him to. A death I am almost certain none of us would WILLINGLY endure. But Jesus did. The cross he carried was ours. He wasn't just carrying the weight of a wooden cross, he was carrying the weight of every sin we would ever commit! OUR  sin nailed Him to that cross!!! But three days later=)...

Luke 24:1-7 (NLT)
"But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked 'Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.'"

HALLELUJAH!!! HE ISN'T DEAD!!! HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!!! The grave could NOT contain Him!!!

There is a song that we sing at my church called This Blood. It is such a beautiful song, and there is a part in the song that when we come to it, our screen puts in big bold letters:

BUT IN THREE DAYS=)

Every time I see this reminder my heart leaps for joy! Another wonderful song that is out there is one of the newest songs from Kari Jobe called forever. As you finish this post I want you to watch it (below) and just worship our amazing God! 

May you be blessed beyond measure this Easter as God reminds you that He is not dead He is ALIVE!!! God bless you with an AWESOME Easter in Him! I love you my sweet friend in Christ! =D

Here is the link to This Blood=)

http://youtu.be/DQLlW_Bl4BA

CHRISTmas 2013

Luke 2:9-12 (ESV)
"And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, 'Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.'" 

Merry CHRISTmas my family in Christ:) That sweet little baby lying in a manger so very long ago grew to become a man who died for OUR sins after living a sinless life. I am praying that each and every one of you are blessed with the most wonderful Christmas. I pray that your day has gone wonderfully and that as you wind down this afternoon you are filled with the most blessed peace. Thank you for all of the prayers that you contribute to this ministry and to myself. God has truly blessed me to be able to do this. I love each and every one of you with the love that Christ has given me to do so and will continue to pray for all of you. God bless you all and once again. Merry Christmas:)

Love in Christ,
Kelcy

This Is a Rebel Generation

Wow, isn't that the truth? Don't say no because you know, I know, and more importantly God knows that you would be lying. You see God spoke to me last night, calling me to open my Message bible. I didn't know why but I knew God would guide me. Eventually I wound up in Isaiah staring at a heading in chapter 30 which is what I put as the title of this post. I'm going to let you read what I read and then we're going to talk about it. 

Isaiah 30:8-11 (MSG)

So, go now and write all this down. 

    Put it in a book

So that the record will be there

    to instruct the coming generation,

Because this is a rebel generation,

    a people who lie,

A people unwilling to listen

    to anything God tells them.

They tell their spiritual leaders, 

    "Don't bother us with irrelevancies."

They tell their preachers,

    "Don't waste our time on impracticalities.

Tell us what makes us feel better.

    Don't bore us with obsolete religion.

That stuff means nothing to us.

    Quit hounding us with The Holy of Israel."

I have underlined the same things here as I did in my bible. It is so obvious that we are a, if not the rebellious generation that Isaiah spoke of here in chapter 30. Not only are we a generation that rebels, we always want everything right now. Not later, NOW. Let's even stop calling it our generation and start calling it what it is, a rebellious culture. Not just one generation but everyone. We refuse to look at the bigger picture. Verse 10 says this:

Isaiah 30:10 (MSG)

They tell their spiritual leaders,

   "Don't bother us with irrelevancies."

They tell their preachers,

   "Don't waste our time on impracticalities.

Tell us what makes us feel better.

"Tell us what makes us feel better." That's us. Sin and the ways of this world are nothing but a drug waiting to take us captive by the lies and deceit they produce. Getting us hooked with empty promises of a "fix" that'll finally take, that will satisfy our wants and needs and desires, that will fulfill our every dream. They are a drug that Satan deals telling us what we want to hear so that we'll buy in. Promising us immediate effects. Let's look at the same verse in the New Living Translation.

Isaiah 30:10 (NLT)

They tell the seers, 

  "Stop seeing visions!"

They tell the prophets,

  "Don't tell us what is right.

Tell us nice things.

  Tell us lies. 

I want to really focus on just the last part of that verse. "Tell us nice things. Tell us lies." Sound familiar? More often that not in this day and age though people say they want the truth and your "honest opinion" they want you to lie. Because, the truth hurts, and sometimes, quite often actually, the truth tends to be ugly. Therefore we want to be told nice things. It's exactly as verse 11 says.

Isaiah 30:11 (NLT)

Forget all this gloom.

  Get off your narrow path.

Stop telling us about your 

  'Holy One of Israel.' "

Too many people want off the narrow path. Even more want to knock those who are on it off. They want to forget all of the horrible stuff around them, they want to ignore it. They even say "Stop telling us about your 'Holy One of Israel.' " But look at the response in verses 12 and 13

Isaiah 30:12-13

This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:

   "Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,

calamity will come upon you suddenly 

    like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.

In an instant it will collapse 

     and come crashing down."

See what we want is to "Trust instead in oppression and lies." The message says "preferring to live by injustice and shape your lives on lies..." You see, you want to be fed the lies, you want to be told the "nice things" that will make you "feel better", preferably NOW. But, the problem is all your doing is buying the drug and getting your fix for now. It isn't a permanent fix. So you'll just keep going back, over and over, every time you stop "feeling better", a vicious little cycle.

Let's look at the big picture, take a little reality check if you will.

The "feel good" junkies. The ones who want the lies to make em' feel good now, caution to the wind, they want their fix and they want it now. Here is your reality check. Sure you feel good now. Your still riding a high from a fix the world has given you. Before long you'll be looking for more, shoving off what you need to hear for what you want to hear. Overall you are still living in a miserable, depressing state. Here is what's going to happen. You'll keep getting your fix until one day your sentenced to an eternity with fire, no peace, no happiness, no love, no compassion, and no more "feel good" fixes.

Now, lets look at the alternative Life with God. A life that though it isn't perfect is filled with love in even the darkest of times. Where the aforementioned 'feel good junkie' falls and has no strength to get up we find strength in Jehovah Jireh the Lord our provider. We have a God that will never make a promise that He doesn't intend to keep. Life with a God who speaks to us out of the storm (Job 38:1). A God who can satisfy our needs, and even fulfill our dreams if they are in line with His will. No, life isn't going to be constantly happy, sunshine and rainbows. In fact, I've got news for you, It has to RAIN before you see the RAINbow. Yes, you have to listen to the truth, which isn't always going to be pretty. But this is what happens in the end. Your given the gift of eternal life, eternity with God, the ONE TRUE KING. In a place where you reunite with lost loved ones. Where there is light, a peace that surpasses all understanding, unspeakable joy, and amazing love. I don't even know what else, I can't even begin to imagine how great it is going to be, how AWESOME it is going to be. No more pain, no more suffering... 

So which would you rather have? I've chosen mine.

Isaiah 30:15 (MSG)

God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: "Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me    The very thing you've been unwilling to do"

Stop being unwilling!! Turn back to God! For some, you need to turn to Him for the first time. Stop trying to save yourselves because it's not possible!! Settle down in complete dependence on God. I promise you will not regret it. Just talk to Him. 

I'm praying for you friend...unceasingly praying. May God bless you and yours exceeding abundantly. Love you today in Jesus my friend:)

Isaiah 30:18 (NLT)

So the Lord must wait for you to come to him

   so he can show you his love and compassion.

For the Lord is a faithful God.

  Blessed are those who wait for his help.

Can You Ever Forgive Yourself?

I want you all to consider something. It's not something hard or even something new, in fact it's something that most, if not all of you have heard throughout your lives. God forgives. If you will sincerely ask, and if you will humble yourself and ask for Him to have mercy and forgive you, He will!

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 

In fact! His word tells us that He not only forgives the sin He 'blots out our sin, and remembers it no more'

Isaiah 43:25 (NASB)
"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins."

Hebrews 10:17 (NASB)
"AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

I'm reading a book right now called 'Holiness, Truth, and the Presence of GOD' by Francis Frangipane. It's a great book and I encourage you all to read it but I want to put something that I read in here. 

**"Let me share an experience. A certain man of God had been gifted with revelatory insight into people's lives. During an evening service he ministered to a Presbyterian pastor and his wife. By the gift of the Spirit, he revealed the couple's past, uncovered their present situation, and then disclosed to them what was to come. This work of God greatly impressed the couple, and as the prophecies were fulfilled, one month later the Presbyterian minister brought two other pastors, each with their wives, to another service for personal ministry.   The word of knowledge was exceptionally sure that night, and the second minister and his wife marveled at the accuracy and truth in the prophetic word. The third couple stepped forward for ministry, and again the word of knowledge was present. The prophet spoke to the husband, revealing his past, present, and insight into his future. Then the man of God turned to this third minister's wife. As he began to speak of her past, suddenly he stopped. 'There was a very serious sin in your past.' The woman, with her worst fear upon her, turned pale and closed her eyes. The congregation hushed and moved to the edge of their seats.    The prophet continued, 'And I asked the Lord, 'What was this sin that she committed ' And the Lord answered, 'I do not remember!'''**

How awesome is that?!? He doesn't remember your sin!!! Some of you need to go back and read that a few thousand times, just that one sentence. Go ahead, I promise you won't miss anything, I'll wait...... Some of you need to take that into your heart and hold it their.

The enemy is called the great accuser for a reason. He will bring up something that is buried so deep in your past it shouldn't even be in your memory bank. God has already forgiven you, and yet when Satan brings up your sin he makes sure to fill you with guilt and shame, chaining that sin to you so that it drags you down.

I want you to imagine, just for a minute Jesus looking at you with tear filled eyes, pain stricken across his face and saying "can you ever, forgive yourself?" STOP!!!! Go ahead and go back, because some of you assumed and skipped over that last part. NOT 'forgive me.' but 'forgive yourself' How can God forgive and forget our sin if you don't put it behind you and accept and embrace His forgiveness? Now imagine Him again, the same look of pain except this time I want you to do something that might be quite hard for some of you, I want you to imagine the crown of thorns on His head, the blood running down His face, imagine Him, just for a moment, beaten beyond recognition. Now, imagine Him saying "I died so that my father could forgive you. He sent me to save you. PLEASE accept His forgiveness." It hurts doesn't it. You can almost hear the hammer hitting the nails. Some of you may say this is too far, but that image, is what happened to our savior so that we could be saved!! What is the truth even worth if we water it down or make it 'pretty'. The answer is NOTHING! Watered down truth is nothing but a lie.

I want to do something a little different to close this post. Below I have typed two prayers one is for believers/followers you can put it any way you want, this is just to give you can idea, this is my prayer. The second prayer is for the non-believers, the non followers who want to trust God and follow Him. For those who want to accept and embrace the fathers forgiveness. You may know it well because it is the prayer of salvation.

Believers/followers prayer:
God I'm so sorry. You have so willingly forgiven me and yet I allow the enemy to convict me of my past sins, I allow him to chain me to it and drag me down. Forgive me, not just for my sins but for taking what your son did for granted. You sent Him to pour out His blood, to be brutally beaten, and nailed to a cross so that we could be saved! I love you Lord. I am so thankful that you love me enough to blot out my sins. Help me to never again take for granted what you did for us. In your sons most precious, beautiful, MIGHTY name I pray, Amen. 

Prayer of salvation (if you need to reaffirm your faith as a believer that's okay too:))
Dear Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I believe that you died on the cross for my sins, and right now, I want to turn from my sins and open my heart and life toward you and accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. Thank you Jesus for saving me. 

I want to personally welcome you to the family of Christ!! This really truly is the best decision you will ever make. Please understand that because you have made this decision does not mean that life is going to be easy. The enemy fights what he doesn't like and he really doesn't like what you just did. But trust in the father and He will give you a strength unlike any other! I want to encourage you to get plugged in with a church that is available to you, sometimes you may not feel comfortable in that church and you may want to try a different church and that's okay. You may like the first church you go to and feel at home there, don't give up. Let God lead you. Listen to the still small voice within you, He will make sure you are where He wants you. Don't just profess your faith friend live it!! He loves you unlike any other:) I'm praying for you, and if you'd like feel free to contact me (info in announcement section) I'm always willing to pray with you. 

I want to leave you with this verse that I find very encouraging and I hope you will find it encouraging as well:

Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

May our father bless you with peace, strength, courage, and boldness! I love you in Jesus today friend!!!! =)




 *Please excuse any typos that may be in the bit from 'Holiness, Truth, and the Presence of GOD' the bit comes from page(s) 34 starting in the second paragraph and ending on page 35 with the first two lines of the page. 

Short FB Post

Some of you may have already seen this on my facebook, but I wanted to post it on here as well because I want more than just the friends on my facebook to see it. I want everyone no matter who to be able to see it, and I pray that it will touch someones heart. It's a very short post but here you go:


SO happy and blessed! I just wanted to share that even if you aren't rich, even if you don't live in a three story house with a huge amount of land and even if you don't have the most amazing things, God gave you breath every single time you drew breath in today. That's him!! (Job 34:14-15) Look around you, there are tiny blessings that you may have missed today! Don't take them for granted because even the smallest blessing from God, is   H-U-G-E!! I have an amazing family that I live with, family that God has blessed me with all around, I have a worship ministry family, even if I don't know all of them, an amazing family in Sunday school. Just because you don't know them that well doesn't mean they aren't your family. We are all family through God! I got to go and worship with family today!!! In my heavenly fathers house at that!!! NOT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO ENJOY THAT BLESSING!!! BE THANKFUL. He has given me more joy then I can contain and I am so blessed to be able to say that! May He bless you all exceeding abundantly as well:) Praise God He has given you another day:)


May our almighty father bless you exceeding abundantly. And may you put your trust in Him, today and everyday! =)

Christ Is Risen - Death: His Sting & Defeat (Feat. Spoken Word Poet Davi...

I just wanted to share this video and though some of you may not like it I found it to be a moving video. Though the song itself is good it's not the same without the pause for the poetry. Hope it blesses you the way it did me. :)

Merry CHRISTmas!!!!

I just wanted to take the time on this beautifully rainy Christmas evening to say merry CHRISTmas!! Not, Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings but Merry CHRISTmas my dear sweet friend!! Because without Christ there is no Christmas. That is what this whole season is about friends. i pray that as you spend time eating and possibly exchanging any remaining gifts that you will also remember the true meaning of Christmas. I'd like to share some scripture with you about the season and following in the spirit of it, starting with one that truly fires me up.

Isaiah 9:6
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders, and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 

Does that not fire you up to read those names. Our God is not just our father He's also a wonderful counselor!! A MIGHTY GOD! He's not just our heavenly father He's our Everlasting Father, and PTL our Prince of Peace!!!! Such wonderful names to hear, so encouraging to know that he's all that and more!!!! Infinitely more!!!

Matthew 1:23
"The virgin will be with child and will giver birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel" -which means, "God with us."

Wow!! Isn't that awesome?? God with us!! He is an omnipresent God!! That means that He is always present, ALWAYS!!! Even if you can't feel his presence He is ALWAYS there!

Omnipresent - present everywhere at the same time. Example: The omnipresent God.

Praise God He is omnipresent!!!

Of coarse there is no way I can go without putting this verse up on Christmas!:

Luke 2:10-12
"But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you. You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Can you just imagine...just for a second what those shepherds must have felt? I mean fear aside, that had to be an awesome experience. An angle of the Lord appearing to tell you that Christ the savior has been born!! Just think how they must have felt in that very moment.

Luke 2:14
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

John 14:27
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."

Catch that last part there "...Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." Can I just tell you that there is no trouble, worry, or fear that our Mighty God can't handle. He is bigger than all of them. Nothing can defeat our Mighty God!!

A very smart lady once told me that when you get in a situation of temptation you should say aloud to the devil to leave you alone (you have to say it aloud because the devil can't read your thoughts) , you have to tell him that he has no power over you for you are a child of God. The way I look at it, is Satan is powerless, for even he has to ask the Lords permission to test us therefore he is still under the power of the Almighty. HE CAN'T CONTROL YOU IF YOU DON'T LET HIM!!!!!!!

1 John 4:9-11
"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."

Can you grab a hold of that today? I believe that I put a piece of scripture about loving each other in a previous post. He so loved US!! Friend I hope our fathers words encourage you the way they encourage me.

Luke 2:11
"Today in the Town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord."

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! May the greatest gift of all be welcome in your homes tonight.

2 Thessalonians 3:16
"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you."

I would like to leave you with this last bit of scripture not really in the spirit of Christmas but in the spirit of the weather. I hope it blesses you as it does me, and gives you a new outlook on the weather this evening and every evening.

Job 37:1-13
“My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me. Listen carefully to the thunder of God’s voice as it rolls from his mouth. It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction. Then comes the roaring of the thunder—the tremendous voice of his majesty. He does not restrain it when he speaks. God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power. “He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down. Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power. The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens. The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold. God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water. He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning. The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth. He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.

May our Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God, our Everlasting Father, our Prince of Peace, our Immanuel, our very best gift, the Lord and Savior bless you and yours exceeding abundantly on this very Merry Christmas!

Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up (Video)

Just an inspiring video to listen to as you read!!! God Bless You!! =D

More Proof of God's Awesomeness!!! :)

Tonight when I sat down on my you version bible app, my plan was to read through Ephesians in The Message translation. God had a different plan, I had no more than read the first verse of Ephesians 1 when all of a sudden my app malfunctioned sent me straight to Galatians 5 and I could not go anywhere, my iPod wouldn't even let me go out of the app, so I decided to read where it started which is where I put it on here. I know that God was trying to tell me something, and he wanted me to get it crystal clear. It couldn't have been more clear if he was sitting next to me looking at me and actually speaking the words.

Galatians 5:7-26 (MSG)
7-10 You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place. And please don't toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread. Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect. But the one who is upsetting you, whoever he is, will bear the divine judgment.
11-12 As for the rumor that I continue to preach the ways of circumcision (as I did in those pre-Damascus Road days), that is absurd. Why would I still be persecuted, then? If I were preaching that old message, no one would be offended if I mentioned the Cross now and then—it would be so watered-down it wouldn't matter one way or the other. Why don't these agitators, obsessive as they are about circumcision, go all the way and castrate themselves!
13-15 It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?
16-18 My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness. For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day. Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence?
19-21 It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. This isn't the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God's kingdom.
22-23 But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
24 Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
25-26 Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.


When I was able to come out of the app, and reboot everything I went back into the app and the verse for the day only summed up what God was saying:

James 4:8-10 (MSG)
Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.


God IS real. If there was ever any room for the enemy to make me doubt that, the room is gone. I was not praying for God to speak to me like this. He's never spoken to me so clearly before. I sat down opened the app and he showed up in a mighty way. And I thank him for speaking to me so clearly tonight. He truly is amazing!!! :) I love my God!

May our great and mighty God bless you and yours abundantly today!!!

Love

Could you imagine taking the life of one of your own children, to save trillions of other people? Stay with me for a minute. Is there anyone on earth that you love so much you would be willing to take the life of your own child? Now, I'm 17, but someday when/if (depending on God's plans) I get married, I would like to have kid's, and I can't even begin to imagine doing that. Do you understand that God did that for you? It's a verse that everyone, be it christian or atheist knows.

John 3:16 (ESV)
For God so love the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus was pure. Born of a virgin and lived a sinless life. Yet died on a cross to pay for the sins that we have and will commit. That my friend is true love!!!

Romans 5:8 (ESV)
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

He died for US!!!!! I've said it before, and I'll say it again my friend! God has an unfailing, never ending, everlasting love!!!!!!! You will not find that love on earth, ONLY THROUGH GOD!!

Romans 8:37-39 (NLT)
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loves us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below--in deed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

NOTHING on earth, no angel, no demon, no fear or worry. NOTHING can separate us from His Almighty love friend!!!! Doesn't that just fire you up!?!? If it doesn't than there is a major problem my friend because it should!

1 John 3:1 (ESV)
See what kind of love the father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Friend you are a child of God. Whether you love him or not He loves you!!! =) Always with an unfailing love!!!!!!! God wants us to love people like he loves people. And no we're not going to be perfect in doing so, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't try.

John 15:9-17 (NLT)
"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. This is my command: Love each other.

Jesus made a command that you shall love one another as he has loved you. Obey him. I pray just about every night that God will remove all of the anger and bitterness from my heart and replace it with forgiveness and a love like his. I pray the same for anyone who reads this, or comes across this verse.

I found a quote that I think goes great with this post:
"God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus." -Max Lucado

God loves you too much to leave you the way he found you my friend!!!!!!! There is a place in my testimony where I said that I thought I was happy, but towards the end I mention that, though things aren't always easy, I have a joy in my heart that can only be experienced through a relationship with God! Through the LOVE of Jesus Christ. He love me too much to leave me without that joy, and he loves you too much to leave you without that joy as well my friend!!

Some of you may know this verse fairly well and some of you may not, but I would like to leave you with a verse that God has placed on my heart.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NLT)
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!

I pray that you would all think of this verse in your everyday relationships, and apply it to them as well. Know that God loves you no matter what and he has plans for you. Praise God in all situations good and bad. I pray that you will radiate the love of Jesus today and always so that those around you will be (as my pastor would say) splashed with a little bit of Jesus. God loves you my friend!!!!

May our heavenly Father bless you and yours abundantly!!!!!!!

Worry And Then Some

As most of you know yesterday I had my math graduation exam. I was so nervous and worried that I didn't know what to do. I prayed and asked God to be with me as I endured the worst subject known to man for 90+ minutes. God did place his comforting hand upon my heart but today as I anxiously await the results of my exam I though about writing a post on "worry". It ended up that I decided to write more but I did find quite a few verses on this particular subject that I would like to talk about. Some of you may have heard bits of this one before:

Matthew 6:25 -27 (NLT)
That is why I tell you not to worry about every day life -- whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly father feeds them. And aren't you more valuable to Him then they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

In my last post I made sure to make it clear to you that your heavenly father loves you with an unfailing, never ending love, that you can never lose! =) Great reminder isn't it? :) Well not only will your father never forsake you, HE TAKES CARE OF YOU!!!!!!! The verse above even says: Your heavenly father feeds the birds. And aren't you more valuable to Him then they are? God knows your needs better than you know your needs and if you ask him to he will take care of them. So why worry???

So many of us worry about money, food, clothes, and about what we are going to do tomorrow. Hey can I share something with you today friend? TOMORROW ISN'T PROMISED!!!! God may call you home tonight, God may come back tonight! WE DON'T KNOW!! I'm not saying don't plan, and don't save but you've got to trust God and stop worrying so much about the future, that you're not participating in the present. A friend told me yesterday that the present is a gift, that's why they call it "the present". 

Matthew 6:34 (NLT)
"So don't worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will bring it's own worries. Today's trouble are enough for today."

Stop worrying so much about tomorrow. Plan in case it comes and then don't worry about it. If God comes down before then, as Pastor Kevin always says, my last breath on earth will be my first breath in heaven!

A pastor friend once told me that when you worry, that is just you trying to take control. So give God control. He wants you to, and your life will be better in his hands, rather than your own.

I went on Google looking for some Christian quotes in this area of subject. Here are a few that I want to share with you:

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of it's sorrow. It empties today of it's strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

"No one can pray and worry at the same time. You pray to STOP worrying!" -Unknown

"I'll give you some symptoms of a sign that your faith is deteriorating -- whenever you face all of your problems and you trust only your plans to get you out -- it is a sign that your faith is deteriorating." -T.D. Jakes

Let's talk about that last quote for a minute. Have you ever heard the phrase, "We didn't plan for this..." "This wasn't apart of my plan..." or even "My plan is foolproof!" WAKE UP!!!!!!! Just because it is written down somewhere on paper with a pen, or on a white board doesn't mean that it's going to happen, or if it does that it's going to go the way you planned. Just ask my mom! Things change and whether it is the enemy throwing a curve ball your way, God changing some things around for the better of your life, or just plain life, your plans aren't always going to be able to help! When the enemy attacks, you telling him that you have a doctors appointment Saturday or a wedding Thursday isn't going to help you!!! Throwing scriptures in his face WILL!!!!!!!

When I woke up yesterday morning and was so worried about my exam I decided to pray before going down stairs. So, I set down on my bedside and prayed hard. I prayed for the test, for my nerves, and for God to take away all of my worry about it. 

Isaiah 41:10 says:
Don't be afraid for I am with you. Don't be discouraged for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. 

By the way can I tell you that there is nothing you can say or do to let God down. You can't let Him down because GUESS WHAT FRIEND!?! YOUR NOT HOLDING HIM UP!!!! God holds you up with his victorious right hand!! Isn't that refreshing to read!:)

Friend, God can take your worries away if you'll just trust him and give him control:) Not to say that your never going to have a worry, but they would be a much lighter burden if you let God worry about them instead of trying to worry over everything yourself. 

I want to leave you with what I consider a comforting verse.

Matthew 11:28
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest.

For those of you that read my about me on here, you will know that I have said this. God is greater that anything you'll ever have to face in life. Lean on him, HE WILL GIVE YOU REST!!!! God will lift your burdens if you just talk to him my friend!!!!

I pray that if something is laying heavy on your heart today, that you will just give it to God and lean on him for rest. Feel free to email me if you need to talk. God loves you friend!!

May the Almighty bless you and yours abundantly!!!!!!!

First Post

Today I was sitting outside of a friends house, looking up at the clouds in the sky thinking about how amazing God is, (You know having a Psalm 46:10 moment) and I couldn't help but think about ways that I could share the gospel of Jesus Christ with other people. A few weeks ago God laid the idea of doing a blog on my heart. You see God blessed me at a young age with the ability to write but for years I knew nothing of God and the wonderful things He can do. I always wrote things just to write and had never thought about writing for the glory of God. But now that I have been saved, baptized, and have (by His grace) built up an amazing relationship with Him through my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, there is nothing I would love more!!!

HEY GUESS WHAT FRIEND!!!! YOU ARE LOVED BY A FATHER WITH AN UNFAILING, UNDYING, NEVER ENDING LOVE!!!!! Do you know how I know this? Because His word says it, in a number of verses. I mean really pick one. For example:

Psalm 13:5 
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 6:4 
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 32:10 
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.

Isn't it heartwarming to read those verses? :) To know that you have a father that loves you and that there is nothing that you can ever do to lose that love. Let me repeat that for some of you who may miss that part, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO LOSE YOUR HEAVENLY FATHERS LOVE!!! You may lose the love of your earthly father or your earthly mother, your friend, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling but God has told you in scripture "Never will I leave you. Never will I forsake you". It doesn't matter what your trial what your trouble it doesn't matter what you have done!!! The almighty God loves you!!! 

I know some of you just read that and said to yourself "But Kelcy you don't know what I've done, God could never love me knowing what I've done, I don't deserve his love." But I've got some great news for you friend!! Are you ready!?! I don't deserve his love either, none of us do but he loves us anyway!! We are not perfect we are just forgiven. 

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.

You're right I don't know what you have done, but God does, he knows the depths of your heart, he knows your deepest,  darkest, most personal secrets but when you go to him in prayer and cry out to him asking for his forgiveness guess what??? He forgives and forgets your sin! 

Some of you who know me probably know that last year I was in with some people that I shouldn't have been around. You know that I was dating someone of the same sex and my family was falling apart at the seams. But the Lord God almighty took the situation that I was in, and turned it around, and my first good prayer to God was prayed when my heart wasn't exactly in the right place, but my family and I started going to church, and on April 4, 2012 I gave my life over to Christ and on June 10, 2012 my entire family was baptized together. My faith is growing stronger everyday and I know that there is nothing in this world that is beyond my reach with God on my side. I'm not going to tell you that my life is perfect now it's not, the enemy attacks me every time he gets the chance because he doesn't like my love for God, but when he sends trials my way I stomp the floor, I fight him off with scripture and I remember a verse that can get me through just about anything:

John 16:33
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

Make sure you get that last part my friend because that as my pastor would say will set your wet wood on fire!!! Jesus himself overcame this world and so can you!

I want to leave you with a verse that I hope you will remember 

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

When your down in the deepest, darkest part of the valley and your telling yourself that you can't do anymore, that it's just to much, that you don't have the strength. Pray for strength my friend because if you have God on your side you can do anything!! 

I pray that whoever reads this, will have their hearts filled with an overwhelming joy, and I pray that if your not right with God that you get right with him because friend if you read the bible and watch the news you will know that the end days are here. The time of salvation is now. 

May God bless you and yours abundantly!!!