A Book By My Pastor

A Book

I was out and about at Wal Mart. I was in the book section. Pastor Brian Zahnd's newest book What To Do On The Worst Day Of Your Life is $12.64.

I think that Solomon's Porch will have their copies on March the 6th. Pastor Brian will have book singing days on Friday, March 6 and Sunday, March 8 after each service.

I ran into a person I remember from another church. I spoke to her. I mentioned Pastor Brian's book she bought some copies. I finished the book earlier this week. It is an encouraging book.

On My Journey Of Transformation:A Book,
~Susan~

You can also order Pastor Brian's book see related below.

What to Do on the Worst Day of Your Life
By Brian Zahndsee related

Weather Issues In Life

When The Weather Is Bad
It snowed over night. We got between 4 to 6 inches of wet snow. So, I thought to post this on this site. It's from Friday, January 30, 2009 featured question.

What do you like to dowhen the weather is bad? submitted by the_original_Whatsername

It depends on how bad the weather is doing. I tend to listen to the weather to hear what's going on. Whether it's a server thunderstorm, tornado warn, heavy snow fall, Winter Adversary, or etc, I find some thing to do.

Once I determine things about the weather, I find things to do around the house. If it's not raining or a tornado watch, I will be on my computer. I would read or pray. I could watch TV.

I listen to tapes or the radio.If it is rainy, I would read or write in my journal. Some times I lay down. Resting and taking naps have become a thing for me.

Then there are times when the weather changes from cold to warmer. I have a hard time adjusting. It's like my body has jet lag. It takes me a while to adjust to the temperature changes.No matter the weather, there is some things to do.

The weather may or may not be good outside. That doesn't mean that everything stops because of the weather. I find some thing to do.

I remember the GREAT ICE STORM of 2007. We night and day. I found something to do beside try to stay warm. Thank God our sister had lights. We went to her house for about 3 days and two nights.

But when the weather is bad on the days I want to go to church gatherings, I pray too. So far we have made it to our designation.

On My Journey Of Transformation:
When The Weather Is Bad

Peace to you,
~Susan~

The Easter Season

Upper Room Gatherings On Ash Wednesday
There were three gatherings for Ash Wednesday in the Upper Room. I went to the morning gathering in the Upper Room. It was GREAT! I wish that I could have made the NOON one.

I set apart that time to meditate on Matthew 21: 1-11. I was awaiting to be apart of the 7 PM gathering. The two gathering that I take part were WONDERFUL! The last gathering was AWESOME. I believed I have entered into this season of Easter.

We as the church should note the time of the season. We should sanctify time for the season that we are in . We are in the LENT Season to Easter Sunday. Our theme at Word Of Life Church for this Lent Journey is Journey To Jerusalem (With Jesus.)

Here are some scriptures during our Ash Wednesday gathering.Psalm 90: 1-17 ---We prayed.Matthew 16:17-28Matthew 17:22-23Matthew 20:17-28Matthew 26:26-29Gal 5:16-25John 11:16Matthew 26: 26-29 (We took communion.)

Prayed the Prayer of RepentanceWhy did Jesus go to Jerusalem? To be crowned and receive His Kingdom.There are 14 Stations in the Upper Room to pray through.

I plan to write them down as soon as I can. I plan to post a blog or a series of blogs on them. I don't know which.Some other revelation came to me today.

It's 46 Days Till Easter. It's 42 Days Till I'm that.... This mini good Friday will be 40 days Till. This is a very special season that we are in.

Also on this Journey To Jerusalem With Jesus...Have the attitude of Thomas....John 11:16... "Let us also go, that we may die with Him" ...and be raised with Him to the newness of life with Him in the resurrection.

I mean let us Deny ourselves. Take up our cross, Fast and Pray as we Follow Jesus. The fast is a partial fast. Some are fasting sweets, T.V. etc. Sundays are omitted for fasting. Sundays are for feasting.

Enter into the 40 Meditation (Scriptures Reading) ON THE Holy Week. (See Meditating ON Scriptures ON THE Holy Week post. I will post the other scriptures reference w!hen the time comes.)

I am excited about this Journey To Jerusalem With Jesus. Hope that you are too. Thanks for coming along the Journey with us. Resurrection Day is coming! Shalom.

It's 46 Days till Easter Sunday.

On My Journey To Transformation:
Upper Room Gatherings On Ash Wednesday,

Living In The Kingdom,
~Susan~

P.S.

We were given a nail as the reminder during this Journey To Easter Sunday. Let us also go that we may die with Him. May we see the reality of the resurrection as we come to Easter Sunday.

Lent Season

To A Magnificent Transformation

Happy Ash Wednesday! I have the opportunity to be in the Upper Room on this Ash Wednesday. There is a special service @ 7 AM, 12 PM, and 7 PM. All the set times will be the on the same in nature.

Yes! The Lenten Journey to Easter has arrived. I pray that we will be prepare our hearts for Easter. May our journey be a spiritual renewal of within. May we be transformed into a new birth on Easter Morning.

From the booklet: Living in the Kingdom

"Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."-- Matthew 11:29-30

Living in the Kingdom:

On this first day of the Lenten season, heart feels like a clean page, my life like an unopen book. I am open to all that God has to teach me today and in these next 40 days.I am ready to learn more about my spiritual nature.

I am ready for new understanding of the kingdom of God within me, and I am eager to live more fully in that kingdom.I prepare myself first by letting go of anything I've done that is less than my highest expression.

I forgive myself. Then I mentally ask others for their forgiveness.Next, I set an intention to take time every day for prayer. This daily appointment with God is important to me and to my continuing spiritual unfoldment.

In my quiet times of prayer, I open my heart to God with. I give my full attention to the quiet whisperings of Spirit in my soul.As I pray each day throughout Lent, I listen carefully for the message from the still small voice within me.

I surrender my will and open my mind and heart to new ways of thinking. feeling, and being.This Lenten season will be a wonderful experience. I listen to spirit to learn more about myself, and to live more fully in the kingdom of God.

A Confession:I surrender to God and open myself to magnificent transformation.

On My Journey Of Transformation:
To A Magnificent Transformation

I'm headed on the Journey To Jerusalem:
The Triumphal Entry / Scripture reading Matthew 21:1-11.

Living in His Kingdom,
~Susan~

In God (I will praise His word), In the LORD (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:10-11

Like the cold of snow in time of harvest Is a faithful messenger to those who send him, For he refreshes the soul of his masters. Proverbs 25:13

Changes In The Wind

It's been a time.
I am still around.

I hit some changes this month.
I am getting back on track.

I am preparing for Lent.
What to fast?

I have some ideas.
My journey needs to be lighten as I travel this season.

I plan not to be burden with many things.
I need to keep my eyes fix.

May the LORD guide the way.
Blessings to all.

Faith Life Weekend

It's another year for FLW @ Word of Life Church.
I am excited.

We can gather together as the people of God.
Hope will arise with faith expectancy.

I am doing much better.
I have been fighting sinus issue.

Peace

Changes

It's been a changing month.
Things are not the same.

I see that I have to keep moving on.
I have left some things behind.

Things that have been holding me up.
I made a decison to let them go.

May we move on with things that we need to let go of.
May God lead us on into what is ahead.

Change In The Wind

It's a new day.
New things are coming.

Special Day

01/09/09

It was a special Day!
It was the first 09 of 12 in 2009.

Happy 2009!

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas

Happp Birthday Jesus!

Happy HOLYdays

November 30,2008 thought January 6, 2009.
Advent through 12 days of Christmas.

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Happy HOLYday...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Preparing

Advent season in coming.
I am taking time to spend time with the LORD.

Black Friday

No plans to shop today.
I gave up shopping on Black Friday.

It's been 15 years since my water baptism.
The old me has been died for 15 years.

I am being created new day by day.
God is so good.

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for this day.

I can gather together with my family.
This Thanksgiving is special.

There are many things to be thankful for.
I am thankful that I have a place to stay.

I am thankful that I have food in the icebox.
I am thankful that I have clothes on my body.

I am thankful that I have life.
I am thankful that I exist.

I am thankful for another day.
I am thankful that I can be thankful.

I am glad in this day.
Blessings to all.

In A New Place

I am at a new place in the spirit.
I broke away from some things that I need to.

I took a while to see the new light of things.
I cannot see how it took me so long in getting here.

I guess it took a lot of rejection and no feed back to catch on.
It does hurt to see that it took this long to get here.

I can move on from the mistakes that I did.
I need to move on from the shame of what I have been witness.

It's as thought I don't exit anymore to some.
It appears that I am no here.

I know that God care more about me than I do myself.
He is the strength of my life.

I know that there will be always people who will disappoint me.
I have to get over that.

I can through forgiveness.
I believe that God will see me through,

Life has its turns.
I need to flow with the turns that come.

I believe that there will be some good coming out of what I have experienced.
God is a GOOD God.

I am thankful that Father God is my Heavenly Father.
I have no father on the earth.

I am thankful that God allows me to be one of His beloved daughters.
Thanks for being there for me always, Jesus.

New Journey

I am off to a new journey.
Things are much different now.

I have been reflecting on my journey of a lifetime.
I learned some things.

I have been thinking about my life.
Thing change from time to time.

There are seasons in life when things must end.
I believe that there are a few things in my life now that have ended.

I have to turn from what this was and move on.
Life has turns and challenges in the making.

I may think that things are right for me, but they are not.
I am thankful that God does not give me everything that I ask Him.

I am learning that I need to grow up.
I am changing in doing some matters in life.

There are things that I thought that I should pursue.
I think, I hit a dry spot.

Jesus is the only water that can quench my thirst.
I need to stop looking at others for only what Jesus can give me.

I repent of such wrong thinking.
I turn away from what I use to do.

Even if I have to leave some things that I love.
I cannot keep doing things that's not good for me.

I have to truly mean what I say.
No matter what the cost is, I need to be serious.

Life is to be lived.
I need to look at life in a new way.

A fresh new start begins at sundown.
The dawn of the new day has come.

I need to look for other things in life.
I need to stop wasting my life on things that don't matter.

The season has been completed.
I must move on with what's ahead.

Father God,
Forgive me of what wrong I have committed.
Grant me the grace to make things right.

Led me in the direction that I should go.
Help me to see the good of what You have for me.

Allow me to be that blessing You called me to be.
In Jesus' name Amen.

The Empty Tomb

It was 10 years ago today that I saw the place where they laid our LORD.
I got the honor of walking into the tomb.

I was thrill that I did.
I saw some of the places that's in the Bible.

The Bible came alive to me.
I can see more in how things could have been.

The places where Jesus was while He was here on the earth in the flesh.
It brings things in to perspective when things are in sight.

I still have memories of when I was in Israel.
It was a journey of a lifetime.

I have not desire to return to Israel.
I thank God for the time that I went.

Thank You, Jesus.

Thanksgiving Week

It's the LORD's Day!

I hope that you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
We need to count our blessings.

There are many things to be thankful for.
I am thankful for my health, my family and friends.

I am thankful that God loves me.
I am thankful for salvation in Jesus Christ.

I am thankful that I am alive.
I am thankful that God has a plan and future of all of us.

I am thankful that I can blog.
I am thankful for ideas that come to me.

May God grants us more to be thankful for.
Thank You, Jesus for dying for the sins of the world.

Moving On Up

It has been a week.
I have learn some things that I need to move on from.

I am wasting time in some areas in my life.
I need to be more alert.

I hope that I can let go of those things that trip me up.
I don't need to allow this to continue to happen.

I see that there are times in life that I need to just let things go.
Move on and just let it be gone with.

I pray that God will grant me the grace to do so.
Or perhaps I have the grace, I just need to let go and move on.

I should feel guilty about what I choose to do.
I just should do it.

May the peace of God guide may steps.
I am moving on with what God has for me.