Worshipping My Creator

Right before the Olympics were getting ready to start, God gave me the idea to do an Olympic Series called Go For the Gold for our Wednesday night children's program at church. Each lesson focuses on a person in the Bible that was an Olympian for God. Tonight I will post about the first lesson. This is my outline for the lesson. David, the Olympian for God Verse: He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defense; I shall not be moved. Psalm 62:6 T he Situation: I Samuel 17: 1-2 ·       The  Israelites  vs. the Philistines   The Problem: I Samuel 17:3-11 ·       Goliath ·       10 feet Tall ·       Armor: helmet of bronze, coat of metal scales weighing 78 pounds, bronze armor on his    legs, javelin of bronze between his shoulders with the spear's head weighing 15 pounds. ·       Defied the ranks of Israel. ·       Challenged for one man to fight him. I Samuel 17:13-16 ·       Jesse’s sons, the 3 oldest, Eliab, Abinadab, and Shammah followed

My daughter came home from school one day last week and told me about how her teacher's CD player was on the fritz. She said they could sing their Bible songs but no music to sing with. I know how much my daughter loves to sing, especially Bible songs.  I catch her many a time singing them around the house. So I knew this was not the end of the discussion. She asked if we could get one for her teacher. At first, I wasn't sure that we could but then I remembered something, giving a CD player to her teacher would be an act of missions.  Missions giving! Why did that excite me? Because we have a missions giving budget. Every paycheck we put aside money for different things and missions is one of them. I was very excited to tell my daughter that we could and why. She was Uber excited! So on Friday we got the CD player. But that is not where it stopped. She wanted to wrap it!  How fun would that be to bring  a wrapped gift for her teacher!!!! So wrapped she did and beautifully

This evening I wanted to spend some time with my daughter. She loves to draw and do crafts. I asked her what one of her favorite Bible characters were and she said Noah. So that is what we based our activity time around.  I opened the Bible to Genesis 6:9 to read the beginning of the event of Noah and the building of the ark. I want you to think about not calling this a story but rather an event that actually happened. Kids hear many stories but the events that happened in the Bible that are often called stories really happened and they need to have that set in their mind, It is not a fairy tale but a real, actual event that happened. Genesis 6:16 So this is how we started our drawings: So we started by looking at how Noah was to build the ark. There was to be roof, a side door, and 3 levels. My Daughters Levels Mine is on the right. The next thing was to  draw the animals in the ark. My daughter, which I will call Star, used stencils to draw circles and square

Psalm 46:1 says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble . In today's world there is a lot of trouble. The media focuses on these troubles and people forget to look in depth to the root of what is really going on. We were all created to worship. Created to worship our Creator alone. All of my life I have always known that God loved me and created me the way He planned me to be. He knew the color of my eyes, hair, and skin before I was even conceived. He knows the numbers of hairs on my head. And He knew exactly where I was going to be today. Once I trusted Christ as my Savior, I have always wanted to serve Him with my whole heart and life. I never thought I would be serving Him as a Pastor's wife, singing in church, playing the piano in church, or teaching kids to love God and His Word. I never thought I would write music for Him either. But that is another subject for another day. The focus for this blog is to share with you my experiences, ideas,