Compass

I am totally addicted to the Olympics!  I love to watch these amazing men and women push themselves to the limits.  I love how they train so hard for these two weeks.  I can't help but notice what they do before their race or event is about to start.  Gymnastics is my favorite and they always talk to their coach the whole time they are waiting and about to get onto their apparatus.  Their coaches give them their direction.  They give them the tips they need to make themselves go that extra mile to aim for that gold medal.  They depend heavily on their coach.  They trust their coach.  They know their coach will do and say whatever it takes to make them the absolute best that they can be.  Wouldn't you love to have a coach like that?  Someone who is always there for you.  Someone to calm your nerves, pick you up when you fall, give you that direction that you crave, someone who can push you to be the best that you can be, someone will stop at nothing to ensure that you are number one.  Well, you can!  Jesus can give you that direction to a relationship to our Heavenly Father.  God can be that amazing coach to get you through it all.  Joshua 1:9 says, "Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."  I don't know about you, but having a life coach that will be with me wherever I go sounds pretty awesome. 

Glow Stick

Woohoooo you have found the glow stick we left for you!!! What a strange gift to find in the middle of July….but is it really? Glow sticks are fun to play with and offer hours of light and fun for everyone. They can also be very useful in emergency situations. In order to get a glow stick to work, it has to be broken and shaken in order for the chemicals to react together to make light. We are not that different from glow sticks, how you ask? Well……..there are many of us that have been broken and shaken in our lives, due to work, family, friends, illnesses, etc. in order for the light of Christ to be shown in our life. We all must come to a point where we admit that we are sinful human beings and that we need Christ’s love in order to create light in our life for eternity. God is ready for you to do that, He is waiting with open arms to become the light in your life and glow for eternity. He wants us to lean on Him when we are broken and shaken. Proverbs 13:9 tells us, “The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.” Always remember that just like a glow stick is very useful in emergency situations, GOD is always there for us in these same situations and is waiting for you to call His name for help.  

Fan

Congratulations you have been given the gift of a hand powered air distributor! On hot days, a little air goes a long way. In times like this, we could use a little comfort in our lives with school, our jobs, busy schedules, family issues, etc... God's word says in 2 Corinthians 4:17 that our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! Life's problems will come and go, but God never intended for you to go it alone. Wow! What a comfort to know that no matter how life's winds are blowing around us , our great comforter Jesus Christ is ready and waiting for us to know him... Do you know him?

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.”.

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Magnet Rock

You found it!!!  You found the rock!!  Immediately when I hear the word rock, I think of this song:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wDhaAWHjVRM
The song was inspired by Matthew 7:24-29
²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶ But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” ²⁸ When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹ because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
And after reading these words and hearing this song (even though it is a children's song), we ask you, what is your life built on?  The Hebrew word for "rock" indicates firmness, stability, and faithfulness.  God is truth.  Would you want the "truth" to be anything but stable and unchanging?  Is your life able to withstand the heavy rain, the rising stream, and the blowing winds?  Believing in the truth and having 100% faith in Jesus Christ will be the only way you can weather this storm of life.  Build your life on the Lord Jesus Christ!