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for those of you who didn’t get to make it to closer on thursday…

This is what “Tweezy” preached on. Prayer and Pray-ers!

10. Exhaltation room:
For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever!
Tell Him how powerful He is. Exalt Him over man-made gods.

this was so awesome. tweezy handed out a paper thursday that had a few scripture verses on it and it said “make a commitment to pray for at least 25 minutes every morning when you first wake up for the next 7 days.” well, i’m not exactly a morning person, but i don’t mind staying up a little late at night to pray. at least tonight i stayed up and used this “house of prayer” sheet. it was really helpful. most of the time i have so much to pray about that i don’t know where to start and i end up leaving a lot out, too. this definitely helped me. thanks, tweeze!

oh, please continue to pray for my back problem. i’m going to get an MRI tomorrow morning. actually, that was another thing that the doc. was teaching about yesterday- the prayer of healing. there are millions of testimonies of people being healed because of prayer- i hope that i am one of them. but even if i’m not miraculously healed- i know that God has plans for me and that there is a reason for everything. so i give it all to Him and i trust Him to take care of me. i just pray that i can glorify Him through whatever goes on in my life. also please pray for miss paula to be healed. she has a herniated disc in her neck. it’s really painful for her. like i said, God has a reason for letting us go through these trials and tribulations. (James 1) it builds our character, but IT’S SO HARD!!!! pray for us to be strong through it. let us glorify God through this.

thanks for reading…

*vicTORIa*

hey everyone,

sorry it’s been so long. i’ve had a lot going on lately. i’ve got some sort of a nerve or disc problem or something with my back. we’re trying to figure out what it is. i’m supposed to have an MRI soon. then, i’ve been going to “girl talk” life group on tuesdays, church on wednesdays, music lessons and and “closer” life group on thursdays, and on weekends i sometimes go with the refuge serve team on outreaches or something like that. that’s on top of school and everything else in life. but i love my life. i’m learning so much from all of these life groups and classes. i’m learning to be thankful for my family and school and friends. i’m learning the importance of valuing my time and also the importance of enjoying it. of course, i’m no where near to doing that as much as i should, but i’m trying. another thing that i’ve been trying to work on is diligence. at closer, thursday, blake “flake” urbane spoke on diligence. it really motivated me to spend more time with God than i have been. blake said that it’s better to do small things everyday rather than big things every once in a while. which is just the opposite of me. i’ll miss a billion quiet times and then come back and do one, then miss again. i lean on refuge a lot, but that’s not enough. you have to be personal. not just what God teaches you through the pastor, but what He teaches you personally. “Draw close to God and He will draw close to you.” you have to get in the Word and spend time with God, then He will draw close. i pray that i get better at being diligent and managing my time. and i pray that i grow so close to God that i show His love to everyone i meet. see you guys later.

*vicTORIa*