Something I Thought Was Intresting

While having my quiet time the other day and I saw this and it really spoke to me. When going through difficult times, what path will I choose, bitterness and complaint, or contentment and praise? This choice we face everyday. Bitterness dampens and eventually destroys love for God. It eats away at the statement: God is Love. But contentment is the opposite: It fuels the heart with endless reasons to praise God. I have been reading a book called The Unquenchable Worshipper. It is amazing. This is my second time going through it and this time I am taking notes. I have really had to look at my heart and repent for a lot of things. I never realized what needed to be taken care of. This book is mainly for worship leaders but it addresses us as worshippers to. I am both. I am the youth "worshipper leader" in a way. Actually P.A. is, but we are under him as leaders. Anna, Katie, Kody, Amber and I. We have to make sure of the reasons we are up there singing. On the other hand, when I am a worshipper, do we(I) worship when none is looking or is it just when we are at church. Worship is not singing songs, clapping hands, or playing music. It a song from our hearts to God. I wonder if we were to take away music how long could we worship? We(including me) need to take time by our selves and worship and praise God for who he is.
Also something that's has also been on my mind today is that when we go through difficult situations, when we have those chains on our feet, and our hands are bound, we still praise him. You know the song Shackles, by Mary Mary? Take the shackles off my feet SO I can dance, I want to praise you. That word SO means after you take the chain off, I will dance and praise you, I know that it would be pretty hard to dance with shackles on but we need to praise TO Get the shackle off of our feet. Something I thought of. Hope You All Have A GREAT Day!!!!! Be Blessed!!!

Have A Jesus Filled Day,
Ruthie

P. S. Here is something else that spoke to me: The heart of God loves the offerings of a persevering worshipper. Though over-whelmed by many troubles, they are even more over-whelmed by the beauty of God.

Convention '08

Hey guys! Here is a video of my youth group at the PennDel Youth Convention 2008!

Good Morning!

It is now 8:37 am on Monday. Today is the day to start a new week and I am excited about what God is going to do in me everyday this week! I am not a morning person so right now I am VERY tired. I am actually in the middle of my Pre-Calculus class. But don't worry I am paying attention and learning. Last week I posted a blog about Convention. But I thought that was all I wanted to write for that blog because I had something else to write about and didn't want to put them both in the same blog. Ok I am now out of my Pre-cal class. Now what I wanted to write last week that I haven't had time to write 'till now is about a dream that I had and woke up from the very same morning I posted my last blog which was Tuesday, April 8, 2008. I am going to write what I remember. Ruth and I were in a public school setting. (Becky might have been there to, but I don't remember.) So we were in this actual public school, only we were still in our Cyber school. (which for those that don't know, our cyber school is public school done at home on the computer) We were here to take tests like PSSA's or something. And Ruth was one of a few kids that got drawn for something. Like they one something. So the press wanted to interview her the next morning (and I had been at the school for a while but I hadn't seen her that morning) so they came to me and asked where she was. I pointed them in the direction she should be and they left. Later on I went to find Ruth and I did. After looking for a little bit I found her with all these other kids (her age) all in the same room. They were practicing for a play. Actually they were kids that I knew when I went to public school when I was in 2nd-5th grade. We were talking and they needed someone to fill a part for them and they asked me to do it and I did. It was one of the shortest lines in the whole thing and should have been easy for me to remember but try as I might I couldn't. It also was the funniest part in the whole play. Anywho, I did it and the play was successful. Now we were in this huge room and the whole school was in an assembly type thing, so all the kids were sitting on the ground. Now these two ladies got up. They were like chaperone's or something for a group and they were saying how they wanted to get into this one country to take the cyber school there, but the government wouldn't let them. You see they really wanted to get the school in there but they also wanted to spread the word of God and use the school as a cover up so the government wouldn't find out. And then they said how they needed to get people healed so that they could get saved. And for some reason I said under my breath, " No, you need to get people saved, so that they can be healed." Nobody heard me say this though. Then one of the principals or someone in charge of the whole place stood up. And I knew this person and they really respected me even though I was still a teen and she was an adult. I was actually standing in back watching the kids and she was sitting with some a couple of feet away and beside me. She stood up and was counseling them. She was telling them something about them needing to get someone who wasn't at there level of maturity yet and that had the gift of healing so that they would know where God had brought them from and things like that. And then all of a sudden, since I was standing there I guess, she said "For example, take Anna,"and went on "if she had the gift of healing." (she went on using me as the example but I don't remember what she said. As soon as she said "if she had the gift of healing", I politely interrupted and said "actually ma'am, it is funny that you said that because it has been prophesied over me that I do have the gift of healing." She was shocked I think but she went on and then all of a sudden gave me the microphone. So I just started speaking into these two ladies lives and I don't remember what I said until the words "I am selfless for the heart of God." I had told these two ladies that as soon as they left that building that when they were in the parking lot they were to tell there whole group exactly what I just wrote, "I am selfless for the heart of God." Now as soon as I said this, actually I didn't even know that this came out of my mouth, but I didn't know what I had just said. As soon as I had said this, it instantly hit there spirit. There eyes started tearing up and one of them said "WOW, that was deep." As soon as she said that I was thinking to myself, "wait what did I just say" and the other lady said "selfless for.." And I then remembered what I had said. And was looking for something to write it on. As soon as I woke up, I totally forgot what I had said again and I prayed that God would remind me so that I could write it down and he did like 30 seconds later.
Now the weird and yet awesome thing about this is that I have never in my life heard this saying and I had been praying that God would give me brand new revelation, not revelation that had been used so much in the past. I wanted mysteries of God revealed to me. And I believe that this is what God wanted to show me first. I honestly don't know what this fully means yet but I believe that through this word God is going to reveal something great! And I also thought about what was prophesied over me at Convention when that one lady said, "After this weekend, there is going to be a change. And you are going to see what God has planned and is going to start doing..." So this really blessed me! Alright well I have a driving permit test to study for today!!!! And I need to get going because I have a class in 10 min. Have a great day!!!

Be Blessed,
Anna Marie

An update...

Hello!,
This is Anna. Convention was about 2 1/2 weeks ago. And I believe that God did some amazing things in our youth group that weekend. Some of the things I think He is still doing and working on and hasn't showed us yet. The last night we were there, I was prophesied over. Which really blessed me. It was in-line with things that have been prophesied over me in the past. The lady was right on. She would pray over me and then tell me while she was praying what God told her to. If you understand that. So she said that there was a fear in me to give something completely to God. She then went on to pray and rebuke the bondage of insecurity on me.I believe that God had her say and pray these two things over me because it was the two issues that he needed to deal with before He got to this! She said that I was a queen. And that I needed to put on my crown and start walking like a queen, not worrying about what everybody else thought or said about me and let that affect me. And then that I had such a very high calling on my life. She said a couple of times how high this calling was. And that after that weekend there was going to be a change. I was going to being seeing what God was going to be doing and that I was to see thousands saved and I was the one that was to lead them to God. And that the day was coming soon when it was going to start taking place. This is pretty awesome. Since God has given me a heart for the youth and I have been called to be a youth pastor I just can't wait. I will write a little later I have to get back to my Spanish class right now! Have a great day!

Be Blessed,
Anna Marie