Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Stan theman
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Wherever God leads me
Posts: 327
JesusFish 9 (+9/-0)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
haha good one Sarah.
Mine was actually really touching. I don't know if it's against some kinda of rule or something, but I wanna share it with all of you. So here it is:
"Dear Jason,
Never forget this week and what happened during it. You got closer to God. I hope you haven't strayed again. Janae is probably at college now. Don't forget to call her and let her know she's loved.
Unforgettable things that happened this week in Harlan, KY:
1)Praying with Janae
2)Covering prayer with Papa
3)Praying and singing in the streets
4)Ask the Lord: Ask God for signs and following them
Next week you will be going to FOCUS camp, but I'm sure it will be nowhere as meaningful as this. Remember to control your temper. Remember to thank the Lord often.
You Truly,
Jason Stansbury"
This letter was really great for me because as soon as I finished reading it, I called Janae, like the letter said, and told her what it said, about praying with her and letting her know she's loved. As soon as I told her, she started crying. Also,on the back, I wrote two verses that must have stuck out to me on the night we wrote the letters. They were both from Psalm 139(verses 14 and 23-24) and they seemed very relevent to my life still. The great part about the verses though, is that when I told Janae about them, she told me that just the week before she had been studying Psalm 139 in one of her classes and those EXACT verses stood out to her. I think that means something. I also wrote something on the back about Alec...I miss him...and all the other relationships I formed and strengthened that week. It was great.
---
Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big God is.-Unknown
Why don't they just live until they die? -Jeremy
|
|
1/25/2009, 7:51 pm
|
Send Email to Stan theman
Send PM to Stan theman
|
Bethica
Head Administrator
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: on my way to home...
Posts: 1020
JesusFish 17 (+24/-7)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
Thats awesome, Jason. I love the parts about remembering to call Janae and reminding yourself to control your temper at FOCUS camp. You are amazing!
So, question. What makes praying in KY different than praying here? Do you think we can still do that?
---
A little bird I am, shut from the fields of air
and in my cage I sit and sing to Him who placed me there.
Well pleased a prisoner to be, because my God, it pleases Thee.
|
|
1/25/2009, 8:35 pm
|
Send Email to Bethica
Send PM to Bethica
|
Yakko Warner
Moderator
Global user
Registered: 06-2006
Location: North High, Old Building
Posts: 2998
JesusFish 0 (+34/-34)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
quote:
Saja Sarie wrote:
Was it a like American cheese, or Swiss?
I don't mean to interrupt this, but I had to point how completely out-of-character this is for Sarah. That's like, a really bad Ken joke. Or maybe a really bad Luke joke, but not you. I have half a mind to smite you (but I will probably get smote for saying that.)
---
"'Cause I've been standing at the station
In need of education in the rain!
You made no preparations
For my reputation once again!
The sink is full of fishes
She's got dirty dishes on the brain!"
- Some Might Say by Oasis
|
|
1/25/2009, 9:16 pm
|
Send PM to Yakko Warner
|
The Omletnator
;DNJKBSDNJKBFJ
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Djibouti, Djibouti
Posts: 1867
JesusFish 15 (+21/-6)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
i don't know about you beth, but some of us still do...during church services.
---
Roses are red, violets are blue. I have a split personality and so do I!
|
|
1/25/2009, 10:48 pm
|
Send Email to The Omletnator
Send PM to The Omletnator
|
Bethica
Head Administrator
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: on my way to home...
Posts: 1020
JesusFish 17 (+24/-7)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
Thats true, Kyle. I forget about that because I can't go back during service due to the whole singing thing.
Is praying on Sunday mornings like it was in Kentucky?
---
A little bird I am, shut from the fields of air
and in my cage I sit and sing to Him who placed me there.
Well pleased a prisoner to be, because my God, it pleases Thee.
|
|
1/26/2009, 12:37 am
|
Send Email to Bethica
Send PM to Bethica
|
Stan theman
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Wherever God leads me
Posts: 327
JesusFish 9 (+9/-0)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
well, I obviously don't have the option of going into the boiler room and praying on sunday mornings, but I do have to go to meeting for worship (Quaker Church) which is like and hour of sitting silently so I do a lot of praying then. I also tend to do a lot of just spontaneous prayer. When my advisor came to tell me that i was failing 4 subjects right before my basketball game, I sat right down on the bench and started praying. One of the coaches thought I was meditating, but whatever. That's how prayer is different for me now. And notic that all the prayer I mentioned down there was in special circumstances like with Janae or in the streets, because everything was just so much more intense. Oh and as far as controling my temper, I meant all the time, not just at camp.
---
Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big God is.-Unknown
Why don't they just live until they die? -Jeremy
|
|
1/26/2009, 9:11 am
|
Send Email to Stan theman
Send PM to Stan theman
|
The Omletnator
;DNJKBSDNJKBFJ
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Djibouti, Djibouti
Posts: 1867
JesusFish 15 (+21/-6)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
well, sometimes it's not and sometimes it is. when we are praying the whole time and just totally focus on God and His purpose. then there are times when we pray and talk about things in a lives that need discussed and that can be very good for all involved. if you talk to another christian about what the problem is it helps a lot. there's the low down...
---
Roses are red, violets are blue. I have a split personality and so do I!
|
|
1/26/2009, 11:41 pm
|
Send Email to The Omletnator
Send PM to The Omletnator
|
Saja Sarie
Moderator
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Chernobyl, Ukraine
Posts: 2087
JesusFish 29 (+50/-21)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
I think that praying in the boiler room isn't as INTENSE as it was down in Kentucky, but it isn't less meaningful. To me, at least. I think that we need to keep working on it and trying to pursue what God wants us to do with it, because something like that is easy to just do and not...try to grow at.
I've found that growing in prayer is weird, and there isn't much said about it.
---
26 April 1986, 1:23:45 a.m.: reactor 4 suffered a catastrophic power excursion, resulting in a steam explosion that tore the top from the reactor, exposing the core and dispersing huge amounts of radioactive particulate and gaseous debris.
|
|
1/27/2009, 2:33 am
|
Send Email to Saja Sarie
Send PM to Saja Sarie
|
Stan theman
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: Wherever God leads me
Posts: 327
JesusFish 9 (+9/-0)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to say that we should judge meaning based on intensity, just that that is how it was different in Kentucky. I think that was a question posed by Beth and I was just trying to answer it. I definitely wouldn't say our prayer is less meaningful just because of that. Every prayer is meaningful if it is heart-felt. And I think I tend to find my own meaning in prayer. When FCT Club is praying, I find it more meaningful to me because I hear people praying for the first time in public (or maybe in their life) and I feel inspired and almost giddy because I feel like something really good is happening. You know?
---
Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big God is.-Unknown
Why don't they just live until they die? -Jeremy
|
|
1/27/2009, 9:32 am
|
Send Email to Stan theman
Send PM to Stan theman
|
Bethica
Head Administrator
Global user
Registered: 05-2006
Location: on my way to home...
Posts: 1020
JesusFish 17 (+24/-7)
|
|
Reply | Quote
|
|
Re: Favorite thing about KY
I love that kind of stuff. When we pray in youth group sometimes I feel like that when I hear some of the teens pray. Just that God is doing something cool and building their confidence and relationship with Him.
---
A little bird I am, shut from the fields of air
and in my cage I sit and sing to Him who placed me there.
Well pleased a prisoner to be, because my God, it pleases Thee.
|
|
1/27/2009, 10:32 am
|
Send Email to Bethica
Send PM to Bethica
|
Add a reply
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Powered by AkBBS 0.9.5b - Link to us
- Blogs
- Hall of Honour
- Chat
Click here to get your own free message board
|
You are not logged in (login)
Board's time is: 11/22/2009, 8:18 pm
|
|
|