exhausted

Well, last night was our THIRD night in the ER with Nick this week. We are all totally exhausted. They did a CT scan last night, and found an inflammation that has a name so long I couldn't possibly begin to remember how to spell it here... anyway, it is not dangerous and will work its way out of his system in time... it has something to do with the lymph nodes?? Whatever. I'm so tired I can't see straight.

I can't even remember what I have posted this week, if anything... it's all a fog. But Wednesday was an important day for me... 14 years ago on May 17th was the day I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, speaking in another tongue as the Spirit of God gave me the ability! It was such an awesome experience!!! To know that you are born again in the Spirit is totally mind blowing! It is the indwelling of God's Spirit that raises you up to go to heaven forever. True. Lots of christian churches won't teach that because people don't want to hear it. They want to go to church on Sunday, hear a "feel good" message that says "be a good person and do good things, and you will go to heaven some day" and then go home and be a good person and do good things all week without digging into the Word of God on their own and seeing what it really truely says about getting to heaven!! That is uncool. I am SOOO thankful to my step sister for inviting me to a church that isn't afraid to preach what is in the Bible... ALL of it! Here are just a couple verses that talk about being filled with God's Spirit in order to be saved:

Roman 8:9-11

9But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.) 10Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God. 11The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.
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John 3:3-5

3Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God."
4"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"
5Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

To be filled with the Holy Ghost means to be BORN of the Spirit. To be buried in water in Jesus' Name in baptism means to be BORN of the water. I have done both (baptized in Jesus' name on Aug 2, 1992). I am His, and when He comes back for his church, He will have no problem recognizing me! My favorite place to be is in a church service where the Spirit of God is moving and the people are worshipping with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

If you think church is boring, you just haven't found a church where His Spirit is moving! Our church is so much fun, with very powerful and meaningful preaching and teaching. Check out our church website audio library to hear some of the most recent messages. Or if you'd rather WATCH a service, go to the website of my friend in Mississippi, where you can watch a stream of an entire service, music and preaching and more! Try it! You'll never regret it! Eternity is too long to be wrong!

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