God's Power - Underestimated?

I went to Charissa's small group tonight and she had asked along this guy from her church who is a new Christian. Very cool guy! Me and Ressy got talking after we had dropped him off after small group. Being a new Christian he is just so expectant it is just so refreshing to see. New Christians are so amazing! But then we suddenly realised when did we all of a sudden stop being so expectant?!

I guess for me it boiled down to the fact that I hate being let down I purposefully go into most situations expecting them to not go in my favor so I'm not let down. Because I think like this and I'm sure a lot of us do, do we miss out on a lot of amazing things God can do in our lives because we are so not expecting situations to go our way even though we have God on our sides? We so under estimate the power and might of God a lot of the time! How can we begin to be more expectant of situations having God on our side even though unfortunately in life we are let down?

This are just some of my random thoughts but if you have any questions or answers or whatever your thinking about comment after this blog. Would love to hear what your thinking?

Worrying

Worrying, we all do it, we all do it often, but what does it really help us to achieve anything?

Not really, except getting ourselves into a tizz. But there seems to be so much to worry about, why don't we take a moment to write down all the things that are worrying us right now in our lives and hand them over to God. Pour your heart out onto this piece of paper and I bet after saying a prayers like, "God, I put these down at the foot of your cross, I don't want to worry anymore. I give all my worries over to you God."

I bet it will feel like a weight being lifted off your chest. Try it.

"Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the centre of your life."
Philippians 4:6-7
The Message

What a Sunday Night

We had a guy named Warren speaking at night church tonight. He is involved in missionary work over in the Philippians, is a very cool guy who had a very cool message to share. But what got me the most about this guy is his love and passion for God. From the moment he got up and spoke I was just mesmerised by his openness and love for God, and it got me thinking I love God but do I really show it, are people as mesmerised by my love God as I was of Warren's - honestly I don't really think so but whats stopping me from being bold. Jesus died on a cross for me, he was humiliated and defeated all for me - I don't deserve it but he did it anyway. So how can I be ashamed of my love for God when he died for me on that cross, I can't and I won't.

When me and Bobbie went up to Auckland last year on a roadie we saw this really cool truck that on the back had - "The Lord Almighty is My Strength" How cool is that! But I wasn't able to get a close enough photo that was readable. However a couple of weeks ago I was heading up to Auckland with the whanau and it was in front of us again and I got a decent readable photo of it!

So here it is.

First Blog

First ever blog...EXCITING!! Well this blog doesn't really have a theme just life of an 18 year old girl (me) trying to figure out life and how to follow God is this CRAZY world that we live in. I don't really mind if no one ever reads this, its just quite nice to have a place to say what I'm thinking and feeling.

Honestly at the moment i'm trying to work out how to get out of this rut type thing that I seem to have gotten into where I don't feel as though I am growing in my relationship with God but I so want to be! Will keep you posted on any ideas I come up with to get out of this rut.

I guess thats my first ever blog done. How do I sign one of these things out.

Blessings,
Hannah