Hello everyone! It sounds like you guys are doing well :) I miss seeing you guys even though I've only spent a couple of weeks with you guys over winter break hahah, but I really feel like our small group and young nak are a part of my family (even though it took a little while to get to that point..) I wish I could be there in person to ask you how you are doing and such.. But sadly I'm always so far away. But thank you guys for always making me feel like I'm home when I am back from school. Maybe it's because I'm away, but I think about you guys and young nak an unusual amount I think.. haha but you know what I mean?.. Kind of like when you have someone or something with you all the time, like family, friends, or accountability etc. and you kind of forget how important and vital it is to you and your daily life.. but then when you are separated from it, you realize how important it is and how much it matters to you! So I just wanted to say that you guys matter to me and that I appreciate you guys and the stuff that you share.
ANYWAY.. I just read these couple verses sent to me in an email that reminded me of why we do this kind of stuff like blogging, and small group etc:
"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." (Heb 3:13) "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Heb 10:23-25)
I just wanted to pray for young nak, and that we become a body-a church full of encouragement and accountability! Each one of us filled with God's love! I pray that you break down our pride, and get rid of any discouragement we have, or resentment or un-forgiveness or negative judgement and replace it with YOU. Let the love overflow from each one of us and onto others, and let it go beyond our community and into the communities around us! Into our schools, and to our friends. Engulf us and those we encounter in your presence and your love God!! In Jesus' powerful name Amen.
Michelle, thanks for reading all the devos and commenting on them; it's very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't agree more that we sometimes forget how important friends and family can be in our lives...esp the ones close to us. I realized that I don't take enough time to get to know my family and they are the closest thing I have to me! i gotta stop being selfish and love them more. puahaha.