Monthly Archives: May 2013

Who Am I???

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Hallelujah!!!

I’m A Child Of The One True King!!

Hello…

My name’s no longer…

“Regret!”

“Defeat!”

I no longer believe the lies…

Hello, my name is…

Child Of The One True King

I’ve been saved…

I’ve been changed…

And I’ve been set free!

“Amazing Grace”

Is the song I sing!!

Hello, my name is now…

Child Of The One True King

I’m no longer defined…

By all the wreckage behind…

Jesus has made all things new…

It’s true…

Just take a look at my life!

See what great love the Father has lavished on us,

that we should be called children of God!

And that is what we are!

The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.”

1 John 3:1

Amen!!

I’m called His child!!

A Child Of The One True King

Walk in that promise from your Father!!!

Ya Gotta Love New Yorkers…And The Way They Welcomed The Oreo!!

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What’s Not To Love, Love, Love!!

In honor of the Oreo taking over Manhattan…

I’m going to share my Frozen Oreo & Ice Cream Cake recipe…

I got it from a policewoman who works at the local college in town…

She shared it with me after I told her about my Frozen Ice Cream Sandwich Cake recipe…

That I got from the lady from “19 Kids And Counting” on TV!!

I love these two recipes, because there’s no mixing or baking…

And kids can help!!

We use them to reward kids each semester at school!

The class starts out with a jar of chocolate chips…

They need to keep all the chips…

Or earn them back, if they’ve lost them for misbehavior…

Really works!!

Home Ec. teachers know…

Kids will do anything for chocolate chips!!

Frozen Oreo & Ice Cream Cake: 

1.  Pick a gal. of any flavor ice cream, and a large container of Cool Whip, and let them thaw 

2.  Use a rectangular brownie pan

3.  Crush a regular size package of Oreos in a plastic Ziplock bag with a rolling pin, or mallet

4.  Layer half the amount of Oreos onto the bottom of the pan (save the other half for the top)

5.   Spread the thawed ice cream over the Oreos

6.  Spread the thawed Cool Whip over the ice cream

7.  Sprinkle the rest of the crushed Oreos on the top 

8.  Cover with a sheet of wax paper, and foil, and freeze

Variations:  The policewoman made hers in a fancy, deep, glass, see-through bowl…must have been beautiful…you should try it!!  But I was feeding lots of drama team kids and needed to make a lot!!  You can also use chips and syrups of any kind…most kids don’t like nuts and raisins…but they do love sprinkles!!

Frozen Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

1.  Pick a large box of any flavor ice cream sandwiches

2.  Let a large container of Cool Whip thaw 

3.  Use a rectangular brownie pan

4.  Layer half the ice cream sandwiches to cover the bottom of the pan

5.  Spread half the Cool Whip over the ice cream sandwiches 

6.  Sprinkle any kind of chips over the Cool Whip (milk or dark chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter, butterscotch, etc.)

7.  Squirt any kind of syrup all over the chips (chocolate fudge, butterscotch, caramel, etc.) 

8. Now layer the other half of the ice cream sandwiches, the rest of the Cool Whip, more syrup, more chips (and whatever else you like!)

9.  Cover with a sheet of wax paper, and foil, and freeze!

Enjoy!!

“A cheerful heart is good medicine…”  Proverbs 17:22

“…that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”  Ephesians 6:3

My Simple Everyday Prayer…

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Here’s a definition of my recent days…

Pulled in a thousand different ways…

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At a loss for words to explain…

The need to relax, and rest my brain!

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Lord, I come to You for peace…

Make all my cares, and worries cease…

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So many opportunities abound…

To share Your Love all around!

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Help me know which ones to choose…

(Please make them my passions, desires, talents, and gifts)

Not just my obligations, or “have-to’s!”

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Help me stand strong, and not spread my life too thin…

With commitments, and busyness where I can’t win…

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Help me to see that You’re in control…

When tempests come, and friends cajole!

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To trust Your Word, and Your Voice…

To find the path where I can truly rejoice!!

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Where do you want me five years from now?

What will I do to get there, and how?

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Help me fulfill Your plan for me…

No matter what obstacles I see!

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To be in Your Image I must not fret…

You have never, ever failed me yet!!

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Thank you, Lord!

I feel better already!!

Amen!

You’re Beautiful!!

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In God’s Eyes!!

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“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;   

Your works are wonderful,   

I know that full well.”

Psalm 139:14

I wish that you could see what God sees…

Beauty is within your heart…

He made you with such care…

And thinks you’re perfect…

Just the way you are!

There could never be a more beautiful you…

Don’t buy the lies, disguises, and hoops…

They make you jump through…

You were made to fill a purpose…

That only you could do…

So there could never be a more beautiful you!

So turn around you’re not too far…

To back away…

Be who you are…

To change your path…

Go another way…

It’s not too late…

You can be saved…

If you feel depressed with past regrets…

The shameful nights hope to forget…

Can disappear…

They can all be washed away…

By the One who’s strong…

Can right your wrongs…

Can rid your fears…

Dry all your tears…

And change the way you look at this big world…

He will take your dark distorted view….

And with His light…

He will show you truth…

And again you’ll see through the eyes of a little girl!

To God…

There could never be a more beautiful you!!

You’re beautiful! You’re beautiful!

You are made for so much more than all of this…

You are treasured…

You are sacred..

You are His!!

All the lies you’ve held inside so long…

They are nothing in the shadow of the Cross!

You’re the one He madly loves…

Enough to die!!

The World Is Watching You…

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It’s your life…

What ya gonna do?

Take this moment…

Lay it all on the line…

Which way ya gonna fall???

In the middle???

Between right and wrong???

Every day…

The choices you make..

Say what you are…

And who your heart beats for…

It’s an open door…

It’s your life!

Are you…

Who you always said you would be???

Notice that sinking feeling in your chest…

When you’re always waiting on someone else…

To fix you…

Tell me when did you forget???

It’s your life!

“‘Where is your faith?’

He (Jesus) asked his disciples. 

In fear…

and amazement they asked one another,

‘Who is this?

He commands even the winds and the water,

and they obey him.'”

Luke 8:25

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But you, brothers and sisters,

are not in darkness

so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

You are all children of the light and children of the day.

We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

So then, let us not be like others,

who are asleep,

but let us be awake and sober.

For those who sleep,

sleep at night,

and those who get drunk,

get drunk at night.

But since we belong to the day,

let us be sober,

putting on faith

and love

as a breastplate,

and the hope of salvation

as a helmet.

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath

but to receive salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

He died for us so that,

whether we are awake or asleep,

we may live together with Him.

Therefore encourage one another

and build each other up,

just as in fact you are doing.”

1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

I Woke Up This Morning With Freedom On My Mind…

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Freedom For My Soul…

In Jesus Christ!

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“Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom.”

2 Corinthians 3:17 

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“In my anguish I cried to the LORD,

and He answered

by setting me free.”

Psalm 118:5

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“The LORD lives!

Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!

He is the God who avenges me…

who sets me free from my enemies.” 

2 Samuel 22:47-49

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“Jesus said, ‘You will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free.'”

John 8:31-32

Sunday morning April 14th, 2013…

Is a bright and shining day…

At Middle Collegiate Church in NYC…

Where soloist Tina (my sister!)…

And choir director, John… 

Deliver…

Joy

Love

And Freedom…

To the congregation.

Minister Jacqui…

  And all the members of the church…

Are on their feet…

Rocking and swaying…

To the beat of…

Freedom!

So can we all with Jesus!!

Teachers’ Trials And Smiles!!

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You May Not Know This…

But last week was “Teacher Appreciation” Week!!

At our school, all the students…

And the administration…

Showed their appreciation  to us with…

Smoothies…

And Chocolate!!!

Yippee!!

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On Day One…

I received this plant from one of my students, that said…

“Thank You For Helping Me Grow!”

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On Day Two…

I received this drinking cup from the same student, which said…

“Thank You For Quenching My Thirst For Knowledge!!”

On Day Three…

I received from the same student…

A Chik-Fil-A gift card!

On Day Four…

I received from the same student…

A beautiful card of appreciation from his whole family!!

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On Day Five…

I received from the same student…

An Entire “Teacher’s Survival Kit” Basket!

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Filled with…

Stuff…

For my zoo-y classroom…

For when it’s rough…

To help me stick to it…

To keep my day bright and cheerful…

To light my evenings…

To correct my mistakes…

To save my sanity…

To keep my marbles…

To give out confidence…

To hold it together…

To right wrongs…

To be flexible…

To let them shine…

To give me a burst of energy…

To wipe tears…

To pick out the good…

And most of all..

To pray each day!!!!

“God…

Please help me to strengthen their voices, bodies, and minds…

To express their feelings (and control them sometimes!)…

To explore what’s near…

And venture afar…

But most important of all…

To love who they are!

Amen!”

Can you tell that this kid’s Mom is a teacher, too!?!?!

God Bless all of you that are teachers…

And remember that parents are their first teachers!!

You are appreciated!!

And honored by God!!

Happy “Teacher Appreciation” Week!

Happy Mother’s Day! Who’s Shadowing You??

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And Who Are You Shadowing??

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“Every good gift

and every perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of lights

with whom there is no variation

or shadow due to change.

James 1:17

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“How precious is Your loving kindness, O God!

And the children of men take refuge

in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 36:7

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“Keep me as the apple of Your eye;

hide me in the shadow of Your wings.”

Psalm 17:8

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 “For You have been a strength to the poor,

a strength to the needy in his distress,

a refuge from the storm,

a shadow from the heat,

when the blast of the terrible ones

is as a storm against the wall.”

Isaiah 25:4

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“Because You are my help,

I sing in the shadow of Your wings.”

Psalm 63:7

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“As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my beloved among the young men.

With great delight I sat in his shadow,

and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”

Song of Solomon 2:3

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“He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.

He has hidden me in the shadow of His hand.

I am like a sharp arrow in His quiver.

Isaiah 49:2

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“…Have mercy on me, my God,

have mercy on me,

for in You I take refuge.

I will take refuge in the shadow of Your wings

until the disaster has passed.”

  Psalm 57:1

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“Each one will be like a shelter from the wind

and a refuge from the storm,

like streams of water in the desert

and the shadow of a great rock

in a thirsty land.”

Isaiah 32:2

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“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”

Psalm 91:1

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Is someone walking in your shadow…?

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And…are you walking in God’s??

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God’s shadow protects us!

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Hides us..

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Shelters us from the storm…

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His wings shield us…

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He’s a shadow of defense…

He keeps us from fear…

And from being thrown and tossed…

There are blessings for all who flee for refuge to Christ!

 Enjoy the privileges of those who abide under the shadow of the Almighty!

Who are you shadowing???

Is it God???

Remember the price Jesus paid…

Rest in the shadow of the Cross!

Happy Mother’s Day…
Look around to see who’s in your shadow!!
Watching your every move!!

There’s No God Like Jehovah!!!

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Behold He Comes…

We are the voice in the desert crying…

 

“Prepare ye the way of the Lord!”

 

Declare the Word of the Lord…

 

Righteousness’ being restored…

 

Days of great trials…

 

Famine…

 

Darkness…

 

And sword!

 

Behold He comes riding on the clouds…

 

Shining like the sun at the trumpet call…

 

So lift your voice it’s the Year of Jubilee…

 

And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes!!

 

Dry bones becoming as flesh…

 

Rebuild a temple of praise…

 

Days of the harvest…

 

Fields are white in the world…

 

We are Your laborers in Your vineyard…

 

Declaring the Word of the Lord!!

 

Who was…

 

Who is…

 

Who is to come!!

 

There’s No God Like Jehovah!!


The Story Behind The Days Of Elijah by Robin Mark

To read more, and for Scripture references, go to: 

http://robinmark.com/the-story-behind-days-of-elijah/

“I felt in my spirit that He replied to my prayer by saying that indeed He (God) is very much in control and that the days we were living in were special times when He would require Christians to be filled with integrity and to stand up for Him just like Elijah did…”

 

Jesus, You’re My Superhero!! I’ll Tell The World!

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Hey, Kids!!

Any other superhero is made up…

Jesus is real!

Jesus, You’re my superhero…

You’re my star, my best friend…

You’re better than anyone!!

Job 9:4

“He is wise in heart and mighty in strength…”

Matthew 19:26

“But Jesus looked at them and said, 

‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”

Jeremiah 10:12

“It is He who made the earth by His power,

who established the world by His wisdom,

and by His understanding stretched out the heavens.”

So…Tell the World!!

Shout His praise!

No one compares to Him!

Jesus, all I want in this whole world is You, You, You!

So, tell the world that Jesus lives…

Tell the world that He died for them…

Tell the world that He lives again

No longer I, but Christ in me …

Cause it’s the truth that set me free…

How could this world be a better place?

But by His mercy, and by His grace!

C’mon, c’mon go tell the world about Him!

Romans 10:14-15

“But how can they call on him to save them

unless they believe in him?

And how can they believe in him

if they have never heard about him?

And how can they hear about him

unless someone tells them?

And how will anyone go tell them

without being sent?

That is what the Scriptures mean

when they say,

‘How beautiful are the feet of those who

bring good news!’”

Go! 

Tell the Good News!!