My testimony.

I just want to tell you a little about my story and what God has done in my life.

So I was raised in a Christian home, went to church every Sunday, my parents were in the choir, the works.  I always knew that God loved me and I was his child. When I was 7 years old, I was baptized.  At that time, I really didn't know what it meant to truly follow Christ.  I really only got baptized because I felt like it was the right thing to do. The summer before 5th grade, I was at church camp and I accepted Christ as my savior.  I finally understood what it meant to be a follower of Christ and truly live for Him.

So I went through the next few years learning and growing in Christ. I went on a few mission trips and served others as much as possible.  I have been homeschooled sense kindergarten so I was kind of sheltered.  That had both Pros and Cons. 

The summer before my freshman year, my mom had to get a job to pay for my sister to go to collage.  This meant that she could no longer stay at home and homeschool me and my younger sister.  So my Freshman year in high school was also my first year of public school.  EVER.

I have always been kind of and introvert, ( a con of being homeschooled my whole life) so public school was a big adjustment for me.  To cope with that, I basically just tried to get through it on my own and muscle my way through the hard times.  The whole year I wasn't really talking with God.  I still went to church every Sunday, and I never doubted that he was there and that he loved me, but I pretty much shut him out of my life.  I wasn't spending time in his word, I  wasn't spending time in prayer, wasn't trusting him. I was sticking to what was comfortable to me, which was not God's will for my life.

An older girl in my church (who I barely knew) who also went to my school invited me to go to Fellowship of Christian Athletes and an area bible study with her.  But I did neither because I wouldn't know anybody and I would feel even more awkward then I already did.  On Sundays I would feel God convicting me of not following his will, but I wouldn't do anything about it during the week because I was to concerned about what others thought of me.  That same girl who had encouraged me to get involved, and a couple other students, really started a change in our school.  Christ was spreading like wildfire in my school and every week I would see more and more students from my school at church on Sunday mornings.  I regret now not being a part of that and I cant help but think about the things that God could have done in my life and the lives of my fellow students if I had been following his will for me.

This past summer was a period of  growth in the Lord. I was spending time with Him everyday and growing in my walk with Christ.  I talked to fellow believers about what had gone on in my life and they were really keeping me accountable.

I am now just about to be a sophomore in high school.  I have promised myself and God that I will follow His will this year.  I have gotten to know fellow Christians that go to my school and built relationships with them.  I am looking forward to being involved in FCA and student council so that I can be a light for Christ in my school. I look forward to following God's plans for me for the next year, and the rest of my life.


Thanks you for reading about what God has done in my life. 

   Kaylee.

woa. its been a long time, hasn't it?

hey y'all.  I know it has been like forever sense I have written a post, mostly because I felt like no one read them. I don't know.  I think this is just a good way to express my thoughts and out my story out there.  If even one person is influenced by what I have written, then it will all be worth while.  So if you're reading this, I would love to know it. 

God bless,
kaylee.

Idolatry

Now most of us probably think we don't have a problem with Idolatry.  I thought so as well.  But I searched my Bible about what God says bout Idolatry.  I found a lot of interesting things.

What is Idolatry?

  Idolatry is when you give someone or something what God deserves. Say you had a great boyfriend.  He was like the best guy ever.  But you get so wrapped up in him and spending time with him that you fail to keep your focus on God, the One who deserves all your time and thoughts.  Or maybe you are a straight A student, always focusing on grades, tests, whatever. You obsess about your upcoming math test and spend all of your free time studying, and neglect your relationship with you Heavenly Father.  These are just schools of the MANY examples of everyday Idolatry.  Now if you were to look in the Old testament, you would find a lot about Idolatry.  But usually rebound of Idolatry they are talking about is the kind when you worship a physical god, such as Baal, Morr, etc.

Exodus 20:3-4
James 4:5
What I Idolize?

What do you spend most of your time doing or thinking about?  A boyfriend or your grades? Sports? TV? Facebook? Food? Hanging out with friends?  All of these are examples of idols many of us have in our lives that we weren't aware of.  Also idols may not be permanent. Can you think of the idols in your life?  For me it is probably TV. Sometimes I waste hours of my life watching something that probably isn't good for my spirit.  Think about what your idols may be.
How do I get rid of these idols?

Do you know what a fast is? People today use the as a way to keep their minds focused on God.  They refrain from eating ( either partially or completely) and whenever they get hungry, they pray and use that time to focus on Him. If food is an idol for you, you could try this. (Don't take it overboard as a means to lose weight.  That is not what fasting is for.)  Basically this is what you would do for any idol.  Say for me, whenever I replace my quiet time with God with watching Television, I can ask god to help stick to my routine.  Or if you spend a ton of time on sports and fail to have time with God, maybe you should think about dropping one of your many teams.  God doesn't want us to not have fun, He just doesn't want us to put ''fun'' before Him.
Scripture to look over:
Psalms 81:9
Col. 3:5
1Sam. 15:23

Have great week!

         Kaylee

Are you keeping up?

Have you been continuing to read a Psalm a day? If not, I challenge you to. For girls who are new to reading daily or who have busy lives, the Read-A-Psalm-A-Day challenge is right for you. I wrote over views for the first few chapter and will do some more here and there, but I don't have time to do one every day. I will be praying that you chose to fallow me fallow Christ with this challenge. It will be fun! I am going to try to write an over view of Chapter 14 tomorrow. Again, if you have any prayer requests or questions, feel free to leave a comment. Thanks!

May your day be filled with Gods grace!

Kaylee

Psalms 2

If you didn't see my post yesterday, I have started reading a Psalm a day.  Today I will be talking a bit about Psalms 2 and what I get out of it.  First of all, you should probably read Psalms two.  I would type it out, but the part we are focusing on today is longer than yesterday. Second, this passage wasn't to fun to write about, so forgive me about the shorter post today.  Let's get started, shall we?

   Psalms 2:10-11. It is a wise thing to fear our God.  So many Christians today go their whole lives without ever fearing God.  What? you say, I thought we were supposed to love our loving God.  Well, yes He is loving, and yes we are called to love Him.  But we should also realize that He is the ultimate ruler of the universe!  Psalms 2:10-11 say, "Be wise and warned, rulers of the earth, serve the Lord with fear and rejoice in trembling."  Earlier in this passage, the author was speaking about ho the earths rulers wer acting in rage against Him.  This verse says "Serve with fear and rejoice with trembling."  Hmm... what could that mean.  Well I think it could mean two things

1.  We are to be afraid of God and the things He could do to us and only praise Him in the fear that He will hurt us.

2. We understand that He is the ruler over everything and has power, but He is also our creator and we should love AND respect Him.

I believe the answer is number two.  God has told us to be respectful of his power and judgement.  He is the Just Judge!  So keep these things in mind, sister of Christ, throughout this week.  God is the one who gave you life, but he also has the power to take it away. 

  Kaylee

Psalms 1

Sorry I have been taking a LONG break. It's just I have been busy with all the stress of summer activities. Why am I making excuses? Ok no excuse this time, but writing a new post has been on my heart lately. Today I started reading the book of Pslams. I am trying to read a Psalm a day. Easy enough, right? So today, of course, I started with Psalms 1. I was surprised to see that I had written lots of notes on this particular chapter. Notes included translations mentioned by my pastor one youth group. On said" Streams are the Word". Psalms 1:3 says" He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yeilds its fruit in season and whose leaf doesn't wither. What ever he does prospers." I interpreted this as "He is like a man planted in the Word of God, he yeilds fruit of God when He calls him to and he doen't ever fail. Whatever he does is good." To me, "A man planted in the Word " is someone who is solely focused on doing what his God yeild him to.

Weekly feature! - Thankfullness

When you pray, it is good to ask God for help with things such as grades or to heal your sick cousin, but you also need to thank God for the things he has given you. That is why I am making a list of the ten things I am most grateful for. I haven't thought about what I have in a while and I thought it would be a good idea to encourage you to do the same. A list like the one below will help you realize what you have and the things that God has given you.

Things I am thankful for.....

1.The opportunity to talk to God whenever

2. Friendship

3.A loving God

4. Ancient history

5. Pictures

6. Thanksgiving dinner

7. A free country

8. Missionaries

9. Hair ties

10. Lazy days

This is my list of random things I am thankful for. If you would like to share yours, leave it in the comments and I will put it in next weeks weekly feature. I am also thankful for readers! :)

Kaylee