"Not dealing with God now, then when?"

I went to the mall with pastor Rick today with the purpose to ask the question, "What is your perseption of God (Positive or Negative)?"

We got a lot of responses, most of them being nuetral, but one stuck out, and it was my last interview. I asked this woman this same question and her response to me was, "I'm not going to get into religion today!!!" I told her ok and walked away. How would you deal with a response like that, she clearly did not want to talk about God.

As I was walking back to the car, it struck me, we all have to deal with that question. We can either choose to deal with it now or in eternity! If it was up to me (and it is) I want to deal with it now. I choose to belive by faith that:

1. I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:

3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary:

4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell:

5. The third day he rose again from the dead:

6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:

7. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead:

8. I believe in the Holy Ghost:

9. I believe in the holy catholic church: the communion of saints:

10. The forgiveness of sins:

1l. The resurrection of the body:

12. And the life everlasting. Amen.

I want to deal with knowing that I am saved by a God in Jesus Christ that loves me so much that we would die for me and that I can place my whole trust in him!

I know which side of the cross I am on, do you? If you need to talk to someone about this concept, email me at srncyouth@pacbell.net

Faith to believe God can do BIG things...

I have been thinking a lot about what we talked about on the phone the other day, and I have to admit, I had to look at the size of my faith in a powerful way this week. DO I really believe that God can heal? That question I was faced with this week. I was also asking the theological question, Is it OK to demand that God does something when we pray?

I got a phone call this last week that my cousin (Like my sister) who lives in Taiwan got word that she has a "large mass" on her lung. I was talking to my pastor about this and those theological q's I had. I began to pray for the first time "God, I want to see you come through on this and heal her! I demand it God! I want to see evedence that you can still work like you did in the eairly church and, God, do this!"

I got an email this morning from my mom and it said (well I can't say it better than her, so I am copping the email for you)

"Thank God, Thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I got a call from Rebecca this morning. Her 2nd health test came out clean. They checked for TB too. It was ok. Thanks for praying! They are allowing her to stay in the country!"

Praise God I say! He can and does still heal and do miracles!