First and foremost, God has been working on me. Showing me what I should be…
In my Sunday School study this week, He is again showing me that I am His, body and soul, inside and outside!!! Just listen to this…
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
Wow!!! As I have said in past bloggings, I dedicate myself to Him each morning, praying that my actions, thoughts, and feelings will glorify Him. I am realizing more and more that as I am "transformed by the renewing" of my mind, that I can "see" His will so much more clearly. PTL!!! I can hear the Holy Spirit speaking to me on so many different things; sometimes I am being chastised, other times I am being uplifted by my choices. But, always, I feel His guidance and involvement in my life, minute by minute.
As I grow daily in Him, I enjoy listening for His guidance. I have been getting an email update each morning on the 40 Days for Life campaign that has been going on here in the US. It is basically prayer vigils outside of abortion clinics around the US, not protests in the extreme sense of the word but peaceful and dedicated praying for all the unborn babies. My husband and I are very concerned and saddened by all the abortions going on around the world. 😭 This is one of the utmost issues for us in the upcoming election, regarding who will be placed on the Supreme Court in the next 4 years.
I told my husband one evening last week as we were driving home from church that if there was a clinic near us that did abortions, I would go and be a part of the prayer vigil. Well, the Holy Spirit prompted me and I had the thought that there was one in Lufkin so I searched and searched online to find it, but I couldn’t. The next day, I got an email from David with 40 Days for Life and he encouraged us to read his blog. I did and I found the Lufkin location of Planned Parenthood. They do not do surgical abortions but they give the Morning After Pill, IUD’s and birth control pills. I contacted the lady in Lufkin that was the contact person for 40 Days for Life. And……………on Friday, I meet with her in front of PP for a prayer vigil!!!!!! I took Houston and Delanie with me. We prayed, the kids sang "Jesus loves me" and we read the Bible together. It was the most wonderful experience!!
I spoke Sunday at church during the morning service, telling others my experience. Bro. Randy has said so often that "this isn’t the service (Sunday morning preaching), your service begins when you walk through those doors as you leave…" He is so right. I hope that this blog will be an encouragement to each of you to dedicate yourself to God’s will. Get involved where He guides you!!! We must stop being a passive Christian body, we must stand up for His will each and everyday!!!
May the Lord bless you all today as you go about doing His will!!!
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