I am an apostolic pentecostal. I was first saved and baptized in Sept 2002 in Plainview, Ark. at my father's church(UPC). I left there really excited and on fire for God. I had the seeds planted in my heart to serve God with all my might. When I was baptized I asked God to fill me with understanding and when I came up my soul was filled with the Holy Ghost. Since then, I could feel that my purpose was to serve God. I went home in search of a church to worship. I was trying so hard to get in a place that I could feel the way I did at my father's church. In the process i began to compare this and that till i found myself thinking " well, they don't believe just the way i do". then I started to miss a time here and there. Then the unthinkable happened I just quit all together.

Seven years later to the day, in Sept 2009, I found a church. My wife had been going to church with friend of hers. They had to start a new church and my wife was telling me about it during a ride to Jackson to do some shopping. As she was telling me the situation and about the new church and how she would like me to come listen to the pastor something happened... I felt the Holy Ghost stirring in me a little. I had forgotten what it was like to have that feeling and I started thinking about some of the scriptures I had read and all throughout the day i kept thinking about God and how i missed being on fire and having that desire to serve God.

So I told her that I would go with her Wednesday night. Before I go any farther I need to tell that just because I didn't go to church for so long that I still believed in God. I never stopped believing just gave up on church, or so I thought.

On Wednesday night, we went to this small church she had told me so much about and I saw a small group of people that seemed so sincere about God. The unity of the church was impressive and no one hovered me with the usual fake persona of "we are soooo glad you could come ". Just an old fashioned sermon with a point and a lesson and most importantly anointing. After the service was over no one left the church. Everyone just stayed and talked for at least another hour. I really didn't know any one but wanted to speak to the pastor because I felt a real connection to him from the second I meet him. In conversation, I mentioned that I could probably do some work to the nursery since there was just a piece of carpet laying on the concrete floor in there. This man just hands me a key to the church.

Later, on the the way home, I look at the key and start thinking of the verse in Matthew 16:19
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

This guy doesn't know me at all and hands me a key to the church. No reservations, just pure trust.I began to look forward to work on the nursery.The next few days,I would drop in and work on the nursery for a couple of hours and just kind of talk to God. It felt so good to be there, I had developed a sense of urgency to prepare this place like a bird building a nest. God had a plan for me and it took seven years to fulfill. I have been there ever since.

Sometimes it takes a special calling for your life to find the right path.When you feel you are at your very least God can use you the most.I can only share the experience of my life with you. I don't know where God will put me in the future. I have just learned to step up whenever he calls me to do something for him. When I started I did not raise my hands in praise or give testimonies. These were obstacles I had to overcome. But I found that each time I did something that put me a little closer to God. I am still learning to get myself out of the way to make room for him to lead my life. We all have a natural instinct to try to control ourselves.You can break this cycle if you want to. You don't have to spend your life afraid to break the shell your keeping your self in.
Start small, pick something simple that is outside the normal for you. It can be as insignificant as saying amen out loud at the end of opening prayer. I think too many Christians today take for granted that others are not where they are spiritually. If you grew up in a household where prayer was common then is becomes second nature and you think nothing of it. To a person that never has prayer in their lives it becomes a mountain that is hard to overcome. Prayer is our lifeline to God. I have found other ways now to reach God now but would still be lost without the prayer.
Remember:
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.Jude 1:3

Never give up on God, Keep the faith, and may God bless you always!!

new song

OK I am really excited today because I got a new song. Its not finished but, this is what I got so far. It is a ballad type song that is swimming in my head:

As I start my day
I kneel down to pray
in that nautical hour, you are there

You're the calming sea
that brings peace to me
You give me shelter and refuge from the rain

They taught me Jesus died
to make my sins white
Oh, God how I want to walk by your side

You are Lord to me
In your mercy and grace
How I long to see your face, Jesus

I see the world subside
through the tears in your eyes
as the pain in my heart begins to fade

As I go to sleep
I can hear you in my dreams
saying "I will never be too far away

In tomorrows light
everything will be right
You will dwell with me in heaven by my side"

Some of my quotes

Everything in my life up to this moment is because God let it be, what He will make tomorrow is all blessing to me.

Spend time with the Lord. Just talk to Him, then stop and listen, in the silence He is there. So peaceful. Some might call this delusional but I call it worship.

The best way to get the devil off your path is to walk with God.

Amazing day to be alive, hot and stressful, but I don't mind. Spent alot of time talking to the Lord today. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Let the Lord lead you and you can never be lost

If you fall, cry out to God to throw you a rope and never let go, He will pull you up.

Dear God: thank you

If our life is measured sand in an hourglass, how many grains are left to fall? We all have the same opportunity to be saved until the last grain.

Song I got during prayer at church

Oh leave this world behind you, and lift up in praise.
come all ye brothers and shout out his name.
let the spirit fall upon you, and wash out the pain
Lord come quickly to this place

Sisters, lay your burdens on him.
there is power in your prayer
pick up the manna, it's falling from the air
can you feel his presence coming
i feel it everywhere
Lord, come quickly to this place

Chorus

I got that Holy Ghost feeling rollin, rollin through my veins.
I got that Holy Ghost feeling rollin, rollin through my veins.
I can feel His power present, when i call His name
Lord, come quickly to this place

If your looking for revival
won't you clap your hands

If you want to claim your blessing
wont you cry His name

If you want to get your healing
lift up your hands

Lord come quickly to this place

First Post in my Blog

After spending some time on the internet, I have found myself at that pivotal point we all reach. Is applications such as farmville, and bejeweled eating away my time? I had thoughts of quitting completely but then as a looked at the list of friends i had collected i realized something...

there is a usefulness to Facebook, however, i do encourage you to not let it consume all your time. (Turn it off occasionally and knock the dust off the bible.) I am new to the blog era but, I have some thoughts to share with you all. useful or useless is up to you but i will post them anyhow.

My mission statement for this Blog:

A place to share some of my thoughts about the world, religion, and other things of moral significance to me. I am not planning to post controversial materials just uplifting, positive findings. I want this to be a place of refuge and inspiration to the visitors of it. I hope most of all to reach even one person's heart to seek the Truth of God.