I knew I should have copied my post.  I just did a lovely long post and then the internet went down and I lost it just after I had hit submit, so now I will have to do it again.  Grr.  I just hate that so much.  Oh well, I'll try again this time I guess and this time I'll copy it in case the computer does it to me again.  Grr.

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.  So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.  Acts 19:19,20.

We see here that if something causes us to sin, then it is biblical to get rid of it.  I used to be trapped in rock music, and when I repented of that sin, I got all of my old rock cd's which I had spent hundreds of dollars on, and I smashed them all up and took them outside and put them in the rubbish bin.  So, I gathered them together and got rid of them.  They had been expensive, but these verses say that when the people repented and got saved that day, the brought it all even though it was expensive, and they burned it.  And the word of the Lord grew and prevailed.  That is how it has been in my life.  I got rid of the stuff and I replaced it with good, which you must do or you will go back to the old.  And because I obeyed the Lord, the word of God grew mightily and prevailed, and I have been growing and changing.  But just recently I have felt like I was starting to go back into the old ways.  Then today I realised something. 

I had done what I was supposed to do as far as I could to be free from my sin, but I forgot one thing.  I forgot to put my trust in the Lord.  I was putting my trust in the things that I had eliminated and gotten rid of.  Now, that is a very important part of the process and it can't be skipped, but the final part, after you have done all that, is to just come and trust in the Lord.  Be filled with the Lord.  When temptation comes a knocking, pray to the Lord.  The Bible says in John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.  So we get freedom when we trust the Lord.  Thats a big thing to remember too, it is the Son that makes you free.  Nothing else.  Jesus.

Katy-Anne

Just been thinking about being a youth missionary.  That is what God has called me to do.  But I have really been meditating on some things lately.  I want to help bring about revival in the hearts of teens, and get them on fire for the Lord.  But I am not going to be able to do that unless my own heart is right and I have had personal revival in my own life.  It is important for me to get and to stay as close to God as possible, if I am going to reach out to others in the way He has called me to.  It is a big responsibility and it is a high calling.  I am excited about it, but I am going to have to live up to it as well.

Katy-Anne

Ok so some of you hinted at the fact that I hadn't written in her for a while.  Hehe, do you all wanna know why I haven't written?  I got three assignments due in the next two weeks, I have not been well at all, got a magazine to prepare, articles to prepare for something else, a book to finish, business to attend to, going to work, looking for another job as well...do I have a good excuse? 

I have been doing a lot of studying about church history and denominations and stuff like that.  It is extremely interesting and I think it is important stuff to know.  Also been studying about mixed marriages and trying to come up with my own belief on this subject.

Oh well I be going for now.

Katy-Anne

I'm a bit discouraged at the moment.  I think the devil wants to use whatever he can to get at me.  God gave me a lovely day yesterday for my birthday, and I'm so glad that I wasn't as unwell as I have been.  Something is really up with me and I think satan is trying to use it to get at me.  I hate the devil and don't want to give him the satisfaction. 

Katy-Anne

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.  Psalm 19:14

I've been meditating a lot about godly speech lately.  There are two things this verse says we need to be acceptable to God in.

1.  The words of our mouths.

2.  The meditations of our hearts.

I have been meditating on this and I think that if the meditation of our hearts are right, it will take care of the words of our mouths.

katy-anne