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I am thankful today for my family! Thanksgiving is usually a hard time of year for me because my dads birthday is November 25th, so right around thanksgiving every year and for the last 4 years I have not had a thanksgiving with him. Originally it was because he was in prison and now.... well I won't go there! But last night at praise and prayer I was really convicted about all the bitterness I feel towards my dad and God just really spoke to me and showed me that without him I would not be where I am now, so for my dad I am truly thankful!
I am thankful for his love and support all throughout my childhood! My dad was my best friend and really made me a competitor but one that kept my priorities straight! He kept me in line, since he coached the football team in high school, he would always bribe his players so they would keep an eye on me! (thanks dad) He did EVERYTHING for me and for a good 10 years of my life I was an only child and he totally spoiled me rotten! I am very thankful for my dads love and friendship! I am thankful that he was there for me when I REALLY needed him and I pray that he can do the same for his new baby girl.
I am also soooo thankful for my hubby! He is amazing, He is my only friend that stuck right by my side throughout my dad going to prison and all of the drama that entailed! All of my other "friends" disowned me! But hey I am so thankful that the Lord allowed us to have a strong relationship to overcome many obstacles that have come our way and many more to come! I praise the Lord that he made Benny just for me and we have 3 amazing boys! I love you babe!!!
I am very thankful for my kiddos! They teach me something and encourage me to grow daily because they are doing the same!!!! They have their dads personality and love for everyone! I have to brag on my hubby again real quick, whenever we see someone stopped on the side of ther road or even in a parking lot, my kids are always like I think they need help! They are very observant and very willing to help someone in need because that is the amazing example Benny has set for them!
Finally I am thankful for my church family!!!! God is really moving and showing himself to us as a church family and if we are the body we have to keep our arms reaching, our hands healing and our words teaching! Pastor Gordon is a great encouragement, not only with his messages on evangelism but by his actions as well! We have some true servants of the Lord at Eastwood and I am so thankful for that! :)
Thank you father that you are who you are, you are who you have always been, who you will always be. Thank you for our body of Christ at eastwood, in our family, in tulsa, in the united states and in the world. I praise you today and give you all the glory for the many blessings in our lives! I thank you for choosing me, a sinner, to live for you and to share the good news of your son! I thank you for the most amazing sacrifice! Lord help me to keep my eyes, heart and mind open to the small sacrifices I can make to share your love with others! Lord I thank you for all the people you have put in our path and those who will be in the path tomorrow! Lord give me the strength and the confidence to step out on faith and allow your holy spirit to speak through me! thank you father for your unconditional love that saves me from my sins! In your sons Precious name , AMEN!
Praise the Lord!!!! One of the names on my card was saved and baptized yesterday!!!! WOOOO HOOOO!!!! God is awesome and he definetly hears our prayers and I praise Him for that! But I want to give a little more detail to the story because of course it wasn't just one little prayer from me that God heard, It was me and a multitude of others. I want to give you all some insight on the work my husband has been doing for this particular person! He reads the Bible with him DAILY, he is an amazing example of Christ to him daily (even though many days he comes home and is so frustrated about it) because he is of course in this world and has the same temptations and reactions to different situations that we all do. But Benny really dedicated himself to help this person and I think not only has it changed this person's life but Benny's life as well. He knows now he can be more christlike and actually see the fruit that comes from it! PRAISE THE LORD! I am sorry but this is sooooo incredibly exciting to me I can't hardly think of how to say all of this.God has really been working in our lives and it is a blessing just to see how amazing life can be when you give it all to the Lord and allow his will to be done!!!! I seriously think this was the best spiritual week of my LIFE!!!! So I am writing this because we have been praying for the person for at least 2 months which isn't a LONG time by any means but God hears our prayers and he answers them in HIS PERFECT TIMING!!!!! Thank you Lord that you hear our prayers! Thank you for the amazing fellowship we had this past week! Lord I pray that every week will be like this one and that it will just continue to get better and better and we will be enlarging your kingdom! Father I praise you for your ultimate sacrifice that gives us HOPE , it wipes away ALL of our sins! Thank you Lord for your grace, your mercy and your unfailing love! help us to be examples everyday of your sacrifice! Father I praise you for Mike and Erin! thank you for his commitment to you Lord! help each of us around him to build him up daily because we know the christian walk still has challenges! Father I praise you that Satan is attacking us because that means we are doing good for you! I pray that you will continue to show us your comfort and I praise you for YOUR holy spirit that lives in us because He is bigger than the devil in this world! We give YOU all the glory father and I praise you that you are using us, your lowly servants for your glory! In Jesus Holy Name, AMEN!
The Lord has been doing some pretty amazing things lately! But there is one HUGE Blessing that I just have to share with everyone and give God all the glory!!! He still performs miracles!!!!Alright so, at Celebrate Recovery there is a couple who found out that their baby was having kidney problems and when he was born that one of his kidney's would probably have to be removed! So we began praying then, which was about 2 months before Baby Zion's birth! So his birth went well but still problems with the kidney and the family went to several doctors to see if they had any other option besides removing it! So of course we continued to pray and Baby Zion is now 2 months old. About 2 weeks ago they found a doctor that would go in and try to remove the blockage to give him a healthy kidney!!! WOO HOO Praise the Lord! So we were all so excited to hear the great news and we began praying that the surgery would go well, the doctors would have the knowledge and deligence to remove the blockage and baby Zion would be healthy!!!!Which brings us up to this past weds. Nov. 5th... baby Zion and family drove to OKC for the surgery which was supposed to begin at noon! So around 11 we all started praying together and the doctors inserted the dye into Baby Zion to pin point the blockage that he needed to remove and guess what?!?!?!?!?!?! THE BLOCKAGE WAS TOTALLY GONE!!!!! Wow, even just typing it again makes me cry! How precious his little life is and how amazing his testimony already is before he can talk! Wow, the power of prayer is totally amazing and I am so greatful that I was a witness to this beautiful miracle!! I haven't seen the family since they returned but I already know they have HUGE smiles on their face and they are giving God all the praise he deserves!!!!Thank you Father for your blessings! Thank you for hearing our prayers and MANY of your children cried out to you for baby Zion! I praise you for the changes you have made in his family's life and I praise you that they have come to know you and will raise Zion up to be a wonderful servant for you! Thank you Lord for blessing us with children! They are an amazing gift from you and just help us to remember that daily and give you praise daily, even through the trials!!!!! You are amazing God! I am so greatful to be one of your children, Father. I pray that you will use me and all your other children to reach those that are lost and make them feel at our in our family! Again Father thank you for your grace and your mercy! In Jesus Holy Name, AMEN!
Today I have a prayer request! My very first blog that started this whole page was about all the trials in my life that I have been through, thanks to my dad! I really feel like I have overcome a lot in my life already but this whole FORGIVENESS thing really kicks my butt! I think I have taken care of it but I know I haven't because as soon as I see a text from him, hear his voice, or just even the thought of him makes me angry! I really really don't like it because I want to think I have grown in my walk with the Lord, which I know I have, but this is totally dragging me back down. If I can't forgive my dad and really give that issue to the Lord than He can't really use me. I guess I never realized how big of an issue it was in my life until today when my dad called asking where Benny works because he wants to apply there... and what was the first thing that Hannah did when she hung up with him??? Went to Benny's work and told his boss... there is a man named Richard he is applying through such and such... DO NOT HIRE HIM! ok wow Hannah, real good! I want the best for my dad and his new little family but.... I don't really feel it deep down in my heart and that is sooooooo wrong! OK!!!! We have some friends that have been having an issue with some neighbors and Benny keeps quoting Romans 12:19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.so I am ok with that Lord but.... CAN I WATCH?!?!?!?! No really, on a serious note, I need to give it up and I can't do it without prayer! So I am going to work on it and you pray for me because ummm.... I NEED IT! I want the Lord to use me more than ever because it is really exciting!!!!!!
Today I was reading the daily Proverb, which would be Chapter 4 and I LOVE verse 18... The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day! So it hit me! I need to be like the sun, letting my light shine and only getting better and brighter throughout the day as opposed to becoming dull and .... yeah just BLAH! Ok, WOW... I don't think I am every like the sun! I am pretty sure I wake up, do my daily devotional, pray and I am ready for the day ahead! But once I step into the world... wow!!! I need to focus on what the Lord has planned for my day and be positive and bright the WHOLE DAY!!!!So that is my challenge for myself and anyone else who wants to join me! Lets be like the morning sun!!!!! Pray for me because I know I can't do it living in my sinful nature! I have to be living for Him!!!!And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:15
Ok! so I am soooo excited to tell you all that on Saturday night my amazing husband had the idea that we should pray for an hour since the time was changing!!!! So we sent text last minute and yada yada yada... I wasn't feeling it at all.. I had a headache, I was tired (already had my pajamas on) and it was 11 pm!!!! But we had told everyone we would be at the prayer room praying from 11 - 12! Ok so its 10:50 ... I am cozy in the bed, I know no one can make it because it was completely last minute so I said lets just stay home and pray! But Praise the Lord Benny was still ready to go and was going with or without me! So I threw on some clothes and jumped in his truck! YAY!!! It was amazing! We have prayed together before but A WHOLE HOUR!!!! Wow... it was very powerful and just exciting!!!!!! I loved every second of it and would do it ever night if we could!!!!! The holy spirit was really working with us and we just prayed about EVERYTHING!!!! I gave some things to the Lord that night that I have been holding onto, even from Benny, for at least 7 years!!! Wow. what a relief to cast my cares upon Him! I know I tell people that all the time but I really didn't do it! :( But I am so greatful that I had this opportunity to pray with my husband for an hour! I really can't it but ... PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
