And If Our God Is For Us........

For those who do not know, I am currently in the process of raising $8,400 for a one year internship in Garden Valley, Texas called the Honor Academy.  Raising the money for this internship has probably been one of hardest things I have ever done, but God has taught me so much from it.  He has taught me to be generous in mygiving.  He has also taught me how important it is to not worry and trust in Him (Luke 12: 22-25).  When I first decided I was going to the Honor Academy I stressed myself out completely over the finances.  But as time went on, and I stressed myself out, I watched God provide in the most amazing ways.  Now, my attitude towards these much needed funds is calm and security in God, and He has surely been faithful!  I work at a small restaurant, and a few weeks back,  my kindergarted teacher came in to eat.  It had been years since I saw her.  It was really nice to see her, she asked what I was doing these days and I couldn't help but tell her about the Honor Academy.  I don't even remember saying much about money for the internship, maybe just that I was fundraising for it if that.  Yesterday when I got to work there was an envelope for me from her and her church.  Inside was $100!! God is so faithful and if HE is for us WHO can be against us?

Remembering Where You Came From

Hebrews 10: 32
Remember those early days after you had recieved the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering.
 

Calendar Fundraiser

I truly believe 2013 wil be the most exciting and challenging year of my life!  I have sensed the call of God to serve a 12 month internship at the "Honor Academy" in Garden Valley, Texas (www.honoracademy.com) .  During this internship, I will be serving with the largest youth minstry in the country, Teen Mania Ministries.  Through my internship, I will have the opportunity to make and impact on my generation as well as strengthen my relationship with the Lord.
The cost for thie life-changing internship will be almost $9,000.  I have been working very hard to save and raise the funds necessary.  I am currently working two jobs to save money for my internship but I will need the help of supporters in order to make all of this happen.  Would you consider supporting me as I commit a year of my life to impact my generation?
I am raising support using a concept called "the calendar fundraiser."  This idea is simple yet has the capability of helping me raise much needed funds.  There are a maximum of 31 days in  a month.  I am praying for 31 people who will commit to take one of these 31 days a month for nine months.  The person who takes Day 1 would commit to supporting me wiht $1 per month.  Whoever took day 5 would support me at the level of $5 per month for nine months, beginning in January of 2013.  You don't have to give a rediculous amount of money to take part in this fundraiser!  The largest amount given per month will be $31 and the smallest amount would be $1.
If you would like to partner with me as I passionately pursue the Lord please let me know by contacting me at my email: cassort55@gmail.com.  Thank you so much for your consideration!

Jotta A Agnus Dei ♫ Hallelujah ♪ ♫

This is amazing! I could not believe it when I saw/heard it. This young boy is eleven years old and he is standing in front of cameras on Brazilians Got Talent to worship his Lord and Savior. I wish I would have had that kind of boldness when I was his age.

Praying for the Lost

I work at a restaurant that is across the street from a courthouse. Almost every day that I work, I see prisoners going in and out of that building. Today, for some reason it really captured my attention. I asked a co-worker that I was with, "does it ever creep you out to see all the prisoners over there?" She responded, "no I just laugh at them becuase their losers.Suddenly I was filled with compassion for these prisoners. The world sees them as "losers" but God sees them as lost sheep. I decided that everytime I saw prisoners walking in or out of the courthouse, I was going to pray for them. I need your prayer support in this. If this story just happens to cross your mind during the day, pray for these lost people. Pray that they would repent of the wrong that they have done, and also pray that they would see that Jesus washed away their sins and by repenting they can start fresh in the eyes of the Lord. You could even pray for revival to happen in the prisons, nothing is too much for our God!

What Does it Take to Be Relentless?

As I posted before, my church is doing a study from the book Relentless written by John Bevere.  I have been learning so much from this study and I truly feel like my mind in being renewed to understand what the Grace of God truly is.  By the time this study is over I believe that I will have learned how to live my life with a RELENTLESS spirit.
Today, I was shown what a relentless attitude is truly like.  I have been having problems with the car that I bough recently.  The day I bought it, it had to be towed back to the dealer.  I picked the car up yesterday thinking that it was "fixed."  I drove it to my sisters house and when I went attempted to leave at 12:00 a.m. it wouldn't start!  What!?!?!  I couldn't believe what was happening.  That was the second time now that I had gotten the car and it broke down the same day.  My sister let me stay the night and the next morning I woke up all grumbly and down.  She tried her best to make me smile or laugh, or even just talk, but I refused to be the good company she wanted. 
Now my sister, she is one of the most determined people I know.  She has always gone so far out of her way to help me with projects or problems.  She sat down with grumpy ol me and began to rattle off different things that we could do.  She offered to give me rides places, offered to let me borrow her car, she started listing off people that we could possibly call to come look at the car, she listed ways to sell it if I didn't want to keep it anymore.  That girl went nuts with ideas!  Finally she came with the simple idea of, lets try to jump start it.  I told her no.  My dad was going to be coming by soon to look at the car so I just wanted to wait until he go there to do anything.  She insisted and without asking me got her boyfriends jumper cables and headed outside.  Her boyfriend was willing to help us out and we eventually got the car started.  Why?  Because my sister had a relentless attitude that we were going to get the problem solved.
What's the lesson here and how does it concern me and you?  In this situation, my attitude was to give up and wait for someone else to fix the problem (that someone else being my dad).  However, my sisters attitude was "there's a problem, and I am going to do everything in my power to fix it."  As I am learning in the book Relentless, grace is God's empowerment. My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak (2 Corinthians 12:9 TEV).  We have the empowerment of God in us. If we all were to look at situations the way my sister did today and have the attitude of I will do everything in my power (God's empowerment by grace) to fix this then what can't we do?   

Bibles for Zambia!!

While I was in Zambia, I had the privelage of ministering to a group of 22 teenagers.  It was such a wonderful experience to be able to pour out Gods love to those kids.  At the end of the week, I asked the kids how many of them had a Bible at home.  Only two of the raised their hands.  Before I left them that day, I promised them that I would send each of them a Bible.  I took this project on not know how I would make it happen.  I don't have the money to buy them nice Bibles, though I would like to.  I am inviting you to partner with me on this project.  I looked around and found four old Bibles that I had which I will be donating to these kids.  If you have an unused Bible at your house, please consider donating it to the kids in Zambia.  If you are interseted in helping me in this, please shoot me an email.  Thank you for your help and support!