I have 8 bed bug bites on my neck. in a row. they are massive too. the size of a penny each.

one day, i will blog as if i never blogged before...unfortunatly today is not the day...today i must get off this 15 minute computer and continue on my day...

but someone remind me to blog about my revelations on fellowship, rest and sabbath, community and how they all tie in with holiness.

power.
nicoleserenitybrindle

This whole blogging template is driving me insane!!! Oh well, at least this one has a place for comments!.

I cried last night...

My 6-year old disiple wrote a song today....

I love you Jesus and I love you Father.
Thank you for praying over me.
Thank you for playing with me.
Thank you for loving me just as I am.
You are so mighty.
You are so Holy
You are so shiney
Worthy of our Praise.
So I will run to you.
So I will soar to you.
So I will come to you just as I am.

Did I mention she is SIX!!!!

I have more to say, but I gotta go to a surprise party that started 2 minutes ago.
Ill try and write more later.

Power to you.
nicoleserenitybrindle

New look...yes.  Its a nice one, but there is no place for comments...that will get changed as soon as I get to a computer thats not at Carnegie where you cant download.  For now, if you feel the need to comment, which I am hoping you do...email me at nicolebrindle@hotmail.com . 
 
So what to blog about today....
The Lord is still teaching me joy within suffering...I think I get it.  Wow...we serve a good God.
 
I am amazed at Yahweh's faithfulness.  And His provision.  And His divine timing.  Things are just fitting into place so nicely.  I have a friend named Sarah.  Our friendship has strickly been just that...little to no accountablility.  For over a year the Lord has instructed me to get into a disipling relationship with her, yet things got comfortable and changing our relationship to one with more accountability seemed akward.  So she comes up to me yesterday and says...Hey Nicole, do you wanna do some disipleship with me! SImilarily since I met my friend Ashley I knew we were ment to be in a stuctured relationship, yet being me I avoided that one too, funny story, she comes up to me a few weeks ago and says Nicole, can you disiple me.  I wonder if the Lord is trying to teach me something here!!!!
 
Put the dishes away.  Dont leave them out.
Power!
nicoleserenitybrindle

My heart broke for the Downtown Eastside for the first time the other night.
Ive lived here for over a year, and I have served here since I was 13, but my heart just broke this week.

Through this Yahweh has shown me the definition of joy within suffering.

I wrote a song the other night that explained it, it basically says....

I love so much, I want more,
I have you I need you more,
My heart breaks, break it more,
More is not enough

I served as eyes to the blind.
I served as ears to the deaf.
I served as feet to the lame.
-Job

Our calling in service is so much more.

Hmm, lots has happened, and often throughout the week I remember saying oh..I should blog that....yet do I remember now of corse not.

Mike and Hill are finally engaged!

We had youth councils this past weekend. It was great. Kids got saved, and sanctified. I got to touch base with some friends havent seen in a while, and i got to meet new freinds.

My freind Lois Walker went home last night.

Power to you all....

The greek word for unclean comes from the word common.
Hmmmmm

Imagine a place only a soul can vision
The heart of a child who can look see and listen
Paints a picture using every color
And what she sees she sees it like no other

One word a voice unheard you can change the world
With everything I know you're made of
One word a voice unheard you can change the world
If every one would stop and listen
Break the cylce find the rythem
Share the gifts that youve been given
And love

The art of inoocence make so much sence
Placed in a place where no has is wasted
Filtered through the eyes of a pure mind
One of a kind paradise for you and I

Boundless Magazine has a poll right now on what the army should phase out....

uniform
brassband/songsters
military terminology
all the above
none of the above

sadly, all of the above is winning the poll

What would William Booth think if he saw this?

No God=No Peace
Know God=Know Peace

People are like tea bags.
You have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are.

"How will you spend eternity? Smoking or Nonsmoking?

Do not wait for the hearse to take you to church.

If you don't like the way you were born,try being born again.

Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long and the pay is low,but the retirement benefits are out of this world

I scammed these from the Highpoint Blog. I didnt use them all. Check it out for more of them.

I had the priviledge of hearing our DC speak this morning..

You cannot experience pentocost without giving thanks.

Do you long for spiritual power? Paul and Silis when in prision, sang praises and thanked God, it was then that spiritual power came upon them.

Do you long for peace? Therefore offer all your prayers and petitions with thanksgiving to God, and the peace that passes all understanding will come. Phil 4:6

Are you weak? (YES YOU ARE!) Thank God for strength in Christ.

Offer to God your greateful heart.

I am soooooooooo cold right now, it feels like my fingers and toes have just been soaking in snow.

On a different note.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUTS TO

MARK TOUZEAU AND DARREN HAILES.

Today at re:gener8 (kids cell) we had a new seven year old. He is a tad hyper at times. My friend Phillip had an evangelcube (!) and this kid, sat down so focused and intreged by the gospel story. Questioning who this Jesus guy is.

I was informed today of an analogy regarding santification. So its like a birdcage. And you have two canaries. A good one and a bad one. We think feed the good one and starve the bad one. NO! Feed the good one and grab the bad one and wring its neck off and throw it out the cage.

Im waiting for my laundry to dry, and Im reminded of a previous blog. I am waiting and longing for my clothes to dry, more then I am waiting and longing for the Lord.

With that though, Im gonna go dig into the word for a bit.

Cheers!

This weekend we have had the priviledge of recieving some wisdom and insight from none other then General Eva Burrows, retired international leader of the Salvation Army.

This afternoon she preached on the Holy Spirit.

She posed the thought...

"As a Christian you have the Holy Spirit, but does the Holy Spirit have you?"
She went on to teach that the Holy Spirit, unless has your all, unless you have surrenedered everything to Him, unless you die completely, the Holy Spirit does not have you. As a Christian you have the Holy Spirit, but He does not have you. This means we cannot live with the full power and the full calling He has destined for us.

Ouch. Did this one hit like a double edged sword right into my heart.

Its a shame really that my pride rejects me from surrendering everything.

One of my favourtie expressions of worship is the dance....
worship is yes glorifying the name of Yahweh, but worship is warfare...
this afternoon I was at a worship meeting, minutes before it started I got a phone call where I was informed about some injustice that went on in someone I loves life. my attitude for worship this afternoon changed. I got angry. Im so mad at the Devil....enough is enough...he is done stealing from my friends and family, he is done killing my friends and family HE IS DONE DESTROYING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY....enough is enough....
if i didnt get this phone call, ya i probally would have danced and worshiped, but there was something so different about it...maybe we should be reminded of injustice directly before worship...maybe we should be ticked of at the enemy right before worship...

but worship friends is everyday ordinary life...therefore we should be angry all the time...rightchusly of corse....

well im really tired im sure this doesnt make sense...

cheers