How do you relate to Jesus.

Jesus my Saviour...He frees me from sin
Jesus my Teacher...Guiding me into all truth
Jesus my Lord...the center of my life
Jesus my friend....a comforter

Out of those four, how do you relate to Jesus the least.

In what setting are you most comfortable?

Alone at home
In a small group of close friends
In large groups
Sports
At work

In what setting are you least comfortable?

What area of Jesus' ministry do you manifest most?

Prayer
Reading of the Scriptures
Showing compassion
Uniting the physical and spiritual
Striving against sin

What area of Jesus' ministry do you manifest least?

Im sitting here with my friend Haven. She wants to say what Jesus is teaching her lately. She says He is teaching her letters. He is teaching her how to use her whole body, soul and MIND to praise Him. I am blessed to hang out with such a brilliant six year old. Did I mention she is beautiful too.

What is Jesus teaching me? Hmm...holiness, purity, remaining focussed, hope...and that I cannot control the outcomes of other peoples thoughts and actions.

Oh and He is teaching me more and more about mercy. Ive always walked in mercy and compassion, but lately Yahweh is showing me that it isnt about just walking it, he is showing me how to live it. How to show mercy...how to bring justice...and Im so excited to do it! Yee haw!!!

Today at work we were talking and the topic of skipping school came up. I mentioned that I used to skip class ALL the time. My manager looked at me shocked? She said she couldnt beleive I used to be a bad kid becuase I am so good now. And she asked, something must have happened what changed? Then she asked, what makes you do what you do? (she is aware of my work in the DTES)...great questions eh!!!

I am asked to testify the glorious work of Christ Jesus in my life. Hallelujah.

i gotta make this quick...

my work had a break in last night, it added great adventure to my day today...glass everywehere, we had to shut down the gym for evidnece for a few hours, i got cut a few times, exctinment for sure...

maybe ill elaborate more later, for now i must jet

cheers,
nicoleserenitybrindle

oh and can someone tell me if my blog is difficult to read on ALL macs, or just the one i was using....

i wanna cry...
pray for me...
ive had better days thats for sure...

Yesterday I went to a Giants game with my teen cell. It was good fun. We managed to scam parking from $10 down to $5. We lost in a shootout.

Have you ever noticed that in sports, whether you are playing or watching, the adreniline rush is stronger the closer the ending is. I got to thinking its the same in the spirit. Of corse Im putting a parrell in here!

Jesus is coming. Soon. Jesus is coming soon. Since the ending is closer then we know our adreniline rush should be pumping more. In sports, our anticipation grows the nearer it is to the end. Jesus is coming soon. We should be on guard more then ever before.

So anyways, after the game was the real fun...well not really. So I was in a friends car, and it wouldnt start because brilliant me left the lights on, so we had to get jumped. Then after I dropped everyone off I pulled into his garage, turned the car off, and snap....the key broke in the ignition...of corse this had to happen while I was driving.

Theres always an adventure when you're with Nicole.

so in cell tonight i was instructed to lead my cell by taking them on a journey. i was told to just say "come follow me" i was to take them for a short walk not answering questions or saying what we were doing.

so i said come follow me. first thing out of my cell mates mouths...oh man, i just made tea, should i bring shoes, should i bring a coat, should i lock the door...as we went walking around the building questions arose, where are we going, complaints arouse "this sucks im going back" etc.

matt. 4;19-22 say something along the lines of, Jesus telling some fishermen to come follow Him and to they left everything and went. no questions asked.

would you be so quick to follow Jesus. have you left everything and followed Him?

it was a neat illustration.

power.
nicole.serenity.brindle

so in cell tonight i was instructed to lead my cell by taking them on a journey. i was told to just say "come follow me" i was to take them for a short walk not answering questions or saying what we were doing.

so i said come follow me. first thing out of my cell mates mouths...oh man, i just made tea, should i bring shoes, should i bring a coat, should i lock the door...as we went walking around the building questions arose, where are we going, complaints arouse "this sucks im going back" etc.

matt. 4;19-22 say something along the lines of, Jesus telling some fishermen to come follow Him and to they left everything and went. no questions asked.

would you be so quick to follow Jesus. have you left everything and followed Him?

it was a neat illustration.

power.
nicole.serenity.brindle

So this whole deal about sex before marraige...why should I care? Like not why should I not do it by why should I care.

Why should I care about drugs. Not why should I not do it, but why should I care??

Im looking for answers...
so comment

why shoudl we care?

Just came back from a great weekend. What made it great. Well it wasnt the conferance I went to, I mean it was allright, but it wasnt the conferance itself, it was the people. Have I ever told you I love Victoria and that I love the guys from Victoria...well I do, and I got to hang out with some old friends, pray for my friends, bring healing and deliverance to my friends, bring compassion and mercy. And hey I got a good chunk of love out of it too.

So this conferance, I spoke at it. My frist time doing a workshop type idea. It was good. I was scared I didnt have enough to talk about for the whole hour, but infact I did. I made people laugh and clap. That was nice. Heres some points from my workshop.

Kids are not the Church of the future, they are the Church of the now.

Whenever Yahweh sent someone to revolutionize the world, there was a genocide. When Moses came, baby boys throughout the land were killed. Jesus, same thing. This generation same thing. 50% of people twenty and under are not here becuase of abortion. Reality of that sucks, and we must fight and bring justice. However be encouraged that this generation is called by Yahweh to bring a revolution.

And then spent some time talking about Warrior Academy which here at 614 we are training up children to win the world for Jesus. We have kids bringing healing, deliverance, mercy and justice.

Oh and how we have to cover this generation in prayer and with our parenthood and that we can not continue to neglect this generation.

power.nicoleserentiybrindle.

Man has my week ever.....

Yet, why do we tend to dwell on the negitive anyways, because really on a whole the week wasnt all that bad...The Phil Marriott came to town, I spent some quality time with my friends Fiona Meeks, Darren Hailes and Karyn Baker - a few events that unfolded that night were falling out an elevator, touring the town I grew up in, and leftovers, kicked out a few demons, interpreted some touges, spent some quality time with my disiples, and had the funniest night with Jonathan Berkshire.

Yet the few negitive events seemed to lable how my week was...one of my disciples backslid, im frustrated with how certin things are going and im complaining about it to other people and on my blog, yet not approaching those situations, i went from depending on community to depeding on myself.

Im speaking at a conferance this weekend. Turning children into evangelists. Should be fun. Im not going to lie, havent prepared all that much. Probally a good thing. Pray for it if you will.

My room ran out of power again. This time the power went out at like 11pm. I had to wake up at 5am for work, however my alarm wasnt working becuase there was no power. I was able to use my friends battery powered alarm clock for the time being. It worked I woke up on time. Yet, as it was going off, it ran out of batteries!!! Great timing...but...I was suposed to reset the alarm so my roomates could be up on time themselves. Since it was now out of batteries I needed to think of something that would work. So I left my cell phone there and I called it from work as a wake up call.

This ties in nicely with my thoughts on community and fellowship linked with holiness....

1 John 1:7...When things are brought into the light, the fellowship of beleivers is tightneed...

Man so true...well duh its true...the Bible said it, and the Bible is truth!!!! But for real, thats what authentic fellowship looks like. Fellowship isnt just, hanging out talking about surface level events, or feasting together, or just chillin' its so much more..., fellowship is bringing things into the light. Becuase this deepens a friendship. So that lie you are hearing like, I cant talk about this its too personal, or I gotta hide this becuase that person wont like me or whatever, rebuke that lie and speak the truth which is bringing things to the light deepens the fellowship. Granted use disernment and wisdom too.

So community. I figure you cant have authentic fellowship without community. The other day I threw out 37 CDs. I have been convicted of some music I was still holding on to (even though I wasnt listening to it) for over 2 years now, ever since a friend of mine was convicted and threw his out...(yes Derek, im talking about you) so Ive been holding onto these CDs, and whenever YHWH remined me of this conviction, I put it off. I shared it with a friend and she said so throw em out! It wasnt untill I had community to support me that this task became easy.

The alarm clock thing this morning. Community. One person in community blew the power, I was able to use another persons alarm clock, without asking, knowing that being in the fellowship of community, my friend whould be more then happy to lend my her alarm clock, and then when my freinds needed to be woken up, going out of my way to make sure they are. But the thing is its really not out of my way, becuase thats what fellowship and community is...you dont have to think about helping and supporting a brother or sister, you just do it, naturally becuase you are one.

So how does this tie in with holiness. Simple. Its just easier. When one is walking in holiness, bringing things to the light and allowing for authentic fellowship is easier. When one is walking in holiness, living in community is easier.

Things are just more simple when we are in habitual submission to Yahweh, or walking in holiness for those who dont like the term habitual submission.