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Name: Theresa
Gender: Female
Interests: cooking, having friends over, arts, teaching the Word of God, motivating people to a deeper walk with the Lord, decorating, reading, raising children, planning any projects, studying people, painting, painting, painting.....forever painting the house, gardening, singing, playing my guitar at church, teaching the children at church
Expertise: chili, spaghetti, brushetta, teaching kids and adults, writing, analyzing people and scaring my daughter's friends she says), saying things that might best be left unsaid, saying things that should be said anyway, thinking,
Occupation: Wife, Mom, Minister...Jack of
Industry: My NAME means 'industrious'!
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AIM:  Bbolty
Member Since:
4/18/2005
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| Just Paying Attention...I can't help but feel the stirring of some kind of spiritual warfare as
I listen to those around me and sense things in my own spirit.
It could be strictly warfare and it could be that God is getting ready to move and the demons are getting restless.
Either way, our response remains the same. We press in. We stay
faithful to the Lord. We stay holy. We fast. We pray until we break
through. We worship...until we break through. We read and study and
apply the Word to our lives daily.
It's more than just protecting ourselves. It's about contending for the
Faith for the glory of God and deliverance of others. It's about
setting free those around us who have given themselves over to sin.
It's about being in the right place at the right time and having God's
word spoken in season.
It's about being the example of Christ IN us in the midst of every storm.
It's about prevailing when the enemy comes in to steal, kill and destroy and we say, " NO MORE."
Here's just a reminder to stay connected to the Lord in all the ways you know. Keep your spiritual ears and eyes open...it's not a time to sleep.
Love to All!
Theresa
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| Opposites Attract...I have spent countless hours writing on dating and relationships.
My whole purpose is to share the wisdom I have accumulated over time and experience and to encourage the generation behind me to set Godly standards that my generation and this generation have not.
Boundaries, purity, saving almost everything until your wedding day ( that's for those who are saving their first kiss until then! ), appropriate everything, how to treat each other and how not to, etc, etc...
It's a passion for me because I have watched SO many people (including yours truly) crash and burn again and again, because they didn't guard their relationships while they were dating. I have also seen the carnage in marriages from trust and virtue that was broken during dating relationships.
I also know that there are SO many blessings when we walk in the center of God's will and that all of our relationships will be all the richer if we keep them pure.
So what I have written is a message I want to speak again and again and...again to all whowill listen.
That's me and those who know me and have read my blogs, know all that...
What you may not know, is the flip side of my life and writings. His name is Bruce and he is my husband. ;) While I know he whole-heartedly agrees with me, his idea of...well honestly, I don't know what he is thinking. ;)
Here's the picture:
My daughter is now dating for the first time. Andrew came along and finally between Briana and us, he actually met our standards of uprightness and integrity, not to mention, we liked him and so did everyone else.
He asked us for our blessing to date Briana. We gave it. We sat him down and asked him questions and gave him our spiel on dating. He was fine with it, he gave good responses, he passed the 'test' and the rest is recent history.
We are all very happy right now and very much enjoying the freshness and the 'rightness' of their current relationship. :)
Bruce, the husband I mentioned, is so inspired he can't keep his hands off me.
Yes, I meant to write that.
*rolls eyes*
A typical ride in the van...with Briana and Andrew goes like this:
We are all in the van and Briana and Andrew are sitting directly behind us.
Bruce reaches over and touches my arm.
That's sweet, I think, a little suspicious ( OK, a LOT. I know this man.). * Stop at the elbow, Buddie*
He doesn't. He can't stop touching my arm and goes up to the back of my neck.
"Bruce, drive. " I say.
He looks lovingly...no scratch that...He looks LONGINGLY at me and smiles.
I give him a glare and tell him " keep your eyes on the road and don't kill us."
I then take his hand and put it back on the steering wheel where it belongs.
He reaches for my hand, AGAIN.
I pull my hand away and say, "Bruce, stop!!!"
His hand like a rubber band lands back on me, and I yell,
" WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!???"
Fortunately this is a comedy act for Briana and Andrew. They are laughing (and Bruce is laughing...the whole car load is laughing ) and I am thinking, 'My God, could you remind me again why you put us together?' ;)
I am also thinking..." These kids have committed themselves to purity and to keeping their hands to themselves...and my husband is being one FINE example."
Not that Bruce can't show affection to me ( not that I can stop him, either ) , it's just that I have this insane thought that perhaps there is a better time for married couples to express their affection than smack in front of those who aren't married yet? I mean, can we HELP them a little bit? *smacks head*
Let's just sit down in front of people who are dieting and eat ICECREAM.
Love to All, from the Flip Side ;)
Theresa
PS
Dear Briana,
Your father cannot help himself. Learn from this.I don't know what, just learn something.
Dear Andrew,
Don't learn anything. Don't you dare follow Bruce's example until a very long time from now! And stop laughing.
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| Blood, Sweat and Tears...Generally each generation will become weaker than the one before simply because they do not realize what it takes to maintain strength and honor and they haven't experienced the work of plowing the ground that went before them.
This principal works like entropy in that anything that is left to itself and not maintained, will decline.
As I study the Kings of Israel, I see how the kingdoms of Israel and Judah declined even as their kings declined and never again did they have same glory as David and Solomon who plowed the ground and honored the Lord in their lives.
I can hardly stand the thought of the generation behind me not seeing what they need to do in order to embrace the Lord and to maintain His heart and passion on the earth. Yet I know and must hang onto the hope that there will be those who will hear and follow Him.
Satan is so busy stealing the hearts of the youth and his work no doubt trickles in even to young believers lives and standards of holiness. It will be up to them to choose to bust out of his design.
Will this generation take up the baton and run?
Will they run much farther and with more passion and holiness than my generation?
Will they dig their roots deep and stake their ground in Christ?
Will they disregard the foundation they have been given because they cannot see the blood, sweat and tears that built it?
Will they learn to shed their own blood sweat and tears to see God's move in their generation?
Will this generation see? Will they run the race? Will they take up the cause of Christ?
Will everyone turn each to his own way...until the sting of death permeates all that was lost and a cry for the Lord rises from the ashes? ( God knows how close we are to this possibility as a watered down Christianity excludes Him from the throne.)
What will it take to break the bonds of passivity that so easily grasps our our nation?
What will it take to lift the fog of lethargy?
What will it take for the skies to clear in the hearts of God's people so the battle cry will rise and drive us to a passionate walk in Christ?
On a brighter note...there are many groups across the world right now who are crying out to God in repentance and with a cry for revival. There ARE those youth who ARE planning to make a stand in their lifetime and are plowing the ground to bring forth God's righteousness in the earth.
So we continue to stand in the gap and pray...and speak the Truth of His Word to anyone that will listen...
Have mercy Father...Don't let go.
Revive us again.
Love to All,
Theresa
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| Father, please don't let go...revive us once again!Here is a portion of a blog that I wrote about a year ago. It is still my heart's cry. Life can numb us of all that is really going on around us in the natural and in the spiritual, but God never forgets his plan and purpose for His people and for the lost. May He shake us and awaken us to all that is Him, to all that we need to SEE and to all that He has called us to LIVE.
Here is to
the disillusioned believers....that you might find new hope in Christ
and in your brothers and sisters. ( this is a blog yet to come ) Here is to the backslidden, that God convict you and drive you 'home'. Here
is to those ravaged by sin....men, women and children.....who are sure
nothing can cleanse them....I can tell you, Jesus can and will. Here is to the church....that your foundations are shaken, and you find yourself in God's Holy Presense. Here
is to the youth of our nation. DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T GIVE IN. Be the
voice that crys out to God. Seek HOLINESS in the midst of multitudes
that think they can live with less. My Father, we NEED you. Have mercy. Pour out your Spirit once again.
Love to all, Theresa
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| My husband and I went out with a couple of our friends last night. Actually, they took us out...for my 'birthday'. Thank you John and Karen! We had a delightful time, as always.
In the course of our conversation, I piped in and said, "I have an idea for the men's group!" (that my husband leads).
I looked at my friend John and told him he would be useful because the subject I was going to bring up is one I think he is good at....but he was just looking at me with this amused look on his face.
"What?" I asked...a bit confused.
"Here we go" he said, " Now a woman is going to tell the men what they need to cover in the men's group."
*BLANK STARE*
Well, of course, I thought....is something wrong with that?
:D
BUT MY IDEA IS GOOD!!!!
So my idea, which really was a conglomeration of Bruce's and my discussion:
So few guys really know how to treat a woman in terms of manners, romance, communication. Bruce and I were talking about how it would be a good topic to cover in the men's group.
Seriously, I will be the first to admit that women are not the easiest creatures to figure out and a few hints on how to treat them would be useful. That's all I have to say...although it does seem like good sense for the men to get a few hints from the women in their lives. After all...the end result will ultimately benefit them and make everyone's life more pleasant.
Goodness...this is my blog...I will likely just blog on it someday.
Feeling punchy today. Somebody must have pushed a button...
Love to All -
It takes all of us.
Theresa
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