Shady Grove Church http://shadygrove.org Passion for God. Compassion for People. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:51:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GREAT RECAP VIDEO FROM @JUSTINRANSOM OF OUR THANKSGIVING HOMELESS OUTREACH. http://www.nilesholsinger.com/great-recap-video-from-justinransom-of-our-thanksgiving-homeless-outreach http://www.nilesholsinger.com/great-recap-video-from-justinransom-of-our-thanksgiving-homeless-outreach#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:02:28 +0000 Niles http://www.nilesholsinger.com/?p=13730932716 Here’s a great recap video of our recent Thanksgiving Homeless Outreach that we did this year at Shady Grove Church. “Urban Outreach” is one of our foundational ministries at the church, and we have a GREAT group of volunteers that put these outreaches together. One of those amazing volunteers is my friend Justin Ransom, who [...]

You just read GREAT RECAP VIDEO FROM @JUSTINRANSOM OF OUR THANKSGIVING HOMELESS OUTREACH. from NILESHOLSINGER.COM.

]]>

Here’s a great recap video of our recent Thanksgiving Homeless Outreach that we did this year at Shady Grove Church.

“Urban Outreach” is one of our foundational ministries at the church, and we have a GREAT group of volunteers that put these outreaches together.

One of those amazing volunteers is my friend Justin Ransom, who not created this video. You can check out more from Justin on YouplusDallas.com. Check out his videos and give him a shout out on Twitter and Facebook!

Ps. Watch this in FULL SCREEN… It’s AMAZING.

You just read GREAT RECAP VIDEO FROM @JUSTINRANSOM OF OUR THANKSGIVING HOMELESS OUTREACH. from NILESHOLSINGER.COM.

]]> http://www.nilesholsinger.com/great-recap-video-from-justinransom-of-our-thanksgiving-homeless-outreach/feed/ 0 The Sky is Falling!… The World Is Ending!… Facebook Is Changing!… And Other Thoughts On Change. http://www.nilesholsinger.com/2011/09/the-sky-is-falling-the-world-is-ending-facebook-is-changing-and-other-thoughts-on-change/ http://www.nilesholsinger.com/2011/09/the-sky-is-falling-the-world-is-ending-facebook-is-changing-and-other-thoughts-on-change/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:22:15 +0000 Ps. Niles Holsinger http://www.nilesholsinger.com/?p=593

This week both Facebook and Instagram, two very popular, very FREE services, updated their systems and made some unpopular changes. And with the way people have reacted to these changes,  you would think that the good of the World was at stake, instead of remembering that both of these services are free and people are in no way obligated to use them.

But these changes, and the way some people have responded to them have gotten me thinking about CHANGE…


1) CHANGE HAPPENS
There’s nothing we can do about it. People change, places change, churches change, your favorite restaurants menu is going to Change ect… THINGS CHANGE!

2) CHANGE IS A PART OF GROWING AND GROWING IS HEALTHY.
Above is a screen grab of what the first version of Facebook looked like. At the time, there were only a few features available and you had to be a student at Harvard to join. So, if you went to Harvard, you could communicate with anyone around the world… As long as they also went to Harvard. That’s no longer the case. Facebook changed, they grew, and now I can find out what my friends in Peru are having for lunch by checking my phone.

Here’s another example.

I have a son named Cameron. As I write this he’s almost two years old. Every single day something about him changes. He gets taller, gets bigger, his personality is developing so it’s changing, along with many other things. Needless to say, Cameron’s changing a lot . He’s changing because he’s growing. He’s growing because he’s healthy and healthy things grow. If my son wasn’t growing, wasn’t developing, something would be wrong. And THAT would be bad.

3) EMBRACE CHANGE OR LIVE IN CRISIS.
The truth is, we all have a problem with change. I know I do. I know that Cameron growing up is a good thing, but honestly, he’s my baby boy. Part of me wants him to stay a little boy forever. Sometimes I see how big both my kids are getting and I get a little heartbroken. But it’s supposed to happen, and I can either embrace the changes happening in him and enjoy watching him go from baby to boy and eventually boy to man OR I can get upset, complain, cry, get angry and be miserable. But you know what? No matter what I do, no matter how I respond or react, Cameron’s gonna grow up.
So there’s a choice I have to make. I can live in the past and only dwell on who Cameron WAS, or I can embrace who the change and enjoy watching who Cameron is becoming. I personally would rather enjoy life then be miserable over something I can’t even control.

Now, some of you might be reading this and be thinking how stupid it is for me to even be putting the life of my son on the same level as something like Facebook, that’s basically just a toy. Cameron is so much more important then Facebook… And your right, and that leads me to my last point.

4) QUIT WAISTING YOUR EMOTIONS ON THE INSIGNIFICANT.
Growing up, when ever I would get upset and cry over a toy breaking or getting lost, my mom would ALWAYS answer, “That toys not gonna cry over you, why are you crying over it?”.
There are so many things in this world to be upset about. So much pain and injustice. Don’t you think there is SOMETHING… ANYTHING… Other than a few changes to Facebook to spend your emotions on? The reality is, the only thing that would happen if things like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter ceased to exist, is we would all probably get more work done.

EMBRACE THE CHANGE!

-Niles

Ps. These are just a few thoughts I’ve been having and have about change, but I’d love to hear yours… Any quotes or stories on change that you remember from growing up?

]]> http://www.nilesholsinger.com/2011/09/the-sky-is-falling-the-world-is-ending-facebook-is-changing-and-other-thoughts-on-change/feed/ 0 Quiet Time Technology http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-time-technology.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-time-technology.html#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:36:00 +0000 R.are http://shadygrove.org/?guid=af12213a9175ef871fb7aa11ec48834e Quiet time technology is my twist for this round of blogs. I love the new things technology has made available for times of intimacy and fellowship with the Lord. I am only writing about two but there is so much new technology available and more coming every day.

So. My mp3 player (no brand names please) is a constant source of praise and worship music from whatever worship service/leader/venue I desire. My trusty set of headphones (that never seem to be where I left them last) can make anywhere I am into my prayer closet. A few of my favorite spots are my patio, solitary walks in my neighborhood and my car. You do need to be prepared for what happens when you start singing along and raising your hands to music only you can hear.

There is nothing I love more than having my big fat Bible and a humongous concordance available on my smart phone (no names). I can choose from any daily reading program ever developed, have it keep track of my studies and lifetime verses AND (my favorite) it will read to me. I have chosen a version (out of the myriads available at my fingertips) that has a narrator reminiscent of the story time guy at our library when I was 7. He never gets tired of reading me the same chapter over and over, never falls asleep while reading and he pronounces all the hard names for me. How sweet is that!!

Now I love books and will never be without a Bible I can touch and smell and turn the ultra thin pages but I gotta say I love having my Bible technology  with me wherever I go and in whatever situation that is required (including translating a key verse into another language for an acquaintance from China). My bag is a lot lighter nowadays than once upon a time when even my slimline Bible took up all the room in my over sized purse.

These are just a few tech tools I use to make my quiet time "mine" which is the theme that has emerged from this series of blogs. I hope you have enjoyed hearing from our R.are leadership team and look forward, as I am, to what will be next. See you on Thursday night. Blessings. Laurinda.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/19/quiet-time-technology-2/feed/ 0 Quiet Time Technology http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-time-technology.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-time-technology.html#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:36:00 +0000 R.are https://shadygrove.org/?guid=af12213a9175ef871fb7aa11ec48834e Quiet time technology is my twist for this round of blogs. I love the new things technology has made available for times of intimacy and fellowship with the Lord. I am only writing about two but there is so much new technology available and more coming every day.

So. My mp3 player (no brand names please) is a constant source of praise and worship music from whatever worship service/leader/venue I desire. My trusty set of headphones (that never seem to be where I left them last) can make anywhere I am into my prayer closet. A few of my favorite spots are my patio, solitary walks in my neighborhood and my car. You do need to be prepared for what happens when you start singing along and raising your hands to music only you can hear.

There is nothing I love more than having my big fat Bible and a humongous concordance available on my smart phone (no names). I can choose from any daily reading program ever developed, have it keep track of my studies and lifetime verses AND (my favorite) it will read to me. I have chosen a version (out of the myriads available at my fingertips) that has a narrator reminiscent of the story time guy at our library when I was 7. He never gets tired of reading me the same chapter over and over, never falls asleep while reading and he pronounces all the hard names for me. How sweet is that!!

Now I love books and will never be without a Bible I can touch and smell and turn the ultra thin pages but I gotta say I love having my Bible technology  with me wherever I go and in whatever situation that is required (including translating a key verse into another language for an acquaintance from China). My bag is a lot lighter nowadays than once upon a time when even my slimline Bible took up all the room in my over sized purse.

These are just a few tech tools I use to make my quiet time "mine" which is the theme that has emerged from this series of blogs. I hope you have enjoyed hearing from our R.are leadership team and look forward, as I am, to what will be next. See you on Thursday night. Blessings. Laurinda.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/19/quiet-time-technology/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is a Creative Place http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-creative-place.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-creative-place.html#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:38:00 +0000 R.are https://shadygrove.org/?guid=101a91a5f070edac526c0eceda031304  Over that last several weeks we have learned that the Quiet Place is a necessity to our lives, it is something we share with our families and sometimes it is a personal and intimate place. We have read that it is anywhere you are because God is always with you, it is a unique place, a place that should not be compared. It is a place that is just about you and God. And this week I would like to share about the Quiet Place being a Creative Place.

According to dictionary.com the definition of the word creative is having the quality or power of creating; resulting from originality of thought , expression,etc... Imaginative, originative; productive. Some synonyms of creative are stimulating, innovative, productive, ingenious, inventive, visionary, inspired. That is quite a word isn't?

Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."  God created man and every living beast with the power of His word. Every minute that we spend in His presence, reading His words we are filled with His spirit, the creative Spirit of God. God has given each of us gifts some of them spiritual and some of them are practical, all of them in some way speak of God's creativity in our lives.

I love the times when I can go into my room, shut the door, turn on some music, grab my journal and write. Sometimes I am just doodling and sometimes I am sharing my heart with God. There are also times that I feel like I get a download from heaven in the form of a poem or a short story. Whatever it is I am writing I know that in that quiet place I am expressing myself to the Lord in a creative way. When my sister Micah sits down at her sewing machine she often turns on music and even though she doesn't have a Bible and journal there with her she is also meeting with God in a creative way.

You can be creative without being artistic. I have friends that have the creative gift of administration. They can come in and look at a problem and figure out an orderly way to fix it. Have you ever worked in an office, that never ran out of coffee, staples, paper, and so on... It is likely that the office manager has the gift of administration and you are seeing their creativity in the work place.

Ever wonder how worship leaders write those amazing songs? I know that many of those songs have come from their quiet times. Painters find inspiration from creation and interpret what they see in their own creative ways. Each teacher has a teaching style, a way that they connect with their students, a creative way to transfer knowledge to those they are teaching.

I have used the word creative several times and I hope it hasn't become redundant, but that every time you read the word it is seeping into your spirit. I hope your hearts are encouraged to ask the Lord what your creative gift is. The Quiet Place is not only devotional but inspires creativity in us.

Don't forget R.are is this Thursday at 7pm! Come early if you want coffee before the teaching starts!
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/13/the-quiet-place-is-a-creative-place-2/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is a Creative Place http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-creative-place.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-creative-place.html#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:38:00 +0000 R.are http://shadygrove.org/?guid=101a91a5f070edac526c0eceda031304  Over that last several weeks we have learned that the Quiet Place is a necessity to our lives, it is something we share with our families and sometimes it is a personal and intimate place. We have read that it is anywhere you are because God is always with you, it is a unique place, a place that should not be compared. It is a place that is just about you and God. And this week I would like to share about the Quiet Place being a Creative Place.

According to dictionary.com the definition of the word creative is having the quality or power of creating; resulting from originality of thought , expression,etc... Imaginative, originative; productive. Some synonyms of creative are stimulating, innovative, productive, ingenious, inventive, visionary, inspired. That is quite a word isn't?

Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."  God created man and every living beast with the power of His word. Every minute that we spend in His presence, reading His words we are filled with His spirit, the creative Spirit of God. God has given each of us gifts some of them spiritual and some of them are practical, all of them in some way speak of God's creativity in our lives.

I love the times when I can go into my room, shut the door, turn on some music, grab my journal and write. Sometimes I am just doodling and sometimes I am sharing my heart with God. There are also times that I feel like I get a download from heaven in the form of a poem or a short story. Whatever it is I am writing I know that in that quiet place I am expressing myself to the Lord in a creative way. When my sister Micah sits down at her sewing machine she often turns on music and even though she doesn't have a Bible and journal there with her she is also meeting with God in a creative way.

You can be creative without being artistic. I have friends that have the creative gift of administration. They can come in and look at a problem and figure out an orderly way to fix it. Have you ever worked in an office, that never ran out of coffee, staples, paper, and so on... It is likely that the office manager has the gift of administration and you are seeing their creativity in the work place.

Ever wonder how worship leaders write those amazing songs? I know that many of those songs have come from their quiet times. Painters find inspiration from creation and interpret what they see in their own creative ways. Each teacher has a teaching style, a way that they connect with their students, a creative way to transfer knowledge to those they are teaching.

I have used the word creative several times and I hope it hasn't become redundant, but that every time you read the word it is seeping into your spirit. I hope your hearts are encouraged to ask the Lord what your creative gift is. The Quiet Place is not only devotional but inspires creativity in us.

Don't forget R.are is this Thursday at 7pm! Come early if you want coffee before the teaching starts!
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/13/the-quiet-place-is-a-creative-place/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is All About Me and God http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god.html#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:37:00 +0000 R.are https://shadygrove.org/?guid=8ff1776ec12784c872bb89154d9d9ac8 One of the things that I love most about reading these blogs every week is how well they all fit together. When I asked the ladies of the R.are leadership team to write a blog about The Quiet Place, I didn't give them a list of things to write about. They have each shared from their own hearts and from their own quiet times. And it seems that the Lord is saying something specific through all of these blogs, The Quiet Place isn't about anyone else but you and the Lord. Read on to see how Denise Lee applies this in her own life.

Well, as I began to write this blog, I realized I had not yet read Lindsay’s entry. I laughed when I read it because it was EXACTLY what I was going to write about! I guess God is trying to speak something to us ladies, no? I am so thankful for the transparency with which these women share. I am in the same boat. Some days are great with the LORD; others leave much to be desired-and it’s not because of Him. I am just thankful when women are willing to be honest about their walk with the LORD.

I just spent the evening with a group of women who are about to embark on a journey of teaching their children at home. I will be tutoring some of these women’s children and was given the privilege of orienting them in the grammar program we will be using. I shared with them an important thing in teaching their children grammar and writing was not comparing themselves with one another. So often in our walk with the Lord we look at what others are doing (or not doing) and pass judgment on them, whether it be setting them high on a pedestal or judging their lack of commitment. We are all at different places in this journey with Jesus. When He looks at me He doesn’t compare me to Billy Graham or Heidi Baker. He has desires for ME. He has plans, a future and a hope for ME.

God knows my heart. He loves me in spite of it. My time with Him is not a task to be checked off on a list of things to do. It is not a good luck guarantee. It is not a way to obtain favor with Him. It is not something I do to make others think I’m a good Christian. He loves me and wants to reveal the secrets of His heart to me, to transform me into His likeness, to partner with Him in bringing His Kingdom to Earth. To be. With me. It is the highest privilege I could ever imagine.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/06/the-quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god-2/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is All About Me and God http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/09/quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god.html#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:37:00 +0000 R.are http://shadygrove.org/?guid=8ff1776ec12784c872bb89154d9d9ac8 One of the things that I love most about reading these blogs every week is how well they all fit together. When I asked the ladies of the R.are leadership team to write a blog about The Quiet Place, I didn't give them a list of things to write about. They have each shared from their own hearts and from their own quiet times. And it seems that the Lord is saying something specific through all of these blogs, The Quiet Place isn't about anyone else but you and the Lord. Read on to see how Denise Lee applies this in her own life.

Well, as I began to write this blog, I realized I had not yet read Lindsay’s entry. I laughed when I read it because it was EXACTLY what I was going to write about! I guess God is trying to speak something to us ladies, no? I am so thankful for the transparency with which these women share. I am in the same boat. Some days are great with the LORD; others leave much to be desired-and it’s not because of Him. I am just thankful when women are willing to be honest about their walk with the LORD.

I just spent the evening with a group of women who are about to embark on a journey of teaching their children at home. I will be tutoring some of these women’s children and was given the privilege of orienting them in the grammar program we will be using. I shared with them an important thing in teaching their children grammar and writing was not comparing themselves with one another. So often in our walk with the Lord we look at what others are doing (or not doing) and pass judgment on them, whether it be setting them high on a pedestal or judging their lack of commitment. We are all at different places in this journey with Jesus. When He looks at me He doesn’t compare me to Billy Graham or Heidi Baker. He has desires for ME. He has plans, a future and a hope for ME.

God knows my heart. He loves me in spite of it. My time with Him is not a task to be checked off on a list of things to do. It is not a good luck guarantee. It is not a way to obtain favor with Him. It is not something I do to make others think I’m a good Christian. He loves me and wants to reveal the secrets of His heart to me, to transform me into His likeness, to partner with Him in bringing His Kingdom to Earth. To be. With me. It is the highest privilege I could ever imagine.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/09/06/the-quiet-place-is-all-about-me-and-god/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is Without Condemnation http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/08/quiet-place-is-without-condemnation.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/08/quiet-place-is-without-condemnation.html#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:50:00 +0000 R.are http://shadygrove.org/?guid=02a777dd66501ed88028ea9063b6e741 If we learn nothing else from The Quiet Place series I hope the one thing that we are able grasp and hold on to is that there is no condemnation. We are not required to sit in a certain place and say a specific prayer. There are no requirements or rules. It is simply a time when we meet with Jesus. We share our hearts with Him and He speaks to us. Lindsay Holsinger shares how she finds a Quiet Place in many different, but very meaningful places.

As I’ve read the previous entries from the other R.are leaders, I realized how comforting it is to find ourselves in a company of people who speak so transparently and sincerely about the need to leave guilt and condemnation at the door when going into our times with the Lord. I think one thing all of us have felt is that our “quiet time” was supposed to look exactly the same. So for many of us, as mentioned previously, if we did not tell people that we got up at “5 am” to spend an hour on our faces before the Lord, we could not feel as though we adequately met with God or would be fortunate enough to receive anything from Him that day due to our embarrassing lack of commitment. I know I felt that guilt… Ironically, in the past, that guilt is the very thing that often kept me from visiting with the Lord for any other time that day! If it wasn’t first thing in the morning, if it wasn’t a solid block of undivided attention that I spent prostrate or in tears, or in a place I’d designated as a "prayer closet", than it just didn’t count and God couldn’t possibly honor it.

God DOES want all of us, He wants our hearts, He does want undivided attention! He does desire our time, and meeting Him first thing in the morning is a perfect way for US to be set up for success in our day… But, I also believe that God wants to meet us where we are… He wants us to start by simply seeking Him out, reaching out to Him, calling or crying out to Him wherever we are. I’m not the best manager of my time, and with all that I have going on in my life right now, I know that if I let the guilt of not giving Him the first two hours of my day determine my emotions or ability to reach out to Him in all the varying aspects throughout that day, I will be a wreck. Right now, me and Jesus spend a lot of time in the car together as I talk or cry out loud on the way to a meeting or when I drop off my new kindergartener! We spend a lot of time together in worship while I finally have the kids occupied and can get dinner together, or when I can sing in the shower to my iPod! I keep a constant stream of communication with Him as I make decisions on my career path each day,working with co-workers and employees. I seek Him for wisdom smack dab in the middle of a conversation with a client! My point is that I TRUST that when I reach out to Him, He will be there. He will meet me; He will bring life to my day, to my spirit. I don’t doubt it. I’ve seen His faithfulness time and time again.

BUT, when I do stop everything I’m doing, take my Bible and head outside for a dedicated time of hearing from Him… Nothing compares. Stilling our souls and minds to receive from Him is critical and cannot be replaced.

Quiet time with Jesus looks different for all of us because He created us all differently, with different purposes, different lifestyles and different ways of hearing from Him. I believe the relationship I have with Jesus is built through the running stream of communication I have with Him and the trust I put in Him as a result of the devoted, still times where I stop, listen and soak in His mercy and love! 

Don't forget this Thursday at 7pm in the Watering Hole we will start our new series Faithful, Abundant, True. You don't want to miss it. This is for women of all ages.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/08/29/the-quiet-place-is-without-condemnation/feed/ 0 The Quiet Place is Without Condemnation http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/08/quiet-place-is-without-condemnation.html http://rare.shadygrove.org/2011/08/quiet-place-is-without-condemnation.html#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:50:00 +0000 R.are https://shadygrove.org/?guid=02a777dd66501ed88028ea9063b6e741 If we learn nothing else from The Quiet Place series I hope the one thing that we are able grasp and hold on to is that there is no condemnation. We are not required to sit in a certain place and say a specific prayer. There are no requirements or rules. It is simply a time when we meet with Jesus. We share our hearts with Him and He speaks to us. Lindsay Holsinger shares how she finds a Quiet Place in many different, but very meaningful places.

As I’ve read the previous entries from the other R.are leaders, I realized how comforting it is to find ourselves in a company of people who speak so transparently and sincerely about the need to leave guilt and condemnation at the door when going into our times with the Lord. I think one thing all of us have felt is that our “quiet time” was supposed to look exactly the same. So for many of us, as mentioned previously, if we did not tell people that we got up at “5 am” to spend an hour on our faces before the Lord, we could not feel as though we adequately met with God or would be fortunate enough to receive anything from Him that day due to our embarrassing lack of commitment. I know I felt that guilt… Ironically, in the past, that guilt is the very thing that often kept me from visiting with the Lord for any other time that day! If it wasn’t first thing in the morning, if it wasn’t a solid block of undivided attention that I spent prostrate or in tears, or in a place I’d designated as a "prayer closet", than it just didn’t count and God couldn’t possibly honor it.

God DOES want all of us, He wants our hearts, He does want undivided attention! He does desire our time, and meeting Him first thing in the morning is a perfect way for US to be set up for success in our day… But, I also believe that God wants to meet us where we are… He wants us to start by simply seeking Him out, reaching out to Him, calling or crying out to Him wherever we are. I’m not the best manager of my time, and with all that I have going on in my life right now, I know that if I let the guilt of not giving Him the first two hours of my day determine my emotions or ability to reach out to Him in all the varying aspects throughout that day, I will be a wreck. Right now, me and Jesus spend a lot of time in the car together as I talk or cry out loud on the way to a meeting or when I drop off my new kindergartener! We spend a lot of time together in worship while I finally have the kids occupied and can get dinner together, or when I can sing in the shower to my iPod! I keep a constant stream of communication with Him as I make decisions on my career path each day,working with co-workers and employees. I seek Him for wisdom smack dab in the middle of a conversation with a client! My point is that I TRUST that when I reach out to Him, He will be there. He will meet me; He will bring life to my day, to my spirit. I don’t doubt it. I’ve seen His faithfulness time and time again.

BUT, when I do stop everything I’m doing, take my Bible and head outside for a dedicated time of hearing from Him… Nothing compares. Stilling our souls and minds to receive from Him is critical and cannot be replaced.

Quiet time with Jesus looks different for all of us because He created us all differently, with different purposes, different lifestyles and different ways of hearing from Him. I believe the relationship I have with Jesus is built through the running stream of communication I have with Him and the trust I put in Him as a result of the devoted, still times where I stop, listen and soak in His mercy and love! 

Don't forget this Thursday at 7pm in the Watering Hole we will start our new series Faithful, Abundant, True. You don't want to miss it. This is for women of all ages.
]]> http://shadygrove.org/blog/2011/08/29/the-quiet-place-is-without-condemnation-2/feed/ 0