Lots of Packet Making

I have made about 40 Jesus packets every day over the last 20 days so I've made about 800 so far yay! And that means I've baked about 80 cookies every day lol yay gold star for me! My next goal is to take them to every orphanage in Austin. The schools are a bit inaccessible unless we physically pass them out to the kids when they get out of school.  But I think I will wait for warmer weather to do that. 

There are about 10 orphanages in Austin, TX. Ben drove some to one today so there's 9 left. No one needs to be cheered up more, and to feel God's love more, than kids in an orphanage for sure. :)
That's partly me just bragging lol and partly me wanting to encourage all ya'll.  If I did it you can too!  Amen.  :)  Of course it's easier to make packets if you are a stay at home mom or retired, but everyone has a little extra time every day.  And almost everyone has the desire to make a difference in the world. Anyways, consider making some packets yourself.

May God bless you all! :)

Notes from TBN Sermons

I am very much enjoying watching TBN almost 24/7 now.  I don't agree with every speaker/pastor on there, but with most of them I do.  Praise God for the speakers that are good on TBN. 

Here are some of my notes from sermons I've heard over the last couple days:


3 Questions to ask yourself regarding if something is God's will for you or not....

1. Will this thing draw me closer to God or not?
2. Will this fuel my passion or steal my passion?
3. Will this help me grow in faith or not?

On another note...

"In life we need to always have just an appropriate amount of food, drink, recreation and rest." (all things in moderation)
-from the Westminster confession, regarding the command to not murder.  We can murder ourselves if we eat too much, drink too much, or don't get any recreation or rest.  Amen.

Quotes from Joyce Meyer today:

"You need wisdom or you'll loose the miracle you got and get another problem." lol yep!

"If you don't take care of you, who's going to."

"God didn't call us to be busy but to be fruitful."

Amen Joyce Meyer :)

"I didn't realize how selfish I was, until I got married. And then I didn't realize how lazy I was, until I had kids." lol yep! indeed! Amen to both. :)

-from an olympic athlete swimmer guest on the Matthew Hagee TBN show today

On Being Radical for God

I'm trying to do a day fast and fasting is somewhat painful; my stomach hurts, but it's not nearly as painful as food poisoning. I literally got food poisoning 5 times in the last month. Once from pizza, twice from some mayo, once from Chinese food and this morning from cereal, which was so odd. I'm sure it's all just Satan trying to stop me in regards to my Jesus packet thing but it's not gonna work woot! Can't stop me Satan. My favorite song for Satan is "can't touch this." Lol

But yeah when we do more for God, Satan comes against us more but oh well.  It doesn't mean we shouldn't be radical and do more for God just because it makes Satan mad.

I had a revelation of sorts a few days ago, that maybe one reason more Christians aren't more radical for God is because they are more afraid of Satan than they are of God. If God gets mad at us we might rationalize that it won't be that bad because he is gracious, but if Satan is mad at us and hates us who knows what could happen right?

It is quite ironic that right after I made and distributed about 1,000 packets last Christmas, and I was on the news about it, literally right after that we were tormented with some odd bug situation for the next 9 months. Why did God let Satan attack us like that? I have no idea, but it royally sucked. I told my hubby if I was suicidal the bug thing could have pushed me over the edge for sure. People have killed themselves over situations like that, when you can't sleep because something is literally biting you about every few seconds. It drove me crazy. I had to wash sheets constantly and mop and vacuum tons. But God knows how much we can handle. I don't know why he lets us suffer sometimes but he does.

Suffering can perfect our character and make us more humble. Maybe God didn't want me to get a big head about all I was doing for him and so he allowed the bugs to torment me. Who knows, but praise God that season has passed finally. Thank God for the winter. :)

But think about that, do you fear Satan more than God and that's why you aren't more radical for God? Maybe you are radical for God, but very few are and I have always wondered why so few are.

But may God give you the courage to be radical for him this week.  Amen! God bless! :)

On Miracles

(from a pastor on TBN)


"There is a big difference between miracles and black magic. A miracle is not necessarily from God, like with the men with Pharaoh. The message always trumps the miracle. If someone performs a miracle but they are teaching things that are unbiblical, forget the miracle and forget the miracle worker. It is irrelevant. Even if a miracle helps people, it still might not be from God. Miracles still happen but they are very rare. They were meant to authenticate Jesus originally. But God still want to be glorified and miracles glorify God. " Amen. :)

Praying for Jesus Packets

Well I only made it 16 hours in my fast.  Oh well lol.  My objective was mainly to make my prayers more effective about my Jesus packets and that doors will be opened for me to take them into schools, here in Georgetown and then all over Austin and Texas eventually who knows.  Yay!  Very exciting.  Either the administration can let me take them in a box to be left in the office or the library for kids to pick up, or Ben and I will go hand them out to kids when they get out of school. 

85% of Americans commit their life to Christ before they are age 14.  And generally if they don't by then, the odds of them becoming Christian are very small.  Therefore, I think we will start with Junior High school students, because that is the major turning point in life where kids start down one path that leads to life or a path that leads to death.  I know that from experience.  That is when kids start making their own choices and finding their way in life.  The habits they start in junior high will stick with them most likely and shape the rest of their lives. 

It will probably be a pretty fast thing, especially since it's so cold lol.  We can just say "Hey happy holidays" and give them a packet.  And hopefully the packets make a difference in a lot of kid's lives.  woot!  Feel free to try something like that too in schools near you. :)

I'm very excited to hand them out.  I just ordered bookmarks that have inspiration Bible verses on them, Christian pencils that say "God loves you" etc, bracelets with similar sayings and Scripture candy where each wrapper has a Bible verse on it.  In each packet I also have my peanut butter cookies and a tract titled "Who made it" about the fact that God made the Universe, NOT evolution, which will be great for kids since most kids love science.  Also it's quite important that they don't believe the lie they get fed of evolution in text books in school, because that will shape their entire life view. 

Some theories say that the Holocaust was thanks to Hitler's avid interest and belief in evolution.  He then thought human beings had no value if we came from monkeys and had no problem killing millions of Jews and others.  Hence evolution is quite evil and leads to a lot of evil.  So the fact that God created the world and not evolution is the BIGGEST thing that kids need to hear and know for sure these days.  The future of America depends on children growing up into model citizens that believe in God and treat others with love and respect.  Amen. 

May God inspire you as well to help shape our future generations of America into God-loving and God-respecting and other respecting youth.  You can make a difference!  You can't do everything, but you can do something.  Amen. 

May God bless you all!

Why Fasting is Important

A speaker on TBN was talking about everyone going on a 21 day fast. That seems a bit crazy to me lol. Yes Jesus fasted 40 days but he was Jesus. But I can handle at least one day of fasting. :) So until 3pm tomorrow I will fast and only drink water. Feel free to join me if you want.

One time the disciples couldn't cast a spirit out and Jesus told them it would only come out with fasting and prayer, so sometimes fasting is needed to accomplish greater things.

If you decide to fast also, have something you are asking God for if/when you fast. Fasting makes your prayers more effective, because it humbles and purifies you and "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." Amen!

Fasting is also a huge act of surrender. It's saying to God "my only true need is you, not food.  You can satisfy me more than food can. You are my God and you are who I worship, not food. You are what I want to think about most, not food. You are my sustainer and the provider of my strength, not just food." Amen.

Also the word itself is ironic; maybe it can cause God to act faster on behalf of your prayers. He still may not grant our requests, but the odds are higher that he will I think when we fast. Consider fasting for a bit. When you are weak then you are strong, because you stop leaning on yourself and you start to lean on God. Amen! May God bless you!

Happy New Year to All!

Well I thought maybe World War 3 had broken out tonight, but no, it was just people in our neighborhood area shooting off guns about every couple seconds from 9pm to midnight lol actually scared me there for a bit though. Only in Texas....lol Happy New Year to you all.  May God bless you!  And may this next year be your best year ever!  Amen.  God bless!