HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

(Sorry it's a little late!)

Worship

Did you know that old songs like I Exalt Thee, Where You Go I Go, and songs like that, can be the most powerful worship songs EVER! I'm serious! There is no greater way to worship him than bye looking at the words of the songs and singing them and believing them and meaning what you are saying! Worship isn't just standing in church staring at the lyrics and singing words to get through them. It's raising your arms, closing your eyes, and MEANING what you say! It's loving on Jesus by singing words, and meaning them! So I dare you, to press into worship at church Sunday. Close your eyes and concentrate on the King, raise your arms in act of surrender to the King, and lift up grateful voices to heaven! Praise his HOLY HOLY name!!!!!!!!!!! Bring him glory even if your the only one, because pretty soon you won't be! If you press into worship, others around you will too. :) So complete this dare! Complete it and continue to do it! Because who other than Jesus deserves all the praise we can give?

xoxo,
Nikki

Make It A Habit

You probably don't spend as much time in your Bible as you should. Nor do you pray as much as you should... but you know what's funny. Some of you might just start biting your nails out of habit or turn on the TV or go to the fridge out of habit. But you don't pick up your Bible out of habit, or pray just out of habit. But we should. We need to make that a priority in our lives! We need to make praying and opening up our Bible a habit! I want to challenge you to open up your Bible every day until it becomes a habit in your life. And I want to challenge you to pray to God everyday until it, too, becomes a habit. And I'll do the challenge with you, until it becomes a habit for me too. :) Have an amazing time practicing your habit.
xoxo,
Nikki

God Honors Your Actions (the good ones)

Did you know that when you are honest with God he honors that? When you are angry and you tell him that, and tell him why. He honors that? Because you told him the truth and you trusted him enough to just come right out and tell him! You didn't pretend to be sweet to him when you were burning up with anger inside! Also, if you tell him that you are really wanting something he honors that too? Why? Because you took your requests to HIM. Not to your parents, or your friends, or grandparents or anyone! But you took them to him! He honors you when you do things like that. So this week, let's try and tell him everything! And know that he isn't going to get mad at us for yelling when we are praying to him. Because he knows we are human! AND he wants you to do that! He wants you to trust him enough to know that he isn't going to send lightning down and kill us if we yell at him! Now, I'm not saying you can start cussing and yelling AT Jesus!!! I'm saying you can get angry but NOT SIN! The Bible says, 'Be angry, but do not sin.' Soooo, it IS okay to get angry when you are explaining what happened, to God. God wants you to be honest with Him. And he wants you to bring everything to him. So try that this week. :) Bring him everything, and tell him everything.
xoxo,
Nikki

Favorite Verse

So I was in church yesterday and the pastor asked us what our favorite verse was. ANd to bring it back next week. Well here are mine:
Jeremiah 29:11
"I know the plans I have for you," Declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you, to give you hope and a future..." This verse means a lot to me, it tells me that God has it all under control. That no matter what he knows what is going to happen to me. Also it says, 'plans to prosper you, to give you hope...'He gave us a good future. So I guess when they say "The future ahead is bright!" you can line it up with the Word and know they are totally right.

John 14:12
"Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." Well, this one means a lot to me! Can you believe JESUS said this!!! WOW! He walked on water!!! And he said we could do what he did AND MORE! Wow, soooooo I can heal others, and I can walk on water, and I can raise people from the dead... AND WAIT THERE'S MORE! Why? Because JESUS did SOOOO much more!!! And we can do more than he did! SO doubt get out of my way! I'm doing what Jesus did, AND more!!!!

What is your verse(s)? Email us your answer, and tell us why it is your favorite verse(s).

xoxo,
Nikki