Learning from my students

Tuesday night at cell, we were praying as a group and individually, to be more sensitive to the promptings of Holy Spirit. Our earnest desire was to be quickly obedient and responsive when the Lord nudges us to pray or do or go or say etc...Well Heather got the lesson and I missed it!! Shannon came into class last night in obvious pain in her back and my response was, oh we will pray for you before we leave tonight. WHen Heather learned of Shannon's pain, she responded quickly to Holy Spirit and asked her if she could pray right away. She did...and within moments later during class..i noticed Shannon was moving way more easily. I said something and she piped up...oh yes!!! Heather prayed for me and now i am perfectly fine and my back is great!!! Thanks Lord for teaching the students and humbling the teacher...be assured God will accomplish HIs good pleasure with or without you!! HE will indeed find a willing heart to be used to love HIs people. A wonderful lesson for this old teacher. Thanks to Jesus our Master Teacher who never gives up on us!! Julie

Whom do you serve?

Just stop and ask yourself,"What do i think about more than anything else in this life?" You answer will probably tell you whom you are serving with your time and talents. Rick Renner WOW! As your Discipleship Pastor, I want all of Life Center thinking about Jesus and loving HIm, pleasing Him, serving HIm......all else follows after that. How we doin???? Julie

Thank you!!

Just a big Thank you for all the Birthday blessings yesterday! Facebook greetings to new office furniture, cards, flowers, candy, homemade gifts, lunch,(my grandson attended!) hugs and prayers!!! What a wonderful blessing to be in the Family of God..special thanks to my beautiful cell sistas, staff and my new sistas in D1!!Thanks a bunch! Julie ps This is gonna be our best year yet at Life Center!!

Rushing Water

Can you hear the rushing water? I hear it in the voices of the Youth Staff from the Encounter weekend! I heard the sound at the altar after service yesterday as a beautiful couple gave their lives to Christ and will be attending cell groups tonight and tomorrow!! I hear the sound of God as He sends us treasures of people that are hungry to learn and grow! The rushing is partly from the next generation stepping into the rivers of God that are flowing towards us at Life Center..I am not a good swimmer, but I can tread water real well...so jump in church! The river continues to rise! Julie

Happy Tears

What a day.....everyone is bustling about! Adam and Anthony getting stuff together for the Youth Encounter at Sach's house. Christina,Ellie, Ruth, Nicole and Bethany are remodeling the CCK and Nursery areas for allll the little peoples!! And all I can think of is...when we came to Madison in 1991 THERE WERE NO CHILDREN! No babies or teens of any kind...and look now at what the Lord has done. Even as I type this my own lil grandson sleeps in my office while Mommy and Daddy and Grandpa and Auntie Tina serve in God's Great House!! What a privilege...I am living the Harvest....wow. Jesus...you are true to your word. Trust Him...His way works...might take a few years...Julie

Hungry for God

Wow! My Discovery 1 class has doubled in size and starts 30 minutes earlier because the folks are soooo hungry for God and want more!!! 2 ladies were not feeling well when they came but did NOT want to miss...showed up with homework done, ready to take notes and go home and apply these life lessons. What about you reading this? Are you hungry enough to come early, stand in line for church, tithe even if it was not tax deductible? Just asking....Jesus is better than life itself. Julie

Weekend Encounter

WOW!! God showed up in an amazing way. Our intention as a leadership team was to trust Christ completely for everything...and wow did He decide to honor that. In all humility, we have not experienced a river of God/His spirit/His power like that ever before...for the most part, indescribable!! Just to say that all else pales in comparision to His presence, love and power. We are indebted to Him for HIs kindness to us. Still in awe of all HE can accomplish in such a small amount of time...yet when HE is there, time stands still. We are learning the importance of cultivating a climate where He can dwell amongst us. The river is rising!!! Julie