Thank God for friends

I've been thinking today about all the things that I'm thankful for and you made the list! I truly thank God that He has blessed me with friends like you!
I Love you!
T

Our Father

"Our Father in Heaven hallowed be your name"

It's amazing that we get to sit at the feet of God the Father because of Jesus and pray to Him. Remember we get to speak freely to the Father, but we should always do so with a respect and awe of who He is.

"Our Father" He is not just my father or your Father, the prayer does not begin with "My Father" it's our. He is the creator of all we are all apart of the family of God! We all share one heavenly Father.

"Hallowed be your name" Think about the passage we read in Isaiah 6 and how he described the throne of God. Jesus is your friend and wants to be apart of every aspect of your life, BUT He is not your homeboy! He is God so give Him the proper place in your life. The prayer says "hallowed" is the name of God! How many of your friends have a hallowed name? There is only one God and one hallowed name and that's the name of our incredible creator! Hallowed is the name of the Father, Son and Spirit!

Spend some time talking and listening to God BECAUSE you can!!!!!!

It's gonna be a great journey studying prayer! We will continue to look at the precious prayer of our Lord Jesus and in the process we will learn as much as we can about prayer.

The Lord's Prayer is in Matthew 6:5-15

I love you!
T
**these are thoughts from Bible study 11/19/08

Hail Adam!!!

It was very strange for me after less than a week being here in Germany to miss all of yall. I think it is because I cannot see you or talk to you because we are so far from each other. It was hard for me to admit it to myself that I missed you guys and gals after such a short time. 'sniffle'

Jennifer has been kind enough to send me some pictures from Walk-On. This looked like a fun time. And maybe some parts 'stunk'...bc of some tall gas filled girl...hmmm, who could that be?

So, Germany...it is cold. I wear two pairs of pants every day. The Germans think this is funny...I don't.
It has been amazing to be in Germany as a non-german speaking American. The German teenagers here learn English all through out school so I have had many conversations with them. I have met up with old friends and made many new friends. None of this would have any meaning without Christ being the center of it all. I was in a bible study with Romanians, Polish, American, and Germans all in one room. This really showed the unity that Christ offers to the world.

So, I have had a couple of accidents on this trip. I fell down the stairs a couple of days ago. The bruise wil l be big one day then gone the next, then back the next day...this is bad. I fell off my bike in a very public city street. I had a bruise on my butt20bigger than my fist. Then I managed to erase everything off my Ipod. So take this as a lesson. You dont have to be perfect to have God use you...This should give hope to alot of you...ALOT OF YOU...

So anyway, Email me! AdamEnvy36@aol.com

Love(most of you)
Adam!

PS: Hmm...can everyone punch Christopher Dean if you see him?

Prayer?

Wednesday night was very cool for me! I hope it was for you too!
We talked about prayer and what it meant to talk and listen to God. Have you ever noticed that a lot of time when we pray it's a BIG long list of thank you's? God thanks for this and thanks for that and thanks that we could come to you and say thank you! Who talks like that? That's not how we communicate with each other so why would we talk to God like that? Don't get me wrong we need to thank God every day for all He has done for us mainly Jesus, BUT we can't limit ourselves to a quick thank you check off list!

Try the challenge: Pray and only allow yourself one thank you, learn to use other words to express your heart the the Lord. Be honest with Him, remember anything else is just acting. He can see right through it! You may fool me, but you can't full the One who knows you best!

What does it mean to listen to God? Wow, that's tough! You only hear His voice through His word! Get it in your heart, mind, life, and voice will begin to become clear!

Jesus can't wait to talk to you! He knows your heart know matter what words you use, but begin to speak clearly and from your heart. Be honest with Him and enjoy your time with Him!

What is better than hanging out and talking with the creator!
We will be studying this for the next several weeks!

I Love you!
T

***The first three people who can email me a passage of Scripture about prayer wins a free Chic-fil-a sandwich! You can't use the Lord's Prayer.

Paintball & Work Day

Hey Crew,
PAINTBALL this SATURDAY 8th!
Here's the deal we are going to meet at Atlantic Paintball (formally Duck-n-Dive) at 11:30 and play until 3:00!
Where: Atlantic Paintball, from the church go through the light at South Florence- take the next right onto Paul Jones Rd. it's less than a mile down on your right.
Time: 11:30 till 3:00
Cost: at least $20.00 that will include gun, mask, and first can of C02.
The paint can get expensive so if you plan on playing every round and shooting a lot of paint BRING MORE MONEY. I end up have to foot the bill at the end of the day usually so come with enough money.

It's a blast and worth it!

All are invited (even girls), parents, friends, grandma, etc.!

This is paintball YOU WILL GET SHOT !!!

I would love for all / everyone that is going to play if possible to meet me at the church at 9:00 am to help with the Work Day! I will get you a ride to paintball from the church!
Please try to make it to this!

BRING IT ON!!!
T

Hey Girls,
We will hold our 3rd GIRLS NIGHT OUT - on the 6th of November as planned earlier, BUT
we'll move the time up 30 min. This will allow for those who want to support our home schoolers and their special event, to leave after an hour of being at our Bake/Cook NIGHT to travel over to the church. (The Fine Arts event will be from 7:00 to 8:00)
We will plan on eating some supper together, (for those that want to eat) have a table for missionary card writing, plus a devotion around 6:30 - then start cooking/baking.

Hope this doesn't inconvenience anyone too much, with the earlier time, but if you have to come right from work, we will have plenty to eat. We will plan on having tacos for our meal.

For those that can come - let me know what filling you want to bring for the tacos. The meat is taken care of. I hope to speak to a few of the older (jr. & sr. girls) students to see if they will help with the cooking/baking and see if they have ideas of what they would like to learn. If anyone has an idea of what they would like to teach the girls, let me know about that too.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL - Thursday, November 6th at 6:00 to 8:00 at Holly's home, 1416 Creamoor Lane, (Queensferry Subdivision)