Novica's Nuggets of Faith

Today I read the prayer of Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 and also watched Jentezen Franklin I just got back from a much deserved 2 week vacation and I am so glad to have a home to come back to! I have had moments of re-evaluation through out this trip and I must confess that I have come away with more "to dos" than  "have dones" on this trip.  I certainly have a lot of work to do, but the one thing that I know is it's going to take a lot of faith.  More faith than I realized.  And to top it all off, the first sermon that I hear when I come back is on the prayer of Jabez.  Just reading the prayer made me feel unworthy.  I know God wants to bless me, but I feel unworthy to ask him. I know that he will open up doors for me to travel and deliver his word, I just don't know how, and I feel awkward asking him to bless me and enlarger my territory,  I am not looking to be rich and famous, I just want to influence peoples lives through my testimony, and the wo...

The title says it all!  You can make a list of things right now that you do and probably cross off 3/4 of it as unnecessary clutter that keeps you from doing the few things God called you to do well. We had our Nuggets of Faith Women's group this past Tuesday and we discussed setting priorities.  first off the Bible tells us to "love the Lord your God with all your heart ans with all your soul and with all your strength"   Deuteronomy 6:5 God is supposed to come first, all of our heart, soul, and strength should be committed to loving God, making him the first priority, the first one we consult.  The Bible also states, " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and every thing else will be added"   Matthew 6:33 Most of the time we are busy trying to make a good life for ourselves and neglect our relationship with our Father.  Setting priorities means that we don't have to work ourselves into total insanity, the simple formula? Seek G...

This past week I attended the 87th annual HYPU convention.  Every year I have attended this event, it is always the same as any other conference or assembly we have always had.  Not much room is really given to the young people.  I mean we sing the same songs and don't incorporate anything new.  A refreshing moment was when two young people stood up during testimony service and sang Kirk Franklin's song "Smile" but even then the support was vague.  I would love to see the National board support a week long HYPU camp for our young people.  With workshops, concerts and services  that address the issues of young Christians today.  I am sure that there are things in the works, it's just that change is long overdue.  Anyhoo, The word was good and my favorite was Pastor Michael McCreary he did an awesome job!  Dr. Cummings showed us a few things and I got his message. However, sometimes I feel like preachers don't think they preached well unle...

Hey everyone! My how I've missed my blog page!  I am sorry I haven't put a single post on here in May, but I was taking my last class before graduating and I needed total concentration on the task at hand.  Not that ministry ever stopped as those of you know me and were either at the small group back in May or at Church service on Sunday.  I am still about my Father's business and I have finished class with an A and I an now done with school completely!  How about all this rain!  WOW! It is scary to see so much devastation going on from the weather, my heart and prayers go out to all who have been  affected.  One more sign that let's us know that Jesus will be coming for his church and I don't know about you, but I don't want to be all lip service, but I  want my walk to stand before me when Jesus comes back.  I will post the next Nuggets of Faith small group meeting time and place shortly, but I just wanted to say I'VE MISSED YOU!...

Hello everyone! I have just posted a new video blog on the Church of God MPGT community facebook page.  Go over there and check it out.  Once I get really good at posting and keeping my videos under 10 mins I will be posting them to You tube and sharing them to this page.  I wanted to encourage you all to press toward the mark.  Philippians 3:13-14 Paul writes to the Philippian church:  "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:  but this one thing I do, Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Paul knew how he persecuted the Church he was quite aware of his faults and mistakes, however, because he was sure of the new creature he was in Christ, having a greater purpose in spreading the Gospel, he did not let his past keep him from doing what God called for him to do.  We too cannot let guilt from past mist...

I am preparing for the women's group tonight but I didn't want you to think that I forgot about my bloggies. The discussion topic is : living a spirit filled life I am going to post the worksheet I composed for this session and you can view, save and print it off if you find it useful.  I will also do a video blog and make it accessible (hopefully) on this page...pray for me!  lol Anyways, sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, but believe me when I say God is good and he is always on time when it comes to meeting our needs.  God Bless and I love you guys.

I just finished up studying with my husband, who was preparing to teach the Sunday School lesson.  The lesson subject is "Living a changed life".  It was coming out of Romans 6:1-13 and 22,23.  But I wanted to read the chapters leading up to chapter 6, so as I was going throught he chapters, two verses that stood out to me were from Chapter 1: 16-17.  Paul declares "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. Just as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith." This scripture spoke to me, we as believers and followers of Christ, should never be ashamed of such a powerful gospel.  This gospel holds the power for us to be saved.  But this is only true to those that have faith in the gospel of grace.  Grace is Gods power to help us to live a righteous life, i...