Praise Report!

On Thursday, I had to work at a Music School (where I work as a singing teacher) plus had to drive to Melle for a concert at my other Music School! Well, I had prepared a lunch box with two sandwiches, but at 3 p.m. I had eaten the sandwiches and I knew that I would not get home until 10 p.m.
I said a short prayer and asked God to help me, because I was getting sooooo hungry and could not go somewhere and buy me a sandwich (not enough time between the appointments), and I said: "God, please provide me with something to eat - if you find anybody to bring me something, that would be great!"
And - believe it or not - half an hour later one of my pupils came in and brought me a cake her mom had made!!!!! Our God is sooooooooooooooo good!

Bad Case of the Blahs...

Today, I had a bad case of the blahs.... The weather is soooo dreary (rain, snow, hail, heavy rain) that it could get even the most optimistic people down, and I had to make some additional tax payments (totally unexpected) plus had to order more oil for the heating (because of the weather, blah....more payments due), and then I went into town, and when I re-entered my car after buying groceries, I hit my head against the car doorframe (you know, when you don't feel awake in spite of coffee???). And I...

.....broke out into a song! "What an awesome God we serve!", I sang. Why did I do that? Because I know that it drives the devil crazy when we praise God in the middle of bad circumstances and do NOT speak the negative. Hah!
My God loves me and will help me - and I know, I know, I know that He will get me on the sunny side of this day! Hallelujah!

Prayers change everything!

Well, my son is a student at university, and his subject is Informatics. And now he failed to pass 2 important tests... Phew! As all of you who are mothers can imagine, my heart goes out to him; I want to help him, remove all obstacles, whatever. But the Holy Spirit told me NOT to call him every day and such things; maybe God has something else for him, in another range of studies - not informatics...
And to refrain from calling my son - that is soooooooo hard! So I mailed a prayer request to www.kcm.org (I am partnering with them, I think it is an awesome ministry that really helps me to understand God's Word), and they answered right away and sent me a lot of Bible verses to meditate on and pray about.
I did that, and - oh- my soul was comforted! I felt great peace about God dealing with my son, although in our last telephone conversation, my son seemed to be so downcast and a bit depressed. But - praise God! - today my son called and was much better, he sounded so courageous and optimistic! This weekend, he will come home for 2 days, and then we will pray about God's will for his life. I think he could change his field of study - he would make a great teacher - but I will just pray that God shows him what to do, I won't nudge my son in any way. I will trust in God, He has never failed me! Thank you ,Lord, for KCM and for the Holy Spirit.

Christians Against Superstition !

Well, on Sunday afternoon, I gave this teaching about Superstition and What God Says About It! I thought that maybe 4 or 5 people would come; but - oh! 14 People attended, 2 of them NOT christians! We had such a blast - I let them all recount everything they knew about "superstitious rituals", then we read the Bible verses about sorcery and divination and all those things that God forbids , and then I told them about my life before I was saved and about all the junk I tried (horoscopes, telling the future from Tarot cards and the like...) and why that does NOT work and why we should SHUN things like that.
Then we had a lively discussion; one woman who's not a christian (but seems very interested in our church!) challenged us to define why our faith in God is different from superstition! Whew - what a great discussion, everybody shared their thoughts and belief and we heard great testimonials!
Victory for our Lord - evil forces stood NO chance! Hallelujah.

More Contact with the real world!

A praise to God in my private life: He led me to try contact lenses! I have been wearing glasses since I was 7 years old; and never tried contact lenses because, well, it always seemed such a lot of hassle...
Now the Holy Spirit prompted me to go ahead and try them; and - surprise! - I liked it from day one! If you have never been a "four-eyes", you don't know what it means to see the world (just a small part of the world) pressed into a small frame...
And hey! The second day I wore my contact lenses, I had to drive to a rehearsal after sunset. A deer jumped out of the wood and crossed the street in front of my car, and if I had had my glasses on, believe me- I would have seen it too late (since it is difficult to perceive objects correctly that are to the far right or far left of your field of vision). God is so good! I believe He wanted me to have better vision (in every sense of the word!). Hallelujah, our God is great!

Just an update on the Music Ministry : it was a wonderful service! The preacher is a great man of God, he gave up his job to work with the homeless; he and his family live on donations to their work since 13 years! He said that he never regretted this step, and that God never failed them. Isn't that awesome? God is great!
I played the keyboard and sang, and the congregation sang along, and obviously they got into praising God - WOW! It is a small congregation, maybe 30 people on that sunday, but wow - they prayed and sang with such fervour! I know God was with us.

Thank you, God!

Music Ministry News!

Wow- I have been asked by a small church near our city to lead Worship and Prayer on Sunday, March 8! I feel so honoured - this means a lot to me.
I will not just "make an appearance" as a choir leader, but will prepare the service together with their preacher.
Since the Holy Spirit nudged me to open up more and listen to what God wants me to do and to be, He seems to have a lot more tasks for me... People keep calling me and e-mailing me, and I am very curious what will come up next! So far, only pleasant surprises.
Hmmmm- one afterthought - I trust that He will also equip me and help me, or else we are in for a belly-flopper (just a joke, of course I know that I can trust in God and will have to trust in Him in these endeavours and that He would never forsake us or leave us).

First Steps

This is a Blog about my first steps in being led by the Holy Spirit. I am a christian and I live with my hubby and our pets in a very small hamlet in Germany. I am an avid reader and love to study The Holy Bible - and lately God brought some exciting changes into my life!
Well, I work as a music teacher and choir director, but now a friend asked me to be her Worship Leader at a christian seminar she does. And God prompted me to do a study on superstition - and to instruct and guide others how to avoid the pitfalls of superstitition (when I was at University, I engaged in lots of idiotic activities like Tarot, Horoscopes and the like - before I became a believer!).
So I emailed lots of people I know and offered to give a lecture on superstition .I did not expect to get many answers - but I was in for a surprise! So far, 10 people have answered my mail and told me they are looking forward to participating - and some have even asked if they can bring their teens! Wow, when you feel this gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit to go out on a limb - do it!