His Provision is My Protection

HIS PROVISION IS MY PROTECTION--- That is what God has been speaking to me Today.Never heard it anywhere before and it just popped in my head straight from God, I am not a alliteration person people :)

Nothing is impossible for YOU, nothing is impossible. Nothing is impossible, YOU hold my WORLD in YOUR hands!!! You are all we need, I believe, I believe your my portion, I believe your MORE than ENOUGH for me. Jesus your ALL I need.

This song has been ringing in my head all day long today. I sent it to a family member this morning and since then I have had it stuck in my head. This has been a favorite song of mine for a very long time it always seems to lift my spirit. This week has been good so far despite things that are going on in my life God is and always will be bigger and better.
Lets just say that I am beyond amazed at God's wonderful plan for my life and how he has worked a few people into my life in the past year. It has truly been a blessing, and I believe that I have grown more this year than I ever have. His plan is always greater than ours and he places exactly who we need in our lives when we need them, His provision is my protection!!!

I have been thinking a lot about different topics and subjects this week. We sing this song all the time. "I believe nothing is impossible for you" but if we really get honest with ourselves... we still worry, we still wonder... when God, when will I get my breakthrough, when will my children come to you, when will everything be perfect like (that persons life) when will I look like that, when will my family be as put together as theirs?... When the truth is we all have our own flaws and no one is perfect, but so many times we find ourselves deceived thinking the exact opposite. God made us exactly, ourselves, our family, our lives, the way he wanted them. Yes, sometimes we have to go through a lot in life, and I will be the last one to tell you that becoming a Christian makes everything easier, because it's just not that way. The bible even says we will be tempted and tried in our faith, to see if we are keeping the faith, and most of the time it seems to come all at once at the worst time possible but that is exactly why we have God, and the friends and family that we can trust to go to.

Sooo to make a long story short of what is on my heart today--- lets just say... Nothing is Impossible for HIM, Nothing is Impossible, Nothing is Impossible for HIM, HE holds OUR entire World----in HIS hand.
-If he is for us then who can be against us, and These three remain: faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is Love.
Love each other, Life is too short, God paid too much, and we are meant to be here for each other.


His Provision is my Protection!

Life... Abundantly

Life... We are called to live an abundant life... But what exactly does this mean? We all know the scripture Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans to prosper not to harm you and plans to give you a hope and a future. But my question is... Do we REALLY believe it. Do we really believe that he wants us to live an abundant life? Well he does. The abundant life he wants us to live does not consist of walking around as a failure or looking down at the ground all day long, It doesn't consist of looking at someone for who they were rather than who they are and it also doesn't consist of looking back at your past, because everyone knows its hard to move forward when you are looking back... and if you do you are destined to crash. My Pastor has been talking about our lives and how so many times we go around with "what he/she" thinks we are or who we are tattooed to our person. Depression, Divorce, Fear, Finance, Sexual Immorality, Hurt and many more that so many "Christians" carry around like a suitcase. I found this to be something that NEEDS to be talked about now more than ever. Because as I look around me, so many of us are walking around with something that we have let keep ties with us. If we could all just realize that God has taken that away when we became his child we would all be better physically, emotionally, and spiritually. If we could get our focus off of ourselves, we would then see our purpose and vision as one of Gods children. Other people! We are called to help the hopeless, the hungry and the hurting. God has called us to live an abundant life consisting of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control. He wants his Love to shine through us to reach others... what good does it do if it stays bottled up in us and never reaches something that is desperately in need or hurting beyond comprehension. We are made to love. Live in Love and Prosper, The World was never made to rule over us as it is many Christians today, but we were made to rule and have dominion over the world, being made in his image and likeness. We are co-heirs of Christ. He is for us not against us!!! We serve a loving God who continues to bless his children and give us all a hope and a future. His love will never fail.

No matter what

If any song could be playing in my heart... it would be this one.


I’m running back to your promises one more time, Lord that’s all I can hold on to, I gotta say this has taken me by surprise, but nothing surprises you. Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through Your hands, and even though I, I keep asking why, I keep asking why,



No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not,if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.



When I’m stuck in this nothing-ness by myself, I’m just sitting in silence, there’s no way I can make it without Your help, I wont even try it. I know You have Your reasons for everything, so I will keep believing, whatever I might be feeling, God you are my hope, and you'll be my strength,



No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.



Anything I don’t have You can give it to me, but it’s ok if You don’t, I’m not here for those things, the touch of Your love is enough on its own, no matter what I still love You and I’m gonna need You



No matter what I’m gonna love you, no matter what I’m gonna need you, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what no matter what no matter no matter what

Be exalted in our praise.

As your presence fills this place, be exalted in our praise, as we worship, I believe you are near...
Do we still stand in awe of him and worship because of who he is, and what he has done in our lives? Our life was created for so much more than to just exist...we were called to live to worship our creator, and he should always be exalted not only with our worship but with our lives. Our life should be a love song directly to him. We spend extensive amounts of time worrying about what someone else in our life will think about us, when really... honestly all that matters is what he thinks and if he approves of the way we live the life he has given us. Our hearts should always be set on him through everything we encounter. I am amazed at his great love.. & how we are or can be changed from glory to glory. He is always near..even when we feel distant.. he is always near, and his love never changes. He just wants us to worship him and I have found that aspect of life can fill you with amazing love and peace for your life and help you encourage others to never give up, no matter what the trial. God is our redeemer and the lover of our soul. Before we were ever lovable he loved us, before we were admirable he admired us,when we were hopeless..he gave us hope and still today... he loves us even when we show him very little love sometimes when our lives get soooo busy. Exalt him in your praise, your life, everything... his blessings and love will always be enough.

YOU are Beautiful.

Until you and I are one. Are we one with God or are we two different people altogether? Im not going to sugarcoat it and say that I have had a wonderful week and that everything has went exactly how I wanted it to happen... because this week it just hasn't. I have been trying to obey his voice and do what he has wanted me to do this week, and one of those tasks was one that I, myself, was not excited about doing, and when I did do it, after the fact, after last night, I feel a peace about continuing in what I have been doing and just praying for a certain family individual... Because I now see that it is not good for us to be together right now... complete opposite people. I can tell you however; that God has a plan in and through everything, and his love never fails no matter how manipulated or hurt we may be, he will always be there, and he always places people in my life when I need them... exactly when I need them. I need you like the rain, I long for your love so much, I want it, your pure touch, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL...BEAUTIFUL....SO BEAUTIFUL. God sees our hearts and who we are, inside and out. Every aspect. I need you to be here, come to me, I can feel you near, I love you, you are my hope, and you love me as your own. You are beautiful...beautiful... so beautiful. He wants us to know that we truly are his own and that we are beautiful and made in his very own image. I have been constantly having to remind myself of this through these challenges this week. & remind myself that he has a WONDERFUL plan for my life and is guiding my steps. He is always there when I need him and even when we feel like we don't need him he is always there. We have to remind ourselves of who we are in him constantly, because truly this world and even your "family" can get you very down on yourself when you know for a fact you did nothing wrong. I'm soooo blessed to have the wonderful people he has given me to be here for me and live their life to the fullest and encourage me too. Gods mercy and love are never-ending. & he has never given up on you? Not one time. I believe he is everything I need and everything I will ever need to live my life and right now, well this past year or two, I have felt closer to him than ever. & its the greatest feeling ever. I would never go back to the occasional prayer or reading of my bible. There is sooo much more liberty and freedom when you seek the one who sees you as beautiful and in his image. Oh happy day, you wash my sin away, I'll never be the same. Forever I am changed. Embrace his love and the peace he has for you today, even in life's struggles, in the bad and the good times. He is a never-ending, ever-present, never failing God who loves and cares for every aspect of your life, even the little things up to the big things. Oh what a glorious day!! He has BIG plans, during our BIG circumstances and issues. He still knows we are beautiful.

Are we still the same?

Wont relent until you have it all, my heart is yours. Many waters can not quench this thrist. Wont relent until you have it all, My heart is yours.

Well, I have been thinking this week... Have we really given it ALL. We know that Jesus did give it ALL. He needs to be set as a seal upon our hearts for there is love that is as strong as death, jealousy demanding, as the grave. He gave his all so we could be here and live with ALL we have for him. This world can ultimately get to the point where we are extremely busy and dont have time to do the things he would want us to do. I dont know about any of you but I know that sometimes, with school, church, and my grandpa being sick sometimes I find myself doing extensive things in my own life that I do not get what I really needed in that day... and thats my quiet time.. alone... with my Father to just talk to him... Because you really can just talk to him.. tell him how your day is going and what is on your heart... Thats truly what he desires from all of us. He wants a relationship with every single one of us who have accepted him... not just to be one of those casual friends that we all have that we talk to about once a week. He wants to be the best friend that you call, text, or email every day and multiple times. He doesnt care if we have fun with our friends... he just wants to be with us, not backed in a corner of your heart that only shows up on Sunday and Wednesdays. He gave his best and sometimes I look around and feel like all of us.. me included.. do not show him enough.. or give enough.. He desires for us to take him everywhere with us and be inside of us.. but just not on the inside but to appeal to the outside of us as well, to show others. He loves us so much and has a wonderful plan for every single one of you. There should be nothing that we want me, and we should not relent until he truly and honestly has it ALL.

Im running to your arms.

The riches of your love will ALWAYS be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace, Light of the world forever reign. Im running to your arms.

This weekend, I have found myself not being able to stop listening to this song. Its been a very spiritual (high) weekend I guess you could call it that. I have really been "running to his arms" because truly its the only thing that meets me exactly where I am. I love being in his will and knowing he loves me more than words can say. I never have to worry about not being loved or not being accepted because as long as he loves me and excepts me that is all that really matters to me. He has given me soo many people in my life that mean the absolute world to me. I truly can sit here tonight and tell you that I am sooo happy and excited about his will and plan for my life. I can not wait. I understand that if he NEVER did one more thing for me in this life that I would STILL owe him my life and everything in it. He makes me happy and he always knows exactly how to make me smile. Its a relationship I would not trade for anything. be encouraged that even when you feel like no one loves you or even cares....he does....ALWAYS. and he will NEVER stop loving you.

Blessing and honor to you the only wise King

Filled with wonder awestruck wonder at the mention of your name. Jesus your name is power breath and living water such a marvelous mystery. Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God almighty who was and is and is to come. With all creation i sing praise to the King of Kings.

I have been thinking about this song this morning. Are we still "Filled with awestruck wonder at the mention of his name." Do we still have the feeling we had when we were first saved and everything was lifted from us..? Do we still care as much as we did then? We should have that same feeling each day we wake up from our cozy beds. The price he paid is too great for us to care sooo little. We would not even be on this world if it weren't for him. I feel like the phrase Pastor Bobby uses alot is a great eye-opener. "If i were God, and its a very good thing Im not... I would simply reach down to Earth and just turn off the oxygen... and when everyone started flopping around like fish and turning blue... then I would say who needs who now. Because the truth is... God does not need our ability but our availability... after all we are talking about the God of the universe here.. What could he possibly need except desire for our love and admiration and our availability to do his work here on Earth. Just a reminder.. Love all of you.

This is where the Healing begins.

There's freedom waiting in the sound when you let your walls fall to the ground. This is where the healing begins, this is where the healing starts when you come to where your broken within...the light meets the dark.--Tenth Avenue North

I have been listening to this song non stop for about a week now. This past week has been one of the roughest of my life. One of my inspirations Tommy Fields died this past Tuesday in a motorcycle accident. He was an inspiration, but even more than that, he was like a Father to me. I have grown up in church with him and sang with him every Sunday night since I can remember. I have been busy going here, going there, since summer has been here; and when this happened it turned my world upside-down as it did everyone that knew him. I have found out this passed week that it always hurts worse when it is unexpected and an accident. But as the bible says unlike those that have no hope we have hope that we will see him again.... and I believe it will be VERY soon.

I have also realized a few things that I knew before this happened but it has really hit home this passed week. Sometimes I realize, as most of you, I am sure that sometimes I get sooo busy in this world that I forget to involve him in my day and that is a wasted day, and I have realized that I have even more of a desire to live for him and do all that I can on this Earth to promote a Father that never leaves us and is always here, even when, "our world is crashing down." I know that if WE do not live this life out the way he created us too, we will never be satisfied. I am sooo happy that Tommy lived the life he did and spoke into sooo many peoples life through his life and through singing. He always made me smile and I know he is singing to Jesus, and having a great time. I would not wish him back here for anything, as much as I would like to see him again. I know I will get to see him soon. At his funeral, eight people were saved, I know he was smiling down and heaven was rejoicing. What a GREAT experience to see at a funeral. God was there. & seeing those lives saved was worth sooo much. God is sooo good, he can work in the most devastating points of our life.

Lets live this out for God, he gave his only son so that we could live and one day go to be with him and all of those that have died, and now with him, that we love and want to see again. He loves us with an unconditional love, and has soooo much in store for your life. In only we could grasp the thought of how much he truly loves us and live like we knew it. He is here to pick us up off of our faces whenever we choose. But its our choice, we have free-will. He will not force you into a commitment with him. But I can promise you one thing, it will not always be easy, and bad things still will happen because we are living in a fallen world but if you take that first step he WILL meet you, and once you take that step... its the BEST decision you will make in your life. A lifelong friend,father,counselor,savior, and comforter.

I love you all. Thanks for reading.

There is a God, How much proof do you need?

Well I havent written anything in a while so I figured I would do the update. :) This week has been a rough ride for me but God is good through everything we have to walk through. I have noticed this week that when you are trying your hardest to be nice or do right that is when everything seems to fall apart. I knew that before this week but it has really became clear this week. I woke up thinking this morning how in the world do people survive in this world without the love and mercy of God. I truly believe if I did not have the relationship with God that I have, I would be in a totally different place than I am today. I have also realized that I have special people in my life that are going through things that God has already walked me through so that I can reach out and help them in there time of need. Thats really all I want to do is be here for other people and help them through whatever they need. I believe with my whole heart that god has been here with me through my whole life to let me help others that maybe do not know how to cope and rely on God as there provider and even those that do rely on him to strengthen and encourage them that in the end all things work out for the good of those who love him. My favorite scripture is 1 cor. 13:13 these three remain faith hope and love but the greatest is love. Love is the answer to every question if you dont have love you have nothing and that is what this world is looking for someone to love and encourage them in all things, through the storms of life. Love and encourage someone in your life today, it will make a difference.

Hold on tight..Dont let GO.

Well today has been an amazing day.. I love it when God places people on your path to encourage. I was able to be with my best friend since 6th grade today and just talk about life.. and how far we have been together.. the good and the not soo good times. And it made me think.. about alot of things... how much we change as we grow up and the friends that we gain,loose, and those that just fall off the map some for the best. I have matured more in the past year than I ever have. And I have come to realize that some people take for granted the great families and friends that they are surrounded with. I believe that we overlook some of Gods greatest blessings in our life, maybe not intentionally, but we need someone to remind us of them... I have been blessed with soo many great people in my life to help and encourage me through anything and I know for a fact that it is not by mistake, God placed people in my life for such a time as this. Like I said some friends and sometimes even family, come and go... but our God is the only one who is always here and someone we can always depend on... he sees us at our worst and at our best and loves both sides of the true us. God will never leave you nor forsake you he is everlasting and loves us more than we will ever know and sends us blessings everyday it could be a friend, a family member, or something that makes you smile. Get lost in his blessings. :)

The Love of God

Well I have missed a couple of days and it has been a crazy weekend. I graduated yesterday from Cookeville High School, and then Project Grad from 10-6 this morning. I had every intention of waking up at 7:30 and going to first service but that was just not happening. I just wanted to encourage you all today that God can see you through any circumstance and he lovess you sooooo much. If we could ever grasp his love, we all would be filled with sooo much joy. Discover gods love for you today...tomorrow... and forever.

I Think We Made A Wrong Turn...?

Well this week has been one crazy week, my grandfathers nephew died on Sunday so we have been going through the visitation/funeral steps this week, along with all of the Graduation crazyness this week, and Graduation Practice in the morning. All of the tradgedies that have been happening around our world in just the past month have really made me start thinking. The Flood in Nashville, The Oil Spill, The shooting in Algood yesterday because of a racial slurr, and the many many other actions being displayed. Last night our youth group studied Luke 9:23-27. The verse that really just caught my attention and made me think was --Your not in the drivers seat---I AM. Don't run from suffering, EMBRACE IT. Follow me and I will show you how. SELF HELP... is no help at all...Self sacrifice is the way...my way. to finding yourself..the real you. The main points of this is that we try soo hard to run our life the way we want to run it, do the things we want to do, go the places we want to go.. and many other things, when God, if we proclaim to be a Christian, is meant to be in the drivers seat or top priority/control of our everyday life...Quite honestly if we try to run our own life all we do is completley run it into the ground and end up in a hole that we just dig further and further down into. The second part of this scripture is just simply saying that we do not need to run from our suffering or problems but embrace them, not by ourselves, but with Gods help... he teaches us how to deal with the suffering and low-times in life with his help. We can try as much as we want to try and fix ourselves but we have to become dependent on God, sometimes it takes us hitting rock bottom and having no where else to go and nothing else to help us, to actually realize that we do need help, I have seen this happen with soo many of my friends and even my family... they try to run their own lives with only their wants and their ideas... and eventually they have all hit rock bottom. God doesnt want us at rock bottom but I believe with my whole heart that if you have to be put there, he will let it happen to make you realize how much you really do need him. Our God knows what we need, who we need, and when we need it. We have to let him in the drivers seat..Life works a whole lot better this way.

How do you run? Are you a WINNER?

Well here goes another blogging site..My name is Priscilla Choate, some people just call me Choate, I was an early grad. senior at Cookeville High School this year and started my wonderful journey to Tennessee Tech this past Fall for a Nursing degree, something I feel God told me I needed to do, with a minor in Counseling to come after. Last night we had a bacc. service for all 2010 Senior at ATMS, the speaker talked about being a winner and the steps it takes to be a winner, You have to RUN. You have to want to win the race and do everything in your power to make it. We are not talking about a race in life, yet you do run it in life, we are talking about a race you run in order to see our heavenly father. He talked about how when you are running your race, you do have people watching you. He said "some will join the race because of the way you run." This means that us "Christians"--people are watching us, like a clock, all day long. When we have a tragedy happen in our workplace, our school, our friends, and yes...even our family... people are watching how we react to our situation.. He added that "You never know who will join the race(God's Kingdom) because of the way you run in your most desperate times." People are looking for strength and someone who can be real and know that at the end everything is going to be okay, they are looking for someone stable and able to cope with not only their problems but help carry some of theirs. They need compassion and love, strength and encouragement. Im not saying everyday you are going to feel like being the strong person, we all know thats not true, and by no means are we perfect, im just saying watch how you run your race because it can and will affect others. Some of us and im including myself, have been so caught up in graduation, college, jobs, kids...and many other life contributions that we have started walking, stopped, or maybe sat down in our race...and we need to get up because we have people watching us, and its not only affecting them but its affecting us also. We are missing out on the grace and love that our father has for us each and every morning. Just a little encouragement for your day. More to come. These three remain faith,hope, and love but the greatest of these is love. -1 Cor. 13:13.