What is thankfulness for?

Hey guys so sorry it has taken me this long to get another video up. Summer is always busy at my house and this yr really  is no different. Things will be more consistent by fall. Here is a super quick video that talks about thankfulness. I have a feeling I will go more in depth later but this was just a thought I had today that I wanted to share with you all. Hope you guys are having an amazing summer and I will talk to you again soon!!!

Crystal

Quick update

 Hey glory filled wonderful people! It is that time of year again. Summer camp! My kids go to North Carolina every year for camp once in June then again in July. It is a great time of fun and fellowship but most of all they always encounter God in new ways!! So any way here I have a quick update from my first night and I will hopefully have another one before the end of the week. I will be continuing to talk about identity in the next video. If you get a chance read the scripture where Jesus is tempted we will be discussing that scripture. Love you all!

Finding Our Identity in Christ

Hey everyone here is the next video. Remember if you have questions or comments please let me know!!

Love and Blessings,

Crystal

Starting a Video Series

Hello all, I know that it literally has been forever since I posted on this blog!! I started it and then life happened and nothing happened on this blog. But that all ends today. Late today! lol oh well better late than never. 
So I really wanted this blog to be about my passionate pursuit of my beloved, Jesus and that is what it is going to be about but a huge part of this blog is going to be in Video format! What? yep thats right video. 
I have a passion for teaching about Jesus too so I thought why not teach about Jesus while I share about my love for him and there is where the idea was born. 
Then I was thinking of the family that I have in upstate NY ( I am in Florida) that I would love to share Jesus with plus that I would love to connect with on a spiritual level and it was just so clear that this was a perfect platform to do that. 
So in the next season of this blog you will see video after video about my life with Jesus. What I have learned where I have come from as far as religion and christianity. What resources have really helped me and most of all what God is putting on my heart at the time to share with all of you. So enjoy my blog, thank you for visiting and please do not forget to comment or even ask a question. I will be doing videos that are just for answering questions from viewers. Thanks everyone!

The first video is just an intro with a special shout out for my niece Teraisa and it talks about the next video but I think I am going to redo that next video. I am having a lot of trouble uploading it so I think I need to redo it to make it easier. The second video will be up tomorrow. 

Have an awesome night guys!!!!

Crystal 

Compelled by Love

Have you ever experienced a moment in life where you sit and because of what you are hearing you suddenly start feeling this stirring that keeps building and building until you think that you can't stand it anymore. It isn't painful or uncomfortable, no it is exciting because you are feeling a desire or a passion that is being lit in you and all you can think about is taking the next step. It may even be that you have had this feeling before but somewhere along the path of life it got buried far away. Well I experienced this just two days ago and really felt the need to share it. I knew I was starting new blog so I thought this would be the perfect place. 
If you are familiar with the Name Heidi Baker then the following will be of no surprise to you. However if you are not then please allow me to introduce you to someone that I think is pretty awesome!

Heidi and her husband Rolland are amazing people who have given up everything and said yes to the call of going to the nations and bringing love and hope to everyone that they come in contact with.  Several yrs ago they started a ministry in Mozambique Africa helping families and orphans in need.

This past Sunday night Jan. 5, 2014 they had the debut of their movie Compelled By Love. 

Watching this movie was such an experience. It is hard to express in words the way that it affected me but I am going to try. This movie was a complete history of how Heidi and Rolland started out in ministry. You will here amazing testimonies of sacrifice and survival of miracles and love. You will see how they ended up in Mozambique. How God provided everything and how through Love an entire nation was and is being changed. 

When I was blessed to go and see Heidi speak in Sarasota Fl this past summer,there was such a love that just washed over the room and I was instantly hit with his presence. I felt the same thing when watching this film. Instantly in His presence and Instantly in His heart. It wrecked me with so much of his goodness and love and his heart for all people and all nations. This is the gospel, this is the commandment that He gave. This movie has shifted something in my spirit, a fire has been ignited and I do not want to be someone who just lets it go dim and just think about what I want to do with it. Heidi and Rolland are examples of the true commission of the gospel. This movie makes me want to do more and dream bigger and know that I too can ask for a town, a city, or even a nation for the name of Jesus!! He is Love and this movie portrays what His Love looks like in action.

So to go back to my first question, if you have experienced this what do you do with it?  I am not 100% sure but I have a few ideas and plan on moving on them tomorrow.

The truth is our world needs love His Love. What does that look like? Does it look like what we typically see when Christians are portrayed in the media? Does it look like sending money to the needy, or saying that we will pray for each other. Is love constantly telling someone that they are in sin and are going to go to hell if they don't repent. What did love look like when Jesus was here. Wasn't he the perfect example? These are some of the things that I will be discussing on this blog and I hope that you will join in. I have a feeling that Love may look a little different that what many of us have been told. But before my next post check out the trailer below of this awesome movie and then decide if you want to see more. It is available for digital download and DVD. I hope to one day meet Heidi and Rolland Baker and it would be amazing if I could go to Mozambique and maybe for a moment be apart of what they are doing!

Good Night and God Bless!!