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Ladies, call our office today to register for the “One Thing Worship Retreat.” Information is below and Kim will be glad to share more with you when you call or email.

Read some of the comments on our women’s ministry tab about “One Thing.”

If you are outside the Atlanta area, please call and schedule your own “One Thing Worship Retreat” for your women’s group.

Here’s that info we promised:

One Thing Worship Retreat

Saturday, November 5, 2016

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

The Green House – 139 Jonesboro, GA  30236

Cost: $40.00 – includes lunch

 

Contact Kim today at [email protected] or by phone at 770-656-7114

 

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Recently Kim was a guest on Sounding The Light, a podcast hosted by Terah Tucker.

http://soundingthelight.com/our-guests/stl-50-kim-stanley/

 

 

 

The weekend services are over, all hardboiled eggs accounted for, friends and family here and gone; and here we are – the week after Easter. Well, really our celebration of Easter. It is just a day after all. Right?

I admit to getting pretty worked up over the worship services at my church, my women’s bible study, and planning our family’s meal for Sunday afternoon. And I’m not sorry. Not one bit. If there was ever a day to go all out crazy for, it should be Easter Sunday. I mean, it is the game changer, the crux of the entire Christian faith. Jesus is ALIVE!! For heaven’s sake!

And I want that to change my week after Holy Week. I want that to change me.

And it does. He does. He changes me. Because it is His very alive life in me that works this out.

So when your kids go back to school, when you go back to work, to the busy, messy life you were in before you celebrated Easter, rest assured that Christ in you will live His very alive life in you wherever you are. And that life in you is the light that will help bring many sons to glory. That love in you, the God’s love that has been poured into our hearts through Holy Spirit love, will love others around you, even, and especially the hard to love ones.

Our part is to trust. Abide. Believe. Surrender.

We are an Easter people.

Our year started off with great trips to Arkansas and Mississippi! We were invited to lead worship for revival services at FBC Batesville, AR, and witnessed God at work to bring renewal to His people there. Sweet times of prayer and worship and listening to God’s Word together, in spite of instances of sickness among the Pastor and visiting preacher. Our God reigns! Kim led the women in a One Thing Worship Retreat for 2 days leading up to the revival services, and experienced an amazing time of prayer and listening to God with the ladies. One woman said she was not looking forward to putting herself in “time out” with God for a whole hour, but as she stilled herself before Him, she heard Him speak through His Word to her Spirit. She shared with the group, through tears, how beautiful it was to hear God speak to her! Glorious!

We came home for one day, then Kim led in another One Thing Worship Retreat in Williamson, GA. This  was a group of Moms who homeschool their children (such a talented, creative group of women – my heroes!) and planned this time to get away to hear from God and enjoy time together. Beautiful!

One Thing Worship Retreats are keeping Kim busy, and she is loving it! Her first one of the year was in North GA at Camp Pinnacle with FBC Social Circle. These ladies entered right in to God’s Presence and many shared of their experience as they heard from the Spirit of God! All praise to God!

Then it was off to Mississippi to FBC of Van Cleave. We watched the Spirit at work to bring several to Christ and many more to pray at the altar every night. It was beautiful to see the church gather around their leaders to pray for them and encourage them! We loved spending time with the entire staff!

We are humbled and grateful to go any and everywhere God sends us. His praise will ever be on our lips!

 

God’s idea. Gen. 2:15 “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” Adam was created for fellowship with God. In Eden he perfectly understood and carried out his purpose: worship.

Worship is relational. As Adam enjoyed personal communion with God he also understood his purpose. They were intertwined. He worked in the garden and kept it. First act of lifestyle worship. And there was joy unspeakable.

After the fall, after Eve was deceived and Adam disobeyed, they were driven from the garden. Intimacy with God changed. He would never leave them, but because of their sin, there was separation and death. And labor and toil and struggle and murdered and banished children, and grief.

But God….

promised that One would come from Adam’s offspring who would bruise the serpent’s heel; who would bring many sons to glory and redeem intimate fellowship with the Father. Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, dwelt among us.”But to all who did receive him, who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12)

As we are brought from death to life, our relationship to God is restored and we now “worship in spirit and in truth.” While we are not in Eden anymore, we can live our lives here on this planet purposefully through lifestyle worship.

Work is holy as it is done unto the Lord. Whether you work on Wall street, in a classroom, or swish toilets, all is worship. “I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1)

God’s idea.