The Merry-Go-Round Experience

Take a look at the above pic, remember those? Lol, I haven't seen one of these in so long, wow! Anyways, I'm sure you all know what a Merry-Go-Round is, I don't see them at the parks anymore but back in the day this very toy was what me and my siblings lived for whenever our parents took us to the park. Everyone gets on except the person who has to spin it and once in motion it goes around and around. As a child I preferred being the one spinning simply because I didn't like how it made me feel - the dizziness, nausea, and light headed (still don't like those feelings, one of the reason's I don't do rides at amusement parks except for the kiddie ones).

While it might be fun spinning on a Merry-Go-Round in the natural, it's not fun when one's life is going in circles and spinning out of control, that dizzy, light headed and nausea feeling is nothing to play around with. One of the things about the Merry-Go-Round above is that, there is not control device on board for the riders - you just have to spin until it stops. But if you're tired of going in circles and your life is spinning out of control, I have good news, unlike the physical Merry-God-Round, YOU ARE IN CONTROL!!! You have the authority to get off, you decide when you want to stop going in circles, the control device is in your hands. Stop taking a ride on things that make you feel bad, depressed , discouraged and disgusted. If what you've always done is no longer working or have never worked, then get the courage to try a New approach! There is nothing wrong with change as long as it's in the Will of God.

When riding the Merry-Go-Round as a kid one of my younger sisters would never get off (we all took turns spinning, although I tried to get more turns than the others and they liked it, lol) but she didnt like spinning so she would just there and go around and around until we eventually was tired out (at the same time complaining about ill feelings). Do you know anyone like this? Some folk clearly see that they are going around and around, on the job, in the home, in a relationship, in the Ministry, etc but because they don't like change or don't want to do the labor, they just sit there and go around and around, complaining at the same time about the ill feelings and the end results. I encourage you today, if you're going around and around, then get off the Merry-Go-Round, it's just that simple. I remember when I rode and my younger brother was the spinner, at times he would literally continue to spin not giving it a chance to slow down or come to a halt - and when ever this happened, I would balance myself as I stood and then I would JUMP off, lol. Yes, I would jump off, it was just that simple, I didn't stay in the torture long, I refused to do so, I might have fell in the process and even got bruised up a little but it was worth not having to go around any longer. This is how we must be when it comes to our life, you may get a little bruised up or discouraged as you transition into change but I can guarantee that it will be well worth it because anything is better than going around in circles and a life that's spinning out of control.

Stop doing the same thing over and over again if it's not working, stop hanging with the same people if they can't speak positivity in your life. NO MORE MERRY-GO-ROUNDS, it's time to move forward into the life that God has orchestrated JUST for you! Philip. 3:14 says, "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." It's a New Season, It's a New Day, It's a New Year and it's time to PRESS FORWARD!!!

Much Love in Christ,
Pastor Melissa Sutton

HAPPY NEW YEAR - WE MADE IT!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING YOU TO BE A PART OF MY LIFE IN 2009 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP IN 2010.

I PRAY THAT GOD WILL PROSPER YOU EVEN THE MORE THIS YEAR, SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY, PHISICALLY AND FINANCIALLY. I ALSO PRAY THAT HE INCREASE HIS WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWLEDGE, OBEDIENCE AND REVELATION IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU MAY REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL AND BE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT!

KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU, HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU, MUCH LOVE IN CHRIST AND MAY GOD BLESS!

IN HIM I PUT MY TRUST,
PASTOR MELISSA SUTTON

~ NEWNESS of LIFE ~

2 Corinthians 5:17

IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME.

~ I became my own only when I gave myself to Another ~ By: C.S. Lewis

Weekly Psalm ~ Have Mercy Upon Me O Lord!

Psalm 51:1-4 (KJV) ~ (1) Have Mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto thy multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (2) Wash me throughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. (3) For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. (4) Against thy, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Psalm 51:1-4 (AMP) ~ (1) Have Mercy upon me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to the multitude of your tender mercy and loving-kindness blot out my transgressions. (2) Wash me thoroughly(and repeatedly) from my iniquity and guilt and cleanse me and make me wholly pure from my sin! (3) For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is ever before me. (4) Against You, You only, have i sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment.

Words of Wisdom

It is God and Him alone that can forgive us of our transgressions and acts of sin. If you repent of your wrong doing/sinful acts, He is faithful and just to forgive you. His Mercy awaits our repentance, it follows us on our daily journey. God will wash and cleanse you from all uncleanliness and it will be as if you've never done it. It's each individuals responsibility to stay clean! Why waddle in sin out of guilt, when you can ask for forgiveness and move ahead? Remember, God is just when He sentence and faultless when He judge, so whatever the verdict may be, GOD KNOWS BEST!

Quote:

~ Happy is the Man/Woman that has asked for forgiveness for He/She has become CLEAN!!!

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, I ask forgiveness of all I've said, thought and done against you and your will. Create in me a clean heart and renew the right and constant spirit within me. I thank you for your grace and mercy and for washing me clean from all my sin and iniquities. I could do nothing and would be nothing if it wasn't for you being on my side. I ask that you continue to make me whole in your precious Son Jesus name I pray, AMEN and AMEN!

WEEKLY PSALM ~ My Refuge My Strength

Psalm 46:1 (KJV) ~ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1 (AMP) ~ God is our refuge and strength (mighty and impenetrable to temptation), a very present and well-proved help in trouble.

WORDS of WISDOM
As children of God, we must understand that trial and err are going to happen, and what we go through or must endure doesn't really matter but what does matter is how we go through, our actions and attitudes will tell the story. It's always easier to conquer and overcome when we know that you have back up. Well, our Heavenly Father is our refuge, He's our protection from danger or pursuit and not only is he our refuge but He's our strength for when we are weak. He is strong and carries our heavy burdens, and evil nor wrong doing can penetrate or come nigh unto our God. God is a present help when we are in trouble. I love how the AMP says it, "Present and well-proved help." God has been well proved to do just what He says. We don't have a reason to fear if we know that God is a present help when trouble should arise and that He cant even be penetrated by any of it, wow! Know, that is better than being protected by Batman or Superman - they are good at what they do as fictional heroes, but as good as they are, they can only be in one place at a time. God is not fictional and He's ever-present, everywhere and at all times,

QUOTE:
There is nothing man-made that can or will protect you like GOD, so lean and depend on HIM!

PRAYER:
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for being my refuge and strength, and a present help in times of trouble. For this reason I will not be fearful, but I will trust, lean and depend on you in Jesus name, AMEN!

Weekly Psalm ~ WHO WILL ABIDE

Psalm 15:1 (KJV) ~ Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy Holy Hill?

Psalm 15:1 (AMP) ~ LORD, WHO shall dwell (temporarily) in your tabernacle? Who shall dwell (permanently) on your Holy Hill?

Words of Wisdom:

Question asked, WHO shall abide and WHO shall dwell? Well, to be honest on a personal note, each individual know where their dwelling place shall be. My prayer is that all of God's children get in a place and have a relationship with our Heavenly Father so that we SHALL abide in His tabernacle and SHALL dwell in His Holy Hill. There are requirements to dwell and be in the presence of our Heavenly Father, we cant have just no any kind of attitude, we cant do or have things our way and we definitely cant be without relationship!

Quote:

~ Obey the Lord and stand still that you may dwell in His Holy Hill ~

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, My desire is to abide in your tabernacle and to dwell in your holy hill. You word says that if I delight myself in you, that you will give me the desires of my heart. As I begin to delight in you even the more Father I ask that I become more like you in your Son Jesus name I pray, Amen!

Note To Readers

Blessings in Jesus name,

Praying all is well, I just wanted to inform you that our "Daily Psalm" will no longer be daily for now but instead will be a "Weekly Psalm". I will post a Weekly Psalm every Tuesday due to the high demand of my homeschooling my kids. Yes, that's right it's that time of the year again I have two middle schoolers and one high schooler - HELP me Father in Jesus name, lol.

Be blessed in Jesus Name!