What's in your trunk?

Whats in your trunk? Do you have a Jack & a spare tire?
One day I was sitting at a stop light, when all of a sudden this girl in front of me jumped out and ran to her trunk to get something out before the light turned green. All she did was grab her makeup bag but God had a different plan for me...This is what God wanted me to see.

I saw everything in her trunk, and she had alot of stuff! Your probably wondering what's the big deal...

Well I started thinking how our lives are like our car trunks! We have alot of junk & we have alot of valuable things in there. But in everyone's trunk we have a "jack & a spare tire" Right away the Jack symbolized to me... God, and the spare tire was like a second chance that HE gives us...sometimes we have to use this spare tire more than once in our lives..(well,I know I have!) When we are in need we search for our Jack to lift us up so we can use our spare tire. But what good is it to have a jack & a spare tire if we dont know how to use it? If we don't learn how to use all God has for us, we are cheating ourselves...we won't know what to do..who to call? I pray that if you don't have a personal relationship with God, that you ask him in your heart, so that when you are in need you can run to the Father to lift you up, and use your spare tire, and move on! Life is too short to not be ready for our troubles...seek him today, it'll be the best AAA service you've ever purchased! but its FREE!

With AAA you’ll have access to services such as 24-hour Roadside Assistance, special member discounts, most DMV vehicle registration services, professional travel services, and access to insurance at great rates. (With God you have access to all he has!)


Romans 10:9-13
9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."[e] 12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Potluck for God

God put it on my heart to talk about a "potluck", I guess we'll call it... a "Potluck for God",

Maybe you ask what is a potluck? A potluck is a meal to which each participant brings a dish of food to be shared.

Whenever us ladies are invited to a potluck the first thing we do is think of the BEST dish we could take right? Maybe even a dish that everyone knows YOU do well.

Well thats what God wants from us too...What is our best gift, talent, service, ministry that you can bring to HIS potluck? Now really Im not talking about just a potluck but God's kingdom..what would you bring??

Now theres no right or wrong answer here but I ask you to give me the first thing that God puts in your mind & heart okay? Also read 1 Corinthians 12 when you can.

But in 1 Corinthians 12:4 it says..There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

We are one body..dont you want to know what the other parts of your body are capable of doing? I do!
Let's post it here, then let's get together for a real potluck! Ill check back with you guys later! ;)

The Toaster

I know many of you were at womens ministry when I spoke about the toaster, but at the time I didnt have a toaster to use for my illustration so I used a really nice silver serving platter but today I was blessed by my walking buddy, Maria Sanchez, she found me a stainless steel toaster! She told me she would keep an eye out for a good one and she did! Thanks Maria!
Now whats the story of the toaster?? okay, you know how God can gives a message in anything right? well I'm visual and he had someone tell me a story and it went like this...

A lady and her husband were fighting, the conversation got heated. Eventually they became more angry, after arguing for awhile the husband left the house and she turned to the son who was in the house throughout the whole argument...She said,"Your dad, is a monster, I can't stand him...blah blah blah...
The son just standing there listening to his mom bash his dad to pieces, slowly turned to the kitchen counter and grabbed the toaster...the mother still ranting on and on about the dad, turned toward her son just when the toaster was in front of her face...her son said, "Mom, Who's the Monster?" In the toaster she saw her face, full of anger and ugliness!

She was the Monster! Wow, is that how she looked when she was full of anger?, how awful, she thought.



In my message I shared and asked all the ladies to pass around this "toaster" and make the ugliest face that they thought represented themselves when they are angry. It was an eye opener for many..

James 4:11-12
Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?

Psalms 34:11-14
Come, my children, and listen to me,
and I will teach you to fear the Lord.
Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

I pray the next time you are about to argue or fight that your remember the "toaster"...be blessed as we learn to be more like Jesus..

A note I wrote in church one day..

Have you ever cried & tasted my presence?
Felt my arms embracing you while you worship?
Your troubles seem so BIG to you
But they are so little to me

So little that I can take care of each one of
your troubles at the same time...
Count your heads...count your problems...
How many problems do you think that is?
A large amount of problems but yet still
it is NOTHING to me...
I handle so much more in seconds of the day,
Yet you hold onto your problems so long
before you give them to me
I love to see you praise me & worship me
My hands are open to you my child
Give me the problems & Give me the praise!

(I wrote this down one day in church.. I know it was between 2000-2004, however I didnt write the date..bummer!)