On Sunday I lost my keys! They were the keys to my house, car and it was 2 o’clock and I and the kids were starving. I was sure I put them in my jacket pocket, and I checked it again and again - but alas no keys. So we got other people looking for my keys. We searched high and low. Then it happened I brushed my hand against my coat and felt a lump - my keys were in a pocket I didn’t even realise was on my coat. God spoke to me and said often you look for keys to your life or things you feel are missing in life. You search high and low and ask me for them. But they are in you all along. I have already put them in you and it is up to you to find them inside you.

When we feel things are rough or difficult we sometimes cry out to God to do something in us. We ask God to change us. Sometimes we call to Him to give us joy, strength, faith, peace and other stuff.

BUT God has already given us these things in abundance and they are already within us! We can thank God for what He has put in us and believe that it is there. We will find ourselves changing from the inside out.

PS - anyone work out why I put Bryan Adams for the picture for this post?

It is done. It is totally completed. When Jesus died on the cross his last words were - ‘It is finished’. He had accomplished everything he set out to do. Everything that was chatted about in the bible through all the ages of a God person coming and saving the whole of mankind was sorted. He had brought  his saving power, he had broken the power of death and sickness. Everything was completed.

 Not only did he save us from our sins, ourselves, our prisons and our pain - but he gave us everything. Every good thing has now been given to us. We have it all now. All health, prosperity, peace, happiness, Look at Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

Well hello there my little people it’s Charlotte again =D Time for another random installment of: CHARLIES BOLOGGS!

 Well this one is all about Gifts. Theres two sorts of gifts to my extent. The kind that come wrapped up and bring smiles to yewr faces and the kind that yew cant see the kind that God sends yew. MINE is knitting! I CAN KNITT! And its not sad and for old ladies its quite relaxing but can be stressful, im learning the guitar too but it’s not the easiest thing to do =D God Sends gifts to other people to like speaking in tongues is your own way of talking to God (sometimes this is in a different lanugage and yew don’t know it! Yew could be speaking German) Phropecy is another this is like erm hard to describe this is like God talking through someone (but not in a scary way!) about something that could be relative in yewr life. Healing is another one and theres alot more too. Those are heavenly gifts i can see angles well i did a few times it was a bit scary! (i hope i spelt that right) Earthly gifts are awesome too my mate has a gift of being able to skate and play the guitar like a pro! Whats yewr gifts? MAYBE YEW CAN EAT A BILLION MARSHMELLOWS! i’ve always wanted to do that…. OR MAYBE YEW CAN HELP ANIMALS! (we disected a pigs heart in science today but thats a whole other story) let me know what yewr gift is! and i shall add another installment of CHARLIES BLOGGS in the near future (cos mine are the best) =D AND REMEBER PEOPLE USE YEWR GIFTS FOR GOOD (that sounded so corny) and stay random

This game is not very intellectual - but good fun. What is your highest score?

The first person to comment to this blog will recieve £5. The following 5 will recieve a runners up prize.

God was speaking to us on Monday about knowing who He is. We need to ask God to help us understand just a little of how magnificent, powerful, awesome, humungous and massive he is. Well if you have the patience and really want to expand your understanding of who He is just click on the picture of Gondor’s crown and sit back for a mind explosion!!!!!

Last week Sandra bounded up to me and gave me a massive hug - she has been officially signed off the hospital care list. Why? Because God has healed her. She had been ill for nearly two years. She had lost her job, not slept a full night sleep for 18 months and often been too ill to go out of the house. She had many investigations at the hospital and they couldn’t find out what was wrong, but still she carried on being ill. In order to meet with the church on Sunday she would starve herself all day Saturday in order to be well enough to go out by Sunday. It was a very brave decision of hers to go camping at bible week, but she heard God tell her that she would be healed during that week.

Whilst in one of the evening meetings she felt God touch her and knew she had been healed. She came out weeping from sheer joy. She slept her first full nights sleep for months! The illness has never returned and the hospital cannot understand why she is suddenly so well. She just told them that it was God and his power!!

The NIV version has ‘greet each other with a holy kiss’ five times in the letters in the New Testament. A kiss!!!!

The message translates it as this ….. Give holy embraces all around!1 Peter 5:14

There is nothing wrong with showing affection. In fact if we showed friendship affection in a pure way more often perhaps sex wouldn’t be such an issue for many people. Physical contact wouldn’t be such a big deal.

What do you think?

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Amy Studt does not look like a little girl!! Click on her picture to listen to her song and see the video.

This is Beth S’s favourite at the minute. What do you think?

The kids in a Cornish school have been told by their headmaster to stop hugging each other so much. Why? The  headteacher noticed that hugging between pupils was becoming very common and they didn’t want any “victim” being hugged against their will. Read the story here

It seems strange because in Nottingham in April people were being encouraged to hug more in a World Hug day.……..

and the Conservatives are calling everyone to hug a hoodie.

Scientists also say that hugging can lower heart desease in woman.

So should we hug or not????

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 Does not my word burn like fire?”      says the Lord.  Jeremiah 23:29

This makes God out to be some kind of dragon?

No it just puts emphasis on the power and authority of his words. After all it was he who said “Let their be light” and there was light. What have your words made today? Wow imagine having the power to say something and it happens!! How cool would that be?! (more…)

It is Pizza night! Here are just a few of the photo’s taken thanks to Ruth and others.

Before anyone looks at some of the photos and think they are from the crypt - I must explain. The task had been set by Ruth to make a fashion item to wear that had a pocket for a mobile phone using a bin bag, a toilet roll and cellotape. Here are a few of the results…….. (more…)

Well hello there my little cyber people im charlotte and im going to let you read about CHRISTIAN UNIONS =D

 Well Christian Union is like a discusion group, you can talk about anything you never thought to talk about before! We have just recently got one up and running in our school after more than 5, 5 (shout the second one it gives emphasis) years of pleading with the head. If you havent got on going at your school OR even workplace =D get a group of people together and if its in school a teacher who would be willing to stay behind a lunchtime every week to get it going. Go to your head/boss hehehe and ask for one if they say no first time you could get a sign up sheet together and show them the amount of people wanting one!

Our Christian union is called Wotsits we thought Christian Union was a bit too formal and well to be honest couldn’t think up of another name. Personally i hate Wotsits the crisps had some bad experiences *shudders* i think we should’ve called it ummmmmm lemons…. SEE WE (or rather I’m) REALLLLLLY AREN’T /NOT THE NAME THINKING UP TYPE! (more…)

The bible uses the picture of fire to show us something of what the Spirit is like.

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Matthew 3:11 (more…)