Romans 1:14
"I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish."
I love it when God sends me a message through His word to share with you all! When I read this I immediately knew what God was showing me! In this specific part of Paul's letter to the Romans, he was telling them how he was longing to go there and preach to them.. I related this a lot to the ministry my family and I have been placed in. Although I don't long to "preach," I long to share whatever message God sends me with, with whoever He sends to hear it. My prayer is always for the Lord to draw the lost into those churches and for Him to communicate to them through me. Something that we as Christians sometimes forget is that we are ALL called to minister to the hurting and the lost, and that God loves absolutely EVERYONE! As Paul stated in Romans, "both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish." Put more into today's terms: We are under obligation as Christians to love and minister to both the rich AND the poor, to both the old AND the young, to both depressed and weary hearted, to the homosexual AND the heterosexual, to the white and the black, to the Chinese and the Japanese, to what this world would consider "ugly" and to what the world considers beautiful. Because God took the time to create every single living soul on this earth. He thought of each of them personally while He was beaten and abused to death. So who are we as Christians -who should know better- to rob them of the love of Jesus Christ simply because they aren't the same as us or we don't particularly like them.. It is not our place to choose who will or will not go to Heaven. But when I stand before Jesus, I'd like to say that I was a willing vessel ready to do whatever He called me to do. So let's take the labels off of people and see them all as Christ sees them, because He died for you too, and someone cared enough about His calling on their life to not care what you looked like or how you acted. God Bless You All! Please feel free to Private Message me, or to comment below!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
Monday, January 20, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Beaming Ahead: January
Specific Goals for January:
1.Get my room 100% clean AND organized
2. Finish Semester 2 in English
3. Drink ONLY water> done it so far since the 5th, but this is still going to be a hard one for me. I love me some Dr. Pepper
4. Make February's schedule
5. Buy a calendar.. One to write in and carry around. I don't like using my phone
Anyways, short post, but I feel like posting a "to-do" list will keep me motivated to do it! What are your goals for January? Share them in the comments, and we can keep each other accountable!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
1.Get my room 100% clean AND organized
2. Finish Semester 2 in English
3. Drink ONLY water> done it so far since the 5th, but this is still going to be a hard one for me. I love me some Dr. Pepper
4. Make February's schedule
5. Buy a calendar.. One to write in and carry around. I don't like using my phone
Anyways, short post, but I feel like posting a "to-do" list will keep me motivated to do it! What are your goals for January? Share them in the comments, and we can keep each other accountable!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
New Year's Resolution #2
Well, following yesterday's post about my first new year's resolution, today, I'm going to talk about my second new year's resolution.. surprise surprise! ;) Anyways, my second new year's resolution for 2014 is to start scheduling again.. I've fallen out of that good habit in the last 2 or 3 months.. For a few year's now, I've had a daily routine that I followed to make sure that I got everything done, and I love that! So, I plan to start that back as soon as possible! How I plan to do that is just like I've done it in the past, make a list the night before of everything that needs to get done the next day- everything from reading my Bible, to vocal warmups, to eating lunch! Then I set times.. which lets me know what time I need to get up, and how long I have to do everything according to other plans, such as church or singing. This is a habit I seriously CAN'T WAIT to get back into!
Once I've done this, my actual "goal" for this year is to KEEP scheduling, which will KEEP me organized!!! I'll stay posted as to whether that happens or not! ;) I hope you have all come up with some cool resolutions for yourself!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
Once I've done this, my actual "goal" for this year is to KEEP scheduling, which will KEEP me organized!!! I'll stay posted as to whether that happens or not! ;) I hope you have all come up with some cool resolutions for yourself!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
New Year's Resolution #1
Well, now that things have slowed down, and I'm just relaxing at home, I wanted to sit down and write a little, and think about my New Year's Resolutions! I've only come up with two so far, but they both cover a lot. Today, I'm going to share the first one:)
My first resolution is to constantly walk in the Holy Spirit. By this, I mean, living my life in every way for God, and WITH God. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to live in us and with us when He went back to Heaven, and my goal this year is to stop ignoring that when I want to, but to live in His presence at all times, seeking guidance in all things; to keep my eyes towards heaven, and not on earthly things.
I've separated this into 4 parts: What I Think, What I Say, What I Do, and What I Allow Myself to Be Exposed To. I'm thinking its going to be a little hard to transform 4 things that are constantly happening pretty much all at the same time so, first I'm going to work on Thinking.
What I Think: Along with praying for a better thinking mind, I will be reading the book, "Battlefield of the Mind; for teens," by Joyce Meyer. I read, "Battlefield of the Mind; for kids" when I was around 8, so I'm very excited to read the teen version, now that I'm a older. I'm thinking I'll take February to read this and go through the process of cleansing my mind.
What I Say and Do: I will start this in March, but continue it for the rest of the year, or as long as I need to. I got a journal for my birthday, and I plan to use it for this "assignment." I plan to really work hard on what I say. I want to carry this journal around with me everywhere I go. At the top of the page will be the date, and everytime that I say, type, or THINK (as in if i continue to purposely think about it and dwell on it... not all thoughts come from me), something that does not line up with the Bible, such as gossip, I will put a tally mark in the journal. This is not my way of dwelling on the negative, it is my way seeing how far I've come. We all say things we don't mean to, and this will be my way of keeping a filter on that. If there's a day where I actually accomplish having no tally marks, maybe I'll reward myself with some chocolates or something.. that sounds pretty good! In April, I will add in things that I do, like if I disobey my parents, or anything like that.
What I Allow Myself to Be Exposed To:
This is nothing that I need to write down, or read about.. I know what is right and wrong, and this is just something that I need to make myself more aware of.. like TV shows, Music, People, etc.. This is when I have to take it upon myself to use the common sense God gave me. One thing I'm going to try to do, is when watching something, or listening to something, I'm going to think about how God would feel about that. Would He be rocking out to those Taylor Swift lyrics? Would He sit down and watch that certain PG13 movie with me, and find it enjoyable? This is just where I need to pray for the power that is given to me through the Holy Spirit to shine through so I can say no to that movie all my friends want to see, or where I can say no to those friends that keep pressuring me. It's hard, but I think it's DEFINITELY worth it!
Brooke Pruitt
-Beaming for Jesus
My first resolution is to constantly walk in the Holy Spirit. By this, I mean, living my life in every way for God, and WITH God. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to live in us and with us when He went back to Heaven, and my goal this year is to stop ignoring that when I want to, but to live in His presence at all times, seeking guidance in all things; to keep my eyes towards heaven, and not on earthly things.
I've separated this into 4 parts: What I Think, What I Say, What I Do, and What I Allow Myself to Be Exposed To. I'm thinking its going to be a little hard to transform 4 things that are constantly happening pretty much all at the same time so, first I'm going to work on Thinking.
What I Think: Along with praying for a better thinking mind, I will be reading the book, "Battlefield of the Mind; for teens," by Joyce Meyer. I read, "Battlefield of the Mind; for kids" when I was around 8, so I'm very excited to read the teen version, now that I'm a older. I'm thinking I'll take February to read this and go through the process of cleansing my mind.
What I Say and Do: I will start this in March, but continue it for the rest of the year, or as long as I need to. I got a journal for my birthday, and I plan to use it for this "assignment." I plan to really work hard on what I say. I want to carry this journal around with me everywhere I go. At the top of the page will be the date, and everytime that I say, type, or THINK (as in if i continue to purposely think about it and dwell on it... not all thoughts come from me), something that does not line up with the Bible, such as gossip, I will put a tally mark in the journal. This is not my way of dwelling on the negative, it is my way seeing how far I've come. We all say things we don't mean to, and this will be my way of keeping a filter on that. If there's a day where I actually accomplish having no tally marks, maybe I'll reward myself with some chocolates or something.. that sounds pretty good! In April, I will add in things that I do, like if I disobey my parents, or anything like that.
What I Allow Myself to Be Exposed To:
This is nothing that I need to write down, or read about.. I know what is right and wrong, and this is just something that I need to make myself more aware of.. like TV shows, Music, People, etc.. This is when I have to take it upon myself to use the common sense God gave me. One thing I'm going to try to do, is when watching something, or listening to something, I'm going to think about how God would feel about that. Would He be rocking out to those Taylor Swift lyrics? Would He sit down and watch that certain PG13 movie with me, and find it enjoyable? This is just where I need to pray for the power that is given to me through the Holy Spirit to shine through so I can say no to that movie all my friends want to see, or where I can say no to those friends that keep pressuring me. It's hard, but I think it's DEFINITELY worth it!
Brooke Pruitt
-Beaming for Jesus
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Happy New Year and A Sweet Sixteen
WARNING!! This is a long post with lots of random memories and thoughts.. This post is full of things written down while reflecting on the past 16 years of my life:) .... It sort of turned into a "how thankful I am for my family" post! Lol
Happy New Year everyone! I hope your 2013 was filled with good memories that will forever stay in your heart! I hope each and every one of you can look back and say that you saw God work! I know I have!
Today, January 2nd, I turn 16! I've been so excited for the past few months.. I'll soon be getting my license, I can date now (when my daddy approves 😉) and I can say I'm one year older.... But it just hit me, at 12am, that maybe I don't want to be older... I've been laying in my bed for almost an hour trying to think of every memory I possible could! I want to write it down and cherish it, because it goes by so much faster than I thought it would. I can remember being 2 or 3 and my mom was sick, so my dad took me to his side of the family for Easter.. That's the earliest I can remember bonding with my daddy... Ever since then, we've had so many other memories! There have been nights where he stayed up until 1am talking to me and answering questions about the Bible, and about God, and boys, and everything else! We get in his car and sing Selah to the top of our lungs like no one is listening. He's held me in his arms when dumb boys break my heart, and He's held me and told me it would be okay when I didn't feel good! My daddy has always fought for me, even when I was in the wrong... I will cherish those memories forever! And I know there are so many more to come! I remember when I was in kindergarten my mom would sit in the school parking lot all day long until I was out of school.. She would come eat lunch with me and I can still remember my friend asking, "why does your mommy sit in her car all day?" I answered, "because she loves me.." and even in first grade, she ate lunch with me every single day! I can remember getting in the car in tears in 4th grade because I was the only girl not invited to a girl's birthday party.. It was my mom who held me and used that moment to teach me how to treat people.. That even though she didn't invite me, I should just turn my cheek and forgive her... My parents have always been there for me! When a teacher picked on me, who left that school by the next week? Me! Because my parents always did their best to keep me away from anything unchristlike! They will never know how thankful I am for that! And maybe that's why I don't want to grow up! I don't want to lose my parents as my mommy and daddy.. Both of my parents are my best friends! I couldn't live without them... And my little sister.. I don't know what I'd do without her! If I don't feel good, she's the first to try to make me feel better. I will always cherish the late nights of watching tv, making bracelets, and watching movies with her! I have the best sister in the world.. I only hope and pray that her childhood would be as amazing as mine, and that she too will have the desire to stay innocent and pure and young hearted before the Lord!
•Please Lord, never allow me to grow out of my childhood innocence. I want to be Yours forever! Please keep me young at heart, and only allow me to grow in YOUR wisdom! Allow me to never be full of myself , Lord, but full of You! Thank you for bringing back such amazing memories tonight! I love you, Jesus!•
...... Only gotta be up in 5 hours 😉
I've reflected on many memories other than these, such as cheering, dancing for the Lord through MSPT, old birthday parties, leading worship, beginning the ministry, and all of the friends made, but I just wrote what came to my heart! I hope you enjoyed... If you read this all! :) God Bless! And I pray that this new year would be full of blessings from above!
-Brooke Pruitt
Beaming for Jesus
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