Captured By...

In a Society

Captured By

Sin and the Plessure Within

I Found Myself Captured By the Same

Running After a Life of Wealth and Fame

This World had so Much to Offer

I Could Go to USF and Become a Doctor

Or Mizzou and Be A Lawyer or Writer

I Could go to Some Tech School and Fix Computers

Or a Beauty School and be a Hair Doer

And as Great as this All May Seem

Making Good Money and Living the Dream

I Soon Realized....This World Really Didn't Have Much to Offer

I Could Find Way More at the Altar

See this Never Really was My Dream

God had Other Plans for Me

Since I was Small

I was Captured by a Call

A Call to do Great Things

A Call to Ministry

But I Ran and Hid

Lord, You Don't Want this Kid

I'm nothing special

My Family isn't in church

I've Got backage and Hurt

I'm Broken and Bruised

I can't be used

But John 14:12 says; "The Things That I do You Shall Do Also, Even Greater"

And Who Am I to Doubt the Creator

He Said He Would Make a Way

And Only by is Mercy and Grace

I stand Here Today

Once Captured My Own Will and What the World Said Was Cool

I'm Now Captured By God's Will and this School

But Enough About Me

I Don't say this for My Own Glory

But to Open Your Eyes

What Are You Captured By

This World and Its Sin

Making Big Money or Fitting In

For Some of You it's Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend

Or I Don't Know

Call of Duty and Halo...

Nah I Know You Know Better Then That

You've Been Called and You Can't Deny It

You can Hide From It or Fight It

All You Can Do is Say

"Lord, Here I Am

Ready

To Do Whatever It Takes

No Matter the Sacrifice I May Have to Make

I Can't Do Any Thing Other Than This

I've Been Captured and Thats All That's to It."

First Sermon...

Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't No Valley Low Enough to Keep Me from Jesus!

I was asked to preach Dec. 4th and teach a class November 16th so I thought I'd share a little bit about what I will be speaking on.....

Psalms 23:4 Yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil for thou art with me...

Psalms 27:1,6 The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is my strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid....

...Therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea I will sing praises unto the Lord!

It's not always going to be easy, sometimes it'll be a sacrifice, but no matter how high the mountain or how low the valley, worship God with your all!

Why ?

1. Because of His promises

Phil. 4:13 - you can do all things through Christ

Romans 8:39 - nothing can separate us from the love of God

Isaiah 54:17 - no weapon formed against you shall prosper

Psalms 91:11 - gave His angels charge of you

Isaiah 51:11 - He gives us Joy

Isaiah 53:5 - by His stripes we are healed

Phil. 4:19 - He will supply all your needs

Heb. 13:5 - He will never leave you or forsake you

2. Because of who He is

Job 19: 25 Redeemer

Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel

Isaiah 9:6 Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

Daniel 9: 25 Messiah

Matthew 1:21 Jesus

Matthew 1:1 Son of David

Matthew 8:20 Son of Man

Luke 2:11 Savior

Luke 1:32 Son of the Most High

John 6:48 Bread of Life

John 10:11 Good Shepherd

John 8:58 I am

John 1:29 Lamb of God

John 14:6 The Way, the Truth the Life

John 8:12 Light of the World

John 11:25 Resurrection and Life

John 1:1 “In the Beginning was the word and the word was with God

and the word was God.”

Acts 3:14 Holy and Righteous

Romans 11:26 Deliverer

1 Cor. 10:4 Rock

Colossians 1:16 Creator

1 Timothy 1:17 Eternal

1 Timothy 6:15 The King of kings and Lord of lords

Hebrews 2:10 Author of our salvation

Hebrews 9:14 Great High Priest

Hebrews 12:2 The Author and perfecter of faith

Rev. 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” “Who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Rev 22:13 “ I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the Last, the beginning and the end.”

Rev 22:16 the bright and Morning Star

I challenge you to worship God with all your heart soul and mind regardless of your present situation!

“Don’t let any mountain, no matter how high, or any valley, no matter how low keep you from worshipping Jesus! “

There is a lot more, but that's the gist of it!!! In Jesus name, Lord go with me!!!!!

With Love,

Ally