ur lookn mighty fine 2nite!!!! and yes, i'd know cos i can seee you!!!!! bahahahaha :]

read this, all ina awsum awsum email from josss!. its really what i needed to hear. n its real encouraging! enjoy!

In ANY and EVERY circumstance, you can and should always praise God. Praise is verbal, the power of life and death is in your tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Praise has nothing to do with emotions... again, PRAISE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR EMOTIONS, HOW YOU FEEL. Talking to God IN the night is not talking to God ABOUT the night. God does not want to listen to what is wrong in your life, He already knows, He doesn't need to hear it from you again and again and again. He does not inhabit your argument, He inhabits your PRAISE, He does not inhabit your problems, He inhabits your PRAISE, He does not inhabit your complaint, He inhabits your PRAISE.

God wants you to praise Him in ALL situations, even if you aren't brought out of the situation, He is still there when you praise. He INHABITS your praise, and that has nothing to do with the circumstance. You can't feel Him? He's still there in your praise. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH "FEELING", it is STILL the truth. Praising God out of your heart is simply saying "I still believe You and still believe IN You".

Acts 16:16-38. Verse 25. At midnight, in the middle of the night, at the DARKEST part, night and darkness at it's worst, Paul and Silas were praying and praising. When you face trouble and situations, that is when you find out what you're really made of. Whatever is in you, whatever has been grown in you, whatever you have let influence you and grow you, it all comes out when it seems to be the darkest hour. IF praise and prayer is inherent in you, then when it gets hard, when situations worsen, you will PRAISE. You either get bitter or you get BETTER. WHen you praise regardless of situation, that's when God STEPS INTO your praise. Praise God when you DON'T feel like it. When the praise goes up, the blessings come down.

In Acts, the earthquake that happens doesn't set Paul and Silas free. It wasn't God setting them free or doing something to help them because they were worshipping. God wasn't trying to get them out. God was BREAKING IN. When He heard them praising, He went in, He wanted to be there, He wanted to be where the praise was. It's not about God getting you out of your situation or helping you escape, that's not what praise is about. It's about you praising to allow God INTO your situation so that He can inhabit your PRAISE and work IN your situation, not get you OUT of it. Praise and worship isn't a way to escape, it's an invitation to let God into your prison.

Don't escape, INVITE. Don't run away, let God STAND WITH YOU. Praise in the night, at midnight, when it is darkest, so that God can INHABIT your praise and outwork in your situation.

hehe, well, that's all from TD Jakes... listened 2 it earlier 2day... i WISH it was straight from me, but it isn't ^^... but it's awesome none the less =) hope it brightens your day... or even ur night... ^^


well the email was loonger, but i only give u this bits oke? well yea....ummmm, DAZ PUT A HOLE IN MY HAND! silly daz, we were outside church afta youth, kickn the footy round, n then the footy lands about 3meters from me, like smak bang between me n daz. so we both lookit the footy, n then look at each other...n then both run to the footy tryna get there 1st!!! i got there kinda 1st, i touched the footy, then daz knockd me over, n i fell!! arrghhh! on2 the gravel, in the carpark. u kno how u always throw ur hands down 1st 2 save ur face? well yea, i did that, n i lifted my hand to see a small rock makin itself comfy in my flesh. so i useed whateva nails i had to bring it out. n then there were two tiny tiny rocks in my hand, n it was harder to get them out, they slipped rite under my skin. well yea, it was bleedin, n i kept suckn the blood off. so im guessn iv consumed about 5 good mL's of my own blood, and a bit of dust to taste! :] wahahahaha. n my skin cells havnt been duin their business very well. cos i still gotta bit of flesh just THERE, so microbes are raining down on2 my open wound....i put this weak ointment onit last nite. cept it was stoopid, i think my saliva is more effective than it was. so evrynow n then, i just lick my wound, u kno how ur saliva is good for wounds? well yea, howeva gross it could be, im pretty proud of being a grot ehehehe

hmmm, wadddup?? ur lookn mighty fine 2nite~!!!!! wahahaha, very very nice! :] im not kiddn eitha~!! honest! haha. YOUTH WAS ROCKN last nite!!!!!!! man, JOJO DID AN AWS JOB up there preachn n stuff. man, it was her 1st time 2...i think? good doing jojo!!
ummmm yea, the family fun day 2day was aiite...well it ended up pretty oke. i made reall aws oragami flowers, thanx kai-lyn [is that how u spell it?] for teachn me! wahaha, she awsum. i really how she starts comn 2 youth again. man, shez a really nice person, she pretty too! soft kinda person, iv wronged her. im sorry, i never spent time with her, i never evn made the effort, now itz bittn me in the bum, she dun come to youth nemore. my part to blame. BUT, cos God is so good He's opening more windows n hopefully she will come to youth. she's kinda like poulus, they both got real weak self esteems, kinda. im not sure, they're both so scared to open up, cos their friends [...me] never really were there 4 them. but God's opened my eyes, i wronged them and myself. but enough of that. slowly, love and time are workn 2getha to help rebuild a friendship and hopefully assist their relationship wit God and a stronger self esteem. :] God is oh so good!!

must cut this short, cos i needa write a reall looong email to my stars....they deserve more! *sigh...God's mercy is too great for me!! thanx heaps 4 it anyway Lord, its honestly overwhelming. the never ending 2nd chances!!! wahahaha

SMILESHINELAUGH&LIVE IN SIMPLICITY!!!!
ur awsum! thanx 4 evrything.
ROK ON!!!