Rev. Jeff!

"It's not about doing...It's About Being...We need to stop 'doing' our devotionals and start 'BEING' with Jesus!" ~Jeff Nesbit~

Before it was even 1015 hours on this Sunday morning, I was already Blessed beyond measure! I had the opportunity to hear Jeffrey speak The Inspired Living and Breathing Word of God and have Jesus revealed to me (Galatians 1.15-17) in such an incredible new perspective!

"Rev. Jeff" taught CUMC and myself this morning that our Devotionals are not something we do, just one more thing to add to our task list, but rather it is Being With Jesus! If we were to take guitar lessons for 1 hour/day with John Mayer as opposed to 1 hour/week, people would be able to tell we have been with a master guitar player. So it is with our lives. When we spend an hour a day Being with Jesus instead of only an hour a week doing church, people will tell we have been with The Master! Thanks Champ! Jesus has rocked my world through you again, you are always making me better!

Later we had lunch with the NesbitNucleus @ at one of our favorite Italian bistro's! Now I am about to go and ace mcat studies!

Praise God! I look forward to the rest of this great day God-Willing! Soli Deo Gloria!

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 journal:

Thankful: For being able to hear MaTwin Preach The Word of God!

Joyful: For a new Perspective of Devotions. I want to Be with Jesus instead of doing devotionals.

Prayerful: For Phil's Recovery (Praise God for how well he is doing!)... For Bryan's Travels this week... Praise to God The Healer For Dad and myself healing from our colds...For Jeff's Ordination and Church Planting, Book Writing, my mcat acing and entering into the Promise Land of MedSchool! For Whit's new job! For unspoken appts and health request...

Praise God For Kate Gray's Birthday and for us all to being together and healthy for it! For many more Birthday's and all days now and forevermore! PX and JIL! Amen! Just Say The Word Lord (Luke 7.7)! Amen! For Constant Creativity!

Praise Be To God For Jeffrey's Sermon this morning! - Lord God, You have set Jeff apart from birth^[a] and You have called Jeff by Your grace, Thank You for Your pleasure to reveal Your Son in Jeffrey so that he might preach Jesus among the Gentiles. Thank You Lord God for Speaking through Jeff this morning and please continue to do so every time he preaches and in every second of his life, that all who see him and hear him, will see You and hear You, and may all be saved. Thank You Lord God. In Jesus Name! Amen! (From Galatians 1.15-18 NIV) & (1 Timothy 4.15-16 MSG)

Goo'day mate!

Happy 1st Birthday Kate Gray!

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.

~Psalm 145:13 (New International Version)~

The Lord is Amazing and Praise Him for His Promise of Kate Gray and the gift of celebrating her 1st Birthday today with the fam!

Happy Birthday Kate Gray! What a Blessed day and what a great way to celebrate life and share experiences by celebrating "The KG's" 1st Birthday!

The day was filled with excitement, anticipation, and energy! Mom watched KG while Jeff and I went to get balloons and Birthday cake! Whit and Mary were getting the house ready and then we all met up, the whole fam, Lamar and Jean met up with everybody and it was great to see how everyone played a role...

Bryan & Taser: "The Grillin' Guru's" - Chief Responsibility: to grill the stew out of some mean Ballpark wieners and sausage links. They did great, even had the "photo-esque" grill marks on the the hot dogs!

Lamar: "Lemon-Lime Lamar" - Chief Responsibility: to assemble the snow cone machine and then crank out the sweetest shaved iced snow cones ever. Despite the 102 degree heat, Lamar displayed the Calm, Cool, & Collected nature of a true Shaved-Ice Champion!

Jeff &: "The Popcorn Poppers" - Chief Responsibility: to assemble the popcorn machine and pop "Movie-Style" popcorn! Jeff and ___ were able to make the game-time decision of whether or not the machine was an "Air-Popper" or an "Oil Popper." I am amazed at how they handled the situation. Like defusing a bomb under time pressure, they were able to remain poised and composed and determined that it was an "Air-Popper." Because of their fearless determination, kids of all ages were able to enjoy "Movie-Style" popcorn all afternoon!

Mary and Whit: "The Design Duo" - Chief Responsibility: to create an ethos of party celebration. From huge banners to Clowns and Carnival-like atmosphere, "The Design Duo" came through again as they displayed their "And Then Some" abilities to create an awesome environment and set the tone for KG's First Birthday! They even had cotton candy and animal crackers for gifts!!!

CeCe: "The Secret Service" - Chief Responsibility: To watch over and play with The Birthday girl, making sure she was fed, dressed, and rested in preparation for her BIG day! CeCe is a highly trained specialist in this field with over 30 years experience in giving her life to benefit the lives of those she loves!

Phil: "The Recovering Ranger" - Chief Responsibility: To Recover from major back surgery, yet make occasional appearances; His appearances included being the "first on the scene" in order to prepare the grill for wiener roasting! Phil's composure and ability to zone out pain was remarkable. Recovering from back surgery and even having to walk with a walker, Phil was still determined to play a part in one of his favorite past-times: Ballpark Hot Dog Grilling!

Hanz & Franz: "The Transporters" - Chief Responsibility: To Transport precious cargo: the balloons (4 colors, blue/red/yellow/green) and the cakes ( 2 cakes: Cake 1 - KG's personal "1" cake; Cake 2 - The Cake for all, titled "Happy 1st Birthday Kate Gray"). With surgeon-like precision and Indiana Jones-like timing, Hanz & Franz were able to deliver the cargo in prime condition!

With everyone coming together as a team and celebrating life, the afternoon came together in a unified whole complete with fun and family; swimming and snow coning; eating and excitement!

Part II of the afternoon, We were able to witness Kate Gray's first Birthday cake experience! With her hat and bib on, she "destroyed" her first birth cake in true reckless abandon "Kate Kong" fashion!!! (See picture above)! She then opened presents with Metro Dad Jeffrey while Warrior Princess Whitney filmed it all on the CamCorder!!!

Wow! I could write on this forever! Tons of pics, tons of fun, tons of video, tons of excitement, tons of experiences and memories to put in my heart-pocket forever! God-Willing, I look forward to many more birthday celebrations for KG and our family!

Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Amen! JIL! Amen! PX!

Blessings and ONE Prayers
Jeff and CeCe had the Holy Spirit Filled idea to receive Prayer's and Blessings for Kate Gray from each family member and friend who contribute. Jeff is going to collect them in a Prayer Box and Pray through them each and every day with and for Kate Gray! What an amazing idea!

CeCe hand-made the most beautiful Prayer Cross and a 7-day Prayer Booklet, saturated with The Word of God! So cool to see how creative and artistic CeCe is and to witness the love that she put in to make what I know God will Bless in the lives of KG's and our Fam! The Spirit led me to make "Prayer Cards" in the fashion of "topps" Football cards, 1983 Vintage-Style, complete with stats of KG and Blessings and ONE Prayers for her! Taser got a Prayer book from Lifeway I believe, I want to see it!

What a cool and amazing Blessing to Pray these Prayers and Blessings for Kate Gray for her whole life...she is covered in Prayer and The Hand of God is upon her 24/7/365 as we have the honor and privilege to Pray for her in this way. What a sense of vision and purpose she is going to have as she Prays these Prayers with Jeff, Whit, Nuby, CeCe, Taser, Phil & Mary, Bryan, Rach, Rusty, Stevie, and our entire Family. I cant wait to Pray them for her and with her! Praise You God for Your Presence in all of our lives! Amen!

I will close with Psalm 127.3 (MSG)...I Pray this in Thanksgiving for Kate Gray, for Nuby and the Promise of He/She, and for future Nesbit's God-Willing!

Don't you see that children are God's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children!
Your enemies don't stand a chance against you;
you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 journal:

Thankful: For an Amazing 363 day journey as we have watched KG grow and develop. God-Willing, I look forward to Monday, for an Amazing 365 day journey, and then into the future as God Blesses us to live the full lives that Jesus wants for us (see John 10.10 NIV)!

Joyful: For God's Promises and The Fulfillment's of Psalm 145.13 & Psalm 127.3

Prayerful: For Phil's Recovery (Praise God for how well he is doing!)... For Bryan's Travels this week... Praise to God The Healer For Dad and myself healing from our colds... For Jeff's Ordination and Church Planting, Book Writing, my mcat acing and entering into the Promise Land of MedSchool! For Whit's new job! For unspoken appts and health request...

Praise God For Kate Gray's Birthday and for us all to being together and healthy for it! For many more Birthday's and all days now and forevermore! PX and JIL! Amen! Just Say The Word Lord (Luke 7.7)! Amen! For Constant Creativity! For Jeffrey's Sermon tomorrow morning - Lord God, You have set Jeff apart from birth^[a] and You have called Jeff by Your grace, Thank You for Your pleasure to reveal Your Son in Jeffrey so that he might preach Jesus among the Gentiles. Speak through Jeff tomorrow morning and every time he preaches and in every second of his life, that all who see him and hear him, will see You and hear You, and may all be saved. Thank You Lord God. In Jesus Name! Amen! (From Galatians 1.15-18 NIV) & (1 Timothy 4.15-16 MSG)
Goo'day mate!