Made with PURPOSE

Well goodevening everyone... Ive noticed that my blog saves my posts a day earlier than what i actually do them.. today is WEDNESDAY.. not tuesday. I have had quite a busy day today. I did afew jobs at home, saw my friend Kate, dropped some things off at church and caught up with Ruth and Jill - two awesome woman of God.. they were working at Church. I then went and taught my piano students, and managed to fit lunch in with Dayna... which was fun. I didnt feel too well this arvo as I think i was over heating.. hehe. The room i teach in is real small. I ended up coming home a bit early and made a quick meal.. fish and salad. I then headed out to YOUTH Church, i led worship tonight for youth church . It was a rather challenging night in terms of organising the team... we did get there in the end.. but it was abit of hard work. I am often made aware of the battle surrounding us.. its not flesh and blood but a spiritual battle. This was evident tonight. There were some moments as we were singing that i really could sense the presense of God.. i was literally shaking. I know God loves it when we come to him in our weak state... when we bring him a sacrifice of praise. The word that came me tonight as well was PURPOSE. I shared with the youth at the end of the service that I believe the Lord wanted to really download revelation to us as to WHY he made us... Kyle who spoke tonight put it really well.. we were made to be loved, and to love... to love GOD and be LOVED by him... and als0 to BRING pleasure and JOY to God. I loved the simplicity of this. It made me wonder for a bit if I was bringing pleasure to God in everyday situations i'm put it.I mean he made me for a purpose.. amdI fufilling that?... am I making JESUS SMILE?. A bit of food for thought. I get so encouraged when I think about the fact that I am not an accident, that I am made with PURPOSE........ there are sooo many people who need to know that, MAYBE EVEN YOU who is reading this. Imagine what would happen if we really lived out what we were made by God to do..... I"M PRAYING YOU WILL FIND YOUR PURPOSE and HAVE STRENGTH TO LIVE IT OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

"For we are Gods workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which he prepared in advance for us to do" Ephesians 2:10

Whats happening this week..

Goodmorning...
Just wanted to update you on what my week looks like.
Thismorning i have been doing some admin for Zeal life trust. Today i will be heading to Tauranga Intermediate to help with the Shine group. I'm really looking forward to seeing the girls again. They are just lovely.I am also going to try and get some more copies made of my precious song... to give to the teenage girls this weekend...at girls camp in Taupo. I am heading down there on thursday and will be helping speak and lead worship for the weekend. I'm believing that the Lord is going to do some special things. I will be teaching my piano students on tuesday and wednesday.. only 3 more weeks to go and the year is ended. I cant believe how fast this year has gone. I am preparing to go to Korea to teach English for 3 weeks over January so hopefully the visa information will arrive today so I can sort that out.

Well I better go and get ready for Shine....
Will write more after.

Have a blessed day.
katie

Laying the FOUNDATIONS.

Hi there Friends.. Family.. and Anyone else who will be reading this. I decided that it was time for me to set up a blogspot as I want to be able to keep in touch with people and not always have to send out long emails... hehe. I did have a blogspot in 2005 but i no longer have that so this is brand new one just for you .

I will be trying to add thoughts, updates on my life etc regularly... so keep your eyes open .. and keen checking my blog to find out whats happening.

I hope you are well.. and you are remembering how much GOd loves you, desires you, and is FOR YOU. I'm trying to do the same.... it can be challenging to stay in the TRUTH... but its a battle thats worth fighting.

I read a newspaper article.. well glanced at the paper yesterday... it said ""laying the foundations"... "Lasting Relationships".... This really stuck out to me as I guess i'm kind of going through some things where i feel Like foundations are being built. I started to ponder this and I realised that when foundations are built its hard work. Often alot of digging requried, and its kind of the ugly part of the job.. BUT... without foundations and REALLY good ones whatever is being built WILL NOT STAND when the rough weather comes. I guess in life we are in the process of waiting for the eternal home- heaven..
As we go through life we so need to have the foundation of the TRUTH of Jesus Christ as our foundation... or we will NOT ever get to our eternal home. Even in practical life things we if we do not build friendships on good foundations then they will crumble, if we dont have a good foundations in terms of morals etc we can end up hurting ourselves...and others.

I'm sharing this with you as its what Im being challenged about at the moment. I am going through A PROCESS of taking a look deep inside myself to see what the foundations of my life are... and YES it hurts... YES there are tears... but... YES as I read the word of God and I know that this PROCESS is soooooo worth it.

If we want the END RESULT... of beauty, the glory of the Lord, Gods purpose for our lives.... Our home in heaven... then i guess its time to make sure the foundations are SOLID. I know the times we are living in are difficuilt, following Jesus is difficuilt... the things of the world are around us trying to sway us.

Lets NOT grow weary in doing good... lets keep our feet firmly planted on Jesus. I pray that by reading this blog you may be challenged... encouraged.... spurred on to make sure the foundation you are building on is JESUS... is strong... so that you can stand the test of time... so you can see your eternal HOME.


Well..... I didnt know i was going to share all that.... but i did...hehe
be Blessed today..
Lots of love to you.....

katie davies

ps...... you may wonder why Zeal Life is part of the name of this blog. Zeal Life is the TRUST that I set up... to inspire, equip, encourage and motivate people (children, teenagers, adults) through music, worship, teaching and preaching- based on the truth, hope, freedom, and purpose of Jesus Christ and his word, for his names sake and for his glory, that his name would be made known in this nation and this world.
also..... Inspiring people to reach their full potential.