Thoughts From Cammie

Will You Deny Him?

2010-02-22T16:27:00.000-08:00

I recently read where Peter denied God. That put me to thinking... How many of us deny God? How many of us deny the power in His name? Do you truly love God? Or, will you cower to just knowing OF Jesus?

Luke 22:52-63

(52) Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? (53) When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. (54) Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. (55) And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. (56) But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. (57) And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. (58) And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. (59)
And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. (60) And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. (61) And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he has said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. (62) And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. (63) And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

Now, my main idea of why Peter denied Jesus is that Peter was scared for his life. Maybe Peter thought that if he said he did not know Jesus, his world would be safer. How could anyone think that life without Jesus is safe? How could you look at your God, be following your God, and still deny knowing Him? But that's what I see people doing. People are more concerned about how they look, feel, and act than about how much they know God and what He wants. Do you know that God is a good father and only wants what's best for you? How could you deny Him, Peter??? How could you turn your back on your God?? This is a cry, a plea for people to remember their God. He is the One who made you. He died for you. He is the One who will never desert you! PETER, WHY DID YOU DENY YOUR GOD?!!!!!!!

How could you deny your God, Peter? How could you spend years with Him and then turn your back? How could you pretend to be His friend and then leave when you should have helped Him? How did you look Jesus Christ in the face and say, "Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee (Matthew 26:35)" ??? You looked Jesus in the face Peter. You lied to Him!! You were friends, Peter. You were sooooo close, Peter. AND YOU BETRAYED YOUR GOD!!!! Peter, Why?

How could you deny your God, Peter? How could you go to pray with Him, God Almighty, and fall asleep? He needed you, Peter. He wanted you to be strong. He wanted your prayers because He knew that He would soon leave this world.

Peter, what were you thinking? Dear Peter, were you that scared? Didn't you have faith that Jesus could take care of you? I understand your fear, Peter. I've dealt with fear all my life too. But God has brought me out. God could have delivered you, too. Peter, didn't you walk on the water with God?

Peter, there is still hope for you. God still loves you. Repent and get straight with God. He will never leave you. He will be a friend who sticks closer than a brother. He will love you forever.

I'm here to encourage you, Peter. You did an awesome job in preaching the Act 2:38 message. Acts 2:38 says, "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." That was YOU!! Look at how you changed!!! You went from denying Jesus to preaching the message that will save millions of lives. You have made a BIG difference. You repented and got your life straight. What an awesome thing!!! What a MAJOR breakthrough!!

You see, it doesn't matter if you've denied God. He will listen if you read His word and become closer to Him. He will talk to you. He will give you your own message to tell people. You may not preach in front a group of people; but you can change someone's life. You have not been forgotten, Peter. You have not gone so far that Jesus can't help you come back. Just reach for Him. God will match your effort with His. When you have God on your side, all things are possible.

You could be like Peter and change the lives of many. Will you deny God and His power? Or will you take part of a new level with Jesus? You alone can pick which road to follow. Jesus, please help me not to deny You. Help me to keep Your commandments, my Lord. Please help me, Jesus. I do not want to fail You. Please keep me in Your hands and continue to draw me.

Be Free

2009-06-23T12:22:00.000-07:00

What does it mean to be free?

As I was lying in my bed today, trying to get better, I was thinking about God and checking out things my mother posted on Facebook. I followed her links and saw this video. The actual music and signing on it starts around 1:07. I grew tired of waiting and skipped ahead to where the music began. I looked at the bottom underneath the video and saw that it was done by an UPCI church in Singapore. You see, I have been learning how to play this song and sing it for a few months now. I fell in love with this song from the moment I heard it. I love how Israel sings of NATIONS being set free.

The Bible says no man can come unto Jesus unless that person is drawn. I love how the song calls out to nations to be set FREE. There are things that I call "Spiritual Strong-Holds" on nations. The binding spirit of nations MUST be broken for Jesus to reach them. This is why we send missionaries and AIM workers. They help teach the gospel and pray against strongholds.

As I continued watching the video I noticed how the sign for "Be Free" and "Worship" were almost exactly the same. My mind began to race. Is this why we lift our hands? Is that the reason why the devil tries to get people not to lift their hands? Does he know that if they lift their hands and begin to worship, they will be set free? I say, "YES."

When you lift your hands and begin to worship Jesus, you begin to be set free. You have to prove to the devil that the One who lives inside of you is stronger than what the devil can throw at you. You must lift your hands and show the devil that YOU ARE FREE. The devil knows that if he can just get you to stay still, you will feel the chains and weights on you. He knows that if he can defeat you before you begin to fight, you will never try to fight. The devil also knows a secret that you don't. He knows your God. You see, the Devil was the head of worship before he was kicked out of Heaven. When you worship, you remind the devil of where he will never be able to go again. You remind him that you are one day going to be there that place.

Why do you think worship is so powerful? It lets the Devil see that you will take his place and it allows God to come and sit with you. I leave you with this final thought....How badly do you want to be set free?

Music Moves People

2009-04-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

Glittery texts by bigoo.ws

Isn't it funny how you start singing a song that you haven't heard in years? Even though the song might be bad or it just might not uplift God, you have heard it somewhere. It just comes back to you. You get annoyed because you can't remember the words to the song from church, but you remember every word from the song you heard in the mall years ago? This is why I try to refrain from songs that do not lift up God in some way.

We currently had a Spanish-English youth rally at my church. When the praise leaders sang in Spanish, I couldn't understand what they were saying but my spirit understood their meaning. God moved mightily in that service. I loved it. I love how God can let your spirit understand things that your mind wouldn't get.

As you can tell, music is my passion. Music lets out the words that I don't know how to speak. It lets out the very heart of who I am. Music takes control of people. It makes a side of them show that others would NEVER see. Music is universal. I love it when I go to a church service and they are singing a song that I know but it's in a different language. I may not recognize those exact words but I remember that tune. I begin to sing praises to my King and God with them. I sing it in my own language, but sing it along with them...Both languages praising the One True King - Jesus. I find it ABSOLUTELY amazing. Jesus is sooo wonderful.

Remember the time you were afraid and then started singing praises to our Lord? Remember the time you were sad and sang about the grace of God? Remember the time you just felt like worshiping Jesus and you began to hum? Those are the times I love. Those are the moments that can change lives. In the Bible, the worshipers went before the warriors. When you sing and praise in a service, the Spirit of God comes down. Jesus heals and changes people's hearts. Strong worship from the heart helps the pastor, or whomever is preaching, to have an open flow to Jesus and to the hearts and minds of the people. After a mighty move of God in the worship, the demons and unclean spirits can't come and interrupt the minds of the people when the pastor is bringing the Word to the congregation. I always love it when I hear preaching after an awesome worship service.

From Pictures

from ChristArt.com

I can't wait to see what God is going to do in our service tomorrow. I'm coming ready to worship.

A Little About Me

2009-04-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

Good Afternoon Everyone

My name is Cammie. I am a musician in my church. I love my church very much. I love all of my family and friends. I am growing in God and I have had "growing pains" (lol). I have been through a lot in my life...This includes Katrina and at least two house fires. Through it all, God's been faithful. He is sooooo awesome. How do I describe the mighty love He shows? I do not have words to say to tell how much I love my Father (Jesus). He is so wonderful. He has helped me through a lot of things.......some of these things were happy :) and some were sad :( , very sad.

Some of my happy things were my new father, my always wonderful mother, my blessed family and wonderful talents. Some of my sad and hard things were eating disorder, fear, divorce of my parents, and other things. When Hurricane Katrina (2005) had been spotted and was supposed to come in, we were going to stay. I, however, was getting very afraid.....This was unusual because we had stayed for tropical storms before; but, this storm was getting worse. I was so afraid that I had a panic attack and we decided to leave to help my nerves.

We met up with some of our extended family (aunt, uncle, cousins) and a family from our church. From there, we headed north towards Tennessee. At this time I was not eating because I was afraid of choking. Our group, my family and a set of friends, finally made it to Tennessee. We went looking for a church that fit into our beliefs and found one. The members of that church treated us like we were their own. They were very kind and we could feel Jesus move through the service. The community where we stayed (Pikeville) helped us out. They provided a place for us to stay and food for us to eat (however, I was still not eating at this time).

As it became more apparent that we were staying for longer than a week or two, the children in our group went to school. (My aunt finally had succeeded in making me eat again.) We made new friends and were treated well. When we came home, we watched in awe as our homes and lives back in Louisiana were being destroyed. It was as if a blanket was thrown over us and we were so shocked that we could not even mourn about what was happening.....

Once Katrina was over and it was safe enough for the men to go back home to Louisiana and check out our homes, they did. We did not like the news they would bring, at least not all of us. The house of the family from our church was fine. My extended family's home was fine but their road was messed up. My home, however, ........ had four trees on it. One tree had shifted the house off of its foundation. There was a huge hole in my house....there were bugs and there was the smell of old rotten furniture from the rain. Even with all of this (and there was a lot of crying), we finally went home to Louisiana.

Once home, we went through the trial of living at our church (my father is the pastor), then a FEMA trailer, and then my aunt and uncle's home as they went to raise money to become missionaries. After about a year or two, we bought ourselves a home. We were just about to move in our home and a psychopathic lady set it on fire. (I personally believe the lady is demon possessed; but we do know for a fact that she has mental and drug problems). This fire was so bad that there was a huge hole in the middle of our home. I was at school when she burned it and had to be checked out. On any other day being checked out would have been fine--but not today. Someone had told my mother our house was burning and she left school (she teaches at the high school I go to) without saying goodbye to me. I was worried about her health. This is a good thing because it made the realization of the house being burned seem less important than my mother being very ill.

I couldn't believe my eyes when we were pulling up to the driveway. I saw the effect that the fire had had on my house; but I had not seen the inside yet. As I stepped out of my car--that my aunt had to drive because my mom and I were in total shock--I could smell the horrible smell of burnt house. My mother had already seen the inside of the house, but I hadn't. I didn't want to; but my family felt that I must to be able to put my mind at rest. I went inside and the whole kitchen was gone. The house stank and was covered with black soot. I was only inside for a minute. When I saw it for my own eyes, I ran out and started crying. My thoughts were "Haven't I been through enough?" "Will I ever have a home again?" "Will my life ever be remotely normal?"

God must have heard even the prayers I did not say. God has now provided a better home. He has given me a special anointing and testimony. Jesus kept me from literally going crazy. To God be the glory. Jesus is awesome. Now my home is perfect. It is bigger and it is more my style. Jesus is a miracle worker.

Longing For Something New ...

2009-04-01T15:40:00.000-07:00

In our quests for knowledge, we have reached a stand-by. We have already thought all there is to think, spoken all there is to speak, seen all there is to see, done all there is to do......yet we still strive for a little more. Our quests for knowledge, individuality, and identity have left me with one thought alone....The only answer. God, Jesus, the Father-Son-Holy Ghost, all in one. He is the only one who can open our understanding. He is the only one who reveals our hearts, minds, thoughts and spirits to us. He alone controls the universe. Without Him, none of us would be alive.

This leads me to just one question- Why ignore Him? Why would you shut Him out of your schools and homes? Why don't you talk to Him? He tries to talk to you. He longs for you to listen. Why must you be so stubborn and blind? Why try to fill up your space with more questions, when you do not even have the answers to the questions you already have? Jesus knows everything. He is smarter than the smartest, wiser than the wisest, more understanding than you could ever imagine, and more forgiving than anyone could ever hope to be.

Why don't you trust Him? In an economy that is headed south fast, He can and will be your provider. In a world filled with questions and confusion, He will be your help and guide. He will restore your joy, freedom and life if you let Him. Why don't you let Him?

There is evidence that God is all around you. So, why don't you believe Him? I know you can't see Him; but you can see the wonderful things He has done. You can't see the air you breathe; but, it's still there. You wouldn't be alive if it wasn't. You must know the awesomeness of Jesus Christ. I must tell you, but how? Will you listen? I know you have pain. I have pain, too, but He is healing it. What does He have to do to prove He loves you and wants to get to know you? Pray for God to open our understanding.