Leadership Essentials! #1

Aight.... so here's the dealio. This morning was morning 1 of 12 leadership essential "meeting's".
Some young adults from the NFCYA group at Nampa First are taking this inductive study to grow some knowledge on being leaders. Cool huh?! Oh yeah. Thing is this study is at 6a.m on wednesdays. ha-ha Makes getting up for it a little difficult!

Anyway, this morning was great! We had some super duper fun/interesting discussions!
I thought I'd make a blog post every wednesday stating what I got from the session.

Session 1: Holy

What does it mean to me to be holy?: Well, when I think of the word holy the term "being set apart" comes to mind. What does this mean to me? I think that being set apart is knowing the call God has for you and making that call a reality in your life as well as being set apart from everyone else giving your entire being to God. This is very hard for many people to do; i myself have yet to master it and probably never will but I can work towards it! Many people stumble here. Thankfully we don't have to be 'Holy' to be a child of God! But we should work towards that goal! :)

Our Memory Verse was 1 Peter 1:14-19 - What I got from this passage was that we can so easily become apart of the world. We have to guard ourselves so that we do not conform to the evil desires that can at times overwhelm us. "Be not of this world, but of God as his child."

Our bible study portion was on Isaiah 6:1-8 - This passage is one that has always stood out to me. I always seem to get something new out of it when I read it. Something that stood out to me here was the conviction that Isaiah experienced upon encountering God. He was then cleansed of his sin and equipped with what he needed to tell the people about God! Awesome! Many of us don't feel equipped to be 'leaders' I know I don't. Also many of us don't feel like we can be 'leaders'. I feel like everyone leads in some way.

"Christian leadership, then is a daily and deliberate choice to pursue a path that will be very painful at times, but it also will have enormous influence on others." - I love that! Through the pain there is blessings!

It got more out of it of course, but these are some things that really stood out to me.

:) Thanks for reading! Hope you comment, I'd love to hear from you!

-Brookie

My Sept of 2011!

I don't even know where to begin...

This month has been so full of frustrations with a small amount of happiness here and there.
I've tried to forget most of it ha, and I'm thankful it's almost over!

At the end of August I made the final decision to move out of where I was living in a Duplex with my roommate, to a small studio house by myself. I have to be honest I was freaking out in the beginning.... I didn't know how I was going to do it living alone. Not that I'm scared for my safety... I just HATE being alone. ha. It's like a big phobia for me...
But... with a lot of prayer and talking to people, God started to prepare me to live alone. He would slowly make apparent the things that bothered me and how they would be different once I moved. I love that about God... I love that if you don't feel comfortable with his plan in the beginning he smooths it over and eventually it's all you can think about! :) Now I'm officially moved into my new place a month later and loving it! It's small, but I'm able to make it cute and cozy. We'll see how it goes having people over (one at a time) haha! 

I must add that even though this month has been hard, I've been able to find the little blessings God has so strategically placed in my life. One being the support of my friends which is huge to me. They've all been there to talk to and support me. Thank you! Two being my family, especially my Mom she's been there for me the whole way and also has giving me huge support. God has places some awesome people in my life and I feel so blessed that their there! Love you ALL!


I better go run my errands now. Have a great day!

-Brookie