There are Great Things in Lubbock!!!

Yes, you read that title right...there are great things in Lubbock! Now if you have every been there you may be thinking....seriously, are you off your rocker here? Nope, I know there isn't much in Lubbock, TX, but this past weekend there were some really great things in Lubbock!! We had the privilege of attending Church On The Rock's Women's Conference and it was AMAZING!!



The conference speaker for the Weekend was: Margaret Feinburg. She is amazing and had so many wonderful things to share with us. If you have never heard of her or read any of her books, I highly suggest you search her up on YouTube or head out to the nearest Christian bookstore and purchase her book: Organic God....you will truly be blessed. The book is nothing like you may be thinking by that title...here is something she shared with us: "Organic means: natural, pure, and essential. God is natural, he is pure, and he is essential to our lives! So how do we know him organically?" She also shared this: "We give of many areas and God loves it when we give of ourselves in every way, because it is a reflection of Him. He is a generously outrageous God! God gives us so much more than we could ever want, need or expect. In Exodus 16:16-20--the Israelites were dependant upon God everyday for their manna. He provided for all their needs, no matter how much or how little they gathered. (check it out in Exodus...it is really good). We also had 2 different breakout sessions we could attend. The speakers for these were so awesome! The first one I attended was: Ordinary Women Living Out Loud For Jesus by a remarkable woman of God...Callie Boyd.

Here is just a brief breakdown of what she shared with us....we are all "just" women. "just" moms, "just" wives, "just" a teacher etc, but God can use us "just" women. For example Deborah and Jael...they were "just" ordinary women who God used in extraordinary ways (see Judges 4 for their story). If we are going to live out LOUD we must TAKE RISKS! Even if you fail at the time, you stepped out and did it and that is living out LOUD! Like Callie said, "I have laid hands on 7 dead people and none of them have come back to life yet, but God said I could lay hands on the sick and they would be healed and raise the dead, so even though I have taken a risk and it hasn't happened yet, I will keep doing it, because one day I know it will happen, because I took the risk and stepped out to do what His word says I can." And her last point was God lives inside of us, so anywhere you go or anything you do you are taking Christ with you. So, the next time you go to the grocery store, remember Christ is in the grocery store too, because he lives inside of you. The moment you enter in anywhere, the atmosphere has changed, because Christ is in you so that place will never be the same, because you and Christ were there! As Callie said...the moment you enter anywhere say to yourself..."Everything Changes!" And as Bill Johnson said (Callie quoted this)..."You are bigger on the inside than the whole world." and "God isn't looking for people who will invite him into a situation, but who will allow Him to be used in a situation."

I will leave you with those thoughts for today. Tomorrow I will fill you in on my second breakout session, which was: This Side Of The Table and the closing words that Margaret Feinburg shared with us!! May you have a remarkably blessed day and always remember that "EVERYTHING CHANGES!" the moment you enter in ANYWHERE!!

So in closing I will repeat.....THERE ARE GREAT THINGS IN LUBBOCK!!!

Be blessed....and remember to come back tomorrow for more!!
Jessica