Sometimes we can be real foolish !!

I was doing my devotions last night and there was a story that i really liked and would like you to hear, so here it is ...... "A scientist approaches the throne of God and says " God, we dont need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning." "Oh, is that so? Tell me about it " God replies.
" Well " says the scientist " we can take plain dirt and form it into the likeness of you, and breathe life into it , thus creating man. " " Well thats very interesting........Show me," says God. So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil into the shape of a man. "Wait, wait, wait...." interrupts God , "Start with your own dirt !"" That story is amazing, but what is even more amazing is the verse my devotions had me read. The verses were Colossians 1: 15 -17 and thet say "We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body." That verse really hit me because I am gulity of thinking that I dont need God when I most certianly do. God made you and me and everything around us. So the next time you think that you dont need anybody but yourself, realize that you need God no matter what !!!

GOD is Awesome

I have just been so blessed this summer. Even if I was to forget about ALL of the crazy blessings that God has been and is continueing to do in my personal life, the ministries at Victory Church have been rocking it out!!! UNITE has been moving forward as a united group of teenagers that are focused on God. How cool is that? I have never seen a group that is so excited to get other students involved in what they're doing. Our teens don't sit around in tight knit groups that have a "members only" feel to them. I am so proud of our students, and I am so thankful that God is doing such a unique work!! God is awesome!!!!

My Friday Night.

I just felt the need to share something that god has put in my life.
To start it all off, I have this friend. I am not going mention any names, but he is like a brother to me. He is not a christian, and he doesn't have it all too great family wise. But we are still such great friends. For a while now i have been trying to get him to come with me to church(ever since i started attending victory) and he always makes up excuses for him not to come. Well something happened last night. I was with him and a few more friends going on just a day beach trip to Rehoboth beach. The night before i prayed with my family for protection over us as we traveled there and back. Along with that morning of. We arrived there safely and had an AMAZING time! So around 8:30 we left to go home. 2 hours later we find out, we are lost, we took a wrong turn. He started freaking out, but we found out the way to get home. As we were on our way back to the rout to get home there was a driver that was pretty insane. The car went RIGHT in front of us and we had to swerve out of the way and right beside us was a hill that went into a big open field. We went down that hill and into that open field safely. If it wasnt for me and my one friend being on the one side of the car we would have flipped. After that happened I just prayed to god thanking him that we are all ok along with my friend sitting next to me. But then he starts to say "you know who that was? Kyle(his brother that he lost), he saved us, he is right here" and my heart broke hearing that, i never know that was how he thought. But i acted as if i didnt hear anything, it was so overwhelming at the time. But today he texted me, and we started talking about what happened last night. From that i said, "i know it may seem hard to believe me right now but it was god that was with us last night, he knew that was going to happen and provided an open field RIGHT beside us to drive into, he knew me and my friend would be on that side of the car so it doesnt flip" along with that i talked to him about the power of prayer, and how strong it truly is. Later then he told me, Tori, i want to start going to church i DO believe and i need to make it up to him. So I am now planning on taking him to church. And i know he truly wants to go, he is even asking to take off work to go. And i just am so happy right now. I just felt like sharing that, and how wonderful the power of prayer is.
-Tori Gantz