19. January 2010 by admin.

~There is something magical when you walk into a cozy, warm coffee shop and you pick your favorite cup of coffee and you sit with one or two friends. It seems the hearts open and there is a sense of vulnerability and honesty to share.~

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18. January 2010 by admin.

Omega 3/6/9 supports congitive function and eye health. Omega 3 fatty acids are poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Studies show that a diet rich in omega 3 fatty acids may help lower triglycerides and increase HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol). Omega 3 fatty acids may also act as an anticoagulant to prevent blood from clotting. Several other studies also suggest that these fatty acids may help lower high blood pressure.

Nature’s Life
Vitamin E 1,000 IU
with Tocopherals

Vitamin E has earned itself a reputation - from spicing up your sex life to banning wrinkles and old age. One of the most important functions of this vitamin is its antioxidant properties. Vitamin E is an essential fat-soluble vitamin that includes eight naturally occurring compounds in two classes designated as tocopherols and tocotrienols.

Vitamin E is an effective chain-breaking, lipid-soluble antioxidant in biological membranes, and aids in membrane stability.

Source Naturals
SAM e

Benefits of Sam-E
•Commonly used as to help with mild depression.
•Helps you regain control of your good mood, helping you have brighter days and a restore a healthy balance.
•Beneficial for joint disorders and connective tissue
•May help lower levels of homcysteine, an amino acid associated with cardiovascular disease.
•May help protect the body against cellular damage and slow the aging process.

Supplements are so wonderful because you benefit in so many ways!!

Hope this helps you!!

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16. January 2010 by admin.

This is my girlfriend Sharenda Roam and I, setting up for our very first Girls2Girls and we didnt know it was recording!! hahaha

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15. January 2010 by admin.

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14. January 2010 by admin.

My heart, as wells yours i’m sure, was sadden by the reports in Haiti. While watching the news this morning and seeing the devation, I was asking God what can I do to help? I wanted to offer a few organizations that are reputable you could give financial support to and know that the money would be used for the Rescue Efforts.

Food for the Hungry is a Phoenix based organization. They had staff over there during the devastation and have yet to locate all of them, and relief efforts have already arrived in Haiti.

http://www.convoyofhope.org/
http://www.redcross.org/

Texting Option:
To make a $5 donation from your phone text “ONEHEART” to 85944 & confirm by replying “YES”, or go to http://www.sophiasheart.org/

Let’s do what part we can and remember to lift them in prayer!

We are putting together a phoenix fundraiser that we would love your support in, I will be posting more information in the next couple days.

Blessings,

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18. November 2009 by admin.

Psalms 139:16

16 “your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be”

This is one of my favorite scripture verses in the bible. I will never forget the day I first read it and how it just jumped out at me with such revelation!

Think about it!!! God already had your end planned with your beginning! Your life is already fashioned by God, every desires of your heart are already written down in heaven!

I can’t wait for the day that I will get to heaven; besides running and giving Jesus a big hug and kissing Him, I am going to run straight to that amazing Library in Heaven and find MY book that has MY NAME written on it! I am going to open that book, hopefully with some heavenly brew and sit for hours to see all that I accomplished according to that plan. I know at that moment, it will not matter whether I truly fulfilled all of God’s plans for my life, but right now I can’t help but imagine that I am living every day according to His special design for my life!

I have seen and heard so many people that struggle with the “idea” of reaching a place called Destiny and I too am one that longs for that beautiful, amazing place of “destiny” but I have come to realize that every place where you are in the Will of God, that IS DESTINY! Many have assumed that through different routes they could attain their Destiny: sowing a “seed”, praying and fasting, crying out to God through Intercession. Although, these are important in our walk and relationship with God, these are not what brings us to the perfect will of God or our Destiny. Destiny is a journey of right choices. God gave us the freedom of choice in the beginning by putting two trees in the Garden NOT to eat. These trees were not barricaded with steel walls, they were put in the Garden with all the other pleasures only guarded by the Freedom of CHOICE.

In the years of my journey with God have I only come across a few times where I had to make very hard choices. You can do all that I listed above, in your beautiful journey with God, but at some point you will be faced with making a decision. Do I move? do I change employment, do I leave a church, do I marry this person? and the list goes on and on. Only you know when you are faced with this “crossroad” experience. I have lived a very enjoyable life but there have been a few times I came to that crossroad of decision. It is YOUR choice to make. I love that freedom that God gave us; but it is so important we make the one God wants; not making an emotional decision or based on your circumstances.

Here are a few things you can do to help with your choices towards your Destiny:

1) Pray for WISDOM and Discernment
James 1:5 If we lack wisdom to ask of the Lord and He will give {wisdom} to us all liberally without reproach {or prejudice, respector of persons}.

2)Seek your most respected Mentor who has your best interested in heart
Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

3)Have courage to make the right choice
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

4) Meditate on God’s Promises
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,And He delights in his way.
Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

REMEMBER ALWAYS!!!
Psalm 33:11
But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations

Thank you Jesus!

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11. November 2009 by admin.

Everyone is invited to our Annual All Church Christmas Party on Saturday, December 12th!! Dinner catered by Macaroni Grill, live music by Peter Pancrazi http://www.petepancrazi.com/ and the live comedy troupe Jesterz http://www.theatre168.com/! A fun packed night!! Tickets will go fast so hurry up!!

Call 602.424.5222 or visit www.fbimaz.com

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4. November 2009 by admin.

A fun blog and precious woman I follow is - The Preacher’s Wife - aka Lisa and she is hosting a scavenger hunt for those ladies who are married to the ministry (M2M). Here are my answers to her questions.

The Treasures

1. First Name My name is Barb, but I have been called Bobbie and Barbie most of my life

2. State and Country of Residence Hometown is Chicago, but I live in Arizona in the sweet USA

3. Husband’s Ministry Title Single, never married YET (know of a man of God, Im interested) heehee …but very married to the ministry

4. Length of time in Current Ministry Location. 20 years in the ministry, 8 years in AZ: Children’s pastor, Youth Pastor, Women’s Ministry, Church Administrator..I mentioned 20 years right..lol

5. Children? no kiddo’s yet

6. Number of unique homes in which you’ve lived during your marriage. a basement when the ministry first started does that count?

7. Cook Sunday lunch or eat out? EAT OUT and a nap! Sunday’s are the best naps ever!

8. Typically on time for Sunday School or not? yes, always early

9. Favorite TV Show. King of Queens

10. Something you watch/like/do that you would never tell the church people. (Except now you just did…lol) The Girls Next Door.. except not this season..too edgy now

11. Most annoying church-related pet peeve. people don’t do what they said they would do or show up when they say they will

12. One thing you need to throw away but can’t bring yourself to do it. hmmm, I LOVE to throw things away

13. The one food you can not live without. COFFEE ..is that a food item.. I truly believe that coffee ushers in the presence of God! teasing..sort of

14. Parsonage or have your own home? Home

15. Freak when the doorbell rings or always ready for a visitor? ready, ready, ready

This was fun!! I am looking forward to getting to know the other ladies in ministry!! I’m coming to visit your page!!

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9. August 2009 by admin.

Have you ever heard anyone say that before? “I love my life”. With all the social media networks we have access to; I have seen that written on many occasions. What I began to notice was the difference between the lives that were being described. It ranged from a mom with 4 kids getting ready for the first day at school, a grandfather enjoying their grandchildren, a teenager spending the day at the water park, a single girl spending time with girlfriends or a Pastor’s wife loving her role in ministry. I am sure the single girl looking at the mom with 4 kids thinks, “how could she love her life?” assuming how much work and time children might be or the lady seeing the pastors wife role, thinking “no way would I want to do that” and on it may go!

The point is even though all of our lives are different, is that you can say, “I love my life”.

Your life can not examined by what others think your life should be. You are responsible to live the life God had called YOU to live. The Word says that God wrote a book about your life! I love that! I can’t wait to get to heaven and run to that grand library and find the book with MY name written on it and see that I fulfilled all that God had planned for me!

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4. August 2009 by admin.

I have a very fond memory growing up and I want to share it with you. For starters, let me introduce to you my Second Grade teacher from Christian Life School in Rockford, IL. I have recently reconnected with and it has been such a huge blessing! Her name is
Miss Caroline Seabaugh.

by Miss Seabaugh:

Miss Seabaughs favorite memory of Barb:

One of my most favorite memories of Barb, was her sweet smile and her gentle spirit. She always had questions and she could always melt my heart with her sweet innocence. I loved the times we laughed together. She left footprints on my heart that is still there today.

By Barb and my favorite memory of Miss Seabaugh:

Even though I was very little I remember Miss Seabaugh loving being a teacher and loving the kids! One day after school, she took me to the mall shopping, we ate some dinner (even though I can’t remember what we ate) and she took me to church later that night. I thought that was the coolest things a teacher could do! She is still really cool today!

I wanted to share the poem with you that I have NEVER forgot. She taught that to us in our classroom and it really impacted me even into my adult life, I hope it blesses you as much as it did me:

God, Forgive Me When I Whine
Today, upon a bus,
I saw a girl with golden hair.
I envied her, she seemed so gay,
And I wished I was as fair.
When suddenly she rose to leave,
I saw her hobble down the aisle.
She had one leg and used a crutch.
But as she passed, she gave a smile.

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two legs, the world is mine.

I stopped to buy some candy.
The lad who sold it had such charm.
I talked with him, he seemed so glad.
If I were late, it’d do no harm.
And as I left, he said to me,
“I thank you, you’ve been so kind.
It’s nice to talk with folks like you.
You see,” he said, “I’m blind.”

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two eyes, the world is mine.

Later while walking down the street,
I saw a child with eyes of blue.
He stood and watched the others play.
He seemed not to know what to do.
I stopped a moment and then I said,
“Why don’t you join the others dear?”
He looked ahead without a word.
And then I knew he couldn’t hear.

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two ears, the world is mine.
With feet to take me where I’d go.
With eyes to see the sunset’s glow.
With ears to hear what I’d know.
Oh, God, forgive me when I whine
I’ve been blessed indeed, the world is mine.

Author: Red Foley

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