Merry Christmas! It is a most wonderful time of year. With all decorating and baking and
present giving...sometimes we forget to remember the reason why we celebrate the holiday.
Happy Birthday Jesus! It is all about You.
And as things wind down in 2009 it seems appropriate that we should spend some quality
time evaluating how we are doing in our relationship with Jesus. Are we as devoted as we could be? Do we want more God and less of this world? And....what are we willing to do to get
it. Keep in mind that Jesus is willing to fill you with the fullness ofHimself.
So...let me leave you with this thought....in 2010 what will you invest yourself in? Will you "Set your mind on things above, not on things of this earth"? Will you devote yourself to
"Seek the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might?" Will cul-
tivating intimacy with Jesus be your number one priority? Questions to ponder certainly. But my prayer is that all of this will do more for you than make you think. My prayer...and hope...
is that these questions will fill you with divine dissatisfaction and turn your world of faith
upside down. I want you to want more of God next year. I want you to want only God next year.

"Whosoever, therefore, with a single heart shall direct his attention upwards to God, and purifyhimself from all inordinate love or dislike of anycreated thing, shall be the most fit to receive grace, and worshipof the gift of devotion." Matthew6:22

May Jesus bless you with much peace and hope and an expectancy that carries you into the New Year with great excitement.
Love in Christ, Patty Clark

Merry Christmas,

Sorry for the time delay. I haven't blogged for so so long. But the New Year...that is going to be a different story. For starters...I went to Europe with my Sister and granddaughter...pixs will be included. We were there for 6 weeks. Then I have had the good fortune to lead a women's Bible study at our local Naz church for the past 12 months. It's been incredibly exciting to see jesus at work in so many women's lives. We studied the subject of Gratitude. Great response and lives were changed. Yeah! Then we studied God's love, then His mercy, and finally His power. Most interesting to know that not only is God...well, God, but that He is willing to share all that He is and all that He has with us...even His power...now that really does provide us with hope for the New Year.

We are going to be exploring the subject of personal Transformation starting January 2010. I hope to give you some of the highlights from the study...it's all about becoming the women of faith God intended us to be. (The study is available at: living_ministries@yahoo.com)

Then we are going to examine the subject of Obedience. Oh I know...it's one of those...well,

intimidating subjects but...Obedience is the key to life so it must not be ignored. So...you can see that even though we took a rather lengthy sabatical...we are back in full force. I will be sending a new blog your way every week or every other week...depending on what comes from our studies and the conversations we have in class. Wish you could attend and we could get to know each other. Well, maybe we can.

More later...

Love in Christ, Patty Clark

Merry Christmas- Remember that the most important words this time of year are: Jesus. Emmanuel. God with us! Alleluia!