Friday, November 19, 2010

Diaper Cakes

Just an idea, will it take flight? 
Orange, LA and Riverside Counties, California

Boy or Girl?
            Pick your ribbon color (holds diapers together):
                        Blue, Green, Pink, or Purple
                        Plus Special prints OR decoration available for $3 more
                        (i.e. leopard/dinosaur print ribbon, faux flowers, etc.)
Diapers:
 Size 1 Diapers (24, 50 or 100 ct)
Items to choose from:
Bottles, Bibs, Socks, Pacifiers, Sippy cup, Bottle, 1 NEWBORN toy or stuffed animal

Mini Cake: $30
           
                        24 diapers
                        2 items (full pack of spoons, socks etc)
                        3 items for $5 more
                        4 items for $6 more
                                   
Duo Cake: $48
          
                        24 diapers
                        2 items
                        1 toy/stuffed animal

Trilogy Cake: $60
       
                        50 diapers
                         3 items
                        1 toy/stuffed animal

Fun Cake: $75
           
 50 diapers
                        4-5 items
                        1 toy/stuffed animal

Ultimate Cake: $95
           
                        100 diapers
                        10 Spoons
6 pairs Socks
                        5 Bibs
                        4 Pacifiers
                        1 Bottle
                        1 sippy cup
                        1 Toy/Stuffed Animal
If you want more diapers, 50 or 100, please add $10 to total.
Delivery and Pick up option available.



Thursday, November 18, 2010

How is Your Heart? Part 2

How is your heart of faith? (Part 2)

TEMPORARY HEART

This time, the seed is thrown upon rocky soil, when initially a plant will spring up and shine vibrantly.  Since this is rocky soil lacking nourishment, there are no root systems established for the plant to sustain life.  For these people who hear the Word, they are joyful and excited about the good news of Jesus, but for the fact that worldly pleasures are hard to let go of and give up to God, this belief is very shallow.  The belief is very surface and merely a fad that will dissipate overtime as the hardships of life spring up around them.  To think being a Christian will solve your biggest problems, is a mistake, in fact the Christian life is usually harder, ultimately more rewarding, which is a long term goal, that this type of heart can't wait for.  Continuing in Matthew's gospel, as Christians we need encourage day-to-day from each other, and if you believed at one time, you can't always do it alone.  A praying life shouldn't be a private life, for the praying could be prey to the evil one.

Matthew 13:5-6, 20-21
Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Luke 8:13
Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

1 Timothy 4:1
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Hebrews 3:12-14
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

Did you go to church with family or a friend and feel excitement?  The vibrant worship songs and the friendliness of other believers struck a chord in your heart, but now you are stepping out of the way?  You enjoyed the "church life" and the "clean fun" but you find it hard to stick with it because it's not familiar and it's more comfortable to live life like you always have.  God knows your heart, He knows your thoughts, and He loves you just the same!  If you know the Truth of Jesus Christ, God knows you as His child.  Don't be afraid to let go of something in your "worldly" life because in your "spiritual" life there is an entire population to stand with you, to befriend you and to love you.  The place in God's heart is never given away to someone else who stayed on the path and didn't stray.  He would leave His whole flock to find the one lost sheep, and be overjoyed to bring the one sheep home again.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How is Your Heart? Part 1

How is your heart of faith?
Hello all,
           I adopted this concept from my home church, Knott Avenue, and I will break it down into 4 parts.  The concept is an explanation of the different kinds of hearts someone has toward faith, in "religion" and in God.  If you are not a believer you may very well fall under an unexpected category and even as a believer you may feel like a different category describes you than what you expected.

        Jesus often taught in Parables, which comes from the Greek words Para-alongside, Ballo-to throw, to put a well-known truth together with an unknown truth to reveal a moral that will give a deeper understanding of a situation involving unbelievers and fellow believers.


HARD HEART

         Essentially, when the "seed was sown" (when someone heard The Word of God), it landed on hard soil, where it cannot be rooted to grow and flourish. Those with a hard heart who hear the Word won't be saved because they have chosen to turn a deaf ear and a BLIND MIND to the perception of God's grace.  It is a choice.  It's too much work, or too impossible, and they won't believe.  As told in Matthew's gospel, the Word will be taken swiftly by Satan, who's main objective is for any arrow that tries to penetrate the unbeliever's heart.  The arrow will be snapped in two, in midair, their heart will not be penetrated by The Word.


 Matthew 13:3-4, 18-19
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.


Luke 8:12- Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.


2 Corinthians 4:3-4- And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.




Matthew 13:13-15- This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see;  though hearing, they do not hear or understand.  In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:  " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.  For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.  Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.

In closing, have you heard The Word but let it fall on deaf ears, or fall against a closed heart?  Do you see and not believe?  Do you hear not heed?  If you'd like more information, you can always ask me.  I have some answers and a testimony, but more importantly I have resources and a network of people who can outline the core beliefs and the truth of the grace of God.  This isn't a shiney new bicycle, or a brand new pair of shoes, because this love will never fade and it will never fail you.  God's love goes through each trial with you, even when you are running away from Him, He is holding your spot in His heart.