WOW! Please join me in rejoicing with my precious friends!!!

1 Chronicles 16:31

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

Please read the following e-mail I received!!!

Date: Oct 19, 2006 12:31 AM

Subject: XO

Dear Friends and Family,

I hope you are all doing well. Thank you so much for your thoughts and your many prayers over these months.

We received great news today from Danny's doctor. After days of waiting to see if he would need to do another round of chemotherapy, Dr. Marcus said he is finished! Dan will now be tested and checked regularly to be sure he has been completely cured.

We would appreciate your prayers for him during this time, for complete healing and for direction as he "moves" back into normal life. Thank you!

We all leave Thursday for L.A. for my sister Jody's Memorial Service on Friday. I miss my sister, but I find that I am mostly joyful and excited that she is more alive than ever, with The Lord! I am praising and thanking God for Heaven every day!

"and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35:10

Much Love to you All,

Annie and Family

I love that song My God Reigns...(especially when Stephen Bailey leads it at our church)

There's nowhere else that I'd rather be

Than dancing with You as You sing over me

There's nothing else that I'd rather do

Lord, than to worship You

So, rejoice, be glad, rejoice, O my soul

For the Lord, your God

He reigns forevermore

I rejoice, for my God reigns

So rejoice, be glad, your Father and your friend

Is the Lord, your God

Whose rule will never end

I rejoice, for my God reigns

My God reigns

And I dance the dance of praise

My God reigns

With a shout I will proclaim

My God reigns

And I worship without shame

My God reigns

And I will rejoice

For my God reigns

Thank you, wonderful friends!!

From the Power Of A praying Parent

Your children are YOURS and not the DEVIL"S,
and you can make a case for them before the throne of God.
YOU have the power AND the authority. SATAN DOESN'T.
Rebuke his lies by the power invested in you
through Jesus Christ your Savior,
who IS Lord over everything in your life,
including your children.

A quote from The Power of a Praying Parent

The draw of the flesh and the devil's plans are a lot stonger than we'd like to think. In a moment of weakness, such as is possible for all of us, we can end up doing something we never thought we would. Only the power of God, through prayer, can make a difference.

Thank you for praying for my dear friend Annie. Here is an update.

Date: Oct 2, 2006 1:18 PM

Hello Friends and Family,

Many of you may have already heard that my beautiful sister Jody is now in the presence of the Lord. I can only imagine how wonderful & glorious it is,being WITH the ONE who made her, her Creator. Jody passed away very peacefully on Saturday just after 4:00.

Her final hours here on earth, were filled with precious time with her family, God's Word, and constant love from her husband Scott and best friend Logan. Also, Scott spent time reading to Jody all of the inspired,worshipful lyrics to the many many songs Jody has written. What a gift!

My brothers and sister along with a few of mom's friends with gathertogether this afternoon to tell her about Jody.

Today Dan has begun another round of chemo. Hopefully his last.

Our whole family covets your prayers during this difficult time. Thank you!

OXOXOX,

Annie and Family



Date: Oct 3, 2006 1:58 AM

Thank you ALL for your prayers and kind email responses to me.

My mother Judy, now knows that Jody is with her Lord. God filled the afternoon with His great mercy, grace and peace. After my two brothers and sister privately told mom about Jody, she was then surrounded by close friends and family that gathered to comfort her.

This was God's perfect time.

We prayed, sang, and grieved together. Mom and I continued these things upto bedtime. She was so grateful to be surrounded in this way and is very peaceful.

I believe God allowed my mother to experience this loss because HE wanted to show us ALL, His very very powerful love in a time of deep grief.

"They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35:10

Much Love and thanks to you all, XOOX

Annie and Family

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I can not find words adequate enough to describe the love I have for this family! Your prayers for them have been a wonderful blessing to me because of the gift it has been to them! Please continue to lift Danny up in prayers as well.

Date: Oct 8, 2006 9:16 AM
For Daniel:
He's getting very tired of all this chemo routine. He went out yesterday for a couple hours to visit the music store and it totally wiped him out. His tumor marker numbers have been in the normal range for a few weeks, but one of them was rising slightly and the doctor is talking about a 4th round of chemo which we hope isn't the case. Pray for healing too.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

HIP HIP HOORAY!! Three cheers for Whataburger! I am proud of and thankful for that business! Yesterday I worked up at Laura's school helping to make football mums. I got there at 10:30 ish and stayed till 3:15 then after feeding the fam I headed back up there about 7:40 ish. I stayed till 11pm. I was sooo thirsty and wishing I had snagged one of those water bottles before I left.

Anywhoooo...On the way home I saw Whataburger and thought I will just pull in real quick and grab a rootbeer. AWWWH refreshing... Well, it took actually a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I wasn't bothered. I was kind of in a daze so tired..

Then after I got my drink...signed over my kidney to the drive thru worker(as Joel swears I do...)I was driving on through when in their window I saw in HUGE BOLD letters these words:

ONE NATION
UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE

I said to Joel on the phone, I don't mind if I have to wait 2 hours in line for a rootbeer(which by the way after I ordered, I saw it was Bargs..the only rootbeer with caffeine :( awwh man! BUMMER!) it is worth it because they are boldly proud of our nation being under God!!!

Please stop in one today and support their support!!!

Have a Blessed day Blog world and celebrate His power!!!

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,sustaining all things by His powerful word.

Hebrews 1:3