Our Kingdom is not of this earth

I have grown up in a christian family my whole life. I go to church every Sunday and I enjoy going to youth on Wednesday. I knew that Jesus was my Lord and Savior and that he died for me and all the people on the earth, but I seemed to not want to become a Christian. Once in 4th Grade I got in trouble and my teacher asked me if I was a fake christian. This led me to question my faith and wonder if I would lead my whole life thinking I was a christian, but going to hell in the end. This scared me for a couple years and I always seemed to shy away from talking with my parents about becoming a christian. One day, however, my mom took me to Matt and had me sit down to talk with him. He said that if I was going to be a fake Christian I would not be asking the questions I was asking him that day. God was pulling on my heart with a string saying, "come with me," and that night I did. -Noah Smith

Brave one....

Emma's 10th bday, nice throw!

Celina balloon festival

Destin 2013. Miramar Beach

Little Elm beach- last month

Water was cold!

Happy Mother's Day 2013

Surfing on Mother's Day

Papa and Noah love pizza

Momma loves the movies

Too relaxed

Hookem

One last pic with the real Big Tex

The Eyes of Texas... Hook Em

Destin 2012

To the Future

I just saw Marty Mcfly on the trip to Destin.

Build a Penske moving truck

Noah negotiating today's activities.

Bluebonnet Festival..

Captain Noah

Hello my Family and Friends

This is our futile effort to track the fam's activities for you to ponder and gander.

Check out this verse on YouVersion.com

Colossians 3:23 ESV

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,"

See it at YouVersion.com:

http://bible.us/Col3.23.ESV

Faith: Do everything in love.

The Big Idea: Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14,Paul's encouragement to ”act like men” challenges us to step up and lead boldly and lovingly.

Vigilance: Be on your guard.
(Defense-Protective)-Prov 4:23 Guard your heart, Matthew 12 - False Religion
(Offensive-Ready to attack)-Psalm 5:3 Wait expectantly, Luke 12:37 - Watching

Faith, Courage, Strength
What I believe-Stand Firm in the Faith
How I live, who I trust-Be Men of Courage
How I prepare-Be Strong - Romans 12 Take care of your body. Heart, Mind, Body.

Love
1 Corinthians: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. ---Do everything in love.