Maxwell Family Blog » Family News http://www.titus2.com/blog The Maxwell family and ministry blog of Titus2.com. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:50:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How Great Is Our Faith? http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/02/how-great-is-our-faith/ http://www.titus2.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/02/how-great-is-our-faith/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:16:38 +0000 Sarah http://www.titus2.com/blog/?p=15662 Matthew 17:20: “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”


If one considers how small a mustard seed is, it is amazing to think how small our faith really must be. I have thought of this verse recently in praying for the salvation of several people. I found myself doubting if those people will ever get saved. Then, the Lord prompted me with the verse I shared.

Lord Jesus, please give me more faith. 

Mark 10:27 says: “And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”

May we take heart, ever more earnestly praying for the salvation of others.

May our hearts break for those who are on their way to an eternity in hell.

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)

Love,
Sarah

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Ten years ago.

Fast forward many years.

Nathan and Melanie, Happy 10th Anniversary!

We love you all so much and delight to see the Lord Jesus working in your lives. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years since that exciting day when you became Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Maxwell. These past years have held many joys, and intense sorrow, when you lost your first-born little girl. Through it all, our Lord Jesus has been faithful to uphold you, gird you, and carry you along. We delight in your family!

Love,
Dad (Steve), Mom (Teri), Sarah, Joseph, John, Anna, Jesse, and Mary

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24).

 

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I am also grateful for those of you who pray for me. It is such a blessing to know you are upholding me to our Heavenly Father. I know without a shadow of a doubt that if the Lord wants me married, it is an easy thing with Him. But, that appears to not be His plan at this very moment, so I joyfully go with His plan and know that when it is His timing, it will happen. I rest contentedly and happily in what the Lord has given me.

Love,
Sarah

Joseph made an amazing card for me out of cherry wood and custom designs. It is currently on my desk.

 “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time” (Colossians 4:5).

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We love you so much and delight to see you serving the Lord. You bring an extra spark of life to wherever you are–truly, your contagious personality brings a smile to people who cross your path.

Happy 21st Birthday, John! We are excited.

“But if any man love God, the same is known of him” (1 Corinthians 8:3).

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The problem, is finding a good vaporizer. Does anyone have any suggestions. Here’s the criteria I’m looking for:
- Cool mist
- Ultra-sonic – these run quieter and have great control on mist output. When the girls aren’t sick, we run it on a very low setting over night.
- Easy cleaning – the ultra-sonic one we just discarded (due to mineral deposits I couldn’t get off the base, hence it wasn’t putting out mist) made it virtually impossible to clean the tube that the mist travels up. I found a thick, gross looking layer of pink slime coating the inside of this tube. I need to be able to get a cleaning brush/rag on every internal surface. I handle vaporizer cleaning, while I’m happy to use power tools to get things dis-assembled and clean, I don’t know that the vaporizer will work once I’m done with it. :)
- Easy filling — This is not a necessity, but would be very nice. Does that tank stay upright when upside down?

There’s the challenge. What have you found to work well? When responding, if you have both the model number and the name of the manufacturer I would be grateful.

Thank you.
Nathan

“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”    Genesis 2:6

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Anna and John built the grocery store.

Mary and Jesse constructed the Victorian Cottage.

Joseph and Sarah put together the Mayor's House.

Dad and Mom did the church.

Abigail, with a little help from her daddy, creatively made the zoo.

“Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.” (Psalms 105:3)

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We had a delightful Christmas, and as always we enjoy our family celebration on Christmas Eve! We find great joy in giving gifts that are practical, and this year was no exception. We buy gifts for each other in teams. Each team is a pair (with the exception of Nathan’s family) buys gifts for everyone and also for their partner. We love to go shopping with our partner to find the right gifts for each person, and then we usually wrap them together!

Many times people ask what we give as gifts and here are a some things that were given this year: clothes, kitchen items, car things, bible cover, tools, house decorations, and calendars made from family photos. On Christmas evening, we did our traditional Christmas program! It is always special to read the Scripture of Jesus coming to earth and sing the Christmas carols that coincide with the Scripture verses.

Reading books to Bethany.

Abby helping Aunt Anna open a candle.

Nieces love to help open presents!

Uncle Joseph and Bethany

Abigail and her daddy (and Abby's new doll).

Tools are very practical.

Grandma and Abby

Sarah and Anna

A new Bible cover.

Fun with play dough.

Bethany and Aunt Anna. Aunt Sarah did the pigtails.

Christmas morning the guys made us breakfast.

Christmas evening, we did the Christmas program. It was a sweet time of reflecting on God's Word and praising Him through song.

Sarah and Anna again

Grandad

Most of the family (Dad took the picture, and Nathan, Melanie, and the girls weren't able to come).

 

“I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.” (Psalms 9:1-2)

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If you are interested, please see this link or click on an individual print below. This offer is only good while our supplies last.

Love,
Sarah

PS – A Christmas blog post with pictures will be coming in the next few days.

“And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” Deuteronomy 6:9

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Victorian Cottage.


Notice this house even has lighting. Yes, it's true. Real lights shining through noodle windows.

Those Rice Chex roof tiles are nice.


The fence is amazing.

Calvary Church.


This was no small church. Notice even the cross at the top.


The stained glass windows are very creative, and the icicles? Wow.


Gingerville Zoo. Quite a creative one. Notice the water is made of blue M&Ms.

Animals crackers make great animals. Nice cage too.



Gingerville Grocery Store. The gingerbread walls are sided with pretzel "logs." Notice the porch supports?


Nice red-hot Christmas lights.


What is a store without fruit?



Back door is for deliveries.


Mayor's House. Notice the snow blower out front?!


A bush made out of chow mein noodles.


I guess the mayor must have people over for s'mores and a bonfire.


JH Tower. Notice the Christmas lights going up it, as well as the flashing light on the top?


Lights here too.

“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: . . .” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

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Love,
Sarah

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Psalms 133:1)

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