About Me

  • About Me: Child of the King | Apprentice of Jesus | Married | Mother of 3 | Blessed beyond measure by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

More About Me

  • Interests: Redeemed through the blood of Jesus Christ by the free grace of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, blogging to the glory of God through the power of the Holy Spirit, all for your upbuilding, dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ. I love God and I have a passion for His Church to be revived again, so my prayer is that He would rend the heavens and come down and breathe life into the dry bones, including my own. I love reading, studying, writing and talking about God's Word. I almost always have a book nearby and enjoy hunting in used bookstores for treasures. I enjoy listening to music as well as walking, sitting and reading and contemplating in parks. Philippians 3:7-16 is one of my favorite passages of Scripture. By His grace may I willingly offer myself to dwell wherever He calls me (Nehemiah 11:2).
  • Occupation: Rejoicer

Books

  • Favorite Books: Holy Bible
  • Favorite Authors: Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Andrew Murray, Alan Redpath, John Piper, Charles Spurgeon, John Stott, Henri Nouwen, Dallas Willard, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
  • Favorite Genres: Bible commentaries, Christian biography
  • Favorite Quotes: “I know no other reason why Jesus has put me into the ministry, than because I am the chief of sinners, and therefore fittest to preach free grace to a world lying in the wicked one.” -George Whitefield | "Whenever it looks like he is buried for good, Jesus is doing something awesome in the dark." -John Piper | "There is a point in grace which is as much above the ordinary Christian as the ordinary Christian is above the worldly." - Charles Spurgeon
  • Recent Reads: Now reading: The Bible | "The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors" by Martyn Lloyd-Jones | "Faith on Trial: Studies in Psalm 73" by ML-J | "Prayer" by Richard Foster | "The Reformed Pastor" by Richard Baxter | Recently finished reading: "The Sacred Anointing: The Preaching of ML-J" | "The First Forty Years" (Iain Murray's bio of ML-J) Arnold A. Dallimore's "George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century" | George Whitefield's Journals (read it!) and "Revival" by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (read it also!!) and Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret (read it also!!!)

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Jeremy Camp, DC*B, Christy Nockels, Robin Mark, Shane & Shane, Fee, RED, William Cowper
  • Favorite Albums: Church Music, The Bright Sadness, On the Road to Beautiful, Sacred Revolution, Illuminate, The Lime CD, Beyond Measure, Restored (Gold), Our Love Is Loud, Revival in Belfast, Pages, We Shine, End of Silence, Innocence & Instinct
  • Favorite Songs: Too many!!! Psalm 126 (You Have Done Great Things), Restored, There Is No Other Name, Mighty To Save, With All Faith, Walk the World, Hosanna, Empty Me, God of Our Yesterdays, When I Think about the Lord, The Answer, Breathe, Let Go, William Cowper's hymns
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Charlie Hall's "The Second Alive" | Many Passion songs including: Party, Psalm 126 (You Have Done Great Things), Dance in the River | Many David Crowder Band songs. We Win! Our Love Is Loud | The newsboys' "I am Free (Live)" and "Something Beautiful" | Red's "Breathe into Me" | Robin Mark's "Revival"

Style

  • Can't live without: My NKJV Bible. Just had it rebound after about 10 years. I'm so imprinted to it, I know where everything is in it, and I have so many notes, personal notations and cross references scribbled in it.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Just about any : )
  • Favorite Dishes: Steak and loaded baked potato; chocolate chip pancakes
  • Favorite Desserts: Chocolate cake, cheesecake, ice cream, dark chocolate
  • Favorite Drinks: Milkshakes (chocolate, mocha). Most coffee house-type beverages, hot or cold, depending on season.
  • Favorite Restaurants: Panera Bread (free coffee refills! and good soups). Villa Dolce (Italian food & lots of yummy desserts-gelato, cannoli, tiramisu, cakes...!).

Travel

  • Places I love: The special parks I can get away alone with God right in the Madison area. Colorado.

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    • Name: Karen
    • Country: United States
    • State: Wisconsin
    • Metro: Madison
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 2/12/2007
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