Today, I’m delighted to introduce my beautiful daughter, Keri Joy to you!   Keri and her husband, Zach live in the San Diego area of California.  Zach is an officer in the Navy. Keri passionately loves the Lord and is learning a lot about listening to the voice of the Spirit. She has an amazing singing voice – I always say, she came out of the womb singing! She is a worship leader and as you’ll read below, a school teacher. I love what Keri wrote below about inviting Jesus to take over a room of your life!  Check out her post and leave a comment. Keri also included the link of the song she referenced.  I’ll be choosing 2 winners from those who post and giving away 2 copies of The 30 Day Praise Challenge. 

Here’s Keri:

While I love the opportunity I have to teach 142 (k-middle school aged) precious children how to sing, dance, and act, I am exhausted by the time I get home. The main reason for that is my rowdy, rambunctious, noisy, and occasionally smelly fifth graders. The room can feel entirely out of control. There are moments when I literally stare at the chaos unfolding before my eyes and beg God to show me what to do. In those moments, God so sweetly gives me the words to say to bring order to my classroom, of course not without a moment’s anxiety attack! Last night, after being discouraged from yet another out-of-control class with my fifth graders, I went to Life Group. At Life Group, we have dinner, worship together, and then discuss the Word and our lives. During the worship portion, We listened to Bryan and Katie Torwalt’s, “When You Walk In the Room”. Our Life Group leader encouraged us to openly commune with the Holy Spirit, and ask Him which “room” in our lives we need Him to walk into. It was so clear to me that I wanted to scream and say, “LORD COME INTO MY FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM!” In those still moments while worshipping and praising my sweet Jesus, I felt a peace wash over me. Because when my God walks into the room, everything changes. Of course we know that we have the Holy Spirit who lives in us and goes where we go. But I believe there is power in proclaiming the mighty presence of God in the darkest and scariest places. I know that I will still have tough days with my students. But my prayer is that God’s presence would be so thick in my classroom that the children would notice something different. So my challenge for you today is that you would ask the Holy Spirit which room in your life needs taking over by the Most High God. Maybe it’s your home, or your office. Maybe it’s your neighbor’s home or even a family member’s that is not walking with the Lord. I am confident that God will show you. As you begin this conversation with our sweet Creator, let praise be your next breath; “Thank you, God, for what you are going to do in this room”. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zqg5k_GUx4