New Life Trails Ministries

08/29/2024

New Life Trails Birthday Parties!!!! Children and Adult Parties!!! Large and small horses!!!! $150 for 2 hours. Barn with heat and air conditioning!!!! Petting Zoo!! 580-763-7349

08/15/2024

We Need Your Help!
Due to the increase in prices and the extreme heat our cost for water, electric, care of the animals and keeping the trails running has tremendously increased. Even if you are unable to give much, we have set up with Tractor Supply that anyone can come in and donate a bag of feed and they will get it to us, or you may donate on here or on our website. We GREATLY appreciate all the helping hands that help keep the trails running so we are able to continue to witness and help others in so many ways. We could not do it without everyone's support!

Our Needs- Rabbit Feed, Pig Feed, Chicken Feed, Sweet Feed for the Goats, Horses, and Cows, Weight Builder for the Older Horses

08/15/2024

Flee

What is the definition of the word flee? The dictionary says that it is to run AWAY from something that represents danger. What are some things that represent danger in my life spiritually. Do I run AWAY from those things or see how close or how long I can nurture them without the danger of them consuming me?

Ecclesiastis 21:2
“Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if you come too near it, it will bite you: the teeth are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.”

Recently, one of the New Life Trails’ horses came up for feeding. As I gazed at the open wounds across his chest, I lowered my head in disbelief and whispered, “Andi, when will you ever learn?” He has acres of grass to graze from and yet he puts himself in compromising situations to get that forbidden bite of grass. Without exception, he is sliced and torn by the wire that encapsulates it.

Then, quicker than the words escaped my breath, the Holy Spirit quickened my heart with the same whisper, “Renee, when will you ever learn?” Whether, it is friends on the wrong path, movies or music that filtrate my mind and heart with forbidden thoughts, bitterness harbored, malice spoken, faithfulness neglected, despair fostered, anxiety nurtured, hate enabled, patience cast down, and the list goes on and on and on….. All of the above and more will leave me spiritually and emotionally sliced and torn.

My Heavenly Father, Abba,

Help me to take the time to identify weak areas in my life and to determine that I will flee instead of foster these traps in my world. Help me remember that sin will take me further than I want to go and keep me longer than I want to stay .

08/12/2024

Back to school event with New Life Trails at Newkirk swimming pool❤️

08/10/2024

McCord School Field Day 2024

08/10/2024

Shawn Manor 2024

08/10/2024

Renaissance 2024

08/10/2024

Grand lake mental health awareness at PHS 2024

08/10/2024

Days at the trails!

08/10/2024

VFW 2024

08/10/2024

Nursing Home visits/ birthday parties/Headstart fundraiser/PTC daycare visits/Roosevelt school 2024

08/10/2024

Family Resource Fun Day 2024

08/10/2024

Humanity Hospice Day Camp 2024

08/10/2024

McFadden camp 2024

08/10/2024

This summer has had many adventures Rodeo 2024

07/24/2024

Jumping
What causes me to jump into bad situations? It can be things such as gossip, bitterness, ungratefulness to lying , addictions, or faithlessness.

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

With our rehabilitator’s license, we have a fawn that is calling the back yard at the Trails, home. He skiddishly comes to his bottle 3 times a days, licks our cheek, makes little thank you sounds and then scurries back to his hiding spot. It is the delight of my Mom’s day. Recently, I needed to put flee and tick repellant on him, and I needed to hold him. Filled with FEAR, he bolted from one end of the yard to the other eluding my attempts to catch him. I was extremely concerned that he would jump the fence. Knowing that once he jumped the fence, he would continue to jump it, and it could no longer be his safe home. At that point, he would have to have a higher and more defined perimeters to keep him safe.

Upon experiencing this scenario with the fawn, I reflected upon the fences that are part of my world and what would drive me to jump them. In every situation, I could imagine, it came back to FEAR. The Bible says to not fear 365 times. One for each day of the year. That’s so cool!!! I truly believe that 9 of the fences are the Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, self control, goodness, and faithfulness. The FEAR can be that fear of abuse, rejection, abandonment, judgement, isolation, failure, ridicule, and the list goes on and on.

Dear Heavenly Father, Abba,

Help me trust you. Help me live within the guidelines that you have set for me in Your Word because You know what is best for me. The consequences of jumping the fence are unnecessary if I will only trust You. You have given me from 3000 to 8000 promises in Your Word to cling to if I will turn to them. Help me to turn to them when I fear, because when I jump the fence, it becomes easier each time.

07/16/2024

Thank you for all the birthday wishes!!! It was great hearing from so many people that Mean so much to me at different times in my life❤️ My Mom and niece picked flowers for me out of my Moms garden. In all the beautiful zinnias, she put one primrose. My favorite little flower.They mainly grow in the wild where my heart is always at home ❤️

07/12/2024

07/11/2024

Wet Wi***es

Have I ever sensed someone trying to meet unquenchable needs in their life emotionally, socially, or spiritually from me or observed them trying to meet them from counterfeits(things that seem to help, but just create more problems like alcohol, drugs, smoking, overeating, addictions, people, ect..)? Have I attempted to have counterfeits meet needs in my life that only God can meet?

Matthew 19:26 With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Recently at New Life Trails, I observed 3 of our orphan calves sucking each other’s ears after they had finished drinking their milk from their bottles. The milk from the bottles releases faster than it would from their mothers, so they have a need to nurse more. Their pasture mate’s ear seems to be the most available fix to their impulse to nurse more.

When I first observed this behavior, my recall immediately went to a horrible torture called a we W***y. If one of my brothers wanted to torture when we were growing up, they would restrain me and stick their tongue in my ear! Disgusting! I can see you cringing!!!! With this visual in mind, I wonder if God cringes when we turn to counterfeits to meet needs in our lives that only he can meet, especially after His Son paid such a high price to be available to us as a true comfort from the world’s inflicted anxiety and depression.

Dear Heavenly Father, Abba,

HELP ME to remember to turn to You through Jesus your precious Son to meet the endless depth of needs in my soul. Help me remember that the counterfeits will give temporary immediate help, but truly only make the everything worse and give more problems! Help me to have Your promises available to my mind and heart through memorization or in writing to turn to at the moment of unexpected, traumatic impact to turn to with THANKSGIVING to carry me through the darkest moments in my life.

A-Thank you God, that I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me Philippians 3:14

B- Thank you God, that I can BE confident that the work You have begun in my life, You will complete. Philippians 1:6

C-Thank you God, that I am COMPLETE in You, not counterfeits, the head of all powers and principalities. Colossians 2:10

07/01/2024

New Life Trails was blessed to visit Lutheran Daycare with some of our baby animals❤️

06/27/2024

The Purpose of the W**d



How do I respond to the w**ds that continually pop up in MY beautiful grass, flowerbed, and garden. Do I see a purpose for them?



Romans 8:28 For we know that ALL things(w**ds) work together for good to those who are called according to His purpose in Christ Jesus.



Having pulled big w**ds, little w**ds, prickly w**ds, and every kind, I felt my effort was futile and I ask myself why. Why are there so many w**ds and can there possibly be a purpose for w**ds? Almost within seconds, I pulled another w**d and I saw around its root base little blades of grass that I had planted previously popping through the soil. I had almost given up on the grass I planted because it appeared it had all washed away, but there it was. The w**d not only had held the soil in place but became a gathering place for the grass seeds to find stability and shelter until they could germinate.



With this thought, I reflected on the emotional, physical, social w**ds of my own life? What could possibly be the purpose of these w**ds? Could my physical ailments put me in a chair resting where I have more time for little blades of His purpose, His plan, or His presence from spending undisturbed time in His presence?Could my emotional pain draw me unto my Savior’s breast where in silence, I can hear the beat of His heart pounding for a lost and broken world? Could the social separation of ministry and its often loneliness leave me at the feet of my Abba where true love is experienced at a level that words can not even define? Such magnificent exertions and all under the canopy of a w**d.



Dear Heavenly Father, Abba,



Allow me to see through Your eyes the work in my life that is hidden from the world and even me. The deepest work where You use the w**ds of life for purposes beyond anything that I can even imagine. In those moments of confusion, in those moments that I can’t see Your hand, help me trust Your heart.

06/27/2024

New Life Trails at Whitney Waller’s Home Daycare. So much a Blessing!!!!

06/24/2024

New Life Trail cucumbers!! The Lord has blessed !!!! If you would like some cucumbers fresh from the garden!!!! Text 5807637349

06/21/2024

New Life Trails made it first long distance trip to Edmond to Town Village Retirement Center to share the story of New Life Trails, the animals, and for New Life Trails’ book signing. We were blessed❤️Of course, with the assistance of my great granddaughter❤️

06/21/2024

Pioneer Technology Center daycare visited New Life Trails today. What a blessing to share all the animals with them!!!! So thankful for the support that enables us to be here for our community and give families’ alternatives to screen time.

06/16/2024

Worn

What do others see when they look at me, my life? Do they see a place within my being, my existence to minister to them, to others, to a lost and hurting world?

Romans 12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Recently, I evaluated the sheep to determine their shearing schedule. As I scanned the herd, I noticed one sheep in particular. His name is Skittles. From a distance, I often notice the baby goats up on his back. Some use him to get to leaves that they can’t reach in trees, some like to get up on him to get a better overall view, some use him as an escape from other bully kids, and some just lay on him as a resting place. He never minds that they are there. His wool is worn from making a place for others.

This made me reflect as I was observing him. I had to ask myself, “ As God looks upon me, does He see any worn places? Do I have a heart that others can come and cry when their hearts are broken, worried, or confused? Do I have hands that have calluses from working to help build or repair that which is in disarray? Do I have smile lines where I have shared a smile to brighten a dark day? Are the knees on my pants worn from kneeling and interceding in prayer for another? Are there worn places in me, in my life where I have made room in the past for tears to be shed, needs to be met, hearts to be lifted and encouraged, and any work my Jesus would ask of heart and life.

Dear Heavenly Father, Abba,

Help my day to be filled with thoughts and actions that can be a haven to those around me. Help my thoughts, prayers, and actions be a reflection of You and your love. Always available to be “worn” for my Jesus will and work.

06/08/2024

06/07/2024

Come support the mission of New Life Trails- partnering with animals to capture the hearts of individuals so that we can intervene a ademically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Ponca City Headstart has baked a lot of goodies to sale as their team building project to support a nonprofit they believe in and have experienced.

06/07/2024

It’s the rodeo!!!! New Life Trails first year!!! Come love on the animals and ride the horses!!!!