Thursday, August 27, 2009
kloves verse of the day
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.~ Hebrews 10:24, NLT
Psalm 37
I thought this was very encouraging. To not fret, for it is sin and leads to evil. Refrain from anger.Realize our Father sees all and righteousness will prevail.
Our Father provides everything we need. Like Lucado says, we don't get to look at a menu and pick out what we want from life's variety, we trust that the one who prepares the meal will sustain us and get us what we need. I liked his analogy "We dont swagger into his presence and demand delicacies. Nor do we sit outside the door and hope for crumbs. We simply take our place at the table and gladly trust him to "Give us this day our daily bread."
Our Father provides everything we need. Like Lucado says, we don't get to look at a menu and pick out what we want from life's variety, we trust that the one who prepares the meal will sustain us and get us what we need. I liked his analogy "We dont swagger into his presence and demand delicacies. Nor do we sit outside the door and hope for crumbs. We simply take our place at the table and gladly trust him to "Give us this day our daily bread."
Monday, August 24, 2009
8/24/09
In day 1 or lesson 9 I loved the verses we all have heard before.
Matt 6:32-34 For the pagans run after all of these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I have to constantly remind myself that God also knows what I need and is able to guide our paths. We don't have to plan and stress so much but rest in the knowledge we have that He will take care of us. He doesn't overlook any need we have.
Also John 15:4 - We have to remain in Him and He will remain in us. He won't force us to stay there though, it's a choice we make.
We sang a song in church that said something along the lines of Christ singing over us and it repeats "I love you, child I love you" several times. I stood there thinking of how much I love my children and how I can sing that to them and feel it and mean it so deeply and how that must not even compare to how our Savior loves us and how amazing it is for Him to sing over us and sing those words to us. I was filled with God's love for me and it brought tears to my eyes.
The sermon was over loving other people. I can't imagine how much God loves us and all the people around us. I hope I can get just a glimpse of that and truly love people the way God wants me to and get just a portion of understanding of how great His love is for us.
Matt 6:32-34 For the pagans run after all of these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
I have to constantly remind myself that God also knows what I need and is able to guide our paths. We don't have to plan and stress so much but rest in the knowledge we have that He will take care of us. He doesn't overlook any need we have.
Also John 15:4 - We have to remain in Him and He will remain in us. He won't force us to stay there though, it's a choice we make.
We sang a song in church that said something along the lines of Christ singing over us and it repeats "I love you, child I love you" several times. I stood there thinking of how much I love my children and how I can sing that to them and feel it and mean it so deeply and how that must not even compare to how our Savior loves us and how amazing it is for Him to sing over us and sing those words to us. I was filled with God's love for me and it brought tears to my eyes.
The sermon was over loving other people. I can't imagine how much God loves us and all the people around us. I hope I can get just a glimpse of that and truly love people the way God wants me to and get just a portion of understanding of how great His love is for us.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Jesus
He is Jesus.
The One and Only.
Transcedendent over all else.
To know Him is to love Him.
To love Him is to long for Him.
To long for Him is to finally reach
soul hands into the One true thing
we need never get enough of.
Jesus.
Take all you want.
Take all you need.
Till soul is fed.
And spirit freed.
Till dust is dust.
And face you see.
Jesus Christ.
He's all you need.
The One and Only.
Transcedendent over all else.
To know Him is to love Him.
To love Him is to long for Him.
To long for Him is to finally reach
soul hands into the One true thing
we need never get enough of.
Jesus.
Take all you want.
Take all you need.
Till soul is fed.
And spirit freed.
Till dust is dust.
And face you see.
Jesus Christ.
He's all you need.
Lesson 8, Day 2
I got sidetracked in Colossians in this lesson but I really liked it. Colossians 2:16-19 talks about not letting others judge you, especially those who delight in false humility. This really spoke to me bc a lot of times people who are super religous can make us feel like we are not as good a Christian. I know I have felt this in the church at times, especially in regards to the amount of church and events that I miss. This also spoke to me about being careful in how I treat others and how I might come across that very same way to other people sometimes.
Col 2:23 says "SUch regulations (talking about things the world says we shouldn't touch taste or handle) indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Col 3:2 - Set your mind on things above...5-Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature....7-8 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived...but now you must rid yourselves of them. 13-Bear with each other...and forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14-over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Thru these verses I just really picked up the message that its all about loving others and how we treat others, especially those in the body of Christ. We will not get along with everyone, we won't make the right decision every time, we won't be able to be great friends with everyone, but we can choose to set our minds on Christ and by this we will be able to forgive and love others and treat others well.
Col 2:23 says "SUch regulations (talking about things the world says we shouldn't touch taste or handle) indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Col 3:2 - Set your mind on things above...5-Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature....7-8 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived...but now you must rid yourselves of them. 13-Bear with each other...and forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14-over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Thru these verses I just really picked up the message that its all about loving others and how we treat others, especially those in the body of Christ. We will not get along with everyone, we won't make the right decision every time, we won't be able to be great friends with everyone, but we can choose to set our minds on Christ and by this we will be able to forgive and love others and treat others well.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Blogging
I hope all of us (yes Dave that includes you) don't lose sight of our Bible study.
Week 8 - Day One
In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins. How rich is God's grace. Ephesians 1:7
As I read the lesson..I'm burdened with the topic of forgiveness. I have written many sentences and then erased them. The Lord is at work but I'm not sure how He and I will get us to where He wants to go. Pray for my stubborness!
Also, we sang this song today at church and this phrase keeps coming in my mind over and over...
...Jesus your loving kindness is better than life.
Week 8 - Day One
In Christ we are set free by the blood of his death, and so we have forgiveness of sins. How rich is God's grace. Ephesians 1:7
As I read the lesson..I'm burdened with the topic of forgiveness. I have written many sentences and then erased them. The Lord is at work but I'm not sure how He and I will get us to where He wants to go. Pray for my stubborness!
Also, we sang this song today at church and this phrase keeps coming in my mind over and over...
...Jesus your loving kindness is better than life.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Aug 10
Ezekiel 33:10-11 ...Our offenses & sins weight us down and we are wasting away because of them. How can we live?....As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their evil ways and live.
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