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Showing posts with label Lost and Found. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost and Found. Show all posts
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Back in business!
In the shower this morning, and God asks, "Are you ready for another vision?"
Surprised, I said 'Yes.'
This, then, is what I saw and heard:
I am standing in a palace, the doors have been opened, and I am looking out of them.
There is a long, wide field of knee-high green grass, swaying in the breeze. It was so very peaceful.
Slicing it's way through the grass is a white horse and its rider, male.
He comes to me, and hands me a scroll. It is a message. I open it, while he stands and waits.
The message reads: Your people are at war. They are surrounded on all of their borders and the enemy is attacking them at will.
The rider turns his horse around and begins to race away.
I yell after him, 'Where are you going?"
Looking behind him as he rides away, he replies, "To where but war?"
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What I got from that:
I will fight. I will join the battle. For the Prince of Peace is always with me. My rest is portable.
"But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." -Hebrews 10:39
Surprised, I said 'Yes.'
This, then, is what I saw and heard:
I am standing in a palace, the doors have been opened, and I am looking out of them.
There is a long, wide field of knee-high green grass, swaying in the breeze. It was so very peaceful.
Slicing it's way through the grass is a white horse and its rider, male.
He comes to me, and hands me a scroll. It is a message. I open it, while he stands and waits.
The message reads: Your people are at war. They are surrounded on all of their borders and the enemy is attacking them at will.
The rider turns his horse around and begins to race away.
I yell after him, 'Where are you going?"
Looking behind him as he rides away, he replies, "To where but war?"
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What I got from that:
- That's why I read Esther this morning!
- It is okay to enjoy peacefulness, but not while there is fighting to be done. How can I rest in peaceful country while my people are at war.
- Every soldier is needed, which is why the rider did not wait for me to make a decision. He was rushing off to join the glorious fight.
- Am I fighting today? Or am I taking my solace at the expense of someone who does not know the Christ, and is losing the fight?
I will fight. I will join the battle. For the Prince of Peace is always with me. My rest is portable.
"But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." -Hebrews 10:39
Friday, April 10, 2009
Something Terrifying
So, I just shared the Gospel with someone via Facebook messages.
Wow.
This could go many ways.
But I hope it goes the way of the cross!
Prayer, please, saints. Let's get some cover for this weekend.
Powerful time for the Kingdom. Let's add another crushing blow to Satan's agenda!
Colossians 2:13-15
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Go Team Jesus!
Wow.
This could go many ways.
But I hope it goes the way of the cross!
Prayer, please, saints. Let's get some cover for this weekend.
Powerful time for the Kingdom. Let's add another crushing blow to Satan's agenda!
Colossians 2:13-15
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.Go Team Jesus!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Examples of God not being funny
- Someone pulling the fire alarm at my apartments. That alarm sounding for 2 hours.
- Being woken up, at 4:44am by the guys above me thumping like little bunny foo-foo.
- Finding an unknown liquid dripping from my SMOKE DETECTOR at 5:00am.
- Attempting to see why my ceiling is leaking and being confronted with: confused looks and a what I'm sure is a pretty plastered minor.
- Staying up at 5:15am, waiting for the maintenance men and security.
- Having only slept ~4 hours tonight and 3 hours last night.
- Actually LOOKING as if I need more sleep.
Oh, the joys of Christianity.
Addendum(edited at ~6:05am): Other things that are not funny.
- The guys from upstairs telling me they had no plumbing problems, and even invited me to come in and see for myself. I declined.
- At 6:00am, the maintenance man confirming that they had in fact stopped up their toilet and flooded the bathroom.
- The maintenance man made them soak it up with their own towels.
Goodnight and Good Riddance.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A day of days
Things I have faced today:
Here's what I did about those situations (in order):
I feel whooped. And I didn't even really DO anything. God is in control. I am a stinking peon to His greatness. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. My God gave boundaries to the sea, told it where its proud waves were to halt. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God.
He is worthy. He is powerful. He is mighty. Praise Him, for his very Essence is love for you. Praise Him. Praise Him. Praise Him.
I feel a relentless joy for my Creator.
Who am I that God is mindful of me.
Show me your face, dear Lord. Show me your beauty. As Moses said, "Now show me your glory."
I welcome your presence. I welcome your Spirit. Empty me God, and fill me with You.
- A very sick Grandmother
- A friend whose parents sleep in separate bedrooms; is on the rocks with their significant other of about 7 years
- A non-believer who thinks god is a woman
- A Physics test
- Financial aid information
- Hoops with my cell phone company
- Work
- Forgetting a commitment
- A Worthy Lamb.
Here's what I did about those situations (in order):
- Turned it over to God
- Told them to turn it over to God
- Invited them to the Veritas Forum
- Prayed
- Rejoiced
- Dealt with it
- Did it
- Apologized
- Praised.
I feel whooped. And I didn't even really DO anything. God is in control. I am a stinking peon to His greatness. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. My God gave boundaries to the sea, told it where its proud waves were to halt. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God.
He is worthy. He is powerful. He is mighty. Praise Him, for his very Essence is love for you. Praise Him. Praise Him. Praise Him.
I feel a relentless joy for my Creator.
Who am I that God is mindful of me.
Show me your face, dear Lord. Show me your beauty. As Moses said, "Now show me your glory."
I welcome your presence. I welcome your Spirit. Empty me God, and fill me with You.
Monday, August 18, 2008
It's laundry day!
"Blessed are those who wash their robes..."
Haha. Jesus supported laundry. It's not really laundry day, that's tomorrow. The point I'm making is this: Every day is laundry day, every day we need to wash our robes in the blood of Christ and re-shoulder our cross.
My devotional this morning was to find an obscure scripture...didn't work too well, but this was where I turned to.
Anywho, Revelation 7:14-17 promises excellent working conditions for those whose robes are made white in the blood of the Lamb. As a child, I did not understand how something could be washed in red and come out white, didn't make sense to me, and was never fully explained. Now, I know that we're not talking colors here, we're talking appearance before God. It's not possible for a soiled, dirty robe to be washed in red blood, and come out white. But it is definitely possible that a soiled, dirty robe can be immersed and covered in the blood of the pure and perfect Christ and come out without stain.
How?
Glad you asked.
Imagine, if you will, that we are all born with white robes. Every bad thing we do adds a deep, dark stain to our once spotless white robes. Every wandering of the eye, and purposeful evil deed just makes our robes dirtier and dirtier. One day, we realize that our previously beautiful garment is disgusting and it shames us, we are sure that everyone can see our dirt. So we do all we can to cover it up. We try to conceal the stains of our garments with friends with robes darker than ours, we try to just embrace the appearance of our robe by continuing to make it worse, we even try to clean it ourselves-sure that religious rituals will get the job done, that just stepping foot inside a church will clean us up.
Eventually, after all the covering up, ignoring, and futile attempts to clean it ourselves fail, we look for more help. And, voila, the Jesus who has always been there, strong, mighty hand extended, offers a solution. Jesus lived a perfect life, his appearance never marred by evil thoughts or actions. His solution? If you cover yourself in His blood, which was ultimately shed for you, then when God looks at you, God will see you as spotless.
Worth a try, right? Nothing else worked, and this Jesus character seems pretty legit. You hand over your robe, and Jesus literally washes your robe in His own blood. Even more surprising is that, when He hands it back, it's not red, but the whitest white you've ever seen.
Yes, Jesus has done it for countless humans, and He can do it for you, too.
Whether you've known Jesus all your life, have been recently reunited, or you never even met the guy, it's laundry day. Take your robe, which is sure to have some kind of stain on it, to the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Be of the many who "have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Praying to see you at the end of the world blowout.
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)
Amen, Jesus, let it be so.
Haha. Jesus supported laundry. It's not really laundry day, that's tomorrow. The point I'm making is this: Every day is laundry day, every day we need to wash our robes in the blood of Christ and re-shoulder our cross.
My devotional this morning was to find an obscure scripture...didn't work too well, but this was where I turned to.
Anywho, Revelation 7:14-17 promises excellent working conditions for those whose robes are made white in the blood of the Lamb. As a child, I did not understand how something could be washed in red and come out white, didn't make sense to me, and was never fully explained. Now, I know that we're not talking colors here, we're talking appearance before God. It's not possible for a soiled, dirty robe to be washed in red blood, and come out white. But it is definitely possible that a soiled, dirty robe can be immersed and covered in the blood of the pure and perfect Christ and come out without stain.
How?
Glad you asked.
Imagine, if you will, that we are all born with white robes. Every bad thing we do adds a deep, dark stain to our once spotless white robes. Every wandering of the eye, and purposeful evil deed just makes our robes dirtier and dirtier. One day, we realize that our previously beautiful garment is disgusting and it shames us, we are sure that everyone can see our dirt. So we do all we can to cover it up. We try to conceal the stains of our garments with friends with robes darker than ours, we try to just embrace the appearance of our robe by continuing to make it worse, we even try to clean it ourselves-sure that religious rituals will get the job done, that just stepping foot inside a church will clean us up.
Eventually, after all the covering up, ignoring, and futile attempts to clean it ourselves fail, we look for more help. And, voila, the Jesus who has always been there, strong, mighty hand extended, offers a solution. Jesus lived a perfect life, his appearance never marred by evil thoughts or actions. His solution? If you cover yourself in His blood, which was ultimately shed for you, then when God looks at you, God will see you as spotless.
Worth a try, right? Nothing else worked, and this Jesus character seems pretty legit. You hand over your robe, and Jesus literally washes your robe in His own blood. Even more surprising is that, when He hands it back, it's not red, but the whitest white you've ever seen.
Yes, Jesus has done it for countless humans, and He can do it for you, too.
Whether you've known Jesus all your life, have been recently reunited, or you never even met the guy, it's laundry day. Take your robe, which is sure to have some kind of stain on it, to the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Be of the many who "have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Praying to see you at the end of the world blowout.
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)
Amen, Jesus, let it be so.
Monday, March 24, 2008
More to come...
So, remember the friend from a few posts back? Well, he came to church with me on Easter and said he was really glad he came and that he enjoyed the service. Praise God!
He(my friend) seems to understand Christianity much better now. (This one's for you Liz, I almost put 'a lot better'.) He doesn't doubt that Jesus was fully God and fully man, I praise God for this. Prayer works! Keep it coming Lord!
Moving on, my church was giving away books titled "The Case for Easter." So i grabbed one and gave it to him. Crossing my fingers he's touched by God speaking through the book. Anywho, I have started a topic called 'Lost and Found' and here I will put all of my updates about those who I personally know that are lost, seeking, and/or found. Stay tuned, should be a fun ride. Continuing to walk in faith. My God is MAJESTIC!
Glory Glory Glory!
He(my friend) seems to understand Christianity much better now. (This one's for you Liz, I almost put 'a lot better'.) He doesn't doubt that Jesus was fully God and fully man, I praise God for this. Prayer works! Keep it coming Lord!
Moving on, my church was giving away books titled "The Case for Easter." So i grabbed one and gave it to him. Crossing my fingers he's touched by God speaking through the book. Anywho, I have started a topic called 'Lost and Found' and here I will put all of my updates about those who I personally know that are lost, seeking, and/or found. Stay tuned, should be a fun ride. Continuing to walk in faith. My God is MAJESTIC!
Glory Glory Glory!
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