GREENE STREET LETTERS: Woooo---Hoooo!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Woooo---Hoooo!

Psalm 19:8

The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing JOY to the heart.

Psalm 5:11

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them sing joyful praises forever. Protect them, so all who love your name may be filled with JOY.

Jude : 24

And now, all glory to God, who is able to keep you from stumbling, and who will bring you into his glorious presence innocent of sin and with great JOY.

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all JOY and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Kick up your heels for Jesus and in Jesus today.

Laugh out loud at your circumstances.

Everything that is trying to stop you is temporary.

Only the things of Jesus are eternal.

I know this sounds nutty but you know what..I'm asking that you be completely drenched in the joyful presence of the Lord.

It's His JOY we are talking about anyway...

Not mine...

not yours...
But God's.

I think one of the strangest verses I've ever read is in Hebrews 12:2 where it reads.....who for the JOY that was set before him endured the cross.....

Dude, that is some serious joy there.

I know it is not born of this world and is given from the heart of Father God....

But I need that...

Joy that gives me vision to look beyond my circumstances...not excuse them, but look beyond them and see the hand of God directing and guiding me.

That is a comfort knowing that God is in control and not me.

Find that Joy today.

God on you....

2 comments:

Bobby said...: I've been thinking about joy for about a month now. I wrote about that this morning in a blog post I haven't published yet. Reading through the Bible this year I've been amazed how many times I have seen that word.; August 13, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Greene Street Letters said...: People tend to equate "joy" with the state of their circumstances and situations. God's joy is not defined or bound by the dictates of this world.; August 14, 2010 at 6:25 AM

Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Woooo---Hoooo!

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