GREENE STREET LETTERS

Friday, September 5, 2008

Confession?
Are you Sure? Somehow we think that once we are saved, we somehow outgrow the need for confession. That do so would be a sign of weakness. How dumb is that?

The kingdom of God is predicated on weakness. My inability to manage my own life. My own weakness over sin. The Apostle Paul stated, "If I have anything to boast of, it would be my weakness for in it I am perfected by God's strength."

Weakness is not something the church really exhibits. The weakness we are called to admit only magnifies the strength of God. Our weakness point to God's greatness and His ability to change our lives. Wouldn't it be great if you could go into your service this coming Sunday and in the middle of everything, stand to your feet and shout at the top of your lungs, "I AM THE WEAKEST MAN HERE!" No doubt you would be given a lot of strange looks not to mention they might even escort you from the building.

The kingdom of God is founded on us being sheep and Jesus being the shepherd. Confession keeps me in touch with how frail I am, how frail my attempts to be religious are and the hard cold fact that I am in need of being saved. We should live in a state of on going confession. The more we could confess and repent for, the less the enemy would have to use against us. Wow! "0" sin/crud would be a great way to live.

What is your confession today?

God on you.......

3 comments:

Lane said...: I love the way John describes the fact that Jesus had 'no place' for the enemy. John 14:30 is very interesting:(words of Jesus)

30I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.]

The power of weakness, humility and confession ... you probably would not get too many conference attendees for 'this' seminar!

Lane; September 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM
RODRIGUEZ said...: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4371

Just for a note of interest about the cool moth photo on blog.; September 5, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Greene Street Letters said...: Dude...
Thanks for the info on the moth.
That was way cool!
mb; September 6, 2008 at 9:53 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.

Friday, September 5, 2008

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