GREENE STREET LETTERS: It's Not Too Late

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's Not Too Late

It's not too late....

Darkness hasn't engulfed us completely yet....

Nor do I think it will....

No matter how dark it may get....

The light and knowledge of God will be there to drive it back....

But I can't take this for granted....
I can't rest and not follow God....

I do not have that luxury....

For the most part, I don't believe if you truly are saved,

that you can sit back and do nothing...

That you simply quit listening for God...

You quit talking to God....
You quit studying His word....
You quit sharing your story about what He has done through you...

For someone to take up these behaviors, to me,

would signify someone who has given up on God.
Someone who was so selfish in their nature that they simply

used God (or so they thought) to get out of hell.

"I only want the minimum standard of God I need."
That means that we have set ourselves up as the "decider" of what is

and isn't acceptable in our lives.

I don't see much submission there.

I don't see much surrender there.
I don't see much God there.

The only reason I write such things as this,

is because God has me looking at myself continuously.

Looking to make sure that I am not hiding sin or

simply deceiving myself.
We are capable of that you know....
Deceiving ourselves.

That is why I take the words of King David seriously...

"Search me and see if there be any wicked way in me."

That is hard core.

To simply stand before God and ask Him, no! Give Him permission

to search your heart.
Search out the stuff that is buried deep inside.

Stuff that has been hidden by all the emotional and spiritual

junk we have piled on top.

Show me who I truly am that I may change.

Do you ever pray that God would convict you of things you might do that are

wrong?
Why do we stop praying for such after we are saved?
Is it that we truly believe we have arrived?
From what I read in the Word,

We don't ever arrive until we stand before the Lord!

Help me to see today, Father.

Help me to receive correction from You.

Help me to not run away from who you are changing me into.

Amen!

God on you......

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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

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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.

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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.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

It's Not Too Late

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