GREENE STREET LETTERS: Two's Day

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Two's Day

Happy Birthday to my wife, Vicki! We had a family Boo-ha-ha at the Red Lobster last night.
Much food, much laughter, much love. It doesn't get any better than that.

I have down loaded the message from December 12th. Feel free to listen or download it. It has been a real blessing to me to be able to make our messages available to anyone who would like to hear them.

One of most favorite prophetic scriptures is found in the book of Micah.
Chapter 5 - verse 2.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

Here in these verses, we have the exact location of Jesus' birth. Not only the city (Bethlehem) but the location within that city (Ephrathah). Kind of like saying, "Hey! He is going to be born on 128th street and 4th Avenue." Even though this information was there written down in Scripture, the religious rulers missed it. Guy's from the East saw and understood what was going on. The wise men showed up in Bethlehem looking for the new born King. Herod and all his cronies stood there like bumps on a stump saying, "What king?" When questioned by Herod the spiritual ghuru's all began to quote prophecies but it was too little too late.They didn't "see" with the hearts and eyes that truth was given by God to those who would see.

I guess this is one of the things I fear the most in my relationship with God. Not that I do something wrong or mess up but that I simply "don't see" what is He is trying to communicate with me. I pray that God would keep my spiritual eyes clear and full of light so that I could see and hear and understand what is being communicated to me.

Let this be the season that we all see a little more clearer.
Here a little better the voice of God.
Feel the wind of His presence with even the slightest shift.
Merry Christmas!
mb

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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

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.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Two's Day

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