GREENE STREET LETTERS: The Love of God - Ryan Delmore (fan video)

Monday, July 5, 2010

The Love of God - Ryan Delmore (fan video)

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world , that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

How amazing that an incident that took place over 2000 years ago still resonates in the hearts of men and women around this world even today as I post this. I can't explain how it works all I know is like the blind man Jesus healed....."I was blind.....now I see." I was living in a darkness that consumed me heart, body, soul, mind and purpose." I could not save myself no matter how hard I wanted to or tried. I was doomed to a punishment that I could understand with my head but not my heart. What punishment? To be eternally separated from a God who loved me so much that He provided the way out from this punishment. Not only that, the way out was so much more than I had ever considered. It involved this God putting a part of himself inside of me to act as a "voice" of reason and guidance. He gave me abundant life here and now and provided me eternal life after I draw my last breath.

Today, I am grateful for such a God as this. A God that is beyond my understanding even though I will never stop pursuing Him. A God that is capable of doing anything in my life, according to His will, that goes far beyond my understanding or imagination.

A God who transcends governments or culture to reach down into the people to bring healing and restoration. My allegiance first and foremost is to the LORD God. He ransomed me from my own future and has given me direction and purpose. This is the God I write about here at Greene Street Letters. My love for Him is such that I wish I could invent new words to describe Him...the ones I have seem to grow weary and dull and do not convey the beauty of God.

Some call me delusional and out of touch. To this I reply, "OH that God would lay hold of those who say such things that they become delusional and out of touch and never recover from it!" Today...let this be the real INDEPENDENCE day that God declares you set free from the kingdom of darkness.

Praise God!

God on you today!
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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.

Monday, July 5, 2010

The Love of God - Ryan Delmore (fan video)

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD