GREENE STREET LETTERS: Do We Value It?

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Do We Value It?

I Samuel 3:1
"....the word of the LORD was precious in those days, there was no open vision."

Do we value the word of God today?
I know that we sell tons of Bibles in this country.
This version and that version...
Camo Bibles...
Leather Bibles....
Paperback Bibles....
Children Bibles......
But do we consider it to be precious?
I'm kind of crazy in that I believe that the Bible is a practical book for practical living in an unpractical world.
I do not discount people who say, "God spoke to me and told me."
God has spoken to me and guided me over the years.
But I do discount people who shun the Word of God at the expense of "hearing".
I do not think you can live like that, nor do I believe that the Father wants you too.

I'm in a position where I get to study everyday.
I have between 3 and 4 hours everyday and it is glorious.
There is not a day that goes by that God does not reveal himself in the Word.
I get answers to prayer through my study.
I hear conversations in my Spirit as Paul prays or King David is downcast and on the run from Saul.
I am strengthened as Moses leads the people forward into the midst of the Red Sea.
Turning to the New Testament and finding those words in RED bring peace and assurance to my soul.
Those RED words being the words of Christ. I don't know who decided to make the RED, but everytime I see them, I am reminded of the price Jesus paid for my salvation....His blood.
John Wimber, founder of the Association of Vineyard Churches, use to say that the bread was in the RED . He believed that you could spend a couple of years just studying the words of Jesus.

If you are new to reading the Bible, begin in the book of John in the New Testament.
"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
Incredible passage that bridges the gap of Father and Son in the Godhead.
Jesus, the express representation of the Father.
Given to us so that we might understand the Father.
Man, you gotta love this book!

Spend time in the Word today.
Ask God to give you a hunger for it if you find it difficult to actually sit down and read.
Get you a copy of an Audio Bible and keep it playing as you drive or work around the house.
Get the word inside of you.

God on you.....
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.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Do We Value It?

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD