GREENE STREET LETTERS: Good Weekend

Monday, October 11, 2010

Good Weekend

Friday night: Celebrate Recovery Centre, Alabama - God comes and there is much ministry as people fill the front for prayer.

Saturday night: Rapha - The men are learning how to worship. The enter in and God comes. Much prayer for different ones who are struggling. Thank you Lord!

Sunday night: Celebrate Recovery North Glencoe Baptist Church - Once again for the third time, God comes and there is much healing.

What was the common denominator in these three meetings this past weekend?
People came with hungry hearts, ready to meet with God and receive from Him.
It wasn't about me or anything else. God came to heal and save and restore and renew because people were hungry for Him and for something real.

Psalm 34:18 - The Lord is near unto them who have broken hearts and he saves those who have a contrite spirit.
There is no room for pride in the Kingdom of God.
There is no room for self-edification and ego building.
Every time I go to speak at a meeting, shortly after I arrive a voice begins to whisper to me. The voice of the enemy. "Who do you think you are? You have no right to stand and speak to anyone. Look at your own life. What a mess you were. Do you think God would use you?"
I don't listen to it, but it would be real easy to.
I don't heed what is being spoken in my head, but it would be real easy to.
What I do is to sit with my eyes close and ask myself, "What is the truth?" Then I begin to recite Scripture over and over and over. The voice quietens and I am able to speak.

The Lord is near to those whose hearts are broken and those whose hearts are breaking. Today if you are going through a dark time, cry out to God. Literally, I mean cry out! "Oh God, come please, I need you!"
Then quit listening to the voice of the enemy and turn your heart to Jesus. Read the Psalm out loud! Lay your prayers before God and then look for the peace that comes only from Him. Whatever you do....do not...do not....do not...fall prey to the voice of the enemy.

God on you today!
mb

2 comments:

emilyelizabeth said...: It was so good to meet you Sunday night! I have a feeling I'll be learning from you more in the future. :); October 14, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Greene Street Letters said...: The pleasure was all mine.
mb; October 15, 2010 at 2:53 PM

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, October 11, 2010

Good Weekend

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD