GREENE STREET LETTERS: Sat-Day!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sat-Day!

Much on tap here at Rapha today.
Work detail to get the camp all spruced up.
Guys going on pass.
Football on TV this afternoon.
Visitation!
Family will converge here at 12:30 to spend some time with sons/ husbands/brothers/grandsons/etc....
Much food...
Much Laughter...
Much love...
Hopefully some healing of relationships this afternoon.

Tonight at the BACKDOOR (our Saturday Service) Royce Head will be speaking.
I love Royce and his plain, no nonsense way of looking at Scripture.
Royce and I tend to view Scripture in the same way and fashion. We are just crazy enough to believe that it's true and what it says, it means.

Verse of the Day:
I John 2:15-16
Do not love the world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from the world.

Love for the things of this world does nothing but bring destruction and death to us. Love for the things of the world comes from our sinful nature which whispers to us with seductive words trying to lure us into its trap.
The world (as mentioned in this verse) is morally evil system that is under the influence of Satan and is opposed to God and the Christ's kingdom here on earth.

If you find this hard to believe then consider the following.
We know what will end the spread of aids.
We know what will end teenage pregnancies.
We know what will stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
We know what will stop the unraveling and decay of the moral fabric of our nation and society.....
Abstinence! It is the best form of prevention.
But because of love for the things of this world and disdain for the things of God, we reject this notion in favor of doing what we want to do.
Moral restriction is not devised for the convenience of the people.
Moral restriction is important because it defines the boundaries of acceptable social behavior.
Genuine follower's of Christ demonstrate their love for God by their obedience to God's commands.

Think on this today!

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.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sat-Day!

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD