GREENE STREET LETTERS: Trusting On

Friday, April 29, 2011

Trusting On

Trusting on....
No matter what our situation..
No matter what we face in our lives...
Vicki and I are trusting on.....
Trusting on that God is who He says He is.
Trusting on that God will do what He says He will do.
Trusting on that no matter what happens...
No matter if I understand the "why" or not...I will trust in Him.

Psalm 142:5
I cried out to thee, O Lord
When things get so hard that the pressure is beyond bearing. When our minds are so full and dark that we can't even think straight..........that is the time to cry out to God. Truth be known, we should cry out to God at the first sign that we are entering into a time of darkness. Everyone deals with life situations differently and we respond on different levels, but no matter what, we should shed ourselves of the thought that we can handle everything and turn to God.

I said, "Thou are my refuge."
Vicki and I have lived by this for 38+ years.
We have placed our lives and everything God has given to us, back squarely in His care.
We acknowledge that anything we might own or have is because God has allowed us to possess it. Even our house and the property it sits on belongs to Him. He is just letting us use it while we draw breath.

My portion in the land of the living.
This has been a huge concept for us ever since I entered full time ministry back in 1998.
During our prayer time God spoke and told us that we could either have (1) His richest blessings or (2) Himself as our portion. I felt somewhat like this was a trick question, but it wasn't. We chose door #2 and have never regretted it. We don't rely on anyone or anything except for God. He has proven always faithful for as long as we have been married, but exceptionally above and beyond faithful over these past 13 years.
Kind of like the tribe of Levi during the Exodus. God told them that when they entered into the promised land, they would not receive a portion of the land. Instead, they would receive God as their portion. Through this, all their needs were met as they served Him at the Tabernacle.

Food for thought this morning.
Let God be your portion for 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.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Trusting On

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD