GREENE STREET LETTERS: Repairing The Cracks And Sealing The Broken Places

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Repairing The Cracks And Sealing The Broken Places

Psalm 11:3
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Foundation: That which becomes the base for the entire structure to rest upon.
The solid place on which all other is built.
The sure and firm establishment from which our concepts and ideas and beliefs are held together.
Shake the foundation, everything crumbles.
Destroy the foundation, life becomes a house of cards in a tornado.
That is why at the center of this relationship with Jesus and our daily discovery about recovery, the foundation is the pivotal piece.
What are we adding to daily?
Is it being built upon the person and word of Jesus?
Or is it being constructed upon religious sounding themes and catchy phrases meant to stir out flesh? But does nothing to make firm our soul and commitment to Him.

Real faith is evidence of the foundation we are being built upon.
What you say you believe is tested at times to reveal to you if there are any weak places in your belief's that you need to take a look at.
Real faith is rarely seen in times of peace and prosperity, but it is easily distinguished in seasons of adversity. It is easy to trust God with you personal desires but much harder to believe Him to supply your family's needs.

Foundational faith is us being honest about our absolute need for God's deliverance. Truly recognizing that we are powerless.

Foundational faith is coming to an understanding of the saving and Holy nature of God, and trusting in it.

Foundational faith is accepting the love of God both in times of testing and in times of peace.

Rod Hembree says that, "Faith is a strange mix of God's WORD in us, entangled with the experiences our Lord takes us through."

That is why Jesus commanded, not suggested, that we not only hear His words, but apply them to our daily walk. Put them in place and allow the Spirit of God to work in us, changing us into the child He desires us to be. It is all a part of that "new creation" lifestyle where the old has gone and the new has come.

Check out Psalm 11 for yourself today...
See what God would show 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, June 13, 2013

Repairing The Cracks And Sealing The Broken Places

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD