GREENE STREET LETTERS: It Was A Good Night At VRC

Sunday, September 29, 2013

It Was A Good Night At VRC

Psalm 107:20
He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Each week, our prayer is for God's presence to not just be with us during our meeting, but that He truly would manifest himself in our midst.
We're not looking for some sort of emotional response or high. We're not looking to fall into some sort of group consciousness. We're are merely looking for God to come and do what He does so well.......heal.
We recognize that we have to be introduced to a Power greater than ourselves who could restore us to sanity on every level. Sin has warped our way of thinking and has taken us outside the will of God where we are fair game to every evil spirit and influence the devil can muster.

The last song we did in the worship set was "HEALING RAIN". As it started I asked for anyone who needed healing from anything to come down and receive prayer. I explained that in the Psalm 107 verse, the need or cause to be healed was not listed, it simply said that the word was sent and people were healed. That healing could be needed for several different thing. Physical healing....emotional healing....salvation is a form of healing.

It was a powerful time as people came to the front. Emotional healing...forgiveness of sin.....there was even one who came to give his heart (not to mention the entire package...spirit,soul.and body) to Christ. Everyone in that room knew that God was present to heal. Lot's of tears and hands raised in worship unto God.

Young and old came forward to receive from God. We could have ended the service right there and went away with a "Wow! God, you are incredible" feeling. Such times as these validate God's word and promises as His Kingdom is made real in the lives of people. Our goal as a fellowship is never to leave that meeting carrying the same junk we brought in. But rather let God break off all the junk and bring healing to us as only He can.

Maybe I'll see you next weekend when we get to do this again....

How cool is that?

God on you....

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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.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

It Was A Good Night At VRC

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