GREENE STREET LETTERS: Seeking God

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Seeking God

Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd.......I shall not want.

Everything we need on this side of heaven is found in God......
Our provision for life.....
Our sufficiency to face what ever situations and problems that come our way....
Everything we need is found in God.

Maybe that is why Jesus said in John 15:5 - "Yes, I am the vine; You are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing."
This is why our main focus in the Vineyard is worship.
More than a song we sing....
More than the words we read....
Worship is the attitude of the heart. Learning to fall in love with Jesus. Learning to express that love daily in everything we do.
No matter what comes our way, we turn to worship Him. Why? To get what we need? No, because we have found that His presence and person is the very well spring of life that will guide us and empower us in every situation.

Job lost everything.....
What did he do? He sat down and worshiped.
Kind of rings a different tone that what some teach today, doesn't it? Hard times? Suffering? Well, what's a body to do? How about worship the very one who allows us to draw breath.

On Saturday nights at Vineyard ReCovery, before we start, you'll hear me reference the fact that we about to sing some songs. We will be singing TO God....not singing about God. When I sing "Everything Will Be Alright"....it is because that is a truth that is being reinforced in me. Reinforced because I know that the one I'm singing to is there in the room with me. I am stating a declaration of His presence...His Power..His love....and His will. Such is where I want to be, right smack-dab in the center of Him.

Here's a list from Psalm 37 that I keep with me at all times.
1.) Trust in the Lord
2.) Take delight in the Lord
3.) Commit everything you do to the Lord.
4.) Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act.

The list helps me to remember what is important in this life. The world spends a lot of time and energy trying to attract me away from God. It will offer things, places and people that will entice me to turn my attention to them. I choose not to. I have found the value of seeking God. I have found the peace that the world cannot give me. Why would I look any where else? I won't.

Have a good day.....
God on you....
mbb

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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, October 6, 2016

Seeking God

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD