GREENE STREET LETTERS: THE Power

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

THE Power

Luke 1:37
For with God, nothing will be impossible.

We speak about the POWER of God....
We try to pigeon hole it into different categories so as to understand how He works.....
Over here we have physical healing.....
In this cubby hold we have His power to save.....
Up here in this particular slot we have His power to provide for our material needs....
And on and on, on and on, we try to dissect, probe and wrap our finite minds around the workings of an infinite God.

I don't understand the How....
I do know the WHO though. Maybe that is what faith is really all about. Believing in spite of not being able to explain or understand the object of your faith.
Case in point.....
Good friend of ours, Seth Barber, had a terrible accident thirteen days ago. He was working on an old garage door opener, when the spring that drives the mechanism came loose and whipped around, hitting Seth in the arm (between elbow and wrist). Nasty, terrible lacerations....laid his arm completely open. Shattered the bone. Of course Seth was rushed to the emergency room, loosing blood all along the way. Surgery required to put his arm back together. Over forty stitches to close all the wounds. Pain times 10 the whole time this is going on. So what do we do? We pray.

Another friend, Greg Birdwell, gave Seth a word that God was not only going to heal Seth, but it would be a speedy, complete healing. That has been our, Vicki and me, prayer that we have prayed during our daily quiet time. Well, I talked with Seth yesterday, he told me that he'd just gotten back from the doctor. Doctor wanted to see how the arm was healing. Now remember, yesterday was only twelve days removed from the accident. When the doctor took the bandages off to see the arm, he was amazed. In fact, he was so amazed that he called others to come and look at Seth's arm. See, the arm was healing faster than normal. The doctor told Seth that it looked like the accident had happened over a month ago instead of 12 days. He went on to say that he'd never seen anything like this before. This is the reality, and the evidence of a God who heals.

A God who heals physical bodies....
A God who heals mental problems...
A God who heals and saves those whose heart is still in darkness.....
A God who is not limited by, nor stopped by anything this world has to offer.
Truly I can say this morning....
"For with God, nothing will be impossible."

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.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

THE Power

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD