GREENE STREET LETTERS: Faith

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Faith

Faith....
It is the fundamental fact of existence in that our trust in God....(this faith) is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It is our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd. (Hebrews 11)

Can't please God without it....
Can't survive this world if we don't exercise it....
Can't break the hold and supposed power of addiction if we don't focus on God through faith...

Faith reaches beyond my own strength, ability and power....
IT reaches to God who possesses what I need to navigate this life with all its traps, snares and potholes.

Faith.....It is impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that He exists and that He cares enough to respond to those who seek Him.

Faith cries out with an unshakable belief that God is bigger than anything I am experiencing or going through. That the internal battle between my sin/nature and my desire to do good can be won by placing my faith in who God truly says He is.

I no longer have to walk as a divided man in my thinking....
One minute crying out to God for help...
The next bowing my knee to the altar of self, a slave to do its will.
The Power I seek today to break free of this darkness that seeks to kill me was made available over 2000 years ago.
The power flowed from a cross to a tomb....
Out of that tomb, on an early morning, walked the answer to mankind's dilemma. The answer has a name...and that name is Jesus....
Jesus, the Christ...
Jesus, the Messiah..
Jesus, the deliverer...
Jesus, king above all who claims to be king...
Jesus, Lord above all who claims to be Lord...

This is why when I look around I see no hope....
But when I turn my heart, my will and my focus upward...
I see Jesus....
May you find Him today....

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, August 24, 2017

Faith

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD