GREENE STREET LETTERS: TURNING TO GOD

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

TURNING TO GOD

Sometimes I fear we have relegated "Seeking God's face" to Sunday mornings, and an occasional effort on our part when things get hard, or we are backed into a corner. Did you ever stop to think that maybe just hanging out with God might be a good thing? I'm not trying to be disrespectful or flippant when I use the term "hanging out with God."

I'm referring to those moments when we are alone and we simply turn our thoughts to Him. Not really asking anything of Him, but simply listening for Him to speak to us. Allowing ourselves to "experience" God's presence not only with our thoughts and emotions, but especially with our faith. Faith that gives me a firm place in which to stand in my decision making. Faith that brings stability to my life in the face of the storms that come my way.

"Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness!" Seek His rule in our hearts. Look for it in His Scripture. Allow yourself to be transformed by His Holy Spirit, and not conformed by the spirit of this world and this age.

So how do I find the face of God? You will find it as you study, digest, and take in His Word. The gospels show us the heart of God through the life that Jesus lived here on earth. We see God's power right off the bat in the opening words of Genesis Chapter One. What? Did you think those opening words were simply there to kick off the book with? No! Those ten words in Verse 1 of Genesis 1 are the anchor that holds this book together. Ten simple words that give us a display of Power, Thought, And Creativity that goes beyond the scope of our understanding.

Ten simple words that form a statement, not a cry or call for us to believe in God. Those ten words scream at us..."Here is who God is! What are you going to do? Believe in Him or not."

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." This is who is calling us to "Seek His Face"....to look to Him as our all sufficiency....not the world. Our reply? Just like the verse says..."Your face, O Lord, I shall seek."

God on you this morning....

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, March 3, 2021

TURNING TO GOD

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD