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my prayer tonight is that God opens my eyes.
help me to see the people around me.
help me to see their battles.
help me to close my eyes to my own selfish needs.
show me how to live a life like Jesus
remind me how fleeting life is and how crucial our relationship with you is
Believe
What is the difference between believing in an idea and actually believing in something so deeply that you feel it down to your core? It’s so easy to say we believe in things. Yes, I believe God exists. Yes, I believe Jesus died on the cross for us. Yes, I believe I will be going to heaven when I die. But what is the difference between believing in something so strongly that it changes your actions? I’ll tell you. There’s a major difference between believing every good test grade will help you achieve a good GPA. And then actually studying hours and hours for a test. We can believe in something without putting in any effort. We lazily “believe.” But that’s not how it should be. It should change our lives. It should spur us. Challenge us. And as Christians, we believe in a God so big and powerful that he created the world. A Jesus that took all the sins on the cross and willingly died for us. But what do we do? We shy away from being daring and strong. We silently pray or hope for someone else to mention God. We stand fearful to be judged by this world. And it’s not for a lack of belief. I think it’s because we get so used to being comfortable. We think our beliefs are safe little words that we can jot down when we describe ourselves. Our beliefs should change us drastically. I pray for a belief like Jesus’. One where he wouldn’t just passively sit and say “I love my children. I believe one day someone else will save them.” But he took action. Let us not be passive. Let us believe so strongly in a loving God that we act on it.
betrayed.
my pastor this morning gave a brilliant sermon on betrayal. it’s funny because a couple of weeks ago i saw the movie “Son of God” in theaters and it spurred thoughts about truly understanding what Jesus went through.
i wrote this on March 2nd:
so often we hear that we can relate to Jesus because he walked this earth. he shared our pains, our joys. but when things get really tough, we have a tendency to run away from God.
"Jesus never dealt with THIS. this is too much."
we seem to forget that he really did experience everything. he felt every emotion that we feel. he experienced betrayal. the loss of friendships. he saw his mother in pain. he was falsely accused. he had rumors spread about him. he was bullied. he had enemies. he had a purpose. he had goals.
we really can trust him and his word.]
the sermon today was a beautiful reminder of all the above thoughts flowing in my mind weeks ago. Jesus was let down by Peter, Judas, and his biggest “fans.”Â
his reaction?
"Father, forgive them."
"There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness." Josh Billings
“…One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” (Philippians 3:13, NIV) In order to move forward in life, we have to “let go of the past.” But have you ever wondered exactly how to do that? First, understand that we take hold of things in our minds with our thoughts. Our thoughts become words and actions that determine the direction of our lives. It’s that simple. If you want to choose a new direction for your life, you have to choose new thoughts. If you want to let go of the past, you have to quit thinking about it, quit talking about it, and quit reliving every negative experience.
Oftentimes, when we see someone who has hurt us, that pain and offense is stirred up, and we start thinking about what happened again. But in that moment, you have a choice to make. One of the best things you can do, instead of rehearsing the hurt, is to pray for that person and speak blessing over them.
Remember, forgiveness is for you. Letting go of bitterness is for you. Don’t let the past hold you back from what God has in store for your future any longer. Get past the past by choosing right thoughts because God has victory and blessing in store for your future!
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when the world caves in, still my hope will cling to your promise. and when my courage ends, let my heart find strength in Your presence. i walk through the fire with my head lifted high and my spirit revived in Your story. i'll look to the cross as my failure is lost in the light of your glorious reigns.
hillsong
Life has a way of testing a persons will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.
Paulo Coelho
In order for God to bend you, shape you, and turn you into a man that resembles His Son, He has to apply some pressure. And pressure hurts.
Clayton King
when you truly learn how to give something to God,
I believe that is when change happens.Â
that's when the pain you feel begins to melt away,Â
and you're filled with renewal and peace.
"Our hearts are good; it's just that our memories are bad."
When God delivers, never forget what He's done for you. When He rescues you from danger, remember that day. When He delivers you from a bad work situation, remember that day. When He provides the help you needed, remember that day. And then, share the story.
We tend to have short memories. Even major events are forgotten. Remembering what God has done for you builds your faith. Sharing the story builds faith for others.
Identity.
Where is your identity found?
We know where it’s supposed to be found. And we know where we say it is. It’s all simple and easy to say that we are found in Christ. We are beautiful because he created and molded us into exactly how we are. We are purposeful and it doesn't matter what we can or cannot do, our identity is still found in Him.
It’s easy to say that. It’s easy to hear that.
But what happens when you are stripped away of everything you thought you were.
Your passions, hobbies. They are gone and you are standing there, basically naked.
Who you thought you were, how people perceive you, it’s all been changed. The comfort that you thought you had, the reliance in your talents and skills, those are gone too.
How do you deal with that? How do you look at the shadow of the person you were and confront that? And especially if you’re not the only one that notices. You have people breathing down your neck, ghosts in your nightmares, voices in your head. You’re not good enough anymore. You will never be good enough anymore. You've lost your identity because you've lost your talents. Your control is slipping. What you thought you were, what you thought you had, it’s no longer there.
You literally feel like a ghost of the person you once were.
How do we go back and truly find our identity in Christ? How do we really leave this world’s pressures and return to the simple truth.
I honestly believe the only way we can move past this is through God’s word and prayer.
The voices won’t cease, the ghosts won’t fade, the inward struggles won’t be resolved, unless you bring in someone much stronger who is use to facing those battles.
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Galatians 4:6-7 “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.”
1 Samuel 16:7 “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Maybe it’s a good thing when you reach rock bottom. You’re stripped of what you think you need. Let me repeat that.
You are stripped of what you think you need.
In reality, you don’t need it. You already have everything that you were destined to be. You are God’s child. And that statement in itself is simply everything. Talents and skills are a blessed bonus, but when that becomes our sole purpose and identity, we have an issue.
I think we need to be rocked by God sometimes to really accept what he tells us.
When you’re on top of the world, you fail to see that He is the one that helped you get there.
Sweetly broken, wholly surrendered.
This past week was a reminder of God's absolute beauty through creation.
We are so small, so insignificant, yet he still chooses us, plucks us out, to use us for His glory.Â
"How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?"
2 Corinthians 5:14
...so much wisdom in this book.
God doesn’t always give you the people you would have chosen to be in your life. He gives you the people you need—to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to make you into the person God meant you to be.
Francine Rivers
If you try and imitate your own strength, you will be a miserable replica. but if you allow the impartation of Jesus Christ to overtake you, suddenly it all works. Because it's Him imitating himself. And he's very good at being God.
Ellerslie Mission Society - Eric Ludy
It's a beautiful thing when God reveals something personal to us. Either positive or negative, the process is still beautiful.
It is then that we have the choice to chase, obtain, and live up to our full God-given potential.
Or to realize, repent, and seek change.
