Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Dependent

When the Son of Man
was Dependent on ...........
As I was getting ready for work this morning.
I found myself thinking about when Jesus was dependent on sinners.
Upon looking up the word in the Dictionary.
Dependent means to rely on another
for support; to rely
Yet even God's son "Jesus" chose to
be Dependent
Think about it someone without sin is suddenly dependent upon sinners.
Well the first time was the birth of Jesus.
Think about it Jesus had to learn to sit up, crawl, walk.
Well needless to say these are just a few of the many
things that Jesus was dependent upon sinners to help him with.
The next obvious time is when Jesus was
on the Cross.
Ah come one you remember
the Cross is where Jesus shed His sinless blood
for YOU and for ME!
For
there was
no other
way.
After all
GOD LOVED US THAT MUCH
GOD IN HEAVEN
GOD ON THE CROSS
One turns HIS BACK
The other sheds HIS BLOOD
After all
there
was no
other way.
What about the spreading of
the Gospel?
You Know God's Word.
AH Yes once again the SON
OF MAN WHO
KNEW
NO SIN
WAS DEPENDENT
upon mankind
to tell others
the Plan of Salvation
Ah yes the word DEPENDENT
Then I found
myself thinking.
Okay I must admit
pondering it is me
who
is DEPENDENT
on God
It is me
who is
DEPENDENT
on Jesus
It is me
who is
DEPENDENT
upon the
Holy-Spirit
It is me
who is
DEPENDENT
upon the
Written Word
It is me
who will
say that
my strength
comes from
God
Yet
it's God
that's
DEPENDENT
upon
SINNERS
to
SPREAD THE GOSPEL
BUILD CHURCHES
DISCIPLE
LEAD OTHERS TO JESUS
AH yes
DEPENDENT

Monday, January 26, 2009

LOVE OF GOD

LOVE OF GOD


As I look to the left to the right I see God’s love.

It is painted in laughter I hear a smile on a Grandma’s face.

Its funny how Grandparents work.

When they are just parents it is typical for the son or the daughter as the case may be to hear both yes and no.

When they become a Grandparent suddenly their love is different.

They get all the favorite things for the grandchildren.

Its common to hear just don’t tell your MOM and of course the child is going to say I am going to do just that.

Cause in the Child's mind I want you to bless me and you wont feel good if you don’t bless me.

Kind of makes me wonder where they get that idea.

Then I find myself stopping and thinking that God knew the book of Revelation before He chose for there to be a beginning.

To begin simply means to create, start, implement, however whenever there is a beginning there must be a finish line.

What is so interesting that God knew the order that the verses need to be in.

The written word is a gift from God to His sons and daughters.

After all God remembers everything that He has ever spoken and will ever speak to every one of His sons and daughters.

Regardless how mankind acts nice or mean, an act of friendship or a hate crime the choice is left up to mankind.

Not that mankind chose for it to be that way but God chose it that way.

Yet it makes me stop and wonder because God created mankind to worship Him.

We should have an intimate relationship with Him to always thirst for more.

Yet God took His love so far to the point regardless of how mankind treats Him He simply says I love you.

With God, He sees one or the other.

This is my child who last prayed (you fill the date in) or this is my creation that I long to welcome to the family.

The angels are waiting to have a party.

There is nothing that will hurt God quicker.

Than someone who accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior, yet for whatever the reason may be they chose not to be close to God.

More than anything God longs to hear every son and daughters prayer.

He even silences all of Heaven just to hear your voice.

In the meantime God waits and longs just to hear your voice .

As much as He longs to hear your voice.

He just simply says it would not be God's love if he or she didn't have free will.

God made the choice to give everyone free will.

Just as a child wants to be spoiled by his/her grandparents.

God wants to do even more but it all begins in prayer.

The best thing about the Bible is that God works according to His written word not mans word.

There is a difference.

Regardless of your choice God gently whispers I LOVE YOU .

I can’t wait to hear from you.

Love,

GOD

Journey Begins.........

Journey Begins with God’s First Choice

In the Briticanna the definition for journey is to travel from one point to another.

Yet it goes back much father than that.
So just where did the journey begin? With every journey there will be choices made along the way.
But have you ever stopped to think about God’s first choice.
God has and will always be on His throne. He placed the scripture in the order that He wanted it to appear.
Ah yes, the Bible pure perfection.
He impenitently left out 18 years of Jesus life for a reason that is to remain a mystery to mankind.
God will always be God and well man will always be man.
Perfection verses no perfection.
So again I ask the question where does a journey begin?

For me the journey began a long time ago.
Way before Away in A manager would be sung or talked about in Bible stories, devotions, and ah yes Church.
Yet the same one who was in a manger for you and for me was right beside His Father when God made His first choice.
Have you ever stopped to take the time and ponder on what inspired God to make a choice.

Throughout the years God has made so many choices and my Heavenly Father will continue to make choices.
Then I remind myself that my Savior the one who was bruised for my transgressions. The same Saviour who was persecuted for my sins.
That is the one who lives in my heart which is just the right size.
The same one who ministers to me on a daily basis.

He conquered death that I might live.
Yet one of the names of Jesus is Firstborn (Colossians 1) and it is beyond my comprehension. Just to know how deep His love went for you and me.
So again I ask the question where does the journey begin for you?
For God the journey began a long time ago.
Does it start with Genesis 1:1 or did God make choices long before that.
Again God is the unveiler and it is important to recognize that.



Sunday, January 25, 2009

For the Ladies

I went to Biltmore Baptist this morning.
It was a sermon that I needed to hear.
In the sermon it compared men to women

Fact:
Women are more verbal than men
Its easier for women to learn foreign language than for a man
The average woman speaks 25,000 words a day
The average men speak 12,500 words a day
Men think mostly using the right side of the brain
Women can multi-task because women use both sides of the brain

The text for the sermon was Genesis 2: 18-25
Women are to be corresponding to men

My favorite point of the sermon is:
-Women are to be corresponding to men
-God brings the woman to the man
-God fashioned every detail, every aspect of the woman.
-God fashioned every detail of everyone (Psalms 139)

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