Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Stronger

John 10:32 "But Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?' "

Jesus is speaking about how He is the good Shepherd. Then during the feast of dedication they ask Him about His divinity. To which Jesus replies I have told you and you don't believe, then the Jews tried to kill him with stones, (vs 32).


I never want to use God as a escape goat. I get spooked easy and turn to judge His hand all to quick. Out of my fear I'll stone my God, not meaning to only throw one stone. God has blessed me so much and yet I find myself asking for forgiveness once again. It is my flesh, my carnal nature, not me. There's a difference. I know who I love, and He knows of my Love. Our Relationship is stronger. What can break it?

"I honor you Lord. I surrender my all and want nothing more than You becoming more in me and myself becoming less".

Our Role

Jeremiah 4:4;14 "Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, you men of Judah & people of Jerusalem, or my wrath will break out & burn like Fire because of the evil you have done - Burn with no one to quench it" "O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your Heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?"

Jeremiah is crying out to Jerusalem for purification, for salvation, for Integrity.

"Circumcise Yourselves". We hve the role to play in Christianity. Many I times it can be easy to forget, or think we don't need to, but we must wash, we must circumcise the heart. Push with all are might to fight for purity. Fight with violence, fight with anger, fight for your heart. Don't loose the innocents you have before you fall. Work over obstacles and fight your thoughts. We are not right, we are wicked. The worlds worst atrocities did not come from peoples stomachs that empty, who's stomachs were full. Christ is the only thing that makes us better. That is our role, pray yes, but it is our responsibility to push.


"God I know that you have set me apart. Keep my mind focused to fight my wicked thoughts."

Thursday, August 7, 2008

The Fathers Heart

Zeph 3:15, "The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm."

Zeph three is talking about destruction because of sin, but vs14 to 20 is speaking about redemption.

It is canal to read the Bible without the Holy Spirit. If we don't, we begin to see the Bible fearfully, and we miss the mark. People deal with this issue, more than we think. The book of Revaluation, for instance was supposed to be a book that inspired worship, but people will read it without the Holy Spirit and fear begins to kill slowly. My point is that the Bible is not about condemnation, but about redemption. In our carnality we miss that and let fear control our lives. (vs15) It is always nice to see the Fathers Heart. He doesn't Reject.

"Let me read your word with a surrender Heart".

A Gift In A Crippled Hand

Mark 3:4-5, "Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hears, He said to the man, "stretch out your hand". And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other."

Jesus heals a man

The Lord has a purpose for each of us. God has given us gifts in our hands. May that gift never become crippled by the hand's physical state. But let it be restored as the other. The other could have been his other hand, or might have been Christ's hand. (And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.)

"Lord un-cripple my hands, my dreams, my visions. Heal me on the Sabbath".