Here are some hard truths that I recently listened too...it was like a punch in the gut really... still kinda reeling from it...
...John 16:13; But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
The Holy Spirit desires to be your guide. It's as if your on the pathway of life and you were merrily going down the pathway and it seemed fine but all of the sudden all of the lights went off. Jesus says "don't worry, don't worry...The Holy Spirit will guide you. He will tap you on the shoulder and say ' go this way; do this; do not do that, but beyond that He will give you the power and the ability to pull it off. "
Far too often what you and I do is we say to God " 'm gonna learn your word, I'm going to apply the principals, and I'm gonna try harder this time.
Romans 8:13-14; For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
If you're not being led by him, are you really a follower of Jesus?
John 14:15... If you love me, keep my commands.
Do You...(I) have an internal desire to follow Jesus???
( taken from Pastor Ed Short, Grace Fellowship York, PA; message from Feb 27, 2011)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Nothing special.
I don't know what time it is...I crawled out of bed this morning at 6:30, went downstairs for a shower, turned on the computer and here I am. I don't see any light coming in from outside yet, so I assume that it's not quite 7:30. usually the computer will tell me in the bottom right corner... check, there it is!!..but the computer I am using right now is messed up and I can't see that side of the screen.
It doesn't matter... that's not what I am trying to say.
Last night, I went to a board meeting. we talked about some pretty important things that need to get done over the next few weeks. The story that got my attention, was one told by a youth pastor of a different church. He was telling us how his church just had their annual meeting (some may call it the annual fight). it had gone on all night and they had to adjourn it at 11:00 pm. They then had to reschedule another one because not all of the information for the following year had been discussed. That's 2 meetings, each about 4 hours long. Why am I saying this... because when your in a loving church family, even the annual meeting can be invigorating. It was exciting to hear how they are working on difficult times to try to move forward.
I miss those times. It's strange to be saying that. I was sharing with a friend last night that our Friday night Bible study group is more of a church family to me than our past three churches.
And then, a note of encouragement for me and my wife...She has been reading the Bible a lot over the past week. It has been nice to see. As a husband and father, sometimes I don't know where to start when it comes to reading scripture with my spouse. With my kids it's relatively easy..."sit down, we're going to read bible stories..." but with my wife I have always felt like I am imposing on her time.
I have never admitted that before...
Now I hope I can take her cue and we can start reading the bible together...
Here's hoping
It doesn't matter... that's not what I am trying to say.
Last night, I went to a board meeting. we talked about some pretty important things that need to get done over the next few weeks. The story that got my attention, was one told by a youth pastor of a different church. He was telling us how his church just had their annual meeting (some may call it the annual fight). it had gone on all night and they had to adjourn it at 11:00 pm. They then had to reschedule another one because not all of the information for the following year had been discussed. That's 2 meetings, each about 4 hours long. Why am I saying this... because when your in a loving church family, even the annual meeting can be invigorating. It was exciting to hear how they are working on difficult times to try to move forward.
I miss those times. It's strange to be saying that. I was sharing with a friend last night that our Friday night Bible study group is more of a church family to me than our past three churches.
And then, a note of encouragement for me and my wife...She has been reading the Bible a lot over the past week. It has been nice to see. As a husband and father, sometimes I don't know where to start when it comes to reading scripture with my spouse. With my kids it's relatively easy..."sit down, we're going to read bible stories..." but with my wife I have always felt like I am imposing on her time.
I have never admitted that before...
Now I hope I can take her cue and we can start reading the bible together...
Here's hoping
Friday, March 4, 2011
The urge to pray!
I'm starting to get my mojo back. That sounds kinda strange...I know. during the last couple of morning, I have awoke with more spring in my step. I have the desire to actually get out of bed first thing in the morning. I open my eyes and see the light coming in between the blind and the window. I glance over to the clock and see that its only 7:30.
I never knew that I was affected that badly by the darkness outside. I love the light.
What a strange concept...one might actually think that someone wrote about that in the Bible.
But anyways...
I have felt the urge to pray recently. My daughter says the other day, Daddy, you prayed for like half an hour last night... Of course, it wasn't a half an hour, only about 6 minutes... but I felt the urge to pray... And I've been doing that for the past week.
When God wants to hear from us, I believe He gives us that desire... after all, It is the Holy Spirit that dwells within...
I'm babbling! But then again, I am excited to get into Gods word today... 1 Corinthians...
Here I go...
Back again soon...
I never knew that I was affected that badly by the darkness outside. I love the light.
What a strange concept...one might actually think that someone wrote about that in the Bible.
But anyways...
I have felt the urge to pray recently. My daughter says the other day, Daddy, you prayed for like half an hour last night... Of course, it wasn't a half an hour, only about 6 minutes... but I felt the urge to pray... And I've been doing that for the past week.
When God wants to hear from us, I believe He gives us that desire... after all, It is the Holy Spirit that dwells within...
I'm babbling! But then again, I am excited to get into Gods word today... 1 Corinthians...
Here I go...
Back again soon...
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