Hey guys...
Don't forget to memorize the Lord's Prayer for next wednesday night.
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,
give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kindgdom, the power and the
glory forever, Amen."
Praying will change your life! Don't forget it! Remember how important prayer was to Jesus during his life here on earth. He was always sneaking away to try to be alone so He could pray. If Jesus prayed and prayed and prayed, and He's fully God, don't you think maybe you should spend some time praying? Remember the impact of Jesus' prayer on the disciples. When He got done praying and the disciples saw Him, they couldn't help but to ask, "Teach me to pray like that." (Luke 11:1). How life changing is your prayer time? Enough for others to notice? Well, maybe that will come later, right now just start by spending some time praying. There isn't a prayer that God doesn't want to hear. He just wants you to come to Him.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
A Change of Heart
There is more to walking with God than just changing the things that you do. Christianity, truly following God is not just a changing of your actions and changing the things that you say. An encounter with God is truly a change on the inside of you, to the point that who you are on the inside is someone completely different than when you began. If there are areas of your life that need change, if you have certain circumstances that you would like to see different in your life, don't try to fix them by forcing a different reaction out of yourself, but get with God and ask for a true change on the inside of you.
You can change your conditions and even have encounters with God, but none of it counts if you haven't changed your heart.
Maybe you believe this and think, okay, so I need to change who I am on the inside, now how in the world am I going to go about that? Change happens on the inside of you only by the power of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:29) If you need a change of heart, you need to take the time to humbly come before God, get on your face before Him, and let Him know that you are powerless to change this part of you but that you believe He is able to. Refuse to stay the same, insist that an encounter with God changes your heart, insist that it changes who you are on the inside.
You can change your conditions and even have encounters with God, but none of it counts if you haven't changed your heart.
Maybe you believe this and think, okay, so I need to change who I am on the inside, now how in the world am I going to go about that? Change happens on the inside of you only by the power of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 2:29) If you need a change of heart, you need to take the time to humbly come before God, get on your face before Him, and let Him know that you are powerless to change this part of you but that you believe He is able to. Refuse to stay the same, insist that an encounter with God changes your heart, insist that it changes who you are on the inside.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Do you need a resurrection?
We all have areas, rather we want to admit it or not, that need a shot of life. What are the areas of your life that you find less than satisfying? Do you have any areas of your life that are dead? Any relationships that have suffered death? Do you sometimes have that empty feeling inside, where you know that you are physically alive, but feel kind of dead inside? If you have, you need to come to life. You need a resurrection.
Many doctors and nurses today have the power, in a limited way, to bring dead people back to life. We have all heard the stories and read the articles of people who have been brought back to life, or of people who have brought someone else back from the dead, and I must admit, I find it amazing that we have the ability to do that to people. But are there any doctors or nurses or trained personel of any type that could bring themselves back to life after they had died? Hopefully you find that a ridiculous question, because the answer is an obvious no. You can't lock a dead doctor up in a room alone with a defibrillator, and think that they have any chance at opening the door and walking out. Man does not have the ability to give himself life on his own. But this is exactly what Jesus did. He died a horrible death on Friday, went into the tomb, spent all day Saturday and Sunday morning, three days total, dead in a tomb, alone, but yet on Sunday morning the stone was rolled away and Jesus was alive. Where you are limited in your ability to make life, God is Limitless and can do anything.
God can take death and turn it into life.
The bible says that it is by faith that the righteous gain life (Rom 1:17). So if there are areas of your life that are dead and need to come face to with life, take your dead things and present them to God. Get into prayer, get on your knees before Him, whatever, just find a way to connect with God and turn your deadness over to Him. Faith is then trusting that when I give this dead part of me to God, He can make me come to life. God is listening, He is waiting, and He is 100 percent able to take your death and turn it into life.
Many doctors and nurses today have the power, in a limited way, to bring dead people back to life. We have all heard the stories and read the articles of people who have been brought back to life, or of people who have brought someone else back from the dead, and I must admit, I find it amazing that we have the ability to do that to people. But are there any doctors or nurses or trained personel of any type that could bring themselves back to life after they had died? Hopefully you find that a ridiculous question, because the answer is an obvious no. You can't lock a dead doctor up in a room alone with a defibrillator, and think that they have any chance at opening the door and walking out. Man does not have the ability to give himself life on his own. But this is exactly what Jesus did. He died a horrible death on Friday, went into the tomb, spent all day Saturday and Sunday morning, three days total, dead in a tomb, alone, but yet on Sunday morning the stone was rolled away and Jesus was alive. Where you are limited in your ability to make life, God is Limitless and can do anything.
God can take death and turn it into life.
The bible says that it is by faith that the righteous gain life (Rom 1:17). So if there are areas of your life that are dead and need to come face to with life, take your dead things and present them to God. Get into prayer, get on your knees before Him, whatever, just find a way to connect with God and turn your deadness over to Him. Faith is then trusting that when I give this dead part of me to God, He can make me come to life. God is listening, He is waiting, and He is 100 percent able to take your death and turn it into life.
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