I’m sitting in coach on a flight to Newark, nj as I write this. I’m heavy hearted, I’m blessed and happy, but heavy hearted.
Someone told me recently that ” the church doesn’t have the bench on offering people hope and help”. It was a dear friend and fellow follower of Christ who told me this….
2000+ years ago, Jesus woke up with a major day ahead of Him. I couldn’t imagine.. the stress, anguish, and pain He knew He was about to face on this day.
Because of His love for us,
Shame was and still is finished.
Guilt was and still is finished.
Self-righteousness was and still is finished.
Insecurity was and still is finished.
It is all finished.
Only because my best friend, and Saviour bared and endured all of our sins on that day.
I am forever thankful Jesus, and forever indebted to You. I am thankful You loved me first and I start this day with my mind on solely you.
I want to spend my whole life, every day, every hour, bringing glory to Your name, it’s the least I can do for all you’ve done for me.
Please take my life and make it as Your own, let the love I have for you, ignite fires in others, for Your glory. I want to be a nobody, making You, the most famous somebody. I pray this world would be taken over by radical lovers of Jesus.
Let it start today!
“How we live our days, is how we live our lives.”
That’s all!
I was afaird and insecure.
I was complacent.
I was empty and wanting purpose.
I was a follower.
I was dependent on myself.
I tried to identify myself with the ways of the world.
I was self centered.
I was anxious and overwhelmed.
I was angry and confused.
I had a fear of failure.
I was lustful.
I had no one I could trust.
I was fearful for God’s calling on my life.
I was afaird of rejection.
I was dependent and never satisfied.
I was ashamed of the mistakes I made.
I was hurt.
I was trying so hard.
I wasn’t bold about my relationship with Jesus.
BUT GOD HELPED ME OVERCOME!!
“And they have defeated him (the enemy) by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.” -Revelation 12:11
The Lord satisfys my every longing. :)
We use lots of words to describe who we are. “the church” “christian community” “believers”. The list can be infinite. As of late it seems that some much of our time goes into talking about who is right and who is wrong. Does this back up any of the words we use to describe ourselves? I dunno.
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I could literally sit and dwell on the goodness of God, and soak in the presence of the Holy Spirit, while writing love songs to Jesus ALL DAY.. and be completely satisfied. The Lord never keeps me wanting. I find comfort and peace in Him alone. He is my focus, and without His presence life wouldn’t be worth living. Basically, my heart is consumed by Jesus. Just saying!
My heart is so completely burdened for people who don’t have a warm place to come home to on days like this, I couldn’t even imagine. I am feeling abundantly blessed! Last night church was cancelled since apparently people can’t manage to get out in 30 degree weather to sit in a perfectly heated building and worship the Lord. :) Anyways, it gave me the perfect opportunity to serve the Lord by delivering jackets, sweatshirts, gloves, handwarmers, socks, and shoes downtown. I was so completely blessed by it. I met a man named Rob, who really was the most gracious man I have ever met. We had ran into him a time before that, but last night he shared his heart with us, and we got to minister and pray with him, God totally showed up in a big way. We handed out over 50 pairs of socks and 30+ handwarmers. Afterwards, we took our remaining items to The Star of Hope and distributed comforters, scarves, jackets, and long johns, and really just got to show and pour out Christ’s love. So, just waking up this cold morning feeling so blessed, praying and thanking the Lord that His mercies are new every day and the people we had the pleasure of meeting and ministering to last night feel His love and warm presence as they start their day!
My prayer is that my passion and my love for Jesus would radiate and reflect on to others, that it would be contagious and world changing. That the fire that burns inside of me, would ignite in others and a love for something better would rise up in their hearts. Jesus is all we need, and has everything to offer.
So today, I was just sitting at work, working I guess you could say. I was over hearing one of my co-workers talk.. and it just broke my heart. She basically was saying that it was normal for people in their 20’s to go out and party and drink.. that it is just part of life. I just want to know why everyone seems to assume this? Why would everyone consider this to be a normal part of life? Why isn’t it normal to go to church? Why isn’t it normal to live your life according to the word of God? It breaks my heart that so many people are going to miss heaven over the meaningless things here on this earth. So many people go through life without acknowledging God on a daily basis. He is just used as a 911 call, or a get out of jail free card. I constantly want Christ’s return to be upon my mind. I desire and long to share the word of God with others.. and can only pray to live my life as an example, so that other people will see me as a light. I just want to tell them.. If I can do it you can too! I used to be apart of this world, and I used to desire and crave for the same things you do. But the Lord in his grace and mercy delivered me from those things. He rid me of those sinful desires, that used to control me. My only desire is to please the Lord and to live my life hungering and thirsting for His presence. That’s what should be considered normal.. that’s what people should be doing. I just pray that the Lord uses me to be a light to people who are living in darkness. I want to speak truth to others, to build relationships so people can see Christ’s love flowing out of me, that people can see His joy that keeps me going. I would be lost without Jesus’ love. There is nothing more fulfilling and satisfying. I wish everyone would realize that is all they’re trying to do by drinking and partying and sleeping with people is attempted to fill a void in their life that only Christ can fill. The Lord can fill our voids for forever, not just for a temporary time. It is everlasting! I just pray that these people would end up becoming so desperate for the Lord. That they have no where to turn but to Him. Use me Lord, guide me, direct me. Help me be sensitive to what the Holy Spirit want to do in my life. Amen.
I start training for a bike ride. How exciting.
