Tuesday, April 19, 2005

So much has been going on in my world. God is continuously working in my life. And i feel so full and overwhelmed right now...but I pray that I'll be able to share it with you all soon. Just know... He's working.


St. Theresa's Prayer

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are
meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are
born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and
pass on the love
that
has been given to you....
May you be content knowing you are a child of God....
Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow
your soul the freedom to
sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of you.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Revelations...

Today I’m speechless. Something big is happening in my life and I’m watching as it unfolds. God has the most amazing ways of strategically fitting situations and things together. As I look over my life, there are so many example of how I just didn’t know what was going on… like I was running through a maze…but then suddenly God’s purpose for guiding me this way and that way becomes so clear. What seemed like chaos minutes before, is now perfect and everything makes since.

I’m going through that now. Hopefully I’ll be able to go more in depth tomorrow or Monday.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Be about it...

While they were going out a man, who was demon-possessed and could not talk, was brought to Jesus. ~ Matthew 9:32


Years ago, it was not uncommon to have your milk delivered to your home. Doctors made house calls. And when you made a call to a company to discuss a problem, you actually spoke to a human being. Those days of personal service are gone, and if we are not careful, we will follow the same trend in how we share the gospel.
So often we are encouraged to bring people to church. Yet, we see no examples of where Jesus brought people into the synagogue to get them saved or healed. The miracles happened more often in the workplace because that was where Jesus could be found. Jesus had less response and found more resistance in the synagogue than in the common and work places. He took the gospel to and modeled the gospel in the outside of the synagogues. That is where the power of God was manifested. This is not to say we should not bring people to church, only that our priority should be to bring the Church into the workplace, not bring the workplace into the church.
Paul understood this when he said, "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power" (1 Corinthians 2:4). Paul understood that it wasn't words that impacted people; it was the power of God manifested through him.
When is the last time someone saw something happen through your life that could not be explained other than God working in your life? When you begin to see this happen, you will be modeling ministry as Jesus modeled it. You will be bringing the Church to the people, not the people to the church. Someone once said that example is not the best way to pursuade others, it's the ONLY way. Become a light. Become a good example. Pray that God makes you a vessel of His power, not simply a vessel of words.