There is certainly an awareness, a sense, a longing for, The Lord to move in our days.
We can see the "signs" of the crisis of ages facing us every day, and the cry is for God to pour out His Spirit and touch the nations. The challenge is for us to keep the main thing, the main thing.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A New Vision
Its great to have had some visitors already.Thanks.
"And the one who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours." Matt 25:24-25
It seems inevitable that the way we view the Lord in our lives is the way we will treat others in our lives. in other words, if we view the Lord has a hard and harsh man who has no mercy, no grace, always judging, always stern, then unsurprising ly we tend to treat people in exactly the same way.
Yes, the Lord is stern at times, and does confront our sin and does chastise us as His sons, but did you notice that Jesus introduces God as the Heavenly FATHER?
The servant in the passage quoted was rebuked because he had the wrong perspective of his Master and therefore acted contrary to His nature.
One of the greatest accomplishments we can have as sons of God is to get a true perspective of our Father in Heaven, Of the nature of His SON. Armed with this revelation we will have our view of how to respond to people shifted to align with the Lord's.
As we have a change of perspective, a change of vision of the nature and the Person of the Lord, so He will change our perspective of people and our vision for them.
However I view the vertical, so will be my horizontal.
How is your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
Do you believe He is unforgiving and harsh?
Do you believe He is out to straighten everyone up?
Do you believe He is critical and judgmental?
Remember He is NOT your earthly father....
Or do you KNOW He is a loving Father who will correct and encourage in love for your benefit NOT His own?
That He always seeks to cause your growth and increase as a person?
That you always have access to Him for comfort, for wisdom without having to earn some points before you can get there?
Go and read the Bible again for a new vision of who God is and what His nature is toward you. And suddenly you will begin to see people differently as well.
"And the one who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid and went away and hid your talent in the ground; see, you have what is yours." Matt 25:24-25
It seems inevitable that the way we view the Lord in our lives is the way we will treat others in our lives. in other words, if we view the Lord has a hard and harsh man who has no mercy, no grace, always judging, always stern, then unsurprising ly we tend to treat people in exactly the same way.
Yes, the Lord is stern at times, and does confront our sin and does chastise us as His sons, but did you notice that Jesus introduces God as the Heavenly FATHER?
The servant in the passage quoted was rebuked because he had the wrong perspective of his Master and therefore acted contrary to His nature.
One of the greatest accomplishments we can have as sons of God is to get a true perspective of our Father in Heaven, Of the nature of His SON. Armed with this revelation we will have our view of how to respond to people shifted to align with the Lord's.
As we have a change of perspective, a change of vision of the nature and the Person of the Lord, so He will change our perspective of people and our vision for them.
However I view the vertical, so will be my horizontal.
How is your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
Do you believe He is unforgiving and harsh?
Do you believe He is out to straighten everyone up?
Do you believe He is critical and judgmental?
Remember He is NOT your earthly father....
Or do you KNOW He is a loving Father who will correct and encourage in love for your benefit NOT His own?
That He always seeks to cause your growth and increase as a person?
That you always have access to Him for comfort, for wisdom without having to earn some points before you can get there?
Go and read the Bible again for a new vision of who God is and what His nature is toward you. And suddenly you will begin to see people differently as well.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
A Beginning
Well here is the first post for this new blog.
I'm trusting that we will be able to communicate a clear message to many all over the world.
In the days ahead I will attempt by the grace of God and the power of the Spirit of God to challenge some of your thinking regarding what it is to be a follower of Christ Jesus; what the scripture tells us about leadership, authority, ministry and our responsibility.
Paul said that his (and our) weapons were for the pulling down of strongholds. Where are they found?
He says that the weapons of our warfare are for arguments, high things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of Christ and bringing every thought into captivity.
Basically, all in the mind.
It's all about our thinking processes and patterns.
In Ephesians he says that we should be renewed in the attitude of our minds so that we can put off the old and put on the new.
The challenge, of course then is, will we be prepared to change our thinking and thoughts? Will we be prepared to put off the old?
Join me as we explore the wonderful Word of God for illumination and confrontation to bring us into liberty and freedom of the Spirit.
I'm trusting that we will be able to communicate a clear message to many all over the world.
In the days ahead I will attempt by the grace of God and the power of the Spirit of God to challenge some of your thinking regarding what it is to be a follower of Christ Jesus; what the scripture tells us about leadership, authority, ministry and our responsibility.
Paul said that his (and our) weapons were for the pulling down of strongholds. Where are they found?
He says that the weapons of our warfare are for arguments, high things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of Christ and bringing every thought into captivity.
Basically, all in the mind.
It's all about our thinking processes and patterns.
In Ephesians he says that we should be renewed in the attitude of our minds so that we can put off the old and put on the new.
The challenge, of course then is, will we be prepared to change our thinking and thoughts? Will we be prepared to put off the old?
Join me as we explore the wonderful Word of God for illumination and confrontation to bring us into liberty and freedom of the Spirit.
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