But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."
Exodus 3: 11-12
Think of all the promises that have been made to you... How many of them have been kept? How many of them were just forgotten or taken back? The Lord is not this way.
God has called us to do great things. Among all the things that He made, we are His favorite. We were creatively created by the Creator of all creation. Where ever He sends us and whatever He calls us to do... we do not go alone. The Lord will be with you through it all. Have you ever seen siamese twins?... yeah... it's like that. Nothing can separate the two, just like nothing can separate us from God.
When we go and do where God has called us to go and do, we automatically know that He will give us success. Moses was not the smartest man, he wasn't the best speaker. In fact I think he has a studder or some other form of speech impediment, but the Lord chose him to rescue the people of Israel. The Lord not only promise he would successful, but that he would return alive to that same place to worship God.
God can not break His promises. If He did, He could not be God.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Limitations
8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Something I have learned about life is its limitations. For example a person can't pass a test if he/she does not read the book or listen in class. There are limits to what we can do. Abraham accepted these limits, he realized he could not control whether or not he would create a nation through his children. He put his faith in God to bless him and all peoples through him. Look at the different limits that we have, think about how following the Lord deals with these limitations. What does our culture say to do with these limitations? from the tv? what does it say about sex? happiness? love? whats fun? whats funny?
i wish i could fly but jumping of a building may be a dream of mine but there is a limit of possible dieing
thats horrible, a sad part of life on earth... parachutes cost money ;/ maybe one day
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Going, Going, Gone
So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.
Genesis 12: 4, 5
So yesterday’s blog was about obeying God, being a blessing to others (By blessing we mean using what you have to help others out) and about being careful it is God’s road that we are following and not some lie.
Today’s blog is going to be about trusting God.
Abram was 75 years old when he chose to obey God and move. Imagine your grandpa taking all he has: his wife, kids, grandkids, furniture… everything and moving it to Thailand. I would be totally scared out of my mind and I am sure that Abram was too. I am sure he was thinking, “Where am I going to live? What is my family going to eat? Will I be safe?” But you see… we are not defined by what we think, but by what we do. Abram was scared but he chose to obey God because he knew who God is. He knew that if God had told him to move everything would be ok because it was God who would take care of everything and never leave him.
Whatever it is that God is telling you to do, do it without fear. The God of the Universe will not leave your side.
Genesis 12: 4, 5
So yesterday’s blog was about obeying God, being a blessing to others (By blessing we mean using what you have to help others out) and about being careful it is God’s road that we are following and not some lie.
Today’s blog is going to be about trusting God.
Abram was 75 years old when he chose to obey God and move. Imagine your grandpa taking all he has: his wife, kids, grandkids, furniture… everything and moving it to Thailand. I would be totally scared out of my mind and I am sure that Abram was too. I am sure he was thinking, “Where am I going to live? What is my family going to eat? Will I be safe?” But you see… we are not defined by what we think, but by what we do. Abram was scared but he chose to obey God because he knew who God is. He knew that if God had told him to move everything would be ok because it was God who would take care of everything and never leave him.
Whatever it is that God is telling you to do, do it without fear. The God of the Universe will not leave your side.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Road Trip
I like road trips ... what is going happen .. going somewhere different kinda cool ... sorta lame at times ..
Hey Its Andrew Im going to try and post some things for you as well. Hopefully with two of posting it will better than just one of us.
Genesis 12:1-3
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."
So before this in Genesis 11 we have the tower of babel which is where God scattered humans by giving them different languages which is what created the different people groups like the chinese ect... Then this where God calls Abraham to go to a different land which eventually becomes His people the Jews. What a nice time to create a nation when everyone is scattering? I think what is important to understand is verses 2 and 3. He told Abraham to leave the place he called home in order to make a nation. But not to just to have a big country say like America and be like "yeah thats cool". God created the nation to be a blessing to the whole world. Thats who God is. America is great and it is a blessed country. We have nice beds, takes showers, have a couch, dont worry about food. What are we going to do with this riches that we have, just use it up? God blesses his people and we can be apart of what He does by taking what we have and blessing others. God created us. We can see his goodness in his creation in the sun that warms up on a nice day and the joy we get when we are having fun doing something. Im sorry but there is something bad here also. There is the road that take us away from God and the road that is following God. So be careful. Trust the Father.
Hey Its Andrew Im going to try and post some things for you as well. Hopefully with two of posting it will better than just one of us.
Genesis 12:1-3
1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."
So before this in Genesis 11 we have the tower of babel which is where God scattered humans by giving them different languages which is what created the different people groups like the chinese ect... Then this where God calls Abraham to go to a different land which eventually becomes His people the Jews. What a nice time to create a nation when everyone is scattering? I think what is important to understand is verses 2 and 3. He told Abraham to leave the place he called home in order to make a nation. But not to just to have a big country say like America and be like "yeah thats cool". God created the nation to be a blessing to the whole world. Thats who God is. America is great and it is a blessed country. We have nice beds, takes showers, have a couch, dont worry about food. What are we going to do with this riches that we have, just use it up? God blesses his people and we can be apart of what He does by taking what we have and blessing others. God created us. We can see his goodness in his creation in the sun that warms up on a nice day and the joy we get when we are having fun doing something. Im sorry but there is something bad here also. There is the road that take us away from God and the road that is following God. So be careful. Trust the Father.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Growth Potential
Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized. An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him."
To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.
John 3: 25-30
Before Jesus came along John the Baptist was the main guy that people were comming to. All of a sudden, here comes Jesus, freshly baptized, baptizing others and becoming more and more popular.
The way I see it... John had one of two options. Either he could get angry at Jesus for taking away some of his followers, or he could accept it.
John accepted what was happening because he knew who Jesus was and his own place in the ministry. He understood that he was not going to be the one to save people. His job was to prepare the way so that people would be ready to come to Jesus.
He humbly stepped aside so that Jesus could come into the spotlight. In the same way we need to step aside and allow God to be the Hero in our story.
To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.
John 3: 25-30
Before Jesus came along John the Baptist was the main guy that people were comming to. All of a sudden, here comes Jesus, freshly baptized, baptizing others and becoming more and more popular.
The way I see it... John had one of two options. Either he could get angry at Jesus for taking away some of his followers, or he could accept it.
John accepted what was happening because he knew who Jesus was and his own place in the ministry. He understood that he was not going to be the one to save people. His job was to prepare the way so that people would be ready to come to Jesus.
He humbly stepped aside so that Jesus could come into the spotlight. In the same way we need to step aside and allow God to be the Hero in our story.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Perfection
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
As students, as children, as male and female we are pressured to be something or do something everyday. We have have to be strong, we have to be smart, we have to be considered beautiful or handsome. In short, we have to be perfect.
When we are weak, He will make us strong. When we don't understand, we trust that He will give us wisdom and direction. When we see ourselves as anything less than what He created, He is there is there to remind us that by His mercy He has made us clean, He has made us beautiful.
The world demands that we work to become perfect. Well we are not, and that's ok because we serve a God who is.
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
As students, as children, as male and female we are pressured to be something or do something everyday. We have have to be strong, we have to be smart, we have to be considered beautiful or handsome. In short, we have to be perfect.
When we are weak, He will make us strong. When we don't understand, we trust that He will give us wisdom and direction. When we see ourselves as anything less than what He created, He is there is there to remind us that by His mercy He has made us clean, He has made us beautiful.
The world demands that we work to become perfect. Well we are not, and that's ok because we serve a God who is.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
First Love
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Revelation 2:4
According to Dictionary.com Motivation or Motive is:
1. something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
2. the goal or object of a person's actions: Her motive was revenge.
3. (in art, literature, and music) a motif.
–adjective
4. causing, or tending to cause, motion.
5. pertaining to motion.
6. prompting to action.
7. constituting a motive or motives.
–verb (used with object)
8. to motivate.
It is the reason why we do things.
I love writting. I have been writting stories and letters for the last five years for the purpose of telling others about God. But a year ago I stopped doing that for a couple months. The reason why is because I started to really like the compliments I would get. Very soon it was not about writting for the purpose of bringing people to God, but for people to know how great I was. I enjoyed the attention and praise. Because of that a beatiful gift became ugly, and the letters I wrote were not as good as they were before. God gave me a gift so that He would be gloryfied, not me. I stopped writting in order to get my mind back on God.
You see... God has to be our first love, because He is the only one worthy of that. Since refocusing my attention I am able to write again as I once did.
I am asking you to look at your own life. What are your gifts? Are you a good speaker? An amazing artist? A writter? A great listener, friend, and counselor? and if so... how are you using your gifts and what for?
Revelation 2:4
According to Dictionary.com Motivation or Motive is:
1. something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
2. the goal or object of a person's actions: Her motive was revenge.
3. (in art, literature, and music) a motif.
–adjective
4. causing, or tending to cause, motion.
5. pertaining to motion.
6. prompting to action.
7. constituting a motive or motives.
–verb (used with object)
8. to motivate.
It is the reason why we do things.
I love writting. I have been writting stories and letters for the last five years for the purpose of telling others about God. But a year ago I stopped doing that for a couple months. The reason why is because I started to really like the compliments I would get. Very soon it was not about writting for the purpose of bringing people to God, but for people to know how great I was. I enjoyed the attention and praise. Because of that a beatiful gift became ugly, and the letters I wrote were not as good as they were before. God gave me a gift so that He would be gloryfied, not me. I stopped writting in order to get my mind back on God.
You see... God has to be our first love, because He is the only one worthy of that. Since refocusing my attention I am able to write again as I once did.
I am asking you to look at your own life. What are your gifts? Are you a good speaker? An amazing artist? A writter? A great listener, friend, and counselor? and if so... how are you using your gifts and what for?
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