Love

Close your eyes for a minute, and imagine the most loving relationship you have in your life. Got a picture of it? I do. It may be a relationship with a spouse, parent, a really good friend...that person would do anything for you, even lay their life down to save yours. God loves each of us this much. Being a parent makes it a little easier for me to see gods love. I would do absolutely anything for my wife, children, parents...and to think as much as I love them, god loves them more...its overwhelming. He loved us so much that while we were not in a place to love him back he loved us so much that he sent his son to earth to bleed and die for all of us.

Listen to the song below and contemplate on the words...I think it will be fairly clear. Close your eyes as you listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6UHm-6NRyM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Self, or christ?

There is no choice for us; we must either deny self or deny christ. Therenare two great powers fighting each other - the self nature in the power of sin, and christ in the power of god. Either of these must rule in us.

It was self that made the devil. He was an angel of god, but he wanted to exalt self. He became a devil in hall. Self was the causeof the fall of man. Eve wanted something for herself, and so our first parents fell into all the wretchedness of sin. We their children have inherited an awful nature of sin

(From absolute surrender by andrew murry)

Question for us all is do we deny self, or deny christ? Do we lay down all we are and have at his feet and say here I am lord use me/send me? Or do we persue things that are self centered?

Fire

I install commercial fire alarm systems. People depend on it working correctly the first time, everytime. When times get tough, when the day seems to be overwhelming, I depend on, lean on god to be my strength when I dont have any. Below is the link to a song that almost always comes to mind in these times. God is my strength when I am weak, and is the treasure I seek.

I can't imagine going one day, one hour, not even one minute without his presence. People may depend on the fire systems I install...but I depend on jesus!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuvfMDhTyMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Our best

How often do we actually give our best. Do we do only what is necessary, or do we give our all. When christ was whipped, and nailed to a cross he could have easily called on warrior angels and gotten out of it...but he gave his best, he gave his all. We don't deserve the grace and love he poured out on calvalry. He gave his best to us, shouldnt we give him ours?!



Luke 6:43-49 NLT

“A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”


So I again ask, do you give him your best, or your scraps? In his presence I give him my all, all that I have, all that is in me. In his presence I am a new creation, the old me is dead...the new me is alive in christ! Are you?

Love

Are we beleivers really showing the love of god to all those around us, believers, non believers....everyone?! Or do we act one way at church and differently the rest of the week? If the fire of god is really in us, then it isnt something we can even remotely contain. It will pour from us like rain, landing everywhere we go and touching what we touch.

Father awaken your church to spread your love everywhere we go and to touch everything we touch. There are people in this world dieing to know someone loves them. Let us show them the love than you first showed us.

In jesus, holy, matchless name

Amen

Absolute surrender

what does it mean to surrender? Have we as Christians surrendered to gods will for our lives, or are we still caught in trying to do what we want, regardless of what gods will is for us.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_(religion)

His will and plan are far greater than anything I ever had in mind. I whole heartedly and absolutely surrender to his will for my life. A lot of people go through life trying to figure it out as they go...they think that if they are a good person and do right most of the time everything will be ok...that they might even make heaven. Well this is far from the truth...unless you surrender to gods will, willingly walk the narrow road and leave the wide road you'll never see heaven. I for one want to sit at the masters feat and worship.

Absolutely surrendered

Service

People who are obsessed with jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving his people.

Francis chan crazy love.

Are we obsessed with doing for ourselves? Are we willing to give up the right to ourselves to do what others need? Do we love other brothers and sisters? Or do we pretend. Would we give, really do all we could for a brother or sister in need?

Matthew 13:44 GWT

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field. When a man discovered it, he buried it again. He was so delighted with it that he went away, sold everything he had, and bought that field.

John 15:5-8 GWT

“I am the vine. You are the branches. Those who live in me while I live in them will produce a lot of fruit. But you can’t produce anything without me. Whoever doesn’t live in me is thrown away like a branch and dries up. Branches like this are gathered, thrown into a fire, and burned. If you live in me and what I say lives in you, then ask for anything you want, and it will be yours. You give glory to my Father when you produce a lot of fruit and therefore show that you are my disciples.

My soul sings for you

This beating heart
Like a drum it will beat for you
This heart like a drum it will beat
My soul, my soul sings for you

This beating heart
I was made, I was made for you
My god, evermore evermore
My soul, my soul sings for you.


I was made to worship you god, all I am and all i have worships you god.

Listen to the link below. We were made to worship him with all we are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vm13Vve71Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player