Buncha Butterflies
How fast time flies… Just a week ago I posted on here and now it looks like it’s time again to write.
Yesterday, Monday, we had a great time of prayer, worship and sharing. Not everyone of the group came, but God made up for them. What was really cool was that one of the newer guys said he wanted us to pray over him so that God would give him wisdom and teach him. We did and he was so happy! The guy has tons of talents and I’m sure God has big plans for him.
I’m learning tons every day, cause hey, I have the best teacher in the world! Ans I think I can speak for all of the others in saying that HIS grace and love has never been so real. There is nothing to be afraid of with the Holy Spirit at the wheel of your and my life!
It all come down to this… letting yourself be changed by the creator, being molded. Asking him to do with you as he pleases. But be careful, great things will happen, God will use you and you will see everything similarly to the way He does. So yeah, if your still wanting to be your own master, you’ll probably not want to take that leap of faith. Then again.
How hard we make it on ourselves… I, for one, have tried and tried to “be like Jesus” but it doesn’t work. It’s impossible. The answer is so much simpler, let him mold you and you will become more like him. Stop trying to gain you salvation by works, let him create you into something new and beautiful for all to see and admire. Your life will be a beacon of hope and will make many see how empty their lives are without Jesus.
Now think about that for a while. Ignore this post, if you must, but don’t avoid the teacher.
Bloomin’ flowers
How great is our God!
Wow, that is so inexpressive. If you were here and you heard me say it there is no way you couldn’t keep from joining in! How great is our God!
Yesterday was amazing, so is today, but it just started, anyways… Our prayer group came together yesterday, first time without girls there, so it was a bit different than normal… First came the jokes and dis-attention. Then my buddy and I who had started these evening in the first place took leadership and it turned out to be an amazing time! The two other guys just came for the second time and their so spiritually hungry and we were more than happy to share our experiences and joys with Jesus. We prayed for rain (it’s raining right now), we prayed that we would be filled with the Holy Spirit of Jesus (we still are), we prayed for different friends that are struggling spiritually (I’m going to talk to one of them today). See a theme going on here?
Well, at the end we decided we should go to the “Youth building” (an old church were the youth generally meet every week) to pray over the building and declare it a holy place were no darkness may reign and that the fire of God may illuminate everybody that gathers there. We were huddled together in front of the building, praying… cars past by… we continued praying. It really hit me that these guys didn’t care what the passerby’s were thinking. We finished and one of the “newcomers” said, the building is good now, meaning whatever your imagination can come up with…
God is doing amazing things. Preparing leaders, spreading his love and grace to this community. I know that wherever we go, God’s light will shine and darkness and fear will flee. “Darkness tries to hide, and trembles at His voice… How great is our God!”
This is what it looks like outside right now
And this flower decided to bloom quite nicely today, if only everybody that calls themselves followers of Christ would bloom without fear…
–Cory
Rivers & Bridges
- We are here
…………over here is a river……………………….over here is Jesus. - We
……in this space…over the river…try to build a bridge…..to reach Jesus. - We
….use toy building blocks….to make the bridge over the river…to Jesus. - We
…can’t help that the rivers current takes away the toy blocks…to Jesus. - We
…….give up………..and then start………and give up………..to reach Jesus.
Sorry for my poor illustrating skills, but I think you get the point. Now, what do I want to say with this? I’m saying that all your work to reach Jesus is in vain. Totally in vain. You know why? Because Jesus is waiting for you to give him the hammer and nails so that he can build the bridge. Actually, he already built in a couple thousand years ago when he sent his Holy Spirit, who is the bridge. But noooo…, we think we have to build that bridge… Oh what demented thinking…. Even a young child knows that it’s parents will carry it where it can’t go by itself.Sometimes we put such a ridiculous amount of effort into building that bridge that it’s sad. You put a block in the water, the current washes it away. You put another one,maybe even getting three blocks stacked. It gets washed away again.
Now, what does Jesus want. Very simply, I’ll show you with another silly drawing thing.
- We give everything to Jesus
…he build(t) the bridge…….and we reach Jesus.
Now why is it so hard for us to accept that, huh? Sheer stupidity which causes us to want to do everything ourselves.Now think about that for a while.
