| Monday, August 03, 2009 |
| Church |
I have been hearing alot of of chatter and conversations about church and how Sunday mornings don't cut it. I understand as I was there. I am still there, but for the first time in my life I feel a peace in my heart. 6 months ago I encountered a situation where God captivated my heart and asked me point blank, "Do you not trust me enough to work here in the hearts of my people"? That hit me like a brick. I was looking at leadership and trusting them for peace....dummy. If we look at leadership to fulfill our needs, of course we will be frustrated. If we look at Sunday mornings we will be frustrated. Jesus Christ is the reason we meet together. The fellowship of believers is the reason we meet. I was thinking about this last Sunday and its like going to your parents house for supper on Sunday nights. It's a nice place to visit and find fellowship but we dont live our lives there. We go and then we continue our lives.
I am beginning to wonder if our discontent is personal, We dont like church because we dont do church ourselves? I am the worst at judging others, my pride takes a ride and I can get on the judgment wagon pretty quick. But I am also realizing that it is God who leads me and it is God who will work in me and through me. We need to see the bigger picture here church, we need to stop looking at what is missing and realize that we are responsible to each do our part together.
Is Sunday mornings church, of course not but it is a gathering of believers that God will bless. He looks at the motivations of the heart not the act. I think we get too worked up looking at what should be. throughout scripture God commands us to obey him. Obey HIM. that is a personal thing. Sure the church has messed things up but so have we in our lives. We need to stop looking at faults in the body and start to body build. What if God wants to use you as a catalyst to bring change. Bring change with a submissive and willing heart to grow and to disciple.
In Nehemiah the people who committed to rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem worked together. Every man and his helper it says. Each man worked in front of his own house. Trowel in one hand and a sword in another. We are missing something vital here church. God wants us all to do our part to bring the gospel to others. How the heck will others come if they see us backstabbing each other and not being in unity. The issue is the lack of trust in the sovereignty of God. God is faithful to complete his mission anywhere he chooses. Be it someone's living room, a sanctuary, a park , a car etc. It's not what we do Sunday mornings that is the issue. It is what we do during the rest of the week that matters. Are we being faithful to what God is asking us to do wherever we are? Be it Sunday mornings or during work or at the gym? I am really starting to believe that Gods heart is that we will be willing and available to serve him in any capacity. I fear that we will be hurting his body that he builds if we do not stand in unity and dont fight against judgment.
I do believe that God wants to move out of the Sunday morning structure into true community, but I also believe he has a plan to bring that about, and guess what, it may not be the way we expect it. Lets change our focus, look to God and trust him for HIS church, be faithful to what God is calling YOU to do and encourage others to do the same. Gods will done in Gods way will never lack Gods supply.
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| 30 second update |
Flames are in the playoffs
Life group is awsome
Iron men is seeing fruit Tuesday night
Going to see a movie with Holly
I love my job
Applying for a second mortgage God willing (literally)
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| Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
| life |
March 6 Holly and I celebrated 16 years of a good and sometimes tough marriage.
Last weekend Holly and I farmed out our children (thanks again to those who had our children) and we went to the stopping place 1/2 hour south of Biggar. The above picture is the cottage. It is a fully self contained unit. Full kitchen, two person shower, hot tub,
four poster bed, 
living room etc.
Anyway Holly and I rekindled our love for one another. So often you get caught up in the daily grind of life and children that you forget the love you can share with the one God has put in your life. A person gets so occupied with activities that you dont allow time to really connect and work on your relationship. Heck tonight I watched a hockey game, 2 1/2 hours of watching a frozen puck slide around. Nothing wrong with hockey, but it gives you the picture. When we were away we focussed totally on each other. No one around, no kids, TV if we chose, but the sole purpose was our being together and I tell you it was well worth it. In fact next year I want to do it over the family day holiday so we have three days together.
One thing that I came away with was the fact that:
1. I really love my wife.
2. For a marriage to work, both parties need to sacrifice.
3. Never neglect the small things.
4. I found this week that when I was not with Holly I missed her. I couldn't keep my mind off her.
5.Texting can send you back to your courting days, to me its like sending love notes all day long.
6. I really love my wife.
Make the time, effort, and investment in your marriage or relationships, it has eternal rewards and it feels pretty good too.
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| Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| Twisted scripture |
Galatians 1:8-9
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!
9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!
Joseph smith the founder of Mormonism, claimed that he was visited by the angel Moroni who informed him that the true gospel had been corrupted after the apostolic age and thus has been absent from the earth for nearly 19 centuries. Smith viewed his calling as a restoration of true Christianity to the world. The Mormon gospel is based on self effort, submission to baptism and for regeneration, the acceptance of Joseph Smith as Gods end time prophet, a belief in the "inspired" Mormon scriptures, and keeping the word of wisdom, which includes abstinence from caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol (doctrines and covenants, section 89), among other things. Similarly, Islam teaches that the angel Gabriel delivered the Koran to Muhammad. The apostle Paul identifies all such human or angelic revelations as "contrary" gospels and pronounced a curse upon those who proclaim a false prophet. |
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