tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26139547858447489762024-03-04T23:29:07.909-05:00...just dawned on me....Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, rejoicing in his whole world, and delighting in mankind.
-Wisdom (Proverbs 8)Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-72905766732579469332023-08-15T15:38:00.000-04:002023-08-15T15:38:03.889-04:00The Greater Context<p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We’re going through the whole Bible to
extract references that explain the tenets of The Greater Context (TGC). </span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These tenets will be identified in
these notes using hashtags. Here is the </span><i style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">living list</i><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> of
hashtags used:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">#wreakinghavoc #warringnation
#takingover #manup #endgame #namesofgod #natureofgod #godsenseofhumor
#badassjesus #buildingheritage #startingamovement #adultintheroom</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is ‘The Greater Context?’
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Briefly, the context of the gospel, and earth and humanity, is greater
than we’ve been led to believe. Spoiler alert: It’s not about us.</span></span></p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">The Greater Context came about as an
answer to my question “Why did Jesus die?”</span><br /><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">The short answer is that Satan, a
created being, doubted and challenged God, the creator, in every aspect of His
nature. This was “the fall,” the original sin. </span></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">God, demonstrating faithfulness to his
creation, didn’t smite Satan, but instead </span><u style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">responded</u><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> to his
“questions”. God’s answer would be a demonstration of Himself- His true
nature..</span><br /><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">He then created the heavens and the
earth, and a new being, mankind, in His own image and likeness- totally unique
from anything that had been created, and with a unique purpose. As planned, man
would fall into the deception and corruption of Satan. And as planned- in the
very founding of earth (Rev 13:8) - even as the purpose of earth and time- God
would answer “Am I faithful?’ ‘Am I sovereign?’ ‘Am I able?’ ‘Am I good?’ ‘Am I
Love?” by giving Jesus the Son of God, as a lamb to be slain for the
reconciliation of deceived, fallen men back to relationship with God. He
continues today, and for the remainder of time, until He ends this conflict, to
answer.</span><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This changes what He made men for! It
changes who we are as men of faith… what we are called to be… and what we were
made for. The answer to my question of why Jesus died indicates a greater
context, and <u>that</u> changes the purpose of earth and time and
mankind. All of ‘this’ is God purposefully answering the challenges to
His nature, and He has made mankind to be central in resolving that eternal
conflict in the heavens. That changes what we’re made for.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This thesis has come to have certain
tenets. The effort on these pages is to establish the scriptural basis
for them. The tenets themselves will be explained with scriptures following
this exercise (see hashtags for hints) but they are about the role of man in the context </span>of God's<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> purpose of demonstrating Himself to His "</span>questioner.<span style="font-size: 12pt;">" It's not so much a war, as in two comparable parties seeking victory over the other, as it is an unquestionable response to a mopey, brooding, self-abosrbed, small-minded accuser. God's answers are often like what Jesus said in Mark 3:27 "</span></span></span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house." He was explaining what the Pharisees had just seen him do (he had healed a demon oppressed man who was blind and mute). "You just saw me bind the strong man and plunder his house." So, yeah, get used to the idea that God mocks His enemy at times.</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Check out Rev 13:8 for
the purpose of earth and mankind, and the whole story of Samson in Judges for
the role of man in wreaking havoc in the enemy camp- also Jonathan for this - in 1 Sam 13;3 and 14;1-14.</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Feb. 26,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gen 22:17</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed
as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;
and <u>thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies</u>;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gen 24:60</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the
mother of thousands of millions, and <u>let thy seed possess the gate of
those which hate them</u>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I felt
these are references to an attitude of not making peace with enemies, but
taking them over, possessing them (their gates). An important principle
for warriors. #warringnation #takingover</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Feb.28,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 3:22</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ...
and you shall plunder the Egyptians</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As in
“I’m just telling you…” Another “promise” from God to His people, or perhaps,
a prophecy. It’s just more badass Jesus… stuff I see in His personality.
#badassjesus</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 3:14, 15 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.<b> </b>And
God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
Israel, <u>The LORD</u> (Yahweh), God (elohim) of your fathers, the
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto
you: <u>this is my name for ever</u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 6:2,3</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
God (ELOHIM) spoke to Moses and said to him, "<u>I am Yahweh</u>.” And I
appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty
(EL SHADDAI), but my name Yahweh, I did not reveal to them.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">These
verses indicate that God was introducing Himself to his people, thru Moses, in
a new way. So new, that He was giving Himself a new name- Yaweh from now on,
forever. Now, Moses would be going to a people who have not known Yahweh,
but only God Almighty- the way He was known to Abraham, etc. This feels
important regarding God introducing Himself in a new way to His people. This
name goes viral and its used all over, as you read through this episode with
Pharaoh… #namesofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another
note</span></u></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> here is that Pharaoh’s reply in <b>Ex 5:2</b> is
‘who is Yahweh? That I should listen to him? I don’t know Yahweh.’ This
indicates to me that the name YHVH is what was being used as the name of the
Hebrew God, and NOT ‘The LORD God’ or Yahweh God, just simply God’s name is
YHVH, or YEHoVAH. #namesofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 4:10</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Moses
said unto Yahweh, “O Adonai...I’m not the man…”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Note
here how much Moses shriveled up at the scope and power given to him to bring
to Israel and to Pharaoh. “Moses said unto Yahweh, “O Adonai...I’m not the
man…” He did not call God by His name Yahweh. God was not happy with that. “Man
up!” I hear in the Lord’s way with Moses… #manup</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 6: 29,30</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Yaweh
spoke unto Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt
all that I say unto thee.” And Moses said before the LORD (Yahweh),
Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Again
here is Moses whining and afraid to believe Yaweh has given it to him to be the
man to bring the word and the power of God. Man up Moses!!! You are
indeed the man. Just a word to be ready, man of God. You may have
something to bring. #manup</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 12:49 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One law
shall be to the native and to the stranger that sojourns among you.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">See
also <u>Num 9:14</u> Anyone who wants to celebrate the passover must
be circumcised, and then he shall be as one who was born in the land. I
somehow like this “One law” declaration. Not sure why, but it seems to answer a
lot of whiney questions I perceive today…</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">March 1,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 15:3</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> “Yahweh
is a man of war! Yahweh is His name!”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Israel
just came through the sea and then watched that sea crush Pharaoh’s army. Two
things. First, Moses is so exhilarated he says, Yahweh is a man of war! Yeah,
He is!</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second,
Moses is using God’s name! Like God gave Him. Singing it out loud “Yahweh is
His name!” You go, Moses! All through Ex15 he does this! I think this was a
turning point for Moses. V.6: Your right hand, Yahweh, has shattered the enemy!
V 11: Who is like you among the gods, Yahweh?! #manup #namesofgod #takingover
#warringnation</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then he
contemplates what all this will mean- when the armies of Philistia, Edom and
Moab hear the the Lord has defeated the Egyptian armies for Israel, they will
tremble in fear.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yahweh
shall reign forever and ever. “Sing to Yahweh, for He has triumphed
gloriously.”</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 15:26</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> “If
you listen to Yahweh, your God, and obey… I will not bring the diseases on you
that I put on the Egyptians, for I am Yahweh raffa (who heals).”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">God
introduces Himself to His people as Yahweh Who Heals. #namesofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 17:15</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> And
Moses built an altar. And he called its name, Yahweh nissi (My Banner).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another
nickname for Yahweh, or for the altar… But this was given by Moses, not spoken
by Yahweh Himself. #namesofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">March 2,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 28:9, 10 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You
shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of
Israel, six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six
on the other stone, in the order of their birth.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Suddenly,
the people of Israel, the nation, aren’t a nameless mass of people. Instead,
God says, in the midst of his instructions on construction and design, He says
put the names of the 12 men who were the sons of Jacob (Israel). This creates
identity and heritage for the new nation. They would be a nation of
connected bloodlines, each one an heir of one of the sons of Jacob- sons of
promise. Now the temple and the priesthood would not just be Aaron and those
guys doing their thing, but would personally include every tribe within Israel.
Note the care of engraving the names by skilled craftsmen, and set in settings
of gold. </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All of
Ex 28 and 29- I notice that God is explaining exactly what these people are a
part of. He is building a careful and glorious temple and temple service. He is
naming names and giving identity to each of the lineages of the sons of Israel.
#buildingheritage #startingamovement</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 29:45,46 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And I
will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be God to them- that they
shall know that I am Yahweh, their God who brought them forth out of the land
of Egypt (so) that I may dwell among them. I am Yahweh their God.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NOTE!:
This is the final state of God and man described in Revelation. #endgame</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rev 21:3</span></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And I
heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of
God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God
himself will be with them as their God.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 30:15 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The rich
shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,
when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">See <b>Ex
12:49</b> above. Here’s this concept again of one law, no negotiations or
whining.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 30:25</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> And
you shall make of these ((ingredients) a sacred anointing oil blended as by the
perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">See how
God enlists and dignifies the skills of the perfumer- another craft worker
contributing to the temple worship, and to the identity of the nation Israel.
Also v.35 and more so in 31: 1-6 #startingamovement #buildingheritage</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 32</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> All
the while as God was passing on <u>the vision</u> of his government
and His temple, and the honor and dignity to be the inheritance of His people
and the identity to be given to them as a nation unto Himself, the people were
sinning greatly and having no sense at all of who they were.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’m
touched that all of Ex 24:12 thru 31, forty days and nights, God was passing on
His vision to Moses, and it was full of beauty and dignity and heaven. But when
Moses came down, the people, whom God had included dearly and intricately in
His plans, were sinning, unrestrained, like they were trash.
#startingamovement #buildingheritage</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 34</span></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Here
God just got through saying he wouldn’t go with Israel because He’d smite them
because they’re so stiff necked. Yet He goes on to say He’s about to do things
they’ve never heard of from any nation. He’s about to fight for them and
utterly kick out the Hittites, etc. He tells them this so they won’t make peace
with these enemies.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No
peace, only utter expulsion/extinction. #natureofgod #takingover</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 35:22</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> They
came, both men and women, as many as had a willing heart…</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ex 35:26</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The
children of Israel brought a free will offering to the Lord, as many as had a
willing heart.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">#startingamovement
#buildingheritage</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">March
13, 2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 11:25-29</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Seventy
elders gathered at the tent and God put His spirit on them and they prophesied.
Two, however, were not at the tent but in the camp, yet they received the
spirit and prophesied. Moses said, “<u>I wish all the people of Yahweh
were prophets- that Yahweh would put His spirit on them</u>.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I like
this for its epoch prophetic-ness. Moses carried God’s own heart here. God
would indeed do this in the age of the church. #natureofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 12:1-4</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Aaron
and Miriam say “Has God only spoken through Moses? Has He not also spoken
through us?” And the Lord heard it. He called all three to the tabernacle and
said, “If there is a prophet, Yahweh will speak to Him in a vision or a dream.
Not so with Moses. With him, I speak face to face, plainly. And God struck
Miriam with leprosy.” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
spirit of prophecy Moses hoped for all (in Num 11), was indeed NOT upon Miriam.
She and Aaron were rejecting God’s anointed one. They failed to recognize just
how set apart by God and for God Moses was. God straightened them out on that
matter. #badassjesus</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 12:14</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days after that.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instructive
example regarding restoration following offense. It’s not always forgive and
forget. She had committed a great offense and required time to consider her
offense. #adultintheroom</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 13:26- Num 14</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Fruitful
land, but oh the sons of Anak! The giants. And the sons of Hebron- the
Hittites! We were grasshoppers. Please don’t make us go! Don’t make us
fail! We will die!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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confess I sound like this most of the time. God, I’m not the man. I don’t want
to fail! You’re so wrong about me. But rise up man of God. Be strong and
courageous. This is the message of Num 13 and 14. #manup</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 14:12-16</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I
will smite the people for their disbelief after all they’ve seen me do for
them.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Moses’
prayer here is so relatable. “Yahweh, then the Egyptians will hear of it, and
the people of this land as well! That you were a God who dwelt among His
people, but You could not bring them into the land You swore to them.”
This is my own fear as well in times of disbelief. “God, I believed this
about You. But if I fail here, everything I believed about YOU is not true!”
This often feels terminal. Helps to see Moses there too. #manup</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Num 14:24 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">God
says, “My servant Caleb, who has a different spirit in him, I will bring him
into the land!”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Faith is
your weapon and strength for your heart. Align your spirit with what Holy
Spirit is doing on the earth, then stay in faith. #manup</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">May 10,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deut 3;1,2 </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Then we
turned and went up the way of Bashan, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out
against us, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, ‘Fear him not,
for I will deliver him and all his people, and his land into your hand.’</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Og, King
of Bashan, was a Giant, a mighty man of renown. You can find stories about him
and his kingdom- the valley of Giants. Likely known to the people of Israel as
well.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
again speaks to me of God’s personality. Og’s renown is immaterial, a
non-issue. Don’t pay it any mind at all. The only thing that matters here is
that I’m telling you to go in and take him down, and take his land. God is only
about His own renown.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is
less about the land and more about the reputation of God. I feel this is a
central part of God’s purpose in creating the earth and mankind. #takingover
#natureofgod</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttp://bit.ly/2ubcFGY%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1692129177372449%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0Z11gN7XvoNwaB7D2OyE3Q&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1692129177389661&usg=AOvVaw33W2jwWQ8MYwGgaAYmbLXk">http://bit.ly/2ubcFGY</a></span></u></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> -
The Giant Cities of Bashan, and Syria’s Holy Places.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">July 7,
2017</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Judges 13:5 ...</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">for the
child (Samson) shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin
to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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Samson told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the
Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">4</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ...but it was from
the LORD, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Samson
goes on to do mischief, kill and taunt the Philistines like crazy. He was a
firebrand and was let loose on them. He killed men and stripped their clothing,
he set fire to their fields using 300 foxes, he killed a thousand with the
jawbone of a donkey, and finally pulled down their temple and killed more in
his death than in his life. He wreaked some serious havoc on the
Philistines. God’s angel said Samson would be <u>made for this</u>.</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Look at the person of God in this plan, in this man.
He loves to wreak havoc upon the enemy. This is the man he used to
begin to deliver Israel from the Philistines- a work continued by Jonathan and
finally completed by David. #wreakinghavoc </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> </span></o:p></p></div>Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-48781529523398887742020-11-29T09:41:00.003-05:002020-11-30T07:18:04.040-05:00Mountain of God<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mark 9:9 “And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, <u>until</u> the Son of Man had risen from the dead.”</span></i></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaHSqDQ1NhNOwmH7gCZ782Asj5DkGzgSimdAntbz3F0kWq7byR1V-ya6VKbwp6G5o3OYOP8dpYeExX7b1V6Kn3_2SKxvVvGmryuBTpfokciZtD48T_nKArvUrP0-Y6hi47qtfAO4U1fg/s1024/MountainValley2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaHSqDQ1NhNOwmH7gCZ782Asj5DkGzgSimdAntbz3F0kWq7byR1V-ya6VKbwp6G5o3OYOP8dpYeExX7b1V6Kn3_2SKxvVvGmryuBTpfokciZtD48T_nKArvUrP0-Y6hi47qtfAO4U1fg/s320/MountainValley2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In tears I say this, I’ve been to the mountain, and fearfully, I’ve taken some ground
there. And the Son of Man has risen from the dead, and I will tell you what I’ve
seen there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For five years I’ve seen a homeless man receive the covering
of God, and provision for his sorry state. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And His Father is my Father and He is good to His own. He
has surely rendered goodness out of this dry land and given it to His child.
And I am one of those. And so is this man who God sees and loves and has loved
in a way that I recognize. We have talked about it together, and together we
have seen and shared in the protection and Love of the Lion of righteousness
who guards over us with a vengeance and with vigilant eyes to do us good. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no man or demon who will stand against Him and His fiery
goodness because He is our rescuer and redeemer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He truly has a place in the world for the
outcast. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because there is no outcast in
God. The whole world doesn’t know what to do with them, and I know that very
well, but God has good and kind intentions for their tender lives. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a
consuming fire that will not be quenched until He has rendered goodness to those
He loves. It’s a fearful thing to be close to that fire. In the words of the
great Jess Ray, “I was a fool to think your fire would only warm me.” It will
consume you and your selfish heart will gratefully melt away as you become a
vessel for His ministry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are only some of the things I’ve seen on the mountain of
God. And it’s merciful to me to see them in the eternal sense. Although at the
same time awesome to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-8371540746137700792019-12-26T12:29:00.006-05:002021-11-04T21:07:28.353-04:00Being Quiet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange;"><i>"Yahweh will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."</i></span><br />
<i style="color: orange;"> -Zeph_3:17 </i><br />
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Your mind is full of plans and concerns and hopes and people....<br />
You're quite wrapped up in the fury of it all.<br />
Jesus walks into the room and says, "Son..."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">"... <br />
"Stop... just for a moment..."<br />
"Put all those thoughts away right now and be quiet."<br />
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Your response is, "What... what do you want to say to me?"</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
You're not quiet yet.<br />
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Quiet means you have no questions, you put them away for the moment, along with all the juggling balls in your mind.<br />
He's not saying be quiet so I can talk to you.<br />
He's just saying be quiet in His presence. No questions, no plans, worries or people.<br />
You alone and still, with Him.<br />
No words. Just still with Him.<br />
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That is a place the Holy Spirit brought me to the other day as I was just sinning away- blurting out my worthless opinions about everything and everyone... I was a mess of error and bad behavior. Nothing in my mind or heart was giving my heavenly Father any room to speak or instruct, or move, or... anything. I was, in fact, missing my true place- the place I was made to live in... and find real life, with God.<br />
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In truth, I had hurt someone, and woke up the next day with a deep conviction of the Holy Spirit, and was ashamed.<br />
In that conviction He led me to a place that put to rest everything that cluttered my mind and heart.<br />
Stop... all your thoughts, just stop... you haven't left any place for Me. There's no room in this mess.<br />
My thoughts all deflated like lawn ornaments as I agreed and wanted to go with Him.<br />
I'm returning to that place often these days.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #f1c232;">"My people will abide in... quiet resting places."</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #f1c232;"> - Isaiah 32:18 </span></i><br />
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-52734025187879977502018-07-04T17:39:00.000-04:002018-07-04T17:41:11.338-04:00The Earth's Changing Climate- part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like letting data speak for itself and, oh my gosh, look at the North Atlantic Sea Temperature rise! The earth is heating up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, wait a minute... that's just the small, rising part of a 60 year cycle in ocean temperature. Here's data since 1850 instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sorry to toy with your emotions, but doesn't it feel familiar? I'm afraid we've all been toyed with over our lifetimes. It's tragic. So let me jump to the happy ending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who cares if people have chosen to show tidbits of the whole picture? So what if nations have implemented "Carbon Taxes" and sent billions to the UN so they can save us all! It's utter fraud. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For those of us who haven't bought it, and have sought out historical data, we can see its all been a scam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The earth is just fine. We've just completed a wonderful period of <a href="https://billy-doghair.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-earths-changing-climate.html">global greening</a> over the past 70 years, and we can be thankful for this historically huge amount of heat coming from the sun. Now, and over the coming 30-60 years, we can expect not as crop-friendly solar activity, and we might consider preparing for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How? How about growing micro-greens in your kitchen? Or starting a greenhouse and growing hydroponic veggies to feed your family? With your new self-sufficiency, you'll feel great about yourself!</span></div>
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-86076620789447987972018-05-22T18:39:00.000-04:002018-05-22T18:43:57.261-04:00The Earth's Changing Climate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The chart is showing sunspot activity going back to 1700 (click on the chart to see a more readable display). That's a very significant data set. The number of sun spots in a given year is directly related to the amount of energy coming from the sun (measured in Watts per square meter) but it's easiest to plot sunspot count. Now, they say that one climate data point gathers the previous 30 years worth of data. So I did that, and that is the top chart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the 30-year average chart, each data point is the average number of sun spots over the previous 30 years. I've added a green and blue band and some recognizable historical events to give a reference. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can see that since 1950, we have been in an ongoing period of the highest amount of energy coming from the sun in history. This has produced a wonderful period of good crops worldwide. You could call it global greening!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can also see that we are now heading into a period of reduced energy coming from the sun. Don't say 'ice age'. It is more likely going to be a period with weather patterns like we saw in the 30's. Long harsh winters and reduced crop yields. We are already seeing very long and harsh winter weather conditions in the northern latitudes. Expect that to continue for the next thirty years! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, there's nothing you can do to change it. It's The Sun stupid!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial";">I think Martin Luther was like me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">He had the same understanding of God's personality, and the nature of the battle we're in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">His song - A Mighty Fortress - isn't about our needing protection... </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">It's about Jesus winning our battle, and that our lives are the instrument through which God's truth prevails, and how the devil will fail miserably, so stand without fear and forsake everything to live for Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">So, here is my interpretation of A MIGHTY FORTRESS as a blog post:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">God is the most solid, reliable protection we will ever have. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He prevails on our behalf, against the flood of deadly assaults we face over the course of our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Assaults from whom? You ask. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Well since that first day in the garden, until just this morning, our greatest enemy is seeking to trap us and destroy us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He spends all day and all night, every day and night, scheming and colluding with all the powerful elements in this world, to bring all his cruel hatred to bear upon us. There is no one who compares with him in his hatred of us, or in the resources at his disposal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Standing against him on our own, we could fight with all our strength, and we would lose - every single day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">That is, unless we had the right man to fight for us! A man chosen by God. Ha<i>!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Who is that man? You ask.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">It is the man Christ Jesus. Lord of the Sabbath. Steadfast, immovable, undefeated and undefeatable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And He will win this battle!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">This whole world, aligned with that great hater, threatens to take apart our faith, our dreams, and our families.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">But we will not fear. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Because this is God's will - awesome and unstoppable:</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">That our very lives will be the instrument through which God's truth prevails, and through which that hater is thrown down and defeated. That's a powerful statement, right there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">That devil, he's the ugly prince of darkness. And though he threatens, we are not afraid of him. We can stand in the midst of his raging. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">How can we stand? You ask. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Because his future is over. His future is that he doesn't have one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">You will see One Word spoken, and it will end for him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">What word is that? You ask.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Ha! It is the word that abides forever. It is the word that is above all those in earthly power, though they reject it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Dear brethren, this is the blessedness of our lives in Christ Jesus. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The Holy Spirit has been given to us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And the gifts of the Spirit have been given to us - through Christ Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">So, I say, let nothing on earth keep you from Him! Let no affection draw you away from Him!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Not your pursuits in this life, not even your family! </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Because, even if they kill you, and they will, God's truth remains forever. And His kingdom is forever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">A mighty fortress is our God, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">a bulwark never failing;</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">our helper he amid the flood</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">of mortal ills prevailing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">For still our ancient foe</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">doth seek to work us woe;</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">his craft and power are great,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">and armed with cruel hate,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">on earth is not his equal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Did we in our own strength confide,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">our striving would be losing,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">were not the right man on our side,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">the man of God's own choosing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Dost ask who that may be?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Christ Jesus, it is he;</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Lord Sabaoth, his name,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">from age to age the same,</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">and he must win the battle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And though this world, with devils filled, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">should threaten to undo us, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">we will not fear, for God hath willed </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">his truth to triumph through us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The Prince of Darkness grim, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">we tremble not for him; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">his rage we can endure, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">for lo, his doom is sure; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">one little word shall fell him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">That word above all earthly powers, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">no thanks to them, abideth; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">the Spirit and the gifts are ours, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">thru him who with us sideth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Let goods and kindred go, </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">this mortal life also; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">the body they may kill; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">God's truth abideth still; </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">his kingdom is forever. </span></div>
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-49950826033529167852018-05-01T09:50:00.001-04:002018-05-01T14:39:10.904-04:00300 Year Plan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Ask of Me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and the ends of the earth your possession." Ps 2:8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If Japanese companies have 300 year plans for the company's longevity and stability... and if the blue-bloods are all intermarrying by design (and there's a lot of jokes about royal family inbreeding)... then what are the people of God doing to ensure their godly heritage? Is it not a strong heritage for children when generations before them have walked with God? It is!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, the most powerful families- the Rothschilds, Medicis, Bushes and the royals... they make generational plans for building and controlling their wealth and power. They don't teach their kids that love will lead you to your mate. They teach them that they are part of a family with a heritage, and they will marry within a certain set of other families. Named families. It's all about wealth and power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It must be about representing the image of God on the earth. Revealing and valuing the beauty and purity of the image of God. This is what Satan hates most. Let us know that we are part of a family with a heritage of God's own impartation of Himself on the earth. An impartation that has an ongoing 300 year plan to grow the knowledge of God on the earth. Let this come through our godly families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is not a small thing for you to know what you are a part of. You are of the bloodline of rescued and redeemed believers in Jesus Christ, grafted into the family of God. And if you are part of a godly family, it's no small thing to know that you have a heritage to preserve and grow and pass on and instill in your children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the identity of your family, and it is of great value. You don't throw that away by giving your children over to this broken world's machines, or let them learn from God-hating world systems to be 'free to find themselves' (in so many unrighteous ways). No. You use every opportunity to expose the world's devices as the enemy's tools for defiling the image of God, and to teach how the children of God are made for godliness and for making war on the enemy's lies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We need to talk more about growing and preserving our godly heritage, and what it is meant for.</span><br />
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-44866676012769357412017-03-12T12:40:00.000-04:002017-04-04T17:02:13.122-04:00How to Change Society<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Society doesn't want to be changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It spent a long time getting to where it is. But it's failing to show compassion for the outcast and the orphan. How does it address it's needs? "We have people for that..."</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's not a society that embraces change, that's the embedded selfishness of every man's heart. And I'm afraid that is what I think makes up our society. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But I believe change can happen. It will be when you go for the heart. Present a shining example of a heart set free in a self-sustaining, compassionate solution for the needs in your world, and you'll win hearts, and change society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Society will reject your attempt to change it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Solution 1 - I look at Sierra Club, Greenpeace, you name the organization- they generate outrage at the offense, and try to shame established entities into doing "What is right..." Is this producing real change? Maybe... with a hammer... I don't agree with that approach. It's angry and is simply not God's way. It may change a behavior, but it won't change society. It's not a solution. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Solution 2 - My premise is that as a man or woman of God you have access to heaven on subjects that are near to your heart. You may acquire the eternal solution God has been waiting for you to ask Him for. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bring that solution to the world at your own expense and at the expense of those who have assaulted heaven with you. Implement it and watch society love it. Because it will be the pure heart of God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe if people could see God, they would see what they have always been after. It is for the people of God to manifest heaven. Go to heaven, and get some of it, and bring it to earth. It will be irresistible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Society might even change a little. Just your little part of it. But you will have brought Heaven, and that's eternal. Where it lands and what impact it has are in God's hands. I have a hunch He'll honor it.</span><br />
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-23244458343368773552017-03-04T12:31:00.001-05:002017-04-04T17:06:56.553-04:00You Are The Image of God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe God made us all vessels of honor- made to be overflowed with the abundance of God Himself! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> His creativity, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> His compassion, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> His solutions that surpass the need, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The world is full of partial answers to the needs of our day. It's full of broken systems that fall short of meeting those needs. You can feel that, even without understanding it. I believe it is only the kingdom of God that has complete answers, and it is for the people of God to understand His completeness, and acquire His answers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is my second post on this subject- I'm addressing one topic, but I think you can see the greater subject here. Prepare yourself to have a new hope as you read this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I discovered the community of families with adult children with autism and other special needs, I was discovering a community of people awash in questions with no good answers. There is simply no place in the world for their family members, and they are searching for someone to take up their cause. I'm sad to say that no one in the normal channels is going to have a satisfying answer for them. But happily, there IS hope to be found in the Love of God. Inside the Love of God is every abundance, and every answer they are so in need of. There is no limit to His Loving answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If I may digress for one moment... It's like Ghana. Look at how protestant missionaries understood the Love of God, and went in and taught the people to read... so they could have the word of God, and receive eternal life, and hear God's voice, and find true hope for their souls- and their families, and their nation. Today, look at every measure of societal success in Ghana versus it's next door neighbor Burkina Faso. Night and day. Why? The Love of God was demonstrated in Ghana a generation ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I see, a generation from now, a people like the people of Ghana. Today they have no place in the world and they're looking for crumbs that fall from the table. But the people of God will take the love of God to them and form <u>compassionate kingdom businesses</u> based around the capabilities of these people who are special to God's heart. And <u>a new economy will emerge</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And in a generation we will see <u>flourishing communities</u> with special needs adults filling happy places in society. A society that has become more compassionate because <u>someone</u> has navigated this difficult question: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The answer is by changing society, and i</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t is only the people of God who can do this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No one else knows the unstoppable Love of God toward these special ones. And who else can access heaven, and out of thin air, create the new loving infrastructure that includes them? Even the families who are looking for answers, and who care the most, will not be the ones to lead this change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is for the people of God to bring His kingdom to earth. This is not a good work, and good people cannot accomplish it. This is a move of the Holy Spirit, and spiritual people can see it. Can you see it? Because if you can see it, you are the answer. You are the one to bring it to earth. It is something that will change the conversation because it is from the Love of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now its time for you, man of God, woman of God. Access heaven. Nurture your solutions in the atmosphere of God's abundant provision and Love, and bring that thing to earth. It will arrive saturated with eternal value and significance that you never even thought of. There isn't anyone else ordained for this work. This is how the conversation will be changed.</span><br />
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-16893433954333097342017-02-20T10:54:00.002-05:002017-02-25T12:41:45.031-05:00A New Conversation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm watching something take shape that I believe is God's making, and I like the way it looks. A lot of people do. It has the simple power to change the conversation. The conversation we're talking about is on the integration of adults with special needs - people who God loves dearly - into our world. God appears to have a strong case in this conversation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The old conversation was about convincing businesses to hire our people - "they're not that bad" or, "we're ALL kind of quirky, really..." It was about finding some little thing that our people could do. It was small ball, pleading for table scraps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The new conversation is about building profitable (ie, market-supported) businesses around the capabilities of those with special needs. It puts our friends- God's friends- in the center of the conversation. Its about WHICH businesses will work for our people, in various industries or crafts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And by 'work' I mean things like what product manufacturing can be built around the abilities of our friends. What other kinds of businesses can we build around our friends capabilities? From a Thrift Store, Car Wash, or Software Testing, to regaining our manufacturing sector that's been lost offshore, we now have a new conversation about viable, special-worker-centric businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Am I all alone in this new industry sector? What social entrepreneurs will join me? Who wants to change the world? Who wants to demonstrate God's Love? Who wants to bring the kingdom of God to earth?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That seed was the knowledge that mankind is loved and valued by God- that each man is given value by God. And if that was true, then it would look like something- first of all, like freedom to worship God according to each man's conscience. This led to freedom from the oppressive English monarchy. And having won the freedom that was held, deeply, as having been given by God, the same men went on to define how free men, valued men, would live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Men valued by God would be honored individually by their government. And that g</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">overnment would be subject to those free men. The governors would be subject to the consent of the governed. The free men of the land would further be valued by having property rights, access to finances without usury, and many other fine inventions of the new world. The Christian World.*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The seed, nurtured in the hearts of men who received the idea that human value is from their Maker, has grown into the largest tree in the garden. What a powerful seed. Perhaps it will find fertile soil in my own heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>*This view went on to lead the world in the ending of slavery. The seed of God - expressing His value of individuals - still leads the world into understanding His design and intention - that the destiny of all is freedom. Slavery continues horribly today in regions where there is no seed of the kingdom of God. Regret not that America once had slaves. Thank God for the seed He spoke into hearts- the seed of human value- that ended slavery in America and wherever God is loved. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What would my company look like- in its practices- if everything I did was an expression of what my faith is? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd have to ask what do I actually believe </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about God, and man, and everything</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and process through that, to come up with business practices that have a direct connection to what I believe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is different from living from your "heart". It's living from an assessment of your actual faith. That's a challenging exercise in itself! I have to tell you it was fun and enlightening to actively look at what I believe, with the purpose of making an implementation of that as a business plan. I have a pretty high view of who God is and what he wants to do in the world, and as the Director of this company's practices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can say that the result was crushing. I immediately found that there is a massive gap between what I actually believe and what I'm capable of living out. I've been brought to tears over this- crying, "I'm not that man!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a difficult thing to realize about myself. But here's an amazing reality. There is a lot in the bible about faith and perseverance together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bouy to all my grief over my shortfalls was when someone said "this just proves you have something worth persevering for." Huh?! I can honestly say that I've never had that before! But the business model I came up with from that assessment is nothing less than my highest aspiration and faith; and from what little I've done so far, I'm convinced this is what the world needs. It's worth persevering for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact that I fall far short of being able to deliver that is just the truth about what God made when He made man- the weakest and most dependent of all creatures he's ever made! Of course I'm weak! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working through that, and delivering the goodness of God in spite of it, is the exercise of the life of faith! I believe in demonstrating the righteousness of God on earth- His compassion, His courage, His generosity, His deliverance... Realizing the failings of myself as a man to deliver that, well that is a call of God to me to find HIS ability to make Himself known, even through my weakness... and possibly, especially in my weakness! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that's just the bible in real life! I've come to accept my inability to be that guy, and really ask God to somehow use this mess to bring His kingdom wherever I set my feet. It's gloriously ridiculous and laughable and wonderful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chapters and volumes are spent describing and defining this revolutionary practice of Corporate Social Responsibility. It just falls short with me. It's like putting Josh Hamilton to the plate and telling him to bunt. It's just such a waste of horsepower, and not what he could accomplish at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get radicalized for Jesus and then go demonstrate the righteousness of God in the marketplace. Spend your life and your means and your business goals on showing the world what the Love of God looks like. In fact, use every resource and every tool devised by man, and demonstrate every aspect of the true nature of God. And if there is not a business practice, or technical achievement, or invention, or a form of government adequate to fully express everything that you have to say about what God looks like, then invent a new one. The world will benefit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somehow, hearing God's own vast answers to my biggest questions, has radicalized my life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't have it all verbalized yet, but I can feel a sufficiency</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">inside me now</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for every challenge. I'm not looking for a fight, though it feels like that. Like a kid who is pretty sure he can hit the ball out of the park if he had to. I was like that when I came to bat. The coach would say "just singles" but when I went for just singles I'd fly out. I knew I could hit that ball far. It took a while but I finally stopped listening to the coach and did what I felt I could do. I turned out to be a pretty good power hitter. I caused outfielders to do exploits to run down my hits. My gospel says be released into the display of God's joy that He made you to display on the earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's what I'm trying to say here, and it's just one of so many ways I am hearing the same message from God. You were made for things as vast as Heaven, made to manifest them on the earth. So go after it, son!</span><br />
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I'd never have given meaningful work to people with special needs</div>
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I'd never have funded an orphanage and medical clinic in Guatemala</div>
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I'd never have proven that it's possible for business to be a powerful mechanism for expressing compassion in a community</div>
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I'd never have my own platform upon which to play out the substance of my faith and the desires of my heart</div>
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I'd never have seen how good I am, and how bad I am</div>
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I'd never have stared my naked failures in the face, and gone forward anyway</div>
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I'd never have set an unattainable goal, and surpassed it</div>
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I'd never have a tool to embody every noble aspiration of mankind: to earnestly reflect the image of God on earth.<br />
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I can't tell you how stinking empowering this is.</div>
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I've started something. These are all things I've begun in my first 9 months after leaving my career, and launching out into the life of applied faith and self-determination. You can't say you're not a person of faith, either. Maybe you believe in yourself. Maybe you don't believe in yourself. I believe in God, and that He made me for this. <br />
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The rest of my life will now be a grand experiment in whether my faith is meaningful in the world. Because if it is, it will result in exceeding goodness for others. </div>
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To go first, prove what's possible, and encourage anyone who will listen, to lay hold of that for which they were laid hold of. <br />
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This is for people with faith in God. Who believe that God has a purpose for them, and who would race to that purpose if they knew what in the world that looked like. I believe it looks like this. Like what I've done. Like what I'm doing. What I'm doing is everything that comes into my path to do, and do it with a bare conscience before God. Doing everything that is in my heart to do- all of it. It looks like seeing with eyes of faith who God made you to be, and racing to become that with acts of that faith. Risky, jumping from the nest, acts of faith. </div>
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I define faith as believing in the goodness and trustworthiness of God's nature- that he is mighty to save those who jump from the nest and look to Him to bear them up. Not for their own purposes, but for His. A person of faith lives not for himself, but for God. And God is Love. What does that look like? This is what it looks like to me. How you have come to see that, and display it, is your calling in this life. So join this movement, jump from the nest, and cast yourself upon the faithfulness and promises and nature of God. You will never be the same.</div>
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The evidence of this war is the broken lives and broken dreams scattered all around us- if not in our very own experience. We see it in generations of lies, and greed and selfishness that takes and takes, and leaves behind pain and ruin. In America, why is there cancer, and obesity, and heart disease? Why is there poverty and prison injustice?</div>
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We trade the idea of going after our highest imaginations for something mediocre that's attainable and will feed and shelter us. In doing this we give up something that would be beautiful, for something normal. Its the mediocrity of normal, and it's killing us. It holds many captive, while others it takes down into chains. Its a mediocracy. A government of don't make waves. And we are ruled by it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why isn't there more knowledge of God out in the wild? Why are we repeating the same lessons some 30 years after we all learned them the first time- where are the next level believers? Are they hiding? Why aren't they exhibiting the dominion of God in every place and in every way? Why is God spoken of in hushed tones- leaving people untouched, unloved, unemployed? Where are those who are experiencing the love and power of God? And why aren't they showing themselves and making God known on the earth for all His goodness and loving-kindness? Where is the demonstration, and where is the discussion and the volumes written of what happens through a mature believer's life? Where are the books about the eternal life of knowing our God, and taking ground from the devil, making him look bad in the process, and transforming the culture with the Love of God? Where is the revelation that what we're doing with the rest of our lives is expressing the overwhelming power of Jesus that always leads us into victory over the schemes of the devil? Go ahead son or daughter of God. Hear and declare the will of God over your next challenge. Watch Jesus crush satan's head for you. Tell me that's not a kick ass life. You are God's weapon in eternity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I realize that the discontent in my heart is driving me to become the answer to my own question. In the same way Isaac Watts wrote new songs because he saw that the pure magnificence of Jesus Christ demanded a new expression. The songs of his day, the psalms, came from one man's heart, but he had songs in his own heart that needed expression. And Luther, the closer he got to God, the more he saw the crying need for everyone to have this word. Watts "rebelled" against the constraints of a form that had grown stale - by writing new songs that refreshed and inspired hearts with faith. Luther rebelled against the church that misrepresented the true God by making Him known in all His loving-kindness. These two men were compelled to give a greater expression of God because the expression being given was failing men. God is so much more than what I'm seeing and hearing - what passes for the knowledge of God out there in my culture. I feel the expression of God in America is failing man, and I'm about to rebel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For one thing, if we really read and believed the Bible, we would talk about Satan more. Because Jesus was in the world to tear down his works and schemes. The schemes he has spent all of time constructing to misrepresent God. Well, I have the inside intel on those plans, and I believe God has a direct answer to all those "questions" Satan raises against God. There's no escaping the fire in Jesus' eyes or the sword in His mouth or the blood dripping from His robes as He gives God's answers to all those so-called questions. I pray for THAT Spirit to fill me as I contend for my faith, and bring the truth about God's overwhelmingly loving nature. It's overwhelming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We prayed and things finally worked out, thank God" Thing's did <i>not </i>"work out"! You called on the One who has authority over your enemy, and He crushed Satan's head!! You're not getting a nice life, you're taking ground away from your enemy. He's the enemy of man, the enemy of your baby, and the enemy of God. You just called him out on his schemes, and the right man for the job stepped in and slayed your enemy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm rewriting American Christianity because it is wrong. Its failing the culture it is meant to transform. It stops way before it makes any impact. Who's writing THAT script? It's not biblical, I know that. Rewriting the songs, and the verbiage we all use to express God in our lives. I only want to use language of faith that I implement. Express faith that I see. And what I see is that God made us to declare and pray down the dominion of Christ on the earth. Jesus is in the world, speaking to our spirits and giving us life. Through us then, He is expressing His dominion in a world currently run by satan, man's enemy, God's enemy. Not being nice. Being overwhelming. Being awesome. Being Love... Consuming the enemy, putting him on public display, and taking what he ruined and making it beautiful. That's the Love and Power of God, and it's what we were made for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think guys like Moses weren't just idly milling about tending sheep when one day God broke in on their lives and everything changed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or think about Gideon. What was he doing before God spoke to him in the barn? Was he evil? I don't think so . I think he was faithful, and pursuing to know God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His story is different than, say Boaz, who was a successful, God-honoring and beloved landowner, who paid attention to his workers' families and concerns. With a guy like Boaz, you could imagine he was a faithful man. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I'm getting at is that I do believe God chooses the foolish things of this world- the nobodies- to accomplish His will in their day. And I do believe He draws them out of obscurity to do it. That's a big part of just Who He is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I do <i>not </i>believe He chooses men who have settled into a mediocre life, who haven't dared to rock the boat with their questions, or worse, have no questions. Such men end up with little thought of God, and are fairly unmoved by the things of God. That kind of man will die in his obscurity, and never change the world he occupies. They are like sticks in a streambed- the water ripples, passes around them, and continues on its way, unchanged. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But a man who has something churning inside him- some urgency, some discontent, some vision- that man, who wrestles and pursues God for what is stirring inside Him, will find God break in on his life, and see everything change. Because that man is responding to the thing inside him that God put there to be answered. And as he finds answers for that path- which God is leading him on, by the way- he will not be able to help but breach the bank of that stream and redirect its waters. His place in the world will be changed. And we will all be better for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, maybe my idea of faithfulness is different. I say ask your questions. This IS a journey of Discovery. God made the earth and mankind, and you, to express every aspect of His true nature </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is God wanting to express through you? I believe it has more to do with what unsettles you, than what gives you peace. Pursue your discontent with God, your indignance, your doubts. You will discover a real life God, and the answers you find will be a real expression of Himself- revealed to you, and to the world through you. It's a daring, off-road journey. You'll be a discoverer. And the world will be changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So set your sights on the realities of heaven- where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand, where He has all authority, and where His ways and His will just happen all the time. You've had a whole wasted lifetime of dwelling in the limited, optionless world of disappointing outcomes. Now you have been freed to dwell on the things of heaven, so start dwelling there, and not here in this mess! This world and its old ways have nothing for you anymore- you discovered your real life when you invited Jesus Christ into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you can put to death the sinful things lurking in you that were destroying you. Now you can put on a whole new nature... and be renewed... and learn to know your Creator... and become like Him! Woohoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know why? Because God chose you. Yes, He really chose you. And what He chose you for is His outstanding, feedom-filled, joy-filled, holy life. Now you can clothe yourself, not with the rags of sexual immorality, impurity, and lust; but instead with the robes of tender-hearted mercy, kindness, and humility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you can exchange things you were stuck doing when you had no other options- like your angry responses, rage, and maliciousness- for things of the kingdom like gentleness, and patience. Isn't that what you really want, if only there was a way? What I'm telling you is that it's not too much to hope for! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of your old knee-jerk responses of slander and cursing and lies, in your new life in Christ you have access to new responses. Now you can make allowances for faults instead of judging them. That's freedom, dear one. Now you can forgive those who offend you , instead of wishing they were dead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now above all, brethren, clothe yourselves with Love, which binds us together in perfect harmony. And let peace - that comes from Jesus - that you never knew before - that you now have access to - just completey, totally rule in your heart!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here in the kingdom life... where Jesus is... Jesus is all that matters! Huh... where Jesus is, He's all that matters... So how "here" do you want Him to be? And it doesn't matter where you're coming from. Whether you think you're important or think you're nobody. Whether you're classy or a redneck. Whether you're slaving for the man, or you ARE the man... Jesus is all that matters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So let this message about the new life in Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Talk about these things all the time with eachother, in the wisdom He gives. Sing psalms, hymns and songs in the Spirit, with words from the Holy Spirit welling up from inside you. This is beautiful worship and praise to the Lord we love. And in everything, give thanks through the Lord Jesus to God the Father.</span><br />
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</div>Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-10794991495259964802012-04-29T16:00:00.002-04:002012-04-29T16:00:23.764-04:00I believe in God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some say "What first comes into your mind when you think about God is what most defines you."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I say unless you are believing in the true God, then it doesn't matter what you think about when you think about God. So go ahead and try this. Close your eyes. And picture God. I'll wait for two minutes while you do this... What do you see? Where is He? And where are you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're not seeing the Father of us all, who directs history, holds kingdoms and nations in His hand, chooses His worshipers, rescues and restores crushed spirits, revives courage, and Who lives and dwells with His people who He loves... unless you're seeing THAT God, then it doesn't matter what you think about when you think about God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because anything but the living God Who reveals Himself to you, will not make a difference in your life or in the world. Only the true God, and not something contrived in our minds, can change the world, and can change you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you aren't being changed like that, then you have yet to meet the true living God. But knowing this God, as He reveals Himself, and responding in open, contrite, welcome and hunger, THAT is the pure unadulterated calling of your life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you understand God's plan for mankind... the way you interpret THAT will directly influence the decisions you make about HOW you do what you do, and I think eventually, as you make those decisions, you'll eventually have a plan that emerges. It will be your own plan probably but it will be directly influenced and shaped by the way you interpreted and implemented your understanding of God's plan for mankind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My belief is that getting a handle on what His bigger plan is, His biggest plan- which spans from before the earth was formed, to long after the earth is done away with; which takes in all of the strife and suffering of this present darkness, and more significantly, His dominion over it as Jesus expressed it- understanding THAT, is what you need in order to have the right context in which to even ask such a question as what is His plan for your life.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How about His plan for everyone other than you?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now what do you think His plan for your life might include? Could it have something to do with His bigger plans? Are you a part of His plan for all of mankind? I think you are, if you're a mankind :-) Are you a part of His plan for Himself? I think you are if He made you...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think if you have an idea of what He's doing in the big picture, then you can start to ask what He might think of what you do with YOUR life. But without a bigger picture, I think your question will be unmanageable, I mean, you will never have any way of knowing if you were right or not. That's part of the problem in the first place- how can you even know? </span><br />
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</div>Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-47261926995934516762011-09-14T18:19:00.001-04:002011-10-12T07:13:02.255-04:00Not a Servant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I want to write about the place of rest we have in our Father's house. What a place of welcome and pleasant acceptance it is to be supping with our Father in His house. He makes His house your very own heart when you open it to Him. This was shared recently at my church- what awaits the one who will open the door when he hears that knock. Its Jesus at the door. He and the Father want to come in and sup with you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is a wonder that the one who is self sufficient, happy and healthy, can so easily miss the gentle knock. And the one who is so aware of his poverty, blindness, nakedness, wretchedness... hears His knock so clearly. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"But I don't want to be poor in spirit. I'm happy and healthy, and I want to be strong." </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You just don't know. The one who is poor in spirit can fall in love with a Savior who comes in gentleness, and with love and power and joy. Its OK if you're strong. He loves you too. You'll just never really know that He was right there to catch you all along, if you had only let go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At first, we were scared to let Him in because of what He might say to us. We were afraid to let Him see our stuff, or we were just holding on to it, unwilling to let it go. But the day we did, we found that He was really a good God, and in a good mood, and He liked us. Wow, that was cool. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today He comes knocking again. And to those who respond, who aren't too happy and healthy to have no need of what this door-knocker has to sell... they will sit at the table with their God. These will be the overcomers. They are the ones who are called up to join Him- to sit with their Savior in His throne.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm telling you about your state. How I made you. I want you hungry. ...not to live in poverty, not to be frustrated or filled with angst, but to set you on the adventure of finding Me! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See the injustice, see the lack. Every need for change is the call to find Me! This is motivation. Discover that I'm the answer. The need isn't the mountain to climb. I am. See the need, and discover Me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its not a walk in the park</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those things you'll find on the way, but the way itself is discovery, the way is adventure, the way is following the hunger, and if you recognize it as My way, it is the hunger to reveal the things of Heaven. Your task, your role, what you're made for, is to seek those things out and bring them to earth. The kingdom of God is near to you. Grasp it, grasp Me.</span><br />
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Billyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15114620686833246578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2613954785844748976.post-69650376264473204872011-05-26T17:38:00.002-04:002011-05-26T17:47:16.589-04:00God is Love II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to lay this out. I was in total error in my last post. Reading it back now, I seemed earnest and intense about wanting the Love of God that I bring to have gravity. Just want to say, I'm completely embarrassed by that right now. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's total error. Its soulish and moody and heavy because it's centered on me and what I have.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's self-serving and self-conscious, not God-centered. By the end, it barely acknowledges Him!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I truly struggled with the strong impression I got that day on Jesus Street that the darkness is so great and pervasive, and what it would take to overcome it is so great, and I don't have anything like enough. I have these three fish, but there are thousands who need to be fed. I completely lost sight of Who is bringing the Love in the first place.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a devotional I read by Witness Lee, he says, "Whenever we intend to fight against the powers of darkness, Satan, through his accusations, causes our conscience to become very sensitive. These feelings actually are not the sensitivity of the conscience, but the result of Satan's accusations. Our immediate response should be, “I overcome Satan, the accuser, not by my perfection, and not even by a conscience void of offense, but by the blood of the Lamb. ...Christ is the breastplate of righteousness that covers my conscience and guards me from Satan's accusations.”"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God is good and He wants to prove it. God is Love and He wants to show it. God's presence is overcoming every darkness, and losing sight of that is losing hold to what anchors and holds us. It's not about me, not even about man- except as recipients of God's purposes to display His lovingkindness- it's everlasting.</span><br />
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