Welcome to the world of John part 2

Truth is a funny word these days, I have a hard time digesting the truth. The phrases "truly, truth or true" are mentioned 50 times in the Gospel of John; NKJV version (this doesn't even mention the phrase "most assuredly" which can mean "Truly, Truly" that phrase is mentioned 25 times)

The work of the Spirit in regeneration allows us to do what no one else can. When Jesus is closing up his discussion with His disciples He says, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear [them] now" His answer is "I will send the Holy Spirit" I am not able to share at this moment what this means, I have written it in a poem.

Welcome to the world of John part 1

The scripture that I want to lay as a foundation here comes from Isaiah, so lets turn to Chapter 5.

"Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard
On a very fruitful hill. He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes."

The phrase "Well-beloved" comes from the Hebrew word yĕdiyd which means "one who is beloved, lovely, pleasant, amiable" the first time it is used in the bible is used of the context Benjamin being beloved of the LORD (Deut 33:12)

I'm making a stand

For OBEDIENCE.

Let the world know that I am no longer going to be rebellious, I'm becoming a slave to OBEDIENCE. OBEDIENCE is everything. OBEDIENCE is freedom. OBEDIENCE is the NARROW way, it costs everything to obey God. OBEDIENCE can sometimes not make sense at the time, we do it because He said it, and we love Him and trust Him that it will work in the end. He is not labouring for vanity, He is labouring for a good purpose.

Dreaming with Jesus

refer to John Chapter 2.

Did Jesus pick healing the sick, or driving out demons, or proclaiming the good news, or forgiving sin as His first miracle? What miracle did He first perform. Now we know that He performed this one first, because in verse 11 it says:

"This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him."

now technically He had been operating in the supernatural before this, He said to Nathanael "I saw you under the fig tree"

But God can say what He wants, this is the first miracle.

An encouragement to forgive

Thursday, 16th June 2011

From Philippians 4:1-7

"Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

An encouragement to endurance

I want to let everyone know, that the location does not matter, we all go through things that we have no control over. I just hope that, letting you know a bit of my struggles and pressures it will give you encouragement.

My world came crashing down last night. My heart has been calloused to the point of hardening. When the Lord asked me a question I blurted out “But I need to do this! I need to know what to do!” He asked me a question and my first thought was one of brazen reluctance. Choose to believe me or not – I forgot that He is not after something. He wants me! This is equivalent to saying “If my heart is not moved, if love does not move my heart, I should just turn away and walk right out of this relationship with Him” – for my heart to be alive.

YWAM Update: Backwards Forwards

Hey there, for another update, from Oxford! (though I'm in Christchurch at the moment, visiting my parents!) I am super excited at the moment though I feel like every step I take I take two backwards. I have really been struggling for the life of me to be victorious over my addiction to video games. If you would like to share in this with me, contact me and I would love to be more honest and open about it. Well, maybe the best way to put it is, I am honest and open about it, but part of victory is confessing to another our faults and allowing the Holy Spirit to not only be victorious, but Ignite in my heart and show God superior to everything.

Sex and drugs

I am habitually addicted. The feeling is like sex. Illicit and dark - the pleasure is in knowing that no one sees what I'm doing. And can I get away from it? it's a surprise that I don't do it all the time everywhere. Now would you like to know what I'm referring to? I am addicted to video games. Does that surprise you? Should I be afraid? I choose to think I'm not sharing anything more than would be advised. I'm not apologizing for my behavior. In fact i'm disgusted by my behavior. Does that surprise you? It's like the thing that I enjoyed doing is becoming a callous on my heart. How can I bear with it? would i dare go back and say "Nothing's changed"? It is a strange thing, but God knows me perfectly, and even now, it's to your benefit and to my benefit to speak about this. Does it matter that God wanted me to share this in Church today and I didn't? He gives me the choice. Does He know me that well? Does He ordain things to happen, and people to meet, Because He loves me and because He wants to? Is that true?