3Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
And who may stand in His holy place?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive a blessing from the LORD
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face--even Jacob. Selah
Psalm 24
We need to be the generation of the Lord!
We need clean hands. We need pure hearts.
This is NOT EASY
The other day I was at one of the most intense worship gatherings ever. The Spirit came because the people in that room were seekers of the Lord Almighty.
We had someone exposit Psalm 24 into three points and everyone was AMENING to the following:
1)Coming Together in Unity – Psalms 133 – where the brethren gather together in unity God commands his blessing. Acts 2:1-2 - they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
We need to gather together to WORSHIP and to PRAY. We need to do nothing else but those two things when we meet seeking the face of the Lord together and waiting upon Him. That is what true fellowship is. It isn`t socialing. It isn`t doing fun activities together like cookng. (we have changed its meaning in today's culture so much that it isn't biblical)
2)Consecration – 1 Peter 1:14-16 - As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
We need to set ourselves APART. To be holy means to be separate. This means separating yourself from the junk of the media. Cut it out of your life! If your filling your mind with that stuff, its gonna affect your soul and your heart. The Holy Spirit is gonna be effectively quenched in your life because your already full of unholy junk. Consecrating ourselves also takes sacrifice. We need time to BE with the Lord in the place of worship. So this is going to mean spending less time with friends and being WISE with the time you do have. Don't waste it. Spend as much time with God as possible.
3)Consistency in Prayer – James 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
This is key. Jesus spent soo much time praying and it is mentioned in the gospels countless times. When the apostles first started their ministry they prayed.
3 Brothers, choose seven of your men. They must be known as men who are wise and full of the Holy Spirit. We will turn this important work over to them. 4 Then we can give our attention to prayer and to teaching the word."
Acts 6:3-4
In fact they gave other work that was NOT prayer and teaching to other men.
Paul also says:
2 Spend a lot of time in prayer. Always be watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:2
All the great men and woman of God in the past got on their knees and PRAYED.
Prayer shows your humilty and dependence on God. The more you pray the more you are showing your need for God. The less you pray the more you think you can do it on your own.
If you do these things and PERSEVERE in them God will start to use you
If you don't you can bear no fruit and you'll be wasting your time.
Because Jesus says:
5 "I am the vine. You are the branches. If anyone remains joined to me, and I to him, he will bear a lot of fruit. You can't do anything without me. 6 If anyone does not remain joined to me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and dries up. Branches like those are picked up. They are thrown into the fire and burned.
John 15:5-6
How are you remaining in Jesus if you aren't praying?
How are you remaining in Jesus if your living a life that isn't holy? If your hung up on girls or guys or school?
How are you remaining in Jesus if you don't gather to worship Him or want to worship Him?
There are many people who are serving God but they're not living holy lives.
There are many pastors serving God but they aren't praying.
There's no power when they speak, they're faith is weak and their teaching is border line heretical. They're scared to preach truth because they fear man and not God.
They fear because they do it on their own strength.
and we wonder why the church is so stagnant?
Don't be like the generation of our parents.
Seek God He will strengthen you and uphold you if you trust and obey Him!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Need More
So we need more prayer
soo much more prayer.
we need more intercessors for the Sunday school class
its going well, the Spirit is moving BUT we still need more
and the only way is to pray pray pray
in the words of JW
"I don't care who at the moment I am desperate. I'll take prayer from ANYONE
a half heart Christian, a new believer a strong believer give it all to me God will sorta it out" LOL
Honestly more prayer.
I don't know how else to emphasize this
soo much more prayer.
we need more intercessors for the Sunday school class
its going well, the Spirit is moving BUT we still need more
and the only way is to pray pray pray
in the words of JW
"I don't care who at the moment I am desperate. I'll take prayer from ANYONE
a half heart Christian, a new believer a strong believer give it all to me God will sorta it out" LOL
Honestly more prayer.
I don't know how else to emphasize this
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wake Up O Sleeper
We are sleeping in the land of the Valley of the Shadow of Death
but we need to awake because the hour of our salvation is closer than we first confessed
why is everything here soo messed? Its like we're ok settling for less.
A demon is locking us down
Chopping us down throwing us around.
and we got no might to fight back because we don't believe the Word of truth
To breakthrough the chains the enemy got around us.
To cut through the lies that the devil has sown into us.
There's no way that we can win unless we are actively killing sin and living the Words out and having it change us within.
Where Christ is supposed to be the center
but we just give face and don't really embrace
what the Lord set out His church to be like in the first place.
The foundations not build well
so honestly it means that many people are going to slip down to hell.
You see revival is happening everywhere else in the world.
Even in the States cuz some of the youth there knows what it is to fear the Lord.
They getting together everyday to fast and pray thats why we're hearing revivals in the biggest universities like UCLA.
Can't you see its NOT OK. We need to go ALL the way.
No more half hearted half truth half prayer cuz if we're like that then I am starting to get scared.
I am in fear of the future of the church.
____________________________________________
started a bible study group today.
praying for it. It went really well God definitely spoke to the hearts of the people.
People are so hungry for the truth but no has been feeding them.
they went to CCF but they were intimidated.
Spending every spare moment I have in prayer.
Need more strength from the Lord.
Talked to one of the leaders from a Christian group
That I went to visit the other day.
It was very Spirit filled with many mature believers.
Blew me away with stories of small revivals.
Guy I talked received some words through the Spirit
it was encouraging cuz he was revealed exactly what I was going through and told me what I needed to hear It was also a confirmation that what I am doing is correct.
"It is blessed to not take offense"
but we need to awake because the hour of our salvation is closer than we first confessed
why is everything here soo messed? Its like we're ok settling for less.
A demon is locking us down
Chopping us down throwing us around.
and we got no might to fight back because we don't believe the Word of truth
To breakthrough the chains the enemy got around us.
To cut through the lies that the devil has sown into us.
There's no way that we can win unless we are actively killing sin and living the Words out and having it change us within.
Where Christ is supposed to be the center
but we just give face and don't really embrace
what the Lord set out His church to be like in the first place.
The foundations not build well
so honestly it means that many people are going to slip down to hell.
You see revival is happening everywhere else in the world.
Even in the States cuz some of the youth there knows what it is to fear the Lord.
They getting together everyday to fast and pray thats why we're hearing revivals in the biggest universities like UCLA.
Can't you see its NOT OK. We need to go ALL the way.
No more half hearted half truth half prayer cuz if we're like that then I am starting to get scared.
I am in fear of the future of the church.
____________________________________________
started a bible study group today.
praying for it. It went really well God definitely spoke to the hearts of the people.
People are so hungry for the truth but no has been feeding them.
they went to CCF but they were intimidated.
Spending every spare moment I have in prayer.
Need more strength from the Lord.
Talked to one of the leaders from a Christian group
That I went to visit the other day.
It was very Spirit filled with many mature believers.
Blew me away with stories of small revivals.
Guy I talked received some words through the Spirit
it was encouraging cuz he was revealed exactly what I was going through and told me what I needed to hear It was also a confirmation that what I am doing is correct.
"It is blessed to not take offense"
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Unless
the Father draws them...
So today.
I felt like God wanted me to pray for the Muslims at my school (and there are alot)
So as they were doing their worship in the sanctuary
I slipped in the back and started praying for them and worshiping.
The Muslim faith is ridiculously strong. All I saw were chains of oppressed people held under the curse of the law...the curse of Ishmael.
As I worshiped I started to sing to Jesus loudly as they were doing their rituals.
The Spirit gave me strength because there was no way I would've be able to do that.
I talked to one person about Jesus afterwards but its like a stone wall.
They can't accept Jesus as God and that God is Jesus.
but almost everything else about the Christian faith they believe.
I'm starting to have a heart for these people. Which is scary because well when I think about all the barriers..... even if one believed, when the rest found out they would be out to get me lets not even start with their family. But a part of me knows that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.
Only God can change hearts and bring them to true repentance
There is crazy spiritual warfare and I feel like I have no power. The devil got these people tightly locked up.
I was told worshiping Jesus is a sin.
and that's what I was doing explicitly XD
So today.
I felt like God wanted me to pray for the Muslims at my school (and there are alot)
So as they were doing their worship in the sanctuary
I slipped in the back and started praying for them and worshiping.
The Muslim faith is ridiculously strong. All I saw were chains of oppressed people held under the curse of the law...the curse of Ishmael.
As I worshiped I started to sing to Jesus loudly as they were doing their rituals.
The Spirit gave me strength because there was no way I would've be able to do that.
I talked to one person about Jesus afterwards but its like a stone wall.
They can't accept Jesus as God and that God is Jesus.
but almost everything else about the Christian faith they believe.
I'm starting to have a heart for these people. Which is scary because well when I think about all the barriers..... even if one believed, when the rest found out they would be out to get me lets not even start with their family. But a part of me knows that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.
Only God can change hearts and bring them to true repentance
There is crazy spiritual warfare and I feel like I have no power. The devil got these people tightly locked up.
I was told worshiping Jesus is a sin.
and that's what I was doing explicitly XD
Monday, September 20, 2010
Christ Can Dwell
In our hearts through faith!
God lives in us!
The more we learn of Him and believe the more we EXPERIENCE HIM in our hearts!
that is sooo sick.
but most of the time we dont believe or we refuse to believe because what His word says because it is so contrary to our sinful nature! When in reality His Words are what bring us to life! Its LIVING!
It takes spiritual strength to be able to have the faith to accept hard truths!
thats why Paul prays:
16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Eph 3:16-18
but when we do and we EXPERIENCE IT we are TRANSFORMED to be more holy and sin has less control in our lives as it says
3For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [[d]full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
4By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.
2 Peter 1:3-4 Amp.
Our personal knowing or experience of Him is what sanctifies us.
Which can thus be translated to a law like
As faith increases
Christ also increases
now to exercise faith that changes takes sacrifice because in order for you to receive something in faith, you have to make room for it in your heart which means taking something out to make room!
=)
God lives in us!
The more we learn of Him and believe the more we EXPERIENCE HIM in our hearts!
that is sooo sick.
but most of the time we dont believe or we refuse to believe because what His word says because it is so contrary to our sinful nature! When in reality His Words are what bring us to life! Its LIVING!
It takes spiritual strength to be able to have the faith to accept hard truths!
thats why Paul prays:
16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Eph 3:16-18
but when we do and we EXPERIENCE IT we are TRANSFORMED to be more holy and sin has less control in our lives as it says
3For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [[d]full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
4By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature.
2 Peter 1:3-4 Amp.
Our personal knowing or experience of Him is what sanctifies us.
Which can thus be translated to a law like
As faith increases
Christ also increases
now to exercise faith that changes takes sacrifice because in order for you to receive something in faith, you have to make room for it in your heart which means taking something out to make room!
=)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Faith
Faith.
Many times we fool ourselves into thinking that we have faith because we have knowledge of the faith or we have faith because of how we are feeling.
But when it comes down to it:
You either have it or you don't
We either choose to act in faith or we don't
When it comes to faith we trust what we believe more than what we can rationalize in our minds and more than what our emotions tell us. For the Christian, that faith is equal to obedience to God because we trust in His Words more than our own understanding.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight"
The catch with this passage is that we cannot do NOTHING and trust in God with our whole heart. If we do, than we are trusting that our own understanding is God's understanding and thus we create an excuse NOT to exercise faith but rather to live in our own understanding.
For example, "I don't know if I should talk to this person if God really wants me to talk to this person the person will talk to me or God will show me a sign"
If we say we truly trust then we have to trust Him enough to do what He says. We cannot sit back and say "He's got it all in control" He does in one sense but in another the way His redemptive work is done is through us. We are His letters that can only be read when we open ourselves up through faith.
For example, "I know I should be talking to this person because the Lord commands that I go make disciples of all nations and the only way that can possibly happen is if I share my faith with them. I'm scared but I'm going to trust in what God says"
Its about being faithful to Him. It doesn't matter so much the how or what or the results but rather the heart and desire to please and then obey. All of us will fall short when it comes to the how and many disagree on the how and what and none of us are ever sure of the outcome.
6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
Romans 14:6
it is the relationship that we build with God that matters. One where we stick with Him through everything good and bad wether He chooses to use our faith or not. It does not matter for "The righteous will live by faith"
We could end up like Jeremiah..
no one ever listened to what he said throughout his whole life
or we could end up like Nehemiah
who saw God raise back his people from captivity
Every second of our lives we can choose to act in faith or not.
and everytime we genuinely act in faith we build on a foundation that will last
Its like building a relationship with someone, everytime you open yourself deeper to that person you get closer to them likewise everytime you open your heart to God and obey Him you get closer to Him.
Think of the infinite possibilities and potential to walk with God in 943949304 number of ways! and as we our faithful to Him He will prove Himself faithful to us.
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Mathew 17:20
small acts of faith leads to bigger acts of faith which leads to deeper intimacy with God because your depending on Him more and more and more
6I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16
Christ dwells in our heart through faith!
A lot of the times the reason why Christians don't have the joy and peace and love that abounds in the heart that is mentioned so many times in the scripture is because their faith in God is either really shallow or incorrect.
Which is why the Psamist prays to God to
4 Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;
5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:4-5
The ideal Christian is so lost in seeking God that he doesn't realize the powerful work that God is doing through him as He journeys toward God.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [b]
7 They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 84:5-7
As they are transformed by God's power through their faith in Him, that faith spreads to those around them and they too make the valley a place of springs within the hearts of the people~
Many times we fool ourselves into thinking that we have faith because we have knowledge of the faith or we have faith because of how we are feeling.
But when it comes down to it:
You either have it or you don't
We either choose to act in faith or we don't
When it comes to faith we trust what we believe more than what we can rationalize in our minds and more than what our emotions tell us. For the Christian, that faith is equal to obedience to God because we trust in His Words more than our own understanding.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight"
The catch with this passage is that we cannot do NOTHING and trust in God with our whole heart. If we do, than we are trusting that our own understanding is God's understanding and thus we create an excuse NOT to exercise faith but rather to live in our own understanding.
For example, "I don't know if I should talk to this person if God really wants me to talk to this person the person will talk to me or God will show me a sign"
If we say we truly trust then we have to trust Him enough to do what He says. We cannot sit back and say "He's got it all in control" He does in one sense but in another the way His redemptive work is done is through us. We are His letters that can only be read when we open ourselves up through faith.
For example, "I know I should be talking to this person because the Lord commands that I go make disciples of all nations and the only way that can possibly happen is if I share my faith with them. I'm scared but I'm going to trust in what God says"
Its about being faithful to Him. It doesn't matter so much the how or what or the results but rather the heart and desire to please and then obey. All of us will fall short when it comes to the how and many disagree on the how and what and none of us are ever sure of the outcome.
6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
Romans 14:6
it is the relationship that we build with God that matters. One where we stick with Him through everything good and bad wether He chooses to use our faith or not. It does not matter for "The righteous will live by faith"
We could end up like Jeremiah..
no one ever listened to what he said throughout his whole life
or we could end up like Nehemiah
who saw God raise back his people from captivity
Every second of our lives we can choose to act in faith or not.
and everytime we genuinely act in faith we build on a foundation that will last
Its like building a relationship with someone, everytime you open yourself deeper to that person you get closer to them likewise everytime you open your heart to God and obey Him you get closer to Him.
Think of the infinite possibilities and potential to walk with God in 943949304 number of ways! and as we our faithful to Him He will prove Himself faithful to us.
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Mathew 17:20
small acts of faith leads to bigger acts of faith which leads to deeper intimacy with God because your depending on Him more and more and more
6I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16
Christ dwells in our heart through faith!
A lot of the times the reason why Christians don't have the joy and peace and love that abounds in the heart that is mentioned so many times in the scripture is because their faith in God is either really shallow or incorrect.
Which is why the Psamist prays to God to
4 Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;
5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:4-5
The ideal Christian is so lost in seeking God that he doesn't realize the powerful work that God is doing through him as He journeys toward God.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [b]
7 They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.
Psalm 84:5-7
As they are transformed by God's power through their faith in Him, that faith spreads to those around them and they too make the valley a place of springs within the hearts of the people~
Friday, September 10, 2010
Yesterday
I saw a mighty warrior strong, determined and unmoved. His armour was soo bright that it blinded my eyes and I had to turn away. In one hand he held a razor sharp sword in the other a massive shield. The enemies around him trembled in fear. He didn't even need to move and they were struck down. I thought to myself "I wish I could be like him"
My friend next to me laughed and told me that the warrior was a fool and an idiot. I was confused as to why he would think that until I looked at his face and realized that my friend was blind.
It confused me too see that as the warrior was fighting hordes of enemies he was also being laughed at and spat on.
I saw him at the corner of yonge and dundas square.
Everyday he stands and shouts "Jesus Loves You" to the masses walking by, while handing out Words of life to them written on paper.
I wanted to help him because I knew that when the King comes back, the warrior is going to rule over me and I wanted to get on his good side.
He is afflicted with a mental illness, but one day he is going to be healed and restored with honour and glory and no one will laugh at him anymore.
Yesterday
I saw a prisoner in a high security prison, body was wrapped in chains so thick that you couldn't see her body, only chains. She was hated by everyone and hated by those around her. The twitches on her body and the slur of her speech told everyone she was a drug addict. Her eyes told me that she was a prostitute that was unashamed. They wanted her dead. She was the most despised thing in all the world.
I saw a person, a creation of God so lost, whose glory so far gone that she does not even realize because she has never seen or even tasted what she was supposed to be. Well she does but the chains cover her eyes, keep her locked down so much that she cannot even cry for help. I also saw the grace of God sustaining His creation by His grace waiting to hear her voice, so that if she even calls out in the smallest bit for help He would come down and smash those chains into pieces.
I looked and saw my friend who sitting beside me
and what I saw scared me because she was the same as that person I saw.
maybe even worse off
My friend next to me laughed and told me that the warrior was a fool and an idiot. I was confused as to why he would think that until I looked at his face and realized that my friend was blind.
It confused me too see that as the warrior was fighting hordes of enemies he was also being laughed at and spat on.
I saw him at the corner of yonge and dundas square.
Everyday he stands and shouts "Jesus Loves You" to the masses walking by, while handing out Words of life to them written on paper.
I wanted to help him because I knew that when the King comes back, the warrior is going to rule over me and I wanted to get on his good side.
He is afflicted with a mental illness, but one day he is going to be healed and restored with honour and glory and no one will laugh at him anymore.
Yesterday
I saw a prisoner in a high security prison, body was wrapped in chains so thick that you couldn't see her body, only chains. She was hated by everyone and hated by those around her. The twitches on her body and the slur of her speech told everyone she was a drug addict. Her eyes told me that she was a prostitute that was unashamed. They wanted her dead. She was the most despised thing in all the world.
I saw a person, a creation of God so lost, whose glory so far gone that she does not even realize because she has never seen or even tasted what she was supposed to be. Well she does but the chains cover her eyes, keep her locked down so much that she cannot even cry for help. I also saw the grace of God sustaining His creation by His grace waiting to hear her voice, so that if she even calls out in the smallest bit for help He would come down and smash those chains into pieces.
I looked and saw my friend who sitting beside me
and what I saw scared me because she was the same as that person I saw.
maybe even worse off
Paganus
I think that I'm allergic to the secular culture... more like its death to my soul.
what I have learned is God's grace and faithfulness
13if we are faithless,
he will remain faithful,
for he cannot disown himself.
2 Timothy 2:13
so many times during the day I had to worship and call upon the name of the Lord. I wish I could've sung louder but I was in the middle of the most randomest places
7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
2 Peter 2:7-8
that is the story of my life everywhere I go.
My lack of prayer has killed my discernment and I have done some stupid things which I regret.
so today I lied in order to get a girls number for frosh bucks ....I have absolutely no excuse, it really scared me that I compromised so much.
and so many other things that I would only know because they are in my heart ......
My lack of prayer has been due mostly to fear and apathy
The more I pray the more I am changed and the more I am changed the more alone I feel. It also hurts like hell to pray, because when I do I am faced with the harsh spiritual realities that I would like to ignore. The problem is that I can't because I see it everywhere I ago. I see it just as much as I see physically. So what usually happens is that I try to ignore it until I get extremely overwhelmed and cry to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
My only hope is in You
My soul find rest in You alone
what I have learned is God's grace and faithfulness
13if we are faithless,
he will remain faithful,
for he cannot disown himself.
2 Timothy 2:13
so many times during the day I had to worship and call upon the name of the Lord. I wish I could've sung louder but I was in the middle of the most randomest places
7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
2 Peter 2:7-8
that is the story of my life everywhere I go.
My lack of prayer has killed my discernment and I have done some stupid things which I regret.
so today I lied in order to get a girls number for frosh bucks ....I have absolutely no excuse, it really scared me that I compromised so much.
and so many other things that I would only know because they are in my heart ......
My lack of prayer has been due mostly to fear and apathy
The more I pray the more I am changed and the more I am changed the more alone I feel. It also hurts like hell to pray, because when I do I am faced with the harsh spiritual realities that I would like to ignore. The problem is that I can't because I see it everywhere I ago. I see it just as much as I see physically. So what usually happens is that I try to ignore it until I get extremely overwhelmed and cry to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
My only hope is in You
My soul find rest in You alone
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Frosh Day 1
So on too the rest of my frosh experience.....
Basically I died inside because of the intense amounts of profanity and slander against other colleges and sexual connotations... well more like blatant sexually degrading comments. However throughout the whole thing the Lord gave me great insight and I saw through the people: Drawn to evil and encouraged to do evil by each other, enjoying for a short time the power of using words to cut and belittle but still having their consciences convict them and in the end leaving them empty only to cover it up by talking about it afterwards giving approval to each other. I found it so sad that people we're so quick to hate on others of different colleges because they were told too. Its like they could not survive without some sort of chaos happening. It was what they enjoyed, what they thrived on.
I was wondering why I even decided to go and started to think to myself that I was wasting my time when I could be at home spending time in prayer with the Lord. I didn't want to make friends because my own heart was not open to them. I am a very shy person and don't care much for small talk but I forced myself for a bit and then gave up because it I was not getting anywhere and to be honest found it to be vain.
So I started I sat down to read my bible and a girl who was beside me asked me what I was reading so I told her.
"I'm reading the bible" (secretly hoping she would ask me more questions) she responded "O" in a thats cool way.
The girl, who's name was Mona was really sociable, bold and so naturally attracted people to come. Soon there were people around us and we were talking. I was able to slowly open myself up. I learned that the reason why I wasn't making friends was because I was afraid to show people who I was knowing that I was naturally salt and light because of the grace of God and also knowing that darkness hated light and so I let my imagination take my fear out of proportion.
As we we're talking I was revealed that one of the reasons people are drawn to evil is because they have never known the light. The other reason is because they're evil. So while one part is attracted to people with light and other part hates those with light because they themselves do not have it (as with Cain and Abel and as with Issac and Ishmael). These two things are in constant battle with one another most of it hidden within the heart. However, it comes out in small pieces because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. When people witness they are welcomed because of the natural attraction to the light or persecuted because of the natural hate to it. For the Christian, we become more and more and sanctified as we come to a better understanding of the light and experience Him through faith in His Words. Since the latter reason for evil has been taken care of through the change of heart that the Spirit brings about from stone to flesh, the first part (lack of understanding) is the only reason that is left which through His grace we can grow into.
As I slowly let myself be myself I found that I was able to make friends really quickly and noticed that my new found friends were attracted to me. They just wanted to be accepted and as I let more of Jesus live out through me I was feeding they're human needs naturally while enjoying they're company. I was given spiritual insight to their lives and immediately felt a great love for them even though I only just met them. I so desperately wanted to TELL them but knew that it was impossible with God so I needed much prayer before making any decisions. I befriended a girl from Bangladesh, a girl from Guiana and a guy from Portugal. Two of them were Muslims and one Catholic (though not really understanding it).
Hopefully I will have the chance to get to to know them better during frosh this week and to share the gospel with them.
On the bus ride home, I was able to evangelize to a commuter froshie on the bus.
Another thing that I learned was that in our society today people are so HUNGRY and open for truth. They are not so much opposed to it as they are apathetic towards it. This is partly due their lack of knowledge of what the gospel is. They don't reject the gospel as much, they just categorize everything as one and the same. If there were people who would actually live the gospel out people would listen. In a world with no absolutes, absolutes standout.
I also was very confused at times as to how I should act.
especially during the cheering and the party at night
What does being holy unto the Lord really mean?
There is this balance I need discernment on because it doesn't make sense to just leave. Jesus hung out with sinners and they we're probably doing some sketch things while He was there.
Basically I died inside because of the intense amounts of profanity and slander against other colleges and sexual connotations... well more like blatant sexually degrading comments. However throughout the whole thing the Lord gave me great insight and I saw through the people: Drawn to evil and encouraged to do evil by each other, enjoying for a short time the power of using words to cut and belittle but still having their consciences convict them and in the end leaving them empty only to cover it up by talking about it afterwards giving approval to each other. I found it so sad that people we're so quick to hate on others of different colleges because they were told too. Its like they could not survive without some sort of chaos happening. It was what they enjoyed, what they thrived on.
I was wondering why I even decided to go and started to think to myself that I was wasting my time when I could be at home spending time in prayer with the Lord. I didn't want to make friends because my own heart was not open to them. I am a very shy person and don't care much for small talk but I forced myself for a bit and then gave up because it I was not getting anywhere and to be honest found it to be vain.
So I started I sat down to read my bible and a girl who was beside me asked me what I was reading so I told her.
"I'm reading the bible" (secretly hoping she would ask me more questions) she responded "O" in a thats cool way.
The girl, who's name was Mona was really sociable, bold and so naturally attracted people to come. Soon there were people around us and we were talking. I was able to slowly open myself up. I learned that the reason why I wasn't making friends was because I was afraid to show people who I was knowing that I was naturally salt and light because of the grace of God and also knowing that darkness hated light and so I let my imagination take my fear out of proportion.
As we we're talking I was revealed that one of the reasons people are drawn to evil is because they have never known the light. The other reason is because they're evil. So while one part is attracted to people with light and other part hates those with light because they themselves do not have it (as with Cain and Abel and as with Issac and Ishmael). These two things are in constant battle with one another most of it hidden within the heart. However, it comes out in small pieces because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart. When people witness they are welcomed because of the natural attraction to the light or persecuted because of the natural hate to it. For the Christian, we become more and more and sanctified as we come to a better understanding of the light and experience Him through faith in His Words. Since the latter reason for evil has been taken care of through the change of heart that the Spirit brings about from stone to flesh, the first part (lack of understanding) is the only reason that is left which through His grace we can grow into.
As I slowly let myself be myself I found that I was able to make friends really quickly and noticed that my new found friends were attracted to me. They just wanted to be accepted and as I let more of Jesus live out through me I was feeding they're human needs naturally while enjoying they're company. I was given spiritual insight to their lives and immediately felt a great love for them even though I only just met them. I so desperately wanted to TELL them but knew that it was impossible with God so I needed much prayer before making any decisions. I befriended a girl from Bangladesh, a girl from Guiana and a guy from Portugal. Two of them were Muslims and one Catholic (though not really understanding it).
Hopefully I will have the chance to get to to know them better during frosh this week and to share the gospel with them.
On the bus ride home, I was able to evangelize to a commuter froshie on the bus.
Another thing that I learned was that in our society today people are so HUNGRY and open for truth. They are not so much opposed to it as they are apathetic towards it. This is partly due their lack of knowledge of what the gospel is. They don't reject the gospel as much, they just categorize everything as one and the same. If there were people who would actually live the gospel out people would listen. In a world with no absolutes, absolutes standout.
I also was very confused at times as to how I should act.
especially during the cheering and the party at night
What does being holy unto the Lord really mean?
There is this balance I need discernment on because it doesn't make sense to just leave. Jesus hung out with sinners and they we're probably doing some sketch things while He was there.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Frosh + The Church
So its disturbing that they did a thorough search for alcohol and checked EVERYONE and then had hundred of condoms on tables beside the punch bowls to give out 0.o
I find it SCARY that frosh reminds me of TC except with swearing.
I also find it scary that the way the student body is run @ York is similar too if not exactly the same way we run "fellowship" at MCBC with the exception that we throw in a short prayer between things to make it religious and "God centered" and then a few bible verses taken out of context and slap a theme on it and say that we learned something about God when in reality its we learned about what we would want God to be like and what we think He should want us to do.
The whole concept of raising up leaders and getting them to be active....
Its NOT biblical its actually a socialogial thing that has been implemented in secular educational circles and then transferred to the "church"
The biblical model is more like this:
God's grace appoints leaders in the church and they teach and rebuke while everyone else listens. (1 Cor 3:10, Eph 4:11)
Yes Paul was Timothy's father in the faith BUT Timothy also received the gift through the laying on of hands and so is encouraged to "fan into flame the gift of God"
He is then taught to teach the other men (even older men so age makes no difference in God's eyes) to live by the Words of truth. Yes there are elders and deacons BUT their function is to take care of the social needs of the church and running of the church.
While I am on this one thing that is distressing me to no end is the fact that we are literally killing the youth @ MCBC by playing games with them when they are STARVING spiritually for the Word. Its like we're sending them through a death machine called religion and we popping out pharisees like crazy who have absolutely NO DESIRE for God. This is partly due to the fact that they have no proper understanding of who God is due too the lack of proper teaching and also due to lack of prayer of regenerated believers in the "fellowship".
and we use excuses called:
"they're not ready" or "we have to show them love through relationship first" or "the change is too quick"
Wasn't the sermon last Sunday on CASTING out?
well what if Peter said
"I don't think the fish are ready yet" or "hold on let me just talk to the fish first and build a relationship with them" or "we've never let down the nets after we've taken them back up.... the change is too quick"
then I guess we would have no story.
See the NET is the Word of God its the only thing thats gonna get us any fish and is the only thing that ever has. His Word will NOT return to Him empty it WILL accomplish what HE desires and some of the seed that is scattered will fall on good soil and its not our job to worry about where it's falling but rather to SOW in faith.
Are we placing too much of our faith on how well of an institution we have?
or are we placing our faith on His Words and setting forth the truth plainly?
I find it SCARY that frosh reminds me of TC except with swearing.
I also find it scary that the way the student body is run @ York is similar too if not exactly the same way we run "fellowship" at MCBC with the exception that we throw in a short prayer between things to make it religious and "God centered" and then a few bible verses taken out of context and slap a theme on it and say that we learned something about God when in reality its we learned about what we would want God to be like and what we think He should want us to do.
The whole concept of raising up leaders and getting them to be active....
Its NOT biblical its actually a socialogial thing that has been implemented in secular educational circles and then transferred to the "church"
The biblical model is more like this:
God's grace appoints leaders in the church and they teach and rebuke while everyone else listens. (1 Cor 3:10, Eph 4:11)
Yes Paul was Timothy's father in the faith BUT Timothy also received the gift through the laying on of hands and so is encouraged to "fan into flame the gift of God"
He is then taught to teach the other men (even older men so age makes no difference in God's eyes) to live by the Words of truth. Yes there are elders and deacons BUT their function is to take care of the social needs of the church and running of the church.
While I am on this one thing that is distressing me to no end is the fact that we are literally killing the youth @ MCBC by playing games with them when they are STARVING spiritually for the Word. Its like we're sending them through a death machine called religion and we popping out pharisees like crazy who have absolutely NO DESIRE for God. This is partly due to the fact that they have no proper understanding of who God is due too the lack of proper teaching and also due to lack of prayer of regenerated believers in the "fellowship".
and we use excuses called:
"they're not ready" or "we have to show them love through relationship first" or "the change is too quick"
Wasn't the sermon last Sunday on CASTING out?
well what if Peter said
"I don't think the fish are ready yet" or "hold on let me just talk to the fish first and build a relationship with them" or "we've never let down the nets after we've taken them back up.... the change is too quick"
then I guess we would have no story.
See the NET is the Word of God its the only thing thats gonna get us any fish and is the only thing that ever has. His Word will NOT return to Him empty it WILL accomplish what HE desires and some of the seed that is scattered will fall on good soil and its not our job to worry about where it's falling but rather to SOW in faith.
Are we placing too much of our faith on how well of an institution we have?
or are we placing our faith on His Words and setting forth the truth plainly?
Don't Get Yourself
Killed during frosh week
was what a person at church told me today as a joke
I was hurt, but the joke was actually funny so I laughed. What I pictured in my head was sorta a bit ridiculous.
When I think about it though
I would probably be too scared to do anything slightly close to getting me killed (like preaching as the froshes are partying it up)
For me doing the following is going to be a challenge:
Suffering for Doing Good
8Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10For,
"Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
11He must turn from evil and do good;
he must seek peace and pursue it.
12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."[a]
13Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear[b]; do not be frightened."[c] 15But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
-1 Peter 3:8-12
Living for God
1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
Suffering for Being a Christian
12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And,
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"[a]
19So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
-1 Peter 4:1,12-19
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
-Psalm 1
Read through Exodus and Leviticus over the past few days.
Learned a lot from reading all the laws, the way the temple had to be made to the passover and the 10 judgments from God.
When God appeared to the Israelites on Sinai no could approach Him or they would die.
All the laws that needed to be kept shows God's holinesss and the reoccurring theme is "to be holy because I am holy"
the standards for holiness for the Israelites were so high and we need to understand that God never changes. His holiness is still the same and His standards are still the same.
But it seems that we've forgotten that and compromise so much in church today.
was what a person at church told me today as a joke
I was hurt, but the joke was actually funny so I laughed. What I pictured in my head was sorta a bit ridiculous.
When I think about it though
I would probably be too scared to do anything slightly close to getting me killed (like preaching as the froshes are partying it up)
For me doing the following is going to be a challenge:
Suffering for Doing Good
8Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10For,
"Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
11He must turn from evil and do good;
he must seek peace and pursue it.
12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."[a]
13Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear[b]; do not be frightened."[c] 15But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
-1 Peter 3:8-12
Living for God
1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
Suffering for Being a Christian
12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18And,
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"[a]
19So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
-1 Peter 4:1,12-19
1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
-Psalm 1
Read through Exodus and Leviticus over the past few days.
Learned a lot from reading all the laws, the way the temple had to be made to the passover and the 10 judgments from God.
When God appeared to the Israelites on Sinai no could approach Him or they would die.
All the laws that needed to be kept shows God's holinesss and the reoccurring theme is "to be holy because I am holy"
the standards for holiness for the Israelites were so high and we need to understand that God never changes. His holiness is still the same and His standards are still the same.
But it seems that we've forgotten that and compromise so much in church today.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Let us Stop to Reflect
One year ago.........
I didn't think I would get through it but I did by the grace of God only to find out that it just gets HARDER not easier.
I'm basically at the same point in life that I was one year ago:
A new stage in life.
Very similar which I find sorta nostalgic.
Except this time its different
This time I have nothing left
but God.
I don't care about anything but two things:
1. Persevering and clinging to God through this stage
2. Working for the Kingdom and not wasting my life
I didn't think I would get through it but I did by the grace of God only to find out that it just gets HARDER not easier.
I'm basically at the same point in life that I was one year ago:
A new stage in life.
Very similar which I find sorta nostalgic.
Except this time its different
This time I have nothing left
but God.
I don't care about anything but two things:
1. Persevering and clinging to God through this stage
2. Working for the Kingdom and not wasting my life
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Some Fruit
Ok I don't want to sound too excited but I am.
cuz I just found out that someone who I have been praying for and caring for and teaching the bible too accepted Christ FOOO SERIOUS and its like one the last person anyone would ever expect!
so I am happy because it means that I am on the right track and connected to Christ (John 15)
ummm I'm also sorta relived because one of my inner fears was always getting into heaven and then having no fruit as in no disciples made.
but now I can say that I have made one disciple. Well not me but the grace of God working through me but yeah you get what I am trying to say.
cuz I just found out that someone who I have been praying for and caring for and teaching the bible too accepted Christ FOOO SERIOUS and its like one the last person anyone would ever expect!
so I am happy because it means that I am on the right track and connected to Christ (John 15)
ummm I'm also sorta relived because one of my inner fears was always getting into heaven and then having no fruit as in no disciples made.
but now I can say that I have made one disciple. Well not me but the grace of God working through me but yeah you get what I am trying to say.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Treble in Fear
Yesterday = some crazy spiritual warfare
I was in a deadlock
laziness, apathy, fear overwhelmed me.
anyways this is my story......
I knew I needed to come before the Lord to pray but I was too lazy and kept procrastinating eating food, sleeping, listening to Christian hip hop.
As I was listening to this song.....
and the Spirit revealed to me the Holiness of God and the fear that the Israelites had toward Him in the Old Testament. Finally all the weird things that they did made sense in such a real way. In spite of that I still ignored going to God.
Finally I forced myself except I didn't really pray with everything so I had to force myself. I also felt like ..... my prayers were useless and pointless and that God wouldn't hear them or that I was so sinful and it kept me coming to God
So I started to meditate on 2 Timothy.
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
1You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:1
15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
I started reflecting on the grace of God and how all encompassing it is.
To be strong in the grace..... means to let yourself receive that grace
then I thought of how much God has blessed me with so many Spiritual gifts and how I wasn't really fanning it into flame. Then I thought of how everything that I am is by the grace of God all the good that I have been able to do for Him. So then I started to realize that God does everything and thats when my prayers started to come to life and I was taken to throne of God and I suddenly realized that His infinite holiness still stands today and I started to get scared except I remembered that the righteousness of Jesus was imparted to me so I stayed and reflected on that.
I was too scared though frig the sinful part of me wanted to sleep so I went to sleep. But I was still meditating on all these concepts and then suddenly bam
The Spirit brought a part of my spirit into His presence. It was so powerful, all encompassing and it kept getting stronger and stronger and I thought in my heart no more God I can't take this and it stopped.
I learned though that you can't escape God only ignored Him Psalm 139 still stands true for all of us to this day. I also learned that time is irrelevant when it comes to the Father. Its all about your heart and faith. Time is a space of grace created by God in order that we might seek Him.
I am so frustrated at how dull my heart is toward God so much of the time and I am distressed that so few people fear the Lord.
I was in a deadlock
laziness, apathy, fear overwhelmed me.
anyways this is my story......
I knew I needed to come before the Lord to pray but I was too lazy and kept procrastinating eating food, sleeping, listening to Christian hip hop.
As I was listening to this song.....
and the Spirit revealed to me the Holiness of God and the fear that the Israelites had toward Him in the Old Testament. Finally all the weird things that they did made sense in such a real way. In spite of that I still ignored going to God.
Finally I forced myself except I didn't really pray with everything so I had to force myself. I also felt like ..... my prayers were useless and pointless and that God wouldn't hear them or that I was so sinful and it kept me coming to God
So I started to meditate on 2 Timothy.
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
1You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:1
15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15
I started reflecting on the grace of God and how all encompassing it is.
To be strong in the grace..... means to let yourself receive that grace
then I thought of how much God has blessed me with so many Spiritual gifts and how I wasn't really fanning it into flame. Then I thought of how everything that I am is by the grace of God all the good that I have been able to do for Him. So then I started to realize that God does everything and thats when my prayers started to come to life and I was taken to throne of God and I suddenly realized that His infinite holiness still stands today and I started to get scared except I remembered that the righteousness of Jesus was imparted to me so I stayed and reflected on that.
I was too scared though frig the sinful part of me wanted to sleep so I went to sleep. But I was still meditating on all these concepts and then suddenly bam
The Spirit brought a part of my spirit into His presence. It was so powerful, all encompassing and it kept getting stronger and stronger and I thought in my heart no more God I can't take this and it stopped.
I learned though that you can't escape God only ignored Him Psalm 139 still stands true for all of us to this day. I also learned that time is irrelevant when it comes to the Father. Its all about your heart and faith. Time is a space of grace created by God in order that we might seek Him.
I am so frustrated at how dull my heart is toward God so much of the time and I am distressed that so few people fear the Lord.
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