segunda-feira, março 31, 2003
OK, so it's snowing after a week of beautiful sunny weather....only in WV folks! Today the sun was shining and it was snowing! I don't get this...the only thing I figure it is God's way of telling me to stay inside and do my homework! Yeah, I have been distracted lately by the the wonderful spring weather, but not anymore. Another thing I'm learning is that God is in control...and I really am not. 5 more weeks left of being a junior! I am almost finished college...wow I cannot even believe it. This part of the semester is hard because I want to give up and quit, but I know that I have done so much work there is NO WAY I am giving up and withdrawing now...especially out of Western Civ....oi. So, if ya wanna pray for me, I am a lil sore throat going on, I'd appreciate it greatly. Remember 2 Corinthians 9:6&7 (I teach on it next Thursday--good stuff).
quinta-feira, março 27, 2003
i am now going to post according to what my mood ring says.
COLOR CODE: BLACK - anxious, nervous
AMBER - unsettled
GREEN - normal
BLUE GREEN - somewhat relaxed
BLUE - calm and lovable
DARK BLUE - very happy.
Today it says: RED
you figure it out.....
when i made up my mind
and my heart along with that
to live not for myself
but yet for God
somebody said
"do you know what you are getting yourself into?"
when i finally ironed out
all of my priorities
and asked God to remove the doubt
that makes me unsure of these
things i ask myself
i ask myself
"do you know what you are getting yourself into?"
i'm getting into you
because you got to me
in a way words can't describe
i'm getting into you
because i've got to be
you're essential to survive
i'm going to love you with my life
when he looked at me and said
"i kind of view you as a son"
and for a second our eyes met
and i met that with a question
"do you know what you are getting yourself into?"
i'm getting into you
because you got to me
in a way words can't describe
i'm getting into you
because i've got to be
you're essential to survive
i'm going to love you with my life
i've been a liar and i'll never amount to
the kind of person you deserve to worship you
you say you will not dwell on what i did but rather what i do you say
"i love you and that's what you are getting yourself into"
i'm getting into you (getting into you)
because you got to me (because you got to me)
in a way words can't describe
i'm getting into you (getting into you)
because i've got to be (because i've got to be)
you're essential to survive
i'm going to love you with my life
i'm getting into you (getting into you)
because you got to me (because you got to me)
in a way words can't describe
i'm getting into you (getting into you)
because i've got to be (because i've got to be)
you're essential to survive
i'm going to love you with my life
you said "i love you and that's what you're getting into"
that's "getting into you" from relient k's new cd "two lefts don't make a right...but three do"
check it out...it's great
segunda-feira, março 24, 2003
This is something a fellow "alumnus" of WOLBI sent me and I thought it was worthy posting because it something I needed to be reminded of today. I pray it blesses all of you. Thanx Darla.
LOVE
1 Cor 12:31 And now I will show you the most excellent way.
This little phrase right before chapter 13 is easily missed. Paul is talking about spiritual gifts and he says, the most excellent way to put them into practice is by practicing love. W/o love-a good deed/sacrifice is nothing. This tells me something-love needs to be so much more evident in my life.
*Without the fruit of the Spirit, (specifically love) the spiritual gifts God has given us can't operate except in the flesh in which they become counterfeit and counterproductive.
*How do I cultivate the fruit of the Spirit (specifically love)? By walking in the Spirit, living by the Spirit.
Gal 5:16-17 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
Gal 5:25-26 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
What exactly does walking in the Spirit mean?
Walking in the Spirit= day-to-day obedience to the Word of God and submission to the Lord
*The Corinthian believers did not lack any gift (we don't lack any gift as a church either) , but they (we) were terribly deficient in spiritual fruit. The main one they lacked was LOVE.
AGAPE LOVE
FACTS:
*one of the rarest words in ancient greek literature
*one of the most common in the New Testament
*what is talked of in 1 Corinthians 13
AGAPE LOVE IS NOT...
* romantic or sexual love (eros) which does not appear in the New Testament
* mere sentiment, a pleasent feeling about something or someone
* a close friendship or brotherly love (philia)
* charity which in English has long been associated only with the giving to the needy
THE PROBLEM: Few people (many Christians) have any idea what TRUE LOVE is.
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I used to think of it as nice feelings, warm affection, romance, and desire. That is what we see in movies.
When, we say "I love you," we often mean, "I love me and I want you."
I believe that is why so many marriages end in divorce, we have a WARPED VIEW of love.
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There once was a young woman who came to her pastor desperate and despondent. She said, "There is a man who says he loves me so much he will kill himself if I don't marry him. What should I do?" "Do nothing," he replied. "That man doesn't love you; he loves himself. Such a threat is not love; it is pure selfishness, the very opposite of agape love.
By Alan Redpath
AGAPE LOVE IS....
* Self-giving
* Demands something of us
* More concerned with giving than receiving
* Unatural to the human nature
* Sacrificial for the sake of others
(even those who may care nothing at all for us and who may even hate us)
* NOT A FEELING, but a determined act of the will
* The result is always determined acts of self-giving
* willing, joyful
* NO pride, vanity, arrogance, self-seeking, self-glory
* God's love
SUPREME EXAMPLE
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Rom 5:10a For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son
Eph 2:4-5 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved.
How much more should we love our enemies.
"He loved them/us to perfection," or "to completion"
EXAMPLE IN ACTION
Jesus was facing the agony of the cross. His disciples, were arguing about who was the greatest. They were selfish, they were humanly unattractive, and in no way sensitive. Jesus response: He loved them supremely, teaching them to love not in word, but in deed, to flesh out what they said and not just talk.
TRUE DISCIPLE= One who shows agape love
Rom 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
1 Thess 4:9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
1 Cor 14:1a Pursue love...
Col 3:14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
1 Thess 3:12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,
Phil 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment
Phil 2:2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind
2 Cor 8:8-9 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
IN SUMMERY
1. God commands us to love
2. As a Christian we already possess love
3. The norm in true Christian living is love
4. The Holy Spirit is who works love in us
5. For love to be real/genuine, it must be practiced
Footnotes
MacArthur New Testament Bible Commentary
quinta-feira, março 20, 2003
I haven't posted much pertaining to me lately, but what I am posting is important to me....
Rock For Life Report Special Edition – National Pro-life T-shirt Day
The first annual National Pro-life T-shirt Day is quickly approaching! With less than six weeks left before pro-lifers everywhere unite by wearing the pro-life message into their classrooms and communities, it’s critical that every pro-lifer knows about this important event.
We’ve made it easy for you to let your friends, family, church, and classmates know about National Pro-life T-shirt Day by posting a printable flyer on our web site at www.rockforlife.org/special_events/tshirt_day.htm. Print this flyer out and distribute it to every pro-lifer that you know!
As a pro-life student, April 28 is your opportunity to exercise your Constitutional right to free speech with thousands of other pro-life students by proudly speaking out for the thousands of babies whose voices have been silenced by today’s culture.
This is your day to tell your world the truth about abortion!
In addition to your pro-life t-shirt, as a symbol of respect to our military men and women overseas, we would like everyone to wear an American flag pin on April 28. This flag does not symbolize support of the current war. Instead, it is a symbol of support for the men and women bravely serving in our military.
If you or someone you know is facing pregnancy alone and needs someone to talk to, please call America's Pregnancy Help Line at 1-800-672-2296.
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For the voiceless,
Bryan Kemper and Sara McKalips
Rock For Life
PO Box 1350
Stafford, VA 22555
info@rockforlife.org
www.rockforlife.org
Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead tell your storm how big your GOD is.
terça-feira, março 18, 2003
I'm not much into the news, but I do want to keep up to date with what is going on with our country. You'd think if there'd be anytime that I'd want to escape reality, it would be now, but war is real...so I read this on-line today, it'll probably end up in a text book one day...
March 18 — A defiant Saddam Hussein on Tuesday rejected President Bush’s ultimatum for him and his sons to flee into exile, making war virtually inevitable as nearly 300,000 U.S. and British troops geared up for their second confrontation with Iraqi forces in a dozen years. The White House declared that resisting the United States would be “Saddam’s final mistake.”
Something cool that I hope many people everywhere will participate in:
It's only about six weeks away! April 28 is the day students across the country are wearing pro-life shirts to school. One teen writes to say she's definitely going to participate: "I'm wearing the 'I survived' T-shirt since I was about five minutes away from being aborted. The operation didn't work. Woo-hoo! Praise God! Thanks for doing this." American Life League is sponsoring the event through its Rock for Life youth outreach. www.rockforlife.org
as for me...it's back to school...it's the fight of my life (that phrase is borrowed from Insyderz)
segunda-feira, março 17, 2003
I am back to school....this pretty much means I am cut off from society because there isn't TV here and I don't listen to the radio for all the breaking news. I am glad for the internet. Here are some interesting quotes I found from around the world about the "war" our country will soon be delved into. My opinion is not reflected in these quotes, I just found them to be thought provoking.
An Arab League ambassador said, "It's a very grave day. This is the day that international law has been shoveled away. War will not solve this problem. Unfortunately those who are going to war will find it will be very difficult to get out of it."
During a session of Canada's Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Jean Chretien said, "If military action [in Iraq] is launched without a new [U.N.] resolution, Canada will not participate."
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking to Europe 1 radio, said "One country can win a war, but it takes more than one country to win peace."
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a possible war in Iraq would be "A mistake fraught with the gravest consequences which may result in casualties and destabilize the international situation in general."
Li Zhaoxing, the Chinese foreign minister, said, "We appeal for a political settlement to the Iraq question within the framework of the United Nations and urge all efforts to avoid war."
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan reiterated his stance that, should military action occur in the region without the blessing of the world body, "Its legitimacy would be questioned."
I trust our president to be a very wise and intelligent man.....pray for him...pray for our country....pray for peace.
domingo, março 16, 2003
God too saves the best for last....that's what I have learned today.
sábado, março 15, 2003
hey I have the time to blog, but nothing to blog about...that's sad. Time flies when you are doing nothing yet have a lot of stuff to do, yet I boredom finds me while I am in the middle of 5 projects. I wish the days were longer just so I'd have more time to waste and actually accomplish a minute amount of something, anything, just to say I accomplished it. I'm halfway feeling motivated now. I guess I could research my report while I'm online and maybe some other stuff. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do! Thanx for all your help. Later.
sexta-feira, março 14, 2003
God is really good, He knows my needs better then I do. I've been spending this spring break at home, and originally I wanted to go somewhere other then home. After being home for the last seven days I am really glad I didn't go anywhere, not even for a day road trip or something. I am just seriously relaxing, staying up late and sleeping in, doing a bare minimum of homework, hanging out with my family. Anyway, I am just really glad that it worked out that I did nothing spectactular for this spring break. I was pretty burnt out and feel a lot more refreshed now. Who wouldn't after getting 12 hours of sleep a day?
well i've learned a lot by being home, let me share this wealth of knowledge with you:
If you are going to stay up late, don't watch TV, only thing on after 1am is either old sitcom reruns or those gross dating shows that could be considered soft porn.
The DMV (or MVA as we know it in Maryland) is the place to hunt mullets during daytime hours.
The world is utterly and totally obsessed with looks. We are all vain. Style is not cheap.
It's expensive to be a bridesmaid.
Home food always tastes better then school food, and it doesn't make you fat!!!
My mother is my mother. period.
I like my space. My room. My closet. My bathroom.
Some friends are better far away. New term soon to be added to your vocabulary "Long distance friendship"
The internet was the best mask ever created. We can all say what we want without having to face anybody.
Proverbs 3:5&6 is still something I need to learn! Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.
"All" means ALL!!!!
and finally....something I learned from a very vibrant 4 year old:
We need to obey....
Right away!
All the way!
and
Cheerfully!!!
good night y'all.
sexta-feira, março 07, 2003
So Monday was great! Tuesday was not....I barely made it through....and Thursday..woo-hoo....I made it!
I hate feeling like I have to "make it through" stuff. I feel like I am short changing myself, as well as God, when I strive to just "make it through". Who get's the glory then? No one.
But, I am getting a new start and am excited about the next several days. God is at work in me and in others....
there is HOPE
it is the by-product of faith
and the out-pouring of love
H
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it's all around me
H
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it's in me
terça-feira, março 04, 2003
it was monday....
and it was great!!!!
lots of random stuff to share...
awesome verses:
Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.
Psalm 139:23&24
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be an hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.
my future as told by www.playmash.com:
You will live in House.
You will drive a blue volvo.
You will marry Ricardo and have 2 kids.
You will be a missionary in australia.
and finally a somber thought as the days near war....
from my friend matt's away message:
"In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons."
-Heroditus, greek historian c. 484-425 B.C.
Praise God---He is in control!!!
segunda-feira, março 03, 2003
AHHHH!!!!
can you feel my frustration???
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