How well the Creator knows his creation!
God knows us so much better than we know ourselves nit's as the saying goes: "The programmer knows his program because he wrote the code.". God wrote the code that created this whole world. He knows us so well. The bible is clear on this with the commands that are given. I'll set out to give examples of this.
Dealings With Husbands and Wives:
Read Ephesians 5:22-32
I know I'm starting off heavy but this is a great example of how well the creator know us. I chose this one also because k he debate that it stirs. He tells the wives to submit to their husbands. Most women hear this and lose their minds. But what does God mean by submitting here? He means that the wife is supposed to trust her husband, if he's being lead by God, and know that God is in control. There should be no fear that her her husband will fail I God is in control of his footsteps and decisions. And the wife living by this command plays into God's next command.
He then tells the wives to RESPECT their husbands. Respect. What is the meaning of respect in this term?
Respect: the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.
God knew from the beginning that a man has an ego and needs to be esteemed to feel like he's making a difference. If you ask a man whether he wants to be loved or respected by his wife, most men will tell you the latter.
He also commands the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the church. That kind of love is what is referred to as agape love. Loving without measure and unconditionally. Why would God command this? Because he knew of the woman's need to feel loved. A woman would rather be loved than respected and any woman that says otherwise is lying to herself. It's in her nature to seek love. God commands these things for our benefit, not his own. Because he knows and understands what He created He is able to give us the commands that He gives. When you hear about divorces what are some of the main complaints that you hear?
"He was never around. We were growing apart. I didn't feel loved."
"She was always nagging me. I never felt like a man around her. She was too controlling."
The marriages that I have seen stand the test of time are the ones that follow these commandments. Do what God tells not because He says so but because he knows so.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
"Jesus Is LORD" - The Bible
Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign
Wed May 21, 7:50 PM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."
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Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson, both from the town of Blenheim on the country's South Island, were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound when the engine spluttered, coughed and died.
"My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God's help," Stubbs told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
He said he prayed during the ill-fated flight Sunday that the tiny craft would get over the top of a ridge and that they would find a landing site that was not too steep — or in the nearby sea.
Wilson said that the pair would have been in deep trouble if the fuel had run out five minutes earlier.
"If it had to run out, that was the place to be," he said. "There was an instantaneous answer to prayer as we crossed the ridge and there was an airfield — I didn't know it existed till then."
After Wilson glided the powerless craft to a landing on the grassy strip, the pair noticed they were beside a 20-foot-tall sign that read, "Jesus is Lord — The Bible."
"When we saw that, we started laughing," Stubbs said.
Nearby residents provided them with gas to fly the home-built plane back to base.
Wed May 21, 7:50 PM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."
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Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson, both from the town of Blenheim on the country's South Island, were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound when the engine spluttered, coughed and died.
"My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God's help," Stubbs told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
He said he prayed during the ill-fated flight Sunday that the tiny craft would get over the top of a ridge and that they would find a landing site that was not too steep — or in the nearby sea.
Wilson said that the pair would have been in deep trouble if the fuel had run out five minutes earlier.
"If it had to run out, that was the place to be," he said. "There was an instantaneous answer to prayer as we crossed the ridge and there was an airfield — I didn't know it existed till then."
After Wilson glided the powerless craft to a landing on the grassy strip, the pair noticed they were beside a 20-foot-tall sign that read, "Jesus is Lord — The Bible."
"When we saw that, we started laughing," Stubbs said.
Nearby residents provided them with gas to fly the home-built plane back to base.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Flood, The Man and GOD
The Story of the Man In A Flood
There was a man who lived in a village that was being threatened by a flood. The whole village was instructed to leave the village. The man's neighbor packed up his family and his belongings. He stopped pass the man's house and asked him to leave with him and his family. The man resisted and told his neighbor "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!"
The neighbor persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the neighbor left with his family.
The flood came. And it began to rise until it came over the mans porch.
A man on a camel came upon the mans house and told the man "Climb onto my camel and we will escape the flood together."
The man resisted and said to the man on the camel "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!".
The man on the camel persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the man and his camel left the man at his house.
The flood continued to rise. It rose to the man's roof forcing the man to sit on the rooftop of his house.
A family in a boat was floating by and they saw the man. The steered closer to the house. They said to the man "Climb into our boat and we will escape the flood together."
The man resisted and said to the family in the boat "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!".
The family persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the family in the boat left the man at his house.
The flood continued to rise and consumed the man's house. The man drowned.
Upon coming face to face with GOD the man asked "WHY? WHY GOD? WHY DID YOU NOT SAVE ME FROM THE FLOOD? WHY DID YOU ALLOW ME TO DROWN?"
GOD looked peacefully upon the man and softly said:
"I sent you your neighbor. I sent you a man on a camel. I sent a family in a boat.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"
The moral of this story, Look for GOD in the little things!
May GOD bless the telling of this story!
There was a man who lived in a village that was being threatened by a flood. The whole village was instructed to leave the village. The man's neighbor packed up his family and his belongings. He stopped pass the man's house and asked him to leave with him and his family. The man resisted and told his neighbor "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!"
The neighbor persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the neighbor left with his family.
The flood came. And it began to rise until it came over the mans porch.
A man on a camel came upon the mans house and told the man "Climb onto my camel and we will escape the flood together."
The man resisted and said to the man on the camel "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!".
The man on the camel persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the man and his camel left the man at his house.
The flood continued to rise. It rose to the man's roof forcing the man to sit on the rooftop of his house.
A family in a boat was floating by and they saw the man. The steered closer to the house. They said to the man "Climb into our boat and we will escape the flood together."
The man resisted and said to the family in the boat "I will stay and wait for GOD! He will save me!".
The family persisted but the man equally resisted. So, the family in the boat left the man at his house.
The flood continued to rise and consumed the man's house. The man drowned.
Upon coming face to face with GOD the man asked "WHY? WHY GOD? WHY DID YOU NOT SAVE ME FROM THE FLOOD? WHY DID YOU ALLOW ME TO DROWN?"
GOD looked peacefully upon the man and softly said:
"I sent you your neighbor. I sent you a man on a camel. I sent a family in a boat.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"
The moral of this story, Look for GOD in the little things!
May GOD bless the telling of this story!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Lord, I am...
Lord, I feel.....
Beaten...yet
You have made me more than a conqueror (Rom 8:37).
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
Bound....yet
You are my deliverer (Rom 11:26).
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Confused....yet
You are my counselor (Isa 9:6).
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, [a] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
A failure....yet
You have made me an overcomer (1 Jn 5:4).
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith
Fearful....yet
You did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, andof a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7).
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Friendless....yet
You are a friend who sticks closer to me than a brother (Prov 18:24).
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
In darkness....yet
You are a light unto my path and a lamp unto my feet (Ps 119:105).
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Lonely.....yet
You promised never to leave me nor forsake me (Heb 13:5).
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you;never will I forsake you."
Misjudged....yet
I'm accepted and approved by You (Eph 1:4).
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
Poor....yet
You supply all my need according to Your riches in glory (Phil 4:19).
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Sick....yet
You are the Lord who heals all my diseases (Ps 103:3).
…who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
Troubled....yet
You are my peace (Jn 14:27).
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you asthe world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Unclean....yet
You are the purifier and refiner of my life (Mal 3:3).
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify theLevites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will havemen who will bring offerings in righteousness,
Vulnerable....yet
You are my strength and my strong tower (Ps 18:2).
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn [a] of my salvation, my stronghold.
Worthless....yet
You see me as a pearl of great price (Matt 13:46).
When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it
Borrowed this from a friends blog...
Beaten...yet
You have made me more than a conqueror (Rom 8:37).
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
Bound....yet
You are my deliverer (Rom 11:26).
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Confused....yet
You are my counselor (Isa 9:6).
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, [a] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
A failure....yet
You have made me an overcomer (1 Jn 5:4).
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith
Fearful....yet
You did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, andof a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7).
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Friendless....yet
You are a friend who sticks closer to me than a brother (Prov 18:24).
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
In darkness....yet
You are a light unto my path and a lamp unto my feet (Ps 119:105).
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Lonely.....yet
You promised never to leave me nor forsake me (Heb 13:5).
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you;never will I forsake you."
Misjudged....yet
I'm accepted and approved by You (Eph 1:4).
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
Poor....yet
You supply all my need according to Your riches in glory (Phil 4:19).
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Sick....yet
You are the Lord who heals all my diseases (Ps 103:3).
…who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
Troubled....yet
You are my peace (Jn 14:27).
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you asthe world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Unclean....yet
You are the purifier and refiner of my life (Mal 3:3).
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify theLevites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will havemen who will bring offerings in righteousness,
Vulnerable....yet
You are my strength and my strong tower (Ps 18:2).
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn [a] of my salvation, my stronghold.
Worthless....yet
You see me as a pearl of great price (Matt 13:46).
When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it
Borrowed this from a friends blog...
Friday, March 21, 2008
Trust In Jesus
1 Peter 5:6-7 (Note the word ALL)
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting ALL your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Matthew 6:31-34
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
10 Steps in Preparedness for Prayer
These steps are biblically proven. Taken from Dr. Myles Munroe's Book - 'The Power and Purpose of Prayer'.
1. Appropriate GOD's Grace.
a. Confess your sins.
b. Ask for GOD's forgiveness.
c. Have your rebellious spirit cleansed to be on one accord with GOD.
2. Put on righteousness.
a. Be in sync with GOD's will.
3. Put on truth and honesty.
a. Have personal and private honesty with GOD.
b. You cannot go to GOD with UnHoly secrets.
4. Be cleansed with the Word.
a. Study your bible and know GOD's promises.
b. Bring to GOD his Word!
5. Worship and Praise GOD.
a. Come before the LORD with thanksgiving!
i. Thank GOD for what HE has done!
ii. Thank GOD for what HE is doing!
iii. Thank GOD for what HE will continue to do!
b. Be grateful!
6. Seperate yourself.
a. Remove yourself from all distraction.
7. Believe.
a. Go into prayer believing that GOD is going to answer it.
b. Have no doubts.
c. Once you pray for something to happen, start preparing a way for it.
8. Give GOD the Glory.
a. Thank GOD in advance.
b. Give GOD the reverence for the answered prayer. Give GOD the credit!
9. Wash yourself in the Word.
a. Keep repeating what GOD has promised!
10. Remain in the annointing.
a. Have a pure heart.
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