"distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality"
i looked up what the word distruting ment already having a good idea on the diffinition but after reading what the exact deffinition ment i understand this verse in a new light. there was 2 examples of this word, the first was "to devide among several or many" the second was "to spread out so as to cover something" and then paster mikes voice came to mind "untill the whole world hears"!!. this made me think about the people training here with me at potter field ranch, all the poeple being devided among different countrys being used by the saints given great hospitality from the holy spirit to spread the word of god over poeples hearts.
application: continue to prepare my heart with hospitality and love of god so when its time for me to set foot in the field i will destribute the needs of the saints with a open and welcoming attitude to anything my saint asks me to do.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
romans 12:12
"rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer."
this verse for me is a reflection of my emotions while being at the ranch. i rejoice in hope that the world will have greater understanding of god because of the people here that can make a difference, i rejoice in hope because my familys lifes are going to dramaticaly change be me being here and growing in the word of god. stay patient in the tribulations because i know god is standing with me and at the same time i battle with feeling complatly oposite from this and feel sometimes lost and a lone and not patient in tribulations at all and thats where my continueing steadfastly in prare comes in to play.
application: i probably should start reading this verse every day and pray for patients.
this verse for me is a reflection of my emotions while being at the ranch. i rejoice in hope that the world will have greater understanding of god because of the people here that can make a difference, i rejoice in hope because my familys lifes are going to dramaticaly change be me being here and growing in the word of god. stay patient in the tribulations because i know god is standing with me and at the same time i battle with feeling complatly oposite from this and feel sometimes lost and a lone and not patient in tribulations at all and thats where my continueing steadfastly in prare comes in to play.
application: i probably should start reading this verse every day and pray for patients.
romans 12:11
"not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the lord"
i need to keep this verse in mind every day in my walk with god. it speeks for itself.
i need to keep this verse in mind every day in my walk with god. it speeks for itself.
romans 12:10
"be kindly affectionate to one another in brotherly love, honor giving preference to one another"
i spent years of my life throwing stones at my dad. blaming him for choices i made and holding a grudge. i thought i hated him but i didn't, i hated that i was turning into him, it's crazy how people like me can throw a stone at someone for sinning when thats a sin in itself. i came to the realization that no ones sins are greater or smaller then someone elses, a sin is a sin no matter how it's performed. so if i hate my dad i must hate myself to. and if god can forgive me then he also can be forgiven. i layed in bed thinking about this almost all night, the next day when pottersfield ranch interns went into town and the first service bar popped up on my phone i opened a new text message tyoed in "i love you dad" and pressed send. it seemed like at all happend in slow motion this was the first time i told my dad i loved him in almost 4 years. well i mean he would tell me he loved me and i would answer with a mumbled i love you too or just egnore him all together. but when i sent this to him i ment it. i geuss this is what it means to give preference to one another, for the first time my dads feelings came before my own and i saw him as a child of god and all i could think about was the reaction he would get when he read the text i sent him. it was like all the past was left in the past and we started a new relationship with a good start. what better way is there to start a relationship with someone, why not start every relationship of with love, WITH THE LOVE OF FROM JESUS. this doesnt mean i will look up to my dad or have the same trust someone would with there fathers but i will love him with brotherly love just like every sinner.
application: keep reminding myself of gods love and trying to love like him more.
i spent years of my life throwing stones at my dad. blaming him for choices i made and holding a grudge. i thought i hated him but i didn't, i hated that i was turning into him, it's crazy how people like me can throw a stone at someone for sinning when thats a sin in itself. i came to the realization that no ones sins are greater or smaller then someone elses, a sin is a sin no matter how it's performed. so if i hate my dad i must hate myself to. and if god can forgive me then he also can be forgiven. i layed in bed thinking about this almost all night, the next day when pottersfield ranch interns went into town and the first service bar popped up on my phone i opened a new text message tyoed in "i love you dad" and pressed send. it seemed like at all happend in slow motion this was the first time i told my dad i loved him in almost 4 years. well i mean he would tell me he loved me and i would answer with a mumbled i love you too or just egnore him all together. but when i sent this to him i ment it. i geuss this is what it means to give preference to one another, for the first time my dads feelings came before my own and i saw him as a child of god and all i could think about was the reaction he would get when he read the text i sent him. it was like all the past was left in the past and we started a new relationship with a good start. what better way is there to start a relationship with someone, why not start every relationship of with love, WITH THE LOVE OF FROM JESUS. this doesnt mean i will look up to my dad or have the same trust someone would with there fathers but i will love him with brotherly love just like every sinner.
application: keep reminding myself of gods love and trying to love like him more.
romans 12:9
"let love be without hypocristy, abhor what is evil, cling to what is good."
i have a hard time thinking about a middle ground when it comes to loving god, when anyone loves anything they either do or they don't. god loves me more then i can emagine, sence i love him shouldnt i show it in everything i do? if he's living in me threw the holy spirit then shouldnt it reflect threw threw my outer appierence? so by letting my love for god not be saying one thing and doing another, letting god truly be the lamp to my feet and letting my actions be with out hypcrosity because he's the light to my path, i will continue to cling to him because he is all that is good and abhore what is not of him because anything not of his is not what is good.
i have a hard time thinking about a middle ground when it comes to loving god, when anyone loves anything they either do or they don't. god loves me more then i can emagine, sence i love him shouldnt i show it in everything i do? if he's living in me threw the holy spirit then shouldnt it reflect threw threw my outer appierence? so by letting my love for god not be saying one thing and doing another, letting god truly be the lamp to my feet and letting my actions be with out hypcrosity because he's the light to my path, i will continue to cling to him because he is all that is good and abhore what is not of him because anything not of his is not what is good.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
mark 8:35 "for whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever looses his life for my sake and the gospels sake will save it."
1 thess 4:5 " for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the holy spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake."
application: remember all the places i turned to trying to save my life by flesh and how badly i failed, and remember what happend to me the minute i felt like i lost everything for the word of god but gained everything and had overwhelming peace. god can do all things.
1 thess 4:5 " for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the holy spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake."
application: remember all the places i turned to trying to save my life by flesh and how badly i failed, and remember what happend to me the minute i felt like i lost everything for the word of god but gained everything and had overwhelming peace. god can do all things.
mark 8:37 "or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"
a man can give anything for an exchange of his soul but will gain nothing. god holds every thing and knows what will make you truly happy, go and try to sell your soul there will always be something you feel like your flesh needs if its not one worldly thing its another. turn to god and you will be satisfied in whole. i need to live by this and reminds myself of gods love everyday and remember that nothing can compare to what he offers me. the world is endless lies and suffering losses. god CAN change that and give you truth and satisfaction.
a man can give anything for an exchange of his soul but will gain nothing. god holds every thing and knows what will make you truly happy, go and try to sell your soul there will always be something you feel like your flesh needs if its not one worldly thing its another. turn to god and you will be satisfied in whole. i need to live by this and reminds myself of gods love everyday and remember that nothing can compare to what he offers me. the world is endless lies and suffering losses. god CAN change that and give you truth and satisfaction.
mark 8:38 "for whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinfull generation, of him the son of man also will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with the holy angels."
on my way to potters field-ranch about to endure numerous blessing from god i get a call from my brother. someone i know does not believe and will most likely make me feel foolish and weak for trusting in someone he thinks of as a fantasy, i answered the phone in a negative state of mind. the fear of loosing a close bond with my brother became greater than my love for god and took over my every word and put me back in a old way of thinking and old beliefs. i didn't stand up for my Jesus instead i denied him and in trying not to loose my brother by seeming foolish i became foolish threw the eyes of god for he gave me a new life and i was sitting in the car on the way to this new life denying the very god that is handing it to me. after i got off the phone my soul began to drowned in shame. i realized i acted like the very thing i hate. i asked myself how i could possibly be a warrior for god if i cant even take a stand for him while talking to my own brother. i began to pray and ask god for strength and wisdom and with the strength and wisdom give me space from my brother so the next time i talk to him i can talk to him from the love and truth of god not the hate and lies from the devil and a mindset from the past.
application: continue to cry out to god for his strength when i am week and forgiveness from the shame so that when god comes with his holy angels i can walk to him with no shame for i trust god will take it away and guide my words and feet with his grace.
on my way to potters field-ranch about to endure numerous blessing from god i get a call from my brother. someone i know does not believe and will most likely make me feel foolish and weak for trusting in someone he thinks of as a fantasy, i answered the phone in a negative state of mind. the fear of loosing a close bond with my brother became greater than my love for god and took over my every word and put me back in a old way of thinking and old beliefs. i didn't stand up for my Jesus instead i denied him and in trying not to loose my brother by seeming foolish i became foolish threw the eyes of god for he gave me a new life and i was sitting in the car on the way to this new life denying the very god that is handing it to me. after i got off the phone my soul began to drowned in shame. i realized i acted like the very thing i hate. i asked myself how i could possibly be a warrior for god if i cant even take a stand for him while talking to my own brother. i began to pray and ask god for strength and wisdom and with the strength and wisdom give me space from my brother so the next time i talk to him i can talk to him from the love and truth of god not the hate and lies from the devil and a mindset from the past.
application: continue to cry out to god for his strength when i am week and forgiveness from the shame so that when god comes with his holy angels i can walk to him with no shame for i trust god will take it away and guide my words and feet with his grace.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
mark 8:36
a man will profit nothing by the loss of his soul and the gain of the world, for the world isn't something you can gain from in all eternity. jesus created your soul not the world. jesus knows your true desires and knew them before you knew how to spell the word desire. all the world will bring is a big weds of lies and hate while god brings truth and love.
a man will profit nothing by the loss of his soul and the gain of the world, for the world isn't something you can gain from in all eternity. jesus created your soul not the world. jesus knows your true desires and knew them before you knew how to spell the word desire. all the world will bring is a big weds of lies and hate while god brings truth and love.
mark 8:34
i think every day god puts a situation in front of me where i need to deny myself and take up his cross. sometimes its hard for me to think about how much jesus sacrificed the day his flesh along with my sins died on the cross and how much pain he went threw for people like me where its hard to sacrifice the little attatchments my flesh carries that in no way have a comparrison to his sacrifice he made for me. this verse is telling me if i want to live with him i need to live like him and let him live in me. and every time i know i need to sacrifice something remember the sacrifice he made the day he took up the cross.
i think every day god puts a situation in front of me where i need to deny myself and take up his cross. sometimes its hard for me to think about how much jesus sacrificed the day his flesh along with my sins died on the cross and how much pain he went threw for people like me where its hard to sacrifice the little attatchments my flesh carries that in no way have a comparrison to his sacrifice he made for me. this verse is telling me if i want to live with him i need to live like him and let him live in me. and every time i know i need to sacrifice something remember the sacrifice he made the day he took up the cross.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
act 12:9
So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
after giving my life to god and puting my trust in him he has taken me to places and people i would have never thought possible. what stands out in this verse to me is how peter thought he was seeing a vison, because after turning my life over to god he has brought me to places and things that are so amazing they don't seem real they seem like a vision. i need to remind myself everyday that god brings good things to people for reasons.
after giving my life to god and puting my trust in him he has taken me to places and people i would have never thought possible. what stands out in this verse to me is how peter thought he was seeing a vison, because after turning my life over to god he has brought me to places and things that are so amazing they don't seem real they seem like a vision. i need to remind myself everyday that god brings good things to people for reasons.
Acts 12:8
Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.”
What stands out in this verse to me is how strong Peter's faith is and how I have to keep reminding myself no matter what depths of the physical pain the worldly view of life might bring me i know that god is always there and trying to show me a spiritual loving view. i need to realize that the love of god holds no bonds and anything is possible in his name. and the next time gods angel wants to guid me and tell me to gird myself to listen and follow with out a question like peter.
What stands out in this verse to me is how strong Peter's faith is and how I have to keep reminding myself no matter what depths of the physical pain the worldly view of life might bring me i know that god is always there and trying to show me a spiritual loving view. i need to realize that the love of god holds no bonds and anything is possible in his name. and the next time gods angel wants to guid me and tell me to gird myself to listen and follow with out a question like peter.
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