Hey anonymous reader. If you are reading this particular post anytime between July 17-July 24 please take some of these prayer requests and faithfully pray for us and the people of Utah.
Prayer Requests/Praises:
1. Thank the Lord for our church.. Lebanon Baptist Church.
2. Thank the Lord for our pastors.
3. Thank the Lord for the opportunity of this life.
4. Thank the Lord for giving us the opportunity of this week.
5. Pray for safe travel to the airport.
6. Safe travel to Utah.
7. Safe travel while in Utah.
8. Pray that Jesus would provide circumstances that would test our faith.
9. Pray that we will be able to recognize witnessing opportunities.
10. While witnessing we are able to cohesively communicate the gospel.
11. Pray for the hearts of those we will be witnessing to.
12. Pray for the Vacation Bible School we are administering.
13. Pray for our authorities: Darrin, Cici, Christi, and Kathy.
14. Pray that the team is serious when need be and energetic when need be.
Thank you for praying for us.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Morning Devos: day 1
Usually on weekday mornings, after several hours of removing myself from my bed, I hop on my computer and go to biblegateway.com where they have posted a verse of the day. Today's verse is one of my favorites:
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”- Colossians 2:9-10
I love this verse because it holds two great truths; our position in Christ, and the authority of Christ.
God came down in the form of a man (100% God/100% man.) Jesus humbled himself, left His perfect Heavenly abode to come to our very imperfect world. That baffles me because I cannot even start to grasp the mercy and grace of God. Along with being merciful and graceful, he upholds the highest position of power in the universe. The last part of the verse declares "who (Christ) is the head over every power and authority." I especially like this part of the verse because when you look at the life of Christ He does not wave a banner declaring that He is totally sovereign, but shows that He is through His actions.
Now that makes me think, where do I, a believer in Christ, fit into this verse? Some people today think that the "fullness of Christ" means that they to will become gods like Christ is God. I think it means, in the simplest terms that we are all at some point (until we recieve salvation) lone puzzle peices (lame metaphor) and our own worst enemies. God has given everyone the knowledge of Himself, therefore everyone has the same privilege of getting to know our Savior. As we go through life, our incompletenes becomes more and more apparent. We let our sin nature blind us into thinking that we are our own "puzzle" and that Christ needs to somehow fit into our lives. When I was not saved, I was a puzzle piece trying to fit into other peoples seemingly awesome puzzles. It wasn't until I realized that my "puzzle piece" or my life was not my own that I found the only place where I found the perfect fit was in the presence and family of God.
So, what did i take from biblegatway's verse of the day? Christ is God, I am not.
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.”- Colossians 2:9-10
I love this verse because it holds two great truths; our position in Christ, and the authority of Christ.
God came down in the form of a man (100% God/100% man.) Jesus humbled himself, left His perfect Heavenly abode to come to our very imperfect world. That baffles me because I cannot even start to grasp the mercy and grace of God. Along with being merciful and graceful, he upholds the highest position of power in the universe. The last part of the verse declares "who (Christ) is the head over every power and authority." I especially like this part of the verse because when you look at the life of Christ He does not wave a banner declaring that He is totally sovereign, but shows that He is through His actions.
Now that makes me think, where do I, a believer in Christ, fit into this verse? Some people today think that the "fullness of Christ" means that they to will become gods like Christ is God. I think it means, in the simplest terms that we are all at some point (until we recieve salvation) lone puzzle peices (lame metaphor) and our own worst enemies. God has given everyone the knowledge of Himself, therefore everyone has the same privilege of getting to know our Savior. As we go through life, our incompletenes becomes more and more apparent. We let our sin nature blind us into thinking that we are our own "puzzle" and that Christ needs to somehow fit into our lives. When I was not saved, I was a puzzle piece trying to fit into other peoples seemingly awesome puzzles. It wasn't until I realized that my "puzzle piece" or my life was not my own that I found the only place where I found the perfect fit was in the presence and family of God.
So, what did i take from biblegatway's verse of the day? Christ is God, I am not.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Who am I?
Hello anonymous reader. It is my endeavor to cohesively write my thoughts on a blog. Honestly the idea of making a blog has been cultivating in my head for quite sometime now. What a better way to express a thought than to spew it all over the internet? I will make no statement that says that you see will be true because I, being a mere mortal, have the disposition of having a fallible mind. My purpose for taking time out of my day to relay my thoughts is both relaxing for me to meditate and be able to see my thoughts written out before me.
Pertaining to myself, I am a rising high school senior at Fellowship Christian High where I constantly parade around the hallways broadcasting that I have type one diabetes ("diabeetus" to the elderly). I play tennis and have put my foot in the acting doorway by depicting "Cogsworth" in my school's play: Beauty and the Beast. I would like to believe that, as it related to my school studies, I am a silent genius, but having misspelled several words already in this blog will counter my beliefs, as would my mediocre grades. Unlike most of my generation, I love going to school. When I receive my get out of college papers I would love to be a full time missionary.
Devoting my life to my families is really what comes first. I say families because I have 2. My earthly family; mom, dad, brothers, grands, uncles, aunts... etc. Then my brothers and sisters in Christ. Christ gave me this life to glorify Him. What kind of man would I be if I wasn't making my relationship with him my all? This question motivated me to write this blog. Let's see what is to come.
Pertaining to myself, I am a rising high school senior at Fellowship Christian High where I constantly parade around the hallways broadcasting that I have type one diabetes ("diabeetus" to the elderly). I play tennis and have put my foot in the acting doorway by depicting "Cogsworth" in my school's play: Beauty and the Beast. I would like to believe that, as it related to my school studies, I am a silent genius, but having misspelled several words already in this blog will counter my beliefs, as would my mediocre grades. Unlike most of my generation, I love going to school. When I receive my get out of college papers I would love to be a full time missionary.
Devoting my life to my families is really what comes first. I say families because I have 2. My earthly family; mom, dad, brothers, grands, uncles, aunts... etc. Then my brothers and sisters in Christ. Christ gave me this life to glorify Him. What kind of man would I be if I wasn't making my relationship with him my all? This question motivated me to write this blog. Let's see what is to come.
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