Romans 8:38 "And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away."
This is one of my favorite verses. Its not hard to interpret. There isn't a hidden message. It doesn't give an instruction or consequence. It covers every angle and outcome. Simply nothing can keep God's love from me. I know its not a deep realization, but that's whats so great about it. My limited human mind sometimes needs the simple reassurance that no matter what, God's love will be there, and nothing or no one can stop it. So just let yourself be loved on by God. Because he's going to anyway.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Paul's Prayer
In my journey of reading the entire bible I have kept a little "journal" of sorts. I write down scriptures that stick out to me, or speak something to me. I like to go back through it sometimes because there is some many encouraging verse's and stories in it. I did today, and came by Paul's prayer in his letter to the church in Ephesus. I thought I would share it.
Ephesians 3:14-19 "When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.
And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God."
I'm sure you've probably read or heard this scripture before, but it does something to me the more I read it, and the more I pray it over myself and my wife. I encourage you to read it over and over, and I'm telling you something happens. I want my roots to go down deep in the soil of God's marvelous love. It is a marvelous love! We really don't fully understand how all encompassing God's love is! There is fullness of life in his love. FULLNESS OF LIFE!! I can and should have fullness of life regardless of what is going on simply because there is power in God's marvelous love for us! So lets have it!
Ephesians 3:14-19 "When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.
And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God."
I'm sure you've probably read or heard this scripture before, but it does something to me the more I read it, and the more I pray it over myself and my wife. I encourage you to read it over and over, and I'm telling you something happens. I want my roots to go down deep in the soil of God's marvelous love. It is a marvelous love! We really don't fully understand how all encompassing God's love is! There is fullness of life in his love. FULLNESS OF LIFE!! I can and should have fullness of life regardless of what is going on simply because there is power in God's marvelous love for us! So lets have it!
Monday, February 15, 2010
I wrote an Intro to this blog back in October...it is now February. I wrote an intro and then I stopped. I began something I felt God encouraged me to do, then I completely lost sight of it. Why? I don't really know. Why do we lose sight of anything? Maybe I was nervous to post it. Maybe I got to thinking that writing a blog is super lame and pretentious. Mabey I thought I need to start obeying what the "Word" says more often before I start writing about it. Mabey I just lost heart. Then today I came across this verse. Galations 6:9 "So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time."
Ok great God. Why did that scripture all the sudden remind me of this blog I have completley forgoten about for 4 months? Well it does say "don't get discouarged and give up", but that would be to odvious right? I am not a pastor, or bible scholar, or even a writer. I dont have all or even some of the answers. But I do know that Gods word says "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Mathew 6:33. So thats what Im gonna do. Im gonna seek and write about it. Because I feel God wants me to, and as I do this I know some answers and direction will come.
Ok great God. Why did that scripture all the sudden remind me of this blog I have completley forgoten about for 4 months? Well it does say "don't get discouarged and give up", but that would be to odvious right? I am not a pastor, or bible scholar, or even a writer. I dont have all or even some of the answers. But I do know that Gods word says "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Mathew 6:33. So thats what Im gonna do. Im gonna seek and write about it. Because I feel God wants me to, and as I do this I know some answers and direction will come.
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