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Letting Go
Posted on May 19th, 2009 No commentsI have decided to let go of my addiction to trying to find the next big thing to make money. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Source of Truth
Posted on May 13th, 2009 No commentsI’ve realized the practical importance of the Bible. Read the rest of this entry »
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How He Sees Us
Posted on May 9th, 2009 No commentsThinking about how I feel right now about [my newborn daughter] (“nothing more beautiful than seeing her being born”, the purity I see in her face, the life of possibility in front of her), I wonder if that in any way relates or compares to what God feels when someone is born of the Spirit. In many ways, the conditions are similar.
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Good Soil
Posted on May 8th, 2009 No commentsI wonder if “good soil” is actually simply humility – the antithesis of the first sin (pride). Read the rest of this entry »
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May 07, 2009
Posted on May 7th, 2009 No comments[My wife] is having contractions tonight!!! [My daughter] might be on her way tomorrow!
Thank you Father for giving me the opportunity to know the kind of love that you feel for me.
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Cure for the Common Life
Posted on May 7th, 2009 No commentsWhen have I felt “the flow” in my life?- MS Access development
- Pitching (baseball)
- Organizing baseball cards and comics
- Video games
- Close to God / Christ
- Math
- Playing music
- The goal-line stand (discipline)
Central themes:- Sports (pitching, goal-line stand)
- Creativity (development, music)
- Technical skill (Math, development)
- Organization (development, collectibles)
Strengths (quirks of skill):- Not afraid to do what’s right
- Make those around me stronger
- See what others don’t
- Creating
- Organizing
- Seeing the big picture
My joy is found:- Invisibly creating something that can be of greatest value to the greatest number of people
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Waiting on the Lord
Posted on May 7th, 2009 No commentsIn prayer today, I felt the Lord impress upon me that I have a tendency to race ahead of him. He asked me to let him carry me, not to try to fly on my own. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Rock San Diego – 3/29/09 – The Invisible Man Separates
Posted on May 4th, 2009 No comments1 – The Holy Spirit wants to separate you from yourself
Thy will be done
Proverbs 12:15 – The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise2 – He wants to separate you from the world
He sets you free from living like the world lives
He sets you free from retaliation
He sets you free to love your enemies
He sets you free from lust (lust is a strong desire to get something that doesn’t belong to you
Your flesh and your spirit are at war with each other
Your maturity as a Christian can be perceived as how quickly, how often and how faithfully you say no to your flesh and yes to God – period
It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been saved
Your ability to obey against strong desires of the flesh is a measure of faithfulness (praising God in front of strangers is different than praising God in church)
When you are called to do something, how willing are you to do it, even if it’s not the fashionable thing to do?
Fruit trees do not strain to bear fruit, they just bear them. You will too – just obey God3 – He separates you unto himself
The Holy Spirit has something for you to do – do you want to know what it is?
His job for you is part of his will for your life
God is very coordinated, very organized, very effective, very efficient
The Holy Spirit is constantly speaking to you – you either decide to ignore him or submit to him, there’s no other way – to say ‘wait’ is a no, which is called sin4 – He separates you from death
Even living 150 years on earth is nothing compared with eternity
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Spiritual Gifts
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 No commentsI read a few of my older entries and think I should note something here.
I want to state plainly to myself, and more importantly God, that if he has spiritual gifts in store for me that may be clearly supernatural, that I am willing to accept them, when he knows the time is right. I know God can do anything. I know that he can even do anything through me. It’s not belief, it’s knowledge. I have experienced the supernatural before, around and through me. I am willing to accept the knowledge of my gifts Lord, so that I may use them for your glory. Whatever gifts you bring, I know that I am now in a place that those gifts would be harnessed for you. If you would like for the gifts to be kept secret (intimate between us), I concede. If you want me to share with people, or show people, I concede.I stand ready, willing and watchful, Lord Jesus.
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Vision
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 No commentsRelated to a previous entry about ‘strands of light’, I’ve had visions recently showing me how the Spirit tends to work in people’s lives – in flashes. I agree with my previous entry, that God works through believers to reach unbelievers. Believers help the person open their heart to the work of the Spirit. The Spirit then grants them a flash of insight – a glimpse of God – and the person is affected. It is then up to that person to decide what to do with that glimpse.
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