Saturday, August 21, 2010

thanks Joyce :)

i really like listening to/reading things from joyce meyers...sometimes i check out her daily devos. and i really liked todays :)

But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do].
—1 John 2:27

Sometimes we give more consideration to what people tell us than to what God has said to us. If we pray diligently, hear from God, but then start asking everybody else what they think, we are honoring people's opinions above the Word of God. This attitude will prevent us from developing a relationship in which we consistently hear from God.

The verse above confirms that we can trust God to instruct us without needing constant reassurance from others. It isn't saying that we don't need anybody to teach us the Word. Otherwise, God wouldn't appoint some to teach in the body of Christ. But it does say that if we are in Christ, we have an anointing that abides on the inside of us to guide and direct our lives. We might occasionally ask somebody for their wisdom, but we need not go constantly to other people to ask them about decisions we need to make for our lives.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

closer to love

what are you willing to give up in order to be closer to God?
are we all one phone call from our knees?
mat kearney has a song called "closer to love"-- here are some of the lyrics:

If every building falls
And all the stars fade
We'll still be singin' this song
The one they can't take away
I'm gonna get there soon,
She's gonna be there too
Cryin' in her room
Prayin' Lord, come through
We're gonna get there soon

[Chorus:]
Oh it's your light,
Oh it's your way,
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Cryin' out now
From so far away...
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love

i know God will do what is necessary to bring us closer to Him, to remind us that He is all we need- if everything/everyone was stripped away from us, would we still know we are loved?? hard to imagine??

i had to make some pretty tough desicions the past couple wks. but i know God is soo good :)
my best friend reminded me that God knows my pain, He promises to go thru the pain with me.

Romans 8:26 says just that: "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words".

so even though my heart breaks when things are taken away, i know God has a plan far greater than anything i could ever come up with.

Friday, August 6, 2010

love has come for us ALL :)

i'm on a music kick right now!!! i love playing these at work-- soaking in the truth :)

if you have love, you have everything

another amazing song sent by my bestie :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3SjzlFOEAY&feature=related

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

wow

this song just stops me in my tracks.
my best friend sent this song to me b/c she loves me and she's soo good at reminding me of her love and God's love for me :)
thank you!!!