I've been reading a chapter of E.M. Bounds complete work on prayer every day. Prayer...I am really intrigued by it and have experienced so many answers to prayer personally over the past couple years that I am pushed to pray more and more. I do like to pray and talk with God and dont do it nearly enough. After I've laid my soul bare before the Lord, I immediately experience peace and rest, knowing the sovereign Lord has heard all my cries, and knowing that (hard truth) life is not about me but about Him, and about making me more like Him. Its about His will being done, and Him getting glory, for our joy.
So the question I'm thinking about is about faith...E.M. Bounds says the first thing we must have to pray is faith. We must "out of sheer helplessness, stretch forth hands of faith. He must believe, where he cannot prove." Faith hopes and believes. It TRUSTS.
As I have been thinking about my own trust issues with the Lord which are many, this question from ch. 2 has been on my mind: "Have I faith in God? Have I real faith- faith which keeps me in perfect peace, about the things of earth and the things of heaven?"
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
just thinking...
what would it be like to never know the name of Jesus? To not even have the concept in your mind? I wonder....
been thinking about missions lately, and do feel like God is calling me to deeper surrender and less comfort. Even in small things in life. I do want to be willing to do anything to serve God, no matter where I am, no matter what the cost...to be able to do that, I must be surrendered in heart to Him. Not saying God is calling me to something new, but even here in the somewhat familiar, God wants more of me, and I know that, and its beautiful because He does whatever it takes to get all of me, and I want to be obedient. And its endless..getting to know God and experience Him. As I seek Him now so I will seek Him no matter the continent, no matter the place, and want to authentically seek Him wherever I am.
I really do love the thought of being in a team reaching people, which of course is what Im in at Furman. I was thinking about CCP today and the unique life on life chance we had...and I loved it. Wonder if I'll ever go back to SA or somewhere else with a team?
Im so thankful that I do know Jesus and that even in our "Christian" culture, people took the time to tell me about who He really is, and what He really did! Its so easy to downplay the cross....steal Gods glory for our own, making it all about us, when its not. How cool it is though that God includes us? And we can really know Him because of Jesus? The miracle that is the cross...only God can melt our hearts of stone.
I could type for a long long time so Im stopping here. Thankful for Jesus and His transforming redeeming power in my life, and Gods deep faithfulness in my life. I think thats the emotion I am feeling in life right now...thankful.
You know, Pamela Rosewell Moore's life principles I will always remember and go back to because they embody a life lived by faith..
1. Surrender
2. wait
3. walk in obedience
trusting and resting in Jesus :)
been thinking about missions lately, and do feel like God is calling me to deeper surrender and less comfort. Even in small things in life. I do want to be willing to do anything to serve God, no matter where I am, no matter what the cost...to be able to do that, I must be surrendered in heart to Him. Not saying God is calling me to something new, but even here in the somewhat familiar, God wants more of me, and I know that, and its beautiful because He does whatever it takes to get all of me, and I want to be obedient. And its endless..getting to know God and experience Him. As I seek Him now so I will seek Him no matter the continent, no matter the place, and want to authentically seek Him wherever I am.
I really do love the thought of being in a team reaching people, which of course is what Im in at Furman. I was thinking about CCP today and the unique life on life chance we had...and I loved it. Wonder if I'll ever go back to SA or somewhere else with a team?
Im so thankful that I do know Jesus and that even in our "Christian" culture, people took the time to tell me about who He really is, and what He really did! Its so easy to downplay the cross....steal Gods glory for our own, making it all about us, when its not. How cool it is though that God includes us? And we can really know Him because of Jesus? The miracle that is the cross...only God can melt our hearts of stone.
I could type for a long long time so Im stopping here. Thankful for Jesus and His transforming redeeming power in my life, and Gods deep faithfulness in my life. I think thats the emotion I am feeling in life right now...thankful.
You know, Pamela Rosewell Moore's life principles I will always remember and go back to because they embody a life lived by faith..
1. Surrender
2. wait
3. walk in obedience
trusting and resting in Jesus :)
more pics
beach :)
went to the beach with the fam and got obsessed with instagram...honestly it is really cool! Here are some pics from the week:
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