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The video on the “Revelation Song,” so passionately
and with anointing, done by Kari Jode, exemplifies
what worship can become.
We have become familiar with worship as
connecting to God, a place where
you and God are together, it is as if, you and God
are there and no other person is present, that
sense of His presence invades your heart, touches
your soul, and as you listen to the truth of
adoring Jesus, and the power of that adoration;
the heart of worship develops.
It is that heart which can love, it is the
forgiving and understanding,
and compassionate heart, it is the heart of love.
It is that heart which God gives you. One of the
deepest mysteries of faith in my life is to see
people who believe they are born again, yet they
have not had this change take place in their heart?
Someone asked me how a person can know that they
are a Christian, and near as I can tell, the answer
isn’t hard, their heart won’t be; because the heart
of God, the new heart which God puts into a person
who confesses Jesus as their Lord and Savior
and asks Jesus to forgive them of their sins;
that heart, can’t be the same hard nature one
that existed in that person before.
When a person has this heart surgery,
the meaning of their life becomes love
and to love; so let’s cut through it today,
is that the purpose of your life, to
love and be loved? In my heart it sure
seems that is what John meant in writing
about his Jesus: 1Jo 4:7 Beloved, let us
love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God.
1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
Let’s pray for each other today,
that we will love and be
loved, thank you for allowing me to be.
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…final, I’ve made up my mind.” Those are words that can
go either way, they can be good, they can be bad. All depends
upon which way you are headed as a result of them. For
example, you wanted a raise, you talked it over with the
boss, you get called in and she says “This is…final, I’ve
made up my mind.” Are you gonna get the raise? Or
you might get a call from the Mayor’s office, the mayor
has been after you to work on a committee that she
believes you would be excellent on, and she begins
the conversation by saying, “This is…final, I’ve
made up my mind.” Are you gonna get her approval?
The point is much the same when this occurs:
| Jhn 8:8 | And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. |
What do you think Jesus was writing? The Bible
doesn’t say what he wrote, but it sure seems possible
that His mind was now made up? Is yours?
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We’ve been looking at judging this week,
we might even take it a bit further and
deeper next week, but for today I want to
take a little break away from the deep
and dark woods for today. We’ve been to
the parted path, seen the majestic snow
with absolutely no prints in it, blown
across ground that shows nothing beneath
the clear, crisp, delightfully pure white.
We’ve been into the depths a little about
what judging is, and is not; and the
personal aspect of it, and that gets deep
so today I thought we’d just lighten up
a bit, if that’s O.K. with you?
Somebody told me one time that the way
that sound travels is in waves, and
at about 186,000 feet per minute, light
multiplies that to 186,000 miles per
second; but that distance traveled
at that given rate for one year is
then called a light year.
Here is the mind bending part of that, it isn’t
a measure of time but of distance.
So when we say that the universe that we
detect light from is 473 million light
years distant, we are, nevertheless
measuring a passage of time. The
universe is not only very old, very
large
(beyond comprehension, which is,
by the way, what God describes Himself
as, beyond comprehension “Iam that Iam”
literally means, I was, I am now and
I will be Forever” Which is beyond
comprehension), and very beautiful,
the universe, somehow, is balanced.
What I mean by that is, when it all
works out, all the factors necessary
for you to be reading this as you are,
happened, and you are, reading this.
Balanced.
Hope you will ponder; that; in order for
that to take place, Martin Luther,
had to nail his 95 theses on the Wittenberg
castle door? The Guttenburg printing
press people had to get it printed up
and out to the people, as one of their
mass printing efforts?
Hope you’ll consider that in order for
that to have happened, the unified body
of worship, the general or “Catholic”
way, had to exist. That they had gotten
off course by claiming to be able to pray
loved ones out of purgatory for contributions
to the rector (called selling indulgences)
; a practice Luther found
without merit in scripture, which was
largely Latin. Few Greek texts survived
Diocletian who approximately 299 to 306 years
after the Ascension of Christ, actively
sought to destroy any Christian writings
or markings of any kind from the Roman Empire.
Hope you’ll ponder that the unified church
came about as methods of worship arose out of
the principally synagogue style of gathering
together to share the knowledge gleaned in
the process of revealed God interacting with man?
Hope you’ll ponder that; as that; was the style
then, so it is still today- and so, some
things just don’t change easily, no matter
how fast light travels!
Ponder that the next time you figure you
need to judge somebody.
That God who created all of this
has declared Himself to be solely capable of
judging sins- and then realize, you may judge
less, but we all sin from time to time.
Then as you are wondering about all of that,
and judging, realize that you were, as you
read it, judging. Life isn’t possible
without judging, and so, that really isn’t
what God meant when He said we aren’t to
be judging, what He likely meant,
(as God who made all of this is hard to fathom,
in my meager brain, I don’t know about
you, but God is so far beyond my ability
to comprehend, that I just read his word
and try to take it for what it says,
how about you?) so when God says to me
that I don’t need to be judging my brother;
it’s generic, it isn’t relegated to any
gender, and God means what He says.
I don’t think He winks at it, I don’t think He
“Aw shucks,” it as some would suggest, I
feel in my heart that to God judging is
very, very, important, and when it comes to
your sin, none of my business.
Why do I say that? Because Jesus said this:
Mat 5:22 “But I say unto you,
That whosoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
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One of my favorite authors, who should be, our favorite author;
is Robert B. Parker, who wrote the famous Spenser for Hire series,
which many years back starred Robert Urich, who we lost to cancer,
sometime back; sadly- and Spenser for Hire was a great T.V. show,
Robert B. Parker is a fantastic author. Introduced this very important
“Morningside” to you that way, because I want to use a quote from
Mr. Parker’s work, it says what we are about so clearly:
“I can’t stand watching you pulled apart like this.
You love two things, …,and you have to
hurt one to help the other.” (”Mortal Stakes”-pg. 251)
Is that, judging?
NIV – Luk 16:13 –
“No servant can serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and love
the other, or he will be devoted to the
one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and Money.”
Right now, you are judging me; and at the same
time, you are being judged- and putting yourself
into a position of being judged- writer and reader,
speaker and listener, any time there is relationship-
there is judging going on. So what can change that?
Ah hah, now you have a reason to catch this devotional
tomorrow- we’ll be here then…today let’s pray for
each other, we have lots to do, don’t we?
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(Do you know someone who needs to read this?)
It doesn’t feel good, guarantee you that, when somebody
comes down on you for no reason, it doesn’t feel good.
It forces you to make a choice, take a stand, be about
something or someone that you might not want to be, it
puts you in a position that you didn’t necessarily ask
for, nor want. Unless it is a position that you have
asked for, and do want?
So it is pretty direct, one way or the other,
when it comes to Jesus and being in a position
of being judged, get ready, one way or
the other you are going to be judged. But
who the judge is, you may not be ready for?
Now the really intriguing thing is,
how you feel right this instant, no, NO,
don’t dismiss that, instead, relate to it,
relate, to the feeling that is inside you at this
instant. Now let’s ask ourselves a very serious
question, what is being judged about? Where does
it really come from? Who really, is the judge that
we are being judged by? And so we approach the
throne of grace, but the question is, are we really
ready to approach that throne of grace?
Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar,
and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar,
and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother,
and then come and offer thy gift.
This isn’t to cloud the interpretation waters
on this one, but my heart really wants you to
hear this…hear the Shepard’s voice on this one:
| Mar 3:33 | And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? |
Now take it just a teeny bit deeper – do we need to
be reconciled to our Brother? Hmm…
So we come to the crux, who is judging who about
what? When it comes to you, who is the judge?
Until tomorrow let’s pray for one another?
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Remarkable moments – do you sense them? The flashing bye
of life, where one moment is significant? Do you have a
sense that the moment is? To be clear this is the moment
when you see the person you’re going to marry? This is
the moment when you know your life direction, perhaps,
for the first time? This is the moment where you know
what your life is about? Now that you know what moment
we are talking about, have you had it, or some of them?
This week we’re going to deal with the toughest of all
subjects, judging, what it means, why and how we do so,
and, should we or should we not? You see, many Christians,
are not only confused about this, but believe, falsely,
that the Bible teaches against judging. The truth is,
Jesus said that judging was serious, should be taken
seriously, but shouldn’t be ignored. Quickly then,
let’s connect the spiritual worshipful, to the subject-
as tomorrow we will deal with the scripture more
thoroughly, consider these scriptural statements:
Luk 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal
it shall be measured to you again.
Mat 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mat 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.
So this day let us pray that we shall get the
matter of judgment into our core spiritual nature
and after this weeks review, my belief is you will
not only be a better judge, but you will get the
character concept of God which comes through
His pronouncements about this highly important
part of what it means to be in touch with Him.
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“She said- Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain…”
Sometimes it is the small things that matter,
our instead of my, in instead of on…
My life is blessed because of a church
home- people who worship God in a way
that challenges and arouses me- but even more
than how they go about getting in touch
with God, they don’t enforce a way that
I must. Yes, they have some behaviors
which they believe in, and yes, they
have some basic precepts of faith which
they feel prove that a person is in fact
a disciple of Christ, but beyond that,
they are very accepting and very genuine
folks. My hope is that you have such a
church family- on the other hand, I would
suggest that no church family is going to
be perfect- because the Body of Christ is
made up of humans who are imperfect, and
while basically the whole may look and
act perfect, because every single part is
flawed, in the end, it isn’t perfect.
Neither is my church home perfect, but in
defense of it I will say this, it is the
people that show me love, teach me God’s
Holy word and lead me in prayer and
thanksgiving of heart to God, to get in
touch with God (called worship) which
keep me returning. So finally the
decision to worship God in one house
or another, is up to you, God is not
going to interfere with your freedom
to choose, but I would suggest to you
one single item, pray about that decision.
Pray and earnestly ask God if He would
like for you to worship in one place
or another. You might be amazed at
His answer. It is hidden in this
statement from Christ to a woman who
was astonished at our Lord, imagine that!
| Jhn 4:20 | Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. | ||
| Jhn 4:21 | Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. |
So it comes down to the basic
question about where you will choose
to tell God you love Him, while I am
less than perfect at it, my first suggestion
is, that we do so humbly, on our knees.
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Most of the time we are happy to have life
go along on a pretty straight line, certain
things happen, we are used to those, and
certain things don’t happen, and we claim
that they don’t matter, which isn’t true
they do matter, we just don’t want to admit
it. The question is, do you really believe
that God, who made you, wants you to lose?
Wants you to hurt? Wants you to give in?
Wants you to flaunt endless justifications
about your inability to achieve at the end
of which is, another loss? Is your life
to be all about that?
God would not want that, surely not?
So we run smack into your right
to mess up what otherwise would
be perfect, and WHY- God wants you to be
obedient BEFORE BEING SACRIFICIAL – get it?
Being sacrificial doesn’t help you achieve
the God’s perfect will for your life; because in
being obedient you will find His will for
the life he has imparted to you. Now this
is pretty deep stuff but it is supported
it would seem by this and other Bible based
passages, let us know what you think?
1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD
[as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold,
to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and]
to hearken than the fat of rams.
So let’s get serious about the point of obedience?
Let’s make it today, and when we know that we
have failed to obey, let’s pray- it is under
this guidance that it seems to me Jesus was
referring when he commanded that we ought always
to pray!
| Luk 18:1 | And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; |
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One of my favorite stories is about Joe Vitale
how he has come from obscurity to wealth,
success and popularity in a short span of
years. Dr. Joe has written over 40 best
selling self help books, and really, if you
stop and think about it, that’s a great
testimony to thinking and realistic
approaches to life that work.
One of his expressions is to dare
something worthy- and we as those
who follow Jesus have the greatest
chance to do that, ever, in history. In
fact this is the moment, really, today, this
is it- you have it- it is yours, and so the
question becomes, will you seize this
moment, or let it go? Jesus would tell
you in your heart of hearts, seize it.
| Jhn 1:14 | And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. |
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“Four”- it’s what golfers shout to let
people on the fairway know they
have hit a tee shot. It means,”Watch
out I don’t hit straight!” No actually
it means “Beware!” which is what
part four of our spiritual questions
journey will bring in today…
(4)You see the trees everyday, but
on this morning, the greens seem
somehow more brilliant? The blue
of the sky seems more intense,
the clouds are wispy and brilliant
white, and you smile, for no
particular reason, you smile.
Situation four is subjective – we
as people are entirely subjective-
you can eat a meal on Tuesday when
you are feeling good, and having a good
day, and it will taste great, Thursday
of a week later, same exact meal, but
this day you are stressed and don’t feel
good and didn’t sleep well, and it will
not taste good. We are subjective.
God, being God, isn’t. God is God-
not subject to anything. I know people
who preach an interesting legal non sense
that God is bound by God’s own rules-
apparently these geniuses have never
read the Old Testament, where God-
under his rules, had to kill every single
entity- and yet- did not! God, is not
subject to anything, a result of which
is an interesting attribute of God called
MERCY! Mercy we see as GRACE-
but my challenge to you is to understand
that mercy isn’t grace, and God is God.
So you say, “Dang Dana how am I supposed
to talk to God then, since I have no idea
how overwhelmingly powerful He is.”
Talk to God knowing that He is merciful,
He is love. Do you trust love, or, are
you going to remain, subjective?
Love, is not subjective.
OK- now we need to see if in the over
all picture of things describing love in
the Bible, will that claim will hold up…
and guess what, it does.
The Bible uses this term love 311 times
in 281 verses on that page if you click on
Lexicon, you will see both the Hebrew and the Greek
use of the term, and that, the way that God love
is usually described, has been inaccurate. Hah,
what’d you think I was gonna leave without a
question to consider…
until tomorrow let’s pray for one another…
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