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Thursday, December 27, 2007
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Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the LORD your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their ancestors to give them; and you will put them in possession of it. It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."-Deuteronomy 31:6-8 (NRSV)Joshua needed that encouragement. This was no little task. We know the crap Moses had to walk through with these people. Plus, he was walking into totally unknown territory. The enemy lay on the other side.
In the sight of Israel: He was passing on his authority, the people would now follow him. There was no backing out. He's giving him divine leadership.
The Promise of God: "...that the Lord has sworn to their ancestors to give them". God doesn't always fulfill His promises the way we expect or in the timing we expect, but He does none the less. He uses faithful men like Joshua to fulfill His promises.
DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED. Two of the things that will keep us from fulfilling His call on our lives. Being afraid and being discouraged. Fear keeps us in a box so that we never even attempt the thing we are called to do. Discouragement is when we've had the courage to start, but when trouble, hardship, criticism or pain appear, we back down and return to the desert.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
friends?
If the friend you let go of because it didn't seem like you meant as much to them as they meant to you, rarely crosses your mind since the moments when things ceased - maybe they didn't mean as much to you as you thought they did.
Why are some friends hard to keep? I think the common denominator is me.
Hallelujah for the friends that are hard to get rid of. <3
Labels: friends
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
hazy.
the words I have don't work.
words don't work.
stopping the world won't work.
what works.
I don't know, but I'm trying to find out.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the LORD your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you." Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: "Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their ancestors to give them; and you will put them in possession of it. It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."-Deuteronomy 31:6-8 (NRSV)Joshua needed that encouragement. This was no little task. We know the crap Moses had to walk through with these people. Plus, he was walking into totally unknown territory. The enemy lay on the other side.
In the sight of Israel: He was passing on his authority, the people would now follow him. There was no backing out. He's giving him divine leadership.
The Promise of God: "...that the Lord has sworn to their ancestors to give them". God doesn't always fulfill His promises the way we expect or in the timing we expect, but He does none the less. He uses faithful men like Joshua to fulfill His promises.
DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED. Two of the things that will keep us from fulfilling His call on our lives. Being afraid and being discouraged. Fear keeps us in a box so that we never even attempt the thing we are called to do. Discouragement is when we've had the courage to start, but when trouble, hardship, criticism or pain appear, we back down and return to the desert.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
If the friend you let go of because it didn't seem like you meant as much to them as they meant to you, rarely crosses your mind since the moments when things ceased - maybe they didn't mean as much to you as you thought they did.
Why are some friends hard to keep? I think the common denominator is me.
Hallelujah for the friends that are hard to get rid of. <3
Labels: friends
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
the words I have don't work.
words don't work.
stopping the world won't work.
what works.
I don't know, but I'm trying to find out.
restoredhope;
Isaiah 61
The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me because God anointed me.
He sent me to preach good news to the poor, heal the heartbroken,
Announce freedom to all captives, pardon all prisoners.
God sent me to announce the year of his grace
- a celebration of God's destruction of our enemies
- and to comfort all who mourn,
To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion,
give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes,
Messages of joy instead of news of doom,
a praising heart instead of a languid spirit.
Rename them "Oaks of Righteousness" planted by God to display his glory.
I'm a
*God serving *youth loving *rollercoaster riding *vanilla latte sipping *mac using *joke making *wagon driving *80's crazed *T.V. hating *yet LOST adoring *Halo playing *H2O drinking *legal assisting *text messaging *JDC stalking *wedding planning *LIFE graduating *livejournaling *Hanson listening *5 piercing *dancing fool
without her I'd be less.
