PASSION: it's not how loud you shout but how loud you SERVE!
...think about it...
5.27.2003
holiness...
ever wonder what, exactly, is holiness (besides the current condition of your socks)? Jesus tells us to be holy like He is holy... whoa! HOW?!?
i guess it brings me back to the realization that ALL of the attributes of Jesus (including holiness) have much more to do with me gettting out of the way than my feeble attempt to get somewhere on my own. there's nothing holy about me... NOTHING! the Word says that all of my "righteousness" is like filthy rags compared to HIM... but, IF i get out of the way, die to self, deal with sin and let the Lord invade every single cell of my body - guess what? i start behaving like Him: loving, sharing, serving, honoring, exalting, smiling - you name it!!
i DO want to be holy - and, ultimately, the only way for me to get "there" is to fill the God-size "HOLE" inside of me with Him and NOTHING else. now that's holiness -- filling all the holes of my life with HIM.
whew! that's it!
well, i better go... i've got some HOLE-FILLIN' to do!
l8'er...
ever wonder what, exactly, is holiness (besides the current condition of your socks)? Jesus tells us to be holy like He is holy... whoa! HOW?!?
i guess it brings me back to the realization that ALL of the attributes of Jesus (including holiness) have much more to do with me gettting out of the way than my feeble attempt to get somewhere on my own. there's nothing holy about me... NOTHING! the Word says that all of my "righteousness" is like filthy rags compared to HIM... but, IF i get out of the way, die to self, deal with sin and let the Lord invade every single cell of my body - guess what? i start behaving like Him: loving, sharing, serving, honoring, exalting, smiling - you name it!!
i DO want to be holy - and, ultimately, the only way for me to get "there" is to fill the God-size "HOLE" inside of me with Him and NOTHING else. now that's holiness -- filling all the holes of my life with HIM.
whew! that's it!
well, i better go... i've got some HOLE-FILLIN' to do!
l8'er...
5.26.2003
last night was incredible!!
220 teens, 21 visitors and 12 salvations!
we had families visiting from the area looking for a church home for their teens and within' the first 5 minutes they were crying stating: "we have never seen teens who love Jesus like this"!!
the altar service at the end, was so unique and amazing ~~ too weird to explain... it was simply a "God thing"!
i'll share more l8'er about some details & application... but, i'm off to join 80+ dv8'ers at the baseball park -- yeah, it's minor league but with all of "us" there, the outreach will be big time PRO!
peace...
220 teens, 21 visitors and 12 salvations!
we had families visiting from the area looking for a church home for their teens and within' the first 5 minutes they were crying stating: "we have never seen teens who love Jesus like this"!!
the altar service at the end, was so unique and amazing ~~ too weird to explain... it was simply a "God thing"!
i'll share more l8'er about some details & application... but, i'm off to join 80+ dv8'ers at the baseball park -- yeah, it's minor league but with all of "us" there, the outreach will be big time PRO!
peace...
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